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No complaints yet with Uefa over Ashley multi-ownership

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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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  1. hun skelper on

    jobo mobo baldie

     

     

    23:19 on 29 November, 2014

     

     

    Fancy that bet myself, think killie will beat the Huns with a wee bit to spare and we’ll do what we usually do in gorgie and smash the wee Huns HH

  2. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    Front three the morra..

     

    Forrest Guidetti Griffiths

     

    Bang Hearts oot.

     

    This is the biggest game of the season so far.

  8. hun skelper on

    jobo mobo baldie

     

     

    23:19 on 29 November, 2014

     

     

    5.5 your money for that double or 11/2 for the auld guys HH

  11. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon ....The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Dreamed a dream, by the old canal….good night all….big day tomorrow for the Timaloys

  12. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    dd,

     

    Had a magnificent day pal wae my oldest lad.

     

    7-0 to Cliftonville.

     

    Into Ardoyne after the game.Great night.

  16. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    Hun skelper.

     

    Get yer money on Kilmarnock then.

     

    Inverness, Motherwell, St Johnstone…

     

    No balls to take on the Huns.

     

    3/1 Kilmarnock.

  18. the_huddle on

    The Spirit of Arthur Lee

     

     

    23:34 on 29 November, 2014

     

     

    The White Stripes-My Doorbell

     

     

    BRILLIANT

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlcMRq3gb1s

     

    —————

     

    That was a real band, the noise 2 people could make was amazing. Seen them in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

     

     

    The Edinburgh gig (2001 I think) was amazing, in the Liquid Rooms smoking joints with security and the road crew.

     

     

    The White Stripes – Blue Orchid

     

    http://youtu.be/JsnIdx8JSBY

  19. Jobo Mobo Baldie on

    hun skelper –

     

     

    didn’t quite get as good as that. We’re 1/2 but Killie are 7/2 so the double is 19/4. But it’s a “free” bet so nothing to lose.

  24. Craigellachie10 on

    I see Neil McCann taking the late equaliser with the dignity he must have learned at the deid ones.

  27. jamesgang on

    Wonder if Neil mccann’s column in the paper tomorrow will include a memo to self – act with dignity at the end of the match and don’t require a big polis to push you away!

     

     

    Night Timdom.

     

    1 more sleep.

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  29. hun skelper on

    tricoloured ribbon

     

     

    23:42 on 29 November, 2014

     

     

    The Huns are pish, killie hoops double. It’s like printing your own money mate :-) HH

  30. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    dd,

     

    I know you like yer music lad

     

    What do you think of this chap?

     

    Jack Savoretti?

     

    Magic to me

  32. Craigellachie10 on

    Now here we go bigging up the chance of a hearts win and a rangers win, of course the favourites are bound to come from the best wee league in the world.

  42. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Tricoloured Ribbon – Sevco will beat Kilmarnock.

     

    ……………..

     

     

     

    TCR, you may be right but they wont win the Scottish Cup. They’re shite.

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