What pleasantly surprises me is the sense shown by the 5%. This 5% is the respectable Rangers fan – the ones that your friends refer to as ‘a friend who’s a Rangers fan but he’s alright’ i.e. the ones that aren’t fully fledged ‘bears’ and upon posting on Rangers forums are from that day forward referred to as Declan. Some members of the exclusive 5% club have pointed out to ‘fellow bears’ how their actions are in fact detrimental to the wishes of Rangers fans themselves – to be able to sing what they want (references to religions and battles they could not care less about outwith Saturday’s).
I think I need not explain further the knock-on effects of these displays of total mopish behaviour and how this is actually affecting society as a whole. (What was formerly known as) ‘Hunnery’ is becoming dangerous and tapping into uncharted territory. As I explained before, Rangers are the new (or should I say old?) Celtic. Perhaps the Falkirk announcer should have referred to them as Offended FC.
P.S. Rangers Football Club was incorporated, therefore club and company were liquidated.
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Yet more rubbish. Rangers Football Club were not “liquidated” indeed the old operating company has not been liquidated yet..
BDO the liquidators themselves say this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18426943
Malcolm Cohen and James Stephen from financial company BDO have been appointed as Joint Liquidators. “It’s important to understand that the appointment of liquidators will not mean the end of football at Ibrox – only the end of the company that ran the club,” said Cohen.
Rangers Football Club recieved the old operating company that formerly ran the clubs membership,it was not a brand new membership,the old membership was simply transferred to the new company (newco) now running the club. This is why the history of the club is retained. A simple check of the official SFL website confirms this.
http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/club/rangers/
This explains the stance of the SFA/SPL.
http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/105857-live-q-and-a-stv-fields-your-questions-on-what-happens-now-for-rangers/
Comment From Guest Guest : ] What happens to the trophies won as Rangers FC, do they get transferred to the Newco?
STV Andy: If the SPL approve a transfer of share to admit a New Rangers then yes, the league titles would transfer over. The same applies to other trophies if the SFA membership is approved.
However, it is worth bearing in mind that the investigation into dual contracts is still ongoing and the SPL have said that stripping titles is a possible sanction.
[Comment From TheGreenMachine TheGreenMachine : ] STV Andy, I think you have that wrong…Once liquidated Rangers 1873 History ends…no transfer of honours….the newco is a newclub…and will have its own history.
STV Grant: TheGreenMachine, with respect, you are wrong. The viewpoint of the SPL is that all SPL history of Rangers would move to the new company. That is also similar for the Scottish FA, provided New Rangers were given the current club’s membership.
Which of course has now happened.
How about D and P?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LReADoPoUpY
“The Club will continue to operate as it has always done but within a new company structure.” – Paul Clark
“However, we should make it clear that Rangers Football Club will continue within a new company structure and the Club survives and will continue playing football at Ibrox.” – Paul Clark
There are many further examples of why Rangers Football Club remains,and why the history is retained and still shows on all official websites,but at the end of the day it does not really matter,no one who matters pays a blind bit of notice to forums such as this,run by supporters of smaller clubs driven by jealousy and an obsession for all things Rangers and the history of Rangers,however there will always be supporters only to willing to put such people right on the facts…and btw Rangers have had three operating companies now,in 1899,1981 and 2012,it makes no difference to the club itself what company happens to be running it,Rangers are now run by the Rangers Football Club Ltd,and not Rangers Football Club Plc which was the company that used to run the club..
Supreme High Court Judge Lord Glennie made the distinction between the company and the club in the recent litigation between Rangers and the SFA.
http://www.scotcourt…2CSOH/%2095.html
This is a petition for judicial review by the Rangers Football Club plc, a company presently in administration. That company presently operates Rangers Football Club (to whom I shall refer as “Rangers”).
So there you have it,jealous fans of other smaller clubs can continue to obsess over all things Rangers,we fans will concentrate on our own club and enjoy rebuilding our 140 year old club in the lower leagues,our 115 major honours will keep us happy meantime,and of course,nothing to stop us adding to it.
You can convince yourself all you want that the company will be liquidated and the club has continued. Rangers 1872 were a club that were incorporated in 1899, changing it to a private limited company and went under the name Rangers Football Club Ltd – hence the name on the gates of Ibrox for the love of god. In the 1980s, Rangers were floated on the stock market and became Rangers plc. Rangers Football Club, the idea that Rangers fans have of all footballing sides of the company, can not be bought or transferred. What was transferred to the new company was football stadium, a training ground and a car park, as well as a few players and staff. It’s strange how given you are the same club UEFA do not recognise this as you are not fit to play European football for 3 years. Rangers then. Sevco 5088. The Rangers now. Scotland’s newest club.