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WHEN Glasgow Rangers (1872-2012) were in their tax-dodging days in the first decade of the millennium, the British military were fighting in two wars and their soldiers were dying through the lack of appropriate equipment.
Clearly the Ibrox faithful and the boardroom barons love the British crown forces (as we’ve seen from the sensational video revelations of their Armed Forces Day shenanigans, including a loyalist karaoke on the pitch in full military uniform) – it’s just that they don’t want to pay for them.
But now the manager of ‘New Rangers’ or ‘Sevco’, Ally McCoist, has been blamed for potentially torpedoing Whitehall’s multi-billion nuclear submarine fleet.
McCoist has been accused by the Ministry of Defence of “risking national security” after building an artificial harbour at his Highland retreat.
The Royal Navy top brass say that the breakwater on the Cowal Peninsula could be a hazard to nuclear subs from Faslane, on the west coast of Scotland.
According to press reports in Scotland, McCoist had not sought permission to erect the breakwater on the remote northern shores of Loch Fyne.
He submitted a retrospective application for planning permission for the “tidal breakwater built with gabion baskets and bollards constructed on a slipway”.
But in a written objection to council planners, the MoD claimed that secret underwater microphones placed in the area to detect threats from dastardly foes could be disturbed.
The local authority has ordered McCoist to demolish the structure after hearing the admirals’ views but McCoist is appealing the decision.
Her Majesty will not be amused: tax dodging during wartime and now threatening to sink the Senior Service in the tranquil waters of Bonny Scotland.
[quote=“Mark Renton, post: 842989, member: 1796”]WHEN Glasgow Rangers (1872-2012) were in their tax-dodging days in the first decade of the millennium, the British military were fighting in two wars and their soldiers were dying through the lack of appropriate equipment.
Clearly the Ibrox faithful and the boardroom barons love the British crown forces (as we’ve seen from the sensational video revelations of their Armed Forces Day shenanigans, including a loyalist karaoke on the pitch in full military uniform) – it’s just that they don’t want to pay for them.
But now the manager of ‘New Rangers’ or ‘Sevco’, Ally McCoist, has been blamed for potentially torpedoing Whitehall’s multi-billion nuclear submarine fleet.
McCoist has been accused by the Ministry of Defence of “risking national security” after building an artificial harbour at his Highland retreat.
The Royal Navy top brass say that the breakwater on the Cowal Peninsula could be a hazard to nuclear subs from Faslane, on the west coast of Scotland.
According to press reports in Scotland, McCoist had not sought permission to erect the breakwater on the remote northern shores of Loch Fyne.
He submitted a retrospective application for planning permission for the “tidal breakwater built with gabion baskets and bollards constructed on a slipway”.
But in a written objection to council planners, the MoD claimed that secret underwater microphones placed in the area to detect threats from dastardly foes could be disturbed.
The local authority has ordered McCoist to demolish the structure after hearing the admirals’ views but McCoist is appealing the decision.
Her Majesty will not be amused: tax dodging during wartime and now threatening to sink the Senior Service in the tranquil waters of Bonny Scotland.[/quote]
Great post, mate.
Private eye has a regular update on the boardroom shenanigans at sevco/rangers. Makes interesting reading this week again. Whyte must be high up in the lodge.
3-1 down against brechin 
Rangers won 3-4
Anyone with shares in buck fast abbey will be pleased.
SSN reporting that the players have rejected a request from the club to take a 15% pay cut.
It’s happening again. 
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Rangers: Dave King urges fans’ boycott of season tickets[/SIZE]
Former director Dave King has urged Rangers’ fans to withhold season ticket money until they receive assurances about the League One club’s future.
The South Africa-based businessman is concerned about the implications of the club announcing last week that they are to borrow £1.5m from two shareholders.
King said his own offer to put fresh investment into Rangers was rejected.
“My assessment is that the business is not commercially sustainable in the short term,” he said.
Rangers chief executive Graham Wallace last week insisted that the club were not under threat of a second period in administration before this week confirming the loans from Sandy Easdale and Laxey Partners Ltd.
“If we cut our costs to suit our present income, we will remain a small club and Celtic will shoot through 10 in a row - and beyond - while we slug it out for the minor places”
Dave King
King said this proved that previous assurances that the club had sufficient funding to last the season were untrue and indicated “the desperate financial position that the club is in”.
“This lack of transparency on the present and projected funding position is extremely worrying,” he said in a statement.
"The fans have no proper insight into the owners of the club and who represents which shareholders on the board.
“The board has strenuously resisted any attempt by the fans to find out who key shareholders are. What is known is that the current board members have a very minor stake in the club.”
Rangers fans’ groups last week wrote to the board seeking assurances about the Ibrox club’s future.
Now King has proposed that they only buy season tickets into a trust and only pass the money to the club on a “pay-as-they-play” basis or as security against the club’s property and should insist on a representative on the board.
“In that way, the fans will have some protection from a future event of failure if the board cannot bridge the funding gap that clearly exists,” he said.
King argued that Rangers requires “a level of soft investment” from people more interested in success off the field than on a financial return.
“I have been such an investor and want to be so again,” he said. "I would like to lead a fan-based initiative to acquire an influential shareholding in the club.
"I had hoped to serve as a bridge between non-aligned stakeholders and the club, as well as seeking a way forward that could accommodate all interests.
"I no longer believe that I can achieve this with the board that is presently in place.
[INDENT]“I have been in email correspondence with Mr King and suggested that, even though he is not a current shareholder, I would be interested in hearing any proposals he might have”
David SomersRangers chairman
"During this period, I made it clear to the board that I am a potential source of funding by way of a new capital injection.
“My prime condition is that any funds introduced by me would go into the club for the benefit of the team and the dilapidating infrastructure.”
Rangers manager Ally McCoist this week admitted that his squad building plans were on hold while his chief executive concentrated on what King described as “cutting costs to match the income”.
“It is correct that any club must, over the long term, operate within its means, but in the short term, Rangers needs a significant once-off financial boost that cannot be met from the current revenue stream,” said the former director.
“Without this, we will not get back to where we should be.”
King thought that “right-sizing” the club would hand many more titles to Glasgow rivals Celtic even once Rangers return to the top flight.
“If we cut our costs to suit our present income, we will remain a small club and Celtic will shoot through 10 in a row - and beyond - while we slug it out for the minor places,” he said.
Rangers chairman David Somers rejected suggestions that King had offered the club an interest-free loan, such had been made by Easdale.
“I have been in email correspondence with Mr King and suggested that, even though he is not a current shareholder, I would be interested in hearing any proposals he might have,” Somers said in a statement on the club website.
"Mr King replied and indicated a willingness to consider participating in any future equity issue that the club might undertake.
“This has been the extent of the discussion and I repeat that no offer of an interest-free loan has been received from Mr King, or anyone else, apart from Mr Sandy Easdale.”[/INDENT]
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Default Wee story from Benidorm that sums up being a Bear
Mrs Colin Stein, me and my youngest are currently enjoying a wee week in Benidorm. Before we came she bought us both a Union Flag beach towel. Each night they fly proudly from our balcony separated by the bairns Rangers towel. I watch some of the locals walk by, stop and stare at the display and then discuss it, no doubt recalling that momentous night in Barcelona in 72 or the up and coming return visit by the Bears.
Anyway at the poolside yesterday I was approached by a cockney guy, who explained he was a Chelsea supporting serving soldier (and Bear friendly) and asked if the flag display was mine. I said yes, and he said he didnt want to sound cheeky but that the towels were sometimes flying upside down. I thought he was being petty, but he explained he expected more from the Quintessential British Club and that it was that attention to fine detail that made us different from all the rest. I was impressed that he was aware of the Quintessential mantle and I promised to make sure that the flags flew properly in future. Well the wife actually becasue shes in charge of that sort of thing.
Last night as I sat in my balcony I watched my new Chelsea mate and his family return from the town. He stopped outside my balcony, proudly saluted the towels and then carried on to his apartment.[/quote]
what a post
I just saw the huns players there on sky sports news going absolutely ballistic dancing with champagne etc on a podium. They looked ecstatic. Did they win some European competition or something?
It’s a wonderful measure of their standing that their title win took place on a Champions League night, utterly obscured by the main event and most people had no idea they were even playing.
They won a big title? What title was it??
Raith 1 up a minute from time in the Harry Ramsden cup final
Raith win 
Waited 117 mins for a goal, got called in a hurry to help the father in law with a bull, went out, got back for Raith celebrations… Ah well the bull is safe and rangers are losers…two good results!
[QUOTE=“Ebeneezer Goode, post: 927569, member: 1785”]Waited 117 mins for a goal, got called in a hurry to help the father in law with a bull, went out, got back for Raith celebrations… Ah well the bull is safe and rangers are losers…two good results!
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Jaysus he must have had nobody else if he relied on you to help him on the farm