barca72
-
Posts
3,356 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
2
Everything posted by barca72
-
Calm down, I was just confirming it.
-
It didn't take them very long. Lunney or no Lunney ... http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/7359-mohsni-handed-two-game-ban Monday, 04 August 2014 16:00 Mohsni Handed Two Game Ban Written by Rangers Football Club RANGERS have been informed today that defender Bilel Mohsni will serve a two-match suspension following his red card in the pre-season friendly against Derby on Saturday. The Tunisian defender will now miss the opening two games of the season against Hibernian in the Petrofac Training Cup tomorrow night and the first league match of the campaign against Hearts on Sunday.
-
Why would other bears be offended by a V.B.. flag?
-
If as the pollsters are telling us that the two campaigns are ever so close, then you have to wonder who the misguided faction are when they can afford to spurn the support of such a large section of the populace. You tell us that the "NO" campaign is inclusive and fully representative of all, yet here you are telling a huge bloc of voters to stay away. How will you represent these voters should your side win? Does "all" mean only those that your "nose-in-the-air" attitude approves of? Do you think you ( the NO campaign ) can be so choosey as to reject a huge bloc of supporters? Your attitude may force more into the nationalist camp than the Orange Order demonstration of support could. Anyway, Rangers nor their support have anything to do with the Orange Order demonstration. The Orange Order is responsible only for those who are part of this demonstration.
-
There are others in the "NO" campaign who believe that the involvement of the Orange Order and others will be helpful. Are there other issues that you feel the Rangers' support should be apologetic about? Who is this "we" you are talking about? You do your own "tarring" if you don't mind.
-
Rangers waived right to prize money Richard Wilson Sports writer . Wednesday 29 May 2013 Rangers Football Club plc and Sevco Scotland agreed to waive any claims on Scottish Premier League prize money last summer in order to be granted entry into the Scottish Football League. In a statement of affairs letter circulated to creditors by liquidators BDO, it was confirmed that the oldco and the newco had to accept the condition to allow Rangers to play in the Irn-Bru Third Division this season. The club were due £2.1m for their second-place finish in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League in 2011/12. However, last summer, negotiations were held between the Scottish Football Association, the SPL, the SFL, oldco and newco to allow Rangers to take their place in the third division. The detail of the five-way agreement has never been made public, but after being asked by creditors and shareholders, BDO have confirmed one aspect of it. "The right to this prize money was sold to Newco as part of the business and assets of the Company," BDO said in the circular. "Subsequently, to gain entry into the Football League, both Newco and the Company agreed to waive any rights to this money, which was retained by the SPL."
-
Let's wait and see.
-
That will NEVER happen; a) where would they play - Hampden? b) what flag would the fans wave- the Union Jack with the tricolour in the middle? When I grew up the weans used to play anywhere with jerseys as posts while we kicked tennis balls - tanner baws - around. That generation produced Baxter, Henderson, Jimmy Johnstone, Billy McNeill etc. The first thing we have to do is get the kids involved again, because they want to be involved. All else will find a way.
-
I can't remember his name, but I thought he took the advice from that guy from Airdrie and it cost him. He was all ready to agree a vote of no confidence in Regan when that guy quietly intervened. How different things could have been.
-
Where is it off-point? SC is discussing management and you are discussing team players.
-
I guess we, as a support, get the management and team we deserve, eh?
-
So, this was merely a momentary stumble? This is how you really feel? ...
-
If the team is that good, to whom should we give credit for assembling these players?
-
The efforts of TGFITW was like pharting against thunder. Bring back Lenny-bhoy.
-
Prick then, prick now, prick forever.
-
If Legia knock them out next week this picture may be forecasting the crowds at the Girodome this season. After all of their manoeuvres since 2012, how ironic !!
-
These medical reports are now evidence. Unless he can twist things to look like he did what he did as a self-defence ploy, then I would expect a sentence of jail time. Maybe I'm being too hopeful and not sceptical enough.
-
I hardly think so, BH. Why would the judge change the venue from a District Court to a Circuit Criminal Court if he expected the outcome to be a fine or a warning?
-
ian1964, Thx for all your posts, especially #8 & #12( love that seal ).
-
They go into the EL playoffs. They are not into the group stages yet.
-
Not everyone has your desire to be on top immediately. Although we would all like to win the CL, beat C*ltic 7-0, and win 10IAR, a win against PT is better than a draw or defeat. It is what it is. A wee bit of good news.
-
Lawwell, Topping appointed to Scottish FA main board
barca72 replied to ian1964's topic in General Football Chat
Why? As far as I remember, those who are elected to the PGB have a two year limit. The PGB is allowed to vote a member onto the main board of the SFA . A person cannot hold a position on both boards at the same time. Natural progression for our 'Petey'. They are all there now. Cosy Cabal, so to speak. -
I do. I don't think that winning a cup is beyond us next season, and hence we could be back in Europe in 2015/16. As far as applying for dispensation, I think that even C*ltic would back the SFA in that. If we win even one round of qualifiers in the EL, then assuming that they are still CL representatives in 2016/17, we would have helped Scotland's co-efficient and may even save them a qualifying round. We will, of course be helping ourselves too, as we will for sure be CL representatives in 2017/18 and may even have only one qualifier to negotiate.
-
I don't think actual figures matter here. I think there was enough of a turnout to give the board food for thought. I am not a supporter of SoS, but I think they proved their point.
-
All That Glitters... Written by: D'Artagnan Saturday, 19th of July 2014 After penning my recent articles for WATP magazine, I didn't expect to be writing about HMRC again so soon. But of course as Rangers fans, if the last few years has taught us anything, is to always expect the unexpected. Except of course where BBC Scotland is concerned. Their decision to feature Angela Haggerty in a programme discussing Rangers and the big tax case was, disappointingly, completely in character for an organisation which appears to be unable to exercise any of the standards of journalistic integrity, it was once renowned for. Ms Haggerty's apparent inability to understand the anger of Rangers fans towards HMRC is an illuminating reflection of a wider journalistic community in Scotland who have comprehensively failed to grasp some of the golden nuggets the Rangers Tax Case has unearthed, and instead, for a variety of reasons, their attention has been drawn to that which may very well glitter, but alas, is not gold. Firstly though allow me to separate some of the wheat from the chaff, and attempt to qualify the anger of the Rangers support towards HMRC. It does not stem from their investigation and attempts to close the tax loophole which are EBT's, I think most Bears realise the blame for our club finding itself on the wrong side of an HMRC investigation lies with Sir David Murray and his willingness to involve our club in a scheme which had all the hallmarks of risqué, written all over it. Perhaps many, myself included, would be interested in the decision making process which caused HMRC to single out Rangers as the "test case" for EBT's, but that in itself is more about curiosity than anger. Furthermore HMRC's action over Whyte's failure with regards PAYE is perfectly understandable, the only caveat to that being why it took them so long to take action? The anger of the Rangers support stems from conduct by HMRC which suggests they have been negligent during the course of this enquiry, that they have deliberately prevaricated in their responses to concerns about breaches of confidentiality and have failed on a number of professional levels to both safeguard and implement the standards they set for themselves during the course of an investigation. Section 98 of Lord Nimmo Smith's SPL Commission Report makes reference to the confidential information obtained by BBC Scotland. The phraseology used in the report "which we understand were the productions before the tax tribunal" suggests that evidence from the tax tribunal has somehow been removed from its safe storage and passed onto a media organisation. Responsibility for the safe storage and handling of productions normally lies with the prosecuting authority. We therefore have the possible scenario of a professional investigative body seizing evidence in the course of their investigation, failing to secure that evidence properly thus allowing it to be removed and subsequently used by others to infer a presumption of guilt against the accused party whilst meanwhile, that same investigative body dismiss concerns reported to them about such leaks with the phrase "HMRC don't respond to speculation about alleged breaches of confidentiality". Perhaps the question needs to be asked of HMRC – "What exactly do you respond to?" But of course, none of the above offer any insight as to the source of the leaks which allowed another award winner, The Rangers Tax Case Blog, to captivate readers and the wider journalistic community with its regular exposures of sensitive and confidential information. Was the security of the tax tribunal evidence, for which HMRC were responsible, breached on a number of occasions or in one "grand heist" which subsequently fed this web blog with the information it so regularly shared? Or did the material come from another, as yet unknown source? Like many Rangers supporters I am struggling to understand why award winning documentaries broadcast on national television by national media organisations and award winning web blogs, both featuring appropriated confidential information concerning the Rangers Tax was met with the following response when concerned Rangers fans and shareholders highlighted them to HMRC: "HMRC don't respond to speculation about alleged breaches of confidentiality". Speculation and allegation? Quite simply this is totally unacceptable and it is incumbent on our politicians to seek an explanation from HMRC on what is increasingly looking like gross negligence by them concerning this episode. Furthermore it is not only those of us within the Rangers community who are struggling with this concept. At some point in the future, probably at the conclusion of the Police investigation into this matter, HMRC are going to have to provide answers to people who they cannot dismiss in the manner and with the contempt they showed for the Rangers support. This is where we must channel our anger - towards ensuring that a full and thorough investigation is undertaken and that answers are provided which explain the apparent failings of HMRC and makes those responsible accountable for their actions; or lack of action as the case may be. Do not let the Ms Haggerty's of this world tell you that your anger and moral indignation towards HMRC is somehow "unjustified" let us instead use that anger to press for a full government investigation into this matter. When the unknown becomes known, then and only then will we decide if our anger is justified or not.