Sorry Bandage. I was a bit slow on the uptake there, how KIB of me.
Yes.
Less authoritative posters may argue that there are two qualifying rounds Celtic will be playing in but we join at the final qualifying round stage and if we negotiate that we just have to navigate our way through the playoff round before reaching the group stages. The playoff round contains all the music, advertising and general media coverage of the group stages so should never be considered a qualifying round.
Kyle Hutton has joined Lee McCulloch and Lee Wallace in agreeing to transfer to Sevco 5088 Ltd.
STV have revealed that a different Charles Green operated company than Sevco 5088 owns Ibrox and Murray Park. Sevco 5088 was the one identified by Duff and Phelps as being the preferred bidder for Rangers before they ceased to exist. They’re trying to uncover what he’s up to in hiving the property assets to a different company while trying to get the players into Sevco. He seems equally as dodgy as David Murray and Craig Whyte so I doubt it’s simple asset structuring. There’s talk that he’s going to sell the property assets on to a Investment Fund for retired Canadian teachers! :lol:
[quote=“Rocko, post: 36603”]John Brown has emerged as an eloquent spokesman for a bid to take over the newco. He seems to think he’s played for the newco at some point in the past. He gave a wonderful interview to SSN anyway:
[i]“If [the fans] invest, we’ll setup a bank account that all the season ticket money can go in there, and we can guarantee that we will buy this club over from this regime because it’s coming back into Rangers hands.
“Gone are the days, of the, the money that we spent. It’s going to be handled differently this time. The fans are going to buy it over. We have the backing from powerful people who are going to invest, but the fans will invest, and they’ll offer Charles Green, if he says he’s got the title deeds in his name, we’ll make an offer, once we see the hidden letters, any deeds that have been done in the past, if there’s any stumbling box, where’s Ticketus in all this, we’ll deal with that, once we see the title deeds, of this stadium, that I was proud to play for, in a number of years through nine-in-a-row, and we’re going to get our club back, but we need a bit of honesty from Charles Green.”[/i][/quote]
I don’t want to nitpick Rocko, but it actually looks like he thinks he played for a stadium.
Bomber Brown’s call to arms outside Ibrox Stadium earlier today. Ibrox is actually the ground where the now defunct Rangers FC used to play in:
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What a fucking buffoon to get to front something. He can barely speak, the cunt.
I love when he pauses for applause and they eventually cop on he’s just said something that’s supposed to be profound or rousing so there’s a delayed applause and cheer and “Yes. Yes. Right.” They haven’t a clue what the bumbling fool is waffling on about.
How much huv ye put into ra club?
Guess?
Am I a 5 year old?
*** Cheers ***
What a leader!
People holding up phones, cameras and microphones to record this retard :lol:
3 senior players expected for pre-season training today: Lees Wallace and McCulloch and Kyle Hutton.
Stephen McKenna who was part of the £8.7m bid and who Brown referred to in his speech has now said that Brown wasn’t involved at all in their bid. Yet Brown claims he was working on it for 6 months.
I think Derek Torrance summed up the view of many newco fans when he said:
I think he speaks for the majority of Rangers fans there
So 10 players have turned up for training with Sevco:
Lee Wallace
Lee McCulloch
Kyle Hutton
Neil Alexander
Kirk Broadfoot
Darren Cole
Kane Hemmings
Andy Mitchell
Kal Naismith
Ross Perry
So that just leaves Bedoya, Bocanegra, Edu and Goian as undeclared.
Looking almost certain that the league is to be reformed with a space being kept for Newco in the 2nd tier.
NEW Rangers WO more Scottish Football League clubs have come out against the idea of a newco Rangers joining the Irn-Bru First Division amid speculation that some Clydesdale Bank Premier League clubs are on the verge of a U-turn.
Stranraer and Stirling both said Charles Green’s club should have to apply for membership of the Irn-Bru Third Division ahead of this morning’s Hampden meeting of SFL clubs.
Six others have already stated their opposition while Airdrie have vowed to abstain from any vote as they would be promoted should the Ibrox club be denied SPL and First Division status.
No vote will be taken at today’s meeting but the SPL clubs will be hugely interested in any feedback 24 hours ahead of their vote on Green’s SPL application.
Seven SPL clubs have already publicly confirmed their opposition but Green says he is confident chairmen will listen to his pleas to consider the impact on Scottish football.
Reports this morning claim Green, who met several SPL clubs over the weekend, has offered a six-point plan to secure top-flight football including a points deduction and making a public apology on behalf of the oldco club.
However, the rest of the reported proposals - SPL voting reform and fairer distribution of wealth, accepting an SFA transfer ban and repayment of football debts - could come about anyway as a consequence of the Old Firm being split up or by stipulations made by the SFA over membership.
A document presented to SFL clubs includes a claim that the Third Division option could cost Scottish football £16million and Green hopes SPL clubs will now balk at the consequences of rejecting his bid.
Green told www.rangers.co.uk: "I know the chairmen will listen. The problem some of them have to a lesser degree than I have here is fan pressure.
"We think the important thing is Scottish football and we need to draw a line and move forward.
"There is now a clearer understanding of the implications of football without Rangers because, remember, this is not just about Rangers not being in the SPL.
"Lord Carloway may even just withdraw the licence to play at all if we go back to the tribunal.
“There are some big decisions and none are more material than Rangers being excluded from the league and the financial incomes this club drives for the benefit of all Scottish clubs.”
Fans-run club Stirling will be guided by a poll of supporters that revealed 68% were in favour of the Third Division option with 16% arguing for termination or suspension of Rangers’ SFA membership.
The Stranraer board declared themselves unconvinced by the “emotive language” of the document and said the SFL’s credibility should not be risked by bending the rules.
A statement read: “There should not be a special case made for any club and we believe that the proper place for a phoenix club to restart life is at the lowest level.”
However, Hamilton chairman Les Gray called for decisions to be made purely for the game’s long-term prosperity and enjoyment of supporters.
Gray said: “Harmony must be restored between all clubs for the good of our game and the continued existence of all Scotland’s clubs.”
Motherwell are expected to confirm today that supporters in their fans ownership scheme rejected the idea of relaunching Rangers in the SPL.
An announcement was expected yesterday but was delayed amid the unexpected development of Derek Weir stepping down as vice-chairman of the club and one of the six SPL board members.
Motherwell had warned of a potential £900,000 loss of income if newco Rangers were not accepted but also stated administration would be a possibility whatever the outcome given the prospect of alienating loyal fans.
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If SFL clubs harden their stance against the compromise proposal today then those clubs will face the dilemma of either reneging on promises to supporters, many of whom renewed season tickets after the announcements, or risking a period of extreme financial uncertainty with no confirmation yet over the consequences for SPL television deals.
Second Division side East Fife also believe the ‘newco’ Rangers should enter the Third Division ahead of the new season.
A statement on the club’s website read: "East Fife FC want to make clear our views on the current ‘newco’ situation as it relates to SFL membership. We have taken into account the views of over 500 of our supporters who responded to our survey.
"We retain an open mind on the subject of league reconstruction, and will carefully consider any proposal put to us in this regard.
"The board of directors of East Fife FC, however, is unanimous in its view that we shall not support any integrated plan that in our view compromises sporting integrity by involving the admission of any ‘newco’ directly into Division One.
“Any ‘newco’ must follow the normal application route into the bottom tier.”
Where do celtic stand on this newco lark, have they made any statment yet?
None yet. Not sure if they’re biding their time or relieved at the fact they haven’t had to say anything yet or what. You’d expect some sort of statement from them but they’re conspicuous by their silence so far.
Celtic did make a statement at the outset of all this administration and liquidation malarkey to state that they do not financially depend on any other one specific club. I think it’s about time they made a new statement now ahead of this scheduled vote tomorrow. Especially considering this meeting with the SFL, SPL and SFA today seems to have brazenly sought to have the new huns pitched into SFL1.
Will the huns be stripped of any titles they ever won?
Unsurprisingly SPL clubs have voted “overwhelmingly” to reject Rangers newco’s application to join the SPL
Graham Roberts: “Would love to see how our ugly twin, Celtic, voted. Who are Celtic without the bitter Glasgow rivalry?”