Oh just when I thought this couldn’t get any better!
Here in an interview with the BBC’s Alasdair Lamont the prospective owner of Ibrox stadium puts his cards on the table.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18373399
He admits that if the CVA fails next week then
“…the history, the traditions everything that is great about this club is swept aside.”
Correct Charlie.
Well done!
New co means new club.
In fairness to the lad from the Beeb he did ask ONE important question of Charlie and his boys.
When Green was asked he admitted that he had approached members of the Blue Knights consortium and solicited them for money.
Hmmm…
Now I wonder what prompted the Beeb chap to home in on that issue?
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/charles-green-asks-the-blue-knights-for-help/#more-2776
Of course what the chap from Pacific Quay COULD have asked was the following:
“Mr Green you say that there is £5.5 million in place to purchase the assets of Rangers in a New Co sale. Is that money borrowed on a short term basis and is it your intention to pay it back with season ticket money?”
The Beeb chap might also have asked the blunt Yorkshire man about his access to working capital.
If I was a Rangers season ticket holder about to renew for next season then I would want to know if it was only my cash that was going to keep the new club afloat.
Twelve months ago I welcomed Mr Craig Whyte to Planet Fitba because I just knew I would grow to love that guy.
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/rangers-strike-it-lucky-with-their-new-owner/
He was the type of owner I wanted for Rangers.
Now I have a new object for my affections.
Charlie I think this the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Peter
Is this the video you’re looking for?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k0IkDTPQWU?rel=0&w=640&h=480
June 28, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Tim down under
BBC omitting history? Phil I know for a fact that Charles Green did confirm in his interview with A Lamont that were the CVA to be rejected: “the history etc. all dies” however, I can no longer find this on the bbc website. The video where I think he said it appears to have been edited!!?? Might be worth further investigation. Surely the BBC wouldn’t be seeking to alter history to make a newco more palatable to the newco’s prospective fan base?
June 15, 2012 at 5:40 am
Michael
This Newco idea can’t happen, if the governing bodies allow this who will be next, front runner has to be Hearts and so on. Why would anyone owing a large debt want to pay it for the clubs who don’t or won’t ever win trophies what will it matter to them except debt FREE. Then you have all the suppliers, Police,Employees and of course HMRC who will pay them all the suppliers will go out of business then you would have clubs being run on a sub-prime mortgage basis, thus causing the collapse of Scottish football. Out of the 40 teams just now, we might end up with 10 honest clubs able to run their own ship with the others applying for membership to get back in.
SFA run by ex-rangers staff have to look long and hard at this, remember Rangers were brought down by Rangers men who had Rangers at their heart. Who is going to lend a company with a bad reputation and only a dodgy handshake here and there to go on.
So it means that their 5 stars on there jerseys will ultimately stand for 5 star Ibrox Hotel and Restaurant run by Gordon Ramsey of course.
June 12, 2012 at 1:18 pm
BartinMain
Congratulations for all your superb work, which along with Rangers Tax Case, Celtic Quick News, Paul McConville, Alex Thomson and forums such as Kerrydale Street and others has blown the lid off what has been a sensational, transfixing and utterly compelling story.
Which is not over yet by a long way.
And apologies for the spat on twitter over Charles Green’s funding.
That was daft.
HH
June 12, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Phil Mac Giolla Bhain
The CG funding story was strong.
Excellent source who has been gold dust all along.
So I remain confident that he was correct.
Apology accepted-maybe we will share a jelly & ice cream and laugh about it;0)
June 12, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Jim Wood
Cva reported as being rejected. Liquidation, liquidation NA NA NA! CAN’T STOP LOOKING FOR MORE Jelly and Ice-cream.
Good week getting better and it is only Tuesday.
Keep at them Phil.
June 12, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Paul Boyle
I believe Brian Kennedy owns WEATHERSEAL, remember him the great Hibee supporter who wanted to buy another Scottish club recently (he failed in buying HIBS a number of years ago), who is allegedly close friends of Graeme Souness.
So could there be a conflict of interest if the CVA fails on Thursday and Brian Kennedy being part of a consortium, present themselves to the SPL as the new owners of newco Rangers.
See Below.
WEATHERSEAL Home Improvements Ltd and the Scottish Premier League today announced an exclusive partnership which sees Weatherseal become the league’s official home improvement partner.
Launched on the first day of business after the transfer window opened on Saturday, Weatherseal is the SPL’s first big signing of the summer after a significant undisclosed six figure deal was unanimously rubber stamped by the twelve SPL clubs.
The SPL’s new partner aims to engage with clubs, players, supporters and the media alike to support and promote Scottish football in a highly proactive fashion.
SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster said: “The SPL is focused on supporting SPL clubs financially as much as possible and I am delighted to announce a new partnership with Weatherseal, the first official home improvement partner of the SPL.
“The Weatherseal brand is thriving in Scotland and working with such a strong brand will complement our other commercial partnerships with the Clydesdale Bank, Coca-Cola, Thomas Cook and William Hill.
“Weatherseal have a number of innovative ideas to maximise the benefits of our partnership and we are very much looking forward to working together over the coming season.
“This announcement demonstrates there is a strong appetite amongst brands to be associated with the SPL.”
Tony Reilly, group managing director at Weatherseal, added: “We are delighted to have concluded this deal with the SPL and are very pleased to be part of Scottish football as the summer’s first signing.
“So many of our customers are huge football fans across the country and we see tremendous synergy between the vibrancy of our brands.
“Local communities have been good to our brand over the years and we want to give something back by supporting their teams, so we’ll do everything we can to help the league to improve in every sense. This is a real partnership.”
June 12, 2012 at 10:06 am
Paul Boyle
Rapid Vienna appear to be voting against the CVA on Thursday, I wonder how many other European Clubs will also vote against it that are owed money and also report Glasgow Rangers to FIFA and UEFA.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/326024
June 12, 2012 at 6:42 am
Jim Wood
Just read another of the establishment house of cards, Campbell Ogilvie prepared to stand down…
” if others feel it is in the best interest of the Scottish football.”
Result, who should we tell.
What a week and it is only Monday.
Keep at them Phil.
June 11, 2012 at 10:34 pm
dombhoy67
The M.S.M don’t really follow or bother about Rangers* F.C., strictly speaking. That is just a smokescreen towards perpetuating their ‘british’ anti-Catholic anti-Irish, anti-Socialist, pro Presbyterian, Capitalist right wing establishment agenda. They will more than likely adopt a new club to champion their squalid wee right wing cause…probably Murderwell or Hearts, once Cheats F.C have joined Third Lanark into the dustbin of history.
June 11, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Frankier
Len McCoy – I couldn’t have put it any better myself. Exactly my own feelings, put them well out of existence, including their horrible, TAINTED history.
June 11, 2012 at 3:39 pm
douglas liddell
hey there phil hows things thought i would post this link from the herald today
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/all-eyes-on-green.17832083
intresting to say the least though not really giving us anything we dont already know.
my fingers are crossed that a cva will not be reached but a tiny part of me cant help but think theyll get away with it i hope that tiny part of me is wrong.
p.s craigy bhoy whitey is still my favourite
June 11, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Len McCoy
THURSDAY IS DOOMS DAY !
What would you do if you were a Rangers creditor? Would you vote yes to a CVA which would see you get an absolute pittance in return for what you are owed or would you vote no and send the people who shafted you into oblivion? If you were tempted to concede that something is better than nothing would you be happy to end up with a tiny fraction of what you are due while those who owe you laugh their way into the sunset with aspirations of spending millions on new players at your expense? Or would you prefer to teach them a lesson and gain a lot of satisfaction from putting the cheats firmly in their place for conning you out of what is rightfully yours? I know which option I would go for if I were a creditor. I wouldn’t let anyone get away with shafting me and it would be worth it to trade the pittance on offer for a chance to stop the shysters in their tracks.
June 11, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Neil
What if it was your business that had been jaked, but the Club that shafted you was Celtic???
I know I would vote CVA so my beloved club stayed alive with history intact……only a thought!
It aint over yet..
June 11, 2012 at 3:18 pm
JimBhoy
Hoops Bhoys, listen here……
Look for Wednesday eve….. HMRC will have a thing to say by then… SFA will follow suit a wee bit after… The Celts will have 12 in a row at least by the end Q3, trust me… I actually feel sorry, well a wee bit, for the decent football fan(s) Rangers have coming from a mixed OF family and I would have felt more in that direction If I heard sorry, humility and remorse but NOOOOOO… Bullish, we will cast off the cocoon and flourish crap I hate… Ra peepul!
They could have played this so much better to gain sympathy…. D&P/Green have been petrol to the fire IMO…. If these guys were told the lottery numbers for next week they would fuk them up…!
Big week ahead it will take til Mid July before the full verdict is known.. My lassies’ birthdays’ 21st maybe some conclusion then… The BK’s will buy a Scottish club, St Mirren anyone…? Rangers will exist in some form but it will take a while to get to the top and I really hope in doing so they cast aside their bitter, tormented element…
Football is a fekin game, a sport, for all to enjoy, passion , awesome but not criminality..!
June 10, 2012 at 11:43 pm
Andybhoy
I don’t think there will be any rangers team for two to three years phil,,when the “L” is over, the legal fight will start,,and they are never an overnight thing.
June 10, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Frankier
It’s well past the date for this mob to have paid off its football debts far less its other debts so there is no way they should be allowed to play in the SPL next season, not according to SPL rules anyway. I hear that HMRC has indeed made a deal with them behind closed doors. The deal is that they PAY EVERY PENNY THAT THEY OWE. I really don’t think HMRC
would have hired a firm of liquidators to be on standby on Thursday morning if they were meaning to accepat a CVA. You would think that the corpulent Traynor and his bigoted associates would have pointed this out to the NON (aye right!)denominationally educated morons before now. At least it would have helped to soften the blow.
June 10, 2012 at 4:09 pm
gerard francis reilly
great piece of writing phil, and good to see your readers are happy with your astute information re; the rain-jurrz are finally going to be liquadated and basically get the punishment that fits the crimes they committed ! my birthday is on 11th of june , but as the reader previous said i,ll celebrate the 14th as my liberation day ! lovely jubbly !!
June 10, 2012 at 3:32 pm
THEBHOYFROMTHEMOY
GREAT PIECE PHIL, LOVED EVERY BIT OF IT, I SEE THAT THE “DONS TRUST” HAVE RE-ISSUED THEIR STATEMENT WITH REPSECT TO ” SAY NO TO NEWCO ” ABSOLUTELY 100% IN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF THE S P L CLUB SUPPORTERS ASSCNS TO FOLLOW SUIT,&LET THEIR CHAIRMAN KNOW THAT SPORTING INTEGRITY & FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY IS PARAMOUNT TO THE GAME AT ALL TIMES, IT WILL NOT BE A BAD OPTION FOR ” CELTIC FC TO HELP OTHER CLUBS OUT” SHOULD THERE BE FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR THOSE SMALLER CLUBS, OH BY THE WAY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE “NEWCO VOTE” HOW DO YOU THINK ROSS COUNTY WILL CAST THEIR BALLOT, THEY MAYBE ONE OF THE CLUBS TO BE SELECTED FOR BHOYCOTT NEXT SEASON ALONG WITH KILMARNOCK FC,CALEY THISTLE & ST MIDDEN, HAIL HAIL & GOD BLESS WEE NEILLY LENNON
June 10, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Guillermo
Thursday is CVA rejection day for Dignity FC. All things being equal (yes, I know, I know) the world will be rid of them for good by 1 o’clock on that day.
Surely the creditors can’t roll over for them like every other organisation has done from day one.
Jim Scoop Traynor, that relentless newshound, reckons the “rage against Rangers” is born out of “pure hatred” by undesirables in society.
What incompetence, or cowardice, or outright bigotry. F*** it – it’s all three, and we know it.
Sport is supposed to be a respite from the injustices of the real world.
Sport without rules is an oxymoron. Every other sport is meticulous in its governance of the rules. Witness the punishments handed out to jockeys, racing drivers etc for the slightest of infringements.
Scoop and his like argue that we cretins can’t even rise above our prejudice and see the financial argument for turning a blind eye to Rangers’ cheating.
Yet the Aberdeen supporters’ president, for one, has spelled it out clearly to them – if a Newco is allowed to enter the SPL then more than 300 Aberdeen season ticket holders will refuse to renew. That cancels out any financial benefits of allowing this fiasco to continue.
I am perfectly aware that a Newco will NOT be Rangers 1872 – 2012 RIP – but try telling that to the laptop loyal if it starts to become successful.
So Scoop and the rest had better get on board with the rest of us if he is concerned about the future of Scottish football. A Newco will empty the grounds. Aberdeen’s share of the TV deal (with both Celtic and Rangers)will not convince their supporters either. It is a bagatelle.
There is absolutely no argument, moral or financial, for a life-belt being thrown to “ra peepul” other than the idea that they are “ra peepul”. It is exactly this attitude that caused their demise in the first place, since they tried to eliminate any semblance of a challenge to their rightful ownership of trophies by cheating to get them.
Oh, incidently, I didn’t hear any complaints from the laptop loyal about lack of competition ruining the game during the “glorious” nine-in-a-row under Sir David.
If any of these “potential backers” of Dignity FC really want to prove their business acumen, I’ve a good proposal for them – get investing real soon in tattoo removal parlours.
June 10, 2012 at 2:42 pm
unknown perpetrator
While I marvel at the demise of this shameful and criminal circus of a club I am concern that the The Bigots behind the Curtain are still at large. Yes, a few foot soldiers have been sacrificed but those behind the scenes will be plotting scheming.
Nothing changes, those who think so do at their peril.
Salmond should be booted out of office and UEFA should have been investigating months ago with is intercessions on behalf of the ASBO Astronauts. Judicial review of the initial appointment of Dung & Phallus by the courts and their conduct during this whole affair is required.
Won’t happen. The pervasiveness of the sectarian kleptocracy in this country is in its DNA, this Ibroke affair only scratches the surface. Hamlet had an end act, this one will rumble on.
June 10, 2012 at 1:20 pm
TheGreenMachine
Song moment which is as much tribute to Phil’s brillint work over the yers as it is a song about Rangers demise…enjoy!
Skinflints (parody of Vincent by Don McLean)
Starry, starry night
Paints their palette blue and Green
4 boys had a broken dream
With eyes that know the darkness in their souls
they never paid their bills
cheated all to get their thrills
catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colours cross the ever empty stands
Do they understand what they did to RFC
how they suffered from insanity
How they thought that all was free
but they would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they’ll listen now
Starry, starry night
Lenny’s fires brightly blaze
smiling eyes in emerald haze
Reflect in Ally’s eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Rangers loss is Scotland’s gain
see weathered faces lined in pain
No longer soothed by Watty’s big red hand
Did they understand what they did to RFC
how they suffered from insanity
thinking everything was free
but they would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they’ll listen now
For they could not like us
because they were true blue
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
they walked away as Rangers often do
But I could have told you, Rangers
This league was never meant
for cheats as dodgy as you
Starry, starry night
Trophies stripped from empty halls
silence falls on derry’s walls
while Scotland’s watchful eyes will not forget
All the teddies that they’ve met
the ragged men in ragged clothes
With arrogance and big blue nose
will lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now I think they know what we tried we tried to say to them
not to trust those dodgy conmen
..and including SDM
but they would not listen, they’re not listening still
Perhaps they never will
RIP Rangers
June 10, 2012 at 12:35 pm
roythebhoy
Reading this mornings front and back pages at the newsagent it appears that normal service has resumed at Fortress Ibrox. The BTC has dissapeared, Rino is coming home, Charlie will have 30m million in the bank at the end of July and the bears will be swallowing all the tosh hook, line and sinker and throwing thier season ticket money at another shyster.
Perfect, just the way we need them [the stupid hvns] to be thinking.
Rangers till July.
June 10, 2012 at 9:04 am
weefergus
This is the …….END
NOT!! the beginning….PMSL…That`s all for now folks
June 9, 2012 at 10:08 pm
sam stone
They are not dead yet. Remember how corrupt this country really is. I hope they die, however at this present time it is still only a hope
June 10, 2012 at 2:38 pm
jim larkin
the twists and turns still to come…
dave king going to court for mbb’s 85% shares of which mr ellis claims 25%
hughie green claiming he has agreement to buy the shares and buy ibrokes for 5.5mill when ibrokes is apparently worth a lot more…
(st.johnstone got 5mill for their old ground, long time ago)
thee duffers going to court -v-collyer bristow
thee duffers going to court -v-gary whithey
thee duffers going to court -v-craig white
thee blue tits going to court for the purchase of ibrokes?
the sfa inquiery into uefa licence 2011/2012?
the sfa appeal tribunal for ragers going to CoS
the sfa “investigation” of dual-contracts a-la-billy diddies
craig white going to court -v-bbc
thee duffers/grier going to court -v-bbc
have i missed anything or AM I missing anything
ya beauty!!!!!
June 9, 2012 at 8:18 pm
Phil Mac Giolla Bhain
The Govan Lock Out;0)
June 9, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Brendan
Pretty accurate synopsis I’d say Jim of the comedy roadshow that is Rankers….
Except if may be so bold to mention how Sir Minty Moonbeams paid hee haw for them back in the day and spent hee haw on them thereafter, cheating for well nigh a generation…
Other than that pretty perfect
Footnote – I think if I was a creditor staring at what will effectively be 3 pee in the pound, I’d be heartily chuffed to hear the propective new chap talking about how he will soon raise upwards of £30m for this glorious institution….
It really takes talent to be this naff….
Comedy Gold….
Brendan
June 9, 2012 at 11:14 pm
tony mc parland tonythetim
Been reading a lot of the comments as well as your blog for a wee while now phil. Must say i wish you worked for a scottish rag like the daily ranger. These people have been taking and lying and cheating for years and not just on the football field. I come from a long line of tims and have an older brother who taught me at a very young age that in the greatest wee country in the world there are only two types of football supporter. They are Celtic or anti Celtic. I have lived most of my 52 years with this as a moto and now as i sit here watching this pantomime unfold before my eyes awaiting the arrival of my first grandchild i see nothing has changed. So believe me the grandchild will be taught this at a young age and encouraged to leave this cesspit that masquerades as a developed country as soon as possible. Keep up the good work. The sooner they’re dead dead dead the better. Power to the internet.GBTB
June 9, 2012 at 7:21 pm
royster
From Tralee, to cork, to dublin, up to shetland and down to the borders, light a wee bonfire on thursday evening in celebration of the passing of rfc. i cannot stop laughing! hail Hail.
June 9, 2012 at 4:52 pm
sam stone
If the beast finely passes away on the said date, we should petition to have that day declared a holiday of obligation.
June 9, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Helen
Sam Stone, that is one of the best comments EVER!
It would be my very favourite Holyday of Obligation!
June 10, 2012 at 8:28 am
sam stone
Helen, I would go to all the Masses on that day, and only eat jelly & nice cream.
June 10, 2012 at 3:11 pm
CostaBlancaBhoy
Where there’s muck there’s brass necks.
June 9, 2012 at 4:20 pm
paddy bonners gloves
what planet are these cowboys on , to think that they can steam roll over authority .just goes to show what arrogance they have . its time for fifa and uefa put these ba###ds out of buisness for the good of scotland and football. HH ywna
June 9, 2012 at 3:17 pm
GranardBhoy
Heard Charlie is a regular in the Winchester Club in the company of Arfur Daly,seems Daly is looking to invest some serious money.
June 9, 2012 at 2:18 pm
JimBhoy
You got a mean streak in ya PMG…!!!! If this was death by 1000 cuts i reckon we’d be high in the 900s right now…
June 9, 2012 at 1:59 pm
gEDI67
one thing worries me ,just where are all the huns gonna put there
fury,and seething bigotry, will glasgow city council just finance more orange walks like they did during the JUUUUUBILEEEEE,
June 9, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Neil
why don’t they go and fight for queen and country against the Taliban and use there fury there, the Taliban don’t do walking away either!
June 9, 2012 at 7:14 pm
Zippididoodaa
Phil, the 14th of June is my 40th birthday.
What a present it would be if we got the CVA rejected on the “Big Four-O”!
The planets are indeed aligning!
June 9, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Dhougal
He’s not your best friend Phil HE’S MINE !!
So there ye go hehe GBPMB
June 9, 2012 at 10:56 am
Martybhoy
Tremendous piece Phil……Can’t wait for your book on all of these shenanigans….Sensing there will be no place to hide for lots of the main protagonists in all of this truly shameful 140 years of Scottish history. There will be no need for revisionism…..the truth is all we need to shame them into some sense of contrition,ey?
June 9, 2012 at 10:55 am
jim wood
Enough is enough Phil.
Even as a Celt to the core and with direct experience of how bad they are in the real world, not just the football aspect of it, even I am feeling sorry for them now.
Let me explain.
In my opinion it looks like they are going to pay a “rich” guy to become the owner of their club, again! They are going to pay to let him lord it over them and they are going to support it or else they are letting down their club and their history. Isn’t this just that love me or else sort of set up that all emotional blackmailers use to bully their way to whatever it is they want.
It is this redistribution of wealth favored by the Condems where the poor give to the rich. Do not be confused many of ‘the people’ who work just like me, hard for a living, have to sacrifice much to pay for their tickets. To allow this type of coercion for the sake of the CVA or the NEWCO makes me feel sick to the core. I know many rangers fans are worried that these guys are vultures picking over the carcass of their club, I don’t really want to cheer them on whilst they do it.
I think for the sake of all of us who are inhabitants on this wee bit of the planet we need to think again, and try and dismiss this guy Green. Not just because it is bad for them, but because by letting one of these people get their hands on Scottish football at any level is bad for all of us. As a socialist and a Celt I know this is controversial, but enough is enough. I hope RFC and all it stands for dies. A Newco will be enough for me. But watching it (ordinary workers who pay for it) being bled of another £17 million or whatever over the next few years whilst it does die, is just too much.
Is it impossible for the RFC fans to just pay their season ticket money together to a consortium and use this money to finance a club of their own? Does anyone know why they are not just doing this?
Keep at them Phil but don’t pretend too much admiration of (in my opinion) the vultures.
June 9, 2012 at 10:39 am
Len McCoy
“Everything that is great about this club is swept aside” said Charlie Green on the subject of a Rangers newco. Well, what I want to know is will everything that is RANCID about this club be swept aside? Will it be the end of anti-Irish racism? Will it be the end of anti-Catholic sectarianism? Will it be the end of financial doping? Will it be the end of favoritism and dodgy decision making? Will it be the end of hooliganism and rioting? Will it be the end of offensive songs and chants? Will it be the end of chronic obesity? If so, maybe this newco might not be so bad after all.
June 9, 2012 at 10:18 am
stephen
No, it will have the same supporters.
June 9, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Raymy1
Some mates have said to me that the are fed up reading about the rangers debacle …….. Not me !!
For those of us old enough to remember standing at the ‘uncovered ends’ of Ibrox and Hampden, continually treated poorly by the sfa and their masters of the day, this is oh so sweat !!
The end is within touching distance and I for one will allow myself a wee smile of satisfaction at the justice of it all.
June 9, 2012 at 10:15 am
Andybhoy
All together now
Charlie Is My Darling
Chorus:
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
My darling, my darling,
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
The young Chevalier.
Twas on a Monday morning,
Right early in the year,
When Charlie came to our town,
The young Chevalier.
Chorus
As he cam’ marching up the street,
The pipes played loud and clear,
And a’ the folks cam’ rinnin’ out,
To meet the Chevalier.
Chorus
Wi’ Highland bonnets on their heads,
And claymores bright and clear,
They cam’ to fight for Scotland’s right,
And the young Chevalier.
Chorus
They’ve left their bonnie Hieland hills,
Their wives and bairnies dear,
To draw the sword for Scotland’s lord,
The gay Chevalier.
Chorus
Oh, there were mony beating hearts,
And mony hope and fear;
And mony were the pray’rs put up
For the young Chevalier.
Chorus
June 9, 2012 at 9:30 am
Kevin
Finally, the penny drops!
New Co = start from scratch. The 1872 history ends in 2012.
I think the only reason for putting off the inevitable (i.e. liquidation) is one word.
Manchester.
A sudden death of a loved one is more traumatic and makes people unpredictable. Where Rangers fans are concerned, this would make it difficult for Strathclyde’s finest to maintain public order.
So when Rangers FC (1872) is suffering from a very public and slow death, all the Huns will know what to expect. This gives them more time to reflect upon what’s been happening and finally to prepare for the end. Perhaps even acceptance.
We can only hope.
June 9, 2012 at 9:28 am
jimthetim
Great piece Phil
June 9, 2012 at 8:50 am
Longsahaw
Green is trying to put pressure on HMRC and making out it will be their fault the club dies. What a cheek!! But can someone tell me this Green states he has got the agreement to buy the assets if the CVA fails for 5.5M. Now that HMRC will appoint their own liquidators does that mean that agreement wont stand as HMRC can arrange for all assets to be sold for the best price on the open market? If not then this really is an outrage.
June 9, 2012 at 8:05 am
Chris
Love it Phil… I’d like to thank you and the rest of the internet bloggers and tweeters for making the last 6 months some of the most enjoyable in planet Fitba that I can remember. The succulant lamb noshers are being shown up for what they really are.
June 9, 2012 at 7:09 am
Una@No1Ghirl
I remember as a wee ghirl,hearing my daddy whisper “there’s something rotten in the state of Denmark”….I studied Hamlet at school as a niave young woman….It took me half a lifetime (I hope;-).To recognise the code…And the final scene is here! Shakespearean tragedy at its best….They all have the gun pointing at each other…..I so wish my daddy was here to see it
June 9, 2012 at 3:23 am
all football but yous
Always real , you and alex ch4 , No Bear face ! Good bye’s .Remeber it cost f allski to tell the truth !!!
June 9, 2012 at 2:31 am
The Wallace
They have been taken for Patsies again. Move over Lee Harvey Oswald,
Hail, Hail.
June 9, 2012 at 2:00 am
Auldheid
Groundhog day
June 9, 2012 at 1:54 am
Stevie Reid
Splendid, just splendid. We shall sleep easy, but, i doubt our dastardly neighbours can, hee hee ! Surely the ba must be burst noo. Game over. God, someone put them out their misery..
June 9, 2012 at 1:37 am
cass
play it again phil. we`ve been duped. round up the usual suspects
June 9, 2012 at 12:40 am
CHARON
cass, as you well know these are quotes from Casablanca. Freely translated, Casablanca can be construed as “Whyte House.” Rather apposite, I would suggest.
June 9, 2012 at 3:45 am
Carntyne
He’s not the first bidder to do a U-turn.
Green man speak with forked tongue.
I wonder when he will jump ship.
June 9, 2012 at 9:58 am
Joe
Thanks to t’internet and all it’s beady-eyed-bampots, the currant’s can no longer expect to do dodgy dealings without it being spotted and rumbled by one of the good guys.
The Rangers are dead, long live the t’internet.
June 9, 2012 at 12:26 am
Celtic Rebel
Have no fear Timmy,sooper dooper Ranjurs are freezin the season tickets for the forthcoming season,we don’t do walkin away,okay one or two Mibbee but like big Arnie says’ I’ll be back.’
June 9, 2012 at 12:24 am
Hurricane67
Another great bedtime story Phil! Your articles beats ma Horlicks or Ovaltine by a mile,For a good nights Sleep! Sweet Dreams are made of this!
June 9, 2012 at 12:20 am
Una@No1Ghirl
Brilliant,yet again Phil.Alas,those foolhardy,but loyal fans,who buy the season tickets.Will be too busy pondering their vote for the renaming of Murray Park,to worry about silly matters like where the cash is coming from!!! daft as fcuk…..
June 9, 2012 at 12:12 am
TB Legend
Phil maybe you should make your site private and let the BBC journeyman to do his own research.
recognise this chap
June 9, 2012 at 12:08 am
beeegajay
I’m very happy for you both!
June 9, 2012 at 12:05 am
greenallover
So glad i checked twitter before bed!Once again the Scottish media cant,or wont,ask the most pertinent questions.It now must be clear to even the dimmest “peepil” that the end game is racing towards them at great speed.This “newco” emerge with history intact nonsense has been pushed for long enough,it is over!When i see the level of vitriol directed against you and your family in the cyber world i cant help but think,if only they had listened to you Phil.As always,outstanding work and amazing foresight.
June 9, 2012 at 12:04 am
Cathal
you woke me up to tell me this? ?? Thank you Phil
June 9, 2012 at 12:03 am
leftclicktic
Beautiful maybe, but brief and will be remembered forever.
Just finish the job Charles please:)
June 9, 2012 at 12:02 am
Pensionerbhoy
Just how lonely are you, Phil? Charlie may be your darlin’ but methinks he is everybody else’s undesirable!
H H
June 8, 2012 at 11:59 pm
bournesouprecipe
Superb piece – Phil
HH
June 8, 2012 at 11:59 pm
Ben mcginlay
I just think we will never find out the whole story and the goings on at no dignity FC. The whole thing is a sham logic mess and thank god it is not happening at my club.
June 8, 2012 at 11:56 pm