ian1964 10,458 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Scottish Premier League chief executive Neil Doncaster believes member clubs have "adapted remarkably well" to Rangers' absence from the top flight. Rangers were relaunched by a new company after the former incarnation could not be saved from liquidation. Continue reading the main story â?? All of our major partners and major sponsors, they've stuck with the SPL â? Neil Doncaster SPL chief executive The club was subsequently placed in Division Three, making SPL season 2012-13 the first without Rangers. "We've had to re-invent ourselves but that's happened pretty quickly and clubs have adapted," said Doncaster. "It was a traumatic summer for everyone involved in the game in Scotland. We were delighted to see the season get under way and the focus be back on football once again. "There'd been so much discussion around the whole Rangers situation. To get the season under way, to then be looking forward rather than back was a great relief for everyone. "The SPL and the clubs have adapted remarkably well to what people really couldn't ever see happening. "It was such an unforeseeable thing that one of the major houses, the economic power houses, in Scottish football should suddenly be out of the SPL. Rangers timeline February: Rangers enter administration over unpaid tax June: Proposed exit from administration via a company voluntary arrangement is rejected and the club is re-formed by a new company Early July: Scottish Premier League rejects the relaunched club's bid to take over the top flight share formerly owned by Rangers Mid-July: Rangers are placed in Scottish Football League Division Three, Dundee assume vacant SPL place August: SPL and SFL seasons begin "I don't think anyone around the world who you speak to can quite believe that what happened happened, but it did." Doncaster, who highlighted this season's top-flight Dundee and Highland derbies as compensating for the loss of Rangers, feels the retention of commercial partners has been crucial to the SPL's continued stability. "There is absolutely an economic knock-on effect at the club level," Doncaster told BBC Radio 5live. "All of our major partners and major sponsors, they've stuck with the SPL and that's enabled the clubs and the league to go forward with huge confidence. "People had the opportunity to walk away over the summer and chose not to. They've stuck with the league and that's important." 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Your departure is overdue Mr. Doncaster and I'm sure it won't just be Rangers fans who are pleased when you're forced to resign or get booted out of Scottish football. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 so far and barely. the players who have gone unpaid because the SPL can't make payments may also disagree. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 [/img] What a smug barsteward. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergatrude 0 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 SPL has coped with loss of Rangers, says Neil Doncaster Mainly because one of the conditions attached to the SFA membership being granted was that we waive the £2m that we were owed, in prizes, from last season. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cooperfan Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Stealing our money and our tv rights will only last them so long. They'll try to screw us for millions next month. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,306 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 CG must do all he can to get last season's prize money even it means going to a court of law. We'll see what Doncaster says then ? Also if they've coped why's Regan talking about league reconstruction then ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuznetsov 0 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 someone should show him the attendance figures. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Jeez, eight or nine games into the season and he's coming out with that. The one horse race has already begun. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I can't think of any club except the tims that actually spent money on transfers this summer and most of these clubs are still struggling big time as is the SPL in general. Teams who are doing well just now probably have better than normal attendances but that usually happens, Hibs are getting about 10k and they're doing very well for them. Teams at the bottom will start to get less and less fans going. Rangers are putting all the SPL teams to shame with their attendances and TV viewing figures 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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