GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 17: SPFL Chief Executive Neil Doncaster shakes hands with Rangers' James Tavernier and Rangers Manager Philippe Clement during the Viaplay Cup Final match between Rangers and Aberdeen at Hampden Park, on December 17, 2023, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Foy/SNS Group via Getty Images)
Neil Doncaster will be lobbying Premiership clubs to agree to fixture switches to help out Scotland’s newest club.
Yesterday the SPFL published their fixtures for the 24/25 season which is heavily interrupted by international breaks in September, October and November.
That impacts on cash flow with most clubs expecting to play two matches a month to keep the income streams from hospitality and other matchday sources flowing.
Over at Ibrox they are keeping suspiciously quiet about the extend of their construction problems with no word on whether Ibrox will be closed for two matches or three months.
Last season Cinch cancelled their SPFL sponsorship deal because the Ibrox Tribute Act refused to take part, now Neil Doncaster is wanting member clubs to help out his pals at Ibrox!
The SPFL chief told BBC Scotland:
Now that the fixtures are out, we’ll be working with Rangers and will no doubt be talking with teams they are scheduled to play at home against and let’s see what emerges.
We will certainly do what we can to be as helpful as we can whilst trying to be as fair as we can to all parties.
We’ll be liaising as closely as we can with Rangers and trying to do our best to assist in what clearly is a difficult situation they find themselves in.
Any club agreeing to reverse fixtures will feel a furious backlash from their own fans with Motherwell and Ross County the first clubs to come under pressure.
Meanwhile Aberdeen are having to go to a tribunal to get their transfer fee for Connor Barron with Motherwell losing goalkeeper Liam Kelly to a club without a home ground.
This is where we need a new “No to NewCo” style movement. All fans of all the other clubs should be on their club’s case over this. Other clubs have had temporary ground switches in the past, but these have been done in an orderly, organised fashion, with everyone fully informed and arrangements in place well in advance. This excrement exhibition should be met with the full range of sanctions and punishments – as it no doubt would be if it was us, or any other club, that was responsible for such a fiasco. They put the boot into Dundee for being unable to stage a game (even though they themselves turned down one option to get it played), so why the hell should anyone go easy on them? Arrogant, entitled shower of shite that they are.
PS – Anyone else think it’s odd that the “unbiased computer” managed to select two of the smaller teams, most likely to succumb to pressure from Ibrox to agree to fixture switches, for the first two home games?
No – we had to go to Aberdeen, Sevco, Hearts & Hibs in the first round of fixtures last season, so when flipped for this season the expectation was that they would have to do the same and so their home games had to be against ‘smaller’ clubs.
As it turns out they have us, Hearts & Aberdeen away with Hibs at home in first round of games, though that their fixtures are even close to ours last season is a surprise in and of itself.
Agree
They can go and FCUK themselves . Since they died they have gone out of their way to fcuk everybody over. They pissed on every club over the cinch deal. There shouldn’t be an ounce of sympathy from any of the club’s in the league. You reap what u sow the rangers
Tell them tae GTF.. It’s either their TEMPORARY home or it’s 3 pts tae the opposition.. SIMPLE AS!! If that means they threaten tae walk away, Fukin let them.. NAEWAN LIKES them & quite frankly NAEWAN CARES!!!
Even allowing that it came from that muppet, it’s a pretty wishy-washy statement by any standards! “No guarantees” is all I am taking from that!
Some clubs and their fans might fancy a wee trip to Murrayfield for a change – instead of the oppressive, unpleasant concentration camp experience of being a visiting fan at iBrox.
Terrific comments above and I fully agree with their sentiments.
That scum died 12 years ago and the Tribute Act is even worse, yet the SFA, SPFL, Refs and all media lie, cheat, do anything for Sevco. What is WRONG with these ‘peepul’?
If there really was a god then their 1st two home games would’ve been Dundee and Aberdeen and see how they got on with ‘negotiations’ with those two.
I live in England and I tell folk the unvarnished truth about the new huns and all their shenanigans and I sometimes think they think I’m making it up or exaggerating when I just tell it as it is. Of course, Peter Thomas Lawwell and his Irish boss could’ve stopped all this in a heartbeat but filthy lucre stopped that before it began. They’re as much scum as the new huns and all their ‘benefactors’. FFS, Scotland, drag yourself out of the 17th century and be the Socialist country you ought to be.
Mr Doncaster I have but one thing to say to yourself with regards to your request for fixtures to suit Sevco,” off you can f@#k”. Its their mess not anyone else’s.
They’ve actually given that half-witted, snake-like twat a contract whereby if he leaves (forced out) he gets 2 years salary. Can you believe it, outside of Masonic, Bonnie Scotland?
Anyway, it’s grand to see that we all seem to be in harmony with this. (If you’re a new hun/old hun looking in here you’ll probably be lost with “harmony”. Google it and then do one.
Ard Mhaca, you’ll recognise these few lines we used to sing at the “backae the goal or the Jungle” many years ago:
“It’s my old Irish home, far across the foam,
Although I’ve often left it, in foreign lands to roam,
No matter where I wander, in cities near or far,
Sure my heart is at home in Old Ireland,
In the county of Armagh.”
HH
Editor: Doncaster knows every detail of what went on on 2012, the club CEO that was keenest to get the Continuation Lie in place. If they ever decide to give the gormless fool the bump they will need to pay big time for his silence.
Yeah, Joe, sickening doesn’t go anywhere near it.
But I think there’s a prosecutable offence in the 5-Way, FRAUD. (no time bar)
It’s only because it was a stupid hun detective that pursued the wrong line of enquiry to suit his known bias that tax-payers have had to pay millions to the Admin people. If I’m correct, as I believe I am, as well as many others, the Administrators were party to the fraud to which I refer.
Tic Toc I know the song well. I’ll get to hearvit plenty on Sunday as Armagh plays Roscommon int he All Ireland Senior football quarter final. But I am an Exile from the big smoke, Belfast, and moved to the fair county of Armagh for the love of a woman. Mind you I’ll be dead if the wife foynd out.
If it’s allowed, here’s Boys from the County Armagh, The Wolfe Tones:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=it%27s+my+old+irish+home%2C+far+across+the+foam&atb=v354-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dac86dyVmcqg
After what they did to Dundee! They should be told to fu@k off
Every time sevco players run on to the pitch the MC should play the song, Gypsies Tramps And Thieves that’s the best and only way to describe them.
In Scotland, all the gate receipts are retained by the home team. Clubs minus Ibrox and Hearts, work together
with a Lawyer. Offer them your fields to Ibrox, for their home fixtures scheduled against you.
Seek a contractual agreement with Ibrox. You will need a Force Majeure clause. Dundee note.
The generous offering Clubs take all gate receipts plus Ibrox pays to cover Stadium costs plus a return above that. Legally it becomes an away game for Ibrox (no gate receipts) plus a Stadium use cost is charged to Ibrox. I might be too kind?
If Sevco have no ground then they play at the opposition’ ground.
That means the opposition has TWO home games against Sevco. Not swapping venues to suit Sevco
Fuck them , 3-0 to every opponent team that sevco can’t complete the fixture of , fuck the SFA ,and their crawling to bend rules for sevco ,
Sevco have looked out for themselves, no fucking favours , made their bed , fucking lie in it , EBTs , Dundee, league sponsorship , sevco
happily fuck over any other team , now they expect favours, they can have my answer now , no fucking chance , karma .
They have no ground that was bought for a pound by off the radar Whyte.
They now have to grovel, cant play at their hovel, so tell them to go and shite.
Nice wee rhyme, Stevie.
Any directors saying no, will be named by “Swally” and hounded. Done deal.
F**k off that’s an auld pals act,how thick is speckie swallowing their shite afain at ibrox.
This speckie fud will bail the 12 year old klub out only for them to turn round later and boot him in family allowance with steel toe caps on.
Just thinking about this whole shambles…
and wondering where will the first legal challenge / threat come from?
I’m guessing from sevco!
Well, they haven’t been in a court for a while,
and they do have lots and lots of court experience,
[but no experience yet of actually winning in court! 🙂 ]
Tic Toc I know the song well. I’ll get to hear it plenty on Sunday as Armagh plays Roscommon int he All Ireland Senior football quarter final. But I am an Exile from the big smoke, Belfast, and moved to the fair county of Armagh for the love of a woman. Mind you I’ll be dead if the wife foynd out.
You couldn’t mark Doncaster’s neck with a fckin blowtorch.In there AGAIN begging us all to cut them some slack.Hes a buffoon coward,should be told to do one.
Sadly we live in a wee bigoted country that puts the Govan Club on a pedestal.
The Masonic riddled authorities will do everything in their power to smooth the path of this shower…so opposition has to come from all relevant clubs and their supporters.
It should be remembered that Sevco has shafted Scottish football on numerous occasions to suit its own selfish agenda…Well now its pay back time…
Scottish football needs to tell them to feck off !!
Association football rules are straight forward each club upon the start of a season must prese t a club headquauter and a PITCH from where home gamez are played . Failure to do so renders said club barred from any competition run by the association
“We’ll be liaising as closely as we can with Rangers (Sic) and trying to do our best to assist”
I was going to say that for once in his sordid life, the lying English bastard was actually telling the truth…
But then he said the word ‘rangers’ !