Thompson and Lennon spend a surprising amount of time in Byres Road bars, I've seen them a few times together. They've obviously fallen out, pretty shit way to get the sack off your mate though.
Moved from the other thread (didn't know Chippy had already started this one):
The draw for the [strike]diddy[/strike] Ramsdens Cup has been made:
NORTH / EAST DRAW
* Brechin City v Dundee
* Falkirk v Stirling Albion
* Montrose v Inverurie Loco Works
* Peterhead v East Fife
* Elgin City v Arbroath
* Forfar Athletic v Dunfermline Athletic
* Wick Academy v Raith Rovers
* Cowdenbeath v Alloa Athletic
SOUTH / WEST DRAW
* East Stirlingshire v Ayr United
* Morton v Albion Rovers
* Berwick Rangers v Queen’s Park
* Dumbarton v Queen of the South
* Hamilton Academical v Airdrie United
* Stranraer v Stenhousemuir
* Annan Athletic v Livingston
* Clyde v Partick Thistle
Ties are due to be played on Saturday 28th July, so there's still plenty of time to swap Newco Rangers with either Dunfermline or Dundee...
So Team X (or Club 12) is Dundee, so that may become my Son's 1st away match.
In bad (but expected) news for Aberdeen Fraser Fyvie, our best young midfielder since Jess, has signed for Wigan for an "undisclosed" fee. Sign of the times.
It appears letting Newco in at all hinged allowing a transfer of the SFA licence from Rangers FC plc (IA)(now renamed Rangers2012) to SEVCO 5088 Ltd (to be renamed The Rangers FC Ltd). Apparently the SFA want the sanctions (unknown)to follow the licence.
Googling Sevco brings up this doc. If authentic, it seems to mean the newco must still make arrangements to pay creditors, and be liable for any misdeeds by oldco yet to come to light:
If the SFA stick to their guns on that lot SEVCO will struggle. Item 8 explains why Craig Whyte transferred the floating charge to his Dad, although a father could be an associate!
12 (iii) will be tricky given we know that not all the EBT money has been publicly accounted for yet.
I know SFA about Scottish football these days, so when I checked on the Beeb to see where Rangers might be playing, I was surprised to see a number of Div 3 clubs had artificial pitches.
Has that met with much resistance locally, or is it just accepted as a financial necessity? It could be a flashback to the good old 1980s if Rangers get beaten on one of them ... "no excuses but the pitch sucks, says McCoist".
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