Yesterday was not a particularly good day for football. The Edinburgh cup final was played before a half empty Hampden long before the end and Chelsea’s revival of catenaccio secured the Champions League. If nothing else the latter proved that football at the very top level is not always great. Perhaps the reason why truly great teams are so celebrated.
There is an interesting dynamic to Rangers in administration. Creditors have a cash offer of around £8.5m to consider but eight players, Naismith, Bocanegra, McGregor, David, Whittaker, Goian, Lafferty and Edu cut release clause deals with Duff and Phelps for values greater than this.
Any CVA agreed next month (unlikely though it is) could be paid for by the departure of these players. Charles Green could potentially be the second person to buy Rangers for only £1.
It is, however, unlikely that other clubs will offer money for these players before a CVA is agreed as they will be available as free agents should the CVA fail and those in control of Ibrox attempt to form a Newco. Therefore, the chances of creditors getting their hands on any of these transfer fees are limited, no matter what happens to the company.
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The Pantaloon duck
I am fine. Thanks for asking. Just got a shiner. No bigee.
Just a scumbag who wanted to hit someone (when he wasn’t looking).
Apparently someone got bottled in the same pub that night much later on. I got off lightly.
jeez snake where were you ? West Sydney ! Glad your ok anyway.
A minute’s applause for Robin Gibb; O.K. the disco stuff leaves me cold but he did write’ To Love Somebody’ and ‘How Can You Mend a Broken Heart’.
The Gibb brothers wrote some fantastic choons in their time.
Any new netminder news wingin’ it’s way across the net to the nesting box of the ole Pantaloon Duck?
Sorry to hear of the passing of young Niamh Curry,another little angel..
ParkheadcumsalfordwhoisNeilLennonand PaulMcBrideandTrishGodman
I get up, get dressed, get into the car to go to work every morning way before the sun comes up. I reverse out of the garage with my radio and lights off so as not to wake the kids or the dogs; roll down the hill and when I get to the bottom I turn on the lights and I turn on the radio, today this is the song that was playing… Bob Marley – One Love and as I came into the city which was still asleep they decided to play HERE COMES THE SUN.
I don’t know what possessed me but at 5.15 am, I pulled over, got a cigar out of the glove box, lit it, got out of the car and laughed at the moon and the stars. I just knew it was going to be a good day.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 21 May, 2012 at 08:18 said:
STEVIEBHOY 0806
Hopefully,this is it
http://www.ianfraser.org/a-brief-history-of-halifax-bank-of-scotland/
That’s the one…thank you
HH
DBBIA 0842
They were never my cup of tea,but “SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN” ,though not a great song,is a great example of how a song should be constructed.
A sort of songwriting by numbers…..
I am NL in NZ Tauranga on 21 May, 2012 at 08:41 said:
jeez snake where were you ? West Sydney ! Glad your ok anyway.
Hang on a minute,pal.
West Sydney is where the ex-pat Kiwis reside.
Henrik’s Golden Boot on 21 May, 2012 at 08:17 said:
You’re bored of me asking it? I’m bored of asking it!
kitalba,
Amen to that.
I might be tempted to have a cigar when thems die, although the doctors won’t be too happy.
DBBIA,
Loved Massachuets (sp?).
PS – I’ll stop asking it if we sign a goalie ;-)
ParkheadcumsalfordwhoisNeilLennonand PaulMcBrideandTrishGodman
Don’t tell them.
coorslad on 21 May, 2012 at 08:49 said:
So sad to hear this, bless her.
Thoughts with her family.
BMCUWP -songwriting by numbers? It’s probably fairer to call it genuine craftsmanship. They could have written anything.
Ole Sandy Jardine has threatened to ‘chain himself naked’ to the Olympic Torch on its journey through the U.K., in yet a further attempt to bring justice to the long-sufferin’ cash strapped Billies of the Hill.
Never loved the Bee Gees, but it’s always sad to hear of someone dying so you.
(There’s a sign of my age. When I was young, 62 was really old. Now…)
As much as I enjoy reading Phil Macgiollabhain’s articles, he does strike me – of late – as being like a psychic medium and seeking ‘Hits’ as opposed to actually knowing something.
For a while now he’s being saying “the next week is the week” and “poor RFCia fans wont know what’s hit them this week”. Sooner or later he’ll get it right and then tell us “See, I told you so”.
Here’s my prediction: The world’s gonna end. I’ll just keep repeating it until it comes true and then tell you all that I did, at least, warn you…
*ng*
optimistic little soldier on 21 May, 2012 at 09:02 said:
are you the cynical,pessimistic or optimistic little soldier this am?
DBBIA 0858
I meant it as a compliment!
Anyone wanting to learn how to construct a song only needs to listen to how that particular one is done,and they’re off and running.
COORSLAD 0849
Too many young kids dying from this hellish disease,and the lack of funding is a disgrace.
Happy Birthday to my Dad, John Allison, he would have been 74 today.
They never die who live in the hearts they leave behind!
Henriks golden boot
Can I ask “have we signed a center half” another ongoing shambles
Pps 70,000 pounds raised at the 1872 walk. At min 100pound a head that’s a Max of 700 peolpe. Wow what a support
SYDNEYTIM 0907
Poor planning,IMO.
Any fool knows the walking season hasn’t started yet,though doubtless there have been a few “dummy runs ” (puns intended)
macjay exactly ; )
..worse there are some of my cuzzies from Brigton there too and I have been in a few westies pubs with them. Makes anywhere else look like disneyland.
Main thing is that snake is ok . 99% of humanity wakes up to a peacefull day every day. The descendants of the hun will be Celtic supporters.
snigger…..
Neil Scoffield
Not believing everything I read Join Date: 01-10-2011
Posts: 326
Where was our support today?
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Have to say that I think it was a very poor show of support today for the fighting fund sponsored walk.
There were only 1872 place and yet there was less than half this there.
We can fill Ibrox every other week and managed a reported 200k+ to manchester… yet we couldnt fill less that 2000 place today
A well done to everyone who was there, but wish it had been much more
I have been remiss.
Congratulations to the RFFF on the success of their sponsored trudge. £70k raised towards the Dufff and Ffelps Fund For Indigent Insolvency Practicioners. Good work, guys!
Che: I’m forever an optimist and I’m hoping Phil’s got this one right!
Nine years since Seville. Where’d time go! Best and worst of times. HH.
Bobbymurdoch. I could say the center half situation is beyond a joke, but it’s beyond that
How many European games do we have to watch where we lose goals because nae center halfs
Ps you are obviously a Bobby Murdoch fan, I never saw him play
But in 1970 my granny bought a Celtic strip for me from halfords( yes used to have a sports section )
She asked me ” what number should I sew into the shorts”. Number 4 said I :))
33rd Anniversary of my first Glasgow derby, what a night.
Bobby:
cheers for that link, this was on there too. (henryclarson.wordpress.com)
Why Rangers Punishment Is Wrong
An Appellate Tribunal has upheld sanctions which were imposed upon a tax-dodging football club by an SFA judicial panel last month.
Rangers (in administration) had appealed against the 12-month transfer embargo and £160,000 in fines imposed on the Ibrox club for a series of disciplinary rule breaches under Craig Whyte’s ownership. On 23 April, Rangers were found guilty of five disciplinary charges, including bringing the game into disrepute. The independent inquiry was chaired by Lord William Nimmo Smith (who is a former Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session).
A three-man Appellate Tribunal, chaired by judge Lord Carloway (who is a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session) announced their decision to uphold the original decision, despite a legal argument put forward on behalf of the notorious, tax-swindling, bill-dodging football club by leading QC Richard Keen. (Richard Keen QC is NOT a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session).
Rangers (in administration) had contested that Whyte’s actions should be treated separately to those of the arrogant, shameless, cheating, tax-dodging, football club. But the Appellate Tribunal ruled that the original decision was competent as the “conduct involved was attributable to the club as a member of the SFA”.
The tribunal will release a full report of its findings in due course but in the meantime it has revealed a few key points in a short summary.
“It was competent for the disciplinary tribunal to impose the additional sanction of prohibiting registrations of any new players of 18 years or older for a period of 12 months.
The disciplinary tribunal was correct to determine that the conduct involved – especially the deliberate non-payment of very large sums, estimated in excess of £13m of tax in the form of PAYE, NIC and VAT – was attributable to the club as a member of the Scottish FA.
Although the Appellate Tribunal has listened carefully to the representations from Rangers FC about the practical effects of the additional sanction, it has concluded that this sanction was proportionate to the breach, dissuasive to others and effective in the context of serious misconduct.”
Paul Clark, joint administrator (but NOT a former Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session), said: “The decision by the appellate tribunal to uphold the sanction, namely the suspension of registration of players for one year, is not competent in the view of the Club and its legal advisers.” (Note: the club’s legal advisers are not Senators of the College of Justice, judges of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session).
“Such a sanction was not available to the tribunal,” in the opinion of Mr. Clark (who is NOT a former Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session) “and should not have been imposed and it is the intention of the Club to challenge the determination. The Club will consider seeking review of this most disappointing decision and it is a matter of regret that the certainty and finality Rangers sought on this matter has not been achieved.”
Charles ‘Emerald’ Green (who is NOT a former Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session) said: “Our group went into the purchase of the Club with this sanction in place but we hoped the decision would at least be commuted. We fully support the Club as it considers an appeal against this latest decision.” The club to which ‘Emerald’ refers is, of course, the dishonest and disgraced Rangers FC (in administration) which has been found guilty by senior judges twice in the last month of bringing the game into disrepute through its deliberate non-payment of £13m of tax.
William Pullar “Sandy” Jardine, spokesman for the Rangers Fans Fighting Fund (but NOT a former Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session), added: “Rangers supporters will be shocked and bitterly disappointed by this decision and will find it hard to take that the Club has been so heavily punished for the actions of individuals.” What Mr. Jardine means is that Rangers (in administration) should be allowed to spend millions of pounds on acquiring new players instead of paying their taxes. Even to the point of bringing the game into disrepute.
It is hard not to agree that the punishment which Rangers have been given is seriously wrong.
They are completely beyond redemption, incapable of recognising their guilt and determined to drag every standard of honesty and decency down to the level of shameless cynicism at which they themselves operate.
Rangers should have been expelled from Scottish football.
SYDNEYTIM 0924
Sewn into the shorts,ah,the memories………
Bobby was my first favourite player,then when he left it was Lou Macari.
When he went south,it was George Connelly,then Kenny Dalglish.
When he left in 77,I realised I was a jinx,and stopped having favourite players.
Not effin’ kidding either…..
BTW,I’m forever grateful that there was always someone ahead of Jimmy Johnstone in my affections!!!!!!!!
During a routine dental appointment in 2003 Sandy Jardine’s dentist discovered the rotting remains of 17 dead wasps plus 3 live wasps inside Sandy’s mouth. Once he had cleaned out the mouth the dentist estimated that the Rangers fans’ champion had a total of 79 wasp stings inside his mouth. This is understood to be a world record.
Am I missing something or did our “shambolic” defence only concede 6 SIX home goals all season? I thought that broke a 90 odd year record.
Were we hammered in our Europa league group. I think udinese who finished 3rd in seria A only scored 1 goal at home against us. Madrid who WON the tournament beat us 2-0 but iirc we defended great that night apart from 1st min.
SffS
The Myth of the Sieve returns…
KITALBA 0934
Smashin’-he disnae miss an’ hit the wa’,does he?
Like I said,he is rapidly making a name for himself. This whole episode has brought us some gifted online contributors as well as showing up the efforts of the MSM for the shambles they generally are.
Oh,and it’s giving us all a jolly good laugh too…..