I see a lot of argument exercised over the weekend on the double-jeopardy issue. Holding an inquiry into an event, then holding another when you don’t get the desired outcome. I have sympathy to a degree with this sentiment, but only within limits. Tax cheats who successfully wriggle out of their responsibilities at a Tribunal, may be called to a second, third or fourth hearing.
This will feel like quadruple-jeopardy, but it’s correct and often needed for the law to apply evenly. It’s also worth noting that the Crown successfully convicted its first double-jeopardy case in November last year, following the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act.
For non-legal cases, such as the SPL Commission headed by Lord Nimmo Smith, there is no double-jeopardy law, either way, the SFA source trying to influence the media late last week into thinking there was, was getting ahead of himself. Any organisation can ask any question of itself at any point.
What the SPFL (formerly known as the SPL) must now ask, is was the Lord Nimmo Smith Commission fit for purpose?
Auldheid, writing on Scottish Football Monitor last year, published his correspondence to SPFL solicitor, Rod McKenzie of Harper MacLeod, suggesting crucial information, requested by McKenzie as part of his case on behalf of the SPL, was not disclosed.
The implication being that McKenzie was unable to reference the material he needed to successfully prosecute his case as the salient information was withheld by Rangers. McKenzie wrote to Rangers on 5 March 2012 asking for relevant information but allegedly did not receive documentation on EBTs Rangers had already agreed with HMRC were incorrect and liable for tax.
The SPL Commission concluded Rangers gained no sporting advantage from their EBTs as, although they found the club acted wrongly in respect of player registration rules, the Commission found that even if the EBTs had been declared, no tax would have been payable, so no sporting advantage was achieved.
We now know that a considerable amount of tax should have been paid (subject to appeal to the Supreme Court), which flips the criteria Nimmo Smith based his decision upon.
I suspect nothing will happen between now and the expiry of the Big Tax Case appeal notification window in early December. Should no appeal be made, the SPFL will need to consider its position.
Football, to a considerable extent, relies on clubs issuing information openly and fully to authorities when required. If a conspiracy to withhold information from an inquiry exists, and is subsequently uncovered, the authorities must consider what action is appropriate.
At the very least, the national association should not be privately promoting a cover-up.
Jim Craig and Brendan Sweeney will be on CQN live from 19:30 onwards on Wednesday to talk about the fascinating topics covered in Brendan’s new book, Celtic: The Early Years. You can ask questions on the blog and Jim and Brendan will get straight back to you.
We’ve held a few of these events before and they’ve always been great fun, especially when we get to chat with one of the men who won the Big Cup. And Brendan, of course!
Ladies, the unique event on the Celtic calendar, Ghirls for Good Christmas Lunch, is now open for bookings. It’s a ladies-only lunch on Saturday, 12 December at the Kerrydale Suite, and I’m told the best day out of the year. You can book tickets, or a table of 10, here. No guys allowed!
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DELANEYS DUNKY on 17TH NOVEMBER 2015 12:08 AM
M McGill
Jock was a big Scottish proddy.
Our greatest ever manager.
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And so was half his team
Have to echo some of the above. MON gave me my best days at CP.
Have other things happened since? Yeah. So what, nobody taking those memories from me. Rate him as a manager and as a fellow human.
Good evening my fellow Hoops supporters…
Quick one, any ideas who and how many former diedco players are taking their former employer to court to recover their close season saleries? (Tax paid of course)..
H H and KTF.
Mags-MON was the last manager we had, who brought his own players in, he would never have worked with Lawwell, which was probably the reason he was appointed. HH
You know what though?
I get a bit pissed off when I come on here at 7pm EST after a hard days work and I see the “proddy” talk. A load going on in football. Celtic have had a week out. Hate the International breaks.
I liked WGS and MON for different reasons. Disliked many aspects of both when I look back though.
#thatsyirfitbafurye
!!Bada Bing!!
Let me introduce you to this new fangled tax evasion thing called cheating.
It’s an unheralded concept in Scotland that has only surfaced recently because the cheating huns buffed out their red white and blue feathered chests to England and promptly got their cheating arses tanned. Ongoing story. Maybe you’ve been paying attention. Maybe not. Anyway. Ultimately heroes like MON, WGS and Lenny were unaware of the disingenuous cheating that was being leveled at their tactics and team selection only hitherto do we know retrospectively what a bunch of cheating hun shites they were. So if you want to accentuate the successes of MON, WGS and Lenny as we all do then maybe you should write a strongly worded letter to the Celtic board. I’m sure they will respond.
Aipple
I’m in the same time zone.
wankers r us eh?
TimJim
My mammy fae Maryhill knew a wee proddy called Bertie fae there. He won a European Cup Winners medal. :)
AndyR53
4 left out of the original 6, but not sure who they are.
Are they going for a world record for being taken to court as a 3 year old club?
p> Never Fails!
7:53pm Margaret McGill. Gotham time.
Never Fails!
Mags-i will be at the AGM on Friday, I will tell Peter and Ian Bankier you said hello ;)),FWIW , in my opinion we have sat back too long and said nothing on the hun cheating, scandalous refereeing decisions, etc, etc.We have an open goal now, we must not miss, or a lot of fans will walk away foreverThe Board have bought into the cowardly ‘civil unrest’ line from Hampden.This is our time to right the wrongs of the cheats,get rid of Ogilvie,and expose Regan and Doncaster, and the perpetual hun protection racket. HH
Mags et all, night night, HH
Beatbhoy..
Ha Ha…. yea, looks like it.. MASH v GASL, CHUCKY v DEIDCO, HMRC v DEIDCO, Former players v DEIDCO, an throw in MASH v SPFL / SFA.
Get Norris McWhirter oot fur the counting.
H H, Proud to be a Celt.
B B…
This is our time and our chance.. we must take it, we cannot fail.
KTF.
Some SFA peeple need to do a stint in the Bar-L
Dont worry
At the next AGM
You will all be a nice bunch of catholic bhoys not threatened in any way!
Bring me a piece of my mummy
she was quite close to me!!
Still buzzing from Ireland game..up at 3.30am to watch it … I can echo ET and say I miss it loads in nights like this.
The old bhoy was buzzing when I rang him.. He loves the Ireland games. Loves MON and so do I.
would love to make it to France.. Either way I’ll be back home by then so France or Derry it’s all the same.. The parties will be magic
mags , good lyrics from crakin stranglers
song there !
Good morning friends from a damp on the ground, gloomy and cold East Kilbride.
If I am faster than another runner I have a sporting advantage, if I take drugs to become faster than another runner I have an unsporting advantage, barcamole and BMCUWP discussion last week was on the button.
Lets stop confusing the issue its technicalities like that that allow LNS to ignore the real crime, ineligible players.
The SFA rule book decides who is eligible and ineligible not the staff or hacks.
Cold, dark and windy here at John Lennon Airport…..regrettably I am not flying anywhere nice, or even not nice. A bit of business to be done in Liverpool before heading back to darkest Lanarkshire. This international football lark is really shite, especially when you are on the outside looking in.
MSM message of the day will surely be, ” look how far Scottish Football has declined, we need a strong Rangers. The evidence is overwhelming , look at how the intense competition in the League of Ireland , Welsh league can produce good footballers”
CANAMALAR
No credit here,mate-that was all THE BARCA MOLE’s work.
But you are 100% correct-we have to keep reminding everyone about Rangers unsporting advantage,and keep pushing for the appropriate punishments.
Btw,check your mail. Funny cartoon winging its way…
Bada, another name that needs added to the list of shame involved in our game, and should be removed immediately from a role in the FTSFA
Andrew Dickson, as e posed by the Res 12 Bhoys
And what about mr Bryson
Building some list :-)
Oh – Gooood morning CQN, where is that Melbourne Mick :-) Paddymacoz, gave us the team – haha
Richard Keogh at heart of Ireland’s defence is exactly what Celtic need.
Nothing fancy .. Head it kick it or whatever it takes… 2 ball playing centre halves are always gonna leave space and be caught out unless you can afford to buy the top end guys.
JMcC…,
when was the last time Scotland qualified for any international competition ?
I think we can easily counter any meeja argument with the stats, when they were at their strongest Scotland qualified for international competition four times.
Prior to that we qualified for international competition six time, we have never competed in any international competition beyond the first round, so we have never been that good.
Scotland’s record of qualification is worse when a team playing out of ibrox is strong.
Hello again all you young rebels.
Not long back in from a few days with those mad tims down
the Celtic peninsula, my god those people can drink but i
managed to keep up with them, just.
Paddymacoz gave out our Oz 14 best players in our opinion
and although they could never emulate the Lisbon Lions it was
just a wee bit of what if, and i wonder if, in between the cheats
latest shenanigans.
This is our picks again in a 3-4-3 plus 3 subs.
Simpson
Mcgrain Mcneil Gemmell
Murdoch Mcstay Burns Lubo
Johnston Dalglish Larrson
Mcbride
Petrov
Doyle
So we’ve ended up with 5 of you bhoys on 11 of our 14 and nice
try Tony D slipping in a wee extra sub. lol, you might catch Paddy
out but I’m a different kettle of worms.
Heres the five.
Parkheadcumsalford
The Exiled Tim
Gearoid 1998
Chairbhoy
Tony Donnelly 67
If you ghuys are o.k. with it I’m going to put the names in a hat
and get the wee mhan to pick a name out for the polo shirt and
i’ll put the winner on tonight.
Nae luck to all the others who had a go and Cowiebhoy for all your
fishin for clues, close but no cigar.
Gerryfaethe brig
A bit unfair maybe for all you young dudes, maybe when the blog is
quiet again well try another wee quiz to suit everybody.
Oz tims
Over $ 1000 raised on Sunday at our bash for the sick kids hospital
that will be added to our xmas BBQ on the beach in 2 weeks time
and loads of chrissy presses will be purchased for our Celtic Mr & Mrs
Santa to give out in the wards, so a big well done to Paddy and the
committee for the hard graft and all you members and visitors for
your commitment to our club and its ethos.
RWE
Kev J
Just catching up, sorry to read of your losses, condolences.
H.H Mick
Just catching up
Proudbhoy
“Still buzzing from Ireland game..up at 3.30am to watch it … I can echo ET and say I miss it loads in nights like this.”
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At least he can phone home.
BMCUWP,
It was you and the barcamole had the discussion. So I’m giving you credit for lining it up while he batted.
Yes that brought an involuntary chuckle, cheers
CANAMALR
Ach,it would be churlish to refuse,big fella!
HH
Morning all.
Still grey and cold outside but after reading Melbourne Mick’s latest, there’s a warm glow inside. I’m more than happy to go along with whatever you lhads from Oz decide.
Scotland haven’t qualified since 1998 the same time as the Huns started cheating Scottish football.
Good morning folks….
A few reports that there are court cases today relating to ash and thems….
Can anyone throw any light on this…..
I’m not interested in the Scottish national team however Celtic have gone out of the champions league to a physical in your face team Malmo who analysed our weaknesses which are defending in all areas of the defence also molde again used the same tactic fix the defence make ourselves hard to beat in Europe we might start to give ourselves a chance again we are not at the level in Europe to play from the back as we are 1 loose pass away from being counter attacked with 8 men ahead of the ball
Best wishes to the refugees arriving in Glasgow today. May they find a warm welcome in our dear green place.
“Not for the iron fist but for the helping hand”
dessybhoy on 17th November 2015 8:27 am
You get it.
I get it.
Ronny doesn`t.
Melbourne Mick on 17th November 2015 7:46 am
I think I too had 11 of your 14, maybe check it out.
ONEMALLOY on 15TH NOVEMBER 2015 3:16 PM
My first pick of a team would be the Lisbon Lions, simply the best team ever, with subs – Henrik, Connelly and McBride.
My second team would be
Simpson
McGrain McNeil Connelly Gemmell
Murdoch McStay Hay
Johnstone Dalglish Larsson
Subs- McBride, Lennox, Burns
HH