Rangers Even Third Division will object to clubâ??s presence

[Steve1872 4]

MORTON chairman Douglas Rae believes Third Division football is the best-case scenario for newco Rangers, but has predicted that they will face opposition to their presence from clubs in the lower tier of the Scottish Football League.

 

 

â?¢ Morton chairman Douglas Rae believes Third Division clubs would oppose Rangersâ?? presence in the lower tiers of Scottish football

 

â?¢ General consensus is that Rangers should not be allowed to drop down just one division

 

â?¢ Two non-league clubs rumoured to have lodged bids to join the SFL

 

 

 

Rae insists the SFAâ??s bid to merge the SPL with the SFL in order to provide the reconstituted Ibrox club with a softer landing after their rejection by top flight clubs is doomed to failure.

 

At a meeting of the Morton Supporters Trust, Rae formally declared his intention to vote against Rangersâ?? admission to what is currently the First Division when all 30 SFL clubs meet at Hampden next Tuesday.

 

 

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The businessman, who rescued Morton when he bought the club ten years ago, can see no prospect of the proposal achieving the 75 per cent support of SFL clubs required. â??Iâ??ve made my mind up and I wonâ??t be changing it,â? Rae told The Scotsman. â??I know a few other chairmen who havenâ??t declared their position publicly yet but who have indicated privately they are going to vote against Rangers being admitted to the First Division.

 

â??I think the SFA will be surprised at the strength of feeling among First Division clubs against Rangers going straight in at that level. They should be treated the same way as any other club. Rangers should have the same punishment as Livingston and be banished to the Third Division.

 

â??My understanding is that two non-league clubs have lodged applications for the potential vacancy in the SFL. That would be in the Third Division and thatâ??s where Rangers should apply to join. The normal practice should apply â?? that the SFL clubs receive a presentation from all applicants and then cast a vote on who they believe should get into the Third Division. It has to be consistent. Otherwise, it is being done only because it is Rangers.

 

â??Weâ??ll need to see what happens on Tuesday. If I was a betting man, Iâ??d bet that Rangers will end up in the Third Division but I also know there are a lot of Third Division clubs who donâ??t want Rangers as it will threaten their own ambitions of promotion. My former manager, Jim McInally, for example, is hoping to make a big push for promotion with Peterhead next season. It wonâ??t be much fun for them if Rangers are foisted onto them and become automatic favourites to win the division.

 

â??Another problem with Rangers going into the Third Division is that there is no segregation at grounds there. Thatâ??s something for the police to consider.â?â?Rae added: â??There has been a lot of pious talk about sporting integrity. Whereâ??s the integrity of a club going into administration, liquidation, getting rid of its debts and just dropping down one tier of football? I donâ??t see any integrity in that. Itâ??s easy to talk about integrity but I regret to say thereâ??s not much of it around in Scottish football right now.

 

â??Rangers have admitted they should be punished because they have cheated consistently over the last number of years. They have tried to steal a march on other clubs. As a result, they have to receive the same punishment any other club would have got.

 

â??If this was Inverness Caledonian Thistle or Kilmarnock in the same position as Rangers, for example, there wouldnâ??t be the same guff as weâ??ve gone through over the last few months. I saw Charles Green suggest the SFA should be sitting down with them and discussing their punishment. Thatâ??s like saying someone accused of a driving offence or burglary should sit down with the judge and decide what sentence they get.â?

 

Rae has also warned against creating an option for any other clubs who become insolvent to avoid the full consequences of their situation.

 

â??It would be dangerous to just let Rangers drop one division as new club with no debt,â? he said. â??Letâ??s then say that Motherwell, just as an example, were in a bad way financially. They could just decide to go into administration, then liquidation if necessary, if they knew a precedent had been set where they would only drop into the First Division.â?

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rangers-newco-even-third-division-will-object-to-club-s-presence-1-2382349

[Craigy1881 79]

These lower division clubs are going to told how it is going to be. If they can't see that they need to open their eyes.

[der Berliner 3,744]

Democracy is a fine thing, you know. Sometimes though, it simply doesn't work.

 

What next? Shall we incorporate all wishful-thinkers from all over Scotland into the SFL ahead of Rangers? For the sake of ... wait ... sporting integrity?

[Steve1872 4]

“Rangers have admitted they should be punished because they have cheated consistently over the last number of years.

When did this happen!

[TheWeeBlueDevil 0]

“Rangers have admitted they should be punished because they have cheated consistently over the last number of years. They have tried to steal a march on other clubs. As a result, they have to receive the same punishment any other club would have got.

 

I must have missed something , when did Rangers admit to cheating over a number of years ?

 

Another wanker .

[TheWeeBlueDevil 0]

:grin: Steve you posted that at the exact same time as me.

[Thinker 887]

“Rangers have admitted they should be punished because they have cheated consistently over the last number of years. They have tried to steal a march on other clubs. As a result, they have to receive the same punishment any other club would have got.

 

“It would be dangerous to just let Rangers drop one division as new club with no debt,” he said. “Let’s then say that Motherwell, just as an example, were in a bad way financially. They could just decide to go into administration, then liquidation if necessary, if they knew a precedent had been set where they would only drop into the First Division.”

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rangers-newco-even-third-division-will-object-to-club-s-presence-1-2382349

 

This guy is an idiot. Many clubs have gone into administration, paid pence in the pound to continue, and recieved only a points penalty.

 

Also, Rangers are not being punished for anything that has happened over the "last number of years". That's still under investigation.

[Bluedell 5,624]

“Rangers have admitted they should be punished because they have cheated consistently over the last number of years.

When did this happen!

 

It hasn't, which makes Douglas Rae a liar.

[TheWeeBlueDevil 0]

The club should challenge bullshit lies like that and force the press to apologise.

[der Berliner 3,744]

So can people name us cheaters unpunished now? Without any substantial evidence? Well, this is what happens when you have people getting their info from the unbiased and impartial media.

 

Would such a statement come under the legal scrutiny, for e.g. defamation/libel? Can we set our QC on somesuch?