Rangers FC lodge papers to go into administration

Beefy78 · 02-03-2012 11:41AM

Juve lost their title but that was down to match fixing. I don't think you could strip titles away from Rangers because I suspect that all Clubs will have endulged in the use of financial steroids at one time or other. Maybe not to the extent of Rangers with the EBT case but using tax money as working capital seems to be standard for the industry - hence HMRC's attitude over the last couple of years.

RoryMac · 02-03-2012 12:00PM

Beefy78 wrote: »

Juve lost their title but that was down to match fixing. I don't think you could strip titles away from Rangers because I suspect that all Clubs will have endulged in the use of financial steroids at one time or other. Maybe not to the extent of Rangers with the EBT case but using tax money as working capital seems to be standard for the industry - hence HMRC's attitude over the last couple of years.

I'd imagine the SFA will be more concerned with the allegations of some Rangers players having 2 contracts during this period, they have announced today that they are investigating this issue and if proved would would be a very serious issue.

I remember talk of a LoI team being caught doing this, anyone know the details on that case?

ColeTrain · 02-03-2012 01:02PM

SFA Statement..

Independent Inquiry Update
Friday, 02 March 2012

Stewart Regan, the Scottish FA Chief executive, has today provided an update on the progress of the Independent Inquiry into Rangers FC chaired by The Right Honourable Lord Nimmo Smith.

"We are now in the final stages of our independent inquiry into the situation concerning Rangers FC. The report by The Right Honourable Lord Nimmo Smith is expected to be completed next week and will go to a Special Board Meeting for consideration.

"It would be inappropriate to make any further comment at this stage in relation to the details gleaned from the inquiry, the potential contents of the report or any possible sanctions.

"We are, however, aware of the most recent allegations made against Rangers FC today by a former director of the club. We shall investigate this matter thoroughly before making any further comment."

http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish....cfm?page=2111

Eirebear · 02-03-2012 01:05PM

Can't wait for Nimmo's Findings.

I loved the first film.

ColeTrain · 02-03-2012 01:07PM

Rangers staff agree to work for nothing.

Eirebear · 02-03-2012 01:09PM

ColeTrain wrote: »

Rangers staff agree to work for nothing.

Hoopy would have been in the car park long ago.

ColeTrain · 02-03-2012 01:11PM

Eirebear wrote: »

Hoopy would have been in the car park long ago.

Rightly so too, he's a well trained pup.

RoryMac · 02-03-2012 01:13PM

Was that pic of Broxi Bear taken at the cup game against Dundee Utd?

Dempsey · 02-03-2012 01:15PM

bobbysands81 wrote: »

If true then this is the smoking gun that could decimate Scottish football given the dual roles that many people held in the high echelons of both the SPL and Rangers.

decimate wouldnt be the word I would use to describe the removal of cheats from the scottish game.

bobbysands81 · 02-03-2012 03:40PM

Dempsey wrote: »

decimate wouldnt be the word I would use to describe the removal of cheats from the scottish game.

But if the SPL/SFA were complicit then the game in Scotland will be in tatters and no longer can us Celtic fans be deemed to be paranoid.

Dempsey · 02-03-2012 04:18PM

bobbysands81 wrote: »

But if the SPL/SFA were complicit then the game in Scotland will be in tatters and no longer can us Celtic fans be deemed to be paranoid.

That boat has already sailed, its called the S.S. Jim Farry.

Nimmo needs to find out who had knowledge of these contracts and did nothing and ban them all indefinitely from any position within Scottish Football. There is an awful cancer within Scottish Football.

Dempsey · 02-03-2012 06:36PM

Looks like the admins made a huge gaff by pencilling in job cut discussion on an international week. Someone at the club should have been able to explain that certain players would be gone for a large spell of the week and getting anything meaningful done wouldnt be really possible. They seem to be dragging their heels on this issue which is doing the club no favours.

Job cuts alone will not make up the £4.5m needed to break even this season

A Dub in Glasgo · 02-03-2012 08:44PM

The most astonishing bit of all this is how acceptable it appears to withhold payment to others (not just the taxman) just so you can continue to pay your own players hundreds of thousands per week!

blahfckingblah · 02-03-2012 09:00PM

RoryMac wrote: »

Was that pic of Broxi Bear taken at the cup game against Dundee Utd?

nah broxi bear didnt bother going to that game,,, he did however come out in force when they went into administration and claim to be loyal and to have never abandoned them

Eirebear · 02-03-2012 09:08PM

blahfckingblah wrote: »

nah broxi bear didnt bother going to that game,,, he did however come out in force when they went into administration and claim to be loyal and to have never abandoned them

Lol, you'd swear you guys had been getting full houses every week over the last few years.
"Faithfull Through and Through" :rolleyes:

Eirebear · 03-03-2012 02:12PM

Administrators.

"Decision out of players hands by Monday"
"A number of job losses will happen"
"Invited interested bidders to submit formally by March 16th"
"Getting out of Administration by March 31st (Euro Deadline) a challenge"

Jelle1880 · 03-03-2012 03:21PM

blahfckingblah wrote: »

nah broxi bear didnt bother going to that game,,, he did however come out in force when they went into administration and claim to be loyal and to have never abandoned them

Unlike those 15.000 who didn't bother to show up at Parkhead after we went into administration, and their club had pretty much won the league.

Joyce Country · 03-03-2012 05:18PM

http://radioplayer.clyde1.com/

quality right now

:pac:

poor rangers :cool:

Jelle1880 · 03-03-2012 05:36PM

Funny, never seen you here before.

Or do you only show up when Celtic are doing good and Rangers aren't ?

Joyce Country · 03-03-2012 06:36PM

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Funny, never seen you here before.

Or do you only show up when Celtic are doing good and Rangers aren't ?

looks like i'll be around for long time so Jelle

blahfckingblah · 03-03-2012 07:05PM

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Funny, never seen you here before.

Or do you only show up when Celtic are doing good and Rangers aren't ?

thats good attack people for not being here before as "not real fans" at the first sign of criticism, you dont know anything about him,,, not the first time i'v see these kind of comments

Edit: what game are you on about Jelle?

bobbysands81 · 04-03-2012 01:49AM

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Funny, never seen you here before.

Or do you only show up when Celtic are doing good and Rangers aren't ?

2,992 fewer people at Ibrox today than at your last home game.

"We don't do walking away".

bobbysands81 · 04-03-2012 01:57AM

Serious question for Rangers fans...

Your administrators say you need to save £1m per month between now and season's end. That's £230,000 PER WEEK. Where the hell is that amount of savings going to come from?

That's the equivalent of 23 players earning £10k per week leaving the club... yet the administrators have not had any kind of cull almost 3 weeks into their work?! What's going on?

Without massive short term investment you guys won't even see the summer in your current guise.

Then what happens if the big tax case goes against you?

It's now at the stage where liquidation is not a possibility but unavoidable unless huge and immediate investment happens in advance of March 16th.

d22ontour · 04-03-2012 02:00AM

If the King of Spain can be allowed to bail out 'it's' club at will then surely the Queen of Britain can come up with some tax dodging scheme that can bail out the most English club of them all...

bobbysands81 · 04-03-2012 02:24AM

d22ontour wrote: »

If the King of Spain can be allowed to bail out 'it's' club at will then surely the Queen of Britain can come up with some tax dodging scheme that can bail out the most English club of them all...

Seems like Rangers have already kept their side of the bargain with their tax schemes... now for the Queen to do the same.

After all they Have a pic of her in their dressing room.

http://www.google.ie/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&q=queen+rangers+dressing+room&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&biw=768&bih=928&sei=Tc1ST4ymI5GIhQet8fj8Aw

Jelle1880 · 04-03-2012 01:24PM

bobbysands81 wrote: »

2,992 fewer people at Ibrox today than at your last home game.

"We don't do walking away".

Which is still 5000 more than at Celtic after our administration, despite the league being pretty much won.

blahfckingblah: The Celtic - Dunfermline game.
Attendance: 45.000

And you can't deny that now, all of a sudden when Celtic have won the league and Rangers are in trouble, a lot of 'Celtic fans' come out of the woodwork.
I'm not saying he's not a fan, but it's... odd, to say the least.

edit:

bobby: I don't see any outcome either, unless a consortium steps in and gets us out of this mess then liquidation is probably the next step

Pompey Magnus · 04-03-2012 01:28PM

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Which is still 5000 more than at Celtic the weekend after our administration, despite the league being pretty much won.

Your team obviously isn't used to all the attention, they have lost every home game since the full houses started!

Get behind your team by staying at home next time, it might just help :P

Jelle1880 · 04-03-2012 01:33PM

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

Your team obviously isn't used to all the attention, they have lost every home game since the full houses started!

Get behind your team by staying at home next time, it might just help :P

That's been done by Celtic fans already, it didn't help :P

TheBuilder · 04-03-2012 05:51PM

bobbysands81 wrote: »

2,992 fewer people at Ibrox today than at your last home game.

"We don't do walking away".

Or maybe people just couldn't afford a ticket or travel?

Lets be honest, if there's one thing Celtic fans can't slag off Rangers fans for its attendances.

Coillte_Bhoy · 04-03-2012 06:06PM

Jelle1880 wrote: »

blahfckingblah: The Celtic - Dunfermline game.
Attendance: 45.000

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How is that 15,000 less than than the usual attendace??

I didnt realise our average home attendance was 60,000

Rangers FC lodge papers to go into administration

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