As Bill Miller’s withdrawal of his bid to buy the club became the latest in an ongoing series of farcical events, liquidation is looming large over Ibrox. This despite the continued optimism and public pronouncements of good news from the administrators Duff & Phelps, whose PR act just doesn’t wash. Here, the latest sorry turn of events for Rangers.
The outlook for football’s future in England and Scotland has never been bleaker. Yet, whilst fans of Portsmouth, Rangers and a host of other clubs face up to the prospect of their clubs extinction, football’s administrators and money men continue to turn a blind eye to their own failures. What will it take to shock them into action?
Glasgow Rangers very existence is under severe threat even without the pending decision of the tribunal which has been hearing its appeal against HMRC tax demands. If the decision goes against them, will Premier League clubs be subjected to similar cases?
The media will doubtless focus on the entry into administration and the subsequent 10 point deduction, the court’s decision on the identity of the administrator represents a victory for those with Portsmouth’s best interests at heart. Whilst many more victories will be required, this is an important first step along the road. Meanwhile, should the Football League be looking closer to home for somebody to punish over the fiasco?
As the sagas enveloping Darlington and Kettering Town respectively continue to evolve, one club finally finds some positive news which could lead to a deal being done, whilst the other fast approaches the point of no return.
The news that Portsmouth are once again subject to an HMRC winding up petition highlights questions as to why this has been allowed to happen to the club twice within two years.
Make no mistake, the Premier League has bullied the Football League clubs into accepting the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) in another disgraceful display of financial doping.
Queen’s Park Rangers dropped out of the Premier League in 1995/6. This season they’re back, and their filthy rich owners are cashing in with a vengeance, to the detriment of the QPR fans.
The final day of the January transfer window is rarely a placid affair. Yesterday, though, rewrote the rulebook on deadline day madness, beginning breathlessly and descending almost into the realms of make-believe. That was just the stuff that wasn’t made up.
After the draw for the 5th round of the FA Cup and whilst the media get all fluffy at the realisation that they can dust off their lazy cliches about the “magic” of the cup and “David & Goliath” and dispense with the need to actually think of anything interesting to say, it’s worth taking a moment to consider the story behind two of our plucky minnows.
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