Crimson Dynamo

I would take Kyle and Beattie. Would like to see Hemmings get a chance though. We should build for the future. I don't like the crazy talk of Mols, Albert and Ferguson. We would gain nothing by having them. Novo could probably still do a job at that level. But has he still got it? Done next to nothing last couple of seasons

For me in my lifetime there has been so many great teams:

80's Juventus & Mid 90's Juventus

80's & early 90's Milan

91 Red Star Belgrade

Mid 90's Ajax

Current Barcelona

Early 00's Real Madrid

If true would this then mean. Charles Green will be sueing Duff and Phelps?

from Daily Record http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/rangers/2012/07/14/ibrox-chief-charles-green-told-purchase-of-players-contracts-is-not-legal-86908-23908316/

Ibrox chief Charles Green told purchase of players contracts is 'not legal'

Jul 14 2012 By Alan Marshall

CHARLES GREEN faces a fresh blow in his battle to hold on to Rangers’ players as his purchase of their contracts is not valid, says an expert on employment law.

The newco boss says his £5.5m purchase of assets included £2.75m to buy player contracts and registrations.

But Adrian Hoggarth, head of employment law at top London firm Prolegal, believes the deal struck may have been outside of the law.

He said: “It is not legally possible for Rangers and Charles Green to buy and sell players as part of a

business transfer.

“Whether or not the players transferred in this case appears to depend on two things.

“Firstly, were they assigned to the business of the football club when it transferred? This is a matter of law and has nothing to do with any money that may have changed hands.

“Secondly, were the players aware of the transfer at the time it took place? Case law suggests that if you know about a transfer before it happens and don’t object to it, you lose the right to object once the business transfers.

“To suggest otherwise would take away the right of an employee to object to being transferred, which is a right enshrined in law.”

People are laughing and yesterday, when Sky cut away from live coverage of the SFL's media conference after the vote to cover John Terry's exit from a court in London, we were put in our place.

Clearly Sky believe one English player is much more important than anything that happened on one of the most historic days in Scottish football's history.

This shows why Scottish Football should not be running cap in hand to SKY anymore. TV Money is slowly but surely killing our game

I think we need to get behind Charles Green now. He is the only 1 who stumped up any money. I couldn't care less if he is only in this to make money. He has been open and honest about that. McCann said the same when took over at Celtic and when he left he them with a fairly successful business model.

John Brown while I loved him as a player and yes he is a Rangers man. He really isn't helping at the moment. He is dividing the support at a time when we should be more united than ever.

Walter Smith, McColl and co all walked when the saw Charles Greens' plans which suggests to me they must hold up. Otherwise why did they walk?

I will say Charles Green could do with being a bit more open about certain things. i.e. the issues with season tickets

http://www.studiolegaleinternazionale.com/blogHome2.php?blogPage=1&blogDate=2012-07-08+16%3A38%3A32

LETTER FROM GIOVANNI DI STEFANO TO F.A. CHAIRMAN RE RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB

8 July 2012:

Mr. David Bernstein

Chairman of the FA

Wembley Stadium

PO Box 1966

London

SW1P 9EQ

Fax +448449808201

Cc Alex Horne General Secretary

8th July 2012

Dear David

THE RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB, IBROX, GLASGOW

I have the honour to write with regard to the above which as you are aware has attracted considerable attention and also a Parliamentary Enquiry by the Culture and Media Select Committee this week.

As you are also aware there is an on-going Strathclyde Police investigation into the 2011 acquisition of ‘the company’ The Rangers Football Club PLC and as such I make no comment on that issue.

The position at present as you are aware is that The Rangers Football Club PLC is in administration and not in liquidation. That is a factual matter that can be confirmed at Companies House. The Receivers appointed in effect ‘sold’ the assets to Sevco 5088 Ltd but the SPL Ltd refused to transfer the share held by The Rangers Football Club PLC to Sevco 5088 Ltd.

The position is now that in essence Sevco 5088 Ltd has applied to the SFL who as we understand at the time of writing will admit what we will call the ‘new’ Rangers Football Club into their Division 1 without sanctions. That is of course a matter that will require affirmation on Friday 13th July 2012.

That of course leaves The Rangers Football Club PLC still an ‘active’ company albeit de jure in administration.

According to research carried by a supporter of Rangers Football Club the club was per se admitted to the English FA in a special sitting in 1885 and I note that the English FA was already in its incorporated form since 26th October 1863.

Below is an extract from a newspaper that the avid researcher has found:

(see twitter http://twitter.com/DEVILSADVOKAT/)

Further in 1886/1887 The Rangers Football Club played in the English FA Cup and we attach the results from the various rounds.

(see attached photo)

The Rangers Football Club was founded in 1872 and did not become an incorporated body until 1899 when The Rangers Football Club Ltd was de jure founded. There is a submission as to whether or not that incorporation was lawfully valid but for the purposes of this letter it is not important.

What is important is that in 1885 The Rangers Football Club (the non-incorporated body) certainly became a member of the English FA and according to the resolution passed by the FA was a moment of great pride. The words used were “They are the only Scotch Club who have been honoured.”

We thus know that the club referred to is indeed The Rangers Football Club and not any namesake.

The Football Association became a Limited Liability Company on the 23rd June 1903 under company registration number 00077797. I understand in fact that Ian Fleming who enjoyed football so much used the 007 numbers from the certificate of incorporation for his fictional character James Bond.

What is however, unclear is what happened to the membership of The Rangers Football Club. The Football Association was incorporated in 1903 and The Rangers Football Club in 1899.

Having researched the rules and regulations of the period and of course the Articles of Association of both FA and RFC I find nothing in them which would sustain anything other than Rangers Football Club Ltd inheriting the right to play in the English league.

I could find nothing that suggested that the Rangers Football Club lost their right or were expelled from the FA after incorporation.

As a consequence the position is that although The Rangers Football Club PLC may be in administration and although the ‘assets’ of that company may have been sold to Savco 5088 Ltd the contract of sale between the Receivers appointed and Savco 5088 Ltd did not include ‘the right to participate in the English FA league.’

As I understand matters The Rangers Football Club PLC has a contingent liability to HMRC and other related liabilities to trade creditors which at a meeting under the Creditors Voluntary Arrangement were rejected principally by HMRC.

If I am correct in the assertion that Rangers Football Club has never lost the right to play in the English League then since The Rangers Football Club PLC is still only in administration and with contingent liabilities namely the bulk of which are subject to lengthy legal process (the trade debts are minimal) would make the club an attractive prospect to acquire and certainly I and others may well take a specific interest in advancing matters.

Since the English League does not start for some time I can confirm that subject to your response on this vital issue there is a prospective party from the Middle East who may well acquire the shares of The Rangers Football Club PLC (in administration) and accept all the contingent liabilities if the club is still de facto entitle, as it would appear it is, to play in the English FA League since there is no evidence to the contrary.

I look forward to hearing from you and remain as ever

Yours sincerely

GIOVANNI DI STEFANO

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It's a strange one.

Going by his letter he says Rangers played in the FA Cup (which I knew anyway) but so did the likes of Queens Park (The only Scottish club to reach the final) does that mean they were members of the FA aswell? Going by most things i've read it says that they were just invited. I'd presume Rangers were in a similar situation and that the membership was honourary rather than official.

It would be fantastic though if it was more than that and could offer the escape route we have all been looking for.......

from wikipedia.

he Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout competition in English association football. It is the oldest football competition in the world, having commenced in 1871. Although the Cup is organised by The Football Association, the governing body of the sport in England, and is open only to clubs playing in FA-affiliated leagues in the modern era, all of which are based in England, a number of teams from Scotland have also entered, primarily in the competition's early years.

The first Scottish club to enter was Queen's Park, who accepted an invitation to take part in the very first competition after a number of the clubs which had originally entered withdrew. The Glasgow team were by far the dominant force in Scottish football, and no other team had even managed to score a goal against them. Because of a combination of byes and the withdrawal of opponents, "Queen's" reached the semi-finals without playing a match, but after holding Wanderers to a draw the Scottish club was forced to withdraw as the funds could not be raised to return for a replay.The following season Queen's entered the competition again and, to ease the travelling expenses required to take part in a competition in which virtually every other team was based in the home counties, were afforded byes all the way to the semi-finals. At this stage the club was drawn against Oxford University, whereupon the Scots withdrew from the competition, although one account states that Queen's in fact beat Oxford only to then withdraw as the team could not afford to travel to London for the final.In 1873, the newly-formed Scottish Football Association launched the Scottish Cup, but Queen's Park continued to enter the FA Cup draw, although for unknown reasons the club withdrew each time without playing.

In 1883, Queen's returned to the FA Cup and reached the final, scoring resounding wins over Crewe Alexandra (10–0) and Manchester F.C. (15–0) en route, only to be defeated by Blackburn Rovers. The match against Manchester was the first FA Cup tie to be staged in Scotland, hosted at Titwood, the home of Clydesdale CC. A year later Queens met Blackburn Rovers in the final once again, with the English team again emerging victorious. The 1885–86 competition saw the first participation by other Scottish clubs, as Queen's were joined by Partick Thistle, Third Lanark, Rangers and Heart of Midlothian, although the latter two withdrew without playing a match. These clubs all returned for the 1886–87 competition, along with newcomers Renton and Cowlairs.

In 1887, the Scottish Football Association banned its members from taking any further part in the FA Cup.[17] No more Scottish clubs participated until Gretna F.C. entered the competition in the 1980s. Because the town of Gretna is located extremely close to the border, the local football club had opted to play in the English football league system and by the 1980s had reached the Northern Premier League,[18] making the team eligible to enter the FA Cup. Gretna played in the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup for nineteen seasons, making the first round proper twice, until the club joined the Scottish Football League in 2002.

Performance of Scottish clubs by season

Season Club Round reached Notes Ref

1871–72 Queen's Park Semi-finals Reached the semi-finals without playing a match, held Wanderers to a draw, but withdrew rather than play a replay

1872–73 Queen's Park Semi-finals Received byes to the semi-finals but either withdrew immediately or beat Oxford University and then withdrew

1876–77 Queen's Park 3rd round Received byes to 3rd round but then withdrew

1879–80 Queen's Park 1st round Withdrew without playing a match

1880–81 Queen's Park 1st round Withdrew without playing a match

1881–82 Queen's Park 1st round Withdrew without playing a match

1882–83 Queen's Park 1st round Withdrew without playing a match

1883–84 Queen's Park Final Defeated in the final by Blackburn Rovers

1884–85 Queen's Park Final Defeated in the final by Blackburn Rovers

1885–86 Queen's Park 2nd round Reached 2nd round but withdrew

1885–86 Third Lanark 2nd round Reached 2nd round but then withdrew

1885–86 Partick Thistle 1st round

1885–86 Heart of Midlothian 1st round Withdrew without playing a match

1885–86 Rangers 1st round Withdrew without playing a match

1886–87 Rangers Semi-finals

1886–87 Partick Thistle 5th round

1886–87 Cowlairs 3rd round

1886–87 Renton 3rd round Defeated holders Blackburn Rovers in 2nd round

1886–87 Third Lanark 2nd round

1886–87 Heart of Midlothian 1st round

1886–87 Queen's Park 1st round

1983–84 Gretna 2nd qualifying round

1984–85 Gretna 3rd qualifying round

1985–86 Gretna 3rd qualifying round

1986–87 Gretna 4th qualifying round

1987–88 Gretna 2nd qualifying round

1988–89 Gretna 2nd qualifying round

1989–90 Gretna 1st qualifying round

1990–91 Gretna 3rd qualifying round

1991–92 Gretna 1st round

1992–93 Gretna 1st qualifying round

1993–94 Gretna 1st round The most recent appearance of a Scottish team in the FA Cup proper

1994–95 Gretna 1st qualifying round

1995–96 Gretna Preliminary round

1996–97 Gretna 1st qualifying round

1997–98 Gretna 3rd qualifying round

1998–99 Gretna 1st qualifying round

1999–00 Gretna 2nd qualifying round

2000–01 Gretna Preliminary round

2001–02 Gretna 2nd qualifying round

2002–03 Gretna 1st qualifying round Withdrew without playing a match

I've never had any dealings with TUPE, but there certainly doesn't seem to have been even a one month consultation period, never mind 90 days given that the CVA wasn't rejected until 14th June.

 

The following was posted on 23rd June by Gersnet member mark_jer who's the dad of one of the U19 players:-

Taken from http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=6908271

Although TUPE does not impose a specific time scale for consultation, they must be meaningful and allow sufficient time for the representatives to consider the proposals.

It also states:

An employment tribunal may award 'appropriate compensation' if an employer fails to provide the required information or to undertake meaningful consultation.

The failure of the transferor does not automatically transfer to the transferee. They are jointly and severally liable. In practice, this means that any award will be made against the employer who failed to meet its obligations.

I would say that there is a fair chance no meaningful consultation took place

Dare i Say Barry Ferguson to come back???

I personally wouldn't like Barry Ferguson to come back. I still don't like his role in the whole PLG thing, I don't think his actions were very becoming of a Rangers captain.

Who knows had Murray backed PLG then our youth team could've been alot better.

I like most of the rumours floating about re: Black and Beattie. Both of those could do a job. So could probably someone like Gavin Rae especially in the 3rd division. But I would much prefer to see young players finally given a chance at Rangers. This is the time for a long term solution. No more quick fixes!

It seems as though the players were informed that their contracts would be transferred, but not consulted about it. I don't think they were allowed/able to sit down and discuss the matter with Green until after their contracts had been transferred. If these points are correct, then yes, you could say Green made a big mistake.

Were the contracts not going to transfer on the 1st July? Green had said he was going to have a sit down with the players on Thursday 28th June. But the players started announcing decisions on or around the 24th June.

Also under TUPE legislations do they not need to give you a 90 day consultation period? Having gone through a number of these recently myself it was always that or around that amount of time. Except the last time which was a month.

It seems though Green wanted to do it in 3 days not sure of the legalities in that.

At least he has stopped writing sentences in CAPITALS!!!!!!!!

We can sign anybody. We just can't register them with the Leagues.

I think Beattie would be a good signing he seems to fairly consistently score goals but has just never quite made it big. When he was at Celtic he had Larsson and co ahead of him so that is understandable. No idea why he hasn't really made it at the other clubs

I hope tho the rumours about Barry Ferguson are just that. I think he would be a backward step at this time.

John Brown thinks he is doing the right for Rangers. I’m convinced of that and by the actions of a large number of Rangers fans they do too.

But, the “starve them out”.

Says to me that if John Brown does have financial backing then his financial backers aren’t willing to put in anymore money than what has been offered. This is why they are saying we should boycott buying season tickets to “panic” Charles Green and co into selling.

But in reality I don’t think Charles Green could care less if Rangers fans buy season tickets. If they don’t and newco Rangers fails then he knows he can make his money another way.

I don’t think he wants that. But if it did happen he could then say he tried I just never got any backing from fans etc.

The SFA needs to start working to their own agenda and stop pandering to others if they want to save Scottish Football. If they don't it will die.

Just a thought could this be what Celtic want? If Scottish Football goes to the wall they could make a strong case to gain admission to another league ie England

He never justified the large price tag in my opinion. Just another that Rangers wasted money on.

Read that earlier. Interesting conclusions. If true. DiSTefano is king of the smallprint and loopholes

Not just sporting integrity you forgot moral integrity as well ;-)

Yeah, yeah, we've way more important matters to worry about currently, but fuck it, my heads bursting and I've not spoken about football, real football, players and grounds and tactics and stuff for what feels like years.

 

So, following my article about Naismith and my defence of him on this site, and the subsequent anger many others feel towards the players that have left rather than bottle it up or discuss it rationally, here's where you can let it out. All the vitriol, anger, built up frustration you've got about someone who played for Rangers, this is the point to air it. I declare an amnesty, we're in strange times, no league, hardly any players, unknown owners, it's a good time to get it off your chest.

 

I'll start. Gary fuckin Stevens. A stamp collecting, floppy haired, over rated, overpaid, 'full back'. Well full backs can defend, well good ones could and he couldn't, oh but he could run around a lot, up and down, an athlete he was apparently. Well so fuck, his crossing was shit, he couldn't tackle, he couldn't even foul properly. And that fuckin hair. And everyone thought he was brilliant, he wasn't, he was fuckin ordinary, ORDINARY. And he collected stamps, what the fuck, this was the late 1980s not the 1930s! And that passback, that fuckin passback, LOOK BEHIND YOU YA FUCKER, IT'S A CUP FINAL, JOE MILLER IS SHIT, HE'S ONE OF THE WORST CELTIC PLAYERS EVER, EVER, AND YOU JUST MADE HIM A FUCKIN HERO, AND RUINED MY SUMMER, RUINED IT. WHAT THE FUCK, JUST CLEAR IT YA WANKER, IT'S NOT HARD, BOOT IT TO FUCK, REALLY HARD. BASTARD. Oh you can go back to blow-drying your hair and searching for penny blacks, i've got to face tims at work and girlfriends brothers ya prick.

 

There's other stuff too, probably. I've been carrying that load for a while.

The thing with Aitken before it. I still remember it, might even have been John Brown he tussled with but it went out for a throw. It was a Rangers throw. But Aitken picked it up and took it and it led to the goal. That really annoyed me as a 9 year old watching it!!!!!!

He spoke with a lot of heart.

But it raises more and more questions. Biggest one being where have they been since February 14th?

Crazy situation all round.

If it was his plan to buy the assets and sell them. Then rather than the pretence of CVA's and Newcos Surely it would be easier for him to just do that. He would then just be the guy that bought the assets.

The fans anger would be directed towards Craig Whyte and David Murray for allowing us to get to that stage.

For what it's worth I think he's probably genuine enough I just don't think he has any real financial backing because of the uncertainty over the players and which league we're going to be playing in

Forgive my ignorance. But if anybody wanted to sell off Rangers assets to make a quick buck. Would it not be easier for them just to come out and say it? Rather than what appears to be going on?

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4396804/Winning-club-for-fans-is-bigger-than-9-in-a-row.html

IF we, as former players, can help restore Rangers then it would be the biggest achievement of all.

Bigger than Nine-in-a-Row, you’d have to say.

Bigger for me, on a personal level, than scoring the goal that clinched it even.

I’ve spoken to my good friend Andy Goram this week.

And I’ve also taken phone calls from John Brown.

They’re two men with Rangers in their blood.

I’ve listened intently to Bomber’s plans and I can only support one of my old team-mates in what he wants to do at such a critical time for Rangers and everyone associated with the club.

He is a guy who loves Rangers more than anything else.

Someone who is doing all that he’s doing not to gain money or anything else but for the love of Rangers and the sake of the club.

That’s the most important thing right now — and if I can do anything, however big or small, to help him I will.

I’m TOTALLY behind everything he’s trying to do.

That’s the feeling of every single former Rangers player, especially the Nine-in-a-Row guys I know.

I know the likes of Lorenzo Amoruso and Jorg Albertz have also come out to back what Bomber’s doing too.

Even though I’m a foreigner, even though I played in Glasgow for only four years, we were all taught what Rangers means to people by the gaffer Walter Smith.

I still follow the club and what’s happening at Ibrox more or less every day via the internet.

And I admit I’ve been left devastated at what’s been going on there.

Now Bomber wants the fans to lead a buy-out — and they can surely have no one better taking the lead.

Like Ally McCoist and Ian Durrant, Bomber is one among a few former players I know who just lives and breathes Rangers.

And I think it’s so very important for the supporters to feel this bond with the guys who they used to cheer from the terraces.

When I played there between 1994 and 1998, I got to see so many fans who had supported Rangers for decades.

The club means EVERYTHING to them and their support throughout the years has been absolutely magnificent.

I can feel their pain right now. I understand what they’re going through at the moment.

I might be a few thousand miles away but I know how much they are suffering.

If Bomber can do a deal that places the club in their hands, then that would be fantastic.

I know from the detail he has given me that he has the investors there ready from all over the world and that he wants everything to be transparent.

But, at the same time, it’s vitally important these people who really love the club come in and take control of it.

And sooner rather than later in my opinion.

There have been so many things said and done over the past few weeks and months.

The fans have gone through agony at what’s happened to this great institution which has stood for generations of their families.

There has been plenty of talking and so many false dawns.

Now it’s time for some change and a little bit of calm to be injected into the situation.

If Bomber can provide that with the help of some very good friends — and with the aid of some former players too — it would be the ideal solution.

We will just have to wait and see what happens.

But it would really be fantastic if the fans could get in and control in some ways what’s going on at their beloved club.

I’ve talked it through with Bomber and spoken to the Goalie, who I’m still very good friends with and in contact with.

They are diehard fans themselves — and were there the night which, for me, summed up everything about this club.

My last appearance at Ibrox was in that Legends game against AC Milan at the end of March.

The supporters came out in their numbers to pack the stadium to the rafters, so much so that kick-off had to be delayed.

Seeing and hearing that was absolutely outstanding — and something which will live with me forever.

Ever since joining the club, I’d always known the Rangers fans were truly superb.

But that night just told me this club will NEVER go down.

Rangers might have to start off in a different division and as another company under a different name.

Trust me, this club will come back even stronger.

I’m sure of that. Bomber’s rescue plan can be the start of that long journey back.

We won so many things together. And savoured all those successes.

But this is a chance for us to team up again and achieve the greatest victory of all.

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http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4396883/We-are-in-this-to-give-the-club-we-all-love-back-to-Gers-fans.html

WHEN Bomber asked me to become involved in a Rangers fans’ buy-out, I didn’t hesitate to say “yes”.

I love Rangers, I love the supporters, the stadium and everything about the club — that’s why I am supporting the bid.

I was at Ibrox for six years — I won trophies and I fought for the jersey every time I stepped on the pitch.

I captained Rangers and the honour gave me immense pride — it’s one of the biggest achievements of my football career.

Now I want to help secure the best possible future for the club. I want to give it back to the fans.

The Rangers supporters deserve better than what has happened and Bomber has my full support. I’ve told John I am fully behind him and that I’ll do anything I can to help — but I am not alone.

All the players who are involved in the bid have a special feeling for Rangers. We are all in it together.

The guys all really want to do something for the club. We had a good chat and we supported the idea immediately.

There are just so many fantastic Rangers fans all over the world and they all deserve more respect.

That is what we are trying to achieve. We want to give them a club to be proud of. We want success on the pitch.

Rangers belongs to the fans — it doesn’t belong to me, Charles Green or any other individual.

The club is nothing without the supporters — that’s really the most important thing to remember.

They ARE the club.

Players and managers have come and gone through Rangers’ history.

But the fans remain constant — they are the club and always will be. They make it special.

What we are trying to do is give the club back to the supporters and put Rangers people in control.

With the help of a lot of former players and other people, that is the ultimate aim.

But the backing of the fans is the most important part of this.

We need all their support and enthusiasm. We need them to get behind us and support us every inch of the way.

People had the chance over the last couple of years to take the opportunity to do something for Rangers.

This could now be a LAST chance to make sure Rangers get back to where they once were.

We are at a stage where Rangers are not in the SPL and we don’t know what is going to happen. There is so much uncertainty around at the moment and it’s unfair on the fans who have always been there for Rangers.

We felt that we had to have a go and try to do something — we feel very strongly about this.

I am proud to say I played for Rangers. I was proud to wear the Light Blue jersey and bring success to the club.

I gave my all for Rangers while I was there and I know how much the fans appreciated it. Now I want to help them again.

As ex-players, we couldn’t just stand back and let things happen that we did not agree with.

We had to take action and hopefully it works. It won’t be easy but we must try to make a difference.

Talking stops now. We need to take action and fight for what is best for the football club.

Rangers’ history means that the club must get more respect.

This is important for the whole of Scottish football — the SPL needs a strong Rangers playing there again one day.

The project is at the early stages just now but I believe we can achieve our targets.

I stayed at Rangers for so long because of the fans. They supported me and I have so much respect for them.

The Rangers fans deserve a strong club. They deserve better than what has happened over the last few years.

The message from Bomber is clear to all supporters — back us and back Rangers.

This isn’t about former players or former managers. This is about Rangers Football Club.

I hope to travel to Scotland soon and offer even more support to the buy-out.

The club is all about the fans and now I want to do everything in my power to give it back to them once more.

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IBROX icons last night stuck the boot into Charles Green’s Rangers newco and told fans: DON’T buy your season tickets from this man.

A host of legendary heroes and ex-Gers vice-chairman Donald Findlay QC threw their weight behind former star John Brown’s plan to lead a fans’ buy-out.

SunSport can reveal sickened Bomber QUIT as Rangers’ transfer scout to put all his energy into ousting the From Back Page Green regime. Fans’ heroes Brian Laudrup, Lorenzo Amoruso, Jorg Albertz and SunSport columnist Andy Goram all backed the move.

In an exclusive interview with SunSport Brown said: “We want to say to the fans don’t buy your season tickets as we fear money is going to go in and then disappear.

“That’s what happened under Craig Whyte and look where we are today.

“The fear of that money disappearing is a very real one for us.

“So this morning I say show us the title deeds, who has keys to Ibrox?

“We want to get you out of OUR club, we’ll help the fans fund the takeover.

“That will ensure that no greedy man can ever do this to Rangers again.

“I urge the fans to get behind us, starve them of your money.”

Brown emptied his desk at Murray Park on Monday afternoon.

Now he has enlisted the advice of Cowdenbeath chairman Findlay, one of Scotland’s leading legal brains.

Bomber insisted: “I am making this decision because I believe the regime in charge are NOT the true owners of the football club.

“They have documents under Sevco but we want to know whose name is on the title deeds for Ibrox, Murray Park and Albion car park.

“That’s the key to the future of our club.”

There are fears that for all the protests to the contrary the truth is that shamed former owner Whyte remains a spectre over the club.

Brown said: “Today we ask Charles Green: How much do you want for the club so we can put it into the hands of the Rangers family?”

Last week SunSport revealed Brown was fronting a consortium offering £8.7million for control of Gers and the club’s assets.

That saw him carpeted by Green on Friday and Brown revealed: “I was called into a one on one meeting with Charles Green on Friday.

“I asked him to name his price to walk away and he wouldn’t give me one.

“I then asked him what have you spent to now. He said: ‘Guess.’

“He then said he’d write it on a piece of paper and the figure was £8.7million.

“Funnily enough, that matched the bid made by my original consortium in recorded delivery letters that day.

“I have very influential Rangers men in the background now.

“I realise there was publicity surrounding Steve McKenna’s Celtic background in the original consortium but he is someone I trust and that move was designed to smoke people out.

“There’s no hidden agenda to this, I have investors from Hong Kong, Australia, America and Britain.”

Brown will today seek talks with fans’ groups.

But he insisted: “Since no one from the Rangers regime has had the balls to do, as a former Hamilton and Dundee player I want to apologise on behalf of my club to the whole of Scottish football.”