Rangers administrators have today gone to the Court of Session in an attempt to overturn the recent disciplinary action imposed on the club by the SFA. Paul Clark said:
“The Club started proceedings at the Court of Session today in an attempt to challenge the imposition by an SFA Judicial Panel of a player signing embargo.
“The process will continue at the court on Tuesday and it is the Club’s position that the Judicial Panel did not have the powers to impose such a sanction.
“The Club and the administrators are grateful for the support of the Rangers Fighting Fund on this matter.”
It is prohibited by Fifa for a club to take its association to the civil courts. Fifa rules dictate that the national association must expel any club which takes this action. In December last year the international body threatened to expel the Swiss FA from world football unless it set a deadline to expel Sion after the club took action in its local civil court.
This action can surely only be to provoke the SFA into bringing this sorry saga to an end by kicking them out of the game before Duff and Phelps are forced to padlock the doors due to their own failures.
Unfortunately, President What-school-did-you-go-to is still in residence at the SFA, so it’s unlikely that we will see any clear action from Hampden to calm supporters of other clubs or the Scotland national team.
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ParkheadcumsalfordwhoisNeilLennonand PaulMcBrideandTrishGodman on 25 May, 2012 at 17:15 said:
And you’re probably right to do so but until then I’m glad the club are leaving them to it.
FC Flatliner.
D+P look very professional thanking the huns begging fund and only serves to show they are playing to the gallery.
How long would a euro ban be imposed on the rest of Scottish football should rangers continue with this action and the sfa do nothing about it?
I’m thinking that maybe rangers are perhaps trying to hold other clubs (such as us) to ransom with regards to the newco vote. Vote us back in we drop the case, vote us out and we are all losing out on the euro income.
Not sure if this is possible but it was something that was playing on my mind. Too much sun and koppaberg perhaps.
ernie
I was thinking that too. Really!
I assume the application was made in the name of the administrators in which case they are liable personally. It may also be that there has been some undertaking about this given privately by D &P to the SFA so that there is no need to air such appalling matters as how lawyers actually get paid before the court.
I suppose I am saying i don’t know.
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 25 May, 2012 at 16:55 said:
Here’s a article from a Swiss paper re Sion
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FIFA threaten Switzerland ban if Sion unpunished
Published: 19 Dec 2011 09:29 GMT+1
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Football’s world ruling body FIFA has threatened to ban the Swiss Football Association if it fails to impose a transfer ban on the club by January 13th.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday upheld a decision by football’s European ruling body UEFA to refuse FC Sion re-entry to the Europa League after the Swiss club breached player recruitment rules.
Sion had been put under a transfer embargo over the signing of Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El Hadary, but proceeded to sign six players in the summer.
Sion then fielded five of the six players during the Europa League play-off tie against Celtic earlier this year and were kicked out of the competition as a result, with UEFA’s decision to expel them upheld by the CAS.
After being thrown out of the competition the determined Swiss club lodged several appeals with Swiss courts — a move which appears to have angered FIFA’s Executive Committee.
A statement released in Tokyo on Saturday by FIFA said if Sion were not punished by the Swiss FA, Swiss football would in turn be sanctioned.
“Following the latest developments in the FC Sion/Olympique des Alpes SA (OLA) case, and in particular the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport of 15 December 2011, the Executive decided to give a final deadline of 13 January 2012 to the Swiss FA to enforce the registration ban imposed on OLA by the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and confirmed by the Swiss Federal
Court and to sanction the attitude of the club repeatedly trying to circumvent this decision in a legally abusive manner.
“As a consequence, all matches in which the relevant players participated shall be declared forfeit or three points shall be deducted respectively.
“Should this deadline not be respected, the Swiss FA will be automatically suspended from 14 January 2012 onwards.”
Top Swiss team FC Basel are currently through to the knockout phase of the Champions League and the national team is set to play Argentina in a friendly in February.
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!!Bada Bing!! on 25 May, 2012 at 15:56 said:
Embdae heard from Stewart Regan lately……
Yes, in fact. The great man (delete whichever of those two words you feel is lease appropriate) is tweeting happily this afternoon:
Stewart M. Regan @StewartRegan
FIFA launches partnership with Nobel Peace Centre which will see a ‘handshake for peace’ at the end of international games in future. #li
Listen, Regan, you buffoon. Unless you stop acting like a chocolate teapot of a man then Scotland won’t HAVE any international fixtures for the foreseeable future.
GROW A PAIR AND SORT OUT THE MESS YOU’VE LEFT AT HOME!!!
It seems like only yesterday since the Huns were laughing about the existence of any tax bill. Yet so much has happened during that time in this farce.
Time sure flies by when you are having fun, fun, fun.
Have the hvns just committed corporate suicide?
Too much sun out there me thinks, the president of the sfa as we all know is an ex ger and a hun, the legal profession in this country will have its fair share of secret hand shakers, all they have to do is line things up properly and their home free. What odds would you get on Ian Black being their new captain in the SPL at the start of next season I wonder, worth a punt.
Expel them from Scottish football and then have the SPL suspend that license from top flight for 3 years, this would ensure that Newco has to start from SFL3
OK so we know this man isn’t the most reliable source but Yee hah! if this is true
Chris McLaughlin @BBCchrismclaug
BBC Scotland has learned that the Insolvency Practitioners Association are investigating the #Rangers administrators Duff & Phelps.
ole Sandy Jardine is puttin’ fresh segs in his ole marchin’ boots
Chris McLaughlin @BBCchrismclaug
IPA do not have powers to remove D&P from their position at #Rangers but can remove their license to practice. #Rangers
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The Insolvency Practitioners Assiciation have the powers to revoke license to practice. #Rangers
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Investigation follows a BBC documentary alleging a conflict of interests from D&P during Craig Whyte’s takeover of #Rangers
Surely if the SFA do not take firm action against the Hunz then UEFA/FIFA will come down on them like a ton of bricks? They may even be expelled as an Association. Would that then smooth the rails for us to apply to join some other FA?
Hard to see how we can lose out of all this, however it plays out!!
HH
If, as is the general consensus, they are going to be liquidated anyway what difference does it make to them if the are expelled from the SFA. They are going to form a new club anyhow so the only thing to be gained is appropriating blame for the demise of ranjurs1872. Or can the newclub be tarred with the same brush as the old one.
Got involved with a hun online today, his moniker gave him away, and could not resist having a go.
Anyway after abit of the usual s%*te that you would expect from those of that ilk I asked him if he had done the 1872 walk. “Aye” he replied ” a raised £650 ” he said proudly, I assumed he was proud given their love of the ranjurs. Could sense his utter deflation when I told him £650 would cover one of the two clowns who are administrating his club wages for an hour. Advised him he would have been better nipping Novo for the 1.2m he bumped with his EBT. Bless him all he could say was we are the peepil and god save the queen. Laugh I nearly $*^t (sic Derek n Clive)
Dont know if it is just me but when I pass one of them in the street cannot help but just give them a big smile.
leftclicktic on 25 May, 2012 at 17:14 said:
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 25 May, 2012 at 17:10 said:
RogueLeader on 25 May, 2012 at 16:59 said:
Because of the “ifs” it aint gonna happen.
FIFA are depending on the innocents caught up in the rule to force their associations to stick to football rules.
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Auld Neil Lennon Heid
WHAT IF THEY DONT
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Self interest dictates that they will. Self interest always dictates.
The Moon Bhoys on 25 May, 2012 at 17:21:
More conspiracies there than in JFK – the movie.
They are not even going to have a new team for next season.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/may/10/classic-youtube-best-sport-clips
Craigy Whyte, Duff & Phelps, Blue Knight and Phil Green battle for control of Hunnery…
This is just my opinion , but i believe that celtic will never get a better chance to get out of this stinking country than they have at the moment . I would imagine that the last people the SFA want on there case is celtic . I believe we will never ever get a fair and level playing field in this country , and now is the time to make our break . no-one can argue that the evidence is not there . We cannot function under this regime , under this totally corrupt governance of scottish football. We are box office make no mistake about that and sky know it , we are clean , again no mistake about that . We have just returned from a game in england where we boosted the attendance . where we earned the praise from the police , opposition players ,and fans alike with our brand of support for our club . Now is the time to finally end THE OLD FIRM , to end the JOINT SPONSORSHIPS . But above all now is the time for our leaders to state our case to leave this stinking cesspit , and let the rest take there vote to allow monaco rangers back in , as long as one condition to let them back in, is that they forever stay up here . And that will earn a huge sigh of relief from the manchester polis. Please go for it PL
jimtim
The huns have been doing that much marching recently that they’ll all end up bare footed come marching season.
Alasdair Lamont @BBCAlLamont
Fifa and Uefa have both told BBC Scotland they’re not planning to get involved in Rangers v SFA but Fifa’s Article 64 prohibits this move.
Strange comment from the governing bodies after there actions in the Sion case ? Wonder what makes this different ?
It must now be over.
The physician fumbled aroubd for a pulse, there is none…send for the morgue attendants…”This ones chump food!”
They just crossed the line of no return.
It would take a shape-shifting shaman to get them out of this one.
Daly tweeting that more revelations to come tomorrow, and to be pblished online just after midnight
Had a nice cheeky wee day off work, thought I would put on the old Celtic top as my fashion statement for today, an unusual act for me when not going/coming from a game as I live in a rangers infested part of Fife
Got to say I am suprised at the lack of the peepil out and about showing off their colours given it is such a nice day, seen a few of the bhoys proudly stepping out in the colours though.
Vaultbhoy
wonkyradar on 25 May, 2012 at 17:30 said:
The huns have been doing that much marching recently that they’ll all end up bare footed come marching season.
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bare hooved, surely?
I’m sure that our club’s officials will be following the entire saga as closely, more closely, than even you and me. But this development is significant if we believe that we don’t need Rangers in terms of our financial plan going forward, because we do need European football.
This move may have the effect of enforcing our board members to set their popcorn aside for a moment or two, but I also think that they may have considered this scenario and, whilst I really wish I knew what was going on in their minds, I can’t help but think they’d be doing the right thing by picking the popcorn back up once their eyebrows have resumed their normal position :)
Hail Hail,
KevinBhoy.
45 years ago today I was seven and at an age where I was prone to ask questions all the time. With this in mind, I was banished to the cinema in the afternoon along with my gran to see “The Sound of Music” – the one and only time I saw it and my gran’s eighth visit. I was impressed by the film’s length and had no idea whether the ending was happy or sad. My mind was elsewhere. Afterwards we got the bus back to Paisley from Clyde Street between Fazzi’s and the Cathedral. There was a big transistor radio on the bus, sitting on the luggage platform behind the driver. When the conductress came round she looked at me and volounteered, “It’s one nothing for them”. I couldn’t make out the radio commentary but the conductress looked at me a couple of times on the way and shook her head. Still one nil when we got off the bus. We arrived home to the surprise of my father and the friends who were in the livingroom – the film wasn’t as long as they’d been led to believe. I think it was half time. I was allowed to watch from a position behind the settee. The telly was so small I couldn’t see a thing. Every few minutes there was jumping about and shouting and every time I asked, “Is it a goal?” to be told “NO, not yet son”. Eventually the goals went in and my questions were answered enthusiastically in the affirmative. I don’t remember anything else about that night. The next morning, though, I remember going out the door with a tremendous feeling that everything was right with the world. It was the first time that Celtic had made my day. Of course they didn’t make my day, they made the next 45 years. All the men in that room are now dead.
gerry on 25 May, 2012 at 17:19 said:
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 25 May, 2012 at 16:55 said:
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My recollection is the threat worked and the Swiss FA applied their rules, Sion got it in the haw maws and the Swiss clubs who quaified undr UEFA FFP rules will be playing in Europe.
In our case the SFA have applied a transfer ban, have heard an appeal and are still applying a ban and will still apply the ban no matter what the civil court says (who will probbaly say the ban is legal anyway).
I’m not saying there are not rules that could result in the SFA being banned (with consequences for our clubs) I’m saying that it is most unlikely that will happen.
If its the SFA (and the rest of Scottish Football with them) or Rangers, then Rangers will be the ones who suffer.
BBC Sportsound @bbcsportsound
Mark Daly and the #bbcsi team will be publishing more info on the web just after midnight. http://Bbc.co.uk/sportscotland
JackGlasgow on 25 May, 2012 at 17:32 said:
Alasdair Lamont @BBCAlLamont
Fifa and Uefa have both told BBC Scotland they’re not planning to get involved in Rangers v SFA but Fifa’s Article 64 prohibits this move.
Strange comment from the governing bodies after there actions in the Sion case ? Wonder what makes this different ?
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Nothing too strange there. They let the Sion thing rumble on for months, waiting for the Swiss FA to do the right thing, before they gave them an ultimatum. If you remember, it was December before the Sion carry on was resolved.
The donkey’s head has now been served on a platter.
What seems absurd but is not, is better than the certainty of the man who thinks its absurd.
christmasandmabirthdayawrolledibtaewanCSC
Ernie Lynch
Re who pays the SFA costs
You
And me , and everyone else involved in Scottish Football.
Money and resource spent on cases like this is either recouped via higher ticket prices, or less investment in grass roots football.
It will be interesting to see how many community coaches could be paid for rather than money spent on CAS . Even if costs were awarded to SFA there will still be considerable internal resources involved.
Not bare hooved, cloven hooved.
Los Dufferos are a bad gang with black hats from a cantina south of the border….run ’em outta town on a rail,pronto!
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Just watched the Paul Murray interview on BBC. He is an accountant and former non-exec director and he didn’t think to question the MIH-advised and administered EBT scheme?
I also seen in the news last night that the ‘Fantasy Fund’ is sponsoring the laying of the pitch on ths south side..If i was the guy employed to do this deed i’d be selling the old pitch in squares and not laying the new one cause football ain”t gonna be played there no more ..as they say in Engerlund ‘a nice little earner’ HH