There’s an industry of deliberate misunderstanding in Scottish football (and on the pages of CQN). One of the last vestiges of this is the SFA’s fabled Fit and Proper Test. There is no test, never has been a test and in all likelihood, never will be a test. It was almost certainly a figment of some under-informed journalist, who provided the concept enough currency for it to endure in the imagination, despite many, many, people explaining reality.
To be a director of a football club you need to be Fit and Proper, you do not sit or pass a test.
It’s a bit like:
To do a job you need to speak English, you do not sit or pass an English language test.
If you accept the above job assuring your employer you can speak English, and you can’t, you are likely to be fired.
If you accept a job as a director of a football club, assuring the SFA you are Fit and Proper, and you aren’t, the SFA will ban you from football and discipline the club for failing to ensure a director was Fit and Proper before appointment.
This morning the incessant campaign continues to throw reputational damage on anyone who would be inclined to point out that Dave King contravenes the eligibility rules on becoming a football club director. This is different from being Fit and Proper, which is a subjective assessment, Mr King is simply ineligible.
The reasons for his ineligibility (he was a director of a football club which was liquidated within the last 5 years), and other matters, most notably, his 41 convictions for breaking the tax law in South Africa, and the blame laid at his door by the SPL’s Lord Nimmo-Smith report, make up material reason why the SFA may consider him not Fit and Proper to run a football club.
After targeting Peter Lawwell yesterday, the campaign today turns direct to the SFA, who are accused of allowing Craig Whyte to “bluff his way through the Hampden [non-existent] ‘test’ by simply filling out an official SFA form”.
As should be patently obvious to anyone with a dozen or more brain cells, the SFA form is neither a ‘test’ nor a certification of appropriateness from the SFA.
The obligation to ensure a football club appoints Fit and Proper directors lies with that club’s board. If the board fail in their duty to the game, the club is liable to sanction from the SFA.
So who was on the board which appointed Craig Whyte as a director of Rangers?
Our emerging heroes, the men who chased away the billionaire, Dave King and Paul Murray. As non-executive directors of Rangers they had a responsibility to the club’s stakeholders that their interests were being protected.
The Institute of Directors factsheet on the role of non-execs quotes the Cadbury Report, saying they “should bring an independent judgement to bear on issues of strategy, performance and resources including key appointments and standards of conduct.”
It was the Rangers board’s responsibility to instruct the necessary checks on Craig Whyte’s appropriateness to be a director of the club. They either failed to do this, or if they did, failed to act on the information, or withdraw their names from the club’s register of directors.
Sir David Murray may have controlled the majority of shares, but as recent boardroom events at newco demonstrate, there is a great deal non-execs, when in a majority on the board, can do to inhibit major shareholders if they believe the interests of other stakeholders are being jeopardised.
Non-execs are not there to wear the blazer and attend supporters’ events, they are the eyes and ears of the supporters, shareholders, employees and creditors who are not privy to the inner workings of the club. In this respect, Mr King and Mr P. Murray failed Rangers on a cataclysmic level.
They are, in every respect possible, perfect for the job of running newco. My prediction (no inside info) is the SFA will fold under sustained media pressure, set aside their ineligibility rules and allow Mr King and Mr P. Murray to work their magic one more time.
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Watching this now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFvbOdnzTKk
Will say a prayer for the people of Nepal.
Problem solved. Muchisimo! Congrats to the young Celts. Great to share the joy with the family connection on CQN. Goodnight and god bless the Celtic familia. Halfwit 67.
Only God has the authority to take a life.
G’night.
Be sound to each other.
Brilliant performance.
Quickest string change ever and then perfection.
Have not read back
http://youtu.be/O8Blccc0PM0
HH
I always listened to the monkey
http://youtu.be/UuBdNLxYZwI
HH
Mary Jane gets reprieve………
Mary Jane Velosa was spared execution after someone suspected of recruiting her and tricking her into carrying drugs to Indonesia turned herself in to authorities in the Philippines, MetroTV and the Jakarta Post reported in Indonesia.
The Philippine Foreign Affairs Department confirmed the reprieve.
http://www.manilatimes.net/mary-jane-gets-reprieve/179376/
Fascinating comments about the current state of affairs….
CO…….?
Pit & Froper?
Hmmmm…
To be honest I am presently living in the past, akin to the most avid Elvis fan.
Sad days.
But….
Still… <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBzvNZXa0FA"<I Can See Celtic
‘GG
Many people have had to face the choices you hypothesize about.
Vengeance or justice or change.
What would your loved one want?
What is the loving choice?
The state execution of who will actually bring your loved one back?
The state execution of who will actually make the loss of your loved one seem less painful?
The treadmill producing damaged kids with anger issues continues to churn on and on.
Where should our energies be focused? Genuine but rhetorical question.
Off to beebaws. Night Night.
HH
Thou shall not kill
Once that you’ve decided on a killing
First you make a stone of your heart
And if you find that your hands are still willing
Then you can turn a murder into art
There really isn’t any need for bloodshed
You just do it with a little more finesse
If you can slip a tablet into someone’s coffee
Then it avoids an awful lot of mess
It’s murder by numbers, one, two, three
It’s as easy to learn as your ABC
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
It’s as easy to learn as your ABC
Now if you have a taste for this experience
And you’re flushed with your very first success
Then you must try a twosome or a threesome
And you’ll find your conscience bothers you much less
Because murder is like anything you take to
It’s a habit-forming need for more and more
You can bump off every member of your family
And anybody else you find a bore
Because it’s murder by numbers, one, two, three
It’s as easy to learn as your ABC
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
It’s as easy to learn as your ABC
Now you can join the ranks of the illustrious
In history’s great dark hall of fame
All our greatest killers were industrious
At least the ones that we all know by name
But you can reach the top of your profession
If you become the leader of the land
For murder is the sport of the elected
And you don’t need to lift a finger of your hand
Because it’s murder by numbers, one, two, three
It’s as easy to learn as your ABC
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
It’s as easy to learn as your A, B, C, D, E
Dave Kings SFA sponsored procession was never in question. Paul Murray acting as director presently is all that we need to know here. The rest is just Old Firm sponsored smokescreen.
It is all about perception. Lawwell did not want it but would not stand in their way. Arguing that directing by proxy was just as effective. As CQN has intimated a few times in the last few weeks. The SFA need to convey that they are in the huns camp to keep them onside, that means the three bears over Ashley.
That does consolidate the conjecture that Res, 12 publication has nothing to do with cleaning up the SFA and is designed to boost ST sales on the back of our kids being dumped for the bigots pound.
What a ghastly bunch we have running our club.
HH
As has been the case for a few seasons now with Scottish fitba the off field activities are far more interesting than the on field ones. Messrs McLean and Muir excepted.
Culminating year upon year in a close season of colluded corruption. This summer is going to be no different with this summers controlled insolvency event at Sevco.
Once Sevco win their play off it is going to get going.
ST surge in sales
King v Ashley, Major creditors v Administrators, Badges , naming rights, Stadium tenancies, title deeds, Ally renumeration package
Will Res. 12 get a look in ?
I hope phil mc G has no holiday plans
Twitter Patter
#SFAdontruleout appointing Dave King to succeed Campbell Ogilvie.
THE SFA has today announced self-confessed Celtic fan Gary Hughes’ appointment to the board.
Is this the concesssion PL has gained for not getting involved with Kings procession ?
Is he a mason ?
HH
The future ain’t what it used to be
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo thats one powerful message you have placed up. I do hope that PL is not compromised over this or is being compromised because of this..
Surely he can get some real exposure on the inner workings.
i still get the feeling that Reagen is going to blow this out of the water. He sees it for what it is now.
Reagan and Doncaster will be gone by the end of next season if Sevco are promoted job done. Reagan and Doncaster have enjoyed superbulous wage rises since coming into office. One can assume they are performance related.
Reagan has been manipulating the news management Agenda by talking about Dave Kings SA mishaps which is clearly being done to buy time as King and the present director Murray are ineligible based on two of his own organisations statutes.
Go figure
HH
Herald Scotland
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Public company makes huge loss on land bought from ex-Rangers chairman
Published on 29 April 2015
A quango has made a multi-million pound loss on contaminated land it bought from a company led by former Rangers owner Sir David Murray.
Clyde Gateway paid £4.5 million to the businessman’s property company for 16 acres of derelict land in Dalmarnock in the east end of Glasgow five years ago.
However, it was later revealed that Murray Estates had paid just £375,000 for the plot in 2005 and the purchase was followed by the economic downturn, which decimated property values.
Now, the public body set up to capitalise on last year’s Commonwealth Games has admitted it has sold the site for £4,822,480 plus VAT, after spending £3 million making it suitable for use.
Six further acres were included in the pot, amounting to a further value of £1,690,000.
With the Clyde Gateway spend on the land totalling £9,239,000, the loss on yesterday’s deal amounts to £4,416,600 when VAT is stripped out.
Glasgow Cathcart MSP James Dornan said the disposal underlines the “poor value for money” taxpayers received due to the original price paid for the land.
He said: “I welcome the building of new homes on this prominent site.
“But the figures show how we, as taxpayers, got a bad deal when Clyde Gateway purchased the land in the first place.
“Clearly, we all got poor value for money when Sir David’s firm was handed £4.5 million for it.”
Clyde Gateway purchased the former Dalmarnock Power Station, which contaminated the surrounding land with chemicals between 1915 and its closure in 1977.
Pollutants included Japanese Knotweed, which is known to damage property and the site was also used by fly-tippers.
The land lay outwith Clyde Gateway’s operating plan but the public body said it pressed on with the purchase, mainly because it was an eyesore.
Records stated Sir David’s Murray Estates had paid just £375,000 for the land in 2005.
In justification, the public body said it had asked the property firm Ryden to carry out an independent valuation, which had produced a figure of £7,330,000.
Clyde Gateway yesterday revealed it had sold the riverside site plus six further acres to social landlord Link Group, which is planning to build 550 homes, including social housing, for £4,822,400.
The money has been provided by Glasgow City Council through the Scottish Government’s housing supply programme.
Clyde Gateway refused to say if the land was independently valued again and, if it was, what was believed to be the current value of the site.
Its chairman, Lord Smith of Kelvin, who chaired the Commonwealth Games organising committee, said:”The deal epitomises what Clyde Gateway is all about.
“We have stepped in to deal with market failure and, having initially purchased the site and followed it up with a spend of £3 million on decontamination and infrastructure improvements beneath the surface, we have found a very able and willing development partner who will deliver the type and quality of housing that the community here requires.”
Clyde Gateway was asked what Lord Smith meant by “we have stepped in to deal with market failure” but declined to explain.
Murray Estates also declined to comment.
A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said it provided £5.8million from its Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) budget via the Scottish Government to “fund the acquisition of the site by Link Group and the creation of what will be a high-quality, mixed-tenure development in Dalmarnock.
leftclicktic
22:48 on 28 April, 2015
Jude
https://twitter.com/celticfc
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leftclicktic – Sir, that’s a grand ole link there…I hope ye don’t mind if I re-post it…if the link-thing-works….
Jude and, young Josh – Magnificent stuff…Lhegendary-Material…imho
Hail Hail and, thank you.
…away to prepare my kick-the-‘bored’-posts:)
….laters.
Good morning from a pretty wet a dn rainy / sleety East Kilbride.
Morning Jobo et al
HH jamesgang
beatbhoy
18:34 on 28 April, 2015
If you vote for Kris’ goal in the league cup semi-final for goal of the season, do you have to say it was scored against Rangers, as per the official Celtic FC website?
Didn’t they make the excuse before that they called them Rangers in promotional material for the game as they had no choice, as it was an SPFL competition?
So, when it’s the Club’s own POTY awards, and they do have a choice, they refer to them as, er , Rangers!
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Well said fella.
What is perfectly illustrated in yer post is what I have been trying to tell the folk from this blog who, are very clever-learned-highly-educated-etc…and yet…a huge amount of them, clubbed together to place a ‘statement’ in the Herald…claiming that…Rangers FC…urny…Rangers FC????…ah mean, who’s zooming who?…what’s it all about?…why all the claims that – “It’s nothing to do with Celtic!” – eh?…who got all the CL-money and, 22 trophies from the Murray-era?…it’s nothing to do with Celtic????….the huns have gone down the leagues for 3 years…is that seen as some sort of appeasement for all their sins?
It’s flucking ‘everything’ to do with Celtic….their fans were the victims of theft…think of all the glory days that, not only Celtic’s but, fans of other clubs could have had if…the huns paid tax on their players…just like every other team did?…placing a ‘statement’ in the lap-top-loyal-papers whilst, yer own custodians call them Rangers….!!!!!!….are yeez daft awe the gither?….fmm…ah mean…what have the Celtic board got to do before all their blind-sheep see through them?
“The Game, The Game Is Over….Rebels Have Been Suckered!”
…are there any rebels left?
I havent watched the Ronny-video yet…I hope he explained why, big John Hughes managed his resources better and, ended Celtic fans treble hopes?
Morning all Celts..
…..anybuddy ken where Kojo is?…..
HH
Morning Bhoys
Its 08.25 here in Schiphol and I am sitting with a wee glass of something in my hand to celebrate the last leg of my journey home . Cant wait to get to the BV on Friday , well done the wee hoops .
HH
Jude
Congratulations to you and young Josh.
You must be ecstatic , I know I would be.
HH
kev & beatb….
Well yes but…
The worst aspect is KCs goal was never GOTS not even close!
It was voted for because it was against ‘them’.
The board, PL didn’t vote for it.
Rank and file fans did and for one reason only… it was against ‘them’.
The draw of history, the rivalry and the antagonism towards them is overwhelmingly prominent despite liquidation of a club entity.
Irrespective of old/new club, Rangers/Sevco and SPL/SFA connivance the rank and file see light blue shirts and Ibrox and Auchanhowie and a nasty entity to be beaten…always and forever!
HH
Morning all.
Very well done the young Hoops.
Special mention for young Josh.
…and auld Jude!
HH!!
I see the Ciftci rumour is hot again. :-(
HH
Congratulations to all the young Hoops. Jude you must very proud that young Josh is in that team. Hope they all have a great future in the hoops.
Hail hail the cup is here!
ReganHendry @rhendry11 · 10h 10 hours ago
Finally shoutout to the unsung hero @rdoohan_ clean sheet throughout the whole competition
justafan
I hope he is with us next season.
Think he could be just what we need.
Scoddland’s finest………….
Anybody But Celtic…………………………….esp Ronnaldo……
Meanwhile in ither news………..
Sumbdy’s boay is a bhoy…………………..
and The CatInTheHat gets the blush-free puff piece.
Shameless.
justafan
07:28 on 29 April, 2015
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The point is….Celtic Football Club’s ‘official’ website
2 years ago…advertised the Glasgow Cup Final at, Firhill
as being between Celtic FC v Rangers FC.
Why the ‘statement’ at all.?
Why not get folk at the top of the club who dont do double-cross?
A ‘statement’ saying…”…we know Rangers FC died…”
…then the club call them – Rangers FC….?
Why dont yeez club-together-chip-in and make a ‘statement’ on the
Celtic View / Celtic TV…whatever and make it clear that…until the hierarchy are on the same page as the ‘statement’ pushers…we will not be supplying the life-blood of a club that is quite clearly…at odds with the main suppliers of financial support…and, it’s an act of betrayal at best and, a downright act of unforgivable treason by a board of directors who would put the illuminati to shame.
Down with cliques
Down with masons
Down with knights
Down with the magic circle
Down with the dark-arts
Sack The Colluding-Sleekit Celtic Board.
….bye.
justafan
07:30 on 29 April, 2015
I see the Ciftci rumour is hot again. :-(
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Think he would have to improve his fitness quite a bit ….. !!??
Cifti?
No for me at the moment.
I would much rather sign Rooney from the Sheep if we were to sign any striker from another Scottish team.
LB
I don’t see Ciftci. Unfit and a poor injury record, terrible disciplinary record, and a pretty rubbish work ethic on the pitch.
On the other hand, I see Ciftci. Scores goals.
In both respects, sounds a bit like Griffiths. Could Ronny make it work?
Saint Stivs,
As one of these lurkin’ folks, I don’t post so often! Reading some of the posts on here is a joy and education! Stuttgart is a great city, but if you ever make it over to Dresden, you, and the rest of the CQN community, will be more than welcome to join the Dresden CSC for a few beers watching the Hoops! You maybe interested to know, some of us are ex-Port and, ex-Saint Stivs as well!!!
The way I see it the club should at every opportunity be calling them The Rangers, as thisis their name after all.
No need to use any other names or name calling. As many other clubs and people have found this seems to wind them and the smsm up more than anything but it is there name after all so what’s the harm?
You never know if our board were strong enough to stand up to them and their lapdogs we might find all other s would follow suit. :)
HH
/Bishop B