RANGERS DIRECTOR ALASTAIR Johnston has suggested that Celtic’s bid for a record-equalling nine-in-a-row would be devalued if they were awarded the title without the season being completed.
As things stand, Celtic have a 13-point lead over Rangers with Steven Gerrard’s side imploding since New Year. No one knows when football will resume and Johnston, the former chairman at Ibrox, is sure to antagonise Celtic fans with his comments.
He said: “I don’t want to be frivolous about it but a lot of Rangers fans have reached out to me and basically said, ‘Mr Johnston, if Celtic are designated as the winners of the league, does it mean they have won eight-and-a-half in a row?’ That’s not something you want — that asterisk. So ideally I can’t imagine that anybody really wants to have their efforts undermined or compromised or not appreciated.”
To add to the problem, a number of Scottish clubs are hitting cash-flow problems, and desperately need a pay-out of prize money to keep their ships afloat. That can only happen if the league is declared over – now.
“The ideal would be to get the full season done, but there is also the reality of the financial situation,” said Johnston. “Can you actually afford to run by June? You’ve got a lot of players that are out of contract at the end of June. What’s going to happen? The financial circumstances of football clubs right now is also significant.
“Ideally from the clubs’ standpoint and for the integrity of the game, we would like every effort to be made to finish the season. That’s going to be challenging. There is still April, May, June and potentially July before things get going again, but we’ve got to be realistic. We’ve got to work with reality and not aspiration, no question about that.”
Might be a few asterisks after Sevco’s titles too
8.5 more titles than the new rangers have since their inception.
Embarrassing stuff
Play the rest of the season behind closed doors. Celtic will win the league and savco will start selling 2022/23 season tickets cos they’ll be broke….. Again
What a trout
I’m sure the British exchequer would like to see some of Sevco’s written off tax bills coming in right now.
I bet rangers would love be in that position to win that HALF lge..gobsh**t!
The fact that he said ‘the fans have reached out to me’ would suggest that they’re deliberately trying to rile up the fake Celtic supporters on here. It’s clearly working.
@James Elphick: tosser
@Phil O Stine: Truth hurts Phyllis.
Yeah and an asterisk after the cup we beat them in also lol.what a stupid comment , with people like that in charge it could lead a club into admin …… Oh Hold on a sec .
Rangers are cheats and should have had all trophies stripped from them and also all the prize money they got should be paid back. Joke of a club
The brass neck of the Zombie. The first Rangers club (died 2012) won 9 titles from 1998 using players illegally paid through various tax evasion schemes. Fact. Their current pain is delicious. His second ‘Rangers’ are about to die too. Couldn’t happen to a nastier kkklub. Hail! Hail!#champi9ns #herewego10inarow #iwannabeedouard #taxdodginghuns #weareallneillennon
Sevco est:2012 are sad and desperate.
Their fans are sad and desperate. They have no income. They have no money.
They have won nothing, unless you include the petrol tank cup. They have no kit deal in place for next season. They owe Close Brothers and Mike Ashley money. They can’t afford to sack Gerrard and have the second highest wage bill in Scotland.
Let them talk about asterisks and 8 and a half. The sad pathetic losers from the top down have nothing else to talk about.
Hail Hail.
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@James Elphick: I know how you feel James. Sometimes the words build up so much inside you that they just won’t come out…. The frustration will pass, have faith.
@Paul Linehan: Haha. The submit comment on this thing is fair sensitive. Lol.
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