Rangers to go into Administration

[Motown Fox]

And they'll get to play League games in England.

Will you be going to that one then Jeff

 

[Nottingham Fox]

Will you be going to that one then Jeff

175 mile round trip, and over 2 hours in each direction. I doubt it

 

[fox58]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/footba...ottish-football-s-bottom-rung-86908-23908127/


some nice grounds for the Gers to visit

 

[Motown Fox]

175 mile round trip, and over 2 hours in each direction. I doubt it

Well hes nearer than the rest of us

 

[Lako42]

Fantastic, Div 3 should see more tv money really.

 

[Nottingham Fox]

Well hes nearer than the rest of us

Fitz is closest :icon_wink

 

[Motown Fox]

Fitz is in the closet :icon_wink

 

[Motown Fox]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/footba...ottish-football-s-bottom-rung-86908-23908127/


some nice grounds for the Gers to visit

Looks like Rangers' first game of the new season will be a trip to Brechin on 28 July in the Ramsdens Challenge Cup.

How long will this stand last once the Rangers fans get at it

Here are the two big statements from the SPL release:

"It was agreed that the SPL would work with the Scottish FA, SFL and Rangers to facilitate Rangers FC taking their place in SFL Division 3 this season.

"It was agreed that Dundee FC would be invited to fill the space vacated by Rangers FC in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League."

 

[Motown Fox]

"It was agreed that Dundee FC would be invited to fill the space vacated by Rangers FC in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League."

Looks like Dundee get the cake and eat it. Dunfermline not up to par.

 

[Motown Fox]

Thanks to Rangers demise Airdrie United and Stranraer are promoted having both being defeated finalists in their respective play-offs at the end of last season.

 

[Motown Fox]

A stand-off over media rights and a possible stripping of titles threatens to scupper Rangers' hopes of Scottish Football Association membership.

The SPL want an independent commission to rule on whether Rangers broke the rules during previous campaigns by paying players with so-called side contracts.
They are due to hand over their findings to that commission on 10 August.
But Rangers fear an independent commission could strip them of titles and believe they have already been sufficiently punished.
The Rangers manager Ally McCoist has already said that he will never accept the stripping of titles.

 

[Steven]

There are no consequences we are Rangers. :icon_roll

 

[Motown Fox]

Rangers cheating for nearly ten years

The SPL is investigating the Ibrox club's controversial use of Employee Benefit Trusts, which is also the subject of a first tier tribunal by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
EBTs allow employers to pay money in to the trust, which is paid out to the beneficiaries as tax-free loans.
Payments from an EBT should not be made on a contractual basis because that would make them part of an employee's salary and therefore subject to tax and National Insurance.

HMRC claims Rangers' EBT scheme was a tax scam because it was contractual.
BBC Scotland has seen evidence that suggests 53 Rangers players and staff had side-letters giving undertakings to fund their EBTs with cash .
SFA registration rules state that payments received by a player solely relating to his playing activities must be fully recorded and declared.
If that does not happen, the player has been improperly registered and the norm then is for the player's team to forfeit any match in which he has participated.
Rangers won the SPL four times in the EBT period in question, in 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2010.

 

[Mawsley]

The Rangers manager Ally McCoist has already said that he will never accept the stripping of titles.

What the **** is the squeeky twat going to do about it?

 

[Macky]

What the **** is the squeeky twat going to do about it?

He'll refuse to accept it in the strongest possible terms

 

[Profondo Rosso]

They shouldn't be allowed in the FL tbh. They should start at the very bottom of the non-league pyramid as AFC Wimbledon did in England.

 

[Biffa Bacon]

They shouldn't be allowed in the FL tbh. They should start at the very bottom of the non-league pyramid as AFC Wimbledon did in England.

The 3rd division in Scotland is about Leicester senior league level.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

The 3rd division in Scotland is about Leicester senior league level.

The level of quality makes no difference. A new club should have to start at the very bottom. It is completely against the idea of sport to allow a new club in the FL just because of their fanbase or what club this new club formed out of. Were Gretna allowed in the league after they re-formed after liquidation?! **** were they.

Rangers should start at the very bottom of the Scottish non-league ladder, not the Scottish football league ladder.

 

[Matt_B]

The level of quality makes no difference. A new club should have to start at the very bottom. It is completely against the idea of sport to allow a new club in the FL just because of their fanbase or what club this new club formed out of. Were Gretna allowed in the league after they re-formed after liquidation?! **** were they.

Rangers should start at the very bottom of the Scottish non-league ladder, not the Scottish football league ladder.

It's really pissing me off how many people think they should still be in the SPL because it's bad for Scottish football if they're not. Surely this reliance on one/two teams is the reason the other teams can't compete.

 

[GazLCFC]

As I understand it there isn't a pyramid league system in Scotland, well not in the way there is in England.
One of the agreements if they were allowed in the first division was that a proper league system would be introduced.

Also did Grenta apply to be allowed back in the SPL/SFL? If not there can't really be an argument there.