The Daily Record today report the contents of a document drawn up after a meeting between the SFA, the SPL, the SFL and Sevco suggesting “punishments for Rangers for the Employment Benefit Trust tax dodge used by Sir David Murray’s regime to pay players”.
The document details that Rangers would be stripped of titles and trophies ‘won’ by the club while they fielded illegally registered players, described by the Record as “the harshest ever seen in football”.
While Rangers EBTs had been in the news for close to two years, it was Celtic Quick News who first raised the question of Rangers players being illegally registered in an article on 22 February this year. Clubs are required to note all payments players receive in connection to football with both the SFA and SPL as part of the player registration process. Failure to register EBT payments is completely separate to the legality or otherwise of how the EBT was conducted, and until we raised the issue, there was no question over player registration, and no possibility of league titles being stripped.
Two weeks after Celtic Quick News brought the matter to public attention the SPL appointed solicitors Harper MacLeod to investigate the case. The subsequent report concluded Rangers had a case to answer.
There are a number of alarming aspects to today’s Daily Record report (the newspaper appears to have the main story but don’t notice its relevance):
Sevco should not be involved in any discussion around the guilt of Rangers or any subsequent consequences. Fan power in recent weeks had shown that we are not a Banana Republic. Disciplinary issues are subject to establish procedures. Any attempt to meet with a party acting on behalf of Rangers to agree an outcome with both the investigating body and the appeals body, before an independent inquiry takes place, contaminates all who participate.
Scottish football has independent judicial procedures for dealing with serious breaches of rules. Executives from the SFA and SPL have absolutely no authority to set-aside these procedures, nor are they appropriate people to act instead of the independent procedures.
Stripping Rangers of titles and trophies if they are found guilty of cheating is not a punishment; this simply reflects the legitimate winners of past trophies. When an athlete is found to have cheated to win a medal, his punishment is not the withdrawal of the medal, which is an obvious consequence of being caught, he will also face a sporting or financial penalty, often a ban.
There seems to be no end of attempts to subvert sport in Scottish football. There must be no backroom deals, not even if they bring a barrel load of trophies to Celtic, we cannot be bought-off by bling. Independent disciplinary procedures must take place.
Although Rangers failed to register players EBTs, this matter is separate from what the Record calls “punishments for Rangers for the Employment Benefit Trust tax dodge used by Sir David Murray’s regime to pay players”.
If the First Tier Tribunal (remember that?) rules that Rangers broke tax rules the club could yet face football disciplinary procedures for failing to pay social taxes.
Last month we reported that the SFA was set to remove independent judicial oversight from the game as its existence was getting in the way of their plans for ‘Rangers’. Although the Daily Record seem to be oblivious to the fact, they appear to have found documentary evidence that this is the case.
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Excellent article on E-TIMS by JEB,titled BONFIRE OF THE BANALITIES.
Hopefully,this links to it.
http://www.etims.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3707&Itemid=1
A very good morning to you all from sunny Jersey.
Hope you are all well.
morning bhoys and ghals from a sunny wembley.
tallybhoy, welcome. youve been welcomed by none other than the inestimable vmhan – its all downhill from now on.
hh
Just got this in an email, reasons to be cheerful, part 1967…
Motherwell Born Billionaire arrives
Whyte being applauded into his seat by the blue order
Front loaded warchest
Out to Malmo in CL Qualifier
Out to Maribor in EL Qualifier
Out to Falkirk in League Cup
BBC Documentary on Whyte proves he’s a shyster
huns protest at BBC for saying he’s a shyster
League’s over comment from Jelavic
Losing a 12 point lead to Timmy before new year
Loving Cup with CW – “To the Queen”
Selling Jelavic for a fraction of his value
Signing Celik
Seeing Celik play football
Rangers file for Administration
HMRC forcing them into Administration
CW speech to a massively upset hun crowd of 34 people
Revelation of Non-Tax payments
“The Big Hoose Must Stay open”
Hurting huns EVERYWHERE
Retiring number 12 for the fans
The appointment of Duff & Phelps
Realising you recognise that guy at D&P because he turned up with CW 6 months earlier
Attempting to sign Cousin while in administration
Celik effs off
Wylde effs off
The player’s taking a wage cut
The initial Creditor’s list
Losing their place in Europe to Motherwell
The fake pledges from fake hun fans from their fake massive support
The RFFF choosing to pay Dunfermline but not Dundee Utd – well played
The RFFF having to pay for Weir’s retirement gift
The RFFF paying to re-lay a pitch which might never be used
The clown
The Fighting Fund in general
The Blue Knights
The Bill Ng bid
The Bill Miller “Incubator”
Quantum
Brian Kennedy
Quantum
Paul Murray
Quantum
“Yank go home” from the hordes
The Chick v Jabba catfight
The transfer embargo
The transfer embargo upheld
“Who are these people?” from Fat Sally
The huns threaten to burn down the Raith Rover’s stands
Alex Thomson and his general hunskelping
Jelly and Ice Cream
The Grim Reaper banner
Lennon lifts the League trophy
The inception of the “Pacific Shelf Theory”
We Don’t Do Walking Away
The “We Don’t Do Walking Away” song
Charles Green enters the story
Red Card to Liquidation – good plan
Dave King tells them not to buy season books – good plan
Green says if CVA not agreed Rangers will lose their History
CVA not agreed
HMRC Skelp them into oblivion
The BBC Documentary Part 2
The porn star
Prince Albert of Monaco
Joanna Lumley
The EBT 53 revealed
Walter tries to buy assets an hour after they’re sold
Walter Walks Away
The Hampden protest
Unable to use Rangers name for newco until oldco is liquidated
All Scottish Football Fans turn on the huns for their arrogance
Turnbull Hutton
Turnbull Hutton (deserves to be in twice!)
Newco try to bypass all leagues and go straight into SPL
Newco told to get to eff with their SPL application
The presentation to the SPL revealed
Offering to take the transfer ban at the same time as trying to sign Black
Newco try to bypass all leagues and go straight into SFL1
Newco told to get to eff with their SFL1 application
Newco put into SFL3
Return of the number 12 shirt
Booted out by Subbuteo
Booted out by Fifa 13 (maybe!)
Bomber Brown’s rant on the steps of Tesco
“Show us the title deeds”
Bomber Brown on the radio
“Show us the title deeds”
Bomber Brown on sky sports
“Show us the title deeds”
Bomber Brown meeting with the RFFF
Everything Gordon Smith has said past, present and future
Chris McLaughlin reveals Ally is not wearing a tie
Naisy and Whitty Walk Away
Everybody Walks Away
Broadfoot Stays
The hurting from Jabba
The hurting from Chick
The hurting from Hately
huns enter the Ramsden Cup
Still no license to play football
huns compared to Kit-Kats
I am NL in NZ Tauranga on 19 July, 2012 at 06:35 said:
Just checked out the Sun. Two of the headlines were about Neil Lennon and stripping the titles. our man is in the cross wires again. Can you see why the board declined to get involved as the main player
Below is a post on Rankers media from a thread dedicated to Neil following those articles, why react to the hyperbole of the tabloids, its all about circulation, Neil was a midfielder who could read the game well, he was able to spot the nutter who dived in with his studs up! these hacks are the same nutters best avoided Neil
The day this c*** is murdered is a day not soon enough
Sannabhoy is it Naw a bit early to be on the sauce TAL
Estadio Nacional on 19 July, 2012 at 07:31 said:
Tour de Force.
How do you remember it all?
Welcome back,Summa.
Celts, re yesterdays main story on CQN.
I bring news of the Galloping Gazebo.
The original gazebo (with dancing ghirls included) was lost in the high winds last winter, Bourne…… erm…. born from the auld original gazebo is a shiny new all singing, and still dancing gazebo which apparently, scoots around many different exotic spots for the pleasure of the gazebo goers, said galloping Gazebo is rumoured to be so fast that it’s almost impossible to see with the naked eye, unless of course the gazebo chooses to be seen, only a very few actually get to attain the high honour of entering and availing themselves of the joys within.
I do hope this clarifies the case of the galloping gazebo, it’s GG Naw BB’s.
OnedayCSC …… Hic!
Winninggemmell I read yir story yesterday morn re yir maw, excellent stuff, keep them coming.
HH
…as it’s an early start for me…….
“Impeach McCrummoch”
Sanna,
I’ll call you later my oul’ china………..
Summa , hope Samaras does it for us this year.You know that I rate him big time but thought that he should move on last year because he was becoming the whipping bhoy. Rapped that he chose to stay , same as Broonie , and played in his best position to help us to get the flag back. I owe Kit an NZ white grape for Sammy and Broonie. Don’t let those kiwi chicks boss you around and don’t tell Mrs Tauranga I said so.
Bobby the Flying Tumbler comments surprise me as that was my ol da’s watering hole for a long while and very much a green place. Saying that more of a dominoes darts pub than a football pub , most of the buses leave from the Fereneze. Can’t wait to get back in a couple of years.
macjay1 07:46
Ive lost track of all the hun comedy moments, theres so many, I almost forgot they even tried to play football back in the day….
EN
Lionroars67 couldn’t agree more about Neil Lennon as a player. The horde doesn’t need much prodding. As long as the anger and hatred is spread wide over the whole of Scottish football it will be watered down and diluted. The best way forward.
Estadio Nacional on 19 July, 2012 at 07:55 said:
Back in the day,they played ” power play.”
Ask John Higgins.
Shearer kicked him out of the game.
EN @ 7:31. Great summary! One wee detail that I like is that the same clubs that the h*ns tried to vote out of Scottish fitba in 1964 were asked to vote them back in to SFL1. That’ll be a Naw!
lionroars67 on 19 July, 2012 at 07:43 said:
Are you suggesting that the bored have “put Neil out there” as a sacrificial lamb being that he’d be the one in the cross-hairs i.e. bullets and killed murder and all that because he asked for the laws to be applied to the huns fielding, ineligible players because of the cheating tendencies of hunnery to beat timmery at all costs? What a wonderful bored Celtic must have in your eyes? Incidentally I agree with you. So. Explain yourself.
vmhan , never too early.
bankiebhoy1 , no probs.
I see the BBC is giving away a slice of the licence fee to televise Sevco’s first match, other peoples money still subsidizing them
i see lenny wants rangers stripped of there titles.ok fair enough.but lenny you are employed as first team coach.seems to me its a one man bandwith him.media critic no lenny rangers at present are finished full stop.its time you stopped effing about and get what is required at celtic a decent striker and a centre half no ifs or buts.and please dont patronise me and thousands of other ce
lionroars67 on 19 July, 2012 at 08:30 said:
Tv licence money vs. Celtic Bored Lennon offerings. Discuss.
timbhoy2 on 19 July, 2012 at 08:32 said:
That means Lawwell would have to fork out for a European campaign. Lets get the Stickets in this year first before the flopperoonis come home to roost. Then there is always Sevco in 3D .
Margaret McGill on 19 July, 2012 at 08:22 said:
lionroars67 on 19 July, 2012 at 07:43 said:
I never mentioned the Celtic board, you did Mags, No i dont believe the board set Neil up
Neil Lennon is his own man, IMO Neil and his family have been through enough, so my post was given in advice to Neil to not make it easy for the hacks to have headlines which sell their grubby publications ignoring the possibility of violent consequences on Neil, he is the man who sits in the chair at the press conferences, its Neil’s call what questions to answer, and how he answers them
lionroars67 on 19 July, 2012 at 08:40 said:
Are you drunk?
lionroars67 on 19 July, 2012 at 07:43 said:
“Can you see why the board declined to get involved as the main player” ???
The Judas of Cafe Cini
WG: Ah remember yon 1986 League Cup Final is if it wiz yistirday – a masterclass in masonic machination n skulduggery
NAFOS: Aye, Ah need tae gie ye that wan, WG. Done up like a kipper
SOAL: Is that the wan Judas wiz sent aff ?
NAFOS: It wiz Arthur bit ay wiz still tae become Judas it that time. He wiz a sort ay Judas-in-waitin, a Judas-to-be. Ah mean the original Judas Iscariot probly wisny a bad laddie when ay wiz growin up n that.
WG: Oor fellow ML2er, Tony Shepherd wiz also sent aff then broat back oan. It wiz is if ay’d a boomerang up his bahookie. The ref – Ah hink it wiz Davie Slyme – thoat Tony hid hut him bit it wiz actually a ten-bob bit. Ah bet Slyme nivir hid a scramble it ays ain weddin, a rat if ivir thir wiz wan. Inevitably ay gave that mob a penalty fur hee-haw n the cup wiz loast bit the fact is the cup wiz nivir gaunnae bi won.
SOAL: Whit dae ye mean, WG ?
WG: This wiz Souness’s chance tae pit doon a marker n kickstart thur “Glorious Revolution”. Thirs nae wey they wur gaunnae git beat no matter whut Sellik done oan the day. Too much dependit oan the darnel gittin the right result – this wiz the advent ay thur Generation ay Abomination.
NAFOS: Ah’ll nivir forgive that wee rat Judas fur disgracing the Faith that day.
WG: A plonker if ever thir wiz wan – is thick is two shoart planks
SOAL: If Ah ivir git ma hauns oan that wee snake Ah’d rip the heid…..
WG: …..Ye probly widny, Arthur
SOAL: Whut makes ye so sure ?
WG: Ah’ve actually bumped intae him since ay done the durty
NAFOS: Honestly ?
WG: Aye it wiz roon aboot Christmas time aboot ten year or so ago. Ah wiz oan a course in the toon n went intae Café Cini fur a pint afore gittin the bus hame, hopin tae git a chat wi Charlie Nick. Tae ma astonishmint who’s staunin it the bar bit the Keeper ay The Common Fund.
SOAL: Judas ?
WG: Aye, that wee weasel.
NAFOS: Did ye no lamp him ?
WG: Even if Ah waantit tae – n Ah widny lower masel tae touch that piece ay vermin – Ah widny huv been able tae git tae him. Ay hid two big minders cloackin ivribudy in the pub. Ah always remember Judas wiz drinkin Bud Lite, Ah nivir touched that beer again fae that day tae this wan. The wee serpent’s even curtailed ma ruddy drink options.
SOAL: Whit wiz ay daein in Café Cini, WG ?
WG: Probly the same is me, lookin fur a chat wi Charlie Nick bit thir wiz nae sign ay The Cannonbaw Kid. It wiz like gaun intae Santa’s Grotto n who’s staunin there bit King Herod. Ay’d obviously came back fae America tae celebrate Christmas wi the few remaining pals ay’s goat in Scoatlind.
NAFOS: That yin’s goat a cheek celebratin Christmas at aw eftir whut ays namesake did
SOAL: Whut else happened WG ? Did ye talk wi the wee toerag ?
WG: Ah canny speak Judasese, Arthur. Naw, ay finished ays boatil ay beer n headit oot the front door wi ays two henchmen. Ah looked oot oantae Renfield Street n saw Judas scuttle up wan ay the wee lanes. It’s hopefully the last time Ah’ll ever see that wee viper in the flesh…..er….snakeskin.
NAFOS: They say ye should furgive n forget bit Ah don’t buy that
SOAL: No whin it comes tae Judas, naw.
WG: Thir’s a thin line thit shudny bi croast bit Judas croast it is well is aysel. The Garden ay Eden hid a serpent so it wiz only natural thit Paradise wid hae wan tae. Wur well rid. OK, who’s gittin the Bud Lite in ?
winningemmell on 19 July, 2012 at 08:43 said:
NAFOS: Craigneuk Bud lite forget it !
SOAL: Lets go tae Wishy.
NAFOS: Wishy? Its like gaun tae the dentist. Its painful. You will spend a packet. You will not enjoy yersel. Next morning you’ll wake up wae a sair face.
SOAL: OK Craigneuk it is? Is that Era bar still open? King Lud maybe?
Margaret get with the play that quote was me . Are you drunk ? I am noy yet but I am bored. When’s the football start.
It’s a comforting thought when you see all the squirming etc… hunnery are going through, to think that far, far worse is yet to come…..
The day will come when they will think that playing as the SS in Div 3 was a wonderful dream…
Tons of investigations, court trials, further elicitation of their illicitations (ok I made that word up) await…
Mind they hurting hun troll fellas things that used to turn up here from time to time?
Are they defunct as well?
League With No Shame by Billy No’Well.
I am NL in NZ Tauranga on 19 July, 2012 at 08:55 said:
Margaret get with the play that quote was me . Are you drunk ? I am noy yet but I am bored. When’s the football start.
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Thanks for the proper use of the word ‘bored’
It’s usually used instead of the word ‘board’ by comedy geniuses
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The day this **** is murdered is a day not soon enough
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Morning all – having my morning trip through the mire that is Rankers Media I came across a thread about Neil Lennon and this was one of the typical posts (my asterisks). I’m not in the UK right now but what can done about the poster- is their any way he and the site can be reported to the police or at the least the host ISP?
Former Rangers owner Craig Whyte told wife he’d refuse access to kids until she returned Bentley, court hears
Jul 19 2012 By David Love The Record.
The car was being kept at Craig Whyte’s Highland castle
CRAIG Whyte has been accused of using his children as bargaining chips in a row with his estranged wife over a Bentley.
Kim Whyte says the disgraced former Rangers owner threatened not to give her kids back to her if she refused to hand over the £60,000 car.
And a court yesterday heard claims that “a couple of heavies” were told to travel north and retrieve the car from the Highland castle the couple once shared. The allegations emerged as Kim got permission from a sheriff to have the Bentley sold.
She says Whyte owes her money and she wants to auction the car to pay the debt.
Kim’s solicitor, Jenna Sharp, said of Whyte: “He threatened not to return the children after he had taken them on holiday, putting her under duress to release the vehicle.”
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that the Bentley was kept at the back of the Whytes’ former marital home, Castle Grant in Grantown-on-Spey.
Kim had successfully applied to the court for an order banning Whyte from disposing of the car.
But Ms Sharp said that, despite the legal move, “information was received that the debtor (Whyte) told Mrs Whyte he was sending someone to get the vehicle”.
She said the Bentley was then impounded by sheriff officers, who had received information that “a couple of heavies were coming to get it”. It was taken to a secure location this week.
Charles McCaffray, of sheriff officers Scott and Co, said: “We heard that the vehicle was going to be removed so we uplifted it and have it secured.
“Our next move is to arrange for it to be taken to the central belt to get it sold.
“The auctioneers up here are not in a position to value and sell the car.”
Sheriff Philip Mann gave permission for the Bentley to be sold. Whyte was not represented and neither he nor Kim were in court.
Kim last night told the Record she didn’t wish to talk about the feud with her estranged husband.
Whyte met Kim when he was a young businessman in Glasgow. And when he fled to Monaco after his company, Vital UK, collapsed, he took her with him.
He married Kim in 2000 in a lavish ceremony at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Miami. The couple then returned to Monaco, where they were said to be regulars on the party scene.
They left the principality suddenly and ended up in Costa Rica, but then returned to Scotland in 2006 and set up home at Castle Grant.
Whyte remained at the castle after he and Kim separated in 2009. They are now going through divorce proceedings.
After the split, Whyte began a relationship with a 32-year-old Swedish blonde, Izabella Andersson, who has a degree in media and communication science.
Izabella is fluent in English and Dutch and speaks conversational French. She is doing an MBA course in international management at the University of Monaco.
Whyte took her to a game at Ibrox while in charge of Rangers, and was recently photographed with her at a Monaco tennis club.
Kim had to borrow money to buy another house in Grantown after moving out of Castle Grant.
She has claimed that Whyte is in breach of his mortgage conditions for the 14th century pile because the building is no longer insured.
Kim’s dad Hugh Martin, 71, a former steelworks owner, delivered a scathing verdict on Whyte after Rangers were plunged into administration in February.
He said: I’m afraid that Craig doesn’t seem to know the meaning of the word honesty.
“I got on very well with him while he was with Kim, but I don’t know how he earned money.
“He was always very guarded and secretive and didn’t like to talk about business – which I found very strange, considering he was family.
“I’d hear stories about debts and companies going bust but he never spoke about any of it.”
Whyte, 41, was portrayed as a “knight in shining armour” when he bought Rangers from Sir David Murray for £1 in May last year.
Reports described the venture capitalist as a super-rich financial whizzkid who had made £20,000 from share deals while at school.
But even before he took over, some senior figures at Ibrox were concerned that he didn’t have enough money to own the club.
When the Record revealed last summer that Whyte used cash from London agency Ticketus to take control at Ibrox – and handed them the rights to Rangers’ future season ticket income in exchange – he denied our story and called us liars.
He said: “I can categorically assure supporters that when I launched a takeover bid for the club it was funded entirely from one of my companies.”
Whyte banned our football writer, Keith Jackson, from Ibrox over our exclusive story.
But following Rangers’ slide into administration – triggered by his decision to stop paying the club’s tax bills – he was forced to admit we had been right.
The administration began on February 14, just 10 months after Whyte’s chaotic reign began.
It was believed at the time the club owed the tax authorities £9million. It later emerged that the true figure was nearer £15million.
An SFA investigation into the scandal found that Whyte was not a “fit and proper person” to run a football club.
The investigation panel found he was guilty of “scandalous business activities” at Rangers, and presided over a “complete breakdown of corporate governance” at the club.
They added: “Craig Whyte’s interests lay only with Craig Whyte.
“There are a number of aspects to his behaviour which will no doubt be the subject of continued investigation by appropriate agencies.”
Whyte refused to appear before the panel, claiming he’d been told by police that his safety would be at risk if he returned to Scotland. But the panel were given “clear information” from the Strathclyde force that Whyte had been told no such thing.
They branded his stance “scandalous and disgraceful”.
Whyte was fined £200,000 by the SFA and banned from the Scottish game for life, but he reacted to the judgment with contempt.
He said: “I couldn’t care less. It makes no difference to my life whatsoever – and good luck collecting the money.”
The collapse of Rangers was far from the first financial failure Whyte had experienced.
His first business, plant hire firm Whyte Hire, went bust in the early 90s with debts of around £300,000.
The collapse set the tone for many of Whyte’s future dealings. And in 2000, he was banned for seven years from serving as a company director.
A BBC investigation claimed he may have broken the law by flouting the ban. He threatened to sue, but no proceedings were launched.
Whyte moved to Monaco after his boardroom ban – and the demise of 24 companies he was involved in.
He is now back in the millionaires’ playground, but he could soon face the prospect of answering questions from Scots detectives.
The Crown asked Strathclyde Police on June 25 to look into Whyte’s deal to buy Rangers, and the way the club’s finances were managed after his takeover.
Estadio Nacional on 19 July, 2012 at 07:31 said:
Just got this in an email, reasons to be cheerful, part 1967…
>>>>>>
Very Good – thanks for posting
As for comparing them to Kit Kats – gie us a break !
DBBIA ——-
A wee Record Token suggestion [ you might already have it ].
Had occasion to take a taxi in Siracusa last night .
Taxi driver was from the Ukraine —-
Him ——” You mind music ? ”
Me ——– ” Fine by me ” [ but fearing the worst }
Cue some mad mental one handed driving as he scrabbled about in a battered shoebox until he found what he was looking for. He pops the CD into the player —–
Up comes —- The Everly Brothers mighty —- I’m on my way home again .
Followed by The Corvettes , Dillard and Clark , The International Submarine Band, The Gosdin Brothers, Gene Clark , Michael Nesmith .
A great CD —–I was disappointed when my journey was over . Man loved Michael Nesmith —– great bittersweet talk of him working 6 10 hr shifts a week in a Donbass coal mine and spending his weekly day off drinking gut rot Vodka and playing Michael Nesmith .
CD —– Country and West Coast —– The Birth of Country Rock [ BIG BEAT RECORDS ]
Very hot very sunny -way down south
Looks like old Craigybhoy will need to walk away – his wife is taking the car off him
I see the MSM are up to their old editing tricks again ……. And some wonder why Celtic are maintaining a ‘ silence’ .
….they also have no integrity ….. Anything to sell a newspaper…..
Champions League draw tomorrow…
Just saw that its also day of the draw for the League Cup first round.
Easyjet, Ryanair and east coast bus company web sites will be ready to up their prices.