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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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  2. petec 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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    The thing is, you Love everything and everyone.

     

     

    You need more hate in your Life, so you can be well cool and moan at Celtic players.

  11. dena29 on

    A Ceiler Gonof Rust

     

    00:57 on

     

    30 November, 2014

     

    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.

     

     

    I have every faith in my manservants and that all of the facilities will be to your taste lmao

     

     

    HH

  13. WeefratheTim on

    dena29

     

     

    The footie is now boring me, just swiched over to the snooker. Big yawns, night night lady dena, acgr thinks that’s your title, ;-) see you all wednesday. COYBIG. Stuff these kid on Huns ramorra. KtF.

     

     

    Offski now.

     

     

    Night Night Timland.

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

  14. bigshuggy on

    Hunskelper

     

    Hope you prove me wrong, but

     

    Matt McGinn and Gabby Hayes would be more effective than our midfield at present.

     

    HH

  15. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    I had no luck with Aztec Camera. I tried to go see them in night moves wi a wee burd and they wouldn’t let her in because she looked under age. She went on to become a nun, so that ended well.

     

     

    Second time, in the barrowlands my missus fainted and had to be sorted out by the St Johns Ambulance people.

     

     

    Aztec camera = Great wee band wi a talent. Roddy Frame is a special guy. I don’t even know if he’s a hun.

  19. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Dena29, no less than I’d expect from a woman of your quality.

     

     

    Make sure they warm my bedpan, I hate sitting on a cold brass pan.

  22. up_over_goal on

    Such a crude, ‘winning’ start made by Neil Lennon at Bolton. He clearly doesn’t get it.

     

     

    Typical British manager – I bet he lets the players put HP sauce on their win bonus.

  23. 16 roads - Craig Whyte is innocent. on

    SOAL – Magnificent selection.

     

     

    Thanks a million for posting those tracks,the Energy Orchard one in particular – My Ma’s people hail from that old Belfast district.

     

     

    Legendary.

     

     

    HH.

  27. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    An Tearmann, great wee reminder of the eighties. I’m connecting that up to the big telly right now and turning the volume to max.

     

     

    Canny do that normally but the fat controller has left me in charge of the building.

     

     

    Its good to be in charge…………………………………..:_)

     

     

     

    HH big fella

  30. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    16 roads – Craig Whyte is innocent.

     

     

    I loved that albulm along with the Adventures

     

     

    good times and good people

  31. Delaneys Dunky on

    The Huddle

     

     

    I enjoy everything Radiohead release. I think Thom Yorke’s, The Eraser was a great record too.

  33. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    16 roads / dena29, I like ma eggs sunny side up and ma bacon crispy.

     

     

    I assume you will make the arrangement’s.

     

     

     

    Celtic wummin, they’re the best.

  36. dena29 on

    A Ceiler Gonof Rust

     

    01:08 on

     

    30 November, 2014

     

    Dena29, no less than I’d expect from a woman of your quality.

     

     

    Make sure they warm my bedpan, I hate sitting on a cold brass pan.

     

     

    oh you are awful……….but i like you lmao

     

     

     

    definitely off to ma bed now night timland

     

     

    HH

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