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Do you watch Archer too?
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So another football team goes into administration....not really big news is it? Lets be honest all they will do is start up under a different name and all the people they owe money to will get nothing. The fact is if you are a football club normal rules dont apply, you can spend what you want, borrow what you want and pay as little tax as you want and when it all catches up with you, you just go into administration and start all over again.
Do you watch Archer too?
Not true.
For 'small' clubs the rules apply, see Gretna, Third Lanark, Dunfermiline, etc...
You can bet your bottom dollar that if this were any club other than the Old Firm in Scotland, the media and politicians would be saying "They are cheats and criminals and justice should be dealt."
But otherwise yes, Tax Evaders FC will try and start up a new company. Hopefully the HMRC goes further and recognises newco Rangers as a continuation and pursues them for the £85 000 000+ they owe them.
I am glad for it.
This club has literally gotten away with attempted murder in the past. Most (not all) of their 'fans' are bigots who chant vile things that individuals would get locked away for if caught singing them in public by themselves. They reguarily invaded pitches when losing in the 70's and 80's so that game would have to be replayed, they have a noteable history for attacks and riots like those that occured in Manchester in 2008, the club in contraire to their words take very little action to curb the bigotry, and by allowing bigoted displays and encouraging supporters with tunes that fit in with their 'party' songs they tacitly condone it.
The world would be a better place without the club IMO.
Any worse than Celtic?
As I say, the big clubs get away with it. The teams in the lower divisions and non-league are treated the way they are meant to be, no sympathy as the media doesn't have pander to a large fan base.
There are a lot of clubs that do run their clubs in a prudent manner, problem is the biggest ratio of problem clubs are in England, so the English world gets the perception that all football leagues all over the world are filled with cheating, creditor dodging and tax evading clubs.
The German FA and league organisers would **** over clubs like Portsmouth, Plymouth, Rangers, Leeds, etc...
Two cheeks of the same arse.
You should try looking at Italy and Spain where the clubs have debts very like the economies of both those countries......
Not true.
For 'small' clubs the rules apply, see Gretna, Third Lanark, Dunfermiline, etc...
You can bet your bottom dollar that if this were any club other than the Old Firm in Scotland, the media and politicians would be saying "They are cheats and criminals and justice should be dealt."
But otherwise yes, Tax Evaders FC will try and start up a new company. Hopefully the HMRC goes further and recognises newco Rangers as a continuation and pursues them for the £85 000 000+ they owe them.
Celtic moving to the EPL would make sense. Cardiff and Swansea are 2 Welsh teams who already joined the English mix, so why not Celtic?