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RANGERS fans last night vowed to boycott any new regime who plan to liquidate the club. Four groups met yesterdayâ??s 5pm deadline to submit â??best and final bidsâ? to take control of Ibrox. And administrators Duff and Phelps reckon they could be in a position to accept an offer next week. However, worried supporters do not want to see the club end up in the wrong hands after the disastrous reign of disgraced Craig Whyte. They are desperate to continue the 140-year history of Rangers and the leaders of two leading fansâ?? groups vowed any group planning to form a newco would be met with fierce resistance. Paul Murrayâ??s Blue Knights were first to put their bid on the table yesterday and were followed by offers from the USA, Singapore and unexpected interest from Germany. Sale Sharks owner Brian Kennedy has already said he will only revive his interest if he fears the winner plans to liquidate. Rangers Assembly president Andy Kerr said: â??Weâ??ve always had in the back of our minds the liquidation scenario but itâ??s the worst by a long way. It would dispirit people and break connections and fans would believe the history and tradition had gone. â??Weâ??ve danced around the boycott scenario under different banners. I do not think the appetite is there to do that. We always believed we would support the club no matter what but this one is too important. â??I canâ??t think of a worse situation than someone being in pole position or almost confirmed as the new owner and weâ??re all saying â??Forget it, weâ??re not interestedâ??. That would be damaging for everyone and where would you go next? â??I hope we donâ??t get into that situation but because we donâ??t know some of the underlying detail and the key principles of the bids outside of the Blue Knights, weâ??ve always got to be wary that is a possibility. â??I know the administrators are focused on getting a CVA and securing a purchase that way. Because we donâ??t know a lot about the bids other than the Blue Knights then itâ??s difficult to be sure.â? Mark Dingwall, of the Rangers Supportersâ?? Trust, said: â??Anyone who came in looking to liquidate the club would find the fans united in their opposition. They would receive no financial help from the fans and it would be done in the face of great opposition. â??Anyone who expects to lead Rangers supporters into the black hole of liquidation will have another thing coming. And if people expect to have a feelgood factor within the club they really need to engage with the fans sooner rather than later. â??Fans want a CVA as quickly as possible because it gives certainty and it also means you have time to ensure all playersâ?? contracts are renegotiated and the bulk of the playing staff are kept on the books for next season. â??Anyone who chose voluntarily to go down the road of liquidation would be committing commercial suicide, not only on behalf of Rangers but also themselves because I donâ??t think fans would forgive anyone who chose that as their first port of call. â??Paul Murray and the Blue Knights have been very open and honest about their plans. They have stated we all need to work together â?? theyâ??re not selling us some fantasy that everything is going to be rosy. â??After the nightmare of Craig Whyte we need any potential owner to display the same level of openness and honesty as Paul Murray and the Blue Knights have shown. Anyone who doesnâ??t, simply arenâ??t credible.â? Record Sport understands the offer from Germany is favourite to falter at the first hurdle which would leave a three-way battle. The bid received from the USA is believed to be a splinter group from Chicago-based Club 9 Sports who backed out yesterday. Itâ??s understood individuals from that consortium have pressed ahead with a move. There are fears the Americans want to go down the newco route but the Singapore consortium insist they do not plan to liquidate while the Blue Knights want to emerge from administration through a CVA. Joint administrator David Whitehouse said: â??We cannot be precise in timescale but we estimate an exit from administration before the end of the season is achievable. â??The bids are structured in various ways but are positive and constructive. We will now analyse these bids and hold discussions with relevant parties to gain further understanding of the details of their bids. â??It will be our intention to accept an offer next week and this will be followed by a period of due diligence and exclusivity. â??We appreciate the need to conclude this as quickly as possible But it is most important to secure the best possible outcome for creditors, Rangers and supporters.â? A protest against liquidation is planned at Saturdayâ??s home game against St Mirren, with supporters holding up red cards. Dingwall said: â??Our message to anyone with that idea is that they are entirely unwelcome. â??We believe it is possible to save the club and its history. We donâ??t think it should be bought and then put through the horror of liquidation. We want to know who the bidders are and what their intentions are. â??What is vital for any bid is the goodwill of the fans and that can only be gained by openness and transparency before purchase. Some tough times are ahead but if we all pull together the future of the club can be secured.â? ●McBookie.com make Blue Knights 11-8 favourites to become the new owners with the Singapore bid 5-2, US 3-1 and German 9-2. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/2012/04/05/rangers-in-crisis-fans-threaten-boycott-over-liquidation-fears-as-four-offers-roll-in-at-ibrox-86908-23813735/

DIARMID Oâ??HARA, the man in charge of BBC Scotlandâ??s flagship news programme, Reporting Scotland is a member of the Celtic Familyâ?¦. In the truest sense. For Diarmid Oâ??Hara is the great-great grandson of one of the co-founders of Celtic Football Club, John Oâ??Hara. And Diarmid's brother, Brendan O'Hara, who also works in television, was the man behind a recent project to restore the grave of John O'Hara, who was one of Celtic's first club secretaries. Perhaps that explains the pro-Celtic bias and anti Rangers agenda many people perceive as being endemic when it comes to the Reporting Scotland output, over which Diarmid Oâ??Hara reigns as the supreme ruler. Perhaps it also explains that even if Oâ??Hara is not there, those wishing to please him, win favour from him and increase their chances of promotion, will adhere to what they believe is Diarmid Oâ??Haraâ??s agenda, without even needing instructions from this great-great grandson of one of Celticâ??s founders. This week has provided two starkly contrasting examples of the way similar stories are viewed on Diarmid O'Hara's Reporting Scotland. The way one was treated and the way another was entirely ignored. Despite both stories having been given differing degrees of coverage in Scottish newspapers. Letâ??s start with the first story which is topical and timely. It burst like a bombshell as the splash in the latest edition of Irelandâ??s mass circulation Sunday World and it focussed on a foul, bigoted, sectarian rant from the General Secretary of the OFFICIAL Celtic Supporters Association, Joe Oâ??Rourke. In a chilling Tweet on his Twitter account, Oâ??Rourke, a former shipyard worker and trade union activist, raved that it was a pity all the Protestants who helped build the Titanic didnâ??t sailed on the doomed liner and drown when the Titanic went down 100 years ago this month. It was a story which I saw picked up and followed up poorly by what looked like a Sun newspaper afraid to upset Celtic. A few paragraphs and an apology from the confirmed bigot, Oâ??Rourke, was what the sinking Sun thought it was worth. The Daily Mail produced a more comprehensive story, pointing out that Oâ??Rourke is facing a police investigation and quoting a still obviously unrepentant bigot, Oâ??Rourke as saying: â??I DIDNâ??T THINK IT WAS OUT OF ORDER.â? And this is a man who often sits down with Celtic's OFFICIAL chief executive, Peter Lawwell. More on Lawwell later. But from the great-great grandson of Celtic founder, John Oâ??Hara, the man in charge of BBC Scotlandâ??s Reporting Scotland, Diarmid O'Haraâ?¦â?¦ NOTHING! It was as if the story did not exist. As if it was unimportant. Or as if it did exist, was important, but was best swept under the carpet. Now, for a moment, indulge me. Let us just for a moment imagine the leader of a Rangers fansâ?? group had made a similar comment about Roman Catholics. What do you think would have been the reaction of the Reporting Scotland news team ruled over by that member of the Celtic Family, Diarmid Oâ??Hara? Do you think a reporter would have delivered a piece to camera standing outside Ibrox Stadium? Do you believe Peter Kearney, the Roman Catholic Church in Scotlandâ??s outspoken spokesman, would have featured, foaming at the mouth with rage? Would a Roman Catholic clergyman, a lowly priest, or an archbishop, perhaps, would have been rolled out to express his disgust? Maybe even the man who writes the wee tunes and who is always offended by the majority of people in Scotland, Jimmy McMillan, would have been afforded a platform. Do you think so? Me too! And if you donâ??t believe me then fast forward 24 hours from when Diarmid Oâ??Haraâ??s Reporting Scotland ignored the story about Joe Oâ??Rourke, the General Secretary of the OFFICIAL Celtic Supporters Association calling for Protestants to be drowned and letâ??s examine another story. This time about comments which have upset the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland and which the BBC Scotlandâ??s Reporting Scotland programme, which is in the iron grip of Celtic Family member, Diarmid Oâ??Hara, went into outraged overdrive to cover. It concerned the remark made on Facebook by an Scottish National Party local council candidate â?? ONLY a CANDIDATE mind you. Lyall Duff, who is standing for the SNP in North Lanarkshire, criticised two Roman Catholic midwives after their high profile legal action for the right to boycott abortions. Diarmid Oâ??Haraâ??s Reporting Scotland was all over that story like a rash. Hackles in the rulerâ??s office inside the BBC Scotland Pacific Quay headquarters had obviously been raised by Lyall Duffâ??s comments in a way they had not been by the dreadful sectarian stuff which spewed from Joe Oâ??Rourke, the General Secretary of the OFFICIAL Celtic Supporters Association who wants to see Protestants drowned. The way these two similar stories were approached by BBC Scotlandâ??s flagship news programme, which is under the complete control of Celtic Family member, Diarmid Oâ??Hara, present a stark contrast. Never before have those who believe BBC Scotlandâ??s Reporting Scotland is pro Celtic, been given more vivid evidence to support those allegations. ....... AND....... JUST a wee reminder of the links which exist and lead from conman huckster Craig Whyte to the administrators he appointed, Duff and Phelps. The Duff and Phelps Two, Paul Clark and David Whitehouse, would do well to take into account the public's perception of these links. When Whyte conned David Murray - as David says - out of Rangers for a quid, he was advised by David Grier, who is a senior partner in Duff and Phelps. When Rangers moved into administration, trickster Whyte moved heaven and earth to ensure his pal David Grier's company, Duff and Phelps, were given complete control of Rangers. Clark and Whitehouse then delivered a very public pledge that David Grier would have nothing to do with the company in which he is a senior partner, Duff and Phelps' administration of Rangers. Clark and Whitehouse were then caught red handed smuggling the very same David Grier into a meeting with David Murray. On top of which there have been a number of peculiar statements made by Duff and Phelps in the six weeks since they became the Rangers administrators. Many of them contradictory and many of them seemingly lacking in logic and clarity. All of which has led some serious people to be seriously suspicious of Duff and Phelps, their senior partner, David Grier and Clark and Whitehouse. This reminder is not much aimed at Rangers supporters, as being for the benefit of Duff and Phelps, the firm's senior partner, Craig Whyte's pal, David Grier, along with Paul Clark and David Whitehouse. They are all being closely watched. http://leggoland2.blogspot.co.uk/

THE SFA have no power to remove Craig Whyte as a Rangers director. Their decision to brand him not a fit and proper person to hold office is a â??red herringâ?, according to a Hampden insider. The SFA charged Whyte with seven alleged rule breaches and deemed him unfit to be a club official. Whyte snubbed an SFA hearing on March 29, but his lawyers asked for it to be postponed to give them time to prepare a case. Our insider said: â??This business is a total red herring. The SFA has no jurisdiction to prevent ANYONE being a director of a Scottish football club. â??They can say heâ??s not fit and proper all they want. All that means is the person cannot represent his club at the SFA council meeting and they cannot go to the AGM. â??The SFA are entitled to ask if the person breaches their Articles 10-13, but these simply ask if he is a fit and proper person, if heâ??s ever suffered from a mental disorder, or if heâ??s listed as an official of another club. â??Itâ??s a matter for Companies House who clubs have on their boards. The SFA canâ??t do anything about it.â? Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4239745/SFA-can-forget-axe-for-Whyte.html#ixzz1r7GLU05o

BRIAN KENNEDY has his advisors on standby. The Sale Sharks owner’s second bid to rescue Rangers is ratified and ready to go and the man himself is poised to drop everything and catch the first flight home. Edinburgh-born Kennedy might be more than 3,000 miles from home, but he remains at the heart of the fight for the stricken Ibrox club. Yesterday’s deadline for bids passed without a fresh offer from Kennedy. But in a SunSport exclusive, the 51-year-old has explained why he could yet return to the table. From his base in New York, Kennedy said: “I’ll continue to monitor this situation very closely. “All my advisors are by their telephones 24 hours a day and we’re ready to respond if need be. “I’m in America, but if we are to move then, of course, I’ll be on the first plane home. “I’ve promised from day one I would not compete with the Blue Knights and that still stands. “But I have also maintained I will not stand by and watch an institution like Rangers Football club liquidated. That still stands too. “But I will only be called upon if the Blue Knights bid is rejected. “If I was the administrators and they didn’t choose the Blue Knights then I would think it would be sensible to contact me and see if my alternative bid is more acceptable. “I am a reluctant bidder, but I’m much more reluctant to see Glasgow Rangers go into liquidation.” If he takes over at Ibrox, Kennedy is understood to favour negotiations with HMRC as he believes they hold the key to securing a Creditors Voluntary Agreement. Administrators Duff & Phelps have started investigating the consequences of liquidation for Gers, in anticipation of new owners looking to form a newco. But Kennedy said: “If the administrators go down the road with someone else and that someone else is looking to liquidate the old co and form a newco, then I will move. “With a newco you have the complexities around European qualification, SPL qualification, players’ contracts and be mindful of the fact the manager is trying to rebuild for next season. “It would have catastrophic results for Rangers. “I have said to the administrators that, at that point, if that’s the road they’re going down, then I will submit another bid on the basis of a CVA. “They have no issue with a late bid. “They know where I am coming from and they are quite happy to have me there in the background if everything else fails.” Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4239770/Pick-wrong-bidder-and-Ill-be-back-like-a-shot.html#ixzz1r7FRdvMs

PAUL MURRAY last night launched his sales pitch for Rangers and insisted: This is the BEST offer youâ??ll get. Murray and his Blue Knights were one of four bidders to make the 5pm deadline. He is the only British contender left after Brian Kennedy stalled on a fresh offer for the stricken SPL champions. The three other bids came from Singapore, America and Germany. Bookies instantly installed former Gers director Murray as 11/8 favourite to win Duff & Phelpsâ?? approval as preferred bidder. That would put the Borders-based businessman in pole position to seize control at Ibrox as he attempts to steer the crisis-hit club away from the threat of liquidation. And Murray last night claimed his best and final offer is the one the administrators should embrace. He said: â??Weâ??re determined to try and save the club in its current form. â??We strongly believe there is value to be gained from the financial and football benefits a CVA can deliver that would be immediately lost if the club went into liquidation. â??We are confident in the strength of our bid and the consortiumâ??s unique ability to rapidly return financial stability to the club. â??As a Rangers fan first and foremost, I want to bring a swift end to the current uncertainties that are clouding the club. Our bid can deliver this.â? The Blue Knightsâ?? bid is believed to be worth £10million, and they have an agreement in principle with Ticketus to wipe £17m off the debt they are owed by Rangers. Sale Sharks owner Brian Kennedy, who saw his bid rejected last week, is also backing Murray and the Blue Knights. However, the 51-year-old will return to the bidding war next week if preferred bidder status goes to one of the overseas groups. Itâ??s understood the American offer â?? worth £25m â?? was lodged by investors who were part of the consortium put together by Club 9 Sports, who pulled out of the running for Rangers on Tuesday. Business magnate Bill Ng is the major figure in the Far East consortium but, as yet, little is known about the mystery German-based company. Duff & Phelps were delighted to secure four bids. Now more detailed discussions are planned with preferred bidder status likely to be confirmed in the next seven days. Bean counter David Whitehouse hopes that will ensure Gersâ?? exit from administration BEFORE the end of the season. He said: â??We estimate that an exit from administration before the end of the season is achievable.â? Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4239873/Murray-vows-he-will-save-the-club.html#ixzz1r7Er1j88

Lifted from FF: Was on a course today which touched on insolvency. The lecturer mentioned that debenture holders get first priority on the cva pot. Does anyone know if this is the case for those who bought debentures for seats in the club deck? Another thought was if they are part of the creditors could each individual do a debt for equity swap similar to what ticketus have done and join the BKs? This is correct, there's about 5000 bond holders who are technically now creditors to the value of over £ 6m. I, and any bond holders I've chatted to are not interested in equity, receiving cash etc. I would be happy to divert any pence in pound settlement I receive if it meant saving the club Doesn't help much

Don't bother!.............

I wasn't expecting much,as nobody knows much,that is why it's crazy to waste tv time, a couple of minutes,saying nothing!

Well................that was waiting up for!,jeez, why even waste time on that show when they talk about nothing as they know nothing,same old pish.

I believe Archie Macpherson & FFs' very own Mark Dingwall are doing some Rangers chat!,or so they are saying on FF.

I think all the players are having to just wait and see what happens with the club,just like us fans,but I'd be very surprised if any of the players would want to leave,however they have to look after themselves so no harm in some of them having a few irons in the fire

Sun, Jul 10, 2011 Tweet Exclusive from Lindsay Herron in Germany Exclusive pics: Kirk O'Rourke RANGERS enjoyed a "state visit" today at their German training HQ when the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, David McAllister, meet Ally McCoist, his staff and players and Director of Football Gordon Smith. Mr McAllister is a lifelong Rangers supporter after being born and brought up in Germany by his Scottish father and German mother. PM David McAllister visits the team in GermanyAnd he revealed he used to collect Panini stickers of McCoist when he was younger. The Prime Minister is the equivalent of Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond and was thrilled to take time out of his busy schedule to travel from Hannover to meet and chat with the squad. The Rangers manager handed over a signed Rangers shirt and other club memorabilia and formally invited Mr McAllister to visit Ibrox and Murray Park. The Prime Minister said: "It was a great moment for me to meet Ally McCoist and the players. "I'm very pleased that Rangers are spending a week here in Lower Saxony and when I heard they were here and was invited to come and visit I was more than delighted. "My father was a keen Rangers supporter and I remember when I was growing up we used to listen out for the score every Saturday night on British Forces Broadcasting Services when James Alexander Gordon read out the classified results. "It's a great pleasure to meet Ally McCoist and his players. I remember I had a Panini sticker of Ally around the time of the 1990 World Cup - although he had longer hair then! "Ally and Gordon Smith have kindly invited me to come to Ibrox and I would love to do that at some point in the future." Mr McAllister was born in West Berlin in 1971 where his father was stationed and is still fiercely proud of his Scottish roots. He got into politics with the Christian Democrats when his family moved to the Lower Saxony area and he became Prime Minister last year when his predecessor Christian Wulff became President of Germany. Indeed there is serious thought here that he may go on to hold the same office. McCoist said: "It was tremendous to meet David. It's a great honour for us that he took time out from his busy schedule to come and visit us. "We would love him to come across to Ibrox for a game in the future and he said he would love to come."

MICHAEL MOLS today revealed how he took a massive 70 per cent pay cut to play on for Rangers so he could savour the experience of playing Champions League football again. And the former Dutch striker insisted there may not be a mass exodus of players out of Ibrox in the summer â?? as some have predicted â?? as a result of the current cost-cutting. Mols agreed to extend his stay in Glasgow for another season after winning the Treble in 2003 â?? but on a fraction of the wages he had been on when he first joined four years earlier. The frontman had been out injured for over a year with a career-threatening cruciate ligament injury before that and had also been marginalised due to the start of the clubâ??s financial woes. Having successfully overcome those difficult spells, the Holland international was determined to reach the high level he had performed at with such success before he damaged his knee. He played for Alex McLeishâ??s all-conquering team in Europeâ??s premier club competition against Copenhagen, Manchester United, Stuttgart and Panathinaikos â?? and scored against the Greeks. Mols believes that, contrary to widespread opinion, many of Ally McCoistâ??s first team could have points to prove and may wish to remain at Rangers despite the uncertainty off the pitch. He said: â??Rangers offered me a new deal in 2003 and I agreed to extend my contract for another year. â??My wages dropped by 70 per cent. But, for me, it was not a problem. The club had treated me so well when I was injured. â??I also wanted to do everything that I had done before my injury after my injury. I was desperate to play in the Champions League. So I agreed to play on for far less money than I had initially signed on. â??We agreed that if I played regularly then my wages would go up to 50 per cent of what they had been. It was still a lot less money than I had been used to but, as I say, I was comfortable with that. â??It was a risk because if I suffered another injury and dropped out of the squad then my wages would drop down to 70 per cent below what they had been. Fortunately, I played on and achieved my goal of playing in Europe again. â??The club wanted me to extend my deal for a second year on the same money. But I had decided to move on. It was just business, I wasnâ??t angry or upset, I accepted the situation and looked to the future. â??The Rangers players today are in a similar situation to the one I was in. They have had to agree large pay cuts due to the club being in administration. I believe they deserve tremendous credit for the action they have taken. â??Rangers is a great club and the players should think long and hard before moving on. I joined to win trophies and play in Europe and I achieved my goal. I am sure many of todayâ??s players will be keen to stay and experience that in the future.â? Mols went on to play for Utrecht, Den Haag and and Feyenoord in his homeland after parting company with Rangers before finally hanging up his boots three years ago. But the 41-year-old, who played for the Rangers Legends against AC Milan Glorie last week, has told how he seriously considered joining another Scottish club after leaving Ibrox due to the abrupt nature of his departure. â??I didnâ??t have a proper farewell at Rangers because of circumstances,â? he recalled. â??My big wish was to play one last time at Ibrox and say goodbye to the fans. â??In fact, I seriously considered joining another club in Scotland just so I could return to Ibrox to say goodbye. â??So it was really nice to be offered the chance to play for the club at Ibrox last week. For me, it felt like a chance to say thanks to the Rangers fans for all the backing they gave me when I was at Ibrox.â? Mols, a £4million signing from Utrecht in 1999, was one of a strong Dutch contingent at Rangers during the ill-fated Dick Advocaat era. The reckless spending of that spell â?? that massive outlay has contributed greatly to the clubâ??s current predicament â?? started to have repercussions during his time in Scotland. He recalled: â??The club was starting to have problems with the salaries they were paying. The club wanted to cut the wage bill considerably and get rid of a few players on higher wages. I was one of them. â??I think they felt I was not fully fit and not contributing enough towards the team for the money that I was on at that time. I was told I could look for another club. I had to play in the reserves for months. â??Fortunately, I got a chance. I came back into the team, scored and then featured in most of the games thereafter in what proved to be an amazing season. We ended up winning the Treble.â? http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/michael-mols-i-gave-up-a-fortune-as-payback-for-ibrox-bond-of-fellowship-1.1157072

Mind you,it would wind the BHEASTS up something terrible,I mean the BHEAST players never applauded Killie when they won the cup. And as has already been said they have won feck all yet!

They should applause us onto the park every time we play them,for being the biggest and most successful club in Scotland:grin:

There's a thread on FF saying that the ref for the Killie v BHEAST game has had phone calls telling him what is to be expected,unsubstantiated from BHEAST fans

Alison Robbie ‏ @AlisonRobbie Reply Retweet Favorite · Open Ticketus confirm they have submitted a bid for #rangers as part of Blue Knights consortium, adding discussions with P Murray continue.

Mike Farrell ‏ @mikefstv Reply Retweet Favorite · Open As expected, Blue Knights have submitted a bid for Rangers. More to follow soon @STVNews

Chris McLaughlin ‏ @BBCchrismclaug Reply Retweet Favorite · Open Paul Murray: We are confident with the strength of our bid and consortium's unique ability to return financial stability to the club.

Funnily enough I am working with a guy,originally from Singapore but is now an Australian citizen,whos' surname is Ng

SPL chairman Ralph Topping today appealed to the Gang of Ten to ditch their bid to scrap the leagueâ??s voting structure â?? because he believes the unrest is driving away sponsors. Topping reckons two potential backers have walked away from lucrative deals with the governing body due to fears over the breakaway groupâ??s controversial plans. The 10 top-flight clubs outwith Celtic and Rangers want the 11-1 majority needed to force through change to be reduced to 9-3 â?? so breaking the Old Firmâ??s control on decision-making. The thorny issue will be voted on at the governing bodyâ??s general meeting on April 12 and Celtic and Rangers â?? represented by their administrators â?? will oppose the move. Now Topping has written to the rebel clubs asking them to ditch their proposals because he feels it is damaging the leagueâ??s financial prospects at a challenging time. He said: â??Having spoken candidly to Rangersâ?? administrators, they have made it clear to me that they will not be supporting the membersâ?? requisitioned resolution on 12 April. â??On the basis that it appears likely the resolution will not achieve the 11 votes in favour that it requires and there is now some damage being done to the leagueâ??s commercial prospects and, by implication, your own clubâ??s potential future distributions, I would ask you to consider whether you would, especially given current circumstances and uncertainties, wish to withdraw the resolution. â??It would seem to me progress is far more likely to be made by 12 clubs engaged in debate about the future than by forcing a vote on a resolution that, on the face of it, has no apparent prospect of success.â? He added: â??On the commercial front, I am aware of two companies who were strongly attracted to the idea of sponsoring the SPL when Clydesdale Bankâ??s tenure comes to an end in summer 2013. Both were viewed as serious potential bidders for the title rights. â??Unfortunately, they have withdrawn their interest in the light of recent developments in the SPL. â??It will not have escaped your notice Sky and ESPN have so far failed to return draft contracts sent to them in 2011. â??I have spoken to one of our live broadcast partners who is concerned about current uncertainties with Rangers and who at the time of our conversation was anxious to learn more about recent talk of clubs resigning en masse from the SPL.â? http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/spl-urges-gang-of-ten-chairmen-to-back-down-amid-claims-that-league-sponsors-have-been-scared-off-1.1157076

Our club,and Scottish football as well as referees,has been under constant attack from the BHEASTS,they have damaged football as we know it through their sectarian, bigoted, cheating actions. That deserves no applause.

The Scottish FA has told Dundee United they will receive £35,000 of the outstanding money from their Scottish Cup tie against Rangers in February. This payment has been offset from broadcasting revenue that, under normal circumstances, would have been distributed to Rangers. Rangers entered administration 11 days after the cup tie at Ibrox on 5 February, which Dundee United on 2-0. The SFA issued a notice of complaint against Rangers for not paying United . The club and its owner Craig Whyte were due to appear at a hearing relating to that and other charges last week but it has been delayed . http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17612070

Times have changed......................

I reckon instead of the usual hand shakes along the line the Rangers players should just head butt them:D So my answer would be a big NO!