It is always a story when the football club has to “dive into the transfer market” at the last minute.
However, what happened to Sevco in the 24 hours immediately before their match against Villa Real rather put a new meaning on that phrase.
It really is beyond parody.
Today, a reliable source unearthed me from the Word Mines.
He told me that he wanted to fill me in…
And I thought we were close!
He told me that the new retail wheeze undertaken by Sevco will almost certainly result in another court case.
For the avoidance of doubt, the new outlet has been arranged without the agreement of Sports Direct.
General Ashley’s people have communicated to the Sevco High Command that if they want out of the current deal then it will cost them £4m.
Moreover, that doesn’t include the price for the unsold stock and the recent legal bill.
It is almost as if the folk at Sevco simply don’t care.
It’s really bizarre.
As of Tuesday morning, Big Mike was getting his best legal people to prepare a case on this one.
Therefore, JD Sports were well advised to turn down Sevco’s offer to come in on this enterprise.
Quite simply, they didn’t want to cross Big Mike.
Meanwhile, the long-suffering auditors at Campbell Dallas are looking at major holes and a sea of red ink.
Last year it was NOAL, but impecuniosity did for that ruse in open court.
Now Mr King will need another conjurer’s flourish this year.
Of course, none of this matters to the klan.
Mr Gerrard has made a decent fist of his first stint in management so far.
The European revenue is of huge assistance in paying the bills, but this has been achieved through substantial overspending.
Until the financial buffers are impacted then the foregoing will be of little importance to them.
The rest of us have seen this Ibrox movie before.
We know how it ends.
Now, I have another chapter to finish…
Madden takes cheating to an unprecedented level and in broad daylight to boot.
Lets see how Sportscene spins this one.
A two footed tackle, waist high, both feet off the ground, cutting Edouard in half, yet Madden waves play on!
Yet another inexplicable decision from an official. One of these decisions, or non decisions, will cist Celtic 3 points or result in w cup exit.
The cheats have to be called out.
Why doesn’t the invisible man, Fleming, have a Monday morning press conference where he can explain any controversial decisions made by his officials and let us know what they saw or not?
Fat chance I know because we have the worst referees in Europe , led by a ex referee who himself was a joke in his day.
The rules of football have been subverted in Scotland, we are playing to a different set of rules.
Maxwell’s short reign as CEO is already a disaster as is that of his Compliance Officer.
Doncaster has exposed the SPFL as a laughing stock with the League Cup timings.
If it all goes tits up, and it will, Police Scotland, BT Sport and Doncaster will have a case to answer for decisions that completely ignore the paying customer.
It’s time somebody made the glib one pay for his blase attitude towards actually carrying out business in an ethical and moral way. Hope magic Mike takes him the whole 9 yards and then some. HH
So looks like SPFL Doncaster and BT are the only people happy with the timing of the league cup semis.
Complete disregard for fans as per usual.
What about the inhabitants of Mount Florida, inundated with football fans from 10 in the morning till, potentially, midnight?
What about the policing costs? Overtime all round for the boys in blue, that will take a whack away from the monies to be split between the semi finalists.
7.45pm on a Sunday night? Are the SPFL trying to drive fans away?
Maxwell must be creasing himself as attention is shifted from the rule changes introduced to Scottish football under his watch.
Just what credentials do he and his Compliance Officer bring to the table?
Does anyone know?
The consequences of these timings could be seismic. Was the end of October weather forecast taken into account?
It’s so, so wrong in so many ways. Would be no surprise if Aberdeen, Hearts and even Celtic don’t sell out their allocations because of the kick off times.
If the BT contract was bringing sqillions into the Scottish game then so be it but that’s hardly the case, yet the SFA and SPFL have to dance to their tune.
Our football authorities are clueless.
Does the new retail venture have anything to do with pressure from Hummel ?
Difficult to work out what the hell’s going on with the retail contract.
Rangers sites reporting that the new kit will be available from JD Sports outlets from tomorrow.
ST monies will have evaporated and Close Bros will be anxious to have their loan repaid as agreed in February.
The Euro money will be handy but most of the recruits will be on big bucks eating into whatever revenue comes in. Reducing last year’s £7m loss will take some doing and the status of the soft loans will be of major interest when Dallas Campbell sign off on the audited annual accounts.
The Takeover Panel and Court Of Session haven’t gone away.
Gerrard may want to sign up 4 of the loanees on permanent deals in January but unless someone is sold for big bucks where will the money come from?
Is Big Mike not involved with JD Sports??
Thank feck your back with some sheet on that lot, kinda sick and tired of the sheet levelled at us from all quarters.
Hail hail