chilledbear 16 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Yet let the BBC back. All depends who supports them. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,411 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The Daily Record @Daily_Record · 1m 1 minute ago .@tedermeatballs: David Whyte couldn't ban us from Ibrox and neither will Gers board #bannedbytheboard http://dlyr.ec/gBf2oi 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,411 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 keith jackson @tedermeatballs · 2m 2 minutes ago Right, problem solved. I don't know who Dave Whyte is either. But here's the corrected version: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/keith-jackson-banned-again-craig-5135419 … 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,411 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Keith Jackson: Banned AGAIN but Craig Whyte couldn't ban us from Ibrox and neither will Gers board IT was not the 2012 insolvency that disfigured Rangers, writes KEITH, but the behaviour of those who were supposed to be nursing it back to health. THE temptation is to be grateful for small mercies. At least the reporters of Record Sport have been officially spared from any more awkward Ibrox moments as for some time now covering the decline of Rangers Football Club has felt like a gross intrusion on someone else’s grief. A club which was contesting in a European final less than seven years ago has been dying on its feet since the end of 2010, or whenever it was that Sir David Murray first stared into Craig Whyte’s ever widening eyes. The rapid decline of Rangers, since that very day, has become the most unedifying sight in the history of Scottish sport, even though there have been no shortage of rivals who relished, sometimes understandably, often ghoulishly, in every moment of their misery. This is a club which has been mutilated beyond all recognition and not just because of the deep scars which came with the horrors of administration and then liquidation. No, it was not the insolvency of 2012 which disfigured Rangers so badly. Rather it has been the grotesque behaviour of those who were meant to be nursing it back to health. Even as it was being carried back from beyond it was also having its pockets emptied by a pair of big Yorkshire hands. For four years now it has suffered internal abuse on an almost daily basis. It has been kicked by its various owners and their cohorts so many times that, today, it sits cowering in a corner waiting for its next beating. On the pitch and off it, Rangers have been robbed of any sort of decency or class. It has regressed into a quivering wreck of a football club and the current regime are as guilty as any other for its current sorry state. The truth is Rangers have not had a board of directors which has been even remotely fit for purpose since Whyte first slid over the threshold in his little pointy shoes. Throughout it all, this newspaper has – without fear or favour – consistently exposed what has really being going on behind those old famous front doors when other newspapers have often found it easier to turn a blind eye. Yes, to this day we are reminded of the banner ‘billionaire’ headlines with which Whyte was first announced onto the scene, some five months before he finally took control in May of 2011. And that’s no bad thing. In fact, we remind ourselves of them on a daily basis and hold them up as embarrassment this paper must never repeat. That is why, long before Whyte’s buy-out was completed, Record Sport was warning of potential turmoil ahead if the deal was indeed completed. It’s why, less than two months after he was in power, we first wrote about the mortgaging of season tickets which was financing his regime. We were banned for that one, too. It took a further six months of investigations to come up with the final irrefutable proof that our story was correct. On January 31, 2012 we revealed the full extent of that deal with Ticketus. Even then Whyte attempted to deny it. Two weeks later Rangers were in the hands of administrators Duff and Phelps. We questioned their appointment on day one and suggested a conflict of interest. When Charles Green was then handed the keys to the club we exposed all manner of scandals including Jeremy Beadle style video tapes, eye watering financial mismanagement and a mind blowing boardroom bonus culture. We uncovered the deal to sell the stadium naming rights of Ibrox to Mike Ashley for just a single pound and told also how the Sports Direct magnate wanted control of everything from the retail division to the club’s badges. Make no mistake, we pride ourselves on each and every one of these revelations. The Daily Record has led the way when others were offering up editorial sanctuary to almost every charlatan in the saga. Last year we published photographic proof of a city centre meeting between current director Sandy Easdale and a man on Interpol’s most wanted list. Witness the rise and rise of Mike Ashley: And on Monday we revealed links between the same man, Rafat Rizvi, and Indian cricket tycoon Lalit Modi – the convicted cocaine carrier and kidnapper who has been in discussions with Easdale about launching a possible buy-out. In our news pages yesterday we also revealed the shareholders’ summit which might finally bring this chaos to an end, might not go ahead at the London venue which the board said had been secured in an announcement to the London Stock Exchange. It was this story which embarrassed the current Rangers regime into banning the Daily Record from Murray Park and Ibrox. In a letter to editor Murray Foote, chief executive Derek Llambias said: “Following recent reporting from your journalists in the Daily Record, I am writing to inform you that with immediate effect the Daily Record newspaper will be banned from attending all Rangers press conferences and games at Ibrox Stadium and Murray Park.” That Llambias did not offer any detail as to the specific reason for this action seemed somewhat strange. Within an hour or so, however, Rangers confirmed on their own website that the egm would not be going ahead, as they had promised to the stock exchange, at Kensignston’s Millennium Gloucester Hotel. There was a hamfisted attempt to blame the media in general for this cancelation but, in fact, the Record had merely reported the truth. Just as we did back in July 2012, when Whyte reacted in exactly the same way. Banned for telling the truth? This newspaper can live with that. In fact, we may even wear it as a badge of honour as it proves beyond all doubt that we are holding up our end of the bargain and at least providing the Rangers support – as well as the rest of the Scottish game and, yes, even the stockmarket regulators in London – with definitive proof that the people in charge of that club are simply not fit for purpose. Our reporters may not be welcome inside Ibrox or Murray Park. But if Llambias, chairman David Somers or the Easdale brothers think that will keep us from uncovering the truth, then once again they have called it spectacularly wrong. Let’s face it, it wouldn’t be the first time. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/keith-jackson-banned-again-craig-5135419 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,258 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Whilst we're at it can we please ban Radio Snyde too? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,258 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Did I read that drivel correctly from Keech Jackson ???? Second last paragraph. It's a gem where he rambles on about them not preventing us from uncovering the truth.......this from the pseudo-journo who said Whyte had wealth which was 'off the radar'. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Did I read that drivel correctly from Keech Jackson ???? Second last paragraph. It's a gem where he rambles on about them not preventing us from uncovering the truth.......this from the pseudo-journo who said Whyte had wealth which was 'off the radar'. He also broke the story about Ticketus, which was a major negative for Whyte, so he's not all bad. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Did I read that drivel correctly from Keech Jackson ???? Second last paragraph. It's a gem where he rambles on about them not preventing us from uncovering the truth.......this from the pseudo-journo who said Whyte had wealth which was 'off the radar'. He was right his wealth was off the radar. He didn't have any. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) I't's like watching to horrible scummy neighbours knocking seven bells out of each other here, you don't want it to stop until one of them is unconscious. Edited February 10, 2015 by aweebluesoandso 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 He also broke the story about Ticketus, which was a major negative for Whyte, so he's not all bad. He has revealed countless truths about the board. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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