thelegendthatis

The players were paid by the company that existed at the time. Any guarantees to the players (if they existed) were from the company. That company is no more. Much as some would like it the current company has no relationship (legally) with the old company. So in essence despite what Murray or anyone else promised in the past, the players are on their own. Can see the domino effect into bankruptcy will be kicking off soon.

A blog I haven't seen before. https://johnjamessite.wordpress.com/ Another interesting perspective on the Rangers/Sevco/The Rangers saga.

Not up to reading through the full judgement, but I would think that (old) Rangers has some liability to settle with HMRC. But I would guess that everyone who benefitted from this tax dodge is now liable to pay tax on their earnings obtained through their EBT. So that should include most Rangers legends you can think of, some of whom used to be household names people looked up to. Probably HMRC will be getting letters out to all these tax dodgers pretty damn quick.

Another big night tonight with Bomber about to be the star turn again. After achieving legendary status after his first Gettysburg (sorry, Ibrox) address, he appears again by popular demand. This will be even better. Maybe might even have a teleprompter. The deeds are bound to get a mention and Ashley is definitely not a Rangers man. Same suit again or will Slaters have found one with even bigger pinstripes. Hopefully he will have had his teeth sorted by now. You can't be a media darling unless you have a smile like Simon Cowell. So come on Bomber, don't disappoint us. Get stuck into EVERYBODY, except the real Rangurs men and please guys. Loads of videos...

Don't want to be pedantic, but Murray Park was built with nearly £1 million from what was the Scottish Executive and The Scottish Sports Council (Now Sportscotland). They do like hand outs at Rangers whether in grants like this, dodging the tax man through EBTs or using their charity to raise money for the club. Amazingly at Murray Park they have a video/media room when games and all training sessions are videoed and then used to help in the development of players and tactical development of the teams. This is a summary of the original documentation at the time of building. I can only assume this media suite was turned into a Greggs/adult cinema under Ally and his management team.

Where did this come from? Not written by a journalist I hope, nor by anyone who understands punctuation.

If you had said you preferred to guess the news and then write it I would put you up for a job with the Daily Record. That clown Keith Jackson is the star turn for making it up as he goes along. Worst of all his 'business analysis' of Rangers is invariably simplistic and wrong. They say in Scotland football reporters are merely fans with typewriters. In Jackson's case add a calculator and you have him sussed. http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/aug/19/daily-record-rangers

If a newspaper phones a hotel to ask if someone else has booked a function what do you expect them to say? "Oh yes we have the booking, we are charging x and we will be providing coffees and danish pastries." I think not. So for the Daily Record not to be able to confirm with the hotel is EXACTLY what you would expect.

I am sure you see that as good news. Once King and his acolytes win the vote, what will they have to do next? 1. Tell Llambias and Leach to go. I wonder what their contract terms are? 2. Appoint a new CEO and FD. 3. Tell Somers to go. Buy out his contract? 4. Appoint a new chairman. Maybe Jimmy Bell would be up for that. As Walter proved under a regime led by Rangers men, no experience or ability is required. 5. Do not answer Mike Ashley's calls when he wants his loan money back immediately. Dave King will say "He won't chase us for it, we are Rangers and we are Rangers people". Yes Dave! 6. Find £20million at least. 7. Convince the SFA that Dave King is a good guy. 8. Convince the AIM market that Dave King is a good guy, if consistently misunderstood. 9. Ask McDowell to tell them what players they need for next season. When McDowell comes back with "what was the question again?" they will realise he not only doesn't have the answer, he doesn't understand the question. The word thick comes to mind. Some managers can be thick and get by. However he is just too thick. 10. Dave King will take calls from real Rangers men looking to feed out of the trough. Led by Ally, Andy Goram, Hateley, Walter, Gough, Barry Ferguson, Billy Davies, Craig Whyte and Charles Green. and then on day 2 they will pray.

From the Rangers announcement. How King can even get close to the doors of Ibrox is beyond me. And then clowns like Richard Gough endorsing him. Rangers men sticking together. The Directors have also been advised by the Company's NOMAD that there could be a material adverse impact on the Company's listing on AIM if David King, one of the proposed directors, is appointed to the Company's Board. This is explained in more detail below but the Directors wish to draw Shareholders' attention to the following public information about Mr King: In August 2013 David King was convicted on 41 counts of breach of s.75 of the South African Income Tax Act. As part of the plea which led to those convictions he agreed to pay a sum in Rand which equates to approximately £40,000,000 in respect of unpaid tax, and either to pay a fine or accept a prison sentence. The Board understand that Mr King elected to pay the fine. The link below is to a South African Revenue Service press release which gives details of the convictions: http://www.sars.gov.za/media/mediareleases/pages/29-august-2013---joint-media-statement-–-settlement-between-the-state-and-mr-dc-king.aspx In addition the following comments about Mr King were made by a judge in a different South African legal case, to which the link is as follows: http://www.lexisnexi...October2010.pdf Mr King has subsequently been identified in the media as the person identified as "Mr N" in that case. Those comments include these statements: "...he deliberately misrepresented the facts of the case..." "he has no respect for the truth and does not hesitate to lie... if he thinks it will be to his advantage" "there can be little doubt that on most occasions [he] lied..." "we ...are unanimous in finding that he is a mendacious1 witness whose evidence should not be accepted" "in our assessment he is a glib and shameless liar" 1 "given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth" (Definition from www.merriam-webster.com) The Directors set out in further detail in this announcement why the Board considers that the Requisitioned Resolutions are NOT in the best interests of the Company or its Shareholders. The Directors recommend that Shareholders vote AGAINST the Requisitioned Resolutions

I agree. However trying to deal with this problem I have one person on P&B on ignore, so I don't see his posts. By God it makes things much better despite the flailings of Tedi and Bennett, but I can cope with them. WhiteRoseKIllie is my man on ignore. If I browse the forum without signing in I unfortunately do see his posts which is usually enough to make me to sign in immediately. The great news is that by ignoring him for the last year I have missed absolutely nothing of any consequence. Bliss.

I just wish they could be football clubs and remove all the associated rubbish. Does it just effect football supporters? No, it effects everyone. Just ask anyone who lives in Glasgow and not interested in football. They will be careful where they go to this weekend. There is significant concern around the wider population. Typical of how it intrudes, some years back I had a flight diverted to Glasgow one Saturday and was then catching a train to Edinburgh. The train was leaving Queen St just after 5pm. Guess what? It was a Rangers home game, so the train was full of boys in blue. Sing song going on in the next carriage, then the phone of one of the Rangers supporters standing closeby rang. Of course his ring tune was the Sash. And the bit that is usually shouted at the end was at the start. Yes, it started with a 'F*** the Pope', and then into 'it was old and it was'. Why should anyone have to listen to that nonsense? Just because someone has such a sad life he has to create his 'belonging' around tribal haters who claim 'we are the people' only because they know they aren't.

But is Big Mike's Big Hoose still open?

What a load of mince. Despite the regular use of both big and technical words this is clearly the attempt by some gormless clown trying to appear to be an expert. Surely amongst all the Rangers fans they could find one person who could proof read it. (apostrophes, punctuation, quotation marks, general grammar - pathetic). Just give up guys, you just show yourselves up every time you open your mouths or take to a keyboard.

27th February Sports Direct announces it is in negotiation with the SFA to sponsor the Scottish Cup for a 'substantial sum'. The sponsorship will be for a 10 year period. Sports Direct will use one of its brands as the sponsorship vehicle, so that from 2016 the tournament will be known as the Golddigga Scottish Cup. Stewart Regan Chief Exec of the SFA said 'This agreement with Golddigga is good for Scottish football, and we are delighted to enter a partnership with such a successful and ethical company. And we think Mike Ashley is an ok bloke, and has no case to answer in our attempt to make sure only Rangers men get involved with running The Rangers. We can now all move on'

News today from Big Mike's football club. Nacho Novo is chased from Ibrox. "Don't come back to train with us". Players not getting their usual batch of free tickets. But they can buy up to 10 if they want. Outrage! The 3 Bears complaining they are not being taken seriously. They have loads of money (they say.) Rangers fans have vote of no confidence in the board. Chris Graham the spokeman for .... himself...said something. Bert Konterman also said something and then fell over. Brian Donohoe Central Ayrshire MP, expenses cheat, living very well off the Westminister gravy train had a moan to the press. Shamefully the lazy Daily Record made it into a story. Mike clearing out the nonsense that goes on behind the scenes at Ibrox, bit by bit. Must soon be time to bite the bullet with McCoist.

A class act is Brian. Has put up 6x 2 line items of news in 2 years. Site created with money claimed as part of his 'allowances'. And he talks about embracing the 'modern age'. Luddite clown = Rangers fan. In addition to his salary of £65,738, the Central Ayrshire MP charged the public purse a further £147,217 in the financial year 2010/2011, putting him in the top five claimers. Included in the claims submitted by Irvine-based Mr Donohoe was a total of £16,041 for ‘Accommodation’ and £21,539 for ‘Travel & Subsistence. His Labour colleague Katy Clark, who represents the neighbouring constituency of North Ayrshire & Arran, claimed much less - £2,978 for ‘Accommodation’ and £9,866 for ‘Travel & Subsistence’. Mr Donohoe, who was first elected in 1992, also made a claim to cover ‘secretarial work’, which cost the taxpayer between £10,000 and £14,999. The name of the ‘secretary’ was recorded as ‘Christine Donohoe’. Brian Donohoe is a very low-profile backbench MP. (Brian has a lot to be low profile about) He is currently secretary of the House of Commons Rangers Supporters Club and, in the past, set up the All Party Parliamentary Group on Coronation Street.

Is this the same Brian Donohoe http://www.irvinetimes.com/news/irvine/articles/2013/05/21/458030-payback-time-for-mp-donohoe/ also voted against Real Recall bill which allowed constituents to call a by election if their MP is shown to be a useless plonker. And on his MPs expenses Brian Donohoe was allowed to claim over the odds on a three-piece suite for his second home because the Commons authorities did not want to “antagonise” him or appear “petty” So good old Brain seems to value the traditional values of Rangers. 'Who can I rip off to line my own pocket?'. Hopefully come the general election we will see the back of him.

If Rangers end up playing in an empty stadium the board and Sports Direct could build the type of support they want to have. In other words sometimes you have to clean out the cancer before you can get on with your life. For Armageddon read chemotherapy.

Agree with that reading of the Big Hoose 'threat'. After all politicians do it all the time. Threaten armageddon and then the reality is a lot less, so we end up grateful. Ashley is playing a brilliant game. Getting Sports Direct involved as the lender is a smart move. He has speculated personally at a minor level (financially), the sort of risky investment Sports Direct would find difficult to justify to its shareholders. But now he gets paid back for risking his money. Meanwhile the Sports Direct guys are in the door understanding the business better preparing for the Sports Direct agreement, and understanding the business risk better. In the months ahead Sports Direct will take a greater hands on role. To confuse Ashley and Sports Direct is reality but if the SFA accuse Sports Direct of being the same as Mike Ashley their feet won't touch the ground as they are taken to court. Sports Direct is a serious company and has to play things correctly. http://www.sportsdirectplc.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance.aspxSay they are doing otherwise you would do at your peril. Sports Direct are about brands and brand value. This is a company that has taken earning per share from 16p in 2010 to 31p per share in 2014. So they build brands and maximize their value. They will do it with Rangers. The down side for the Rangers fans is they will not allow their brands to be threatened or devalued by repeats of their thuggery and violence. . So the mobs who wear Rangers strips, follow the team and wreck cities will no longer be tolerated. http://tinyurl.com/pewalh3 http://tinyurl.com/c6jgbk3 So we will see the typical Rangers support changing gradually as the neds and troublemakers get banned and excluded. Rangers as a brand has an enormous potential without them. With them they have strips which are the equivalent of a Poundies union jack t shirt. Ok money and business will drive it, but the majority of the population and football generally will support the club in dealing with its distasteful side. Oh yes, and given Kris Boyd's contribution to the Rangers cause this season, I see no reason why Mike Ashley can't be signed as a player. He will be as mobile as Kris Boyd but his instinct for being in the right place, to confuse the defence totally, and the ball to always land at his feet is fantastic to watch. Give the big man the chance to show the same skills on the park.

Very quiet here the last few days. Any chance this is the lull before the storm? Will tomorrow be Armageddon for The Rangers? Or will we have to wait a few more days? I know with Ashley's generosity they will survive, but the possibility of Rangers being totally wiped out never to play football is a very attractive option. Everyone else has had enough of their puffed up arrogance and their corrupt existence. .

From today's Observer. Man of the week Ex-Rangers director Dave King, correcting any wrong impressions given by his 41 tax fraud convictions. King, looking to return, says 2013’s resolution to the case in South Africa – paying £44m to avoid 82 years in prison - was “a favourable settlement” that allows him to start over, “without the integrity issues that previously dogged me”. • Among the key favourable lines from judge Mr Justice Southwood in 2010: “Mr King is extremely arrogant, and obviously thinks that whatever he says is so”; “He has no respect for the truth” and: “In our assessment, is a glib and shameless liar.” I know everyone knows these stories, but you can't remind people enough just in case they are tempted to be conned by good old Dave. When I say conned, I mean conned again.

Just picked any old Championship club to see what their sources of income were. http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/financial-results-announced-31.12.13-1265771.aspx Interesting comments about financial support from their chairman. But this part I thought was especially significant for Rangers: "We are responding to a changing environment by improvement and development of the wider Burnden Leisure business interests. "This year we secured sole ownership of the hotel, expanded our education business and applied for planning permission to increase our non-football operations to improve revenues over the medium to long term." Here were Rangers right in the middle of an area of high deprivation, could have developed its facilities to do what Bolton is doing. Instead of that they leased out their property to David Murray's call centre business for pennies. Murray's bargain paid for by the Rangers fans.

"The 58-year-old was disqualified in December after the League obtained documents from an Italian court, which had found him guilty of tax evasion. The Professional Conduct Committee set up by the Football League to hear Cellino's appeal against the decision ruled that the verdict of the Italian court was for an act involving dishonesty, which is a disqualifying condition under its owners' and directors' test." Who could we be talking about? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30951546 Meanwhile Dave King breezes along as if he will just walk in and take over. Unless of course he knows something we don't? A Mason's handshake and it's a done deal?