weirdcal Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Think this was actually by Kevin "Bloody" Wilson. what I was going to post 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Think this was actually by Kevin "Bloody" Wilson. You may be correct. I have never heard of Kev (until now) Bob Rivers was my only source. I would be interested in knowing more about Kev. A quick google revealed this. Wilson made a note of this and walked onto the stage in Toronto and the first song he sang was his now somewhat infamous "You Can't Say C*nt In Canada". Sounds like a fun guy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunfellaff Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 You may be correct. I have never heard of Kev (until now) Bob Rivers was my only source. I would be interested in knowing more about Kev. A quick google revealed this. Sounds like a fun guy! fun factoid.....saw kbw @1994 at the Playhouse straight after work. Took a 18 year old laddie wae us and 6 pints in 50 mins afore the show led to him hughying over a poor count in the seat in front. Dragged him to a taxi and chucked the driver a tenspot. Never got the cash back 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 fun factoid.....saw kbw @1994 at the Playhouse straight after work. Took a 18 year old laddie wae us and 6 pints in 50 mins afore the show led to him hughying over a poor count in the seat in front. Dragged him to a taxi and chucked the driver a tenspot. Never got the cash back Six pints in less than an hour is styupit at any age. Boak. I went to see Ardal O'Hanlon after a few beers. Cosy, comfy theatre. Fell asleep. Pals said he was funny. Sorry, this is way off topic. Let's get back to Ra gers. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonedsailor Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 You may be correct. I have never heard of Kev (until now) Bob Rivers was my only source. I would be interested in knowing more about Kev. A quick google revealed this. Sounds like a fun guy! Look for "super mega fugly" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Don Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) Yeah but they came out of liquidation So they did and that is technically impossible. ETA:- and also literally. In fact Wow! fkg Wow! Edited October 16, 2013 by Apache Don 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanghai Loon Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Chick young is just a babbling fool. A professional sports journalist as well. Chick Young - "i'll get masel doon tae the opticians the morra" He'd be better with a white stick and a dug. Absolute joke of a "journalist". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 You may be correct. I have never heard of Kev (until now) Bob Rivers was my only source. I would be interested in knowing more about Kev. A quick google revealed this. Sounds like a fun guy! "Nige-e-e-el - fucking legend!" Some of the songs are quality, but it's the banter in between that makes the site. Totally non-PC, but there's not much of his stuff that I find offensive. Fairly sure, à la Pub Landlord, he's a different bloke off-stage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Oh, and on-topic, whose turn do we reckon it is for the hot-seat? Jabba could end up running the show while waiting for his equipment to arrive... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunfellaff Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 http://www.internetbampots.co.uk/comingsoon.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdrockfromtheSon Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Think this was actually by Kevin "Bloody" Wilson. Paul Hogan did it too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain kirk Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Walter is a very successful business man. The best thing that ever happened to rangers, and the glue that held the club together! Yeah he was just a figure head chairmen and the £8m spent under his watch to win D3 was nothing to do with him ,he's not a business man! Although he did get a £1m for his trouble....sounds like a very shrewd businessman to me! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 More "one-off" legal costs! Former Rangers commercial director’s £500,000 claim against the club is based on a letter written by ex-chief Charles Green, a court has heard. Imran Ahmad is pursuing The Rangers Football Club Limited for the sum after his appointment with Rangers was terminated in April this year. He originally claimed he was due £3.4m as part of a 5% bonus he had negotiated on £67m worth of commercial contracts he had overseen. On Wednesday, the Court of Session heard that Mr Ahmad claims Mr Green guaranteed him the bonus in a letter written to him. Mr Ahmad alleges that the letter created an obligation to make the payment, although the Ibrox club are contesting the claim. During a preliminary hearing in the case Mr Ahmad’s counsel, Ewan Campbell, argued that it would be possible to take a decision on whether Mr Green had “implied authority” as chief executive officer at the time in light of the company’s articles of association or under the terms of a contract clause. He told Lord Woolman: “These are matters which the pursuer submits can be dealt with without the hearing of evidence and can be determinative of the matter.” Alan Summers QC, for Rangers, said as he understood the case it involved an argument that is “breathtaking in its audacity”. He said the primary position for Mr Ahmad seemed not to rely on a contract clause over bonus provision to the former commercial director, but that this was “an independent, unilateral exercise of power by a CEO” to give away £500,000. The lawyer added both Rangers and the court needed to know where the authority to do this came from. Lord Woolman said the court would require to decide whether the letter constituted a promise and if it did not whether it was written in terms of the bonus clause provisions. The judge said a procedural hearing in the action would be held in December. Mr Ahmad left after revelations about the dealings he and Mr Green had with Rangers oldco owner Craig Whyte around last summer when their consortium acquired the Ibrox club’s assets in a £5.5m deal. The broker, who previously founded the London firm Allenby Capital Limited and worked for Zeus Capital, was also accused of anonymously posting sensitive company information relating to Rangers on a fans’ website. Also, Chick. Words fail me. I think the Diddy's need to launch a campaign of threats and intimidation against Chico. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 EXCLUSIVE PIC OF INSIDE THE NEXT IBROKES BOARD MEETING 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 "To say David Murray pushed Rangers to the edge is total nonsense". Chick Young 16/10/2013 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomogganners Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 "To say David Murray pushed Rangers to the edge is total nonsense". Chick Young 16/10/2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chickyoung/2008/11/murray_should_be_hailed_as_vis.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chickyoung/2008/11/murray_should_be_hailed_as_vis.html outstanding I did enjoy him telling us it was Walter Smith who alerted everyone to the financial problems at Rangers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Tomorrow paper 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Tomorrow paper ImageUploadedByPie & Bovril1381965316.455964.jpg ImageUploadedByPie & Bovril1381965325.305763.jpg Not bad for a few months in Govan playing a minor role in the Sevco Swindle. Roll up, roll up . . . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) Tom English: The latest twist in long Rangers saga Sandy Easdale, left, and Dave King could be set for a boardroom battle at Ibrox. Pictures: SNS/PA by TOM ENGLISH AS TEMPTING a position as it may be, you have to wonder what kind of character would put himself forward for the now vacant role of chief executive of Rangers after Craig Mather departed his post yesterday. The prerequisite for the job seems to be an ability to accept unconscionably bad behaviour behind the scenes while trying to persuade the watching world that everything is cool, everything is on track, everything about your life is fine and dandy when the reality is that your job is akin to having a bucket of sick emptied on your head every single morning with the task of making it smell like success before the day is out. Mather was defiant to the end, claiming that the financial state of Rangers is healthy when the evidence suggests the opposite while also launching another verbal grenade at those he blames for unsettling the club, men like Paul Murray, who he’s had a go at before. Murray, and the disaffected shareholders, want a democratically elected board at Rangers and they won a notable victory on Monday in their long-running pursuit of accountability in the Ibrox boardroom. The potty dysfunctionality of Rangers is evidenced in so many ways and Mather’s parting statement yesterday provided another example. He didn’t mention Murray by name, but you knew that is precisely who he was aiming his guns at when talking about those who have “destabilised” Rangers. The fact that Mather offered Murray a place on the Ibrox board as recently as Friday just shows how weird life has become in the maelstrom. He made the offer – or was instructed to make the offer by the very powerful Easdale boys with their large percentage of proxies from supportive institutional investors – not because they thought they could work with Murray, but that they could control him as they control others. There is so much noise and yet so little clarity at Rangers. What we know is that Mather has gone and so has Bryan Smart, the non-executive director. There are calls from supporters for Brian Stockbridge to depart, too, and there is a general assumption that it’s only a matter of time. Perhaps. Stockbridge’s performance as finance director has been dogged by unsavoury behaviour with a video recording and unconvincing explanation of the Rangers accounts. To say that Stockbridge must go would be an understandable line to take, but it ignores the realpolitik at Rangers. The Easdale boys are now the power-brokers at the club and have been for some time. They have a relatively modest personal shareholding in the grand scheme of things but they have proxies from other investors which give them the running of the club right now, pretty much. They can call upwards of 25 per cent of the shareholding. Some say more. Some say that on certain Rangers’ issues they could call on as much as 50 per cent. The fact that nobody knows for sure is part of the problem. The mystery surrounding the Easdales and who they are in bed with is one of the on-going problems at this besieged club. While Stockbridge is in place, he remains the whipping boy for the support, the object of their ire. A useful buffer for the power men, in other words. Stockbridge might decide to quit, but as long as he is there then it suits the Easdales. When you think about it, so little is known about their influence at Rangers and yet it is very real. Mather was their heat shield up to now. Stockbridge might assume the mantle in his absence. Above all others, the pair of gentlemen you would dearly love to sit down with and ask questions of in this entire Rangers farrago are James and Sandy Easdale. And you’d start by asking them how many shares do they own and how many shares are committed to them by proxy when things come to a vote in the AGM. Have they got the support of Margarita Holdings and Blue Pitch Holdings, two of the serious players among the institutional investors? If they have, how did they get that support? What deals were done in order to secure the support? While they are at it they may as well answer one of the mysteries of the entire episode. Who the hell are Margarita Holdings and Blue Pitch Holdings? Who is involved with them? Is, by any chance, Charles Green, involved? Or Imran Ahmad? Or any other individuals who feature in the grim back story? The Easdales don’t engage a whole lot, but they must see Dave King as a threat. King will not buy their shares and make them wealthier. He will issue new shares – if he gets the chance – and dilute their control of the club. Quite how the Easdales can come to some arrangement with King is one of the fundamental questions of the Rangers saga. They could do with his money but it’s the concession of power that is the problem. Everybody likes to say that they are “acting in the best interests of the club” but that phrase has become cheapened by the number of chancers who have used it in recent years. Mather left yesterday, the words in his statement hinting at the real story of his exit. The chief executive had “agreed to stand down”. Agreed with the plc board, where only two men remain and only one of them matters. Stockbridge will serve a purpose for the Easdales in the short term. He will soak up the criticism like a human sponge but the real target should be the ones behind him, the bus tycoons who claim all of the power and answer none of the questions. 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