http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/football/Sale-of-Rangers-FC-39will.6650410.jp

 

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Sale of Rangers FC 'will go ahead by mid-January'

 

Published Date: 05 December 2010

By Tom English

 

A DEAL to sell Rangers Football Club to Scots venture capitalist Craig Whyte will go though by the middle of January, according to senior sources at the club.

Whyte, 39, met with Ibrox chairman Alastair Johnston in Glasgow to discuss the purchase of Sir David Murray's shareholding in the club.

 

The proposed £33 million deal will wipe out the existing debt that has stymied Rangers in the transfer market for two years.

 

Yesterday, sources at Rangers said the deal, barring any late hitches, could be completed before Christmas but it is more likely that it will be done by the middle of January. "We can't say with 100 per cent certainty, but Whyte has the money and is very convincing. We think the deal will happen," said the source.

 

Murray has presided over Rangers for 22 years but has been keen to sell his stake for some time.

 

Hopefully the debt thing is not true as that is what is holding them back at the moment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18847265

 

Fuck 'em.

 

Fuck 'em all if they can't survive without cheating their cash sash, sorry, cow, back to prop up their badly-run clubs.

 

Strange no-body in, say, Div 2 or 3 or EoS/Highland leagues need to have emergency board meeting?

 

"This could spell the end of football as we know it."

And, just exactly WHY is this a bad thing?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18847265

 

And, just exactly WHY is this a bad thing?

 

Football as we know it has already ended from a certain point of view. 

"The end of football as we know it" makes it sound as if suddenly the rules are going to change and there will be teams of thirty playing with multiple balls and basketball hoops instead of nets.

"The end of football as we know it" makes it sound as if suddenly the rules are going to change and there will be teams of thirty playing with multiple balls and basketball hoops instead of nets.

 

Bomber Brown to the rescue!!

 

@DarcheVinny

#bomberfestbrought us nothing new, other than JB will be/has committed 40k towards the £10mil he wants to raise. Hats off to him for that.

 

 

@DarcheVinny

#bomberfestagain, JB urges supporters not to buy season tickets and if you as a fan support Green(& buy ST), you are disloyal to Rangers

 

 

 

@DarcheVinny

#bomberfestJB says Craig Whyte is 100% involved with Sevco, but would nor - or could not? - provide proof.

 

:lolabove:

no mention of "JB" being coked out his nut all through this shambles?

He's probably sniffing flour and thinks it's coke!

Rumour doing the rounds on twitter that Regan has quit SFA.

So he's quit "sweet fuck all" and is still in a job?

Anyone know when we are supposed to hear the result of SPL meeting today?

Rangers: 'No chance' of reprieve from SPL clubs

 

Any chance of the Scottish Premier League relenting on its decision to reject the "newco" Rangers has been dismissed by club chairmen ahead of its annual meeting at Hampden.

 

Dundee United's Stephen Thompson and St Mirren's Stewart Gilmour told BBC Scotland there would be no Rangers back in the top flight this season.

 

Aberdeen and Hearts said at the weekend that their stance had not changed.

 

And Inverness Caledonian Thistle's board also confirmed their decision.

 

Dundee and Dunfermline Athletic hope to learn that one of them has been chosen to fulfil the fixtures designated to "Club 12" as the old Rangers headed for liquidation and 10 of the 12 SPL clubs rejected an application from the newco consortium.

 

But Queen of the South were the latest to reveal their fears that the SPL would find a way to circumvent the vote to have the new club in Division Three.

The club relegated from Division Two have incurred the wrath of their own supporters for being one of five out of 30 Scottish Football League clubs who voted for the new Rangers being in Division One.

 

Ahead of Friday's SFL meeting, the SFA and SPL had promised reorganisation of the leagues and redistribution of income in return for Rangers being placed in Division One.

 

The chief executives of both those governing bodies had warned of dire financial consequences should Rangers be placed in the bottom tier.

 

And the Dumfries outfit claim they only voted for the First Division plan because they believe it is inevitable the new Rangers will end up in the second tier and wanted to ensure reform came with it.

 

"We have been incredibly disappointed and angry at the actions and leadership of the senior members of the SFA and SPL throughout this whole saga," Queens said in a statement.

 

 

"There have been statements, both public and private, that have amounted to little more than threats.

 

"The dialogue has been negative, focusing on and exaggerating the possible 'Armageddon' rather than rallying and actively trying to find solutions that all clubs and, more importantly, supporters would feel comfortable supporting.

 

"Instead, we were presented with a set of proposals that no one was happy with.

 

"More importantly, the message from the governing bodies was that, even with a 'no' vote, they would continue to pursue the newco Rangers playing in one of the top two tiers next season.

 

"There has been a lot of talk about how this is not possible under the current rules, but as the saying goes: 'where there's a will there's a way'."

 

Queens' comments echoed those of clubs such as Clyde and Dunfermline, whose chairmen suggested that the SPL could yet reverse its own decision to exclude Rangers.

 

The new Rangers had themselves suggested that they had been promised a place in an SPL2 should they not be voted into Division One.

 

However, it is almost certainly impossible to organise a new league in the three weeks before the start of the season and Sevco chief executive Charles Green has announced that he will accept the SFL decision.

 

The SPL had previously indicated that it was likely to invite Dundee, who finished runners-up to promoted Ross County, to replace Rangers.

 

However, Dunfermline, who finished bottom of the SPL, have argued that they should be saved from relegation instead.

 

The SPL decision has implications for the losers of last season's promotion play-offs - Airdrie United, who are poised to move up to Division One, and Stranraer, who will jump to the Second Division - should either Dundee or Dunfermline be confirmed in the SPL.

 

SPL clubs will also be looking to discover further details of the predicted commercial losses resulting from the loss of Rangers.

 

Contracts reportedly have an exit or renegotiation clause should either Celtic or Rangers be absent and the television deals.

 

Sky and ESPN were due to sign an £80m five-year deal this summer, although their existing £13m annual contract has a year left to run.

 

SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster told SFL clubs that a total of £18.7m would be lost to the SPL if the Third Division option was taken, all but £1m from broadcasting deals.

 

Doncaster has apparently valued TV revenue at just £3m if the Rangers newco was made to start in the Third Division, but Sky Sports has maintained its silence while ESPN has said it wants "to have a continued relationship with Scottish football".

Queens were relegated from the 1st not the 2nd.  That is all.

Green and McCoist are a disconcerting presence the meeting today.

Green and McCoist are a disconcerting presence the meeting today.

Dear christ......

Someone put them out of their misery.  They're not making them do another Power Point presentation are they?

Dear christ......

Someone put them out of their misery.  They're not making them do another Power Point presentation are they?

 

They'll be there as technically speaking, Oldco still hold the SPL share.

 

I hope that's all it is anyway...

Why does Ally tag along to these things?  Should he not be training the Sevco Squad?

Why does Ally tag along to these things?  Should he not be training the Sevco Squad?

 

They have U16 coaches for that.

 

They have U16 coaches for that.

 

 

 

+1

Why does Ally tag along to these things?  Should he not be training the Sevco Squad?

 

Free Buffet?

Dundee are in according to the notoriously reliable Twitter.

Dundee are in according to the notoriously reliable Twitter.

 

confirmed on bbc.

 

"It was agreed that the SPL would work with the Scottish FA, SFL and Rangers to facilitate Rangers FC taking their place in SFL Division 3 this season.

 

"It was agreed that Dundee FC would be invited to fill the space vacated by Rangers FC in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League."

confirmed on bbc.

 

"It was agreed that the SPL would work with the Scottish FA, SFL and Rangers to facilitate Rangers FC taking their place in SFL Division 3 this season.

 

"It was agreed that Dundee FC would be invited to fill the space vacated by Rangers FC in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League."

 

I'm intrigued by the first statement, what does that mean exactly.  Obviously despite media statements Sevco aren't in SFL3 yet officially but what help are the SPL suggesting they need/will offer.

Saw this on twitter and it made me LOL

 

 

  @BrechinCFC: SFL have now confirmed Newco Rangers will play Brechin City at Glebe Park on the 28th July in the Ramsdens Cup. #sfl

Saw this on twitter and it made me LOL

 

 

  @BrechinCFC: SFL have now confirmed Newco Rangers will play Brechin City at Glebe Park on the 28th July in the Ramsdens Cup. #sfl

 

C'mon the Brechin

Would laugh my socks off

I'm intrigued by the first statement, what does that mean exactly.  Obviously despite media statements Sevco aren't in SFL3 yet officially but what help are the SPL suggesting they need/will offer.

 

Moving fixtures to avoid clashes between Newco and selic games is my guess.