People at Hampden foresaw Rangers meltdown
If Rangers Newco is simply invited into the First Division, what’s to stop any other club simply going bust and demanding the same treatment.
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If Rangers Newco is simply invited into the First Division, what’s to stop any other club simply going bust and demanding the same treatment.
A facet of the long-running Rangers story has been the creative use of the internet and IT to comment on the saga from all sides, from all kinds of fans, writes Alex Thomson.
Alex Thomson asks Rangers fans what they want to see from the Newco.
Draw a line. Start anew. Begin again. And try to reward the extraordinary brand loyalty of fans which is about the one real asset “Rangers” still has.
So – 4 July. US Independence Day. Ten in the morning. Hampden Park. The Scottish Premier League gathers for easily the most momentous decision in that league’s brief history, writes Alex Thomson.
“So today, I shall be asking some questions of the latest legend/saviour/hero/Christ/delete as applicable. A man called Walter Smith who, they tell me is a legend. When legends wander in and out of Ibrox everyone should be asking questions.”
Former manager and Ibrox legend Walter Smith is leading a last-minute bid for control of the new company that will replace Rangers. Andrew McFadyen reports.
A 20-year-old who played Habbo Hotel in her teens describes for Channel 4 News how secrecy and virtual sex became “addictive” – and the main reason for playing the game.
Today’s the day the taxman, in the shape of HMRC, said not only will he not be walking away from Rangers, but that they, the HMRC, “are the people”. And the people not only want their money back from this catastrophically mismanaged “football club”, but now they want to come after the men who reduced the once proud name of Ibrox to a pathetic byword for toxic governance.
Rangers have amassed an impressive trophy cabinet since the start of the SPL, but where would the silverware go if the Ibrox side was stripped of its honours?
Alex Thomson asks what’s next for Rangers fans and proposes a “DVA” as a way of moving forward.
With the First Tax Tribunal outstanding, the future of Rangers football club is unlikely to be decided any time soon.
Amidst all the secrecy, the refusal to break cover, the smoke and general mirrors surrounding the Rangers fiasco – suddenly, along comes a surprise. Tristan Loughren, a Scotsman who has spent more than 20 years out of the country closing various deals as an investment banker among other trades, is nothing if not frank and open.
Mr Whyte is accused by an eminent legal tribunal of directly masterminding a deliberate non-payment of tax. But the whole point here is that tribunal first and now appelate tribunal explicitly hold the ‘club’ (the directors) responsible for this joint enterprise of non-payment.