Former SPL chief executive Roger Mitchell has voiced his amazement at the claims of Charles Green while his successor ducks for cover.
Since being granted SFA membership the Sevco mouthpiece has been firing off daily soundbites to the delight of his ever growing band of season ticket holders.
On Monday the Yorkshireman announced that Sevco wouldn’t attend an SPL sitting into alleged dual contracts operated by Rangers over an 11 year period.
Playing to the gallery Green claimed that the SPL had no right to pass any retrospective punishment and that he had purchased the history of the old club in his £5.5m deal with Duff and Phelps.
With most media organisations happy to repeat Green’s claims without questioning them the silence from the SPL and SFA speaks volumes for the character of Neil Doncaster and Stewart Regan.
Mitchell was hardly a leader of men during his time at the SPL but contacted the Herald to demolish the myths pedalled by the Sevco chief.
“For someone who claimed the Scottish Premier League was a really bad idea a few weeks ago,” Mitchell observed. “I found myself surprised that I felt the strong urge to defend my former organisation in the face of the bombast from Charles Green.
“I truly hope by the time that this is read, someone officially representing the SPL will have done likewise. I ask myself, does Green actually buy this stuff? Let’s take a look:
“Claim 1: Rangers ceased to be subject to the SPL’s rules when they were ejected from their league. Fact- Rangers oldco was not ejected from the SPL. The fact that Rangers went into liquidation automatically expelled them from the league. The SPL shareholders then decided not to make an exception and let them back in. Two very different things.
“Claim 2: The outcome of the SPL’s process will have no legal effect. Fact- What the SPL are deciding upon is whether their tournament and their trophy was assigned to the correct club in the years in question.
“The SPL have every right to examine whether participants in their competition behaved within the rules. And if they find they haven’t, they can apply their rule book as recourse. More Green nonsense.
“Mitchell added: “The SPL are examining the conduct of the participants in their competition well before Rangers went into liquidation, in particular the conduct of the club then owned by Sir David Murray, with the club secretary role (in charge of those player registrations) held by Campbell Ogilvie (whatever happened to him?). Charles Green and Sevco have nothing to do with this.
“Claim 3: The new owners purchased all the business and assets of Rangers, including titles and trophies. Fact- Green said on June 2012 that if his CVA proposal was to fail (which it did) and Rangers were to be liquidated (which they are), “the history, the tradition, everything that’s great about this club is swept aside”.
“Therefore he admits he has not purchased titles and trophies. Sevco has no titles and trophies.
“By the way, Charles, I would not provoke commentators like me to dig this up, because what you said is not what the Rangers fans want to hear now, as you now correctly realise. Let it lie, Charlie, let it lie.”
Hoping to prompt some reality from the fans of Sevco Mitchell added: ”So, even one with a leaning towards Govan would argue that, under the most superficial scrutiny, Green’s attack is less than robust. But sometimes you have to chuck a dog a bone. So, to be fair, Charlie is right with his complaint on the SPL’s lack of consistencY.
“Mitchell concluded: ”For Celtic fans I’d argue the victory is in the fact that their greatest rival died.
“The 125-year long struggle ended with the collapse of the adversary. The war was won. Achilles vanquished Hector.”
Well what can I say to that…….well said Roger should cover it! 😀 HH
It blows me away that it took someone from the past to speak sense in regard to the SFA involvement in this scenario. Why have the others gone into hiding? Do they have something to hide from? Are their hands dirty and they running scared it all comes out now? Do they really think for a second that when their “blind eye” tacticvs are made clear we will all fall down shocked?
My message to the corrupt at the SFA, “Grow a damn pair of testicles, and hold your hands up”!
Thank goodness , at last , someone with a pair of nuts. He has put ALL the so-called journalists , and pundits , in this country to shame.We need someone like him to put that old arse green in his place .
Love it, love it, love it.
Why has the one club that claims dignity have no dignity whatsoever.
If I was a sevcovian (and I’m not ) I would hang my head in shame.
No right thinking human would act in the manner this mob act.
It wasn’t our fault you should have caught us sooner.
My opinion at one time was lets punish the shame and move on, not now I believe the best thing to happen for Scottish football and Scottish society is if OLDCO/NEWCO die.
Music to my ears .
125 year struggle? 125 years of having to put up with the bigotry is the only struggle we had.
Good report lets us hope some of the MSM and Scottish football authorities take note!
Simon & Garfuncle (SFA) sound of silence!
People need to ask themselves just how deep this whole corrupt scenario runs? How much is Regan and Doncaster trying to save their own ar$e? Or is it far more corrupt than that?
Questions are now being asked about the SFA and SPL authorities and their possible role in the whole corrupt rangers / sevco scenario including one Campbell Ogilvie and Gordon Smith before him. Notice any connections there?
I am beginning to wonder if the whole rangers thing is about to be blown apart and mass resignations on a daily basis. If there isn’t…there bloody well should be.
For years we ( celtic minded people )were all accused of being paranoid . Scotland is corupt through and through .
this goes deep. lthe spl knew in 2010/11 that rangers didnt meet the criteria to gain a licence, yet they done nothing – robbing celtic of a place in the CL & 10 million CL prize money in the process.
another thing you need to take into account is that this investigation only goes back to the inception of the SPL; what went on before then? remember, rangers were payin bigger wages to “moaty moaty, its me gazza” & co. which begs the question; who is responsible for any investigation post SPL?
are celtic entitled to compensation from both the SPL & UEFA?
my opinion is that the biggest scam in scottish footballs history is being covered up before our very eyes.
oh the blue bells are dying.
oh the blue bells are deed.
oh the blue bells are dying.
oh the blue bells are deed.
There’s gonnae be a few more law suits coming their way…..all those mis-sold “Champion” pies and burgers
Did that diddy actually think that he was buying Rangers’ history and “world record” trophy count for 5.5m pound? Tell ye what, being a Celtic fan and with our record in trophies and competitions that we’ve won SO FAR… I’d be livid with such a low number, if it was even possible for such a sitiuation to actually happen. Old Rangers doesn’t exist and certainly the demon offspring can’t carry on the torch and medals of the triumphs of it’s “parent”. Isn’t that in a way like me doing my childs homework.
SFA have called in a favour.
I am putting in an offer for Real Madrids 9 Champions league cups . How can you buy history of a dead thing . My grandfather was a Joiner I will buy his trade ffs