ian1964 10,875 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 WOULD-BE Rangers chief Charles Green last night called for peace talks with SFA supremo Stewart Regan to stop Scottish football lurching into civil war. Sunsport can reveal that the man piecing together the plan to guide the Glasgow giants out of administration has written to SFA chief executive Regan to ask for a Hampden summit. Gers are on a collision course with the Hampden hierarchy after they went to the Court of Session to challenge the 12-month transfer embargo imposed for non-payment of £14.3million of taxes during the disastrous Craig Whyte era. Lord Glennie ruled the SFA panel’s decision was unjust to the fury of the beaks and that left FIFA seething that the game had been dragged into the civil courts. FIFA want Gers clobbered for their actions and straight-talking Yorkshireman Green told SunSport: “I want to have talks with Stewart Regan to find a way out of this for the good of Scottish football. “There is a balancing act here. We accept Rangers should be punished for the sins of the past. I am not disputing that, the SFA have an obligation to do that. “But I have to stress that the fans of Rangers, administrators and myself feel the initial penalty given to the club was too harsh. “Now there has to be a solution and a way out that doesn’t cause carnage for the game in Scotland.” SunSport understands administators Duff & Phelps felt that they had no option but to go to the Court of Session because the Court of Arbitration of Sport in Lausanne route was closed off to them. Former Sheffield United chief executive Green, who arrived at Hampden yesterday with Gers director of football administration Andrew Dickson, said: “There has been talk that if the SFA appeal to Lord Carloway who rubber-stamped the original decision, then Rangers could be booted out of football for 12 months — or even for good. “If everyone steps back from the understandable emotions of this for a second I can’t believe anyone who loves the game in Scotland wants that. “I want to speak with Stewart Regan to try and find the right path for Rangers and the game as a whole in this country.” Now with FIFA breathing down the SFA’s necks Green is desperate to avoid the toughest sanctions in the statutes, after launching his bid to take Gers out of administration with the £8.5million cash injection he prays will satisfy the club’s creditors. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...#ixzz1wOoNsW00 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I may be getting this completely wrong but ever since we heard from FIFA the media have stated, time after time, that FIFA want the SFA to hammer us - all because FIFA said the SFA should "take action". But my opinion is that if you read exactly what the FIFA rep said.... it merely looks to me as if he was saying that the national association should take action to keep it out of the civil courts - which could easily be interpreted as being that they wanted the SFA to take evasive action i.e. get to some agreeement with RFC PRIOR to going to the civil courts - that doesnt necesarily have to mean they want us hammered. They just want the SFA to take action to resolve the issue before it goes to the courts. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,875 Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 FIFA insisted last night they are closely monitoring the situation with Rangers and the SFA. The game’s governing body are waiting to hear an explanation from the SFA of how Rangers took them to a civil court and won, a move in direct breach of their rules. FIFA ban clubs from going to the law courts but that was flouted by Rangers, who successfully argued to the Court of Session that the SFA’s own statutes were flawed and did not allow them a path to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. A strongly worded statement on Tuesday demanded the SFA “take action’ against the Gers for going to court. They are watching intently to see how under-fire chief executive Stewart Regan handles the situation. But a spokesman insisted they won’t decide whether to become involved until after they are briefed by the SFA. He said: “If it goes further we will get involved.” Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4347823/FIFA-keeping-eye-on-Regan.html#ixzz1wOvyHcbd 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 In fact, again, this is all the SFA's making. It is the SFA that should be shitting themselves, not Rangers. Why ? FIFA's preferred method of handling dispute is for clubs to take their case to the CAS. Yet Rangers successfully proved that the SFA's rules did not allow that to be a viable option. How can Rangers be punished by FIFA through the SFA for not following protocol and taking it to CAS...m when that wasnt even an option. I say it again, it should be the SFA shitting themselves. We took the case to the only place we could under our national association's rulebook - so the SFA's rulebook is clearly flawed and doesnt follow the methods prescribed by FIFA 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Don't let the facts get in the way of a good Rangers bashing though Craig. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Seems like another case of "Rangers haven't done anything wrong but they need to be punished"... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 The SFA need to get shot of Regan then Rangers till talk imo. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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