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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Bournestoothrecipe. Incisive.
leftclicktic, 11:28
Thanks.
Neil canamalar, 11:31
I’d rather not have any attention or fuss – I’d prefer the story, any story that has merit, to come out so we can move on but there are always, as Paul posted last night, things that conspire against us.
CAVANSAM
PSV EINDHOVEN won the European Cup in 1988 despite drawing ALL their matches in the quarters,semis and the final.
Who would have guessed that smith was such a student of Dutch football?
leftclicktic
I also emailed SFA regarding elbow incident , nothing back yet .
HH
Fassreifen – have you seen the price of those things? Wouldn’t risk it mate.
NHS or private dentistry?
Bit of a molar dilemma.
Celtic_First
11:13 on
14 May, 2013
I hope OG Rafferty comes on at some point today, just for the craic.
CQN can go a bit ad-hominem at times.
I blame the medium for the failure in Gricean maxims being applied.
Either that or Internet Bampotery
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OG..
Call Me..
..;-)
Summa of MrTeazieWeazieCSC
Stumped – deep fried, or soup and soft bread?
I nearly choked but the dentist asking me if I was o.k? – saved the day
The Hun Run to Manchester. .
Cesare Prandelli said that he and the Fiorentina players would spend the rest of their lives wondering how on earth they had managed to lose to ” such a primitive and mediocre team “
I have also emailed mr lunny. If NFL got done on 2 complaints then that’s 4 on here who have
notified him. We shall see.
HH
Mighty tim
can you post the e.mail address..we can send a few more h.h
001 bhoy,
Check yir FB, Oz tims are us :>)
V
Why is lenny not on the man.city. Next managers list? The whisperin sleekit one wants to know
Blantyretim , mail is in the post
HH
Still champions….
Just checking… All is well..Celtic have NO problems…life is good…
Ignore the SMSM and unite from a position of victors and call on the integrity of the SFA..
Still annoys me, pundits used to accuse us of sour grapes if we complained when the cheats won…
SO
I say now to the SFA, my team Celtic WON the league.. I d like you all in the SFA to step down…
HH
Is Vincent Lunny on holiday, it’s Tuesday and still no retro action, I imagine it would had been different had the player in question been say…Kelvin Wilson…
Answer yer mail Vinny…
F***in lol!!!
RANGERS manager Ally McCoist
faces a reduced player budget as
he holds talks with four transfer
targets, including Queen of the
South striker Nicky Clark.
• Rangers in bid to tie up deals
for four players as budget set
to be reduced
• Cammy Bell, Nicky Clark,
Nicky Law and Jon Daly all in
various stages of negotiation at
Ibrox
A series of meetings between
McCoist and chief executive
Craig Mather has spelled out the
need for prudent spending with
regard to player budgets, in spite
of the transfer embargo
currently in place at Ibrox.
The embargo prevents Rangers
from registering players before
September 1.
Rangers are expected to
announce the recruitment of
Kilmarnock goalkeeper Cammy
Bell, whose signature is all but
secured.
Clark, whose goals led Queen of
the South to the Second Division
title, has already held talks with
McCoist over joining.
Dundee United’s Jon Daly and
Motherwell midfielder Nicky
Law are also potential signings
for McCoist, but they may be
harder to procure thanks to
rival interest from English clubs.
Daly is reportedly attracting
attention from League One side
MK Dons, while Championship
side Birmingham are keen on
signing Law.
McCoist is keen to recruit a
further four players to the
squad, but knows he will have to
do so on a tighter budget than
last year, which saw the arrival
of the likes of Dean Shiels and
Ian Black on comparatively big
money.
starry plough
Probably too busy dealing with board leaks!
LB
tommysbhoy
Vincent.Lunny@Scottishfa.co.uk
HH
Well done to Victor Wanyama for winning young player if the year award..hopefully he’l win the senior version next season h.h
LiviBhoy
Whit no able tae multi task!!
Just back in from the docs and not read back, take it there is no breaking news about sevco today
Billie Holliday .
There is an American TV documentary called The Sound of Jazz ..
It includes film of a soon to die Billie singing in front of a band featuring Ben Webster , Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young . Billie is smacked to the eyeballs . It is one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen.
I’got an e-mail from Waterstone’s saying that ‘the most anticipated book of the year so far’ is out today.
It turns out they’re talking about ‘Inferno’ by wee Dan Brown, which if it’s anything like the rest of his ‘books’ will turn out to be badly written rubbish aimed at the more money than sense market.
Avoid.
DBBIA
I read his last one about the masons.
By the end of it,I was sticking needles in my eyes,absolute garbage.
Agree re: Dan Brown – pants.
Clive Cussler – smelly pants – one big product placement exercise.
As KevJ would say – Off Oot (late for a meeting)
chapelhalltowesterninfirmaryin15minutesCSC ZoomZoom
DBBIA
Re Billie Holiday
Fair enough. Chacun a son gout, and all that.
Her voice does not have the warmth of Ella or the range of Sarah Vaughan. However, her phrasing is magical and compelling. Despite, according to Lisa Stansfield who features in the programme, being “off her tits” half the time, she was able to sing with tremendous precision and feeling.
Anyway, your comments are a bit rich given your predilection for “Love Truncheon Blues”!
Two requests:
Anyone got a video link to the St J players applauding/not applauding us on to the park?
What time did Wright elbow Lustig (I, also, am going to email Lunny).
Thanks,
JJ
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VMhan..
Stone the Bloody Crows Ya Bloddy Drongo..
Call Me..
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JUNGLE JIM
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
02:46 on 13 May, 2013
Here’s a working clip of Mikael Lustig being done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqoI99ZgZnQ
DBBIA .
Dan Brown —–Inferno.
An Italian radio station’s book review prog said this ——-
” He has always been abysmal but this is even worse “
SoT
I was pondering Billie Holiday’s early demise at 44.
Then I checked Charlie Parker’s dates (died aged 35).
South Of Tunis
12:23 on
14 May, 2013
Billie Holliday .
There is an American TV documentary called The Sound of Jazz ..
It includes film of a soon to die Billie singing in front of a band featuring Ben Webster , Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young . Billie is smacked to the eyeballs . It is one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen.
Sounds interesting – I’ll look that one out.
Listening to Horace Sliver right now. And reading CQN. With a cup of tea. Nice.
BMCUW
Thanks but I am looking for the time of the incident so that I can refer Lunny to it. I believe it was around 75 mins.
JJ
HOOPEDDREAMS
There have been many casualties along the way,including the “27 club”
This fella may have been their first member…..
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson
hoopeddreams .
The coroner who dealt with Charlie Parker’s body didn’t know who Charlie Parker was and estimated the age of the corpse as being a person aged between 50 and 60 years of age.
Dontbrattbakkinanger
12:25 on
14 May, 2013
I’got an e-mail from Waterstone’s saying that ‘the most anticipated book of the year so far’ is out today.
It turns out they’re talking about ‘Inferno’ by wee Dan Brown, which if it’s anything like the rest of his ‘books’ will turn out to be badly written rubbish aimed at the more money than sense market.
Avoid.
I’ve never been interested in his books but understand they are usually caveated up front by stating that they are fiction writing. Strange that people take them seriously!
As an aside – surely the most anticipated book of the year has been “Heart of a Lion”? Mibbes you should email Waterstones back an let them know…? :-)