Rangers Banter Archive June 21 2012

21 Jun 2012 22:53:09
Seems we will be kicked in the balls no spl next season. Why bother with a ballot next month when owners chairmen are publicly saying how they will vote.No votes are Hearts(not fan consulted) Hibs Dundee Utd Aberdeen probably St Johnstone.I for one will boycott their grounds(personal choice).Fed up being ripped off with higher ticket prices because were Rangers.Yes votes Kilmarnock.The rest? Thoughts.

Fans always called Killie 'the wee Rangers' anyway.Well named now.Surely there must be another vote?

It's ok you don't need to boycott spl grounds as sevco rangers won't be playing an spl team for about 4 years minimum unless it's a cup game. You might be lucky and scrape 1st division but defo no spl next year so feel free to not go to stadiums your teams not going to either.

Think I'll be boycotting them all next season because we'll no be in the same league!

Teddy

Agree. Looks like a couple of blue swellers coming our way.
Wouldn't it be ironic,Celtic vote for us,the rest Kilmarnock apart,vote against us.
Nothing should surprise us anymore.
Biggest irony is the "Russians" complaining about Mafioso tactics.
Although i don't think this vote is just about us. The other clubs have got the chance to escape the old firm stranglehold over the game in Scotland,Celtic's input will be diluted.
The standards of our league, already regarded as poor by the rest of the football fraternity will deteriate further for a few years as all clubs will have to tighten their belts.
This whole scenario will only lead to a diluted quality of player,and take us back to the old days,when any decent talent is stolen away for next to nothing,as clubs struggle financially.
Competition may well improve,but will the fans pay to see a diminished product on their own pitch?
The charlatans who ruined RFC,may also have kick started or increased the threat of demise to others.
It's not upto the Club's in the final analysis,just as it has always been that responsibility is down to the fans and their unwavering support. They are the only people who can save our game.
When you see it like that,theres only one option for us bears,we follow follow Newco,or we completely dissapear.
Can our game survive this?
P.O.B.

Forget the meeting tell them to get stuffed and apply for the SFL now. The Rangers hating clubs/supporters in Scotland have got their wishes. Lets stand back and watch them start to suffer.
And before anyone else spouts that,s why no one likes you, I dont care! Why don,t you now have a long hard look at yourselves and keep repeating "sporting integrity". Absolute cr*p.
Will the same rules apply when other clubs start to suffer financially this year, I doubt it!
I agree Rangers had to be punished but how many times,fines, point deductions, transfer embargos, thrown out the SPL and we still have the EBT/SFA enquiry case.
SFL now please MR Green!

I would not worry the fans and chairmen hated rangers (oldco) but as your sevco 5088 now they may warm to you.

hail hail

Marco1888

Boycott? You mean you simply wont be in the league and be able to visit these clubs.

Kilmarnock wont vote yes now...it's a foregone conclusion which way this will go...why risk a yes vote?

You won't need to actively boycott their grounds because you won't have to go there for a few years anyway.

@5
"I agree Rangers had to be punished but how many times...".
Well, just the once actually so far. An unpaid fine.
Al

21 Jun 2012 22:29:17
its time all bears cancelled sky lets starve them. Of our money see how long they last they all may think its good to see us sink but we will be back where will they be ?

50,000 cancelled sports packages alone would equate to a 52m drop in revenue.

Yes another nice attitude ----let them starve.How pleasant.You wonder why you're disliked?Think again.

Sky couldnt care less if u had sky or not grow up

Sky has over 9 million subscribers. Wisen up

Just think if the the Scottish people all cancel their SKY if you get back into football what do you think SKY WILL DO........YOUR NOT AS POWERFULL AS YOU THINK.

Arrogance as ussual!! yous had no consideration for scottish football when yous wanted out.... and if yous want to stop going to away games in protest i dont think many people will be that bothered anyway

Aye thats what to do... Starve Sky and all other clubs your money... After all you have starved everyone else of there money.. The irony THATS WHAT GOT YOU IN THE POSITION YOUR IN! Id reckon if your lot had showed just a fraction of humility you might have been ok ... But yous didnt and i for one will be delighted when your playing in the 3rd division.

Love the idea, but we don't know where we're going to be or what our finances are at present, to be honest we might not make ourselves

You honestly think Sky will be starved if Rangers fans cancel subscriptions? It's a drop in the ocean to them.

More threats and not a sorry in sight ,its the Sevco way

Dannybhoy

I cancelled sky sports package today and gave my reason as the other spl clubs have provided totally inadequate opposition for years and without Rangers the thought that anyone will pay to watch st johnstone vs inverness is laughable. The sad fact is apart from Celtic the other spl teams couldnt fill their dismal stadiums even if it was free entry will a complimentary pie and bovril.

Yeah you might as well as sky don't cover div3

so where is the money going to come from to operate ibrokes pay the players there wages as I assume you will be trying keep your top earners so shagger whittaker Davis and naismith I think are on 25,000 a wk each and normal ticket prices are about a tenner I think for div 3 and season books are about 150. so you will be charging way over the odds for your season books oh forget all that you might not have any players to play in div3 ha ha

hail hail

Marco1888

ps this sevco 5088 could be liquidated before the new season starts as you cannot transfer your share of sfa membership as old co count be liquidated for another 6-10weeks
when does the season start oooops my bad

Sky sports package costs £20 a month. That equates to 1mil a month or 12 mil a year...not 52mil.

That works out at £1040 a year for sky sports , i pay £180 i think ..bb

You hit the nail on the head , sky doesn't care about scottish football when theres no old firm matches, it makes them no money they already have 9 million subscribers as you pointed out

@6. And your teams board have never ever made any attempt to try and gain access to another league? The rest of the Spl will try to stitch things in their favour now Rangers will not be there to side with the tic. And they are making sure by keeping the newco out. Can't wait till they start ganging up on you.

21 Jun 2012 21:39:35
21 June 2012
Dundee United tonight met with Supporters' groups to discuss the newco situation prior to the all club vote on the proposal to transfer Rangers share on 4th July.

Following what was a robust and constructive meeting, the Club's position on how we will vote was substantiated by the viewpoint of the various supporters groups. The meeting finished with all in agreement as to what the correct course of action would be.

The Board of Directors of Dundee United are unequivocal in the belief that a form of sporting punishment must form part of the reasoning behind any decision made and, therefore, cannot vote the newco into the SPL. General sporting integrity and, more importantly, the integrity of Scottish football must also play a significant part in the decision making process. It is our belief that any form of sporting punishment must be unambiguous in the message it displays.

The financial well being of the Club, both in the short and long term, must also be at the forefront of our thoughts. We would encourage our supporters to purchase season ticket books as a show of support to our Club. The Board of Directors will act in the best interest of Dundee United and our supporters and Scottish football on this matter. The financial consequences of not showing this support for our Club are extremely serious.

21 Jun 2012 21:11:32
browsing the web and wondering how our club has became such a shambles,rangers have appeared on the forbes club rich list a few times in the last 6 or 7 years,it is no accident our club finds its self in this position it is clearly deliberate law breaking from individuals
its sad that people have lined there own pockets with probably millions of pounds and will most likely get away with it
the fans are the ones that are left to suffer and pick up the pieces,when we have done nothing wrong
i just hope one day all the truths will be out and we will all know why these criminal acts were done

Rangers have appeared on the forbes club rich list a few times in the last 6 or 7 years,
Yes using the David Murray calculator
He & he alone started to kill RFC

21 Jun 2012 16:26:54
Can we buy an English club and kill them off to take there place-is there any rules that stop this?
Also could we not buy say St Mirren and relocate them meaning no vote required by the SPL?

No rules regards St Mirren, way to go getting votes for new co, trample over everyone you can, now that's the Rangers way. "No one likes us..." but we'll never understand why.

No. Yes. With what money?

You have got to be having a laugh! Ur ignorance is nothing short off shocking! These clubs have histories, fans and everything else that goes with it! Start from the bottom and earn respect just as every other club has too do! "kill other clubs" it's people like u that makes everyone in Scotland hate u's! Ur a joke mate!

Byars

Listen im a rangers fan and see this talk of buying clubs and shutting them down its embarassing we have to act with dignity now
take all charges on the chin and just hope the men responsible recieve a hefty punishment

Buy St Mirren? Think there fans might have something to say about that.

Oh dear, how sad.

You want to either kill off an English club or buy over St Mirren.

Not very nice, is it?

Mac.

Not only is the rangers name getting up peoples noses in scotland but they have started to do it in england too with wanting to buy out an english club then take it over..... do yous really think the english are going to just sit back and let yous take over. but it is that kind of attitude that has got yous in this mess in the first place. yous are just not doing yourselfs or the rest of scottish football any favours....

Ya right op, now why is it that ppl dont like you? everyone is against yous because your so inocent right....this post show just what "rangers" fans thinking is, DM would have loved this guy eh, you should have been on the board...wow whats next from these ppl?

You want to be careful,everyteam in the uk has more money than rangers,and a better credit rating aswell.stay and die in scottish football.you'd be like the Man Utd for the other teams to grow.STAY IN SCOTLAND..OK

21 Jun 2012 16:57:59
Imagine if SPL chairmen miraculously voted to allow Rangers into SPL and then voted to relegate Newco to 1st division. Then Green/ Newco take SPL to court of session for breaking their own rules on punishments.( relegation not a punishment/ Rangers Newco not oldco)......and SPL try to tell Lord Glennie a deal had been done! Ha! Lol!

21 Jun 2012 16:12:35
To all the idiots who talk of building flats and shops at Ibrox: There is loads of spare land in and around Govan, at a much cheaper prices than what an Ibrox redevelopment would cost. It won't happen.

You do seem worried though.

21 Jun 2012 15:53:27
Everyone seems to have a say on the future of our club except us, the true Rangers fans. I have been going to Ibrox since 1955 and have never felt so much animosity as there is now.
There cannot be a fair vote when so many threats are being thrown about.
Do we deserve this feeling? As Kenny Dalglish would answer, maybe aye or maybe naw.
We are possibly being given clemency because the financial affect on these 'oh so moral clubs' would be devastating.
Personally, I would suggest that we take no tickets for away games and 'pay as we go' at Ibrox. Season tickets suit the club's owners and just look at the damage done by previous administrations.
I am a Bar 72 season ticket holder at present and am being offered the same renewal price as last year, with no European football and to play in what league?
Yes, I think that the punishments being intimated should be levied at those that caused the problem and that would be backed by all Rangers fans. For us let's go to division 3 and start again and we'll see how many teams survive. Also, if it is possible to get into another league, by the back door, then go for it.

" For us let's go to division 3 and start again and we'll see how many teams survive "

They ALL will survive . SKY said the tv deal continues , clubs are cutting their cloth accordingly to compensate for any loss of bear buttons , a loss , i hasten to add , that could be made negligible by the purchase of a few hundred extra season tickets .

There will be no team to for you to follow follow next year . RFC are to be liquidated and the Newclub don't have the stipulated three years of accounts to be SFA members . So no SPL or SFL either . We will see who will not survive though .......

RFC

jimi88

It is that attitude why more and more people are going against rangers..... yous think the whole of scottish football is going to crumble with yous not being in the spl.... where was this consideration when yous wanted out a few years ago when it was spoke of BOTH old firm teams leaving?? for once just accept that wrong was done, take the punishment and try and more forward bit a bit of dignity... people will respect yous for it more in the long run!!

Accounts will be prepared showing murray and his gang for what they were. I SUPPOSE THE NEWCO SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THAT AS WELL. It will take more than a few hundred season tickets to replace Ranger's input to every club. Do you honestly think that Sky will go ahead at current levels, if at all, with no Rangers you had better think again.
Also, Dave King is correct when saying that investors must be involved on a non commercial basis initially and not be in it for a short term gain. If Mr Green was to commit himself to that, then every Rangers supporter would back the newco club 100%.
In other words give us your commitment for the future and we will follow, follow.

Jimi88 what mince you berk!
SKY have said they will continue for one season without RFC and at a reduced cost.
Most clubs attendances will remain the same without a RFC only CFC will feel the real pinch when continual league champs become the norm and season tickets fall over the years. this then has reduced revenue which is needed to compete out of the euro prelim rounds. Eventually the revenue gap which is between cfc and the rest of the spl will be reduced.
Scottish football will bring your club to a lower revenue hence the reason why cfc want into the english league system- survival.
RFC's failings have isolated cfc and they will want out.

21 Jun 2012 15:11:22
Heart's owner Vladimir Romanov says Newco should not be allowed into SPL and should start from Division 3

21 Jun 2012 14:02:32
The board of Motherwell FC met yesterday to discuss the vote by SPL member clubs on the question of the admission of a successor club or ‘Newco’ Rangers FC into the SPL.

The current board of Motherwell FC are not the owners of the club but are the trustees of the majority shareholding as we transition towards a fan-ownership model through the successfully launched ‘Well Society.
We are very conscious of our duties as directors to protect the financial interests of our club. The decision making on ‘Newco’ is rendered extremely difficult by the complexity of the potential scenarios and the uncertainty around the likely financial implications of all of them.

We are increasingly of the view that the uncertainties around the financial implications are substantial and negative under all likely scenarios. This is a matter of extreme regret for our club given all the work being undertaken on a strategy to help us grow sustainably as a community and family based club owned and run by our fans.

At a time we should be enjoying the club’s success on the park and development off it, we face a grave threat to the viability of our sport and our club through no fault of our own.

It is our view that in the face of this we will be best placed if we live by the spirit of the model we are seeking to achieve. We believe it is mission critical that we both listen, and are seen to have listened, to the views of our members and shareholders on whom our club relies now and for the future. Under all scenarios we need to come together as a club to see this situation through.

We will therefore hold a ballot of adult ‘Well Society Members and the small number of existing minority shareholders who have yet to join the society, on a ‘one member/shareholder-one vote’ basis. The results of the ballot will be independently audited and will be used to determine which way the club votes on 4th July.

The results of the ballot will be independently audited and will be used to determine which way the club votes on 4th July.

Ownership in any business has to mean making decisions and then dealing with the outcome. The timing for administering a ballot is not ideal, given the constraints we face but we believe it can be achieved and underpins the way we want our club to be run. Given that Society members have already parted with their cash with the purpose of having a say in the future running of the club, we believe using this group is the most practical and sustainable way for us to proceed. The final date for votes cast will be Friday 29th June 2012. All existing members can vote.

Anyone joining between now and the date of the ballot will be required to pay in full to secure a vote.
An impartial guidance document on the likely risks to club finances of each outcome will be supplied as part of the information Society members will receive in order to vote. This will be our assessment based on the information available to us at this time. In reality this analysis will never be perfect as it relies on estimates which change daily.

We look to all our members, shareholders and supporters to stand behind the club at such a pressured time for all. Motherwell fans have never been found wanting and we have to ask for their loyalty and support once again.

Seems reasonable enough given their postion and aim of the club structure.
However their history shows that while In Administration and bottom of the league, with no deductions in 02/03, they were not demoted simply because the Falkirk in the first div did not have a stadium ready. Why the SFL and SPL did not go to the 2nd placed team, Clyde or third St Johnstone or agree ground share only they know.
Arguably that decision alone secured their financial survival and came out of Interim Admin a year later.
In 2003/2004 Thistle were demoted after going to a Tribunal as Inverness CT's stadium was not good enough but they were allowed to ground share with Aberdeen by the SPL unlike Falkirk.
'Pressured time for all'

They should remember the position they were in and you are correct received no sanctions. The way SFA and SPL change rules to suit they better be careful they are not demoted retrospectively

21 Jun 2012 11:58:22
Businessman linked to Rangers 'takeover' bid paid to play for Celtic

21 June 2012 10:24 BST

Stephen McKenna: The businessman claims he is interested in buying Rangers. Pic: SNS Group
A businessman linked with a takeover bid for crisis-hit Rangers once paid to play for rivals Celtic.

Stephen McKenna donated £15,000 in a charity auction in order to play for the Parkhead side in a tribute match to former player Phil O’Donnell in 2008.

Mr McKenna and Allan Stewart claim to have been "involved" in the takeover process at Rangers for the past three months.

The pair of property developers are directors of scaffolding firm Betaguard and were previously involved in Stewart and McKenna Ltd, which was wound up in 2010 by court-appointed liquidators over an unpaid tax bill.

Mr McKenna told STV that they were not launching an "immediate" bid for the club, while he declined to comment on whether any offer for the assets of the newco was worth £11m. Their firm Aleftav Ltd is being used by the businessmen in their dealings with Rangers.

21 Jun 2012 11:33:10
Once more Rangers PR spin doctors try to take Scottish football fans for idiots & score a huge own goal. A claim leaked to the media that Rangers want to buy Bury & play in England's Division 1 from Ibrox was immediately shot down by the English club.

It was clearly pathetic posturing ahead of the SPL July 4 vote on whether to admit the Ibrox newco- a transparent "vote for us or we are off to England" ploy.

All Rangers have done with this con trick is to further alienate Scottish clubs & fans. They really are desperate people.

Source: Brian McNally - Daily Mirror

OP where have you been Rangers are no longer, still doesn't stop you from your continual hate posts.
One minute it's sevco 5088, then Charles Green, then The Rangers now it's Rangers again.
The story is bull confirmed by Bury.

So it definately came from TRFC then??

who exactly??

bil72

21 Jun 2012 11:24:32
The first major sponsor to withdraw is Central Car Auctions, major financial supporters of Rangers for more than 35 years. The Glasgow-based company has a corporate box at the stadium as well as prominent signage, and is thought to invest a six-figure sum.

That will not continue while Green's consortium remains in charge, increasing the financial pressures on a group that has struggled to pull funds together. Green's investors will not put more of their own money in, since their intention is to quickly sell up, yet running costs still need to be met.

Jonathan Miller, owner of Central Car Auctions, said: "I'm not going to do sponsorship just now, because I have a fear factor about Mr Green. He's there for the sole reason of making some money, then walking away. After what's happened with Mr Whyte, it's a total embarrassment.

"I feel strongly about it. We've been sponsoring things at Ibrox for more than 35 years, boxes and we now have our signs there. We still have a contract for another year, but because of what's happened, that contract won't stand now.

"I just feel that somebody's got to do something. He's got a similar look to him as Whyte, he's just there for the money.

Herald Sport understands that a taxi firm will also withdrawing sponsorship of around £70,000

21 Jun 2012 11:19:45
I hope this new bid gets thrown out as have you seen the picture in the sun of mckenna, no way should property developer get near our club, they would want to build houses on the albion car park and meke themselves a fortune, stay away mckenna we don't want you
andygers74

They cant get planning permission as already stated by council so toddle off

@1; Planning is never as cut and dried as that.Lots of factors come into consideration,the fact its a run down area would work in its favour...........green jhedi

21 Jun 2012 09:39:44
From the Guardian

I found this Funny

"Being a snooty, chattering classes, London-centric kind of transfer gossip column, the Mill has to adjust its stupid ironic hipster glasses, take off its stupid ironic hipster flat cap and stroke its stupid ironic hipster moustache as it ponders an entity called "the north". The Mill is pretty sure it starts just north of the M25, and is populated by polar bears, woolly mammoths and vulgar people who have never heard of star anise. But even with that scratchy knowledge, we're pretty sure Bury isn't in Scotland. And yet, today's Sun reveals that Rangers plan to buy Bury (the club, not the entire town) and play in the Football League.

"They don't know whether they will be in the SPL next season and do not want to go to the bottom of the ladder," whispers a Sun source. "Acquiring an English club would get them the foothold they have always wanted down south."

"It should be pretty easy," said a Mill source. "I've done it in Championship Manager. I started with Bury in League One and eventually we won the Champions League. I can advise Rangers on this Armenian striker you can get for 15k and he's guaranteed to get you 60 goals a season. Oh, and tell them to sign Michael Duff. Although I think that's in the 03/04 or 02/03 version of the game, so they should scout him first. And another time, I got Beerschot from the Belgian firs..." At which point, we cut off our source because other people's Championship Manager stories are incredibly dull."

Rikkisixx (Other peoples Champ Manager stories are, incredibly Dull)

Came across this quote on another forum
Friends, Romans, Countrymen I come to
BURY Rangers, Not to Raise Them...
lol Timalloy

21 Jun 2012 09:30:59
This is just observation on my part, so don't shoot it down as "Timmy Tosh".....

1. Rangers FC as we knew it still exists. It is in administration. It will soon be taken over by liquidators and liquidated. Frot hose in any doubt, Rangers FC (est. 1872) become incorporated in 1899. This means the club (est 1972) become a legal entity - it is this entity (regardless of what you call it, club or business) which is being liquidated. Unfortunately, this means Rangers will cease to exist as the club we have all known in 2012. Charles Green also stated this in response to Dave Kings call for everyone to reject the CVA. Rangers fans need to accept this, the history will cease at 2012, modified only if the SPL strip 7 titles away after the EBT debacle.

2. As a consequence, any new Rangers will start from scratch in all respects in 2012.

3. It is actually stated in the SFA articles that membership's are non transferable between clubs. What this means is that rangers FC plc (In Administration) cannot transfer its SFA membership to Servco 5088. Further, until Rangers FC plc (In Administration) is liquidated, the “new Rangers” cannot get membership as technically someone could turn up before the liquidators close it down and say “here is 100% of the cash to cover all debts, and I want the club”…this would leave them with SFA membership unless otherwise suspended (which the SFA articles don’t allow for in these circumstances). Liquidators won’t be in and finished until the season has started, so this is a serious issue. Whilst the OldCo and NewCo co-exist, there is a major issue as someone could still buy the OldCo and get monies paid to appease creditors.

4. Charles Green arrangement with the administrators (terms of his legally binding contract which led to the automatic “NewCo” route upon the CVA being rejected) relies upon rangers playing in the SPL next season. If this was not to happen, the contract can be torn up and the assets moved back to Rangers FC plc (In Administration). This would then mean the liquidators would have control of those for debt recuperation purposes.

5. The latest story of Green buying Bury and transferring its membership etc to Rangers. Non-Starter, fantasy land rubbish.

6. It is highly likely Rangers won’t be playing football next year (save more SPL and SFA rule fudges to stop suspension/expulsion for a period of time, and the hope of restructuring to make space for us after the suspension/expulsion ends). Rangers cannot, under any UEFA and FIFA rules transfer to ANY OTHER football league registered with those bodies…its Scotland, or nothing…move elsewhere, start as a minnow in that region and work up from the very bottom (i.e. semi-pro).
7. In all honesty, the whole thing is a disgrace, and it’ll get worse…just wait until the Souness EBT/Boumsong transfer comes back up….

21 Jun 2012 07:54:16
all this talk of green gona buy bury and move to england meens only that he wants rangers fans to support bury ,and another thing all this talk of we dont do walking away is a joke and me personly would rather go and look for another or no team , we realy are a laughing stock of world football and with the cheating evidance comming out are neighbours across the city has a right to be angry as i would be and so would all of the rangers support be if it was the other way around and we would be wanting heads ,but this is out of irder couse they want justice me myself after looking in to this for 5 months have came to the conclusion that yes we deserve every thing we get and this is not over by a long shot ther is more to come that is gona make us run for a corner to hide

M8 if the name rangers is still there alot of us will support if it stays as bury none of us will support.Also what else is going to come out dual contracts EBTs we already expect this so i really dont see what else is coming.

21 Jun 2012 07:32:04
A man enters Duff & Phelps, Administrators.

Mr. Green: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.

(no response.)

Mr. Green: 'Ello, Miss?

Administrator: What do you mean "miss"?

Mr. Green: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!

Administrator: We're closin' for lunch.

Mr. Green: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this football club what I purchased not a week ago from this very office.

Administrator: Oh yes, the, uh, the Glaswegian Blues...What's,uh...What's wrong with them?

Mr. Green: I'll tell you what's wrong with them, my lad. They are dead, that's what's wrong with them!

Administrator: No, no, they uh,...are resting. It's the summer holidays

Mr. Green: Look, matey, I know a dead football club when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.

Administrator: No no they are not dead, just restin'! Remarkable team, the Rangers, ay? Fine history

Mr. Green: The history don't enter into it. They were liquidated!

Administrator: Nononono, no, no! They are resting!

Mr. Green: All right then, if they are restin', Lets phone them up! (dials Ibrox ticket office) 'Ello, Ticket office! I'd like to buy tickets for all of Rangers upcoming pre-season friendlies.
What? No I am not taking the michael! No, this is not a crank call! Oh they hung up!

(Administrator pulls out SPL Fixture list for Season 2012/13)

Administrator: There, look! Next game is Kilmarnock away.

Mr. Green: That says 'Club 12'. Who are they?

Administrator: No it doesn't!

Mr. Green: Yes, it does!

Administrator: No, no, its just a printing error...

Mr. Green: (phones up McCoist) 'ELLO Alistair. Have the players turned up for training yet?
What do you mean "what players"? What do you mean "they refused to transfer to the new company"?

(Takes wedge of season tickets out of pocket and thumps them on the counter)

Look. It's the middle of June and we've sold six season tickets. SIX.

Administrator: No, no.....No, there's erm, a postal strike.

Mr. Green: A postal strike?!?

Administrator: Yeah! Everyone wants to see the teddy bears. Long waiting list.Ticket office is jammed. But you just can't get the staff. Minor administrative bottleneck.

Mr. Green: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. This football club is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not one week
ago, you assured me that a total lack of footballing activity was due to players bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged season.

Administrator: Well, they are..., ah..all.probably in Norway preparing for champions league qualifiers. Playing in the Fjords!

Mr. Green: Preparing in the Fjords?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that? It says in all the papers that we're out of Europe for 4 years at least!

Administrator: The Rangers don't like to travel. Get homesick for Ibrox all the time. Remarkable team, innit, squire? Lovely history!

Mr. Green: Look, I took the liberty of speaking to the manager when I got to Ibrox, and I discovered the only reason that he was there in the first place was that he had been NAILED to a desk.

(pause)

Administrator: Well, o'course he was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed Super Ally down, then
VOOM! Feeweeweewee! He'd be in the Chelsea Job by now. Or Spurs!

Mr. Green: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this guy wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through him! 'E's bleedin' demented!

Administrator: No no! 'E's pining! For the season ahead!

Mr. Green: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's just whining! Look -
This club is toast! They have ceased to be! They are not in the champions league, SPL or any other league! They are non-non-league! Rangers FC are an EX-football club!

(pause)

Administrator: Well, I'd better replace them, then. (he takes a quick peek behind the counter) Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh,
we're right out of football clubs.

Mr. Green: I see. I see, I get the picture.

Administrator: I got a slug.

(pause)

Mr. Green: Pray, does it have an SFA registration?

Administrator: Nnnnot really.

Mr. Green: Well its hardly a replacement then is it?!??!?

Administrator: N-no, I guess not. (gets ashamed, looks at his feet)

Mr. Green: Well.

(pause)

Administrator: (quietly) D'you.... d'you want to come back to my place?

Mr. Green: (looks around) Yeah, all right, sure.

Wot a load of tosh

Oh very funny the dead parrot sketch from Monty Python. Out and about donks ago.

What is the point of this pile of sh*t, explanation please!

You've far too much time on your hands.

21 Jun 2012 03:01:50
I was just thinking. If the SFA rule against us in the dual contracts case then the punishment would be to award a 3-0 victory to our opponents in every game. That would lead to retrospective relegation to the third division as we would have lost every game since about 2002. Yet another way in which the future does not look too good. - Jaxie

21 Jun 2012 00:57:00
Just read on potential new bidders and does not make enjoyable reading.

I just cannot understand why McColl does not do a Fergus McCann and bankroll the club until back on its feet and then do share issue after a few years, and get his money back.

Last year in the rich list he was worth £800+ million,
This year over £1b. I know the reason that he has amassed this fortune is that he does not throw money away, but if you can make £200m in a year, with £800 m lready what is £20m, it really is loose change. I can't understand how you can watch your club go through this with his money. My twelve year old son asked me to buy him euro millions lottery tickets when the prize was £120m, as he wanted to save his club, and pay the debts in full. Brought a tear to my eye I can tell you. Pity Murray , Whyte etc did not have that kind of feeling for the club, hope they realise and are never allowed to forget what they have done.

Simple answer is that only some people are passionate about football. Maybe he gives his loose change to orphanages.

Invest in Rangers? That's why McColl has £800m and you don't.

Naive I'm afraid.
You're asking McColl to break all the golden rules.
He'd hate himself and wouldn't be able to live with himself.

David Murray isnt far behind on that list and hes in debt in reality. Why this condecension to the mega rich ? We need to reform football and put the fans in charge. Trouble is some of them are.mental.

21 Jun 2012 00:26:36
Daily Mirror have released a story stating Green's intention to buy League One side Bury and replace them with The Rangers still playing out of Ibrox.

20 Jun 2012 23:16:13
Tycoon firm goes under owing £78k as millionaire's fail to pay tax bill
Aug 1 2010 Exclusive by Norman Silvester, Sunday Mail
A FIRM run by two millionaire property developers has gone bust - owing the taxman £78,000.
Allan Stewart and Steve McKenna's empire once boasted a turnover of £134million a year.
And the pair's charity work has been supported by Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Goldie Hawn.
But we told in May how one of their companies, Stewart & McKenna Ltd, was taken to court over a tax bill.
And the firm has now been put into liquidation after the cash was unpaid.
Last week insolvency experts Buchanan Roxburgh were appointed as the liquidators.
Stewart & McKenna Ltd was the first company the two men set up, in 2005.
Since then the duo, whose HQ is in Cambuslang, near Glasgow, have formed more than 20 firms.
In an interview in 2007, the partners claimed they had made £134million the previous year after selling 14,000 flats worldwide.
Last month Labour Party donors Stewart and McKenna said they had given shamed former Glasgow City Council leader Steven Purcell a job with their charity, which has built orphanages in Russia, Indonesia and Africa.
The property developers have previously denied that their empire is in trouble.
The Sunday Mail tried to contact Stewart and McKenna yesterday but they did not return our calls.

20 Jun 2012 21:38:35
Any news on how many season tickets have actually been sold up to this point?

Spoke to the ticket office today and they say there have been a lot renewed but not nearly as many as usual. I asked to change my seats and transfer of seats are not allowed, I was ready to pay them there and then and they wouldn't take my dosh, unbelievable

Agree mine has already just rolled over and doesnt seem to be any major changes..
craig+babybear