Rangers FC On Field Gossip & Rumour Thread 2017 Mod Note in OP(Updated 14/08)

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Again: Rangers didn't ban anyone, they took away the press privileges of 2 proven liars with an agenda. If they really want to they're still able to get to Ibrox, they can just not use any of the press facilities.

If the BBC ( a publicly funded organisation) want to throw their toys out the pram then good, I don't know a single Rangers fan who wants them at Ibrox. I wonder how the BBC main offices in England feel about their Scottish branch going against their own charter about always remaining independent

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Well obviously they dont see it as you do, quelle suprise :rolleyes:
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"Like the Rangers orange strip, the song ('Follow, Follow') cannot be listed among the great criminal acts, it merely offends”

“Bill Struth was either an idol or an idiot depending on your point of view”

More remarkable, though, amid the media and marketing frenzy surrounding the game, is the way the memory of Cooper's career has become lodged halfway between legend and myth………..One problem with the Davie Cooper legend is that, as with many public personalities who die young and become subject to mythology, it doesn't wholly square with the facts of his career. For a so-called "genius", you would certainly have expected Cooper, who died at 39, to have won more than his 22 international caps.”

As for the “bans” it’s worth pointing out that these decisions don’t actually amount to that, Messr’s Spiers and Mclaughlin are welcome to queue up and buy a ticket like the rest of us. It’s a withdrawal of journalistic privileges, basically if you are going to lie and abuse your position then fine but we’re not giving you a free ticket and finger food while you’re doing it…

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

If you are that dim to think that's what the whole thing is about then god help you. And the fact the BBC are upset their reporter won't avail of these and has to pay in says more about them.

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

Touchy you're the one that feels the need to comment on a couple of journalists having their press privileges revoked. If they want to go they still can they just have to pay. And really a tic fan telling me that the media in Scotland are cosy with Rangers is like telling me today is Saturday pointless

Rangers have withdrawn the rights of four shareholders to vote, collect a dividend or trade their stake.

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

No its not the board has the right to stop them voting or receiving dividends if when asked they refuse to disclose who is behind the name. The SFA can do nothing nor should they in a matter as important as this. In fact their rules should have demanded that they disclose who they are. After all fit and proper

Dempsey wrote: »

I thought the issue was clear cut and didnt need to be explained. the main issue here is the SFA but also Duff& Phelps/Rangers didnt care where the money was coming from to buy the assets. Everyone involved wanted a quick fix regardless of the long term problems

POLICE probing Charles Green’s Rangers reign have quizzed a key whistleblower.

French businesswoman Sevim Cesim was questioned in Scotland on Wednesday.

And yesterday, former Gers boss Ally McCoist was spotted giving her a send-off at Glasgow airport.

Cesim was a central figure in Green’s original takeover team. McCoist befriended the ex-financial high-flyer during her short spell working in Glasgow in 2012, when she helped Green, Imran Ahmad and Brian Stockbridge prepare for a public share offering that raised more than £22million.

Cesim effectively worked as the company secretary but was sacked within weeks of the share issue being completed.

It is understood senior figures at the club attempted to oust her after she raised queries about how the money was being spent. Cesim later contacted the Serious Fraud Office with her concerns.

Sevim Cesim with Ally McCoist and her travelling companion at Glasgow Airport
It’s thought that Green’s Rangers burned through an astonishing £70million in less than 18 months.

Cesim declined to comment yesterday as she made her way back to the south of France.

But an insider said: “Sevim Cesim may not be one of the biggest or most well known names in this particular chapter of the Rangers saga but she just might become one of the most important players in this police investigation.

"She raised the alarm not only when she was working inside the club but also with the authorities after she had left. The truth is that guys like Green, Stockbridge and Ahmad didn’t like the kind of
questions she was asking. But Police Scotland are likely to be a great deal more receptive.”

A team of officers have spent around two years investigating the events that led to Rangers’ collapse under previous owner Craig Whyte in February 2012 – and the financial chaos which followed under Green.

Malcolm Murray with Brian Stockbridge, Imran Ahmad and Charles Green
Whyte bought the club from Sir David Murray in May 2011 only to plunge them into administration nine months later. After Rangers were liquidated, Green and his team bought the club’s assets in a £5.5million closed-shop deal with administrators Duff & Phelps.

It’s believed Cesim arrived in Glasgow soon after. She had worked with Ahmad and Stockbridge at
Zeus Capital, a Manchester firm who backed Green’s buyout.

Whyte was arrested and charged with fraud in November last year.

Duff & Phelps trio David Whitehouse, Paul Clark and David Grier face charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Police said last night they would make no comment on any individual helping them with their inquiries.