Press stories yesterday that Newcastle United and newco Rangers would not be able to play in Uefa competitions in the same season have caused Mike Ashley considerable angst. While it would appear few things are untenable for Ashley, having one of his clubs bow out of Europe to allow the other to compete is beyond what even he believes to be acceptable.
Newcastle issued a statement early today challenging the reports, which initially appeared in the Daily Telegraph, a newspaper Newcastle have banned from their premises. The Telegraph reported that Uefa confirmed newco Rangers and Newcastle would be prevented from competing in Europe in the same season due to Article 3 of their competition regulations, which relate to multi-ownership.
I contacted Uefa this morning, who confirmed that the report in the Telegraph is incorrect; Uefa have made no such ruling. However, this is because they have received no complaint and no investigation has taken place. Uefa do not trawl looking for administrative breaches and will not investigate such matters unless asked to do so. This issue, it appears, has not gone beyond the Uefa Media Office, and will only be passed to Compliance if a complaint is made.
I reckon Ashley will be comfortable dealing with the SFA, who he can delay and confuse until after newco’s next funding round, which will take place before Christmas, but he doesn’t want Uefa, or the FA in England, on his case, as either could jeopardise plans.
It’s incredible that months after Ashley bought into newco no one has complained to the one body who have the power to dissuade him.
The scenes outside Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday were predictable. Craig Whyte stands accused by the court of public opinion of liquidating Rangers Football Club. I know some of the bile directed towards him went well beyond what is acceptable, but you can’t liquidate a football club and not expect some push-back at the fringes.
The court of public opinion, isn’t making sense, though. Rangers fans are angry at Craig Whyte, who, apparently, played hardball with the evil HMRC, then was cheated out of his rightful place in the Premier League by a combination of the SFA, the SPL, Celtic, the BBC and bigotry.
If it wasn’t for these dark forces, Craig would have used the [cough]perfectly legitimate business tactic of liquidation, to carry the same club through the crippling debt Sir David Murray had lumbered it with and back to its rightful place in Scottish football.
So if it’s all someone else’s fault, why are they so angry at Craig? Genuine question. He either released the club from Murray’s excesses, and was victimised, or he brazenly killed the club and tried to flog them a newco as though nothing had changed.
The only reason I can think they are angry at Craig is because our old pal Cognitive Dissonance is gnawing away in the background. Whyte’s plan was to liquidate Rangers, present the SPL and SFA with a fait accompli midseason, and have the newco pick up the vacant league position the following week.
This was a horrible plan. Rangers fans’ ‘No to liquidation’ campaign was correct. Everyone else’s opposition to this aberration was also correct.
The fait accompli didn’t work. The rest of Scottish football chose to step off the cliff into the unknown, although many Rangers fans quickly adopted Whyte’s – liquidation means nothing – logic, however they couldn’t bring themselves to accept the man himself.
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corkcelt
Great to meet you on Thursday. Passed your gift to BRTH who has passed it on to WC.
Hope things went as well as they could.
Kind regards,
EDB.
Corkcelt,
Regarding you broony comment….
It’s what I’ve said in the past about him, lennon and Joe led….
You have to be at the game to truly appreciate what they put in. I’ve had at least 6 guys eat humble pie over the years because of them, after attending games.
Tsoal @1958
Aye that Ruth Jones is good eh?
geordie
what about telling our scouting network that .
corkcelt
sorry I didnt get to meet you on Thursday I love meeting new faces to the corner you must have been very early as I didnt leave before 7:50pm maybe catch you next time.
HH
GM
Another few and i will be Vinny Jones
Any friendly pubs near tynecastle
Great Stuff ElDiegoBhoy and thanks for doing the needful. It was great to meet you as well. Celtic Supporters are something special, you walk into the pub as a stranger and within minutes you are accepted and chatting away with some ghuy, as if you had known him all your life. Yes the funeral was incredible in all my 67 years on this planet I never witnessed anything like it. The lad who died was a musician and I reckon every musician and singer in Clare turned up at some stage and performed. After Glasgow & Clare I’m in fairly poor shape rest and sleep badly needed.
Corkcelt
Apols. Apparently I missed you by 2 mins.
Was really PO’d I missed you. Traffic was a bit of a nightmare.
Next time.
HH jamesgang
delaneys dunky
50 year anniversary coming up…
The club should mark this with a sponsorless ’67 style jersey. The sales would surely make up any lost revenue from no sponsor.
I would like our january targets to be mcgeady maloney (no brainers ) guidetti and a modern young germanic
Goalie
Also a naka or lubo
Is it possible that jamesy gets injury free and becomes one of the best plplayers ever?
Rhodes guidetti aiden shaun jas mclean
Jamesgang,
Traffic was horrible eh?
Even after the game. I think awbdy was in cars on Thurs.
Corkcelt
Glad you enjoyed your trip. Sorry to hear of your loss. Hope to meet you soon.
Hopefully next time, dena29, The lads seemed to be breaking up as I arrived, met Weefrathe & Jobo before I headed into the ground.
I would like our january targets to be mcgeady maloney (no brainers ) guidetti and a modern young germanic
Goalie
Also a naka or lubo
Is it possible that jamesy gets injury free and becomes one of the best plplayers ever?
Rhodes guidetti aiden shaun jas mc mclean ,
ILOVECELTIC
the spirit of arthur lee,
funny just watched The Fall on iPlayer as well :)
The honest cu
Would buy that for all my lot. Would be a top seller indeed. Hate sponsor logo’s ruining our Hoops.
corkcelt
My non CQNer mate was blown away with the friendship he encountered on Thursday.
Great to meet you at a difficult time.
Thanks again.
Yep jamesgang, I was asking about you ok, we missed each other by a whisker. I did meet An Tearman earlier and as you said he is a bloody big bassa. Met a few old friends and 6 or 7 new ones, always happy to meet & chat with fellow Celts.
EDB
Give us a nod when you start your second bottle
Love
Sydney Tim 15.26
What a load of old rubbish from someone who probably considers himself a CEltic supporter. Perhaps he had not heard that P.L.turned down an offer from Arsenal of double his salary. Or maybe he just did not want to hear it.
corkcelt
20:13 on
29 November, 2014
Hopefully next time, dena29, The lads seemed to be breaking up as I arrived, met Weefrathe & Jobo before I headed into the ground.
you were in good company then lol I must have just missed you hopefully you will get across soon . glad your friend got a good send off its nice to be appreciated by like minded people shows the family how well thought of their loved one was.
Next time
HH
SOAL
That was hours ago. You need to keep up.
B.t.w.
how was the show?
Catching up after a wee lie down.
If some of our ” top” refs are excusing themselves from LC duty, wouldn’t it be an ideal opportunity to invite a ref from another Association?
EDB
The concert was good and even managed a lift home
It was good to see you auld yin and delighted for your mate (who has to put up with you)
having a good night shame about the result
Love
corkcelt
Was a pleasure to meet you on thursday, although you probably never noticed me as I normally slip under the radar, hence my monicker. :-)) Indeed, you missed dena and jamesgang by minutes. Hope you enjoyed your trip, except the score. :-(. Hopefully see you soon, if you can look down that far. Hahahaha.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
ELDiegoBhoy, Your non CQN friend was a lovely guy enjoyed chatting to him. Then I got squeezed in between 2 handsome Celts, ACGR & The Angel Gabriel, not an ounce of spare flesh on either of them and both top class golfers. With my high handicap & beer belly I was totally out of my league.
thomthethim for Oscar OK
20:23 on
29 November, 2014
Catching up after a wee lie down.
If some of our ” top” refs are excusing themselves from LC duty, wouldn’t it be an ideal opportunity to invite a ref from another Association?
but would that gig be seen as a poisoned chalice , really who would want to do it??
HH
off out til later bhoys
HH
Yerra Weefrathe, You going on about your height is like Old Tim going on about his age. Ye both have big hearts and larger than life personalities and that’s what really counts. A pleasure to meet you Sir.
dena29
Enjoy your evening kiddo. KTF. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
TT
nothing from big Marty, he will contact my dad if anything comes up…
MLS playoffs today: New England Revolution vs RED BULL New York. Red Bull team fronted by a certain Thiery Henry and Tim Cahill.
Well funded them caffeine fueled teams hey?
big-cup-winners
19:33 on 29 November, 2014
An Tearmann
The monies they will draw from the semi-final would seem to be paramount to their continuation ?
Hi mate.my impression is feb1 is a long way down the road in a real world(nonwalterenomics) type of way at the moment.
I think decisions made in agm will determine their funding more than our game against them.
They of course get associated with our club and their hate will be oxygenated.We as fans will get an insight into a tsunami of deadfirm
kack we will get next year(if theyv stopped self harmin by then) when sky wants its big match back.
hh
corkcelt
And a pleasure to meet you also. Auldtim will probably introduce you to the cast of “One foot in the grave”, while I will allow you to meet the cast of “Snow Whyte”. Oops, a deliberate slip up there. Yip, you can meet my 6 bros. :-)))) KTF.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Cahill scores for Red Bull…erm New York. 2-2 on aggregate.
weefra
so who is grumpy – plenty to choose from
sydney tim, kev jungle etc
me? I am more of a dopey sort of bloke
Went to watch Brentford again today – they play some cracking fitba’ for a ‘wee diddy team’.
Interesting that they play the sort of pressing and fast passing game that Ronny seems to aspire to. In the pre-match warm up, they play a game of fast passing “keep ball” in a confined space – funnily enough, the just do the same thing once the game starts. Too often you see teams (Celtic included) aimlessly passing the ball around before the game starts – makes you wonder what they’re up to in training.
Anyway, Brentford have 2 or 3 players that could improve the hoops in my opinion.
Plus the manager – Mark Warburton – is an intelligent guy. It will be interesting to see whether he sticks around at Brentford or where he might end up. His wikipedia entry is an interesting read – if only to see what he says about being a player under Jock Wallace :)))