Waltersgotstyle 297 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) According to the official Kelty site The Stefan Winiarski Testimonial Match between Kelty Hearts and Rangers on Wednesday has been postponed to a later date due to the SFA not granting Rangers a licence to play any matches, friendlies or competitive. Rangers have instructed us that an alternative date will be arranged very soon so all tickets and hospitality tickets are still valid for the match. We are all gutted with all the work done sending tickets out etc, money spent and time put in by volunteers to make the night a great one, as you can imagine Stefan is also sick at this outcome. Programmes have been printed, food ordered, marquee for hospitality etc. the licence situation is having a negative impact on not only the top end of Scottish Football but the lower end also. Edited July 23, 2012 by Waltersgotstyle 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Looks like we'll have no official pre-season games then. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltersgotstyle 297 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Disappointed as my tickets were delivered this morning 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Not as disappointed as the chap whose testimonial it was. We should announce a game against them, as his testimonial, at the first available date in the calender. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltersgotstyle 297 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Not as disappointed as the chap whose testimonial it was. We should announce a game against them, as his testimonial, at the first available date in the calender. Its being rescheduled I believe 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Where is the sporting integrity of not allowing us pre-season games? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltersgotstyle 297 Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) changed the original post, must note that Kelty have re worded the last paragraph as it was a bit anti SFA on the original. The original is contained in the post below Edited July 23, 2012 by Waltersgotstyle 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,429 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Kelty Hearts have hit out at the Scottish Football Association after their friendly with Rangers had to be postponed. Sevco Scotland Limited are yet to be granted the club’s membership of the governing body, with talks continuing on Monday over the conditions attached to the potential transfer. Rangers were due to travel to Fife on Wednesday to take part in Stefan Winiarski’s testimonial. An alternative date will be sought for the fixture to take place in the future. “Programmes have been printed, food ordered, marquee for hospitality etc, so a thanks must go to the SFA for having a negative impact on the top end and lower end of Scottish football,” a statement from Kelty Hearts read. “Rangers have instructed us that an alternative date will be arranged very soon so all tickets and hospitality tickets are still valid for the match. “We are all gutted with all the work done sending tickets out etc, money spent and time put in by volunteers to make the night a great one. As you can imagine Stefan is also sick at this outcome.” Rangers have played two closed doors games this pre-season, taking on Airdrie United and Albion Rovers. However, the lack of a Scottish FA membership means they are unable to take part in any public matches. The Scottish FA announced on Friday that Sevco Scotland had agreed to the conditions attached to the membership transfer. Malcolm Murray, chairman of Sevco, later responded saying the announcement was “premature”. The Scottish FA declined to comment on Kelty's statement when contacted by STV on Monday. http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/112079-kelty-hearts-hit-out-at-scottish-fa-as-rangers-friendly-is-postponed/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Well as it is the SFA that's blocking the license, I preffered the original wording , " the licence situation is having a negative impact not only on the top end of Scottish Football but also the lower end". 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Maybe we should start referring to the SFA as the DFAP - Dirty f**king anti-protestants. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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