Bitter Walter Smith has launched an astonishing attack on Scottish football over the liquidation of Rangers Football Club in June 2012.
Smith walked out on Rangers (IL) shortly after Craig Whyte paid David Murray £1 for the second most important institution in Scottish society leaving Ally McCoist in charge.
The former Scotland boss served as a non-executive director and chairman for the new club and famously wished the new Rangers Football Club every good fortune after failing to buy out Charles Green.
Almost four years later Smith was asked if there would be ill feeling following the summer of 2012 and replied: “I think it [ill feeling] will always be there. There was no necessity for Rangers to be put down into the Third Division.
“I think that’s the thing that will always stay in Scottish football, I think there will be a bitterness in the Rangers ranks that it happened. It will be a massive motivation for the club, it would be for me.
“There’s no doubt it was the wrong move in my eyes. Scottish football’s been worse off and a lot of the teams who were happy to see Rangers go down there have suffered and found themselves relegated or in the process of being relegated. So there will be that bitterness.
“How can they forget what happened to them? They can’t forget that. Nobody can forget.”
It does seem that Smith can forget, on 19 June 2012 after failing in a bid to buy the assets from Mr Green the ex Ibrox boss said: “We wish the new Rangers Football Club every good fortune.”
With the offer of 30 pieces of silver from Green Smith became a non executive director of Sevco before taking over as chairman in May 2013.
After three months in the hot seat Smith walked away with chief executive Craig Mather saying: “Walter has his own reasons for this decision but exactly when he discloses them to everyone is up to him.
“I am certain the last thing he would want to do is damage the club more than is necessary. After all, he returned to Ibrox to help rebuild the club, not to disrupt that process.
“However, I have to accept his decision and respect it. But even though he has stepped down he has made it clear that if I feel the need I can call him at any time.”
Rather than attack Scottish football clubs Smith should be grateful that his favoured tribute act were given a helping hand ahead of Spartans, Edinburgh City and Brora Rangers as they were fast tracked into the SFL without any sign of audited accounts.
As the continuity myth grows strength it’s worth remembering the 276 creditors, including HER MAJESTY, the emergency services, local authorities, florists, newsagents and face painters that went unpaid while Sevco Scotland attempted to pretend that liquidation of the football club hadn’t happened.