Rangers fans need voices heard on future

Published Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Fans of Rangers Football Club should be able to have their say on the future of the club, an MP for the Ibrox area has said - in the wake of a no vote from Revenue and Customs on a deal that could have prevented liquidation.

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Rangers will have to reform as a new company as a result of the decision, with no guarantee of entry to the SPL and a three-year bar from European football.

"We need to make sure that fans - the ordinary people who keep the club going week in, week out - are actually involved in making decisions about the direction in which it goes," MP Ian Davidson told BBC Radio Scotland.

"I think it's important the voice of the fans is heard, because the income from the fans is what makes the club either viable or not viable.

"They will obviously want to have a view on whether or not voluntarily going down to the third division, striking compromises to stay in the Premier League, or indeed seeking to enter another division, a more prosperous division in England, is the sort of path they want to have followed."

He also expressed concern for non-football employees of the club and about the impact that could be felt by local businesses who enjoy match-day boosts to revenue.

Charles Green, who's leading the Sevco consortium seeking to acquire the club, is continuing his talks on the future of Rangers with Scottish football authorities.

"We are still negotiating with the SFA and SPL to reach an amicable conclusion to the benefit of Scottish football," he told reporters outside Ibrox on Wednesday.

"We need to carry on talking sensibly and get something that works for everyone."

The SPL has so far refused to comment on the issue - its board is due to meet on Monday.

Comments

4 Comments

Gerry in Belfast wrote (344 days ago):

football fan in bangor - the difference between Rangers and United, Liverpool - in fact, almost every other "big club" you care to name is that, regardless of their financial position, the other clubs appear to be conducting their affairs in a proper, judicious manner. Whereas Rangers have been indulging in financial malpractice for years and the long arm of the law has finally caught up with them. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime...

Dodger in Tax office wrote (344 days ago):

Why dont Rangers move to Irish league football ? Similar standard of football and fan. Would have to start in intermediate league though. Build a 2,000 all-seater at Cullybacky and train Ballameena hey !

football fan in bangor wrote (344 days ago):

rangers will not be the last of many football clubs to go into liquidation, like so many others they paid out more monies than was coming in, even big english clubs like utd , liverpool, owe millions, how can you pay players vast amount of monies every week and survive?

Ian in Tyrone wrote (344 days ago):

As a Rangers fan and season ticket holder I am devasted by these recent developments. I have been trying to do the maths but simply cannot make sense of it. A newco costing 5.5 Million will be unable to compete in europe for atleast 3 years, costing the club potentially 10 to 10 million pounds per year. They owe the HMRC 18 Million. Why on earth can the consortium not raise or loan the money needed to repay the HMRC, and agree a CVA with the remaining creditors? Perhaps now is the time to make the dream of Rangers playing in England a reality. I hope they apply to the English Football league or Conference and let the remander of Scotish football fall with the old company.