Yesterday evening STV revealed the real outcome of last week’s meeting between Stewart Regan, Neil Doncaster and David Longmuir as a proverbial gun was put to the head of Scottish Football League clubs.
In short, SPL chief executive, Neil Doncaster, no doubt with the support of some clubs but without the prior knowledge or support of Celtic, has threatened to kick 20 SFL clubs out of the senior game unless they acquiesce to his demand to parachute Sevco into the First Division.
The proposal was presented by SFL chief executive, David Longmuir, and appears to carry his endorsement.
Five scenarios are portrayed:
‘Rangers’ remaining in the SPL is dismissed as SPL clubs have confirmed they will vote no.
‘Rangers’ going to the third division is objected to on two grounds, financial (which is laboured a bit) and – wait for it – “The sporting opportunity is quashed for other clubs”.
Ponder that one for a moment, “The sporting opportunity is quashed for other clubs”.
‘Rangers’ to the First Division is presented as being “financially possible to recover from this scenario”.
‘Rangers’ to SPL2 is dismissed as apparently this would create “a bigger divide” than moving ‘Rangers’ to the First Division but not changing the name of the league. It is also noted that a legal challenge could bring paralysis.
Finally, they discuss ‘Rangers’ terminated or suspended, which apparently would lead to “complete financial meltdown”.
Then come the inducements to co-opt ‘Rangers’ into the First Division…. cash, your cash. Lots and lots of your cash, an “immediate cash benefit for all 30 clubs!” The exclamation mark is theirs!!
We could spend all day dissecting this disgraceful document but I’d like to focus on one immediate element:
‘Rangers’ terminated or suspended – complete financial meltdown.
So how do the SFA, SFL and the SPL rogues who participated in this shambles propose to ensure the SFA Independent Judicial Panel does not suspend ‘Rangers’ for subverting our game for over a decade for fielding illegally registered players for that period?
In short, it cannot. The independent judicial process will itself need to be subverted. As I suggested a few days ago, the judges will be told they are no longer wanted, we are back with the hand-selected SFA committee men.
The three most senior executives running our game have told you that one errant club is so powerful it cannot be subject to the rules and must not face the punishments which are due.
I’m not going to dispute the validity of this view (just now), but surely we deserve some honesty? If the Scottish Football Association and Scottish Premier League has accepted the ‘game’ is over, let’s hear from them. Where is the leadership from the SFA president on the collapse of the game under his watch? What are the chief executives saying to their paying customers?
Our sport cannot be subverted below radar.
You have been cheated and the rules will be changed to ensure there are no consequences. This is no longer a sport, it is a financial accommodation where a few executives are threatening to expel 20 clubs, most of whom have over a century history in the senior game, to allow Sevco to start two divisions higher than they otherwise would.
Celtic can have nothing to do with this.
The game here is dead. The leagues are set to collapse, most likely, no matter what happens now.
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goldstar10 on 30 June, 2012 at 13:23 said:
Sandman No Zombie Huns In The SPL on 30 June, 2012 at 13:12 said:
oglach on 30 June, 2012 at 12:22 said:
Edinburgh toaday, Armed forces day parade followed by a Gay pride parade follwed by an Orange order parade.
William of Orange banners at the 2nd and 3rd marches?
geeza kiss and i’ll tell ye :}
Alexander still trying like a bear (sic),Cosgrove constantly handing him his ar$£ on a plate,destroying myth after myth.
Anyone remember Keevins and Britney talking about lowering their standards from Jelavic to Sandaza?
Oooh how they will come to dream of signing a Sandaza in the years ahead..
Well done lads Kelly’s heroes … We were using that line in school the next day … Although it was p@shing and windy of course which Kinda lost the lustre…
Top Corner I normally have a go at all the main classifications but not sure this year … Would love Bradley to claim yellow iand Cav in the green jersey … Suspect there will be a good showing from Andy Schleck
Would not bet against him
HH
Hail Hail CQNers
Zheng Zhi is playing at Wimbledon……………………….??????
HH
WeefratheTim-All the fixtures on CFC website mate.HH
Sons new season ticket just came through the letterbox , bring on the new season , for me and my 2 Bhoys.
Hopefully with whatever re-incarnation of the Huns playing in the 3rd division or lower.
Hail Hail
South Of Tunis 13:23
Cheers, saw Juve or Fenerbache were in for him.
Let down by Lawwell yet again…
EN
Club Statement: Reconstruction Proposal
Sat, 30th Jun 2012 12:48pm
The Club has received a set of papers in advance of the SFL meeting on Tuesday. The essential intent behind those papers isto inducetheSFL clubsto agreea proposal to allow a Newco to enter the SFL in the 1st Division in exchange for a range of structural changes to the current set up and some small financial inducements. Some of the proposed changes have merit in principle.
The Board believe that any proposals for change should not be rushed, as these have been. They also have to be done by consensus and not through threat or inducement, again, as these have been.
The papers include a proposal to allow a Newco to enter the 1st Division. This is contrary to the rules of the SFL and nothing within the papers justifies this proposal.
As a club owned by its supporters and recovering from having been on the brink of extinction, the Board of Clyde Football Club recognise the damage done to the credibility of Rangers Football Club by its successive owners, and the subsequent impact on staff and supporters. These proposals do nothing to restore that credibility.
It is not for us to become involved in punishment, that is a matter for the SPL and SFA. The SFL clubs are being asked to changetheir rulessothattheSPL and SFA can apply sanctions that fit short term financial interests.
It is not for us to tell any club what they should want for themselves, but to enter anywhere other than the 3rd Division risks Rangers Football Club being burdened with the legacy of commencing its rebuilding in a manner that they later look back on with regret. Rangers Football Club does not need to be handed a competitive advantage, they are more than capable of returning to the SPL via the 3rd Division on their own merit. Rebuilding from the bottom can restore the dignity stripped from the club by its former owners.
The papers use emotive language to threaten a future of financial meltdown and they carry the implication of the destruction of the game should a Newco not be entered in the 1st Division. If things are as bad as indicated then Scottish Football is in a far worse state than is being acknowledged. In which case it is time to accept the bankrupt model needs fixed and not supported and perpetuated on the back of this proposal. The fact that other clubs might face similar financial distress because Rangers Football Club enter the 3rd Division is hardly a reason to compromise the integrity of the SFL and further compromise Rangers Football Club.
Rather than attempting to prepare a soft landing beforedelivering sanctions,it would be better to contemplate more radical changethatmightactually underpin financial stability in the long term for clubs that balance their books. Perhaps an amnesty from sanctions for clubs that are forced to face insolvency procedures in the next 2 years as a result of the current turmoil, and an automatic entry to the 3rd Division for any club liquidated and reformed in similar circumstances. This would allow 2 years to properly restructure the Scottish Game for the benefit of all and undo the damage that has been created by thecurrent structurewhich encourages club directors to trade integrity for cash, and then spend beyond their means, willingly risking the very existence of football clubs. If we could believe that the game could be less self interested long enough to resolve this, then this, and other far better ideas, might be worth contemplating.
SPL clubs that have openly stated their opposition to a Newco being given immediate access to the SPL have taken the position based on their, and at times, their supporters’ view of what is the right thing to do, however, the vote has still to be taken and proposals such as these are premature. If the SPL clubs vote as indicated on the basis of the increasingly discredited notion of sporting integrity, it would be questionable if the SFL clubs did otherwise.
The reality is that we are faced with unique circumstances and it would be foolish to pretend otherwise, that probably means that compromise for some is inevitable, and perhaps even worthwhile for everyone in the long term. The solution however is not this hastily cobbled together proposal.
The Board of this club sees no merit whatsoever in adopting this proposal.
Clyde FC
Bada Bing
Thanks for that. Will go on later and check.
Weefra HH
cyrenean on 30 June, 2012 at 13:29 said:
Hail Hail CQNers
Zheng Zhi is playing at Wimbledon……………………….??????
Will keep him fit for SPL, ineligible for Europe.
There will be no bullying of the Bully Wee.
A belter of a statement!
http://www.clydefc.co.uk/news/2012/06/30/4134/
Merseycelt any pics of the parade?
re: TdF talk earlier. Andy Schlek is injured and is not riding this year. Lot of pressure on Wiggins. Hope he can handle it. Le Tour is a fantastic event.
Whats the latest abt wee Oscar?
That’s my tickets arrived.
Watched the support on you-tube last night and ended up watching Seville videos.
Amazing times.
Let’s hope Neil can develop, enhance and add to this team and give us another day in the sun. Such experiences, dreams and joys.
I think he can.
First class,simple,straightforward statement from Clyde FC.
vogue punter
I’ve only had it for 6 months!!!!
Goldstar
No problemo :o)
Bloke 109
That’s very true, would love to see more passing shots from him due to his midfield position
it seems to me that the tide has turned with regards to newco and the MSM are backing a loser.
i get that the 1st division clubs would have benefited from an additional play-off into the premier league and a 50k cash windfall for one season, but already we have DAFC, morton FC, raith rovers FC, falkirk FC and hamilton FC saying no and partick FC consulting their fans ( thats a no). i dont think livy or the others are overly keen on this idea either. so the clubs that would gain the most from this b$stered of an idea are saying no, what chance is there that the other clubs from the 2nd and 3rd division will say yes when they would be the greatest lossers in all of this mess, outwith celtic.
i do like the idea of league reconstruction with three divisions of 16 (belgium model), 12, 12, with regional (pyramid) model used under that, al though rangers newco would possibly be in the spl in 2 years, it think this would be best for scottish football in the long run.
the 10/ 12 team leagues are killing scottish football for the benefit of the few elite teams in the country and foot the t.v pound.
Excellent from Clyde. Probably the best I’ve read yet.
Top Corner just checking odds Andy might be out of Tour injured !!
Would go for older brother Frank for a place
HH
Well said Clyde. Another SFL club speaks out against gerrymandering
lafferty signs for sion
harpsbhoy – comedy gold. Vile Kyle signs for FC Sion….!
T4
Good on the Bully Wee.
Weefra HH
Lafferty to Sion,
Whittiker to Norwich
SSN…
HH
Bully Wee stick it to the Big Bullies!
The Tour ——-
Evans / Wiggins are the favorites —-but ——
Vincenzo Nibali and Pierre Roland have a chance .
Tremendously well constructed and argued riposte from Clyde FC to the gerrymanderers.
I noted their advocacy of an insolvency amnesty for the next 2 years, with guaranteed entry into Div 3 for any current SPL/SFL club. Whilst this idea has definite merit the principle downfall would be the disadvantage to teams who would otherwise warrant entry into the league (a scenario which is pertinent to NewCo’s current application). It might also, for some clubs, encourage the insolvency route if debt dumping only means demotion rather than loss of a league place…
SALTIRES.kelly’s heroes.
TOP CORNER.any chance of translation into JOHN BOMBER BROON gibberish.my PARSON ST ,BIARRITZ french isn’t what it was.
WeefratheTim
Now you have your new season ticket you should register an account on the official website.
Very useful for buying and managing tickets.
SPF
Anyone considered the possibility that Doncaster and Regan might be acting in a ham fisted way through fears for their own personal safety?
Nah, that would never be.
Anyhow I am sure the rumours about Craig Whyte and red dots are just that – rumours.
Follow Follow @Follow_Follow_
Very much enjoyed @WilliamFriedkin ‘s new film Killer Joe. Makes you wonder about going-rate for hitmen in Monaco…
Clyde FC – WOW ! Well done.
NoNewCo…. lucky to get into SFL at all.
Now, what about those dual contracts ?
What about tax ?
Criminal investigations ?
SFA/SPL – return to the main agenda please
SPF
Interesting, will have a look at that later also. Thanks for that.
Weefra HH
delighted with that statement from the board of ClydeFC
absolutely terrific !!
re Tour de France
todays stage has started already – in fact 50riders have already finished it – a 6.4km time-trial – guy in the lead in the clubhouse is Andriy Grivko with a time of 7mins and 28secs – WHOOSHED !! what speed on bike, awesome !
guy is still at 20/1 with paddy for today’s stage victory
for overall winner, i’ve gone for
Nibali
Van Den Broek
F Schleck
Leipheimer
(altho Wiggins and Evans are favs)
just watchin Zheng Zhi on the old tennis
my my my
wot a luvvly bottom
Postie been. Four shiney new ST’s for me and the boys. Lovely. Just lovely. HH.
FAVOURITE UNCLE…
translation as requested…
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To : Le Havre fitba club…
accueil@hac-foot.com
Dear friends,
I want to say thank you for the recent action about the former football club here in Glasgow, Rangers. This club was responsible for years of cheating and fraud. The good people of Scotland are angry against the club which currently still owe money almost 150 million poor creditors. All that and more sectarian racism for many years.
And then, finally, I repeat ….. “THANK YOU”
TC
Tour de France now starting on ITV4 !!!!