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Charles Green newsCharles Green believes that the decision to deny Sevco a place in the SPL was partly driven by bigotry.

The former Sheffield United chief bought the assets of Rangers for £5.5m in June in the expectation that Sevco would be invited to join the SPL.

No SPL clubs supported Sevco’s application- Kilmarnock abstained- forcing Sevco to apply to the SFL where despite the pleading of Stewart Regan and Neil Doncaster the clubs voted by 25-5 against placing Sevco in the First Division.

Sevco were granted conditional membership of the SFA on Friday night but Green believes that the SPL vote was fuelled by bigotry.

Before watching his side play Brechin in the Ramsdens Cup he was asked by Radio Scotland for his feelings on the SPL vote.

Green said: “Some of it has been driven by bigotry, some of its been driven by jealousy and some of its been driven by all the wrong motives.

“My frustration’s been, after 30 years of business, I have never experienced anything like the last three months,” he said.

“Some of the business decisions that have been made really have been nonsensical from a business point of view.

“One of the meetings I went to, one of the reasons why SPL chairmen were under pressure to do something with Rangers was they wouldn’t buy season tickets until Rangers were thrown out of the league.

“We’ve got a position whereby Rangers were thrown out of the league and these clubs are still appealing with fans to buy season tickets.

“What’s happened with Rangers, as an outsider looking in, although I am now an insider, is absolutely incredible where it seems to me the whole of Scotland have wanted to kick this giant club while it was down.

“I think justice has been done. The club were fined 10 points, it received an £190,000 fine, it was then put out the SPL, it was then put down to the Third Division, it has had to pay all the Scottish club debts, which wouldn’t normally happen for a newco to be obliged to pay oldco’s debts.

“We’re also now paying European debts and there is still potential cloud hanging over the club from the SPL over EBT issues.”

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  • steeko says:

    This guys a bawbag he opens his mouth a lets any crap come out just to get his horrible bigoted club in the newspapers does he forget members of the board at the sfa have held positions in ibroke

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