TheFarmer

Prince of Wales? Get tae, he's the Duke of Rothesay to us.

Thought that c*unt wrote for the Telegraph?

Definetly want dave king involved, if that means PM too dosent bother me.

If they went with two leagues of 20, with the biggest 40 clubs in Europe (Stadium, local fanbase, worldwide appeal, attendance, etc), we'd be in there no bother.

+1 Having been to Hamburgs ground, the whole CF should be rail seating. Anyone whos a ST holder in there should be given first choice if they want to retain their place, or they can get the choice of a decent seat elsewhere.

Would be worthwhile finances wise if at home. If we offered any extra tickets to those willing to buy season tickets, we'd sell out of season tickets!

Any VB admin want to PM me? I signed up for the forum a while back but still cant post.

McMurdo's a fud, he'll probably be buzzing we're discussing him again.

Officially Airdrie United were founded in 1965 according to the SFL website. Sadly since the merger the SPFL have caved in and claim they were formed in 2002.

Wait, so you're saying Green and Co didn't actually put in the £5.5m to buy the club? Genuine question?

Mather has done well in the small amount of time he has been CEO. Walter wants him to stay, that's good enough for me.

Running costs of £30m + in a season? in the fourth tier? If that's the case it just confirms to me that the board needs a massive overhaul.

I'm guessing your one of the ones that trusted Whyte well into administration due to there being no audited accounts?

Yes confirmed by the companies financial director. If you believe that a club in Scotland's third/fourth tier should be spending £30m+ in 12 months then you are deluded.

No it is a fact that the £22m IPO money and all of last seasons ST money (£10m) has been spent. The definition of 'pissing away money' for a club in the fourth/third tier of Scottish football.

You said you wished Walter would come out in a definite direction. He has. He is for all the changes proposed by the McColl camp, except the possible retention of Mather.

Where has the £22m IPO money gone then, if we only have £10m ST money in the bank? Obviously we can only speculate on what it was spent on until the AGM, but a sizeable chunk of it was almost certainly 'pissed away'.

Walter supports the removal of the board and the appointment of Biln and P. Murray. Although he wants a compromise to allow Mather to stay.

As I said above as soon as you start talking about making money it becomes unviable. None of the german teams make a profit out of their membership schemes. The members control the club and pay around 50-60 euros a year for the privilage (say £45 on average at todays exchange rates) They also get decent doscounts at the club shop, along with a free matchday programme at every home game and discounted match tickets.

No chance we would get 50,000 signing up if all you got was: Priority home match tickets £5 off home match tickets Membership card Half price tour Select discounts at megastore To get big numbers of members the membership scheme needs full control of the club. I.e. 50%+ of the shares. Where membership schemes are sucessful in european football, they are not there to make money. As soon as you start talking about making money it isnt going to be a sucess.

A membership scheme wont work well unless its of the German model. The english model used by man united and liverpool proves this, both massive clubs with shit membership numbers due to the membership not owning a shareholding.

He played as a trialist, as much a rangers player as Nicky Law if for example Law never played for us again.

Mark

During all the hysteria last year I think every newspaper used the term new club without actually establishing the facts, most have since been put in their place by various SFA, SPL, SFL, SPFL, UEFA, ECA, ASA rulings that have confirmed the fact that the club only changed hands. It seems more like individuals like Spiers and Roddy Forsyth, among others, that spout this nonsense these days. Vast minority, though it does make it easy to identify the Rangers haters.

Anyone complaining use this link: http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/rangers/ How can a club founded in 1872 according to the relevant footballing authorities be considered a 'New Club' Catrina? I think you may mean the New Company, or even holding company as the shares Sandy Easdale bought were in the holding company: Rangers International Football Club Plc.