Official Brutal statement from Park's of Hamilton about the Cinch deal and court process

mdingwall said:
Brutal statement from Park's of Hamilton about the Cinch deal and court process

They are taking no prisoners here.


Statement from Parks of Hamilton Ltd

A spokesperson for Parks of Hamilton Ltd said: “We were not surprised to learn from the media announcement last night that the SPFL have finally acknowledged Rangers legitimately engaged rule i7 in June of last year and thus, vindicated the stance held by the club for over a year. It is not for us to speculate as to why the SPFL leadership sought to ignore their own rules for so long.

“The fact that the SPFL prevaricated and continued to stall an arbitration process they themselves initiated in August last year, and which was ruled upon by the court of appeal in October, underlined the weakness of the case they truly had. Were it not for our interim interdict, it is clear their strategy was to try and bully one of their members and shareholders; a strategy which they have employed on numerous occasions.

“Throughout the last year, Park’s have kept their counsel as the SPFL leadership insulted us and misled the SFA, their member clubs, their title sponsor, and various other stakeholders in Scottish football.

“We have a long standing and proud association with Scottish football, and it was entirely wrong that we were compelled to take the SFA to court because the SPFL decided to abuse the SFA’s arbitration process. We believe that the SPFL and members of its leadership have brought the game in to disrepute and have failed, as have the SPFL as an organisation, to act with the utmost good faith towards their members.

“The SFA must carry out an independent investigation into this issue which has cost all parties involved hundreds of thousands of pounds. Despite being awarded expenses in court, Park’s will not recover all their legal fees nor be compensated for the reputational damage caused by the SPFL.

“Finally, the glaring omission from the SPFL’s statement was an apology. The SPFL leadership owe their members an apology, they owe Park's an apology, they owe the SFA an apology and they also owe an apology to Rangers. Unfortunately, they seem to lack any accountability and would rather spend their members money than admit their failures.”
Click to expand...
Head, shot.

Well done them
 
Shows our so called associations up for being the shambles they are. Well done Parks. As damning as you can get.
 
Northampton Lodger said:
What has happened in 2012 and to date goes way beyond football. To me it almost feels part of the route towards independence meant dismantling Rangers and therefore attacking those in favour of the Union. It has been relentless and someone is coordinating the media, sporting institutions , politicians and the police.

How many cases involving Celtic have resulted in lost evidence, delayed court cases and media lack of reporting. When it's Rangers they all join forces and will work tirelessly to find the perpetrators and have them guilty by kangaroo court.

Celtic require support politically and everything is fast tracked and land provided on the cheap. With Rangers everything is blocked and stalled.

Look at the difference in media reporting to Rangers and Celtic supporters celebrating a title win in the city centre 12 months apart.

I think we can win the football battles, I am not confident we can continue to win legal fights at the same time.
Click to expand...
Exactly this. I've always felt this goes way beyond football and I think your post nails it.

Wether some want to admit it or not, the govt have deliberately used their media machine to destroy unionist sentiment in this country. That's why Rangers are a target for them. This isn't even up for dispute.
 
mdingwall said:
Brutal statement from Park's of Hamilton about the Cinch deal and court process

They are taking no prisoners here.


Statement from Parks of Hamilton Ltd

A spokesperson for Parks of Hamilton Ltd said: “We were not surprised to learn from the media announcement last night that the SPFL have finally acknowledged Rangers legitimately engaged rule i7 in June of last year and thus, vindicated the stance held by the club for over a year. It is not for us to speculate as to why the SPFL leadership sought to ignore their own rules for so long.

“The fact that the SPFL prevaricated and continued to stall an arbitration process they themselves initiated in August last year, and which was ruled upon by the court of appeal in October, underlined the weakness of the case they truly had. Were it not for our interim interdict, it is clear their strategy was to try and bully one of their members and shareholders; a strategy which they have employed on numerous occasions.

“Throughout the last year, Park’s have kept their counsel as the SPFL leadership insulted us and misled the SFA, their member clubs, their title sponsor, and various other stakeholders in Scottish football.

“We have a long standing and proud association with Scottish football, and it was entirely wrong that we were compelled to take the SFA to court because the SPFL decided to abuse the SFA’s arbitration process. We believe that the SPFL and members of its leadership have brought the game in to disrepute and have failed, as have the SPFL as an organisation, to act with the utmost good faith towards their members.

“The SFA must carry out an independent investigation into this issue which has cost all parties involved hundreds of thousands of pounds. Despite being awarded expenses in court, Park’s will not recover all their legal fees nor be compensated for the reputational damage caused by the SPFL.

“Finally, the glaring omission from the SPFL’s statement was an apology. The SPFL leadership owe their members an apology, they owe Park's an apology, they owe the SFA an apology and they also owe an apology to Rangers. Unfortunately, they seem to lack any accountability and would rather spend their members money than admit their failures.”
Click to expand...
Reminds me of that old song, come and have a go with the Rangers aggarro,and you're gonna get your f##kin head kicked in, hell scud it into the absolute clowns. WATP
 
I wonder if Doncaster wants to go on the radio and, this time, allow questions from Tom English to clear everything up on this? No? Thought not. Any chance of the other member clubs asking questions? What about the privately funded Deloitte review? Anything?:mad:

FBS
 
Paulski55 said:
That’s as damning a statement as you’ll see anywhere.

Doesn’t fucking miss them anyway.

Parks see it, wee see it on here, folk see it in the real world, folk see it online and social media. The fact that the SPFL or the SFA can’t see the absolute clusterfuck of a situation they have presided over is a damning indictment of the Scottish game and its leadership and custodians.

They have made a total and utter mockery of integrity, sporting or otherwise, decency and transparency, honesty and acting in good faith.

Murdoch Maclennan and Neil Doncaster should be hung out to dry, they should resign their posts immediately for presiding over this absolute sham of a commercial deal.
Click to expand...
SPFL and The SFA can see it perfectly well mate, they got arrogant and over confident, they tried to use the arbitration process to bully Rangers into submission. They got caught, it’s up to the other member clubs to nail them for this, hopefully this is a sign of things to come for the low life’s involved.
 
As satisfying as the statement is to read it changes nothing, we need a major clear out at SPFL starting with Doncaster who just isn't very good at his job. But we won't get change unless we make an alliance with other clubs and that feels a long way off.
 
MrMols said:
No holding back with that statement,

I don’t think we’ll hear the last of this for a while yet, meanwhile Donecaster will continue to ruin Scottish football while every other club stands by and let’s him take the piss out of them.
Click to expand...
A lot of questions still to be answered
The court in Edinburgh directed that POH we entitled to be considered a party to the Cinch dispute and directed the SFA to undertake an independent arbitration of this dispute 21/10/21
When did this take place?
If not why not?
We’re the board of the SPFL guilty of a flagrant violation of there own rules Reg 17
If so what sanction or warning of future conduct would have been appropriate?
Why are the SPFL allowed to re engage in a new deal with cinch without the application of rule 17 yet again.
Should POH return to court to find out why the SFA failed to act on the direction of the court to hold an independent arbitration hearing, it would appear to allow the SPFL to continue to act in a similar manner for a second time, without criticism or censure
Anyone know the answer?
 
stonewall Jackson said:
We’ll see what the clown Doncaster comes back with. Nothing at all I suspect with the SPFL being found to have broken their own rules for whatever reason. An organisation that is both disfunctional and unfit for purpose.
Click to expand...


An apology would be appropriate mate.
 
GazzaLegemd said:
SPFL and The SFA can see it perfectly well mate, they got arrogant and over confident, they tried to use the arbitration process to bully Rangers into submission. They got caught, it’s up to the other member clubs to nail them for this, hopefully this is a sign of things to come for the low life’s involved.
Click to expand...
Unfortunately Gazza history tells us that hatred of Rangers trumps everything else which means those involved will probably survive. In any other league they would be gone.
 
Madjid Moments said:
Whoever wrote that deserves a wage rise! Outstanding!
Click to expand...

Give them a job at Rangers if they're not already there.

I really want to see Rangers go for the jugular of the SPFL, humiliate and remove Doncaster and McLennan + that fat fuk of a lawyer Rod McKenzie.
Shower of t.arrier lickspittles that have been doing Lawwell / the Bheasts bidding for years now, whilst doing nothing for the rest of Scottish football. Boils my piss that they are still employed.
 
mdingwall said:
Brutal statement from Park's of Hamilton about the Cinch deal and court process

They are taking no prisoners here.


Statement from Parks of Hamilton Ltd

A spokesperson for Parks of Hamilton Ltd said: “We were not surprised to learn from the media announcement last night that the SPFL have finally acknowledged Rangers legitimately engaged rule i7 in June of last year and thus, vindicated the stance held by the club for over a year. It is not for us to speculate as to why the SPFL leadership sought to ignore their own rules for so long.

“The fact that the SPFL prevaricated and continued to stall an arbitration process they themselves initiated in August last year, and which was ruled upon by the court of appeal in October, underlined the weakness of the case they truly had. Were it not for our interim interdict, it is clear their strategy was to try and bully one of their members and shareholders; a strategy which they have employed on numerous occasions.

“Throughout the last year, Park’s have kept their counsel as the SPFL leadership insulted us and misled the SFA, their member clubs, their title sponsor, and various other stakeholders in Scottish football.

“We have a long standing and proud association with Scottish football, and it was entirely wrong that we were compelled to take the SFA to court because the SPFL decided to abuse the SFA’s arbitration process. We believe that the SPFL and members of its leadership have brought the game in to disrepute and have failed, as have the SPFL as an organisation, to act with the utmost good faith towards their members.

“The SFA must carry out an independent investigation into this issue which has cost all parties involved hundreds of thousands of pounds. Despite being awarded expenses in court, Park’s will not recover all their legal fees nor be compensated for the reputational damage caused by the SPFL.

“Finally, the glaring omission from the SPFL’s statement was an apology. The SPFL leadership owe their members an apology, they owe Park's an apology, they owe the SFA an apology and they also owe an apology to Rangers. Unfortunately, they seem to lack any accountability and would rather spend their members money than admit their failures.”
Click to expand...
I'm sure that everyone involved will feel great about writing another lengthy statement that will make those who already support us feel all warm inside.

The reality is that this is yet another example at how terrible we are at playing this game. The statement will achieve nothing and is written for entirely the wrong audience.

It's also been released on a day where we should be nowhere near the news. The focus should be on events relating to another club - but, in we steam with another 500 worder.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Latest posts

Back
Top