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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Nalbandian is a fud!
Is he related to burley?
so Walter is on holiday then ?
Is it a walking holiday…………………….
aldersyde avenue on 17 June, 2012 at 15:31 said:
I’m a witness of the same timeframe but a patient optimist :) I hope I’m right too. As ever, we’ll see.
Anybody see this?
Pensioner who highlighted that the Olympic torch procession is a Nazi invention is visited by the Police:
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Angus/article/23248/i-started-laughing-and-kept-on-laughing-olympic-torch-protester-gets-a-police-visit.html
What country do we live in again?
The Huns aren’t in Monday’s fixtures it will be team 12.How many new clubs are there?
Afternoon everyone! Im just dropping in to post a very important update to wee Oscar’s blog which I hope you can all find 2 mins to read…
http://www.oscarknox.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/immunotherapy.html
We hoped it would never come to this but we cant just cross our fingers and hope for the best.
I cant stop now but i’ll be back on later
Cheers
Knoxy :-)
Organisers are 100% responsible for injury to any of the events staff. Obviously the staff have been exposed to dangerous conditions.
Had the player accidentally fallen against the hoarding it’s likely the same injury would have happened.
Risk assessment failure,player innocent.
Real Valladolid are back in the first division, beating Alcorcón in the two-leg play-off, with the second leg last night.
Aúpa el Pucela.
Nalbrandian has announced that he has relaunched himself as The David Nalbrandian and will play in Wimbledon without any penalty. Any fines from Queens will be the responsibility of the old David Nalbrandian.
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 17 June, 2012 at 16:02 said:
The dark forces have not prevailed ……….internet bampots like your good self have seen to that…………they really are all a shower of lowlives, and I cannot wait for the HMRC / Liquidators to sort them all out …..meanwhile, I fear for Scottish Football if they let the team which has cheated more than any other team in football history into the SPL……..that would be disgusting.
Is it Team 12 or The Team 12
There’s a significant difference ,,,,, apparently
IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!!
Sorry if already posted, please read wee Oscars blog – http://oscarknox.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1
HH
The David Nalbrandian has warned Wimbledon organisers that BBC TV may renegotiate their TV deal if he is not allowed to play. Pro Nalbandian fans are planning a march from just around the corner to the All England Club in protest.
Has Walter really gone on holiday? If so, at this crucial time, it must mean either that he wasn’t serious or that someone had a word in his shell-like and said: “For your own good, Walter, steer well clear before unknown unknowns become known knowns.”
Campbell Ogilvie is a disgrace to the name Ogilvie. If he keeps trying to brazen this out, he will even become a disgrace to the name Campbell.
Knoxy2000
You have got to do what you have to do.. Shameful that thats what you have to do though in this day and age, sorry for the ramble.
KTF
….PFayr on 17 June, 2012 at 16:20 :
Team 12, The Team 12 do not have a license…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Team 12 suits them, it’s the position they would finish in if they ever succeed in blagging their way back into the spl
Knoxy2000
Good luck to wee Oscar and your whole family. Keep us posted of all the developments.
Bleacher Report on newco application:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1224893-scottish-premier-league-rangers-is-dead-long-live-the-rangers
I wonder if this one will last more than 25 minutes??
Has anyone heard any arguments, convincing or otherwise, as to what makes this new club different from any other new club?
Margaret McGill on 17 June, 2012 at 15:51 said:
Peggy,
You learned the difference between “bored” and “board” yet?
Just asking…….
•-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on 17 June, 2012 at 15:22 said:
NeilR on 17 June, 2012 at 15:20 said:
Blimey! How did you do that fancy font?
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Campbell Ogilvie is a well respected poster on this site and I wish you guys would just leave him alone. >)
Celtic_First on 17 June, 2012 at 16:33:
“Has anyone heard any arguments, convincing or otherwise, as to what makes this new club different from any other new club?”
Aye. Rangers were liquidated on Thursday.
The Rangers were formed on 14 June 2012 – they have no players, no trophies and no league to play in yet.
Rui Costa is trending. Apparently he has won the Tour of Switzerland.
I don’t think it can be the same one…..
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! on 17 June, 2012 at 15:25 said:
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Ta for the ideal…..unfortunately ( or not ) I have no mini-mes. I think I’ll just hug my missus or the cat…
;-)
Steinreignedsupreme on 17 June, 2012 at 16:36 said:
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Aye… But the way things are shaping up they’ll be back as The Clone Rangers.
Same old, same old.
:-(
SunnyBhoy on 17 June, 2012 at 16:35 said:
•-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on 17 June, 2012 at 15:22 said:
NeilR on 17 June, 2012 at 15:20 said:
Blimey! How did you do that fancy font?
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I haven’t a clue how he does it, would love to know.
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http://alt-codes.org/laptop/
Be on our guard Bhoys and Ghirls…. I smell a huge stinking rat….
What is the consensus amongst fellow CQN’ers regarding new club entering anything else other than div 3 (even that is pushing it)….
1. Do we do nothing
2. Bhoycott home and away games
3. Bhoycott away games
4. All Scottish premier league supporters demonstrate outside Hampden for the world too see what a shambolic organisation they are?
*** Remember “they” will be reading these pages to see reactions of their “leaked” plans!
Keep the faith
miki67
Hugging the ones you love is good!
Keep your chin up.
Steinreignedsupreme
Thanks, but surely that’s what makes them the same as any other new club.
I’m asking what makes this one worthy of all the special consideration it is receiving.
St Michael’s Bhoy’s link is interesting. It suggests that there is no sporting argument and says that the authorities in Scotland want to try to cling on to Rangers in some for other partly out of a love for the Dead Parrot Rangers and partly out of a desire for the ‘product’, Scottish football, to turn over as much money as possible.
There isn’t any way they can justify this, but I suppose if they would just admit it it would at least bring a bit of clarity.
The SPL said the old club could have until June 15 to file the necessary documents to meet financial disclosure requirements. The old club failed to file them, naturally. No one has batted an eyelid. The SPL appears just to want to kick the can a wee bit further along the road. But it’s June 17. At what point do the football authorities in Scotland accept that it’s too late to accommodate them?
Team 12 aka the dirty dozen whooooft!
DUSHANBE BHILLY BHOY on 17 June, 2012 at 16:35 said:
…errr..let me guess.. ones a homophone and ones a homophobe…like Billy and Bhilly
The king Vic67
In that scenario I would out.
Changing the goalposts to accommodate blatant cheating equals corruption, collusion etc.
I want no part of it.
HH
Music to my ears vmhan…
I am in the same boat
No to Sevco!!!
God bless wee Oscar!!!
HH
God save wee Oscar!
Please!
Prayers said for the wee man’s complete recovery!