In a universe close to you, one side of a football club boardroom battle thought it would be a good idea to undermine the other side by accusing them of leaking company information. The allegations of a leak [at Newco Rangers, in case you were unaware]were blazoned across The Sun today, who were shown “a copy of explosive minutes from the board showdown at Murray Park where Gers power-brokers voted to sideline (chairman, Malcolm Murray)”.
This is cringe worthy. At what level of humanity does leaking [highly confidential]boardroom documents about an earlier alleged leak appear to be acceptable behaviour?
The Sun report the minutes from last week’s board meeting record:
“The SFA mentioned to the acting chief executive (Craig Mather) that the Rangers board situation needed addressing as the SFA understood information was leaking from the chairman.
“Given the concerns about confidentiality [no laughing now], credibility and professional conduct and the impact on regulators, a motion was proposed to remove Malcolm from the position of chairman and as director of the company following the completion of the investigation.
“It was decided that Malcolm should not attend to any duties in the meantime and would not be involved in the direction or detail of the investigation.
“The resolution was passed by a majority of shareholders.”
The campaign to blacken Malcolm Murray’s name has been underway for some months but you can ignore that, there are three points from the above worthy of note:
“Malcolm… would not be involved in the direction or detail of the investigation”. Despite having the minutes, The Sun fail to clarify which investigation is being referred to, the on-going investigation by Pinsent Masons and Deloittes, or an investigation into Malcolm Murray’s behaviour.
As it was proposed to sack Murray as a director on completion of the investigation it’s unlikely the investigation is into his own behaviour. Sentencing is usually reserved until after guilt is established.
The possibility that the minutes indicate Malcolm Murray will not be allowed to be involved in the direction or detail of the Pinsent Masons investigation renders the exercise pointless. The investigation into links between Green and Whyte, with consequences for SFA membership, was at the insistence of Murray. If the persons who removed him are now controlling the scope of his investigation, that investigation is moot.
The other interesting point is that the “resolution was passed by a majority of shareholders”. I’m pretty sure this was a directors’ board meeting not a shareholders meeting. It’s a curious comment to make its way onto the minutes.
By far the most concerning comment to be made on an SFA associate member’s boardroom minutes was:
“The SFA mentioned to the acting chief executive (Craig Mather) that the Rangers board situation needed addressing as the SFA understood information was leaking from the chairman”.
It is no business of the SFA whatsoever if a club chairman talks about its business outside the boardroom, the allegation here is of completely inappropriate behaviour by the Association, which makes it our business.
Who at the SFA is involved in this, what did they know, when did they know it, who told them and who did they speak?
Time for some leadership from the SFA board and some proper journalism, or would everyone rather play their part in the Great Football Swindle?
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To be honest I don’t think whatever comes out about the huns will have any effect on thems.
They have no shame which has been proven on multiple occasions.
Their blinkers have been on for years, that will never change as their ideology is that they are the people.
Until we get out of scottish football and away from the masonic cabal that pollutes this country.Thems will be a thorn in our side trying to drag us into the quagmire they are in.
Who would win a fight between Steve Hackett and Steve Hillage?
corkcelt, 22:47
Best left to the grown ups who are on TV, no?
Who’d win a fight between a shark and a horse?
Paul67
Thank you for that.
THE EXILED TIM, 22:49
Fair enough
Paul67, no matter what comes out tomorrow or any other day ,The Plan as we know it, has been blown out the water, and they ( the Masonic Cabal ) in the process of Covering up there Work,the Baws Burst,due to factors outwith there control, and all self inflicted,they have been given that much rope, even with all the support of, SFA, the SNP, the LAW uncle Tom Cobly and all, its that rotten the CANCER will hit them again.
Awerabest PJ
31003
Who is at home?
The problem we face is that by and large the only folk prepared to really investigate what is going on are a) decent and b) from outside Scotland.
So when they come across behaviour that outside Scotland transcends their norm to become what they would view as nuclear or dynamite, within Scottish culture it becomes a big “so what?”
I am reminded of the scene in Mars Attacks (featuring Craig Whyte as the google eyed Martian) where Earth launches a nuclear missle against the Martians. They retaliate by launching a device like a trumpet with a balloon attached which simply sucks in the nuclear explosion, stores it in the ballon to form an intergalactic spliff that the head Martian honcho inhales for his amusement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9l6vcoPtaU
Unfolding events at The Rangers say an awful lot about Scottish culture and I’m afraid its more thistles than tartan.
3sy,
What kind of horse ?
Paul67
WTF. Did that statement mean?
BRTH,
tried to donate on Moira’s page, but got stuck on the payment page.
Naw OG, best if the bampots are first with the news.
Tontine Tim
Heard a few of my City mates asking how many Semi Final matches they had been at.
Could you imagine trying to work that one our forvCeltic?
31003- let’s hope we never live to see the day, when sharks and horses no longer co-exist in peace.
Isn’t there enough aggression in our wee blue planet ?
31003
Ditto!!!!! Without the wtf btw. o)
I’d been looking forward to the John Le Carré book on A Book At Bedtime all day (they’ve played enough trailers) but have had to turn it off before the end of the first episode because of the abysmal attempt at a Scottish accent from the reader.
It’s in the vowels, luvvy, the vowels.
Man City have become the latest team to be linked with Scotland’s oldest young manager, the Sheik said in a statement released this evening:
“It is with the deepest regret that we announce that Mr Mancini his been given his Harry Potters. We feel that he has taken this club as far as he can and we must now recruit a manager who can take us to the next level. Mr McCoist has taken three clubs through four leagues in three years! He is clearly a man who knows how to waste vast sums of money on egotistical wasters, and has nothing to learn about underachievement.
A clearly stunned McCoist said: ‘I’m clearly stunned, I have spoken to the sheik and assured him that his money will be spent. I have my eye on a couple of lead-footed chancers who are warming the bench at Utd, but I am going to make Lee McCulloch my marquee signing, he knows how to put a tent up!’
Crag Mather the ‘Chair of the Week’ at Ibrox said: ‘obviously we’re gutted to be losing Ally, fortunately we’ve got a couple of replacements lined up. Ian McColl has been on the ‘phone again this week asking for a job and Bomber Brown has been sending in pictures of players that he’s drawn’
Jabba was unavailable for comment as he was having a leak.
Bhoys, I had the pleasure of watching the champions party from a birds eye view in the Audi skybox on Saturday,
I only witnessed one journalist/media person in and around the tunnel congratulate Neil with the offer of a handshake – I believe it was Chris McLaughlin ? may be wrong, but definitely only 1 was witnessed
Hail hail
SPF- No, but the Carpetcrawler will be in Vicar Street on Sat nite !
Man city sack manager
ROW Z – Let Celtic Flourish By The Cleansing Of The ‘Den!
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
Thank you. You are gentlemen! I don’t know where I downloaded my version of Malwarebytes from but I’ll check.
Canamalar – I’m not very technical but I’ll try to follow your advice. I seem to be using AVG at the moment to search. Do I need to do anymore?
In the blue corner we have Steve the shark hillage and in the red corner we have Steve the horse hackett,
Like if Gershwin was born in Leeds would him name have been Grimshaw ?
Is it a killer shark like Free Willie cos he’s a big pussy imo.
carpetcrawler
Did you used to be a Rug Rat when you were wee?
J B
Read back and shoot that pigeon!!
‘crushed nuts?’ ‘naw, layringitis!’
Hilarious
Canamalar
If he’d been born in Glasgow, would he have had a brother called Ira, and, if so, what would the polis of the day have done with him?
Me:.”Mark (Guidi), did Alex Ferguson turn down the Rangers job because of their sectarian signing policy?”
Guidi: “Ive no idea”
Liar, liar, pants on fire!
SSB Rewind 12th May. call starts 1hr 12 mins 30 secs.
http://www.clyde1.com/on-air/superscoreboard/listen-again/
‘crushed nuts?’ ‘naw, layringitis!-VG
A great white v a shetland pony
or
a baby shark v a Clydesdale?
C1st -who is the reader?
Is it wee Durranty?
BAFTA must be in the bag.
P67- Up late tonight,working on something?
Then make pigeon pie.
Theoriginalsadies…,
Avg’s a good one, just make sure it updates as soon as you connect back on to timternet and run it overnight when you go to bawbaws, unless your howling at the monn tonight, then run it when you go to bawbaws in the morning,
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy
22:35 on 13 May, 2013
Malwarebytes isn’t meant to be a replacement for an anti virus such as AVG or Avast but complements them,it removes malicious programs and files that an anti virus might not detect but there is a lot of infections that it doesn’t remove that any anti virus software will.
It will run alongside anti virus software without any conflicts.
31003
As long as Paul knows what he means, ach he’s just another wan who is teasing us >}
What I can’t get the head around is the silence from all the clubs, they are watching this charade unfold and allowing it to happen, scottish football is a joke, and our club are seen as part of the joke, and that’s no right, but the silence…………….
Modren anti virus software without any conflicts is rubbish.