Former Rangers manager Graeme Souness says he has not been contacted about being part of a takeover bid for the club – and that he is not interested. A UK consortium bidding to take control has indicated to the administrator that it wants the former Ibrox player-boss to be part of its plans. But the [...]
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FOR the past few weeks, newspapers have been running out of ideas on how best to illustrate the daily developments – or lack of them – in the Biblical epic of Rangers’ collapse. The default illustration has been a photograph of the blue, wrought iron Ibrox gates. Those pictures can look dramatic, but Rangers are [...]
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Dunfermline director of football Jim Leishman has already begun budgeting for the club’s return to the First Division. Manager Jim Jefferies will have his wage cap for players slashed due to the loss of income from dropping gout of the top league. However Leishman is positive that the Pars will still have the biggest budget [...]
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BBC Scotland has learned that finance firm Ticketus is soon to lodge a legal claim against Craig Whyte for £27m. The company loaned Mr Whyte about £24m which helped fund the businessman’s takeover of Rangers last May. Ticketus claims he gave personal guarantees for the money. Mr Whyte’s finance company, Liberty Capital, which is registered [...]
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Motherwell club captain Stephen Craigan is to retire at the end of the season. The 35-year-old defender, who won 54 caps for Northern Ireland, stood down from international football in July. And recent injury problems mean he has not played for Well since 3 March as the club looked to clinch third spot in the [...]
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Rangers’ administrator believes it can secure the club’s future before the end of the week, despite American tycoon Bill Miller withdrawing his offer. Duff & Phelps’ David Whitehouse says two of three bidders are new to the process, with none contemplating liquidation of the present club. Whitehouse also claims that a UK-based consortium has reached [...]
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A CALEY Thistle footballer has been banned from driving for six months after travelling at almost double the speed limit on the A9. Kenny Gillet was caught driving his £40,000 BMW sports car at 110 miles per hour by a roadside speed camera close to Blair Atholl on 14th August last year. The 26-year-old Frenchman [...]
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What’s the appeal to a Tennessee businessman of buying Rangers Football Club when he knew very little about it? Apparently, it had to do with the prospect of the hair on Bill Miller’s arms standing up as he witnessed the passion at an Old Firm match. No, I’m not making this up. Bill Miller’s friends [...]
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A sports nutrition company that Rangers bidder Bill Miller has a stake in has filed for bankruptcy. Health Sport Inc, which specialises in “edible film strip” nutritional supplements, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September last year, which is similar to the UK insolvency process of administration. The financial crisis at the firm came after [...]
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Rangers’ administrators have denied turning down or dragging their heels over police requests for information about Craig Whyte’s takeover. Duff and Phelps said recent media reports had wrongly given the impression that paperwork had not been passed to the police. The firm said no request had been “denied nor delayed in any way”. Strathclyde Police [...]
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