The mainstream media, football administrators, football club directors, former football club directors, together with the executives from PR companies, are in a new space this week.
Many of these people have spent over 20 years controlling all important aspects of the media in relations to football in Scotland. Some have established a culture of dependency and fear; at the left of the telephone, or the click of a mouse, they could destroy reputations.
Most of these types backed Craig Whyte when Sir David Murray endorsed him as the right sort to buy Rangers, a situation which remained in place until administrators were appointed last year. Since then they have acted in unison to demonise Whyte, who has been painted as the solely responsible for the downfall of the football club.
Now, thanks to the industrious Charlotte, every underhand conspiracy is in danger of becoming exposed.
Find yourself in the dock over sectarian chanting? Don’t dispute the fact, simply allude to links which didn’t actually exist between the son of a Celtic director and the head of an anti-racism unit. The fact that some think there is an apparent scandal in the son of a Celtic director having links to an anti-racism campaigner is a bizarre thought. There were no links, but why shouldn’t there be, it’s anti-racism were talking here, which football clubs really should have affinity with.
And Oldco Rangers printed this rubbish in a submission to Uefa! Good grief.
Stewart Regan finds himself with a position to defend. One of his responsibilities is to ensure clubs are licenced correctly for Uefa competitions. I am not too exercised with him coordinating a response to this issue with the club concerned, but his assertion that Rangers were legitimately licenced for season 2011-12, despite the Discounted Options Scheme, or Wee Tax Case, seems more than odd.
In order to gain a Uefa licence clubs must have paid all social taxes due by 31 December no later than 31 March. Rangers advisors, Grant Thornton UK LLP, called Rangers £2.8m liability, which was unpaid by 31 March 2011, a “potential liability”, which was subject to discussions between the club and HMRC.
In quite simple terms, a club can call any liability a potential liability, however, this particular liability was very real. If the SFA allow Uefa rules to be circumnavigated by such a self-certified dismissal they are failing their duty to the game.
Mr Regan, the fact of this matter is that the liability was real. What evidence did you see to convince you otherwise? What processes are in place to ensure that a rogue SFA executive cannot rubber stamp a licence when one should not be granted? Can a club simply say “We’re all right, this stuff is under discussion” to make the SFA look the other way?
SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie, was secretary and director of Rangers during the entire operation of the Discounted Options Scheme. He was on the SFA board with oversight duties for ensuring clubs meet Uefa licensing standards when the club were issued with their 2011-12 licence, and he is currently seeking re-election to his post.
If Rangers were denied their licence for 2011-12 Celtic would have been eligible
The chat from PR companies is perhaps the most alarming, for them, of course.
Right now there is a campaign underway to ignore Charlotte. Any journo who takes on such an influential group of interests might is facing down some of the most influential people in the media industry. Here’s a thought for you: I reckon only circa 10% of available material has been looked at. Charlotte is not going away and neither is wee Craigie.
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Charlotte sounds like “Prism” …..now wouldn,t that be even more wonderful than the real crazy peeps keeping there sub -base! hahahahahahahhailhail
I honestly reckon we should just give them a complete amnesty, forget all what has gone before, cos they will be back soon enough, and winning, their referees will see to that.
The gemmes a bogie.
RCO will be re elected, what more needs said about this rancid little bigoted country.
There is no desire to challenge them, they, the cabal, in effect have won, the only losers are Celtic, and we are bending over time and time again to them.
Well, I’ve had enough.
I will always be a Tim, it’s in the blood, but until the suits stand up and defend our club, they will get not a penny more from my family.
We refuse to pay any more into a corrupt game, and I can’t see how that can be argued against.
HH
Just been out with an old Rangers supporting acquaintance
Over the years our regular meals/drinks have always turned to discussions about Scottish football, he being a Hun of many years standing.
Tonight. Nada. Niente. Nul. But nice chat about next season’s EPL…
Tells me in tier heart of hearts, they know they are dead.
The Quiet Man, 00:24
They are all genuine.
Why now? They weren’t being kept back, Charlotte has only recently got the documents.
THE EXILED TIM
00:28 on
11 June, 2013
There’s only one reason. Their game is up. As you say they’ll eventually make their way back up, they may even get the odd helping hand (although not as many as before). What they are extremely unlikely to receive is the same financial assistance they’ve had in the past and they’ll need to live within their means. Now those means are far greater than most other teams in Scotland but not us and all things being equal (as equal as they can be) 10k extra seats is worth roughly £5M more year, after year, after year. Unless people don’t fill them.
Want them ground into the dirt? Get along to the games. The board won’t be there forever but you and your family could be.
(I’ll have that cheque by Friday please PL)
CelticResearch @CelticResearch 4m
So the SFA tell RFC that they can stop providing financial updates in Sep 2011. That is the green light for CW to immediately withhold tax.
Retweeted by Unwittinglymine
Charlotte Fakeovers @CharlotteFakes 3m
Not fit for purpose. We’re talking about arrestments not payments and HMRC not agreeing
1. http://www.scribd.com/doc/147000293/UEFA-Club-Monitoring-02 …
2. http://www.scribd.com/doc/147000341/UEFA-Club-Monitoring-02a …
All I have ever wanted is a level playing field, no more, no less, and that is beyond the realms of possibility in scotland.
Honest referees, I know, I know, but ffs, why not, honest officials, I know, why not, open and transparent governance, I know, why not.
What am I asking for that is not deliverable ?
We are content to see hunny squirming for a time, not enough, they need to be extinguished for good, they are a blight on society, they rule by their fear tactics, and we are giving in to them a every turn.
Stand up to them Celtic, there will never be a better time, sadly, no gonna happen.
And you can forget all the bollix about being in talks about an escape, I admit I thought that was high on the agenda, it’s not, all the suits want is the OF back again.
Dissolutioned Tim saying goodnight.
Take care and god bless.
HH
Telegraph article has ALISTAIR stating..
“We just want transparency and clarity..”
Over to you Alistair then.
weeminger
I agree with you to an extent.
We are an in a position where we have never been in re scottish football, and I will wager now, that nothing will change, I will wager my grandweans lifes on that.
If our club, or any other club had wanted change it would have been clear long before now.
Our club are quite happy to get shafted, if you can show me anything to the contrary………
Soree, not convinced that that there is any fight left in them, so they can sing for our contribution, which will be back on track as soon as they show some balls.
HH
TET …..the soups never eaten as hot as it,s cooked ! hail hail ..we will be laughing for a guid while yet …hahahahahahailhail
Neustadt-Braw
That would be soup in a basket……………
HH
A level playing field, on and off the park.
Or at least an attempt on one….
Obviously too much to ask for in scotland.
If they can’t deliver, either will I.
That seems a fair exchange.
HH
Dormir bein bhoys and ghirls.
Off to dream of curry.
HH
T E T
I used to dream about about Scampi….breaded Scampi…Braw! and fair exchange is no robbery ….as your better half will have advised you on ….:)
THE EXILED TIM
00:54 on
11 June, 2013
One other thing. The spineless maggots in charge of football in this country will try to feed from whoever has the power. We have the power now, but those maggots will go hungry and die.
What I want to replace them is even handed men. Not Celtic men, or any other ‘type’ of men in fact non-football men would be best.
or even WOmen!
Neustadt-Braw
01:20 on
11 June, 2013
Yes absolutely. Men, women I don’t care as long as the run the game properly.
Fine man you are ::)
@tic_tac_tic: Amido Baldé played almost 90 mins in Vitoria S.C.’s incredible 2-1 cup final triumph over Benfica in May. My verdict: http://t.co/2cMzGP09VB
More from the ever busy Ms Fakes
@CharlotteFakes: Nothing insurmountable in Feb 12 but VAT apportionment a pain.
1. http://t.co/3LUbB8FCtb
2. http://t.co/Nb3WdIzYbD
3. http://t.co/yVsVsRoelB
I like this Charlotte, not least for the hours she keeps. Sometimes I get to read this stuff as it’s being published instead of having to catch up hours later when the conversation has long since moved on.
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte,
just for a little while.
I can’t keep up
Can’t believe she’s still up!
@CharlotteFakes: Grier knew more about the Ticketus Deal and amounts much earlier than he claims – why?
http://t.co/pGnICxIkqZ and
http://t.co/CFnTKtk5yz
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Aye Yees Awe thoaght a Wis Mental..When l told Yees The CIA were tracking Me..8Yrs. Ago..;-))))))))))))
Summa
The only pressure that can be applied to this colony of vultures is the collective consumer.
Evidently, it is the only currancy in town.
Each one should have its cash-flow introduced to a smart phone and ‘smart scalpel.’
Of course we are supporters, but we are, undeniably, a variable defined by our collective consumption of said sport and its subsets. In other words a huge chunk of cashflow….
The summer of 2012 was a momentous moment in sport, not for the Olympics, but what happened 600 miles north. Charlotte is fun, but also a distraction from the need for the continuity of such sporting integrity.Indeed, Charlottes strip tease could distract us from the Main Event. The continuity of Sporting Integrity going Viral again? Last summer the collective consumer in Scotland spoke honestly and wisely. That voice cannot be allowed to be a flash in the pan….
Even with Charlottes Web…
Roll On The Supporters/Consumers
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PJBhoyNYC..
What happened in Inverness in the Summer of 2012..????
The Proclaimers made a Song about the Distance from Glasgow to London..;-)))))
Summa of IWillWalk400MilesCSC
Dem good ole days.
Half a pound of Mandy Rice
Half a pound of Keeler
That`s the way the money goes
Ten bob to ……………
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10108803/Christine-Keeler-admits-she-betrayed-Britain.html
Good morning Timland.
Christine Keeler betrayed Britain…..could she
be Charlotte?
Good morning Timland, cloudy and overcast in ML5 this morning. On the bright side, four day week as I’m off to Aberdour on Friday.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Good morning everybody from a bright but hazy sunshine / cloud covered dry East Kilbride.
3 more sleeps
Pjbhoynyc – hoping to spend a few days in New York in late September, any reason why hotels are so expensive?
I’m not prone to jealousy but the Aberdour talk is getting to me :)
HH
Morning,
Is there an arrest warrant out for ‘our hero’?
ASonOfDan
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former Rangers owner Craig Whyte after he failed to appear as a witness at Inverness Sheriff Court.
He was due to appear at the trial of his former housekeepers Terence Horan and Jane Hagan who are accused of taking items from his Highland castle.
The court heard that Mr Whyte was in France. (bbc)
They probably think he’s Charlotte!
Someone must think Craigy bhoy is Charlotte. An arrest warrant when you are a witness!
If he was arrested today he would be held in prison until September.
Calling this country a banana republic would be an insult to dictators everywhere.
AMIDO BALDE was part of Portugal’s ‘Silver Generation’ — now Celtic are about to get their hands on a golden Bhoy.
Former Motherwell defender Mitchell van der Gaag has tracked Balde’s rapid rise to stardom at Vitoria Guimaraes.
And the current boss of Portuguese top-flight side Belenenses believes the Hoops can cash in on the country’s financial crisis by signing a future star of the European game.
Van der Gaag has been watching Balde since the giant striker was part of the Portugal Under-20 side which came so close to becoming world champions in 2011.
They went down 3-2 to Brazil in a remarkable final in Bogota when it required a hat-trick from Chelsea star Oscar to sink them.
That meant Balde and his pals failed to match the feats of the ‘Golden Generation’ of Luis Figo and Co, who won the Under-20 World Cup in 1989 and 1991.
But van der Gaag says the 6ft 4in ace is on the verge of something huge.
And he’s convinced that moving to Parkhead can elevate Balde to first-pick status for the Portugal national team by dazzling on the Champions League stage with Celtic.
The only strikers making news in the country right now are the workers who are about to bring Portugal to a standstill on June 27.
Everyone from cleaners to airline pilots will be on the street to protest against the government’s deepening austerity measures.
Dutchman van der Gaag, who moved to Portugal 12 years ago after a career that included three seasons at Fir Park, said: “The financial crisis in Portugal is affecting everything, especially football. Portugal has the best young football talent in the world but it never found a chance to show what it could do because clubs spent so much money bringing in expensive signings from abroad.
“But because of the financial crisis, clubs cannot afford foreign players any more and they are now giving kids like Balde a chance.
“Guimaraes only signed Balde last season whereas, in the past, he might have had to wait for his chance in the first team.
“But the club’s financial problems meant they put him into the side.
“It paid off for them, though, because they won the Portuguese Cup when they beat Benfica in the final after knocking us out.
“Guimaraes still have big money problems. They knew as long ago as last January that they would be cashing in and selling Balde in the summer. There were German and English clubs linked with him, but Celtic just came out of nowhere only a few weeks ago.
“Guimaraes have to get money in and can’t risk the deal going wrong, so I think that’s why Celtic are at the head of the queue.
“Celtic are definitely paying less than they might have a few years ago because Portuguese clubs need to raise cash.
“Guimaraes even sold Balde’s striking partner, Hilal Soudani, to Croatia Zagreb just last month.”
Portugal’s football crisis is summed up by Sporting Lisbon, where Balde was a youth academy product, who are now £190million in debt.
Van der Gaag added: “If Portugal has the best talent, Sporting has the best youth system.
“No one can match them for scouting talent and developing it.
“But the real problem was getting access to the first team. So all those kids went out on loan, rather than being introduced gradually into the first team.
“That’s what happened with Balde. He had three loans at Santa Clara, Badajoz in Spain and Cercle Bruges in Belgium, which Sporting has a partnership with, but he didn’t really shine in any of them.
“Sporting allowed Balde to join Guimaraes last summer, although they still have a 10 per cent share in him.
“But Sporting have had to sell off all their recent big signings, like Ricky van Wolfswinkel — who scored a hat-trick against Celtic in the Europa League for my old club Utrecht — to Norwich City.
“The club has had to bring in youngsters.
“The Under-19 side that Balde was part of at Sporting have been drafted in to take up the first-team spots, via the reserve side at Sporting B, who are in the second division and played against my Belenenses side.
“Balde, though, did really well in the top flight at Guimaraes.
“He got nine goals and a lot of assists, too.”
Ex-defender van der Gaag has just steered Belenenses back to Portugal’s Primeira League after they stormed to promotion.
But they had their dreams of glory in the Portuguese Cup ruined by Balde and his team-mates as Vitoria sent them crashing out at the semi-final stage.
Van der Gaag said: “When we played Vitoria in the Portuguese Cup semi-final over two legs, he was their biggest threat — even if he did not score.
“We lost 3-0 on aggregate. My centre-halves played well but Balde gave them a real shift.
“He is the type of player who does not rely on what he does inside the box. He works so hard for the rest of the team.
“He is very strong and also holds the ball up well.
“He can even play up front by himself if he has to.
“So he will be a great asset in Scottish football. He is strong — but he is not just a target man.
“Normally, tall strikers are not as agile. But Balde is quick, very technical and with a good left foot.
“Plus he can play combinations with other strikers.
“The one thing that never changes with Celtic is that they always create chances. So I think he can do well over in Scotland.”
In fact, van der Gaag believes Balde’s physical characteristics can help boost his chances of earning a first international cap.
He has already played for Portugal’s Under-19s side at the 2010 Euro finals and the Under-20s at the 2011 World Cup.
Van der Gaag said: “Portugal have a lot of gifted footballers but the national team is not very well off for quality strikers.
“For years, they have played with just one striker like Hugo Almeida or Helder Postiga.
“However, both of them are now around 30.
“The other Portuguese forwards — who were wingers or second strikers — were smaller.
“The big clubs have preferred to buy in foreign strikers like Hulk when he was at Porto and Oscar Cardozo at Benfica.
“But Balde now has a great chance to show what he can do for Celtic.
“If you go abroad and do well, it helps your profile in Portugal and especially if it is for a side in the Champions League.
“The Champions League would be a great thing for him. The Scottish league will be a good change in itself for Balde because it’s very different to Portugal and strikers play much closer to goal than they do here.
“He will have to adapt, but he has already had a season on loan over in Belgium, so he’s shown he is capable.
“That is what clubs like Celtic now have to do.
“They have to sign up-and-coming players, just like they did with Victor Wanyama, and then try to develop them into top ones.
“The Champions League will really improve young players. Celtic did really well last season.
“They got the prize that Benfica wanted of second place in the group and beating Barcelona also raised Celtic’s profile.
“For me, it’s the perfect outcome for both parties. Balde is a player with great potential. It’s a good deal for him and for Celtic
Dontbrattbakkinanger
06:36 on
11 June, 2013
Pjbhoynyc – hoping to spend a few days in New York in late September, any reason why hotels are so expensive?
Wait tae you see the price of the bev……some bar’s advertise
outside go there that way you will know what you’re paying.