History of Rangers FC

Die sogenannten Title deeds, von denen viele Leute wissen wollten, wie sie aussehen .. so auch John Brown ... sind öffentlich zugänglich und man kann sie auch kopieren lasssen. Ergo, damals alles nur Schaumschlägerei ...

C&P ... from Calgacus posts at Gersnet ...

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from the Land Register of Scotland

Search Summary
Date: 11/12/2012 Time: 09:43:56
Search No.: 2012-03642436 User Reference: robert query
B. PROPRIETORSHIP SECTION

Title Number:
GLA210958
Entry Number
Date of Registration
Proprietor
Consideration
Date of Entry
1 15/06/2012 SEVCO SCOTLAND LIMITED incorporated under the Companies Acts, (Company Number 425159), and having its Registered Office at Capella, 60 York Street, Glasgow, G2 8JX. Implementation of Agreement 14/06/2012
Notes:
1. The above Company is now known as THE RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

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A. PROPERTY SECTION

Title Number:
GLA210958
Date of First Registration:
20/08/1987
Date Title Sheet updated to:
25/10/2012
Date Land Certificate updated to:
25/10/2012
Hectarage Code:
7.9
Interest:
PROPRIETOR
Map Reference:
NS5564NE
Description:
Subjects IBROX STADIUM, EDMISTON DRIVE, GLASGOW G51 2XD edged red on the Title Plan being 7.9 hectares in measurement on the Ordnance Map excepting from the said subjects (First) the whole public roadbridge structures at Broomloan Road and Edmiston Drive, so far as the said bridges lie within the said subjects which bridges shall remain the property of the British Railways Board subject to the servitudes and others contained in the Disposition in Entry 16 of the Burdens Section and (Second) the bridge structure at Copland Road and Mafeking Street so far as the said bridge lies within the said subjects but declaring that the proprietors of the subjects in this Title shall be entitled to use the surface of that portion of the said bridge hatched red on the Title Plan.

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Die Firma und der Klub ... rechtlich auseinandergenommen von "Walter Tull" (FF), da ein HH meinte, er müsse das aus seiner Sicht erklären:

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I'm not generally moved to make comments on news articles but I felt it important to correct you on a couple of points.

"RFC became a limited company in 1899 as you say. This was done to protect the directors from personal liability arising from running the club. Later became a PLC when shares were offered to the public. The club were not bought by RFC Ltd. They BECAME RFC Ltd and then BECAME RFC PLC. The club and changing methods of ownership remained one entity with one company number at companies house. This single company is now in the process of liquidation."

You are correct that by creating a limited company the directors are effectively "ring-fencing" themselves from claims by creditors in the event that the company becomes insolvent. However this also works in reverse, in as much as the assets, whilst owned are held separate from the company. Assets are "used" to generate a profit for the company. If these assets are mismanaged then they do not generate a sufficient profit and the company becomes in solvent. However in this case the assets remain for the benefit of creditors or whosoever takes over the management of these assets. In the case of Rangers the assets are the stadium, the players, the brand and the goodwill which would include Rangers history, as without this there is no goodwill. You can't argue therefore that the Rangers "BECAME" anything as a result of the change in the company. The assets have always been the same. In other words, the Stadium, the players, the brand and the loyalty of the support are the assets that are "used" to generate a profit and cash flow for the company. These never die.

The "assets" as you know do not have a number at Companies house because they are not a Company.

"Perhaps Empire can explain why the SFA had to TRANSFER the membership. Surely if it's the same club there would have been no need to transfer membership."

I'm not sure how this is an argument for a loss of history. If the SFA had to "ISSUE" a new membership to Rangers then you might have a point. A transfer, e.g. Home Ownership, Share Holding, etc. implies the continuation of the underlying asset, not the creation of a new one.

I think the struggle here is the conflation of ownership with existence. Clearly Rangers like any club has had many owners over its 140 year history. However these people move on (they die, they become insolvent) however the Club (not the company) remains in perpetuity, i.e. exists, for as long as it fulfils its purpose which is the provision of sports entertainment.

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On a serious note, it is this kind of thing Rangers PR should be on top of wherever and whenever it appears in the media. It's not that difficult employ someone to monitor the daily press and respond accordingly. We have to fight fire with fire but it's left to us most of the time.

The Rangers' mascot before Broxi Bear was Bill Struth' golden retriever Speedy

Ein wenig zu Willie Wilton

Ein Bild der Rangers im Buckingham Palace

The Rangers 'Swifts'

The Rangers reserve (or 'A') team - originally known as the Swifts - are Scotland's most succesful reserve team. Their colours were red and black vertical strips (ala AC Milan) which represented Govan.

The 'blue ribbon' event of the Reserve team calendar was the Second XI Cup. Rangers have won the trophy 25 times - nearly double than their nearest rivals (Hearts). They have amassed over 40 various Reserve league titles which is still more than any other club.

Stats and Titles

Crowds too impatient

Bill Struth,74, hits out, 'Crowds too impatient'

Mr Struth, 74, who receives a presentation today from The Rangers players to mark the occasion of his retirement as manager of the club yesterday hit out at the spectators.

"Maybe modern football does not appeal to the crowds", said Mr Struth "But I wonder if they take into account all that a club has to contend with"

"Why, the war isnt over yet. This conscription business has sabotaged the dreams and plans of every football manager time and again."

It is Mr Struths view that the customers are not necessarily always right. For instance they dont always make allowances for all the obstacles to team building.

They are impatient and many of the younger ones who make most noise dont always appreciate the science of the game.

Mr Struth says this to the people on the terraces; "Criticise as you will,boo jeer and jibe as so called Scotland Supporters have done to their own players in the Norwegian game. But remember Football is in the blood of the nation. It is Scotlands game and it will out."

Does Scotland or any Scottish club require star players to make them successful? Is the need urgent ?

Mr Struth laughs that one off, "Why" he said, "We had eleven cast off players at Ibrox at one time and they all helped us to reach the final of the Scottish Cup in 2 different years.

"It was all a matter of blending them to win, our style at Ibrox and a very good blend it was".

One more question to Bill Struth. Who was Rangers greatest ever? Here is the answer; "They were all great or at least I thought so".

"Immediately a boy signed a form for us and honoured it off the field as well as on the field, he was made. I wouldnt like to individualise for after all Rangers were always a team".

And therein lies the secret of Rangers who until this season had been brimming over with complete success - team spirit.

Transcript snatched from RST FB page, original article here

A letter written by Frank Sinatra to Graeme Souness, thanking him for a gift and the concert he held at Ibrox in 1990

Old Rangers poem in tribute to the Iron Curtain (Re 1950 World cup in Brazil)

It was written in reference to the belief that many Rangers fans (my old man included) felt that more or less the Rangers side that year should have been selected to represent Scotland in their World cup decider against England to take part in the World cup in Brazil.

Incredibly Scotland were invited to take part as runners up but turned it down as the SFA selectors felt it was only right to attend as British Champions.

Scotland lost the match 1-0 to England

the side that were chosen to play were _

Cowan (Morton), Young, Cox, McColl and Woodburn (all Rangers), Forbes (Arsenal), Waddell (Rangers), Moir (Bolton), Bauld (Hearts), Steel (Derby), Liddell (Liverpool)

Rangers Poem

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RANGERS really ARE Scotland’s most successful football club, ad watchdogs have ruled.

The Ibrox outfit sparked a string of complaints when they made the boast in commercials three months ago.

Critics claimed the slogan was misleading because oldco Gers — who won 114 trophies — went into liquidation last year. But a leaked decision by the Advertising Standards Authority said consumers would realise the claim “related to the club rather than to its owner and operator”.

It added: “We therefore concluded that it was not misleading for this ad to make reference to RFC’s history.”

The commercials trumpeting the Light Blues as “Scotland’s most successful club” appeared on radio and in the Press ahead of their home match with Annan Athletic in March.

Just weeks later, the ASA launched a probe after receiving 78 complaints from rival fans.

But it prompted an angry response from Rangers who branded the investigation “ridiculous”.

They later handed over a letter from the European Club Association recognising their history.

And they provided evidence from Lord Nimmo Smith’s independent probe into player payments that said a club could “continue in existence” even if they shifted to “another owner”.

Last night a Rangers spokesman said: “The club was never in any doubt that this would be the outcome.

“It was a ridiculous claim and we knew the ASA would take the same view as the football authorities and Lord Nimmo Smith.”

The ASA declined to comment on the leaked ruling, but did not dispute its accuracy.

Rangers have won 54 top-flight league titles, 33 Scottish Cups and 27 League Cups.

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Hier die Entscheidung der ASA (also der Werbeaufsicht (oder so)): Final Adjudication

Die "old company" The Rangers Football Club PLC befindet sich nach der Insolvenzverwaltung durch Duff & Phelps nun in den Händen der Liquidatoren von BDO.

Aufgrund der entstehenden Kosten, verschickten sie am 30. Mai 2013 an alle sharholders einmalig einen Hinweis, daß alle weiteren relevanten Informationen ab sofort auf deren Webseite erscheinen werden.

http://www.bdo.co.uk/rfc2012inliquidation

"Due to the significant issues to be resolved in the liquidation, the Joint Liquidators do not expect to be in a position to bring this case to a conclusion for some considerable time."

Es gibt nun den offiziellen Report der Werbeaufsicht und das wurde heute morgen auch auf den britschen Sendern verkündet

Offizielles Statement of ASA

Unser Kommentar

ASA Adjudication on The Rangers Football Club Ltd

The Rangers Football Club Ltd
Ibrox Stadium
150 Edmiston Drive
Glasgow
G51 2XD

Date: 12 June 2013
Media: Radio, Regional press
Sector: Leisure
Number of complaints: 78
Complaint Ref: A13-224406

Ad

A regional radio ad, a press ad and an e-mail ad, for Rangers Football Club:

a. The regional radio ad stated "Join Scotland's most successful club at IBROX and guarantee your seat for the last four games of the season. Rangers season tickets are priced from £69 for adults, £48 for concessions and just £17 for kids ...".

b. The press ad stated "JOIN SCOTLAND'S MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB AT IBROX ... STILL GOING STRONG ... 54 TITLES ... RANGERS THEN ... RANGERS NOW ... RANGERS FOREVER".

c. The e-mail ad stated "JOIN SCOTLAND'S MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB AT IBROX".

Issue

Seventy-eight complainants challenged whether the claim "Scotland's most successful club" was misleading, because they understood that the current club had only been formed in 2012.

CAP Code (Edition 12)
3.13.7

BCAP Code
3.13.9

Response

The Rangers Football Club Ltd (Newco) explained that The Rangers Football Club Plc (Oldco), which previously owned and operated Rangers Football Club (RFC), went into administration on 14 February 2012 and that, in order to preserve RFC after a Creditors Voluntary Arrangement failed, its business and assets were purchased by another corporate entity, which was now known as the Rangers Football Club Ltd and that, therefore, the same Club was now owned and operated by themselves. They provided an extract from a Decision concerning RFC, by an Independent Commission appointed by the Scottish Premier League, in which it was stated that "in common speech a Club is treated as a recognisable entity which is capable of being owned and operated and which continues in existence despite its transfer to another owner and operator". They said the Commission had clearly stated that the same Club continued, regardless of the legal entity that owned and operated it and, therefore, that RFC had continued in existence since 1872. They also provided a letter from the European Club Association (ECA), concerning the RFC's continuing membership after the liquidation, in which it stated that, although run by a different legal entity, it considered RFC was still the same football club, having the same registration number with the Football Association, the same fans, the same stadium, the same club coefficient ranking and the same trophies, and it therefore recognised RFC as a founding member of the ECA, despite the change of ownership. Newco advised us that RFC was a full member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and that when Oldco, the legal entity who previously held the membership, went into administration and agreement was put in place to transfer exactly the same membership from Oldco to Newco, which had resulted in membership of the SFA being maintained. They further pointed out that the websites of the Scottish Premier League, the SFA and UEFA all confirmed that RFC had been in existence for 140 years by detailing all honours that the Club had won since its formation in 1872.

The RACC said they felt that, given RFC's history, the claim "Scotland's most successful club" was valid and would not mislead.

Assessment

Not upheld

Whilst the ASA acknowledged that Newco had not taken on all of the debts and liabilities of Oldco when it purchased its assets and business and that that would normally preclude it from trading on the reputation of the former company, we noted that both an Independent Commission appointed by the SPL and the ECA had reached the conclusion that the football club RFC was a recognisable entity in its own right, and that it had continued in existence despite being transferred to another owner and operator. We further considered that consumers would understand that the claim in question related to the football club rather than to its owner and operator. We therefore concluded that it was not misleading for the ad to make reference to RFC's history, which was separate to that of Newco.

We investigated the ad under BCAP Code rules 3.1 (Misleading advertising) and 3.9 (Substantiation) and CAP Code (Edition 12) rules 3.1 (Misleading advertising) and 3.7 (Substantiation) but did not find it in breach.

Action

No further action necessary.

ASA

Unsere berühmte Hymne wurde übrigens schon sehr früh von einem Baptistenlied entlehnt ...

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The hymn was sung at the memorial service for the 40th anniversary of the Ibrox Disaster in 2011. Reverend Stuart MacQuarrie made a wee joke, reminding the congregation to sing the correct (hymn) words also. Liewell, Dr Death & TLB were there representing Scumtic and didn't sing a word.

NB: Ich kann jetzt nicht behaupten, daß ich darüber glücklich bin. Ich folge einem Fußballverein und kann und werde dabei auf jedwede religiöse Verbindung verzichten.

Exzellente Arbeit vom Rangers Supporters Trust

The Right Honourable Members of The Rangers Football Club - 1870 to 1899

Documente und dergleichen, die belegen, daß Rangers FC gleich Rangers FC ist ... und zwar seit 1872

Rangers: New Company - The Same Club

Or so it is claimed in this interesting article:

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We belong to Glasgow ... sort of

7:20pm Tuesday 3rd September 2013

The first team picture ...

... Rangers did not only adopt their name from Swindon Rangers rugby club but also played in the same colours as the railway workers’ side – all white with a blue star crest.

THEY are one of the world’s best-supported football teams with fan clubs girdling the globe from Tasmania to Tampa Bay, Bahrain to Boston, Winnipeg to Wellington and Katowice to Calgary.

But where did the institution that is Rangers Football Club – winners of 54 domestic league titles, more than any club in the world – get their name?

Why from Swindon, of course.

The origins of this massive Scottish sporting organisation – or at least, its world-renowned name – has of late been the subject of a spate of queries on fans’ forums.

For such a vast footballing behemoth where every trophy, player, goal and all manner of what – for most of us – would seem inconsequential data is feverishly racked up and pored over, the club’s very name is bizarrely shrouded in mystery.

However, the consensus is that Rangers owes its moniker to a bunch of Great Western Railway workers letting off a little steam, if you’ll excuse the pun, on a field in Swindon – or Gorse Hill, to be precise – around 140 years ago.

Four enthusiastic young sportsmen founded Rangers in 1872: brothers’ Moses and Peter McNeil, and friends Peter Campbell and William McBeath.

They had been galvanised after watching a local Glasgow team Queen’s Park – the “Pride of Scotland” – playing a new-fangled form of football.

This revolutionary variety of a previously haphazard, frenetic chase-ball activity followed a controversial rule change stipulating that the ball could not be “carried or hacked”… otherwise the game would become “more like wrestling than football”.

But what shall we call our brand new sports club, mused the Glaswegian quartet? It was Moses who came up with the answer.

A studious fellow, Moses had been reading a book called the English Football Annual written by Charles Alcock, founder member and later secretary of the Football Association, and also the creator of the world’s first knock-out competition of its kind, the FA Cup.

In his book, published every year since 1868, Alcock mentioned an English rugby team of the era, Swindon Rangers, who played in white socks, white shorts and white shirts with a blue star on the breast.

It struck an instant chord with Moses. Rangers! Wow, what a great name for a football team.

The founders of Rangers were not only inclined to nick the name of Swindon’s Victorian rugby pioneers but also copied the kit – an exact replica of which Rangers donned in the 1876/77 Scottish Cup Final (beaten 3-2 by the Vale of Leven in a twice replayed match.) It was later said that Moses loved the name he had plucked from Alcocks’ annual because “Rangers’ rhymed with strangers,” symbolising the bringing together of men from all over the city – or at least the Protestant half – who fancied a game of soccer.

Moses, incidentally, played many times for Rangers and became the club’s first player to represent Scotland.

A Swindon Rangers exists today in the form of a North Wilts League football team established eight years ago.

But unlike its illustrious Glaswegian namesake, the original Swindon Rangers has long since vanished, although the institution that arose in its wake, Swindon Rugby Club, continues to thrive.

No-one, apparently, knows when Swindon Rangers formed, but one of the club’s driving forces was John Armstrong, son of the eminent Great Western Railway engineer Joseph Armstrong – one of the key players in Swindon’s growth and pre-eminence as a railway town.

John, who also went on to become a big wheel at The Works, initially played for Swindon Rangers Cricket Club, from which the rugby club emerged. He was said to have captained the latter for seven years.

Astills Original Swindon Almanac of 1881 lists the Rangers’ President as none other than the Superintendent of the Swindon GWR works, William Dean, with the man he succeeded – John’s dad Joseph – as Vice President.

According to Swindon Rugby Club’s official history, the home of Swindon Rangers in 1870 was an edge of town field in Gorse Hill – probably their first ground.

They later went on to play at The Croft in Old Town – which also became home for 11 years from 1884 to Swindon Town Football Club – and also The Sands in Bath Road, site of the former Victoria Hospital.

During this era the Swindon Advertiser reported on numerous Rangers matches as the team attracted crowds of 300 or so to the Croft, including – now here’s a shock – members of the “fair sex.”

Playing away to a rampant, unbeaten Gloucester in January 1883, Rangers pulled off a famous victory. The club’s first and second teams also played two games, one after the other, on January 31, 1885.

The second side took on Purton which was swiftly followed by the first XV’s match against Bath Volunteers. Two Rangers’ players – Brunsden and Horsington – played in both victories.

Sadly, the axe fell on Swindon Rangers in January 1895 due to “lack of support at committee level”.

Months later Swindon Rugby Football Club was formed, pretty much by the same group of people, and today it proudly holds its place in our town’s sporting community.

But following its brief history – maybe around 40 years – Swindon Rangers did not die without leaving a remarkable, you could possibly say unique, sporting legacy; the name of a football team known throughout the world and housed in a grand old stadium approximately 314 miles north of Swindon. How weird is that!

Gers fan Andy Goran, writing on the Rangers Media Forum, says: “Say there was still a rugby club in the Swindon area called Rangers; a bit of clever marketing about the origins of the name of our famous club would earn them a fortune. I know I’d buy a Swindon Rangers rugby top if such thing existed… unless of course they play in green” (a reference, I feel sure, to their Old Firm rivals Celtic)

THE chairman of Swindon RFC Stuart Cock has been aware of the apparent origins of Rangers’ name for some time.

That a Victorian rugby club in Swindon gave its name to one of the world’s best supported sporting institutions has virtually become part of the club’s unwritten folklore.

Stuart says: “Some of our older guys are absolutely convinced that Rangers got their name from Swindon Rangers rugby club – in other words, our club.

“I don’t really know myself. Some say the name came from Swindon Rangers but I’ve also heard that Glasgow Rangers got it (their name) from a rowing club.

“Obviously, it’s something we would be very, very proud of – that we spawned such a huge, world famous football club.”

Like many other members of Swindon RFC, Stuart considers the present club and Swindon Rangers to be one and the same, making it – at around 160 years old – one of the oldest sporting institutions in the country, possibly the world.

However, the rugby authorities refuse to recognise this and mark the beginning of Swindon RFC as 1895… a few months after it arose from the ashes of Swindon Rangers.

Stuart says: “It’s a shame really; it was formed by the same group of people. It was the same club really but with a different name. We’re still one of the oldest clubs in the area, though.”

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Swindon Advertiser