The statement released by Duff and Phelps last night revealed the substance to the lobbying that had taken place since the original punishment handed out by the SFA judicial panel:
“The decision by the appellate tribunal to uphold the sanction, namely the suspension of registration of players for one year, is not competent in the view of the club and its legal advisers.
“Such a sanction was not available to the tribunal”.
The suspension of player registrations was not one of the suggested punishments on the menu for the judicial panel but the rules allowed them to vary from guidance and choose whatever punishment they believed appropriate.
The appeal correctly found that the judicial panel were not were not subject to an exhaustive list of possible punishments. Duff and Phelps main hope was that the SFA rules were unclear and poorly constructed, as they were before an overhaul last year.
You don’t need to look too hard for the irony.
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haha
wullyum THREATENING his own team’s players that if they dont stay and save the club (!), then “we’ll see if theyre rangers men!”
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 17 May, 2012 at 19:26 said:
Guadi is irrational on the argument re stripping titles.
He is pandering to his readeship and that is ok, but the rational case for removing titles is stronger than Desperate Dan
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Stronger than Popeye after a two day Spinach Bender
Sandman Is Neil Lennon on 17 May, 2012 at 19:34 said:
Sweatin’ like Mark Dingwall at the salad bar.
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Sweatin’ like the manager of an all you can eat chinese buffet when Dingwall walks through the door………
Have to say I enjoyed reading the article on the bbc about the rangers supporters assembly spokesman andy kerr having the gall to believe they are in any position to be making threats to anyone.
I was only having a conversation with my brother an hour ago about their supremicist reaction to any punishments handed out to them.
I thought the placards reading ‘SFA Sanctions cost Jobs” being marched by the hoardes en route to Hampden was the most hilarious I was going to see.
In reference to a £140k fine and 12 month signing ban for cheating and refusing to pay taxes.
No mention of the list of creditors, the length of your arm out thr front door down the street and stretching around the corner.
But for Andy Kerr to threaten to call on Rangers to withdraw from the Scottish Cup at a time when entering the Scottish Cup in the 3rd Round is starting to look like the best case scenario for them…
For Andy Kerr to threaten to call on Rangers to refuse to allow players join the Scotland squad at a time when it has just been revealed that all of the scottish internationals have savagely reduced transfer fees due to be enabled within the next 2 weeks…
For Andy Kerr to threaten to boycott what is looking very possibly to be grounds with capacities that do not exceed 2-3k people tops – the likes of the Stranraers of this world…
Better still – he is making threats on behalf of a football club whose entire future existance is out of their own hands…
This supremicist mindset just makes the mind boggle it really does.
And thats the educated ones!
voguepunter on 17 May, 2012 at 19:41 said:
Don’t worry Bhoys ,once their manky club goes floating
down the Swanee to the local sewage plant,the ‘ no surrender’
attitude will wither away like the ex footie team.
Will be replaced by, who me? ragers man? a don’t bother
aboot fitba”
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How’s that gonna work? Being rangers men they never did bother about fitba! Not the pure inventive beautiful stuff that wins the Big Cup anyway……..
mcleary of forest signed for reading yesterday
Auld Neil Lennon heid
RT
Gaudi was always irrational when it came to stripping tiles! Some of his Barcelona tiles needed some work!
Scottish 1st Round was supposed to be
Guidi
Annihalated.
sorry my last post was for len brennan
voguepunter on 17 May, 2012 at 19:41 said:
Maybe they’ll actually start going to church on a Sunday …….. Of the few bhuns I know, I can’t honestly think of one who actually attends church ….. One thing’s for sure, the OO will become (even) more bitter, if that’s possible.
………………..sweatin’ like Grimmond McCrummoch……….. on a daly basis……
;)
Cheers shimmies33.
HH
/Bishop B
RobertTressell on 17 May, 2012 at 19:45 said:
Sandman Is Neil Lennon on 17 May, 2012 at 19:34 said:
Sweatin’ like Mark Dingwall at the salad bar.
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Sweatin’ like the manager of an all you can eat chinese buffet when Dingwall walks through the door………
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Lulz.
Sweatin’ like the Weight Watchers National Average Loss Target when he signs up…
Sweatin’ like Dennis Bergkamp in a Departure Lounge……
RobertTressell on 17 May, 2012 at 19:45 said:
Sandman Is Neil Lennon on 17 May, 2012 at 19:34 said:
Sweatin’ like Mark Dingwall at the salad bar.
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Sweatin’ like the manager of an all you can eat chinese buffet when Dingwall walks through the door………
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Lulz.
Sweatin’ like the Weight Watchers National Average Loss Target when he signs up…
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Sweatin’ like a fat hun walkin’ round Ibrokes for no good reason!
HH
/Bishop B
Despite its disastrous potential a march on Hampden could be the catalyst for THEIR total demise.
With folk like Andy Kerr leading there supporters what chance do the orcs have ? H.H.
On the subject of the OO and that wee sneak Mathieson.
Have they named the senior councillor that will be sitting on this parade review yet?
mic1888
Paranoia? FF reasoning is that the refs are all Earl Haigs and let us away with murder. As for the two reds to which you refer, both a joke for me. I was surprised to hear Wanyama in an interview seem to accept his sending off. The Hun he tackled could easily have broken Vic’s leg. Celtic were never going to be permitted to win it there.
HH Monaghan
Sweating like Andy Kerr blowing into a breathalyser.
I just realised what an almighty legal nightmare this is going to be for everyone involved. When the balloon goes up, what a fight this is going to be.
The punishments, and consequences, of “being Rangers” are only going to mount up. The NewCo route is attractive to them, in a sense, but only in terms of their ability to escape the punishments they are due.
But what happens if those punishments “follow” them?
HMRC cannot, normally, chase a Newco. But when that NewCo has the same name, same corporate logo, its “corporate history”, its trading stamp, a similar employee pool and retains the better part of its customer base, with any number of long term previous deals still “standing”, what happens if HMRC decides to test the theory with a court case? If Rangers are also still in the SPL, essentially the same organisation with a different company number, would you fancy their chances of avoiding the hammer? If they are spending money?
Their history comes complete with the toxic waste. If they NewCo it’s bon voyage Rangers as we know it and a fresh start in the lower league, history gone, perhaps even a new badge ….
I can see lawyers getting fat for years to come. I can see this being a mess of Biblical proportions. I can see fun times ahead.
theweegreenman-That point should never be forgotten for voters in Glasgow,or anywhere else IMO.
Sweatin like Andy kerr in the cell block showers
….sweatin’ like ‘smudger’ in a force 9…………
Chairbhoy
They’ve always been thugs and cowards. The foe malign. Imagine the statistics if they’d been refereed honestly?
HH Monaghan
UEFA have to step in and pot the SFA on gardening leave,pending sackings.They must know the governing body have been far too close to this club for years(to say the least).The SFA are in danger of setting dangerous precedents to save their favourite club,which may in the future be used by other clubs in other countries.UEFA must know the 2 contracts have contaminated every competition they have entered,cue the lawsuits.
pot=put
Sweatin like Sally trying to tie his laces
Huns boycott
hilarious
they`ll have no team to follow or if they have a team it`ll not be worth watching
Sweating like sally in the mini bigots mascot suit.
Remember that, a bigot and a mini bigot is oor sally.
Sweatin’ like Andy Kerr playing Grand Theft Auto…
Hun boycott started-soaps the first casualty
Sweating like ole Smeato at the sight of Bernard Ponsonby.
PFayr
Did you watch them a lot then? :-)
Sweatin’ like Kirk Broadfoot in a cookery competition.
Sweatin’ like the whole huns team when the GB unfurl the 4 horsemen banner.
…sweatin’ like the ‘black-haired’ kitman in a downpour………..