You wonder if Ally McCoist rues the day he called for the public outing of members of the SFA Judicial Panel which imposed a player registration ban on his club. One judge, one journalist and one football club, Raith Rovers, were soon outed. Crossing the Fifers was a mistake.
Raith Rovers are now pointing out the same facts we have discussed here for months:
“We are also concerned that there has not as yet been an opportunity for clubs to receive legal advice from the SFL and/or debate the potential consequences on the smooth running of our league in the event that the Courts are asked to annull/strike down any of the corporate transactions that have led to the current position of Sevco Scotland Ltd as owners of certain assets of the Rangers oldco.
“Indeed, the position as regards the potential sanctions to be applied by the Scottish FA via its Appellate Tribunal has also still to be bottomed out.”
In short, Sevco’s ownership of Ibrox may be nullified by the courts and the SFA will be forced to subvert judicial oversight if it wants to guarantee Sevco participate in football next season.
While these concerns were only expressed online, the SFA were able to ignore the issue, but with Raith Rovers asking the questions Mr Regan will have to look SFL clubs in the eye and tell them what he’s going to do with Lord Carloway.
Lurgan 53
Dwyer O’Hagan, or Lurgan 53 as he was known here, passed away on Wednesday after an illness stretching back to last year. Dwyer enjoyed our triumphs and defeats on the blog for many years and will be sadly missed by us all. Our condolences to his family and friends.
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Deuce
Is Federer’s old girlfriend known as Fed Ex?
game fed 1-1 4th set
“Softball”? That has to stick for ole SFTB ! :-)
Well done bjmac!
T4
BlantyreTim
It was a good set i wasn’t there but seen some on BBC top stuff as always from the Chief.
Good part of Scotland your from i’ve been in the Knights club with the work a couple of times
Peace be with you all
Game Murray 2-1
New balls.
Murray hanging on in there against Federer whose Swiss supporters have remained neutral.
2-2
Murray to serve
Murray’s finished. no way back.
Just for TTTT
bears playing softball
Andy all aches and pains.
If he sticks with Lendl he has a great chance of a major.
Just a wee bit too soon today?
Hope I’m wrong but he’s flagging…
Fed’s likely to topple Murray.
Roof for Paradise was a good idea wait till we have some sufficent funds in place once Lennys young lions dominate Europe.
I have move from the North Pole sorry Stand to the Jock Stein rear of the front section 113 after being in 409 can anyone advise if it’s a better climate in the winter ?
Nai -lbiting……………………
*not*
Backhand winner
for the tennis fans on here could you see the game for all the butchers aprons being waved about ? saw a couple of games that was enough for me anyway!! hail hail
Federer is World Class.
Possibly the greatest tennis player ever.
Right now he looks it.
However, C’MON ANDY!!!!!!!!!!!
Federer just too good for Murray now. He competed really well during the first two sets, but he’s been on the back foot since then.
Still a big improvement from his previous Grand Slam finals.
T4
Murray utterly outclassed
Emdae
Whats the earlist you can buy drink from an off sales?
EK Green & White resident on 8 July, 2012 at 17:52 said:
What was wrong with the ole 409?
Phil
Pete Sampras??
think it is 10am Jude
ude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on 8 July, 2012 at 17:59 said:
Emdae
Whats the earlist you can buy drink from an off sales?
………………………………….
10 am
5-3 Federer Murray serving to save the match
Well Played Andy Murray but it looks a step to far just now
Roger Federer is a top player.
Peace be with you all
Jude 2004
i said possibly.
But i think Roger is the “daddy”
Gentlemen I want to send the following to the football authorities. I need e-mail adresses and support. Please tell me what you think.
8 July 2012
Open Fan Letter to: All Office Bearers of the Scottish Football Authorities Governing Bodies
cc: All Scottish Daily & Sunday Newspapers
cc: All Scottish Football CEOs and Chairmen
We the undersigned write to express our fan’s (your customer’s) views with respect to the current crisis faced by Scottish football.
Since Rangers Football Club went into administration but before the SPL chairmen voted ‘overwhelmingly’ to reject the proposed transfer of the SPL share of Rangers Football Club in liquidation to Charles Green’s Sevco SPL CEO Neil Doncaster commented on various issues:
SPL http://www.channel4.com/news/spl-boss-rules-applied-without-fear-nor-favour Neil Doncaster 3rd April “What we have to do at the centre is manage the competition, to apply the rules equally to all clubs without fear nor favour and that’s what we do.” And http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/sport/football/rangers-administration-neil-doncaster-puzzled-by-rancour-over-newco-1-2308842 Neil Doncaster 21 May 2012 “There is certainly a distinction between a CVA and a Newco. But newcos have been allowed within UK football for many years. Newco is typically the way that businesses in general escape from administration, it is far more common than a CVA route. So I am not entirely sure why such a distinction is drawn between the two routes out of administration.”
Mr Doncaster has been seen in the interim to attempt to bend rules in favour of one club and to recognise albeit belatedly the difference between a CVA and a Newco. Having shown so clearly his disregard for ethics and his lack of business knowledge it is clear he should have no place at the forefront of our game. We demand his resignation.
Moreover since the SPL rejection vote the various CEO’s of the governing bodies have issued statements and are reported to have behaved as follows:
SPL 4 July Clyde fc Board Statement http://sport.stv.tv/football/109292-in-full-clyde-fcs-statement-after-sfl-meeting-over-newco-rangers/ “Neil Doncaster wanted only one thing from the meeting, to get a steer from the SFL clubs whether they would allow Rangers into SFL1.” “He told the clubs that if the SPL didn’t have the money then they could not pay the SFL.”
SFA 5 July 2012 http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman//football/rangers-newco-slow-lingering-death-for-scottish-football-if-rangers-in-third-division-1-2392610 Chief Executive Stewart Regan has warned that football faces a “slow lingering death” in this country if newco Rangers are denied entry to the First Division of the Scottish Football League. “Without Rangers, there is social unrest and a big problem for Scottish society,” claimed Regan. “The only solution for the game now is that Rangers come into the Scottish Football League and they come into it in the First Division. When we look at the alternative, it is not possible to think about it without thinking of the game withering on the vine. We cannot contemplate that and the message has to be that Division One for Rangers is the only show in town as far as the future of Scottish football is concerned.”
SFL David Longmuir http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/scottish-footballs-chance-saloon/2091 28 June: “The SFL is trying to address the question of whether we can accommodate a solution to the Rangers FC scenario.”
http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/5320-bullied-railroaded-and-lied-to-sfl-clubs-rage-at-rangers-newco-plans 4 July 2012 A presentation sent out by the league to its members last week warned £16m could be wiped out from the Scottish game if Rangers had to play in the bottom tier. David Longmuir said: “Clubs are now in a much more informed position to go back to their own boards and fan groups and take the information we gave them today to go and make informed decisions. It is time to give them time to reflect on the scenarios and consequences of the different scenarios and engage in proper dialogue with their own boards and fans.” Raith Rovers director Turnbull Hutton has claimed that clubs in the Scottish Football League (SFL) are being “lied to, bullied and threatened” by the Scottish FA and Scottish Premier League to force them to accept a newco Rangers into the First Division next season.
As Scottish football fans our views on these statements and this behaviour are as follows:
We believe that the statements are disingenuous, misleading and paint a false picture;
We believe that the proposed SFL 1 solution not only subverts your rules and your previous custom and practice but that it also sacrifices the integrity of the sport for financial gain;
We believe that the joint SPL 2 and financial threats to club chairmen is despicable;
We believe that those who have proposed these solutions have shown themselves to be unfit for purpose as a member of any sport’s governing body;
We believe therefore that when the votes are cast they must resign their office.
As a consequence of these beliefs above and the fact that you are serving members of the football authorities of which the gentlemen above are office bearers, we wish to permit you both individually and collectively an opportunity to distance yourselves publically from these statements of your CEOs in the national press and ahead of the next SFL meeting on the issue which is scheduled for 13 July.
If you do not avail yourself of this opportunity we the fans and customers will be forced to conclude that you too are a part of this problem rather than a part of the solution.
Lastly having learned that the text of one of the resolutions to be put to vote at the SFL meeting is: “that Rangers FC shall play in the Third Division of the Scottish Football League during Season 2012/13 unless the board shall have to its satisfaction negotiated and reached agreement with The Scottish Premier League and The Scottish Football Association on a series of measures which the board shall consider to be in the best interests of the game…How it is structured, how it is governed and how it is financed, whereupon the board shall be authorised to provide that Rangers FC shall play in the First Division of the Scottish Football League during season 2012/13”.
We would have our views recorded as follows:
This proposed resolution completely ignores fan and customer sentiment as expressed here;
Rangers poll Sunday, 8 July 2012 http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spl?showResult=true&pollContentId=7.36419
What league should a newly-formed Rangers be allowed to play in next season?
SPL 568 (2%)
Division One 466 (2%)
Division Two 102 (0%)
Division Three 27350 (96%)
Based on Board member behaviour to date (see above) we express our view that the Board members are not competent to take such a decision.
As a consequence If the wording of this resolution remains unchanged and it is put to the meeting we as fans will propose votes of no confidence in the officers of all 3 governing bodies.
Distribution List
SPL Ralph Topping (SPL Chairman), Neil Doncaster (SPL Chief Executive), Eric Riley (Celtic FC), Stephen Thompson (Dundee United FC), Derek Weir (Motherwell FC) and Steven Brown (St Johnstone FC).
SFA Stewart Regan, Chief Executive; Campbell Ogilvie, President; Alan McRae, First Vice-President, and Rod Petrie, Second Vice-President), Tom Johnston (Junior FA) and Barrie Jackson, independent non-executive director.
Professional game Board Chairman: Rod Petrie (Scottish FA) Members: Jim Ballantyne (SFL), Peter Lawwell (SPL), David Longmuir (SFL), Sandy Stables (SHFL).
VP nothing we have been all dotted around the stadium and decided it was time we all got together again I had been there since it was built. Looking forward to it more so with the nephews etc now joining us.
HH
All over Andy. He will win it next year!!
EK Green & White resident on 8 July, 2012 at 18:07 said:
That’s ok,just asking in case you had any qualms
with the locals ,me :O)
P M
Ta
Game Murray
5-4 Fed
Fed to serve
Jude2005
I bet you jacked it in when we were 15 points behind.
I’m only joking!
C’MON ANDY!!!!!!
Match point
Federer wins it three sets to one.
Murray played very well – but Federer is one of the best ever. Great performance from him.
Philbhoy
Nope, but I know a lot of folks who did!!