Punkindonuts, on 08 May 2012 - 05:40 PM, said:
Surely they would have to start right at the very bottom just like any other old or new club that wants to play in england. Any phoenix club that rises from Portsmouth, Rotherham etc going bust would have to start at the very bottom again, so if you were going to give Celtic perferential treatment then any other club that goes bust can say you let Celtic join where ever they wanted so so can we.
Depends on your definition of the "very bottom", League 2, yes fair enough, even though I personally would allow Celtic into the Championship straight off. But somewhere a couple of levels under Conference level? No way. Celtic are former European champions, multi-time Scottish league and cup winners, and have a massive worldwide fanbase and, along with Old Trafford, one of the biggest club stadiums in the UK. Insisting they start out in the Unibond Second Division or whatever it may be is, as I said earlier, just spiteful. The Hoops in the English professional system would be good for them, and good for our game in general, so why deprive ourselves of that?
Going back to the topic of Rangers, it appears that, according to the BBC, there are still three bids on the table, and the administrators are hoping a bid will be successful by the end of the season.