Alright so I am completely lost on this whole thing with Rangers. Can anyone explain to me what exactly happened with them? All I know is that they used to be a good club, went into administration then were knocked back all the way into Scotland's 4th tier. Why was this? Did the Scottish FA really knock them back from SPL one year into Scotland League Two the next or were they banned a year or something?
I searched this subforum and found a thread on them cheating taxes from back in 2012. If that is true, then they certainly deserved to be knocked all the way back into the 4th division. That is unbelievable. Not only did they cheat Scotland and Scottish football, they pretty much cheated the United Kingdom and world football. Definitely deserved to be relegated all the way to their 4th tier.
Anyway, I see that they are essentially guaranteed promotion into the Scottish Championship next year. They ran away with the league last year and are running away with League One this year. Did most of their players stick with them or something? Its crazy how they are running away with their league title 2 years straight. Is Scottish football just so bad that it is essentially Celtic and Rangers then everyone else?
Also, Is there any other club around the world that experienced something similar to Rangers? Maybe not the tax cheating stuff, but getting knocked back from the top division to the lowest in one year and maybe some sketchy dealings in their past?
The reason I am wondering all this is because now that I am a huge Spurs supporter, and my knowledge about the game continues to increase, I am starting to get into the game around the world. Huge scandals like this pique my interest. I know that Italy has had and continues to have problems with match fixing. That is pretty much the extent of what I know regarding football scandals at this point, hahahaha.
I wish football had more coverage here in the states so I would know all this. But that will come as the MLS improves and the USMNT continues to improve. The coverage has already began to increase due to the USMNT's performance in South Africa. Seems that the 2009 CC and 2010 WC got alot of people interested in football. Every EPL match can now be seen in the states, and some Spanish, Italian and French football can be seen from the states on Bein. I've even seen the occasional German football game on there, but not nearly as much as Spanish, Italian and French. Bein and ESPN also have shows dedicated to football too. So when new scandals emerge, I wil actually informed on them! Yipee!
I searched this subforum and found a thread on them cheating taxes from back in 2012. If that is true, then they certainly deserved to be knocked all the way back into the 4th division. That is unbelievable. Not only did they cheat Scotland and Scottish football, they pretty much cheated the United Kingdom and world football. Definitely deserved to be relegated all the way to their 4th tier.
Anyway, I see that they are essentially guaranteed promotion into the Scottish Championship next year. They ran away with the league last year and are running away with League One this year. Did most of their players stick with them or something? Its crazy how they are running away with their league title 2 years straight. Is Scottish football just so bad that it is essentially Celtic and Rangers then everyone else?
Also, Is there any other club around the world that experienced something similar to Rangers? Maybe not the tax cheating stuff, but getting knocked back from the top division to the lowest in one year and maybe some sketchy dealings in their past?
The reason I am wondering all this is because now that I am a huge Spurs supporter, and my knowledge about the game continues to increase, I am starting to get into the game around the world. Huge scandals like this pique my interest. I know that Italy has had and continues to have problems with match fixing. That is pretty much the extent of what I know regarding football scandals at this point, hahahaha.
I wish football had more coverage here in the states so I would know all this. But that will come as the MLS improves and the USMNT continues to improve. The coverage has already began to increase due to the USMNT's performance in South Africa. Seems that the 2009 CC and 2010 WC got alot of people interested in football. Every EPL match can now be seen in the states, and some Spanish, Italian and French football can be seen from the states on Bein. I've even seen the occasional German football game on there, but not nearly as much as Spanish, Italian and French. Bein and ESPN also have shows dedicated to football too. So when new scandals emerge, I wil actually informed on them! Yipee!