This is a day that should never pass without comment on Planet Fitba.
February 14th, 2012, witnessed an event that the succulent lambs of the Stenography Corps stated would NEVER happen.
As regular readers will know, your humble correspondent was a contrarian voice amid the river of pishful thinking.
While the Daily Radar was regaling its dignified demographic with tales of Craig Whyte, the staunch billionaire, this journalist was working the story.
There was no secret to the scoop; the game plan was to ignore the PR pish and instead dig for reliable sources.
Once Rangers (1872-2012) was in administration, I was immediately writing about the impending liquidation.
On the sports desks, they were still hope dealers to the Ibrox klanbase.
In 2025, Sevco’s journey is over, and they’re simply the second best.
UEFA’s new FSR ordinances mean that the days of debt financing a football operation are over.
Paddy Stewart clearly has the remit to run the operation on a sustainable basis.
Last week, he met with the FAB_Meeting_5_February_2025
This is a key section:
Long-term financing was also discussed, with an emphasis on financial self-sustainability to reduce reliance on shareholder funding while maintaining competitiveness on and off the pitch.
It is worth noting that the meeting with fans was BEFORE the Queens Park match.
For the avoidance of doubt, a sustainable Sevco will be in permanent second place looking up at Celtic.
Today, Clement’s presser was redolent of Espanyol Glasgow.
Fortunately for dear Philippe, his next test is at the John Wilson Arena.
Expect a convivial conclave with Sevco’s low-calorie cousins.
Sadly, even that will not put a smile on the staunch faces of the away crowd in Gorgie.
For some of the poor dears, the Penny Arcade is finally dropping.
This is as good as it gets for them in a title race with the Parkhead club.
Only Celtic can stop Celtic.
Moreover, on today of all days, Philippe might not be feeling the love from the Ibrox klanbase.
I wouldn’t be too confident of a meek and compliant home team at Tynecastle on Sunday – that usually emanates from their long line of coaching staff with iBrox backgrounds. The current incumbent has no such background and will not be sticking to the traditional script, all he’ll see is a bang average team that’s there for the taking. If only he had any talent at his disposal to achieve it…. although his ragbag collection of players didn’t just get knocked out the Cup by a diddy team!
In the great scheme of things, RIFC is irrelevant?
Like a diminishing superpower (?),
all it has left is disruption and chaos?
Before it dies.
If only we hadn’t fkd up the 10
You can thank Lawwell for downsizing, Brendan wanted Castangne and Tiellamans who did we get Greg Taylor who can’t play at European level
I notice it says ‘The Rangers Football CLUB’ went into administration and not ‘The Rangers Football COMPANY’.
Strange that.
The only sadness related to this best schadenfreude day of the year (apart from non stripping of Titles) is the fact that the subsequent botched (deliberate or otherwise) legal actions against the various characters involved in this debacle has cost more money to the long suffering Taxpayer than the original Tax Evasion itself. Appalling shambles.
Questions sevconauts love being asked, now and recent past. How many company numbers do you have? How many passports do you hold? Stories they don’t want told. God their journey’s an absolute blast.
Happy Valentines Day
Love, Craig Whyte
A grand old day for a liquidation to be sure.
The Belgian waffle has been at the waffling today as well. We should show a bit of sympathy for the poor souls being duped across the city but, given that people like super swally celebrated Celtics struggles before Fergus stepped in to save our Celts, l can’t find it in me not to return their sentiments, 10 fold. Happy liquidation day everyone HH
Liquidation Day came later.