A group of Russian and Ukrainian clubs hoping to form a joint championship have formed an organising committee and have invited top flight clubs in both countries to a meeting in Moscow on 18th of February to formalise arrangements.
The invitation letter states, “The main goal of our organization is the development of club, national and European football”
“In order to bring football to a new level, we propose to combine multiple national championships in one tournament. Initially Ukraine and Russia will be involved but in order to develop the strength of our game, the league could be extended to all former-Soviet countries.
“We are convinced that this new championship will be a model for other territories; this integration process is the future of football.
“This initiative will create healthy competition, increase entertainment game and increasing revenues from television broadcasts and advertising – just some of the benefits of unification.
“All of this will allow individual clubs to benefit as well as national teams, who will gain from players working in a higher standard of league. This is perhaps a unique case in sport where all participants are able to win.
Soviet Sport spoke to several Russian teams who confirmed they will attend. Sergei Palkin, the chief executive of Shakhtar Donetsk, was cautious, suggesting Ukrainian clubs and the Federation need to act with unity, “I hope this meeting takes place but only after Ukrainian clubs have chosen a common position.
“Then we can decide who should attend. The Football Federation of Ukraine need to be active, they can unite clubs and deal with the proposal appropriately.”
Note their points:
“Main goal… development of club, national and European football”.
“Bring football to a new level”.
“Develop the strength of our game”.
“This integration process is the future of football”.
“This will allow individual clubs to benefit as well as national teams”.
“Create healthy competition, increase entertainment game and increasing revenues from television broadcasts and advertising”.
Amid all the talk about reorganising our game has anyone had the clarity of vision to articulate the above aspirations? Having lived with threats from “the big five” leagues for long enough other demographically-challenged countries are putting plans in place to allow their clubs a sporting chance. It will soon be “the big six” and thereafter, who knows?
Why on earth are we worried about the number of lower divisions we have? Regionalise or wither on the vine – and do your best to ignore any muppet who suggests taking legal action because he got his sums wrong. The only change worth having will be consensual and will benefit all in our game.
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alex thomson@alextomo
@marcmcardle1 @ChrisGraham76 @paget_old still waiting for RFC who promised a response asap a long time ago
LiviBhoy,
How would playing in a British league, or even the EPL mean losing our Scottish identity?
Do you think Swansea are any less Welsh now? Where and who we play wont affect who we are and where we come from.
As to starting in the conference or wherever, I was meaning more playing as part of a new amalgamated british set-up similar to the so called Atalantic league.
The problem as I see it, is that staying in the SPL with the CL thrown in – never a guarantee of that either – wont see us progress much at all. I would suggest that right now we are pretty much close to stagnation point. You see the crowds this season and that’s with us in the Last 16 of the CL, and knowing that next season will be exactly the same in terms of the SPL, where is the attraction for the support never mind attracting new players?
We all know the title is in the bag before a ball is kicked. Thuis Juve game is a big financial windfall for celtic as a club and one we need. But as I said, who’s to say that we wont get a much harder draw in the qualifiers next season and end up in the Europa league?
Anyway I digress, for me there is a greater attraction to play the likes of Liverpool, Newcastle, Citeh every week rather than PSV, Standard Liege and Gothenburg.
That was basically my point, but i realise and respect that you have a different view.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
The over riding attitude over there seems to be, no news is good news, seems they didn’t learn that head in the sand tactic didn’t work last time, what a bunch of stupid orcs they really are.
Come on Mr Traynor, now’s your chance to clear this up once and for all…
The Token Tim
Playing in a newly drawn up British League does appeal. Joining an already established English set up just doesn’t appeal to me. We would need to have a quota of English not Scottish players in our ranks to satisfy the European qualification under the English set up. That doesn’t work for me. I want local Bhoys from around Glasgow to play for the club they support.
It’s just my opinion. I am all for moving on and all that but I don’t want the club to join an established league in a different country.
The only league we should be joining is a European based league BUT a British isles league may be an initial compromise if it is desired in the UK which I don’t think it will.
I think most peiople have to accept that we are stuck where we are and we need to improve our own game until we move onto the European league which I have no doubt is only a decade away.
LB
All this silence …
maybe Mr T has other worries on his mind …
O.G.Rafferty
Better still why not just pay it? They are loaded.
Auldheid, 17:33
So much upset over so little… just a few words Mr T…
Didn’t someone recently say that a new insolvency event was like ” signing a new player”, can’t think who but I’m sure he said it!
Take 2
Phil McGiollabhain has rubbished huddleboard’s suggestion that this is all done and dusted.
So much for that.
He is also hinting very strongly that this is not going to go away without causing some pretty major problems for Sevco.
Unless JT thinks its a Wind Up order and is ignoring it?
Thought The rangers were debt free and cash rich?
or are they just playing up to the stereotypical Yorkshire tight-wad image and waiting as long as possible to pay their bills??
Chawls really ruling the roost and all that….
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
The holding company of the original holding company of the club which became the holding company of the new company holding the interests of the previous holding company that had a club under the said stated original holding company formally named The The The The The The Rangers have been renamed Rangers 100. We will never die and our history is intact. We are the (Delusional) People.
They wouldn’t use their share of the gate money from the DU game to pay this, I demand to know which charity they’re donating it to.
O.G.Rafferty
Even the loonies in the asylum that is DEADclub media, are screaming for Jabba to make a statement.
With Valentines Day fast approaching wouldn’t it be marvelous if the four horsemen of the apocalypse tifo made another appearance at Celtic park updated ofcourse lol ! Come on GB you know you want to !!!!!!!!
Surely Jabba’s job now is to allay the hun hordes fears,that this is a mere oversight…………i hope wee Spencie is on the case,anyone tweet him the news?
So with the internet rife with the wind-up order the Official Sevco site responds with… Team news for Saturday.
Nothing to see here Timmy…
leftclicktic, 17:44
Oh yes. When in a hole, stop digging …
It’s a wind up
I mean it would really, really, be awful if there was even more on this story that they are worried about coming out…
Full steam ahead Captain Green!
RobertTressell
I suggested Thirdco. Has a ring of rememberance about another Glasgow club that never made it.
That would be dreadful entirely…
In these situations a good barometer is usually a quick browse on Zombie Zombie to judge the mood.
Paul67 et al
What about the clubs that get left behind? You can be pretty sure that the clubs involved will be those sponsored by the oil and gas industries. Gazprom is the UEFA CL sponsor until 2015, otherwise Platini would not even consider backing it. Not convinced by the idea of Regional Leagues in Europe, and my idea of an Atlantic league really does include the Ocean. When the CL included two group sections, the format was scrapped to switch back to a knock-out system, although it might have been something to do with Marseille’s efforts as well, back in 1993-4. I personally would like someone to devise a system where, it is possible, as in American sports, to play teams outside of your “Conference”, whilst still simultaneously competing for a domestic league, with more European games played at weekends, to facilitate travel etc. Or we could reform the USSR.
Sally demands the names of all these Singaporean trouble makers. Translated into Govan english, of course.
Nothing yet on the BBC Scotland website.
See, if they’d only kept Jabba, he would have cleared this all up.
Wait a minute….
Huns trying to explain the story and end with:
‘Please retweet the link and put the Rangers family mind at rest’
One brain cell…
HH
I know it has been posted already but for late comers.
http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/revealed-rangers-windingup-petition/4020
Paradise Lost!
alex thomson
@ alextomo
last email from Rangers press office was at 15.41 promising to get back to me asap.
What is the time difference with Singapore?
Scotland team to face Estonia:
McGregor, Hutton, Mulgrew, Berra, Webster, Adam, Maloney, Brown (c), Burke, Naismith, Fletcher.
The “Rangers family” has a cosy, homely ring to it , don’t you think?
Kind of like the Sawney Bean family or the Rab Haw family. Maw, Paw and the weans,
gathered roon the telly, waiting for reassurance from Challs
We have Juve on the 12th and Dundee United on the 16th but I thinking that we had something to look forward in between, maybe on the 14th!
EC67
ChineselanterndayagainCSC
ASonofDan,
probably rhetorical, but if not, currently 8hrs ahead of us.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Diets oot the Windae again !!!!!! Lime green Jelly with White vanilla ice cream smothered in Toffee sauce mmmmmmm !!! Here we go again lol !!!
Sevco Zombies Troubles explained In 15 seconds flat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbc1Fs3Om-0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I don’t think anyone seriously believes that the huns are on the point of going bust (again).
But by the same token a properly run company in sound financial health should not be being troubled by threats of winding up orders.