I hear the SFA had asked for clarification on Craig Whyte’s alleged disqualification as a director, without getting confirmation one way or another, since the issue was initially brought to their attention by the landmark BBC documentary, Rangers: The Inside Story. Rangers disclosure to the Plus Exchange (where the club’s shares are traded) on Wednesday that this specific BBC allegation was correct, was the information the SFA needed before they were in a position to act and apply a Fit and Proper Person (FPP) test to Whyte.
Dramatic though it sounds, failing a FPP test, in itself, is only likely to cause superficial damage to a club or its owner. An owner would need to resign as a director but he could allow the other directors to continue running the business, or he could appoint a proxy to take control of the business, which is often the way controllers run football clubs anyway.
What is of more interest, however, are matters likely to be disclosed as part of the SFA investigation. The Association would require Mr Whyte to explain what he did to be barred from holding a directorship for seven years, something the BBC lawyers would be able to question Whyte on in the witness box, should he actually sue, instead of repeatedly threatening to do so.
Of most interest to the SFA will be Rangers financial submission for their Uefa licence, which enabled the club to be nominated as Scotland’s participants in this season’s Champions League. A condition of participation in Uefa competitions is that no debts to tax authorities due on 31 December the preceding year remains unpaid on 31 March.
In September HM Revenue and Customs gained permission from the court to freeze £2.3m of Rangers money in connection with an unpaid tax bill. The principle element of this bill has not been disputed by Rangers. The SFA will now be keen to establish if any part of this bill was in connection to taxes due in prior to 31 December 2010. If it was, Celtic were entitled to be Scotland’s Champions League representatives, when overcoming the likes of Malmo stood between them and a £15m pay-day.
This is a legal minefield for the SFA chief exec, Stewart Regan, who has my sympathy. Things are about to become interesting.
While we are on the subject of that £2.3m tax bill, HM Revenue and Customs are due to get their hands on the cash after Friday next week, the last day Rangers are able to dispute the debt. If Rangers enter administration prior to that date, the cash would revert to the administrator and the club’s secured creditors would be entitled to it.
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ernie lynch,
To be fair Scott doesnt attend the match when he doesnt play and he is the Celtic Captain.
I often wonder why footballers are told they need to attend even if they are injured. The Captain should be in the dressing room no matter what.
Torontony
Nice 1 thanks. I was on site most of the day so only got your mail when i got back to the hotel.
Hope your feeling better soon. It’s a Clynelish your needing…..soon enough!
Serge, HH
Mullet and Co says:
2 December, 2011 at 18:43
‘I often wonder why footballers are told they need to attend even if they are injured.’
To watch and learn?
The tissue for our friends in the media angle is a persistent issue for us. Why is it that the media are central to Rangers survival? Is it their ability to keep the hun turning up? Do Huns know where to turn any day of the week without a GPS facility or James Traynor to feed them a line. the baws bust and they are playing just imagine now
ernie i was missing an n’t. ie they are not told they must attend
ernie
Has Scott Brown been sent off in a home match? The Lafferty incident was at Ibrox. Neither TT nor the Browns will be sitting together at that venue.
Scott has a good disciplinary record for a combative midfielder. He has, I admit, been booked for unnecessary challenges but he has a good track record of remaining on the park at Celtic unless a player dives to get him sent off.
There may be many things wrong with Scott brown’s game but there is no doubt he is a player respected by his peers. He is the type of captain our players need though he is obviously not gallery-grabbing enough for the spectators who want a more showy captain.
‘GG says:
2 December, 2011 at 18:41
Maybe Ally has been told he will have 2.3m to spend as CW has appealed the small tax case and as history shows us the ragers seem to prefer spending money on transfers rather than giving it to the taxman
hail hail
scotpatsfan
Thanks for info,will keep it in mind
sftb
Brown was sent off last season at Celtic park against Motherwell and he didn’t even touch the man in a game where Lasley booted Izzaguirre at the corner flag and laughed as he wasn’t booked again which should have been a red for him in another match against Celtic.
Vmhan♣ who Supports Neil Lennon says:
1 December, 2011 at 20:20
hebcelt
Estadio has asked me to pass on a BIG Thank you for the parcel left at Sharkeys.
HH to ye!
V
I wish people would stop phoning about the kayal incident it means they can’t talk about the state of the Huns ffs get a grip
I see that Tiny Tim and the record-columnist, Kev Jungle, have been reminiscing about the Celtic crowd’s hatred of WGS. At least, TT spoke as an individual whilst Kev imagined his views had widespread support.
When WGS played for Aberdeen he was never a favourite of mine because he and his team regularly damaged our team with their skill and qualities. I certainly never held it against him when he joined us. Just as I had done with Alfie Conn and Kenny Miller, who arrived from more dubious places than Aberdeen, I afforded them my support as they were now Celts. I saw and see no difficulty in doing so for WGS. I was not trapped in the late 70’s /early 80’s.
And, to be honest, the Aberdeen team was not greatly detested. My then girlfriend (now my wife) and I attended the April 1980 fixture when Aberdeen came to CP and outplayed us to win 3:1 on the way to overhauling us to win the league. We were both in the Celtic crowd at the Rangers end. I wore my Celtic scarf and she had her red and white Aberdeen scarf on. At the final whistle, she was congratulated by a steady string of disappointed Celtic supporters and not one word or gesture of criticism was directed at her during the whole day.
I was proud of the Celtic support that day and I will not have history re-written to bury that memory.
Snake
As I said. I do not recall a genuine sending off, just two ref injustices for which SB was blameless.
Very late and probably unrealistic but looking for 2 tickets for 28 December.
Bringing the young fella to the game, but the option I have at the minute with tickets involves leaving Belfast @ 2.00am on the morning of the match. I have done this myself but not keen on putting the young lad through this departure time if I can help it.
I can leave later myself but that would mean trying to get 2 match tickets.
Are none of you boys going on holiday-:)
Yours in hope.
Árd Macha
Aiden MCGeady live in Jintys with the Fatbhoys. Believe!
CW certainly knows every dodge in the book,will get the frozen money back next Friday.Keep the Huns going for a while,he wants the big tax case to go against Rangers.Will put them into administration,save them millions they will still be in the spl.
was trawling back and somebody mentioned the 6-2 game have a few personnel memories of that Sunday,but one i heard or read was that we were 3 up before 12.30 Mass
H H
“The reason is simple….WGS was detested by the Celtic support who were old enough to suffer his, insidious antics on the pitch for, Aberdeen when playing against us!
The same goes for Simpson who was detested by the huns.
The underlying concern for me in all of this is that, the people who appointed WGS and, leaked the story to the LL on black-sunday of all days, clearly didn’t/don’t know their history?”
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One of the most reactionary, venomous, shameful things every posted on this website by any person. A despicable and unacceptable slur on a man who if he did not have Celtic burned into his soul when he arrived most certainly has the club in his heart now, and will forever. The above comments are an outrageous effort to stir up trouble, to smear a great servant to Celtic, and if given credence and acceptance, no matter how misplaced, paint the whole of our support in the worst possible light.
For the record, the writer of those appalling words does not speak for me, and I do not imagine he speaks for many on this site or amongst the fans in the main. Gordon’s background, past, religion, affiliations, his history … none of it was of ANY concern to me before he took over and whilst with our club he gave everything he had. Did I want him to leave? I thought he left a year after he should have, all the better to have left on a high, but I will not never be critical of his application or his passion for us whilst here and it goes without saying that his staunch support for us, and the obvious affection for our club which shines through every time he talks about us, since leaving has been exemplary and without equivocation, unlike some in the press.
In my personal opinion, Gordon Strachan is more a Celtic man than the author of those disgraceful words.
On Der Hun ….
Another day, another sordid twist in a sordid tale. It is now time for Celtic to be asking searching questions, demanding a full and frank SFA AND UEFA investigation into the goings on at Ibrox, and for the media to be ignoring so completely the biggest sports story in the British press possibly of all time is warped.
We should actually take some encouragement from the media attempts to undermine Kayal. We can add him to the list of our players who are loosening the laptop lapdogs bowels.
You know the kind of thing………………, all our best players are targets for EPL clubs or have fallen out with the management, blah,blah,blah. What they are really saying is “mammy, daddy, please make them go away!”
glendalystonsils says:
2 December, 2011 at 19:18
Tonight on Snyde is an attempt to paint Kayal as a coward,which is despicable in my eyes,,,for the life of me i dont know why he ducked the other night,but to say he ducked because he was afraid is Bulls**t!!!!
Hail hail
Page 9 is always my favourite…
Jobo
Jobo
They are all listening to Snyde
Ernie Lynch 18.40
Scott’s best footballing buddy is Steven Whittaker.
When he was sent of against us last season,and being jeered by the Celtic support.
She was quite upset.
She turned to me and said “that’s a shame,he is a really nice boy.”
She is a lovely woman.
You can see the colour drain for her every time Scott is hurt in a tackle.
Scottish mithers. Probably the best in the world.
TT
Lurgan 53 says:
2 December, 2011 at 18:19
Just a wee minit
Mind yer effin language
thenextweb.com/…/this-woman-had-an-effin-nightmare-sett…
The new appeal for the small tax bill is probably:
(a) a smokescreen for the UEFA licence.
(b) as it is due to be paid next Friday, the appeal will, I suppose, put the date for payment back a few months and give Whyte more time to implement whatever his game plan is – he obviously has some ideal date in mind for dragging the house of cards down – for reasons best known to financial heads on here.
Generally speaking it is just another footnote in a very tawdry and sickly mess.
What concerns me though is that we always drop points when there is a development in their tax story. I think Daniel Majstorovic, being an accounting buff and budding financial advisor, takes his eye off the ball during these times.
But then, I think we only ever get beat by rangers because of my watch!!!!!! (Wonder if anyone remembers that particular crazy superstition of mine?)
The seemingly lack of interest from the ragers fans to the goings on over the water is very puzzling .
Now I know if most of them read the MSM they could be excused for thinking all was well in Ibrokes but surely some of them must be asking questions .
hail hail
Laughing at myself there…..
when I read the post that said Broonie was ‘resigning’ – I was wondering how a fitba player handed in his resignation. It appears he is signing a new contract.
Is that me or is ‘resigning’ not the same as ‘resignation’??????
Whose Grammur needs checkeded?
FergusSlayed – it’s pretty obvious they are all in on the big secret plan that Whyte has which will see a £700 million redevelopment of Ibrox Park (which will of course protect the beautiful grade 1 listed facade of Ibrox and all her wonderful traditions) just as soon as he roundly whips the tax man, reveals his massive stash of money and actually sues HMRC for the money to pay for the redevelopment and takes Rangers in to La Liga, no, too many taigs there, in to the EPL and Champions League glory within 5 years.
But we’re not meant to know about it. Hence they are keeping very quiet.
All of that is 100%
This Woman Had an Effin Nightmare Setting Her Town on Facebook
Facebook may have its European headquarters in Dublin but the social networking site has wiped a small Irish village off the map because its name is deemed obscene.
Effin in County Limerick has been branded “offensive” by Facebook and is blocked from the site.
A native of the village has now started an online battle to get Effin recognised by the site.
Anne Marie Kennedy, who works at the University of Limerick, said yesterday that she, along with several more friends, have been trying to insert the village name into the “home” section of their Facebook profiles in recent months. But they have not been successful.
Kennedy also tried to set up a Facebook page entitled, “Please get my hometown Effin recognised”. But it too was blocked by the social networking site.
“It came back with an error message saying ‘offensive’,” she said.
“I would like to be able to put Effin on my profile page and so would many other Effin people around the world to proudly say that they are from Effin, Co Limerick, but it won’t recognise that,” she said.
“It keeps coming up as Effingham, Illinois; Effingham, New Hampshire; and it gives suggestions of other places.
“It will recognise Limerick but I’m not from Limerick city, I’m from Effin. I’m a proud Effin woman. And I always will be an Effin woman.”
ArdMacha, 2 in the morning for the Huns game?! That’s nuts. What club is going stcthat time? For a 7.45 kick off I’m normally getting picked up at 10.30!
Last time I got picked up at 2 in the morning I was heading to Seville!!
SffS
Ooops forgot to finish the last bit:
All of that is 100% pure, unadulterated Craig Whyte………………….
Houl yer wheest:
Scotland has an offensive wee Effen toon as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Z1V5cSWU4
I would propose that Broony’s best years in a Celtic jersey are ahead of him. If indeed he has signed, he will now settle as club captain, having served his apprenticeship.
His nutter days are behind him and I would venture that the ethos of Celtic FC has calmed and matured him. Can you envision the alternative of him being bought by the other lot? He would have been tortured and prodded into a raging maniac by now. On and off the pitch.
He is coming back from injury and together with his new contract will be fresh and eager to get intae them. Just at a time in the season when his drive will be needed most.
Evening everyone, I hear that Stuart Regan will announce tomorrow a new and independent ‘Fit and Proper’ committee to oversee the pending enquiry into the Mr Whyte situation. He has thanked George Peat, Hugh Dallas, Campbell Ogilvie and Jim Farry’s next of kin for stepping in at such short notice! Have a great weekend one and all! sTICks
Liverpool are thought to have entered the race to sign Celtic’s young full-back Adam Matthews in January, and could go head to head with their rivals Everton.
Everton are thought to have admired the player for some time and speculation is mounting that they will offer Celtic in the region of £1.5million for the player, however it now seems that Liverpool are now interested in the Welsh International who is earning rave reviews in Scotland after appearing in 12 league games for Celtic this year.
Matthews moved from Cardiff City in the summer and instantly made an impact after being handed the number 2 shirt at Celtic, with Neil Lennon waxing lyrical about the player in recent weeks however it remains to be seen whether the 19-year-old will keep his place in January when Swedish right-back Mikael Lustig joins the club.
With Premier League interest high, it seems as if Liverpool are the favourites to sign the player though Everton boss David Moyes will do all in his power to bring the player to the Blue half of Liverpool.
Hungufferry
San Diego Bhoy says:
2 December, 2011 at 19:48
Speak to your sis-in-law re emails so sorry pal :-(
Árd Macha @19:08
Our CSC may have spare tickets. I’ll ask the bhoys tomorrow and let you know.
HH
Ard Macha.
Good luck with your ticket quest. Hope you get the wee fella sorted.
BTW. Was doing a little work out in the Parish of M today. Was speaking to your mum in law.
Great woman – always had alot of time for her. Speaks very highly of you.
Hmmmm.
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