Why Rangers Really Went Into Administration…

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With renewed rumours from a certain English journo that Rangers will be in administration again by Wednesday, I thought it prudent to dispel the myths from 2012.

Ever since Rangers went into, and
came out from, administration, my Twitter notifications have been full of SPL
fans ‘telling’ me why Rangers went into admin in the first place.
It seems the biggest experts on
Rangers’ plight are those who had no major interest in the club before that
fateful day in February over two years ago.
Since then, every ego-driven
self-publicist with an eye on extending their career and making a name for
themselves has had something to say, write, or spout regarding what ‘really
happened’ at Ibrox, as if they have a monopoly on the truth.
The most common nonsense I get
thrown at me is that Rangers went into administration due to debt. That the
club owed too much money to too many people and organisations, having spent
‘above their means’ in the 90s onwards.
It is true that Rangers spent a
lot in those days, and it is also true the club was in debt.
What is not true is that any of
this caused Rangers to be thrust into the hands of Duff & Phelps, and
anyone who would suggest otherwise has swallowed far too much media nonsense
with gusto.
First off, let me clarify a few
points:
Yes, it is true the club was in
debt, but the critical debt by the time of administration was…£6M. Not £100M.
Not even £20M. But £6M of short-term debt (caused by Walter Smith’s second
tenure during which the club spend £30M) – the rest had already been cleared –
it is slightly less known how much long-term debt the club was in, but that
does not matter. Long term debt is the stuff you get into with your energy
supplier, the stuff which is in your name but no bailiffs will storm your
property to receive it. Most business have this to their creditors, it is not
uncommon to have plenty of long-term debt.
The short-term stuff is the
important chunk, and while £6M is not ideal, it was not threatening Rangers’
future.
Secondly, the vast sums spent in
the 90s and thereafter were not outwith
Rangers’ means. Because the method used to help fund such expenditure, EBT
schemes, are completely legal, if admittedly dubious.
West Ham owner David Gold is on
record as endorsing EBT’s, and let it not be forgotten the Big Tax Case was
won. Because the law ruled the schemes to be legal – a loan, rather than tax
evasion. So, what did Rangers do wrong there, exactly?
Presumably Old Firm rivals Celtic
endorse the club’s actions given they used EBT schemes themselves? Indeed, did
they not settle an HMRC case regarding Juninho (to name but one) themselves out
of court having also been accused of evasion by the tax man?
But…this is all drifting away
from the main point. None of the above forced Rangers into administration. One
simple crime from ex-owner Craig Whyte did, and that was his deliberate failure
to forward players’ PAYE/VAT/NI payments to HMRC during his tenure.
That is illegal – all employees
have to pay their dues – and Rangers players did. But Whyte stashed it away in
his own accounts which forced HMRC’s hand.
They wanted their money, pure and
simple, over a year of illegally-retained internal payments which Whyte kept
rather than forwarding legally.
Yes. It is really that simple. That is why Rangers went into administration.
Unfortunately misinformation will
continue as too many people want to believe Rangers are the big bad guys and
deserve everything they get.
We know the truth, and I do not
expect this article to make a blind bit of difference to those who would rather
castigate the club at every opportunity.

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90 COMMENTS

  1. This post talks about misinformation but opens with a statement of "Ever since Rangers went into, and came out from Administration"

    Rangers never exited Administration, the club was liquidated!! What part of that is not real to you!! Just because you say something enough dosent make it true!! And ni, im not a Celtic fan!!

    • The CLUB was not liquidated the holding company was liquidated. Lying often does not change facts just ask SFA old SPL, old Scottish league, Uefa, FIFA, The high court and anyone else you ask apart from the neurotic Ranger's haters

    • The SFA transferred membership while still in administration,which means the club was transferred to the new company. It's not rocket science.UEFA,the SFA,ECA,ASA etc etc have since all confirmed this. A casual glance at the SPFL Rangers page is all the proof required,founded 1872 all honours listed.

    • From the recent ASA adjudication on Rangers FC (after complaints from obsessed Celtic fans).
      "We consulted with UEFA, which explained that its rules allowed for the recognition of the “sporting continuity” of a club’s match record, even if that club’s corporate structure had changed. We also consulted with the SFA, which confirmed that its definition of a football “club” varied depending on context, and could sometimes refer to an entity separate from the club’s corporate owner. The SFA further pointed out that, following RFC’s transfer to a new corporate owner, Newco did not take a new membership of the Scottish FA but rather that the previous membership was transferred across to them so they could continue as the same member of the Scottish FA. We considered that consumers would understand that the claim in question related to the football club rather than to its owner and operator and we therefore concluded that it was not misleading for the ad to make reference to RFC's history, which was separate to that of Newco." So there you have it,both UEFA and the SFA confirm what we Gers fans knew anyway,Rangers are and always will be the same club,to argue otherwise is frankly just silly and shows a more sinister reason,who would argue against UEFA,the SFA,SPFL,ECA,ASA etc etc..just type in ASA Rangers football club and read the statement for yourself,not sure if weblinks are allowed here so i won't copy paste the actual link.

    • You'll notice that the one thing those UEFA and SFA quotes does not state, in answer to a direct question about The Rangers's status is that its the same club. Just quotes about what is possible in certain situations. Its possible for me to pump Katy Perry. Hasn't happened, though. UEFA and the SFA have never can never and will never say its the same club. Quite the reverse, UEFA will treat it as a new club when it debuts in Europe. If it lasts that long.

      And you ignore the fact that the reason that ASA appeal happened is because Sevco was caught lying about being the same club.

    • Wrong on so many counts i's laughable. UEFA and the SFA have indeed both confirmed Rangers FC as the same club,infact UEFA have already updated Rangers current squad in the SC (UEFA do not report lower league games)and the club's co-efficient. And the SFA if you bothered to read the ASA adjudication (yes we did notice you tried to ignore it)the SFA confirms Gers are the same club,incase you also "ignored" it Rangers won the ASA ruling and are free to call themselves Scotland's most successful club,which they are. I find it hilarious when confronted by simple facts,i.e. the ASA ruling (after consulting both the SFA and UEFA,the ECA ruling,the SPFL website (yes we noticed you also ignored that)infact anyone who matters that obsessed Celtic fans argue black is white. And for the record UEFA have also confirmed the club's co-efficient will not be affected because the SFA have confirmed to them membership was transferred and in the SFA eyes that equals same club. Go log onto SPFL Rangers..try not to ignore it this time as you have everything else. What a pointless debate,and from a fan of a club who has had more companies (Pacific Shelf,HMS 402,Football and Athletic Co Ltd,than iv'e had hot dinners. 116 and very much counting.

  2. Rangers did not come out of Administration, they are in the process of being liquidated and a new club has been formed.

    • Wrong,the membership was transferred by the SFA while still in administration,there is no new club. A simple glance at the SPFL website confirms this,founded 1872 all honours listed. It has also been confirmed by UEFA,the SFA,SPFL,ECA,ASA, even the Wee Red Book..this myth can be repeated for eternity but it still will not be true. And Rangrs fans hold all the cards,why not log onto SPFL Rangers and see for yourself.

    • Membership was transferred from RFC 1872, to Sevco Scotland 2012 which then changed its name to The Rangers FC Limited. Without question they are two different entities.

    • RFC were liquidated. The new club had to apply for SFA membership. If it was the same club they wouldn't have had to apply for anything and would have started the season in the SPL. There is no record of Rangers being relegated from the SPL as it didn't happen. The new club applied for membership and were quite rightly refused so started life from the bottom and have to wait 4 years before being eligible for Europe. If Charles Green had bought the club as Fergus did at Celtic then they would have carried on as before but he didn't he bought the ASSETS of the club and even at that some of those assets walked which wouldn't v have been possible if it were the same club. If a child's goldfish dies and the parents say it's the same goldfish it doesn't make it so.

    • I suggest you check the official SPFL website it's easy..SPFL Rangers..the ASA adjudication after consulting both UEFA and the SFA,the SFA statement on membership transfer where it announces Green's group as the new OWNERS of Rangers FC,the ECA ruling,just incase you "ignored" the ASA ruling i'll quote it again for you. And note the SFA position. "We consulted with UEFA, which explained that its rules allowed for the recognition of the “sporting continuity” of a club’s match record, even if that club’s corporate structure had changed. We also consulted with the SFA, which confirmed that its definition of a football “club” varied depending on context, and could sometimes refer to an entity separate from the club’s corporate owner. The SFA further pointed out that, following RFC’s transfer to a new corporate owner, Newco did not take a new membership of the Scottish FA but rather that the previous membership was transferred across to them so they could continue as the same member of the Scottish FA. We considered that consumers would understand that the claim in question related to the football club rather than to its owner and operator and we therefore concluded that it was not misleading for the ad to make reference to RFC's history, which was separate to that of Newco." The stance of the SFA is membership transfer=same club,that may be unpalatable to fans of celtic but it's fact. I suggest you go log onto SPFL Rangers..you will find this "new club" is listed as founded in 1872 and has 117 major honours. You will forgive us if we take the word of the SPFL,SFA,UEFA,ECA,ASA etc etc rather than obsessed celtic fans on a comment section. You may dearly wish for it to be Rangers FC Founded 2012 honours 1 but dearly wishing will not work. BTW it would also be illegal for Rangers to not only claim honours they never won but also to wear those big 5 stars on their top. They do so because the SFA have informed them they are the same club,the SFA then inform the other relevant bodies for example UEFA and the ECA. From the Scotsman recently :"Last August, Michele Centenaro of the ECA contacted the SFA and asked for an appraisal of the Rangers situation and whether they could be deemed the same Rangers as before or a new company unworthy of acknowledgment from the ECA. The SFA’s response was unambiguous. Different corporate entity but same Rangers, same history, same honours accrued over 140 years." They also informed UEFA etc..I'm afraid celtic fans will just need to deal with this,and ignoring proof such as the official SPFL website simply wont work.

    • Friday, 27 July 2012 when the SFA agreed to transfer our membership. If you doubt this i refer you to the SPFL website Rangers page where you will find the club listed as founded in 1872 together with all honours. Also refer you to the SFA statement on transfer of membership (new OWNERS of Rangers FC,UEFA,the ASA adjudication on Rangers FC,etc etc.

    • The SFA membership is not a club. Its just a membership. Nothing more, nothing less. Its preposterous to claim otherwise.

    • I suggest you look up the SFA statement on membership transfer as well as the official SPFL website..they disagree with you take it up with them. Although I doubt you will get anywhere,you already attempted that road with the ASA….and lost.

    • The SFA regard transfer of membership as the continuation of the club,this is 100% clear on their transfer of membership statement,their website,and the fact they communicated this fact to the ASA,UEFA,and the ECA…and it's confirmed on the SPFL website. Celtic fans will just need to accept this.

  3. Interesting Article – This statement got me thinking:
    "One simple crime from ex-owner Craig Whyte did, and that was his deliberate failure to forward players' PAYE/VAT/NI payments to HMRC during his tenure."

    At the time the bank had insisted that Rangers was to be sold to Craig Whyte……Why? Why did Craig Whyte deliberately not pay PAYE/VAT/NI ?

  4. Also David "I never took a penny from Rangers" Murray was paid £6M from the schemme and his company got £6M for administration of the scheme and the cost of the payout end of the scheme abroad amounted to £5M,that totals £17M,so it is a myth that we benefited from this scheme,it is clear who was the true beneficiary of this scheme was

  5. The writer of this article should be living in Hollywood and working for Disney Studios, its there that fairy tales are born.

  6. At least you inform the reader that you are a ranter.
    Do remind me of when rangers exited Admin.
    Was it in the summer? I may have been overseas.

  7. You miss a crucial point: why was the club sold to Craig Whyte for a pound? Answer: The pending (at that time) EBT/HMRC case cast such a long shadow over the club that no self respecting businesman would touch it…and you can blame David Murray for that.

  8. You are correct on many points. The reason Rangers were forced in to administration by hmrc was the Craig whyte deliberately withheld the players paye/ni. This was the sole reason that hmrc could not accept a cva and the company was therefore doomed to liquidation. In the previous few years, the outstanding debts of the club had been, and continued to be, significantly reduced. However, Lloyds were afraid that if Rangers were to loose the BTC then they would not see their cash and therefore forced Murray to sell the club to Whyte. A lot of this was diwn to the fact the many within the Scottish game and the Scottish media were convinced that Rangers would be found guilty even though, right from the start, Murray's lawyers had said that they were very confident that they would win the BTC.

    • I have no idea as to the whys wherefors of this matter but I do knotw that I was barred from rangers site by a mr Dingwall who defended Mr Murray when I suggested (many years ago) that Ranges were a disaster waiting to happen. It galls me the the Mint has come out of all this mess when he was the soul villain inthe wownfall of Rangers.

    • David Murray came close to destroying Scottish Football as a whole, and while it's sad the fans of Rangers lost their club at least they didn't take anyone down with them.

    • strange…thought I would check up on what you just said there,logged onto the official SPFL website and expected to see Rangers FC Founded 2012 Honours 1…imagine my amazement when I saw Rangers FC Founded 1872 Honours 117..so it look's like we didn't lose our club after all,,unless your saying the SPFL made a mistake??

  9. There are quite a few ohbsessed on here that could do with reading the facts and NOT letting fairy tales cloud their questionable judgement!!!

  10. They did not come out of administration. A new club with new name was formed. Name changed from Rangers to The Rangers – therefore a new club.

    • Wrong again…if you look up the SFA or SPFL the club is listed as The Rangers Football Club,which has been the name of the club for decades..and if you log onto the official SPFL website you'll see this "new club" Rangers FC was actually founded in 1872 and has 117 major honours. Ignoring such facts won't work you know. The governing bodies and bodies such as the ASA and ECA and Wee Red Book don't listen to obsessed Celtic fans on comment sections..go check out the SPFL website and give yourself a shock.

  11. the article,although welcome, isn't groundbreaking ,it merely reinforces what the sane world knows.

    It really must be galling for all Rangers-haters to be reminded that Rangers FC survived badly bruised and still floundering yet intact ready to face the challenges ahead .

    having said all that it will be hellish with the lawwell controlled cabal in charge

  12. What a load of garbage. My mate had shares in the old club, guess what there not worth a thin dime. Why is this.

  13. are the rangers a new club ? don't listen to fans of the oldco or even celtic fans let the law decide. when setanta went into administration the law stated that they had to pay creditors a % of amount owed. this included football clubs who had been in the Scottish premier between certain dates. all monies were paid out to clubs with the exception of rangers. because LEGALLY they don't exist

    • The law has already decided,or did you ignore the LNS finding..the same way you have ignored the ASA finding,the SFA statement on transfer of membership and the SPFL official website..instead of ignoring them I suggest you go check them out 🙂

  14. the spivs must be pissin them selves at the sevco support,take a look at yourselves ffs.5000 sign up to dave kings pie in the sky idea and think its great this only pays sally,jurranti and slap heids wages for winning the turd division ha ha.the big hoose will stay open only because sevco est 2012 will be renting it from wee craige the motherwell billionaire and sir david murry park will also have to be rented.uncle Charlie played the bigot card and yous all fell for it again nae luck ill bet yous wish dodgy dave the shamless liar could run your club but I just rememberd he was on the board when rangers1872 were liquidated,dead gone and no you wont be back now get a job you giro luvin sons of satan

    • He didn't,it came with the club,and if you care to log onto SPFL Rangers you'll be delighted to see the history is still all there 🙂

    • Many clubs have underwent what Rangers went through and have remained the same entity,which is why if you log onto the official SPFL website (instead of trying to pretend it's not there)you'll find Rangers correctly listed as founded in 1872 together with 117 major honours..if it said Rangers FC Founded 2012 Honours 1 I may agree with your opinion,but it does not..so i'll go with the SPFL,SFA,ECA,ASA and UEFA if that's ok.

  15. Aye, John Greig broke his long association with Rangers Football Club to become a director at Rangers Football Company, the bit that's separate. Hurt too much? Maybe not as much as the debenture holders who bought a seat for life (at the club) and then got bumped. Ask them what they think of the ghost dance.

  16. Why transfer membership if it`s the same club?
    Have TRFC signed off their accounts?
    Where are the SFA in all this?

    sevco Scotland V Brechin City:

    1st official game for the new club invited into the 4TH tier of Scottish Football playing out of IOUbrox.

    I hear davo king will match what ever the supporters put into the fund.

  17. Rangers or The Rangers problem remains one thing and only one thing. Whether it was via the ill fated Murray regime, the players wage structure, the sale forced by Lloyds Bank to Whyte, the need to sell again to Green, the subsequent departure of many brought in by Green or the new financiers
    Laxley or will it be King, you can be sure that the problem that caused the issue, continue to rumble, ooops forgot HMRC, they probably had the same issue as they looked for the law of the lands unpaid taxes, one word sums up all the problems:
    G R E E D

  18. 4 words, Jelly And Ice Cream, they are as dead as the dinosaurs, this new mob whoever they may be are nothing more than a drag act.

    Triggers Broom FC then, now and forever more

  19. ''David Gold''approved of EBTs.Love to see him at The rangers.Youse could honour your great leaders with an away strip.Green,White and Gold. Stick your heads in a mousetrap, King size,hey it might not snap.

  20. Why are Rangers fans so obsessed with twisting the truth, It is a new club with a new name get over it, United fan.

  21. You're quite right, and it looks like the only plan that Whyte had, certainly after getting knocked out of Europe. Murray also offerred to settle with HMRC for 10m iirc. However he did put us on a high risk unproven path which he didn't have the bottle or resources to see through, his own company was built on debt, and the collapse of hbos put short term pressure on the long term debt, because of the spectre of the tax case.

  22. How come Rangers CAN go into Administration and fans accept they're in Administration, but the same club CANNOT go into Liquidation?

  23. looks like a surge of the obsessed have flocked to this now.

    listen very carefully ,rangers FC survived ,they retained their history and trophies ,peter lawwells sfa agree so does uefa ,so does asa .

    i feel your pain pacific shelfers

  24. I love how the facts about Glasgow Rangers FC stirs so much hatred from opposing fans, none more so than the obsessed Pacific Shelf fans. The main fact here, tied with this and any other word on Scotlands most successful club, is that these fans hate Glasgow Rangers FC more than they love their own team. It's utterly pathetic in every sense! Your anguish sustains me #FAILFAIL

  25. I love how the facts about Glasgow Rangers FC stirs so much hatred from opposing fans, none more so than the obsessed Pacific Shelf fans. The main fact here, tied with this and any other word on Scotlands most successful club, is that these fans hate Glasgow Rangers FC more than they love their own team. It's utterly pathetic in every sense! Your anguish sustains me #FAILFAIL

  26. You didn't come out of Administration, You went into Liquidation. The old club didn't use EBT'S in the 90s, The Bank, the same one which nearly put Celtic into Administration (but we were saved from that by pro-active fans, a man called Fergus and by living in the real world and living within our means), funded the old club.

    Celtic were not accused of tax evasion in regard to an EBT, Celtic asked about the use and duly paid any taxes due. I understand paying taxes may be foreign for you but paying them means you don't go bust when the tax man comes calling.

    As for Craig Whyte withholding PAYE/NI, he didn't go and guy himself a nice boat with it, it was used for working capital to fund the club after a disastrous early exit from Europe. Had he paid it, The club would have went into Admin long before February.

    Thats the cold facts, no one else to blame but the previous owner Murray and his egotistical ways.

  27. So RFC(IL) had only £6m worth of real debt at the time that they were tipped into administration ?

    Really ?

    The critical debt was the amount not paid to HMRC for the entire time Whytey was the owner. Had you paid these taxes your old club would have found itself in admin even sooner.

    Regarding the Murray years. Do you realise that Minty shifted £50m worth of RFC(IL) debt to MIH following the very unsuccessful share issue. That debt is now owed to the banks who are owned by the public purse. So again we got stiffed.

    Finally kid yourselves on all you like but you didn't come out of Administration. You were processed into liquidation. Charlie Boy bought the assets with money that he and the other spivs took back from the IPO/Season ticket money.

    While spiritually you may claim to be the same club in company law you are certainly not and the rest of Scottish football will never tire reminding you of the fact.

  28. It seems the usual suspecta are out in force,i must admit the attention this "new club" gets is quite remarkable. (I doth think they protest to much). Sorry bhoys,but you can bleat away all day and every day on comment sections,forums,and FB pages (here's a thought,instead of obsessing over Scotland's most successful club Rangers why not try going to matches,that way you may not have to cover the top tier with sheets at the Emptyhad)but when I log onto the official SPFL website I see Rangers FC Founded 1872 Honours 117…until such time as I see Rangers FC Founded 2012 Honours 1 i'll be forced to conclude your indulging in mere wishful thinking,and wishful thinking does not count in we Gers book. Why not try writing to the Advertising Standards Authority if the club's "most successful club" slogan drives to so much distraction..oops,you already did,and you lost. The Rangers Football Club 1872 Scotland's most successful club,officially.

  29. Another thing I noticed is whenever I type Rangers into Google when looking for news on my club (unlike fans of a certain other club yes,i look up my own club to read about as that is all I'm interested in football wise)immediately it comes up at the side Rangers FC founded 1872..when I log onto Wiki and look up my club it states founded 1872,the official SPFL website I already quoted. When celtic fans (rather sadly imo) ran complaining to the ASA I was not surprised when the ASA found in Rangers favour and informed the club (who then published the findings on it's website)that it was free to continue to describe itself as Scotland's most successful club. I also checked the SFA website and again was unsurprised to find it lists the club as the same club,in it's membership transfer statement,in it's reporting on the club's matches (for example in the SC the SFA clearly list Rangers now as a continuation of the Rangers in the old SPL),nor was I surprised when the European Club Assoc granted Rangers associate membership for being founding members in 2008 (good going for a club founded in 2012 eh)and said it considers the clubs history to be continuous inspite of the change to it's corporate structure. Even when I purchased my usual copy of my Wee Red Book I found that the "new club" I supported was listed together with 117 major honours..great going indeed for a club 2 years old! In short I'm saying that although every comment section and forum I look at are inundated by celtic fans saying we support a new club I find no evidence of it when I look at bodies and organisations that actually matter,on the contrary,they all tell me I support the same club,who should I believe bhoys? And before I log off,it was hilarious on the day celtic clinced their last meaningless title to read this on the official UEFA website:" Even at kick-off, Celtic knew that second-placed Motherwell FC could only overturn what then stood at a 12-point deficit with an improbable swing in goal difference, but this home win removed all mathematical doubt. It represents the Hoops' 44th league crown, leaving them ten behind rivals Rangers FC, who were absent from the top flight for the first time this season." This season will make it nine behind lads..and hey don't have a go at the messenger complain to UEFA..oh,you already tried that with the ASA.
    117 and counting.

  30. Why have the give liquidation the red card protest? Why did the club get deducted 10 points,if its the "holding company" that did wrong? Whats the name of this "holding company"?.

  31. So did the founding faithers found a club or a company?
    Sevco then sevco now sevco forever……..until admin 1!!!
    Green and Whyte army!!!!

  32. there is a deranged Tim commenting that his club were, and I quote, "living within their means". seriously, he did, look for yourself! omg! what means would that be exactly, the cheap land deals and interest rates afforded to your chlub? seriously laughable so it is. keep it up bhoys… your anguish is sustaining me BJK 😉

    • Despite your bigoted nonsense, there is absolutely no evidence that this cheap land and cheap interest rates nonsense is anything other than the demented rambling of a Sevco support desperate to find any dirt on Celtic. GCC offered the London Road School to two organisations (one of them a housing association) both of which passed on the land, leaving Celtic in a position to get the best deal. GCC also offered land transfers to Rangers before it went bust. The low interests rates were at a time when cheap credit was the norm and before Celtic had any ex labour ministers on its board. The EC has an obligation to look into this but it has made it very clear it has not started an investigation. There is no anguish. Our club didn't die.

  33. Not one rangers fan mentioned holding companies until the CVA was rejected.who from the SFA has says that rangers are the same club? where are these quotes from regan? he cant say it cause his backside would be in court if he did.Same club is it? ask the florist and the face painter….

    • The SFA have made it crystal clear it's hardly anyone's fault you choose to ignore it. They made it clear in their transfer of membership statement. They made it clear when they contacted the ECA. They made it clear when answering the ASA in response to the complaint from obsessed celtic fans (probably some of whom are on here),they make it clear on their own website,and they make it clear by allowing the SPFL to list Rangers FC as founded in 1872 with 117 major honours. How much clearer would you like it,or are you in need of a Specsavers? 117 and very much counting..go look up SPFL Rangers,that should be clear enuf even for you.

  34. Could some Sevco fan answer my question from before.Why was there a "give liquidation the red card" protest? Why didnt you go for liquidation,in the first place if nothing was going to change? ….

    • Because liquidation of the holding company meant relegation to the bottom tier,loss of Euro revenue due to UEFA rules on a club going newco,(they deem the formation of a newco as interruption of membership resulting in the club not being able to apply for a UEFA license for 3 seasons,in other words it's a fair play rule)and losing our players. You obsessed really struggle on this topic don't you. Go log onto SPFL Rangers and enjoy 🙂

  35. This article seems to have attracted every last member from the flat earth society i.e. obsessed Pacific Shelf fans…they use an interesting ploy,which,though interesting,simply won't work. Their ploy is a simple one..whenever anyone mentions the official SPFL website..(Rangers FC Founded 1872 117 major honours)…ignore it….whenever anyone mentions the European Club Assoc granting Rangers associate membership due to the club being founding members in 2008…ignore it…whenever anyone mentions the SFA statement on transfer of membership "Joint statement on behalf of The Scottish FA, The Scottish Premier League, The Scottish Football League and Sevco Scotland Ltd.

    We are pleased to confirm that agreement has been reached on all outstanding points relating to the transfer of the Scottish FA membership between Rangers FC (In Administration), and Sevco Scotland Ltd, who will be the new owners of The Rangers Football Club. There were a number of complex and challenging issues involved but, primarily, the Scottish FA had to be satisfied that the new owners of Rangers would operate in the best interests of the club, its fans and Scottish football in general."…OWNERS….ignore it…whenever anyone mentions UEFA updating Rangers current SC squad and co-efficient on the "old" clubs UEFA page…ignore it…whenever anyone mentions the ASA complaint they themselves instigated,and their subsequent ruling after consulting both UEFA and the SFA (same club)…ignore it…whenever anyone mentions The Wee Red Book this season listing Rangers as the same club..ignore it..whenever anyone mentions the fact it would be illegal for Rangers to claim honours won by another club,which they clearly do,or indeed wear those big 5 starts the SFA granted them permission to do after winning their world record 50th Championship …ignore it…it's an interesting tactic,but of course,is doomed to failure. I can ignore all the evidence and claim the Moon is indeed made out of cheese but i'll still lose the "argument". Of course we Gers fans do take some pleasure from the hold our great 142 year old club exerts over you,we certainly have little interest in the goings on at the emptyhad other than chuckles at Lennon trying to say you had a great season (Embarrassed in the CL,humiliated in the LC and cuffed in the SC)leaving only a solitary meaningless title to show for it. Anyway must dash,over at Scotland's most successful football club we have a league to wrap up,a cup final to get ready for,and a QF SC tie at home to savour. 117 and counting bhoys. Officially.

  36. Why did several players have the option of TUPE,if its the same club? Why didnt TUPE come into force at Man Utd when the Glaziers took over,or at Liverpool with John Henry.or at Cardiff with new owners?Newcastle with Mike Ashley,etc etc.Or even when Craig Whyte took over
    Rangers.WHY no mention of TUPE then?

  37. Get your seasons tickets here,with
    special guest Dave "the liar" King giving out free tea and biscuits….like his good friend Chico "the clown"
    Green used to do….its gonna be 8,its gonna be 9,its gonna be (at least) 10 in a row….enjoy THIRD RANGERS! The tribute act from er the 1st tribute act…ho ho ho.

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