All three outfits looking to take control of Rangers want to meet the SPL before formalising their bids. It would be inappropriate for any bidder to discuss the terms under which a new company could enter the SPL with the League’s executive. It is not their place to negotiate with the League, or to establish the terms under which they would be prepared to spend money on Rangers.
Let’s be clear about what cannot be achieved by meeting the League:
The SPL cannot give them any indication as to whether the resolutions will be passed
They cannot give them any indication if other resolutions will be proposed and passed
They cannot give them any indication on the probability of a new company being given access to the SPL
SPL executives have no influence on these matters. From an information discovery position, these meetings are utterly pointless, there is no need for them and no insight can be gained from them.
The SPL executive cannot consider representations from third parties who are hoping to cut a deal on buying a club. If any bidder were to discuss their own bid or the consequences of any sanction the meeting becomes wholly inappropriate.
Any meetings which do take place should be minuted, with minutes distributed to all SPL clubs, and should be open to any other SPL clubs who wish to attend.
No secret deals, no secret attempts to influence.
Pay your bills!
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Carlos Teves is an ar@e.
HT
indeed….. o))
you have been off for 2 weeks you need to get back into routine for going back…
hamiltontim
St Josephs,Blantyre has a half six mass tomorrow night.
googybhoy
Good on ye son great to hear that!!
I think I’m getting about £3.75 back :-)
tgcw
If I start now you may not get yer lift to Hampden the morra!!!
I had Neptune Colognes and Cappa Blue both e.w. ticket and a round of drinks paid for tomorrow…happy days.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Lennybhoy…Supporting Neil Lennon and CFC until I die on 14 April, 2012 at 17:23 said:
I had Neptune Colognes and Cappa Blue both e.w. ticket and a round of drinks paid for tomorrow…happy days.
Well done…..hope it is another good one tommorow.
JamsieBhoy on 14 April, 2012 at 16:15 said:
Really! How did he retain the title of champion jockey for so long?
hamiltontim on 14 April, 2012 at 17:15:
Do not listen to that jakey that is Blantyre Tim, go to Mass in the morning though, we should go on a Sunday when we can.
Me, 09:30 Mas in Whifflet St. Mary’s out just before 10:30, couple of Rolls with square and Big Tree for 11:00…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
How about this for sporting conduct..
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/worl….-133953673.html
googybhoy ♥ Celtic and Integrity on 14 April, 2012 at 17:25:
Might just have wee punt on Kris for first goal and Sammi for last one.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Lennybhoy
Will be cutting things extremely fine if I leave it til the morning so 6pm vigil it is buddy.
Well done on your win!!
Linky thing didn’t work…
“A player-manager in Northern Ireland has won admirers for a remarkable act of sportsmanship that could cost his side their place in the Premiership.
Dungannon Swifts boss Darren Murphy deliberately missed a controversial penalty in a crucial match against Ballymena United that they went on to lose 4-2.
When the game was still goalless, Ballymena defender Chris Rodgers went down injured inside the penalty area, but play continued.
The referee eventually spotted the Rodgers lying motionless and shouted ‘stop the play’ while the ball was in the air.
Because had not blown his whistle, the players were obliged to put the ball out for a throw, but Ballymena’s Gavin Taggart caught the ball instead, and the ref had no option but to award a penalty.
As tempers threatened to boil over, Murphy simply rolled the penalty slowly to the goalkeeper.
It was reminiscent of the famous amateur side Corinthian Casuals, who refused to score penalties because they deemed them incompatible with the spirit of the game.
Murphy’s gesture has been widely praised, but the result leaves Dungannon deep in relegation trouble, 11th in the 12-team Northern Irish Premiership.
“I have no regrets over doing what I did,” he said.
“I spoke to Rodney McAree on the sidelines after we were awarded the penalty and we agreed we should knock the ball back to the keeper.
“Ballymena’s player was knocked out and was in trouble, so the game should have been stopped.
“It wouldn’t have been right for us to score from the penalty.
“If the same situation arose on the final day of the season I would do exactly the same thing.
“Even if it meant Dungannon being relegated we would do the right thing again.”
hamiltontim on 14 April, 2012 at 17:34:
Enjoy yourself tomorrow mate…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
This is quite sad on a number of levels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHHxPOMVAg0&feature=share
Lennybhoy
You too buddy.
Well done to Chris Powell as manager of Charlton on winning promotion.
A black manager breaking the prejudices of English football.
notthebus on 14 April, 2012 at 17:42 said:
As you say mate… sad, on so many levels.
Has anyone got a link to the Tam Cowen article mentioned on the blog today, cheers.
HH
Hello, Is anyone out there?
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By Tam Cowan on Apr 14, 12 07:45 AM in
COME on, Rangers, make your mind up. For more years than I care to remember, both halves of the Old Firm have been desperate to quit the SPL and play in a different league.
Well, the Ibrox club now have the perfect opportunity to break away to the Scottish Third Division. So what the hell are they greetin’ about?
Liquidation now seems the most likely option for Rangers (just last night a bluenose pal was trying to convince me that the BIG Glasgow derby is actually Rangers v Queen’s Park) but I don’t know how the administrators can accuse the SPL of undermining their efforts to keep the club in business.
One quick glance at the Ibrox charge sheet tells you the prospect of docking Rangers 10 points for a couple couple of seasons is hardly Draconian.
What do they want exactly? Sent to their bed with no supper? Fifty lines? Sir Dave and wee Whytey to stand on the naughty step?
Let’s just forget about punishing Rangers. To help this Scottish institution bounce back next season, I say we give them a 10-point start in the SPL and 100 per cent of the TV money.
I also think we should nominate one player from every SPL club to sell a kidney with every penny of the proceeds going to the Rangers Fans’ Fighting Fund.
For the record, I don’t actually want to see Rangers sent down to Division Three – that only punishes the diehard Rangers fans and they weren’t the ones at the hey-didddle-diddle. But I appear to be part of a very small minority.
According to an online survey of supporters in the SPL, 93 percent say a Rangers newco shouldn’t be re-admitted to the SPL.
And, if that’s what happens, 55 per cent of fans say they would turn away from Scottish football and refuse to attend another SPL fixture. Have you got that, Mr Doncaster?
But listen, the Third Division wouldn’t be so bad for Rangers. For a start, they could finally give David Healy a proper run-out in the team.
And they’d probably be back in the SPL within three seasons. Unless, of course, their old League Cup foes Falkirk get the better of them yet again.
Seriously, though, Scottish football is now in grave danger of sending out the clear message that cheating will be tolerated.
If proper sanctions are not taken against Rangers, sporting integrity goes straight out the window.
Every club with debts (and there are quite a few in the SPL) could just go to the wall and then look to copy the Ibrox model by bouncing straight back. If Rangers are given special treatment, the baw is well and truly burst.
My fellow columnist Mark Hateley says the SPL and SFA have done little to support one of its biggest members. Well, apart from turning a blind eye for the past 20 years to all their dodgy shenanigans behind the scenes.
But it’s not the SPL or the SFA to blame for the current state of Rangers. It’s all down to Sir David Murray and, to a lesser extent, Craig Whyte.
Meanwhile, Andy Goram insists there should be more support shown to those clubs that are toiling badly.
What? Like the way Sir Dave supported Airdrie when they were toiling by issuing a winding-up order on the grounds that “business is business”?
The threat from Rangers fans to boycott away games next season is laughable. Listen, if Rangers have no chance of winning the league, I can assure you they’ll stay away from the games in their droves anyway. If you don’t believe me, just have a look at the pre-Souness attendances.
By the way, don’t bore me – again – with all that Eartha Kitt about the vast reduction in TV revenue if Rangers get kicked out of the SPL.
On the day when a Scottish Cup semi-final between a team from Edinburgh and one from Aberdeen kicks off in Glasgow at 12.15pm so the match can be screened on both Sky Sports and the BBC, I honestly couldn’t give a Daffy Duck about TV deals.
In fact, let’s take this perfect opportunity to put the fans first.
Kill the cameras, cut our cloth accordingly and, well, let’s just see what happens…
PS: Paul Murray and the Blue Knights? Sorry, but if I were a Rangers fan, I wouldn’t want a member of the “previous regime” anywhere near my club.
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Tam Cowan….
COME on, Rangers, make your mind up. For more years than I care to remember, both halves of the Old Firm have been desperate to quit the SPL and play in a different league.
Well, the Ibrox club now have the perfect opportunity to break away to the Scottish Third Division. So what the hell are they greetin’ about?
Liquidation now seems the most likely option for Rangers (just last night a bluenose pal was trying to convince me that the BIG Glasgow derby is actually Rangers v Queen’s Park) but I don’t know how the administrators can accuse the SPL of undermining their efforts to keep the club in business.
One quick glance at the Ibrox charge sheet tells you the prospect of docking Rangers 10 points for a couple couple of seasons is hardly Draconian.
What do they want exactly? Sent to their bed with no supper? Fifty lines? Sir Dave and wee Whytey to stand on the naughty step?
Let’s just forget about punishing Rangers. To help this Scottish institution bounce back next season, I say we give them a 10-point start in the SPL and 100 per cent of the TV money.
I also think we should nominate one player from every SPL club to sell a kidney with every penny of the proceeds going to the Rangers Fans’ Fighting Fund.
For the record, I don’t actually want to see Rangers sent down to Division Three – that only punishes the diehard Rangers fans and they weren’t the ones at the hey-didddle-diddle. But I appear to be part of a very small minority.
According to an online survey of supporters in the SPL, 93 percent say a Rangers newco shouldn’t be re-admitted to the SPL.
And, if that’s what happens, 55 per cent of fans say they would turn away from Scottish football and refuse to attend another SPL fixture. Have you got that, Mr Doncaster?
But listen, the Third Division wouldn’t be so bad for Rangers. For a start, they could finally give David Healy a proper run-out in the team.
And they’d probably be back in the SPL within three seasons. Unless, of course, their old League Cup foes Falkirk get the better of them yet again.
Seriously, though, Scottish football is now in grave danger of sending out the clear message that cheating will be tolerated.
If proper sanctions are not taken against Rangers, sporting integrity goes straight out the window.
Every club with debts (and there are quite a few in the SPL) could just go to the wall and then look to copy the Ibrox model by bouncing straight back. If Rangers are given special treatment, the baw is well and truly burst.
My fellow columnist Mark Hateley says the SPL and SFA have done little to support one of its biggest members. Well, apart from turning a blind eye for the past 20 years to all their dodgy shenanigans behind the scenes.
But it’s not the SPL or the SFA to blame for the current state of Rangers. It’s all down to Sir David Murray and, to a lesser extent, Craig Whyte.
Meanwhile, Andy Goram insists there should be more support shown to those clubs that are toiling badly.
What? Like the way Sir Dave supported Airdrie when they were toiling by issuing a winding-up order on the grounds that “business is business”?
The threat from Rangers fans to boycott away games next season is laughable. Listen, if Rangers have no chance of winning the league, I can assure you they’ll stay away from the games in their droves anyway. If you don’t believe me, just have a look at the pre-Souness attendances.
By the way, don’t bore me – again – with all that Eartha Kitt about the vast reduction in TV revenue if Rangers get kicked out of the SPL.
On the day when a Scottish Cup semi-final between a team from Edinburgh and one from Aberdeen kicks off in Glasgow at 12.15pm so the match can be screened on both Sky Sports and the BBC, I honestly couldn’t give a Daffy Duck about TV deals.
In fact, let’s take this perfect opportunity to put the fans first.
Kill the cameras, cut our cloth accordingly and, well, let’s just see what happens…
PS: Paul Murray and the Blue Knights? Sorry, but if I were a Rangers fan, I wouldn’t want a member of the “previous regime” anywhere near my club.
blantyretim on 14 April, 2012 at 18:00 said:
By Tam Cowan on Apr 14, 12 07:45 AM in
You beat me to it…
googybhoy
yip…. o))
Its amazing how open the sleekit (deleted) are about ‘secret’ meetings. The defuncters are dead yet a new generation of sleekit swines are in there with the SPL/SFA trying to set up shop before they have even taken control of a dead club that should start from the ‘up the ashes park four’ league.
I refuse to get angry by these pathetic swines, thats all they are there for to try and annoy folk, Im not giving them it.
Had a good afternoon out with Top Corner watching the Scouse Cup Final, a CQNer who gave me loads of big emails worth of advice before I moved away, was good to eventually meet the man, and as expected he was a typical CQNer, nice to a fault.
I had three water, coffee and a Billy McNeil Pie in the Dubai CSC, he had a Guiness, fish n chips and went to see his team Al Ain up against it at The Mighty Al Wasl.
As we spoke about today, CQN is a wonderfull thing, it is so good to speak fast Celtic and not have to speak English and even better meet a fellow CQNer who you know knows the same football stories.
Thanks CQN
0-0 29 minutes, TC in the big traveling Al Ain support with the Hoops on.
hamiltontim,
Bloody ref should be shot for that.
If the player was badly injured he has to whistle the play dead and allow treatment. If he decides the player is not badly injured then just play on. The ref can’t tell another player to put the ball out of play.
I would end this farce of kicking the ball out when a player goes down. It’s too open to abuse, you usually get the ball given back miles from where you had it and, most importantly, it lets the ref off the hook. It’s up to him to decide whether to stop the match.
Until we meet again…as always…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
haha cheers bhoys :-)
The Deadly Ledley on 14 April, 2012 at 18:07 said:
haha cheers bhoys :-)
……….so good you had to read it twice…….
It looks like the MSM are turning against them. Third division football is brig widely spoken of.
Was syncronised put to sleep after the race?
coorslad
yeh and 1 other Pete or something….
Hamiltonhill Tim and Serge unlucky ,me i bet ballabriggs
googybhoy ♥ Celtic and Integrity on 14 April, 2012 at 18:10 said:
I’ll tell ye what, it was good, suprisingly!
Hopefully like you say the MSM are beginning to grow a set. Great credit must be given to P67, Phil, RTC and latterly Alex Thompson, who all showed it’s possible to speak out about the establishment club.
Hopefully common sence prevails over gerrymandering, and the huns are sent packing to div 3.
HH
Bt,my wee man had sunnyhill boy,last time I seen his face like today,was in the stand in Seville..don’t know why,I still had to pay him out..
coorslad
yer a good fella…. o))
Was delighted with the winnings today, not so much after hearing of the deaths.
BT,thanks..your not bad yerself!!
Any bhoys help?
Got tickets for me and the bhoy tomorrow for the west stand. Where is the best place to park or would i be better getting the train into Mount Florida?
“cough”
hope you all did well.
Algarvian on 14 April, 2012 at 11:28 said:
3 for the national.
ballabriggs, synchronised, and Neptune Collonges, who i have always fancied as a national type, gl all.