That's if Sky pulled the plug on the TV deal.

Scottish football dead, only game worth watching was the old firm ,  no way sky are gonna broadcast any of the other drivel

Sky lawyers would definatly have a cause like, in the event of the old firm leaving to England they can renegotiate the terms of the contract.

shuda -" Very surprising that Celtic have said the square root of fukc all lately."

How so
Fairly shrewd move on Celtic's part from where I'm viewing the matter
If Celtic stick the boot in, then that becomes THE story
As it is, der hun just stagger from one disaster to another, and Celtic quietly
go about their business

Rangers chief executive gives reaction to 'no to newco' decision

STV 25 June 2012 19:54 BST

Ibrox chief executive Charles Green has insisted that Rangers will "come back and it will come back at the top" after six SPL teams announced their intention to block his side's league application.

Inverness, Aberdeen and St Johnstone announced in quick succession on Monday that they would vote against Mr Green's application when the 12 SPL clubs, including the soon-to-be liquidated Rangers, meet on July 4.

Dundee United, Hearts and Hibernian had previously made public their opposition, leaving Green with no chance of securing the 8-4 majority needed.

Speaking outside Ibrox, Mr Green said: "I'm obviously disappointed but I think it's something that, as CEO of Rangers, that we have to deal with the cards we've been dealt and it's unfortunate that people have come out and made those comments when my understanding was that there was going to be a vote next Wednesday — but you know I can't control other clubs."

Asked which league he thought Rangers would be playing in when the new season kicks off, Mr Green answered: "That's something we've got to work on over the next few days. First thing, we've got to get membership of the SFA ... then start speaking to the football league.

"I always want to play at the highest level and that's why we made an application to join the SPL — and whether you're a player, whether you're a fan or whether you're a director of a football club, you always want to see your club playing at the highest level. But cream always floats to the top and this club will come back and it will come back at the top — make no mistake."

STV's Peter Smith asked Mr Green: "Many of the Rangers supporters are saying that they would see that starting from division three and working their way to the top would be some sort of redemption. Would you agree with that?"

"Well, of course, I accept that that's a view but what we also have to look at is Scottish Football is driven by two factors: Rangers and Celtic. And the income drivers, the generation, the media, the marketing is all about two clubs, and really I think what we have to do is start looking now at what's best for Scottish Football and we all have to now unite behind the club and make sure that the decisions we take going forward achieve that result."

Mr Green insisted that the members of his consortium were not worried by the news of an SPL block saying: "The consortium realise that if we went down the route where newco was the route, it was a risk. It doesn't alter their resolve. Those guys invested knowing these obstacles that were outside our control and the resolve's there to see this job finished."

Asked if he would be running Rangers in the long term, Mr Green replied: "I said at Murray Park on the 13th of May that my job will be finished when we've got financial security, when the debts are paid, when it's floated on the stock market and that the fans have got the right and the opportunity to buy shares — and nothing has changed since May the 13th."

In a message to the Rangers support, the chief executive said: "We really need now to get behind the club because I think we can see both from what's been said by the SPL, what's been happening with the players, that really, really you need to unify and unite behind Rangers and let's now start moving this club forward.

"Stop the fighting, stop the disagreements, get behind the club — irrespective of whether I'm CEO, whether I'm not CEO. This is about Rangers. It's much bigger than Charles Green."

Raith Rovers have joined Falkirk in voicing their opposition to newco getting into the First Division. Good to see, let's hope the rest follow suit and put up a fight against the corruption.

Surely the place in the SFL must be open to applications from anybody. There should be a 'tendering' process like the ones that admitted Inverness and Ross County, and then Annan and Elgin.

It might well be a formaility that the new Rangers would be admitted but at least let there be an open and transparent process.

Was it on this thread or another that somebody told how Airdie United are actually Clydebank. I don't have time to re-read it all, apologies.
Well East Sirling were at one time merged with Clydebank Juniors. The senior team Clydebank can be traced back to that, although ES Clydebank as they were known, only lasted a season before it collapsed, and Clydebank by their own right entered the League.

Rangers buying a franchise (for the want of a better term) could happen.

They are keeing Lee Wallace though and they haven't paid for him!

Regarding Lee Wallace,why on Earth did Mad Vlad let him go to the Huns on an instalments basis??????

Get them in the 3rd division, if they dont start there a lot of fans will not be back. Well done the bairns for saying GTF first.

third div fine ,obviously need to restructure the way money filters down from the upper leagues   madvlad and co  will make sure of that

thats where the rangers fans want to go div three ,totaly agree naff this 1st div guff.

They are all walking away.

Its becoming a stampede now.

john mcglyn (manager number ? )  hearts will be in div one before rangers

madvlad

keep telling ur sell that, i suppose our ground will turn into tesco soon too?

enjoy div3 you mug.

The whole saga is the gift that doesn't stop giving. At first I thought christ this is being dragged out but now I've had that much to laugh about in the last 4 months that when it ends it will be like the end of the Truman Show. I won't have a clue what to spend my time pissing myself about.

I wonder what the chances are of CHICO aka Chic Young eventually telling us , in an EXCLUSIVE ,the identity of Club 12 . Or has he gone on some sort of self imposed exile/suicide watch ?

I'm actually worried about him. Rumour is that his contract hasn't been renewed by the BBC either. Jim Traynor also seems near to having a breakdown given his recent articles. Clinging on to  his idea that the SFA, SPL and diddy clubs will still take it up the arse and allow Sevco to be voted in to SFL 1 (although even he has now accepted they won't get in the SPL).

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Are you lot all daft?
RANGERS are Scottish Football.



Rangers are dead. Pay attention.

to the fans  , Rangers will always be Rangers , dress it up any other way , but still glasgow rangers

Degsy that's up there with the family dog going to live on a special farm with a Kennel the size of a barn to himself and 3 courses of steak a day. Denial is the first stage of grief.

^^^^^^^^^

Exactly why they deserved to die degsy.