Paul’s spiritual home (pic from A&C Advertiser)
Even for someone who spends so much time peering into Rangers’ fiscal dealings, like most bloggers I expect Paul McConville has periods where he finds it hard to find stuff to talk about.
So a wee bout of blog tennis such as he and I have been engaging in is a good way to fill space and keep our respective audiences plugged in to the conversation.
Only, Paul’s latest response looks like a mis-hit to me and has flopped unspectacularly into the net on his own side.
I appreciate it is hard to prove you don’t hate Rangers when all the evidence seems to indicate otherwise and you have even got off your backside to take part in a protest along with other people who don’t like Rangers very much (Paul doesn’t like them being referred to as haters).
Now I might take Rambling Paul’s denial that he is a Rangers-hater at face value because I tend to normally give people that courtesy.
But Paul – and I am replying to your reply here not through a link back to your blog (admiration for that wee attempt to get more hits btw) – you lost me with the biggest whopper I have heard told in many a year.
And here it is:-
“I have been to Cliftonhill for my own pleasure, but not for some time.”
Now we know you are a liar, Paul because nobody goes to Cliftonhill for pleasure.Unless, of course, you are a masochist?
This renders everything else you said, particularly your hackneyed old stuff about going to Celtic Park to please other people, extremely suspect.
At least you are consistent.
I also notice that many of your posters seem to think of you as a fellow Celtic fan. They don’t buy the Albion Rovers crap, either, it seems.
You also trotted out your standard reason for writing hundreds of blogs about The Rangers – you are interested in law and legal issues.
That’s like somebody saying they are interested in history as their reason for writing blogs about Manchester United.
Nobody reading your reply will be convinced, Paul. From either side. You had a chance to be open and honest and maybe get some respect for being so.
But you chose the answer many predicted you would, hiding behind your supposed Albion Rovers allegiance and your interest in the law. The sad thing is, many university-educated Celtic supporters, fully aware of this, will still support you in your quest for “truth” concerning the team they hate.
They will snigger at your brilliance in dodging the question in your usual witty way.
Only you didn’t.
Anyway, you may well be the reason that the Green Seat phenomenon is happening at Parkhead. All those Celtic fans are going missing because they are staying at home and reading books on law and tax.
Or maybe they are going to watch Albion Rovers…
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I see that Celtic have lambasted FARE over sectarian chanting reported on FARE’s website as having taken place at the Barcelona v Celtic game last October.
Turns out that the chanting was from a previous fixture a few years ago.
It’s a bit of an embarrassment for FARE.
They obviously have a bit of a time lapse problem if it takes five years for stuff to get posted onto their website.
Celtic CEO Peter Lawwell should be more understanding, however.
He is more aware than anyone how long some things take. He is still looking for some lighter throwers from a few years ago and for the miscreants involved in the notorious poppy scandal.
Aye, the wheels of justice grind slowly, sure enough…
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My mouth fell open in awe at Gareth Bale’s latest world-class performance for Spurs against Newcastle United yesterday.
Alan Pardew’s team looked like they were good for a point and maybe three before Bale stepped up a gear and blew them away.
The annoying thing about Bale – like so many great players – is he makes it all look so easy. As if surging past top defenders and whacking the ball in the pokey is just the simplest thing in the world.
This young man is head and shoulders above anybody else in the Premiership right now and a true joy to watch.
Given that the EPL is virtually over this early in the season, it helps to have someone like Bale to watch on the box.
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DISCLAIMER: No disrespect is intended here to either Albion Rovers or genuine Rovers fans. It’s just banter.
Hi Bill
Not long to go now till the big kick off and I am feeling pretty confident. 2-0 for celtic is my prediction and then a nervy 2-1 in Turin!!
I was speaking to a friend of mine, english guy, sheffield united fan. He was not shy in telling me how much he despised Charles Green and how he had told several of our other friends that he would “suck the lifeblood” out of rangers and to watch him closely?? Now he is not what you would call a typical rangers hater. Should he not be telling his friends his opinion/concerns about someone who is in a position of power?
The back and forth between Paul and yourself has been interesting and If there was an avenue for you two to sit face to face and debate the issues raised in his blog and in some of your own blogs, around the ttime CG cam onto the scene at rangers, then I think there would be a huge audience ready to watch and participate, if possible?
Some of the posters on here seem level headed and somewhat detached, which I admire, and it is to you guys I as these questions – If CG is not on the level, does it matter who tells you this? If he is on the level, should this mean he is under no scrutiny at all?
The reason I as is I see/hear a lot of rangers fans telling others to mind their own business, but never a comment about how they had done all the research required and that CG was impeccable on all points of concern and how they had come to these conclusions?
Anyway, I am off into Melbourne city for the day and then a sleepless night as I prepare for my 6am visit to the Celtic club to watch the game
All the best lads,
John
Either this guy is brain damaged or they have taught a wallaby to type.
So my prediction was way off the mark? Not the first time & certainly won’t be the last!!
I enjoyed the game, not the result, but being in the Celtic club, watching a game on tv instead if streaming, all good things
I have posted 3 times on bills blog, each time with positive comments? Don’t think that is obsession? I like to read what bill has to say as he comes across more objective than other blogs?? I certainly won’t be getting dragged onto a feud with any other commentor!
Still looking forward to Turin!
Hope you’re well Bill?
All the best,
John
Hope you enjoyed the game John, I certainly did !
Nice of you to take time obsessing over Rangers and Bill’s blog before such an important game for your Sordid club.
This may surprise you, but in 1994, when Celtic were within an hour of closure.
Us Rangers fans were too bust supporting our own team to really care about our ugly neighbours. In previous season,,,
We had been 1 goal away from a CL final.
We had won a domestic treble.
We were the best supported team in the UK
and
We were well on the way to 9 in a row.
Supporting Rangers is all about your admiration and love for your own team, hence the 46,000 + crowds at Ibrox every home game.
It appears the only attribute required to be a Celtic fan is an intense hatred and obscene obsession with Rangers. I assume the reason for this is a deep rooted inferiority complex.
Whilst you are on the subject of morality and questioning peoples integrity, Maybe you would care to cast your eyes over Paul McConvict, The disgraced “Albion Rovers” fan, Bwhahahahahahahaha
You have my sympathy John
I am away to suck on a pound of lemons
Hugs and Kisses
MAES. I have just read your reply about Charles Green. You really are a complete and utter w@n£r, no you are worse than that. How dare you refer to Sheffield United as “Sheffield”. What a total and utter under nourished, candle burning , hoopy tosspot. Sheffield has three teams one of which is the oldest association football club in the world, Sheffield City; there is Sheffield United who are rubbish and there is Sheffield Wednesday, The Owls, God Bless them, who have a proud history stretching back to before Rangers and Celtic were even thought of.
After reading your post I asked a few United fans about Charles Green. Of the 12 I asked only one had ever heard of him and he liked him. Rangers Wednesday, Juventus.
It appears that paul mcc is suffering from, ‘I canny make ma mind’ syndrome.
How many goes does he need to put his point across.
if your looking for credibility paul, miners & minors should be your next blog.
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The clown that suggests that cfc condoning/allowing/encouraging attrocities to youngesters should expire after a given period, is clearly stupit – & should actually consider those that suffered, rather than hiding the perpetrators.
In the history of Scotland, one of our defining moments was the fight for reformation – the worst was a few hundred years later, allowing those with the pre-reformation culture back in on their conditions.
Once again, I wish these tarriers would f#ck off and talk about their own team with their own. Go away tramps and Forza Juve…
Well done Bill!
I appreciate the humour in your headline. I had thought of the masochist joke, but felt it better to leave it to someone else. But no one can take away the memory of the pitch invasion when the Rovers clinched the title and promotion from the bottom tier in 1989.
No one has yet pointed out the evidence from my blog of my “hatred” and “bigotry”. I am still waiting.
I like the poster who said what he wouldn’t do, even if my blog was on fire, and who then said that he had never read my blog or others like it!
I also appreciated the suggestion that I should write about Craig Whyte and his takeover. However if that person wants to have a look at the blog, he will see many, many articles about Mr Whyte, his takeover, his problems with different spellings of his name and different dates of birth on official forms, his personal and company court cases etc etc.
Indeed I will do an explanatory post about the action for payment allegedly raised against him by the SFA for the fine, which if not paid by Mr Whyte, is the liability of “Rangers”. I will need to check the precise terms of the SFA decision to see if the fine was levied on Rangers Football Club PLC (now in liquidation) or on “Rangers” the football club.
Maybe in fact the infamous “footballing debt” clause in the 5-way agreement which allowed Rangers to play football this season covers this liability? I will check and let you all know what I think. If it does, I can predict that Mr Green might not be very happy about being asked to pay Mr Whyte’s fine!
So, lots more legal stuff arising from that one issue, and I will indulge my “obsession” by writing about it.
All the best,
Paul
And I should add Bill that I have no idea what you are talking about regarding me attending a demo at Hampden. I have never done so.
I have seen the picture “evidence” posted by a keen detective on Follow Follow. However his detection seems to be of a Clouseau-esque quality. I am definitely not in the picture and I can’t even work out which of the characters there is meant to be me.
Finally I know you are a wise man, but approving comments that wish people dead seems rather odd.
I am not sure how I have offended Alex Moir so much for him to say:-
As for Paul McConman and respect, I will be only to happy to respect him when he does the decent thing and dies, then I will be delighted to give a minutes applause, maybe even an hour would be more fitting, especially if he can make it a double with mentally ill Phil
Paul
And a final PS.
I note reference being made to me attending gatherings of “Rangers haters”. At one of the two I took part in, a panel member was that notorious Celtic fan, Archie McPherson.
And I suspect the folk who rabbit on about it were not there to hear what all the speakers were saying from their own perspectives.
It might just be me but I think a few nerves have been hit or should I say truth has been told and Paul does not like it one bit. As I say what goes around comes around.
P.s paul there is nothing that u say or write has any creditablity as u are a disgrace as lawyer and as a decent person, can I ask is your posts under supervision.
I remember The pitch invasion and Albion Rovers getting up from the bottom tier,are you using that memory to somehow prove what team you follow,Because although i am a Rangers fan i still read other match reports. If as you say you have an interest in all things legal then at some points within your blogs i would expect thoughts on the Worlds End case,considering the way the case collapsed ,your opinion on the crowns performance and your views and legal arguments in the hopeful re-trial of the accused. Your views on the Nat Fraser case And why there has been so many leaves to appeal and why they have failed. the Jeremy Bamber case his appeals and if there is any difference between Scots & English law. I would not say the word obsession to you as i think that would in some perverse way please, but you certainly have an unhealthy interest in all things Rangers. Random thoughts surely not when 99.9 per cent are aimed in a destructive way towards the same football team.
Genuine question Mr McConvict what did you do with all the embezzled Miners monies? Clearly you never spent on clothing as you dress like a tramp, was it spent on a Albion Rovers season ticket?
I have seen the picture “evidence” posted by a keen detective on Follow Follow.
There goes a man who says he’s not obsessed by Rangers and hate. About time this obsessed hater got a job and stopped his unhealthy obsession. Tell us Paul, were you banned from practicing law or not? Were you under investigation for mis-handling of £2.2m of cash paid out by the government-backed Miners Liability Unit?
The irony and some would say Brass Neck of this man lecturing others on fiscal management is almost laughable. Paul is a hater, of that there is no doubt.
Yes Paul, but there is a considerable amount of “legal stuff arising” from the conviction and subsequent release on compassionate grounds of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.
Surprisingly however, for such a purveyor and ruminator of all things legal such as yourself, Scotland’s worst ever mass murderer and his premature release has only managed to generate 1 article on your blog, in comparison to the many hundred Rangers related articles.
Never assume Paul that the man without ears cannot hear,
Or the man without lips cannot speak,
Or the man without eyes cannot see,
Straight through you.
Tell me Paul, why don’t you write about one of your own kind that in the past has been a bit economical with the truth as far as financial going on is concerned. Oh just in case you can’t think of someone, what about a past director of cfc, namely Mr Dominic Keene, I am sure you could find plenty to write about there, and maybe put it on the cfc Blog……………..
Paul McConvict,
The Bheast that just keeps giving. his responses are cringeworthy and at best comical.
Paul (The Hater), Why don’t you just bare your soul and tell us all that you hate Rangers, Protestants, Unionists and Loyalists. It is a vital part of the Celtic Minded DNA.
To support Celtic you need to really hate Rangers, It is the key element involved in being a Celtic supporter.
Meanwhile, Us normal people will support “Our” team because of our affection for Rangers Football Club.
Hugs and kisses Paul.
When can I expect my summons for defamation ? Or are you too bust robbing auld dears and relatives of miners ?
Well said and its all just so true. McConvict you must be hurting and its showing. You know Rangers are the biggest and best and always will be. You must be thinking hatred towards Rangers every second of the day, dont because stress kills…. okay keep hating, its your choice.
bill tell the paddys to watch there back because any cretin who would do what he did to old suffering people he is the type who would clap you on the back not with his hand
Bill,
I am just catching up on previous blogs and comments and I also had the misfortune to read McConville’s response.
If Paul (The Hater) wants to sue me for defamation then I will happily defend myself in a court of law and I will use court evidence as my defence.
I welcome the chase Paul.
Sometimes the truth can be too close to the bone.
Hugs and kisses Paul
Excellent big ed well said.
Forever Glasgow Rangers.
Bale to Real and Ronaldo to Chelski with The Special One. You read it first here!
Looking forward to the big game on Tuesday. I wont be supporting the home team, not through a lack of patriotism, you understand; but because I prefer Paris St Germain to Valencia.
Yes, it kicks off at the same time, as the Grand Old Lady of Turin will be taking apart the 2nd biggest club in Glasgow. Unfortunately for them, I’m not obsessed with watching them, and would rather watch a real contest on Sky Sports.
I find it rather pathetic that a few internet imbeciles, and a couple of journos who should know better, seem to think we are some sort of traitors. Really? After the SPL, led by Celtic, tried to kill us off, and are still seeking to inflict unlawful punishments. Really lads? After everything that has happened? After Peter Lawell invented ‘sporting integrity’ to kill off Rangers hopes of winning the UEFA Cup final? After he basically engineered the title for Strachan that year, and has engineered the title this year by our wrongful exclusion, and had to make light work for his wee ginger boy ‘Chucky’ Lennon, in Europe?
What do they expect in a war? For that is where Scottish football is now.
Peter Lawell led the SPL there, and there’s no doubt that a few SPL Chairmen are beginning to realise they have picked the axis, instead of the allies. There is still a way out for them, if they show the courage to save the game from the destruction and carnage that Celtic, the SFA and SPL puppets have wrought. But courage seems to be in short supply over there these days.
In the past, men like Jack Steedman, Ernie Walker and Jim Farry, were prepared to stand up to the bullying, while all we seem to have in the game now, are the limp-wristed Nancy boys who have let their clubs be led for the sole benefit of Celtic.
I would ask these men to sit down in front of a mirror, and ask themselves, ‘What have we done?’.
What have they done for their club? What have they done for the Scottish game? What have they done for their reputations?
Mud sticks, when you throw it around enough, and the way they lapsed into a feeding frenzy, has left us damaged; but it has also left themselves with the enduring stigma of being regarded as seething bigots, who picked the wrong fight.
Do yourselves a favour NOW, all those directors at Kilmarnock, St Mirren, Motherwell, Dundee, ICT, Ross County, and even our brothers at Hearts, who have been at the hands of a tyrant for years now.
It’s called doing the right thing – and it may just save yourselves from the journey we’ve been on. The only difference is, there wont be any way back for you; and that’s the basic truth.
It’s the utter sheer brass neck of the likes of McConvict, Sectarian Three-Names Phil and Fantasise Toxic Tommo moralising and pontificating on Rangers.
A criminal, a bigot and a author of Fairy tales conducting road shows on how they are helping Rangers out in our tax affairs, helping Ally on the coaching side and getting Charles Green the big institutional Investors for our IPO.
If you believe McConvict and his bigoted lying friends of any part of the above scam, then Paul and his friend P T Barnum (there’s a sucker born every minute) have great land deal for you, all you need to do is roll up roll up and invest your life savings.
Their only purpose in life his to harm the name of Rangers and tarnish the supporters, but like all cowards and conmen they don’t want their audience to know the real reasons behind their activities.
Keep shining the light in their dark places Bill, like the truth “they cant handle the light” The Truth and the Light is the Tims Kryptonite.
Bang on wee bear.
If only Paul McCon-the-ill had put as much time and effort into miners families compensation claims as he does over Rangers legal matters then the poor miners families would have gotten their cash.
Now we all know that some things in life are difficult … bringing up a family … running a business spring to mind, but honestly how difficult must it be to be a FAILED lawyer eh seriously ?
This type is like many, in the circles they move in. long enough in business to have 2 jobbies and they have the flash car, telling everyone how well they are doing. By this I meen a person who is reasonably clever, but likes to make out they are uber intellegent. The problem is the , Monday Clubbers, the bigots , the invalidity car drivers , canny git a joab cos there isnae any work oot there’ers slever over there every word, and that is their fix.
I’ll give you another example … The Denny Pally Blawhard you hear on the phone in’s … you know the one … thinks he is auditioning for a part in Hamlet at the Old Vic … thats him avec les wallies dans le gub … will recite a party political broadcast craming in as many BIG words in a sentence as possible … and finishes off with … notwithstanding the verbal sparring I indubitably relish having with the zealous panel, what do you think of that gentlemen … and he’s only talking about a bloody disputed shy.
As my wee Mum used to say, “Fur Coat and nae Knickers ”
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Now that the patrons of Bairds Bar have plenty of time on their hands, after the bookies shut that is, they will have plenty more time to trawl your excellent blog Bill. No doubt looking desperately to find something to be offended by, let me tell you this. You may think that all Rangers supporters dislike anyone who is Celtic minded …… bollocks ! So we dislike say Sam Torrance, don’t think so … Ricky Burns, what a fine Champion he is and a credit to his parents … That lovely young man from Blantyre, Raymond Gormley, from a decent hard working family. What a tragedy to be murdered by one of your fellow Celtic supporters.
Some of the most decent people I know are Celtic fans. Not all Celtic fans are bigots like you clowns at the top of the page.Nor were they in the Hitler youth, and spent a large part of their lives covering up child abuse.
and finally for the above saddo’s
WHY ? do lawyers call what they do practise.
and for our wordsmith
WHY? is ‘abbreviated’ such a short word.
and
WHY? Don’t you all bugger off and leave our Club alone !
so they can be hit with malpractice lawsuits and make even bigger idiots of themselves!
It is true that Celtic supporters are relishing Rangers distress and I can’t deny that I am looking forward to Juve gubbing Celtic on Tuesday. It is however much more than simple football rivalry.
I have a friend who supports Celtic, I have known this man since we were at school. We have shared much over the years. Imagine my shock when, during one of our Friday night football debates, he announced that he hated Rangers more than he loved Celtic. What’s more he admitted that he saw it as his duty as a Roman Catholic to support Celtic. They are brainwashed to hate.
Hey Bill. Celtic supporters are relishing Rangers distress. So what – we are looking forward to Juve gubbing Celtic on Tuesday. It’s called football rivalry, it is not hatred. We laughed at Celtic’s biscuit tin mentality – they laugh at Rangers attempts to recover from a financial collapse brought about by Mr Murray’s megalomania.
Paul McC has no love for Rangers, he says that fairly openly. But must he be labeled a hater? Our role is to respond to these negative posters with the truth and to do so with intelligence and some humour. Rangers will never die and we will regain the esteem we have lost – but it is a long game.
Hate is: to dislike intensely, feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward.
Sums up paul mcc, and highlighting the fact that he blogs about Rangers only & no other – he suffered from extreme hatred, towards our club.
Btw; don’t accept their excuses that they are publishing the facts – an example is that orlit was pyoooor hysteria, which is similar to the btc (guilty by lies).
sadly real truth is rfc will now miss out on european games for one year more that expected due to greens mismanagement, and no rangers blog talks about this issue, yet rangers press and blogs focus on not reporting wuo and other fud… ?
one year ago rfc was days from admin and rfc fans were unaware it even possible.
now what horror could there be in greens management, he is not wanted back in sheffield… why not did he not rescue thier club… or did he strip it bear?
He is always welcome at my gaff in S35. Steel City Loyal
Hear Hear sir, a very sensible post, you are the voice of reason Big Ed. My thoughts exactly. We Celtic fans were hurting badly during the Kelly’s and White’s reign at Celtic park when we looked across the Clyde and saw the money being spent by Rangers. The fact it was borrowed money is neither here nor there. Now the boot is on the other foot we are revelling in it, the same way Rangers fans revelled during that period. Its called rivalry not hatred. I will say to Rangers fans stop falling for Charles Green’s deflection tactics and start to ask him some serious questions as l fear you could be sleep walking into another Craig White senario.
Fantastic post mate!
As a Celtic fan, my most recent re-occurring memory of both sets of supporters being united is, sadly, Tommy Burns funeral!! If we could all take a look at what was said, specifically from rangers fans & staff, & try to remember when we were on better terms, I really believe all of Scottish football would improve quicker!
Looking forward to Wednesday morning at the Celtic club, Melbourne. In with a shout if we can get the win at hone
All the best lads
John
Glad to agree with you John, apart from the last bit….forza juve. lol
Perhaps Mr McConville asks the questions that nobody else will?
Rangers may not have suffered Liquidation if fans had asked?
Is it wrong for journalists and bloggers to pose the questions?
Could it be you are scared of the truth Bill?
Keeping the facts in public domain must be healthy surely?
Sorry if these questions offend you but you need to take your head out of the sand.
Maybe he’d be better spending his time investigating the SPL, the SFA and his puppet master?
We are not ‘scared’ of the truth as you put it, we just don’t buy McConville’s version of it (neither 3 names or Toxic’s either).
Just because he is some intellectual smart arse who is articulate and will manipulate our situation to suit his agenda, does not mean it’s the undeniable truth.
Or how about investigating the cover up at the Glitterdome to do with ‘you know what’?
Surely getting the facts into the public domain would be healthy, no?
Could it be you are scared of the truth?
Sorry if this question offends you but you need to take your head out of the sand.
Strangely none of these public spirited upstanding British Subjects ever comment on the avoidance measures used by many at Celtic FC to reduce their tax liability. Taking advantage of tax breaks to ostensibily help new British Films, when in reality they were buying a stake in successful Hollywood Blockbusters.
Of course they wont, Rangers are the only business/club in history ever to have used tax avoidance! – nobody else has ever done it!
Those well know companies who sell phones, coffee and online products are the good guys (They’ve probably has less sh*t flung their way than we have) – they only kept BILLIONS of pounds from the Exchequer.
HMRC decided retrospectively that they didn’t like our tax regime which they were perfectly happy with before, oh no – we are tax demons of society according to the east enders (those whose knowledge of tax and accounting laws are legendary) we’re cheats and liars who need lynched and disbanded.
They accuse us of everything from robbing our forces (yes i know, the ‘Bloostained’ Poppy brigade are now suddenly concerned about HM Forces) of potential extra equipment, hospitals wards being shut, and schools suffering because of what Rangers did .I was unaware the British economy hinged on Rangers tax affairs.
Rangers were found NOT GUILTY (I am 100% positive that the HMRC appeal will fail).
What will the east enders do then?
Just what they continue to do, muck-rake.
The fact remains – how can Rangers and Rangers supporters take serious any criticism of morals and integrity from a football club or supporters of a football club that have allowed attrocities to take place within their very own institution.
Secondly – how can oirish timmigrants criticise financial irregularities whilst their nation receives handouts (guaranteed by the British government) as a result of corruption and irregularities – what was the figure, oh yes, 38billion Euro.
Settle down Bears, have comfort with the fact that no matter what, not one child has been hurt.
To be fair WATP, the dedicated young footballers who were denied a place at Ibrox because of their parents christian denomination were hurt. Of course that is ancient history now just as the far more outrageous and shocking incidence of sexual abuse at the Celtic Boys Club is ancient history. We all move on to a new Scotland which is multi faith and multi ethnic and where people prosper through their ability and the sweat on their brow. The future of our country is bright.
So the hurt of being turned down by rangers is the same as child abuse?Is that what your saying ?
Both are a ‘pain in the arse’ – sorry couldn’t resist. I’ll get ma coat………..
Historically, the exclusion of Roman Catholics from certain quarters of British society was not only widespread but protected in law, the royal family for instance. It was the result of deep distrust by those loyal to the crown for a group whose first loyalty was pledged to the holy father in Rome. This sort of religious intolerance has, thankfully, all but died out except within the Roman Catholic community who separate children of school age, presumably to aid the indoctrination of the next generation of RC’s. Child abuse is and always has been abhorrent. At least that’s what I was taught at my school.
Given the cosistantly high standards of education and exam results in RC schools, maybe its an good idea if all parents send their children to them. This can only be to the good of future generations IQ levels.
Yes, you should go yourself, itim
You might learn to spell “consistently”
Haha well spotted Bill,as soon as I’d posted I thought oops, ah well my carelessness aside I’m sure you’ll agree the Catholic education system is in rude health.
I’m guessing those “intelligent” Tims aren’t the ones that come onto forums like these to put their points of view across. All we seem to get on here are the stereotypical fuckwits.
Here’s a better idea, we scrap all religious schools and everybody just goes to a school for purely educational reasons. For religious instructions (Christians) go to church/mass on a Sunday, LIKE IT USED TO BE.
For other faiths, outside of school hours they will have their own arrangements.
Seems like a sensible approach to me.
Never mind their bigoted hatred Mr mcmurdo , back tae the fitba ! Another magnificent attendance at that temple of football yesterday ! Was it the largest in Her Brittanic Majestys realm ? Couldn’t be far from it ! Below par first half but better second period , but , still need some decent defenders , I honestly believe that this year will be the mighty Rangers hardest but when we can sign some free agents we’ll be stronger , let them have their day in the sun , Dundee hibs and the rest , it’s not who wins the battles but who wins the war . Nemo nos impune laccessit .
attendence figures is less relevant, what was the take at the box office?
half-price tickets means more bums on seats but less money in pot, chelsea or man-utd have highest box office each week, and rangers no where near that.
Attendance figures are important if you are a sponsor.
not if you not paying full price, sponsors only interested in people with money to spend.????
Surely they are interested in as many people as possible seeing their product advertised, if they didn’t think people at Ibrox had any money to spend – why sponsor?
I wouldnt even respond to the above Binnie, he has clearly no clue about sponsorship or what is required in business. A few more seasons and the temples of the SPL will start to crumble……. watch this space or the debt rise then they would be happy to have the extra bodies paying half the price at games, buying the jerseys, the pies, the tatties, the coke, the burgers……you know what I mean.
GiRUY
A sponsor looks at how many customers will see his advert! FACT!
Sponsors (in football) do not like half empty stadiums! FACT!
As Rangers are in the 3rd div they charge 3 div prices! FACT!
As the majority of the ST holders renewed and are paying less they would have more disposable income! FACT!
As other SPL teams have increased their ST prices their supporters will have less! FACT!
So the attendances are important! So too is increased prices leading to the fall in those very same attendance figures! FACT!
In any doubt just check out the ESPN rumours! Notice the difference Runours aganist facts!
Spot on.
I’m sorry to point this little fact out to you maes but last season when Rangers were in the SPHELL the attendances were still over 45,000 and at the same time we also paid more hard earned cash to try to help save our club when everybody else done their best to sink us. So we really are Scotland’s biggest supported club either in the SPHELL or the th third tier. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. WE ARE THE PEOPLE. KEEP SCOTLAND BRITISH
ian , you miss point if rfc has huge attendences why does this to equate to huge gate reciepts and profitability?????
murray moved £50 million out of ibrox in ebt scheme alone, while real die-hard fans paid £8million for the consturction of the club stand, and green bought ibrox (with same stand) for £2 million and then sold 20% (we hope) back to same fans… but whyte found green and whyte was crooked, is green above board with his gentelmans agreements with ex-business partners in singapore……
also you missed EXTERMINATE! in your rant….. dont want rangers to have second administration event, i think green does… as most of his companies go that way….?
No I didn’t miss the point. The point I was trying to make was that last season we were still getting the same attendances as this season when the ticket prices were almost double to what they are this season. The point I was also making that Rangers fans will pay what they have to, to FOLLOW FOLLOW our team, be that in the SPHELL or whatever. As to exterminate or having a rant I just don’t follow your last point. As for Mr Charles Green, you do realise he does have a first name or are just being ignorant by not calling him by it. As yet I have no real opinion on him as I don’t know much about him but you should listen to one of your own, Andy Walker, who doesn’t have a bad word to say about him. GOD SAVE OUR QUEEN, WE ARE THE PEOPLE, KEEP SCOTLAND BRITISH.
Ian, i have read all i can on the internet, bloggs and whereever to get a very clear picture of mr Charles Green – his history with his last football club “Sheffield” is telling – as thier fans “hate” him with avengence…. odd that ? Why ?
As stated whyte found Green, and green left nova last year to concentrate on rfc, then re-linked with nova/orlit ( share directors ), and so we see the start of the next phase, is green interested in long term (next 100 years of RFC) – no way – he has swapped assets (sevco, and sevco scotland – you need to do that to avoid BDO remember) , he has flipped companies so that start dates for accounts moves (you need to do that to avoid clear accounting and it enables you to hide dodgy transactions – like gentlemans agreements with orlit – for £1 million in investor finders fees – wow thats more than the budget for new players !!!!) , and increased rfc bannishment from european football…. and you think he ok… lol
I may be wrong, but i am watching him like a hawk as all fans should do…. i also read paul site – his rips SFA, SPL and any statements by many scottish bodies to bits… i double check his statements, and research…..
fans did not spot whyte was crooked, but check google – paul was all over whyte like a rash, and before the bbc and others….
as said its 50-50 at present if green is kosher….. thats 50% to close for my liking, i would like to see green running rfc on a 75-25 basis – even then that would be concerning.
Fans now paid £8 mill for club stand, then £5 mill for rifc shares, thats £13million for club stand alone… wow . and that money does not seem to improve the game on the pitch – thats the real worry. When rfc gets promotion back to top, it will loose £5 mill to directors not to the players….
Maes, where to start?
Yes CG is hated by SU fans as are many other chairmen (including ex celts) becuase he came in to cut costs! What has that to do with Rangers the costs have already been cut!
So we are to believe CW when it suits celtic-minded blogers? Aye Right!
Sevco, Sevco, Sevco you see Rangers supporters can say it too! It’s nothing unles you mention CCP, CCPA & CCPB? or more commonly Pacific Shelf! Another irrelenvence!
I presume your banking your assumption of one more year out of europe on the alziPRATu blog, remember that financial wizzkid cant count to 5 nevermind 6! Enough said there!
Of course the facts that you can delay the accounts to the 2nd anniverary of the companies start up date is nothing new! The FACT that the accounts (fully audited) have to be brought upto date at that point seems to have skipped the whizzkids mind, as for the Ticketus/CW links! LOL
Oh and the fans didn’t pay £8 Million as that was CVA route! Nice try though! Hope your not employed in the financial sector, or god help the economy!
Bill, it’s time you put McConville down. For a start you don’t know where he’s been (or maybe you do!).
He’s just one in a line of sad malcontents seeking to highlight and maximise the slightest negative side to anything Rangers whilst suppressing and minimising anything positive.The latest hype over the Orlit story just proves the point. What is a routine business matter is elevated to crisis level to try to suit their agenda.
Their frustration levels are running at an all time high now that there are far more positives coming from Ibrox. Green looks to be a safe hand on the financial tiller and if Super could find a way of getting a half decent team on the park then we’d just be about arriving at the vinegar stroke.
We just need to fight fire with fire and I’m glad that we have the likes of your good self, Leggo, Chris Graham and Traynor out there spreading the positives and exposing the charlatans.
Way to go.
green looks to be safe hand on the financial tiller……
eh? when super says he happy rangers finances back in papers thats not good news, its not rangers making profit … green says even with £30million income this year, rangers making loss??? how do you do that, unless you spend £1 million on finding investors and dont tell fans… and they never ask?
please remember which financial wizard found green….whyte.?
You need to avoid posting on blogs until you’ve learned to do joined up talking.
Losses this year are down to one-off expenses regarding Edmiston House, Albion Car Park, etc. I’m pretty sure Green will neither over commit on spending nor will he fund any project with money due to the Revenue.
And money from the share issue is not something that will appear in P&L which is where the deficit will be. Projections from year 2 onwards show surpluses.
Apologies if that doesn’t suit you.
Why apologise to a ill-informed rocket like that?
It is he/she that should be apologising to your good self for coming on here and spewing garbage without even doing a little research!!!
Typical idiotic behaviour from the SAVcos!
Okay maes! I know this is a taxing idea for you to grasp but here goes!
The £22 Million raised in the share issue was a one off item and is NOT accountable in normal trading profit/loss accounts. Rangers will make a “trading loss” of under £2 Million. Thats wages, rates, leccy bill etc.
That doesn’t mean the £22 Million’s spent & gone.
Only that we spent more this season than we got from spnsor’s or the TV deal (which the SPL blackmailed US into).
That’s only a problem if it re-occcurs next season & the seawson after that until that £22 Million’s gone!
Now I know your brain hurts right now but stay with it!
Less than £2 Million or the same as Old Co. currently owes HMRC over the EBT’s, which surpriingly is less than the SPL owe Old co. in prize money!
It’s a lot less than the £7 Million loss Celtic recorded last season, IS IT NOT?
“As a result we have an article which is unfair to Mr Jardine, to the players involved and indeed to Mr Whyte.”
This is a recent extract from his conclussion on the Sandy Jardine interview ( daily record ) !
to band those three groups together in this manner is a disgrace, it says everything you need to about mc conville and his not so subtle cruel intentions
we have 3names the bigot.. toxic tommo the clown.. and paul the great pretender
Les Trois Mousquetaires
whoops another boycott now its lawyers
No only failed lawyers who are too busy blogging to do a proper job!
bill just read the mcconville story what an ARSE !!! would you or anyone out there trust him to do any work however easy it was for them. as for his stories about our GREAT CLUB a pinch of salt should be take when reading them a DAY DREAM BELIEVER he is [ miners & minors ]HA HA !!!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/scottishnews/4365362/Cash-row-lawyer-denied-families-compensation.html
Oh dear,,,, I hope all tax was paid on client accounts intrest
Talking about football on a football blog shocker!
That’ll confuse them in the East!
So Mr McConville,is an Albion Rovers fan who does not go to support his team,but allows himself to be dragged on occasion to Celtic Park.. His interest in the law with regard to his blogs would appear to involve only Rangers. Oh and when he had his professional problems he was at a low ebb and was unfairly treated. Honestly i dont care if he is a Celtic fan,i dont care that he is a failed lawyer, and i dont care about his woes me attitude concerning his treatment at the bar. I do care about the Miners and their families,and his constant attacks on the team i support. These bloggers and i will include some members of the legitimate press,seem to take the view that when our club says nothing we have something to hide,and when we do comment then we must be lying.That is why i agree with you Bill,study every article study every blog and pounce legally when we can because like all unreasonable people they will slip up with their inuendos
Brill Bill. If it truly was the now apparent lieing bigott paul mcc (& not his idol craig whyte), can he please blog on two points, miners & minors. And if he does know his own history, (and their history), it’s enough to make you sick.
Glasgow’s Green & White..Obsessed Then, Obsessed Now, Obsessed Forever.!!
Bale is sensational reminds me of Willie Mathieson who marauded past defenders in the early 70′s for the Gers
As for the defrocked nutter, the least said the better.
Hallelujah I fully support what you are doing in selling your property. Its time the Protestant people of Scotland helped each other out, that is the way I’ll be conducting any business in future, gone are the days when you just went with whoever, from now on in all my business needs will be fulfilled by a fellow Brother or Sister.
A dangerous road to go down, was it not funny handshakes that allowed Sir Minty such a large line of credit with BoS and look how that ended.
No, prior to recession a thriving steel trade business did – which counteracts both your factually incorrect, foolish points.
Btw; funny handshakes ? – how can your culture criticise anyone – even your photographers are at it.
The credit line afforded to MIM was astronaummical, when Loydds bought BoS, they were horrified at this.Hence them demanding a seat on the board at Ibrox, no matter how you window dress it credit=borrowed money.
That would be a “debt that was almost halved within a 12 month period and which prior to CW takeover was approx 2/3rds of Celtics then! Of course that little fact was ignored and still is by guys like you!
And, of course BoS was in deep shit long before the RFC insolvency event………..but then that must have been Rangers fault too. The ” credit line ” afforded to Rangers was laughable and so was the BoS appointee to our board, an unmittigated fuckwit of a man who couldn’t read a team sheet or a balance sheet. itim1967 get some real facts together………..then stick it on Kerryfail st.
I think wishing someone’s death for holding a different view to oneself could be more mentally unstable and bigoted than Paul or Phil. Regarding the Masons,my brother in law is a Mason, a very stable,well balanced family man but it is his view that in the West of Scotland and Northern Ireland they have been hijacked by people who treat them as a Protestant only club for the boys.
The fact this comment passes moderation sums it up for me
I agree, Bill shouldn’t let you on.
Was this a statement or actually a reply to a comment……
Why silly me, of course, it’s the Celtic Ego……worried only about it’s own survival.
No rationality for joining with others – it only uses others for their own means.
“The fact this comment passes” – there goes that blaming others….it’s ALWAYS their fault.
“sums it up for ME” – there’s that EGO.
I think you’ll find that there was only one free mason on the board at Ibrox during the DM years and it certainly wasn’t him. FACT
Hysterical and misinformed as per usual……
Oh really ? Didn’t know that, it must have been a secret.
Bill, I saw the reply from Paul mconville and I thought it was well put and dealt with each point quite well. Remember he deals with facts otherwise lawsuits would follow. The default setting with rangers fans and the club themselves at the moment seems to be to try and discredit anyone that wrote anything about the club in a negative manner. No one is addressing the crux of the matter, that there are still serious problems within the club just now. Is mcconville wrong for bringing it to the fore for rangers fans to see through the smoke and mirrors? Instead of attacking him why didn’t you a address his reply point by point in a normal debate manner that would give this blog credibility?
This blog seems credible enough for you to post your comments on it daily
Maybe we should address your own obsession with Scotland’s biggest team
You seem to share it with your idol
I enjoy a blether about the fitba, your reply here only backs up my point!
‘Serious problems’? Like what exactly? So by your reasoning toxic tommo, random rants and 3 names hans christian andersen etc are only obsessed on tarnishing rangers at every turn because deep down the actually care for the well being of the club? Mork calling ossen, come in ossen! What colour’s the rain on your planet? Naive at best, taking the pee at worst am afraid. Is it a public service to try and undermine an impending share issue therefore trying to prevent a business from growing stronger which would in turn help scottish football. Bill and others i’m sure could pick holes in these bigots all day long, but unlike them, we don’t plot scheme and dig 24 hrs day, even when there’s nothing going on they have running commentaries on what the rangers share price is of an afternoon. A sad obsession that thank The LORD we people here dont possess. They seek to bring rangers down on a daily basis with in depth analysis about nothing much. If they really had the good of the game at heart, which most certainly is in the public interest, they would be exposing the corruption at the heart of the game and tearing it to pieces, but that would involve celtic of course so it’s avoided like the plague. Bigots plain and simple. Deal with it my friend.
Then why don’t you talk about fitba, you and your ilk are just totally obsessed with the only show in town, but you care not a jot about Rangers, where fitba is concerned, but you ( like McConman, ill Phil and Toxic) care a hell of a lot where Rangers business is concerned. Obsession is killing you and your Club, who would believe you would rather be on a Rangers Blog two days before your scummy mob play a final 16 game in the CL
@OurRivalry
Pardon me for butting in but , you clearly implied Bills blogsite had no credibility .
Did you expect Bill to agree with you and apologise ?
If Bills blogsite aint good enough then why spend so much time on it ? To have a wee pop at Bill for having the sheer nerve to fight his and Rangers corner is just silly plain silly buddy , as silly as McConvilles claim to be an Albion Rovers fan .
Yes but bill is not fighting his corner with fact! Only answering reasonable questions with attacks on what he would call “Haters”
I read McConvilles reply too and thought he was doing alright until the Albion Rovers claim .Bill , like most of us , thinks McConvilles motive for blogging about RFC so much stems from an unhealthy obsessive hatred . At least mad Phil and George Galloway openly admit they hate RFC . At this moment in time Rangers are trying to recover from a near death experience and yet we STILL have so called journos and bloggers trying to stick the knife in , if its not hatred then what is it then ? Intense dislike ?
Orlit havent even made an official statement theyre all crying out for a “winding up” order . Wishful thinking methinks .
“Your reply here only backs up my point”…..as usual (yawn !) the Celtic Ego is right…..it can’t do anything wrong otherwise it’d die……self survival, i.e. it’s not interested in bringing in others to form a rational, convivial world…..it only uses others to get to their own (nefarious) end(s).
I wish you did, also, enjoy a blether about the fitba’……it’d make a change !
If what you call the default setting with Rangers and Rangers fans bothers you its only because you arent used to the club defending and answering back at the malicious and infantile attempts to discredit everything the club does . You dont like it . Spare us the guff that everyone who says a bad word about the club is only doing so to enlighten us Rangers fans , you probably thought the Rangers tax case blog was a great wee piece as well . Rangers never died and there are people who are seriously struggling to deal with this fact so they constantly watch and obsess over every little thing to do with Rangers hoping they can help to finally finish of the club. It aint going to happen. WATP.
Agreed. The haters like to make out they are doing us a service. A better service would be to mind their own business and monitor their own club.
Agreed. The haters like to make out they are doing us a service. A better service would be to mind their own business and monitor their own club.
If the Rangers haters are only concerned about our welfare, why are they not aggresively pursuing the legalities of Craig Whyte’s takeover and his subsequent rape and pillaging of our club, in the same way they demean our club and attempt to tarnish our reputation at every opportunity.
For anyone to think what Craig Whyte did was accidental would require them to be seriously deluded. ( In fairness most of their bloggers/haters seem to be)
Maybe your new ‘friend’ will pursue such matters in his next blog.
Was the rtc blog a load of nonsense? The case is still ongoing so that remains to be seen.
I dont know…it seems to have disappeared..maybe that says it all.
Still clutching at straws you thick Mick
On that site the opinions of the blogger were taken as fact.
It degenerated into a spiteful anti Rangers site, made worse by the media using it as their source of information, without being prepared to admit this.
If it was so balanced why not also investigate aggresive tax avoidance of Lennon, and the use by Lawell, Riley and numerous players in last decade of LLP schemes, remember them that made as many films as your team had tours of Japan around 2008.
You dont need to wait for the outcome, it’s been deleted! That speaks volumes!
I did go on once & clearly remember that RTC run the line of £94 Million in unpaid taxes! Whithout any mention of this being in dispute or that the majority of this amount was for penalties & interest! RTC has that in common with a lot of “celtic minded” websites!
Okay OR – how about the highlighting by the failed lawyer on his blog of “AGRESSIVE TAX AVOIDANCE”.
Now he might have learned the tricks of the trade from his mate the failed social worker,
But the insinuation is still just as apparent and he makes NO attempt to dispel this myth.
A myth that he and others are trying to propagate that tax avoidance was or is illegal and therefore Rangers are guilty!
Now I want to read the views of Bill McMurdo & his readers, unfortunately every day it has been nothing but your insistance in defending this BIGOT!
There goes the default setting again, anything negative written about rangers and you are branded a bigot! Ridiculous. You seem to have absolutley no clue about the big tax case at all and what it means for the club
No default setting! & I obviously know more about the BTC than you give me credit for, probably because I am not blinded by BIGOTRY!
Look the term up in the dictionary & understand it!
Now the facts of the EBT scheme are quite clear!
Unless you actually believe that a 2-1 decision isn’t a decision after all!
Irrespective of the appeal that decision stands (at present) and until they prove 2 QCs made a legal mistake it will continue to stand after the appeal! Something a failed lawyer would know!
Just as the claims that Rangers lost a case prior to the FTTT is nothing more than lies. Why because HMRC issued a tax bill for all the EBT payments, MIH disputed this bill and it went to an FTTT! Once that ruling was in favour (bar payments to 35 players – 30 of which received payments under the SPLs JUNINHO ruling and the 5 (yes 5) that didn’t are what these clowns highlight)!
So you simply ignore inconvient facts and play up only those ones that suit your own argument! That’s BIGOTRY at it’s worst!
As a second point I notice you ignored the facts laid out infront of you as to McConville’s blog containing bias and being aimed at a certian section of the Scottish populace!
Knock-out blow!!!!!!!!!
And the winner is…….Scots George by a MILE!!!!!!
Had a wee brain wave and looked up the dictionary for Paul McConville, it was short but straight to the point. CLOWN was all it said.
Aye, that’s the concise version. The comprehensive version is: lieing, Rangers hating bigott – that’s struggled with a troubled childhood.
Paul comes across as a sane sensible person(no laughing at the back).Try telling that to the people he ripped off for however much it was and why was he defrocked or whatever it is they call being barred by the law society.On your second point bill,does it matter if it was five years ago,sectarian singing is sectarian singing whether it was five years ago or yesterday.i’ve got a funny feeling that bale will not be in the premiership next season but i agree bill,what a player.
As we all become more aware of exactly where we spend our “BLUE POUND” and on the theme of trustworthy lawyers :0) I’m looking to market my property under the GSPC umbrella within the Glasgow area, can anybody recommend a like minded brother who will be able to help me out?
Bill, I watched the Spurs highlights and Bale is fantastic on the eye! Barcelona/Real bound I think.
agree he’s Spain bound, cant help but think the way he plays is more suited to Real than Barca, could be wrong but thats my opinion, agree tho he’s head and shoulders above anyone else in the Premiership tho Suarez aint too shabby a player- imagine what he would do in a good team instead of a pretty poor Liverpool side