Steve1872 4 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Celtic have released a statement in which they express the integrity of Scottish football as the main reason behind their opposition of newco Rangers entering the Clydesdale Bank Premier League. Rangers' Old Firm adversaries have also admitted the financial ramifications of losing their main rivals will be 'significant' but that the club can survive, and flourish, without the presence of their Glasgow neighbours. Clydesdale Bank Premier League clubs voted to reject the newco Rangers application after five hours of talks at Hampden earlier on Wednesday and the Ibrox club will now start their new life in either the First or Third Division with Celtic outlining their reasoning in a statement on the website. It read: "Celtic Football Club today confirmed that it opposed readmission to the Scottish Premier League by Rangers newco. "Today's decision to refuse access into the SPL was an overwhelming one and demonstrates the depth of feeling amongst everyone involved in Scottish football. "Fundamentally, the Celtic Board has also been very mindful of the need to take what it believes to be the correct course of action in protecting the integrity of the game in Scotland. "Throughout the whole sequence of events leading up to today's decision the Celtic Board has been of the singular view that the integrity of the game in Scotland is of paramount importance. "Our only other consideration has been to protect the interests and right of the club and our supporters." Celtic's board have maintained throughout the Rangers fiasco they are not financially reliant on the Old Firm clashes and are protecting the Hoops' best interests. The statement continued: "Whilst the financial implications of today's vote for Celtic and for the Scottish game as a whole will be very significant, we have already stated that Celtic has a business plan and strategy independent of any other club. "Our supporters can rest assured that we will continue to fight to protect Celtic's best interests within the Scottish game. "In addition, we will be working with our other fellow SPL clubs in the days and weeks ahead to take all possible steps to maximise commercial returns, which remain crucial in these economically-challenging circumstances. We will also play an active role in mapping the future of Scottish football." A rallying call to the Parkhead supporters and an agreement to work on the commercial aspects of the league were also on the club's agenda. "We will be working with our other fellow SPL clubs in the days and weeks ahead to take all possible steps to maximise commercial returns, which remain crucial in these economically-challenging circumstances. "We know our own supporters will be acutely aware of the significant challenges that lie ahead. We enter next season as champions of Scotland and look ahead to retaining our title and to making an impact in a European context. "We know how difficult this will be and we call on our supporters to join us in tackling these challenges, to take their place at Celtic Park, to invest in the club and to continue to give us the kind of support for which they are renowned." http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/429/7868838/celtic-give-integrity-as-reason 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie RFC 0 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Hahahahahahahaha Sporting Integrity from the Bad People. I wonder if they will be finally going on their Japanese tour now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Rebo's Big Blue Nose 0 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 "We know how difficult this will be and we call on our supporters to join us in tackling these challenges, to take their place at Celtic Park, to invest in the club and to continue to give us the kind of support for which they are renowned." My aching sides.... I'll give it 6 months and they'll be giving season tickets away for nothing when you buy their new 3rd Intergalactic strip... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bluenose80 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 This will hit them hard as they have lost any power they had in the SPL along with a significant amount of TV an sponsorship money they relied on us for. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gers4Life 0 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 (edited) We need our supporters to be with us now, more than ever. Why could that be that 7500 supporters at £45 a whip won't be occupying your shite hole of a stadium?? I wonder if that's because Rangers are no longer in the spl eh? Edited July 4, 2012 by Gers4Life 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,283 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 The 11-1 vote is gone now. Soon there will be changes with regards to the split of TV income and all, so some SPL teams may survive a few months longer, and the Scum the same amount less. Integrity in the same sentence as Celtic, you cannot make this up. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy dewhurst 0 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 the tv money will now be divided in equal portions of 12 . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I wonder how many attempts it would take them to spell a banner correctly with the word intergrity in it. They will have about 1 interesting game per season now, away to Hearts. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim1955 12 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Interesting that they objected to the "Readmission" of the newco. You can't readmit a new entity, so it's relatively pleasing to see them admit that Rangers are still Rangers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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