As the exodus gains momentum James Bisgrove has been appointed CEO of the Ibrox Tribute Act.
The smooth talking 38-year-old moved to Ibrox in June 2018 and quickly started racking up commissions with multiple shirt sponsorship deals while introducing the My Gers scheme on loyal fans which gets then to spend more on the club while reducing ticket allocations as corporates (fat cats) jump the queue.
Bisgrove was the brains behind the Castore Sports kit deal but signing up for Ange’s Homecoming Tour is the biggest blackmark on his CV for rank and file bears.
Not only did Bisgrove negotiate and sign off for the Sydney Super Cup but he took to Rangers TV to justify it to supporters that were despairing about the deal on multiple grounds.
After fan protests interrupted matches the club pulled the plug on that venture, that legal claim sits alongside the £9.5m Elite Sports Groups claim in the in-tray of the new CEO.
When bad results and signings overwhelm the Bisgrove spin the interview below will see the Londoner follow the well trodden path of Ross Wilson, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Douglas Park and Douglas Park.
Bisgrove taking the Ange shilling. https://t.co/btJWb0CWSa pic.twitter.com/qzcUTk4qsj
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We’ve accepted an invitation to participate in the inaugural Sydney Super Cup.
That’s an opportunity that has arisen due to the extended winter break due to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar so there will be a five-week break in the Premiership and we have received an offer from the New South Wales government to participate in the tournament.
It’s a four-team tournament, we will play two games. It will be an eight-day trip and it’s something we have worked very closely with Giovanni van Bronckhorst and the football department to put in place.
We have been in negotiations for a few weeks for this particular opportunity and to be frank it’s a sizeable benefit for the club from a commercial perspective. I think an extent that we have never had an offer of this level for two friendly games for an international tournament so it’s something the board have looked at and unanimously feel is a positive opportunity for Rangers Football Club.
To put some context around this, we’ve spoken before and Stewart Robertson has spoken before about the broadcasting and media values here in Scotland and the club’s view on that has been well documented. The participation in this event over eight days will benefit the club to the same level as an entire season in the SPFL Premiership for two friendly games.
So when we talk about wanting to maximise the commercial potential of this football club we felt this was an opportunity that really helps us to achieve that ambition.
We have spoken before about this season being one we can achieve a very high revenue target commercially. We have spoken about this at the AGM around the £27.9m which is far higher than we have ever achieved before and this is another step to allow us to maximise some of that potential as a club.
We have a huge, huge fan base and we recognise the international nature of that is something that should be celebrated. We see from various data points, we see that Australasia, the Far East, the Middle East, North America, right across the world there are Rangers fans that wake up all hours of the night to follow this team so to be at a level where we can go and connect with that fan base in Australia, and that is one of the sizeable fan bases we have, we have ORSA out there that are one of the biggest supporters clubs.
We feel that it’s an opportunity to take the first team, the players not involved in the World Cup, spend just over a week there. From a football perspective, there’s a good opportunity to factor that into the winter break and as I’ve said before, commercially in terms of that international fan engagement opportunity it’s something we think is really positive.
Rangers lock out outcast Dave King as James Bisgrove makes club Sideshow Bob in Postecoglou’s flying circus | Keith Jacksonhttps://t.co/43JauU7bLx
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) March 7, 2022
Dave King evidently has Keith Jackson’s ear.
One can only assume that King is going to start applying pressure on the currant Board (not a typo) as he desperately attempts to sell his diluting shares.
Has the bold Keith managed to find out who sold another £250k “worth” of confetti to the gullibilly’s yet?
Interesting that the sellers name should remain anonymous don’t you think?