Campbell Ogilvie was interviewed in today’s Scotland on Sunday but he singularly failed to deflect the central criticism of him continuing as president of the SFA despite being a director of Rangers during the period they introduced the controversial EBTs and, allegedly, illegally registered players with the SFA, which Ogilvie was also a director of.
Interviewer, Andrew Smith, asked “Can you see there being an issue with you being SFA president at a time when there is an ongoing SPL investigation into non-disclosure of payments at Rangers that you are directly linked to? You were a director and the secretary who signed off the accounts in November 2001. At that time the EBT scheme was in operation and players were receiving payments that weren’t in their contracts.”
Ogilvie’s response laid bare how inappropriate the situation is: “I was secretary up until 2002. That’s correct. I was a director, that’s correct.”
All he could do in response to the question of how inappropriate his job as SFA president is when Rangers are under investigation for non-disclosure of payments he was “directly linked to” is confirm he was a secretary and director. He didn’t even offer a counter argument.
It was as though he’d been coached, badly, about what to do when you are asked a question you don’t want to answer. Simply not answering the question and making an irrelevant statement treats Scottish football fans like fools.
The truth is he did not and cannot answer the question. If Campbell Ogilvie cannot argue why there is not an issue for him continuing to be SFA president, why is he still SFA president?
Ogilvie confirmed that in March he told Andrew Smith that there were no side contracts and insisted this was “the case to the best of my knowledge”, despite Smith referring him to the recent BBC documentary, the assertions of which have not been challenged.
Readers would have been confused by this ‘knowledge’, that there were no side contracts as Ogilvie immediately denied involvement with player contracts.
This duel position, bearing witness that there were no side contracts, while denying knowledge of player contracts, is wholly inconsistent and, in itself, reasons enough to for his dismissal.
One of the most intriguing comments from Ogilvie was “I might have signed some documents from time to time. I certainly didn’t do the player negotiations, I didn’t do the contracts.”
He “might have signed some documents from time to time”. Oh dear.
If he signed some documents active in this scandal “from time to time”, for pity sake, just go. Pack your bags, apologise profusely and get out of Scottish football.
We await to hear who conducted the inquiry into Ogilvie which allowed Stewart Regan to clear Ogivlie, but if this shoddy testimony informed their decision, the scandal at the heart of the SFA has taken on a new dimension.
Rumours that the SFA did not conduct an inquiry into Campbell Ogilvie and that chief exec, Stewart Regan, spoke inappropriately in order to save the skin of his pal, remain unfounded.
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Once again.
Pass from the Irish player. No off side.
Canada wins the Hamilton Grand Prix or something.
Proso was another one.
Need to see the replay, I thought Jelavic was offside in the initial play not when he got the ball to score.
T4
Z
when the original pass was played in he was offside
i agree he couldn`t be offside after the Irish player kicked it
Duff didnt help earlier on putting the defence under pressure when he shld have cleared iT!!
IMO two bad goals to loose. Shay possibly unsighted, slow to go down and second was a sloppy attempt at a clearance….don’t think was offside.
Ireland need to raise their game in second half. Still only one goal in it.
HH
CRC
I thought two of them were offside when the ball was hit the first time.
Aiden on Slovak TV getting interview amongst a snow top mountain in Russia like Rocky in Rocky IV
There were 3 players offside when the ball is played initially.
Not offside, panicky defending. Doesn’t make Jelavic any less of an obnoxoius hun though.
More goals in this. Open game, good for the neutral, and far more like tournament football should be like in the twenty-first century than Spain-Italy. Fear a red card though.
Ireland has been short of many things, but not critics.
Come on ‘The Bhoys in Green’!
West Wales Celt on 10 June, 2012 at 20:37 said:
I really dislike Jelavic.
Can’t help it…
not even with ice cream???
Headtheball on 10 June, 2012 at 20:36 said:
I get the impression the bhuns won’t be ‘jumping’ about ANYTHING at this point in time….. LLLOOOLLL
Hoachy wee basa – simples!
PFayr
You are wrong. When Irish player got the ball it was new action. He could play the ball forward but made a pass to the Croatian player. If there were 10 croatian players between last Irish player and Given, it’s not off side when the ball comes from the Irish player. Not off side. Never.
How can that be described as a separate phrase when the ball has landed at Ward’s feet as a consequence of the initial phase??
Is should have been given offside in my opinion.
what Southgate just suggested there was he was offside when the ball was first played in
whether a new phase is started or not surely he is initially offside
confused
Orc?? Remind me again!!
Z
no i`m not
let`s not discuss it further
Come on ye Bhoys in green …… !!!!
We can still do this but the midfield need to move 10 yards up the pitch –
& give Aiden more of the ball.
Cmon
Separate phase – initial phase – Hoachy wee basa – simples!
offside should be offside.. regardless of phases etc…
get the stuoid rule changed…
PF
Totally agree, the off side law is a mess.
Who says a new passage of play has started
Jelavic was offside when the shot was hit, and because it bounced off an Irish defender, doesn’t then make him onside, to me he was active the whole time.
*Plus I hate Jelavic*
HT
Jelavic is offside when the ball is played in …..how can this be ignored
i get the fact that he can`t be offside when an irish player passes to him …..however he is offside before this
plenty of time to get back at this mob
agree more ball to Aiden to feed Doyle
•-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on 10 June, 2012 at 20:35 said:
It can feel strange doing the Huddle when the game rages on – you just have to hope you don’t miss something special, but it’s just soooooo much fun :-)
jude
they become upset if we call them huns so orcs are as ugly as huns…
simples…
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on 10 June, 2012 at 20:47 said:
Orc: I believe that this is an extinct animal that pre dates the 2012/13 season. Aggressive and imperialist tendencies, didn’t like anyone! Borrowed lots of things but never gave them back. Favourite fruit and colour was orange. Liked to walk alot and eventually walked away!!!!
HH
CRC
Paul67 et al
Ireland on the back foot for fifteen minutes before the second goal, Croatia picking up most of the clearances. Too easy to say they are defending to deep, but having said that the defence could not take the ball forward during that period. Duff and McGeady only rarely an out ball so the ball keeps coming back at you. Seen this problem with Celtic over the years, two wide men makes it difficult for the midfielders, and especially so with Andrews the only player on a yellow. To state the blatant obvious, Ireland must get the next goal!
There is no arguing with Croatia’s technical superiority. But Ireland are inviting pressure by dropping far too deep. Giving them too much respect and you cannot do that against a side with that much creativity. Though Jellylegs goal was offside- he was offside when Modric shot. Bad time to lose goal though. Ireland need to get McGeady into game second half. Beglin is a tit but the Irish fans are creating a great atmosphere. Ireland need to get back to playing the wway they were when they were chasing the equalizer.
The “hooped” socks are a nice touch.
3-1 Jeezus
Ball hits post, hits Given and goes in
3 fecking 1!!
Volume off, Beglin = Lord Haw Haw
oh dear
Another early goal.
The luck of the Irish?
Pfayr
That’s my point.
Flip!!!!