Livingston Football Club Statement on SPFL Resolution

Renfrew@UKGB&NI said:
So what your saying is all the other clubs and their players want celtic to win. Doesnt explain how they have took more points off celtic than we have.

They just want their money and quickly.
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Of course they want their money quickly but the easiest way to achieve that is do what Celtic want them to do I.e Accept current standings.
 
Don’t worry, next season we will fill 3 stands at least twice at their macaroni stadium and they’ll laugh all the way to the bank
 
leannegers22 said:
Because nobody can win the title other than the two of us. Why would Livingston give a crap who gets awarded a title? It's been over 35 years since anyone outside Rangers and celtic won the league.

If they tried to award the Scottish cup to one of the four teams left then you'd have the other three complaining that it should be won on the pitch. Nobody who had been knocked out would care. It's all about self preservation and I have no problem with that at all.
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Well they were all happy to throw about the Sporting Integrity line not so long back so why are they changing there tune now?
 
Stevethebluenose90 said:
Well they were all happy to throw about the Sporting Integrity line not so long back so why are they changing there tune now?
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I'll tell you why mate, because sporting and integrity are long gone and it's just not football. Money has overtook all sport. Sad to see, but that's the way its turned out.

You could point at fans going to Iivingstone to watch rangers I could point at everybody who bought into sky and bt and allowed them to take over the game.
 
They’ve just signalled for me that they no longer want Robbie McCrory back and we shouldn’t give him back or loan any other player to these pricks again
 
Family bam said:
It really is quite simple.

Hit them in the pocket.

Don't fund the c.unts, something I've never done since 2012.

Fu.ck them all.
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Same as yourself Fb , haven’t set foot in another SPL ground since we’ve been back in the top league , the problem is there’s plenty of others who have and who will continue to do so
 
RDFM said:
Club looking after itself. Like every other club will do.
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I disagree with this some will look after there own clubs others that have Chief Executives that support and follow the Tim’s will always vote in there favour hence to say they were so quick with coming out with it if we accept these doings it will be a disgrace to our club we must fight with all we have then at the end of the vote if we lose we must either try and leave Scotland for better or tell all these clubs that vote with the Tim’s we will not be accepting away ticket allocation plus don’t give them allocation if tickets to Ibrox fvck them all
 
JW1988 said:
Don’t worry, next season we will fill 3 stands at least twice at their macaroni stadium and they’ll laugh all the way to the bank
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Yes and I actually used to work alongside. a st johnstone who just laughs as we fill their shitty wee stadium and basically inflate their bank balance. As he says, thanks for the cash, any points we get is a bonus. There are half a dozen clubs who think the same way.
 
They will regret that.

they are a scumbag club and have been for years. They missed a massive opportunity here
 
Paisleyprod said:
Shite club, shite fans, shite attitude.

Plastic pitch and suck Timmy penis.
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Since the day they were founded.
Not quite “Celtic light” as “Celtic pals”.
I used to play for the junior team out there, that was before Meadowbank transferred out of Edinburgh, mind you.
For a town that was heavily pro Rangers and Hearts, way beyond Hibs or Celtic, this is almost tragic.
 
There club is run by mentally challengeds and I would bet every other club run by mentally challengeds who are safe in their league will support this resolution and want the paedos to get their tainted title.
Whoever supports the scum on this I will never be back to their ground and give them a penny.
 
A week or so ago it was decide the league on current placings because a % of games have been played. This week it's "placings determined by points per game in league matches played to date by each club."

Both these are designed to give Celtic what they want, i.e. the title of 2019/20 champions The current one gives them a fail safe should no more football be played and the league is called incomplete.

And why would a governing body split how things are resolved under its jurisdiction? There should be one decision and it should apply to all leagues under the SPFL, and that decision should be the leagues are played to completion to determine final standings or the leagues are called incomplete. And there should be no fallback written in for any club.
 
mdingwall said:
Issued Thursday 9th.

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Livingston Football Club Statement – SPFL Resolution - Livingston FC

Following on from the recent announcement from the SPFL, we wanted to bring our own fans an update on our position regarding the written resolution received. Firstly, we would like to take the opportunity to thank both the SPFL and … Continue reading →
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Livingston Football Club Statement – SPFL Resolution
Thursday, 9 April, 2020
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Following on from the recent announcement from the SPFL, we wanted to bring our own fans an update on our position regarding the written resolution received.

Firstly, we would like to take the opportunity to thank both the SPFL and SFA for their hard work and effort in providing clubs with extensive legal opinions during this unprecedented time. The situation in which we all find ourselves in is unlike anything we have ever seen before, so we appreciate the difficulty in reaching an outcome that will satisfy all relevant parties.

We are grateful for the continued communication over recent weeks via both regular emails and video calls, in which the information provided has remained clear and concise at all times and has allowed us to remain fully up to speed on all developments across a number of areas.

We would like to put on record that we fully support the resolution put forward by the SPFL on Wednesday 8th April, as below:

“SPFL clubs are to vote on a resolution recommending the termination of the 2019/20 season in the Ladbrokes Championship, Ladbrokes League 1 and Ladbrokes League 2, with final season placings determined by points per game in league matches played to date by each club.

The resolution also recommends that matches in the Ladbrokes Premiership remain postponed for the time being, to give the best possible opportunity for the remaining 2019/20 fixtures to be played.

However, if the SPFL Board determines that the remaining Premiership matches cannot be played, the Ladbrokes Premiership would also be terminated, with final season placings determined on the same basis.”

There are a number of reasons as to why we are supporting this resolution, which we hope to outline below:

  • In a letter from Scottish Ministers to the SPFL the guidance suggests that the restrictions currently in place may not be lifted until a minimum of the 10th June. However, our understanding is that it is likely to be later than this. These guidelines are in place to help to alleviate the pressure on the NHS.
  • In our opinion, there is no viable space to finish the current season and we feel with over 75% of the games completed, an average points per game system is the best of all options, in which no option is great. Unfortunately, it is impossible to find a neutral ground which suits everyone.
  • It is fundamental to Livingston Football Club that league prize money can be paid out, as we have a duty of care to our employees and fans to ensure we still have a football club for the following season. The only way for league money to be distributed is via the league season concluding and we must emphasise that voiding the season does not achieve this.
  • From all discussions with the SFA/SPFL, it is our opinion that one thing that is paramount in fulfilling the new contracts from Sky Sports (exclusive rights holder) and Premier Sports is that the new season starts on the contractual dates, or as close to as possible within reason.
  • As a club, we feel that living in this state of limbo is detrimental to next year’s revenue streams and closure is needed. Season Tickets and Commercial Sponsorship play a huge part in our business model and bringing the season to an end allows our business to focus on the new season ahead.
From our perspective, this has been an extremely tough decision to come to as we as a football club would have loved the opportunity to finish the season and push for a European spot, which was potentially worth huge amounts of revenue. Our preferred option, back on March 13th, was to finish the current league before the new one started. It has become abundantly clear that this would be difficult at best to achieve, taking into account the pandemic, financial and contractual agreements.

Finally, we would like to re-iterate our thanks to our governing bodies for all their help in these unprecedented times. We feel that it is important to provide transparency to our fans and fellow members.
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Arse licking bastards.
 
It would be extremely interesting to know if the legal opinion came from a low level paper gatherer at a firm with conflicting interests.

If so, the integrity of the advice must be challenged, the integrity of the individual challenged and alternative legal opinion sought to clarify the legal opinion.
 
Stevethebluenose90 said:
Of course they do. Look at the difference in tone when we went down vs now. Both had massive financial implications and each time the Celtic Preference will be voted for.
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Tbf mate, this current situation is completely different from 2012. No club was in real danger of going to the wall because Rangers weren't there. Every club is now in real danger and will be grasping at any cash they can get.
 
Brick_Top said:
“The only way for league money to be distributed is via the league season concluding and we must emphasise that voiding the season does not achieve this.”

That statement is total bullshit. This lie has been told every day for close to 3 weeks now by the Scottish media and is now being accepted as fact.

Also in 2012 all clubs were in agreement that sporting integrity absolutely had to trump the financial benefits of having Rangers in the league. It would seem now that financial gain is taking precedent over sporting integrity.

We take 7.5k fans to Livingston 2-3 times a season (myself included) and hand them a massive financial boost in doing so. Maybe it’s time we re-thought such generosity.
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maybe you should have re thought it back in 2012 if you don't mind me saying and not just livingstone. you have your reasons for giving them your dosh i'm sure but if you didn't boycott away games then your hardly likely to now .
 
The Royal Standard said:
They aren’t worried about upholding that
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That was a phrase used to beat us with no one actually believes in it. A lot of us fail to grasp the fact that the narrative put out by the Rangers hating media is now ingrained in the psyche of the Scottish football fan (not us obviously). Until this changes we will never be heard. In their tiny minds we are some sort of pantomime villain
 
RoyalBurghGer72 said:
Tbf mate, this current situation is completely different from 2012. No club was in real danger of going to the wall because Rangers weren't there. Every club is now in real danger and will be grasping at any cash they can get.
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Yes they were.It was only because they merged the SPL and SFL to save the tv deal that clubs survived a potential armegedon.

The SPL lasted one season with the old firm apart.
 
Haining84 said:
Yes they were.It was only because they merged the SPL and SFL to save the tv deal that clubs survived a potential armegedon.

The SPL lasted one season with the old firm apart.
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Was that “merge” not down to legal risk? Aka, due to how they (the spl) screwed us over?
 
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It should be made immensely clear that we will not give Livingston another penny. However, our fans are not going to do that pure and simple. If Livingston were the direct cause of something really, really bad happening to us our fans would still turn up. Some see it as dedicated, loyal fan base. It's more a fan base that can't get itself together for the sake of the club all too often.

Livingston are very much now on the shitlist.
 
Seem that coming a mile off, have the incompetents even approached Sky and Premier about delaying the kick off next season
 
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