54andcounting

This Rangers/C**t** thing will never go away for as long as the mhedia keep stirring the pot. Scotland wants independence HA! Keep the bigotry pot boiling and it will NEVER happen...just my opinion

You've got it or you haven't...might have something to do with...erm TV?

Would love to arrange for Chris McLaughlin to read the apology but bet you any money he won't be on the programme on Tuesday. Also the 54andcounting on RM cant spell here...so proof we are not the same person

I suppose with an iq of 234 I doubt that he is daft enough to be of any religious persuasion

It was BBC Scotland who put this on their 'gossip page' when news first broke of Mr Prior's interest in Rangers

Haha nice one

THE former City of London whizzkid claims the current Ibrox board have got it wrong paying big salaries and hefty bonuses to executives. IBROX investor Kieran Prior claims the revival of Rangers is being strangled by extravagant levels of executive pay. The former City of London whizzkid has already been doing his homework, less than 24 hours after Record Sport revealed he had forked out around £400,000 to snap up 1.2 per cent of the club. In his first major interview, Prior says the current Ibrox board have got it wrong when it comes to paying big salaries and hefty bonuses to executives such as finance boss Brian Stockbridge. The 34-year-old, who admits to a friendship with ousted chairman Malcolm Murray, says greater corporate governance is key and the board must consider reconstruction if Rangers are to emerge as a force again. The former Goldman Sachs trader is also calling for greater fan representation at boardroom level as he admitted to fears the £22million raised by the recent share issue is in danger of being squandered over time. Prior said: “I’m still waiting on a copy of the full accounts but from the papers I’ve seen in the last 24 hours executive renumeration is approximately £1.5m. “I have good faith those figures are real and I’ll stand by those quotes. “I find it astonishing a club in the Third Division has paid that amount of money to memb wers of staff, including Mr Stockbridge. “As a former banker I know the basic salary of managing directors on trading desks range from £100,000-£300,000. “That’s in London and at Goldman Sachs, one of the most profitable institutions in the world and yet I see Mr Stockbridge and Charles Green have taken similar salaries from Rangers. “Although Mr Stockbridge is finance director he is a chartered accountant by academic standards. “He is earning in excess of £200,000, which is overvaluing your FD – and when bonuses match your salary, that seems ludicrous. “I can see the argument for a chief executive, but why the hell should a bonus be paid for winning the Third Division to the FD? It would seem exploitative in nature, at best. “We’re in a unique position at Rangers where we can grow the club and a stockpile of wealth so when we reach the pinnacle of the Scottish game again there is an opportunity to go straight back where we belong – at the top, nowhere else. “I’m afraid money is being dwindled away, given the figures being bandied about.” It is understood bonuses were paid to two executives – Stockbridge and Green pocketing around £550,000. The Rangers board has been ridden with in-fighting over the last year and Walter Smith was forced to step in and become chairman last month in a bid to quell tensions between warring factions Prior added: “The current board seems a very legacy-ridden, Charles Green affair. "That’s not to say Charles Green didn’t do some good things, but we need to move forward. “We must make the club financially sound for the fans especially, as well as other shareholders. We need to rebuild the board and take a city-friendly, corporate governance-laden approach. “Walter Smith aside, as he is untouchable and an institution in himself, we must clean up the act of the board. Unless we can change its constitution and give it a more corporate friendly base, I can see struggle occurring. “That would only detract from a great opportunity. We have time on our side to work under the radar these next couple of years and rebuild finances on the back of the sixth biggest attendances in Britain. “We can build up our youth academy, our team and hopefully get back to the top of the Scottish game and playing in Europe again.” http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ibrox-investor-kieran-prior-claims-1954019?

lol lol!!!

Just hoping this Kieran guy is the man..a club like The Rangers and their fans deserve it. We are a wounded giant at the moment staggering along without our daily bread of League titles and CL and Europa League appearances, making our way up one of the worse leagues in Europe waiting to rise again in free flow and it hasn't happened yet, maybe this is the real deal..still have the dreaded fear of the final dagger from someone who couldn't give a shit about us. We are at the mercy of every conman.

Opinions please. (I know it's Dundee but it's the general styling we want to hear about) Personally I'm on the fence.

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Nearly spilt my whisky when reading that

Amazing isn't it? Well done the lad from RangersFacts

Here's hoping he's followed by many more of the obsessed

http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/229437-rangers-can-field-trialists-in-new-scottish-professional-football-league/?

Wonder what the refs will be like when we get back to the SPL, er oops SPFL? Not saying they'll all be cheats but they'll want to keep their jobs, can't afford to make an honest mistake

"Most significant" could mean "likely to have a major effect" .. he's certainly the 'smartest' shareholder we have

You are 100% correct mate...my mistake

I know mate made an arse of that ...sorted it now

If it is right next to it (unit 74) then it appears unit 75 is much smaller looking at this floor plan

Kenny Shiels didn't hold back when he had something on his mind, having a go at TLG and C**t** in particular. It's now cost him his job (disgraceful) and the club 8k (deserved)

In September 1885 When Arbroath recorded their famous 36-0 victory over Aberdeen Bon Accord in a Scottish Cup tie, the largest margin of victory in senior football history, Dundee Harp were hammering Aberdeen Rovers 35-0 on the SAME day What makes that outcome ever more interesting is that, according to Fraser Clyne, the Arbroath FC historian who researched both matches in detail, the referee had noted that 37 goals had been scored. However, Harp's secretary insisted the correct result was two goals less. The referee is said to have acknowledged difficulty keeping track of the offensive onslaught and acceded to Harp's lower total â?? completely unaware that a club down the road was establishing the record ... and having the last laugh. Dundee Harp full back Tom O'Kane was an ex-Arbroath player, and persuaded the Dundee club's officials to send a telegram to his former colleagues at Gayfield Park boasting of his team's record breaking achievement. The Harp players and officials were not to know that Arbroath had actually gone one better against another unfortunate Aberdeen side on that same afternoon. On receiving the Harp telegram, Arbroath officials took great delight in sending a reply boasting of the Angus sideâ??s superior achievement. Both parties had a good laugh over the exchange of messages, each believing the other was playing a humorous trick. It was only when O'Kane arrived back in Arbroath on the late Saturday evening train that he discovered the truth. Locals were quick to tell him that the Arbroath result was no joke and Harpâ??s record-breaking claim was about to be lost. The following morning, O'Kane got up early and jogged the 18 miles along the coast to Dundee to alert Harp officials to the situation. The Dundonians now seriously regretted correcting the referee's account of the goal tally, and although it isnâ??t clear what efforts they made to get the result altered, the score was left as it had been recorded on the Saturday.

I like him already saying all the right things....having an IQ of 234 and having a soft spot for Rangers sounds about right.

Ha! Sarcasm on a Rangers forum...no way would they call Peter - he's a liar.

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