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I use to laugh listening to Celtic fans bleating that the scottish game was corrupt (as biased towards Rangers), thinking they were playing the victim/consipary card.
Might be a grain of truth in it, when you see many of the top bods have Rangers connections and the likes of this put together.
It must be soul destroying for fans of the other clubs.
 
Steven Whittaker to Norwich, Kyle Lafferty to FC Sion.
 
Did Norwich only have Naughton on loan last season then? Seems an odd move for Lafferty, would've imagined he'd just drop back into the Championship.
 
Yep, I imagine Spurs will keep him as back-up (assuming he's happy with that) now Corluka has gone permanently.
 
Decent enough back up for them, he did well at Norwich last year and probably get some decent game time with all the Europa league games.
 
They have Caulker back from Swansea too, I think they'll keep him as well. Dawson is always broken, King has gone, Bassong is shit and Gallas is ancient.
 
Caulker looks a real talent. The Vertonghen deal is dragging along a bit, so not sure if they'll get him. They need a centre half big time.
 
The Club has received a set of papers in advance of the SFL meeting on Tuesday. The essential intent behind those papers is to induce the SFL clubs to agree a proposal to allow a Newco to enter the SFL in the 1st Division in exchange for a range of structural changes to the current set up and some small financial inducements. Some of the proposed changes have merit in principle.

The Board believe that any proposals for change should not be rushed, as these have been. They also have to be done by consensus and not through threat or inducement, again, as these have been.

The papers include a proposal to allow a Newco to enter the 1st Division. This is contrary to the rules of the SFL and nothing within the papers justifies this proposal.

As a club owned by its supporters and recovering from having been on the brink of extinction, the Board of Clyde Football Club recognise the damage done to the credibility of Rangers Football Club by its successive owners, and the subsequent impact on staff and supporters. These proposals do nothing to restore that credibility.

It is not for us to become involved in punishment, that is a matter for the SPL and SFA. The SFL clubs are being asked to change their rules so that the SPL and SFA can apply sanctions that fit short term financial interests.

It is not for us to tell any club what they should want for themselves, but to enter anywhere other than the 3rd Division risks Rangers Football Club being burdened with the legacy of commencing its rebuilding in a manner that they later look back on with regret. Rangers Football Club does not need to be handed a competitive advantage, they are more than capable of returning to the SPL via the 3rd Division on their own merit. Rebuilding from the bottom can restore the dignity stripped from the club by its former owners.

The papers use emotive language to threaten a future of financial meltdown and they carry the implication of the destruction of the game should a Newco not be entered in the 1st Division. If things are as bad as indicated then Scottish Football is in a far worse state than is being acknowledged. In which case it is time to accept the bankrupt model needs fixed and not supported and perpetuated on the back of this proposal. The fact that other clubs might face similar financial distress because Rangers Football Club enter the 3rd Division is hardly a reason to compromise the integrity of the SFL and further compromise Rangers Football Club.

Rather than attempting to prepare a soft landing before delivering sanctions, it would be better to contemplate more radical change that might actually underpin financial stability in the long term for clubs that balance their books. Perhaps an amnesty from sanctions for clubs that are forced to face insolvency procedures in the next 2 years as a result of the current turmoil, and an automatic entry to the 3rd Division for any club liquidated and reformed in similar circumstances. This would allow 2 years to properly restructure the Scottish Game for the benefit of all and undo the damage that has been created by the current structure which encourages club directors to trade integrity for cash, and then spend beyond their means, willingly risking the very existence of football clubs. If we could believe that the game could be less self interested long enough to resolve this, then this, and other far better ideas, might be worth contemplating.

SPL clubs that have openly stated their opposition to a Newco being given immediate access to the SPL have taken the position based on their, and at times, their supporters' view of what is the right thing to do, however, the vote has still to be taken and proposals such as these are premature. If the SPL clubs vote as indicated on the basis of the increasingly discredited notion of sporting integrity, it would be questionable if the SFL clubs did otherwise.

The reality is that we are faced with unique circumstances and it would be foolish to pretend otherwise, that probably means that compromise for some is inevitable, and perhaps even worthwhile for everyone in the long term. The solution however is not this hastily cobbled together proposal.

The Board of this club sees no merit whatsoever in adopting this proposal.

Well said, Clyde FC.
 
The exit door is open for those decent players to leave. Like some guy said on Sky sports news that they will be only a decent Division 1 side next season so where they deserve
 
SPL Statement

"At today's General Meeting, SPL clubs today voted overwhelmingly to reject the application from Rangers newco to join the SPL."

So now its down to whether the Scottish League team agree to be bent over and rammed by forcing them to put The Rangers in Div 1.
 
Congratulations to Celtic, SPL Champions 2012/13. Well done rest for loss of income and failing to qualify for Europe.
 
The Football League meets next Thursday to decide where to put Rangers (we all know it will be Div 1) but why wait another week.
 
Basically the League teams have been told let them in Div 1 or we will screw you over and block any chance you have of getting money or in the SPL. Over.a.barrell
 
Partick Thistle Thistle are the 10th SFL club to voice opposition to a newco in Division One, following announcements from Falkirk, Dunfermline, Raith Rovers, Morton, Livingston, East Fife, Stranraer, Stirling Albion, Peterhead and Clyde.

Clyde FC statement
"The clear message portrayed is that Scottish Football is in a very dark place indeed and there is simply no good solution to what is now a structural problem that has gone beyond a one dimensional issue of where Rangers should play next season.

"No matter what happens now there is going to be enormous fallout across the Scottish game. Whether some good can be extracted from the impending mess will depend entirely on the SPL clubs, guided by the currently absent leadership of the SFA.
There will be no winners. Any level of integrity for the sport will be lost by one outcome and financial collapse, we are told, will fall upon the SPL with the other.

"In summary, the SFA implication is that there will be no entry to the SPL. The SPL implication is that it therefore has to be SFL1 with a bit of restructure, or an SPL2 with the rest of the SFL cut adrift. There were no other options.

"Whilst Stewart Regan said that the SFA did not favour an SPL2, there was no equivalent abhorrence of that proposal as was attached to the proposal for a Newco in the SPL, leaving the implication that the door remains wide open for the SPL to secure their £16m with or without the SFL."
 
So a third of the FL teams don't want Rangers in the 1st Division. Anyone know the votes needed by Rangers to get entry at that level?
 
Would it now make sense for Rangers to explore the chance of joining the English League, since they are set to play parks football anyway, a move to our non league would be a step up.
 
I'd still tell them to shove it.
 
So a third of the FL teams don't want Rangers in the 1st Division. Anyone know the votes needed by Rangers to get entry at that level?

Majority vote needed. All 30 teams in SFL, not just those in Div 1.
(so thats all the teams in div 3 who will be looking for 2 big pay days voting against them going into div 1).
 
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