It’s not been much of a weekend for most folk but few have had one as bad as Stewart Robertson, the Managing Director at Ibrox who is also on the board of the SPFL.
You would assume that a board member has a decent grasp of the rules and regulations and would certainly be the go-to guy if his own club needed a couple of million to see the through ‘short term financial difficulties’.
Between Friday and Sunday, the statements have been flying between Hampden and Ibrox, whenever the send or publish button is hit Robertson is bound to be on the receiving end. His Rambo nickname is believed to be more ironic than accurate.
Last week as the SPFL board were preparing their proposal to split up the prize money for the three lower divisions the Statement Department inside Ibrox were hard at work with Robbo not sure whose side he was meant to be on.
The statements escalated to the stage this afternoon that SPFL chairman Murdoch MacLennan sent out a letter to all 42 member clubs. It couldn’t have been pleasant spelling out just how dim and useless one of his board members is:
Covering MacLennan’s letter, The Sun reports:
The SPFL Board spent around an hour discussing in great detail the resolution requisitioned by Rangers.
Only then did the Board, based on clear and unequivocal advice from a QC, determine that the resolution was not effective.
The Rangers director on the Board confirmed that he was content with the time given over to that discussion.
He was also offered the opportunity of the SPFL’s legal counsel Rod McKenzie working with Rangers’ Company Secretary on a resolution that might be effective.
To date, no further requisition has come forward from Rangers or from any other SPFL member.
Moving on, despite Mr Robertson’s high position within the SPFL it came as a shock to the Ibrox club to discover that they could apply for a loan from that body.
A club spokesman told The Sun:
Remarkably, we have learned from an email received from Mr McKenzie that our proposed resolution is deemed unnecessary because the SPFL board already has the authority to provide loans to member clubs which can be exercised by the SPFL at any time.
The Inverness CEO, Scot Gardiner, confirmed on national radio yesterday that SPFL representatives made it clear on several conference calls that it was necessary to approve the SPFL resolution in order to release funds which would relieve the financial hardship being experienced by many clubs.
Member clubs will be shocked to learn this is not the case and any club facing short term financial difficulties should request a loan from the SPFL immediately.
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With the statements from Ibrox sounding more and more desperate the week ahead may be the most challenging yet for Robertson who is apparently a real nice guy.
