So theRangers lost money but ‘press lackeys’ all report otherwise

The recently released financial results from theRangers shows that while those running our club have their faults, Celtic is as a business professionally run…

It’s remarkable that Sevco and their press lackeys are going to so much effort to paint their losses as profits.

Do they really have potential investors who can’t read financial statements? It’s all there in black and white.

They’re just adding insult to injury now.

— Rangers Tax-Case (@rangerstaxcase) November 14, 2023

The press tell us we’re paranoid about refereeing. Scottish officials are immune from all biases, they tell us.

Then we see the press join in with Sevco’s provable lies and push them as truth.

Paranoid? We are nowhere near paranoid enough.

— Rangers Tax-Case (@rangerstaxcase) November 14, 2023

So theRangers recently announced their financial results for the year and it unsurprisingly made for dire reading for the supporters of the Ibrox club that is, if they actually got to the truth within the figures.

I don’t know the ins and outs as I don’t really care, but plenty if you read the mainstream media including remarkably the BBC then you all notice that they are reporting for the second year in a row a loss as a profit.

Let’s look at Celtic social media for a more accurate assessment starting with GrandOLTeam (@JBLuvsCeltic) who states the following:

Some thoughts on the Rangers Annual Report.
Loss increased from (£919k) to (£4,144k)
Revenue fell £3m to £83.8m
OpEx rose £9.6m to £95.2m
Big jump to £23.6m (from £11.2m) in player trading profit.
Cash fell from £13.1m to £5.3m. £12.3m infrastructure spend was a large factor. 1)

— GrandOLTeam (@JBLuvsCeltic) November 14, 2023

Some thoughts on the Rangers Annual Report. Loss increased from (£919k) to (£4,144k)

Revenue fell £3m to £83.8m

OpEx rose £9.6m to £95.2m

Big jump to £23.6m (from £11.2m) in player trading profit.

Cash fell from £13.1m to £5.3m. £12.3m infrastructure spend was a large factor.

1.Investors continued to stump up, putting in £21.1m; £16.1m was repaid. Current loans outstanding are £17.6m: £13.4m from Bennett (£12.1m) & Wohlhardt (£1.3m). Also from Scottish Ministers (£3.1m-COVID loan) and a £1.1m bank loan.

2. Post-BS notes say a new lending facility has opened. The notes say the NET of summer transfer activity & the Beale sacking is £13.1m payable. Given the £5.3m cash balance on 30 June & the failure to make the CLG, it makes sense more funding is required.

3. The question Rangers fans would likely have then is whether will there be additional funds made available for January transfers. It’s pretty clear ongoing operations won’t be sufficient to fund much activity.

4. Wages were £64m (£60.8m for Celtic), up from £54.8m in 21/22. H/T to Kieran Maguire, who verified from the club that the increase was largely due to CL bonuses. A bit surprising as Celtic made the same CLG and wages only went up £2m.

5. Rangers spent £17.5m on transfers in 22/23, and an additional £21m in the summer transfer window. Play has improved on the pitch and Rangers fans will wonder if there is a Bassey/Aribo/Kamara among these purchases for future sales.

6. Rangers transferred £11.7m from Assets Under Construction to Freehold Properties. Assume this is Ed House/Museum. Rangers will hope these generate revenue on many days other than match-days and eventually pay for themselves-and then some.

7. In conclusion, Rangers are “all-in”. Every pound in from operations or investors goes back into the squad or infrastructure. Clearly, the goal is league titles & Euro monies leading to self-sufficiency. The 23/24 title is more important to them financially than to Celtic.

Rangers v Aberdeen – cinch Premiership – Ibrox Stadium A member of the British armed forces abseils from the roof of the stadium before the cinch Premiership match at Ibrox on Saturday September 30, 2023, Aberdeen won 3-1. Photo Jane Barlow

Thanks for that GrandOLTeam and thanks to the legendary Rangers Tax Case too for his insight via X.

Everyone and their granny knows about the bleak situation when it comes to finances over Ibrox way. The mess that engulfs the eleven year old club reflects greatly on what our suits do for our own club, and how professionally it’s run. They have a lot of faults, but keeping us in a healthy shape is something they excel at, so credit where it is due.

Celtic turn over healthy profits year in year out. We are run the way a football club should be, even though that occasionally annoys supporters (myself included) when they don’t splash as much cash as we could and perhaps should in the transfer market.

But we have our strategy to follow and it’s worked for many a year now. Of course we need to spend more if we want to improve in Europe. Thats a fact, but when you look at the mess over at Ibrox maybe there’s a reason for that.

Just an Ordinary Bhoy

The effort to which Sevco’s finance team have gone to build a set of PR lies that would have made Jack Irvine blush is a “tell”.

The message that Sevco can’t make money even in a CL season will do nothing to attract new investors.

— Rangers Tax-Case (@rangerstaxcase) November 14, 2023

“Just make up a pile of crap.
Invent a big increase in revenue that didn’t happen and say that the loss is a profit.

Timmy accountants will say you’re lying and the cash flow is a mess, but our fans can be relied upon to swallow any old crap.” https://t.co/S6TR3BrPG3

— Rangers Tax-Case (@rangerstaxcase) November 14, 2023

It must take a serious level of abnormal psychology- genuine psychopath stuff- to sit down and present such disastrous accounts as something to celebrate.

It’s as bad as any David Murray turd polishing.

— Rangers Tax-Case (@rangerstaxcase) November 14, 2023