There is always a frisson of excitement when the new season’s fixtures are announced but there is an extra spring in the step today. Flag-day for the champions will be the weekend of 4/5 August against Aberdeen but I’m sure, like me, your eye ran down the list, rhyming off the names: Aberdeen, United, Ross County, Inverness, Hibs, St Johnstone, Club 12!
You had a smile to yourself, didn’t you?
SPL secretary, Iain Blair, explains, “Following the failure of Rangers FC to exit administration via a CVA, we have received an application to register the transfer of their SPL share to a newco. Should it be rejected, then another club may be invited to join the SPL for season 2012/13.”
That pretty much covers it, Iain, Rangers FC’s share will pass to either Newco or another club may be invited to join. Simple enough language to explain where we are.
As recently as a week ago I was pretty sure the fixtures would contain Newco but sentiment has been flowing against the concept since Charles Green took the SFA to court, inadvertently inviting a severe punishment from the Association as well as annoying SPL chairmen.
The BBC SPL table is also worth a cursory glance, resplendent with only One Team in Glasgow!
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Mind-blowing if true…
Hampden’s nice apparently…
SPL fixture computer has clearly reaced ExRangers with Clib12
I assume the second word in Charlie’s response will be …. off!
If all they can come up with is £6m then they are not real players but another version on the Blue Nighties who want to say ‘look we tried but..’. If they had really wanted to step in then Thursday morning was the time.
Come to think of it what decent shyster is going to accept a mere 1/2 mill profit (probably not even that with associated costs to date). If I was Charlie boy I would be saying ‘if you really, really want it shows your £20m or at least £15m and the cardigans EBT’.
In fact I am beginning to warm to our Charlie reminds me a bit of our old chum Craigie boy and I could see him really get up the noses of the orcs and inflict even more damage (not sure what more you can do to a corpse) on them.
In fact I am also warming to the name Club 12 has a bit of gravitas about it! Much better than servco, newco, Seb Co or whatever they are calling themselves this week.
miki67 on 18 June, 2012 at 13:25 said:
I would have thought that any blurb regarding the development of poundland for housing would have mentioned Highbury.
Just saying.
miki67 on 18 June, 2012 at 13:25 said:
genuine?
The Pantaloon Duck on 18 June, 2012 at 13:29 said:
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It would be great if it was true,but I smell a wind-up. It’ll drive the orcs crazy though as they lurk and troll,trying to find anyone they can to intimidate.
Note the numbers:
“Project 187-22/0-12 Scot”
:-))))))
hankray on 18 June, 2012 at 12:54 said:
They are moving into televised football big time because they are a communications company and televised football needs a communication infrastructure. There was a an excellent article posted the other day giving background.
http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/06/17/this-bubble-ain%E2%80%99t-bursting-yet-all-the-details-you%E2%80%99d-ever-want-to-know-about-the-premier-league%E2%80%99s-new-tv-deals-170601/
But here is one for you,the BT CEO is Ian Livingstone who is a Director of Celtic who have Celtic TV. Too early to dot joining but we do have the strategical expertise on Board.
Stop Press.
SPL can only look at but not open Newco’s application to join the SPL.
Its spinning too fast.
Miki 67 @ 13 25 .
Interesting .
One of Sevco’s investors is Alessandro Celano ——– he is a big cheese at 1508 London Ltd.. They are into architectural projects / design projects for toffs .
Lovely view of Wine Alley.
Gincher67 on 18 June, 2012 at 13:24 said:
”Labour (alleged funding/support/subsidising Orange Walks) are both off the possibles list for me now”
If Labour are off your possible list for allegations that have been rebutted then it sound like they were never on it in the first place.
themightyquinn 12:54
Thats a very very good point. Not feeling quite so sure about them being punted now.
Spinning too fast- like wee Linda’s head in the Exorcist.
ernie lynch on 18 June, 2012 at 13:07 said:
THE EXILED TIM on 18 June, 2012 at 12:50 said:
I’d also say that if we do end up without a newco in the SPL it will largely have been due to the stance taken by fans of the other clubs (and in spite of the stance taken by Celtic fans) in relation to renewing season books.
Which is a shameful and disgraceful state of affairs.
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Ernie I agree with the point you’re making but I’d say CFC are fully aware of the supports feeling re newco.
The Celtic supporters who renewed do not want Celtic punished any more than they already have for the cheating rfc(il).
I would like to think CFC serve a notice to quit if the newco are allowed in, they have my ST even if it’s only to watch friendlies for a season until we join another league.
As I’ve said before, if the newco lot are in I’m finished with it if CFC don’t tell them to stuff it.
CFC have stayed quiet on this, there is more damage being done to them by their own, we’re playing the game and no need to show our hand, our ST’s sales ensure that the club can stay their hand.
All my opinion.
HH
Rubbished later on RTC – Project 187-22/0-12 = 1872-2012
Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Champions. C’mon Wee Oscar. on 18 June, 2012 at 12:40 said:
Taken from KDS
Chris Graham’s enemies of der Hen if you missed it first time before he pulled it from his blog. This is the thinking man’s hun who is now getting an audience on TV
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Has he got Pike’s name yet?
miki67 on 18 June, 2012 at 13:25 said:
Daas & Escot = Asda & Tesco
THE EXILED TIM on 18 June, 2012 at 12:50 said:
Ernie
It will be the huns, no doubt about it.
Don’t hear too much protest from the other clubs.
The games a bogey
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Maybe you’re not hearing too much protest because you’re an ‘exiled Tim’. A Motherwell director has a letter in The Herald today and he doesn’t want them. I don’t know why you’re putting up so many posts saying it’s more or less certain that they’ll be in SPL next season. I don’t think they have a snowball#s chance in Hell of being in the SPL next season. The attitude of other club’s has hardened considerably over the last few weeks.
The Motherwell director talked of their bullying and intimidation and lack of remorse.
miki67
Fantastic if true!
You sound much cheerier today!
Two thread titles from FF:
“Accusations of Arrogance – utterly baseless.”
“What SPL ‘Punishment’ Would We Deem Acceptable?”
Aahhh….Club12
So named because that’s how many points they’ll have been worth per season to each spl team in the over the last 20 years!
ernie lynch on 18 June, 2012 at 13:07 said:
THE EXILED TIM on 18 June, 2012 at 12:50 said:
I’d also say that if we do end up without a newco in the SPL it will largely have been due to the stance taken by fans of the other clubs (and in spite of the stance taken by Celtic fans) in relation to renewing season books.
Which is a shameful and disgraceful state of affairs.
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Come on now ernie, I understand your frustration and I can comprehend your anger at the possibilities that this set of fixtures throws up, but let’s get some perspective here.
You’re treading the ol ground where you referred to Celtic supporters as a ‘joke’ following a ‘joke’ club. Now I have no desire to fall out with you or indeed any Celtic supporter who elects not to renew.
However, to refer to Celtic supporter’s actions of renewing season tickets goes too far yet again.
Yes you’re angry and frustrated but so are we all. Let’s just see how this plays out but in the interim allow other supporters to be guided by their own conscience and feelings.
ernie lynch on 18 June, 2012 at 13:39 said:
If these allegations have been proven to be a tissue of whoppers, then they can join the Greens, Celtic supporting Tories and Monster Raving Loony Party on my list of possibles.
Gordon_J
Yes, but it already holds a share so how do you take that away? I look at the SPL share as a 1/12th shareholding in the company rather than any kind of licensing arrangement, so unless there are rules (such as relegation) for stripping a share from a club then you can’t just take it off them.
It’s like the Craig Whyte situation;
SFA – “You’re not fit and proper to own that football club.”
CW – “Well I do own it.”
SFA – “Eh”
My daughter has just learned she’s graduated with an hons 1st in Law and French!!
A great day.
“However, to refer to Celtic supporter’s actions of renewing season tickets goes too far yet again.”
….should read……
However, to refer to Celtic supporter’s actions of renewing season tickets as ‘disgraceful’ goes too far yet again.
googybhoy ♥ Celtic and the Lisbon Lions at 13:17
Just checked and Club 12 are scheduled at home at the same time as us on the 11th Aug… er only is that not the match that got moved so we could play RM?
This is starting to stink!
From Barcabhoy on RTC last night;
“Third thought
Did anyone receive an EBT loan and give that money to someone else ? How would that be best described ???”
Vic Ajax on 18 June, 2012 at 13:41 said:
Good spot sir!
miki67 on 18 June, 2012 at 13:36 said:
I hadn’t noticed the reference :-) An architect with a sense of mischief. Who’da thunk it?
(Apologies to any architects who may be reading this: that was an entirely gratuitous slur with no basis in fact or personal experience.)
benjybhoy mul
Félicitations à votre fille
Whenever a Rangers man claims they are still the same club point to the fixture list as proof of the break in continuity.
hamiltontim on 18 June, 2012 at 13:43 said:
Would you agree that by refusing to renew fans of other clubs have had more influence over their respective boards than Celtic fans have had over the Celtic board?
benjybhoy mul on 18 June, 2012 at 13:44 said:
Big congratulations to her! Wee congratulations (by association) to you ;-)
Gincher67 on 18 June, 2012 at 13:45 said:
Cant take credit, better minds than me on kerrydale street spotted it ;)
New Labour are supporting New Orange Walks, through their heartlands of New Ayrshire and New Larkhall.
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 18 June, 2012 at 13:46 said:
”Whenever a Rangers man claims they are still the same club point to the fixture list as proof of the break in continuity.”
And you think that will disabuse them of their WATP mentality if a newco is in the SPL?
Ibrox development is a wind up.
look at last sentence as follows.
“sr/ws. meeting asap re dem.(potential start late jul/early aug-dm confirm detail)”
Demolition of such a grade b listed structure or part of any adjoining building would require planning permission along with application to historic scotland.The timeframe for this normally 3months from submission of the application to grant of permission,now as this is a erm a “sensitive” building then there would be more than a few objections to this proposal which would delay the process even further.
An application such as this could take a year or more to make its way through the planning process.