SFL delivers as SPL Ltd facing insolvency

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The Scottish Football League today placed an upper limit on which division Sevco can play in next season – their Third.  We must now wait on the company providing sufficient information to complete their application to the SFL and for membership of the Scottish FA.  Although many Rangers fans want Sevco to join the Third Division, chief exec Charles Green was clearly hoping to start life higher up the food chain.

The overwhelming nature of this verdict indicates the solidarity between clubs and fans, throughout the divisions, on how our sport is governed.  This is a good thing but it leaves one burning question on the table:

Is the Scottish Premier League insolvent?

Last week SPL chief exec Neil Doncaster told SFL clubs that the Premier League would be unable to meet its contractual obligations if they did not vote Sevco into the First Division.  Unless this was a shameless lie designed to bully clubs into giving Doncaster what he wanted, the Scottish Premier League Ltd should seek to appoint an administrator without delay.

You can ignore comments about league reconstruction at some unspecified point in the future, Doncaster told us last year that “those who want 16 teams in the top flight are deluding themselves.”

The Scottish Football League does not need the SPL, or its money, to continue to thrive as a community-based sporting entity.  They will flourish.  What happens to the SPL remains to be seen.

As we have observed once or twice before, M. Platini, where are you?  We need the football world to assist with the survival of the game in one of its historic heartlands.

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  1. Subject: Sky Sports Apology

     

    Sky Sports have just announced that they would like to correct an earlier announcement that Sevco will not be seen this year in 3D but rather D3.

     

    Teuchter

  2. Stringer Bell on 14 July, 2012 at 00:45 said:

     

    “That’s where Rangers used to play”, I said to 2 english visitors as I drove them cityward from the airport. We were passing govan on the M8, in case your wondering. I stole the line from someone on CQN. It’s a belter.

     

     

    ———————————————-

     

     

    i claim it bud.

     

     

    showing a big boss round our new office at braehead,

     

    he is welsh but a token hun.

     

     

    we look out the big window facing the KG5 DOCKS.

     

     

    from the left, thats marks and spencers, the bus stops and pcworld,

     

     

    over there is the west end, the university, partick, and the tall ship,

     

     

    closer in, thats the new road to glasgow, the clyde tunnel,

     

     

    them cranes over there, they are demolishing the high flats next to asda govan

     

     

    oh, and thats were rangers used to play.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3cl7Q2GI50

  3. CultsBhoy loves being 1st forever & ever on

    Teuchter

     

     

    …I like that… I like that a lot…D3 not 3D…very good. :-)

  4. petec on 14 July, 2012 at 00:52 said:

     

    Saint Stivs on 14 July, 2012 at 00:40

     

     

    Loving it.

     

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    tal.

     

     

    see them masons stone cutters as well.

     

     

    yesterdays men, their secrets are out, and their naebuddies.

     

     

    keep it lit

  5. Auld Neil Lennon heid on

    setting free the bears on 13 July, 2012 at 22:15 said:

     

     

    I clocked that too and since the most likely punishment for two contracts is title removal and since only Oldco have the tiltes, removing them has nothing to do with Sevco who as things stand have only the clothes they stand in.

     

     

    On Sportsound tonight they were making noises that they had suffered enough and only the extremists would want this pursued and I’ll bet they do try to deep six it.

     

     

    However if the SFA were smart (I know, I know) a word in Walter Smith’s shell like to actually give up those titles on the basis that his spend in 2007/08 should have gone to HMRC and not on building the team that won the three titles from 2009 might be counted as a confession and act of contrition.

     

     

    The absence of that as much as anything sunk them

  6. No mention of todays events in Spain anywhere in the news.

     

     

    It took the BBC 2 weeks to report the massive the Occupy Wall Street protest, despite it being all over the internet.

     

     

    Yep, the powers that be think we’re that stupid.

  7. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 14 July, 2012 at 00:26 said:

     

     

     

    Was both surprised and happy to read that post. Welcome home, hope to see you at a game for a coffee :-)

     

     

    hh

     

     

    bjmac

  8. To Ally McCoist.

     

     

    The situation with rfc LIQUIDATION & Sevco in SFL3 has nothing to do with me, but I can’t say I’m not enjoying it. ;-)

     

     

    hh

     

     

    bjmac

  9. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    bjmac,

     

    :o)

     

    Life just keeps getting better and better.

     

    Rangers FC Plc exist

     

    They are currently in administration and under investigation for corruption :o)

  10. Senor Pablo Diablo on

    Hi Auldheid

     

     

    “On Sportsound tonight they were making noises that they had suffered enough and only the extremists would want this pursued and I’ll bet they do try to deep six it.”

     

     

    The MSM, particularly certain Deadco fundamentalists have been unfailing proponents of the ad hominem “We’ve been punished enough” nonsense.

     

     

    Their day has gone, we will have justice. On this occasion their cheating can be proved in black and white and the balance will be redressed.

     

     

    All the shrieking of Jabba or Gordon Smith won’t change the fact that the cat’s out of the bag this time and HMRC and the police are involved.

     

     

    :)

  11. fergus slayed the blues on

    QF on 14 July, 2012 at 00:45 said:

     

    That’s right the old glasgow derby,we won’t have one shucks how lucky are the ragers .

     

    although there will be a bit of tension in that game as the QP chairman has came out and said for every 1p sevco spend they will spend 2p

     

    (stolen from an earlier poster )

     

    HH

  12. fergus slayed the blues on

    Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 14 July, 2012 at 01:13 said:

     

    Where is that from ……….do tell

     

    HH

  13. ‘Rise like Lions after slumber

     

    In unvanquishable number –

     

    Shake your chains to earth like dew

     

    Which in sleep had fallen on you –

     

    Ye are many – they are few.’

  14. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on 14 July, 2012 at 01:04

     

     

    Interesting days ahead, the police state has been built already for these times.

     

     

    The State can’t handle peaceful protests so it always has to have agent provocateurs to be able to crack down harder than ever before.

     

     

    The Earth Charter was mapped out a long time ago now and it is for the benefit for all of humanity, dontcha know?

     

     

    There are going to be massive protests in this country soon but people will not really know who to protest against, the MSM will guide them the way they want them guided. It doesn’t matter if its the Tories or Labour or even perversely, the Lib Dems.

  15. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    fstb,

     

    One of those profound wans

     

    like, did you kill your own soldiers and civilians for a bet

  16. fergus slayed the blues on

    Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 14 July, 2012 at 01:47 said:

     

    Do you think it will ever catch on with the sports writer of the year and his ilk :-)

     

    HH

  17. petec @ 01:47

     

     

    Absolutely.

     

     

    They’re doin their damndest here to aggravate division and pump up British supremacist propaganda – I’m struggling to avoid it on TV these days..

     

     

    Power hungry halfwits – was a nice touch what happened in Germany though – the German polis removed their helmets and ecorted the Occupy campaigners on their march :)) They only do that here for OO parades sadly.

  18. Zimmerman started it :

     

    “What is Freedom? Ye can tell

     

    That which Slavery is too well,

     

    For its very name has grown

     

    To an echo of your own

     

    Let a vast assembly be,

     

    And with great solemnity

     

    Declare with measured words, that ye

     

    Are, as God has made ye, free!”

     

    HH!

  19. “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!”

     

     

    howardbealecsc.

  20. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    fstb,

     

    Who cares, they had thief chance, they tell us how corrupt it’s always been.

     

    It’s corrupt because they never exposed the Corruption on their watch.

     

    The same people who refused to expose the corruption are now telling us we need to accept corruption ffs

     

    ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

     

    Somebody stop me I’m gonnae burst something :oD)))) aya aya aya :oD)))))

  21. Fortunes Favour Mibbes

     

     

    I must admit I’m not too keen on the Occupy movement, they are Anti Christian and are targeting Churches etc and seem to be guided by Icke and his ilk of truth seekers.

  22. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on 14 July, 2012 at 02:03 said:

     

     

    Going to see him in the Wembley Arena later this year,

     

    i’ll let you know what i think after his 9 hour talk,

     

    i’d better take a piece.

  23. zimmerman

     

     

    :)) Yes, you’d better. Watch out for Annunaki spies snatching your pieces with their swift tongue action. You’ll be able to spot most of them as they be wearing a polis or steward uniform.

     

     

    But he does indeed give some important info out.