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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. dena29 on

    Well another very good night at the Lurgan Celtic supporters club at a fund raising event hope the final total raised is good.Hope we have all played nicely ,ACGR just read your post 00:19am I obviously misinformed you I only have male staff lol

     

     

    HH

  5. WeefratheTim on

    dena29

     

     

    Good, he prefers ma……….l hmmmmmm. Naw he diznae really. But the mind boggles if you did hire them. ARMAGEDDON. I think I need a drink. HH

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

  9. WeefratheTim on

    Cot time now, with no 10-15 min add on. Great chat all day, will catch up once all the animals have been attended to the mo.

     

     

    Night Night Timland.

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

  10. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Bada Bing, I don’t think there is. We have properly structured and educated people who write and produce our fire regulations. Americans have idiots. No surprise there then.

     

     

    I’m going round in circles with their laws and hoped you could shine some down to earth common sense on it for me. I’ve interpreted their codes for the purpose of maintaining their facilities in line with their codes, but I’m not comfortable that they have a clue about their risk.

     

     

    They are Americans and they love to blow themselves to fuck and beyond with happy abandon.

     

     

    You want a joab BTW?

  13. dena29 on

    WeefratheTim

     

    00:32 on

     

    30 November, 2014

     

    dena29

     

     

    Good, he prefers ma……….l hmmmmmm. Naw he diznae really. But the mind boggles if you did hire them. ARMAGEDDON. I think I need a drink. HH

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

     

     

     

     

    :-)))))))

  19. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    CaltonTongues, thanks for that bro, a lovely wee tune.

     

     

    Ye know what, the world doesn’t have enough people called Mick.Mick.

     

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    HH Bruv

  21. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    An T. think yourself lucky you did not take me up on my half kebab offer. My aresehole looks like it’s been hit wi a sidewinder missile.

     

     

    I’m thinking of sueing or going for chicken next time.

  30. WeefratheTim on

    dena29

     

     

    00:37 on 30 November, 2014

     

    WeefratheTim

     

    00:32 on

     

    30 November, 2014

     

    dena29

     

     

    Good, he prefers ma……….l hmmmmmm. Naw he diznae really. But the mind boggles if you did hire them. ARMAGEDDON. I think I need a drink. HH

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

     

     

    :-)))))))

     

     

     

    Dena

     

     

    He really is a special ghuy, but, ffs, don’t let him know I said that. Hahahaha. See you wed kiddo. Safe journey over. KTF.

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

  33. the_huddle on

    Delaneys Dunky

     

     

    00:46 on 30 November, 2014

     

     

    The Huddle

     

     

    Radiohead still are an amazing live band. I love all their material.

     

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    Post a great tune from the last 5 years

  37. dena29 on

    WeefratheTim

     

     

    I know he’s some bhyoo lol

     

     

    hope all is well with you heading to bed now and looking forward to game tomorrow and hopefully a good performance and result

     

     

    Goodnight timland

     

     

    HH

  42. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Dena 29, stop messing about on this interntty thingee and make sure you get your serving staff to prepare my quarters as I would expect them to be.

     

     

     

    Whahhhhhooooooooooooooooooooo.

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