SFA chief executive, Stewart Regan, clearly sees opportunity among the carnage that is Scottish football at the moment as he leaked plans to ambush clubs into a radical overhaul of the league structures to the media yesterday.
Henry McLeish made several recommendations in his paper on the future of our game, one of which was for a smaller professional setup of two leagues (SPL 1 and SPL 2), sitting on top of a grass-roots pyramid of community based clubs, as well as a 10-team top division. I agreed with both recommendations but relegation-dodgers in the SPL refused to countenance such a deal.
While it seems a 10-club top division is as far away as ever, the SFA are keen to push through a SPL 2 proposal before the start of the new season, something which borders on ultra-ambitious.
An unattributed SFA source (surely Regan himself) briefed BBC’s Jim Spence on their plans but the language was curious:
“Someone has to take a lead and sort out the internal bickering and point scoring and also to ensure that the Rangers situation never happens again.
“We need to use the mood for change among supporters in the country to tackle the current inertia and do what is right for the game.
“Change has to be democratic, but the time for talking has passed. We need action now to save the game.
“The fans are demanding fundamental change. The Rangers situation has intensified the need for a resolution and, over the next few weeks, we will meet with the SPL and SFL to find a solution.”
In order to “ensure the Rangers situation never happens again”, why don’t the SFA start by ensuring former directors of Rangers, who participated in the controversial EBT scheme which precipitated the crisis, are removed from the SFA board?
The SFA president received loans from Rangers EBT which he did not repay despite the club going bust last week. There is a belief that those loans were never meant to be repaid and that many of Rangers EBT loans were accompanied by written confirmation that they were never to be repaid, making these ‘loans’ an illegal tax scam.
The SFA chief executive claimed to have investigated and cleared the president of any wrong-doing. No one else is aware of this investigation. There is a suspicion that all he did was listen to the president’s version of events, compounding an already dreadful situation for the SFA.
We would love to hear how Mr Ogilvie explained why he didn’t repay his loan.
Two weeks ago we spoke about the SFAs inadequate corporate governance on these matters. If only corporate governance was the extent of the problem, they appear quite shameless.
“Someone has to take the lead…. tackle the current inertia and do what is right for the game”.
Sack the clown before you start to preach to the rest of the game.
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Gola?
They were hand knitted by Owen Coyle Granny
Forgive me if this has been answered before, but how come Newco have a vote
on whether they are allowed into the SPL. Strange.
I take it everyone is like me and cant explain how they have managed to get a vote in allowing them back then :/
dirtymac
I posted on here a while back the 5 year deals and huge increase in wages for certain players was because the EBT scheme was stopped. Craigy bhoy then paid for it by withholding Paye & Ni.
That is why the SFA panel stated the only thing worse than what rangers did was match fixing.
The SFA know. Which begs the question, what else do they know and are refusing to act on.
The Pantaloon Duck is right on track.
Arthur Black’s?
I quite like the look of the fixture list for Club 12.
A check of my diary shows that it fits well with my busy schedule.
Where exactly do I apply for a season book ?
Montagu Burton? Or Frasers?
Big G
It has been stated by the SPL they still have a vote because their SPL share has not been transferred.
It has alos been stated they are not on the fixture list because they do not have a share in the SPL.
Explain that one…
ht – are you sure it wasn’t a headstone?!!
T4
The Spirit of Arthur Lee on 18 June, 2012 at 11:54
Belter:)
HH
Probably ———
UMBRO
Tim Alone Will Tell and the Pantaloon Duck have got it.
Umbro, set up by Humphreys, made the kit.
It definitely wasn’t Nike then?!
Winfield Clothing
South of Tunis got it too.
There we all are. All these decades of adulation for the Lions and Umbro have never really tried to capitalise on it. Have to take your hat off to that.
Celtic_First
Bet they wish they’d stuck their logo on now;)
HH
TTTT
Cheeky bassa!! :-)
Got all choked up and could hardly say thanks, felt like a right diddy!!
George by Asda
SSN……………………………………………………………..Ally McCoist could quit today.
A Club 12 spokesman said, ”Should this happen it will be the worst day in our 2 day history!”
Umbro made my PE kit 8>)
ASonOfDan on 18 June, 2012 at 11:56 said:
That’s what I’m not understanding. I dont see how that is possible. Why is this not being questioned?
AstoundedofForeheadcsc
C_F
Lucky guess :-)
On the BBC’s SPL table, Club 12 are hot on the heels of second-placed Celtic. Aberdeen are currently top of the league due to their superior, erm, alphabetic order.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-premier/table
It’s laughable, it’s Scottish fitba’…
Pantalonio- guesses about Celtic strips don’t shrink to fit inferior intellects
A collection of Club12fans is a gross.
I read on Twitter today that Sky are going to re-negotiate the deal if New Club aren’t in the SPL. (Grant STV).
I went on line to cancel my Sky Sports and ESPN subscription. Graham (A staff training Celtic supporter no doubt) tells me that the SPL money stays the same with or without New Club. He says there’s been a press release by the SFA and Sky. I didn’t cancel after he told me this.
Tell me I haven’t been duped.
Thinking about it – Club 12 would actually be a good piss-take name for the new club founded in 2012.
Something almost poetic about it…
Ole Mr Greggs makes exceedingly good Steak Bakes.
BSR -filled with succulent tremblin’ mince?
Mark Hately says Sally walking away would be like signing a new player.
Ironically, he’s actually correct, it would be.
Umbro ? .
I don’t know why I know this but i do-
Man who designed their tennis stuff was a spy for the UK Government. He also did promotional stuff for the great and the good at that English Lawn Tennis thing . He was sacked by the great and the good at Wimbledon HQ when they discovered he had designed a ” vulgar ” pair of knickers for a tennis player’s wedding night .
Not the done thing ,old boy CSC -Way down south.
ASonOfDan on 18 June, 2012 at 11:56 said:
Perhaps the Celtic Board will derail the whole thing by mounting a legal challenge.
There agains perhaps they won’t.
Not if enough people have renewed their season books.
Club 12 are looking a lot like DBBIA’s scrofulous hillbillies, the dirty dozen in bingo talk!
HH
Sevco supporters prefers to be known as “Club X” (thumbsup)
IanBhoy929
You are getting muddled. Rangers FC (In Adminstration) are a football club that finished second in the SPL last year and are members of the SPL and the SFA. They have failed to agree a CVA with their creditors to come out of adminstration and will, as a result, be wound up. Until they are formally dissolved, or their share is transferred, they hold a voting share in the SPL.
The Rangers FC (Sevco) is a company that owns Ibrox and Murray Park and has aspirations of one day becoming a football club. Thus far they have not played any matches, are not members of the SFA, the SPL or any other league or association.
Rangers FC will vote on whether this brand new football club (The Rangers FC/Sevco) should be granted Rangers’ share in the SPL upon their demise.
Make sense?
Have Newco signed a goalie yet?