Macshimmy

It's a serious business the BRALT. Well, it's been seriously shite of late, but I'm hoping for another summer of serious entertainment out of it.

Nah, life doesn't work like that. You are what you are, no matter what you say or think you are:

Sounds like you are enjoying the journey. (Fair play for sharing that though - you aren't beat if you keep your sense of humour.)

Hasn't it? It's made me realise that a lot of people don't ask enough questions, and are too afraid of change. Don't let fear of the unknown keep you in a miserable situation I say. If you aren't happy, think with your feet. After all, how much loyalty do the players/board/owners of your club have to you these days?

What do you mean? It hasn't helped ICT? We are doing better than some other clubs I could mention - bringing kids through the youth system, establishing a squad on long-term contracts with the intention of filtering these youngsters into the first team. I'm very happy the club has the good sense to live within it's means. My father in law has spoken to me at length about how scunnered he was with what happened at Rangers - to him, they were a symbol of good working class values bringing success - but now he's seen the kind of corruption and greed which lay behind all that, he has no liking for the "Rangers brand" at all. It could have been very different - If the new club had embraced the chance for a fresh start and set out a manifesto similar to the one Rangers actually set out with when the old club was founded (which had nothing whatsoever to do with all the religious pish, they just wanted to play football, and encourage people in an area struggling with poverty to take up a sport which required little equipment to play.) If they had done this, and genuinely attempted fan ownership, I'm sure he would have invested in the club. His decision to walk away is entirely a principled one, and one I respect.

See, I think you are confusing two things here. Are we talking 'fan' in the sense of: Somebody who provides financial and pitch-side support for a football club. Somebody who does the above, but thinks this involves them in a dimly understood 18th century religious conflict, which for some bizzare reason they are attempting to continue into the present day. I don't think I've met any of the second kind at ICT, fortunately.

I wonder if Mr. King would pass Zebra Finances credit checks? I never realised this before, but it wasn't Dave King who 'invested' in oldco - It was 'Ben Nevis' - the Guernsey-registered vehicle he used to run his insider trading/tax evasion wheeze in South Africa. So - oldco was an integral part of that scam - and a key component in his money laundering operation. Makes you wonder what other actions might follow BDO's report on the oldco

Sounds like some minor technical issues still ongoing at the ticket office:

Just trying to make it easier on you, I think you might have to choose a new team before too long

Nah, that's just blinkered frankly. Just because you are too small-minded to change teams on a matter of principle, it doesn't mean others can't. I was a Celtic fan when I was a kid, but I came to understand that it was bad for the game to have people just following their team by sitting on their arse in the pub in a different corner of Scotland. So, I made myself follow my local team instead - and after a while it feels perfectly natural. My father in law is from Ayrshire, and grew up in a community where everyone supported Rangers, but he's moved up North and I've just bought him a season ticket for Inverness. I confidently predict in one season he will be an ICT fan. Broaden your mind.

Interesting to see if Craig Gordon joins "The Rangers" now there is a goalkeeping vacancy at Hearts under Levein.

hmm. So sales are 'slow, and also 'gathering momentum.' re-assuring :-)

Sore one losing Charlie Telfer, could be the next Charlie Adam so they say. And a season-ticket holder at Ibrox, so I guess that's one less renewal. Still holding the fort against the slings and arrows of Reality on RM though: Still, one door closes, and another one opens, eh?

Ah... FFS!! (deleted wrong post like a total muppet!!) serves me right for posting at work I guess Anyroad. In the course of stumbling round like a total cretin, I realised one moderately interesting thing about the renewal docs Ra Bears just sent out. The dates the documents were uploaded tell you that the club was fully expecting to get credit facilities as recently as 9/4/14 That's curious in light of the stories going around about First Data issuing it's demands about security back in January, no? Suggests to me that the board were planning to take the deal First were offering, and it was pulled at the last minute. http://www.rangers.c...cuments/st1415/

Sounds like they have a few minor 'technical issues' with their ticket purchasing process, the existing season ticket holders who were paying by credit card cannot use the online renewal process, suggesting the credit provider didn't just withdraw the facility in an orderly fashion, they pulled it in a panic! also reports that the account name for BACS hasn't been registered properly on the bank's systems, so it's effectively just a regular bank account Cash in brown envelopes or cheques made out to "Easdale Bros" anyone?

Aw naw, no a disingenuone on an aw noo!

Wonder how that meeting went?

Oh, I'd say they have been the most entertaining club in Scotland the last couple of seasons. The old club gave me a fair bit of merriment towards the end there as well.

You never know your luck, way things are heading you might get another crack at starting afresh :-p

Statement from Wallace in the Herald: Put it side by side with the statement from the Sons of Seethe about being 'a club' not a commodity, and it starts to look like a pretty major clash of worlds I would say. Popcorn?

Interesting - Season ticket holders at Ibrox who signed up to pay over four months actually signed a rollover clause, So their bank accounts are at the mercy of TRIFC. Unless they actively cancel that contract, TRIFC can take as much money as they like, whenever they choose. I thought those clauses were illegal now actually, Vodafone and BT lost a case last year?

A subtle touch of class is added where Houston’s slogan “Forever Orange” is stamped on the upper left shoulder and the Texas flag is added on the jock flag of the shirt.

He was quite highly regarded at Arsenal, then 'head hunted' by Liverpool - left for 'family reasons' after being there five years. Questions which come to mind... Can The Rangers afford to pay their executives similar wages to top PL clubs? Does 'family reasons' really mean something else? (Liverpool fans seem to think so) How did Phil go from being 'head hunted' by Liverpool to this? Intriguing.

Getting exciting over on The Rangers Media - They have a mystery deep-throating source who likes quoting Robert Frost: http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=265314&st=80 Ah, comedy gold. You would have thought by now they would have got tired of following such well travelled paths :-)

I've submitted this as our supporters club logo. I think it captures the gravity of the situation very well.