Scottish football is posed for the most momentous stand-off in its history. The battle lines are clear:
Money v Morals, TV money v Season ticket money, Bank of Scotland v Fans
In 12 days the SPL clubs will vote on resolutions which will enable a new club to parachute straight into the SPL following the liquidation of Rangers without having to apply for entry to the Scottish Football league and rise through the pyramid. Five clubs can block their entry – for a few days anyway. Six, a majority if one member is liquidated, would be enough to ensure Rangers Newco SPL entry is blocked.
According to the SPL Fan Survey fans would overwhelmingly like to see any Newco football club enter the Scottish Football League, a position supported by a large number of Rangers fans, but the voices of fans are more easily discarded than that of the Bank of Scotland, who a large number of clubs depend upon to keep their own clubs out of administration.
In short, unless clubs can demonstrate to the Bank of Scotland that they will lose more money from disaffected fans by voting for Newco than they will by voting to retain the custom of Rangers fans, with accompanying television and sponsor money, Newco FC will be voted into the SPL.
Celtic will vote against Newco but fans from Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen, Dundee United, Inverness, St Johnstone, Motherwell and St Mirren have to do more to make their case directly with their clubs. Irrespective of fan views, I reckon Dunfermline shareholders would rather relegate their own team than Rangers. Don’t even ask about Kilmarnock.
The Gang of 10 may speak as one. If they get rid of Rangers they will be able to out-vote Celtic and have a unique opportunity to change voting rights, allowing them to capture long-term money currently going to Celtic. This, together with overwhelming fan pressure, might be enough to persuade some, but this issue is more complex.
Despite initial opposition to changing the voting rights, Duff and Phelps may vote with the Gang of 10 on voting rights as part of a deal to allow them to sell a place in the SPL. Yes – trade votes in order to sell a place in the top league. Sporting integrity dismantled forever.
Since we first raised the alarm on this vote back in October I have been convinced Newco would be ushered into the SPL but the weight of opinion from fans from other clubs is stark. Over half of respondents to the Survey say they will not attend SPL games if Newco is voted straight into the league.
Even the Bank of Scotland would have to recognise the business sense in siding with the fans if this view is made firmly enough.
Truth is, no one knows which way this one will go, but this is a once in a century opportunity for fans to make a stand.
Bids for the original canvass painting of Neil Lennon by US based artist, Joseph Gormley, has topped £600! Keep an eye on the auction, which ends tomorrow, here.
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Hamiltontim
Didn’t know that about Holy Cross but had heard bad things about Aitkenhead, cheers for that, brilliant.
Shimmies. No it isn’t just you and I would suggest that the patterns that are there are hugely statistically significant and damning for the mibs.
How long has this been going on and what other incriminating stats may be out there?
My preferred bidder would be David Icke
Kayal33 on 19 April, 2012 at 11:29 said:
Jangle Jackson on Talksport saying that if a preferred bidder isn’t announced by tomorrow afternoon liquidation is inevitable.
And if a preferred bidder is announced, liquidation is inevitable.
That huns Wet Wet Wet are now singing “Somebody’s got to hold back the bidder”
Hugh Keevins said Jock Stein NEVER confronted a MIB onthe pitch. His very own paper showed that to be a lie today.
Hugh Keevins who said he had seen Big Pierre signed contract with Bayern!
Hugh Keevins whom MON made to admit that he made up quotes and lied in a piece about players wages at CP.
Hugh Keevins, does he ever tell the truth?
I wonder if the TV cameras will be allowed into the Neil Lennon trial to record the sentence being handed down?
I’m sure the Scottish public would like to see this man pay for his horrendous crimes. :-)
Isn’t a preferred bidder just a preferred…..’bidder’ ?
Not a confirmed sale.
What difference does it make to the big picture of a ‘bidder’ is confirmed by tomorrow lunchtime ? Someone has made an offer. Nothing more, nothing less.
….Sweat surrender stays the same.
David Icke did have a late bid turned down unfortunately as he insisted that although the strip could be blue the players had to be little green men.
Sweet surrender even
David Icke probably knows more about football than any of them.
DJBEE on 19 April, 2012 at 11:44 said:
So the story goes.
greenjedi on 19 April, 2012 at 11:51 said:
Hugh Keevins said Jock Stein NEVER confronted a MIB onthe pitch. His very own paper showed that to be a lie today.
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Not just “on the pitch”. On the centre circle!
Look at the pics you can see the markings:
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1972-11-01%3A+Celtic+3-2+Dundee%2C+League+Cup+-+Pictures
Mort on 19 April, 2012 at 11:02said:
There is however a creditors meeting arranged for 12:00noon tomorrow at Ibrox.
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Ticket only.Bring your own lunch.
£1000 a ticket.
From Ticketus.com
never knew that about Aitkenhead but hardly surprising in this country. Our tour guide was a Queens Park FC fan. I approached him later and asked him if he really supported Queens and he said on the QT that he was a Tim. Could tell by the tour and the way he spoke that he was. Think his name was Pat. Lovely man.
LB
with regards to lenny,s appearance in front of the beaks (god thats some power they have ) I think he should have taken them on, especially after the shame game and him being the only one punished ,( which proved to me anyway that it was him they were after ) when in the exact same circumstances bro brown was involved in a skirmish at motherwell with john boyle . . bro brown had no case to answer, EVEN WHEN IT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.Now there must come a time when turning the other cheek MUST STOP. and i feel we have been tolerant far far too long , Go get them lenny , tens of thousands of us stand. shoulder to shoulder with you ..
jimtim
Hampden tour…Did that with my youngest’s football team.
In the underneath car park the guide starts
“Celtic bus parks there and Rangers always park there.
Anybody any idea who parks their cars over there”
(Next to Rangers bus)
Wee man hand straight up
“That will be for Rangers best mates the referees”
Me and one other dad fall about laughing the rest are huns.
He was right.
I only listened back to the Keevins, Thomson, SSB phone-in last night.
Kinda glad the wee morally ambiguous rat has been mentioned today, so that I can mention his moral ambiguity.
Sally has just announced he plans to bring new faces to Ibrox in the summer. Papac has asked for 1.
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon on 19 April, 2012 at 11:49 said:
And if a preferred bidder is announced, liquidation is inevitable.
True. But the LL are getting there slowly
I believe I may have said Tom White was the Celtic Director who wanted Davidson the cheat removed. It was of course Tom Devlin. This from Ian Archer in the Herald coverage of the replay which Celtic won 4-1:
“But there will be other issues in this tie besides the actual playing of the game. Bobby Davidson is again referee, despite a request from Celtic Director, Mr Tom Devlin to the League Management Committee to have him changed.
Mr Davidson had not refereed Celtic for almost three seasons before he was appointed for this tie. All the parties seem reluctant to discuss the reasons for his exile, but in the second leg at Parkhead he ran into trouble.
Jock Stein is due to meet the SFA referee committee on December 1 to explain to them the remarks he made to Mr Davidson on the field during the interval before extra time started.”
Yet another Huge Heevings botty burp. Someone really should show how him how to log on and he could join us internet bampots. If he really is a churnalist he might even know how to type.
Henricks sombrero
The preferred bidder once announced has to put up £1million immediately to tied them over,….. sorry be preferred bidder, that what the hurry is.
DJBEE,
I have absolutely no doubt, keevins is a poster on this blog
According to Matt McGlone on twitter a few days ago, Lenny and Celtic had information to present today which would make the SFA ‘implode’.
Let’s hope so.
If not David Icke then my preferred bidder would be Sylvester Stallone’s Mother.
Big Nan,
I was at the game when Big Jock confronted Davidson.
Believe me,what Neil did at Hampden was NOTHING compared to the prolonged lambasting that the big man gave the cheat Davidson.
He also confronted him after a game we lost 4-2 to the huns around the same era.
In a bid to avert some after the game rammies,a Celtic Boys Club game was organised after the main game with a view to the huns going home and us watching the boys club game.
The boys were in the tunnel to come on as the “big teams” were coming off and my mate,who played for CBC said that Big Jock came up the tunnel absolutely ripping Davidson apart.
Still,it’s only Neil Lennon who does this sort of thing eh!
ht,
seen that,
so the story goes (and thought)
they wore the clothes
they said the things
to make it seem improbable
like the whale of a lie
that they hoped it was.
Kennedy claims he is back in and has now doubled his original offer. He is quoted as saying his new offer is in “Double Digit” millions. Strikes me there is a bit of publicity seeking here or just guys trying to get their hands on some real estate, ie
Ibrokes and Minty park for hee haw. You’ve got to laugh.
Hail! Hail! PMTYH
canamalar
Sometimes his passionate nature led to him getting carried away with things and I later found them to have been embelished :-))
However, I believe that one to be factually accurate.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 19 April, 2012 at 12:06 said:
DJBEE,
I have absolutely no doubt, keevins is a poster on this blog
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Is it Declan??
new article posted.
medtim on 19 April, 2012 at 12:09 said:
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Never made that game but I have had the privilege of watching the big-man in full flow and it was a sight to behold.
The time at Parkhead when the wee man gave him the vickies or verbals and then the big man got up off the bench and raced after him was priceless. As was Jimmy’s recollection of that story in later years which I had the pleasure of listening to in the Jock Stein.
Just listening to SSB and it has just been said that Paulo Sergio would not have misbehaved if it had been his team that the ref. had shafted.
Yes, Paulo is Mr Calm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx07voNmMK4
Googybhoy @11:58
Wonder if G4S doing the security for the creditors meeting or will they be in the queue looking for the£250’000 they are owed
Autograph hunters may even get to meet Roberto Mancini looking for Man City’s £300’000 for the services Weiss
Neil canamalar
Is it Declan?
I wouldn’t put it past him, how many times has he been called a hun? Any ideas, that would be the funniest thing ever if he was outed on here. Shug the ultimate tinternet bampot.
Headtheball,
sadly some people could not take Declan for what he was and wernt happy till he was exposed. A sad loss to our rich and varied community.
But there are a few who continually make keevins points on here, green huns ah calls them, he is one of them I’m dead sure.