RST: Sporting Integrity: Scottish Football's Shame

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Rangers Football Club and its fans have been vilified since the moment the club went into administration. Cries of tax evasion, demands for contrition for all the years of cheating were the buzz around Scotlandâ??s football followers.

 

The RST have watched in disgust and released many statements asking for fairness and common sense as hysteria gripped the nation. Indeed, the Rangers Family worldwide asked the same but were continually ignored as the likes of the BBC, underclass journalists and faceless bloggers pushed their agenda in a direction which can only be perceived as bigoted.

 

The SFA run by Stewart Regan, whom we have called for him to resign on two occasions no less, has made our governing body into a worldwide laughing stock:

 

â?¢ blackmailed Charles Green and his consortium into accepting the unlawful transfer embargo

 

â?¢ In a meeting with The Rangers Fans Working Group, Stewart Regan walked out after being asked what the SFA were doing for one of their oldest members

 

â?¢ To this day the SFA are still holding onto Steven Davisâ?? transfer fee from Southampton for no apparent reason

 

â?¢ Stewart Regan threatened Scottish Football with Armageddon if Rangers were demoted to SFL 3

 

â?¢ Stewart Regan intimating â??social unrestâ?? within Scottish Society if Rangers were demoted to SFL 3

 

â?¢ Using social media in what can only be described as unprofessional with child-like tweets, conversing with fans except those of the blue kind

 

 

Compare and contrast with Portsmouthâ??s time in administration and the help they received from the English FA and the agenda is quite clear â?? hurt Rangers as much as possible.

 

The SPL, run by the greedy and the blind saw blood and wasted no time in swinging all they can at the club. The SPLâ??s actions, to paraphrase Charles Green, are to treat Rangers as newco when it suits, then revert back to the oldco (PLC) when it suits:

 

â?¢ Demote the club due to the corporate shell being liquidated but attempt to bully the SFL into placing Rangers in division one so the Rangers pound comes their way

â?¢ Agree to use last seasonâ??s prize money to pay off football debts then backtrack and deny it ever happened even though the letter confirming the agreement was in the public domain

 

â?¢ Postpone SPL meetings on what the SPL should do if Rangersâ?? holding company is liquidated. After all the postponements agree the decision will be made by the SPL board if and when such an event occurs

 

â?¢ Invite another Trust to discuss Rangers but ignore the RSTâ??s request. Celtic Trust invite to meet Neil Doncaster: http://www.celtictrust.net/index.php...article&id=368

 

â?¢ Set up a kangaroo court in an attempt to steal Rangersâ?? well-earned titles on the basis the club was guilty of tax evasion. SPL might have had a crystal ball to predict the future but the FTTT result proves the SPL does not.

 

Who can forget the mediaâ??s contribution to the last 12 months? Like a dog on heat many of Scotlandâ??s press pack latched onto anything negative and passed it off as fact or showed signs of victory. The manner in the way some journalists went about their work is truly staggering.

 

Reflecting back to when the unlawful transfer embargo was overturned in court the disappointment ebbed through Scottish Football like a death in the family. It appears those old wounds have been reopened after Rangers being cleared of the fantasy £100m tax bill.

 

Surprise and disappointment emanates from the press right now. Why? Thatâ??s what you get when you hinge your bets on faceless bloggers, bigoted bloggers and underclass journalism.

 

Itâ??s hard to see how Scottish Football can ever recover. As things stand, under the current leadership, our national game cannot and will not until those responsible are removed.

 

Sporting integrity in Scotland has a strange feel to it. Embarrassing, appalling with biased, unfit for purpose signs shamefully adorning the entrances to many organisations.

 

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