It is 13 days since Celtic Quick News first raised a concern that the SFA were not investigating the alleged improper registration of football players by Rangers FC for a period of over a decade. Our central concern was:
Allegations of players having two contracts had been repeated in the media but it was not known if both alleged contracts were submitted to the SFA in accordance with Player Registration Rules. As fans, we had no authority to check, but with an SFA inquiry into Rangers convened, this seemed like an excellent opportunity to demand answers.
We had two secondary concerns:
The scope of the inquiry led by Lord Nimmo Smith was not made public, nor was there any commitment to make the findings public.
SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie, as a SFA board member, was due to receive the report and could have been in a position to influence the scope of the inquiry. Ogilvie was general secretary and director of Rangers from 1978 until 2005, presenting a clear conflict of interest, which the SFA had not acknowledged.
Subsequent events have moved beyond the association:
The SFA have confirmed Nimmo Smith’s report will not investigate the alleged improper registration of players at Rangers but they have left the door open to a future inquiry into the matter.
The Scottish Premier League have not been so lax and will now investigate the alleged improper registration of players. We can perhaps imply that only one contract per player has been lodged with them.
The Sun and Daily Mail have produced a redacted (second) contract and evidence from a former Rangers director respectively.
Despite the issue being reported throughout all media channels, no one from Rangers, past or present, has denied the existence of the second contracts, or claimed player registrations were valid.
What next:
We await the SPL inquiry.
If found guilty, some punishments are clear. Playing an improperly registered player in any match invalidates the result of the game. A 3-0 win is retrospectively awarded to the opponent. Always. Just as your history books do not record Ben Johnson as Olympic 100m champion for 1988, Scottish football records would be changed.
An offense such as this would be “literally off the scale” to borrow a phrase. The SPL and SFA would need to decide on an appropriate penalty. Sport does not provide many good reference points for behaviour on this scale (Johnson was banned for three years).
The HMRC v Rangers tax tribunal and current financial plight of the club remain huge issues but, if found to be valid, the improper registration of footballers over such a long period has the potential to be the biggest story in the history of Scottish football. The SFA must initiate an immediate inquiry.
Everyone else must simply wonder, what next?
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I had a meal with friends a couple of years ago in the Tickled Trout but never realised it was so close to Murray Park. That’s what comes of growing up on the wrong side of the tracks (never mind,city)..
It’s Olivia’s birthday today!
12 goin’ on!
I’m hearing Noel Edmonds is in the room with D&P, each player that comes in is asked how much he is willing to cut, Noel than phones the banker (HMRC) who then makes an offer :oD))))
stupid huns
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy on 6 March, 2012 at 15:52 said:
Was too busy thinking o’ the pub name and missed that obvious one! :-)
dannysbeard on 6 March, 2012 at 15:56 said:
re ‘the Tickled Trout’ do the have that Schadenfreude on draught in there?
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Only if Paul67 writes a nice food critique first!
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pub now changed its name to the tickled tim
ASonOfDan on 6 March, 2012 at 15:57 said:
1st point: “Phew, now that the tax dodgers/cheats are gone, how better the chances of anyone winning the title.
2nd point: “Jelly & ice cream anyone?”
missed the ”
never be a journalist of the caliber of James “Jabba” Traynor.
look at that, got the quote thingy righty. :)
has that bigot ding dong been shown the door yet ,it will be a great day when he has .
taxi for the the rabid kit man
hail hail
anyone know how much wylde and cellik were on
and how much they were paying bartley?
statement from duff and duffer to the ragers players ….
GONNA JIST GO WHEN YER TELT .
hail hail
Murray and his bankers pals ,should be investigated,one of his pals was the main man in Itelligant finance in livingston ,forget his name but im sure he is another shady character,and i still believe murray park is not owned by rangers, another dodgy deal /
I don’t suppose FFud and Whelps will want a quick conclusion to the hun mess.
No money in that for them.
String them along boys.
This administration has had more players sleeping on it than Mcgregors auld burd .
hail hail
The mighty Rangers are now ahead of Real Madrid in
the ‘Help from a dictatorship’ league.
what possible reasons could the duff&duff be dragging this out for,
its quite clear they have to cut 1 million per month, they have went out of their way not to be as ruthless as other admins why,is there pressure being applied from elsewhere to do this differently?
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon on 6 March, 2012 at 15:58 said:
Blackpool made a profit of £32M from their one year in the EPL.
And they now get “parachute payments” of £16m for each of the first two seasons after relegation, then £8m for two after that.
DifferentWorld CSC
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When they got promoted they said the money they where guaranteed would pay for the modernisation of their stadium, get them a training ground and secure their youth programme for decades.
winningemmell @ 12:57,
Class my friend, class.
That is all :-))))
Hail Hail
HB
mcgregor, whittaker, davis, naismith & lafferty, there’s a between £400-500k per month. is it too obvious or are D&P working to someone else’s agenda?
On-loan Bartley has left the training ground for the day, with any decision on his future not expected to be reached imminently as discussions continue with parent club Arsenal.
“As it stands I am still a Rangers player,” he said. “I would be leaving Rangers in May. Talks are still ongoing and Arsenal to come to a conclusion.”
Coneybhoy on 6 March, 2012 at 15:19 said:
I must admit that I find no pleasure in anyone being made redundant – except for Ian Durrant of course!
I remember him doing an autograph for my rangers supporting mate back in the late 80s(at a student charity do) and signed it ‘Ian Durrant FTP’
PS I also remember drinking in the Nile Pub which many rangers players frequented and he was drinking away skipping about the pub chattin up ra burds on the Friday night only to have the crutches and the glum face in the Daily Record the next day.
nuff said
I find it strange Simpson gets the blame for ruining kebabs career.
The…eh..50/50 tackle happened in ’88, kebab played at the top level in Scotland till 2002.Hardly a career finishing tackle.
wonkyradar on 6 March, 2012 at 15:57 said:
OriginalSadiesBhoys:
Purchase one of those musical horns so the next time you can beep something more approriate…theme tune to Happy Days…No One Loves You When You’re down and Out…Soldier Song…
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Buddy Can you Spare a Dime! lol
Tickled pink…has Whytey escaped his Rubber Room and is now hiding behind a big black curtain at MM…he is whispering to Daft & Dafter who to keep and who to sack?
All the players see is a big thumb (up or doon) from behind the midnight portieres of devilish doom…
Does the moonwalk pass as walking away?
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Seems players now negotiating individually with #Rangers administrators. Some close to agreement.
Thindimebhoy@13.59pm
Thank you and cheers.
Make that Hail,Hail!
Is it thurs they are back down in the London coutrs trying to get £3.6m off OUR HEROS lawyers.
HAIL HAIL
random hun player: I want to negotiate
admin: nae dice, yir arse is oot the door
random hun player: but ahm one of ra peeple
admin: then with yir tax contributions ye should have nae problem with a giro, oh wait……
I’d recommend to anyone If they have the time to go on AFC Chat, the hatred for the tax dodgers is strong over there, this stonker was posted earlier=
Atleast if durrant gets the chop he can claim Disability allowance?
Durranty: the human kebab.
The huns squad will be thinner than a Presbyterian elder’s lips by the end of the day.
Árd Macha
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Craig Whyte will give considerably more cash to Ally McCoist for players than first pledged. Source close to the deal tells me.
WTF????!???!?!?!??!
So that Celik and 2 left footers exiting Rangers.. Anyone see a pattern here.
Courtesy of ETims Net ‘Tweet’.
Árd Macha
voguepunter on 6 March, 2012 at 16:09 said:
The mighty Rangers are now ahead of Real Madrid in
the ‘Help from a dictatorship’ league.
We all know der hun, Real Madrid and Man U get the odd ‘honest mistake’ or 2 to help them out.
When you see that 2nd to the referees 11 in League Titles ‘won?’, is their drum beating brothers over in NI, linfield.
I’ve always wondered if they have benefited from ‘honest mistakes’ to help them get to their League wins.
Or have they just been better than most all these years.
Cheers
coutrs = courts
Still excited TICK TOCK please let that wee kit man get chased today.
HAIL HAIL
Kayal33 16:16
So much for a united dressing room!
“How much has that Davis said he would drop? 50%, I will go 60%…”
Philbhoy ,
congrats to Olivia – has she still got her 100% success rate for watching the hoops ?
Harrow Bhoy , are you based there or originate from there – staying in the Old Etonian tonight – might have cause for a celebration drink and looking for recommendations/company .
Sanna
The sooner we win the title the better it will stop all the media mob from refering to Huns gone Burst as the Champions
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS – I’m sure someone even made a movie about such a scenario,built around some kind of orange futures…….
Ha! (thumbsup)
If they’re still about, will it be a 5 a side game on 25 March.
Árd Macha