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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Well said Neil Lennon although you should have said that you would insist every hun player crawl to the centre circle on their hands n knees,one at a time and handed over the medal to the real winner in front of a packed CP.
Estadio Nacional on 19 July, 2012 at 07:31 said:
EN – I love it on KDS when they list the recent happenings at Ibrox and them some wag says “they’re going to get away with it aren’t they?”
hehehe
tomtheleedstim 09:49
Haha, I still have that lingering doubt…
EN
Bobby Murdoch’s etc @ 06 19.
Many thanks for that article re Sicily .
The bad news is that the article is an accurate reflection of the current situation .
The good news is that the vile corrupt Lombardo is going .
The good news is that most of the Sicilian economy is black and most Sicilians will sit out the crisis .
The good news is that things are finally beginning to be done about political corruption , clientism and jobs for the boys and girls Such guff has resulted in Sicilian towns with a population of 50 k employing more ” local authority workers ” than Milan . Many such employees have never set foot in their place of work . Many have never done a days work for their local authority employer.
Best wishes.
Whither the cash strapped scrofulous New hillbillies the day?
kitalba on 19 July, 2012 at 09:32 said:
‘When the Record revealed last summer that Whyte used cash from London agency Ticketus to take control at Ibrox ‘
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Should have said: ‘When someone worked out how to log onto thon internet hingmy and managed to get wan o’ their weans tae explain whit it said on CQN/RTC and then we goat the ok affa’ Sir Davy…the record revealed…’
Guth Bharraidh breaking news
For every five pence the rangers spend
Barra FC say they’ll spend ten
Zbyszek – you got mail mate.
T4
Big Sammi ,tells kyle where to the bus stop is fir the big smoke..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfaBVGFDyyo&feature=related
Is the glamour friendly in Hawick going ahead?
Sof Tunis -I’m pretty sure I have that disc, I’ll look it out again.
‘Country Funk’, which you also recommended, is released in UK next week.
I’d like to see the track listing, but it’s not on Amazon yet.
You may enjoy the Sweetback Sisters, going forwards in a retro way.
Great cover of ‘the Sweetest Gift, a Mother’s Smile’.
It’s a bit sad that Lenny still finds himself in the front line when he voices an opinion.
Sad to see folk blaming him for the reaction his words get.
Personally, I’d like to thank him for having the courage to do what he does against blatant animosity in this country (Edinburgh jury anyone?), death threats against himself and his family, and physical assaults.
It’s a shocking state of affairs when he has no public Scottish voice to back him up. Dolph is from Sweden, in case anyone forgets.
Laughable when peepil post comments here about how he should keep his opinions to himself. Aye, appease the huns with silence, and show them that their attempt at intimidation has worked.
Voice your anonymous opinions about how he should keep his own opinion to himself – you obviously believe he isn’t entitled to voice it. Good luck sleeping at night when it dawns on you what you have been saying.
http://t.co/l3TIIjDE
Barrach Obampot on 19 July, 2012 at 10:04 said:
Good to see you posting, was just thinking yesterday long time no hear from the Socialist Republic of Barra…
How’s tricks?
Brilliant. Off the BBC Thursday Gossip Column Page, two items above the news that BBC Alba will be showing Sevoc5088’s away tie in the Ramsden’s Cup at Brechin live on 28 July.
“Rangers are planning a move for former St Johnstone striker Francisco Sandaza – if they avoid a transfer embargo. (Sun) ”
Do these people never learn? Why would Sandaza even contemplate playing for Sevoc in D3 when he turned down the offer to play for rfc(il) in the Premier League and in Europe (briefly)?
By the way I did like the comment yesterday that Sky was apologizing for promoting Rangers games in 3D when it should in fact have read D3!!
DJBEE on 19 July, 2012 at 10:10 said:
A public relations disaster?………..not for me :O)
http://t.co/F1aYImBI
Twitter will not be the same without his wisdom.
Are the huns negotiating individual tv deals, or will any money they make be split with other diddy, sorry SFL, teams?
Because if they can do it …
DBBIA @ 10 07.
Country Funk —–
You will find the track listing , information and some sound samples on –
The Light in the Attic Records website.
Available in vinyl !
iShortbread SPL page still features ‘Club12’ and the Hunwashed.
Do they not want to keep hold of J.Spence Esq.?
Amazing the Record have the nerve to write this re Our Hero…..
“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.”
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Conveniently forget the reports came from Union Jackson in their paper with the “billionaire” and “wealth of the radar” nonsense.
You can only admire their nerve/cheek
Sof TUnis -cheers, right up my street. Light in the Attic did the ‘Satan is Real’ re-issue, so their hearts are in the right place.
All the websites seem to have RFC(il) still in the Permier League. Sporting Life is the same so for once it isn’t just the good old BBC.
The nonsense being spouted about transfer targets for a team with no league, no licence, no players, no fans and no sponsors is astonishing.
My bet is still for a Green “Well I tried my best but I must give up” before selling off the assets for a tidy profit prior to BDO taking them all off him, as he fails to get the go ahead from the SFA.
Any Celtic chat transfers ect ? What formation would u play this season ? Anything ? Anybody out there intrested in the fitba !!
Darren Huckerby is having a medical at Ross Hall this afternoon.
Good morning CHAMPIONS
Weefra HH
News that Ibrahimovic’ s signing for PSG takes PSG’ s spending on players to 200 million euros in 12 months causes as a big cheese Italian agent to say this on Italian radio——-
” Financial Fair Play ? don’t make me laugh . UEFA are like the Soviet Union . UEFA are like the Politbureau—— when they say something you know they mean the exact opposite . Platini claimed that everything would change but the only thing that has changed at UEFA is the name of the President “
Oh the irony of Sevco’s first game being sponsored by pawnbrokers.
Nice to see shortbread still using out licence money to allow Jabba and Nosferatu Young to get paid for watching their (new) favourite team.
Seeing hoopslegend Daryl Murphy runnin’ out for the ole Hoops I half expect to hear some disembodied voice saying ‘unexpected object in the bagging area’.
Had a quick glance at one of the Irish tabloids this morning. Now, they are generally a day behind the MSM in Scotland when it comes to football news. They were reporting on Lennys quotes about titles being stripped from the huns etc and there was nothing new there, except the final paragraph which stated that the SFA are likely to launch an investigation into matters concerning Rangers pre SPL ie. pre 1998. Has there been any more comment about this?
HH
South of Tunis@10:52
The commentator is correct. Platini used the FFP as a voting tool to get himself re-elected as UEFA president. There is no way UEFA will make the FFP stick
Any news on the supremely talented Jovetic moving to La Vecchia Signora?
Tallybhoy on 19 July, 2012 at 06:58
Welcome aboard
HAIL HAIL
Fraser
Adam Vic Mulgrew Izzy
Forest Kayal Commons
Sammi
Hooper Stokes
We should go out to DESTROY teams this season… Hence my very attack minded formation..
NB no Brown. Ki or McCourt
I’d rather see young Tony , Dylan etc as subs.
DBBIA @ 11 01 .
Either that or or a braw Beechgrove Garden accent opining —–
” despite the wet —— it’s been a grand year for spuds -look at the size of this one ”
Patata CSC ——Way down south
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has annulled former Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed Bin Hamman’s lifetime FIFA ban.
The ruling by CAS will cause huge embarrassment to FIFA, whose ethics committee imposed the lifetime ban for bribery one year ago.
It is understood that while the Qatari has not been proven innocent by CAS the appeal has been upheld on the grounds of a lack of evidence.
FIFA can bring fresh proceedings against Bin Hammam if the revamped ethics committee has any new evidence.
Bin Hammam was found guilty by FIFA’s ethics committee last year of paying bribes to Caribbean officials while campaigning against Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency.
The former AFC president was provisionally suspended by that governing body earlier this week.
That followed an audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers that centred on contract negotiations and payments to and from AFC bank accounts during Bin Hammam’s presidency.
He was alleged to have breached a number of AFC regulations including relating to gifts and bribery. Sources close to Bin Hammam say the allegations are further attempts to tarnish his name.
Bin Hammam always claimed the FIFA action against him was retribution for having challenged Blatter for the presidency.
It is almost a year to the day since FIFA’s ethics committee found the 63-year-old guilty of conspiring to pay bribes and issued the lifetime ban.
Bin Hammam had been a growing force in international football and displayed his power by being influential in Qatar’s runaway victory in the contest to host the 2022 World Cup.
Some observers had believed he was on course to defeat Blatter until, less than a month before the election, he was accused of paying around 1million US dollars to officials from 25 Caribbean nations.
Witnesses testified that after being addressed by Bin Hammam at a specially-arranged meeting in Trinidad, officials were invited to pick up cash gifts of 40,000 US dollars per association contained in brown envelopes.
The witnesses stated that former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner had told officials the money had come from Bin Hammam. Warner resigned from FIFA a month later and refused to speak to investigators.
Does anyone have LiviBhoys contact details ?
Some more FF paranoia – tranquilizer darts at the ready:
“Rangers F.C. The Conspiracy
having read all the information recently coming from gds and the post from del about paul nolan,best friends with john reid’s son,the ties with liewell,rhegan and doncaster,it is of my opinion that for the past 5 or 6 years there has been an orchestrated conspiracy to kill off our club.i believe that possibly a group of mp’s with reid’s involvement have decided “if we get rid of rangers,we get rid of sectarianism in scotland!”.reid along with liewell has then influenced the appointments of rhegan and doncaster.then manus fullerton and the other taig in charge of lloyds bank used whyte to strike the deal with ticketus to pay them off,leaving rangers in a precarious situation which could only end in the way they had all planned and hoped for,i also believe that influential catholics involved with hmrc have transpired to the downfall of our club.this may all be gobbledegook but i for one believe it could have panned out this way,what are the thoughts of my fellow bluenoses?
remember this time last year none of us would have believed what has happened since the turn of the year,so who knows? crackpot or not i really hope that gds [Giovanni Di Stefano] uncovers the truth for us,after all no-one else seems to be trying.”