ian1964 10,416 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 ...on his wager that Rangers would be relegated. Albert Kinloch placed a wager of £100 at a branch just months before the Ibrox club went bust. A PUNTER is suing Coral bookies for refusing a £250,000 payout on his wager that Rangers would be relegated. Albert Kinloch, 72, placed a £100 bet at a branch just months before the Ibrox club went bust and was booted out of the SPL. He claims he was given odds of 2,500/1 and that the cashier who took his bet in Tollcross, Glasgow, checked twice with HQ on whether to accept it.Court papers say Mr Kinloch wrote: “Rangers Football Club to be relegated £100 at 2,500/1” and handed over his slip. He claims the cashier again called Coral head office to confirm he should take it and agree the odds.The papers further say Mr Kinloch asked for the call to be put on loudspeaker so he could hear his wager getting the OK. Albert placed the bet in September 2011, when Gers were second in the SPL.In February 2012 the club announced it was going into administration and was deducted 10 points. Months later it was liquidated and a new company was formed, but SPL clubs voted to relegate it to the bottom of Division Three.Lawyers at the Court of Session in Edinburgh yesterday agreed a hearing into the betting claims will go ahead next week. Mr Kinloch refused to comment last night. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/420418/a-punter-is-suing-coral-bookies-for-refusing-a-250000-payout-on-his-wager-that-rangers-would-be-relegated/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,258 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Was liquidated ?? Usual standard of journalism again. Probably deliberate if a yahoo. Oldco is in a liquidation process & won't be liquidated for years to come. If at all. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabie 230 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Rangers were not relegated. We were thrown out of the SPL and out of football. We had nowhere to go if the lower league clubs hadn't voted to accept us. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Rangers were not relegated. We were thrown out of the SPL and out of football. We had nowhere to go if the lower league clubs hadn't voted to accept us. This guy is onto plums. Rangers were not relegated. I can't fathom any way he wins his case. Relegation would be as a result of finishing in the relegation places due to results on the field. We were not relegated at all. Seems like yet another Tim that has no grasp on reality or the truth. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Rangers were not relegated. We were thrown out of the SPL and out of football. We had nowhere to go if the lower league clubs hadn't voted to accept us. Agree but worth a punt for the old guy if he can afford the court costs. Not really much chance as you say we were not relegated. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,169 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Expulsion from a league governed by the rules of organisation A and admission to another of three leagues governed by the rules of organisation B is not relegation notwithstanding rules of both organisations to permit the transfer of clubs between the leagues depending on certain sporting outcomes. I hope he's not on legal aid for this. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Rangers were not relegated. We were thrown out of the SPL and out of football. We had nowhere to go if the lower league clubs hadn't voted to accept us. Exactly....the devil is in the detail. Technically we were not relegated. The SPL clubs voted not to transfer the clubs SPL share to the new company & were therefore booted out of the SPL. Since the SPL & the SFL were 2 different bodies at the time, there was no automatic entry into Div1 - They did have an agreement with regard to relegation. If RFC had been deducted points to such an extent that they finished bottom of the SPL, then the punter would have had a sound case. This was the course of action that would be made most sense at the time, but simply didn't happen. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,429 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I have little sympathy for someone who placed such a bet. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeburner 0 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Asking for his bet to be confirmed on loudspeaker.FFs. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancornetto 1 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I feel for the man's kids who went to school in black bin bags last year. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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