In his Q&A session with the Daily Record yesterday, outgoing SPFL chairman, Ralph Topping touched on the subject of who knew what when, regarding Rangers slide into liquidation saying:
“There wasn’t one single person ever who envisaged this case happening. You tell me who pointed out that this was going to happen – did you?
“The biggest assumption about the set-up in the SPL would be that you would have Rangers and Celtic playing in it in perpetuity – nobody thought that those two bastions of football would ever be involved in anything like this and nobody flagged it up.”
Well, in October 2011 I knew. This CQN article from 27 October 2011 notes in very specific detail Rangers were going to liquidate, a phoenix would be created which wanted direct access to the SPL (the top flight at that time). I got the timing wrong, predicting the phoenix would take place during the season, but to be fair, it later became clear this was Craig Whyte’s plan at the time.
Ralph Topping’s SPL knew too. Rangers alerted them to the situation that very month. The SPL spend November, December and January preparing the ground for Rangers administration and liquidation, a period during which a new TV deal was signed.
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Armstrong fires over
Henderson for CMcG
Well played Calum son..
Calum off Laim H on
Celtic tv freezing continually . Giving up and sticking to CQN.
Adam Matthews on
STARRY/DBHOY…
Not read any of his reviews but heard a couple of his choons.
I like how confident he is,it unsettles the racists.He’s got a Scottish mammy,always wonderedif he likes the ‘tic.
HH
P.S.I know the bhoys are playing but can’t get a stream so relying on CQN for scores whilst browsing timternet so that’s why I posted a non-game post.Apols for anyone upset at me for straying off game. ;)
Former Celt Adam Matthews going on for Sunderland
Adam Mathews on for Sunderland
Since I have no link to Celtic game…..
…my goodness Hearts are so awful they might get relegated!!!
HH
What a difference a vocal support makes :-)
BABASONICOS71
Akala’s great reads..
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_vg3JPFdTkUdtazNY1Xm9HtdxkHgKuwv&app=desktop
HH
Eboue is going to be a monster for us
I like the look of Kouassi. Will grow in to a great player.
Kouassi coming off – decent game
Atchison on
Babasonicos71
Interesting to hear his account of his education and how his obvious intelligence was a major issue for some of his teachers, as in he didn’t fit within the proscribed archetypal image of someone of higher intellect.
Like the cut of his jib.
HH
Kouassi was brilliant today.
Bhoy looks as though he has it all.
Very impressed.
HH
Hearts 2 all
Dublin hotel prices astronomical atm.
Despite all the changes we are still moving and passing welll
Sunderland chasing shadows
TAL – I’ve got a bead on yer pink Sclaffbaw, I’m using Google Earth right enough;)
I’ll swing by the club tomorrow for a quick chat.
No news from the CQN Open yesterday?
Slainte
Tony
Pete the beat
They always are
Last action of the game Tom Rogic shoots over. FT 5-0 Celtic
Great interplay Rogic and Benyu but Tom shoots over
F-t 5-0
Our first trophy of the season
Eboue is like a young Roy Keane.
HH.
Hearts miss sitter
Great performance from the bhoys today.
Wonderful.
HH
Now, if only the plc could make me as happy as Brendan and the players did today………
Good confidence boost prior to next weeks game in Trondheim
STARRY…
Cheers for that fhella,appreciated.
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DBHOY…
That reminds me of a passage from Malcolm X’s autobiography where he tells of his teacher advising him to be more realistic about his ambitions when he said he’d like to become a lawyer.
Plus ca change…
HH
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Jambos oot.
WITS – much more so in the last year.
My guess is that there’s so little rental accommodation that a lot of tech companies are putting their staff up in a hotel.
We’re off to Paris next week and we have a Holiday Inn style hotel for £80 – would cost 3 times that in Dublin.
Only a friendly but that will be a good wee lift going into next week.
Nthcam looked a bit short today and I’ll be surprised if he starts on Wednesday but I’ll give the final decision to Brendan :-)
Well, that’s another brit team put to the sword, one of these days we will get the recognition we deserve.
Thinking back to the days of Henke, he was pish when he was playing for us in a two bob pub league, but when he was nearing the end of his career and playing for barca and manure he was the biz, feckin brit winkers.
Great stuff Celtic.
First of many for KT hopefully.
HH
In fae a day at the shops wae Mrs NBRS(what a joy eh?)
Good stuff from Celtic in a meaningless game.
Embra huns oot.
Ps…..horses nae where:)