Happy administration day to all the Zombies who stood back, did nothing and let their club die…
13 years ago today seen Rangers Football Club entered administration
13 years ago today seen Rangers 1872 RIP enter administration as the effects of several decades of financial malfeasance by the egotistical Sir (!) David Murray began to bite.
Craig Whyte, the ‘thousandaire’ shyster conman who took control of the club when he handed Murray a quid from his back pocket, certainly contributed to the downfall of the club, but he was nothing more than a mere patsy who felt the brunt of the Rangers supporters anger. However in truth it was all down to Dodgy David Murray in the personal pursuit of satisfying his own egotistical needs and trying to emulate Celtic’s achievement on 25 May 1967 of winning the European Cup to become Champions of Europe.
Put simply Rangers died chasing Lions
David Murray drove the bus and parked it at the edge of the cliff
David Murray drove the bus and parked it at the edge of the cliff before slithering off leaving Whyte in charge. Whyte decided to let go of the handbrake, letting it dangle from the edge leaving those on board dicing with death would be the more accurate way of describing what actually happened. .
Years of overspending and unlawful side letters and payments had risen to the surface, leaving Whyte who contributed by withholding several payments to HMRC, with no option but to call in the administrators.
The big hoose must stay open
As the chancer, who was described by Keith Jackson at the Daily Record as a ‘self made billionaire’ with the same hack even describing him as ‘having wealth off the radar,’ stood on the steps outside Ibrox and declared that the club was now in the hands of administrators, there was an outpouring of grief from the Ibrox faithful and the SMSM alike.
The big hoose must stay open was the cry.
Weak at the knees listening to Murray’s moonbeams while hacks dined on his succulent lamb
Ironically those same souls doing the weeping were all complicit in the club being placed on life support. For years those very same supporters heralded Murray as some sort of god, as they went weak at the knees listening to his moonbeams. The SMSM were too busy dining out on his succulent lamb to take notice of his indiscretions. Or more likely didn’t want to stop their own personal gravy train.
An award-winning blogger, calling himself Rangers Tax Case
Even when Craig Whyte arrived on the scene, they ignored any reasonable doubts of his so called wealth and credentials, and heralded him their saviour as they carried him down Edmiston Drive. When the SMSM did wake up to his real intentions it was too late and the supporters still refused to listen.
An award-winning blogger, calling himself Rangers Tax Case, had been doing the work that any self respecting journalist would have been investigating. RTC served the facts up on an ongoing basis and got just about everything right. The Rangers support simply abused him with their threats and sectarian bile, the media mostly ignored, maybe cowardice was the reason, maybe denial, probably both.
HMRC voted against a CVA, so Rangers died
So when Craig Whyte stood on those steps and broke their hearts it was a shock to them and them only. The rest of us celebrated with jelly and ice-cream. as we rejoiced in their agony, and it would only get better [for us] when a few months later when HMRC voted against a CVA and pushed the club over the cliff were it nosedived to its ultimate demise.
READ THIS…The Death of Rangers in 55 Quotes including: “We wish the new Rangers Football Club every good fortune,” Walter Smith
A continuity myth emerged
Everyone knew that Rangers FC was gone forever. It was on all the front pages of the papers and on every new bulletin. Yet gradually denial set in and a continuity myth emerged, aided by Scottish football authorities who were fearful of the consequences for a Scottish game without one of the big two clubs. The lie that Rangers didn’t die was used to sell tickets and keep the new club, now in the bottom tier of Scottish football, afloat long enough to work its way back to the top division.
Charles Green claimed he’d bought the titles
Charles Green was the founding father of the new club and he told anyone who would listen that he had bought the titles won by the old club. No-one in Scottish football believed him then or now. Most people just get on with it, occasionally rival supporters will chant ‘You let your club die’ or ‘You’re not Rangers any more’.
Deep down they all know they let their club die
That stings although they’d never admit it. The more time that goes by the more adamant they get is trying to convince themselves of the lie. But deep down they all know they let their club die.
They’ll take that to their own graves.
Just an Ordinary Bhoy
