Mark Walters 206 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 http://www.<No links to this website>/sport/football/rangers-are-being-bullied-out-of-scotland-1542827#.UPkmntp7vN1.twitterTREATED like pariahs and not welcome in their own country. Rangers owe Scottish football nothing.So is it any wonder Ibrox chief executive Charles Green is now exploring a way out?My old club has become the black sheep of the Scottish game. They’ve been like a child in school, bullied from pillar to post.Eventually, that child wants to leave for a different school. Suddenly, it’s not a nice place to be.Apart from the clubs and officials in the Third Division, the rest of Scottish football has offered little in the way of support as the club attempts to recover from liquidation.For some reason, they are still being treated with hostility from people within the game. So it’s no surprise to me that Green is exploring other avenues in England. He’s entitled to do so.Anything the previous regime at Rangers did wrong is in the past – and that’s where it should have been left. The club took whatever punishments came its way – and the staff at Ibrox are still paying for it now.For the sake of the game, everyone should have wanted to move forward together. But that seems to be a problem for some. That notion couldn’t be further from their minds.Rangers are one of the most powerful clubs in the UK when you consider their fan base alone. That brings wealth to the game.But not being asked to sit around the table when the SFA, SPL and SFL met to discuss the reconstruction plans was yet another indication that they’re not wanted in Scotland.It was another slap in the face for the club and the supporters. It would appear they aren’t welcome in their own country, which is a sad state of affairs.Why should anyone stay somewhere they aren’t welcome?It’s time for Rangers to explore different possibilities and, certainly, the Conference in England is one of them. Green is right to consider his options.Like any club out there, they must look to better themselves at every opportunity. To become bigger and stronger.The only way to do that is to look at how they can improve on a commercial level – and that’s what Green is doing. England looks like the best avenue and it’s attractive to every club outwith that country.They have excellent organisation down there and, because of the quality of product, the marketing potential is huge. So Rangers are wise in exploring something new.Believe me, the majority of the Conference sides would welcome Rangers with open arms. They only need to look at how they’ve impacted on the Third Division.They will know all about the financial rewards Rangers and their supporters could bring to their clubs.And the Conference could offer Rangers a pathway to the top flight of English football.Green is clearly looking for an exit strategy, a way out of Scottish football, and I think he’s right to do it. He also appears confident that something can be done.And it could happen. There are obstacles to be overcome and we know these things don’t happen quickly. But if the Conference clubs are unanimous in wanting Rangers, that would be a start.Then you add Green’s will power and desire to make it happen. He’s clearly a man of action and when he wants something, he doesn’t hold back in trying to get it. He’s already proved that.It’s definitely a route worth investigating. In fact, it’s something Rangers should have looked at a long time ago.They should have been probing all the time but Green is the man yet again who is exploring it with some fervour. He’ll put wheels in motion and make the right calls to the right people.I would think the next step would be Green meeting up with Conference representatives and seeing how they feel about it. For the clubs down there, it would increase their revenues and have major spin-offs.I’m an Englishman but I’m only interested in the benefits it would bring to Rangers as a club. It would be a huge loss to Scottish football, no one can dispute that.I’ve heard people say that if Rangers and Celtic left, it could be the saviour of the Scottish game because the league would become more competitive.But when you take two massive, worldwide brands and institutions out of a country, it automatically makes it weaker. That would be the case, even outside of football.The Scottish game is famous for the Old Firm derby. That’s it.Outside of Scotland, all it is known for is Rangers v Celtic, not Hibs v Hearts or Aberdeen or any other clubs winning a trophy.It’s all about the Old Firm up here. And without it, there’s nothing left. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topgoalie 637 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Well said Mark,fighting Rangers corner per usual,pity there are not more like you in the media circle...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymcg1986 259 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Well said bout time he spoke from the heart Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue1872 463 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Spot on Mark, very well put. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearethemighty 186 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Well said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVB 2,560 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Why does he feel the need to bring the child molesting bheasts into it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Walters 206 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Why does he feel the need to bring the child molesting bheasts into it?I hate that they are always mentioned in the same breath as us too, but pundits/ex players are so set in their ways as seeing us as one entity of force up here that they do it without thought. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephants stoned 2,994 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Great piece by Mark, as much as i hate to think of Rangers as 'victims' the spl/sfa are trying to bully us, of that there can be no doubt but Charles Green, Ally McCoist, Malcom Murray are not men to be cowed by bullys and Rangers are not a club to take things lying down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearethemighty 186 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 The scum want to be regarded as the most succesful club side in the world hence the reason they want titles taken away from us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephants stoned 2,994 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 The scum want to be regarded as the most succesful club side in the world hence the reason they want titles taken away from us.Rangers are the most succesful club in world football, Linfield are the second most succesful club in world football, fuck knows where the mhanks are, but its nowhere near the Proddy clubs Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topgoalie 637 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Notice how it takes an Englishman to state the facts,so c'mon all you fair minded Scottish journo's where are you????????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Absolutely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncybear 43 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Don't agree we are being bullied. We're being blackmailed. There is a difference. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabawsa 888 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I am sure a certain ex-journo from the same newspaper will be giving Big Mark some PR tips and how to drip feed specific items and agendas back through his old place of work.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwhiteandblue 3,330 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Could only read the first couple lines of that.Too little too late Mark. Should have stuck up for us at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Wonder If Richard Gough thinks the same? Or does he think we should just "move on"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougie76 15,359 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 There's only one way to deal with bullies Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Walters 206 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Wonder If Richard Gough thinks the same? Or does he think we should just "move on"?Gough retracted that comment the following day I'm sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,582 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Wonder If Richard Gough thinks the same? Or does he think we should just "move on"?Pointless thing to bring up right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reformation Bear 6,453 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Good article other than the assessment of bullying. Blackmail - yes; actively harmed - yes; disrespectully treated - yes; plainly not wanted in Scotland - yes. If I'm being picky (which I am) then attempted bullying would have fitted better because as we've proved and will continue to prove we stand up for ourselves, defend our rights, history, achievement and of course our titles and these are not the acts of someone who is bullied. That said, the general thrust of the article is appeciated. By standing firm against those who seek to harm; and by also exploring with directness, energy and determination the alternatives that are possible or which could be made possible we will work our way back to the top and into CL football by moving out or by making it work here. It would, I think, be a huge mistake for the SPL,SFA and indeed the SFL leadership and the media to think that Rangers will not be determined to get the very best football and commercial outcome for Rangers and if that meant difficulty for others then I'd regard that as tough shit as they say. If we stay in Scotland the active harm lot will be put at our footstool by our achievements. And if we leave for better football and commercial opportunities then the active harm lot and indeed the rest the wreckage of Scottish football will be left behind but not forgotten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 The scum want to be regarded as the most succesful club side in the world hence the reason they want titles taken away from us.But they wouldn't be... off the top of my head I think Pénarol of Uruguay are up there.And Linfield. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 It's the best thing I've read/heard him write/say. Sadly, it is a little late, but I won't reject another high profile recruit, if belatedly so, to the cause. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaujolais 1,371 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 It's the best thing I've read/heard him say. Sadly, it is a little late, but I won't reject another high profile recruit, if belatedly so, to the cause.Fully agree with this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchieshearercaldow 22,241 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 "the club attempts to recover from liquidation"The only piece I dissagree with, the cub wasn't "liquidated" the company was Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 "the club attempts to recover from liquidation"The only piece I dissagree with, the cub wasn't "liquidated" the company wasFurthermore, the asset sale took place before, not as part of, liquidation, which may actually not have happened yet.Yet you still read the term liquidated being linked to us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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