Hibernian chairman, Rob Petrie, yesterday told BBC Radio Scotland “Integrity is beyond purchase”. It’s incredible to think that we live in times where this is actually news.
It’s hard to imagine how anyone would go about arguing with Rod on this matter. Kilmarnock chairman, Michael Johnston’s recent comment, “The [SPL] clubs are mindful of a sporting integrity aspect but the commercial benefits may outweigh that” offers the alternative view, but the logical conclusion of Petrie’s argument is stark. If integrity of top clubs can be purchased, what about officials, referees and players with bookmaker friends?
We can assume Hibernian will join Celtic in voting against admitting a Newco directly into the SPL, should such a vote occur. Five clubs in total are required to block such a proposal. With Petrie declared against, would Romanov at Hearts vote for Newco? His previous public pronouncements suggest he would relish the opportunity to take on one of the big Glasgow clubs.
Dundee United and Aberdeen are two other clubs under significant supporter pressure. Both teams are also keen to change the 11-1 voting rule, which would be possible without a Newco.
Rangers, Kilmarnock, St Johnstone (through manager Steve Lomas) have all declared in favour of admitting a Newco, I expect Motherwell and St Mirren will do the same. Ross County and Inverness may fancy adding Dundee into next season’s relegation fight instead of Newco but there has been no indication how either club would vote.
The 7th May vote was the best chance of getting Newco provisions voted through. The more time clubs have to consider the decision the more susceptible they will be to supporter lobby.
I am of the view that SPL chief, Neil Doncaster, will not allow himself to become aware if Rangers have a prima facie case to answer as a result of the SPL inquiry into contractual arrangements until after a vote is taken. Deadline for clubs to respond to the inquiry passed over five weeks ago. A simple check of submissions against SPL records is all that is required. Even if each clubs issued an all-clear, the inquiry should have reported.
Doncaster perhaps has no idea of the flood that will come his way soon and wash away all of these questions. His opportunity to act before events overtake him is limited.
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‘GG on 16 May, 2012 at 00:04 said:
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 15 May, 2012 at 14:13 said:
Why can’t supposedly intelligent reporters properly define what CVA stands for?
CVA = Company Voluntary Arrangement.
Away and learn to read you BIG DAFT DUMPLING ;-)
I await the customary apology
Hail HAil
CRAIG Gordon is moving closer to joining Celtic this summer in a move which will see him leave Sunderland on a free transfer.
Intriguingly, this is because Newcastle United goalkeeper Fraser Forster, who has been on loan at the Glasgow club for the past two seasons, is stalling on saying yes to a permanent move north of the border.
The Journal understands Celtic have been unable to speak with Forster’s agent over the past few weeks, which has thwarted their attempts to sign the 6ft 6ins Wallsend Boys Club graduate on a long-term contract.
It is believed the 24-year-old has designs on a move to an English club, preferably in the Premier League which would leave the SPL champions in need of a goalkeeper.
One-time £9m signing Gordon, 29, is the only other goalkeeping target Celtic manager Neil Lennon has in mind.
The Scotland international, who has suffered with injury problems over the past two years, would welcome this opportunity to kick-start his career.
Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill has already been linked with a number of players, but goalkeeper is the one area of his team he need not worry about – despite watching a full international, once British football’s most expensive goalkeeper, walk out of the club on a Bosman.
This was brought to my attention for a wee snigger, I wonder if it is a truthful snigger or a malicious snigger, either way it was apparently written by a Rangers Supporter….
Mark Dingwall and the plot to steal from Rangers fans
Currently running on Follow Follow, the forum with less readers than you think, there is a thread slowly disappearing down the rankings. It sits on page 3 at the moment. Mark Dingwall may not have spotted it yet because if he does it will be deleted. I concede it may have been read by him and allowed to stay because firstly there are no hard questions on it; and secondly sychophantic posters are rallying round the “we love Mark” flagpole.
The thread, created by one “felix_nieto” (the real life Nieto is a 47 year old Spanish painter), simply asks when the next edition of Follow Follow is going to be published?
While one or two posters are a tad rattled, most notably one poor sod on a supporters’ bus who bought a load only to find they were old issues, many of Mark’s adoring fans (I was going to write apologist crawlers but that seems cruel) have chipped in with the reasons.
“he is too busy with media stuff”
“he has no time, he is in meetings”
“he is far too busy”
One critic mentions that the one on sale at the last home game was the January issue. Another says, quite rightly, that Number 1 is a better read anyway.
I fear now for Mark’s sanity. I really do. You see, if he had his normal “Money is God” hat on, he would have realised that our Club has never been talked about more. Fans want to hear and read what is going on. And there is plenty going on. He could have filled several editions if he had been thinking straight.
And it isn’t like him to miss such a glorious opportunity to rake in the cash. Especially since he under declares sales figures so the taxman doesn’t get his fair share.
So there must be a good reason why Mark is missing out on the money. Those pathetic excuses above from Follow Follow. Puleeeaase.
Don’t tell me. It’ll come to me in a minute.
Of course. I remember now. He still owes his printer a fortune going waaaay back. The chappie won’t do any more work for Dingwall until he coughs up.
I wonder what would happen to any poor soul who dared say that on the thread?
Go on, I double dare you.
Now, to the title of the blog. Who is he stealing from? Why you lot, of course. How many people have fallen for the sales pitch a few weeks ago and paid up front for the next twelve months issues? Do you think you will ever see another edition?
I wonder what would happen to any poor soul who dared say that on the thread?
Go on, I double double dare you.
googybhoy ♥ Celtic and Liquidation on May 25th.
I was thinking exactly the same, Daily Record indulging in it’s usual unbiased reporting…
Can anyone help me please.
Is it because the SPL is a separate entity that only the clubs in there can vote on newhun being kept in?? Surely the entire football league clubs should vote and if that’s the case then I do see an end to hun but left only to the integrity free SPL clubs then hun will be in SPL next season. Scandal.
KINGLuBO
Don’t suppose we could get the best striker in the UK , Didier Drogba on loan could we and would he come. Dream on,eh!
KINGLuBO
Kinglubo
that is correct, BUT the new CLUB would have to apply to the SFA for membership as all SPL members must be a member of the SFA!
KingLubo
Amazingly we knocked him back about 10 years ago. His best pal Momo Sylla recommended him to MON, but he decided as we already had the KOK, the evil genius and BBJ we didn’t need him!
Oops
greenjedi
Story I remember from the time was he asked Sylla to put a word in for him with MON and Sylla told him no point as he would not get a game for Celtic.
TRUE!
ernie lynch on 16 May, 2012 at 08:42:
“How long will it take for the huns to realise that their heroes, the ones who were praised for giving up their wages to help the club, have shafted them?”
The twelfth of never. They’ll blame Duff & Phelps, the SFA, Peter Lawwell – everyone else other than who they should be blaming because they are thick.
celt 55
I wouldn’t want Cole, besides he’s on £90k a week!!!
greenjedi
Didn’t know that about DidierDrogba, very good player imo, but still think henrik and sutton were both better than him in their prime, and hartson wasn’t bad either!!!
HH
I see Izzy has done an interview back home and stated he has no intention of leaving Celtic just now. Just wants to concentrate on getting his place back with the National team and hopefully getting to play in the Olympics.
Personally I wouldn’t have had Drogba over either Henke, Big Sutton or BBJ.
All about opinions I suppose.
Dan
That makes it even worse!!!!
Mr Richard Keen QC – a star of Scotland’s legal world who has been dubbed ‘The Rottweiler’ – has been hired by The Rangers Fighting Fund to represent the Ibrox side.
Keen has successfully defended Lockerbie bombing accused Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah and was part of the legal team sacked by lying Tommy Sheridan during his defamation case.
Administration-hit Rangers were fined £160,000 and handed a 12-month transfer embargo on players over the age of 17 by an SFA judicial panel last month.
They were found guilty of five charges in relation to their financial affairs and appointment of Craig Whyte as chairman.
Rangers received the ban and the bulk of their fine mainly because of a disrepute charge borne from their non-payment of more than £13million in taxes since Whyte took over Sir David Murray’s shareholding in May last year.
Whyte, who made no representation at the three-day hearing, was given a lifetime ban from Scottish football and fined £200,000 but has told the SFA the punishment will have no impact on his life. The SFA also published the judicial panel’s rationale for their punishment in a lengthy document last Friday.
Now if you were Dundee Utd or hearts and are sitting watching them pay a QC when they still owe you money…
Patrick27 on 16 May, 2012 at 10:25 said:
celt 55
I wouldn’t want Cole, besides he’s on £90k a week!!!
Yes, that did cross my mind, it was just when I saw Neil was going there tonight.
Re Gary Hooper for England
Highly doubt he’ll get in the Euro squad, although he would be the most natural goalscorer, as Hodgson is new to the job and would’ve only had a couple of weeks to select players, so he’d only look in the EPL. However, with time I would be suprised if Gary didn’t make any of the World Cup Qualifiers and even the World Cup itself if he continues to impress and progress, and he could do all that at Celtic
Greenjedi
Membership of the SPL automatically confers membership of the SFA.
No one thought that a new club would be voted in when that rule was written.
However the Newclub would have to be granted a club license by the SFA.
This is not automatic and shoild present the SFA with problems under their club licensing procrdure.
I’ll post a link shortly.
Duck Dunn —–R I P
March 1967 — Locarno Ballroom Glasgow.—
Otis Redding
Sam and Dave
Eddie Floyd
Mar-Keys
Arthur Conley
Booker T and the MG’s .
Price of admission 10/6.
Best gig I ever went to.
Warm and sunny -way down south.
Henke and Sutton at their prime with us were better than Drogba IMO, as much as I loved BBJ I could compute why MON broke them up to give him a game!
Also Drogba if we could have held onto him would have broke every scoring record in Scotland during the past 10 years. We only had 2 more seasons with those 3 (the KoKs left and the other 2 where done). Gotta look long term
celt55
Fair enough! Isn’t Lenny off to look at Lille’s scouting system or something?
HH
They still owe Celtic money and this Friday they owe th taxman another big wedge… have they got it? (circa 400K)
Livid Livingston threaten to sue the SFA over Rangers punishment
By JOHN MCGARRY
Livingston plan to sue the SFA for up to £1.2million in lost revenue if Rangers are given a lesser punishment to the one they received for entering administration three years ago.
The West Lothian club were relegated from the First to the Third Division by the Scottish Football League in 2009 for breaching insolvency rules.
The club’s appeal to the SFA was rejected, meaning they had to work their way up the divisions with back-to-back promotions.
A consortium led by former Cowdenbeath chairman Gordon McDougall bought the club from disgraced Italian Angelo Massone — only to be thrown to the bottom tier of the senior game the following week.
McDougall has been outspoken in his criticism of the decision to demote Livingston and has already claimed Scottish football will be ‘tarnished’ if Rangers are allowed to start afresh in the SPL as a newco, should attempts to secure a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) fail.
It is understood Livingston wrote to the SFA last week seeking ‘clarity’ on their handling of the Rangers financial crisis and have warned they view their own treatment as a precedent.
The First Division club are expected to ask questions of the governing body if the Old Firm giants are not dealt with in the same manner and could take legal action to recover loss of income.
Both Livingston and the SFA refused to comment on the letter.
The 12 SPL clubs will meet again on May 30 to consider proposals for dealing with newco scenarios.
Two seasons of 10-point deductions and a reduction of commercial revenue for three years are among the possible sanctions.
Prospective new Rangers owner Charles Green’s preference for exiting administration is through a CVA. But, if he fails to persuade 75 per cent of creditors to vote for his proposal, he would then turn to a newco option.
Meanwhile, one of the country’s leading legal figures will spearhead Rangers’ appeal against a season-long transfer embargo.
Mr Richard Keen QC has been hired to fight the Ibrox club’s corner after a Judicial Panel took the action for ‘bringing the game into disrepute’ at a hearing last month.
Sitting on the appeals panel are Lord Carloway, Spartans chairman Craig Graham and former Partick Thistle chairman Allan Cowan.
Auldheid
So it will come down to the SFA?
I’d guess I’d know how the clubs in the SFL would as it would make them a good bit of money!
:-)
Greenjedi
http://celticunderground.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=916:club-licensing-whats-the-point&catid=47:season-2011-2012&Itemid=83
Patrick27 on 16 May, 2012 at 10:25 said:
You’re right, he’s going to have a look at their set up.
The SPL is a separate company from the SPL. To play in the SPL the club needs to be a member – and that’s why the current RFC (ia) would need to to pass its share to a Newco.
Being a member of the SPL automatically makes you a member of the SFA, which all football clubs, SPL, SFL and non league, must be.
But … and there is a big but … to play in the SPL you need a UEFA Club License. And you must have been a competing club for three years to obtain one. The SFA could not waive this rule to give a Newco a license. UEFA, in theory could – but I can’t see it doing so in the circumstances.
new article posted.
Auldheid
cheers
Greenjedi
The SPL clubs will vote, if carried the SFA will then face a licensing problem.
Exactly how that will be handled is unclear.Cynicism suggests a way will be found but Livi threat to sue SFA opens up a new ball game.
It ups the risk the SFA face if they do not confirm the process and fail to apply it.
hamiltontim on 16 May, 2012 at 09:09 said:
mighty tim/ Thomthethim
John Paul Academy isn’t the secondary for Milton since St Augustine’s was knocked down.
Most pupils now move on to All Saints in Barmulloch.
HT quite a few will go to All Saints, however most from Milton, Possil, Maryhill, Cadder all chose to go to John Paul. The ones that went to All Saints mainly came from Springburn.
HH
The laptop make me sick,the same hun heavy hitters who are supposedly going for a bargain are the same players who finished way behind Celtics young team n that’s without the ten point penalty and I cannot wait to see how Naesniffs career goes in England,one of the dirtiest,sneakiest strikers they’ve had since Ally himself,let’s see how their ‘top’ players get on outside Scotlands own wee take on how games should be refereed and how I laughed when Jackson wrote the rubbish about the defender from the hamlet cigar advert because he’s a regular pick for Craig Levein,tell me,which English team is going to be impressed by that?
mighty tim on 16 May, 2012 at 10:49 said:
hamiltontim on 16 May, 2012 at 09:09 said:
mighty tim/ Thomthethim
John Paul Academy isn’t the secondary for Milton since St Augustine’s was knocked down.
Most pupils now move on to All Saints in Barmulloch.
HT quite a few will go to All Saints, however most from Milton, Possil, Maryhill, Cadder all chose to go to John Paul. The ones that went to All Saints mainly came from Springburn.
And some continued to not bother going anywhere at all.
Kilbowie Kelt at 23:43
Thanks for that. I never knew. It makes sense now. And we all thought my pal was havering
cheers