Into the Bear Pit
(2020)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Birlinn Limited, 2020
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1 online resource (227 pages)

ISBN/ISSN
9781788851039 MWT14338455, 178885103X 14338455
LANGUAGE
English
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From being the most dominant club in Scottish football history, Rangers F.C., one of the most famous and powerful names in British sport, was sold to venture capitalist Craig Whyte in £1. When Whyte walked through the gates at Ibrox, the club was, mired in debt and plagued with a toxic culture, which seeped everywhere, from the corridors of power to a sectarian hard core in the stands. The 'great Whyte hope' was, touted for a time as Rangers' savior but he was soon, hung out to dry as the fall guy for Rangers' misery as the unthinkable happened. The club was plunged into liquidation and the reformed club suffered the indignity of demotion to the third division, the lowest echelon of Scottish professional football. The demise of Rangers saw Whyte's reputation eviscerated on the pages of every newspaper in the country, his name vilified on radio shows, TV programs and blogs as every aspect of his professional and personal life was, picked over. In 2012, he was, arrested and accused of fraud. He was, put on trial where he faced the full might and resources of the government for his role in the downfall of the club. Although he was ultimately, acquitted of all charges, he had to endure years of false accusations from some media outlets and multiple death threats from obsessed fans. Full of startling revelations, this is the previously untold story of greed, corruption and scandal at the heart of Rangers F.C., told, definitively, by the man who was at the very center of the storm

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