ian1964 10,831 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Yes, Sevco. Yes, a different club. Yes, it matters. Debates will, and do, rage about the legal status and definition of a club and thereâ??s a brand new conversation happening in Scotland over which components are required for a club to exist. However, most of it doesnâ??t really matter in the overall picture, because the heart of this story has nothing to do with combing through football regulations to define a club, at the heart of it is injustice. This is about injustice, and everyone who continues to use the word Sevco instead of Rangers is standing up to it. Respect to you all. Rangers Football Club was founded in 1872 and went bust in 2012 owing millions of pounds to 276 creditors, including the taxman. Please, read that again. Millions of pounds, 276 creditors. They will never be paid. The new guy at the helm, Charles Green, took up his part in the pantomime in 2012 when he bought the assets of Rangers for a small £5.5m and formed the NewCo. The original name of the company, Sevco Scotland Limited, was later changed to The Rangers Football Club. Yes, the new team plays at Ibrox. Yes, the new team plays in blue. Yes, the same supporters go to see them and yes, that is probably satisfactory enough for those supporters to believe it is the same club. Thatâ??s understandable. What isnâ??t understandable is the turning of a blind eye to the carnage left behind by old Rangers. The mess left by the club was shameful. Rather than acknowledge the extent of the damage caused by this sorry episode to Scottish football â?? and society, remember that the taxman was left out of pocket, as were a number of public services â?? the reaction of the NewCo has been to act with complete defiance and the fans have a renewed love of the â??We Are The Peopleâ? slogan. Sevco is not a demoted Rangers. Rangers went out of business. The club went bust. Sevco is a new club and rules were created on-the-go by the SFA to accommodate it. Sevco is lucky to be in the Third Division, other small clubs which have paid their dues should have been ahead of them. And yes, the club has thousands upon thousands of fans and had the SFA followed the rules that were already in place it would have left those fans without a club to follow this season. It is pretty unthinkable, but imagining my local High Street without Woolworths was unthinkable once as well. Me, the customer, I lost out because of a financial crisis that I played no part in. However, rules werenâ??t rewritten because the situation was unfair to the loyal customers. Itâ??s the ruthless nature of business, it just doesnâ??t seem to apply to Rangers. Football is a sport, bending over backwards to accommodate a club, or its many fans, makes the validity of the competition questionable. The mainstream media is not reflecting the truth of this story and is largely happy to go with the â??same old Rangersâ? line without significant challenge. Thankfully, Scottish football fans arenâ??t so forgiving. They see the fundamental injustice of this saga and find the same-club claim insulting. Now that the internet has provided the platform and the tools to bypass the mainstream media, donâ??t expect those fans to get any quieter about it. The word Sevco matters. History is not just about the trophies won on the pitch, itâ??s about conducting business properly, fairly and within the rules. Rangers didnâ??t play the whole game and it will be another injustice if we allow ourselves to forget it. http://angelahaggerty.com/why-the-word-sevco-matters/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Well that's a hate filled bitter piece if ever I've read one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Moon 1,547 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Must be terrible to be so hate filled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Moon 1,547 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Not a coincidence that we both simultaneously used the phrase hate filled, GA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuznetsov 0 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) hinting that the sfa actually done us a favour. hahahahahahah what an idiot. this is the sort of crap which will be peddalled for years to come by those who hate us through pure bigotry. she has also congratulated montrose on their programme lies. http://twitter.com/AngelaHaggerty/status/280274503752359937/photo/1 why is angela so bothered and so full of hate for as she says a "new club" ? :-/ we should have no enemies and no rivals. Edited December 16, 2012 by kuznetsov Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy dewhurst 0 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 is this the best they can do quite pathetic i think Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,132 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 To be expected from the "editor" of the failed social workers "book". Wonder where she learned her particular brand of hate filled bigotry from? Was it in the home, in the school or in the Chapel, my bet is all three. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I do think we should consider not posting these kind of articles, it's all about look for reaction i'm sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 They've took all my comments off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 They've took all my comments off. What were they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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