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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How many players are there in Greens team?
Have they applied for an extension to the season yet, I think they might need it TAL.
HH
My money’s on Cowdenbeath being behind the secret vote, and voting Green and co out, so that they can crudely metamorphisize into Cowdenhun FC and then exterminate zombie fc. Super Metamorph Hun v Zombie hun. Great movie that.
Tim Malone Will Tell – Future generations will remember Rangers from those compilation TV shows where minor celebrities reminisce about pop culture from the past.
Coming soon on “I Love The Early 2000’s”: remember iPhones, Justin Bieber, and Rangers?” (thumbsup)
bournesouprecipe on 13 July, 2012 at 16:39 said:
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Bourne yir in excellent form today, keep em coming,
Simply depressed on the jukebox now, I might sing along.
HH
by the way, we had the eighties, nineties, naughties, ????
what do we call the ‘tens’?
NatKnow – “We welcome the paper-chase…” on 13 July, 2012 at 15:48:
“Have they got enough cash for two months?? ”
Possibly not. But the best case scenario for them is surviving for that long.
More players are likely to leave the Sevco set-up in the next week. None of the experienced players, who have been earning upwards of 10k-a-week will be willing to accept a wage of several hundred quid. I seriously doubt there will be any more season tickets sold and they have to maintain a ground that holds 50,000 – costly business.
The first Ramsdens Cup game is in two weeks. Will they even have 11 players for that?
Bomber Broon is due to issue another rallying call, which should lead to open warfare. Aye. Life is good.
Vmhan on 13 July, 2012 at 16:40 said:
Exactly ~ I wonder what players they will be able to “sign” for the 3rd Division. I can’t see even peepil like Elbows staying on, can you?
HH Gerry
from BBC site:1503:
Rangers, on the club website, said they faced an “uncertain” future.
The club added: “Now understood that on the back of a briefing SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster and SFA counterpart Stewart Regan gave to clubs last week that the SPL will introduce a plan for SPL 2 – which would include Rangers – and invite existing Division One members to join.”
Read that last sentence again, Sevco have just been told they’re going to have to apply for DIV 3, is this sentence likely to:
a) ingratiate SEVCO with those who are considering an application despite the fact that they don’t have accounts for the past three years; a registered venue; registered players; proof of solvency
b) mightily p1ss off the people who are considering the above application?
SEVCO seem determined not to be playing in ANY division next year, soapy souter calling for a boycott of away grounds in Div 3 just seems to put the tin lid on it!
Waiting for the statement from cee lo which begins: ‘It is with the deepest regret…’ Kerching!!!!
Follow follow the money!
Vmhan on 13 July, 2012 at 16:34 said:
kitalba on 13 July, 2012 at 16:02 said:
Why is everybody taking so much malice out on Ernie?
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Well said Kit, without Celts like Ernie providing an alt view then we’d be like sheep, maybe not but CQN would be a lesser place I’d say.
HH
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Ernie has the right to post what he wants ive stuck up for him in the past about this,but he is no friend of Celtic.
A Rangers fan just said to one of my mates on Facebook…what will Celtic do without our 47,000 fans at Parkhead.
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This guy clearly never went to school. Idiot.
Barcabhoy @Barcabhoy1
so,plan Z (v3.6) is for a club that has no license or membership,without enough players to field a team, to play in a lge that doesn’t exist
Tim Malone Will Tell on 13 July, 2012 at 16:34 said:
Philvis,
Aye – but how many of us can remember back far enough to when Rangers last fielded an eligible team ?
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Who can remember when Glasgow Celtic fielded a full Scottish team…)
traditionalist88 on 13 July, 2012 at 16:12 said:
Sky Sports have apologised for a recent advertisement which stated it would be possible to watch Rangers in 3D next season. This was due to an internal mix up and should have said D3…
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Nearly wet myself……………………
Consider it stolen!!!!!
Anyone know how much zombie fc will receive in grants from the SFA this season should they acheive the miraculous starting up of a football club? No, me neither.
BT
Cheers!
I’m fortunate that way …. besides his love for the bhoys … my old man passed along to me his faith, and it has gotten me through alot.
When my grandad passed, I got his union cards and his rosary … (he was on old school lefty, but my gran wouldn’t marry him unless he went to mass, and after he married her, he went almost every day of his life)… the cards I had framed, where they now hang with pride on my living room wall, while I never left the house without his rosary …. when my dad passed, my mum gave me dad’s rosary, and it now goes with me everywhere …. nice to have a bit of him with me always.
Paul,
Scottish football, and the SFA, are going through the biggest crisis in recent (or any) times.
The ‘President’ has been ‘heavily conflicted’, and ‘not dealing with issues affecting rangers’.
Yet, in looking at the SFA web site, the last CEO statement was on APRIL 24th..!!!
Leadership…….?
stephbhoy on 13 July, 2012 at 16:32 said
Agreed, but Regan and the rest of the scoundrels will clutch at any straw in the wind.
Just phoned up the Celtic Superstore and asked them to take me of their mailing list. Still no got my top! Live in England ffs no the ends of the earth. Anybody else in the same boat.
On a brighter note, get it intae the huns, ya fkin beauty! Mon the Hoops!
Sky Sports would like to apologise to all subscribersfor wrongly advertising they could watch Sevco in 3D.
WE MEANT SEVCO IN D3
Vmhan:
I have my own beefs with Ernie, but he is man enough to agree to meet me and over a couple of beers we would talk it out. We might not walk away agreeing with each other but I’m sure we’d walk away understanding each others point of view a wee bit more symaphetically.
I have quite a bit of empathy with what he has been saying tonight. I haven’t gone all the way back to read all that he has said though.
But for any to dare damn him hun just because he has reservations over the performance of our board.
I’ll let you into a wee secret, I read every one of his posts, I read, and I mean read all neganons posts, I read all DonegalDanny’s posts, even madmitch. I didn’t always agree with what they were saying and I often had heated exchanges but never once did I bounce past their posts and never once did I ever doubt that the affection I have for my club was equalled if not bettered by each and every one of them.
The blog needs honest posters who blog under their name and call it as they see it, whether I or anybody else agrees with them or not. I usually enjoy what they bring to CQN.
Now that bugger SydneyTim…. :-)
By day I’m ‘Mike in Toronto’ but on Sunday ‘I’m Neil Lennon’ on 13 July, 2012 at 16:37 said:
just read your post, am sorry to hear about your recent loss, am guessing we both lost our partner around the same time i.e a few months ago. lots of emptiness, hurt and pain. you dont know how much you love someone until they are no longer by your side. my partner would have been so happy at recent events, not because she loved celtic, but because she loved me and i love celtic and my wallet was aways a little more loose when things were working out for our club.
i am sure there are many rough days ahead but i have some great memories as you will have too. be strong my friend
clunks on 13 July, 2012 at 16:45 said:
traditionalist88 on 13 July, 2012 at 16:12 said:
:((((
Posted before catching up
WATP
*we’re away to peterhead*
Big Mike – I got my replica away shirt this week.
They managed to print the wrong number on the back, transposing the numbers.
I can’t wear a shirt that says “96”, that makes no sense.
But seriously, I am annoyed. (thumbsup)
plumbers in out-lying towns will be having a healthy quoff tonight before ordering extra shunkies in preparation for the cludgie smashers!
Barcabhoy @Barcabhoy1
planZ (v3.6) also needs 9 SFL clubs to resign and for 90% of SPL clubs to support it,and for all existing judicial enquiries to be cancelled
EKBhoy on 13 July, 2012 at 16:48 said:
agree with that my friend
kdc on 13 July, 2012 at 16:36 said:
@BBCBMcLauchlin: Charles Green told meeting during q”n”a he was informed by SFA that membership of association would be granted only if vote was fro div1.
Hmmm
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Hmmm indeed… It seems in all the convoluted efforts to make accommodations, arrangments, reconstructions and so on, that they are now so entwined and confused that they are tripping over each other and each option. I’m gratified to see the voting today by the SFL clubs was not swayed by the considerable pressure being brought onto them by parties that should serve not attempt to bully them. Let’s hope they remain steadfast during the schenanigans that will surely unfold in the coming days.
Methinks Messrs Edu + Bocanegra won’t be unpacking their cases after arriving back in Scotland this week
SEVCO WATP
Were Away To Peterhead
philvisreturns on 13 July, 2012 at 16:51 said:
Sorry just read out your post and the whole room is laughing:)
I posted a couple of minutes ago but it disappeared. WTF? I wonder if this one will make it
Stephbhoy
sorry to hear about your situation. Fortunately, there are some really good lads on here who definitely make it easier.
As the wise BT says, KTF!
Mike
het that Tony and PmcG to buy you a pint from me and I will buy them back when they return from Canada..
KIt
oldtim now replying to my messages..
Shamelessly lifted from twitter-
On the phone to the tkt office for the Inter Milan game. The hold music- Blur – Big Hoose- In the Country…Hmmm
Clunks
steal away my friend!
HH
Meanwhile……excitement rises among Div 3 referees who look forward to making many honest mistakes.
Jobo Baldie on 13 July, 2012 at 16:18 said:
Good morning friends from a very sunny hot Mexico! First internet access in a week and no news since last Sunday. And as I only have 5 miinutes on this machine I\m hoping to learn some good news……
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it stopped raining for a bit.