It is now clear for anyone who wishes to see that those in leadership positions in Scottish football find the rules a bit of an obstacle to their plans.
I have noticed in the debate on the way that the SFA is currently acting, no one has yet mentioned that NewCo in division 1 is a breach of FIFA Statues – Article 9 of the regulations governing application of the FIFA Statutes. Quite clearly, league participation must be based on sporting merit. The SFA and SPL must abide by these Statutes in terms of their own Articles and rules. NewCo has no sporting merit to be in division 1 and so I believe the SFA are acting in clear breach of FIFA Statutes.
If Mr Regan doubts me he can check page 62.
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/generic/01/48/60/05/fifastatuten2011_e.pdf
Please read Section 9.1 on sporting merit and then think about what Mr Regan proposes for Sevco to SFL Div1.
9.3 on the changing of names and company structures should also concentrate those fine minds at Hampden.
9.4 should inform Mr Regan where the buck stops.
Finally he may wish to consult the SFA’s articles of association
I think he may find 3.B on page 24 has something within it that should focus him.
From my reading of these rules, both international and domestic, the sweetheart deal that he apparently wants to wangle for NewCo simply isn’t on.
Just apply the rules Mr Regan because that is what you are paid for.
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You have touched some good things here. Any way keep up wrinting.
May 2, 2013 at 7:51 pm
k
Hi Phil, on the subject this annoys me THE “Thai Tims” group of singing children have been banned from wearing their Celtic tops or singing Celtic songs at a Scots school.
After the kids visited a school in Glasgow last week, a parent complained that they were breaking the city council’s ban on football colours in classrooms.
Council officials told the group they couldn’t wear their tops or sing songs linked to the club on a second planned school visit, to St Paul’s Catholic Primary. Organisers of the children’s trip to Scotland then cancelled the visit.
A source told the Record: “It seems the council have decided rules are rules, Exact !!!!!!!!!!
July 18, 2012 at 10:56 pm
JohnnyF
I think that through the haze of the media miasma we must concentrate on the simple facts of the issues in play here: 1) Rangers went in to administration and the 10 point penalty was applied as per the rules; 2) SFA applied sanctions for non-stop payment of tax etc, and tried to go easy on RFC by not suspending or expelling from league; 3) Rangers were liquidated, Newco formed, Newco then placed in D3 as per precedent and sporting integrity (albeit many have tried to break from precedent, the rules of SFA, SPL, UEFA and FIFA to soften the blow for Rangers/Newco). All in all there has been no super-strict application of sanctions as spun by McCoist, Green, Smith x 2, Brown et al, quite the opposite. The correct sanctions are, on the whole, being applied and they should continue to be applied. I feel we must push these facts into the public domain much more to knock down that self-righteous and self-pitying nonsense coming from the pro-Rangers media that everyone “has it in for them”.
July 15, 2012 at 6:05 pm
Neil
Hi Phil,
Big decision today, Friday 13th!
This Newco must start of life in Division 3 and a plea to Celtic Supporters; support the club like never before, if you can’t afford a season book, subscribe to Celtic TV, by a replica top or any piece of official club merchandise.
125 years young and still standing alone.
KTF
July 13, 2012 at 7:56 am
Jim Wood
We are all in a state of limbo till this fiasco unfolds, but lest we forget there are some points that should be remembered before we all go into tomorrow.
1. We are on the cusp of a monumental day in Scotland. However look how far we have all come. Who, when we all started reading these sites, would have thought that tomorrow there was even the possibility of any doubt as to which SFL league The Rangers FC would be playing in next season? This is how far we have come.Old us would have just expected SFL1.
2.Who among us believed that” no one likes us… …” as sung by Oldco fans far from apocryphal was in fact true.
3.The authorities in control of Scottish football would finally be exposed as the Rangers men we all deep-down suspected they were.
4.That Green Whyte and Sellick(the player) would have been notable in the final throws of Oldco.
5. That no matter how it all ends we have had one hell of a ride.
6. And that through your good offices Phil,and the many other sites we have been able to share it with each other like never before.
No matter how it all ends I would just like to say;
Sleekit Sally, Crumpled cardigan, Chic, The Daily (insert Scottish newspaper title,)Campbell Ogilvie, Donald Findlay, The Big House must stay open guy et al, In my opinion ,your team has taken one helluva beating.It has taken such a beating, in fact, that the prospect of a full recovery is in very serious doubt.
Glasgow’s green and white.
Keep at them Phil.
Finally I hope no families on either side suffer any harm as a result of any of the marches that we all must deal with as participants or passers-by.
July 12, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Robert Hutton
The larger league was a dead duck a few months ago. NOW it is the Saviour of Scotland. Its amazing what can happen at the Wake of the Most Corrupt Club in Scotland.
Send them to the JUNIORS or the Amateurs. They might get back before the Second Coming.
July 11, 2012 at 6:46 pm
Robert Hutton
Dear Mr. Platini,
IS THIS HOW YOU WISH TO BE REMEMBERED?
Please do what is RIGHT for Scottish and EUROPEAN FOOTBALL. You know the great name Glasgow Celtic gave to European Football, please do not let the Corruption of Rangers break our game into pieces.
Ex-Fifa president Joao Havelange received millions in bribes
Court documents have revealed former Fifa president Joao Havelange was paid millions in bribes by collapsed marketing company ISL.
Havelange received at least 1.5million Swiss francs and executive committee member Ricardo Teixeira at least 12.74million.
However, the Swiss prosecutor’s report published by Fifa reveals they may have received as much as 21.9m Swiss francs.
The pair are the only two Fifa officials named in the report.
Robert Hutton
Shadow of Yale Policy Centre.
July 11, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Robert Hutton
Dear Mr. Platini,
Having been a football fan for over fifty years, I have discovered in the last few years that Glasgow Rangers F.C., one of Scotland’s biggest clubs has been cheating for over 90 years. Their current position is caused by the misappropriation of funds, the diverting of Tax Revenues to the general running of the business of the club and not paying for players they had tapped at other clubs in Europe. You have been notified by Rapid Vienna that they are still owed money by Rangers. Indeed half of last season’s Rangers side were not paid for, and Heart of Midlothian were being pressured by the SPL, SFL etc, and almost run out of business for a much smaller sum of money than the 200 million dollars owed by Glasgow Rangers.
The mainstream, media will not touch this story, and one of the major red-tops has banned free discussion on its open forum, while its staff, continually take the Rangers side with the dire columns. The SPL the SFA and the SFL are all co-dependent on Rangers F.C. having been part of Rangers for many years, as evinced by the signing of a PLEDGE to the Masonic Lodge by former Rangers Chairman, John Ure Primrose, and the recruitment in the Masonic and the Orange Lodges which is the driving force behind a century of poisonous sectarian and racial hatred emitting like a poisonous gas from the club and it Offices at Ibrox Park in Glasgow. Their “success” was built on the fabric of the Masonic Apron and the Secret codes therein.
There are integrity rules which must be applied to the Rangers situation. Rangers have failed miserably with that series of rules and they are being shoehorned into the game by co-signatories to the Primrose Pledge in the early 20th century. As it stands, by a margin of 10-1 with a single abstension the SPL do not want Rangers in the SPL. The SFL clubs want the rules of association to be applied to the new entrants and the new INVITES to the SFL upon the pending Liquidation of Rangers, who are fighting to retain their name, against FIFA rules and retain their history, which was tainted by cheating since the Primrose Pledge and financial doping since the Sir david Murray era.
Neither FIFA nor UEFA can stand aloof amidst this disgraceful corruption. Neither can they simply allow the dark masses to force upon Scotland a shameless disregard for sportsmanship, and then tell us you all care for the SPORT which is Football. I was at Ibrox Park with my wife and child in the mid 1980′s as a neutral, and saw the venom unleashed on your side by Rangers fans, as they tossed bananas at the African players in your side. We, in SCotland have had to deal with such mindless cretins every match day, for as long as I have watched the game, and in one final, as a 14 year old, the venom was so bad, that down 4-0 Rangers fans sought to gain entry to the schollboy’s enclosure in their attempt to have the match abandoned.
Do the right thing Mr. Platini. Take the decision away from a crooked group of DEMONS and I really mean Demons. They care nothing for Scotland nor for its football. They care only for he to whom they sold their souls.
Robert Hutton
p.s.
I am at odds with the strongly satanic influence within the SKULL and BONES SOCIETY at Yale University, and the men who control the world. It is my duty to point out their methods and the destruction of social states in serious unrest is one of their nefarious ways. These same men may well be working in UEFA and FIFA and YOU, Mr. Platini, will know that. But not heeding these warnings from football fans may prove or disprove your own personal integrity when the next election is held for your position. PLEASE SIR, be honourable.
One hundred Years of corruption is not cleared with demotion by a division and the wiping of their debts to let them come back again as BILLIONAIRES.
July 11, 2012 at 6:02 pm
PaulMc
The Skull & Bone Society? Satanic influences? Orange and Masonic conspiracies?
Whoa, thanks for this information Robert. Can I ask, (as I believe you must be the man to tell us) just what is the influence of the Greys in all of this and was it really one of their craft that crashed at Roswell?
July 12, 2012 at 10:25 pm
redversbodkin
scottish football, leagues of corruption, deceit,dishonesty,& lack of integrity this unfortunately includes CELTIC FC &Mr Lawwell & company, he should have said and done more for the S F L, i would not look out the front door to watch Sevco or whoever or whatever they will call themselves, but make NO mistake, by the same token i wouldn’t cross the street to watch GLASGOW CELTIC FC, for they are as guilty by their silence on the issues fairness, equality,distribution of wealth,lack of concern for the game in general,but let’s be fair we are in this position because, a particular team cheated then and is still cheating as I write, maybe the smaller clubs will show us the ways of honesty, integrity,& all that, then again maybe they wont
July 11, 2012 at 5:28 pm
jim larkin
© 2012 Herald & Times Group. All rights reserved.
Go Dutch: what SPL could earn in TV deal
Published on 11 July 2012
Chris Tait
AN official from Eredivisie Live, the television channel responsible for the broadcasting rights of Dutch top-flight football, believes the television deal which was struck between the Scottish Premier League and Sky represents a paltry agreement.
The contract is reportedly worth around £15m per season to the Premier League but Neil Doncaster, the SPL’s chief executive, and his counterpart at the Scottish Football Association, Stewart Regan, have expressed concerns that the deal could now be torn up, or at least allowed to persist on vastly reduced terms, depending on which league Rangers newco play in next season.
It is a situation of which Dutch football has some experience. When a bumper three-year contract with new channel Talpa came to an end the league were left with no irresistible bids from other companies. Clubs resolved to take control over their own broadcasting rights, and the subscription-only channel Eredivisie Live was formed.
The channel – which broadcasts matches from throughout the leagues in Dutch football, as well as national cup competitions and the German Cup – now commands almost 600,000 subscriptions, with prices reaching as high as £18. With Sky subscriptions continuing to rise, the Sky Sports package is £21 on top of the basic subscription fee.
Maarten van Rooijen, who has been on board at Eredivisie Live since its embryonic stage and now heads communications, has questioned if the SPL have undersold their product.
“[The Sky deal] seems to be quite small,” said Van Rooijen. “I would have assumed there would have been other competitions, other leagues, in the TV deal as well. I am not sure of how the market is in Scotland, but in Holland the subscription is between £15 and £18 – it depends on the provider and they make their own pricing – but we have deals with each provider. The consumer price varies between £15 and £18, so that is quite low when compared to the UK, I think.”
“In 2005 we sold the rights for the highlights to Talpa, which was the new channel from media entrepreneur John de Mol, so he had a lot of strategic money available to buy the rights because he wanted to make a big interest with his TV channel. We sold the highlights for £30m and the live rights for £35m, so a total of £65m. That was the highest amount in history for those clubs.
July 11, 2012 at 2:21 pm
JimBhoy
Posted this with Paul:
http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/110361-charles-green-paid-275m-for-rangers-player-contracts-and-registrations/?
check the full report…
If I read this correctly:
>£7m for D&P alone from Feb to end June it seems, £1k an hour to engage the 2 main men. A further £1m for other support counselling through administration most of which remains to be paid…a £4m shortfall in administration (ie, outgoings £4m more than incoming, includes a £1m payment from Everton).
So with D&P guaranteed their £7-8m does that mean the oldco creditor list will inevitably grow…? ie, those still owed (for in administration costs)..
July 11, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Michael
Mr Regan (anagram range…add an R) Is it his position that haunts him as “Chief Ex-Laxative” of the SFA, and his predecessor, the one and only Gordon Smith
Mr Regan has continued in the same vain I sometimes wonder if I’m watching the “Exorcist” as his head seems to be spinning around every time he make a statement.
March 23rd:”There will be a route through this, we will have to find out what the best route is and start to build a plan for the future.”
29th March: Stewart Regan explains the SFA’s role in Craig Whyte’s acquisition of Rangers and says it will look to stamp out behaviour that is not “acting with integrity”.
April 24th: “The Scottish FA has a responsibility to all its members and must implement its rules without fear or favour.
June 7th:SFA chief executive backs Ogilvie over use of EBTs
June 7th: SFA chief executive Stewart Regan has warned Rangers there will be no deals done to halt their possible expulsion from Scottish football.
July 3rd: Stewart Regan denies he told clubs SFA will block newco Rangers’ path to SPL.
July 4th:Regan has issued a startling warning of “social unrest” in Scotland if newco Rangers are denied entry to the First Division
July 5th: STEWART REGAN last night warned Scottish football faces “a slow lingering death” if Rangers are not parachuted into the First Division.
Maybe the rule book has some hidden illuminations or text which if you pass heated flame over it, it reveals new rules. As the lodge will never attack another member they will seek a scapegoat in their quest for fulfilment to rule this protestant country. I think Regan has been nobbled by insiders (you know who) as his tone is leaning towards sympathy instead of integrity now, so is it money or the sport that comes first.
July 11, 2012 at 1:23 am
Jim Wood
Just a thought, I’ve read that 13 teams so far have stated they will vote no to Newco. Two will vote yes. Two will abstain. That leaves 13 teams of the thirty to express an opinion.
If two teams vote integrity over bullying and bribery Newco will be in SFL3.
Result, Sleekit Sally happy,The Rangers FC fans happy, the ninety six percent who voted SFL3 for The Rangers FC in a Scotsman poll this week happy and this whole sorry saga behind us at last.
Imagine the scene; ” Radio Scotland welcomes you to a wind-swept Balmoor stadium as this midweek rearranged SFL3 match is only minutes away from kick off. There is a biting wind coming from the North and though short of the 4,000 capacity those in the stadium are in fine voice. Gazza, as expected is on the bench tonight but McCulloch is fit. Before we give you the teams Chic has some breaki… …”
SPL2 before the start of the season it might happen, then again…
Keep at them Phil.
July 10, 2012 at 8:18 pm
Gordon Taylor
Alex Thomson’s latest blog.
http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/questions-answered-footballs-governing-bodies/2235
It seems that UEFA has no interest in the affairs of Rangers Newco, as they will only get involved if they are in Europe.
So we have to wait for 4 years for them to do something.
Great eh.
July 10, 2012 at 5:32 pm
Frankier
A1 – What is Platini’s address?
July 10, 2012 at 5:06 pm
redversbodkin
fifa says sporting merit when deciding where sevco play
July 10, 2012 at 4:06 pm
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Fear not, Di Stefano and Gazza (and some chicken) are coming to help
July 10, 2012 at 3:31 pm
sinky
Marco Negri the interview the truth about glasgow rangers has anything changed?
An extract from an Italian Football magazine, with Marco Negri, about Rangers, and life with the Rangers
Marco Negri Interview
L.B. – Luigi Bruno (Interviewer)
M.N. – Marco Negri
L.B. – ‘ Marco, you left Rangers under very strange circumstances, why was that?’
M.N.-’ Strange? There was nothing strange in anything that happened there, they simply did not want me there any longer’.
L.B.- ‘Why was that?’
M.N.- ‘ The honest answer is that I didn’t know then and I still don’t know even today. Nobody ever explained why I had fallen out of favour.’
L.B.- ‘ Your goal record at Rangers was fantastic and when fit and available you were scoring for fun. I, and many others still do not understand why you left under a cloud’.
M.N.- ‘Let’s just say you are getting very close to why I think that I was frozen out. Scotland is a very claustrophobic place where everything is examined and analyzed endlessly. Scottish society is in many ways a backward place’.
L.B. – ‘What do you mean by that?’
M.N. – ‘ The culture, the underlying culture of Rangers was not good. The first team players had a habit of drinking vast amounts of alcohol during the week. As you know here in Italy we have a different culture as professional footballers. We know that it is our duty to keep ourselves fit and healthy.
Some of the players there like Paul Gascoigne and Andy Goram would turn up smelling of drink BEFORE training!! I could not understand why such behaviour was tolerated by Walter Smith who was manager then’.
L.B.- ‘ Marco we are well aware of Paul Gascoigne’s problems and it is sad to see his decline, we saw it earlier at Lazio. Are you saying that the players were out of control?’
M.N.- ‘ Absolutely, I tried to point this out to Walter Smith several times but he became very defensive and said that I needed to understand Scottish footballing culture. He would hear no criticism of Goram and especially Gascoigne who could literally do anything he wanted to and still get away with it! It wasn’t just their drinking however, they had some really extreme political and religious views’.
L.B.- ‘ Could you elaborate on this please?’.
M.N. – ‘ Of course. They hated Catholics. All of them. I never understood why they were so filled with hatred. Several of us who were Catholic players and all foreigners were told upon arrival, never to bless ourselves at Ibrox as it could cause problems for us. I began to understand that Rangers was an extreme club very similar to Lazio here in Italy. You know, a right wing club with right wing supporters. I personally am not a practicing Catholic but my wife Anna Maria is, and it used to cause me pain when I heard what they said about my fellow Catholics. Lorenzo Amoruso and Jorg Albertz, just kept quiet and kept their heads down’
L.B.- ‘ What finally brought things to a head?’
M.N.- ‘ I was rapidly disillusioned by Rangers and especially their supporters. As part of my professional duties I was strongly encouraged to attend social functions which meant going to several Rangers supporters clubs. The last one I attended really brought home to me the fact that I had nothing in common with these people. The anti-Catholic feeling was venomous and the songs they sang that evening filled me with disgust. It was at that point I decided not to give my all for a club that condoned such behaviour. I went sick. Walter Smith knew the real reason for my ‘illness’ and he just ignored it. But I wasn’t lying, I was sick, sick of Rangers and sick of what they stood for and that is the truth’
• 6 months ago
July 10, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Agent One
Hi All
The Marco Negri Interview is from 2008 someone should get a hold of him I bet he has more to Reveal about his time at Castle Greyskull.
To Be continued
Agent one
July 11, 2012 at 12:08 am
Agent One
Hi All
Here is a copy of a letter I sent to Mr Platini at Uefa this morning ,I think we should all do likewise as soon as Possible.
Dear Mr Platini
I would like to bring to your attention the current situation within Scottish Football,
Briefly THE SFA,SPL AND SFL are a total shambles and are running Scottish Football like a gang of Thugs,They have kicked the Rules and Regulations and UEFA/FIFA Statutes right out the window.
I myself have worked in Scottish Football for over 30 years in various positions, as A @@@@@,and as a @@@@@@ @@@@@ ,this to me is the worse situation that I have ever Known,this situation has occurred due to the Demise of Glasgow Rangers FC PLC and also with the lack of leadership by the governing body THE SFA ,we have rules and regulation to make sure that we keep order and structure to life and when we are let down by the lack of rules being used it all ends in CHAOS .
I feel it is now time for yourselves to step in and bring some structure back to Scottish Football as myself and many Hundreds of thousands of FOOTBALL FANS are being totally let down by the people in charge of football in Scotland.
I await your reply
So contact Mr Platini as soon as you can let him know what’s happening to our Game in Scotland,this our Game ,the people at the top of Football in Scotland are nothing without us THE SUPPORTERS.
To Be continued
Agent one
July 10, 2012 at 12:21 pm
sinky
could someone please confirm that what i heard yesterday originating (allegedly)from someone called Lee McCulloch that by the end of the week that newco will be entered into div i and at the beginning of next week they will be under new ownership? please tell me this is not true
July 10, 2012 at 9:40 am
Lenny Bhoy
Out of the SFL board Airdrie Utd chairman Jim Ballantyne had over 560 registered shares in the deceased RFC 1872-2012.
If that isn’t a conflict of interest then what is?
Just another example of how corrupt Scottish Football has been over recent years, but then leopards aren’t known to change their spots.
July 10, 2012 at 1:01 am
Paul Boyle
Allegedly he was also at the recent Linfield V Rangers friendly game. He was suppose to be wearing a Rangers top and also a RFFF badge. But so far I have not come across any pictures/images of this.
July 10, 2012 at 11:51 am
SamBrowneBelt
To Paul Boyle
There’s no doubt Ballantyne appeared at Linfield, in his unofficial capacity as fundraiser for another club (the dead one). Beggars belief.
July 10, 2012 at 7:10 pm
jimCB
Have to agree andybhoy but in the goldfishbowl that is scottish fitba and everything that we know about being on one side or another initially I thought it was an interesting move. To appoint two competant administrators from a ‘neutral’ territory. Recent events have blownaway that theory although the anglo saxon fascination for profit at all cost ( my interpretation) is perhaps the reason for the pro sevco policy. Or the fact that they cant justify their salaries in the future.The good thing that has come out of all this for scottish football is that the wee teams are standing up to the powers and saying ‘haud on a second this is no right ‘ The team that played in the south side is under scrutiny from many sources and if justice is to be done theres a few more chapters to come.
July 9, 2012 at 6:36 pm
Paul
Okay, my interpretation may be off, but isn’t Regan’s role to manage under the auspices and direction of the SPL chairmen en masse?
Surely then he is only pandering to their wishes and choreographing this song and dance under their direction.
They all voted “no” (with one obvious exception and one unsurprising cop-out),ensuring that they are on record in concurring with the world at large that Rangers should be expelled.
Are they now happy to let the situation be manipulated, or corrupted, to allow Rangers back into the SPL in a year’s time (promotion permitting of course).
If the chairmen of the SPL teams were so committed to the integrity of the game, can’t they simply order Regan to back-off and stop trying to manipulate the situation?
Unless of course, I have misunderstood the entire heirarchal structure making my questions moot.
July 9, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Andybhoy
As iv said,,they won’t be playing anywhere anytime soon, but phil the more I think of it the more I’m convinced,,all these years and the year it comes to a head we have two fish out the water English guys running the show up here,,is this a coincidence or is the coverup bigger than we even imagined.
July 9, 2012 at 4:18 pm
michael
I’ve a question Phil.
What’s the difference between someone paying a team on the condition that they fix the result of a match and someone paying a league on the condition that 2 teams do not finish more than 6 places apart?
If this sky contract states that there has to be 4 games between Celtic and an Ibrox based club, should someone not go to prison for agreeing to it?
And how can the SFA have a rule that allows for financial considerations to be taken into account when deciding where a team plays? Is that not akin to match fixing too?
July 8, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Franklin D Hooverbelt
Gordon ain’t the most perceptive of folk. I’d happily tell him and the rest of them if they their eardrums weren’t so damaged by big orange bass drums.
July 8, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Longsahaw
Gordon Smith in the MSM today telling us how he doesn’t understand why everyone hates rangers so much. I mean does he really not know? He was the SFA president for 3 years after all. I mean really Gordon.
July 8, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Sligo Tim
woodcutter article how can he be 61yrs old and been a fan for 70yrs is this a new IRN BRU advert
July 8, 2012 at 9:01 am
Paul Boyle
Scottish football, or could it be anyone for a “fire sale” with the undertones of intimidation from certain “hotheads”
There have been talks on websites about a so-called “nuclear meltdown option” also a possible financial meltdown option, but now we just have the “Meltdown”, designed for certain football clubs who might have a an opinion of their own.
What is happening to the so-called “diddy” football clubs who have been “firing away” and have been outspoken on certain issues within Scottish Football. Again all they wanted were some clarification to their ”burning questions” which seems to have inflamed a certain element within Scotland.
Below I give you some recent articles, concerns from the so-called “diddy” teams.
Fire At Livingston Football Stadium, full article below
http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/fire-at-livingston-fc-stadium-investigated-by-police-1-2361595
Threats of Burning Raith Rovers Stadium
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rangers-newco-scrap-the-dead-parrot-spl-says-raith-chief-turnbull-hutton-1-2390499
Part of the relevant article is below
Asked about the apology issued by Rangers newco chairman Malcolm Murray on behalf of the club yesterday, Hutton alluded to the threats he previously said Raith had received after their director Eric Drysdale sat on the Judicial Panel which imposed a 12-month signing embargo on the Ibrox club.
“It’s long overdue from our point of view,” said Hutton. “If they also sent two buckets of water and a fireman to Kirkcaldy, it would be much appreciated.”
Falkirk Stadium Threats
Threats of burning this to the ground, possibly in its favour is the local Fire Station is situated closeby.
Is this the modern day equivalent of a “horse’s head on the bed, while the “Godfather” of Scottish Football making the “diddy” teams an offer they cannot refuse while adding to his comments of “social unrest”!
Talk about bullying, intimidation, and corruption, all because some “diddy” teams are trying for “prohibition” of a newco.
Maybe this is the reason why a few clubs keep quiet and also why all the clubs should insist that the rules should be adhered to as laid out in FIFA/UEFA and SFA guidelines.
July 8, 2012 at 8:37 am
Jim Wood
Who are on the SFL board?
I feel like Sleekit Sally asking this, but try and find out someone please because I can;t.
July 7, 2012 at 10:58 pm
Paul Boyle
Taken from this paper below, so dunno how accurate it is, but I recognise a few names that are on the board of the SFL
website link
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/rangers/2012/07/08/rangers-in-crisis-sfl-clubs-set-to-have-newco-decision-taken-out-of-their-hands-86908-23905880/
The board is made up of president Jim Ballantyne, vice president Ewen Cameron, chief executive Longmuir, Livingston chairman Gordon McDougall, Brechin’s Kenny Ferguson, Malky Mackay from Queen’s Park, Dunfermline legend Jim Leishman, Ann McKeown from Arbroath and Dumbarton’s Gilbert Lawrie
July 9, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Jim Wood
Cheers Paul, I was beginning to wonder if they even existed. SFL board members not obviously listed anywhere I could find.
It looks like 2 clubs declared for SFL3 as The Rangers FC ultimate starting place in Scottish football, 2 against SFL3, 2 clubs undeclared( from Scotsman article) and leaves the 3 committee members as the deciding vote. Looks like a bit of a stitch up. But who knows. Don’t know if I could trust these legislators to do what everyone, ( even all The Rangers FC people) think is right. If it is left up to them.
Just my opinion.
Just a note isn’t McColl hurting. Funny, you bet.
July 12, 2012 at 11:13 pm
CRT
Phil.
If you really want to know what will happen if Newco have to play in Division 3, have a look at this.
http://www.woodcutter.webeden.co.uk
July 7, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Wings Over Scotland
Phil, you’ve overlooked clause 9.2 in those FIFA statutes, which includes “financial considerations” in the list of criteria for a team’s inclusion in a given league. It’s not pretty, but it’s there.
July 7, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Ben mcginlay
A bit of the subject again but I really hate Glasgow in the marching season. One signpost said expect delays City Centre event( the tourists will love it). All societies lowlifes running amok and filling the air blue with their vile profanities. Makes me so ashamed to be a Glaswegian when foreigners visit and see this. Very embarrassing,Newco football tops everywhere and women dressed for a night at the proms. Strathclydes finest standing nearby totally nonplussed. If you didn’t laugh you would cry. Glasgow at this time has gone back 100 years. But they are the peepul
July 7, 2012 at 7:15 pm
PaulMc
Today some of their finest boarded a train in Glasgow and proceeded to intimidate a whole carriage. Filling the air with all manner of their very worst songs. They even managed to include a rant saying “F**K THE POPE AND THE VIRGIN MARY”. These people are beneath contempt.
July 8, 2012 at 12:30 am
Jim Wood
Phil I’ve just been watching the first half of Sligo v Bray on Premier Sports and looking into the Irish history whilst I watch a game (just to learn a wee bit about my ancestral home.)
In the process I found a suitable name/tag line for you from a historical Newry man (my Granda’s home)
Namely St Malachy : Patron saint of papal prognosticators. For those like me unaware of the meaning the online dictionary states;
To predict according to present indications or signs.
Phil Mac Giolla Bhain, Rebel journalist and Prognosticator.
Got a sort of ring to it I think.
July 7, 2012 at 5:05 pm
bhuel bhuel
Phil
Off subjest
I’ve just read your piece about FAI and Loughisland. Brilliant.ersary.
if you email an address I will forward the 16 page booklet published for the 18th anniv
July 7, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Phil Mac Giolla Bhain
You can hit the contact button on the home page-that will reach me
July 7, 2012 at 5:34 pm
George Collins
He might know the rule, but is just preparing the groundwork for the The Rangers fans to accept division 3: “We’ve hid anuff! The Rangers ur rivoltin’!”
Just like when they prepared them for liquidation: at first they (the currant buns) didn’t want to accept it, then they actively encouraged it: “We’ll show them!”
July 7, 2012 at 3:11 pm
tambutnotbam
But will FIFA not be themselves aware that their rules are being deliberately flouted by the SFA ?
I dont understand how you can know Phil and yet FIFA are standing idly bye allowing the SFA to pick and choose FIFA regulations that they will adhere to and then those which they want to publically flout.
July 7, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Ignoranceisnodefence
The SFA, SFL and SPL ‘management’, or should that read ‘mismanagement’, teams are all complicit in undermining the reputation of Scottish Football through their action, inaction and total disregard for ALL rules governing fair play, integrity and LAWS in which the practice.
Any corporate board or board member with any proper business company would face a vote of no confidence if not summary dismissal from their role(s).
There is a need for change within the game and ALL clubs should be forcing this through….
What good are the leadership when they are all about saving one club to the detriment of integrity throughout the whole game?
They should be focussed on working with the ‘honest’ member clubs to help make it work for them…every one of the clubs at ALL levels….and making our leagues stronger and our clubs and national team better….getting more supporters bums on seats AND making each individual town or village proud of THEIR teams.
July 7, 2012 at 9:02 am
jasbhoy
Aren’t two of our own namely Lawwell and Riley, not part of this mismanagement? well WTF are they doing about it?
July 8, 2012 at 5:25 pm
Paul Boyle
Mr. Hutton’s, Raith Rovers keeps on delivering see below latest statement from Raith Rover’s website, Friday 6th July 2012.
http://www.raithrovers.net/3998/sfl-special-general-meeting-friday-13th-july-2012.htm
The club has this evening received the notice of resolutions to be voted on next Friday and we are told to expect an information pack at some time next week. We hope that this pack will present a more balanced report to SFL member clubs than they have so far received.
At last Tuesday’s meeting, financial information provided by Neil Doncaster showed an unrealistic worst case scenario. It showed the impact of potential total loss of 3 TV contracts, all of which had been inexplicably agreed on the basis that the broadcaster could walk away if either Rangers or Celtic were not in the SPL. His information did not, however, set out the potentially positive impact of negotiating replacement contracts with other broadcasters or alternatively the much mentioned possibility of launching SPL TV (which we understand could have been launched within a matter of months).
Mr Doncaster warned SFL members that if these contracts were indeed lost, this would mean the annual payment to the SFL under the Settlement Agreement would either be greatly reduced or not paid at all. Raith Rovers FC believes this not to be the case, and that the SPL would remain both contractually obliged and able to pay the £1.9m – £2m annual sum, even in that worst case scenario. We call upon the SFL Board to clarify its view on this vital point urgently, before club boards finalise their positions on these important votes.
We are also concerned that there has not as yet been an opportunity for clubs to receive legal advice from the SFL and/or debate the potential consequences on the smooth running of our league in the event that the Courts are asked to annull/strike down any of the corporate transactions that have led to the current position of Sevco Scotland Ltd as owners of certain assets of the Rangers oldco. Indeed, the position as regards the potential sanctions to be applied by the Scottish FA via its Appellate Tribunal has also still to be bottomed out. In summary, we remain concerned that the SPL clubs have overwhelmingly voted to pass on this potential time bomb, which may yet explode once passed to the SFL’s jurisdiction, and we are being asked to accept this new company into membership, worse still in our top division.
Without all of this information, and the opportunity for clubs to further discuss these issues on a fully informed basis amongst themselves before the formal SGM, in a similar format to last Tuesday’s meeting, we are concerned that the fairness and transparency of the process itself is at risk of being compromised.
Raith Rovers FC will consider its stance with regard to attendance at this meeting once we receive the information from the SFL.
July 7, 2012 at 7:30 am
Longsahaw
Regan said some time ago that the rules would be ”applied without fear or favour”. He has no integrity left and should go. GO now.
July 7, 2012 at 7:13 am
damian g
Great post Phil, surely Regan and Doncaster’s positions are now untenable? The kamikaze duo needs to be taken to task before further damage is done to our game.
Is there any way I can hear John Brown’s ramblings from Super Scoreboard during the week? On that note, here’s a link to newco’s presentation that they made to the SPL http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/9379754/Rangers-in-crisis-Friday-the-13th-could-be-particularly-unlucky-for-Ibrox-newco.html
July 7, 2012 at 1:09 am
Lenny Bhoy
Stewart Regan is following the old Gordon Geko philosophy of “Greed isn’t bad Greed is good.” The was famously portrayed by Michael Douglas in Wall Street.
All we see from the rudderless and brass neck management by Mr Regan is greed and contempt to have financial gain ahead of sporting integrity.
Time to pick up your P45 Mr Regan.
July 6, 2012 at 11:30 pm
jonny
If the rules state they go to the bottom and work their way back up then that is what should take place
July 6, 2012 at 11:15 pm
Hector Avocado
Phil, stopped reading your blog. I thought you were gone for 3 weeks on a book project?
July 6, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Big T
The Ranjurs are now staring into the abyss, why do you think Smith and McColl-(serious money) walked away? They know the end is nigh !
July 6, 2012 at 11:03 pm
John Black
How many more times does it have to be said, “THIS PARROT IS DEID” HH
July 6, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Phil Mac Giolla Bhain
No it’s just pining for the fjords…
July 6, 2012 at 10:04 pm
John
Hi Phil, have you or others advised EUFA or FIFA of the potential breach of their rules by the SFA or are they already aware? It’s been a long journey but let’s keep going on the one road until it is undeniably ended!
Yours in Truth,
John
July 6, 2012 at 8:43 pm
Ben mcginlay
I think Regan and Doncaster are sailing really close to the wind. I don’t believe they are not aware of the rules, they are just bending them to suit Newco and UEFA and FIFA must be watching closely. There doesn’t seem to be any impartiality or fairness shown by our governing bodies. I just hate all the shit from ex gers players coming out of the woodwork repeating the same old stuff about how much money is going to be lost( no proof to the £16m being banded about),’old firm’ tag( no more old firm as they are a new club), being punished enough( there still has not been a punishment been given), 3 year euro ban( not a ban, it’s the same rule for any new club that you have to play in your own league for 3 year before being eligible to play in euro competitions), super Sally and fans wanting to start in div 3 as they dont want any favours( that’s very big of them as that is the rule that should have been applied if the governing bodies had carried out their jobs properly instead of leaving it to the clubs to decide, which incidentally has caused a lot of friction and prolonged this whole sorry saga), mark dingo and David ego from the fans trusts stereotypically blaming all and sundry for all the trouble that Newco is in( these people should take a step back and listen to what they are saying, all the other clubs are malicious towards them because they voted no to a Newco in the SPL. The clubs only voted on what the rules state..) Andy Gray,Barry Ferguson, Andy Golum, Trevor Steven, Sandy Jardine and John(Abe Lincoln) Brown all saying how Scottish football will wilt without Newco playing at the top level through loss of revenue(I would rather cut my cloth to suit than have them being high and mighty about how they keep the league going, they are bad enough). This is not the end of their troubles,investigations, punishments to come there way and trying to balance the books in a lower league, maybe another administration. Looking forward to it. I wish they would disappear with there toxic brand and let us get on with our lives and enjoy our football playing by the rules. Hail Hail
July 6, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Mick Starrs
The Internet bampot strikes again!
July 6, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Stevie Gallagher
A friend has tried to get a bet on ‘Newco’ not playing a competitive game next season….interestingly he can’t find a bookie willing to take a bet…do they know something we don’t???
July 6, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Dougie
We are not worthy Phil, thanks again.
Sent another e-mail to the SFA but so far they have been incapable of responding to my earlier ones -
“I have sent three polite e-mail and none have ether been acknowledged or answer.
Poor PR to say the very least.
However I now am asking a question and expect the courtesy of a reply.
From the Scottish FA Handbook -
3. The Scottish FA
The Scottish FA is a member of FIFA and UEFA. Accordingly, it is itself obliged to:-
(a) observe the principles of loyalty, integrity and sportsmanship in accordance with the principles of fair play;
(b) comply with the statutes, regulations, directives, codes and decisions and the International Match Calendar of FIFA, UEFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and the Laws of the Game;
… and (b) should be read.
Then we have the following from the FIFA Statute
1. A club’s entitlement to take part in a domestic league championship shall depend principally on sporting merit.
My question is very simple.
How can a Newco show sporting merit – it has no history in footballing terms, and therefore how can the SFA meet their obligation under para. 3 (b) to agree with the statutes of FIFA?
If no answer is forthcoming on a simple question from a football supporter of a team in the SFL then that would be a damning admission of just where the SFA stand.”
Shan’t hold my breath
July 6, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Pensionerbhoy
Dougie
If you do not receive a reply, it is perhaps time to advise UEFA and FIFA of the ignorant and disdainful ways of our association (An organisation that has no concept of common courtesy is worthy of a capital). Copies of your emails might be worth sending with a polite comment.
July 6, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Ian N
Do you think a lot of emails from football supporters to SFA asking them to comment on these rules, and their compliance with them, would be of any value? What about same to FiFA when SFA fail to respond?
July 6, 2012 at 5:38 pm
peter john edwards
Kelly is a BAM,sack the board
July 6, 2012 at 4:16 pm
DavieQ
Phil, think you will need to put the book on the back burner until this panto has had its final curtain call.
July 6, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Tallybhoy
Just can’t keep away can you, Phil?!
The sheer bending of the rules by the SFA is truly mind-boggling. I’ve said this before but surely a vacancy now exists within the SFL, and only clubs with at least 3 years of audited accounts are free to apply for membership?! Sevco as a newco do NOT! The rules clearly state that they CAN NOT apply for membership. They can apply for membership of the SFA, but that does not mean they can be admitted to even SFL3.
I would like to think that next season the best they can hope for are matches against sides in the Central Junior league!
Hope ‘the book’ is going well!
HH!!
July 6, 2012 at 4:03 pm
peader
Is this the ‘we will bring you all down with us’ card being played or just being kept up the cheat’s sleeve?
July 6, 2012 at 3:32 pm
The Wallace
The whole thing stinks worse than the plots for ‘Murder She Wrote’.
“I started to suspect when a ‘supposed’ man of limitless wealth bought the club for £1.00 sterling. Was it a coin or a pound note do you know? You don’t. Well that may not matter for the moment. Then Mr Whyte’s dubious behaviour over income tax and N.I. contributions and the board of directors who started disappearing not long after this. Not to forget Ticketus, a distraction, but not the murderer, just not their style. It was Hector’s hit men who did the deed and now they are after Moonbeams and Whyte, but they were only the means. We need a reason that so many different characters were being so obstructive in finding a solution to the problems Rangers/Sevco faced. And then we have Duff and Phelps and how they systematically muddied the waters so much that it may be impossible to get to the bottom of this, but it is to be suspected that they were in on this with Mr Whyte from the beginning and I believe the Strathclyde sheriff’s department (Govan Division) may have evidence to prove this. Now that brings us to the SPL’s refusal to use due process and implement the proper sanctions, disregarding the wishes of it’s member clubs and their fans. Even now their interference has caused the deceased’s clearly grieving and deluded family all sorts of problems. It is as if none of them wanted the victim to survive and where does Mr Green fit in. And the threatening and obstructive behaviour of messrs Smith, McCoist, Jardine and Brown. All supposed loyal sons of William.”
“Admit it Jessica,” laughed the wee fat polis, “this one has even you baffled.”
“You’re right Sheriff, it has me completely fucked.”
Hail, Hail.
July 6, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Mark
Taking about rules, don’t the SFA have a rule stating that no club shall receive a license, to play profession football, without 3 years audited accounts signed off?
This would mean the new club would have to play in the junior leagues for at least 3 seasons before applying to the SFL. Clearly another rule the football authorities have conveniently forgot about!
July 6, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Agent One
Hi All
Well is there no end to this Shambles,I see the press cant help themselves as usual giving Super S..ally the time of day,with its time to stop the punishment…WHAT PUNISHMENT ?
What we have here is a Company who want to trade as a football club applying to join the League of the country they want to trade in,pure and simple.
The company like all other companies who want to play at this level have to be given membership of the countries Governing Body in this case the SFA, SO THATS THE FIRST PART.they have to meet all the criteria and then they have to wait for a space to fit into,REMEMBER this new Club have NO history of trading as a FOOTBALL CLUB, NONE WHAT SO EVER.
So for Super S..ally and his friends to keep talking about PUNISHMENT is totally wrong.
To Be continued
Agent one
July 6, 2012 at 2:40 pm
Hydraargyrum
Implying that “Rangers” have been punished enough is akin to saying that a man that has murdered his wife has suffered enough as he is now widowed.
The reality is that, apart from a fine and an attempted player registration embargo (about the mildest sanction imaginable under the circumstances), “Rangers” have not been punished. Rather, they are experiencing the consequences of malfeasance and incompetence. It is inexcusable that the SFA and SPL are not doing their jobs, they are risking UEFA/FIFA jumping all over Scottish football over a toxic club. Doncaster and Regan have shown that they are completely out of their depths and should be fired.
July 6, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Pensionerbhoy
hydraargyrum
The really irritating point of all of this is that of all the people in Scottish football, those that are meant to govern our game should know that there is no Rangers club to be punished. They no longer exist in Scottish football and the company that ran them is due to be liquidated. IT is time for them to stop referring to Rangers as though any club that MIGHT replace them is merely a continuance of the old one. Corrupt, corrupt, corrupt and I thought for nearly seventy years I was PARANOID. Daft I would accept but let no one say ‘paranoid’ again.
July 6, 2012 at 8:18 pm
redversbodkin
Hi Phil & good morning from the sun saturated southern Ontario town of Brantford ( BRANT’S FORD ACTUALLY ) on the banks of the Grand River, Six Nations country, do yourself a wee favour when you have some free time,look into the history of the native indian tribes of this part of the world,with respect to the crown, crown land, & how these Loyal British subjects where & are being treated, i am sure that you will find it absolutely fascinating,interesting,and thought provoking to say the least,reminds of the plight of the Irish & THEIR STRUGGLE,against the British, anyway on to Mr Regan,this man’s arrogance knows no bounds,what will it take to have this man removed from office in the legal sense of course, surely Mr Peter Lawwell who is reading all of this as well, has to have a wee pow wow with this particular individual, as well as wait for it … Campbell Ogilvy huh have a good day phil very interesting, with respect to fifa statutes, is the F I F A Vice President Mr Boyce possibly a Sevco 5088 fan
July 6, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Celtic Rebel
Phil I just want tae post this wee message on yer blog tyvm.
It’s a wee message tae Michael Kelly cos I know he reads these messages,’Michael gonny shut yer gub ya bampot nobody cares a damn what ye say.’
July 6, 2012 at 2:28 pm
Kieran Gallagher
Away days to Spartans or Whitehill Wellfare is too good for them!!!!
July 6, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Hydraargyrum
By the actions of the SFA, they are risking UEFA/FIFA stomping all over Scottish football. I have long wondered what the SFA and SPL have swept under the carpet that have made them so complicit in this fiasco. The likes of Regan, Ogilvie, Smith, and Doncaster are not acting in the interests of Scottish football. The media has proven itself to be a joke. I don’t expect anything of the Record as much of what it prints is utter nonsense. I did expect more from the Herald, but they have shown themselves to be totally out of their depth. Little wonder circulation figures are plummeting given the quality of the reporting. Cutting and pasting from press releases written by PR firms ain’t journalism, or simply writing fantasies. Another example of not having an actual “4th Estate”
.
Oh, and I write this as a lifelong Killie fan knowing that we may be next to go to the wall. If so, I expect the laws of the game – as well as economics – to apply.
A couple of months ago I likened this to “The Producers:
http://hydraargyrum.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/the-producers-as-the-rangers/
Reckon this still holds?
July 6, 2012 at 2:07 pm
greenallover
Nothing short of UEFA intervention will stop this blatant cheating now.No fiscal argument has stood up to any scrutiny yet,clubs are acting in the rules of the game but this it seems is not enough.I would hope strong leadership from Parkhead will be forthcoming if we need to intervene.In sport,cheats cannot be seen to prosper,if they do it is not sport.As ever,a great catch Phil.
July 6, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Neillybhoy
After everything that has preluded today. Rangers should be begging the SPL to let them play in SFL3 or else be playing the likes of Pollock and Linlithgow next season
July 6, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Delbhoy
Phil
Thanks for the links.
The guidance on the FIFA website is clear and applies to the current situation in Scotland with NewCo. The SFA handbook backs this up with the article you highlighted. To that end, what the *!$% are the MSM playing at? They are steamrolling a campaign of scaremongering backed up by the ‘big guns’ at the top of our governing bodies to allow NewCo to parachute into the 1st division (with a 25 point start if they could get away with it I’m sure). The fact that the SFL clubs are being hung out to dry like this is unbelievable- even more so on the back of the FIFA and SFA guidance you have highlighted.
This has been handled incompetently at best and leaves not only a lasting scar on the Scottish football landscape, but a distinctly rancid taste in the mouth.
This situation has been caused by one club alone, with their fans lapping up all the glory and the big name signings at the time. They have no right to try and sit on the moral high ground now nor tell the authorities when ‘enough is enough’. Enough is when all the footballing and financial ‘crimes’ have been addressed, investigated and when punishment for each has been administered accordingly.
It would probably all be a lot easier for the MSM, governing bodies and the fans of Rangers (1872-2012) to deal with, if they admitted to themselves that the club they love or wish to see in the top flight is no more. It’s a brand new company, a brand new club and should be dealt with accordingly. They should have listened to you and your like all those years and months ago when the issues where highlighted and maybe done a bit more then to save the club they so dearly loved.
With that off my chest, is anyone able to give further information on the viability of NewCo being ready to field a team and/or viably run a club by the start of the SFL season?
July 6, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Jim Wood
Do they think they will get away with this? Do they intend to not allow a vote on SFL3 as implied by the Stenhousemuir statement?
Do they think secret meetings planning our lives in the shadows of charitable organisations have a place in the modern world like they did in the recent past?
I hope they do because this could be the best development of all, if the brothers finally realize their frailty.
Keep at them Phil another brilliant piece with much to ponder, by the look of things this book may have to be a series of books.
July 6, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Frankier
We should all just sit back and ply them with enough rope to chuckle themselves with and then demand from FIFA and EUFA that THEY start applying the rules and the appropriate punishment if the SFA allow them to play anything other than women’s football. This mob have been pussy-footing around for too long now. They were quick enough to act when the bigoted ex-referee/game commander,Smith, took it upon himself to report the Celtic fans for singing a song that he didn’t like.
July 6, 2012 at 1:33 pm
jimCB
I agree with incompetence certainly lesser of the two evils though I’m sure Mr Regan might not thank me for that. A lot of people are having their eyes opened by all the attempted fixing and furore. Heroes are emerging from all of this. We can be heroes haha even Ally now thinks that div 3 is the way to go. Having the transfer ban ‘hanging’ and the exodus of ra peeples players he’s at last forced into pragmatism. Still of course the undentable will under his breath you can hear ‘ we’ll be back and THEN you’re ALL going to get it ‘ If he can negotiate his way out of the underworld that is. Without ebt’s. Now there’s a challenge!!
July 6, 2012 at 1:30 pm
whale oil beef hooked
Great stuff Phil.
I think the “never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake” applies here. These clowns will surely be found to have consistently acted inappropriately and will be fired soon enough.
July 6, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Hamish M
The same rules that sent Livingstone to Div 3.
July 6, 2012 at 1:28 pm
JonnyBhoy1967
Phil I think I am correct in saying that one of the Italian team??, Roma??? where placed in 2 tier for going bust for Uefa to intervene and start them in their Bottom tier. I can see this happening here.
Other issue at moment – The Newco Name??? is this legal???
July 6, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Tallybhoy
Fiorentina were liquidated in 2002 and a newco was set up. They applied for a Serie B(div 2) licence, were refused and relegated to Serie C2(div 4).
Similar thing happened to Napoli not long afterwards and they were demoted to Serie C1(div 3).
July 6, 2012 at 3:47 pm
Specialbhoy
Funny that in the last 2 years a celtic chairman sat at an AGM and begged that celtic be treated fairly;
“We won’t be treated as less than anyone else – those days are gone.”
That the same organisation, seem hell bent on ignoring rules in favor of one club.
Personally, i love watching celtic play rangers, i love these matches more than any other. I will miss them. But rules are rules. Rangers and the SFA must follow the same guidelines as any they would for any other.
July 6, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Ben mcginlay
Me too, but rules are rules, well said
July 6, 2012 at 7:52 pm
Mea Culpa
Excellent find Phil.
Post this to every SFL club chairman ASAP.
July 6, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Neil
Phil,
It quite clearly states in the SFA hand book, that there is one rule for Rangers and a compltely diffferent rule for the rest of us, at least in the minds of Regan and Doncaster
Seriously are FIFA & UEFA aware of this as I would love to email them, or are they ignoring a footballing back water?
Stay safe on Saturday, let it rain,let it rain, let it rain!
July 6, 2012 at 12:52 pm
tom dolan
Hello Phil,you mentioned”sporting merit”I reckon that the hordes of hunnnish peeepul cannot grasp the concept.anyway back too your book ya slouch.
July 6, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Brien Trainor
Phil, I’ve been saying the same for ages myself…even tweeting journos and Regan himself…the silence is deafening.
By the way – great night in Blantyre a couple of weeks ago!
I’m the guy whose anniversary was 14th Feb!!
July 6, 2012 at 12:39 pm
@caltonlad
You’re the man Phil, let them have it-both barrels.
July 6, 2012 at 12:38 pm
jimbo
ye the same rules that cost t .burns his job,jorge caddeti
July 6, 2012 at 12:27 pm
gav
Call me paranoid but this may appear to the casual observer that Regan is deliberately trying to irk FIFA/ UEFA to the point where they start banningscottish clubs from international competiton. Well Sorry Regan, its not the seventies any more, this isnt the Sweeney, Doncaster is not Carter and you wont be making up the laws as you go along. Besides you’ll be out on yer arse before the season kicks off anyway.
July 6, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Phil Mac Giolla Bhain
Ok you’re paranoid….
Never underestimate incompetence in human affairs;0)
July 6, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Jhimbhoab
Thats all we’ve ever asked for from the outset…..If they were found to be dealing outwith the rules….then they should be punished in accordance with the rule book that every club must adhere to. If this wasnt Rangers the judgement and penalties would have already been dished. And they called us “Paranoid” you know.
We built our success from our money in our biscuit tin…..it wasnt much but it was our tin and the money inside was ours.
July 6, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Ben
Looking at the statutes, and it seems as if no-one from the SPL has bothered to so far, if Sevco 2012 are parachuted into Div 1 following an SPL vote then the governing body in Scotland could be liable for FIFA reprecussions for breach of rules. That could mean international exclusion at club and country level, and everyone paying a heavy price for mismanagement of the current situation. Is anyone in Authority grabbing and driving this to a proper conclusion or are we watching headless chickens crash into brick walls? Maybe they should ask the NatWest/RBS/Ulster bank IT team to help them sort it out:-)
July 6, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Peter
Good article Phil. Good find too. The trick question is, can this information be presented to Stewart Regan in time? Will he be answerable to it?
July 6, 2012 at 12:19 pm
frank
Phil, on the subject of liquidation and newco, I am guessing you know about Greens plans to call them RFC 2012 PLC an The Rangers Football Club.
Is this legal? Going by the insolvency act 1986 216-217, it doesn’t appear to be but nobody in the media or the football authorities seem to be questioning it so will HMRC not be challenging it?
July 6, 2012 at 12:17 pm
paul
Too true Phil, hopefully with a lot more people aware and hopefully watching(FIFA,EUFA)The corrupt farce that is the SFA will at long last adhere to the rules and regulations set down for the benefit of all, that said i wont be holding my breath that they will do the right and just thing!!
Heres hoping!!
July 6, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Gerri McLaughlin
Thank you Phil for keeping us up to date, there is a mountain of stuff to plough through and to remember, keep up the great work, you are appreciated.
Disband The SFA
July 6, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Scott McAuley
It’s simple. There isn’t even an argument to be had here. It looks like Regan and Doncaster are doing their very best to get the Scottish Football Association kicked out of FIFA and UEFA. Personally I would rather the money dropped out of the game and I was going to watch amateur football with sporting integrity than watching a rigged game with big TV deals and sponsors and high profile stars. I can get that from WWE wresting.
July 6, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Garngad to Croy
Pesky Timuties !
July 6, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Stevebhoy
On the money again, Phil!
July 6, 2012 at 12:10 pm
John
Mr Regan will be glad when you decide to concentrate on your book and stop pointing out the error of his ways.
Mind you there are two easy solutions to his problem: A – apply the rules of the game or B – quit (probably with a golden handshake knowing the UK’s culture for supporting abject failure in business).
July 6, 2012 at 12:09 pm
Kevin D
SFA will put the whole of Scottish football in jeopardy to benefit a defunct and dead football club. Well done SFA.
July 6, 2012 at 12:09 pm