Ashley owns 9% of The Rangers and he gets 75% of their retail income, plus they owe him £5m on top of the other "Loans" they've received. They aren't listed on any markets, they don't have a NOMAD because they've all been scared off for some reason. Aye, they are in great shape right enough.
They actually published this in The Record: BLOGGER Jonny McFarlane hits out at critics of his club and believes that everything the Ibrox support have been through will only make them stronger and wiser. IT'S been a great week to be a Ranger. There is finally a sense that the club has turned a corner off the field and that on it we have a tactically proficient manager with the ability to get us through the play-offs. It’s great to see that hope, a commodity that has been in short supply on Edmiston Drive, is back with a vengeance and we can all look to the future. It’s sad then that so many in Scottish Football want to spend their time harking back to the past. This has happened almost by accident, and been propelled by the rise of new media, where fans with often twisted agendas can present themselves as journalists and publish speculation, half-truths and rumour as fact without fear of legal recourse or being held to account by a non-partisan readership.There has been a concerted campaign waged against Rangers over the last few years that has blackened our name amongst other fans and some gullible journalists who position themselves as the voices of the people. Sadly the way this narrative has taken hold can be seen in the reaction to Dave King’s passing of the SFA fit and proper person test. Normally you would accept a bit of uproar from the East End but this story seemed to run into much deeper waters across Scotland.Some of these individuals couldn’t spell journalism let alone have the self-awareness required to analyse their obvious short comings and the way they denigrate the very profession they claim to uphold. Despite the mountain of evidence discrediting these people, in the parochial and tribal world of football, they have been able to develop a narrative of Rangers being a cheating, corrupt and sectarian club. The utter distain for Rangers as a club cannot be masked by faux moral uproar at King’s tax avoidance convictions. Where was this moral panic when Giovanni Di Stefano pitched up at Dundee or at the antics of Vladimir Romanov? The fans of both these clubs were offered condolences and the general position was one of solidarity with long suffering fans. Rangers on the other hand? Any fool can see that there are serious unanswered issues surrounding both Craig Whyte and Charles Green’s tenures and that current police investigations suggest dark manoeuvrings. Sympathy? Not a sliver. The moral uproar that has accompanied the SFA’s clearly exhaustive investigation is in reality nothing but thinly disguised hatred. People have loved to kick sand in our face, see the fallen giants as a laughing stock and now we look to be getting back on our feet and their fun is over? The laughter turns to rage. If people are truthful they will admit that they don’t want Dave King at Rangers because he represents the best hope for returning the club to its former glory. Tax avoidance is, of course, morally wrong and it needs to be stamped out but show me a multi-millionaire businessman that has never been involved in any morally questionable deals? Do King’s convictions make him less suitable than Mike Ashley’s use of zero hour contracts for example? Morality is probably left to the philosophy professors.Of course, the new board and fans have a part to play in changing this perception. There is no doubt in my mind that we lorded our past success over other teams and showed arrogance at times in the way we went about our business. I believe that the pain of the last few years has shed a lot of that and that fans have gained new perspectives about the good governance of the club. There is realism where there was often crushing expectation. As the years go on, and new fans emerge, too young to remember the tears and the agonies, we shall remind them what this time meant, how it shaped us and how it made us stronger.
It’s sad then that so many in Scottish Football want to spend their time harking back to the past. He wrote without the slightest hint of irony
It's ****in mad ... A newspaper publishing blogs written by cretins! What next, the economist asking for gc contributions .
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fifa-insist-rangers-same-football-5752723 please log in to view this image Talk about a short memory...
The guy who wrote the article for the FIFA magazine can't even get the basics right yet the Record have claimed that "FIFA insist Rangers ARE the same football club despite liquidation woes" Of course FIFA have done nothing of the sort, the guy who wrote the article has "Claimed" Rangers were relegated so it shows you what he knows. This is what was published..in full: Scotland: Championship Rangers eye top-flight return Peter Eggenberger is a football writer who lives in Switzerland. There have been exactly 400 matches between fierce Glasgow rivals Celtic and Rangers, but supporters of the two clubs have been waiting for the next league instalment of the Old Firm derby since the 2011/12 season. In spring 2012, Rangers were placed into liquidation and relegated to the fourth tier of Scottish football. The 54-time champions overcame another obstacle on the long road back to the Premier League last weekend but, after winning two successive promotions in style, that final leap is proving a little more difficult. Following a number of inconsistent performances, Rangers finished the regular Championship season in third place, 24 points behind Edinburgh-based champions Heart of Midlothian, who were promoted automatically. The team that finishes third is only guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals of the promotion play-offs. In order to reach the top flight, Rangers would have to win two-legged ties against fourth-placed Queen of the South,Championship runners-up Hibernian, and finally Motherwell, who finished second bottom in the Premiership. The nerves of the Rangers players, coaching staff and supporters were stretched to breaking point against Queen of the South. A 2-1 victory away from home was followed by a hard-fought 1-1 draw in front of a near-50,000 capacity crowd at Ibrox, which sealed Rangers’ place in the play-off semi-final. Defender Lee Wallace netted Rangers’ equaliser after Queens’ top scorer Derek Lyle had given the visitors the lead. With nine minutes left on the clock, Slovenian forward Haris Vuckic was forced to head an effort off the line to prevent the tie from going into extra time. “It was one of the most stressful games of my coaching career,” said Rangers boss Stuart McCall after the match. The 40-time Scotland international can afford to breathe a little easier after the first leg against Hibernian on 20 May, though. Goals from Nicky Clark and Kenny Miller earned Rangers a 2-0 home victory and a solid foundation for the return leg three days later.
More dim ****s who believe whatever they read. http://dothebouncy.com/main/threads/fifa-cause-timplosion.65503/
