The hours immediately after the First Tier Tribunal reports on Rangers use of Employee Benefits Trusts, which the BBC discovered is due this month, to loan money (!) to staff what happens at Hampden will be most interesting. SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie, as a director, was legally responsible for Rangers when they started using EBTs and benefited from one himself but he has refused to resign and the SFA have declined to put him on gardening leave, pending a public investigation.
Instead, SFA chief executive, Stewart Regan, told press the Association had investigated Ogilvie’s contribution to the matter and found he had no case to answer, despite widespread scepticism that any investigation whatsoever was held into the president’s involvement in the issue.
If, despite protests from former Rangers directors that the club acted properly at all times, the FTT upholds the position of HMRC, that Rangers incorrectly failed to pay £94m tax, Ogilvie will surely walk (away), as the SFA will have to instigate disciplinary proceedings on the club which inherited Rangers membership, for deeds done while the president was in an executive position at Ibrox.
Even our new friend Charles Green would find it unpalatable that a man responsible for the subsequent penalty remains in charge of the body imposing the penalty. We’ve said “Ogilvie will surely walk” before, of course, only to witness ever-higher standards of brass neck, but if he pauses for an hour before resigning, let it be to give those of us on the outside of the game what is needed, a full and independent inquiry into the game, how it is administered and controlled. Before the year is out we are likely to learn that our game was violated for more than a decade by people at the very top. A charlatan was expelled from the game earlier this year while the owner of a new club, without financial track record, is trying to raise millions from fans.
In any other European country, even Italy, the inquiry would already be under way.
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McAllister
The Human VuVuzela……….
Live episode of Emmerdale tomorrow in danger in case it rains.
maleys bhoy
I cannot tell a lie ,it was me who said Belarus :O(
MWD
Brilliant foto of The Celtic Warrior, thanks for sharing,
That wee Mhan is inspirational
HH
For me Maloney’s our best outfield player
Embarrassing stuff from Scotland… Yet again.
Levein is going to job hunting tomorrow…. Apparently the Tartan Army want Strachan.
Might not be a bad idea…..
1-0 Spain
Commons goes close.
Re. Poland : England. It’s not the rain that is the problem. I hear we changed the grass after Euro. This not old enough grass can’t absorb the water. I’m pretty sure the game will be cancelled. FIFA rule is that the day after official game, all players are back on their clubs disposals. FIFA can’t say the game must be played tomorrow or the day after.
Croatia beating Wales 2-0.
Switched off that excuse for fitba’. Bet on for 4-1 to poor little Belgium.
No harm to him, but I would be amazed to see James MacArthur play international football for San Marino.
VP –
Hows the vogue these days?
….I think we’ve confused the Belgians…..
most popular phrase (insert Scottish player) gives the ball away cheaply
Why is the Scotland no on alba
Must admit ,I wouldn’t like to see wee Gordon get Scots job.
He would be on a hiding to nothing ,meeja queueing up to take
unfly kicks,unlike the fawning over the masonic cardigan.
Neither commons, Maloney or Fletcher have the pace to play counter attacking football.
Where is James Forrest? Surely we need one player who can be an outball?
How the Hell did Scotland get to half time 0-0?
Belgium 0 Pub Team 0 HT
Belgium must wonder how they are not ahead. Two good free kicks from Maloney and Commons could have sneaked a goal for Scotland too.
0-0 HT
So far a good result for Scotland.
If it finished that way would it keep Levein in a job?
The two full backs are murder.
Dubai – injured
Faroe Islands score to make it 1 – 2 against Ireland.
Does Craig Gordon have a team?
Listening to the clueless Dodds and now we have to listen to Pat the rat.
Snake
A draw will see him bulleted
MWD : Wee Oscar – the force is strong in this one! :-)
T4
pat Nevein raging at some of the songs being sung by the Belgians. Rob McLean says he’s been told that some Flemish speaking supporters have been singing sectarian songs against the Walloons.
Great British bake off is more exciting
Who will make the perfect pithivier?
James?
Brendan?
John?
Right lads, Half time.
Get Phil Mac’s latest blog read >>>> OMG as the young wans would say
SwanseaBhoy
maleys bhoy
20:29 on
16 October, 2012
VP –
Hows the vogue these days?
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Still the same mate,only I’m not in it as often(wife,s orders)
Canamalar
What and they start in Scotland ?
I cant see it.
The Swiss Government would be all over it.
UEFA by definition is a tax avoidance institution.
HH
Philboy @ 16.20,
You wrote your comment about our friend C.O, so you obviously know what you meant. I have to confess that it wasn’t clear to me that you were joking: maybe I’m one of the dimmer posters here. Anyway, your joke wasn’t a bad one – I hope that my comment on Scotland stands in its own right.
Awe_Naw…,
do the swiss pay tax
This has been Scotland’s worst outing so far. One way traffic and blind, panicky passing from us once we get the ball.
Got to agree with Celtic First about James McArthur.
England want game played tomorrow. Poland saying No as they have 5 players involved in league games on Friday night
FIFA to decide shortly