Thompson warning for Green

Fri, 08 Jun 14:37:09 2012

Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson doubts whether Scottish Premier League clubs would at present vote a Rangers 'newco' into the league.

Charles Green's consortium are hoping to take the Ibrox club out of administration through a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) next Thursday but if that is unsuccessful the former Sheffield United chief executive would attempt to transfer the club's assets to a newco, including Rangers' share in the SPL.

The other 11 SPL clubs would decide whether the newco could replace the existing Rangers in the league. Thompson told BBC Scotland: "I'd have my doubts whether they'd get sufficient votes to get back in."

Amid their bid for survival, Rangers have been fighting footballing sanctions handed out by the Scottish Football Association and successfully overturned a 12-month transfer embargo at the Court of Session, with the issue returning to the SFA's appeal process.

Thompson believes that move has not helped the Govan club's bid to ultimately remain in the SPL.

"It wouldn't be just a simple yes or no vote, they'd have to negotiate their way back in again," he continued. "That might not be easy for them. There's been a lack of remorse shown. Views have hardened. Taking things to a court of law hasn't helped. That's certainly hardened views of people within the game.

"Next week the CVA will be decided. Next week will be the turning point and we'll see where it goes from there."

Thompson has received "emails and letters in the hundreds" from fans opposed to a Rangers newco being admitted to the SPL and he suspects the issue is already having an effect on season ticket sales.

"One or two are holding back, I've no doubt about that and that affects what I'm capable of doing with regard to bringing players in," said Thompson who revealed he is in talks with manager Peter Houston's agent about a new deal.

"It's not just people who are 15, 16-years-old on message boards, I'm talking about people writing in who have been season ticket holders for 30 or 40 years with very, very strong feelings. It's damaging for the game. Most fans of other clubs outside Rangers are fed up with the whole scenario. All we really want is clarity so that we can all move on."

 

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  1. The other SPL chairmen are also worried that if money­ talks then their own fans can also hurt them­ financially. Their own fans are there throughout the­ season not just 4 times a year like the fixture with­ Rangers. I am sure they can tighten belts for the loss­ of 4 games. If the other SPL clubs do not listen to­ their own fans then their own fans will vote with their­ feet.

    From Margaret M, on Wed 13 Jun 17:23

  2. Never before have i seen such bigoted and irrelevant­ comments there does not seem to be many real football­ fans just a load of narrow minded and bigoted people­ trying to goad others into biting when the hook is­ dangled the sadest thing of all is the way in which the­ SFA have handled the whole affair and the only people­ to profit are Duff and Phelps,when will people realise­ that without Rangers there will be no point in Celtic­ playing next season and operating at a loss whether we­ like it or not we need the money from old firm games to­ balance the books,we are already weak in Europe and­ will only get weaker without their input.

    From MICHAEL, on Wed 13 Jun 13:03

  3. i didnt agree with dundee being deducted 25 points or­ for livingston and gretna being punished for that­ matter. maybe i'm old fashioned but i dont think­ this country (the sfa and spl in particular)do enough­ to help clubs in bother or assist them retain their­ senior status. deducting points or handing out large­ fines when clubs are already strapped for cash­ can't be justified. there's got to be better­ options. the ones who suffer most are the fans and the­ players. i'm sure in time the folly of kicking­ rangers while their down will come back to haunt all­ those involved.

    From robert, on Wed 13 Jun 1:40

  4. Why did Ranger's let a guy like Whyte in and ruin­ there club . Dundee learn the same mistake years ago­ leeting someone buy the club just to make a killing Mr­ Stephen Thomson is just like his Father looking out for­ his own intrest not the Spl.If the CVA doesnt go­ through your newco will still be in the Premier League ­ other clubs will vote to keep you in Because of the­ money so Rangers will get away with it . No sanctions­ nothing for being Greedy little School boys, or the kid­ who takes his ball back because you want to change the­ rules to suit you.As I have said before on this subject­ before no one complained when 2 season's ago Dundee­ were deducted 25 points for going into administration­ twice in 7 years did'nt hear any one say it was­ harsh or wrong Dundee fan's wearent responsible for­ that.

    From Bill, on Tue 12 Jun 15:20

  5. If the fans outside of Rangers are fed up and want it­ sorted then they feel exactly the same way as the­ Rangers fans - believe me. Lets see if the CVA goes­ through - I hope it does, not for football reasons, but­ simply to get best deal for the creditors who have done­ nothing wrong and need to get paid as much as possible.­ Back to football matters - irrespective of CVA or Newco­ - Rangers should get the hell out of scottish football­ for the good of the club and scottish football. Rangers­ don't need the SPL and clearly large part of­ scottish football don't want Rangers in SPL given­ all the goings on of late. My footballing preference­ would be for a small, poorly supported team in England­ to pack up and move to Ibrox - 60,000 home fans is big­ even in english football, am sure with additional tv­ monies a Rangers (NewCo or OldCo) playing in england­ would make it to the EPL over time and from a football­ perspective that would be much more attractive to pay­ to watch than the normal drivel served up in SPL. So to­ Mr Thompson and those like-minded maybe you should vote­ out Rangers if that that option presents itself and to­ Mr Green and co. maybe think big picture and longer­ term and take the opportunity to get Rangers out anyway­ - for the sake of all.

    From C, on Tue 12 Jun 10:03

  6. Quis Seperabit

    From Alan, on Mon 11 Jun 12:59

  7. aye good name NONE same as yer chances against spain ya­ mugs, mind you SPAIN dont have JELAVIC nice to see­ hinm in red white and blue again , your team is­ sheite , maybe if spain had that WORLD STAR ­ "Mcgeady" ha ha oh me achin sides thank­ christ he turned down the chance to play for scotland,­ we would be even worse than we are now ROFL

    From jock, on Mon 11 Jun 12:22

  8. Rangers have an exagerated conceit of themselves. Next­ season it's Killie Pies for SPL fans and humble­ pies for Rangers fans.

    From Fr_Dougal, on Mon 11 Jun 10:59

  9. Remorse?From who?

    From CBB NEWS SCOTLAND, on Mon 11 Jun 8:34

  10. Rangers fans buy a ticket and watch a game like every­ other fan and they have done nothing wrong, are we­ clear on that? The former Rangers regime have committed­ criminal acts and the first to be punished should be­ those responsible for tax evasion and nonpayment of­ transfer fees and that day is comming.The new ownership­ should be able to file suit against those that avoided­ HMRC and didn't pay taxes so that the club can­ recover funds for the club. The hate that has been­ shown even to the point of wanting the club shut down­ is overwhelming and this hate has spread to a Global­ level to the point that Scots that live outside of­ Scotland are deeply saddened as they would feel­ fortunate to see any Scottish team play.Mr Thompson has­ deepened the hate with his comments and coming from a­ club that charges double price for tickets for Rangers­ fans I will have no sympathy when Rangers retaliates.­ Trust me the CVA will go through and your team will­ play Rangers again and there will be hell to pay­ because Rangers fans now know who their real enemies­ are and I would say that a Dundee face showing up at­ Ibrox has more guts than brains.

    From CBB NEWS SCOTLAND, on Mon 11 Jun 3:21

  11. Bang on mr. Thompson bang on hope the others have the­ bottle to think and do the same when you vote on­ wednesday,!!!!!!

    From BRUCE, on Sat 9 Jun 18:34

  12. Time for the Govan Grovellers to say bye bye - party­ time next thursday - then we can celebrate two times­ when Ireland beat Spain :)

    From none, on Sat 9 Jun 17:10

  13. as are rangers fan i love to see rangers get out of the­ SPL let the other teams worry about they fans ar home­ and away games only other team will b celtic will go on­ they have the fans to back them up like other scottish­ teams dont who would want to watch dundee united or­ hibs on tv only they fans means they have no money no­ rangers no scottish football think it time rangers and­ celtic got out off scottish football let the rest die

    From james s, on Sat 9 Jun 14:15

  14. HUGH - "then we will have the­ desired affect of­ so many of the mock outraged= a cake­ walk for the­ lesser team in Glasgow." - How can you be so sure­ that the relegated Rangers is gonna "cake­ walk" the Third Division!? Robert, that kinda­ thing is why your club and its support are so widely­ hated. As a rule, I noticed that Rangers always­ had a lot of "Glory HUNter" fans. This­ still-ongoing real-life tale has removed any glory­ there was, so now those "fans" will not be­ interested either.

    From You're BARRED!, on Sat 9 Jun 10:08

  15. I hope Rangers enter in at div 3 or 4 then we will see­ how much the SPL thrives without Rangers. I really­ want to watch the bloodletting that comes to the SPL­ without Rangers.

    From Karl G, on Sat 9 Jun 10:00

  16. i'm sure all the travelling rangers fans will be­ noting with interest all the teams who have put the­ boot into the club recently. if rangers are still in­ the spl next season it will be interesting to see what­ the gates are at these clubs. i suspect they will be on­ the low side. as for the guy otras. he must know a lot­ about being rancid cos all his posts are honking.

    From robert, on Sat 9 Jun 1:14

  17. Hibs Hearts have been in the 1st division and got­ good gates and still going so both could live without­ Celtic and Rangers and thats the truth

    From james, on Fri 8 Jun 23:15

  18. 3 thumbs down ( so far) for my last post? is trying to­ make a rational point on here a bad thing? instead of­ thumbing me down answer back and we can discuss it,­ after all is that not what this is all about?

    From ADAM, on Fri 8 Jun 22:51

  19. surprise surprise fro thompson in yer dreams, and if­ yer dreams come true?, no probs in lower div we get­ stronger with large gates , thompsons united hibs­ ,sheep shaggers, all get weaker , will they still be­ around when we return ? ha ha

    From jock, on Fri 8 Jun 17:17

  20. all sounds great, after all why should rangers just­ walk back into the league? however i dont think any of­ these chairmen will back it up and relegate them to the­ 3rd division, money is going to talk here and its not­ just the thousands that come through the gates twice a­ season the chairmen will be thinking about its the TV­ money that they will lose out on thats going to make­ the difference. lets be honest are kilmarnock, hearts,­ hibs etc fans going to be happy when after relegating­ rangers their clubs run out of money and go into­ administration themselves? from a chairmans point of­ view that would be very irresponsible management. im a­ celtic fan and think the whole thing is hilarious but­ lets put our sensible heads on here and really think­ about the consequences.

    From ADAM, on Fri 8 Jun 16:57
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