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The article also raises the issue of exactly what the resolutioners expect to gain from an independent investigation, a question dodged and an analysis avoided in the mainstream, as it rightly points out that the venom is aimed at individuals, rather than the organisations. This could be because it’s widely suspected that the organisations are no good at their job, but the systems have served the likes of “rangers ” and Rangers quite well in the past, and it may be that the individuals are unwilling to carry on that tradition.<\/p>\n
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And we know how much how fond they are of tradition over at Ibrox…<\/p>\n
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Ultimately, one hopes that today the issue is put to bed and those behind the time wasting accusations are thoroughly slapped about a bit until they learn some manners.<\/p>\n
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There are, or at least should be, two aspects to todays meeting.<\/p>\n
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The first is the league itself, and the ramifications for the clubs should the resolutioners get their investigation.<\/p>\n
Some clubs have released statements indicating how they will vote, with aberdeen seeming to think one is needed just to clear the air, whilst Hearts and Partick want one for their own reasons, pretty much because they don;t want to be relegated.<\/p>\n
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The two most revealing staments, however, come from Dunfermline and Brechin, and Brechin seem to have said what most of us are thinking…<\/p>\n
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In what are extremely challenging times for everyone as we try to come to terms with the consequences of Covid-19 and the lockdown conditions, we are also regretfully facing turmoil in the world of Scottish football.<\/em><\/p>\n Members and Supporters of Brechin City FC will doubtless have been concerned and indeed alarmed at the current tirade of negativity towards the Club, and in particular our Chairman Ken Ferguson. This challenges the integrity and reputation, both of our Club, and that of Ken personally. Having remained respectfully silent to date, the Management Committee now unanimously feel compelled to firmly rebuff these claims and set the record straight.<\/em><\/p>\n In particular, in the recent dossier released in support of the EGM taking place at the SPFL tomorrow (Tuesday), there is an accusation which is pointed directly at our Chairman relating to his part in the run up to the SPFL vote which took place on Friday 10th April. This states,\u00a0\u201cIt has also been alleged that Ken Ferguson (Brechin City Chairman and SPFL Board Director) called League 2 clubs and told them that Inverness had changed their vote to YES and, as a result, the Resolution was going to be approved and that there was no point in League 2 clubs voting NO.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n This is categorically refuted.<\/u><\/b>\u00a0Unfortunately, this is feeding the current media frenzy and, by association, Brechin City FC and our Chairman are being subjected to un-necessary scrutiny and wholly unwarranted abuse. In addition to anecdotal evidence from all of the other League 2 clubs, we have in our possession verification from each club that no such call was made. Furthermore, each League 2 club is content to provide corroboration to this effect and has stressed that they are entirely relaxed (and in reality appreciative) of the integrity Ken displayed in his role as an SPFL Director in the lead up to the vote.<\/em><\/p>\n The Management Committee will issue a further statement in comings days to fully address other allegations that have been directed towards the Club in the media and online in recent times.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dunfermline added their bit…. which is protected by copyright, and it too, points to one cub stirring up the pot.<\/p>\n Or, at least, one clubs spokesman.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Scott Gardiner of Inverness is the man fingers are being pointed at.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That would be this Scot Gardiner…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n GARDINER confirmed yesterday he would not switch from Dens Park and it’s understood his decision came after he failed to receive assurances he would have absolute authority at Ibrox.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Record , November 2013 )<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SCOT GARDINER turned down his dream job<\/strong> as Rangers chief executive because he didn\u2019t receive assurances he would be allowed to call the shots at Ibrox.<\/em><\/p>\n The Dundee chief had been given 24 hours to decide whether or not to take the role, as revealed in Record Sport, and yesterday at breakfast time he confirmed to his American bosses he will not be jumping ship to Glasgow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I don’t suppose anyone has asked him if he’s been offered it again as a reward for trying to push their null and void agenda…?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In an interview with the Press and Journal last December , one or two indications of where his business loyalties may lie rose to the surface….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My parents, and especially my dad, who has been a huge influence. My wife, Corrinne, is a rock, giving me the leeway to do whatever I think best, and I learned a lot from businessmen and friends past and present, like Stewart Ford, Chris Smith, Bob Reilly, Douglas Ferrans, Lord Sugar, Daniel Levy, David Murray and Anne Budge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Silk ties and brown<\/strong> shoes (brogues<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I walk the Highland forests and beaches with my Westie, Cooper.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bear in mind that Gardiner went on the radio a while back and said that three clubs were going to vote against the initial resolution to call the season for the non-Premiership clubs, and it was he who claimed that Dundee had been one of them, only to find they weren’t, they’d changed their mind.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also, bear in mind that had the leagues been voided, and he’d got his wish to have the prize money equally shared, Inverness would be down quite a few quid….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now that is not acting in the interest of his own club, or company, and that must be a concern to his bosses….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This front page, from todays Record, maybe explains his motive….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The move would have KO’d titles for Celtic….\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I think I’m on the point of spotting exactly what’s going on here…..<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The second point thats worth thinking about regarding todays meeting goes back, in a loose way,to yesterdays Diary about the correlations of the treatment of the government in Westminster re the Covid crisis , and the treatment of the antagonistic clubs during this curent Scottish football crisis by the mainstream media.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They have a lot to answer for in both instnaces, though the common thread\u00a0 they don’t seem to like looking for any answers that don’t suit either the narratives of their own, their employers or the good of the whole in general.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The SFM article names a few journalists and outlets in Scottish football that were culpable then, back in 2014, and it’s probably not a surprise to see some familiar names and outlets amongst them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In short, the media have some pretty tough questions to answer themselves, but once again, we can only ask<\/p>\n Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is the day that the Scottish football clubs..and one company….meet to have a go at whatever it is they’ve been banging on about for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/quote-there-is-a-significant-latin-proverb-to-wit-who-will-guard-the-guards-josh-billings-94-17-16.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2J7If-44A","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15663,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15660\/revisions\/15663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Dundee chief Scot Gardiner turns down Rangers top job as Ibrox board refuse to let him run club his own way<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
Who helped you?<\/em><\/h5>\n
What do you waste your money on?<\/em><\/h5>\n
What do you do to relax?<\/em><\/h5>\n
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