The world looked so different for Scottish Football League chief executive, David Longmuir, back in March. He convinced half of the member clubs to reject a deal which would earn them considerably more money next season, while enjoying the accolades of Rangers International chief exec, Charles Green.
Green remains a controlling director of Rangers International, but Longmuir’s actions infuriated First Division clubs, who have now applied to join the SPL, furious at his attempts to subvert them earning what many see as crucial income next season.
To suggest Longmuir acted in the interests of one Third Division club to the considerable detriment of all First Division clubs would be stating the obvious. These shenanigans still go on in Scottish football, even now, after all that happened last year, but it is reassuring that the overwhelming majority of voices have, again, said, ‘On your (boardroom) bike’. We are rapidly becoming one of the least corrupt countries football is played in the world. Good luck to all in the First Division.
I read the leaked document, Rangers (sic): the way forward, yesterday afternoon. It was so ludicrously lacking in anything which remotely resembled substance I assumed the leak was an attempt to discredit Charles Green. Then I heard BBC’s Chris McLaughlin say it was Green himself behind the leak. The fact that the Rangers International director categorically recognised the club is lumbered with a lame manager hardly passes for insight. The document was embarrassingly inept.
“The team will work for each other and press the opponents when not in possession.
“Most of all, players will come off the park knowing that they have done their best.”
In a high-level policy document this is cringeworthy.
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RFC document – ‘Our players will offer a face painting service prior to kick off for our younger fans.’
Come on Cliftonville
looks like ET (not Sally the final)
Paul67
Excellent article as always.
However, I spotted one spelling mistake!
Surely it should have been Rangers(sick)?!
HH!!
A bit harsh, Paul. Today they beat Berwick Rangers 1-0.
Longmuir is a grade ‘A’ Clown. Fair play to the first division clubs, hopefully the Raith Rovers guy Turnbull spells it out for the MSM.
4 mins added
leftclicktic
Richard Gordon said it was Jabba. Maybe Chris feels he has rocked the boat enough?
Pog
Cradle of the Stewart’s….
Villa playing well?
ASonOfDan, good luck with that.
TET, might not be saying much about the rest but when men in Kirkcaldy and Hamilton stand up against Hampden, we are heading in the right direction.
Tallybhoym ha!
GlassTwoThirdsFull, result!!!
Is it me or is the commentator on BBC NI desperate for Cliftonville to loose this cup final!
Some social anthropology from FF:
“It is one of life’s great mysteries trying to establish just exactly how a small minority in Scotland managed to wrest political, economical and at the present moment sporting power from the vast majority of the indigenous Scots, Protestant population.
Even when they achieved nine-in-a-row, they were without doubt still very much smaller than Rangers. They knew their place. I am not now going to quote a cliché….”with the sixties, society became freer and people began to revolt”[I think you just quoted it.]. Scotland remained essentially a conservative country, especially when compared to our Northern European neighbours.
So how did Celtic effectively seize power? Why are many of the top judges, lawyers, politicians where they are now? Surely there is a paradox. If they are the victims, the oppressed, the persecuted, the poor, how if that is the case are they running Scotland?
I suspect it is their education system which promotes narrow, selfish values and critically which excludes any empathy for non-Catholics. They also look after each other by covering for, promoting and even lying to achieve their ultimate goal which is domination of Scottish society.
Peter Lawwell is the very embodiment of the Fenian dream. This devious character has scaled himself to the very top of Scottish football. The erstwhile Drumchapel Duce has SFA/SPL officials by the b***s. With a click of the fingers, they scurry to his every demand. In any other country, such a situation would demand a public investigation. Not now, welcome to Catholic Caledonia where Rangers are mocked and treated like lepers.
My other point is that we, as a people have sleepwalked into this nightmare, we have stood and watched with apathetic eyes while they have infested our institutions. The message is surely that it is STILL not too late. Awake!”
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“Tolerance.
We as protestants naturally tolerate others, they dont.
And its worked wonders for them in the last 20 years.
Time for change”
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“It’s akin to the decent German people who opposed Hitler. They did not see his Nazis as a threat until it was too late.”
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“I noticed during the resignation of cardinal punch a pape that their was a statement from some group who’s name escapes me, but it was basically a meeting if top professional Catholics from many different professions.
Why do these bassas get away with having these sort of meetings and what do they discuss? Can you imagine the out cry at a Protestent equivelent ?”
Unlucky Reds, now a free kick right at the death…
IANBHOY929
Into town from the Cathedral and turn left just past all the bookies.
Nice wee old style pub about fifty yards down from that
Flag day in August then,enjoy yer day bud.
pabloh_AKA_NEIL LENNON
16:24 on 4 May, 2013
Longmuir is a grade ‘A’ Clown. Fair play to the first division clubs, hopefully the Raith Rovers guy Turnbull spells it out for the MSM.
hate to be pedantic but have you ever come across a Grade ‘B’ clown :-)
Devlin has been solid all day
Extra Time
doc is neil lenn 16:15 on 4 May, 2013
No slant intended :-((
As for mc moist…time up for him . hopefully not.
Glentoran much stronger second half
No extra time for me, time for a pint. Come on the reds………
Rangers document – “Our players have agreed to bring in their own newspapers, towels, shower gel and shampoo, tea bags, coffee, milk, sugar and pies for their lunch when they come to training at Murray Park.”
HH!!
O.G.Rafferty
Whats the score?
Norwich have a penalty against Villa. The award looks soft. Grant Holt steps up and….scores. 1-1
monaghan1900
Hitler would have been proud of that poster.
Sipsini, none taken, just a gag, smiley at the end:-)
Don’t sack McCoist, Ally McCoist, I just don’t think you understand………
Monaghan 1900,
This drivel seems to be believed by these deluded fools. No wonder the likes of Murray have been able to pull the wool over the eyes. If it wasn’t so awful, it would be tragic.
Charles Kickham
Fair point!
rfc document : we will sign a player who owns a laptop , all players can then read the
newspapers online we will save loads of money in the long run. ;-)
Anyone want Johan Cruyff as director of football?
LaughingstockCSC
1-1. ET underway
Reds looking tired. But one bit of magic…
For those without Sky:-
Extra Time, Live coverage of Cliftonville against Glentoran in the Irish Cup final from Windsor Park.
This is a live stream of BBC Two Northern Ireland.
Available to UK users only.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22364792
Date: 4th May 2013 at 2:31
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Comments (4)
There will be a few out there who
might remember me as a writer for the
Celtic Hub.
Probably the last of the old guard,
(ran away from home, went to sea,
became a cabin boy on Noah’s Ark).
Despite being in my latter years, still
a Celt to the end.
Do not buy into or listen to the media
in this small minded country of ours.
There is one exception, I read the
Evening Times. Main reason is to
check out the Hatches, Matches and
Despatches to make sure that that I
am still about.
Friday’s edition caused me to make
this post.
Goes with my headline. Talking about
the the greatest football pundit of all
time, the one who knows all, but
unfortunately has the worst
prediction record of all time. Namely
Derek (the legend ) Johnstone.
He gushes over the fact that the SFL
associate club have won the 4th. tier
division title, and there will be
50,000+ there to celebrate this
magnificient performance.
He goes on to tell us about the
emergence of of the new kids on the
block. The same kids that lost to
Peterhead, Annan and Stirling Alion.
Could only take draws against others.
Were wiped out of the cups, except
when it was the night they played
against McCall’s (lie down against
newco) team.
This guy is in dreamland, he is still
going on about all the players that
are on the radar. Does not tell us
about the 22 player limitation on SFL
clubs. Only the other day, the
Kilimarnock goalkeeper, who we had
told was signed on a pre-season
contract, was forced to make it clear
that he had not even been contacted.
But still the rubbish goes on, still the
real facts are not made public.
Through people like the above named
legend, and others, they will use any
method at their disposal to sell the
still associate club to the vulnerable.
WHEN WILL THEY LEARN?
RFC document –
“Whenever the venue for the Champions League final is announced, we will book flights and accommodation immediately to get the cheapest deals.
(We will also keep an eye out on any Travelodge sales)”
O.G.Rafferty
Just found it on BBC live
KTF
My word, I just read the FF post there, this is what these people think about? And they call us obsessed & paranoid! How dare a Catholic get a good education and go on and be successful.
Glentoran look the sharpest.