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Late on Friday 27th July 2012 the SFA made the announcement that Sevco Scotland Ltd would be granted a temporary license enabling them to compete against Brechin City on the 29th July in the Scottish Challenge Cup. Giovanni Di Stefano known as the Devil’s Advokat and a shareholder in Rangers Football Club PLC fired a last minute letter to SFA Chief Executive Stewart Regan warning him that in the event RFC were stripped of any previous League Title there would be an “immediate recourse to Court for an injunction.” The SFA were due to announce the grant of a conditional license to Sevco Scotland Ltd at midday but by 10.57am on Friday after receipt of the letter it cancelled the announcement until later that evening. “Sevco Scotland Ltd has accepted certain sanctions but there will be no question of stripping sanctions although the SPL reserves its position to investigate a number of matters,” said Di Stefano. The shareholder has caused considerable turmoil to the SFA/SPL/SFL all of whom had intended erasing the history of RFC PLC a company that was a founder of the Scottish Football Association. Di Stefano has made public a number of allegations against Craig Whyte, the SFA/SFL/SPL and what he calls “others in high high very high places “that agreed to the annihilation of RFC PLC in order that “their own negligent roles would not be subject to scrutiny,” stated Di Stefano. The contention according to Di Stefano is that “Rangers Football Club PLC was never insolvent, had the money to pay its day to day liabilities, had money in the bank, and was it not for the money stolen from the company and a delinquent bank reneging on an agreement albeit with a miscreant Director, there was no question of insolvency.” Whilst the Administrators and the SFA in replies to Di Stefano “note” his serious allegations no one has yet either refuted them or taken legal action. Yesterday on Twitter Di Stefano went further and contended that “even during Administration RFC PLC proved it was not insolvent. From Duff & Phelps the Administrators own files and communication dated 10th July 2012 but only received this week despite the “postal company receiving £40,000 for posting letters” Di Stefano made a number of observations. “Media House PR £124,000 jeez even Cameron did not pay Coulson that and this is payment for THREE months work.” “Ansarada data providers £20,000.” “Letters sent out to shareholders billed as £40,000 EXACTLY!!!!” “Taylor Wessing Sols been paid £1,283,102 plus £116,700 Counsel Fees from 14 Feb to 15 June COULD THAT MONEY not have gone to small creditors.” “PAYE/NIC £1,752,972 from Feb to June were paid...RFC PLC had plenty money in bank and plenty income...this has been daylight robbery.” “and they paid their way quite OK it is obviously clear here that RFC PLC have been deliberately defrauded of money and position in league.” “From FEB to JUNE INCOME of £4,432,986...DURING FRIGGING ADMIN...as I said RFC PLC was NEVER insolvent before and on DP OWN figures not during Admin.” “Solicitors Taylor Wessing Client Account held £5,300,000 of RFC PLC money.” “RFC PLC seems not even insolvent DURING admin according to the figures let alone BEFORE.” “This is what RFC PLC had £10,482,451 from Feb to June assets and cash..this is what they paid out £4,182,164 balance £6,300,287 PLUS.” “Joint Administrators may draw remuneration £42,760 and £2,930,644 for periods up to 14 February 2012 and 14 February 2012 to 29 June 2012…yet they told me they received nothing.” “plus another £489,910.50 of time costs, £114,401.00 of time costs,£122,782.75 of time costs,£100,453.75 derive from the more detailed analysis.” "There are £679,215 of time costs incurred in the period which relate to the Trading Operations of the Club."... another wack in fees.” "Time costs of £884,165 have been incurred under the heading Strategy Management and Control"...another million quid in fees.” "The Joint Administrators‟ time costs period 14 February 2012 to 29 June 2012 totals £2,930,644... separately recorded as £2,826,035.50".. "Joint Administrators‟ pre-appointment time costs of £42,760 is attached at Appendix 4 for the period between 6 and 14 February 2012." "the Joint Liquidators will review the conduct of the Joint Administrators"..BDO...no way will I allow the pot to call the kettle black.” Di Stefano had written to Duff & Phelps pointing out the “association between Alessandro Celano a 23% shareholder in Sevco Scotland Ltd and BDO Stoy Hayward the appointed liquidators.” There is now valuable time gained since The Court of Sessions will not ‘rubber stamp’ the liquidation of RFC PLC without a proper review especially on the obvious inevitable question of conflict. Over 100 million shares in the public domain and according to the Register 27,776 individual holders all of whom Di Stefano contends “have been openly defrauded.” The Monaco, Costa Rica, French, United States and Strathclyde Police are all investigating the generic circumstances of how Craig Whyte came to acquire one of the oldest football clubs in the world. Whyte was being investigated since 2006 after his return from Costa Rica to Monaco on allegations of money laundering, insider share dealing and other fraud offences together with a number of other individuals including bankers, accountants, stockbrokers and the usual wheeler dealers that Whyte had surrounded himself. The Intelligence file on Whyte evidenced that Whyte intended to emulate ex-Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi owner of AC Milan and enter into the political forum. Tentative approaches had been made to the SNP and the Labour Party with offers of donations in order to retain political support. Craig Whyte saw himself very much in the Scottish Parliament where he thought he would be immune from scrutiny and if his Rangers Football Club continued its success he would survive any criminal investigation. But unlike Berlusconi who heads a €5 billion media empire Craig Whyte was destined for failure since his audacious bid of Rangers Football Club PLC was based entirely on borrowed money and a bank that simply lied its way into recouping a debt incurred by Sir David Murray who pressurised the SFA into approving the acquisition. The SFA/SPL preferred to admit Dundee FC to the Premier League rather than Rangers much to the dismay and potential legal challenge from Dunfermline who expected preference. At a meeting between the SFA and the SPL although the majority of the SPL clubs preferred Dunfermline the decision taken at the last minute was to admit Dundee. Di Stefano explains “To obtain the SPL share it has to be transferred by RFC PLC and this is now a condition of Sevco Scotland Ltd obtaining the full SFA licence on 3rd August. Since the SPL/SFA had received notifications from me as a shareholder of RFC PLC that I would seek the intervention of the Courts, and the advice they received from their lawyers was that I had a chance of obtaining such, what the SFA/SPL did was to test my own loyalty to the team that I once was part owner namely Dundee FC and which they know I openly support. Dundee got it for that reason.” Investigators looking at Twitter accounts show some ‘new twitter’ accounts opened shortly after it was announced that Dundee FC would be the club invited to join the SPL and immediately afterwards ‘tweets to Di Stefano’ asking if ‘his loyalty to Dundee was above RFC.’ “There has been some truly dirty dealing in this because those that have openly stolen money and been recipients of stolen money have lots to lose so there are no holds barred. Of course my loyalty as a supporter is to Dundee FC but as a shareholder of RFC PLC never the two feelings shall meet.” For now the talk is of football again but soon the arena will once again be shifted to the law courts and on-going police enquires in what can only be detrimental to Scottish football. http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-822084

I think you can watch the game live here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_alba/watchlive

I am not ruling anything with these muppets. It really is time these clowns were chased out of Scottish football for good

Agreed. Everything will be the fault of big bad Rangers,when in actual fact these clubs have been living beyond there means since the SPL started,living if the income generated when Rangers come to town

True,but they can't cover up when clubs start hitting the wall

Frank&Ronald de Boer ‏@FrankRonald1970 R: Goodluck Rangers���� , today starts a new beginning. Ones a Ranger always a Ranger. #RangersFamily #Brechincity Retweeted by Rangers FC Official and another Peter Lovenkrands ‏@lovenkrands11 Looking forward to follow the #Teddybears getting back to the Big time where they belong and it starts today! #RangersFamily Retweeted by Rangers FC Official

Meanwhile, Gers fans could get a further boost with Dean Shiels expected to sign a four-year deal with the Light Blues within 72-hours. SunSport understands the ex-Killie and Hibs ace has virtually agreed the terms and is ready to snub a tempting counter offer from Danish champions Nordsjaelland. That would have guaranteed him action in the Champions League group stages. But Shiels has been persuaded by Gers boss McCoist to stay in Scottish football and help the newco club’s bid to battle back to the SPL from the Third Division by 2015. The frontman was shortlisted in the PFA Scotland Player of the Year awards after helping his dad’s Killie beat Celtic in the League Cup Final. Northern Ireland hitman Shiels, 24, is a free agent, but won’t officially become a Ger until the end of the week when the SFA formally grant the club full membership. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/4460701/Legends-of-the-fall.html

Everything will be ok then, no need for these chairman of the SPL clubs to worry,the SPL will be stronger without Rangers,all the grounds will sell out with all their own fans turning up to see a more exciting / competitive league. All is rosey in the SPL so we will not hear of any clubs toiling,but the opposite they will grow and prosper.

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SCOTLAND'S top football clubs have been given a massive cash bonus ahead of the new season â?? as fans back calls to boost attendances. Most clubs in the SPL say season ticket sales are up on this time last year â?? despite Rangers dropping out of the top flight. The money generated is seen as vital to clubs who will miss out on cash generated at the gate by the demoted Ibrox clubâ??s huge fanbase. Hibs have outsold last seasonâ??s total of books, with a further last-minute rush expected this week. The Edinburgh sideâ??s total was more than 7100 last night. Aberdeen and Dundee United have installed a season ticket counter so fans can keep track of how many the club have sold. And bosses at Dundee United, whose current total sits at more than 4400, have told supporters that getting the tickets is the best way to ensure the club survives the financial storm. A club spokesman said: â??The response from fans has been very good over the last few weeks. We have surpassed last seasonâ??s total. This will be a difficult season financially and there is no better way for the fans to help the club than buying season tickets.â? Aberdeenâ??s counter is sitting at more than 6304, which officials say is slightly more than last year, with still some time to go before the big kick-off. The club to see the biggest increase are Ross County, who are in the SPL for the first time this season. But while the Staggies wonâ??t provide exact numbers on their season ticket sales, general manager Ranald Gilbert insists the outlook is good. He said: â??We have more than doubled our sales compared to last year. â??Obviously, we are in a slightly different position from other teams because this is the first time in our history that we have been part of the SPL. But it is looking positive and we are very happy.â? Kilmarnock chairman Michael Johnston said: â??At present sales are around 2500, showing a significant rise over the corresponding period last year. This is hugely encouraging and if we can push that figure up to more than 3800 weâ??ll exceed the highest number of season tickets sold in any of the last five years.â? Stuart Hutton, general manager at St Johnstone, wouldnâ??t reveal exact figures either but said sales were â??ticking away nicely since the Rangers thingâ?. Motherwell spokesman Alan Burrows said: â??The number of season tickets sold changes every day, but we are sitting just shy of 4000. â??Last year our total was 4091 and that included half-season sales as well, so judging by that we are definitely up. Weâ??re targeting 5000.â? Dundeeâ??s ticket office boss Neil Cosgrove added: â??Season ticket sales are very healthy and outstripping last yearâ??s numbers. â??We hope we can sell even more between now and the start of the season.â? Hearts sold 10,000 season tickets last year and their current figure is 8300. Laura Grant, ticket manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, admitted the clubâ??s sales were 20 per cent down on last year. She said: â??As the season is getting closer, we have seen a lot more activity and we are hopeful we can make a significant dent in that 20 per cent. Itâ??s definitely picking up.â? St Mirren say they are 60 short of last seasonsâ??s total but expect it to be surpassed in the coming days. Last week, Celtic chief executive Peter Lawell said fans had bought tickets in huge numbers but urged more to invest in a book for the season ahead. The first SPL season without Rangers kicks off next Saturday. Celtic will take on Aberdeen, Hearts face St Johnstone and Kilmarnock play new boys Dundee. Ross County meet Motherwell and St Mirren go up against Inverness. The following day, Dundee United play Hibs. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2012/07/29/spl-clubs-enjoying-season-ticket-boom-following-summer-of-doom-and-gloom-86908-23914298/

Ron Scott of the Sunday Post in his collumn today wrote this: The final stumbling block remains EBTs. Yet, Ironically this should not even be a problem to the SPL and Ultimately, ths SFA. Rangers never hid the fact they were paying players this way. It was clearly stated on their accounts from day one, accounts that were registered at Hampden. Even HMRC admit EBTs are legal, although the tax man is now trying to close this loophole. If the long running tribunal finding goes against the way Rangers used EBTs, the club will only be fined, not forced to pay back tax. The SPL appear hell bent on stripping the Light Blues of all the titles they won if they decree EBTs were abused in the form of double contracts. Rangers want the right of appeal if this happens. That would go to the SFA and this is what concers the SPL. The SFA have shown no appetite of wanting to eradicate Rangers' name from any victories in the competition they run, the Scottish Cup. At present all the SFA, SPL and the SFL have done is ensure the season starts on time this weekend, something that was in grave danger of not happening until Frantic Friday. There is NO CHANCE Ally McCoist will ever sanction Rangers being stripped of their titles, though. Unfortunately, a lot more water has to flow under the bridge before closure is reached. This sorry saga looks like it's set to run and run, and it's all down to the fact there is still no leadership being shown in Scottish Football

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...ools-goal.html SCOTTISH football history is littered with idiotic decisions but the men who voted Rangers into the Third Division have just won the gold medal for stupidity. In their stampede for the moral high ground theyâ??ve bankrupted top-flight football in this country. Take a bow gentlemen. Are we to believe a sport that sees players routinely dive, cheat and con referees has discovered integrity? Have the internet revolutionaries become the moral guardians of the game? God help us. Itâ??s difficult to know who to blame most. The cowardly owners of the SPL or that sanctimonious collection of SFL chairmen who sealed Rangersâ?? fate. What is certain is that the clubâ??s demotion will cripple our biggest teams for years. One lower-league chairman wanted the resignations of Stewart Regan and Neil Doncaster for attempting to parachute Gers into the First Division. That pair were guilty all right. Guilty of having the brains to recognise the financial carnage weâ??re about to witness. Their plan to put Rangers in Division One might have preserved broadcasting contracts, kept sponsors onside and slaked the thirst of those demanding blood from Ibrox. Instead, weâ??ll have a one-horse title race for at least three years, crowds will plummet and sponsors will run for cover. In a year, the Clydesdale Bankâ??s £10million sponsorship of the SPL expires. How is Doncaster expected to find another backer? Will the chocolate gladiators of cyberspace have a whip round? In case you hadnâ??t noticed, top-flight football in Scotland is hurting. Most SPL clubs have the bank on their case. How will they manage when Gersâ?? demotion is predicted to suck an annual £20m from the game? They wonâ??t. St Mirren chairman Stewart Gilmour reckons half-a-dozen top-flight outfits could go bust. Our full-time clubs have already shaved squad numbers, slashed wages, cut jobs and still struggle to meet interest payments. Rangersâ?? punishment will be the tipping point. Administration and part-time football is inevitable for some. Youth development will be the first casualty throughout the game, so excuse me if I donâ??t raise a glass to sporting integrity. Hibsâ?? Rod Petrie was first on that moral bandwagon, telling us sporting integrity is beyond purchase. Rich coming from the man who hosted a rebel squad meeting behind boss John Collinsâ?? back? With internet Bolsheviks threatening boycotts, Petrie was soon joined by Stephen Thompson, Stewart Milne and Vladimir Romanov. Only Kilmarnockâ??s Michael Johnston could find the balls to stand his ground. Instead of keeping Rangers in the top flight with appropriate penalties, SPL chairmen caved in to the mob. When they should have been strong enough to take the heat they passed the buck to the SFL for a decision. The lunatics were now taking tea in the asylum boardroom. Many lower-league clubs are senior in name only. They have no support, no money, no ambition and no hope. Their idea of a crisis is when the bingo caller is AWOL. Yet, due to SPL leadersâ?? cowardice they inherited a decision that will affect full-time clubs for years. Spare me the notion that East Stirling are as important as Aberdeen, that Montrose are as vital as Motherwell. Theyâ??re not. The health of Scottish football and the national team is dependent on our full-time clubs. Without their investment in scouting, youth development and facilities our game will stagnate. Did SPL chairmen really think the minnows would stick Gers in the First Division? Putting Ally McCoistâ??s side in the basement was a stick-on. This way they all get a slice of Rangers while they make their way through the leagues. In the meantime the engraver can safely carve Celticâ??s name on the SPL trophy until 2015 but at what cost to the champions? Celticâ??s title win earned them just short of £3m last season. Next year that figure will shrink to £300,000 in Rangersâ?? absence. Unless Neil Lennon can crack the Champions League group stages the Hoops will suffer most. Despite the rallying cries of Peter Lawwell what kind of home crowd will Celtic pull on a wet January day when theyâ??re 20 points clear at the top? How does Lennon sell the SPL to potential signings without four Old Firm games? Why would Lawwell push the boat out for players when his reserves are good enough to win the title? While Celtic will always survive, some of their counterparts are in big bother now. Last season Hibs got £900,000 for finishing second bottom of the SPL. Next year 11th place gets just £80,000. How will the cyberspace mob take it when their club goes part-time? When their best player is flogged and replaced by a dud? Theyâ??ll howl at the moon in protest. But they have made their bed. Letâ??s see if they can lie in it.

by Bill McMurdo I donâ??t know if Big Jock knew. But I knew Big Jock. I was just a young boy working in my fatherâ??s office on Union Street in Glasgow. We ran lotteries for the SFA and Hampden Park Fund. Big Jock was pally with my dad and would sometimes pop in for a cuppa and a blether. He was an absolute gentleman. Even though I was a Rangers fanatic I had the utmost respect for Mr Stein. He had no airs or graces and was polite to the point of being deferential. If he had a big ego he hid it very well. I often used to bristle at the â??Big Jock knewâ? jibes because I knew him as a thoroughly decent man. Of course, these jibes are not really a slight on Jock Steinâ??s character, more of a commentary on the cover-up at Celtic Park in reference to the notorious child abuse controversy that engulfed Celtic Football Club. The infamy surrounding Jim Torbett and his involvement with Celtic Football Club is quite far back in time now; however, it is a convenient rod for Rangers fans to beat their Celtic counterparts with. It has been brought sharply back into focus, though, with the massive media coverage of the Jerry Sandusky affair in America. Sandusky was the assistant coach of the Penn State American Football team, and he has been found guilty of tampering with young boys whilst as their coach. The head coach of the team knew about it, as did other officials in the team. Because of this, Penn State have been banned from competition for 4 years, been fined $60 million & stripped of 11 titles between 1998 & 2011. With all the talk of stripping titles away from Rangers because of alleged book-keeping indiscretions, this story brings a fresh perspective. One could argue that if the football authorities in Scotland were as rigorous at applying punishments to teams where child abuse took place under their auspices as they were at seeking to punish teams who paid players off-book, we might not be speaking of Celticâ??s nine-in-a-row years. That might be ridiculous in Scottish football. Thankfully, it isnâ??t so in America Football. For the record, I might incur the wrath of some fellow bluenoses by saying this but I do not think Celtic should have been shorn of titles because of Jim Torbett. Nor do I think IF Big Jock knew then that is a slur on the man. I donâ??t know if he knew. But I am sure if he did, he would have tried to deal with it quietly. Sadly, child abuse is a massive problem in society. Even more sadly, certain institutions where it has been practised have compounded the horror of it by seeking to cover it up and hide its perpetrators from public exposure and criminal prosecution. The suspicion that this is what happened in the Jim Torbett situation is why Rangers fans sing â??Big Jock knew.â? It is a dig at this institutional cover-up rather than a personal attack on a man most Rangers fans greatly respect. Because of Jim Torbett, Celtic are an easy target. The Jerry Sandusky story just brings this out all the more. We Rangers fans have had to endure the merciless ribbing of Celtic supporters over the ongoing Rangers crisis. And talk of stripping titles is the ultimate hurt to bluenoses. Which is why the Jerry Sandusky story may just cause all who have picked up stones to hurl at Rangers to pause before throwing, particularly those of a Celtic persuasion. People in glass houses should not throw stones. Celtic fans may claim that Celtic FC should not be punished for the actions of Jim Torbett. This is exactly what Rangers fans are saying about David Murray and Craig Whyte. In a nutshell, fans of every team need to ask themselves a simple question: Which is the worst crime? Fiddling with kids or fiddling the books? http://billmcmurdo.wordpress.com/

The Celtic manager has come out and said that my old club should lose their championships. But he knows himself that you can NEVER take away the feeling of winning the SPL â?? or even walking up the steps of Hampden to lift a cup. People seem to want to take yet another kick at the club and I agree with Ally McCoist that enough is enough. Everything has been agreed to get Rangers their SFA membership but there is still talk of taking the titles away if an investigation goes against them. It would be a symbolic move but whatâ??s the point? What does it achieve? NOTHING. When you win a title or lift a Scottish Cup itâ??s all about the memories and thatâ??s something that can never be erased. You canâ??t turn back the clock and tell people they didnâ??t win something even though they got their hands on the trophy. You can get the Tipp-ex out and change the record books but what you canâ??t do is take away from the supporters the way they celebrated on those occasions. And the players who won those titles wonâ??t suddenly feel like losers because a bit of paper has been changed to say they havenâ??t won it after all. For me those titles were won fair and square. I saw someone compare it to drugs cheats in the Tour de France but thatâ??s rubbish. What Rangers are accused of is trying to dodge the taxman, not cheat the opposition on the park. It would be a different story if it was match fixing like we saw in Italy â?? but this was nothing to do with the team, it was accountants and lawyers. Having a tax scheme in place didnâ??t make the players run any faster or shoot any straighter, they still had to go out and beat the opposition. The titles issue seems to be the thing that held up Rangersâ?? SFA membership and I would expect Ally to continue fighting the SPL if they persist in wanting to take anything off the club. Ally wasnâ??t happy on Friday night and he has made his feelings known. I completely agree with where heâ??s coming from. Itâ??s time the SPL stopped taking cheap shots and for everyoneâ??s sake get back to focusing on football again. Because of financial problems the club has been sent to Division Three, has lost a lot of the top players, has a transfer embargo coming up, has been fined and have been denied their prize money from the SPL last season. Is that not enough? The Rangers fans have been suffering and what did they do wrong? Nothing. The supporters have turned up in big numbers every week, supporting the team at home and away â?? which also swells the coffers of the other clubs. They have not been to blame for whatâ??s happened at Ibrox but they are the ones seeing their club given a doing when its down. And even after all the punishments handed down to Rangers the SPL still want to feed off the TV money theyâ??re going to bring in. Rangers are a massive club and will always attract huge interest. The SPL know this and although they said they donâ??t want the club in their league they still want to live off the back of them. Itâ??s hypocritical. The level of interest will be shown at Brechin today where news crews from all over Europe will be present to see the club start this new chapter. Itâ??s going to be strange to see a club the size of Rangers playing at that level but thatâ??s the way it is and thatâ??s what most of the Gers fans wanted. Itâ??s time to get on with it and start playing football again. Iâ??m sure thatâ??s what Ally and the players are desperate for. Turning up at Glebe Park today and putting that blue jersey on will be a huge release for everyone at the club and for 90 minutes at least they will be able to forget about everything thatâ??s been going on. The players will be determined to show the fans â?? and everyone else â?? that Rangers are ready to fight their way back. It doesnâ??t matter what the company is called â?? Ally is the manager, the club is playing at Ibrox and the fans are the same. Itâ??s still the same Rangers. The supporters are wary, and rightly so. I think the right thing for them to do is to back Ally and the players by going to the games â?? but pay at the gate. But until the fans are sure about the direction the club is being taken in then theyâ??re definitely right to hang fire on buying season tickets. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...-knows-it.html

GIOVANNI DI STEFANO‏@DEVILSADVOKAT That is from Duff & Phelps and is in LINe with what my investigation has yielded that RFC PLC has had 50m stolen from its accounts Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 1m GIOVANNI DI STEFANO‏@DEVILSADVOKAT "the Joint Administrators can confirm that the total value of the claims for the benefit of the Company could be in excess of £25,000,000" Expand

Forfar beating Dunfermline 3-2:clap:

Half time scores: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live-scores/scottish-challenge-cup

He did in the video interview

Rangers chief executive Charles Green has questioned the future financial viability of Scottish football. Green agreed a deal that will allow Rangers' matches in the Third Division to be shown as part of the Scottish Premier League's broadcast offering. The negotiation was part of the club's acquiring of Scottish FA membership. "We signed up to the TV deal because we don't want to be held responsible for the downfall of Scottish football," Green told the Rangers website. “This is not the end of the problems for Scottish football” "But someone is responsible for the demise. "It's the end of the problems for Rangers but it will be the beginning for many other clubs. I think it will hugely difficult for Scottish clubs. "There is no doubt Scottish football has been going downhill and if you look back in history, as I can as a non-conflicted outsider, to 14 years ago when the SPL was formed and since that time Scotland hasn't qualified for a major competition. "Incomes have not grown and there really has to be a look at where Scotland as football business is going." Rangers, who have been relaunched by Green's Sevco Scotland consortium after the company that formerly ran the club headed for liquidation, also agreed to incur penalties in order to acquire the old Rangers' licence to play competitive matches. These include a 12-month transfer ban handed to Rangers earlier this year over disrepute charges. The embargo will take effect on 1 September. "If we had come to the table with a clean piece of paper then we wouldn't have signed up to the agreement but the realities are there have been historical misdemeanours and this is the price we have paid," Green said. "We were on the outside trying to get membership of the SFA and they set the rules and the regulations. "I'm interested to see how things will be applied in the future because this is not the end of the problems for Scottish football. "We'll make a lot of friends along the way I'm sure and while our former friends have the difficulties they are going to face Rangers and the fans will have an enjoyable few years walking through the divisions." Green indicated there would be no job losses as a result of Rangers starting the new season in the bottom tier, after having their bid to replace the old Ibrox club in the SPL rejected. And the chief executive has urged fans at large to refer to the club as Rangers, rather than the name of the company running it. "I think everyone knows that it's Rangers that are playing at Ibrox whether its owned by company A or company B," he added. "Our main rivals - or our former main rivals - across the city [Celtic] have had three different companies in their lifespan. "In fact if you look at their corporate structure now it's more complicated than Rangers' is. "So it's not about an individual or a corporate company with a registration number. This is Rangers and will always be Rangers." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19029573

Scott Burns ‏@ScottBurns75 Former #kilmarnock striker Dean Shiels is on the verge of signing for #rangers. Four year deal has been agreed and close to bein finalised

I posted this in the Green interview thread: Whether you like Green or not he is here for now. The way I see it,on face value,is he has secured a license for Rangers to play football,he had to make a decision for Rangers and Rangers staff by keeping us in Scottish football and accepting the transfer ban is a compromise to that effect. If Green had not compromised we may not have been in a position to fight the stripping of titles,which he & Ally have said they will fight. As for the TV rights I'm not sure he could have done anything about that. I'm still very wary of the CG consortium,I'll remain wary of any new owners for the rest of my life after all this!,but I for one believe we Rangers fans should get behind CG & Ally and start our rebuilding. CG & his consortium will sell when they think it's the right time and have made their money,now if they leave the club on a sound footing and make a profit then that is fair enough. Tin hat on but it's only my opinion.

Little: Together we are stronger! ANDY LITTLE says the atmosphere surrounding the club played a huge part in his decision to sign a new deal with the Light Blues. The striker put pen to paper on a two year deal with an option for a third season, after the club was granted a transfer of SFA membership. And the 23-year-old revealed that the togetherness among the squad, coaching staff and supporters of Rangers played a big role in convincing him he belonged in Glasgow. He said: "I like the whole togetherness that the club has. Sometimes I feel like we're at our best when we're up against it and I really want to be a part of getting the club back to where it belongs. "The club is down at the bottom now and we have to start again but the manager spoke to me and really convinced me that I had a big part to play in the future of the club. "I like to think that I'm the kind of player who plays with my heart and it came down to that when we were in administration and everything was against us. "I felt like I really responded well to that and it's going to be exactly the same in the third division." The role of McCoist, and Little's international boss Michael O'Neill, were also significant, with both offering reassurances on his future. Little added: "The manager definitely played a big part. He obviously can't give you assurances or guarantees of playing every week but he said I had a good chance. "He was pleased with how I did towards the end of last season and I'm really keen to continue that form if I can. "I also have to say that my international manager played a part as well because I did feel that if playing third division football would have meant not playing for my country that might have made up my mind to leave. "But I spoke to him and he said that if I can keep my standards up and keep performing the way I was last season then he wouldn't overlook me, so I know I have a chance of playing there too."

Ian Black on his reasons for signing "I'm delighted to be here. The move has been a long time in coming with all the talk there has been in the papers. "About four weeks ago there was a bit of interest shown and after that it was just a waiting game for me. I was really excited to hear the manager was interested in me. "Now I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to come and play here. I had a good few other clubs wanting me to sign for them but coming to a club like this is great. "I had opportunities to stay in the SPL and people might criticise me for not doing that but I want to win things here now. "I know Rangers are in the Third Division but you only get an opportunity to come somewhere like here once. "It's something I wanted to give a shot. Playing in front of big crowds will be great and I'm looking forward to it."

All the SPL clubs will want to draw the 3rd division club that is Rangers!

Whether you like Green or not he is here for now. The way I see it,on face value,is he has secured a license for Rangers to play football,he had to make a decision for Rangers and Rangers staff by keeping us in Scottish football and accepting the transfer ban is a compromise to that effect. If Green had not compromised we may not have been in a position to fight the stripping of titles,which he & Ally have said they will fight. As for the TV rights I'm not sure he could have done anything about that. I'm still very wary of the CG consortium,I'll remain wary of any new owners for the rest of my life after all this!,but I for one believe we Rangers fans should get behind CG & Ally and start our rebuilding. CG & his consortium will sell when they think it's the right time and have made their money,now if they leave the club on a sound footing and make a profit then that is fair enough. Tin hat on but it's only my opinion.