So officially the new Rangers now.
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So officially the new Rangers now.
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Drink driving Morelos has hit a motorcyclist and left them in a critical condition. One of the worst human-beings to have ever graced Scottish football.
If ever there was a player and a club that was a perfect match it was him and the hunQuote:
Originally Posted by Lendo
Reading that the drink drive limit in Colombia is 2.5 times that of Scotland and he was 2 times over that limit. The boy must have been fair gone.
Tragic for the victim, victim’s loved ones and also for those around Morelos that have to pick up the pieces.
CCTV footage of it on Twitter (Zach Lowy). Morelos is all over the place, clipping a truck and possibly another motorbike before the head on collision but it actually seems like the guy on the motorbike was on the wrong side of road. Not that I'm excusing Morelos, he could well get a jail sentence which would be deserved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lendo
Annual results posted, from the DR;
"Rangers have announced an operating loss of £17.2million in the past financial year.
The Ibrox club released the annual report and accompanying financial statement for the year ended 30 June 2023 which is in stark contrast to last year’s. Twelve months ago the club posted a slim operating profit of £252,000 but it’s a sorrier sight now with cash being haemorrhaged.
The figures do show record core revenue is up by £5m to £88.3m. But total operating expenses – or costs – remain high at £110m. Staff costs account for £61m, down by £3m on last year. The outlay of their short term Hampden tenancy was also listed with Rangers writing the Scottish Football Association a cheque for £67,000.
The Ibrox club counted the cost of Michael Beale's summer spending spree last season as well as paying off the Englishman who was replaced by Philippe Clement. The club missed out on the Champions League last season, losing to PSV Eindhoven in the qualifiers but reached the last-16 of the Europa League where they lost to Benfica.
The Light Blues lifted the League Cup but blew two more trophy chances as they surrendered their advantage over Celtic in the Scottish Premiership run-in and lost the Scottish Cup final to their fierce rivals.
Crucially, the club say they are "free of any litigation claims for first time in over a decade following settlements" and interim chairman John Gilligan said: “Undoubtedly, it has been a challenging period for the football club with significant change occurring both on and off the park throughout both season 2023/24 and over the summer months.
"As part of these changes John Bennett stepped away from his role as Chairman in order to focus on his health. John remains a supportive shareholder and investor in the club and I’d like to place on record my thanks for his leadership both as Chairman and a Director over the past nine years. We look forward to welcoming you back to Ibrox.
“In addition, we have had a number of changes in senior leadership positions with the CEO, James Bisgrove, departing to join Al-Qadsiah in the Saudi Premier League and Creag Robertson recently departing as our Director of Football Operations. We wish both James and Creag all the best in their future careers and thank them for their efforts with the football club.
“Whilst we continue our search for the outstanding candidate for the CEO position, we retain a strong executive team within the football club led by our Chief Financial Officer, James Taylor, Chief Commercial Officer, Karim Virani and our Director of Football Recruitment, Nils Koppen. All three were recruited in the period under review, and, as you can see from our underlying performance, there have been significant steps made in a short period of time in delivering against our strategic objectives.
“The challenges encountered with the redevelopment of the Copland Road stand have been well documented, and as a Board we once again apologise to our supporters for the inconvenience caused by the delays in returning to our home. The support received at Hampden was outstanding and epitomises the link that our great club has with our supporters. I’d also like to once again place on record my thanks to the SFA, SPFL and UEFA for their understanding and support through this period.
“With the Copland Road stand now complete, we are extremely proud of the work undertaken to upgrade and improve the facilities for our disabled supporters. They truly are now some of the best facilities in Europe and are evidence of the Board’s commitment to continue to modernise and improve Ibrox and the wider campus.”
£17 million quid!
I find myself wondering how early in their journey to extinction the now defunct Glasgow rangers achieved a £17m loss?Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnM1875
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One assumes a good chunk of the £17m arose from lost causes in court settlements
Some of the best facilities in Europe says John Gilligan whilst the BBC are claiming it stinks to high heaven - "Rangers' Ibrox Stadium has been rated the worst-smelling stadium in the Scottish Premiership after it topped the charts for the highest number of odour-related complaints from visitors on TripAdvisor, more than double Celtic Park in second place" .
To be fair, any stadium starting with tens of thousands of Sevco fans in it is bound to reek a bit.....
So what is their total current debt accumulated over the 12 years they've been in existence? Need CWG here to give some detail...
Apparently;Quote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
'The Rangers' losses by the season:
2012-13 - £14m
2013-14 - £8.1m
2014-15 - £7.5m
2015-16 - £3.3m
2016-17 - £6.7m
2017-18 - £14.3m
2018-19 - £11.3m
2019-20 - £15.9m
2020-21 - £23.5m
2021-22 - £0.9m
2022-23 - £4.14m
2023-24 - £17.17m'
So £126.81 million. Absolutely insane for a 12 year old club.
£126m since 2012, source poster on twitterQuote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
Does it say what their current debt is though on their balance sheet?Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnM1875
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I see they have changed from the ‘most’ successful to ‘one of’ in anticipation of Celtic pulling ahead of them this season.[emoji23]
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In June last year, Barcelona had combined 'liabilities' (i.e. debts) of €2.7bn.
Compared to that, The Rangers' debts are at diddy-club level.
That’s some hit their board have taken in the pocket trying to keep up with Celtc.Quote:
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Why does the Record report refer to the year ended June 2023 when it’s clearly 2024?
Over on FollowFollow plenty of them are delighted at this great set of accounts. “Just need to sell one player like Butland for £17m and it’s all good”.
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Originally Posted by JohnM1875
When does rangers tax year end?
They’ve included the fee for using hampden, which was less than 2 months ago, normally you’d expect that to be in this year’s accounts wouldn’t you?
I'd bet a dollar to a doughnut that he has a release clause and it'll be a lot less than 17 million lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lendo
Think it’s the 30th June? Maybe had to make a payment in June, but you’d think a bigger hit will be in this years accountsQuote:
Originally Posted by McD
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Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
Yeah good shout, maybe an advance payment
He’s no worth that and I can’t see any Premier League club coming in for him never mind pay that money.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
They helped pay for the newly laid turf at Hampden, to grow quickerQuote:
Originally Posted by McD
Maybe it was for that
A £17.2m loss despite:
- record core revenue
- record total income
- record commercial revenue.
Horrific set of figures…pleasing!
It also highlights the different world Scottish football is in. I’m sure on one of the football programmes I watched on Saturday they mentioned Brighton had spent £200m on players last year. Its just mental TBH.
Most of Europe are in a different world compared to the English Premier League when it comes to spending.Quote:
Originally Posted by Real Emerald
It's a(nother) pleasing loss for the Huns but caveats listed sit fairly close to home too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fratelli
Getting to the stage when they won't be able to sack the manager as they would have to pay him off and take on another££££££££!!!!!
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They are loosing over £1m per month. Wonder if the Easdale brothers will be back on the scene soon.
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As funny as it is. We are not really in a that fit a state to laugh at another teams accounts.
We're also burning money.
Kensell said the next set will be better but who would believe a word that leaves his mouth.
Rumours now that his lawyers are trying to get him off with drink driving as they are not happy about the test …Quote:
Originally Posted by Lendo
He’s also came out on twitter apparently stating he was involved in an unfortunate accident while on his way to training.
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Originally Posted by where'stheslope
Apparently still paying Beale AND von bronkhorst :tee hee:
Just put the accounts into chat gpt, here's the summary:
While the club has shown positive revenue growth and continues to attract financing, its substantial losses, high operating costs, and increased reliance on debt are concerning. The decline in profitability from player registrations and the growing negative balance in retained earnings further suggest a need for strategic realignment, possibly by controlling costs or revisiting the club’s player investment strategy. To ensure long-term financial stability, the club may need to adopt stricter cost controls, enhance operational efficiency, and reconsider its financing approach to avoid future liquidity issues.
Amazing how you can be that successful when the accounts say you've only been going since 2012. Top of page 29Quote:
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Most successful 12 year old club that used to be called Sevco but is now called the Rangers International, in the world?Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberSauzee
I don't think there's another one in the world with that name history, or the reasons for it.
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That's as a result of tens of thousands of people who suddenly didn't have a team to support finding solace in a new team being formed with very similar names, colours, 'history', stadium and, most crucially, bigotry, to attach themselves to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
Yep, if there wasn't some reincarnation of the now defunct Glasgow rangers for them to spew their nonsense about they'd probably have to extend the marching season to give them something to do!Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
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Amazing what money can doQuote:
Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby
Kris Boyd having a meltdown on Sky sports after the game tonight at Aberdeen. Chris Sutton loving it. Comedy gold :faf:
Genuinely brilliant viewing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scottie
Should be on the “best tv” thread as we get a fresh dose of it every week at the moment.
Nae wonder, Brother Beaton going off piste and not engineering a win.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scottie
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Statement FC not happy, again
Rangers 'express concern' after Hampden VAR officials are reinstated - BBC Sport
Rangers say they have "contacted the Scottish Football Association to express serious concerns and ask several questions" after the two Video Assistant Referees (VAR) at the League Cup final were reinstated for December fixtures.
Everyone hates us, we don't care but we really do.
The loss of another couple of years where their opponents never got a penalty is obviously something they hadn't planned for.Quote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
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The SFA will apologize instead of telling them to get f****d like they should.Quote:
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Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
Sums them up
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"No one likes us,
...it's no fair!"
Hasn't taken their new CEO Patrick Stewart very long to get with the programme. As much of a space cadet as his namesake apparently.
They're bigger whingers than the now defunct Glasgow rangers, at least they quietly put themselves into liquidation and whimpered off into history.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
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It was a strange var decision. They only have to put up with one.
How many weird var decisions have gone against us?
VAR too many.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waxy
Var var too manyQuote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
OK that's it, VAR red card review for you for out of control punnery......Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
This is all about putting pressure on refs for future fixtures so they give even more decisions than usual in their favour. When Rangers ramp up the heat like this, officials get abuse when they step outside their front door and their kids get it in school. The SFA should be fining them but will bottle it as usual.Quote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
:agree: 100% the real reason that Rangers make a song and dance when they get a bad decision against them is to intimidate refs and VARS to ensure they get more dodgy decisions in their favour.Quote:
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I actually thought the decision was correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waxy
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Agree. If we are talking about the same incident, it was never a penalty. The initial foul was outside the box. Gollum is only trying to curry favour with the Orcs.Quote:
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Never a pen in a thousand hun years.Quote:
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He starts holding his shirt before he puts his foot on the line as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Victor
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If the foul continues into the box it’s a penalty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Aye, but he was definitely going to let go before then. Everyone thunkit.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
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If anything, I would have said the Rangers player’s shirt was pulling the defender’s arm and it was a foul the other way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
Huns gonna be huns.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
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Surely would it no be when the foul starts not when it ends Matty??Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
That's how it used to be but that was changed a few years back.Quote:
Originally Posted by darwenhibby
If it happens to us when attacking we get a free kick though if it’s them on the attack they get a penalty depending on how the ref / Var see it … possibly 🤔Quote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
Funnily enough, they never came out with a crayon etched statement when Aberdeen never got a penalty for the exact same situation at Ibrox last year.
Only difference was Beaton didn't even give a foul, he awarded a corner.
https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/s...ngers-26868498
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Originally Posted by matty_f
Agree - as much as it might be painful to admit. Fifa rules as follows:
- If a defender starts holding an attacker outside the penalty area but continues holding inside the penalty area, the referee shall award a penalty kick.
Following a pompously indignant statement from the HunsQuote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
Special sub section 1690:-
The Sevco VAR team shall have further discretion, where their team are involved, to apply an additional line (known as the Fat Blue Line) up to a further yard outside the 18 yard line to simplify their efforts to help Tavernier towards a record 100 penalties in a season.
Obviously this is in the interests of fans as a whole as it should speed up the VAR process.
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Nice to see Boyd so quiet on Sky Sports coverage at the end of the match. You could see his disappointment dripping from his face … even although his own Sevco weren’t even playing. Sums up the regular bias of pundit coverage in Scotland … and as the final word was given to an ex-Hearts player on the panel on Sky, saying all credit to Hibs, Boyd jumped in on the very last second of his words and smiled, “doesn’t happen very often though”. That says it all about Scottish TV commentators and pundits in Scotland.
Happy day for us though, suck it up shameless 😊 Hibs players and manager kicked ass today.
Boyd was nothing but complimentary about Hibs today nah?Quote:
Originally Posted by cubehindthegoal
I actually think he's pretty spot on about most stuff non-old firm and like him.
So did you see and hear what I said above. If you defend such a clear bigot, then carry on, no need to share here. Boyd has shown his angry bias enough times I don’t need to repeat. Have you turned a blind eye to those times ? If so, why ?Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnM1875
Anyway .. time to celebrate, I’m sure you’ll agree. Hope you enjoy it mate, we are here 😊
I like him too.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnM1875
Unless Rangers are involved.
Perfectly acceptable today.
I was at the Enfield Town game this afternoon and was chatting to one of my mates who is a Spurs season ticket holder.
To give you some context, my mate has enough points to get all away tickets for Spurs. He missed one game two seasons ago because it was his missus birthday. He's seen over 60 north London derbies; he's been kettled in Milan and had to look for himself in Marseille. He knows his way around Europe and a ground or two as you can imagine.
So I asked him about the Spurs game at Ibrox (he did tell me he was staying in Edinburgh the night before) Anyway, he said talking to Huns supporters around central weegie was great, all very amicable. He said it all turned toxic once they got off at Govan and the police walked them to Castle Greyskull. His son was hit and cut by a bottle on his leg. Piss and other usual stuff thrown at them. He did say police were excellent at keeping them safe, but as we know through there it's a far easier ride for a non Fenian side.
But, what he had never experienced was the bigoted singing he heard. It was non stop about, well, we all know.
My mate said why do they do this? What can you say? Just tell people they're living in the 17th century and what they're going on about will die out generation to generation? He really couldn't believe why they kept going on about Catholics and wtf that had to to with football. He obviously knows about the ugly sisters, but he never had any notion it was so hateful.
So there you have it, someone who goes to about 80-90 matches a season all over Europe, and the worst place out of all of them - Ibrox.
Someone might want to check up on them, beaten last night and now an article is out about how their beloved Queen detested the marches 😂
Queen Elizabeth II expressed her relief that Northern Ireland's "silly marching business" was quieter than expected when the then Irish ambassador to the UK visited in 2000, Irish government papers have revealed.
Ted Barrington, who met the late queen at a Buckingham Palace garden party on 25 July that year, said it was not the first time he heard "her dismissive views of the Orange marches".
Almost 25 years later, and after Elizabeth II's death, the report has now been cleared for release by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Archives of Ireland.
Mr Barrington said her comments "were similar to those she has made to me on previous occasions".
The ambassador's account is the only available description of what was said.
It was a private conversation and was not recorded.
There is a convention within the UK that one-on-one conversations with the monarch remain private, but that protocol was not followed by the Irish ambassador.
Reacting to what was said in the publication of the Irish state papers, a senior member of the Orange Order described it as a "throw away comment" with no context of the totality of the conversation.
Grand Secretary, the Rev Mervyn Gibson commented that "her late Majesty always acknowledged and thanked the institution for our proclamation of loyalty each year on 12th July".
"Let it be clear, four words from a 'private' conversation with no explanation, quoted by a foreign ambassador and open to interpretation will not diminish the affection the Orange Institution had for her late Majesty, nor will it affect the loyalty we have for the current King," he added.
Wonder if Charlie takes their combination of the Homepride Man & Dad's Army marching up a hill any more seriously?Quote:
Originally Posted by Carheenlea
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Patrick's Ragin'
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Union Bears leave the ground on 55 minutes with members of the Rangers Shareholders Association. Some fans applaud whilst others boo. Outstanding seeing them fighting amongst themselves.
But I thought they didn't do walking away?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bishop Hibee
They are second in the league, doing well in Europe , just Beaton in extra time in a final.
and Have just beat Celtic 3-0.
What an absolute bunch of entitled losers.
Horrible people that don’t understand what being a proper supporter is like.
A whole load of them aren't supporters, they go to Rangers games for the gloat. When gloating is denied them they get ugly(er) quick.Quote:
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Majority of the stadium boo'd the ub when they were leaving which caused actually fist fights. Rangers fans punching rangers fans, always pleasing.Quote:
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Hun on hun violence, all because they want more than they can currently afford.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
I get they are used to overspending and not paying debts in an attempt to enforce their imaginary sectarian superiority over the other erse cheek, but its pleasing nevertheless.
Maybe it's those Scottish cup supporters or West of Scotland fc thugs that assaulted the exuberant Hibs fans who are responsible here?
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Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
Is there any better site than an ugly hun punching another ugly hun?:dunno:
There should be no place in a modern society for domestic violence, but the late 17th century seems to be anything goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackpoolhibs
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By the way, can anyone point me in the direction of those articles/reports that mentioned 'Scottish cup supporters' or 'West of Scotland fans'...?
Cheers.
The in fighting amongst them is so so pleasing to see.
Horrible club with the most vile fans. May their misery continue.
Sally Magnusson read it out on live TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juice-Terry
They were on the BBC News sites back at the time but possibly no longer available. There were links on here at the time so probably best trying the search function here to see what it brings up. I can assure you it happened though. It was avoidance of the word Rangers in relation to any post-match on-pitch shenanigans at all costs and ended up farcical.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juice-Terry
Definitely was, will be on this very thread probablyQuote:
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Yes, I remember it clearly. Just thought it would be fun to revisit.Quote:
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Take a look at Rangers Scarf Man thread.Quote:
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Daily Record doing contortions to avoid saying if it looks like a hun and smells like a hun it's probably a hun
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They can't even get that right, should have been the first minute.Quote:
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