Before digesting news reports that Dave King is set to return to Scottish football as a director of Newco Rangers, it’s probably worth a caveat. Today’s ‘news’ has the same heritage as pretty much every false steer emanating from Ibrox over the past decade. Honest Dave King may well hope to take over at Ibrox but I could just as easily believe he has no intentions of getting involved.
Two months ago King accepted liability for 41 counts of contravening the South African Income Tax Act, while agreeing to pay the resultant bill, the equivalent of £46m. By act of sheer comic genius he is being heralded as the most appropriate person to take control of Newco Rangers, the club brought about by the disastrous income tax affairs of Oldco Rangers, while King was on the board.
Lord Nimmo Smith prevaricated on some issues in his report into Oldco but he was unequivocal in his condemnation of the directors, including King. South African judge, Brian Southwood, described King as a “glib and shameless liar” in 2011.
In every practical sense this man is a perfect fit for the Rangers group of clubs. Every scrap of information available on how he conducts his affairs screams ‘Rangers tradition’.
As for Fit and Proper? Don’t make me quote a second judge!
In the event the SFA have to make a Fit and Proper decision on King they will have to consider Nimmo Smith’s view. It is not even remotely credible that the SFA are competent to rule on King while their president was subject to the same criticism from Nimmo Smith (although Judge Southwood provides a convenient out).
The narrative being peddled today is a final throw of the dice by some, nothing more. ‘A guy will hunn’ers of millions is coming in to make everything OK’. Aye, sure thing.
Sean Fallon: Celtic’s Iron Man:
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James Forrest after reading your piece I thought of a verse of a song that was populaer in the 60’s:
Two foreign old monarchs in battle did join
Each wanting his head on the back of a coin;
If the Irish had sense they’d drowned both in the Boyne
And partition thrown into the ocean.
Just in to say….
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hen1rik
16:22 on 11 October, 2013
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Thank you for sharing that – not going down to well wi the blindfolded happy-clappers :)
Margaret McGill – You do 2 xxxx – Hail Hail
Stokesy is p#sh and should be gotten rid of. imo
Billy McKay should replace him. imo
Winning Captains – Thanx M8 – Hail Hail
Off oot.
Paul67
Superb lead article.
Quite fitting though that the newco should at least consult an expert in tax evasion, so expert he was eventually caught, just like the dead club. There are two mistakes highlighted in your article, the first that newco, will sin, and secondly the MSM are quite prepared to assist them.
lennon’s passion
20:06 on
11 October, 2013
hen1rik
16:22 on 11 October, 2013
Would say there is a 0% chance PL read all that letter. Known our board they probally washed the scarf and sold it as a wee retro number.
What’s the crack with all the duck stuff ?
Earlier today the Rangers Megastore were selling Celtic Bathtime Ducks. FF in meltdown! Now removed from sale apparently.
Ducky ár lá….
Lennon’s passion
What’s the crack with all the duck stuff ?
Don’t you mean, what’s the quack with all this duck stuff?
Watching the montenegro match on telly (well, watching the team I’m supporting. .lol). Am I the only one who is getting really fkd off with that cnut andy townsend saying “wee’ at every opportunity? You’re not Scottish andy and we don’t want you so stop fkn saying it!!
lennon’s passion
What’s the crack with all the duck stuff ?
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ITV4 Duck Dynasty – something about a new CEO of Duck Commander Products.
:-)
Istanbulcelt,
Admittedly what I know about politics you could write on an ice cube with a ball point pen.
But….
The link Ernie gives is a bit whiffy too.
A mocked up pic with photoshop scribbles claiming they folks are snp councilors but no names attached to them
Celtic Quack News
Ducks. FF in meltdown! Now removed from sale apparently.
Ducky ár lá….
now that’s what i call real sharp!!!!!!
natknow – supporting wee oscar
20:13 on 11 October, 2013
That’s a joke ?
Of course the like their duck a l’orange
Bsr,
Sharp as a tack pal :)
Natknow & GlenDaly brilliant. :)
England commenator remarks on the referees astonishingly bad performance…… Celtic v Juventus last season
So, the sevconians are finally realising that their new club board are only interested in cashing in in December, and they are now feverishly trying to get rid of the con merchants ….. too late ….. they should have got rid of the biggest con merchant of all….s(hahaha)dm…..he was taking out more than HE put into oldco for 20 years, and then sold out (to get out) for £1
…..and they are now desparate to get ANOTHER con merchant in….when will they ever learn …. they will not be able to cheat their way out the forthcoming liquidation ….. even SFA / media corruption has it’s limits……..oh, yes !!!, almost forgot…..are you there BDO..?…..is there anybody there..?????? ……….the whole thing is a joke….Scotland’s Shame…!!
Stoksey cutting through there wrongly flagged off- side. Linesman is a Hun.
German commentator admits the offside decision against Stokes was false.
England are huffing and puffing a wee bit here…..
Geordie M
Should we crush another grape?
Gene’s a Bhoy
I could had a bet on that, if you had come up with it earlier that is!
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
20:22 on 11 October, 2013
So, the sevconians are finally realising that their new club board are only interested in cashing in in December, and they are now feverishly trying to get rid of the con merchants ….. too late ….. they should have got rid of the biggest con merchant of all….s(hahaha)dm
* bang on mate he was the biggest spiv of them all, an Ayrshire version of Harold Steptoe.
What channel is the ROI Game on, please?
Good Evening,
from a weary and absolutely banjaxed BRTH.
What is the craic if there is any?
67 heaven
Enough about Jack Wiltshire, what aboot the rest of the team?
NatKnow
Earlier today the Rangers Megastore were selling Celtic Bathtime Ducks. FF in meltdown! Now removed from sale apparently.
The ducks are not for them they are for the children and grand children obviously.
Irish game on RTE2 or a square sausage.
67Heaven @20.22
You reckon they’re rubber ducked?
lennon’s passion
Sevco superstore were advertising rubber ducks only they had a photo of a celtic one FF & RM in meltdown over it.
Bsr,
Stop teasing. Picking up nephew in a few mins then it’s onto grape time.
tontine tim
20:26 on 11 October, 2013
..and he was smart enough to go out of his way to get the humedia on side very early on … succulent bam, as it turned out ……hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
First 30mins at Wembley……….very patchy
djbee
Why were they selling Celtic ducks?
Are they quackers?
We already know they are quacked!!
Ukraine 1 Poland 0 with 20mins to go.
Why all the fuss about King?
Surely a glib, shameless, cheating liar is the perfect person to run a glib, shameless
cheating, lying club.
A match made in hell if you ask me.
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma
Masterton failed in his court bid to have the lease to the ground handed over to him meaning the pars would have been into him for 50yr at least a judge decided in parsuniteds favour thus avoiding liquidation.
Dear Erskine Hospital stop calling the hoose
They know how to duck their responsibilities -went into liquakdation