Celtic chief Peter Lawwell flys to Geneva to lead Scottish football's fight...

[ian1964 10,474]

I wonder if the below was arranged during this trip?

 

Celtic to rake it in from glamour ties in US-based pre-season tournament.. but WON'T need to go stateside

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[ian1964 10,474]

You've got to hand it to Lieswell & BHEAST FC!,they just snap their fingers and the 2 puppies come running with tails wagging!,we have a long hard struggle to remove them from power,as the whole of Scottish football just sit back and allow it all to happen!.

[calscot 0]

I still can't believe the naivety in Scottish football that our top representative has repeatedly stated that he is ONLY interested in the welfare of one club, and has repeatedly acted against the welfare of one of the two biggest clubs.

[der Berliner 3,310]

I still can't believe the naivety in Scottish football that our top representative has repeatedly stated that he is ONLY interested in the welfare of one club, and has repeatedly acted against the welfare of one of the two biggest clubs.

 

It is very strange indeed. Starts with the authorities (who might have been paid, my sinister cynical self whispers), over the clubs (well, they have a Scottish clan mentality, tainted by temporary delusions of grandeur and consequent amnesia of their own history of failures), their support (no comment needed) and the media (who to a man seem to have been clubbed into obedience by Lawwell's legal enforcers). It would be a feast over here.

[RANGERRAB 3,337]

You've got to hand it to Lieswell & BHEAST FC!,they just snap their fingers and the 2 puppies come running with tails wagging!,we have a long hard struggle to remove them from power,as the whole of Scottish football just sit back and allow it all to happen!.

 

This why we need to 'build bridges' as Dave King says.

Ourselves, hertz, dundee etc must work together to remove liewell's chums at the SFA & SPFL

[Bearman 9]

Scum today have the power to change things on tap.

 

Their tortured souls need not worry like they did 60 years ago, Liewell is there as a 'sure thing' for everything C*ltic.

 

 

The two games they wanted scrapped were League Cup sectional games, the authorities told them to shut up.

 

Timmy won the first game 3-1 at the piggery Rangers got revenge at Ibrox in front of what would be the biggest crowd in Britain that season - 105,000.

 

Rangers progressed from the section to go on and win the cup against Raith Rovers 2-0 at Hampden. Rangers then went on to win the league by a single point on 2nd place Dundee a week after they defeated Clyde 4-1 in the Scottish Cup Final to complete a first ever treble.

 

The filth finished sixth in the league, an improvement it must be said on their 12th place finish the season before.

Edited March 24, 2016 by Bearman

[ian1964 10,474]

Scotland's Champions League torment set to continue with clubs facing 10 games just to qualify

 

THE tournament is set for a major revamp to keep the big names sweet and a new format could start in 2018-19.

 

SCOTTISH football is braced for another Champions League fight after Europe’s big guns made a fresh move to shut up shop.

 

The competition is set for a major revamp to keep the big clubs sweet with a new format being proposed to kick in along with the next television deal due in 2018-19.

 

The European heavyweights have proposed a format that will see teams compete in more seeded knockout rounds before advancing to a new-look group stage.

 

Teams would be split into two groups of eight with the winners and runners-up advancing to square up in the semi-finals and final.

 

And it could mean the Scottish champs would face up to five ties to win a crack at the glamour league section.

 

The Premiership winners currently go into the second qualifying round and take on three opponents to reach the groups – with the title holders seeded in the champions route.

 

This would be ripped up under the new plans that are being discussed with UEFA, who are wary about the big clubs itching to break away to set up their own super league.

 

The new format would ensure only elite clubs make it through to group stages, leaving the rest to slide down to a reworked Europa League.

 

UEFA are determined to keep the major clubs onside after the big guns turned

up the heat with talk of a European super league.

 

They sense an opportunity to ram through the changes with the next cycle of TV deals due to go out to tender later this year.

 

Clubs from Spain, Italy, Germany and France aim to drive a harder bargain after watching the Premier League explode with an eye-watering £5.1billion broadcast deal kicking off next season.

Celtic in particular are closely monitoring the move having strongly opposed the super league push with SPFL chief Neil Doncaster also on board to fight Scottish football’s corner.

 

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