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Going on about the Clyde game in the Scottish cup nearly ten years ago. The guy is a ****ing fruit loop. 
Succulent Lamb well and truly on the menu again, this from Chris Jack in the Evening Times. Appalling.
HE saw scores of teams and hundreds of players, but one outfit always made an impression on Ewan Chester. The former Rangers chief scout now travels the length and breadth of the country, and beyond, as part of Chris Hughton’s backroom staff at Brighton and Hove Albion. While the Seagulls were fighting for their Championship survival last term, Brentford were catching the eye at the opposite end of the table. In the end, there would be no fairytale ending for Mark Warburton and David Weir at Griffin Park, the Bees’ Premier League dreams coming to an end in the play-off semi-finals.
The fact that they got their side so close, coupled with the manner in which they did it, ensured their stock was high even in the aftermath of a disappointing low. And Chester is confident the pair will continue to go from strength to strength as they look to return Rangers to the top of Scottish football.“Everybody was very impressed with the job they did at Brentford,” he told SportTimes. “I have known David for a long time and he is a hugely respected figure in the game.
“I don’t know Mark so well but I have been in his company and I did a loan deal when I was at Norwich and he was Sporting Director at Brentford. “I spoke to him then and was very impressed. Since he has become a manager, the progression at Brentford has been very impressive and he has made a big impression down here.
(I think he's saying Warburton is "Impressive").
“David has a reputation in the game as one of the top professionals and the job they did at Brentford certainly got people talking. “They certainly play with a bit of style and I am sure the Rangers fans will enjoy type of football that they encourage.
“It carries the hallmarks of what they did at Brentford. I think the Rangers fans will be impressed. “There is a project in place and Mark and David are the right guys to carry it through.” With Rangers reeling following their play-off collapse against Motherwell, it was to Warburton and Weir that the new Ibrox board turned for inspiration. It was a move that excited the Light Blue legions, but a bold marriage from both perspectives as Rangers and Warburton took steps into the unknown. But Chester, who worked under Graeme Souness and Walter Smith over two spells at Ibrox, isn’t surprised to see Warburton lured north of the border.
He said: “I am sure there would have been interest in Mark and I would be surprised if there wasn’t given the job he done at Brentford. “People shouldn’t underestimate the magic of Rangers. It is a massive club. “I thought Stuart McCall improved things and done a good job during his spell but they have chosen to go with Mark and David and it is an ambitious appointment.
“It does show there is still an allure of Rangers and it is attractive to managers and players.” After being sold on a move to Ibrox himself, it is now Warburton who is making the sales pitches as he bids to bolster his Light Blues squad.The first phase of his recruitment programme has been steady so far this summer as he shops in a far different market to the one that Chester used to scout in the search for multi-million pound reinforcements. But the former Gers talent spotter is confident the right kind of players will still be taken in by the chance to pull on a Light Blue jersey.
He said: “No matter what league Rangers are in, it is still an attractive club for players. “How many clubs in England can get 50,000 fans into their ground?“I have worked at Fulham and Norwich in the Premier League and they are both excellent clubs, but it is physically impossible to get more than 30,000 people into the ground. “No matter if it was United, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool coming, it couldn’t happen. “If Rangers get back to the level that I hope they get back to, the fans will turn out in huge numbers. That is extremely attractive to players down here.
“You have also got the added bonus of European football. Down here, there are only six or seven clubs who regularly have the chance of playing European football so the opportunities are limited for players here. “There is no question that the Old Firm are still attractive and if Rangers become competitive again and you have an all together stronger Scottish game then it will become even more attractive.”
There may be a long-term plan in place for Warburton, but it relies on immediate success this season as he looks to lead Rangers to the Championship title. The size of the rebuilding job on and off the park is significant for Warburton and the new Gers board, with every area, including the scouting network that Chester oversaw for many years, in need of finance and manpower.
But he remains confident that progress can be quick and that significant steps can be taken to return Rangers to their former glory. Chester said: “I genuinely feel, and I hope like every other Rangers supporter, that within two years they will be competitive in the Premiership again.
“In Scottish football, Rangers, and Celtic, can always turn things round reasonably quickly. “If you are in England, it takes billions. That is the reality of the situation. “If you are looking to do something like Manchester City have done, it does take billions.
“But Rangers, and Celtic, are so big within Scottish football, and when you have got that fan base, things can be turned round reasonably quickly. “If you get the fans on side, you have a chance of changing your fortunes and closing any gaps within a reasonable amount of time and that is what Rangers will be looking to do.”
No hyperbole here
HE saw scores of teams and hundreds of players, but one outfit always made an impression on Ewan Chester. The former Rangers chief scout now travels the length and breadth of the country, and beyond, as part of Chris Hughton’s backroom staff at Brighton and Hove Albion. While the Seagulls were fighting for their Championship survival last term, Brentford were catching the eye at the opposite end of the table. In the end, there would be no fairytale ending for Mark Warburton and David Weir at Griffin Park, the Bees’ Premier League dreams coming to an end in the play-off semi-finals.
The fact that they got their side so close, coupled with the manner in which they did it, ensured their stock was high even in the aftermath of a disappointing low. And Chester is confident the pair will continue to go from strength to strength as they look to return Rangers to the top of Scottish football.“Everybody was very impressed with the job they did at Brentford,” he told SportTimes. “I have known David for a long time and he is a hugely respected figure in the game.
“I don’t know Mark so well but I have been in his company and I did a loan deal when I was at Norwich and he was Sporting Director at Brentford. “I spoke to him then and was very impressed. Since he has become a manager, the progression at Brentford has been very impressive and he has made a big impression down here.
(I think he's saying Warburton is "Impressive").
“David has a reputation in the game as one of the top professionals and the job they did at Brentford certainly got people talking. “They certainly play with a bit of style and I am sure the Rangers fans will enjoy type of football that they encourage.
“It carries the hallmarks of what they did at Brentford. I think the Rangers fans will be impressed. “There is a project in place and Mark and David are the right guys to carry it through.” With Rangers reeling following their play-off collapse against Motherwell, it was to Warburton and Weir that the new Ibrox board turned for inspiration. It was a move that excited the Light Blue legions, but a bold marriage from both perspectives as Rangers and Warburton took steps into the unknown. But Chester, who worked under Graeme Souness and Walter Smith over two spells at Ibrox, isn’t surprised to see Warburton lured north of the border.
He said: “I am sure there would have been interest in Mark and I would be surprised if there wasn’t given the job he done at Brentford. “People shouldn’t underestimate the magic of Rangers. It is a massive club. “I thought Stuart McCall improved things and done a good job during his spell but they have chosen to go with Mark and David and it is an ambitious appointment.
“It does show there is still an allure of Rangers and it is attractive to managers and players.” After being sold on a move to Ibrox himself, it is now Warburton who is making the sales pitches as he bids to bolster his Light Blues squad.The first phase of his recruitment programme has been steady so far this summer as he shops in a far different market to the one that Chester used to scout in the search for multi-million pound reinforcements. But the former Gers talent spotter is confident the right kind of players will still be taken in by the chance to pull on a Light Blue jersey.
He said: “No matter what league Rangers are in, it is still an attractive club for players. “How many clubs in England can get 50,000 fans into their ground?“I have worked at Fulham and Norwich in the Premier League and they are both excellent clubs, but it is physically impossible to get more than 30,000 people into the ground. “No matter if it was United, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool coming, it couldn’t happen. “If Rangers get back to the level that I hope they get back to, the fans will turn out in huge numbers. That is extremely attractive to players down here.
“You have also got the added bonus of European football. Down here, there are only six or seven clubs who regularly have the chance of playing European football so the opportunities are limited for players here. “There is no question that the Old Firm are still attractive and if Rangers become competitive again and you have an all together stronger Scottish game then it will become even more attractive.”
There may be a long-term plan in place for Warburton, but it relies on immediate success this season as he looks to lead Rangers to the Championship title. The size of the rebuilding job on and off the park is significant for Warburton and the new Gers board, with every area, including the scouting network that Chester oversaw for many years, in need of finance and manpower.
But he remains confident that progress can be quick and that significant steps can be taken to return Rangers to their former glory. Chester said: “I genuinely feel, and I hope like every other Rangers supporter, that within two years they will be competitive in the Premiership again.
“In Scottish football, Rangers, and Celtic, can always turn things round reasonably quickly. “If you are in England, it takes billions. That is the reality of the situation. “If you are looking to do something like Manchester City have done, it does take billions.
“But Rangers, and Celtic, are so big within Scottish football, and when you have got that fan base, things can be turned round reasonably quickly. “If you get the fans on side, you have a chance of changing your fortunes and closing any gaps within a reasonable amount of time and that is what Rangers will be looking to do.”
No hyperbole here
Riding on the coattails of Celtic's stature.
"If I mention Celtic a lot, maybe people will still think Rangers matter"
"turn things around reasonably quickly"
Ten years in the wilderness beckons and these ****s still don't get it.
Ten years in the wilderness beckons and these ****s still don't get it.
“How many clubs in England can get 50,000 fans into their ground?“ I have worked at Fulham and Norwich in the Premier League and they are both excellent clubs, but it is physically impossible to get more than 30,000 people into the ground.
Deary ****ing me. He actually wrote this.
Deary ****ing me. He actually wrote this.
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
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“How many clubs in England can get 50,000 fans into their ground?“ I have worked at Fulham and Norwich in the Premier League and they are both excellent clubs, but it is physically impossible to get more than 30,000 people into the ground.
Deary ****ing me. He actually wrote this.
It is accurate
What a dick!
- Craven Cottage
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- Address: Stevenage Rd, London SW6 6HH
- Capacity: 25,700
- Carrow Road
Stadium in Norwich, England
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- Address: Carrow Rd, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 1JE
- Capacity: 27,24
Where do you even begin with that pish? We are desperate for a Rangers rep to come along and tell us how to run our affairs properly
Now some of you may already be aware of this but if not, set faces to stunned:
http://level5pr.co.uk/
Honest to God, are they for ****ing real? Have a gander at some of the photos they have on that website. (Shame on the two Ex Celts for supporting this).
Which particular audience, or more accurately, Club, are they targetting?
Too late, they have already got Dave King on board as a client, what could possibly go wrong?
http://level5pr.co.uk/
Honest to God, are they for ****ing real? Have a gander at some of the photos they have on that website. (Shame on the two Ex Celts for supporting this).
Which particular audience, or more accurately, Club, are they targetting?
Too late, they have already got Dave King on board as a client, what could possibly go wrong?
So, they dragged an old man from his retirement bed to tell him he supported Airdrie 80 year ago, write up fantasy scripts about Rangers and represent a woman's football team!? Wow, world altering stuff!
"We offer a specialised, personal service based on trust, morality, belief and integrity and we take on only those clients who share our core values and ideals"
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.
"We offer a specialised, personal service based on trust, morality, belief and integrity and we take on only those clients who share our core values and ideals"
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.
CIVIL WAR
Seems Bill McMurdo and others are not overly trustful of Dave King. This is from one of Bill's (Merlin) contributors, a Rangers fan by all accounts. Level5 get a menshy.
"Craig Houston’s latest FB post is indicative of how those who slavishly follow King are prepared to skew the narrative. According to Mr Houston, the former board are responsible for the loss of our NOMAD and subsequent delisting.The facts of the matter are that WH Ireland were not prepared to vouch for someone with 41 criminal convictions for tax evasion. No authorized agent of a UK exchange will represent any company with a criminal chairman. These are the facts. When it became apparent that our shareholders had taken leave of their senses and that a criminal’s hostile takeover had been successful, WH Ireland resigned.
There have been various attempts to hold the executives in WH Ireland to public scrutiny. Incredibly, those willing to denigrate WH Ireland were not prepared to scrutinize King. When WH Ireland issued a statement to LSE AIM, the facts about King and his systemic tax evasion were made known to every financial institution in the UK. If there had been anything inaccurate in this statement, King could have sued for libel. Given that he spent 13 years and circa £50M on spurious, litigious actions, why did he choose not to challenge this statement? There are three reasons:
1 This statement was accurate
2. Libel is a rich man’s sport, and as I have painstakingly pointed out King has a net liquidity of circa £3.8M.
3. The sordid maze of King’s tax evasion would be held up to public scrutiny.
King, via his expensive PR advisers Level 5, issued a statement that he had planned to sack WH Ireland with a view to replacing them with another. He stated that he was reviewing two or so, and that one would be appointed in a matter of days. He lied. No NOMAD was prepared to vouch for KIng. They had all read WH Ireland’s excoriation of the worst criminal spiv to darken our door.
King then backtracked and issued a statement that the company, RIFC, should have a NOMAD, as he chose to await the results of the mythical ‘fit and proper’ test. Yet another lie. The only impediment to King becoming chairman of a listed company was his convictions. There will be no UK listing in the future Mr Houston. The new board have had more than four months to address this problem. King is the monkey on their backs.
Mr Houston’s next claim is that King cannot invest as he requires a listing to do so. This is absolute nonsense. If King was as wealthy, or as Rangers minded as Mr Houston believes, he could pay SD £5M and then proceed to use the assets as security on any loans. This option was pointed out to everyone in SD’s statement prior to the EGM.Mr Houston. King is not a philanthropist. His £20M investment in Murray Sports Ltd was an exercise in tax evasion.
There is nothing radical in my comments. These are the facts that have not been varnished and polished by level 5. I invite Mr Houston to comment on the widely-held view that Rangers have been invoiced for the activities of Level 5 prior to the criminal taking office. From my perspective Mr Houston, by backing King’s boycott, you have painted yourself into a corner. Everyone is now aware that your new emperor has no clothes and that our new manager has been restricted to out of contract players. If King had been true to his word, a mere £15M would have paid off our debts and would have provided £10M to Mr Warburton to sign Scottish Premiership quality players.
The cold facts of the matter is that King does not have £5M and that he would have to remortgage one or more of his three properties to raise that amount. The Scorpions estimated his property portfolio, in his wife’s name, to be worth £7M. King was forced to provide a bank guarantee for that amount or lose the roofs over his family’s head.
King started to believe his own publicity. Having lied that he was an accountant who qualified in Scotland, King saw an opportunity to pursue the pension and treasury funds in South Africa. With his fellow fake accountant, Greg Morris, he engaged in a pump & dump strategy that enriched him. He was worth £93M and change in 1999 (court transcripts), with a Falcon Jet, 3 properties and a couple of fast cars.
The fact that he was arrested on two occasions on a slew of charges, including racketeering, did not bother him as he always had the money to make bail. Surrendering his passport was his only inconvenience.
So what part of King’s past, and how it impacts Rangers, do you not understand Mr Houston? Have you been so seduced by your 15 minutes of fame that you now have one eye on a board blazer? This is how King buys silence. He attempted to neutralize any prospective RST dissent with the ill-fated appointment of Chris Graham. John Gilligan, who adds nothing to the board, is in position due to his involvement with Rangers First. James Blair will not be King’s last RST appointment. If you were successful, would you propose Mr Chugg to our board? If we can accept King, surely Mr Chugg’s past can be swept under the carpet?"
Seems Bill McMurdo and others are not overly trustful of Dave King. This is from one of Bill's (Merlin) contributors, a Rangers fan by all accounts. Level5 get a menshy.
"Craig Houston’s latest FB post is indicative of how those who slavishly follow King are prepared to skew the narrative. According to Mr Houston, the former board are responsible for the loss of our NOMAD and subsequent delisting.The facts of the matter are that WH Ireland were not prepared to vouch for someone with 41 criminal convictions for tax evasion. No authorized agent of a UK exchange will represent any company with a criminal chairman. These are the facts. When it became apparent that our shareholders had taken leave of their senses and that a criminal’s hostile takeover had been successful, WH Ireland resigned.
There have been various attempts to hold the executives in WH Ireland to public scrutiny. Incredibly, those willing to denigrate WH Ireland were not prepared to scrutinize King. When WH Ireland issued a statement to LSE AIM, the facts about King and his systemic tax evasion were made known to every financial institution in the UK. If there had been anything inaccurate in this statement, King could have sued for libel. Given that he spent 13 years and circa £50M on spurious, litigious actions, why did he choose not to challenge this statement? There are three reasons:
1 This statement was accurate
2. Libel is a rich man’s sport, and as I have painstakingly pointed out King has a net liquidity of circa £3.8M.
3. The sordid maze of King’s tax evasion would be held up to public scrutiny.
King, via his expensive PR advisers Level 5, issued a statement that he had planned to sack WH Ireland with a view to replacing them with another. He stated that he was reviewing two or so, and that one would be appointed in a matter of days. He lied. No NOMAD was prepared to vouch for KIng. They had all read WH Ireland’s excoriation of the worst criminal spiv to darken our door.
King then backtracked and issued a statement that the company, RIFC, should have a NOMAD, as he chose to await the results of the mythical ‘fit and proper’ test. Yet another lie. The only impediment to King becoming chairman of a listed company was his convictions. There will be no UK listing in the future Mr Houston. The new board have had more than four months to address this problem. King is the monkey on their backs.
Mr Houston’s next claim is that King cannot invest as he requires a listing to do so. This is absolute nonsense. If King was as wealthy, or as Rangers minded as Mr Houston believes, he could pay SD £5M and then proceed to use the assets as security on any loans. This option was pointed out to everyone in SD’s statement prior to the EGM.Mr Houston. King is not a philanthropist. His £20M investment in Murray Sports Ltd was an exercise in tax evasion.
There is nothing radical in my comments. These are the facts that have not been varnished and polished by level 5. I invite Mr Houston to comment on the widely-held view that Rangers have been invoiced for the activities of Level 5 prior to the criminal taking office. From my perspective Mr Houston, by backing King’s boycott, you have painted yourself into a corner. Everyone is now aware that your new emperor has no clothes and that our new manager has been restricted to out of contract players. If King had been true to his word, a mere £15M would have paid off our debts and would have provided £10M to Mr Warburton to sign Scottish Premiership quality players.
The cold facts of the matter is that King does not have £5M and that he would have to remortgage one or more of his three properties to raise that amount. The Scorpions estimated his property portfolio, in his wife’s name, to be worth £7M. King was forced to provide a bank guarantee for that amount or lose the roofs over his family’s head.
King started to believe his own publicity. Having lied that he was an accountant who qualified in Scotland, King saw an opportunity to pursue the pension and treasury funds in South Africa. With his fellow fake accountant, Greg Morris, he engaged in a pump & dump strategy that enriched him. He was worth £93M and change in 1999 (court transcripts), with a Falcon Jet, 3 properties and a couple of fast cars.
The fact that he was arrested on two occasions on a slew of charges, including racketeering, did not bother him as he always had the money to make bail. Surrendering his passport was his only inconvenience.
So what part of King’s past, and how it impacts Rangers, do you not understand Mr Houston? Have you been so seduced by your 15 minutes of fame that you now have one eye on a board blazer? This is how King buys silence. He attempted to neutralize any prospective RST dissent with the ill-fated appointment of Chris Graham. John Gilligan, who adds nothing to the board, is in position due to his involvement with Rangers First. James Blair will not be King’s last RST appointment. If you were successful, would you propose Mr Chugg to our board? If we can accept King, surely Mr Chugg’s past can be swept under the carpet?"
If you read Matthew Lyndsay or Chris Jack, you would get the impression that Mr Warmbottom was some kind of superhuman.