Regan praises Green’s remarkable job

Stewart Regan has spoken out about Charles Green and praised the remarkable job his fellow Yorkshireman has done at Ibrox.

After an apparent vow of silence following a blundering summer in which he predicted social unrest if Green’s newco were put in the Third Division Regan has re-emerged backing plans for league reconstruction.

Those aims were immediately shot down by Green who said that he’d recommemd to his board of directors that they find a way out of Scottish football.

Green has been an outspoken critic of the football authorities and clubs but appears immune to censure from the SFA who are happy to charge managers like Kenny Shiels for the mildest of criticisms about officials.

“If you look at what Charles has managed to achieve, from where Rangers were and from him hiding out in hotels in Glasgow and being afraid, to where he is now, I think he’s done a remarkable job, quite honestly,” Regan told The Scotsman.

“He’s recognised that the way to get success is to play to a group of supporters that now idolise him. He’s actually worked out the secret of getting his fans on his side and that’s to be very outspoken, to be very challenging to the authorities, to be seen to be standing up for Rangers when nobody else would stand up for them and he’s turned the club around.

“Charles is not a big fan of the SFA and that’s probably because his fans aren’t. But, privately, sitting across a table, we get on fine.

“He’s an outspoken guy. He calls a spade a shovel and he’s not afraid to put his views across. Equally, I’ve had to defend the SFA on a number of issues over the last few months. We’ve disagreed on things.

“The SFA can’t be seen to be dealing with Rangers in one way and other members in another way and that frustrates Charles at times simply because of the profile of Rangers. Certain issues have caused differences of opinion. We’ve begged to differ.”

The Scotsman also claims that the SFA told the European Club Association that newco Rangers have the history and trophies of the oldco despite failing to publish audited accounts since June 2010 and going into liquidation during the summer.

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