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Killie 0 Champions 2 Boyd for the two goals :spl: P.S., Remember there is another game on tomorrow and games at the weekend for the BBC predictor

Start producing the form you showed in December until the end of the season and you may just get your wish

Millwall fan Stuwall has a problem with his ticket,follow his posts, hilarious http://www.hof.org.uk/showthread.php?t=2403

Mmmm, not sure if the thread title is pc correct!!, is it safe to have the Bairns in the same stadium as the BHEASTS Anyway, I can see Falkirk get a wee draw today

There's some here http://splwatch.blogspot.com/ but there is more recent ones that could be produced

Rangers' under 19 squad today faced rivals Celtic and came out on top of a close encounter victorious with a 2:1 win. Billy Kirkwoods team faced Celtic at Barrowfield today and two youngsters who are very much on form at the minute in Kane Hemmings and Archie Campbell grabbed the goals that sealed the victory. Rangers raced to a two goal advantage before succumbing to a late goal which set the tie up for a close and nerve-wracked finish for the boys from Murray Park. Rangers are now within a point of the top of the league with a game in hand. The game that Rangers have in hand is against Hibs and a victory would secure top spot in the league. Rangers lined up as follows: Adam, Cole, Scott, Durie, Wylde, Hutton, Witorski, McCabe, Naismith, Hemmings, Campbell (Dick).

ANDREW Ellis, the London-based property developer, is expected to make a formal offer for Rangers this week. No bid has been tabled as yet – the club would have had to announce it to the Stock Exchange if there had been – but Ellis is considered a live prospect at this point. The sale figure, rumoured though not confirmed, is in the region of Ã?£33m. There would appear be to a second interested party having a "nibble", as it was described by one source last night. A Far East consortium, from China and Singapore, is believed to have expressed an interest in the club, but Ellis would appear to be ADVERTISEMENT the front-runner right now. There doesn't seem to be much doubt within Ibrox about his financial wherewithal to take the club on. Rangers have been presenting themselves as a cheap entry into football, the argument being that they win trophies, play to full houses and get into Europe, be it the Champions League or, more realistically in the future, the Europa League. There is fun to be had at Ibrox, has been the gist of their message. The alternative is to spend countless millions more in buying an English Premiership team, probably a struggler already heavily burdened by debt, with no prospect of winning anything bar a relegation battle. "Where," a Rangers source said, "is the glory in that?" The Ibrox club are a more attractive proposition now than they were a year ago, even six months ago. It's a leaner operation since Donald Muir, the turnaround specialist, was put on the board to watch over spending. Rangers' operating costs fell by Ã?£3.6m in the half-year to November while they reported a profit of Ã?£13m in the same period, due to their Champions League involvement. The debt has come down from Ã?£31m in November to around Ã?£27m now with that figure set to fall further if Rangers secure the SPL championship and the Ã?£10-Ã?£12m of Champions League money that goes with it. Soon, Rangers' level of indebtedness to Lloyds Banking Group could be in the teens rather than the twenties, a scenario that seems to have struck a chord with the two realistic parties taking an interest in them. Rangers issued a statement yesterday, an indication that, perhaps, they're entering the end-game in this tortured affair. "The board of directors of the Rangers Football Club plc is aware of the recent takeover speculation in the media and refers shareholders and supporters to a previous statement issued in October 2009," it began. "The club's board has been advised by its principal shareholder, Murray International Holdings Limited, that it is considering options regarding its shareholding in the club and this may or may not lead to MIH disposing of some or all of its stake in the club to a third party. The directors of the club will keep shareholders advised of key developments but the board is unable to comment further at this time." Ellis is clearly a man they respect, but there is, however, a long way to go before a deal can be done. Nobody at Rangers is assuming this is going to sail through. If Ellis makes his bid then he will be entitled to a period of exclusivity during which time he can pore over the books without anybody else making a play for the club. It's interesting to note that Ellis also had a three-week period of exclusivity when attempting to buy QPR in 2001, but he withdrew his offer on the back of major supporter and local council opposition to his plan to move the club close to Heathrow airport. There was also a suggestion that he was struggling to find sufficient financial backing to execute his vision. Ellis had another go at football in late 2002 when he took over as chairman of Northampton Town in the December, but then departed in controversy in February of the following year. To add to the layer of caution, it should be remembered also that, in 2007, Sir David Murray came within hours of selling Rangers only to pull the plug on the deal at the last minute. "We were all ready to go," Murray told Scotland on Sunday in August, 2008. "Donald (Wilson, his right-hand man] had negotiated it for months with complete confidentiality. Everything was pretty much agreed and then I said, 'Look, gentleman, before we do this, can you tell me how you're going to run this club?' I'm sitting there with all the legal documents in front of me and they outline their plans, 'We'll carve this up and we'll sell that off' and after a while I said 'Enough, we're not doing the deal'. We got up and walked out. We took our papers and went out the door. It wasn't for Rangers. In my opinion they did not want to take the club forward in a football way. They saw property angles. That's the closest I've come to selling; a few hours last year in a nice London hotel." Until he sees Ellis's plans in detail, there is always the prospect that Murray – he will make the decision to sell, not Lloyds – will back away again. He's always stated that he will only sell to somebody who can take the club forward. How all of this might impact on Walter Smith is impossible to know. Of course, Smith may well have made up his mind to leave in the summer no matter what happens. It's fanciful to expect Ellis to come in – if the deal ever gets done – and release a fortune to the manager to sign players. But it would probably require substantial new resources to make Smith have second thoughts. Kris Boyd's future is also up for grabs. For that reason alone, Rangers fans will be hoping that Ellis is the real deal and that the striker will want to stay. It's suggested that if things runs smoothly, the transfer of ownership could be done in three months. But when have these things ever run smoothly? http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sport/Rangers-offer-is-expected-within.6130415.jp

Maybe so,but I'd go for Danny Wilson, of course I may be a bit bias

Crackin post MF, and I agree with you 100%,Walter Smith is a percentage type manager which makes him a tad boring in his team selections sometimes, but nobody can deny the man what he has achieved in football, not just with Rangers, and I like many others am glad he is the Rangers manager just now, he is a Rangers fan and does hurt along with the rest of us when we get beat, he plays a cautious game but by fuck he knows how to get a team bonding and winning which his record proves, I wonder what kind of results/performances we would be getting if someone else was in charge just in these trying times for Rangers FC ???. The man is a true Rangers legend

You would think he would just be concentrating on beating Falkirk??

Some good clips there, but I'm sure there are other/better ones as well

RANGERS were at the centre of a dramatic bidding war last night with TWO offers on the table for the debt-ridden club. A group of London-based tycoons are putting together a bid but face a rival Far East consortium in the battle - with the deal expected to top �£60MILLION. Ex-chairman Sir David Murray - who owns a 92 per cent stakeholding - has consistently said he will only sell to people he believes can take Rangers forward. Last night a source admitted: "Rangers is definitely on the table and the big-money men are beginning to circle." The London group of property high-flyers, backed by a Guernsey-based finance house, have already held talks with bankers Lloyds about taking on the club's �£30million debt. And they have tabled an offer to take over the Ibrox club to the bank's representative on the board, Donald Muir If it's accepted they will then make a bid for Sir David's stakeholding. Last night the source told The Scottish Sun: "Whoever wants Gers had better realise it's going to cost them �£60million. "It remains to be seen if either of these bids will be successful." Both the London group and the Far Eastern consortium have said they will clear the club's debt. This effectively blows an �£18million bid by Rangers director Dave King and Scots motor tycoon Douglas Park out the water. South Africa-based businessman King and Park offered to clear just 60p in each pound of the club's debts four months ago, but their scheme never got off the ground. Sir David stepped down as chairman last August. It remains to be seen if this offer will meet with his approval. Sir David bought the club, managed by Walter Smith, for �£6million in 1988. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2881226/Tycoons-bidding-war-for-Rangers.html

Barry Ferguson has spoken to STV Sports Centre about the ââ?¬Ë?Boozegateââ?¬â?¢ scandal and the lasting effect it has had on him. In the full interview he speaks of his regret over the ââ?¬Ë?Vââ?¬â?¢ sign incident, his admiration for Craig Levein and how he still has to consider his future for Scotland. Ferguson spoke at length about his career at length, from his early days when he feared he may be too small to make it as a professional footballer to the current success he is enjoying at Birmingham City. The former Scotland captain also set the record straight on the scandal that saw him excluded form the national team and insisted he did not direct any gestures at the Tartan Army. ââ?¬Å?People were having a go, saying 'that's to the Scotland fans and the Tartan Army',ââ?¬Â he said. ââ?¬Å?Well, if that was to the Scotland fans, I'm doing that to a lot of my pals because they were in the stand. It was nonsense and it was nothing to do with the fans. ââ?¬Å?It was 24/7 cameras and press. It wasn't fair on the other guys, who were trying to build up to a big game on the Wednesday. I want to slap myself every time I see it.ââ?¬Â "I was stupid, I was first to admit that," Ferguson added. "The biggest thing I admit was the thing I did on the Wednesday night. I look back now and I cringe. That's the one thing I would turn back. "Every time there's something about Scotland, that's flashing up. I want to smash the TV every time I see it. But what can I do? It's happened and I can't change it. But what I can say is that I was totally wrong. I admit that." Ferguson also spoke about Rangers, the club that remains closest to his heart. The midfielder has been watching his former team-mate Kris Boyd banging in the goals at Ibrox but admitted he would love to team up with the striker at Birmingham. The former Rangers skipper insisted that Birmingham were his top priority but said he still checked for Rangers results every weekend. He admitted the club will always be important to him. ââ?¬Å?It was time for me to go,ââ?¬Â he admitted. ââ?¬Å?Time for me to make a clean break but listen, I was at the club from eight years old. You always want them to do well.ââ?¬Â Plus video interview: http://sport.stv.tv/sports-centre/161771-full-interview-barry-ferguson-on-his-scotland-regrets-rangers-finances-and-how-he-almost-quit-football/

Rangers Football Club is at the centre of a Ã?£33m takeover bid. A property developer made the offer for the Ibrox side on Monday through his company. The 41-year-old is understood to be leading a consortium to take the boardroom reins of the Scottish Premier League side which is in debt to Lloyds Banking Group to the tune of around Ã?£30m. It is believed the London-based businessman is linked to another wealthy property developer who has made his fortune from deals in the affluent Knightsbridge area of London. The offer was submitted to director Donald Muir, the man whose appointment to the Rangers board last October caused controversy among the club’s supporters. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/rangers-faces-33m-takeover-bid-1.1011501

FFS Monkeyheid, get over it

TONY Mowbray has heaped scorn on the SFA appeals system following Celtic's failure to have Scott Brown's red card in last Sunday's Old Firm match rescinded. n a withering appraisal of the procedure which saw referee Dougie McDonald uphold his decision to send Brown off at Ibrox, the Celtic manager also claimed the real villain of the piece has gone unpunished in the shape of Rangers striker Kyle Lafferty. Mowbray suggested Lafferty was guilty of embellishing his reaction during the off-the-ball clash with Brown which saw the Celtic captain shown a straight red card midway through the second half of the match Rangers won 1-0 to stretch their lead at the top of the SPL to ten points. He also claimed Lafferty, who received no sanction from the referee, had placed Brown "in a headlock" and thrown him to the floor. Mowbray believes the SFA appeals process, which requires the match referee concerned to agree to his decision being re-assessed by an independent review panel, is flawed. He would like to see the appeal system being taken out of the referee's hands, as it is in England where claims of wrongful dismissal go directly to an independent FA regulatory commission which does not allow submissions from either the match officials or clubs involved in an incident. "People talk about an appeal, but did we have an appeal?" asked a bewildered Mowbray. "Who was the appeal to? My frustration is that the same referee who made the decision on the day has had another look at it and the matter is finished. "It doesn't seem much of an appeal. If you appeal something, then you want to do so to an independent body. But that is not the case. "I have watched the incident again and I can't see a sending off. Even if you think I have a level of bias because I work for Celtic, I still can't see a sending off. As a guy who looks at things honestly, I can't see what Scott has done. "People have said to me that it might be a headbutt, but is there a headbutt? The crime of feigning a potential headbutt might be more of a crime than what Scott Brown did. If you honestly believe Scott threw his head towards him (Lafferty) and that his headbutt was a violent act, then fine. I have watched it and I just can't see it. Scott has been flung around (by Lafferty). He was put in a headlock and thrown to the floor. "My disappointment is that the referee has had a look at it again and he thinks he was right. I'm sure you can look at the statistics and see how many appeals have been successful. How many times have the refs decided they got it wrong? "I didn't know the appeals process in Scotland before we went into this. I thought we would appeal, someone would have a look at it and think 'yeah, maybe the referee got that one wrong', without going over the top of the individual and wagging a finger at him. "A club has to pay �£1000 to make an appeal. If you think there are grounds to spend �£1000, you do. You don't want to throw money away. You appeal because there is something to look at. If it gets thrown out by an independent panel then you say 'fine' and move on. It just seems harsh to me that the guy who makes the original decision is then asked to make another decision. My own personal view is that the procedure is not correct at the moment. "I only want a procedure that works and gets us to the right decision. We all know Scott is a hot-headed boy who has done things in the past. But I can't sit here and say he was irresponsible last Sunday." As Celtic's currently fractious relationship with the SFA shows no signs of easing, Mowbray also labelled the outcome of their appeal as "political" in the wake of the controversy over decisions going against the Parkhead club in the previous two Old Firm fixtures this season. "Maybe another decision in a massive Old Firm game not to go Celtic's way would be just a little bit too much," he said. "If it had been upheld, it would have been proven to be a wrong decision, I think. So maybe the political decision was taken that maybe the right decision had been made. "Was there extra pressure on the referee last Sunday? All he has to do is watch the game, see the decisions, make the decisions and nobody is going to question him. But when you watch it back, it is wrong. "In a massive game the whole world is watching, and given what happened in the previous two Old Firm matches, why make such a big decision if you weren't sure of it? If you look back at it, he (McDonald) has got to look through two or maybe three bodies to actually see the incident. "I would have thought when he watched it again that he almost had an out, to say 'listen I saw the boy go down but there were two or three people in my way and having seen it again, I don't think it was a red card'. In my mind, you can't see something that didn't happen. So why come rushing over with your red card out? If you have a doubt, stand there with the players for two minutes, lecture them and show the world you are in charge of the situation." Mowbray will be without the suspended Brown tomorrow when Celtic travel to face a Falkirk side against whom they have already dropped four points in two previous meetings this season. Despite last week's massive setback at Ibrox, however, Mowbray remains defiantly positive about his prospects of ultimate success as Celtic manager. "I think I signed a four-year deal," he said, "and I am here to build a team that can be successful for a long, long period. I want to play expansive football at this club and the people who brought me here bought into that. At times, it can be like a rollercoaster. "This club has to win something every season, it has always been that way. But there are some seasons when it wins everything, some when it wins something and some when it wins nothing. If you don't win anything, do you throw everything out and start again? "The train keeps rolling until you get better opportunities or you are told it is time for a change. I don't make those decisions. But, for me, if you believe in what you are doing, you keep going." http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Tony-Mowbray-says-Lafferty-reaction.6129515.jp

Celtic manager Tony Mowbray says he is bewildered by the Scottish FA's rejection of their appeal against Scott Brown's sending off in the recent Old firm match. Mowbray feels it was a political decision and that the appeals system itself is unfair, as BBC Reporting Scotland's David Currie explains. :spl: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/8552925.stm

I'm sure if the MOPES take up legal action against the SPL, which I very much doubt, then they will compile a much better one than that

Aye, right you are Billy, every decision goes against you chunts http://splwatch.blogspot.com/

MON the Accies, get intae the SHEEP scum

So................Monkyheid who gives a flying fuck what you think ?, Sir Walter is happy with the system and that's all that matters as he is the boss, of the establishment, so if you don't like the rules FUCK OFF HOME

KDS: Meeky Today, 1:26 PM Post #177 Member Avatar Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick [ * * * * * * * ] Posts: 2,060 Group: Members Member #20,233 Joined: 24 June 2008 Another minutes silence before the game, not quite as cynical as the last one right enough. Im sure this one will go smoothly. minute's silence at falkirk Newsroom Staff SUPPORTERS travelling to this Sunday’s match should note that there will be a minute’s silence before the game. The minute's silence prior to the game is in memory of former Falkirk player Jack McAndrew who sadly died recently. http://celticfc.net/news/stories/news_050310113930.aspx

There is a minutes silence before the Falkirk game for an ex Falkirk player, I wonder if the BHEASTS will stay silent ?, I wonder if the BHEASTS will accuse Falkirk of trying to cause trouble by holding the silence ?,or I wonder if it is just when Rangers have a minutes silence for an ex player the BHEASTS find hard to accept ?, or will the BHEASTS just do as they normally do and just shout political things ?.

You're forgetting the mystery end of season tour of Japan that never happened