Beaks will nab Gers Cup cash

[ian1964 10,514]

RANGERS will be docked £31,000 from this seasonâ??s Scottish Cup income to pay off their debt to Dundee United.

 

SunSport understands the SFA have decided to withhold levy payments to the Ibrox side after Charles Green refused to cough up.

 

Hampden beaks have ruled Gers are liable for the cash to cover Unitedâ??s share of the Ibrox gate from the fifth-round tie played last season.

 

Greenâ??s decision not to stump up caused boardroom bitterness between the two clubs and the SFA hope a line can finally be drawn under the long-running saga.

 

United â?? who won the match 2-0 in February â?? were originally due £65,981 and were listed as creditors when oldco Gers plunged into administration just a few days later.

 

Half of that sum was paid by diverting Scottish Cup cash last season, but the remainder became the subject of a major fall-out between the clubs.

 

Green accepted liability for the oldco clubâ??s football debts when he bought the assets after they were liquidated.

 

However he refused to send a cheque to Tannadice at the same time as he was squaring up the outstanding cash owed to the likes of Hearts and Dunfermline.

 

Green claimed paying the United money did not fall under the â??five-way agreementâ?? he had signed in order to gain SFA membership because he had a letter â?? sent two months earlier from SPL secretary Iain Blair â?? saying they would pay the cash from league prize money withheld from Rangers.

 

The SPL argued the membership agreement overtook any promises made previously and asked the SFA to adjudicate.

 

The beaks have now come down on the side of the SPL and Rangers â?? who face Alloa Athletic at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup third round tomorrow â?? will have their money withheld as they try to put together a run to Hampden.

 

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[tango 0]

It really is time that we took these thieving bastards to court

[ian1964 10,514]

In full: Letter sent by SPL to Rangers agreeing to meet Dundee United debt

 

STV has obtained the wording of a letter believed to have been sent by the Scottish Premier League to Rangers on May 18, 2012.

 

In the correspondence, the SPL agrees to meet a debt owed by Rangers to Dundee United, totaling just over £31,000, taken from competition money due to the Ibrox club for finishing second in the league in the 2011/12 season.

 

The letter, from SPL secretary Iain Blair, read: "The Board of the Scottish Premier League Ltd considered the application by Dundee United that the outstanding sum due by Rangers to Dundee United of £31,031.20 be offset against the next sums due to Rangers by SPL Ltd, with the offset sum being paid to Dundee United.

 

"The board decided to accede the application to Dundee United and accordingly the sum will be withheld from the next sum payable by the SPL Ltd to Rangers, and the sum will be paid by the SPL Ltd to Dundee United."

 

http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/150523-in-full-letter-sent-by-spl-to-rangers-agreeing-to-meet-dundee-united-debt/

[Gribz 743]

Just avoid cup games from now on until we get it in writing that things are settled. If we go to a semi at Hampden those thieves wouldnt pay us what we are owed. Between them and the SPL they are moving cash around thats not theirs

[der Berliner 3,365]

Matter of fact, I'd just tell the SFA and SPL that we will sue them if the issue is not resolved between them.

[foggy dewhurst 0]

its time to get these rascals into a court of law they seem to be making up rules to suit themselves .

[aweebluesoandso 290]

Seems to me there is a logjam of court cases going to be pending re Rangers football club versus the SFA and SPL in the coming months, i'm waiting for a our win in the FTT to be the catalyst to unblocking these cases and our QC have a field day.