Sir David Murray, Campbell Ogilvie, Dave King, as directors of a football club, you presided over tax evasion. While ordinary men and women have no choice, or criminal urge, to avoid paying for public services, you directed a deception on an industrial scale.
Sir David Murray and Campbell Ogilvie have their influence and signatures all over this act. The SFA was quick to discipline and sine die Craig Whyte after he was out of the game, it must now charge Murray and Ogilvie with bringing the game into disrepute. The stale influence of cronyism at Hampden must be routed and seen to be so.
The SPFL instructed an inquiry three years ago but with this verdict in, the SFA must appoint their own inquiry.
Why did the processes at Hampden allow this to happen and continue without check?
Why did Rangers get their European licence in 2011 despite being in arrears to HMRC, in contravention of that licence? Who was responsible for this decision?
Why was a director and signatory of Rangers illegal tax schemes elected and reappointed president of the SFA?
How transparent were the SFA and the SPL in their handling of these tax evasion charges?
Was the SPL inquiry commissioned to uncover the facts, or to meet a desired objective? Who prepared the inquiry remit and who signed off on that remit?
Lord Nimmo Smith found that legally executed Employee Benefit Trusts did not confer a significant sporting advantage. In light of what I have already read of the verdict, we must now discover if such widespread illegal Employee Benefit Trusts conferred a sporting advantage. This question has not been asked yet.
It’s time for football to shake off the shackles of corruption in Scotland, as elsewhere.
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Now sevco admit that they need 2.5 million to survive the season.
My face is sore smiling.
On the basis of John James figures the real story of the accounts is staggering (an underused word )
The loss is posted as 7.5 million on turnover of 16.5 million.
But the original loss total was 16.1 million, and the SD 5 million loan, the 2.8 million Equity Release and the 800k from the sale of Lewis Mcleod were all deducted to get it to 7.5 million.
The reality is that they had losses of 16.1 million on turnover of 16.5 million..
I had to read that again myself.
I have no accounting nous at all, but losses like this make them a basket case.
Now who wants to loan them the 2.5 million, anyone?
You sir, what about you?
Sorry to digress just for a moment but been meaning to ask – why was the Hibs v Dundee Utd League Cup Quarter Final postponed till tonight. Was it simply because we were in Edinburgh last midweek?
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL on 4TH NOVEMBER 2015 5:10 PM
So they need 2.5m external funding to get them to the end of the season?
What happened to “comfortably funded till the end of the season”????
More to the point. What happened to Over Investment?
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STARRY PLOUGH on 4TH NOVEMBER 2015 5:07 PM
Hope all is well with you Starry. Days like today make the undercover work tolerable. Sevco a financial basket case and RFC (IL) confirmed by officialdom as serial cheats. I’m going to enjoy some wine tonight!
HH
The silence from the SFA, SPFL or indeed any member clubs thus far is quite deafening. Surely someone must have had a prepared statement for just this scenario?
Oh the rangers cheated
Oh the rangers cheated
Oh the rangers cheated
Oh the rangers cheated
Jobo,
Got it in one neebs.
HH
the scandal here is not that rangers cheated.
the scandal is that the football authorities were willing to let them cheat.
Monaghan1900
I’m good mate apart from having to work tomorrow night.(( but todays news will put a wee spring into my step:))
As ever I will be using Common Sense as my compass…
The Huns wha’es like thum
A good day all round, looking forward to going to see the Bhoys tomorrow evening in Paradise, then the result of the EBT appeal as well as the new club accounts, oh dear!! Hard times indeed!! lol,
then finally
A big HH to W.I.T.S I managed to get a bet on his later 3 horses.
HH
Cheats. Rangers are cheats. It’s official. Lovely words.
There are braw days and there awfy braw days.Well today was an awfy awfy awfy Braw day…..and I predict brawler days ahead…
He he he he
stupid stupid Huns…
BRAW
Does anyone remember if there were identities withheld ?
I remember referees being one of the headings on that BBC Daily thing, but nothing further just a heading, why was it there ?
”We’re running a steady ship at the ole crumbling Asbestobrox” ..
Wiz the old board that racked up ra debt!!
Mon the Hibees tonight!!
Has Cap’tn Bee Fart posted about there being too much talk about The Rangers yet?
For every fiver they spend we will thieve a tenner from the doctors, nurses, soldiers etc.
The internet bampots have won,over to the SFA now,and the Clubs.
Nice surprise about HMRC as I read on here yesterday that it was going to be a certain victory for the tax bandits.
Here’s how I feel about Lord Melbury FC.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPunAYRhmo
From 3 mins 20 onwards, There maybewhatsomewouldcallmildlybadlanguagetotallyjustifiedgiventhesituation. .
Justice for the face painters.
90 odd years of bigotry and 90 odd million pounds of cheating ensures that we can remember the huns for being about as dignified as a night out with Boy George and Frank MacAvennie.
Little Jackie mac’s hurting bad – just ‘ it’s a pity we don’t know any rangers fans’
Rwe (earlier),
You are very welcome. Safe journey.
bournesouprecipe on 4th November 2015 4:57 pm It’s good to see that the BBC are very quick to confirm that it won’t affect Sevco, and underlining for everyone that of course it can’t, because they are a different club.
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Didn’t Dave King propose to merge the new club back into the old one?
Wonder if that’s still on the cards.
Maybe one of Scotland’s finest journalists will ask him. Or maybe not…..
lets not jump the gun guys Neil Patey has not spoken yet :))
Captain Beefheart
Och Beefy do you never get tired of talking about the Huns?
Titteryenot CSC
GlassTwo
Yip, he’s the same as Charles Green he wants to buy Gary Numan and change him into Gary Oldman
Mike Ashley take a bow.
King was invited by Ashley to attend a meeting at the latter’s HQ. The duped King takes the red eye from Johannesburg, flies to Glasgow to engage in a pre-meeting briefing, then makes his way by train for a mock meeting. On his return to Scotland he is met by bailiffs and he is duly served with his contempt of court indictment. There are informed reports, currently unconfirmed, suggesting that Paul Murray has also been served. King was played by a master and has nothing but egg on his face.
Murdoch @5.38
There was a Neil Patey on BBC Scotland giving his opinion on the Tax verdict? Is this what you are referring to?????
Embdy think Celtic shareholders have an SFA licensing issue that might need investigation could such an investigation mushroom, next resolution :oD))))))
“It was tempting to overspend to compete with others, yes.”
Fergus McCann
Canamalar
I think Resolution 12 got the shot in the arm it needed, and it’s a game changer for Celtic FC.
Canman
I would have thot that with today,s ruling, Res 12 should have a better chance of success, No.
HH
BSR,
Res 12 didny need a shot in the arm :)
But it might have been a factor in a few decisions, city of Londong police are always an option, everybody knows that :)
Just like the Good Ol` Days on CQN today. Has something happened?
JJ
JusticeissatisfyingCSC
I see Barca have got Bate.
Alan McRae anybody?
Aye, Alan McRae, the SFA president?
Has anyone seen a statement from him today after what is possibly the the most damning verdict in the history of British sport?
In fact has anyone heard a peep out of him since his appointment (in June?) after Mr Olgilvie exited – very descretely – stage left ?
Now is the time for a statement from the SFA about today’s eents.
Now is the time for a collective statement from all Scottish football clubs about today’s verdict, which besmirches the – let’s be kind – reputation of the gooverning of the game body in Scotland.
Surely this cannot passwithout comment from the game’s authorities?
Or will it – like the last time – be up to courageous exiled journalists, grass-roots fans and bampots to do their work for them?
Oh, for a Bob Kelly, a Turnbull Hutton or today !!!
RWE on 4TH NOVEMBER 2015 4:23 PM
You might be right. He is an Old Etonian, and they run the UK. He certainly would be well connected
Didn’t see that coming – too many previous disappointments. They really will tie themselves in knots trying to spin this. Our national broadcaster leading the way so far.
Happy Birthday Dena. Hope you’re having the great day you deserve G.