Rangers Rumours Archive February 20 2012
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20 Feb 2012 22:50:55
Daily mail to publish more bad news about CW tomorrow, their sports editor on twitter promoting it tonight and stating it will bury him.. Could this be bye bye Craig.
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Just read it, IF this is true then he WILL be the most HATED person in Rangers and Scotland, does anyone know what this will mean for Rangers WATP!!
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He borrowed ticketus money before he had even bought rangers then paying off the debt to the bank with it and giving murray a £1 essentially paying nothing for the club and becoming the main creditor. i feel he must be running scared just now and doubt we will see him near ibrox ever again./biggles
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Just read the article online. Says that whyte took out ticketus loan 1 month before buying the club and it was placed in his account, which he subsequently used to pay the bank after buying Murray out. The remaining 6.4 million's whereabouts are unknown. Also that only some of the jelavic fee went to rangers, again the rest unknown.
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Just seen it, If this doesn't bury him then nothing will.
Basically it confirms that he used the ticketus money to buy the club, It appears to suggest that he duped Murray into believing he had the finances in place, time will tell if Murray knew where the money came from.
More importantly, whyte has stated that he did not use this money, now we know where it is.
It also mentions that the Jele and the remainder of the ticketus money is still un accounted for.
So, there you have, us season ticket holders,mugs that we are have bought the club for him to then run it into the ground and threaten its existence and then most likely walk away with a tidy sum.
You Whyte are a disgrace you rat and i hope you get everything that is coming to you.
I'm so angry its untrue.
BR
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The most important question is.....how was he able to sell season tickets for a club he didn't own?
i posted a few days ago that murray would be implicated in this, as only he would have been able to sanction the sale at that time
very very very dodgy goings on
taco
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Please read the article carefully. Whyte did not sell season tickets he did not own. Ticketus agreed to put £24.4m into Whyte's solicitors client bank account. If Whyte did not buy Rangers the money would be returned. Only when Whyte took control of Rangers were the season tickets actually sold.
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Wake up and smell the coffee folks ... Craig Whyte was "planted" in the role of "owner" of Rangers to take the "heat" , Rangers were always going into administration , when Mr Whyte says he is taking a step back , he means he's had his payoff and will not be darkening the door of Ibrox again , you couldn't give this man a red neck with a blow torch , but deep down you all know he didn't put Rangers in the brown smelly stuff , David Murray is the guilty man for that , Mr Whyte has done what he was put in place for , it is as plain as the nose on your face , there is a move on to get Rangers "Away with murder" , to quote Ally McCoist himself ,"Of that there is no doubt" .
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There is a pattern in everything Craig Whyte does. He starts up a company, with a similar name to a big company. He borrows money. The money mysteriously disappears. The company folds. No evidence of fraud ever surfaces. Repeat ad nauseum.
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Who gave this man (aka Whyte Knight) the keys to the Big Hoose?
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20 Feb 2012 22:21:49
Just seen this on twitter from daily mail chief sports writer
John Greechan @jonnythegreek Close
In tomorrow's Scottish Daily Mail. The story that will bury #Rangers owner Craig Whyte. And much more. No cluses. Night night.
Retweeted by Follow Follow
Thoughts?
Blue Bear
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Whyte used tickitus money to pay bank before he bought club
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Whyte used £24m Ticketus deal to pay off bank.....
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Just read it
what we thought all along
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There are rumours saying that the missing £24m were spent a month before Whyte took over to pay our bank debt & the remainder of the cash was to fund contracts and transfers.
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Then the old board wanted rangers shut down ,who?
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20 Feb 2012 20:44:27
heard from a police source tonite that craig whyte was advised by strathclyde police not to attend saturdays game due to a serious threat to his life!
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Aye, he'd have died of boredom after that sh1te performance.
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I doubt if he ever be in Scotland again never mind attending a game!
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Forget the death threat rumour.
Can you imagine the verbal he would have received at Ibrox Saturday! (win or lose)
Thats why he stayed away.
Simples!
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20 Feb 2012 20:23:56
Andrea Della Valle owner of Fiorentina is making moves to purchase Rangers. The Italian billionair flew into Glasgow this evening. Source works at Glasgow Airport.
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One word- nonsense!
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This concurs with info i received today
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What does he do at the airport? In charge of bullsh!t maybe? PaulRFC
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Of course your 'source' works at glasgow airport....and he knows what Mr Della Valle looks like as well....and obviously, his camera on his phone doesn't work
oh well, i guess we'll all just have to believe you eh?
taco
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You cant own 2 clubs can you
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You can't own two football clubs!
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How would you get this info from working at the airport and if he owns fiorentina he cant own another european club..
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Are you having a giraffe mate ?? - I would be surprised if your source at the airport could identify the afore mentioned gentleman...
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Didnt hearts owner have more than one club?
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Oh yeah he's well famous and recognisable.
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I can sense something with this one. Yes I got it. It's bull s**t.
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You can own as many clubs as you want. as long as they arent in european competitions together...
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You can own more than one football club btw, as long as there's no conflict of interest. don't know how it would work should both teams ever meet in european competition though
taco
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More fabricated nonsence dont lie
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I think I read somewhere, on here possibly that you can own 2 clubs as long as there ain't a clash of interest or something like that, Romanov owns Hearts and Kaunas for instance.
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Hope he does buy you and works his magic like he has with Fiorentina.....because they are mince.
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You cant own two clubs that might play each other in a uefa competition thus for not owning 2 clubs in europe. mad vlad owns the bank the sponser kaunus fc not the actual club itself
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You can own more than one club at a time but if bith draw each other in europe then problems arise I can't mind if its one team needs to be removed but it was in paper about owning two clubs a few days ago way mandaric mind u that turned out too be bull.ps ed great site. Gib1872.
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Its true, in italian papers today.
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Perhaps he wa just going to Bella Napoli for a Four Seasons Pizza - theyre cracking.
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Couple of points:
Mad Vlad owns Kaunas and Hearts, so yes you can own two European teams.
As for camera phones, not all places of work allow you to walk around taking pictures of everyone just to satisfy some fandans on a rumour site, could be in a staff room, might not have time if the guy just passed, etc.
Just because you don't get to see a photo doesn't mean it's a lie... Hold on I'll take a picture of oxygen for you, just in case you decide it's a lie and decide to stop breathing...
Not saying if the rumour's true or not but get facts straight before claiming others are liars...
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Alright mister couple of points....
lets say camera phones are banned by staff at the airport (which they're not, btw) or he is indeed in a staff room (which would be well out the away from the general public), how does he know what the owner of fiorentina looks like? is he a massive fan of italian football owners, or is it simply the fact that he's read it on another site, probably t**tter, and thought he'd 'be the man' and claim his 'source' spotted him?
i'll say liar, prove he's not
taco
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Breaking news
no one will touch rangers until after the big tax case and the administrators have checked through everything to see what your clubs financial state actually is.
ian(for every £1 celtic spend rangers will pay their creditors 10p)
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Its ashame the aboe post, this iain character is more interested in looking at our forums and posting nonsence that actually focusing on his own team, coz they are absolute guff an noone cares about them!
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Like I said in a post yesterday the reason we are all interested is the fact that this is the biggest story to come out of Scottish football since 1967.
What is nonsense that I have posted you lot are deep in the mire and no one will want to put any money into your club until the tax case is sorted.
As for Celtic being guff that may be so but we are currently the best guff in the SPL even without the extra 10 points awarded to us due to your clubs financial mis-management.
Ian(For every £1 Celtic spend Rangers will pay their creditors 10p)
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Good job then that celtic don't open their biscuit tin very often! I'll take that deal! :-)
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Pmsl HH
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20 Feb 2012 20:10:12
whats the story with ellis and barry hughes?
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Where u seein this mate
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Should not be allowed anywhere near Ibrox if it is true.
Wullie
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They were photographed walking into ibrox together
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Hughes has got his football licence now but not who I would like anywhere near ibrox.
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So what if they were big deal
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Im surpised that mr hughes wants to be associated to this dodgy business...
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20 Feb 2012 18:57:23
craig whyte to give up directorship of his other companies to concentrate on rangers, not heard the last of this guy!
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If he comes back i will not
mr myle
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This info has just been reported on the news line. Look up STV pages.
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All his other companies are doing so well they can manage without him i suppose?
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One of those companies is Pritchard Stockbrokers who have been banned from further trading by the financial regulator for using client money for its own expenses.
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All his other companies want him to distance himself from them.
They dont want special attention/Investigation from the different authorities!
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I wont renew my season ticket if he returns!
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Doesny matter about your season ticket mate... He's already got 4 and a half seasons worth of thousands of season tickets. It's only the Gers that will suffer now if the punters stay away. Besides... We don't do walking away.
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20 Feb 2012 18:44:26
The rumour (and you probably heard it) I heard was whyte brought in by Murray to take club into administration and that he would make a bit of money from it but he has went further than he should have with the ticketus money and the non payment of p.a.y.e and vat etc. the end result would have been a consortium of rangers minded businessmen to come in and take the club on. This has now been thwarted by the new revelations last week.
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Believable rumour and well written sir. probably pish but its convincing
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Don't be ridiculous. Murray was trying to sell Rangers for 3 years.
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Absolute bunkum !
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You said it....'trying' and he couldn't! I can only assume Murray didn't want to be part of the club when the taxman came to call and this was a last desperate measure from him. What the hell has whyte got to lose? nobody had ever heard of him before and his reputation was already blackened so he comes in takes a 'kicking' goes away with a few £m in his pocket and Murray has washed his hands of a messy situation. In the history books Murray will be remembered as the guy who brought some success and whyte will be the guy who brought the club to its knees. It makes sense when you think about it.
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20 Feb 2012 18:37:37
off the Rangers fc website. HAVING supported Rangers Football Club with advertising and other promotional activities for more than a decade, leading car hire provider in Europe, Europcar, is joining other sponsors and business partners of the Club in confirming its on-going support.
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20 Feb 2012 17:40:05
Are you ready for salvation?
The owner of Italian leather company: Tod's Textiles is going to buy Rangers and save your Bacon.
This is FACT and you can thank your greasy ex defender Amorouso for being instrumental in this bizarre scenario.
information was acquired quite by chance, via a professional Ital- English translator who was involved in discussions today.
Italian saviors of Rangers ...Mama Mia - i guess those anti pope songs might have to be put on ice.
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Beggars belief how much crap is being banded about.
I heard that Apple are about to inject some of their 54 billion into the gers (i wish !!)
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Do u mean Diego Della Valle. the guy who bought fiorentina in 2002.. when they reformed??
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Which Della Valle is it then Diego Andrea or Fabrizio your call
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Total crap m8
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Leathered or drugged what are you on
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So will we sign Peter Couch .
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You've got it wrong chum he's German living in a very private part of Roma and enjoys wearing robs and being carried about, am I giving away his name?
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That is the guy that owns Fiorentina
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Yeah that's true, most millionaires out there are desparate to get involved in a company with a 50 million plus debt to HMRC ?
Where do u guys get this stuff from?
Cb
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Any sorce on this infomation ed or have you heard anything? sw {Ed001's Note - seems like a joke to me.}
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Dont the Della Valle family already own Fiorentina?...smells like fish to me..hmm.
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They “anti pope“ songs your talkin about wasn't a problem, when big amo, cannigia, reyna and all the other catholics were playin for the bears didn't even bother about them, plus we have stopped singin them years ago even if your FACT rumour is true thier shouldn't be a problem
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Has someone been reading the Viola Alert for Rangers & at the wind up? (its on the BBC website)
It describes the similarities between Rangers & Fiorentina. The man behind "Tod's" is Diego Della Valle was the man to save them & transform their fortunes, I believe that this family are still the current owners of the club.... Although seems unbelievable that they will buy Rangers, I hope its true as he is a genuine billionaire with proven track record in that they dealt with a club in a similar situation to us. Not like the presses "saviour" take on Mr Whyte's "Billions" when he first come through the doors @ Ibrox.
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That guy also owns fiorentina, dont think it will happen as if teams both in same euro tourney uefa wont allow it..
My hunch for new owners will be Jim Mccoll of weir pumps or possibly the guy tony gores who is pals with alistair johnson..(stumpy)
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I believe this rumour may have serious substance , a reputable friend with no reason to lie assures me that there is an Italian football club owner : andrea della Valle, who has arrived in Glasgow tonight...?
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What a load o p15h! This is direct from the Giancarlo Rinaldi story a few days ago on BBC about the similarities between Rangers and Fiorentina hitting the financial wall.
More chance of the above prediction of an 'Apple' takeover.
Would be nice to hear some info on the reported board meeting.....
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Yes, it is the family who own Fiorentina
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Would expect monies to buy rangers would be if we can lose whyte would be around 25 million if agreed by administrators and hmrc ,at least we would have boots as the guy owns shoe shops but would take this rumour with a pinch of salt other contenders awaiting in the wings .keep believing.
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20 Feb 2012 17:32:45
Ed- did the press conference take place as mentioned in an earlier post? {Ed001's Note - not that I know of.}
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20 Feb 2012 17:13:14
It's on the stv website that their is a press conference later today to explain more about he money transactions
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20 Feb 2012 17:12:56
When Craig whyte purchased rangers, he said that his funds to buy the club were deposited in to an account held by collier Bristow? Their address is 4 Bedford row, London. This is also the company that received the 24m from Ticketus.
 It must also be noted that a main partner in Collier Bristow, Gary Withey, has also been appointed club secretary at the club just recently.Â
The rangers FC group, set up by Whyte when purchasing rangers, Address - 4 Bedford row, London. Directors are Craig whyte and Andrew Ellis.Â
Andrew Ellis is also a director of another 4 companies registered under Rangers name:
 "Rangers match day services ltd"
"rangers financial services limited"
"the rangers shop limited"Â
"The Rangers football club PLC" (last accounts in 2010 showed we only had £348,000 in bank)
Is nobody else even slightly concerned about who this Ellis guy is, he is a minority shareholder but seems to be involved in an awful lot to do with rangers. Nobody seems to be mentioning his name but he is a director of 5 companies using the rangers name.
And in another turn of events announced today, £250,000 was paid to Banstead Athletic, from the Collier Bristow account that received the Ticketus payment.Â
Anyone who trusts Mr Whyte or any of his associates are being taken for a ride.Â
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Is no one more concerned about who Ellis was pictured arriving at Ibrox with last month?
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YES glad someone is of the same opinion. This is a no brainer,thought i was loosing my marbells.What we read and has been reported is not rocket science.CRAIGE WHYTE. FINALLY GETS HIS TRUE COLOURS.And thats not BLUE.DEFINATLY a RED card for him.SEND HIM BACK TO MONOCO.Where he RAN TO 11 years ago,when banned from being a director,and play with his boats.}TOY BOATS NOW{.And stop playing with RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB>>. Signed NON ADMIRER.From past.
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20 Feb 2012 14:58:35
McGregor, Alexander, Davis & Bedoya
just been seen leaving PFA offices
at Charing Cross, 2.30pm.
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The PFA office are not in Charing Cross, and they do not play in the English league so why would theey be there, they would goto the SPFA office
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Heard that also, rumour has it they have broke PFA rules by signing 3rd party contract
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Greegs and davis are players spokespersons
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Nothing unusual in that. Players seeking clarification on where they stand with regards to current situation.
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Ed is this true? {Ed001's Note - I doubt it.}
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Have players had their contracts termanated
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3rd party contracts pish you think your in the maffia christ that's a good one lol
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That would be the same SPFA who are based at Hampden? Why do people stick this sort of nonsense on here? If your going to lie then why not at least check to see whether you will be caught out telling whoppers or not
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Bedoya is in America,if there was any truth about these contracts im sure the mhedia would have been all over it.
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Doubt greegs is a spokesperson as he is pretty illiterate. Was present at the football writers dinner this year and when he won an award and was giving a speech, his complementary comment about Izzy was to give a drunken raspberry. Check with any football journalist present for clarification.
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The office at charing cross is actually yje players union office, part of the GMB union - but I am not saying the guys were actually there - just saying its not the SPFA or anything like that.
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PFA Scotland, 2 Woodside Place, Glasgow, G3 7QF.
Players were in with Fraser Wishart
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20 Feb 2012 14:33:30
Just Heard Craig Whyte Could Pocket 10million if a buyer Is Found WTF Ed Is This True? Bluenose Ronnie {Ed001's Note - no one knows, it is pure speculation.}
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Lets be honest...IT'S TRUE! Of course he is going to make money out of this mess because the mess was "meant" to happen. Do you all genuinely think Rangers going into Admin wasn't the plan all along?
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Key to mr whyte making money out of this is him remaining preferred creditor. if he loses this status then he is in a right pickle. would be interesting to know the reality of his contract with David Murray.
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You're right, administration was the plan all along. Why else would we be in it before we lost tax case?
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Look m8 it would be 10 million well spent just to get shot of the a**ehole
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Whyte had administration planned from the day he walked in the front doors of ibrox & why do you all think there hasn't been an AGM meeting since whyte took over. if someone steps in to buy the club i'd give whyte his quid back and tell him tae beat it.
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20 Feb 2012 14:23:18
Just learned that theres to be a press conference at Ibrox at 5.00pm.
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Where did you hear that my friend?
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What's the press conference for is there players having contracts teamated
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And I have just heard the exact opposite. No press conference today!
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More bulls*** stop putting blatent lies on here please
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STV News sais no further update would be given
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/298174-administrators-do-not-expect-to-reveal-rangers-job-losses/
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In fairness he just said it would be at 5pm.
Didn't mention which day
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20 Feb 2012 13:23:30
Heard that dougllas park stephen gillespie and graeme sounness are set to hold talks with administrators over the purchase of the club! Supposedly they have paid whyte to come in and put the club into administration in the first place as they couldn't do it themselves at they are in the public spotlight as whyte can just disapear ! Heard this from a friend of gillispie souness has a lot of rich friends who are willing to invest in the club once out of admin! 75 percent reliable source : mortimer
Willie waddels blue bears
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Then why didn't they buy the club last year when the debt was only 18 million ya diddy??
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Ji sung park is more believable, sorry but all go with the 25% unreliable :)
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I'm confused, is douglas park a person or is this the meeting location?
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Ill agree mate i heard about gillespie as well never heard about him before though, would like to see these kind of people on though big gers men and good buisness acuman. craig+babybear
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Heard this aswelll gd source,in the lodge,
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Absolute rubbish. Mortimer more likely to be behind Whyte, Whyte has been falling about his clubs ever since the takeover. Park and Gillespie are not in the same circle. Gillespies are all Murray's men so maybe they are involved in it.
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G Souness dont talk daft, hes well off yes but no where near enough to finance rangers to the level thats needed, gillespie wont either he has his finger in two many pies to want to deal with rangers
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I heard it was Dean Park
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Youre bonkers
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Souness would probably be the figurehead if he was involved
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Gillispies are skint - fallout between the brothers over failed plans for bypass and regen plant @airdrie.
not gonna happen...
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I heard it was Santa Claus
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I heard in a Lodge meeting and a AA meeting!
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Dream on.....it ain't gonna happen
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If u think whytes bad u dont want gillespie souness or park anywhere near
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20 Feb 2012 13:05:54
@Ed ... Any news on when the administrators are holding another press confrence ? jsm {Ed001's Note - nothing yet that I can find out anyway.}
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20 Feb 2012 11:46:48
Ed, Do you know who the people
are that are interested in taking over
the club?
Cheers D {Ed001's Note - not definitely I don't, the administrators have had a number of enquiries, that much is known, but I don't have the names of the people enquiring.}
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Someone who wants to invest 30 million in the playing squad hopefully and resume our easy dominance of the SPL, with all the idiots in green to busy being interested on whats going on at rangers with there wee idiot of a manager who is going nowhere!
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The reason everyone is talking about Rangers and their financial problems is because it is the biggest thing to happen in Scottish football since 1967.
The fact that everyone could see that Whyte was as bent as Louie Spence other than rangers fans makes it all the more funnier.
Speaking of idiot wee managers going nowhere what is your manager doing other that eating all the pies.
If you think £30 million is all it will take to get you lot back on an even keel with Celtic then you really are deluded.
Ian(For every £1 Celtic spend Rangers will pay 10p to their creditors)
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30 million n we would run septic intae the ground a think use seem to forget with a fit full team we pumped yeez 4-2. Always the same wae septic go on 1 gd wee run n all of a sudden theyre world beaters lol
MF WATP!!
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That good wee run is going to win them the league.
Doughnut.
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Do you see me mention world beaters in my post? NO didnt think so.
With an almost fully fit team (no nasalsmith) you lost a 15 point lead so who was doing the pumping then certainly not Rangers.
Ian(For every £1 Celtic spend Rangers will pay 10p to their creditors)
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Just maybe this week Ally you will play players in there right position.Papac banned left side midfield up for grab McKay Celik?
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Aye that wee idiot is about to land a treble. and as for the wee run! 18 wins on the trot is by anyones standards a great achievment. rangers could take theyre 10 points back and still end up lising the league by 15.
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Listen though am no bsd right, but yous know ad a know that hibs didny half lie down to yous yesterday, they couldny pull a pass or nothin, a no we are no that good atm but come on to hell, yous would have got a better game out of cowdenbeath lol, IN ALLY WE DO TRUST!
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Think we did not to bad the last 3 seasons and hardly spent a penny and were wernt favs for the league
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20 Feb 2012 11:42:16
There was chat on here about bookies slashing the odds on Rangers winning the tax case. Is this the case?
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Apparantly so, few people did apparantly phone the bookies to enquire and they stopped taking bets on Gers winning, and were giving 12/1 for HMRC to win. I know prices are based on bets people make so don't know what it might mean. Gaz
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Can anyone point me towards one bookie taking bets on this? Just one?
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Pish talk fact
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Heard most were suspended yesterday so not sure mate. craig+babybear
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Are people stupid? course the bookies wont take bets on this
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2 the (are people stupid) bookies would take bets on who could pish further up a wall
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It is illegal for a bookie to take bets on the outcome of a court case as it could have an impact on how the judges / juries react and there is a fear it could lead to bribery. The bookies never took bets on the case in the first place.
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20 Feb 2012 10:27:42
hello has anyone heard anything about davis, mcgregor and whittakers contracts being owned by a 3rd part ( wavetower? ) if so and we are found guilty we will lose all points due to fielding ineligable players.
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Would that not just be the icing and candles on the cake. You would also be banned from Europe, as at least one of them played in the qualifiers.
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Aye, it will be in the papers in the next couple of days.
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I heard this a few months back, hope its not true and surely it cant be.
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A player cannot sign a contract with a third party coz he is then not an employee of the club, so no thats a non starter, i dont think davis mcgregor etc would sign a contract letterheaded 'wavetower limited' so absolute nonsence
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Absolute tosh!
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So does that mean man utd stripped for fielding tevez as he is owned by other party ?
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No, it's not true. Wavetower is a company owned by Craig Whyte. There are no third-party registrations within the Gers squad
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English rules are dif i think but im pretty sure the spl rules dont allow this and the company in question is weaverstock not wavetower?
if this turns out to be true im assuming all points would be lost due to playing ineligable players which in turn would lead to relegation??
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Wavetower owns Rangers dont they?
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You wish
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Why would this be true? we would get no benefit at all from an arrangement that rendered players ineligible so why would we do so?
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Go away and stop being so ridiculous of course their contracts arnt owned by 3rd party this is not carlos tevez we are talking about away and get a life
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No wavetower do not own rangers, craig whyte 'owns' rangers.
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Loan players are owned by a different club than they are on loan to
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Possibly the reason they are "owned" by wavetower is to make sure they are an asset that Whyte owns. He can sell them and rake in any profit he gets from them. He has made a mockery of your club and your fans. I wouldn't stand for it if I were one of you.
From a Celtic man who has no sympathy for the money men at Ibrox but loads of sympathy for the true Rangers fans. I hope YOU can save your club because I don't think Whyte will try to.
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Guys a bit of clarity here.
Yes RFCG (Wavetower) do own Rangers FC but they are a different company and not the football club. All players contracts must be with the football club and not the Group.
Any player whose contract is with Group is not an employee of the football club and therefore could be argued to be ineligible.
Also, Man U no problem with Tevez deal because West Ham took all the hit from that one as it was discovered when he was with them.
Anyway these are just rumours, lets see if there is any evidence to back it up before considering penalties.
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Also, RFCG (Wavetower) do legally own Rangers. It just happens that RFCG is wholly owned by Craig Whyte
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I fear this may be true. Gordon Smith has been very quiet. Is he still at the club ?
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20 Feb 2012 09:49:15
whyte has put £250 grand in to a firm that is linked to afc Banstead under 1 of whytes associates aidan early who was bankrupted at 22 using rangers finances and laundering them through other comanies he or close associates are involved in .
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I bought a newspaper this morning too.
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If ever there was a 'last straw', this is it
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20 Feb 2012 08:24:26
Morning ed who is this guy Brian Kennedy that's interested in rangers cheers ... Kenny the prod {Ed001's Note - I think it is this guy, or so I was told, but I stand to be corrected if anyone knows better: http://www.mccannfiles.com/id147.html hard to tell whether he wants to buy on his own or as part of a consortium, or if he was just asking on the off chance he could pick it up for a song. He does seem to have a track record for buying ailing firms though.}
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Millionaire businessman and Jehovah's Witness.
When he knocks at the front door at Rangers he may not get an answer, lol.
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How do we know brian kennedy is interested is story online???
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He has a 3250m fortune
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20 Feb 2012 02:31:37
Ed what do you think the administrators found out Friday (I think) maybe where the ticketus money went? It does sound positive though , in my opinion. {Ed001's Note - the administrators will at least know where it went initially, it could have been moved since, but at least they will have some idea.}
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Thery have obviously found out where the missing money has went and if they locate it, it can be used to settle countless debts, good news for us, could actually get us out of administration! probably means craig whyte has put the money back after being under investigation, hoping he would be able to slip it under the radar!
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Surely this will only be confirmation that the Revenue generated by Ticketus was paid into the coffers of his Acquiring company and to which the Administrators have no access; I believe that in all probability that this revenue from Ticketus was used to repay the capital used (probably borrowed) to pay LLoyds at the time of the Aquisition. I don't understand how a major shareholder can sell major assets of a business and dispose of the funds in a way which is not beneficial either to the business nor to the other smaller shareholders.
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If the money from ticketus has been used to pay llyods thats a good thing, becoz its an unsecured debt which means the rest of the money from them rangers would not be liable,
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If the administrators have no access to the account the 24M went through, how are they supposed to proceed?
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Am I right to think Craig Whyte orchestrated the deal with ticketus prior to the purchase of the club? If so, how is that possible?
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20 Feb 2012 01:33:47
MPS WANT TO QUIZ RANGERS TYCOONS
Daily and Sunday Express (source)
They want to set up an enquirey into football finances.
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MPs want to get their faces on TV more like
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In a polite way, 'they can get to ****', absolutely no business in football
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20 Feb 2012 01:31:26
craig whyte will not step foot in ibrox again, administrotors are talking to potential buyers... with craig whyte set to walk away with 10 million profit.... source daily express jsm
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Sounds too simple
remember to make 10 m profit, Whyte needs to walk away with 18+10=28 million.
And where were these "buyers" last year?
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If CW wants to pop done to Parkhead Wednesday night, 60,000 of us will buy the man a beer, never had so much fun for free, man deserves a knighthood for services to the Celtic Community.
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Done? I assume you mean down? Enough said!
Blue Stu
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Why do celtic fans come on this site. Slag us all use want look at the squad that won the league the last three years against your so called great team. Use are tam kite just like the rest of the spl.
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You get the gist,just a typo. Poor guy can't see the keyboard for tears (of laughter!!)
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