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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So ‘Plan B’ Pep it is then…
:-)
Sally will only take the job if he can take his own Greggs chef to away games otherwise he’s no walkin away
SFA enquiring about the availability of Gary McKinnon’s mum…?
EDB – naw! Ya auld tight-wad!
T4
Strachan I fear is too outspoken for the SFA.
I’m not joking when I say Sally might get it…
Gretnabhoy
I think we both know that reason.
Sheer brilliance
cartuja @cartujakds
Charles Green – the only person living a bigger lie than James Hewitt’s son.
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I have defended aspects of burley’s commentary in the past – I take it back
surely these refereeing decisions they speak of are “honest mistakes” ??
Levein is clueless.
GO.
Ten Men Won The League
Official statement from National Stadium operator says that yesterday they suggested the game under closed roof. FIFA official after consultations with Poland and England decided the game under open roof.
Oh, and pleeeeeeese don’t crow for yet another lucrative contract for KK.
Hell of a player, bank manager’s nightmare of a manager…
heavyspending/woefullyunderachievingCSC
Words of wisdom from Doddsy after Kompany sealed Belgium’s win:
“Thats why he plays for Man City and gets paid the big bucks”
And I thought it was because he was a great defender.
It’s a blessing really that the tartan ones won’t be in Brazil singing Doh a dear, a female dear.
Don’t think WGS should accept the job if asked and he might even have already turned it down.
He was the outstanding pick way before Levein was appointed and has no chance of dragging Scotland back into contention.
Miller is mince – hopefully last we see of him.
Kenny Miller is a terrible terrible player
Billy Dodds = twatextrodinaire
Hopefully wee Gordon will be offered the scotand job.
Wouldn’t be too surprised if fat sally gets the offer so he can slither away as he can’t be seen to walk away.hh
and so is Alan Hutton
Who ever gets the gig you can be sure he will be an SFA safe pair (secret keeping) of hands WGS will not get the job.
Walter and Big Feck, the hun dream team, back to save Scottish football..
I do not know much about Levein and don’t know much about Scotland team. Remember, when nobody wanted Mowbray, some called for Levein as Celtic coach.
I remember Martin42 post- Levein? What did he achieve?
kikinthenakas – I’m not Greek, although listening to some plank called John from Linwood, a supposed Hoops fan saying that he hoped Rankers would be back in the big time – I almost threw a plate at the radio!
T4
Kenny Black a coach,the eejit was a thug all his days ,never a football player.
The SFA should get rid of Levien now and give up on this campaign. Get a new man in to build for the future.
But they will probably extend his contract,
McLeish is putting himself in the frame I hear.
No-one else will have him after e laid waste to both Birmingham clubs
Pitch invasion at the end. UEFA must surely award the game in Scotland’s favour now….
Equaliser for Sweden. Amazing.
scotland
why bother
turning up
ElDiegoBhoy
21:33 on 16 October, 2012
Don’t think WGS should accept the job if asked and he might even have already turned it down.
Pretty sure I heard he had turned it down.
Wee Gordon.No mug.
Hello, Eldiagobhoy ……. Where’s yer mhan MALORBHOY these days……?
“The roof cannot be closed yet because it is still expected to rain heavily in Warsaw for another couple of hours.
“Asked whether it is going to rain at 5pm tomorrow Polish FA representative says: ‘I’m not a fortune teller’.”
Ten Men Won The League
:)))
Just had one of those your drink comes back down your nose moments with laughter.
cleaningthekeyboardcsc
Italiabhoy
SFA ……… You never know! Don’t put that out there…..he has to stay and save Sevco!
T4
Where did you borrow the plates from?
ItaliaBhoy
21:27 on
16 October, 2012
1. WGS
2. Pep Guardiola
3. King Kenny
4. Wanderley Luxemburgo
5. Rinus Michels
But only if Sally isn’t available…
What about Stuart Baxter?
Germany throw away a 4-0 lead. Lustig had a much better second half.
Oooft.
“Alex O’Henley @OHenleyAlex
Ok that’s the World Cup dream over, back to the Rangers saga then. Expect another twist tomorrow”
SwanseaBhoy
Sweden 4 -Germany 4