For any football club to be licenced to play in Uefa competition it has to be up to date with social taxes. The world wondered why in the years prior to their liquidation owing tens of millions to HRMC, Rangers managed to remain up to date for every licence application (made through the SFA).
Football authorities are bound by certain limitations. They can oblige clubs to make them aware of any overdue taxes, but if this information is not forthcoming, they have no powers to demand information from the tax authorise. In short, if you lie, you will get away with it, until and unless you are caught.
Nor can football authorities deal in information of dubious probity. “Some guy on the internet gave me this document” which they should not legally be in possession of, is not the basis to charge a club.
At Craig Whyte’s trial at Glasgow High Court this morning, former director of former Rangers, Donald McIntyre, faced questions from defending counsel and also former director of former Rangers, Donald Findlay.
McIntyre was shown a document dated 2010 from HMRC to Rangers saying tax for PAYE and National Insurance was due on Rangers Discount Options Scheme (DOS), involving players Tore Andre Flo, Craig Moor and Ronald de-Boer was “payable in full”. This tax was never paid and £500k of interest accrued until the club went into liquidation.
McIntyre told the court Rangers had “no choice but to accept liability” as due to the existence of a “side letter”.
Despite this, Rangers signed off their licence application in March 2011, which enabled them to take Scotland’s Champions League qualification spot for season 2011-12.
The irony of this information coming out in a fraud trial will not have escaped you. Some key points:
Information that Rangers were overdue to HMRC prior to their Uefa licence application in 2011 has been confirmed by a competent officer of the company for the first time, in open court.
Rangers DOS scheme for Flo, Moore and Ronald De-Boer was not subject to the SPL’s Lord Nimmo Smith Commission inquiry and has not, thus far, been investigated.
Mr McIntyre is still in the witness box giving evidence.
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Fan-a-tic…. great article! thanks for sharing that.
I may have to see if I can find a way to get the St. Pauli games on TV …
Philbhoy,
Development Bhoys final against Sevco is tomorrow night.
Stunning developments in court today.
The whole stinking carcass exposed for all to see.
Pretty much an open goal for Celtic to demand title-stripping or at the very least a reopening of LNS.
Toronto Tony
I have a good mind to send round my 6’6” nephew from Hamilton to give you a good whoopin
WINNING CAPTAINS on 25TH APRIL 2017 7:38 PM
utter, uttering In Scotland there is no criminal offence of forgery, instead the offence is called uttering and contains a mental element of knowledge that the article is false along with intention to deceive and a physical element which requires the sending of the false document. Closely tied up with fraud.
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Is this in relation to the Whyte trial? Or are you suggesting that, in Scotland, Torontony may face criminal sanctions for absconding with my roll and sausage?
MWD – You might recall I tanned half of Mouldy’s??? curry that night in the Merchant city when he fell asleep in the cludgie.
Good to hear yer back on the tools and yer story a few weeks ago about buying the lighters was brilliant
slainte
tony
MARSPAPA-PV you say Hun game?working in the morning mate,and we haven’t got another Saturday of before we go to santa ponsa,to get the fecking toiletries :-)))
Just had a read through Jimminy Crickets tweets there
It’s amazing what that lad gets into 140 chars.
Why did the defence re-examine? It added nothing except to further confirm what occurred.
Peter Lawell is behind this I tells you, sponsored by GCC and the Vatican.
MWD
W C,
Be careful.
Don’t want to jump the smoking gun.
Big Jock admitted to only making one sentimental player selection.
That was to give Stevie Chalmers the nod in Lisbon, due to the amount of work he put into the Dukla second leg game, where he single handed kept the home defence busy.
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never knew that , so who played in the games before lisbon , ie between dukla game and inter ?
was stevie not being picked all the time.
ps, how many stephens were christened in 66/67.
millions of us . so there was. baby boomers right enough
Gene – Wait until I’m hauf cut then send him roon; it might numb the pain. I could offer a six pack of rolls and sausage to the guy;) hard to turn that doon.
slainte
tony
Terrible news about your erstwhile friend, MIT.
One small consolation, altgough i know it won’t feel or even taste like it to you, is that at least everyone is agreed that it is called roll and sausage
It’s a logical nomenclature, in the same way that saying cheese’n’toast is correct…
Bounder?
Cad?
Scoundrel?
Blackguard?
Knave?
Or in the local vernacular…
Bampot, f@nny, a*sehole, pr*ck and kn*b?!
Cheerio!
HH!!
laurie from denniston coming on ,
get ready for something about the sad demise of the old firm fixture
TorontoTony
I was too busy chap ping the toilet door to get him oot the toilet at the insistence of the manager to notice.
Stupid FC bigots. I still have the lighters. Tried selling them to Kirk Broadfoot for his vape pen but he worked out that it’d be cheaper just to go to his corner store and buy his own. :-@)))
MWD
Gene … thanks for the offer, but that might be a bit extreme…. for now … however, if this continues ….(and, as his post at 7:43 clearly admits, he is a repeat offender!)
Your nephew, however, would be most welcome to join us for dinner (and, being 6’6″, he might stop Torontony from eating my dinner).
my hero list has got longer –
craig whyte
mccoist
king
caixinha
side letters
St. Stivs,
His reason was the amount of energy Stevie put into that game, after a long season.
SC was one of the older players in the squad and he wasn’t sure if there was much left in the tank.
On balance, he reckoned that he deserved his place in the team, after his semi final heroics.
FAIRHILL BHOY on 25TH APRIL 2017 7:44 PM
MARSPAPA-PV you say Hun game?working in the morning mate,and we haven’t got another Saturday of before we go to santa ponsa,to get the fecking toiletries :-)))
BILLY PORTER R US rite enough !!!
Is that no whit wummin folk r fur runnin tae the shoaps fur last minit essenshals :))…..another time then.
AN TEARMANN 6-08PM
Thank you for mention of my friend Alex
Just had a look on William Hill, we are 4/6 to beat Aberdeen in the Final over 90 mins. 2/7 to lift the trophy. The 4/6 seems generous. Would have thought it would have been 2/5 or there abouts. We are 8/11 for the win this Saturday.
Cheatin Beaton hand picked, a rookie Derby referee, can see Fleming getting wheeled out to say’ he will learn from these mistakes.
Thomson a cert for Cup Final, this his last season?
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Beaton and Collum got the semi finals, Beaton also got the League Cup Final this season. Collum has had two of the last 4 SC Finals. MacLean got the Final last year so it’s probably one of Clancy, Thomson or Operation Madhun may be deployed to attempt to stop the Treble.
so it’s either
beathun
thomshun
madhun
*** GOALS FOR SHAY 2 – THE CORRECTED ROUND 5 PLACINGS ***
Apologies again for the results issued last night. Here’s what I hope is the correct placings following Round 5. But do let us know if you think anything’s incorrect.
Thanks for the numerous messages of support. I was only (half) kidding about retiring. Without Goals For Shay I’d simply sit and eat the nights away!!
Jobo
_______________________________________________________
THE ROUND 5 LEAGUE TABLE
Position – – -Moniker – – -Jokers played – – -Points
1 The Token Tim 1 20
1 Tir ar Noo 2 20
1 bognorbhoy 1 20
4 Angelgabriel 1 19
4 postie148 2 19
6 dessybhoy 2 18
6 Art Of War 1 18
6 20 hats 1 18
9 AndyF 1 17
9 GSC Bhoy 1 17
9 twinbrookbhoy 2 17
9 AuroraBorealisChumps 1 17
9 Gearoid1998 1 17
9 Stephbhoy 1 17
9 Setting Free The Bears 1 17
16 Thunder Road 1 16
16 Hamiltontim 2 16
16 Danny Mac 2 16
16 Onemalloy 1 16
16 Bateen Bhoy 1 16
16 Jobo Baldie 1 16
16 The Good Ship Celtica 1 16
16 HenriksHaircut 1 16
16 Big Georges Fan Club 2 16
16 pogmathonyahun 1 16
16 Jimmynotpaul 1 16
32 Magnificent Seven 1 15
32 ABsAuldDaa 1 15
32 Fess19 1 15
32 Scaniel 1 15
32 The VictorZulus 1 15
32 Lennybhoy 1 14
32 stpatricksbhoy 2 14
32 Delaney’s Dunky 1 14
32 Smashing Milk Bottles 1 14
32 gerryfaethebrig 0 14
32 jamabhoy 0 14
32 Jungle Jim Hot Smoked 2 14
32 Celticrollercoaster 1 14
32 QOTSA75 1 14
32 BMCUWP 2 14
32 A Source Said 2 14
32 sandman 1 14
44 Hearthan2000 1 13
44 CiaranF 1 13
44 The Tim Reaper 0 13
44 jimbob71 2 13
44 The Mentalpause 0 13
44 Praecepta 1 13
44 Jonny the Tim 1 13
44 Mrs CRC 0 13
44 Letterkenny Bhoy 0 13
44 Bada Bing 1 13
44 BeCeltic 1 13
44 Like No Other 1 13
44 Murdochaulandhay 1 13
44 Fatboy Tom 1 13
58 Deccyrollercoaster 1 12
58 Celtic Soul Brother 1 12
58 Shuggybhoy67 1 12
58 kelvinbhoy 1 12
58 Hanheart 0 12
58 Sunnybhoy 1 12
58 GG 1 12
58 HunderbirdsAreGone 1 12
58 Vogue Punter 1 12
67 Aidybhoy 0 11
67 LogicAl 1 11
67 TheCelt45 1 11
67 The Exiled Tim 0 11
67 Greenpinata 0 11
67 Paddybhoy1888 1 11
67 Saltires en Sevilla 1 11
67 Big Archie 2 11
67 The Lurker 1 11
67 Blantyretim 0 11
77 Thoms Sellick 0 10
77 Colour Blind Bhoy 1 10
77 FC Alessia 1 10
77 Red Den 0 10
77 mobyfugrumble 0 10
77 Channelislandcelt 0 10
77 LiamInToronto 0 10
77 50 shades of green 1 10
77 Neilbhoy 0 10
77 The Young Fella 0 10
77 Ripon Black Cat 1 10
77 Mild Mannered Pedro Delgado 1 10
Bjmac 1 9
89 Gene 0 9
89 Shiggybhoy2 0 9
89 Taggsybhoy 0 9
89 Blantyrekev 1 9
89 Celtic Cutiepie & Marspapa 1 9
89 Cosy Corner Bhoy 1 9
89 petec 1 9
89 Koln Celt 0 9
89 Inchture bhoy 0 9
89 Billy Bhoy 1 8
100 16 roads 0 8
100 jtsTICks 1 8
100 Giuseppe 67 1 8
100 Bobby Evans Superstar 0 8
100 TravelBhoy 1 8
100 MikeinToronto 1 8
100 Saint Stivs 1 8
107 Norfolk Enchants 2 7
107 Jeez_I_thought_blinker_was_pants 0 7
107 vfr800a8 1 7
110 BhoingBhoingBhaggies 0 6
111 neustadt braw 1 5
111 Timabhuoy 1 5
111 Celtic Rose 0 5
111 Cowiebhoy 0 5
112 non de ploom 0 4
116 BigRailroadblues 0 0
116 Fraz 0 0
116 John Bhoy 0 0
116 Marrakesh 0 0
116 speyside lhad 0 0
Oh and one more apology, D’oh, Joint leader should be Toor A Loo
sneaksawayquietlyCSC
Fasan playing for Vale tonight – COYBIG
THETIMREAPER
Sinclair , Griffiths and Roberts will be fair game for the robust challenges .
If it is’nt going their way late on it would’nt surprise me if they try to and put these guys out of the running for a place in the final .
If i was BR ….i would have
“Big Jimmy” on the bench , give him the last 10 mins telling him as he takes the field of play that Halliday stole one of his girlfriends off him … CARNAGE !!
This was Moussa`s Tweet after the game on Sunday:
“Moussa Dembélé
@MDembele_10
Great job done today, we conquered the city again ! Glasgow green & white ! Road to the treble Bhoys & Ghirls,@celticfc ”
Didn`t seem too worried then by the looks of things.
and O’Connell not playing for Walsall – suspended
JOBO BALDIE
one slight error in GFS…Mines !!
I should be going for 55 and no Jokers played as yet .. easy mistake to make pal …just sayin like .
This wee gem from the CW trial
Minutes are from a 24 April 2011 meeting between Craig Whyte and a group of Rangers directors held at Murray ParkMinutes: “The fundamental issue to discuss was cashflow”
Minutes: “Season ticket money was to be used as working capital” Up until then had been “ring-fenced”
Minutes: “Assuming the CLUB survives 90 days after the tribunal decision” Whyte would waive Lloyd’s debt
Yes you read that right the CLUB not the COMPANY
OH DEAR ,OH DEAR ,OH DEAR
One final post before I log off for he evening.
On a day when interesting revelations were made in Court, the BBC site makes no mention of the case but leads with Celtic Boys Club former coach in sex scandal.
The Establishment in Scotland still has a long way to go.
`night all,
JJ
Trainer’s tentacles must reach deep at the BBC, as we have seen from John James and his allegations about the BBC many are frightened as he knows things that would make their lives difficult should they ever come to light.
SKY also seem to oblige
One Scoddland. One Kulchur.
I see Spurs new stadium will be 61,000 at a cost of £800m
GENE on 25TH APRIL 2017 9:22 PM
I see Spurs new stadium will be 61,000 at a cost of £800m
It will be interesting to see if they can fill it.
Yorkbhoy
don’t think they will have any problem –