Jump to content

League Reconstruction 20/21 season


Recommended Posts

24 minutes ago, Golden Gordon said:

Surely not?

There was a post along those lines on Kickback. Probably from the same guy. He was using the case as proof of corruption in the legal system. If it’s now been upgraded to “Our suffering is equal to....” then that is truly sick. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 minutes ago, Shotgun said:

There was a post along those lines on Kickback. Probably from the same guy. He was using the case as proof of corruption in the legal system. If it’s now been upgraded to “Our suffering is equal to....” then that is truly sick. 

Yes, it's beyond parody the response to having to spend a season in the Championship.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Quote

By now, most of you will know that the SFA Arbitration Panel has found against us in our “unfair prejudice” challenge, following the relegation of Hearts, Partick Thistle and Stranraer, as a consequence of the early termination of Season 2019/20.

For those of us involved throughout this process, sadly once again, we cannot say we are totally surprised at the outcome, despite firmly believing in the power of the arguments and evidence we put forward.

I want to take this opportunity to thank our legal team, who despite the result, were quite simply first-class. They acknowledged from the outset that this would be an uphill battle, but nonetheless it was a battle we felt we had to fight. We could not simply sit back and accept the unfairness that was being meted out to us.

What has been allowed to happen in Scottish football, where fellow member clubs and our governing bodies have stood back and allowed totally disproportionate financial damage to be imposed on 3 of its members, can only be described as shameful… as indeed, should the SPFL’s recent self-congratulatory statement.

For too long, Chairmen and Owners have stood on the sidelines bemoaning the decision-making processes, the perceived lack of leadership, the lack of commercialism; the general shortcomings, as they see it, of Scottish football. However, if they really want things to change, it will take more than words. They will have to stand-up and be counted. 

We tried to do just that. Unfortunately, the very fact that we tried and lost, will cause many others to be even more wary. I can hear them now... “You can’t fight the rules; you can’t fight the establishment; we must support the centre.” Sadly, I see little cause for optimism that things will improve any time soon in Scottish football. I hope I am wrong.

My rant is over for now. While frustrated, disappointed and angry with much that has gone on over the last 4 months, we must now move forward. 

We will suffer serious financial losses as a consequence of losing this particular battle but we will survive and we will come through this stronger than ever. We have suffered a series of blows over recent months, but our spirit has never been stronger. We will continue to run our Club with honesty, transparency and integrity. These are the values we have always adhered to and we will continue to keep them front and centre of everything we do. 

We will also lead with strong financial management and importantly, with confidence. We look forward, once again, to celebrating a successful year, culminating in winning the Championship and getting back to where we belong. Robbie has done it before and with your support, we can make this a year to remember for the right reasons as well as the wrong.

I make these statements, confident in the support I know we will have from our incredible fans and sponsors. The messages of support that I, personally, have received throughout this enormously difficult period have been absolutely amazing. Let me say “thank you” to each and every one of you. I am sorry we did not win this battle but as we all know, it is winning the war that counts.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, GAD said:

Reading some of the Hearts stuff makes me wonder if we were wrong all along and it's actually Rangers who are the diet ****.

Some of them are quite mental.

When you see people posting that they hope there’s another wave of Covid so that teams will go out of business as karma for not doing what Hearts wanted...

Perhaps just a wee bit of perspective required. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Its a remarkable thing to lose literally every battle you enter, and then just hours after your final, devastating, crushing loss, claim you've won the war.

Edited by RandomGuy.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...