Amid the unseasonal, end of season, revelry at Celtic Park tonight there is a serious business to take care off on the park. Dunfermline were two goals down and out of the game the last time they visited but a pot-shot from outside the box unsettled Celtic and gave the game a tense conclusion.
They are a team with everything to fight for; these guys are battling for their standard of living tonight. Joint bottom of the league, they could all be out of a job within months, with consequences for mortgage repayments, the food they eat and the pay-TV they watch. Appetite for a point will be enormous.
Neil Lennon will have to use different motivational techniques to stir his men, who will have no financial worries but must surely be desperate to establish their professional status as title winners. Scott Brown suggest this was the best Celtic team he had played in, which is a big claim considering an earlier incarnation twice led Barcelona in the knock out stages of the Champions League. His team mates can provide further evidence to back up that status tonight.
In a gesture which tests the boundaries of the word magnificent, the Celtic fan who paid £5000 towards the Vanessa Riddle Appeal for the signed Celtic jersey we auctioned last week asked us to put it back up for auction again.
Auctions are a magnificent way to help get Vanessa the lifesaving treatment she needs but the cost of participating at the business end soon gets out of the reach of many fans. With this in mind, we have started an eBay raffle; you can win the jersey for the cost of a £1, or the entire purchase price of Rangers FC PLC.
There are no excuses to sit this one out, Vanessa needs your help, you would like to own a signed Celtic jersey, and you too can afford the kind of money Craig Whyte used to buy Rangers. Click here to participate.
Thank you for the dozens of response to the request for writers for CQN Magazine. I’m still working through them, will be in touch soon. Issue six, our Fit and Proper edition, is set to become a landmark collectors item. You can browse the magazine online here but you can buy your own hard copy by clicking on the link below. Fill your boots…..
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Scaramanga says:
22 February, 2012 at 09:22
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Please note it’s a Bowie hat that’s optional NOT a Davy Crockett, you wouldn’t want to look like a tit!
Malarkey says:
22 February, 2012 at 10:29
CONGRATS M8
BRILLIANT ARTICLE BY THE WAY
The Bhoys will win tonight! No doubt about it.
By the way,I am immensely proud of the response to the Vanessa appeal.
Some things are way more important than the demise of a fascist organisation : RFC.
Paul 67 / All
A stunning act of generosity by the winner of the signed shirt. To re donate and ask that is raffled again to raise further funds is a display of class. One can never be too blasé over such a demonstration of anonymous generosity however I doubt any of us are surprised that this was the act of a Celtic fan. A big thank you to you; whoever you are. You epitomise everything that differentiates Celtic and its support from others. We are indeed “more than a football club”
Hail Hail and thank you sir.
Mort ***** says:
22 February, 2012 at 10:24
Found the same. Is there a way round this?
Funny how all these journalists are now falling over themselves to say that they always knew there was something up with Craig Whyte,
Remember all those stories when he took over? The one about the dodgy bloke who had been banned from acting as a company director? How his appointment might be bad for the huns? No?
Neither do I.
Menzies Corporate Restructuring was a Partnership.
One of the partners, David Grier, was a Special Advisor to Craig Whyte during the takeover in April 2011.
In Law, what a Partner knows, the firm is held to know.
Ergo, MCR KNEW what the details of the transaction were, and know the range of likely outcome of the business plan they assisted in creating.
MCR was acquired by Duff & Phelps in October 2011.
Duff & Phelps were appointed Adminstrators to Rangers in February 2012.
The appointed Adminstrators were partners of the firm MCR prior to the October acquisition by Duff & Phelps.
Someone help me join the dots here.
Malarkey – excellent article & summary. I’ve forwarded it to several people, along with my opinion that is very good round-up of the sitiation & preceding circumstances, & ideally suitable for showing to anyone that’s not fully au-fait with the whole sorry hun fiasco.
MORT – – Thanks very much for that great news. Fantastic stuff as you say. No stuttering now and lets get over the finish line and get that wee girl healthy again. Now that WOULD be a great result!!
KINGLuBO
tommytwiststommyturns says:
22 February, 2012 at 09:56
Jimtim – alright mate? Did you just compare TinyTim to a fat lady….?!
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hi mate good to hear from you . no tt was on with a wee bit trepadation regards the fat lady not singing yet with regards thems getting busted, a view i share . but anyway would i , as you know he,s bigger than me . I am staying off the comp for a while mate give you all peace .as i cant hack this have we got them , have we not got them . seems the jelly and ice cream hype has vanished as none of us are as sure they are going down as we used to be .
take care mate .
jimtim.
The Battered Bunnet @10:36,
“…………………David Grier, was a Special Advisor to Craig Whyte during the takeover in April 2011. In Law, what a Partner knows, the firm is held to know.
Surely canny be the chap that Craigodhino was talking about….
“My corporate advisors came to me with the proposition that it was entirely possible, as well as highly beneficial, to negotiate a deal with Ticketus that would allow us to complete the takeover and maximise working capital for the club’s day-to-day business.”
I’m sure the point’s been made before, but it struck me that Whyte couldn’t have found better conditions for his scam to work:
a fawning, lazy and compliant media, a supine and gullible fanbase, and a governing body which in general, acted as a rubber stamp for Ibrox bosses.
Am I giving him too much credit?
Can he be such an evil genius?
Secretly they all think David Murray has a ‘grand master’ plan…….
That is why he is not getting the recognition from the laptop loyal….
I would advocate as many folk highlighting Murray as the real architect of their downfall at every opportunity…..
David (Sir) deserves as much of our appreciation and recognition as dear old Whyte…..
He is as much of a hero to us, I cannot stand not seeing David get the credit he rightly deserves for the joy he has given Celtic fans everywhere.
‘Rangers in crisis: Our man Keith Jackson tells how he uncovered the truth about Craig Whyte’
Will Jingle Jangle still have a job when the huns are in the third division?
Keith Jackson 18 November 2010 :
By the age of 26, Whyte was already Scot land’s youngest self-made millionaire. Now, 13 years on, and in charge of a vast business empire, his wealth is off the radar.
Certainly off your radar Keith.
ernie lynch
Not sure how Jacksons perma tan will suit Arbroath or Peterhead or Montrose but I am sure he will aclimatise….
The Battered Bunnet says:
22 February, 2012 at 10:36
Menzies Corporate Restructuring was a Partnership.
One of the partners, David Grier, was a Special Advisor to Craig Whyte during the takeover in April 2011.
In Law, what a Partner knows, the firm is held to know.
Ergo, MCR KNEW what the details of the transaction were, and know the range of likely outcome of the business plan they assisted in creating.
MCR was acquired by Duff & Phelps in October 2011.
Duff & Phelps were appointed Adminstrators to Rangers in February 2012.
The appointed Adminstrators were partners of the firm MCR prior to the October acquisition by Duff & Phelps.
Someone help me join the dots here.
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Dear God Almighty!….this depraved saga just gets murkier & murkier. I can scarcely believe that this is allowed,in law,to happen. But then,what do I know? What lengths are the “we are the peepil” brigade going to be allowed to sink to in order to save this “treasured institution”? You’d think that a majority of Scotland’s population would be relieved to see a horde of maniacally fascist ‘football supporters’ disappear from their streets & that their raison d’etre be financially ruined & quietly leave the scene. But,no. The ‘highest in the land’ (in their minds,anyway) seem to want this ugly chimera to stalk Scotland in perpetuity. I know this has been a source of great schadenfreude for many of us since the bastards hit the buffers,but I sometimes despair at their mendacity. Oh well…
‘crushed nuts?’ ‘Naw, Layringitis!’ says:
22 February, 2012 at 10:30
Scaramanga says:
22 February, 2012 at 09:22
Folks, I’m getting free hospitality tonight at the game. Still waiting on exact details but may include sit-down dinner. Any advice on dress code appreciated as won’t get all info until late afternoon.
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If you really really want to be so “on trend” your aching, then it was very noticeable that the real outfit of choice for the populace just now are Clown outfits and fancy dress.
All the rage at Hibernian on Sunday.
Get with it man.
gokwancsc
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sheik yerbouti , celtinental
many thx ;)
Not sure if its been posted yet, could not see it reading back to the early hours,
Theres a new(ish) RTC article posted.
Cannot see anything else than a victory tonight, allthough the last few games had us biting the fingernails whilst having
an eye (Craigy Whyte/White style) on the wristwatch. Definately need to up our home perfomances.
Watched them play the huns a few weeks ago, and allthough they started off well, they totally crumbled and were a shambles
defensively.
Just finished season 3 of BB, can anyone tell me if season 4 cough,cough can be had
HH
The rangers mentality as shown by Jeremy Paxman!
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/paxman-under-fire-for-famine-comments-3026966.html
Sheik Yerbouti at 10:32
Has Kieth Jackson no shame. He first knew of Whyte’s plan on 14 June 2011, just the nine days after the same was reported on Rangers Tax Case
Exclusive, my bahookey.
He should be challenged on this.
Mort
What a gesture…
…Another proud day to be a Celt
RogueLeader says:
22 February, 2012 at 10:16
Excellent points and long overdue.
TFOD going bust should be a wake up call to those in charge of the game and Celtic should push for a complete shake-up.
In addition to those measures, I think we as a club need to relinquish our unfair (and I think it is just that) share of TV money as well as re-structure the ranking payments so that the top 2 don’t share around a third of the prize money. To me this is an example of the “Old Firm” – a term which I view with complete disdain and disgust.
If TFOD are “Liquidised” (copyright Declan), as part of the charm offensice to get other SPL clubs to side with us (No to Newco), we as a club need to make 3 concessions:
– More equitable distribution of TV money.
– More equitable split of league money (based on no. of points attained?)
– Removal of the veto (although with the removal of TFOD it’s possible that will go anyway.
I think this would encourage the other clubs to agree that, contrary to the apparently accepted wisdom, the SPL don’t need the huns.
Shoot me down if you want, but that’s the way I see it.
Got work to do so not ignoring any criticism/comments that is/are posted.
C’mon the Hoops tonight – keeo the winning run going all the way to the end of the season!
Tombola
Good to see Keech Jackson has grown a pair.
Just a pity they are two grains of rice.
If I ever bump into the likes of Jackson, Traynor, Leckie, anyone called Daryl or anyone called King, I will shake them by the hand and thank them for their sterling work in helping put their favourite team Rangers out of existence.
I will then go and wash my hands…
Saint Stivs says:
22 February, 2012 at 10:55
‘crushed nuts?’ ‘Naw, Layringitis!’ says:
22 February, 2012 at 10:30
Scaramanga says:
22 February, 2012 at 09:22
Folks, I’m getting free hospitality tonight at the game. Still waiting on exact details but may include sit-down dinner. Any advice on dress code appreciated as won’t get all info until late afternoon.
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Neil Lennon mask, Celtic shirt with a Tri colour drapped over the shoulders. A Jelly and Ice Cream T shirt is an allowable alternative to the Celtic shirt. A pair of 501s and brown brouges* will finsih off the ensemble (*We need to claim these back as Brown Brouges does not = Hun).
Simples
Those who believe that Craig Whyte is simply a devoted Rangers fan with fathomless wealth who is prepared to use a lot of it for the betterment of his team should ask to see evidence of his devotion to the club. How many years has he been a season ticket holder? Where are the photos of young Craig Whyte in his Rangers top? Before the information age, Celtic fans were assured of Fergus McCann’s bone fides within a couple of days of his name being mentioned in the media. The Scottish media have been strangely silent about the result of the investigations into the affairs of Craig Whyte.
Is Craig Whyte a heartless asset-stripper who will not waste valuable resources on legal fees for further appeals if HMRC win against Rangers in the First Tier Tribunal? Or is he a scene-stealing hero arriving to save the day? Rangers supporters groups who have lined up to celebrate the arrival of Whyte have failed their members by not doing their own due diligence on this man. Of course, in the absence of anyone else, they may feel that they have no choice.
The recurring theme of this blog is “it is all about the tax case”. This has not changed. A Whyte takeover will not alter the fate that awaits Rangers FC. All that will be changed is that people who would have been reluctant to be seen to bring down the axe on Rangers FC have been replaced by someone whom few of us know much about.
rangerstaxcase.com
26 April 2011
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Keith Jackson and the rest of the LL appear to think everyone believes them!!!!
Morning taxpayers!
If you think that you’ve heard it all; trust me, you haven’t.
Amadeus wonders whether ex-gratia payments of 500,000 pounds to a certain party by another certain party in return for silence are strictly within the confines of accepted business ethics.
Why, anybody would think that so and so was to blame for this mess, when in fact it was the first guy all along.
Watch this space…
CQN – tomorrow’s news today!
Hi Paul67
I would like to buy some raffle tickets but I am being quoted £80.20 by e-bay for postage, although I’m in Germany I have used a UK address. Can this issue be resolved? How big are these raffle tickets ;-) ??
Marie Colvin RIP
Rangers Football Club is not a viable business Part IV
So yesterday good old Craig Whyte told us that Rangers were now on course to lose £15M this season after previously stating it would be £10M. From this I take it that they were set-up to make a profit from Champions League entry but a £10M loss from Europa League entry. With no Euro football it seems they make a £15M loss.
It’s looking increasingly unlikely that regardless of the Big Tax Case result Rangers will have no European football again next season. Whilst it’s the case that Ticketus have bought a block of season tickets from Rangers I imagine that the administration of these will still remain with Rangers, who will then pass the funds back to Ticketus, and that’s backed up by reports of Ticketus not getting their £9.3M in June last, and we can ignore Craig Whytes insistence that it was a 3 year not a 4 year deal, because it was already reported that the deal for the 4th year was separate. I suppose he’s technically correct but it’s disingenuous at best. So to get back on track if Rangers want to break even on no European football they need to slash costs by £15M+£9.3M Ticketus money (on the basis that payments are the same each year). That’s the entire wage bill.
Even if they somehow managed to gain a European license for next year, based on current figures they’d need to cut wages by £19M, but still maintain crowds of around 40k, whilst fielding a team of sub Hearts quality. I simply can’t see that happening.
I’ve gone out on a limb on posts of this nature before, and I shall do it again. Given what we know of Rangers losses, if they were to be run as a proper business with no ‘sugar daddy’ input I think that a 50k capacity Ibrox is unsustainable in the long term. A reduction to more like 30-35k is probably required, probably by removal of the upper tiers of all but the main stand.
At paradise, whole 1st team just arrived by bus. Light training session & lunch?
Fantastic response to the ebay signed top for vanessa. Incredible in fact. I think there’s a real space here for this type of “lottery” thing as well as the ocassional auction. I can’t remember who first suggested it way back but I thank you.
Had a query from one CQNer who’s looking to buy a few tickets and has unearthed an ebay issue I didn’t envisage. Say, you bought 5 tickets, the ebay system thinks this is 5 shirts, rather than 5 tickets and wants to charge you 5 x the postage for 5 shirts.
This is emphatically not the case and whatever number of tickets you buy, if you are the lucky winner you will only pay postage on one shirt. I’ll edit the item to make this clear but I can’t get access to ebay till tomorrow am.
St Martin De Porres says at 10:06
“I know we are only a week into the crisis but is it fair to say that this administration is not following the previous trend with regards playing staff. I think i recall that lay offs with high wage players and especially inflated coaching staff were swift.
I don’t think 1st team managers have ever survived this process. I suspect the 1st team coaches at rangers are on 5 figure salaries and are far economical option than poor ally.”
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Good points, St Martin.
I still think the Huns’ administrators will need to lay off some playing staff very, very soon.
With a number of changes already being forced on TFPLG for the trip to Inverness (e.g. Edu and Papac are suspended), I notice that Paddy Power is still offering 5/1 on Inverness to win …
Hmmmm
FF
Nobody could possibly have known what was about to unfold.
not Phil, not Paul 67 , not RTC.
Oh they knew about the tax issues and potential belly up scenario but they couldn’t possibly have foreseen this.
I mean think about it, in the cold hard light of day.
A wide-0 , chancer, spiv, with nothing in his back pocket bar a pound coin is given control of ”an institution with a proud 140 year history” (copyright all old media outlets). He sells tickets he doesn’t oiwn cos he is not part of the club at that time and uses it as collateral.
I watch Hustle every week but that team couldn’t hold a candle to Craigy Bhoy.
If the late great John Sullivan had scripted such a scenario for Del Boy we would have watched, shook our heads and thought, too far John too far.
Lovin it!
Half Time Tombola @ 11:02,
“…………………I think we as a club need to relinquish our unfair (and I think it is just that) share of TV money as well as re-structure the ranking payments so that the top 2 don’t share around a third of the prize money. To me this is an example of the “Old Firm” – a term which I view with complete disdain and disgust.”
Totally agree – we can look to European Competition for extra funding we should look at a more egalitarian SPL – don’t tell Philvis I said that.
We can erase the myth that No R@ngers = lack of SKY TV money & will kill the Golden Goose, R@ngers get a large part of the TV money every season, without them in the SPL this can and should be shared in a Fair and Equitable manner!
Sorry Rogue Leader
It sounds like I’m suggesting that you making excellent points is long overdue.
I did of course mean that WHAT you are suggesting (transparency) is ong overdue.
On that ole “transparent” word, what is the CQN opinion?
trans-PAR-ent (as in 2 under par) OR
trans-PAYR-ent (as in parents)?
And don’t even get me started on the whole data/daaaata conundrum.
Tombola