Rangers – an apology
Alex Thomson's View Jun 26, 2012
A facet of the long-running Rangers story has been the creative use of the internet and IT to comment on the saga from all sides, from all kinds of fans, writes Alex Thomson.
Celtic FC News Archive
26 June 2012
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Some Mistakes in the Mainstream Media regarding RFC/sevco/newco/club 12/ zombies
Randalstown Hoops Jun 26, 2012
Some Mistakes in the Mainstream Media regarding RFC/sevco/newco/club 12/ zombies Gladys Green does not own Rangers Football Club. Rangers Football Club are still in administration and still being run by Duff and Phelps until such time as the court app...
Sevco expelled to Irn-Bru SPL. Phenomenal.
Celtic Quick News Jun 26, 2012
In October last year, with Rangers riding high in the league and with Craig Whyte enjoying messianic worship at Ibrox, Celtic Quick News published an article with a few predictions: “In the event of Rangers facing financial Armageddon…. a prepack … ...
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McCoist’s anxious 48 hour wait
VideoCelts Jun 26, 2012
Ally McCoist faces another anxious 48 hours before finding out what sort of squad he'll have for pre-season training. The floodgates out of Ibrox have been opened by the announcements to quit from Steven Whittaker and Steven Naismith with half a dozen ...
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Point of order, seven players have not left Rangers
Celtic Quick News Jun 26, 2012
Point of order. Steven Davis has not decided to leave Rangers. Kyle Lafferty did not leave Rangers. Jamie Ness, Steven Whittaker, Steven Naismith, Shauny Aluko and Rhys McCabe did not leave Rangers in some insurrection of Stevens-and-friends-with-odd-name...
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Lee Wallace to stay at Rangers newco but more departures on horizon
Scotsman Jun 26, 2012
SCOTLAND left-back Lee Wallace has pledged his future to the newco Rangers despite the near certainty that they will not play in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.
Celtic join Everton at Partick Thistle tournament
VideoCelts Jun 26, 2012
A Celtic XI will take part in a four team tournament staged by Partick Thistle and also involving Everton and Airdrie United. The ARR Craib Cup will take place at Firhill on July 21/22 when the Celtic first team face Ajax in the Amsterdam Arena. Stevie ...
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‘SFA chance of newco being admitted to the SFL division one’
The Celtic Network Jun 26, 2012
I had a longer article prepared and ready for posting, one which took a wandering journey around quotes from the Irish philosopher, Edmund Burke, and which talked at length about the inaccurate reporting style of the average Scottish journalist. For citat...
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QPR face German competition for Celtic's Ki
Tribal Football Jun 26, 2012
QPR face Bundesliga competition for Celtic midfielder Ki Sung-yueng. Rs owner Tony Fernandes is eager to bring the South Korea international to the Premier League. read more...
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A quick summary on the NewCo fiasco
Blog Bhoys Jun 26, 2012
After being away from my computer for the last few days I thought i would write a quick summary of where Scottish football is at and what still has to be done before the end of the season in regards to Rangers/Sevco So it seems this is the beginning of ...
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90 Minute Cynic Podcast Episode 4 – No To Newco
90 Minute Cynic Jun 26, 2012
Welcome to Episode 4 of the 90 Minute Cynic Podcast. Chris Gallagher is joined by regular Cynics Kevin Gillespie, Dermot Coyle and Bryan McManus. We discuss the Sevco situation and the impact it will have on Scottish Football as well as Celtic. We also ta...
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‘It’s the final countdown’
The Celtic Network Jun 26, 2012
Who is old enough to remember the 80′s soft rock band Europe?…hands up the oldies in the house. Anyway, I'm going to break with tradition and skip straight to my point… Yesterday, admittedly a day or two later than I was told to expect…Aberdeen ...
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Raith Rovers Revenge
Celtic Quick News Jun 26, 2012
It's less than four days since the SFA, SPL and SFL chief executives met at Hampden to devise a plan to destroy and rebuild Scottish football within three weeks, coincidentally, allowing a Newco access to the second tier of the … Continue reading →...
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Keeper Forster back with Newcastle from Celtic loan
Tribal Football Jun 26, 2012
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is expecting keeper Fraser Forster to report back for pre-season training after failing to secure a permanent berth elsewhere. read more...
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Multi-million pound treasure trove unearthed in Jersey
ITV Jun 26, 2012
The find is possibly the biggest hoard of Celtic coins to have ever been discovered in Western Europe. Photo: ITV Channel Television Two metal detecting enthusiasts in Jersey have dug up a treasure trove of coins which could be worth up to £10m.
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The Rumour Mill: Tuesday’s football news and gossip
Scotsman Jun 26, 2012
Three more Rangers players to leave Ibrox, criminial proceedings launched as police probe Craig Whyte takeover, Kilmarnock fear losing £1m over Rangers SPL exit and Hearts set to appoint new manager.
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Who should now be Club 12 – Poll
The Celtic Network Jun 26, 2012
Now we know Sevco will not be playing in the SPL .Who in your opinion should be Club 12. Should it be Dundee who where runners up in Div 1 or Dunfermline who were relegated from the SPL ? Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the s...
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GALLERY: Euro 2012 WAGS in the spotlight
Daily Record Jun 26, 2012
CELTIC star Georgios Samaras and his Greece side may have been knocked out of Euro 2012 but the lanky striker has one reason to celebrate after his better half was voted the best WAG at the championships. But do you agree? Here we check out the competitio...
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Rangers newco: Lee Wallace stays but four more head for Ibrox exit
Scotsman Jun 26, 2012
ALLAN McGregor, Steven Davis, Kyle Lafferty and Jamie Ness tonight joined the Ibrox exodus after declining to transfer their contracts to Gladys Green's newco Rangers, on the same day that defender Lee Wallace announced he would stay at the club.
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SFL clubs say no to newco but yes to quick solution
Herald Scotland Jun 26, 2012
The Scottish Football League board will meet today to discuss proposals for merging with the Scottish Premier League and taking Rangers newco into the first division.
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Two more big names join Ibrox exodus
VideoCelts Jun 26, 2012
Steven Davis and Allan McGregor have dealt Sevco with a double blow by quitting Ibrox The loss of the Rangers captain and the longest serving player at the club are a massive blow for Green's hopes of entering the SFL and are likely to see season ticke...
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Fraser Forster what’s the score?
VideoCelts Jun 26, 2012
News that Fraser Forster, Celtic and Newcastle haven't agreed a deal isn't the biggest surprise of the close season! The keeper has been on loan at Celtic for each of the last two season's but on neither occasion has he taken part in pre-season tra...
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First Division concerns over newco’s SFL plan
VideoCelts Jun 26, 2012
Raith Rovers have become the first Scottish Football League club to raise concerns about Servco being parachuted into the First Division. The phrase 'sporting integrity' almost became a codeword for a no vote in the SPL debate surrounding newco with R...
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Pardew - No Forster deal done
Sky Sports Jun 26, 2012
Alan Pardew is expecting Fraser Forster to report back for pre-season training at Newcastle, with the keeper yet to secure a switch elsewhere.
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Forster back in Toon as deal stalls
Vital Football Jun 26, 2012
Fraser Forster is expected to return to pre-season training at Newcastle United after failing to agree terms with Celtic.
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Dunfermline expect to replace Rangers in SPL
Scotsman Jun 26, 2012
DUNFERMLINE expect to be readmitted to the SPL when Gladys Green's application for a newco Rangers is officially rejected.
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Vision of future for Rangers newco remains obscured by doubt
Herald Scotland Jun 26, 2012
W here next for Gladys Green and Zeus Capital?...
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Scottish FA give Gladys Green until Friday to ask for membership transfer
STV Sport Jun 26, 2012
The newco owner has to submit a number of documents for the request to be considered.
Midfielder declares himself fully fit
VideoCelts Jun 26, 2012
Beram Kayal will be fully fit when he returns to Celtic next week for pre-season training. The midfielder missed over four months of action last season following a crude challenge from Lee McCulloch on December 28 as a Joe Ledley goal sent Celtic to the...
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SFL consider Rangers newco vote
BBC Jun 26, 2012
The Scottish Football League board is meeting to discuss proposals including the entry of newco Rangers to the SFL.
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Champions Skill School - just 10 places left
Celtic FC Jun 26, 2012
WITH the school summer holidays fast approaching, Celtic Grassroots football have over 85 Bhoys & Ghirls booked on the first skill school of the summer at the Eastend Healthy Living Centre next week. The enrolled players will enjoy an action-packe...
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From Greek statue to Greek god ... Sami must shape up
Glasgow Evening Times Jun 26, 2012
Former Celtic striker Frank McGarvey today called on Georgios Samaras to show the same drive and passion for Celtic as he has for Greece. The Greeks were sent home from the European Championships on Friday night, but not before Samaras had become the firs...
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Defiant Green vows newco will rise from lower leagues
Herald Scotland Jun 26, 2012
Gladys Green admitted defeat and began preparing for lower league football last night after the number of Scottish Premier League clubs saying they would vote against an application for his Rangers newco to be included in the top flight reached six.
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An Unstructured Comparison: The Eurozone Crisis & Scottish Football
Liam Conway Jun 26, 2012
It is widely argued that a Greek disorderly exit from the Eurozone would have a devastating outcome. Whilst the most immediate impact would be closer to home, it is believed that the consequences of this exit would be so serious that its reverberations w...
Metal detector buffs strike gold with £10m Iron Age 'hedge fund'
The Sun Jun 26, 2012
They uncovered between 30,000 and 50,000 Celtic silver and gold coins dating from the 1st Century BC which have lain buried for more than 2,000 years. The full size of their discovery - entombed in a large mound of clay under a hedge - has yet to be ...
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Wallace pledges future to Rangers
Belfast Telegraph Jun 26, 2012
Scotland left-back Lee Wallace has pledged his future to the newco Rangers despite the near certainty that they will not play in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.
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Celtic Diary - June 26th
ETims Jun 26, 2012
Tuesday June 26 There is football out there if you want it. Celtic Ladies thrashed the Hibernian ladies and will go into the short summer break in second place. The 5-2...
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Celtic favourite back in Toon
TEAMtalk Jun 26, 2012
Fraser Forster is set to report back for pre-season training with Newcastle after talks over a permanent move to Celtic broke down.
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Célticos en la Eurocopa (…y III): Samaras marca, pero no es suficiente
Not Celtic Class Jun 26, 2012
Último capítulo de Célticos en la Eurocopa, pues nos hemos quedado sin representantes a nivel continental. A buen seguro todos nos levantamos del asiento con el gol de Georgios Samaras, que ponía un inesperado empate a uno en el marcador del Alemania-...
Steven Davis becomes seventh Rangers player to refuse newco switch
STV Sport Jun 26, 2012
The club captain will quit Scottish football and move elsewhere on a free transfer.
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Raith Rovers will oppose any move to admit newco Rangers to First Division
STV Sport Jun 26, 2012
The First Division club has said that it would compromise on sporting integrity if a new Rangers company was admitted to SFL1.
If You Know The History – 26th June 1901 Alec Crawford joined Celtic from Clyde 1901
Jim Craig CSC Jun 26, 2012
Sometimes, a player comes into a club like Celtic and finds things a bit difficult. Just occasionally, though, life then takes a turn for the better. Outside-right Alex Crawford signed for Celtic on this day in 1901. At the start of season 1901/02, he mad...
And Thomson must score . . .
Henry Clarson Jun 26, 2012
Re-reading my article on Alex Thomson's “solutions” for the problems which Scottish football now faces because of Rangers, I think I haven't made it clear enough that, for all the good work that Alex Thomson did up to this point, I feel let down b...
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John McGlynn returns to Tynecastle as Vladimir Romanov’s tenth manager
Scotsman Jun 26, 2012
He was then assistant to Valdas Ivanauskas when Hearts won the Scottish Cup and finished runners-up to Celtic in the SPL in 2006. He quit Hearts in November 2006 to take over as manager at Raith and guided the Kirkcaldy club to the Second Division title i...
Quartet join Gers exodus
Daily Express Jun 26, 2012
Allan McGregor, Steven Davis, Kyle Lafferty and Jamie Ness have joined the Ibrox exodus after declining to transfer their contracts to Gladys Green's newco Rangers.
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Hearts set to unveil new man after making John McGlynn offer
Scotsman Jun 26, 2012
Beattie was a huge hit with the Hearts fans after scoring the late penalty which knocked Celtic out and took Hearts through to the Scottish Cup final. They had hoped to see Beattie return to Tynecastle after the summer but the departure of Paulo Sergio ha...
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Wallace pledges future to Gers
TEAMtalk Jun 26, 2012
Scotland left-back Lee Wallace has pledged his future to the newco Rangers despite the near certainty that they will not play in the SPL.
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Hearts confirm appointment of John McGlynn as new manager
Scotsman Jun 26, 2012
Beattie was a huge hit with the Hearts fans after scoring the late penalty which knocked Celtic out and took Hearts through to the Scottish Cup final. They had hoped to see Beattie return to Tynecastle after the summer but the departure of Paulo Sergio ha...
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Lochte edges out Phelps at US trials.
RTÉ Sport Jun 26, 2012
Ryan Lochte saw off rival Michael Phelps to claim first place in the 400-metre individual medley at the United States Olympic trials.
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Pardew is expecting Forster at Magpies
Glasgow Evening Times Jun 26, 2012
Celtic expected the giant goalkeeper to give his answer on the four-year contract they have offered him by last night. But, with no news on that front, and Forster's second loan spell at Parkhead having come to an end, Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has ..
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Green targets 'highest level'
TEAMtalk Jun 26, 2012
Gladys Green will push for his newco Rangers to play football at the highest level possible - but their SPL bid looks set to fail.
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Lochte edges out Phelps at US trials
RTÉ Sport Jun 26, 2012
Ryan Lochte saw off rival Michael Phelps to claim first place in the 400-metre individual medley at the United States Olympic trials.
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Pars expect SPL return
TEAMtalk Jun 26, 2012
Dunfermline expect to be readmitted to the Scottish Premier League when Gladys Green's application for a newco Rangers is officially rejected.
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Celtic rejoin chase for Leicester City defender Matt Mills as Bolton deal stalls
Daily Record Jun 26, 2012
CELTIC last night leapt back into the hunt for £3million-rated Leicester defender Matt Mills.
SFA awaiting Green detail
TEAMtalk Jun 26, 2012
The Scottish FA are awaiting information from Gladys Green to support his newco club's application for membership of the governing body.
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Wallace commits to Rangers
TEAMtalk Jun 26, 2012
Lee Wallace has committed himself to newco Rangers amid reports that others are set to refuse to transfer to the new company.
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Houston Dynamo reveal interest in Aluko
Goal.com Jun 26, 2012
Kinnear revealed that Aluko's talent was pointed out to him by former Celtic and Rangers striker Mo Johnston. “I'm pretty good friends with Mo Johnston and he brought up Sone's name to me," Kinnear told the Scottish Sun. “I had a close ...
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Pardew optimistic Simpson will stay at Newcastle
Goal.com Jun 26, 2012
Forster has spent the last two seasons on loan at Scottish giants Celtic but will not be allowed to leave until his valuation is met. "At the moment he is coming back to us,” he added. "He will be with us until he finds a club and we find a fee that ...
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