Hibs announce no to newco vote
Following on from last week’s decisions from Hearts and Dundee United the Edinburgh side made an announcement tonight on the club website.
It read: “Following a meeting of its Board of Directors, Hibernian FC confirmed that the Club will vote against the transfer of the Rangers share in the SPL to a newco at the General Meeting of SPL clubs on 4 July 2012.
“This re-affirms the view of the Board that the sporting integrity of the SPL is of paramount importance.
“The Board is also acutely aware that in making this decision, Hibernian – like other clubs in the SPL – will suffer collateral financial damage at a time of severe economic hardship and uncertainty.
“The Board believes it is time for all fair minded supporters to get behind their clubs and to contribute in whatever way they can to the viability of the professional game in Scotland.”
News of the Hibs vote is another massive blow to Charlie Green’s hopes of getting his Sevco club admitted into the SPL to replace Rangers.
Neil Doncaster will host a meeting of SPL clubs at Hampden tomorrow knowing that there is virtually no chance of mustering the eight votes required to allow Sevco into the top division.
Sevco need to find eight votes to get admitted to the SPL but no club has yet declared that they will vote yes although Kilmarnock chairman Michael Johnston has gone into detail about the need to have a Rangers club in the SPL.
Yesterday a joint statement between the SPL, SFA and SFL confirmed that talks are on-going to merge the two leagues together under the direction of the SPL.
With just five weeks to go till the opening of the SFL season with the Ramsden’s Cup Sevco face a race against time if they wish to apply for a place in the SFL with the SPL almost certain to promote Dunfermline or Dundee to take the place of Club 12 in next season’s fixture list.
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