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Chic's "joke"...tumbleweed. Oh dear.

Alloa statement is aff the scale good.

Just read Clyde's statement, have nothing but admiration for them. Every SFL club who may be undecided should be paying attention to them and taking their lead.

Actual LOL

Brilliant statement from Clyde. Good news from Berwick too.

Entirely off-topic but interesting all the same: Christian Machowski ‏@ChristianMcr Malaga owner Sheikh Al Thani's (@ANAALThani) timeline makes interesting reading again. Subjects: Spanish football tv deal & tax evasion... Retweeted by raphael honigstein The twitter T/L in question is: https://twitter.com/ANAALThani

Really? "We feel Rangers should be in Division Three and our stance hasn't changed." Sounds fairly like they're for voting Newco into Division 3.

Great statement from Hibs Supporters Club. Heartened to see Annan sticking to their guns as well. More of this sort of thing.

Not sure if this has been picked up on, I've been out this evening but Doncaster's changed his tune a bit? "But, when asked if he thought clubs would now face insolvency, Doncaster replied: "I wouldn't have thought so."" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18714518 What about financial Armageddon Neil?

Ian Black to Sevco (subject to league status): Grant Russell ‏@STVGrant Via @STVCaroline, ex-Hearts player Ian Black has agreed to join Rangers newco, depending on outcome on league status http://bit.ly/N9v4Hn Collapse Reply Retweet Favorite Meanwhile Aberdeen sign Niall McGinn http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20120704/northern-ireland-international_2212158_2831769 and Motherwell's 1st team and coaching staff have a 5 day training camp in the Algarve. Impending "Financial Armageddon"...Hmmmmmmm?

Fantastic interview with Turnbull Hutton on Sportsound. 'Nuff respect.

I'd have thought Bocanegra, McGregor and Edu would be out the door pretty soon

Apologies if it's been clarified before but is it definite that the 'binding' agreement of Green's to buy the assets is actually binding. Has that deal actually gone through yet? Surely there's no way that a stadium the size of Ibrox could be sustained by a team playing in Division 3 unless there is some external funding support or more to the point surely there's no way Green can make any money out of running the football club that scenario? Didn't he say he only intended to be there for a year?

From the statement: "The final date for votes cast will be Friday 29th June 2012. All existing members can vote. Anyone joining between now and the date of the ballot will be required to pay in full to secure a vote." Genuinely heartened by the club taking this step.

The whole Bury Rangers thing truly is next level hilarity. Complete omnishambles.

The other thing is, as some may well already have pointed out, SKY have a schedule to programme as well. It's not really in their interests to pull a deal that means they're getting regular content for SKY Sports 4 or whatever for peanuts and have to replace it with some other league.

Out of curiosity has there actually been an SPL manager come out and said "It's my personal opinion that Rangers should GTF"? I think Stuart Cosgrove touched on it on Off The Ball the other week, it really does seem like there's a bit of a heavy lean on them from Doncaster/SPL to put the positive public spin on Rangers being re-admitted.

I thought Souness had already publicly said he didn't know anything about any bids or had no involvement. They're really just trying to put on a front to cover up the fact their bid was a piss poor effort that never had a chance and really they've just been wasting everyone's time.

Ahem... "Rangers' administrator must wait until October to make its case on the club's behalf for almost £30m in damages and money owed at the High Court in London." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17833957

Grant Russell ‏ @STVGrant Those asking if punishment would apply to any Rangers newco. Answer is yes if SFA allow club's membership to transfer.

From the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17787583 "Bill Murray has since made an offer that the administrators will proceed with on Monday if it is not bettered." Oh BBC, don't ever change.

As if it wasn't before this has now just gone beyond a clusterf*ck; - As some on Twitter have pointed out basically the upshot of these rule changes basically legitimise, in fact *encourage*, the "phoenix" route in so much as a team in a points sense will be better off being liquidated and restarting than a team in admin. - Add that to the tacit acknowledgement that Rangers in whatever form will be an SPL club no matter what. - Meanwhile you've got H&D taking the huff and citing this as "disruptive and regrettable" to any take over (yes, that's TOTALLY your problem there) - While it seems Rangersmedia is about to go into meltdown again as the loyal Rangers fans have no interest in watching a team in a league they can't win (*cough*). The SPL are absolutely making this up as they go along though. Utter.Shambles.

Remembered this "story" this evening: http://www.skysports...2341321,00.html Seemed an apt moment to enjoy it.