Johnny Hubbard

so we are not at the Mercy of people like Whyte and the stock market

well it's given an excuse for our enemies to have a go........"outburst" etc. The comments column was predictable

All the wee capitalist toadies touching their forelocks to the board might suit the right wing nut jobs and board plants on here who are intent on serving their masters. Notice is served......your P45's are in the post. "Capital is dead labour, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks." The PEOPLE will own our club.....your time is up

article in the Herald

By Colin Duncan Supporters Direct chief calls on Rangers fans to unite and steer club into fan control 1 Feb 2014 07:56 PAUL GOODWIN believes the Light Blues legions could own the Ibrox club within 18 months following successful attempts by Hearts and Motherwell. Paul Goodwin SUPPORTERS DIRECT chief Paul Goodwin believes Rangers fans can assume control of their troubled club within 18 months. Goodwin, the head of SD in Scotland, has long championed the importance of community ownership within our national game. And he is convinced the Ibrox faithful can overthrow the current regime – providing they mobilise themselves into one powerful movement and start pulling in the same direction. At the moment there are four main fan organisations – The Rangers Supporters Trust, The Rangers Assembly, The Rangers Supporters Association and the Sons of Struth – with all groups battling for supremacy. But Goodwin, who helped oversee fan buy-outs at Stirling Albion, Clyde, Dunfermline and East Stirling has called for them to unite as one. Indeed, given the lack of trust in the current board, the lack of transparency, the current climate of financial uncertainty along Edmiston Drive and the plunging share price, he reckons this is an ideal opportunity to get the bandwagon rolling. Goodwin said: “I believe if the Rangers fans united, and that is the key, into one cohesive unit there is no reason why they can’t own the club within 18 months. “At the moment we have 8000 Hearts supporters paying £20 a month as they move towards fan ownership and if you have 20,000 Rangers fans doing the same you can go out and buy shares because it is a liquid market. “The simple maths say 20,000 fans paying £20 a month would give you £4.8million in a year. “It just needs the right type of people to pull that together and that is the hard part for Rangers. “I don’t have any doubt it can be done. SD have been working in conjunction with clubs right across Europe. “In Greece you have Olympiakos and Panathinaikos and there are plenty of clubs in Spain, Poland and France who are also going down this route. “Hearts are the biggest we know of in this country going down the route of fan ownership at the moment.” The Rangers share price has plummeted in recent months, from 70p to just 26p and for just over £4m, fans would be able to command a 25 per cent stake in the club. And Goodwin insists the Ibrox outfit’s supporters have nothing to lose pursuing the community ownership route having given their backing to the Craig Whyte and Charles Green regimes with catastrophic consequences. He said: “I believed that Rangers being placed into administration represented a significant window of opportunity to buy the club. “Of course, as we know, this didn’t happen for a variety of reasons; mostly because for many years the fans had been divided and ruled by previous owners of the club and had been left without a united voice, forced to pick sides in amongst political infighting. “Time has moved on and Rangers have unfortunately continued to be dogged by further challenges at the back end of the administration process. “It could have been so different if a credible fans’ bid had been used to galvanise the Ibrox faithful as we have seen at Dundee, Dunfermline Athletic, Portsmouth down in England and of course at Hearts. “Rangers supporters in the past have been used to following leaders whether it be Paul Murray, Craig Whyte or somebody else. “This is breaking the mould and now they don’t have to follow anybody. “What can the objection be? “It can give the fans the empowerment to pick exactly who they want to represent them. “We have four clubs in Scotland that are currently fan owned and we have another four waiting in the wings – Annan, Ayr, Motherwell and Hearts. It is the way forward because there is no other route.” Goodwin confirmed he has already spoken with supporters’ representatives from Rangers. He said: “I have been talking with them over the past 10 days and I will continue that dialogue to see whether there is something we can do. “There is a real opportunity here and I don’t think there is anything to lose. “We can advise and consult but it is ultimately up to them. “Some people have to emerge from the shadows and then we can give them all the support possible.” Goodwin was speaking at the launch of ‘The Colour of our Scarves’ initiative which has been organised by Supporters Direct to help highlight the issue of sectarianism. World renowned photographer Stuart Roy Clarke has been commissioned to produce a series of images captured at every senior ground in Scotland. The project has been funded by the Scottish government and Goodwin is hoping the sectarianism problem can be tackled through imagery rather than words. He said: “We wanted to try to demonstrate through Stuart’s amazing pictures that all fans are the same, apart from the scarves around their necks. “It is the same emotions that bind us all together and that was the reasons behind the project. “We are going round every single ground and also doing loads of workshops in schools and colleges. “It is becoming less of an issue but you need to keep working at it.” Clarke, who singled out Aberdeen as his favourite fans to photograph, has been amazed by the reaction to his pictures which will be on show at a touring exhibition around the country over the next 18 months. He said: “The response has been overwhelming. “While I like banter and edginess I don’t like hatred so hopefully this project can make a small difference to a big problem.” http://www.dailyreco...rangers-3100404

must be recent I've been to a few education dept. in service at Ibrox...(over 3 years ago)

"Thommo ?"

they'd be even less happy of the consequences if we ran out of money

There certainly was a coordinated attack on McCoist last weekend. It started with Gibbons in the Scotsman, continued with Grant in the Herald and the Speirs and this tit Stewart on BBC. At the same time we had a thread on here and the VB article (which I haven't read) I could criticise a lot of the performances but I think amongst our own support there are those whos heads are so far up the boards arse, that they are using Aly as a lightning rod to divert attention from the failings of those running the club seems to be the same lot attempting to rubbish Dave King

this is what Jam Tarts have done we need to do the same We THE PEOPLE need to own the club

I'm wondering why the Easdales are on the board. They don't have enough shares to be a controlling interest..........Laxy have many more shares...so who's representing them on the board ? Green hasn't sold his shares to the Easdales and I've no idea who's behind Laxy have you ?

Is Steven Whittaker much better than Lee Wallace? I would say Whittaker is about half the player Wallace is

so sell Wallace and last another month !

are the easdales ?

Green hasn't sold his shares to the Easdales. So someone is pulling their strings.....Laxey seems to be the most powerful shareholder...who are they fronting for ?

you're right and we are now reduced to selling our assets why can't people see that ?

builders Lawrence flats at the corner of Dumbreck RD. and St. Andrews drive

the SFA have got a ban against them too. They all got it wrong with us and it's time they faced up to it. Clubs with problems should be supported like Portsmouth were in England Hearts should be given every help possible by the SFA and SPFL

I thought that as well...................is their something that could explode ?

right enough............supporters getting fucked about

He was impressive with them before I remember we put the shackles on him with 3 different players giving it to him heavy in one game If they can keep Boyd, with eremko as a playmaker.......I reckon Killie will put up a good show wouldn't mind having both of them

so we can't do what Dortmund, barca etc. have done ! with that attitude the Tsar would still be ruling Russia, Batista running Cuba, we can't do what the Germans or Spanish have done.............away an' chase yersels, fuckin' bams right wing, touch your forelock toadies infecting the 'Gers support to quote John Brown...."who are Rangers ?....YOU are fucking Rangers !"

correct

is 4 months a standard amount of time to go through a business ?

we'll have to go down that road eventually