Ladbrokes SPFL-PR warning media to stop title stripping talk

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I’m told by a broadcast journalist friend that Jim Traynor, of PR company Level5, started Newco Rangers broadcast media conference yesterday with a warning to journalists that discussion about title stripping was off limits.

The law was that if manager Mark Warburton was asked about the proposed sanction for Oldco Rangers financial doping the conference would be stopped.

Say what you like about journalists, but they regard being told what to ask, or not to ask, as a line in the sand issue. Traynor, a journalist for decades, should have known better than to make such a rookie mistake.

He was told that attempts to subvert discussion about Oldco being stripped of titles is not something that would be accommodated. By the broadcast media, anyway.

Warburton was subsequently asked about title stripping and although he was happy to answer, I’m told, this angered the would-be news-denier, whereupon he “lost his temper”.

Post-conference there was a bit of chat about how they would be able to appropriately report on less-partisan issues, like the Level5 PR-controlled Ladbrokes SPFL, although there was a consensus that “He’ll fall out with everyone soon enough. He always does”.

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  1. Nye Bevans' rebel soldier on

    Joe Filippis Haircut

     

     

    If the rumours aboot the dressing room rifts

     

    are right he needs to pick the one’s he can trust.

  2. Can someone remind me of the number of international caps, or European games Jose Mohrinio had ?

  3. Joe Filippis Haircut on

    Nye Bevans. If there is trouble in the dressing room he should drop the trouble makers and play players who support him but im not sure if the dressing room thing is a MSM invention to divert eyes away from the huns. Well off to Mass In Ronny and Peter I trust. H.H.

  4. Good morning friends from a damp grey calm East Kilbride.

     

     

    Today is a good day because today I get to watch The Champions play.

  5. Can I just say a massive thank you to all the CQNers who sent me their voting forms to be used by the Celtic Trust at the AGM. They’ll be posted tomorrow and it’s genuinely appreciated.

     

     

    Hail Hail

  6. Melbourne Mick on

    Hello again all you young rebels.

     

     

    Just back from a day with the peninsula hoops and as you can

     

    imagine plenty of argument as regards whether the present set

     

    of players are the worst we’ve ever had or not, I’ve lived through

     

    Wayne Biggens, Carl Muggleton et al but bad as we were i don’t

     

    ever remember any big centre backs ducking from a shot at goal

     

    like i saw against Molde that really gets on my thruppeny bits.

     

    As it often does the talk always goes back to our greatest ever

     

    team the Lisbon Lions although my wee da would argue about

     

    that and although they were magnificent theres always that

     

    question at the back of my mind would Henke or Lubo, Paul

     

    Mcstay, Di Canio enhanced that team or not, i know that

     

    question will never be answered but after much debate and

     

    gallons of guinness Paddymacoz and the rest of us picked our

     

    best ever Celtic eleven and three subs from 1965 onwards in

     

    any formation you wish.

     

    So for the next week on the blog whoever picks the most players

     

    in the our clubs selection will get a much sought after Mornington

     

    Social Celtic polo shirt which we will send to the winner, so just a

     

    bit of fun to lighten the present gloom annnnnd you’ll be the

     

    only person at Celtic park with said shirt.

     

    So post your teams and i must warn you there are a couple of

     

    ringers in ours but give it a go and it will probably surprise us

     

    all the diversity of opinion.

     

    H.H Mick

  7. Morning all.

     

    I’m looking forward to the game today, any thoughts on the team selection. No simo or Kris. Possibly a chance for Scott Allen.

     

    Our bus leaving at 9.40 so just getting myself sorted. Looking forward to catching up with H.T. and many more.

     

    Prediction a rather boring 1.0 to the hoops.

  8. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    Mick

     

    Fallon, (biased)

     

    McGrain and izzie

     

    Reiper and Elliot

     

    Mcstay murdoch and lambert

     

    Larson Johnstone and cadette

     

     

    Not picked on current form of course but izzie probably best I’ve watched

  9. I always stand outside the main entrance at Celtic Park before kick off.See Billy McNeil he is accompanied with either 2 former players. Mike Jackson and Benny Rooney.as somebody mentioned about Billy being not in the best of health.sadly he is not the same man he was a few yrs ago.

  10. Stairheedrammy on

    How can this team be the worst team people have ever seen, short memories then, I remember seasons when third place was a struggle and dreading playing teams like Dundee United. Get over yourselves, we are beating all at home comfortably with a young and inexperienced team who will improve (think Griffiths, Biton and Rogic) given time. Europe is beyond them just now, a domestic treble is not.

  11. Melbourne Mick on

    Blantyretim.

     

     

    Great effort but safe to say you have less than half but i like the look

     

    of that lot.

     

    I take it you are related to the original holy goalie if so then you must

     

    be a proud man and he was very unlucky not to hold down the No1

     

    slot in the lions but thats the way it goes.

     

    H.H Mick

  12. Tom Boyd is better than SuperSutton on

    I can’t believe Ronny Deila has allowed Hearts and Aberdeen to get closer to us in the league. What was he doing yesterday?

     

     

    It makes today another must win game.

     

     

    Doesn’t it?

  13. JOE FILIPPIS HAIRCUT on 8TH NOVEMBER 2015 9:01 AM

     

    Nye Bevans. If there is trouble in the dressing room he should drop the trouble makers and play players who support him but im not sure if the dressing room thing is a MSM invention to divert eyes away from the huns. Well off to Mass In Ronny and Peter I trust. HH.

     

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    Never read about the dressing room thing in the MSM. Read it on here, but the poster couldn’t go into detail as he would break confidences.

     

     

    What I’ve seem myself, I have no reason to doubt him.

     

     

    I hope Ronny shows management prowess today and is ruthless with those who do not listen.

     

     

    HH.

     

    HH.

  14. STAIRHEEDRAMMY on 8TH NOVEMBER 2015 9:45 AM

     

    ‘How can this team be the worst team people have ever seen, short memories then, I remember seasons when third place was a struggle and dreading playing teams like Dundee United.’

     

     

     

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    The current squad may have more technical ability than the ones you refer to but they lack fighting spirit and determination. That’s why fans are unhappy.

     

     

    And I think it’s fair to say that currently the standard of football generally in Scotland is at a low ebb.

     

     

    I watched a bit of the Aberdeen game yesterday on Alba. It was pathetic.

     

    Truly awful. You’d see fewer unforced errors down the local park.

  15. Marrakesh Express on

    The upcoming AGM, Lawwell has got to say nothing regarding the Cheating club. Let the floor get the message across loud and clear but PL cannot give the LL even a morsel, which they’d twist any way to suit the current bury and cover up campaign.

     

    Desperate measures are in place right now. The huns know they don’t have a leg to stand on, and are terrified of this going all the way to fellow corrupt Uefa .

     

    They’ll be very aware of what happened to Italy’s biggest club Juventus.

     

    Btw they tell me Uncle Tom Keevins has said the trophies were won unfairly. Who’d have thunk that? So that makes three in the msm with Willie Miller and Tom English. Any others out there with a backbone?

  16. Big game today.

     

     

    Probably one of the 3 or 4 toughest domestic games of the season.

     

     

    Ross C have a good managerial set up and a team with plenty to prove.

     

     

    Tough for our team after Thursday’s show.

     

     

    Any win will do if we can restore our 6 point lead.

  17. saltires en sevilla on

    Melbourne Mick

     

     

    Boruc

     

    McGrain

     

    Reiper

     

    Elliot

     

    McGrain

     

    Gemmell

     

    Murdoch

     

    Paul McStay

     

    Johnstone

     

    Lennox

     

    Larsson

     

    Moravcik

     

    Sutton

     

    Dalglish

  18. The meeja in scoddland are our enemy and the enemy in this.

     

     

    We want the best for our great club and the best for Scottish football. Sure, opinions will differ on how this is achieved, and although there are those who are far from genuine in their agenda…….largely we are aligned in our objectives.

     

     

    Concerted effort from all of Scotland, lead by the fitba’ authorities is required or sustainable credible change won’t be effected.

     

     

    A rebellious / bilious charge by Sellick from the front espoused most loudly by the sleekit(s) even if genuine is likely to be easily picked off by seasoned campaigners like Chubba and the boul’- blazored Darryl……….

     

     

    Sadly, ouselves alone……..won’t achieve that which genuine Tims want – football justice for all.

     

     

    What we need is a whole of Scotland solution to this most scoddish of problems.

     

     

    HH

  19. saltires en sevilla on

    Melbourne Mick

     

     

    That was Danny at right and left back

     

     

    Swap in Paul Lambert to my 14 thanks

     

     

    HH

  20. Melbourne Mick on 8th November 2015 9:13 am…

     

     

    As usual your post brings a smile to my face.

     

     

    I’ll dig through my books and see what team I can come up with.

     

     

    I reckon there will be some in your team that I may not recognise.

     

     

    Hope yourself and the young ones are well. Hail Hail

  21. Andrew Kerins Green and White Army on

    Interesting game this afternoon not often we go up against a team with more Tims in it than ours

     

    Also a year since Ronny showed us his passion at the end of a game up in the muttondome

     

    A bit of passion from the players wouldn’t go amiss , if they’re not going to do it for him or us they could bloody do it for themselves

  22. Melbourne MICK

     

    Boruc

     

    Mcgrain

     

    Hay

     

    Murdoch

     

    McNeil

     

    Connelly

     

    Mcstay

     

    Bertie

     

    Jinky

     

    McBride

     

    Larson

     

    Lubo

     

    Wanyama

     

    Lambert

     

    HH

  23. So who’s fit today? Yet more defensive changes … Efe returns after Blackett’s display? Commons out?

     

     

    As always after a defeat it’s important to get back to winning ways. Won’t be easy away to a well organised side but we’ve more than enough to come home with the three points/

  24. In other news, in a press conference earlier Mark Warburton’s “I’m flattered to be linked to a club like , but I’ve got a job to do here” speech is once again interrupted by the news that said club have appointed someone else.

  25. Saltires En Savilla

     

     

    Two Danny Mcgrains now thats a wish too far id be looking at a

     

    world cup with that.

     

     

    SIPSINI

     

     

    As i said a couple of ringers in there maybe not for their skill but

     

    devotion to the cause.

     

    Drat, Paddymacoz will probably knock me out for giving out clues.

     

    H.H Mick

  26. Melbourne Mick g’day my daughter Ms Hebcelt is spending the month of Dec in Mornington, Mount Martha with the Milligan family. She worked out there a couple of years ago and is revisiting to attend a wedding and get a much needed sunshine boost . The reason for this ramble is I would like to purchase a couple of your shirts/tops, could you give me a contact number where she could get in touch with you. She has met Summa of Sammi but I don’t think you ghuys had been organised then. You can obviously contact me through CQN or Paul67 has my details. Hail Hail Hebcelt

  27. Hebcelt

     

     

    I remember you posted a while back that your daughter was on

     

    a working holiday over here on the peninsula and me and the

     

    princess wondered if it was a young lass who greeted us when we

     

    entered Kirks hotel on the beachfront with a “c’mon the hoops ”

     

    I will organise polo shirts with Paddymacoz for you and if Sipsini

     

    or Cowiebhoy are lurking they will give you my email address and

     

    we will be delighted to help in any way we can.

     

    H.H Mick

  28. Melbourne Mick

     

     

    Boruc

     

    McGrain McNeill Aitken Gemmell

     

    Jinky Murdoch Auld Lennox

     

    Larsson Dalglish

     

     

    Moravcik McStay Rieper

     

     

    Good fun that HH

  29. Best 11.

     

     

    Boruc

     

     

    McGrain

     

    Connelly

     

    McNeill

     

    Gemmel

     

     

    Murdoch

     

    McStay

     

    Dalglish

     

     

    Johnstone

     

    Lennox

     

    Larsson

  30. 67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar...... Ipox belongs to the creditors on

    Post o Phil’s blog says it all….

     

     

    “Dav,

     

    Tax evasion is illegal. It is a crime. The three Court of Session law lords found RFC guilty of illegal tax evasion from 2001-9.

     

    The perpetrators of a crime cannot retain the proceeds of that crime.

     

     

    Fielding players they could not otherwise have afforded does and did impact on the result of each match over a nine year period, this is serial cheating.

     

    In the words of SDM to the FTT and Andrew Thornhill QC to LNS the Trust allowed RFC to bring in players they otherwise could not afford.

     

    As I have stated before it was not only clubs in domestic competition which were cheated, but also participants in UEFA competitions, the integrity of which wer compromised by the use of criminal payments by RFC over nine seasons.

     

    Finally, cheating does not have to be predicated on winning. Cheating is cheating. Crime is crime is crime.

  31. Melbourne Mick thanks for that I’ll be in touch just let me know the price so that I can add it to her largesse, be in touch soon. Hail Hail Hebcelt She worked with the Lacy family in Mt Eliza just in case you are aquainted with any of the names I have mentioned