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I have chosen Callum who had another good game and another goal line clearance

Not sure what to make of this one. Go for score draw at 1-1 but we have to be more dominant in midfield than we were at Hearts. Gave away possession to easily and so the defence had too much work to do. Missing Jody.

Good to see Charlie Bannerman is refusing to 'draw a line in the sand' and is not accepting the damage that Rangers have done to Scottish society: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/toddler19/highlandnews_0001_NEW-1.jpg

Great stuff Ross - the edits of the crowds really spice it up too. Loving all this new media coverage. Keep it up its a great project.

A really decent option - fitness may yet be a problem even if he is injury free.

SFA pursue Charles Green and Ally McCoist http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1961&newsCategoryID=1&newsID=10362

I remain sceptcial on the basis of money. But go back to the original guess list - Boyd, McFadden etc. Iwelumo has consistently scored more goals than either of them in England. The reason he was playing that infamous day at Hampden was his scoring record was significantly better than Boyd's at the time.

That's his call up for Spain put on hold

I see a problem Steven.You are counting PAYE and VAT - they are not required to pay that..... Sandaza maybe the player that tips them into administration again.

According to HMRC yes. They have sent the approrpiate tax bills which Rangers were appealing at the First Tier Tribunal (Tax). Since the bills were sent they constituted a debt at the point of administration which is why HMRC were the majority creditor and refused a CVA and forced the club into liquidation. They then appointed BDO as the liquidator instrucing BDO's head of 'contentious insolvency' to pursue liquidation and any other relevnat matters including fraud. Many people - including most Rangers fans - have used the term 'innocent until proven guilty' which is in this case irrelevant it is not a court of law and notions of innocence and guilt are the wrong terms. The FTT works on the 'balance of probabilities' and the Tax man has been clear and consistent on the balance of probabilities Rangers were using EBT's inappropriately to avoid tax and a bill has been served on them. The £134m I quote include the tax due on the EBT proportion - that is what the administrators reported.

I went for Callum two goal line stops kept us in the game in first half

I can they failed to pay £134m to unsecured creditors of which the majority was to the inland revenue and so all public services in the UK including hospitals and fire services in Perth. Of the amount of tax unpaid via EBTs the various UK based tax avoiders including players such as Barry Ferguson, Steve Davis, etc etc are reponsible for declaring tax in exactly the same way as every working person on this forum. Sevco cannot be forced to pay they are a different company but they have agreed to inherit football debt and should pay that. The original company were liquidated to avoid tax.

Allan Preston singles out Murray Davidson as one of five players to watch this season. "Murray Davidson is a cracking player and if he can add goals to his game then clubs will be knocking down the door at McDiarmid Park to sign him up. St Johnstone's Murray Davidson "He has an awesome engine and gets into wonderful areas with his runs beyond the forwards but he has been guilty of lacking composure at vital times. "He is a great athlete and is attitude is spot on. His has a real willingness and desire to succeed. "At a young age he is pretty much the main man in midfield for St Johnstone. "He is powerful in the air and I'd like to see him to get eight to 10 goals, which would be a great return." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19053697

Good luck to the club, the players and the fans for what we all hope will be another good season. And for the travelling support - 'Bring the Noise'

Good stuff ross - watched on facebook.

...I have it on good authority that the two guys in ties had actually been at a funeral and had come straight to the game from the wake. They were not in hospitality.

Think that would be about right. Small point but we take 300-600 away in SPL depending who or where. But I've noticed really good crowds at all games in Edinburgh better than at OF games. Is that the Edinburgh Saintees out in force, more students in Edinburgh or just a good day out compared to Glasgow? Looking forward to match.

...and unlike St Johnstone who have no outstanding debt to any club, Rangers have left debt of £134m to unsecured creditors. But magically, they still have intact their own state- of-the-art training faciltities on prime land. By contrast, we hire facilities from Stirling University and pay them the going rate. Any St Johnstone fan that cannot see the patent unfairness of that outcome is not trying hard enough and has drawn a line in the wrong bit of the sand. Support your team - demand a level playing field.

A pacey Left back - so likely cover for Callum D if he signs - and can play centre-half. Sounds good in the pursuit of a younger and more adaptable squad. Assume Lomas and Wright know him for N. Ireland squads

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19102870?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=sportsound <B> Rangers: SPL appoint commission to investigate payments </B> The Scottish Premier League have appointed an independent commission to rule on Rangers' alleged use of employee benefits trusts from 2000-11. The Ibrox club's use of the scheme was the subject of a tax tribunal, which has yet to deliver a verdict. EBTs were administered by the company that formerly ran Rangers and is now in the process of being liquidated. The SPL say the commission will determine whether Rangers acted "in breach of the relevant SPL rules". And a spokesman added: "In the event that the independent commission decides that such breach or breaches occurred the independent commission will have powers to determine what sanctions, if any, are appropriate." A BBC documentary, "Rangers, The Men Who Sold The Jerseys", found evidence suggesting that 38 Rangers players had received side-letters giving undertakings to fund their sub-trusts with cash. Scottish FA rules state that all payments made to players in respect of their earnings from football must be declared and clubs falling foul of those rules could face sanctions from the league. The SPL launched an investigation on 5 March into the scheme Rangers used in an attempt to reduce their tax bill, with the probe covering the period stretching back to the competition's inception in 1998. The league instructed lawyers, Glasgow firm Harper Macleod, to investigate the allegations of dual contracts. Rangers' assets were sold to a group led by Charles Green after The Rangers Football Club plc could not be saved from liquidation. Green's company, now known as The Rangers Football Club Ltd, have relaunched the club, who have been placed in Scottish Division Three after the SPL rejected an application by Green to take over Rangers' share in the top flight. Rangers manager Ally McCoist has insisted he would "never accept" the club being stripped of any of their titles during the period being investigated. And Green said last week: "As we have proved in the last couple of months we will stand up to any challenges that face Rangers and will continue to fight for the club's best interests."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19102870?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=sportsound <B> Rangers: SPL appoint commission to investigate payments </B> The Scottish Premier League have appointed an independent commission to rule on Rangers' alleged use of employee benefits trusts from 2000-11. The Ibrox club's use of the scheme was the subject of a tax tribunal, which has yet to deliver a verdict. EBTs were administered by the company that formerly ran Rangers and is now in the process of being liquidated. The SPL say the commission will determine whether Rangers acted "in breach of the relevant SPL rules". And a spokesman added: "In the event that the independent commission decides that such breach or breaches occurred the independent commission will have powers to determine what sanctions, if any, are appropriate." A BBC documentary, "Rangers, The Men Who Sold The Jerseys", found evidence suggesting that 38 Rangers players had received side-letters giving undertakings to fund their sub-trusts with cash. Scottish FA rules state that all payments made to players in respect of their earnings from football must be declared and clubs falling foul of those rules could face sanctions from the league. The SPL launched an investigation on 5 March into the scheme Rangers used in an attempt to reduce their tax bill, with the probe covering the period stretching back to the competition's inception in 1998. The league instructed lawyers, Glasgow firm Harper Macleod, to investigate the allegations of dual contracts. Rangers' assets were sold to a group led by Charles Green after The Rangers Football Club plc could not be saved from liquidation. Green's company, now known as The Rangers Football Club Ltd, have relaunched the club, who have been placed in Scottish Division Three after the SPL rejected an application by Green to take over Rangers' share in the top flight. Rangers manager Ally McCoist has insisted he would "never accept" the club being stripped of any of their titles during the period being investigated. And Green said last week: "As we have proved in the last couple of months we will stand up to any challenges that face Rangers and will continue to fight for the club's best interests."

Yes technically they can. But wait and see if that happens. As soon as the licence is granted watch out for fawning media features that say there is nothing that the SFA et al can do about forcing the repayment of debt - it was a different company that ran up the debt etc. Or Sevco says - we aim to pay it but we will do so in instalments etc etc. The football debt will not be paid and certainly not in full - I'd bet my house on it. The only vague hope is that UEFA act on behalf of Rapid Vienna. Mainstand thinks that they will repay the debt - I'm willing to have small wager with him.

Not sure RM - will try to find out answer - we were on Alba 18 times last season - mostly timeshifted but we were the club who appeared on Alba most often.

The Press Association expects the Scottish Premier League to retain the bulk of its broadcasting income this season with ESPN set to follow Sky Sports in confirming their renewed commitment. Sky Sports announced on Tuesday they would continue showing SPL games for at least five more years despite concerns that the loss of Rangers would herald the end of broadcasting deals. Scottish Football League clubs were told in a presentation by the football authorities in June that the SPL broadcasting value could be as low as £3million a year if the new Rangers were voted into the Irn-Bru Third Division. But those fears appear to have been largely allayed. Sky and ESPN had a year to run on their existing £13million annual contract but were due to sign a £16million deal this summer. The SPL had to pay the SFL for rights to Rangers games, which will also be shown on Sky, but the value of the existing deal looks to have been retained. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hU7taqGdWv1LDkiJUrYBYnIScScw?docId=N0179091343835842025A

Don't know is stevensan is reading this but it would be good to run stats about our BBC Alba income might decline due to a Newco with no previous commitment to teuchtarism -