This seems to be a week for leaks. I hear one club recently refunded two investors to the tune of £500k each. Don’t worry, it wasn’t Celtic, and I hear the club involved are one of the most financially secure in Britain. I also hear the national broadcaster rejected a former presenter’s request to return to the fold.
Still nothing from the SFA, who were responsible for issuing associate membership to Newco Rangers, on the leak from the club’s board meeting that the Association expressed alarm that earlier information had leaked from chairman, Malcolm Murray. Mr Murray recently instigated an investigation into the relationship between Craig Whyte and Charles Green, the nature of which could invalidate Newco’s associate membership.
Far from being alarmed at leaks, the SFA should be keen to see full disclosure. Reports suggesting otherwise are alarming. I am sure the SFA president has already demanded openness and clarity……. Relax, standards of corporate governance at the SFA are as high as ever.
I am also sure the leak from Newco was not a shot across the SFA’s bows, providing a glimpse into what looks like some murky conversations which people at the Association could have much to lose from being exposed.
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And a carrott stuck up his bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbum
Night all.
OG
Chances are we already know about it, no?
According to Thompson yesterday he was just bringing it to a bigger audience, was that no the jist of his tweet ?
Thers a mrs TET???
Mountblow Tim
Hope you had a good one!
Many happy returns.
HH
CRC
canman
I will amigo.
Leftclicktic,
If C4 have pulled AT’s story, sounds as if it must have been based upon recorded conversations. Since Levison was all about phone hacking and other invasions of privacy you can’t really blame them for being cautious, since all media will be trying not to encourage the government to legislate… It is sad, really, that the gutter press have acted so irresponsibly in terms of their celebrity/sex/shock-horror agenda that they have damaged serious investigative journalism. Personally I blame Murdoch and the Mail rather than companies like C4 or the Guardian…
With any luck it may be an unfounded rumour…
Hail Hail!
THE EXILED TIM
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPY Birthday to the Boss:))
jude
And very beautiful as well, eyesight rather suspect mind you >}
Anyroadup,
It’s bawbaws time for this intrepid doubter :o)
Night night god bless n
Hail hail
Neil canamalar
You have badly misread that tweet. Have another look
TET
We dont fully appreciate them sometimes. Mrs j said she wd give her life for me. Well what she did say was. Ill swing for you ya b—–d
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
21:56 on
14 May, 2013
Auldheid,
Aye right, more bull, exactly as predicted, a lot of commotion about nothing
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Give it time, if there is a story the truth will come out eventually, although maybe too late to matter.
If it was that good a story then the efforts to quell would be strenuous.It could be another “dossier” tale ;)
Saturday’s display by the SJ 3 was another wee example of the bigotry that exists throughout this country. Still not as bad as Jimmy the bigot Bell at Tynecastle during the Jinky tribute though.
Get big Higdon signed up ASAP!!
def Night all
H H
Night All
Chuckles didn’t need Waldo as manager, like CW before him, he needed the fat goon because he was the acceptable face of the unacceptable. The whole ‘we don’t do walking away’ was simply wobblerse securing both his salary and his shareholding. Coupled with his many MSM contacts who treat him with uncritical reverence, heck the f-plan dropout puts the ass in asset!
Even jabba’s undisguised disdain for the cheeky chappie’s obvious lack of ability in all things football didn’t diminish chuckles admiration for the overweight boy-wonder.
£750 000 per year? Money well spent!
On the question of applauding opponents onto the field…
In season 1963/64 Celtic defeated Slovan Bratislava 1-0 away in the second leg of the European Cup Winners Cup quarter final and qualified for the semi-final 2-0 on aggregate.
It was widely regarded as a wonderful performance to beat a team of Slovan’s quality.
The folowing Saturday, Celtic played the now defunct Rangers at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox and were applauded onto the field by the Rangers players.
Unfortunately, we lost 2-0 in what was our fifth successive defeat to them that season.
We were also knocked out of the Cup Winners Cup by MTK Budapest after winning the first leg 3-0. We lost 4-0 in Hungary and our planned trip to Brussels for the final (to play Sporting Lisbon) was left in tatters.
Arguably one of the worst results in the club’s history.
Auldheid,
Aye whatever happened to the dossier ?
TET,
Maloney is built like a wee tank and can endure a bit of the physicals.
Mc.Geoch is more of the Willo Flood stature, but with more skill.
I would like him to get game time to toughen him up and to see if he can make the grade.
We have been cursed with having clever wee footballers who, through lack of top team opportunities, have withered on the vine and drifted away.
I want good big wans over good wee wans.
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
22:45 on 14 May, 2013
ttt
Gav is gon.
*******
gon, you say….and he never said goodbye!
THE EXILED TIM
We will get there with the referees. Not by changing the present lot, but from within. The Glasgow Referees Association is populated by locals, a healthy cross section of locals. Outside the city it’s different and more like old times, if you take my meaning. But the demise of Dallas, still revered by many referees, and the appointment of Fleming was a step in the right direction.
BroganHogan(etc) posted this on twitter… Funny Billy Connolly travel sow spoof. Dont know who the guy is. Not really for the young yins…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fvd6DEMfLM
Hail Hail!
MattE
That’s exactly my concern too! Looks like I’m going to miss both legs of one of the Rounds as well.
When I was 13 one of my aunts who was fond of a bottle or 2, told me she was getting me a Chopper bike for my birthday the following week. Well my birthday came and I got a card wi a fiver in it from her.
I was gutted cos I was expecting a Chopper. The fact is had she not told me about the bike, I’d ve been delighted wi my fiver. But my expectations had been raised.
She shouldn’t have made a promise she couldn’t deliver on.
emusanorphan
And what age are you now?
stevebhoy
22:50 on 14 May, 2013
Leftclicktic,
If C4 have pulled AT’s story, sounds as if it must have been based upon recorded conversations. Since Levison was all about phone hacking and other invasions of privacy you can’t really blame them for being cautious, since all media will be trying not to encourage the government to legislate… It is sad, really, that the gutter press have acted so irresponsibly in terms of their celebrity/sex/shock-horror agenda that they have damaged serious investigative journalism. Personally I blame Murdoch and the Mail rather than companies like C4 or the Guardian…
With any luck it may be an unfounded rumour…
Hail Hail!
…………….
Why would the story be pulled due to it being based on recordings? It wasn’t that long ago that the Sun released a number of Craig Whyte/Chuckles recordings?
Itsaboutim,
You’ll be doing a minty I think is the term yor lookin for
emusanorphan
23:07 on 14 May, 2013
On a similar note I was expecting a chopper for my birthday too, my 11th.
When my day arrived I was dissapointed to find I had a commando!
Having read read your story there I dont feel so down about that “chapter”,
Thanks for that
emusanorphan
23:07 on 14 May, 2013
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Got a shot on my mates Chopper-steady!- sat too far back and went Erse over tit! Felt like a total dobber, had to endure ‘ye Cannae go a bike!’ Taunts for days, I have had a deep seated hatred of the model ever since.
14 jeez
O.G.Rafferty
23:11 on
14 May, 2013
emusanorphan
And what age are you now?
Old enough to know that the fat guy wi the red suit and white beard in Debenhams is a fake.
Jude2005 @ 22.59
Did someone not mention on here previously, that Higdon uttered the immortal line of “F–k the Sellick” whilst in the back of a taxi?
Sorry, but not for me!
HH
Even if Sevcos lawyers and the ludge have legalled the AT story,
It will now leak out, in this day and age it is near impossible to keep the lid on things.
Well except the 5 way agreement the SFA came up with :))
emusanorphan, 23:16
But you still get Christmas presents nonetheless. So not all bad then
o.g.rafferty
23:17 on 14 May, 2013
********
Can’t wait to see what you got me!
19lisbonbhoy67
The original post to which I responded highlighted a tweet which said that C4 had pulled the story due to concerns over Levison. I assume this means the Levison Enquiry into phone hacking. I can’t vouch for anything here except my statement that, if that tweet is correct, it is a shame that serious journalists might be impeded due to concerns over the gutter press!
Hail Hail!
Sorry for the long Copy & paste I seen this on TSFM
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Humble Pie says:
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 21:53
Was Charlotte spinning a web or Vicasting a spell ?
The intricacies of the newly emerged evidence of linkages between some of the key players in the downfall of Rangers being drip-fed to TSFM by CharlotteFakes over the last week are captivating. However, at this late stage, it is probably akin to counting the bars on your prison cell i.e. it certainly passes the time and helps you understand where you are, but does nothing to get you out of situation you find yourself in.
There can no longer be any doubt that this entire farrago has been long-planned and is now being orchestrated (or more appropriately crisis managed) by a small number of corrupt individuals in the corridors of power at Ibrox and Hampden HQ. The blatant attempts to cover up the actions and consequences of the liquidation of Rangers is being facilitated by an assemblage of spineless and conflicted pundits in the Scottish media who have the cheek to call themselves journalists.
As has been demonstrated time and time again by posters on sites like this, a great deal of hard and circumstantial evidence surrounding Rangers’ demise exists out there for anyone who cares to look for it. In my view, all the publically available information and surreptitious recordings that we have had access to so far, point to clear confirmation of a conspiracy to commit a crime(s).
In any normal society, the various characters involved would be earnestly investigated and quickly brought to justice for any wrongdoing. However this is clearly not a normal society and what should have been the role of the various investigative bodies (SFA, SPL, UEFA, HMRC, Police Scotland) appears to have been left to us internet bampots.
The problem we have had so far in exerting fan power is probably one of misdirection. We need to realise just how little influence we have on the ‘private’ companies represented by the SPL and SFL or even the sponsors and advertisers of the game. Sure we can threaten to withhold our season ticket money, cancel our Sky contracts or stop drinking specific brands of beer/cider, however this can only work as part of a much larger lobby.
Our real power resides in our ability to influence our politicians, especially in deciding how our taxpayers money is spent. As such, I believe that our primary focus should be on bringing the SFA to account for their gross mismanagement of Scottish football over the past few decades.
This body is core funded by the public purse to the tune of many millions of pounds per year to oversee the growth and development of what is our National sport and a huge part of Scottish culture. I contend that the SFA, as currently constituted, is a failed institution. Furthermore I believe that, unless those at the helm of the SFA are removed, and quickly, the professional game in this country will continue its slow, lingering death.
Just look at what has become of our game under their ‘vigilant’ guardianship. Our National team has not been to a major tournament since 1998 and currently languishes at number 78 on the FIFA rankings, well below those great footballing nations of Haiti, Togo and the Cape Verde Islands (no disrespect intended to the great people of these nations).
One of our two biggest clubs has been liquidated, another has gone into administration and a couple of others are fast approaching the edge of the fiscal cliff.
Their ‘Unfit and Improper Person’ test and lack of ‘due diligence’ has facilitated assorted conmen and charlatans running roughshod over the rules of our game, unhindered by such old-fashioned notions as ethics or sporting integrity.
They set up and administered a player registration system which spectacularly failed to spot a huge number of ‘illegitimate’ applications, despite the President of the SFA (Mr Ogilvie), as an ex-Rangers employee and EBT recipient, being aware of the existence of these undeclared payments and the accompanying side letters.
They subsequently sent their Head of registration (Mr Bryson) to the Lord Nimmo Smith enquiry to explain that, once a player’s registration had been accepted, it was irrevocable, even if it was later found to have been ineligible . This single action, rendered the entire taxpayer-funded enquiry toothless and left LNS unable to administer appropriate justice, even though guilt had been established.
The Scottish football product has been continually downplayed by these same authorities, even in the midst of negotiations with advertisers, sponsors and the TV companies. The country’s football finances have been allowed to decay to such an extent that we have become a virtually bankrupt backwater of world football. Meanwhile, our neighbouring English Leagues have risen to global prominence with multi-billions of pounds generated annually in advertising and TV deals,
It is time to rise. Time for ALL fans of the game to come together and take the power back from those inept or conflicted individuals who have presided over this unmitigated disaster for Scottish football and who, it appears, would see the whole edifice of our National sport crumble rather than face up to their own failures.
In my humble opinion, we should all lobby our local MPs and MSPs (individually and collectively) and demand that they withhold further funding from the SFA until this shambles has been sorted out once and for all. Let the Scottish Government know that it is in their interest that this divisive situation is resolved before the country starts the debate on probably the most contentious issue in recent history.
Furthermore, I suggest that we write to our own clubs to demand that they raise a no confidence motion against the SFA President and CEO. I don’t know if there are any better administrators in the world of Scottish football but I am sure as hell that there can’t be any worse.
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Good night all and thank you for being here
‘crushed nuts?’ ‘Naw, Layringitis!’
23:19 on
An old chopper I got for a fiver
O.G.Rafferty
23:17 on
14 May, 2013
emusanorphan, 23:16
But you still get Christmas presents nonetheless. So not all bad then
Yes I do. From people who give without expecting to receive.