The dispute Newco have with the Scottish Professional Football League over their sponsorship deal with car retailer cinch might look a bit ridiculous. The club are refusing to display SPFL sponsor logos and, apparently, refused to permit their manager to be interviewed by BT Sport unless the broadcaster taped over the logos at Motherwell on Saturday.
It’s an odd hill on which to stand, even after considering that cinch are direct competitors to the Newco chairman’s car retailer business. cinch will continue to advertise and gain market share at the expense of traditional retailers, the chairman is called Park, not Canute.
It makes more sense if you consider Newco want to replace SPFL CEO Neil Doncaster with a more compliant individual, think a 21st century Jim Farry. If they can beat the SPFL in the courts, they can push for Doncaster’s removal with some authority. For this, any small hill will be sufficient.
This is a proxy war with the governance of our game is the real tide.
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SS
I know a few guys who did work for PP; they are the Ryanair of betting. Brilliant PR through looking daft. Really good IT too
Coneybhoy, sorry mate, Mum needed work done at her house. I was rewarded with a bottle of Chablis for my efforts. Be rude not to accept. She knows her boy well.😂
It is, of course, right & proper that Ibrox be excluded from any share of the ‘cinch’ payout. If you don’t by a ticket, you can’t win a prize. I’m sure Ibrox know this – c£80k is very ‘small beer’ compared to the c£100m pumped in to cover losses and ensure the ‘going concern’ by Park, other investors and soft-loan providers, since the new club was incorporated.
If’cinch’ cancel their annual sponsorship due to the Ibrox stance and, if a binding contract has been broken by Rangers, then all the other clubs denied that money could sue for loss of income
As for is taking any ‘tit for tat’ action on arches/old firm and the like – why would we? We have shown to our credit during unprecedented success over the last ten years that we don’t ‘get down and dirty’ in matters involving, or, instigated by the Ibrox club.
There has been so much recent assertion which states “we’re not half of anything” – so why would we be half of their shenanigans?
BRRB
Top bhoy. I do like a Chablis myself but hang back for special occasions
Always thought Tesco Picault de Pinet was an cheaper equivalent
The wife actually agreed!!!
somebody doesnt get it.
I’m not for one minute knocking the French target, but they all seem a bit moody to me. Plenty of examples.
I think it was Mark Twain who said, Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of the Government. But then, I repeat myself
KINGLuBO
JHB
The comments about arches and advertising boards etc were not meant to be taken seriously.
They weren’t were they?
the greetin oh the huns on clyde is hilarious, over the players player of the year..
its no suprising that oor players arny getting nominated its thems at the top,
we are hated,
what has tom rogic done that better than james tavernier.
Ref the discussion on Sevco’s refusal to acknowledge cinch’s sponsorship of the SPFL, I wonder if the situation was resolved to the satisfaction of Sevco and the SPFL back in November 2021 when Park’s was announced as sponsor if the SWPL?
https://www.womenspremierleague.co.uk/news/parks-motor-group-announced-as-title-sponsor-of-the-swpl/#:~:text=Park's%20Motor%20Group%20have%20been,commercial%20agreement%20for%20the%20league.
On a tangwnt
I watched a doc on BBC NI last night about the ups and downs of Derry FC
Really enjoyed it. They got banned from IFA due to violence, went years defunct and then ex players talked the FAI, FIFA into a move south and then the IFA to let them go
They had a South African a Brazilian and a Czech i think, during the troubles
Won a treble and played Benfica, great stuff
To be fair, they gave stats on the murders etc during that period but they all said the club was a great escape for everyone
The great thing about the SPFA awards is that is comes from guys who know who their beat contemporaries are
No bias
https://twitter.com/74frankfurt/status/1519232129296568320/photo/1
still there, the shop is now rented by the Akhtar family selling hardware, ironmongery and paint
Mr Aktar can still remeber selling his first pik and mix and the record counter,
its still woolworths i mean
Look how much this season is similar to Win Jansen year.
A manager came from Japan unknown and slated by the press ( Jansen /Postecoglo )
Rangers were going to win everything.
He signed an unknown who turned out to be world class (Larsson/Kyogo)
Signed a big Swedish defender (Mjallby /Starfelt)
Lost first league game 2-1 in Edinburgh ( Hibs/Hearts)
Lost first old firm game 1-0 goal scored by defender ( Gough/Helander)
Won league cup.
Signed quality midfielder (Lambert/Hatate) who made difference in next old firm game which turned around the league.
Won the third old firm game at Ibrox 2-1.
Lost to rangers 2-1 in Scottish cup semi final leaving Rangers to play Hearts in final which Hearts won.
Still to come
Celtic win the league.
Hearts pump Rangers in the final
CONEYBHOY on 27TH APRIL 2022 7:58 PM
On a tangwnt
I watched a doc on BBC NI last night about the ups and downs of Derry FC
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its brilliant watch, the south african striker, what a charachter
CONEYBHOY on 27TH APRIL 2022 8:01 PM
The great thing about the SPFA awards is that is comes from guys who know who their beat contemporaries are
No bias
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Marvin Bartley is incredulous,
A hun says it bias againsst rangers, Bartley says as a player we vote for the opponents we thought were best, its not about the jersey or the team its about the individual
hun says “aye you would say that yourt from outside and dont understand what goes on”
bartley has been in scotland for 8 seasons
The thing that baffles me about sevco 2012 and their hissy fit with Cinch is, they say the have a contract with the busman from Hamilton ,but for the life of me I cannot remember seeing any advertising around the stadium on wall
big screen
wee squares on cardboard
flegs
banners
bunting
dugouts
windaes
taps
pop up shops
pop up arches
the soles of kent’s boots
tattooed onto wee jimmy bigot bells twisted coupon
or bobby maddens boxers .
So it begs the question ,how much is the busman paying for his conflicted contract and what is he getting in return for his money .
he sells motors anaw disnea cut it
HH
!!BADA BING!! on 27TH APRIL 2022 8:08 PM
A brilliant comparison, fingers crossed that this season has the same happy ending.
Brian
Hun callers to SSB should phone JHB for some solace.
saint stivs
Woolworths was a victim of predatory capitalism. Cannot remember how many stores there were in Scotland, seemed like every half decent sized town had one in its’ heyday. Lot of workers, many women, lost out in the admin process that followed. Or was it liquidation?
BADA BING
How good would that be if the last two on that acca came up
HH
CELTIC MAC
I bought the history and passed it on to my two weans Pick and Mix
HH
TOM MCLAUGHLIN @ 7:48
The comments about arches and advertising boards etc were not meant to be taken seriously.
They weren’t were they
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I’m sure not coming from you – but pretty sure others would be deadly serious….given the chance!
Fergusslayedtheblues, and yet another Garngad ruffian invades the blog. Is there no end to this perfidious rabble?
BRRB – Now now play nice.
D :)
Aye, and another one pops up. Botany Bay for the perr o ye!!
BIGRAILROADBLUES on 27TH APRIL 2022 8:33 PM
You are obviously inebriated by your own verbal verbosity, (in a Gold Days, Leonard Sachs style) :)
Brian
Brian 😂😂😂😂
DAVID66 on 27TH APRIL 2022 8:36 PM
BRRB – Now now play nice.
D :)
BIGRAILROADBLUES on 27TH APRIL 2022 8:38 PM
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who is going to be in ye old shipbank in on friday ?
a haar off the clyde is forecasted.
after the arrival of the stranger off the tea cutter from calcutta a few weeks ago,
sauntering in and declairn for i am the maddess of the mitches and i sailed the seven seas. who wants to see my tattoos/
is there a book running on the J of the H of the B making an appearance ?
BIGRAILROADBLUES
How do you find yourself well I hope .
HH
A good article on Read Celtic blog about the cheating of referees in Italy and the similarities here.
It references the Netflix programme Bad Sport about the cheating of “Moggi” I think, the owner of Juventus and how he had the media and referees supervisors in his pocket.
I have watched it a while ago.
Anyone who thinks we are playing a fair game here in Scotland should watch the documentary and your mind will be changed about our game.
It becomes even more incredible to think of the amount of trophies and successes Glasgow Celtic have had in this horrible cesspit of a country.
D :)
FERGUSSLAYEDTHEBLUES on 27TH APRIL 2022 8:18 PM
The thing that baffles me about sevco 2012 and their hissy fit with Cinch is, they say the have a contract with the busman from Hamilton ,but for the life of me I cannot remember seeing any advertising around the stadium on wall.
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You make a fair points, but think of it this way. Park & many others with business interests have been bankrolling the club for years. If one ‘investor’ wanted to introduce his business’s advertising into the stadium and all other club opportunities, then probably they all would – so it is my guess that all have agreed not to.
“cinch’ is a direct competitor to Park’s business , so here’s the question: if you were one of the people keeping a football club alive using money that you earned from your business, would you let a direct competitor plaster their advertising all over the stadium & team outfits?
If the FA Cup had done a deal with JD Sports, would Mike Ashley have allowed all their advertising paraphernalia into St James’s Park?…I really don’t think so. He wouldn’t have signed such a contract – it’s for those reasons that I don’t think Park did either.
DAVID66
You tell him .
GARNGADRUFFIANCSC
HH
TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 27TH APRIL 2022 5:17 PM
That was a shocking end to Season 6 Episode 3 of BETTER CALL SAUL.
Never saw that coming.
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Then you obviously missed the content warning at the start, which specifically referred to the type of incident you’re referring to.
So if you’d taken note of the warning and were thinking all the way through the show ‘when’s that going to happen’, then the final shot (as it were) wouldn’t have been a surprise.
They really need to have a spoiler alert before the content warning.
Do we want Liverpool to win to prevent Villarreal from taking automatic CL spot from Scotland?
St Stivs don’t pull that stunt again. I nearly lost a pint because of D66 and his shock. Fergusslayedtheblues, how are ye S?
SS – Aye you fair got us that day.
Beat of the brow we were and stunned for a few seconds as we pondered our next move without spilling any “bevvy” 😂
D :)
Watching us against the sevco game again and I find myself revising my initial thoughts on the game .
In the local public house watching it in real time (mostly through the bottom of an empty pint glass ) ,I thought we were poor and sevco were the better side.
Now I just think they were lucky and boaby madjin was their MOTM
HH
!!BADA BING!! on 27TH APRIL 2022 8:08 PM
Synchronicity or what? Now THAT would be funny.
(As long as the end of the season isn’t the same!😣)