Tomorrow sees the third round of the Scottish Cup, or the William Hill Scottish Cup as I suppose I should call it to give the sponsors their due. Sixteen ties between Scotland’s smaller clubs will take place to see who makes it through to the fourth round draw, where they will be joined by Scotland’s top sixteen clubs from last season. But the crucial question that should be asked by serious students of Scottish football is perhaps not an obvious one. It is “Who are Livingston playing in the third round?” Why is this so important? Well, have a look at last year’s First Division table. We see that Livingston finished the season in fifth place. Now let’s look at the regulations for this year’s Scottish Cup. Round Three The clubs which, in the previous season, were members of The Scottish Premier League and those clubs finishing in The Scottish Football League First Division league positions one to four, shall be exempt from playing in Round Three of the Competition. So Livingston should be playing in the third round, right? Well, no. They have a bye and will enter the competition in the fourth round. But why? The answer is quite simple. One of the clubs that finished in the top sixteen last season no longer exists. The former Rangers Football Club is now in liquidation and is no longer a Scottish league club. The spare place in the Scottish leagues was taken by new club “The Rangers” who joined in the bottom tier. And as a third division club they came into this year’s Scottish Cup in the second round. A narrow 1 – 0 win over non-league Forres Mechanics saw them progress and they now have a third round tie against higher league opponents in Alloa Athletic to look forward to. Now if, as some erroneously claim, “The Rangers” is in fact the same football club as the former Rangers FC, would this be case? Well, no. If the two were indeed the same then, as the rules make clear, a bye to the fourth round would have been secured. And Livingston would have been in the draw for the third round rather than having a weekend off. So there you are. Proof according to the SFA, which runs the Scottish Cup, that “The Rangers” are not the same football club as former SPL club Rangers FC. QED as they say. Quod erat demonstrandum. http://gordonjohnston.wordpress.com...rovide-proof-that-the-rangers-are-a-new-club/
mucho grassyarse. Its an interesting point and a good example of the perfidious SFA, desperately calling a spade a spade while attempting not to be seen calling a spade a spade. I would love to hear how they explain the logic they applied to this.
They SFA were asked and said it was up to the fans to decide. Too me, the fact that Charles Green said he wont defend the charges of dual contracts as its nothing to do with him, says it all.
Don't think they wanted to upset anybody...Rangers fans attempt murder if you beat their club, never mind end it
He's a Rangers employee - he's their media man. He's basically admitted that he's gone fishing - it's absolutely pathetic. Any bets that any abuse he gets from it will be re-tweeted and he'll act the victim. He's a throbber.
Check his tweet afterwards - he used the hashtags #bites and #fishing - then he went on to contradict all of that by saying he was "just doing his job". Baldy zombie throbber
Are you serious I don't follow him but i saw this: Andrew Dickson ‏@rfc_dickson I'm no mathematician but if Celtic are 125 today does that not mean they were formed in 1887 rather than 1888? It is utterly embarrassing.
please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Keep a lid on it. Make sure Timmy goes ****in mad wond'rin what the **** they are up to
Simple question that will shut him up. If you're the same club why are you playing 3rd division football?
Depends how you define a football club. If it is by membership of a football association, then they are obviously a new club as they had to apply to transfer the membership to the new club, however, as is being shown by celtic fans concern over everything to do with the club, tO fans it is a continuum, but only in so far as the same fans have transferred their loyalty along with the SFA membership.
If club and company are separate then why are rangers not in the SPL? As they argue the club finished 2nd so should be in the spl.
Are my eyes playing tricks or does that say "It's time to bring "their" Para to boiling point"? OUR para? Well excuse me if our paranoia is at "boiling point" (or very near), then theirs' must be hotter than a neutron star.
