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St Mirren have become the seventh Scottish Premier League club to object to the newco Rangers entering the top flight next season, insisting sporting integrity must outweigh the financial consequences facing the club. The Saints chairman, Stewart Gilmour, informed the Rangers' chief executive, Charles Green, and the manager, Ally McCoist, in person that his board could not support their application to join the SPL. Green's consortium require an 8-4 vote in their favour at the meeting next Wednesday to remain in the top flight but have been effectively consigned to the Scottish Football League, in either the first or third division, a week in advance. Gilmour admits that "major cutbacks" are necessary at St Mirren and the omission of Rangers from the SPL will increase the financial burden on clubs. But he said: "I met with Charles Green, Alistair McCoist and other representatives of Rangers newco last week. I made it perfectly clear that our directors' view was that our club would not be voting for a newco entry to the SPL, directly to the officials of Rangers newco. "This meeting was held in confidential circumstances to allow both parties to enable the other to see their respective positions. A very positive meeting was held. However, the position of St Mirren has not changed and our stance of sporting integrity was maintained against the very pressing commercial arguments." The chairman added: "Regrettably, the commercial, and hence financial, impact is still not clear to the club. We are very hopeful that this aspect will become clearer in the next few days. "It has been impossible for the clubs to downsize as quickly as we would like due to the contractual obligations of the club. These are considerable and must be maintained to ensure the club does not slip into the fate of others. It is possible that major cutbacks may have to be made within the company. This may well involve people in the club losing their employment â?? not a good situation â?? so please accept that the club will be unlikely to be signing any new players until this situation is clear."

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Irn Bru Division 3 Rangers promoted to division 2 Aberdeen newco div3 Kilmarnock newco div3 dundee hibs newco div3 hibs newco div3 dumferlimne newco div3 anymore to the list Please add

AS a result of the changes at the club, there are new arrangements in place for the collection of season ticket Direct Debit payments. All season tickets which were paid by Direct Debit last year were automatically lodged again as they are held in one batch. This does NOT take payment and merely sets up the instruction for the full batch. As season holders have advised us that they wish to cancel their Direct Debit, their seat is cancelled in our ticketing system and when the payment instruction runs to take payment, all those who have advised the club of their wish to cancel will be excluded from the payment run. Emails and web copy will be published today which advises season holders who paid by Direct Debit that the first payment will be taken on July 6. Whilst we appreciate that this is far from an ideal situation, we hope that all our season ticket holders recognise that the current transition period is challenging operationally and would ask for your continued patience. Any season ticket holder seeking additional clarification should call Supporter Services on 0871 702 1972. http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/football-news/article/2826458

“Rangers have admitted they should be punished because they have cheated consistently over the last number of years. When did this happen!

MORTON chairman Douglas Rae believes Third Division football is the best-case scenario for newco Rangers, but has predicted that they will face opposition to their presence from clubs in the lower tier of the Scottish Football League. â?¢ Morton chairman Douglas Rae believes Third Division clubs would oppose Rangersâ?? presence in the lower tiers of Scottish football â?¢ General consensus is that Rangers should not be allowed to drop down just one division â?¢ Two non-league clubs rumoured to have lodged bids to join the SFL Rae insists the SFAâ??s bid to merge the SPL with the SFL in order to provide the reconstituted Ibrox club with a softer landing after their rejection by top flight clubs is doomed to failure. At a meeting of the Morton Supporters Trust, Rae formally declared his intention to vote against Rangersâ?? admission to what is currently the First Division when all 30 SFL clubs meet at Hampden next Tuesday. â?¢ Rangers newco to play in Division One - report The businessman, who rescued Morton when he bought the club ten years ago, can see no prospect of the proposal achieving the 75 per cent support of SFL clubs required. â??Iâ??ve made my mind up and I wonâ??t be changing it,â? Rae told The Scotsman. â??I know a few other chairmen who havenâ??t declared their position publicly yet but who have indicated privately they are going to vote against Rangers being admitted to the First Division. â??I think the SFA will be surprised at the strength of feeling among First Division clubs against Rangers going straight in at that level. They should be treated the same way as any other club. Rangers should have the same punishment as Livingston and be banished to the Third Division. â??My understanding is that two non-league clubs have lodged applications for the potential vacancy in the SFL. That would be in the Third Division and thatâ??s where Rangers should apply to join. The normal practice should apply â?? that the SFL clubs receive a presentation from all applicants and then cast a vote on who they believe should get into the Third Division. It has to be consistent. Otherwise, it is being done only because it is Rangers. â??Weâ??ll need to see what happens on Tuesday. If I was a betting man, Iâ??d bet that Rangers will end up in the Third Division but I also know there are a lot of Third Division clubs who donâ??t want Rangers as it will threaten their own ambitions of promotion. My former manager, Jim McInally, for example, is hoping to make a big push for promotion with Peterhead next season. It wonâ??t be much fun for them if Rangers are foisted onto them and become automatic favourites to win the division. â??Another problem with Rangers going into the Third Division is that there is no segregation at grounds there. Thatâ??s something for the police to consider.â?â?Rae added: â??There has been a lot of pious talk about sporting integrity. Whereâ??s the integrity of a club going into administration, liquidation, getting rid of its debts and just dropping down one tier of football? I donâ??t see any integrity in that. Itâ??s easy to talk about integrity but I regret to say thereâ??s not much of it around in Scottish football right now. â??Rangers have admitted they should be punished because they have cheated consistently over the last number of years. They have tried to steal a march on other clubs. As a result, they have to receive the same punishment any other club would have got. â??If this was Inverness Caledonian Thistle or Kilmarnock in the same position as Rangers, for example, there wouldnâ??t be the same guff as weâ??ve gone through over the last few months. I saw Charles Green suggest the SFA should be sitting down with them and discussing their punishment. Thatâ??s like saying someone accused of a driving offence or burglary should sit down with the judge and decide what sentence they get.â? Rae has also warned against creating an option for any other clubs who become insolvent to avoid the full consequences of their situation. â??It would be dangerous to just let Rangers drop one division as new club with no debt,â? he said. â??Letâ??s then say that Motherwell, just as an example, were in a bad way financially. They could just decide to go into administration, then liquidation if necessary, if they knew a precedent had been set where they would only drop into the First Division.â? http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rangers-newco-even-third-division-will-object-to-club-s-presence-1-2382349

Will this be us in 12 months?

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pulled these of a nottingham forest website who are worried about their own takeover after their chairman died

12 months later Warnock quit drama: Leeds boss could walk over lack of signings Tension at Elland Road after manager returns from holiday to find the club have managed to sign none of the targets he'd earmarked Neil Warnock’s future at Leeds is in doubt over problems with his transfer kitty. Warnock came back from holiday to find that none of his targets have been landed and may even quit if chairman Ken Bates does not deliver the promised cash. The straight-talking manager claimed he had been offered a budget to give Leeds a shot at winning promotion to the Premier League when he joined in February, but the reality has been different. Warnock teed up a handful of moves before leaving on his summer break, and many of those targets have now gone elsewhere - or stayed at their clubs. Sources close to the 63-year-old claim he is ready to resign if there is no immediate progress. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/neil-warnock-could-quit-leeds-866954

Leeds United will be required to reveal exactly who owns the club if they win promotion to the Premier League. The club is currently operated by a West Indies-based holding company. Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore said the Football League had not applied ownership disclosure rules as "robustly" as the Premier League. He told a parliamentary committee: "Our clubs agree that we should tell the public who owns the clubs, and anything short of that is inadequate." Scudamore was speaking on Tuesday to the Culture, Media and Sport parliamentary committee investigating the governance of football. We will do all we can to persuade them to stay within the rules Richard Scudamore Last month, Leeds United chief executive Shaun Harvey told the committee that the club is owned by a holding company called FSF based in the West Indian island of Nevis, owned by three discretionary trusts. The owners of these trusts are unknown but have appointed two men, Patrick Murrin and Peter Boatman, to run the club, with Ken Bates as chairman. Leeds' ownership statement claims no single person or company owns more than 10% of the discretionary trusts. Leeds are currently fifth in the Championship hoping to win promotion back to the Premier League. But Scudamore warned that that the Premier League would apply the rules on ownership transparency more rigidly than the Football League has done. DAVID BOND'S BLOG MPs missed a valuable opportunity BBC Sports Editor David Bond "The Football League have one view of how to interpret that rule and we have a more stern or harsh view of what the rule means," he warned. "If it arises, if Leeds United on sporting merit deserves to be in the Premier League, we will do all we can to persuade them to stay within the rules." http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/9448646.stm 6 April 2011

JAMIE NESS is poised to complete his switch from Rangers to Stoke. And Potters manager Tony Pulis expects to complete a double swoop on the fallen Scottish giants by signing Ness’s midfield team-mate Steven Naismith. Scotland under-21 international Ness, 21, has agreed a four-year deal with City and is likely to be joined by Naismith, 25.

pdee 1st Team Regular Join Date: 13-10-2006 Posts: 1,898 just spoke to bomber -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- just spoke to bomber,green still has not contacted donald findlay, another story in the sun tomorow,with another load of x players backing the buy out,he wouldint elaborate anymore about whats in the paper, but says green is running scared,we need to stick together in this and remember its to give the club we love back to the fans

BBC Scotland has learned of plans being put in place that would allow Rangers to move directly into Scottish Division One in the coming season. Rangers FC plc are soon to be liquidated and Charles Green's consortium are reforming the club. But Green's Rangers newco has not gained support to replace the old club in the Scottish Premier League. And senior Scottish football figures are proposing that Rangers start season 2012/13 in the second tier. There are also plans for the SPL and Scottish Football League bodies to be merged into a new organisation called 'The Scottish Professional Football League' in 12 months' time. The main points of the propsals are: •Rangers are to be relegated with immediate effect and be replaced in the SPL by Dundee. •Television rights for Rangers matches in Scottish Football League Division One are to be bought by the SPL for £1m. •The SPL and SFL will merge into one body at the start of season 2013/14. •Play-offs between the top two divisions will be introduced in time for the coming season with one team from the top flight and three from the second tier competing for a place in the following season's SPL. •There will be an increase in the parachute payments made to clubs relegated from the SPL. •Changes will be made to the distribution model for clubs in the top two tiers with teams in the lower leagues earning a similar amount to the current set-up. •A new pyramid system will become effective from season 2014/15 that will allow a potential place in the new league format for a team from either the Highland league or newly-created 'Lowland League'. •Rangers newco acceptance into the Scottish FA would only be approved if they accept responsibility for the football debts and fines incurred by the pervious club along with their waiving of rights to a legal challenge. It is understood Rangers chief executive Green has been "briefed" by Hibernian chairman Rod Petrie on the plans to gain their approval. All these changes have to be approved by SPL and SFL clubs over the next few days.

John DC Gow‏@JohnDCGow Forget whether it's better or worse for RFC: if Rangers are forced into Div1 by SPL/SFA it shows their "sporting integrity" talk is a sham.

Ten first-team players have attended for fitness tests at Rangers. With the club being relaunched, several players have objected to transferring their contracts to the new set-up. But Neil Alexander, Kirk Broadfoot, Lee McCulloch, Ross Perry and Lee Wallace attended Murray Park with assistant manager Kenny McDowall on Wednesday. Darren Cole, Kane Hemmings, Kyle Hutton , Kal Naismith and Andrew Mitchell were also there but manager Ally McCoist was absent. However, McCoist is expected to attend training on Monday

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SEVERAL First Division clubs made their feelings known this week that they DONâ??T want to see Rangers newco in their league. 0 comment Related Stories Jamie first to go as Stoke swoop JAMIE NESS became the first Gers rebel to find a club after sealing a move to Stoke Green facing a £40m loss Mine wonâ??t be an empty peg Brown urges fans to boycott Icons: Snub season tickets Itâ??s Ful time for Al as four quit Scottish Sun Sport scotsunsport scotsunsport Ibrox icons stuck the boot into Greenâ??s Gers newco and told fans: DONâ??T buy your season tickets from this man: bit.ly/MRA0AD23 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite scotsunsport Rangers were booted out of the SPL as the race for their wantaway players gathers momentum: bit.ly/KzB9J02 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite scotsunsport Kenny Shiels revealed last night Kilmarnock will take a crushing £1million hit from an SPL snub for newco Rangers: bit.ly/Ml85dC2 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite scotsunsport Tearful Steven Whittaker and Steven Naismith walked out on Rangers yesterday insisting: We HAD to go: bit.ly/OcTL7w2 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite scotsunsport Ian Durrant believes that the player may leave Rangers, but Rangers will never leave the player: bit.ly/LsVlRd2 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite Join the conversation With the SFL looking at the possibility of parachuting the Ibrox side into the division, SunSport gauges the feelings of all ten clubs. COWDENBEATH â?? Chairman Donald Findlay said: â??Financially, it would be good for Cowdenbeath â?? and it would be great for our players to get two trips to Ibrox. â??I donâ??t know if the Third Division would be able to cope with Rangers.â? VERDICT: YES DUMBARTON â?? Sons boss Alan Adamson has said he would love to face Rangers on the opening day of the season, but the club have not made any official statement on their stance. VERDICT: UNDECIDED DUNDEE â?? The Dens men have kept their own counsel throughout and are just treating things as business as usual while they await news on whether they will be promoted. VERDICT: UNDECIDED DUNFERMLINE â?? Pars chairman John Yorkston said: â??We have no stance on it yet as we are taking feedback from our supporters at the moment and will then make a decision.â? VERDICT: UNDECIDED FALKIRK â?? Chairman Martin Ritchie said: â??It would be totally unacceptable if Rangers newco were accepted into the First Division.â? VERDICT: NO HAMILTON â?? An Accies spokesman said: â??We have no comment on the matter until there is something for us to discuss after the SPL vote.â? VERDICT: UNDECIDED LIVINGSTON â?? Chairman Gordon McDougall said: â??If there is to be a vote on the Rangers newco situation then Iâ??m not at liberty to say who is for or who is against any application they may have to join the SFL.â? VERDICT: UNDECIDED MORTON â?? Ton chairman Douglas Rae said: â??I want to be clear that I do not think Rangers should go into the First Division. â??I understand the feelings of a lot of people who have written in to me about this issue, and I feel similarly.â? VERDICT: NO PARTICK THISTLE â??The Jags have not publicly stated their stance and a spokesperson said: â??The club are not commenting â?? but we will consult with our fans before we make any decision.â? VERDICT: UNDECIDED RAITH ROVERS â?? Chairman Turnbull Hutton said: â??We would have difficult supporting any move to put Rangers in the First Division given the history of what has happened.â? VERDICT: NO Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4398891/Gers-facing-Div1-battle.html#ixzz1z2dPlmK5

Alasdair Lamont‏@BBCAlLamont Jamie Ness is signing for Stoke City. First of players to turn down a transfer to newco Rangers to find a new club

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Re: Just back from protest - a summary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Findlay qc will work for nothing throughout to get the club back to its best. Fantastic gesture.