The organising committee of the proposed Joint Russian and Ukrainian championship have confirmed that the Russian Premier League have voted in favour of the proposal. The matter will now go to the Russian Association and the corresponding authorities in Ukraine.
Valery Gazzaev, president of Russian club, Alania Vladikavkaz, told reporters, “Innovation is never easy, even the World Cup and European Championships had doubters in the game. The English, who founded the game, were sceptical about such championships.
“We have had the same doubts about our project but in football, a policy of integration is now necessary. Look at the European Championship in 2020, which will be held across 13 countries.
“Given the economic crisis in Europe few territories can afford to maintain a competitive team. If we draw a combined championship with Russia and Ukraine we will improve entertainment, as well as football and financial stability.
“Half of Russian clubs are unprofitable (a considerably lower portion than UK clubs), 70% are subsidised by governmental budgets, this is wrong. A Joint League will enable teams to earn money to pay their own way.
“We want to create a strong league which will compete with the best in Europe.
“The plan is to hold the first joint championship in 2015-16. Teams will compete in European competitions under their national flags. The national quotas for participation in the tournament will remain the same, so if ranking does not change, Russia and Ukraine will be represented in the Champions League by six teams.
“Our proposal is fully consistent with Uefa strategy. Uefa understand that, under the current league structures, Financial Fair Plan will weaken our clubs. A combined championship gives us a solution.
“Part of the budget for the new league will come from the sale of media rights. The remaining amount will be generated from sponsors. It’s not just about Gazprom, other major Russian, Ukrainian and international companies will be involved (no mention of Flamingo Land yet).”
Make no mistake, this project’s viability is underwritten by political and financial muscle. Gazprom are a huge player in world energy markets, as well as European football sponsorship, while politicians in Moscow and Kiev see football as a ‘political football’.
They have the money and backers to ensure this slips through Uefa, creating an important blueprint in the process. Note specifically that Champions League spots will be retained by each nation, a hugely important point for integration elsewhere.
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A Son of Dan
Joe Fillipi’s advice is v good but if I were you I’d head further down to the Maidens.
Good walk along the beach there for weans/dogs and you can walk up a pathway to the Culzean estate by the back way and not pay!.
Excellent picninc facilities there beside the swan pool.
Afterwards, head on down a short way to Girvan
Hun infested place at the best of times but a knockout fish supper.
Where are the BMCUWP meeting to watch the match?
Hi Sloleybhoy
Can you e-mail me on paul.pdb@gmail.com.
Cheers
HH
TT
London Rd social club.
A son of dan
have had a few great days out with the grandkids at
heads of ayr
on a day like today that part of the coast cant be
bettered
Cowiebhoy
09:04 on
28 September, 2013
Lions roar,
You want picked up for the day oot, I will be passing your way about 12 ish ?
Hail hail
Thanks for very kind offer bud, but have some business to attend first before going to CSC
channelislandcelt
Have e-mailed you
HT
Might pop in on my way back from Killie.
joe filippis haircut
Cheers for that.
Cheers for all the replies. Day out in Ayrshire it is then. Need to avoid the score and watch game later.
TT
I’ll forward you bmcuw mob number. Not sure how long they plan on staying in after the match.
Well I picked a great day to give up coffee! Went to make a cup of tea and there’s none on the hoose! One last cup of coffee for me……. but it’s never just one….. help me……
Anyway What’s this about thems suing their own followfollowers?
And thanks once again Mr McCoist for the laugh. This time the ‘I didn’t look at my contract or the money, I just wanted the job so I signed’ comedy genius. I know what you’re at. You’re appealing to the intelligent Tim and non-sevco following scottish football fans sense of humour while spinning your worshipers in blue another line….
Or are you just thick?
Do you Minx1888 take this Hamiltontim….
When we’re old if they ask me, “How do you define success?”
I’ll say, “You meet a woman You fall in love You ask her and
She says, ‘Yes.'”
POLICE are looking into allegedly offensive and threatening comments made on the internet in relation to a Rangers’ director.
The League One club yesterday notified Police Scotland of “deeply offensive and threatening comments” that have been made on the Follow Follow internet forum for the club’s supporters. The post allegedly mentioned the possibility of “torching” the director’s car or house. The director, who is not being named by The Herald at the club’s request, was on business in London at the time while his wife and child were at home in Scotland. A Rangers spokesman said the comments put the man and his family in a state of fear and alarm. He said: “Police are looking at this and they are conscious that there is a particularly toxic atmosphere on the web at the moment.” In a statement, the club said: “Rangers FC will not tolerate this and intend to take an extremely robust approach to this sort of behaviour. The board finds it inexplicable that so-called supporters of the club are bringing Rangers into disrepute by this appalling behaviour. These people are not welcome at Ibrox. “The board is also aware that certain individuals are holding meetings and inciting fans to unruly behaviour. This has also been reported to the police.”
Isn’t it great how Sir Walter was duped and he walks away with head held high and now fly baws McCoist takes wage cut cos admin looming
Rumours that the big cretin Jabba has been shown the door at the asbestos dome.
From Video Celts
Last night on twitter Charlotte Fakeovers
released emails from Charles Green instructing
Craig Mather and Brian Stockbridge on how to
deal with the shareholders rebellion.
Recent content from Charlotte has been swiftly
removed on legal grounds but those
revelations were still on show this morning, 10
hours after publication.
A further email, from director James Easdale,
asked ‘where are we with the appointment of
Charles?’ suggesting that the Yorkshire tycoon
still has an ‘ands on role at the club.
Green and McCoist both purchased their
shares for one penny last summer, in
December 2012 a public share issue valued
the shares at 70p, shares in the club were
trading at 42p yesterday.
An AGM has been promised by October 31 but
that can only go ahead after audited accounts
have been published.
Congrats to Mr & Mrs Minx to be. Surely our first CQN Wedding!!! A future marriage made in Paradise.
BMCUWP- travelling back from Elgin. Should be out around 3. Will u b in venue 1 or 2?
HH
CRC
Twitter.
Ally McCoist taking a pay cut is an interesting chat to have. Talking finance etc. whilst trying to sign 47 players is interesting.
What a busy week, hardly had time for a look at the blog.
Let’s hope for a good start against Killie today. It would be good to have the game won early rather than chasing a goal late on with a bog game to come midweek.
Some interesting discussion on Facebook the other day about a game called FIFA 14 or something. Apparently it boasts 13 Scottish teams amongst its repertoire – the 12 top teams and one random side from the third tier.
Of course there were the expected comments about how not even a game could live without them. And a few interesting remarks about “Rangers” “returning” to the “SPL”. If there was a prize for the most inaccuracies in the fewest words these guys would actually be in with a shout of winning something,
Barcelona, ‘mes que un club’, come to town this week. I suppose we’ve borrowed that proud slogan from them, but unlike Swansea whose fans sang in Valencia last week ‘we’re by far the greatest team the world has ever seen’, Celtic FC do fit the bill.
We are one of the world’s famous clubs for sure and once free of the Scottish football shackles, we’ll join Barca in their elite group.
On Tuesday CP will witness Europe’s and probably the world’s best atmosphere. Such was the PR we received (thanks GB) after 125 night, many more will tune in this great spectacle.
CFC are top box office again while Cheating Club De Glasgow plan their next trip to a village somewhere.
hh
asonofdan
08:57 on 28 September, 2013
Trying to organise a day out with kids as weather good today. Anyone been to Heads of Ayr?
The Farm Park at Heads of Ayr is a brilliant day out for the kids, cannot be bettered anywhere.
Oh and Ayrshire is Green and White..
But ye know that noo
HH
If @ChrisGraham76 does get sued by Rangers, he should simply declare himself bankrupt and come back as @NewChrisGraham or @ChrisGraham5088
CELTICROLLERCOASTER
I’ll text you when we are on the move,bud. Probably best to go west,young man,as we will either be there,or will be shortly.
I’ve been to many of these CQN gatherings, and I always enjoyed them.Too everyone that’s going, enjoy the day.
Maybe Celtic will help you to enjoy it even more by having a good win at Kilmarnock today.Enjoy.
Re. McCoist and his contract.
My recollection is that he signed a new and improved contract shortly before Whyte came in.
Again, I suppose, he did not read it when Bain asked him to sign on for a salary increase.
Hamiltontim / Minx1888.
Congratulations / Best wishes to you both. !
The word ” engaged ” always brings back the memory of my big sis telling my old man that she was thinking of getting engaged . His reply was short and very much to the point –
” Naw yer Naw , phones get engaged , toilets get engaged , ma 17 year old daughter disnae ! “.
Warm [ 32 predicted ] and sunny , way down south.
MickTT
10:01 on
28 September, 2013
asonofdan
08:57 on 28 September, 2013
Trying to organise a day out with kids as weather good today. Anyone been to Heads of Ayr?
The Farm Park at Heads of Ayr is a brilliant day out for the kids, cannot be bettered anywhere.
Oh and Ayrshire is Green and White..
But ye know that noo
HH
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I’ve heard Heads of Ayr is really good, another option is Cairnie farm in Cupar, Fife, go up there very often then head to beach in St Andrews…BBQ there …Brilliant day for kids
HH & Enjoy
SM
From retro scot
Rangers fans torn between rebel and Light Blue sea
Published: 28 September 2013
Ibrox Stadium, home of Rangers. Picture: Robert Perry
12 comments
By GLENN GIBBONS
Undecided Rangers shareholders who have been paying close attention to the hustings so far are likely to approach the power struggle at the Ibrox club’s forthcoming annual meeting with a deep yearning for a sudden declaration of candidature by a third party.
The two factions presently on the ballot paper must seem to the non-aligned about as attractive as rutting wart-hogs.
On one hand, a sitting board of directors whose imaginative response to the threat of usurpation appears to have been limited to the hiring of a PR company with a reputation for smearing opponents through liberal use of all available media outlets, from the club’s own to the social networks of the worldwide web.
On the other, a band of would-be revolutionaries whose nominated “leader”, Jim McColl, is a billionaire who has stated that he has no intention in the near future of investing any money in Rangers or playing so much as a minor role in the governance of the company.
For voters at the AGM, the election is likely to represent an invitation to choose the less harmful of the two. With the big event still at least a month off, there will be a bone-chilling number of opportunities for further demonstrations from both sides of the kind of infantile, risible and, in certain instances, sordid attempts at points-scoring that have been witnessed in recent times.
For example, Paul Murray, the poster boy of the group agitating for reform of the board, including the removal of what may be called the office bearers – chief executive Craig Mather and finance director Brian Stockbridge, as well as director Bryan Smart – this week made a call for “transparency” from the directors by demanding the release of the identities of the people behind two companies who have invested in Rangers, Blue Pitch Holdings and Margarita Holdings.
As a shareholder himself, Murray will be perfectly aware of his right to obtain this information simply by asking for it. He may then go public with it, although it is impossible to fathom why the names of those behind the holding companies should be of any import.
Murray’s attempted capture of the headlines was sufficiently pathetic to reinforce the impression – formed over the past three years – that his principal credential as a prospective saviour of an ailing institution is that he is a genuine, lifelong fan.
Even so, the general weakness of his profile did not prevent the voice of one red-top from declaring his endorsement of Murray and his simultaneous condemnation of the PR company, Media House, and its busiest representative, Jack Irvine.
The latter, himself a former tabloid editor, was roasted for his readiness to blacken the names of his employers’ opponents with some lacerating postings on Twitter. This reprehension of Media House was a startling renunciation of the paper’s previous accommodating policy towards the company.
This willing collusion obtained in the days when MH’s primary objectives were the scandalous portrayal of the Celtic managing director, Fergus McCann, as some kind of villainous incompetent and the absurd promotion of David Murray, the Rangers owner, as an entrepreneurial and financial genius.
That they could have been proved by subsequent events to have been so grotesquely and blatantly mischievous in their persecution of McCann and their miscasting of Murray would, of course, be a matter of complete indifference, as long as their fees were paid. It will be recalled, however, that their propaganda campaign was so successful that Celtic supporters actually booed McCann as he unfurled the league championship flag on the opening day of the 1998-99 season, an ineradicable testament to their shameful gullibility.
Hoping for a lightning start with a high tempo today. Any staleness or lethargy cannot be good for Tuesday. Confidence is key for us v Barca, so lets go and play like Champions at a ground where we’ve scored for fun.
Not sure today’s line up will give us many clues for Tuesday. Whether we like it or not, it seems pretty clear NL will play this team v Barca:
FF, AM (if fit), Efe, VVD, Izzy, SB, KC, GS, JF (if fit), Anto plus 1 from Derk, Biton, JL
Good morning from a sunny Manchester.
C’mon the Hoops.
Mad Bill McMurdo
SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
A Black Day
Rangers are continuing to take a hard line against those who seek to destabilise the club and undermine its progress.
The latest statement by the club shows that it had no choice in reporting a poster on Follow Follow to Police Scotland for making threats of violence against a Rangers director, bringing fear and alarm to his family.
Even after this had gone public, people on the Follow Follow site were continuing to post threats against directors.
I am aware that the board have been aware of this issue for some time and have compiled a list of threats and incitements posted on FF.
Posters who object to such language being used are vilified and banned.
As I blogged quite a while ago now, mob rule seems to be prevalent among a certain section of the Rangers support. Bullying and intimidation are rife and now it has become a police matter.
It is just a handful of individuals who are generating this animosity and ugliness but they use gullible people to spread their poison against the club and other fans.
Astonishingly some are trying to paint this latest episode as an assault by the club on free speech. I am unaware that threatening someone with extreme violence – including their families – is a free speech issue. It is a matter not of civil liberties but for the police.
Others are trying to make out that the club leaked the story to the BBC. This is a nonsense. The news was given a general release. If Chris McLaughlin is faster off the mark than other reporters that is not his fault.
Shrewd observers of the Ibrox situation have been saying for some time that it is only a matter of time before somebody gets hurt over this bitter divide in the Rangers family.
I am sure that the institutional investors who back the Minico bid for change at Ibrox will not advocate nor endorse the threats of violence aimed at incumbent directors on the board. I wouldn’t be surprised if this latest twist is already making some think again. These investors simply don’t need the bad publicity.
It is a terrible state of affairs when club directors of Rangers Football Club are undergoing these levels of intimidation from a small but very vocal minority in the Rangers support. My understanding is that Police Scotland will be looking into broader areas of incitement, including the purposes of “secret” fan meetings and online provocations.
This is not about free speech any more. It is about the line between peaceful, legal protest and criminality.
For decent Rangers fans, attacking the club they love is unacceptable. And breaking the law to do it is unthinkable.
It is time for the voice of these decent, law-abiding Rangers fans to prevail over those who are spreading seeds of hatred and discord among the Rangers family.
Here is the club statement in full from http://www.rangers.co.uk:
RANGERS FC have tonight informed Police Scotland of deeply offensive and threatening comments that have been made on the Follow Follow website. These remarks have placed a director and his family in a state of fear and alarm.
This Club is shocked by the kind of physical violence being mentioned and is sure the vast majority of Rangers’ support will share our alarm and disgust. This type of rhetoric can never be deemed acceptable.
Rangers FC cannot tolerate this behaviour and intend to take an extremely robust approach to this sort of conduct. The board finds it inexplicable that some so called supporters of the club are bringing Rangers into disrepute and these people are not welcome at Ibrox.
The board is also aware that certain individuals are holding meetings and inciting fans to unruly behaviour. This has also been reported to the police.
Quick question
where do the Blackpool shammy people watch away games
Thanks
googybhoy ♥ celtic 10:27 :
Hoopy Birthday mate, surely your not working today?
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
the spirit of arthur lee 10:31:
Waterloo Social Club South Shore.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Morning Folks,
For those going have a great day out.
For those not going– have a great day in.
Big performance for Celtic today hopefully.
BRTH
Efe to score anytime in 90mins 12/1
Yeez will no be laughin wan of these days:))
law of averages csc.
minds me of an argument outside a pub in coatbridge
on challenged to fight the boy replied no chance you have been battered that many times in your life never winning once that the law of averages says your due a victory:)))
nae body could fight for laughing csc
Can someone post week 6 games for the predictor? Ta