manc_don Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 To be fair mbt, that doesn't show the huns in a bad light, it shows the spl as a bunch of urchins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 To be fair mbt, that doesn't show the huns in a bad light, it shows the spl cockwomble and his sidekicks from killie and celtic as a bunch of urchins. fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick sheep Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 bbc saying 11 sfl clubs indicate a no vote, i can only remember who a few of them are. how many are there who've said they'll abstain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dave_min Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 i just hope to fuck someone remembers to punish them for juninho's ebt! NO. Juninho is a saint. The EBT was only used to free him from that horiffic Charles & Craig hooped shirt. They should be thanked. airdrie and dundee abstaining How come Dumfermline are allowed to vote then? Looks like 'Club 12' has already been decided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 St Mirren Statement "As you will now be aware St.Mirren FC today voted against the application by the Rangers NewCo to be admitted to the SPL. This vote was part of an overwhelming rejection of the application by the SPL member clubs. It will now be left for the SFA and SFL collectively to decide where the Rangers NewCo will play it's football next season. Those organisations will make their decision in due course without any pressure from the SPL or it's member clubs and we will fully respect whatever decision they make. We now hope that the St.Mirren support will get fully behind the club and team as we prepare for the new season and start once again to focus on football matters. Unfortunately due to the clubs media officer being in hospital today we are unable to post a detailed update to the official site, so my thanks to Black & White army for publishing this update. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 fuck me it's coming thick and fast this PM SPFA http://pfascotland.co.uk/2012/news/statement-on-issue-of-itcs-to-players/ PFA Scotland Solicitor Margaret Gribbon of Bridge Litigation has today written to all English Premier League and Championship Clubs responding to Charles Green’s letter to them dated 29th June 2012. Ms Gribbon stated “I have been furnished with a copy of Mr Green’s letter sent to English Clubs in their top two divisions and consider that it amounts to an attempt to deliberately misrepresent my clients position. I have therefore today sent a detailed letter to the Clubs setting out the facts and repeating our very firm legal view that Mr Green’s allegations of breach of contract are entirely without legal merit. My clients are free agents and I am pleased to note that several Premier League Clubs have already made applications to the SFA for International Transfer Certificates indicating that they attach little weight to Mr Green’s assertion that Sevco is entitled to seek damages for breach of contract” “Furthermore it should also be noted that the SFA has confirmed that in the event of there being a dispute over registration the matter will be referred to FIFA. We can confirm that the SFA has today rejected to issue the registration for one of our clients to an English Premier League Club. The Club in question disputes the rejection and will now write to FIFA seeking their intervention. We expect a speedy response from FIFA.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 To be fair mbt, that doesn't show the huns in a bad light, it shows the spl as a bunch of urchins. I'd say 75% cw and 25% whiny ex-huns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick sheep Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 fuck me it's coming thick and fast this PM SPFA http://pfascotland.co.uk/2012/news/statement-on-issue-of-itcs-to-players/ We can confirm that the SFA has today rejected to issue the registration for one of our clients to an English Premier League Club. The Club in question disputes the rejection and will now write to FIFA seeking their intervention. We expect a speedy response from FIFA. This is good. Not only does it suggest what most of us suspected anyway - that the sfa are as institutionally corrupt and in this up to their necks as much as anyone - but finally it forces FIFA to bang some heads together. says a lot when i genuinely think fifa are the least corrupt governing body within which scottish football operates.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-18706453 Seems like the MPS in westminster now going to get in on this farce.... That may not be a bad thing. Wonder if they'll get Turnbull Hutton to give evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 From Tomo on Twitter: N Doncaster: sees no danger of any clubs going bust as result of this decision WTF the fuck now!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 This is good. Not only does it suggest what most of us suspected anyway - that the sfa are as institutionally corrupt and in this up to their necks as much as anyone - but finally it forces FIFA to bang some heads together. says a lot when i genuinely think fifa are the least corrupt governing body within which scottish football operates.... Only caveat I would add is that some rangers players have already signed for other clubs so presumably they have approved some transfers, perhaps there is a particular issue with this transfer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-18706453 Seems like the MPS in westminster now going to get in on this farce.... Sport is a reserved issue, they have no jurisdiction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Shoulder to shoulder...pfftt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Tonight's Sportsound is well worth a listen. Podcast is up: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/scotfoot Traynor gets a kicking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spl/rangers-newco-big-problem-for-scottish-society-if-rangers-plunge-to-third-division-1-2392610 SCOTTISH Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan has issued a startling warning of “social unrest” in Scotland if newco Rangers are denied entry to the First Division of the Scottish Football League following the emphatic rejection today of their application to retain top-flight football at Ibrox. “Without Rangers, there is social unrest and a big problem for Scottish society,” claimed Regan. “They have a huge fan base and to contemplate the situation where those fans don’t have a team to support, where those fans are effectively left without a game to follow, I just think that could lead to all sorts of issues, all sorts of problems for the game. “Tribalism in football is really important. It is part of the game. People follow their clubs with pride, it is passed down from generation to generation. There are thousands of Rangers fans whose fathers and parents and grandfathers have been Rangers fans. You can’t contemplate a situation without that and if Rangers weren’t to exist that could have real dire consequences. “There is a lot of emotion around this subject because Rangers are a huge institution in Scottish football history and they are where they are. Their fans have been hurt, they don’t know what’s happening. There hasn’t been a great deal of leadership at the club and there hasn’t been a huge amount of communication from the football authorities. “The SPL have now decided that Rangers won’t be coming back into the SPL. From our perspective it’s important we set out the landscape because there is only one solution for the game now. “The only solution for the game now is that Rangers come into the Scottish Football League and they come into it in the First Division. If Rangers were to go anywhere other than the First Division, then there would something in the region of £15.7 million worth of losses to the game. “For the bigger clubs at the top of the league, that’s half their annual distributions. For clubs at the bottom it is basically wiping out their entire distributions, for some of the smaller clubs it’s a huge proportion of their annual turnover. “The same will be true for most clubs. Perhaps clubs could survive for a short period of time but it’s not sustainable. Even if Rangers end up in the First Division, there is still going to be a £5 million loss of income to the SPL clubs. The game is not sustainable so there would be a slow lingering death for the game in Scotland. It would then trickle down to the SFL. From our perspective as the governing body and we cannot allow that to happen. “If we allowed that to happen, it would simply be a dereliction of duty. Therefore, this whole decision-making process has been one of the most challenging and complex decisions that I have ever been involved in in 27 years of business as sport. “Some clubs in the SFL are afraid of the implications of the decisions. There is the moral argument, the fear of a fans’ backlash and there are financial implications to consider. But when we look at the alternative, it is not possible to think about it without thinking of the game withering on the vine. We cannot contemplate that and the message has to be that Division One for Rangers is the only show in town as far as the future of Scottish football is concerned.” “We have had dialogue with the broadcasters,” he added, “and we understand what the various stakeholders from Sky television, ESPN, Sport Five and a number of the SPL’s other commercial partners are likely to do in the event Rangers are not in either of the top two tiers. It’s not pretty. That’s why we cannot sit back and let that happen without trying to get all parties to accept this is the only solution which can keep the game afloat. “Without Old Firm games, the value drops, the overseas deals are almost exclusively about the Old Firm derby and that would go immediately. Then you look at the rest of the game and what it is worth. It is fair to say the broadcasters would live with a year without Rangers in the SPL, because it could be a fantastic story for them, which is why I think First Division rights will be an interest as people will want to see how this club is going to bounce back.” Regan confirmed that sanctions will apply to newco Rangers in the First Division and also made it clear the formation of an SPL2 will be pursued in order to accommodate the Ibrox club if they are rejected by the SFL next week. “The SFA have to transfer Rangers’ membership from oldco to newco,” he said. “That can be done with any conditions attached to it that the SFA board deem fit. We would expect a newco to carry some of the sanctions which would have related to the club had it still been in the previous incarnation. The membership cannot be transferred on financial grounds alone. It has to have a degree of sporting integrity and that means sporting sanctions.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 He can't survive after that can he? What an outrageous article that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 It's surely an insult to Division 3 teams that the SFA Chief Executive thinks they don't exist and don't play football. What is the real agenda here? Is his job/salary even on the line if SPL revenue is reduced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spl/rangers-newco-big-problem-for-scottish-society-if-rangers-plunge-to-third-division-1-2392610 That is the most outrageous thing I have ever seen. "Social unrest" if they don't get their way. Words fail me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Lucky you copied and pasted Kow. The page you requested is currently unavailable For some reason the page you are trying to access http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spl/rangers-newco-big-problem-for-scottish-society-if-rangers-plunge-to-third-division-1-2392610 is currently unavailable. From here you can visit our homepage or go back to the page you were last on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 He can't survive after that can he? What an outrageous article that is. In normal situations no but in the world of Scottish football who knows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Tonight's Sportsound is well worth a listen. Podcast is up: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/scotfoot Traynor gets a kicking! The first 20mintues were radio gold. I then spent the next 40mins sitting in the car in the gym car park listening to Jim try to win the argument by shouting loudest. Twat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I've never read anything so outrageously ridiculous in my life. The Scotsman should know better than to publish tripe like that. He's basically telling the huns to riot in that article!?!?! He really needs disappearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Peter A Smith ?@PeterAdamSmith SFA source says Stewart Regan's comments on "social unrest" were not refering to Rangers in First Division but if there was "no Rangers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Aye, the page has been taken down but the text has already circulated in various places. The man is so out of touch. Even the huns want to go into division 3 (for various reasons). Something needs to be done to nip this shite in the bud ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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