Dictionaries across the English speaking world will need to be updated for the term ‘loose cannon’, currently- noun, a person whose reckless behaviour endangers the efforts or welfare of others. In future they should be appended, ‘Charles Green’.
For months Charles has been busy telling anyone who would listen to him that his The Rangers club will never appear in the Scottish Premier League. Now, he has told the world the Scottish Football League are set to propose reconstruction which would see the end of the SPL and create one fewer step between his new club and top flight football. He told TalkSport, “I understand that the Football League [presumably he means the SFL]on Wednesday are having a meeting of clubs and it’s the intention of the executive to unveil what they think would be a restructuring plan for Scottish football.”
Green is one of the few from the SFL who have had anything to do with the plan, few were aware of it until his announcement yesterday. I hear the other architects of the plan inside the SFL are chief executive, David Longmuir and Airdrie United director, Jim Ballantye. My source also told me SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie was “in on the ground floor with the SFL plans”. They will all, surely, be frustrated that Green was out there with the news before the league were.
As STV today reported, the SFA have set a deadline of 30 November for the leagues to agree a reconstruction plan, “threatening they would instead push through with their own plans to bring about change by the 2013/14 season if an agreement could not be reached”. That’s next summer!
Timing here is everything, and is urgent.
The SPL Commission will soon convene into Improper Registration of Players at Rangers…
the predecessor club of The Rangers…
whose SFA membership The Rangers benefited from in order to compete in league football with less than three years accounts…
and who consequently are liable for penalties served on Rangers.
If found guilty, and no one is holding to the pretence otherwise anymore, the consequences for The Rangers are enormous. Forget about the inevitable stripping of titles, this is of historical consequence only, prize money [of circa £15m]will also be reclaimed and a punishment levied.
As I have said before, the toxicity of the old club is simply not viable to continue with. Newco Rangers either have to start from scratch, or the structures of Scottish football need to brought down with any penalties due wiped from the slates.
The Rangers share prospectus, now overdue, will have to detail these risks to the company unless an alternative narrative can be agreed and presented.
The chances of the SPL giving this Longmuir, Ballantyne and Ogilvie plan serious consideration are remote. It is a nonsense, will be rejected by the SPL and may even face opposition from those clubs within the Scottish Football League who stand to benefit from the change, but will find the motivations behind it unsupportable.
Scottish football is enjoying a well-earned renewal this season, no thanks to the game’s administrators, but the serious allegation, that many leagues and cups were won for over a decade by a club which was paying players against the tax laws of the country and against SFA, SPL and Fifa regulations, has yet to be resolved.
Until we know the truth, hear the consequences, know that those responsible are no longer in control of the game and have been banned for life from future involvement, there can be no talk of expedient change.
STV’s revelation that the SFA have imposed a 30 November deadline is the greatest illustration yet why “heavily conflicted” Campbell Ogilvie should have been on garden leave months ago. All those who carried out the duties which led to this shambles, and who have legal responsibility for it, should receive the life ban from the game that was promptly applied to Craig Whyte.
A swift rebuttal of this nonsense with a clearing of the decks is required. There can be no discussions on these matters while inquiries are on-going and those responsible for recent events are still running the game.
You can read CQN Magazine for FREE here , you can also subscribe for £10 or £20, and our sponsor, Executive Shaving, who offer an enormous range of grooming products, are offering readers a £20 voucher for all £30 CQN Magazine subscribers.
[calameo code=0003901717b03ef5e64cb lang=en page=30 hidelinks=1 width=100% height=500]
812 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- ...
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- »
Marrakesh Express
very good points …..but is that an “aye” or a “naw”?
(NB It’s a NAW from me as well).
Billy Bhoy
Can we have another Lantern Friday?
Thing that gets me is that he`s trying to sell his shares on
the back of our good name. Sickens me.
If there was ever a game of hidey, the FTT would be the champ without a shadow of a doubt.
If the FTT was a missing person the polis would have given up by now and gone home for their tea.
The Spirit of Arthur Lee
21:55
I vote YES to that.
Also, I have one ready and waiting to fly.
Books
Completion and monies due – Dec 17th. The week before Christmas.
Surely this is designed to fail?
Bookies Pen for a Button on a Blazer
My best wan made it to the washing line and melted it
A Lee
Post quiz I know this site can turn into more of a music site than a Celtic one. For those that way inclined, “Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour 1974” is starting on Sky Arts1 at 11pm and Classic Albums “A Night at the Opera” to take you there.
A bit of light entertainment here, as bitter hun Mal (surname – Adjusted) appears on 5live, cunningly disguised as a Killie fan, and promptly gets his dinner served by Frank, Robbie and Darren:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hpAOMmKJBQ&feature=youtu.be
Has broonie show me ur titles aware of this?
I find this referee being accused of a racial comment by Chelsea very strange….watching the ‘body language’ of the referee and players(s) involved, it seems to me that that there is no evidence at all of a player reacting furiously (as you would expect), or of the referee behaving in an angry manner……but,then, why would Chelsea raise a complaint? ….anyway, I don’t think there is anything in it…..
the spirit of arthur lee
21:55 on
13 November, 2012
Can we have another Lantern Friday?
Great idea, got a stack left over from admin day
The only people likely to invest are deluded Huns. I think the intro of The R*ngers Trust, whereby they are asking punters to lodge their money through them and make a block purchase as distinct from individual purchases will reduce the amount raised. A committed Hun may feel obliged to break the Bank and invest 500 to prove his loyalty. Now he is more likely to bung 50 to The R*ngers Trust and feel he has done his bit.
67heaven
watching Lie to me on TV now, maybe TimRoth should be employed by FA?
Looking forward already to the Aberdeen / Benfica games
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
Who are they playing?
blantyretim
22:11 on 13 November, 2012
LOL………..
Silver City 1888 Thanks for the heads up re programme on Rory Gallagher. He was a great friend of mine as a kid in Cork in the Sixties.
According to company house it was a Football club liquidated not a bholding company that some would wish us to believe.
Name & Registered Office:
RFC 2012 P.L.C.
IBROX STADIUM
GLASGOW
G51 2XD
Company No. SC004276
Status: Liquidation
Date of Incorporation: 27/05/1899
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Public Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC):
93120 – Activities of sport clubs
Accounting Reference Date: 30/06
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/06/2010 (GROUP)
Next Accounts Due: 31/12/2011 OVERDUE
Last Return Made Up To: 27/01/2012
Next Return Due: 24/02/2013
Last Members List: 27/01/2012
Last Bulk Shareholders List: 27/01/2011
Last Members List: 27/01/2012
Last Bulk Shareholders List: 27/01/2011
Insolvency History
Previous Names:
Date of change 31/07/2012
Previous Name THE RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB P.L.C.
UK Establishment Details
There are no UK Establishments associated with this company.
Oversea Company Info
There are no Oversea Details associated with this company.
Have just read the Huns share prospectus.
Who let Andy Cameron loose with the crayons?
Look forward to Paul67 taking this apart around lunchtime tomorrow……
The Spirit of Arthur Lee
22:05
:)
Been there. The trick is being patient and let it fly when it’s itching to take off.
The huns share issue on the other hand, whilst being incredibly itchy, will never fly. :)))
Book
Tallybhoy @ 20.40,
You could add “nie” for the benefit of ZBYSZEK & our other Polish bloggers.
Paul67 et al
Only one failed club then. Is that on the prospectus? Probably not. What is scary though is the emphasis, in Charlie’s various outpourings, of just how much of a part we play in it, an admission in fact, that without Celtic, the new replacement club is, well, not a good investment. SPL sanctions can only be avoided, if either, the SPL refuses to rule on the transgressions of Rangers FC as was, or indeed the SPL was no more. Whoops, one down already, and a November 30 deadline for the other to get in line. Desperate stuff, and all linked to Charlie’s efforts to mug, well any mug out there. With Ogilvie in tow.
Jude- Green looking to hire Malcolm Tucker and Nucky Thomson :)
I really feel that a very short statement from Celtic FC, either alone, or in conjunction with other SPL clubs would strike a fatal blow to this whole embarrassing episode.
Chuckles has done enough damage to our national game.
Strike now Celtic and the whole house of cards comes crashing down.
The ball is definately in our court.
marrakesh express/thetimeiper
Nail right on the head
HAIL HAIL
Re -read the begging letter.
Can’t help think that any professional investor might look at it , pick himself up off the floor , and think ‘”here is an opportunity to invest in an undervalued well run company with lots of scope to grow , I will need to do a bit of research”
Ok , so it doesn’t spell out that we beat Barca last week, that we have second highest attendances in the UK etc, but I am sure the professional investor will have picked those bits up from prime time TV exposure .
Suggest Celtic make sure they have a few spre copies of their annual results :-)
corkcelt
22:11 on
13 November, 2012
So we have say 50,000 deluded h*ns at 50 quid a throw……
Thats £2.5M, that wouldnt buy Victors big toe :)
HH LOL…….
southside
22:21
Perhaps a statement saying, if any of this garbage gathers any momentum, we will tender our resignation from the league and you’re very welcome to The rangers.
Pens
corkcelt
I’m sure it was on here I came across someone raving about him. I’ve got it set to record.
IMO
CG is the epitome of a snake oil salesman ,conjure up a concoction and sweet talk the gullible into parting with their cash for a bottle of half baked promises .
Maybe he should have named his new club Placebo fc
Parkheadcumsalford
Well said. Time to move on.
.
Always the Black Sheep..
Yes..
Fae Moi..
Summa of FootballCrackCSC
Yes to another lantern Friday…this time I will let mine off ..outdoors hh
SoS
off Christmas card list, wait till the boy jinky finds out..
Silver City 1888,
Me too, he was unique. We were great buddies for a few years before the music really took over. Then years later he was performing in Cork and I happened to be backstage. I wasn’t going to bother him at all as I felt he had probably moved on but he spotted me and came straight over and we had a good old chat about old times. Unfortunately that was the last time I ever met him. Have visited his grave o.k. ironically he is buried close to a nephew of mine who died tragically.
….PFayr
21:07 on
13 November, 2012
I am a few hundred miles away and had no understanding of the facts, no excuse, just an apology.
I hope there is no offence, but I would undertand why.
I think we have had enough responses now to nail the lie so often repeated by the motley collection of Celtiphobiacs & soup-suppers on SSN. They continuously peddle the LIE that some Celtic supporters would like to return to the bilious & demeaning encounters with the club that died of shame.
NOTHING could be further from the truth.
Over FIFTY of us on this site tonight, every one of them a Celtic man, have said very clearly that we want no part of this embarrassing fixture.
How many agreed with the SSN contention ?
A big fat ZERO.
Not one single misguided soul.
So, the next time they find stooges who will demean themselves, for whatever reason, by saying that they miss this hatefest, I just want these lying parasites to know that WE, the Celtic support, are not upset or outraged by their lie.
We feel nothing but PITY for those among them who, when they were young & idealistic, had the same dreams that WE still have.
That wee studio on the canal must be a lonely & uncomfortable place to be when the majority of people in the surrounding streets are deliriously celebrating the great times that Armageddon has brought to our town.
‘ Let the dead bury their dead.’