Glasgow Rangers enter Administration

[Neil Young]

Hey.

**** you.

Are you complaining about the dated and unacceptable terminology or the fact he repeated your private conversation?

[dom9]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18577192

Newco Rangers will not get votes for SPL transfer

A newco Rangers will be refused admittance to the Scottish Premier League, with six clubs publicly saying they will vote against the application.

St Johnstone, Aberdeen and Inverness announced their opposition on Monday, following in the footsteps of Hearts, Dundee United and Hibernian.

Rangers require an 8-4 majority in the 4 July vote to transfer their share in the league to Charles Green's newco.

Green's club is now likely to apply to play in the Scottish Football League.

Rangers, champions of Scotland a record 54 times, lost their the SPL place when the old company was consigned to liquidation earlier this month.

Aberdeen chairman Stewart Milne said: "I can confirm it is our intention to oppose readmission to the SPL for any Rangers newco.

"If readmission were to be refused, we believe the appropriate course of action would be for Rangers newco to apply for membership to the SFA and to submit an application for admission to the SFL."

Inverness chairman Kenny Cameron said the club would be in an "untenable position" if they ignored the wishes of their supporters.

Aberdeen chairman Stewart Milne will vote no to newco Rangers' SPL application

"We have listened to all our customers and taken the decision and we now look forward to their support going forward," he said.

"Financially, we examined the various scenarios and, frankly, none of them were positive for our club. It is extremely disappointing to be adversely affected by something not of our doing.

"We have also been contacted by supporters of various other SPL clubs, saying they would not be back to Inverness if we did not accept that sporting integrity was what mattered, but this is something that we had already considered and it is not only the integrity of the SPL that is at stake but the integrity of Scottish football.

"It is quite clear, that supporter opinion in Scotland overwhelming supports that view."

St Johnstone later added: "The board believes that sporting integrity should not be sacrificed in favour of economic expediency.

"It is important that a clear and unambiguous message goes out from the custodians of Scottish football that this sort of scenario should never be allowed to happen again."

Hibernian's Rod Petrie had been the first chairman to say that the integrity of the competition should come before financial considerations .

And on Sunday night the Edinburgh club released a statement saying: "Following a board meeting, Hibernian confirm the club will vote against the transfer of the Rangers share in the SPL.

"This reaffirms the view of the board that the sporting integrity of the SPL is of paramount importance.

"The board is also acutely aware that in making this decision, Hibernian - like other clubs in the SPL - will suffer collateral financial damage at a time of severe economic hardship and uncertainty."

Hearts were first to announce their decision before Dundee United chairman Steven Thompson followed suit after a meeting with fans' groups.

The vacancy in Scotland's top flight could instead be taken by either relegated Dunfermline or First Division runners-up Dundee.

Rangers were forced into administration in February over an unpaid tax bill and failure to secure a CVA [company voluntary arrangement] in order to exit the process allowed Green to purchase the club's assets in a £5.5m deal.

[Kenneth]

and they're going to lose their players for nothing too.

[dom9]

and they're going to lose their players for nothing too.

The contracts are to be transferred over though, aren't they? Unless the individual object?

[Lee]

The contracts are to be transferred over though, aren't they? Unless the individual object?

Yeah they're meant to be transferred across, a couple of players have already rejected it though and walked.

They're ****ed.

[Chazza]

At least 4 players have rejected the new contracts

I would guess that a load more will follow

[Alex]

So basically they will form a Newco with nothing but the name and the stadium. Gonna be tough to drive the revenue to generate the cash they need to get back to the SPL.

[dom9]

So basically they will form a Newco with nothing but the name and the stadium. Gonna be tough to drive the revenue to generate the cash they need to get back to the SPL.

Getting back the SPL will be a doddle with the income from the crowd, and I assume, no debt. Their attendances will still be huge compared to the other teams in division 3, and they will be a massive draw for the top players outside the top division.

Winning it within 5 or 10 years will be more of a problem for them.

[Buzzo]

With regards to the players not transferring their contracts, I would imagine there will have been enough clauses broken by the actions of the Old Co. to ensure that if a player wants to walk away from Rangers he can do so fairly hassle free.

It is mental to imagine Rangers in the third division. Clubs like Albion Rovers only achieve gates of around 500 - 1000.

[Kenneth]

I think it boils down to the laws on tupe transfers. If the working conditions change significantly because of the transfer to new co, employees have a right to terminate their contract. As the move will probably mean playing for a division 3 club as opposed to an SPL one, they must have a good case.

[Daniel 7]

A Rangers home game is generally more than the total attendance of all the games in the lower leagues

[Buzzo]

I think it boils down to the laws on tupe transfers. If the working conditions change significantly because of the transfer to new co, employees have a right to terminate their contract. As the move will probably mean playing for a division 3 club as opposed to an SPL one, they must have a good case.

Bullet proof. I'd imagine there is a case for Rangers wanting some of these high earners off the books for now anyway.

[Le Chef]

Bullet proof. I'd imagine there is a case for Rangers wanting some of these high earners off the books for now anyway.

I think it was in the plan that was submitted, wages will reduce as they will sell everyone anyway

[Chazza]

Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews

Sky Sources: Kyle Lafferty rejects transfer of his contract from Rangers to Newco.

[S-RED]

they really are ****ed aren't they............... How close do you think we were to this kind of mess?