As far as Armageddons go, this one will surely be known as the Amiable Nursemaid of all Armageddons. The kind that not so much wipes everyone out, but buys them a meal, then takes them to a show and onto a nightclub.
Sky has renewed their deal to cover the Scottish Premier League after Our Man sorted them out yesterday. They will show a handful of Scottish Football League games as part of the deal, a nice quid-pro-quo for SPL clubs for their annual contribution to the lower leagues.
Delicious irony: those SFL rights are worth more to each SPL club than they are to any SFL club.
Chief harbinger of doom, Neil Doncaster, will, on the one hand, be relieved that there is still income to pay his wages. On the other hand, he must surely be embarrassed at the spectacularly in accurate scenario he portrayed to SFL clubs, and to several people in the media. Did he embark on a flamboyant bluff or did he simply not know what he was talking about?
Remember, why we are here in the first place… Our good causes this year are The Haven Centre in Blantyre, Oscar Knox Neuroblastoma Appeal, Martin Chambers Ecuador Trust and Aberdour Primary School Parents’ Association.
We have already distributed over £2000 thanks to the sale of a Joseph Gormley painting back in April. We have two further fantastic paintings by Joseph; one of Scott Brown and one of Henrik Larsson. We also have a wonderful signed Neil Lennon print by the artist Gary Brandham.
The items are being raffled on ebay right now for the price of a £1 ticket. Winners will be drawn at the CQN Open on Friday night. There will be further raffles and auctions on Friday night with some excellent golfing and other sporting activities been donated by the Celtic family. Perhaps the pick is a limited edition canvas print of John Thomson, donated by the John Thomson Memorial Committee. There are only 22 of these in the entire world, representing the 22 years of John’s life.
This is a unique opportunity to win three great pieces of Celtic memorabilia, items which would normally be pushed out of the reach of most people at auction. Tickets cost £1, buy as many as you like, but participate. This is what your club is all about!
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Norwich striker James Vaughan is set to snub a loan move to Celtic by joining Blackburn.
Injury-hit Vaughan, 24, who signed from Everton for £2.5million a year ago, has impressed new Canaries boss Chris Hughton in pre-season.
But despite his form, he is still set to be allowed to complete a one-year loan deal at Ewood Park.
Damn! There goes my opportunity to Clap! Clap! Happy Clap!!!
I understand the annoyance at these early kick off times but perfect for me.
Hangover gone and fry up just freshly consumed.
Pre match gimps muted.
Fag light and then Celtic away support un muted.
Shoulder massage stopped.
Sometimes you soldiers in the front line have absolutely no idea about us overseas armchair supporters and how jealous we are of you all and your splendid voices.
12.45 K.O perfect timing for some of us.
Helmeton&retrteatsCSC
Graham Spiers said on the 2nd Mark Daly documentary that he genuinely believed SDM was duped by Craig Whyte.
To me that proved GS is –
a. Naive
b. A liar
Take your pick.
lit=light
Estadio Nacional
cincsentits is wonderful but just
realised you are going in august and it is closed that month.
try http://www.abacbarcelona.com/?s=restaurante&lang=en
which is riding high just now or the exceptional
http://www.koyshunka.com/Koy_Shunka/home.html
If you need bars tapa etc contact me and I’ll do a range
A Son of Dan @ 10.15:
While not wishing to defend either Donkey (ably supported by our own PL remember) or Sky, the value of TV deals is not based simply on subscriber numbers…it depends on the premiums that advertisers within each respective country are willing to pay. This in turn would be based on the spending power (based on average earnings / spending habits) of the target audience. Given your examples were of Norway & Switzerland, I’d hazard a guess that as these nations occupy the top 2 positions in terms of average incomes in Europe (respectively 84 & 95% higher than the UK average), the advertising rates would reflect this.
bbg
Have to confess I’m bricking it about tonight…. In previous seasons I was full of optimisium however after the last 2 years of trying to qualify my glass has went from half full to half empty…. Hope & pray its just me bein a negative nancy lol
Restoringmyfaith CSC
I honestly would love to see some medical research carried out by geneticists to see if they can isolate the huns denial gene. It can´t all be social conditioning surely to god ? No social conditioning is that strong. It probably has got something to do with the Romans hence their biologically ingrained reticence.
HAil HAil
Re BRTH
I am a supporter of Celtic Football Club. I will support, whenever I can, against whoever they play.
Yes some games will be less exciting, some games may be dull— but support is support is support.
Great post. I agree with you 100%.
SPF
KevJungle – Murdo..10 men Championees..1979 on 1 August, 2012 at 10:26 said:
Stringer Bell on 1 August, 2012 at 10:21 said:
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Yeah, I’ll give you that.
Btw, I noticed how you conveniently swerved the rest of the point.
Hmmmm.
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I don’t agree with the rest of your point Kevin, but don’t have time for the debate
I think PL dies a very good job at Celtic and whatever he gets, he earns.
As for winning 1 league out of the last 4, many others share culpability. The funny thing is though, Rangershave been cheating for a generation. You might have seen it mentioned in passing?
Celtic make millionaires all the time – Brown and probably Hooper will be the latest in a huge line. It’s the nature of the game.
Singling out pl for me is just short sighted.
You did ask :-)
Back to work.
The Hoops are warm favourites to take a first-leg advantage into the return in the Finnish capital, with Paddy Power making Neil Lennon’s side a 2/5 (1.40) shot to win.
Antti Muurinen’s side are well into their domestic season, having played 19 matches in Veikkausliiga this term and will be hoping that their superior match fitness will give them the edge on Wednesday.
Helsinki, though, are chalked up at 13/2 (7.50) with Paddy Power to stun the Hoops while the same firm offer 100/30 (4.33) that the match ends in stalemate.
The Hoops should be roared on by a large home crowd and are good value at 10/11 (1.91) with Paddy Power to lead by half-time, while the Irish bookmaker’s 11/10 (2.10) quote on Lennon’s men to lead at both half-time and full-time looks to be excellent value here.
Celtic have a stellar home record in European competition and can be trusted to keep a clean sheet on Wednesday night, so Paddy Power’s 5/1 (6.0) quote for the home side to win 1-0 may appeal. But the Hoops will be looking for a more convincing victory so the 2-0 home win, also available at 5/1 (6.0) with Paddy Power, may represent value here.
Should the Hoops win 3-0, Paddy Power offer punters a tempting 17/2 (9.50), while Helsinki fans may be tempted by the massive 18/1 (19.0) from Paddy Power for the Finns to take a 1-0 lead into the second leg.
Lennon is sure to have his side fired up for this one, though, and the 13/10 (2.30) quote from Paddy Power that the Hoops score in both halves looks to be the best bet and should be backed accordingly.
Awe Naw
Aw ok I don’t feel so bad about having to get up at 5am to travel to Dingwall now :-))))
I think it is an absolute liberty that Tim & Kev are being forced to support Celtic.
It simply should not be allowed to happen.
What ever happened to personal choice ?
… & all you people who are being abusive to these guys should be ashamed of yourselves.
If these two guys want the right to do something else with their hard earned money, they should be allowed that right.
Let’s have a bit of support for those who don’t want to support.
SAY NO TO COMPULSORY SUPPORT.
OK . Let me make this simple .
FREE Parent and Child ticket for tonight – FREE , GRATIS , NO CHARGE , ZIP , NADA , NOTHING !
If nobody replies I’m gonna get BRTH to post it cos obviously no-one reads my posts (rattle oot pram csc) .
First come , first served to sannabhoy@thekanofoundation.com
Sanna
4-1 tonight
1-1 next week
Why are a new club in the 3rd division being credited with past honours of a soon to be liquidated club?
HH
Stringer Bell on 1 August, 2012 at 11:37 said:
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Aye, the same to yerself :o)))
We must approach tonights game with a positive attitude both the team and the fans and the team must adopt a shoot on site mentality and not try to walk the ball into the net.This is our most important European game for a long time if we qualify for the group stages there will be no drop in income this season in fact there will be an increase.H.H.
hamiltontim on 1 August, 2012 at 11:38 said:
You lucky bassa
All the craic on the way up and the way back down as well. Seeing the bhoys in 3D not D3.
Sometimes my baby stamps her foot around 13.15 and tells me my breakfast is getting cold and di(kface is on TV. Everything is said in German apart from di(kface.
Di(kface is Ray Stubbs , Mark Hately , Neil Mc Cann and the other wee hun lickspittle whose name I can´t remember
Which means the games about to start get a move on.
I salute you sir you terrifior of other childrens babies ;-)
HAil Hail
‘On 12 June 2012, it emerged that HMRC would reject the CVA put forward by Charles Green. Green’s Takeover of the club depended on the CVA being accepted by HMRC, which would have seen only £8.5m of the total debt paid. The formal rejection of the CVA on the 14th of June, 2012, meant that the Club entered the liquidation process and Rangers’ assets, including Ibrox Stadium and Murray Park, were sold to a company called Sevco 5088,[70] a consortium led be Charles Green, in a deal worth £5.5m.[71]’
Greens takeover of the club dependant on a CVA being agreed.
HH
starry plough @10:44
Ye can watch me all ye like Matey :o)))
Meanwhile the real culprits make away wi yer dough :o)))
Hail Hail
KJam 11:29
Cheers, Im sure you need to be a member to get tickets, I’ll have a look.
whitedoghunch 11:31
Cheers, bookmarked.
EN
Nollaig a chara on 1 August, 2012 at 11:33 said:
…Hope & pray its just me bein a negative nancy lol
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Lol I’m the same mate, and consider your patter stolen. I’m using that.
DBBIA
What time are you going/leaving BB`s ?
Awe Naw
‘Terrifier’ is a prerequisite of the job these days :-))
sannabhoy on 1 August, 2012 at 11:39 said:
OK . Let me make this simple .
FREE Parent and Child ticket for tonight – FREE , GRATIS , NO CHARGE , ZIP , NADA , NOTHING !
If nobody replies I’m gonna get BRTH to post it cos obviously no-one reads my posts (rattle oot pram csc) .
First come , first served to sannabhoy@thekanofoundation.com
Sanna
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Just in case
SydneyTim on 1 August, 2012 at 10:57 said:
Kev to be fair Neil has been letting it know over last 12 months or so how frustrated he is with PL both publicly and privately
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PL’s interference is the reason that we didny get
Mark McGhee
Roberto Martinez
Owen Coyle
In as manager. imo.
Hail Hail
cheers BRTH.
It obviously worked. Tickets gone .
KevJungle
Comedy gold.
KevJungle – Murdo..10 men Championees..1979 on 1 August, 2012 at 11:46
I’ve goat ma spies everywhere Kev!!
I contribute to the future of Celtic in whatever small way I can Kev, my choice nobody makes me, football has always made individuals rich esp. now the players but football as a business prospect is a black hole where any investor can expect to post a loss.
You only have to look to the southside minnows currently playing in SFL 3 to see that.
I don’t grudge anyone at Celtic their wage and today being Champions and starting our European campaign makes me happy and proud to be a Celtic Supporter, the politics of it all I leave to guys like you who are well versed in that stuff.
It would be a boring support if we all thought the same way..
By the way a years subscription to Celtic TV is a real stretch for me at the minute as I’m sure is a season ticket for many others but I’m a Celtic supporter and what happens at board level would really need to be worse than us being Champions with an exciting young team and manager for me not to subscribe..
Hail Hail
Estadio Nacional on 1 August, 2012 at 11:53 said:
KevJungle
Comedy gold.
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It’s a wee change from – soor plooms :o)))
Hail Hail
watching the women’s rowing final, does the british boat have an outboard motor? miles in front, first gold beckons
Rangers in crisis: the final whistle sounds on Rangers’ 140 years of history
The degradation of Rangers as an institution – which for many years regarded itself as part of the Scottish Establishment – will reach its nadir on Thursday when the only surviving proposal to bring the stricken club out of administration is formally abandoned and the process of liquidation begins.
End game: Rangers FC plc are on the brink of liquidation Photo: REUTERS
By Roddy Forsyth
11:00PM BST 12 Jun 2012
51 Comments
The decision was forced by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs after a change of attitude by the taxman which spells the end of the continuity so prized by Rangers supporters, whose club was founded in 1872 and became a limited company in 1899.
As Telegraph Sport revealed soon after Rangers went into administration, HMRC sources indicated that a Company Voluntary Arrangement would not be opposed provided that there was an equitable settlement and a guarantee of no further involvement by Craig Whyte, whose use of PAYE and VAT deducted at source to pay for his cash flow tipped the club into insolvency.
There was also, Telegraph Sport understands, a degree of political pressure applied at Treasury level for HMRC not to push Rangers over the brink but when the proposals made by Charles Green – who is fronting a consortium whose members remain shadowy – were examined in detail it was felt that the payout to creditors was too low to be acceptable in a case where tax had been withheld to such an extent.
There was, in addition, the question of the club’s use of Employee Benefit Trusts which have been the subject of a tax tribunal – known as the big tax case – the decision of which has been awaited since January and which could amount to a liability of as much as £75 million.
The administrators were informed of HMRC’s decision at a lengthy meeting on Monday morning after which Green’s advisers were due to meet the tax authorities’ representatives. The second meeting was cancelled.
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Paul Clark, of Rangers’ administrators, Duff & Phelps, said of HMRC’s action yesterday: “The quantification of the big tax case didn’t prevent a CVA being put forward and nor did that influence their decision.
“The fact is that because of the company’s previous delinquency on its tax payments and their general concerns over EBTs, they felt the monies being offered to them were simply not enough.”
An HMRC spokesman said: “A liquidation provides the best opportunity to protect taxpayers, by allowing the potential investigation and pursuit of possible claims against those responsible for the company’s financial affairs in recent years. A CVA would restrict the scope of such action.”
The HMRC decision caused consternation within the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football Association. Although liquidation of the existing Rangers business could take several weeks – and would be effected under the London-based company BDO, who have a reputation as tough negotiators – a ‘newco’ will emerge quickly.
“We assume that, regardless of what the other creditors’ views are, on Thursday, some time around late morning or lunchtime, the CVA will be rejected and we think the meeting will now be a very short one,” said Clark.
“What we’ll be seeking to do as soon as possible following that rejection is to finalise and formalise the sale of the business and assets, effectively picking up everything that is currently residing in Rangers plc and moving it to a new company which will then become the corporate shell for Rangers FC.
“The whole point is not to allow the football club to do anything other than exist. It’s just to change the name over the door if you will.”
If a ‘newco’ application is admitted for consideration by the SPL board when it meets on Monday it could be included in the league as early as July 2 if the board decides to call a general meeting of the member clubs within 14 days. Alternatively, the SPL could wait until the annual general meeting of July 16, but that would leave only 19 days until the start of the new season.
The SPL’s fixture list for next season will be published on Monday but last night it was being considered that Rangers’ name could be substituted with an X until the position is resolved. If the SPLs vote to admit a Rangers ‘newco’ – eight of the other 11 clubs must agree – then the newco can be considered for SFA membership.
On the other hand, Rangers Supporters Assembly vice-president, Ross Blyth, suggested that a fresh start in the third division of the Scottish Football League is favoured by some of his members. “The SFL clubs might welcome the chance to have Rangers,” said Blyth.
“They would negotiate pretty good sponsorship and TV deals with Rangers in that league.”
As for HMRC’s actions now, how far can and will they go to pursue remedy for their outstanding bills? Key words in the HMRC statement – that there could be “claims against those responsible for the company’s financial affairs in recent years” – raised more questions than the authority cared to answer yesterday.
Malcolm Cohen, who will be one of the liquidators appointed by BDO, recently said on the company’s website: “The time may be right for people and institutions who’ve lost money in the credit crunch to look towards recovering their losses – through litigation if appropriate.
“I am upbeat about the amount of contentious insolvency work that litigation departments are likely to see in the coming months, as creditors and other claimants look to boost their recoveries. But insolvency work requires rock-solid attention to detail, and the right choice of expert.
“Although this type of work may come into the firm through business restructuring, we would be crazy not to use our forensic team to go over the raw data, with a fine-tooth comb if necessary, before we decide what action to take on behalf of creditors. The forensic people would be an integral part of the team from the beginning.”
Since they have not yet been appointed officially, nobody from BDO was available for comment on Rangers last night but the first question that will be asked is how far their reach will extend.
HMRC’s reference to “recent years”, rather than specifically the nine months of Whyte’s control, suggests enquiries that will go back to the era of Sir David Murray’s ownership.
As for the playing squad, the administrators’ view is that all employees’ contracts would roll over automatically into a ‘newco’, an opinion that has been disputed by the PFA Scotland chief executive, Fraser Wishart.
At the final Old Firm game of the season last month, the Ibrox chorus of ‘We’re Rangers till we die’ was met with the Celtic support’s response of ‘You’re Rangers till July!’ Even that estimate turned out to be over-optimistic – and the final whistle has sounded on 140 years of history with Tuesday’s announcement.
King threatens Green
Rangers director Dave King reiterated his intention to challenge Charles Green for the takeover of the club.
King claims discredited owner Craig Whyte previously promised him first refusal on his 85 per cent shareholding and has vowed to take his challenge to court.
The South African-based businessman, who claimed liquidation was “inevitable” in March, told BBC Scotland: “There is, in my view, no possibility that Green (as nominee for whoever) will ever own the club.”
A former director, Paul Murray, whose Blue Knights consortium failed in a bid to buy the club, added: “Obviously it’s a very sad day for the club. But one of the very few good things that might come from this is that BDO as liquidators have significant powers of investigation”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/9327256/Rangers-in-crisis-the-final-whistle-sounds-on-Rangers-140-years-of-history.html
BRHT
Are you attending the CQN golf day at Aberdour?
A67
Spare a thought for me tonight as I am reduced to either the radio or a crap internet stream. What’s the story? Too long and boring.
I need help to set up a proper CSC down here in sleepy Bournemouth.
AwPoorMe CSC
: > )
KevJungle – Murdo..10 men Championees..1979 on 1 August, 2012 at 11:51 said:
SydneyTim on 1 August, 2012 at 10:57 said:
Kev to be fair Neil has been letting it know over last 12 months or so how frustrated he is with PL both publicly and privately
PL’s interference is the reason that we didny get
Mark McGhee
Roberto Martinez
Owen Coyle
In as manager. imo.
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Kev have you any evidence to support your assertion?
GB Gold in Women’s Coxless Pairs.
Pleasantly Chilled in the Chilterns today…
Got to say I agree with Joe Ledley, the season should be starting sooner, the sense of apprehension about this evening’s match owes more to our unpreparedness rather than Helsinki’s prowess.
I feel no disappointment with no Glasgow Derbies in the League this season, although as events they were unbeatable, unique occasions, they did little to enhance our Footballing abilities.
Especially latterly when the 4 four games were decsivie in determining the League Champions. Which meant preparing a team when your players have to deal with the likes of McCulloch, Couzins and Lafferty having carte blanche to apply the physicality of a bye gone age.
This theatre does not make our Club, Team or Players better.
The Highland Games are a great spectacle (ran in a couple as a Schoolboy) but they add little to modern athletics, in fact Scotland don’t even have an Athletics representative in the London Olympics.
I remember Jock Stien stating when he was Scotland National manager that he favoured the scraping of the Home Internationals*, for many Scotland Players and Fans beatng England had become their main priority.
He undertood he would have to think the unthinkable to improve Scottish Football, alas he did not survive to implement his vision.
The Glasgow Derby is Celtic’s past, tonight’s CL qualifier is Celtic’s future – good luck bhoys.
*I didn’t agree with Jock then – that game being one of my end Season highlights – now I support a British League and National team.
SydneyTim on 1 August, 2012 at 09:51
is it because nobody at CQN believes the lies you’re tellin?