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    Steve Simonsen issued notice of complaint.

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    RANGERS goalkeeper Steve Simonsen has been charged by the Scottish FA for betting on 55 football matches.None of the games are believed to have involved his team Rangers.

    Simonsen is the second Rangers player to be charged with betting on games with Ian Black found guilty of betting against his own club in 2013.

    The charge states that the 35-year-old keeper breached Disciplinary Rules 33 and 31 when he allegedly placed bets on a total of 55 matches both this season and last.

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    Ian Black (right) leaves Hampden with agent, Barry Hughes, after being banned for breaching betting rules The charge relating to Disciplinary Rule 33 (from season 2013/14) states: "No club, official, Team Official or other member of Team Staff, player, match official or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall bet in any way on a football match (except authorised and registered football pools)."

    The sanction on Disciplinary Rule 31 (Season 2014/15) reads: "In that between 6th September 2014 and 13th January 2015, both dates inclusive, you bet upon 37 matches."

    Simonsen now has until Thursday January 29 to respond to the complaint.

    The SFA have said that there is no evidence to suggest any breach of Disciplinary Rule 32 which states: "No club, official, Team Official, other member of Team Staff, player, match official or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall knowingly behave in a manner, during or in connection with a match in which the party has participated or has any influence, either direct or indirect, which could give rise to an event in which they or any third party benefits financially through gambling."

    The SFA confirmed to Record Sport this afternoon that there has been no offer of a suspension from the Compliance Officer and that the panel will meet on February 12 for the principal hearing. Rangers face Celtic in the Scottish League Cup presented by QTS on February 1.

    http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-goalkeeper-steve-simonsen-charged-5025286

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    Toxic Jack strikes again...

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    Richard Wilson ‏@RichwilBBC 24s25 seconds ago

    Dave King statement regarding his SARS case: "I am happy with the settlement and the opportunity to lead a normal business life.

    "My business interests have performed very strongly post-settlement with the SA government by far my largest customer.

    "I am also able to enjoy my role as Executive Chairman of a public company without the integrity issues that previously dogged me."

    More to follow @BBCSportScot online

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    Supporters Not Customers

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    [h=1]Supporters Not Customers[/h][h=2]FIGHTING BACK AGAINST MODERN FOOTBALL[/h]

    [h=1]Why Scotland needs Rangers[/h]Posted on January 20, 2015 by Ben Dudley Standard

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    After a long running financial crisis came to a head in June 2012, Scottish giants Rangers were punished by being placed in the bottom tier of Scottish football. It was the first time they had ever been outside of the top tier, as the 54 times champions were forced to suffer the indignity of being in the same division as Clyde and East Stirlingshire.

    Before this article goes any further, I want to make it clear that I am not a Rangers fan, and have never even been to a Rangers game. With that in mind, I believe that Scottish football needs Rangers to survive and remain relevant. Here’s why:

    The Old Firm

    “And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer”.

    The above is a well-known quote relating to Alexander the Great, who became distraught that he had won his final victory, and was nothing else to achieve. In the last three seasons, Celtic have won the title by 20 points, 16 points and 29 points respectively. This year they are facing a refreshing challenge from Aberdeen and lie in second place, but they are just two points behind with two games in hand – it is hard to see anything else than another green and white procession come the end of the season.

    Of course, winning the title every season does not sound like a bad thing. But when you are 1/500 with bookmakers before the season begins to claim the title, is it really an achievement? To put it into context with other sports, it’s like winning the Formula One world title, but everyone else is riding a bicycle, or becoming UFC World Champion after defeating a four-year-old. Sure you did it, but there was nobody who could realistically challenge you.

    I love watching football at all different levels, and in the last couple of years I have watched games in the Austrian Third Division, the Dutch amateur league and even the regional league for Belgrade. However, when Rangers were relegated I completely lost interest in the Scottish top flight, and have not watched a single game since apart from the Edinburgh derby. With Hearts and Hibs now also relegated from the Scottish Premiership, there isn’t a single game I can bring myself to care about. Without the madness, controversy and chaos that surrounds Rangers vs. Celtic, there is very little reason for supporters outside of Scotland to care about Scottish football. This does not just impact TV viewing figures, but there is no doubt that players in the past have joined either Rangers or Celtic just so they can play in the Old Firm derby. Without it on the calendar, the league gets poorer, and the quality of the players on both sides declines.

    Somebody to hate

    This leads me nicely to my next point, the role of Rangers as the villain within Scottish football. Because if you are Scottish and don’t love Rangers, you almost certainly hate them. Just think back to the glee last season that surrounded the struggles of Manchester United, and the continuing delight this has provided to the world as they continue to underperform this season. Now, if the Glazers decided that enough was enough and decided to put the club out of existence, there is no doubt that Liverpool, Leeds and half of Manchester would have a celebratory hangover for at least a month. But what then?

    The whole point of a rivalry is constantly striving to get one over your opposition, whether it’s by finishing above them in the league, winning the derby or knocking them out of the cup. If Rangers went out of existence once and for all, it’s all over. No more derby goals to celebrate, no more friends, coworkers or people down the pub to mock after a win, and no more weeks of excitement leading up to the latest meeting of the sides. Your club goes on, but one of the main reasons it has to exist does not.

    This is not just true for the top sides like Celtic and Aberdeen who would be competing with Rangers for silverware, but every other side as well. As a supporter of a Scottish club, can you honestly say you would get the same level of enjoyment from beating Motherwell 1 – 0 as you would from the same result against Rangers?

    Rangers have been extraordinarily successful for an incredibly long time, and this given them the prime position as the bad guys of Scottish football, and everyone loves to get one over the bad guy. Imagine a James Bond film where Bond has a quiet day in the office, updating a spreadsheet and doing some filing. That’s Scottish football without Rangers.

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    Competing outside of Scotland

    Scotland very nearly qualified for Euro 2008, with a number of memorable results and excellent victories during their qualification campaign. During the most recent international campaign, Scotland were the first UEFA team to be eliminated from the World Cup qualification process. With many of the Scottish squad traditionally playing for Rangers, the rapid decline of the club has caused problems for the national team also, with key players plying their trade in the lower regions of Scottish football, and therefore not being truly tested at club level, hurting their chances to make the step up to international level.

    Then you come to the performances of Scottish clubs in European competition. Save for Celtic making the last 16 of the Champions League in 12/13, it has been pretty bleak viewing since then. St Johnstone being knocked out by Minsk, Malmo beating Hibs 9 – 0, Dynamo Moscow seeing off Dundee United 7 – 2 and Motherwell losing to Icelandic minnows Stjarnan are just some examples of the disasters which have befallen Scottish clubs in Europe, with the UEFA coefficient rapidly declining by the year. Now I am not suggesting that Rangers would be picking up victories over Real Madrid and Barcelona (indeed, at the moment they are so bad I have my doubts they would beat Rochdale and Barry Town), but they would regularly make the group stages of the Champions League, including an away draw with Manchester United as recently as 2010, and only losing the return game thanks to a Wayne Rooney penalty in the 88th minute. It will take them a couple of years to even be good enough to qualify for Europe, but once they do make it back, it is almost certain that they will put up a better show in continental competition, and help Scottish football to make a bigger impact in Europe.

    And speaking of Europe, we come to…

    Greece and AEK Athens

    Since 1996, there have been 18 seasons of top flight football contested in Greece. Of these 18 seasons, Olympiacos have been the champions on 16 occasions, and they are top of the table once more this season. Deadly rivals Panathinaikos have managed to take the title for themselves on two occasions in this time, but it is essentially a one horse race.

    This lack of competition caused supporters to lose interest, and clubs spend too much in an attempt to compete, leading to the disastrous recent history of one of the countries’ most famous clubs, AEK Athens. After being relegated for the first time in their history at the climax of the 12/13 season, the club chose to enter the lowest tier of Greek football possible, and become an amateur club. After a glorious and immensely successful history, AEK are now reduced to playing away games in stadiums which have a capacity of 350.

    Since Rangers were relegated, we have already seen financial problems lead to the relegation of two large traditional clubs in Hearts and Hibernian, and the problem is only likely to get worse for the remaining clubs if there is nobody available to offer a challenge to Celtic. If Rangers die, I expect them to take a number of other clubs down with them.

    Let me make it clear. Rangers is one of the most shambolically run clubs in the entire history of football, and is arguably the worst run club British club ever. They do not deserve to get away with the tax irregularities, and is right to punish them. However, if the club dies, so does any chance of the businesses they owe money being repaid. No football club, no debt, no money for the creditors. If you are angry at the money Rangers owe, the only way it is going to be paid is if they still exist.

    Lastly, it is not the supporters’ fault that these things happened at their club, and they have angrily demonstrated against the board since the revelations came to light. The Rangers Supporters Trust is currently running the Buy Rangers campaign, a move which would put the club in the hands of the fans, far away from greedy businessmen out to make money for themselves at the expense of the integrity of the club. There is also the Rangers First group and many others who are looking to make a positive change and save the club from destruction. Because for all the ‘dead club’, ‘sevco’ and ‘zombie’ comments which are thrown their way, it is still the same Rangers Football Club which was formed in March 1872, and the same Rangers Football Club which has gone on to lift hundreds of trophies since.

    After 142 years of Rangers, it is still unclear if there will be a Rangers in 142 days. But does the club deserve to go on to recapture past glories? It’s absolutely fine to hate Rangers, in fact if you support any other club, that’s what you’re supposed to do. However, in my opinion their resurrection is not just something the supporters deserve, but something which is essential if Scottish football is to remain remotely relevant in ten years time.

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    http://supportersnotcustomers.com/2015/01/20/why-scotland-needs-rangers/

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    Charles Green SSN

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    Keith Jackson: Chuck Charles Green into Celebrity Big Brother freakshow.. he'd be an instant hit

     

    KEITH says the most comical thing about the interview was the thought of a PR man coming over all peculiar at the sight of his client being given Green's stamp of approval.

     

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    Charles Green getting "all upset"IF Channel 5 need another contestant in the Celebrity Big Brother freakshow, here’s an idea – just wheel in Rangers.

    Because yesterday something happened on TV which might have brought their big house down. Charles Green, in a hospital gown. On the verge of tears during abedside visit from Jim White (with camera crew).

    Don’t get me wrong. The idea of being unable to walk and stuck in a ward with the Sky Sports man might make any grown man break down but even so, there was something utterly ridiculous about this latest twist to the Rangers story. Yes, even by Rangers’ standards.

    It wasn’t even those puppy-eyed claims from Ol’ Big Hands with the “I’ve done nowt but good for that club” and “I took nowt out of it” routine.

    Nor was it the contradictions about how the club have gone backwards and yet the current regime are doing a grand job.

    It wasn’t even Green’s toe-curling self-portrayal as some sort of frail, elderly and ever-so-slightly confused victim in all of this. As if he’d just been turned over by a fake gas man.

    No, what was really hilarious about this latest blue-tinted farce was the thought that somewhere, in a plush office perhaps not very far away from Green’s London hospital, a PR man was coming over all peculiar at the sight of his clients being given Green’s stamp of approval live on Sky Sports News.

    If Mike Ashley, Sandy Easdale or any of their advisers had been the vicinity, they might have pulled the plug on Green before he could do any more damage.

    His recovery from knee surgery, meanwhile, might take some time. He’s told the nurse he won’t be leaving until he hears the Champions League theme tune.

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