It’s kicking off in all directions today but keep an eye on the English Football Association proposals to introduce a series of changes to lower league football. One option on the table is for Premier and Championship sides’ “B teams” to compete in a new structure with League Two and Conference teams.
The FA are eyeing an opportunity to allow the best young English talent, often cosseted in the youth squads of top Premier League teams with little chance of first team action, to be exposed to competitive games. The proposal includes a geographical split of northern and southern teams.
While the FA Premier League is bust by any known measure, the Football League is in an even worse financial state. Average income in the lower leagues is remarkably high but the steep pyramid-model, which has clubs chasing huge increases in revenue in the Premier League, leads to excessive over-spend.
With these proposed changes on the table the Scottish FA could do worse than discuss their own game’s future with their English counterparts. Well run Scottish clubs are hamstrung by their better-funded neighbours cherry-picking their best players for a relative pittance. Scottish Premiership clubs regularly cannot compete financially for players in England’s fourth tier.
It’s surely time to federate the top Scottish league with the English league structure.
Information slipping out of Switzerland this morning that Manchester City and Paris St Germain are each facing a fine of circa £50m for breaching Financial Fair Play rules is encouraging – if Uefa are able to deliver on the deal.
When you consider financially punishing an entity which owns the oil wealth of a sovereign nation the figure needs to be a big one. £50m just about hits the mark.
Apparently the Great Sevco Shakedown began this morning when the club’s first every goal scorer, Andy Little, was released. The news is harsh on the player but the club needs to learn the lesson – income needs to match expenditure.
Imran Ahmed’s court hearing today against Rangers International comes exactly three years after liquidation expert, Craig Whyte, was triumphantly welcomed into Ibrox, an ominous anniversary, for some.
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I knew it!!
The huns are awash with cash!!
Whit’s awe the fuss aboot?
TBB
Cluedo Cuckoo Land
Gaelic for Caledonia mibbe ? :-)
DId the bhoy win last Sunday ?
HH
Bad news for Imran I suppose.
The lawyers win again though.
0-0 HT
Just noticed no “Fridge” in squad for bhoys today Sooooooooooooooooo
young McMullen and master Herron will just step up to the plate in the 2nd half :))))
KTF
So– Sevco solvent and not under threat in terms of cash for court purposes but release a statement at the same time slamming King Dax Tadger & others for starving the club of money!
How Curious.
Awe Naw
Nah, they got pumped 4-0.
TBB
ah scheisse hopefully he was not even picked
HH
SFTB
The comments challenge the points TH made and in effect show the chasm between what decent folk expect of football and what those involved in football think we should expect.
Unless the latter change their mind the game as a sport has no future.
As entertainment Harlem Globetrotters style maybe but as a sport with some integrity no way.
Those courts in Edinburgh are at least consistent in their ability to reach some right strange decisions.
#delayingtheinevitable
brogan rogan trevino and hogan supports oscar knox, mackenzie furniss and anyone else who fights neuroblastoma
15:53 on 6 May, 2014
What have you been drinking..?… Hahahahahahahahaha
Meanwhile the Spivs come out fighting and rubbish the other Spivs, season tickets cash verse virtual season ticket cash and they are all, slow to stop.
HappyDays CSC
King Dax Tadger?
Enos Edward Canutt ?
Played 2nd half. Bit of a lost cause given all the goals had been lost before half time.
Result was immaterial though. A fine day.
Sevco are untouchable it would appear. Every judge and every court seem to side with them. Maybe we are all deluded.
How many years have the huns been allowed to operate insolvently by the SFA ?
It must be nearly 6 years now.
HH
By any chance is King Dax Tadger related to Queen Tax Dodger?
TBB
yeah but if he had been on since the beginning …… !!!!!
HH
BRTH,
Does Ahmad have any recourse through the law society if his money is lost through the decision ?
brogan rogan trevino and hogan supports oscar knox, mackenzie furniss and anyone else who fights neuroblastoma
16:23 on 6 May, 2014
I would image the money for the SBs they have sold to date (circa 2,000) will just about cover the Ahmed money so, at this point in time, I suppose the judge had no alternative..?
Anyone know if the sevco QC demanded to be paid in cash or did he accept credit or debit card?
Awe_Naw..,
Cheers for the info last night, got dragged away so didnt see response till today.
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
16:32 on 6 May, 2014
More likely it would be suggestion of further funding from the major shareholders that tipped the balance.
che
16:26 on 6 May, 2014
Hahahahaha…..good point…
If we had ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs…
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
16:32 on 6 May, 2014
A novel suggestion, but no.
Each side paying their own costs?
It was a close call then.
Brth.
It is indeed a curious beastie. Now we’ve got the broke/loaded duality to add to the conundrum.
The tale of the broke/loaded club/company formerly known as sevco 5088/sevco Scotland formerly run by Charles green/Craig whyte and guilty/innocent of financial doping while gaining no sporting advantage while cheating.
BRT&H 16:23,
Spot-on – how can their QC insist their solvent in the CoS at the same time release a statement that includes ”…… to deprive revenue to the football club these men purport to love so much and create financial difficulty for Rangers…”
Still today’s court case and Sevco Rangers statement gives us a wee insight to the Season Ticket situation vis-a-vis rumours/sevco predictions.
It looks something like – of last Seasons 35,000 SB holders, half are going to walk away/pay on game by game basis. A third of the remaining are going to donate their hard earned to Ibrox1972.
That leaves about a third of the remainder who have bought their SB and another third of the remaining Sevco Rangers believe will buy, once the pressure is on and they realize David King can’t deliver a/their seat at Ibrox.
In total that’s 12,000 max x 350 = 4,200,000
Is that going to get them to next season’s kick-off?
Don’t know but I do predict something will kick-off
Hail Hail
ernie lynch
16:34 on 6 May, 2014
Not another loan saga from that lot ……..is that what they told the Judge, Ernie ?
46 The visitors get the second half underway at Lennoxtown with the match all square. C’mon the Celts!!!
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
16:39 on 6 May, 2014
That’s the suggestion from the tweets.
57 GOAL!!!! Denny Johnstone heads the Bhoys in front!!!
ernie..,
So corrupt judges cant be called to account, is what you are saying ?
Here we go here we go here we go
chairbhoy
16:39 on 6 May, 2014
Won’t. even g.et them miller. …hehe
Filip Twardzik swings in a searching delivery from the left and Johnstone powers home a header at the far post. The young Hoops lead 1-0!!
‘gg
16:41 on 6 May, 2014
Oh, good…!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if we had toffee we could have Stra’ven toffee, if we had Stra’ven