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St J game is 12.45. St M game is noon. Celtic game is noon.

I think it's only the home team who get the payment per game (around 70k I seem to have in my head?) to compensate for the loss in revenue with folk staying at home to watch it or reduced corporate sales for a lunchtime/sunday game.

HMRC announce that todays administration action is in response to Rangers FC's failure to pay £9m in tax since Craig Whyte took over. So he's still lying to the huns. Re-read yesterdays statement.

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Also, did Daniel Cousin's international clearance come through in time? RFC were obviously hoping to have 10 days before administration but as of 14:50 today they can't sign players. HMRC also wont take kindly to them offering a player a contract on (guessing) 5k per week while at the same time going to the courts to try and shaft their creditors.

Suggestions that the police have requested urgent meeting with RFC & SPL over policing costs which are already due, and costs which will be incurred over the upcoming matches. No money = no police = no matches = kicked out. dickofthedons, as administrators they still need to act in the best interest of the creditors and be open and transparent. While there must be a reason RFC rushed to get their guys in it's not going to be all rosy. Also I'm hearing they only have around 6 weeks to come out of administration or they will miss the deadline to apply for a UEFA license for the 12/13 season. With HMRC involved and obviously not playing alone I can't see this being resolved in 6 weeks.

Rangers have been given until 15:30 TODAY to appoint an administrator. Edit: Rangers are now in administration. HMRC revealed in court they were actually on their way to court yesterday to file this action to put Rangers in administration when they heard Rangers had filed themselves - for the sole purpose of being able to appoint their own administrators.

One thing I hope the SPL clubs remember is that Rangers haven't just cheated the tax man out of money. They have cheated all other SPL teams out of prize money. Any time over the last decade+ a team has been knocked out of a cup by the huns, or missed out on a European spot, Rangers have cheated that club out of money. Hopefully the SPL chairmen see that appearences in cup finals/semis and more regular European competition far outweighs 4000 minks in their stadium once or twice a season. Fuck helping them in any way, especially if they come back as Rangers united (or more likely, Royal Rangers). Edit: Seems HMRC are suspicious of Whyte's motives.

It's part of their contract that they have to speak to the press on behalf of the club. Each week the club put forward one or two players to do press interviews (usually just the press conference covered on RedTV which is then butchered by the Evening Express and the other papers pick up those stories)

If Whyte liquidates Rangers im pretty sure there's implications for him being involved with future businesses. There must also be regulations against Ibrox being sold at a fraction of it's value. The footballing debt paid first is an English FA rule and one HMRC are challenging there. - Although I think the SPL can step in and pay the clubs owed directly from money which would have went to Rangers for league position/tv etc.

I don't see what would be in that for Whyte.

Most interesting thing I've read is the possibility (nae sure if it's true) that SPL clubs in administration no longer get a vote on league matters, and any issue that would have required an 11 out of 12 Yes vote would then only require a 10 out of 11 yes vote - eliminating the Old Firms hold on the important league matters for a period of time.

Whyte on SSN now. Saying the HMRC action could leave RFC with bill of up to 75m. Administration only say to safeguard future of RFC. Seems to suggest by going into admin they wont need to pay HMRC bill. I thought the only way HMRC didnt get its money was if the company was liquidated? Says administration was always an option since before he took over.

Hearts due about 1 million, Dundee United 100k and Dunfermline 80k by Rangers FC.

Sky Sports News suggesting the move has been made today, pre-tax case, because if he waits until then Craig Whyte would no longer be the preferred creditor in the administration process.

And they can be in and out of Administration within 28 days meaning they will still be fine to get a UEFA license to play in Europe next season. Cunts could be out of this without a scratch. On the other hand, will be interesting to hear if this is all pre-tax case. They've been pushing the line that it's only the tax case lingering over RFC but it seems there's a lot more problems to be had. Losing the tax case could then push them to liquidation which is the dream.

QOTS 0-1 Aberdeen Vernon 14 mins

I watched it from about 30mins in and West Brom were controlling the game from that point till the equaliser right before halftime which was against the run of play. At 1-1 and 2-1 I think there was a spell of chances for both teams so the game oculd have gone either way but then Wolves just collapsed once West Brom got the 3rd. West brom were cracking odds too

The pubs around the football grounds would be closer. The Clep has TVs for football, or did the last time I was in. Downstairs in the Centenary (or whatever it's called now) might have tv;s. My advice would be get a bus into the centre. Heaps of choice there.

Nae much tonight. All day in the pub tomorrow. All day recovering on Sunday.

It's nae even been painted. It's been put through an effect in photoshop.

In/Oot: Out Prematcher: Pub Crawl Match: Drinking Postmatcher: Crawling Prediction: 0-0

Anyone know if the youth cup game on Sunday is free entry?