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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The loss in Belgium tonight was entirely predictable and not the reason Craig Levein will be sacked. The lack of gumption in the first three games where he played fearful and safe are the reasons for his downfall.
I suspect Gordon Strachan will take the job if offered but that is a big if. Scotland’s next generation of players is a bit more promising than the players Vogts had to play with.
Levein had a decent squad who should be doing better than this. James Morrison, Steven Fletcher and Kris Commons are in great form with their clubs. Caldwell and Maloney are experienced in playing against better players in the EPL and McGregor is a good keeper. We should be more competitive against Wales, Macedonia and Serbia than we were.
Levein is a deadhand. God help us if Souness gets the nod over WGS. I’d rather they gave it to Owen Coyle or Jim McGuiness.
TCC – shocking stuff, he has to go. Time for Super Ally to resue the nation! lol
T4
Off topic.
I can’t stop thinking about that tonight. Remember plane crash near Smolensk with President of Poland, his wife and 94 high officials in April 2010?
Russians published photos with victims. Pictures taken few hours after the catastrophe. They must come from their official sources. The plane is still there. They won’t give it back.
How we can like that country?
Foxy1888
I thought the ruination of the Strachan team was not signing Steven Fletcher.
eldiegobhoy
21:58 on
16 October, 2012
67 Heaven
Hi amigo. Hope you’re well. He’s on a cruise down around the Canary Isles.
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Is he way a burd….???
Norn Iron goalie havon a blinder Portugal all over them only a matter of time
Some nice poems here,,,,,,,,
http://www.freewebs.com/celticpoetry/
Zbyszek
Here is Marcin
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cosaie dzieje
celtick marcin z
Sanoka
kondz jestes z poski
Foxy_1888
11 goals in 48 games..yip a big miss was oor kenny.
A dud then and a dud now
Serbia should get banned for a few tournaments for that v England U 21s,disgraceful.Serbia players attacking the black players in the England team at full team.
foxy-1888
It was the worst mistake in Celtic’s recent history
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you’re nearly as funny as michael mcintyre.
!!Bada Bing!!
22:07 on 16 October, 2012
Chick Hun said WGS would take the job….
He also said earlier that the only famous person to come out of Belgium was TIM TIM!
3 goals from ex-Celts in New Zealand’s win over Tahiti (McGlinchey-two & Killen)
I see lustig scored as Sweden came fro
4-0 down to snatch a 4-4 draw in germany
praecepta – hope you’re well. You coming along to the Wee Oscar race night?!
T4
Zbyszek
Did you get my email update on the Legia boys?
Che
21.50
“Going by the same look, the don’t come near me flannelette nightie will be on as well.”
Let’s not start with the images of readers’ wives in their nightwear please!
OK go on tell me … any lace on the flannelette nightie?
If Trap goes, how about GS for the ROI job?
Good, experienced, available manager, who can work with linited players, Aiden excepted.
SFTB – did McGlinchey take out NZ citizenship? Fair play to the lad.
He was part of a very promising young midfield for the Hoops.
T4
Dont get me wrong, not signing Fletcher was a huge disappointment. He had greater pace than our leading front man at the time, van hess.
Yes, Fletcher would have stretched defences but your not comparing like for like.
Fletcher and miller up front would have been a frighteningly good partnership.
we would have won the three lost championships handsomely with a fit miller. add fletcher to the equation? la piece d’ resistance. we’d have been looking at progress in europe.
praecepta-I heard him,Enzo Scifo was a good player…
Never mind Ally for Scotland….wouldn’t be surprised by Levein for Sevco5088.
SwanseaBhoy
Foxy
Is Sir David Murray Kenny Millers bitch ?
HH
TTTT
“did McGlinchey take out NZ citizenship?”
I assume so.
Either that or he married one of the local sheep and became qualified that way:-)
With apologies to Tauranga Bhoy
TTTT
Thanks for asking.
Not sure yet – my minder (daughter) is hobbling with a broken ankle. Her and I are targeting the Barca home game for a comeback!
Will decide nearer the time and let you know.
SwanseaBhoy 22:24:
Maybe they will do a swap deal…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Foxy – of course we should also ignore the team that Sir Walter Myth procured post Kaunas with money that didn’t belong to his club. They had no say in the destination of those three titles, eh?!
Seeing them stripped of those titles will be sweeeeet, dontcha think?! :-)
T4
Portugal score.
Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
Portugal equalise
SFTB, it was simpler than that. McGlinchey was born in New Zealand.
Has Whyte and Withey joined a witness protection scheme ?
Certainly hope so.
HH
Praecepta
Yes. Thank you for that. I tried to get in touch with the guy from Legia but he was unavailable today. I thought I would reply after conversation with him. He would be very happy with every possibility. You are great man.
As I say during every recent Classico …… That pepe is NUTS!!!!
What price for francos poster boy to get the winner???
Czesc Marcin. Ja mieszkam kolo Piaseczna. To jest 22 km na poludnie od centrum Warszawy.
Foxy_1888
I always thought Kenny Miller was a good, but not great , albeit he had a lot to say for himself.
I am however intrigued by your view that “”99% of fans aren’t qualified.””
I have no idea what your definition of qualified is , or indeed if there is one .
IMHO the most qualified people to talk about football are the paying customers, whether that is attending games, buying TV subscriptions etc
As they say ‘football without fans ….’
RobertTressell
21:55 on
16 October, 2012
Sheikyerbooty – phils blog and now bbc reporting leaked emails. Thought everyone would know by now- its been a whole hour!
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cheers 4 the response
i read phils page + posted a link
:)
foxy 1888
I take it by “van hess” you mean Jan Venegoor of Hesselink, if i were you i’d go back to my colouring book.