GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 25: Rangers Chairman John Bennett and CEO James Bisgrove during a Scottish Gas Scottish Cup final match between Celtic and Rangers at Hampden Park, on May 25, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Rob Casey/SNS Group via Getty Images)
Jim Gillespie has rejected the offer to become CEO of the cash strapped Ibrox Tribute Act.
Over the last month Ibrox media messengers have been trying to soften up the bears that the vice-Chairman of St Mirren is the man to turn around 12 years of chronic mis-management.
James Bisgrove collected the salary for 10 months before moving to Saudi Arabia with his successor inheriting a horrendous in-box.
Losses for last season, mainly fromfunding the Beale Revolution! are expected to be around £20m- almost £400,000 a week- with Ibrox currently closed, the Clement Revolution! floundering and fans on the brink of realising that this season is doomed.
— stephen.mcgowan (@mcgowan_stephen) September 10, 2024
The new CEO was expected to be appointed after the transfer window closed but 11 days later the Daily Mail is softening things up for loyal fans over being snubbed by a St Mirren director!
St Mirren vice-chairman Jim Gillespie is out of the race to become the next chief executive of Rangers.
The Ibrox club targeted the 46-year-old after previous CEO James Bisgrove moved to the Middle East in June.
Discussions reached an advanced stage, with Gillespie expected to take the job right up until last week.
However, Mail Sport now understands that the trail has cooled on Gillespie, who is CEO of Renfrewshire children’s charity Kibble.
Rangers chairman John Bennett will now continue the search for a replacement for Bisgrove, who stunned the club by moving to Saudi Pro League side Al-Qadsiah.
A well-known face in SPFL boardrooms, father-of-two and Rangers supporter Gillespie was widely tipped to land the Ibrox post.
The trail didn’t cool, the man from St Mirren checked things out and understood that radical and unpopular action is required to avoid administration this season.
After weeks of sweet talking and playing the staunch card Gillespie weighed things up and realised that only someone utterly desperate would accept the salary to deflect abuse from the Ibrox board as they fail at every turn.
Unless something incredible happens over the next few months everyone inside Ibrox will forever be tainted for their involvement in losing the title of The World’s Most Successful club.
Everyone knows that Real Madrid hold that title but the Gullible & Deluded have grasped it closely since they stood back and watched their club die in 2012
Regardless of the salary taking the flack for the costly mistakes of Bennett, Dave King, Douglas Park, Ross Wilson, Micky Beale, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, James Tavernier and Cyriel Dessers as Celtic sail into the distance isn’t the most appealing addition to an executive CV.
Jamie Murphy believes that jealous fans of another SPFL club contacted Gillespie to inform him that the 2012 Ibrox Tribute Act has financial problems.
Who the fuck is Jamie Murphy – A Celtic Supporter I take it ?
Aah ‘The trail has cooled’ – all nicey nicey, wishy washy, mealy mouthed, pish pot jerker to soothe and warm the poor wee gentle Sevco lambs this showery and chilly Wednesday…
I had one of them phone name yesterday to say that the riot instigator Elon Musk was buying them and was gonna be ‘investing’ Gazillions into the team… I suppose if nothing else he’d fit in well there…
They are hopeless on the field of play thankfully…
But by fuck – They are absolutely European Champions when it comes to Comedy Gold for sure !
Lol Jamie Murphy who the fuck is he Eddie’s brother.
So The CHISLER is on the prowl again ready for another special guest star appearance,with the mention of Frank Lampards name doing the rounds should The CHISLER get behind that big chair again.
Lol Frank Lampard with them being the Comedy Gold klub for us to laugh at they would be better with Frank Spencer or Frank Carson.
It’s very much like the McInnes situation ,back in the day ,when he refused theRangers coaching job . Every SMSM outfit had him as a ‘ shoo in ‘ as next boss . It was dripping down their legs ! He wasn’t interested . Just imagine that scenario, when the biggest fraud in Scottish football management refuses employment from his first love ..it tells us all without explanation ! G Parks , the Daily Record scoop said , that the appointment of McInnes in Ibroxland was as sure as ‘ night follows day ‘when asked by Inaction Jackson on the Billy Bowie sponsored daily Record video production football show . Oops ! Parks’s typing skills were shown less frequently after that howler ..I wonder why ?
Daily Record are Pathological Liars valentines !
What sane person would want to be associated with a toxic place with their reputation, not something to speak about in polite company.
Not ready to downsize, I take it.
Are they all eating soor plooms in that picture?
Or chewing Wasps Stevie…
Mind you didn’t they have a song in their second year of existence saying…
“Same Old Alloa (Wasps)… Always Cheatin…
Oh Fuck – The bloody irony there !
It’s not the CEO of a children’s charity sevco needs,
but a turnaround specialist!
The only person who has played their game well at ibrox,
has been Bisgrove. 🙂
A sales guy, whose narrow CV didn’t justify even a sniff of the CEO role,
was appointed by Bennett.
Bisgrove left in haste to another CEO role,
and no doubt with significantly better remuneration.
Bennett is the wrong guy to be ‘Executive Chairmen’.
Not looking too rosy down sevco way these days.
Now, where is that pack of cards?