Scottish football against corruption

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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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  1. Afternoon all

     

     

    Don’t usually comment during games but in the 96 years I’ve been watching Celtic that is the worst pitch I’ve ever seen.

     

     

    H x 2

     

     

    Jimbo

  2. Stokes AGAIN offside when Watt broke away down left.

     

     

    3 offsides already for Anthony…….2 of them when he can clearly see along line of last defender!!!

  3. Get tony watt thru middle.. Does great on left but hes a striker who needs his experiance at playing thru middle and finishing chances

  4. TheBarcaMole on

    butsybhoy 10:40 on 5 May, 2013

     

     

    05:47 on 5 May, 2013 TBM.

     

     

    is that the same as the yellow taxi….

     

    joke in there ..

     

    how are you

     

    hail hail……………….

     

     

    Haw you; this is a public forum.What happens in Dubai stays in Dubai………

     

    You want me to talk about Barcelona?????????

     

     

    I’m ok pal………

     

     

    Call you after the game……..

     

    Anyhows whats up? How you no in Dingwall ????You miss the CSC bus AGAIN????????

     

     

    TBM

  5. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Despite one of the worst pitches a can recall at thistime of the tear, and considering we have won the league, we are playing well…….

  6. up_over_goal on

    Hope the stuff about Gershon being ‘shown the door’ (from Paul Larkin on twitter) is BS – having a great game so far.

  7. LOL! dexter and ‘gg… Thank feck for that, I thought I was losing the plot!! :) Keep up the updates fellas, teuchters are teuchters after awe!!

  8. ESPN and Sky should give County a bollocking. As a customer, I am paying handsomely for the privilege of live SPL football involving Celtic which, 90% of the time, is coverage of away games. However, repeated journeys to away ‘pitches’ and ‘stadia’ like this do not make for entertaining viewing.

  9. Wilson heads cross away

     

    RC fk on edge of box as another RC player went down in box

     

    Lucas saves well at LH post from FK

  10. 16 roads - Neil Lennon walks on water. on

    Jimbo67 – genius and a legend!

     

     

    Celtic to win this game,by two clear goals,at least

  11. Celts quiet last five. Foot off gas. Maybe players already thinking about the beach…. Understandably

  12. Pitch immediately in front of cameras is awful

     

    How can we expect professional footballers to risk injury on this surface?

  13. 'crushed nuts?' 'Naw, Layringitis!' on

    Jabba’s been ‘n’ gone ‘n’ barred CQN from ding wall!

  14. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Ooooo…..nearly….Ledley should have shot……

  15. Gershon defending well so far…

     

     

     

    ……however, at least twice he’s put long balls straight through to county keeper…nowhere near any team mate.

     

     

    Distribution will need to improve if given new contract.

  16. Great work by Anto running right to collect. Ledley ultimately plays intelligent dink back to Anto who passes across goal. No takers and out for GK

  17. The pitch is a disgrace even for a pub League match never mind a professional one. What image of Scottish football does this present to the foreign audience?

  18. Pitch?

     

     

    Hmmmmmm

     

     

    Coup?(ed)

     

     

    Bettah.

     

     

    Coup, is a Disgrace…

     

     

    Celtic,are having a lotta trouble Adjustin.

     

     

    They wull hiv a loatta trouble tae haud oanta that slender wan Goal lead.

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Fed Up.

  19. Dylan mcgeouch

     

     

    Whats his history / background ?

     

     

    From glasgow is he …

     

     

    All i know is he left our youth team to go to huns then came back to us . Correct me if im wrong by the way.

     

     

    Think hes gonna be good player

  20. Celtic would be within their rights to send out the youth team on a surface like this. Footballing assets risking injury on this pitch

  21. Stokes our right again. Cross blocked then he tries a second time to far post. Attack peters out after KC falls under wee bit of pressure. No pen

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