Gandalf the Blue 1,384 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Former Scottish FA president George Peat says a club chairman urged him "not to help Rangers in any way" amid a fixture backlog in 2008. The Ibrox side were competing on three fronts near the end of season 2007-08, having already won the League Cup. They lost the Uefa Cup final to Zenit St Petersburg and finished second to celtic in the Scottish Premier League but won the Scottish Cup. "The prominent club asked me not to and I refused," Peat told BBC Scotland. Rangers played five games over 11 days at the end of the 2007-08 season, with the SPL responsible for the league fixture scheduling and the SFA having oversight of the Scottish Cup. The Ibrox side had two league games in hand and the finale to the SPL campaign was delayed for top-half sides from 18 May to 22 May so all six teams finished on the same day. After losing to Zenit in Manchester on 14 May, Rangers played rearranged league fixtures against Motherwell (17 May) and St Mirren (19 May) before losing against Aberdeen on 22 May as celtic beat Dundee United to finish top of the table with a three-point lead. Rangers then beat Queen of the South in the Scottish Cup final two days later. When discussing his presidency from 2007-11, Peat was asked about what disappointments he had from his time with the SFA. And he explained: "There were certain things that disappointed me. One in particular disappointed me. "I remember when Rangers got to the final in Manchester. I got a phone call from a prominent chairman of a club requesting me not to help Rangers in any way. "And it so happened that I had already had a meeting with Lex Gold at the SPL because what we were willing to do was to extend the season because of the fixture pile-up that Rangers had and I was most disappointed when I got back to the office to receive this call to ask me not to help them in any way. "That really stuck in my throat." Bitter bastards Blumhoilann 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philiprfc 1,799 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Video Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKai 439 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Was just about to post this. He needs to name who it was..! Copland bear 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM1872 3,708 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Thought we already knew this. We know who the club was anyway. The words jealousy and hatred spring to mind. Blumhoilann 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg1872 6 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Yep we already knew this but disgusting nonetheless. Glad he has spoken out on it but he should name Liewell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mitre_mouldmaster 21,509 Posted September 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 minute ago, bg1872 said: Yep we already knew this but disgusting nonetheless. Glad he has spoken out on it but he should name Liewell. It was the 'chairman' not the CEO. If I am getting my dates correct, the chairman at the time was none other than John Reid. BridgeIsBlue, gogzy, Bobby Hume and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillySastard 238 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Forever in our shadow and they know it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cushynumber 25,178 Posted September 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2018 he cant name the club - he would get sued immediately as he has no proof and its one word against another. We all know who it is. Another repellent act from the most repellent club ever to be shat into existence. jintybear, Scottywellhousetb, chris182 and 36 others 39 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyc06 6,915 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Playing 5 games in 11 days was him helping us? ?♂️ Begby, Helicopter Sundae and Lord Lockin 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BridgeIsBlue 66,606 Posted September 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2018 Tour of Japan anyone? Reformation Bear, Bears r us, Terry Hurlock Loyal and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helicopter Sundae 5,988 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 12 minutes ago, philiprfc said: Video If this shit was the other way around and Septic were in our position, they would be marching on George Square tonight and there would be fucking riots. FACT! eejay the dj and Blueofblood 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helicopter Sundae 5,988 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, scottyc06 said: Playing 5 games in 11 days was him helping us? ?♂️ With friends like that who needs enemies? scottyc06 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman36 3,455 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Think the use of the term "prominent" pretty much confirms who it was, although realistically who else would it be anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cr3_bear 14,862 Posted September 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2018 Surely no thinks that sporting integrity fc are behind this. They are too busy giving handouts to charity , fighting for Palestine and helping grannies cross the road to get involved in such matters. Bigdave30, billscott, CoatbridgeBear and 7 others 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Drumloyal 14,967 Posted September 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, BridgeIsBlue said: Tour of Japan anyone? Only if there's no funerals to exploit mate. RZA83, Real Ranger, Bears and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanjo 26,328 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Wouldn't surprise me if it was Dundee United. they were raging we won the LC because of Eddie Thomson. The easy guess here is John Reid. magic8ball and Bad Robot 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd9her 307 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Pretty sure the club in question threatened to sue the SFA if they extended the season. If they did extend it we could have ended up with the quadrangle afterall. Would have been the greatest season in our history big blue Fin and Blumhoilann 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bordersbear 1,105 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Bitter, twisted, kiddie fiddling no mark of a club. We all know who it was! JohnHardie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanhentze 14,089 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 No surprise. Meanwhile in Russia, Zenit got the week off. cushynumber, dougie76 and Helicopter Sundae 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg1872 6 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Reid, Petrie and Thompson will all have been calling at the same time. So whoever got through first. Bears and Helicopter Sundae 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, johanhentze said: No surprise. Meanwhile in Russia, Zenit go the week off. I think we got 3 days as we played on the 10th - Zenit got the entire week. i remember even Advocaat commenting on it Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,006 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 20 minutes ago, cr3_bear said: Surely no thinks that sporting integrity fc are behind this. They are too busy giving handouts to charity , fighting for Palestine and helping grannies cross the road to get involved in such matters. More importantly, rehiring known paedos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ForeverAndEver 71,500 Posted September 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2018 Could be worse, could use the death of a former player to postpone a game while his opponents on that day played three days later... TheCutch, RZA83, The No.9 and 10 others 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisley Blue Loyal 11,178 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 20 minutes ago, cr3_bear said: Surely no thinks that sporting integrity fc are behind this. They are too busy giving handouts to charity , fighting for Palestine and helping grannies cross the road to get involved in such matters. Don't forget the free tampons Ffs for their poor wee downtrodden season ticket holders who can't afford to buy their own ?? cr3_bear and jintybear 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post King Jela 20,361 Posted September 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2018 So there was a clear agenda against Rangers? Who’s to say there isn’t one anymore? We’re just paranoid though.. True Hair Bear, alibali59, BridgeIsBlue and 6 others 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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