Decisions against Gers driven by """"bigotry""""

[dummiesoot 16,006]

As the harry enfield character said "I'm from Yorkshire me, I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say."

[Gers1690 194]

To be fair, if I supported a diddy club I too would want the Scottish Giants and Scottish Pride sent down... and that would be through bitter jealousy.

[wimmfre 3]

Re: Charles Green

Rangers: 'Some decisions driven by

bigotry', says Charles Green

Charles Green

has suggested that bigotry was among the motives for punishing the new Rangers

for the misdemeanours of the old Ibrox club.

Rangers' chief executive was speaking as his new club started life in the

Ramsdens Cup against Brechin City.

He was critical of the decision to deny the club a place in the top flight.

"Some of it has been driven by bigotry, some of its been driven by jealousy and some of its been driven by all the wrong motives," he said.

Rangers went into administration last season and Green's Sevco consortium

created a new company after failing to prevent the old one being liquidated.

Scottish Premier League clubs voted against accepting the new club into the

top flight and the Scottish Football League clubs voted them into Division Three

instead of the First Division.

The Scottish Football Association said Rangers would only be given membership

if they accepted sanctions for unpaid football debts by the oldco.

Green's consortium accepted those, but issues relating to media rights and an

SPL investigation into how the old Rangers paid players in the previous decade

held up the process to such an extent that only a conditional membership was

given to allow them to face Brechin while more negotiations take place.

"My frustration's been, after 30 years of business, I have never experienced

anything like the last three months," he said.

"Some of the business decisions that have been made really have been

nonsensical from a business point of view.

"One of the meetings I went to, one of the reasons why

SPL chairmen were under pressure to do something with Rangers was they wouldn't

buy season tickets until Rangers were thrown out of the league."

Asked to expand on what he meant by bigotry, Green turned to pressure placed

on SPL clubs by their own fans not to allow the new club into the top flight.

"We've got a position whereby Rangers were thrown out of the league and these

clubs are still appealing with fans to buy season tickets," he said.

"What's happened with Rangers, as an outsider looking in, although I am now

an insider, is absolutely incredible where it seems to me the whole of Scotland

have wanted to kick this giant club while it was down.

"I think justice has been done. The club were fined 10 points, it received an

£190,000 fine, it was then put out the SPL, it was then put down to the Third

Division, it has had to pay all the Scottish club debts, which wouldn't normally

happen for a newco to be obliged to pay oldco's debts.

"We're also now paying European debts and there is still potential cloud

hanging over the club from the SPL over EBT issues.

"I had meetings last week with some Uefa officials who say this is

unprecedented in Europe."

So far there has been no response from the SPL to Green's comments

[SpidermansGaffer 2,552]

Once again...

He's Blue, he's White,

He disnae stand for shite,

Charlie Green, Charlie Green!!!

Well played Mr Green ?

[nachothelegend 1,932]

I've heard this kind of sentiment trotted out several times before but after consideration I just don't buy it.

Whether we like it or not we've got a rogue element in our support. They've been trying throughout this whole sorry period to damage the club and it's recovery.

With so many other things going back to basics; now is the time to get rid of these guys. Get them weeded out so that our support is healthier going forward as well as our finances.

The RST and the MD FF cabal are not Rangers fans as far as I'm concerned. We'd be so much better off without them.

FF and RST have shown their hand during our troubles amd without doubt there is a rogue element amongst them.

Us in Div 3 will no doubt try their patience ,and that could send them over the edge.

[joker69 60]

The fightback begins Bears.

What a cracking statement really starting to believe in him finally someone in our corner.

Been a great day.

[Stoorie 1,088]

Shite quote I know but "if they are not with us, then they are against us".

It's about time some fans just backed the club, manager, owner.

But after the things we've just went through, I can understand the views of some.

Is it time to trust yet, or am I getting a bit ahead of myself?

[Canadaready 9,437]

Straight to his point I think.

[Pontius Pilate 21]

FF and RST have shown their hand during our troubles amd without doubt there is a rogue element amongst them.

Us in Div 3 will no doubt try their patience ,and that could send them over the hedge.

Fixed.

[WilliamFyfe 1,438]

he was probably shocked at the level of hatred and bigotry for us there is up here

I agree. I reckon he thought we'd of been kept in the SPL also then seen the hatred

[sergio 1,199]

At last someone out there telling it like it is, I think the tide is turning, even Davie Provan said that the decision to put Rangers out of the SPL was done out of Jealousy.

Today was a great day, and coupled by the crowd they cunts got against Inter Milan yesterday, made it a wonderful weekend.

Come on the Finns ... get tore into those cunts on Wednesday.

HEAVY JOHN KNEW

[corkinator 611]

At last, the truth is outed.

[Carsons Dog 9,878]

Bingo

[cambyloyal 20]

At last someone out there telling it like it is, I think the tide is turning, even Davie Provan said that the decision to put Rangers out of the SPL was done out of Jealousy.

Today was a great day, and coupled by the crowd they cunts got against Inter Milan yesterday, made it a wonderful weekend.

Come on the Finns ... get tore into those cunts on Wednesday.

HEAVY JOHN KNEW

Heavy john knew

Quality

[TheBoyDave 123]

Well said Charles Green but like when Ally McCoist recently spoke out about the SPL the tim journalists accused him of pandering to the fans and will likely say the same about Charles Green.I remember Celtic's Gary Hooper not long after arrived in Scotland stated referees could not wait to give decisions against Celtic because they are a big team.Not one journalist said Gary Hooper was pandering to the fans.

[Thermopylae 15,286]

I suppose my feelings are a little mixed I definitely do believe that he has been taken aback by the venom that has came our way from the rest of Scottish football although I can't help also feeling that to an extent he is playing to the gallery by saying what he knows we want to hear.

Still broadly positive about him though

[harry handsome 629]

Let's await the usual suspects having a go at him the way they have with the manager.

The Yorkshire mafia know how to handle upstarts.

I firmly believe we could now be standing on the verge of dismantling the republican cabal that has positioned itself in charge of Scottish football.

Still unsure of CG but that could be as a result of how we have been treated by previous owners AND directors/board members.