BBC investigative journalist, Mark Daly, has shown remarkable fortitude in pursuing Craig Whyte, but it’s clear to any unbiased observer that our hero is totally innocent of the serious allegation levelled at him. Yesterday, Reporting Scotland suggested Whyte may have committed perjury in the witness box at Glasgow Sheriff Court in December last year in a case involving the supply of roofing materials.
Craig handled the second question on his disqualification as a company director, “You can’t remember why you were banned for seven years?” pitch perfectly.
He said, “Well, I’m not going to say in open court and get it wrong.”
This was a good answer, a very good answer. Saying something wrong in open court is not what our man wants to do.
It was the third question that those pesky BBC types have tried to make trouble over: “Was it anything to do with the treatment of creditors?”
To which Craig replied, “No.”
One insignificant, two-letter, word that people are trying to build into something more than it is. If only he’d kept to the simple, “I’m not going to say in open court and get it wrong” reply, none of this perjury nonsense would be raised.
Now we have the messy business of a sheriff, currently deliberating the roofing materials case based on the evidence presented, being interrupted by all this rubbish. Have you any idea how complicated it becomes for a sheriff to discharge his duties when perjury is publicly being alleged (incorrectly, I may add) before he has even reached his verdict? He’s left in a very difficult position and will not be pleased.
Last night Craig’s spokesman gave you the truth, saying the BBCs latest hatchet job was “a variation on what the BBC already alleged in a documentary riddled with inaccuracies and falsehoods”.
The BBC also published extracts of a written judgement of a trial at the Royal Courts of Justice Companies Court from 2000 which saw Craig’s seven year ban imposed after he put a company into liquidation.
Inaccuracies and falsehoods – and the guy, fair-minded that he is, didn’t even grab the opportunity to have another day in court, this time against the broadcaster. I’d love to see you take them on, Craig. Keep up the good work.
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Finally, Celtic fan, Billy Connolly, has been in the news recently so I thought we would give a spin to one of his early works. Apologies for the mild use of colourful language. Firm apologies to Strathclyde Police, who are the subject of some fun here but who I hold in the highest esteem (I’m serious at this part), and just for the record, the following song is a gentle poke at the authorities honesty in court and in no way related to persons mentioned anywhere on Celtic Quick News.
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Emdae know who the Scotish actor is in the film The Departed? He looks and talks like he would drink in Bairds after the game!!
what a carlsberg weekend! Hopefully we can win tomorrow at tynecastle to keep the pressure on.
You get the feeling that the southside team are similar to a tree that has had all the cuts done by the lumberjack and we wait while nothing happens for a little while until “TIMber” and it crashes all of a sudden.
the waiting must be over soon
Jude 2005 @2209
think it’s David O’Hara you are asking about? this is his imdb page for the departed.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641244/
THE EXILED TIM says:
7 February, 2012 at 22:09
Bhoy67
I read somewhere the other day that he was interested in Beattie.
He would probably do them a turn, better than Healy
HH
MIke
The Laddy McGreary
That band contained Jimmy Lydon, Johnny’s brother. Also made some records with The 4 be 2’s
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ says:
Probably Brian Cox.
Luxcelt
Thanks for the Gonso video. Great stuff.
HH
RWE CSC
jude2005
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641244/
vmhan,
Cheers. I’ve stuck a reminder for next week.
Míle buiochas.
Árd Macha
Anyone going to see the Dropkick Murphys at the Barrowlands on Saturday? I,ve got 2 possibly 4 tickets for sale, decided to go to the quiz night instead. Hail Hail Hebcelt
jorges b
Spot on!! Ta. H H
Daniel Cousin may also have wanted to take a few days off after the African Cup of Nations … to celebrate his thirty-fifth birthday.
Definitely David O’Hara in The Departed. Also in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Dear Prudence?
For some reason when the Jungle Bhoys handed these out at Ibrox (in 2005?) I kept it.
Junglebhoys Minty Fiver!
For the 1st time in a generation we could mock the Govanites about being skint, about us having more money – it was sweet! 7 years later having spent a further £40m on transfer fees (net £15m) they are a busted flush. Note David Murray’s comment in 2005 (below) about financial prudence? He doesn’t know the meaning of the word. More like “Dear Prudence” ! Below are some quotes leading up to the events of the last week, from seeking global dominance and “competing” with Man United to being days or weeks away from administration with liquidation inevitably following – Boom and Bust indeed.
We will make the biggest moves that Rangers Football Club have ever made both off and on the park.I am totally committed to taking the club forward to be even stronger. By the year 2000, we will be double our size. We have a business upon a business providing the club with resources to compete at the highest level. I can assure every Rangers supporter that I am committed to the cause, everybody behind the scenes is committed to the cause. We are going to double the size of the commercial department, we have got a new supermarket opening, coupled to all the things that are going to happen and I think it’s great times ahead. David Murray to Chris Starr, The Herald 26 October 1996
RANGERS chairman David Murray has arranged British football’s biggest investment in a remarkable £40m deal.
Mr Joe Lewis, a billionaire tax exile who owns part of Christie’s and deals in currencies, has been enticed into putting £40m into Rangers as the first block in building a new international leisure business. The £40m injection will be used to buy players, begin a 150-bedroom hotel and sports bars development at Ibrox, and establish a new player development centre with training facilities. A final planning application on the hotel is likely to be made very soon. Simon Bain, The Herald 23 January 1997
I look upon these last 10 years as a having been a great era, but it is over and Rangers are about to head on into a new era,” he said over a glass of the finest red.
He was about to take in another mouthful of the most succulent lamb – anyone who knows Murray shouldn’t be surprised to learn he is a full-blooded, unashamed red meat eater – when he put down his knife and fork. It was like a statement of intent and looking directly across the table to make sure I hadn’t yet succumbed to the wine, he said: “Bring on the next 10 years, there’s more to come for Rangers. David Murray to Jim Traynor DR Nov 1999
There has been a wage explosion following Bosman. Do you see danger signs for clubs in this?
Yes. Some of them will go bust. I don’t say that about the top teams, but the middle-of-the-road teams in England – the ones who are trying to keep up by using television money – will find themselves in trouble.I don’t know where some of the medium-sized clubs get the money to pay the kind of wages they are currently paying to players. I don’t see it happening here in Scotland but there is a problem in the south. The big clubs will survive – they will always survive – but the others tucked in just below them could be in serious bother.
Something has got to give – and something will. David Murray to Ken Gallagher 13th July 1999
RANGERS are on course to become one of European football’s biggest clubs after revealing a turnover of over £51million for last year. Murray said: “As a result of the rights issue and the PTV agreement, we closed the year with funds in excess of £21million. The Rangers brand still has further potential value with the strength of our management team and worldwide supporter base. Andy Devlin, The Sun 27 November 2000
Scottish football is bust says Murray
Football is bust, Murray said. Rangers and Celtic will survive because they’re brands. I’ve got a 50million pounds debt at Rangers. But we can service that, and we can pay that back because we’ve got a stadium, we’ve got a training ground, we’ve got players. But at other clubs which have got debts, you wonder how that can ever be repaid. There’s no assets. Rangers’ stadium and players could be worth £100-£150million depending on what day of the week it is and how you want to value it. That’s the business. The Scotsman 13 December 2002
I am committed to ensuring the club operate within pre-set financial constraints and capitalise on investments made in developing young talent, such as the facilities at Murray Park. My belief is footballing success can be achieved within an appropriate financial framework. David Murray 2005
This ensures an immediate and substantial improvement in the club’s financial position as well as a significant investment in the club and its playing squad – David Murray following Craig Whyte takeover 2010
The guiding principle from the outset has been to get the right deal for Rangers. I know the time this has taken has created a lot of frustration, but it was vital we secured a deal that meant we could maximise investment in the team and that is what has been achieved. Craig Whyte 6th May 2010 upon taking over Rangers F.C.
As a keen Rangers supporter I now look forward to helping the club secure its future as a leading force in Scottish and European football Craig Whyte 6th May 2010 upon taking over Rangers F.C.
What has it been used for? Where has the money gone? Why did he feel he had to mortgage season-ticket revenues for the next three or four years? I don’t think anyone thought when he came in, when he was talking about war chests and being the saviour of Rangers, that we would be in the position we are in right now. John McClelland (Former RFC Chairman) 31st January 2012
As for the MSM – as Lennon/McCartney wrote – “Dear Prudence, why won’t you open up your eyes”??
Hail ! Hail !
DavieL
Ta the rest too.
Off to Middle Earth again, they crossed the Brandywine at Buckleberry last night and are waiting somewhat impatiently for me to continue on to Frodo’s new hoose then on to the Old Forest and the Barrows (favourite bits of the book missing from the films)
Night y’all.
team vs. heart
—————–Forster
Mathews-Rogne-Wilson-Mulgrew
——Brown- Wanyama-Ledley
———–—————-Commons
— –Stokes—–Hooper
zaluska, danny, forrest, sammy, polish bhoy
should see us through, i’d keep forrest on bench for 30 minutes
on the crowd size:
think the ecomony is impacting on crowds but 49,000 is impressive given that a lot of fans felt/ feel let down over the last 4 years. if those fans beleive in what is happening at celtic we should see more fans through the doors of celtic park.
Bhoy67
That wouldn’t be hard, even an old fat man like me would do better than Healey……….just put me in the box and at least one would bounce off me into the goal :>)
He can sign who he want’s, it’s up to us to do the biz, any result tomorrow and I think we have one hand on the throphy.
Neil has been quoted as early as last Friday about Pawel possibly being involved in the Hearts game tomorrow night.
Does anyone know what to make of this.
I’m happy enough with what Neil decides but wondered what his thinking is behind Pawel playing some part tomorrow night.
Árd Macha
David O’hara in Braveheart
to Wallace
“The lord tells me he can get me out of this mess, but he’s pretty sure you’re f…..”
UC
Ralph
Is Brain Cox likely to drink in Bairds??
SmashingMilkBottles
Am I right in saying that band was managed by a guy called Jock MacDonald ?
I met him on the train from Dundalk to Belfast after the European Cup game against the Lily Whites in 1979
I was P****d though and might be talking my usual rubbish.
celticrumoursCeltic Underground
Strathclyde Police leave cancelled in G division on Thursday?
Árd Macha
The bhoy can score goals :>)
This wee guy sang in Bairds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=schrj1QLb5g&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL990D7588125FDD41
Spit The Dog has come out and said the SPL is like Sunday League Football. Doesn’t say much for that pr1ck seeing as he spent most of his time on the bench…
HH
TootingTim
How wrong could I be? Brian Cox indeed…
HH
I’m sorry but I have already taken his horse.
I posted last night that I didn’t think Newco debates were worth the breath and MWD dug me up about ‘fluting’ this on a consistent basis. In answer to that I have never been consistent about anything in regard to all of this as the plates keep shifting. Also fluting???
Anyway, the fakeover agenda is back on the horizon. The only person I can see being interested in financing Newco is Chairman Murray. An ego that size with this innuendo being diluted into the subterfuge must have a rescue fantasy in him?
MBB gets the jail soon, Murray rides back into shot to save dying Rangers after the tax case and liquidation?
new article posted.
Lisb\o/nbhoy who thinks Neil Lenn(‘0’)n is a legend
Is that (G)ers division?
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ says:
7 February, 2012 at 22:23
Ralph
Is Brain Cox likely to drink in Bairds??
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No but he looks like he would like to.
Seriously, he seems to be in every US movie where they want a grumpy malevolent type. It was just a guess.
I’m sure I heard he was a sellick man, but maybe that’s mince as well.
HH
RWE CSC
Ard macha yir welcome.
V
NEW ARTICLE/ MAGAZINE BHOYS
The Laddy McGeary/ Chaplin
As Smashin said it was the 4 Be 2’s going under a different name. They also produced a one off record before a Scotland game at Wembley going by the name of Rabbie Burns and the Ticket touts. Jock McDonald sang in the band as well as managing and I think he is the singer on Why Don’t… They played in Tiffany’s in Sauciehall St one night and were supported by the Angelic Upstarts.
Laddy – I’ll buy that record off you if you don’t want to hold on to it!
P67
re CW`s court case
i find it difficult to believe that he was not told by those representing him that he would facing questioning re his previous difficulties as a director
which leads me to conclude that he wasn`t caught on the hop with the questioning …but simply being untruthful
Judith Ralston BBC weather girl – she was not wearing glasses when she presented the weather forecast at 18.55 however at the 22.35 presentation she was wearing glasses. Hmmm, I think she looks great with and without her glasses.
Discuss.
PS surely a Celtic girl?
THE EXILED TIM says:
7 February, 2012 at 22:22
Bhoy67
That wouldn’t be hard, even an old fat man like me would do better than Healey……….
ha
I sure you have hidden depths to make up for the figure.
As far as we are concerned, we have the ability all over the park to stroll this league, even with a few hicups along
the way, they are so poor they cannot sustain a consistant challenge,
we wont be needing any 10 point penalties to get accross the finnishing line.
HH
Mike
DavieL says:
7 February, 2012 at 22:21
murrays biggest failure was to get huge investment on a number of occasions then use it very poorly, instead of increasing revenue from projects as stated below he filled players pockets.
RANGERS chairman David Murray has arranged British football’s biggest investment in a remarkable £40m deal.
Mr Joe Lewis, a billionaire tax exile who owns part of Christie’s and deals in currencies, has been enticed into putting £40m into Rangers as the first block in building a new international leisure business. The £40m injection will be used to buy players, begin a 150-bedroom hotel and sports bars development at Ibrox, and establish a new player development centre with training facilities. A final planning application on the hotel is likely to be made very soon. Simon Bain, The Herald 23 January 1997
I would argue we need to take forward the celtic triangle stage by stage until we have our own bars, hotel, restuarants, casino etc… if we ever want to become more competitive without spending out with our means.
this may mean selling off some/ all land in:
the celtic triangle area
barrowfiield training ground
spending prize money (european competition) i.e potentially 20 million for CL participation.
reducing player size
selling players when good bids are made (need quality young players in squad to take place of those leaving)
i would think the development of a celtic’s owned 1x 150 bedroom hotel, 2x sports bar/ celtic bar, 2 times restuarant, 2 x cafe, 1 time super museum/ superstore, 5x football food/ small store outlets, other entertainment facilities etc… would increase revenue by about 20 million per year
lennoxtown castle etc… could also be developed to offer different types of hotel settings etc… to increase income further.
a successful football team is what we want, but we need to increase our business model to increase out ability to compete better in europe
i have a dream, i just hope the plc of cfc share my vision so one day we will be able to attract top class preformers and keep them.
i honestly think a football club that has a turnover of 75 million before CL t.v would be able to step out of the shadow of the big clubs from the big nations.
Another interesting consequence of Newco Football Club entry into the SPL…
As I understand the existing rules….that’s RULES for the avoidance of doubt…in the event of a team going out of business….the last placed team in the SPL would not be relegated, the winners of SFL Division 1 would be promoted as normal.
If that RULE were to be re-written/circumvented it would result in the last placed team being relegated after all and the winners of SFL Division 1 replacing them.
I suspect that the second vote would be a formality and that either Dunfermline or Hibernian would not vote for their own relegation. A limited financial existance in the SPL would be infinitely more attractive than the 1st Division to both of these clubs, even with whatever reduced TV deal they may need to settle for.
Assuming Celtic would vote against circumvention of the RULES for Newco FC, their prospects of direct entry seem remote to me.
Throw Vladimir Romanov into the mix (if Hearts haven’t complicated further for Rangers by beating them across the finishing line) and there is no chance of Newco FC being admitted as a direct entry.
The masonic network will not reach Dermot Desmond, Lithuania or indeed the self preservation needs of the 12th place club.
Yo Ho Ho, Here We Go,
When the Taxman comes, it’s CHEERIO,
Bye Bye Rangers
You can shout about your great defenders,
You can sing about your no surrender,
Yo Ho Ho, Here We Go,
When the Taxman comes, it’s CHEERIO,
Rangers….BYE BYE