It appears that the so-called spivs are once again the only people likely to put their hands in their pockets to fund the coming season’s shortfall at Newco Rangers. There has been a campaign for much of this year to drive the club into the gutter, although on this occasion no one has accused Celtic fans, the SFA, HMRC or various imaginary enemies of acting in an underhand manner. These moves were all the work of formerly loyal Rangers men, who wanted ownership of Newco on the cheap, or some kind of influence thereafter.
The ‘spivs’ have not been intimidated or been blackmailed into handing over the club to hostile forces. Instead they are prepared to invest again, stay the course and see a return on their money.
‘Spivs’ is an unnecessarily pejorative term but if money comes in from the variety of hedge funds and offshore entities it will not be a gift. Neither was the initial investment of £5.5m, or the subsequent monies raised at the IPO.
It’s too late to complain about who owns the club, or that a collection on wealthy fans could have bought the assets of Rangers on the cheap when Charles Green stepped in. Campaigns to undermine the club will not bring about a dramatic change, they will only weaken an already painfully weak entity.
Two years ago someone inside the game told me ‘the Rangers you know are dead, whether they phoenix or not.’ The outfit which exists now will forever be a bit-part player, which even Dave King recognises is an untenable commercial proposition.
Remember, Tommy Gemmell, Bertie Auld and John Hughes will be signing copies of their books at the Celtic Store in Argyle St from 1pm until 4pm on Saturday. Take a camera.
And before that, Bertie Auld will be live on CQN from 1pm this Friday. Expect anecdote overload.
Visit the CQN Bookstore to get Tommy Gemmell to sign your personal copy of his tome, All the Best.
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mcbhoy
Like yer style kiddo. :-)) Sorry, I believe we are. I will not apologise for saying so. Although we do tend to have Scottish apologists on this blessed blog. Hope you are well, oh, first time speaking to you. HH young mhan. :-)))) KTF
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
CRC,
Man that was difficult for a choob like me. I had Brazil going out at every round prior to editing. :)
And then sending it!!!! Jeez.
I can’t see the option for posting 1000 penny pieces.
If Scotland gets independance everyone with more than a grand in the bank will move to England for tax relief… Fact.
Apart from drug dealers… an ice cream men… fact.
HT,
Coral I think are giving New customers 2/1 for Brazil to play in yellow tomorrow.
SP
I don’t know what you teach but given the level of your analysis it better be Home Economics.
What utter tripe from start to finish — glib, superficial and unsophisticated.
Just like my attempts at Indian cooking …
HT,
19/4 with bet Victor
4ish /1 with many others. It’s the most popular score.
Celtic , Celtic that,s the team for us,
Celtic, Celtic onto victory
We’re the finest team in Scotland,
I hope you will agree
We’ll never give up till we win the cup and the Scottish football league
Ernie
Aye, I will believe it when I see it. Their priority is to get the london-birminghan line as a priority. Even you must know that. After that, who knows, but you can bet your last dime, Scotland will be the least of their plans. Yes, I’ve seen the “plans”, but Scotland is the final proposal of that plan, and yer ole WM buddies will probably have run out of “our” North Sea Oil Revenue by then. To which they will probably say, Ok Scotland, have your Independence. Snakes, the lot of ye
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Tripe Curry, theres a new wan!
WeefratheTim
00:22 on 12 June, 2014
‘Ernie
Aye, I will believe it when I see it.’
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Yeah OK then.
You asked a question. I gave you the answer.
Night Night Timland.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
00:08 on
12 June, 2014
B11OYS
That is very encouraging. I hope he manages to keep that up.setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
00:08 on
12 June, 2014
B11OYS
That is very encouraging. I hope he manages to keep that up.
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I beg to differ….
If I had picked him up in our LUXURIOUS 17 seater (cough) he would have been bitch slapped STUPID…. Then told to WTFU or ELSE….
BTW, he would have been dropped off in the Calton and made to walk hame to his mammies.
PS, He would also have paid a weeks of HT’s Totes….:))))
Wee @ 00.22
Why should England build a bit of TGV line it does not need?
The UK might want to build it but England certainly doesn’t.
The whole HS2 argument destroys Wee Eck’s argument.
Ernie
I’m going to my cot Now to sleep, you go and count your profits. Take care young mhan. KTF :-)
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
GM
Thanks for that. Don’t do online betting but Coral’s 2/1 is tempting!
lionroars@00.14
Again, nothing wrong with the article’s facts. Only the omission of the very salient facts.
1) The Labour Party in Glasgow took on the OO over the number of parades. No other party before or since has taken them on.
2) The OO challenged this in the courts
3) The policy was going to be thrown out by the courts.
4) Mr. Matheson met with the OO to try and broker an agreement to reduce voluntarily but they knew his bolt had been shot. Dfferent people will put different slants on what the motivation was in ‘backing down” whilst meeting them as opposed to just folding without the courtesy of the meeting. All I know is that there has been no subsequent rallying call from the OO to get behind Labour (or the SNP or Liberals). They will continue to vote Tory, UKIP and BNP. They won in the courts and the parties are too busy playing politics to ressurrect a joint approach against them. I won’t condemn the guys that tried and failed when there were so many who never tried.
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
00:31 on 12 June, 2014
That was how the late George Ryan explained the situation on here and I believe what he said was true.
Calton Tongues
“I beg to differ….
If I had picked him up in our LUXURIOUS 17 seater (cough) he would have been bitch slapped STUPID…. Then told to WTFU or ELSE….
BTW, he would have been dropped off in the Calton and made to walk hame to his mammies.
PS, He would also have paid a weeks of HT’s Totes….:))))”
You still stuck in that lily livered liberlal, understand them don’t punish them, phase?
WeefratheTim
00:27 on 12 June, 2014
‘Ernie
I’m going to my cot Now to sleep, you go and count your profits.’
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There’s not the money there used to be in killing priests, so the profits are pretty meagre.
Ernie didn’t highlight this part of the beeb story
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Emma Crane, the Scotland campaign manager of the HS2 Action Alliance, told Good Morning Scotland: “It is very important for the Westminster government for Scotland to approve of this project. But if you have a look at the facts and the benefits for Scotland, they don’t really stack up at all.
“92% of all rail journeys in Scotland begin and end in Scotland. There is very little cross-border travel so anything like this is not going to benefit a large proportion of the Scottish population.”
She added: “It is a London-centric policy which is going to cost Scotland a huge amount of money.”
HT,
Get online.
Its the future :)
ernie
I took the info from what George Ryan said. I am in no position to dispute or confirm its accuracy. I wish this had been a non-party issue but I will not berate the only guys that ever tried (and failed) to take them on.
Mad Mitch
I said I am not talking about this any more but if you want to see my response to your post I think one on here –
https://www.facebook.com/CeltsForIndependence?hc_location=timeline
from about an hour ago sums up perfectly why I said what I said. It’s the one with the guy with the flags.
Good night.
SFTB,
Yes, they don’t call me Hector for nothing on our bus….
:-))))
Just before I hit the cot
Ernie
The HS2 will never reach Scotland, any promise that it will is political bluster. Fact. Night.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
SFTB
Have you met CT?
He would have placed him in a box, cut him in half, made his watch disappear, pulled a rabbit out his bottom and told him his next card from a referee would be the 3 of clubs.
PaulDanielsCSC
GM
Nope I’ve always promised I’m never going to involve myself in that internet nonsense, it’s full of bampots!!
Doh :-)
HT,
SIR, SIR, SIR,
Would that be the 3 Ibrox clubs?
Clink\o/
00:36 on 12 June, 2014
A campaigner against the project says the project is bad.
Wow.
The fact remains. Journey times will be reduced whatever the nats claim.
WeefratheTim
00:36 on 12 June, 2014
The line doesn’t have to reach Scotland for Scots to benefit. They English basturts get all the upheaval and disruption and we gain.
Sleep on it. You might understand it better in the morning.
CT
You going to Hamburg? Contacted Franny about two extra seats for a mate and his son.
Who the feck wants wee chooby smug wee eck to proclaim himself leader of the whole fecking Wurrald, ok just Scotland,,,just cos he hates the English, its pathetic, an i, for one cant believe he’s taken so many in… hang on, a wee painter from Austria rings a bell.
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
00:31 on
12 June, 2014
1) The Labour Party in Glasgow took on the OO over the number of parades. No other party before or since has taken them on.
Glasgow is the beating heart of the Labour party in Scotland, am i correct in thinking Labour have been in power in Glasgow for the last 50 years? was there not concern over a possible loss of Glasgow in the run up to the election
2) The OO challenged this in the courts
3) The policy was going to be thrown out by the courts.
The article below refers to the legal arguments in relation to OO parades, having read this article it appears to me the GCC backed down very easily, although i admit i am not a legal expert
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/orange-order-plan-legal-action-against-bid-to-limit-parades-1.1072494
4)
I agree the OO disparage equally Labour controlled GCC and the SNP, what can you expect from such a dysfunctional organization who exist in a time warp from the 17th century, time all Scotlands politicians showed some courage
Good night CQN
HT,
Not going to Hamburg. Saw Franny last week and, as far as I know, it was fully booked within two days, but ye never know.
Thinking more about Bilbaoa again???
CT
He’s going to let me know about any cancellations.
Another jaunt to the Basque Country?!
When is it planned for?
Embdy want a spirit?
Here ye go… its on me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7plNRs5kwgE
lionroars
“The Labour Party in Glasgow took on the OO over the number of parades. No other party before or since has taken them on.”
Correct, and the first group, of any political hue, to ever take them on, is the one accused of making a deal with them. I’d rather have the guys that tried and failed than those that never tried.
I am no legal expert either but, if it was so easy to overcome their legal objections, why has no political party sought to do so. The Glasgow SNP group could present proposals for bi-partisan approval or just to embarrass Labour, but they have not done so.
HT,
Planning stage at the moment….
Drive to Manchester, Flight & same hotel as the last time.
4 days, half the price of last time – friggin French Tolls…