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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Evening bhoys from a hun free mountain.
Very long day, spent hours at the science museum in Granada, the weans loved it, so did their grumpy.
Spain never got out of 2nd gear tonight, France deserved their point.
Just read Phil’s latest, amazing if it comes to fruition.
The wife has been tracing her family tree, and has found that Paul McPherson, who was the rector of the Scott’s college in Rome was her great x 4 uncle, he was ordained in Valadolid.
She is chuffed to bits :>)
Looks like a full house at Portugal game given the economic problems in that country it’s very encouraging IMHO
Emilio gets a breather. Taken off on 76 minutes with Honduras 6-0 up against Canada. Don’t know if he’s hurt, but don’t think so.
Starbucks now following the Craig Whyte tax scheme.
I knew this would catch on
CF
Do you know where the sheep was born? :-)
foxy_1888
22:20 on 16 October, 2012
” Don’t get me wrong ”
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You’re doing a good enough job of that yourself….!!!!!!!!
SFTB, very strict livestock movement in New Zealand.
praecepta – hope you can both make it along, it will be a great night. As will the Barca game!!
C_1st – thank you for sparing me an abusive repost to SFTB! :-)
T4
CF
Are they no allowed to move laterally?
foxy good to see you back….have you recovered from the death of your team yet??? good to see you are keeping up your old standards :-)
The Exiled Tim
Paul McPherson is a new name, but your Mrs is very welcome to join the supporters’ group of priests’ favourites, Real Valladolid.
Foxy_1888
Those 3 titles weren’t won, they were cheated. You looking forward to them being stripped as much as I am ?
Miller was a nothing at Celtic park: a poor player of little ability, certainly able to run around but too often like a headless chicken.
Just my opinion as one of the 99% of Celtic supporters (not fans).
Tommytwistandturns
True, the post kaunas spending said it all in terms of Murrays megalomaniac personality. the Huns will reap what Murray sowed. They cheated and won nothing fairly.
I dont know. Maybe we had no other alternative to downsize and sell miller at the time in question..
That was a sad day- the manager and assistant begging lawell no to underlined the pitiful situation we were in at the time.
we lived within our means. the huns didnt.
I hope to God there is some retribution and justice worthy of Tommy Burns memory.
Zbyszek
22:29 on 16 October, 2012
Good – I am reasonably confident about the tickets.
My only concern (with the Legia boys travelling so far) – is all parties meeting up in the same place, at the same time on the day in question!
H!H!
………………. & my FOUR green fields, will bloom once again, says she.
magnificentseven
22:40 on
16 October, 2012
……and here was me just thinking ……. What a foxy fud
Well done Sweden you knackered my acca before ronaldo and crew so it don’t hurt so much just wish someone had clobbered ronaldo too
No sooner had Emilio gone than Honduras conceded a goal. But Jerry Bengtson (sounds like a chat-show host on US day-time TV) has just made it Honduras 7-1 Canada.
Nice scoreline.
Foxy 1888 your comment: “I hope to God there is some retribution and justice worthy of Tommy Burns memory.” is beyond vile.
Well done Paul again on the Ogilvie front. How can the S.F.A.. be considered to be taken seriously when any self-respecting company would have sacked this man long ago. After all, the man himself admitted that he has not been able to do his job for the last six months. I ask you!
Kenny Millers transfer and the fee received was a superb piece of business by Peter Lawwell.
It was unfortunate that he pulled rank on WGS but we could not say no. Miller has went on to prove what a mercenary he is and nowhere near good enough and too often injured.
HH
HH
Thomas Rogne scores in a 5:3 win over France under 21’s
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
ignore him….he has history….total fud
Celtic_First
Alas, she disny have much time for the football, she suffers cos of my obsession.
I wouldn’t know if his name is new or not, he died in 1846.
Her latest, she want’s to got to the college in Rome, she has tried to e-mail them, but the mail keeps bouncing back, obviously the wrong addy.
Any ideas on how to contact them ???
That was Jerry Bengtson’s hat-trick by the way.
Now that Carlo Costly costs us a brilliant scoreline by making it Honduras 8-1 Canada.
Hands up who thinks Canada would still beat Scotland.
big cup winners.
what r u on about? i want to see the huns stripped of the titles and trophies they cheated Tommy Burns out of whilst he was alive.
what’s vile about that?
awe no anoni
selling miller was a great piece of business? 2 million gained, 60 million plus lost. superb.
Hope Lenny looks at a recording of the Spain v France game (pre-Barca).
France hunting down Spain mid-field (sort of defensive 4-4-1-1) – player harasses from midfield 4 – player in the hole slots into his place.
No standing on ceremony – robust tackling upsetting the ‘tick-tacky’ football.
AVB must be pleased with his GK (assuming it’s him that started) – some top class saves including a pen just before half-time.
The Exiled Tim. The one I know is
office@scotscollege.it
The college in Valladolid is now a retreat centre, but it’s the same building as Mrs Exiled Tim’s ancestor occupied and you can see round it. You should get yourselves a bargain rail ticket organised and head up that way.
The Royal Scots College was in Madrid first, from 1656, in a building that is now a hotel on the Gran Vía. It moved to Valladolid in 1777.
shieldmuir celtic
22:46 on
16 October, 2012
Good evening, young man …..!!!!!!!!
Have you read this….
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/
Praecepta
I’m thinking positive, Sir. England did not beat us tonight. On the day like today I can’t complain. When I spoke to Legia guy last time he was very happy with the perspective. No plan ready but he and his friend will be Okay.
Miku on the bench for Venezuela.
Foxy – none of those involved will ever come close to being worthy of Tommy’s memory, but he would probably have seen the good in them!
You are correct about Minty’s bitter harvest, maybe more than you suspect!
T4
magnificent seven
that’s right, i have history, you on the other hand dont.
Assimilated Tims are no better than Sevconians.
Well done Paul again on the Ogilvie front. How can the S.F.A. expect to be taken seriously when they behave like this. Any self-respecting company would have sacked him long ago. Even the man himself admitted that he has not been able to do his job for the last six months. I ask you!
Zbyszek
Marcin (Martin), is a hard working,hard drinking Pole who frequents the pub in which I drink in Canada. I was watching the Scotland game and flicked over to CQN at half time.
He looked over my shoulder and seen your name – he roared your name….BTW it wasn’t pronounced the same as I thought it was.
He has left now and should probably go for some sleep. He was asking where you were from and loved the fact that there was a Polish guy talking Celtic on here.
He normally walks into the pub and roars Dariusz Dziekanowski or Artur Boruc when he sees us sitting there. A good guy.
I have written down your reply @ 22.30 on a piece of paper and I will give it to him next time he comes in.
He told me to give you his Email address mtpolishmartin@gmail.com but that is up to you if you want to contact him.
Hail Hail Zbyszek
Teuchter ar la
Freddie Mercury bio on BBC 1
awesome
to think his dad played for the hoops
incredible
the revolution will be live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJFhuOWgXg&feature=fvwrel
Foxy_1888
22:56 on
16 October, 2012
magnificent seven
that’s right, i have history, you on the other hand dont
ooohhh I have plenty buddy :-)