Giovanni di stefano-â??rangers is a separate entity to the rangers football ltd"

[Steve1872 4]

â??RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB IS A SEPARATE ENTITY TO THE RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB LTDâ? SAYS GIOVANNI DI STEFANO THE DEVILâ??S ADVOCATE. THE SFA, SFL AND SPL ALL HAVE BREACHED UEFA STATUES SINCE 1975 BY GIOVANNI DI STEFANO

UEFA is the administrative body for association football in Europe and, partially, Asia. It is one of the six continental football organizations that are united under the supervision of FIFA.

 

 

 

 

 

UEFA consists of fifty-three national associations members.

 

UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe, runs national and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions.

 

It was founded on June 15, 1954 in Basel after consultation between Italian, French, and Belgian associations. Initially the European football union was accounted for 25 members which later doubled by the early 1990s.

 

The Statutes govern the manner upon which European Football is advanced.

 

Art 2 of the Statutes confirm the objectives of all those association and clubs that are recognised and admitted to UEFA. It states the following:

 

The objectives of UEFA shall be to:

 

a) deal with all questions relating to European football;

 

b) promote football in Europe in a spirit of peace, understanding and fair play, without any discrimination on account of politics, gender, religion, race or any other reason;

 

c) monitor and control the development of every type of football in Europe;

 

d) organise and conduct international football competitions and tournaments at European level for every type of football whilst respecting the playersâ?? health;

 

e) prevent all methods or practices which might jeopardise the regularity of matches or competitions or give rise to the abuse of football;

 

f) ensure that sporting values always prevail over commercial interests;

 

g) redistribute revenue generated by football in accordance with the principle of solidarity and to support reinvestment in favour of all levels and areas of football, especially the grassroots of the game;

 

h) promote unity among Member Associations in matters relating to European and world football;

 

i) safeguard the overall interests of Member Associations;

 

j) ensure that the needs of the different stakeholders in European football (leagues, clubs, players, supporters) are properly taken into account;

 

k) act as a representative voice for the European football family as a whole;

 

l) maintain good relations with and cooperate with FIFA and the other Confederations recognised by FIFA;

 

m) ensure that its representatives within FIFA loyally represent the views of UEFA and act in the spirit of European solidarity;

 

n) respect the interests of Member Associations, settle disputes between Member Associations and assist them in any matter upon request.

 

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UEFA shall seek to achieve its objectives by implementing any measures it deems appropriate, such as setting down rules, entering into agreements or conventions, taking decisions or adopting programmes.

 

 

 

 

 

Art.7bis (3) confirms the Obligations of the National Associations and states the following:

 

 

Leagues or any other groups of clubs at Member Association level shall only be permitted with the Associationâ??s express consent and shall be subordinate to it. The Associationâ??s statutes shall define the powers apportioned to any such group, as well as its rights and obligations. The statutes and regulations of any such group shall be subject to the approval of the Association.

 

Historically the Scottish Football League enjoyed a two divisional structure (Divisions One and Two) between which clubs were either promoted or relegated at the end of each season. By the mid- 1970s, this organisation was perceived to be lacking in commercial exploitation, and decided to split into a three divisional structure. The Premier Division which was formally Division One; the previous Division Two became the First Division; and for full commercial enterprise a new Second Division was created.

This came into force in the 1975-1976 season but was regrettably not communicated to UEFA in accordance with Art.7 (3) as above.

 

Notwithstanding such this continued until 1994/1995 when a four divisional structure was introduced, along with a new Third Division with all four divisions consisting of ten clubs.

 

Yet again in violation of Art.7 (3) no such communication was submitted to UEFA for approval.

 

On 8 September 1997, the football clubs in the Premier Division decided to withdraw from the Scottish Football League and formed the Scottish Premier League. This was in order that the more commercially viable clubs could retain more revenue generated by the ever increasingly popular game. Originally, league sponsorship money was divided proportionally between clubs in all four divisions; after the SPL was formed, this was no longer the case.

 

The ratio of course violated Art. 2 (f) ensure that sporting values always prevail over commercial interests.

 

Further, yet again no notice was served on UEFA in accordance with Art.7 (3).

 

There are currently twelve clubs in the Scottish Premier League.

 

Originally the SPL contained 10 clubs, but it subsequently enlarged to 12 for the 2000/2001 season.

 

Yet again the SFA and the SPL unsurprisingly failed to comply with Art.7 (3) in notifying UEFA de jure.

 

The whole position thus of Scottish Football and its Association is one of non-compliance with the UEFA Statutes.

 

 

 

 

 

Notwithstanding such in the 2009 season the SPL ranked 13th in the UEFA ranking and in the 2010 season was permitted to field two clubs for the Champion League.

 

As a non-compliant Association since 1975 at the very least the position of course is one that must attract the attention of UEFA.

 

Since the SPL was created five of its members entered â??Administrationâ?? namely the protection from its creditors. Motherwell was first followed by Dundee, Livingston, Dunfermline and in 2004 the then Chairman of Rangers planned to raise almost £60m to wipe away what he described as a â??proportionâ? of the debts accumulated. Gretna filed for â??Administrationâ?? after the Chairman became ill and could no longer sustain the club.

 

On St. Valentine Day 2012 Rangers entered into â??Administrationâ??. As of 1 July 2012 de jure and according to Companies House â??The Rangers Football Club Limitedâ?? company number SC004276 incorporated on the 27th May 1899 is still â??In Administration.â?

 

Rangers Football Club was founded in 1872 by Peter and Moses McNeil, Peter Campbell and William McBeath. That year it is recorded as having played only two matches and was officially formed in 1873 when the club held its first annual meeting and staff were elected.

In 1873 all its matches were friendly because it had failed to comply with a registration deadline for the then Scottish Football Association which was created in 1873 a year after Rangers was formed.

 

Celtic was formed in 1888 and its first recorded match between Rangers and Celtic took place that very year.

 

On the 13th March 1873 eight â??clubsâ?? formed what was to be Scotlandâ??s governing body with its statement in a daily paper confirming: â??The clubs here represented form themselves into an association for the promotion of football according to the rules of â??The Football Associationâ?? and that the clubs connected with this association subscribe for a challenge cup to be played for annually, the committee to propose the laws of the competition.â?

 

In 1890 Rangers FC became one of the ten member clubs of the Scottish Football League and came equal top. In 1894 it defeated Celtic to win the Scottish Cup. Prior to a formal incorporation at Companies House in 1899 Rangers had won two league titles and three Scottish Cups.

 

Between the years of 1872 when Rangers Football Club was founded and 1899 when a company called â??The Rangers Football Club Limitedâ?? was formed Rangers had been in existence over 25 years and played in the league.

 

It was always the intention of the founding members of the Scottish Football association and the Scottish Football League to promote football and not commerce.

 

UEFAâ??s own Statute states Art. 2 (f) ensure that sporting values always prevail over commercial interests.

 

The Scottish Football Association and the Scottish Football League as well as the Scottish Premier League are all in serious violation of non-compliance with the UEFA statutes as above by the failure to notify UEFA as per Art. 7(3) of its Statute.

Whilst it may at best be morally correct to exclude The Rangers Football Club Limited from the Scottish Premier League Ltd membership, that can only be achieved if the Scottish Premier League Limited has itself been compliant with UEFA Statutes- which it has not.

 

Those founding Scottish Football never envisaged a game that would place commercial enterprise above sporting values. It is why Rangers Football Club played for over 25 years as a team or club and not a commercial enterprise.

 

There are two distinct bodies within a club: - the team that represents the sporting values of a club and the commercial enterprise that encompasses the said team/club.

 

By effectively â??killing offâ?? Rangers Football Club as opposed to seeking sanctions against The Rangers Football Club Limited in effect punishing a separate body namely the â??teamâ?? which is a completely separate entity to Rangers Football Club Ltd is contrary to the UEFA Statute and Statutes which the SFA, the SFL and the SPL have themselves openly violated and must be investigated by UEFA.

Seeking or imposing sanctions upon an entirely innocent party as Rangers Football Club that was founded in 1872 a year prior to the SFL is tantamount to imposing capital punishment on an innocent party and is both de facto and de jure unjust and invariable unlawful.

 

UEFA must be made aware of this anomaly and consider what actions, if any it must take against the SFA in order to safeguard the integrity and consistency of the game which must at all-time be paramount above commercial considerations.

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[GovanAllan 0]

He might be as mad as a hatter but that was a good read.

[andy steel 0]

UEFA acting against money in the interests of sport.

 

I'm not holding my breath.

[Daniel Amokachi 0]

He's a bit to keen in us for my liking. He'd have been the perfect follow up to Murray and Shyte.

[Crimson Dynamo 128]

Read that earlier. Interesting conclusions. If true. DiSTefano is king of the smallprint and loopholes

[der Berliner 3,290]

So, anyone forwarded this to UEFA as yet?

[Frankie 8,186]

He has already DB.

[der Berliner 3,290]

Could it be that this is the reason why the SFA wants to stop us from taking legal actions with their new league proposal? Obviously, if DiStefano has already submitted this data and UEFA will now look into Walter's comments too, this might become somewhat nasty for the SFA et al. Not that I am expection any grand results, but if we keep it lingering, there might be some end product in weeks to come.

[Guest Dutchy]

I'd have to say it's one of many reasons they don't want Rangers going into any of their decisions via a court room.

 

Hence the offer, which should never be accepted.