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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Guys,
by the letter of the law, the Hun divers goal was onside, the play was into the much vaunted “second phase” because Ireland played the ball not once but twice before Jelavic scores.
Not offside unfortunately, only my opinion mind.
sheeeoite now 1-3 Croatia.
gebhoy
jeezo 3-1 -another header
poor defending again
This could get very embarrassing for Ireland now
Given not impressing me tonight.
Not looking too good now. ….
No one, in their more sober moments, expected Ireland to get anything from this group.
Jelavic is quality – quality the huns could not and cannot afford. Most of them will be looking at his performances in the EPL, sobbing into their Union Jack hankies. As far as I’m concerned, he’s just a professional football player who found himself at Rangers after Celtic decided his price was too high.
Most ex-Rangers players and managers are either hilariously bad and/or another mis-placed on the Jenga of their financial collapse.
It’s all good (unless you’re an Ireland fan right now).
lennon’s passion on 10 June, 2012 at 20:34 said:
When did the GB start it though, can you remember?
HT
i was agreeing with you ya trumpet :¬))
Irish defending really poor – too many crosses coming in.
weegreenman
pre season Mowbray v our Coatbridge friends albian Rovers..
when was TM the manager..?
SG’s interview not going well then?
An OG my Derry
Outclassed here. No comparison. Likely to lose all 3 games now. Spanish commentators, even at 1-1, kept saying Croatia were playing way below their potential but if they stepped it up they would win with ease. Not very flattering about the Irish, saying they are extremely limited.
McGeady off
Pfayr
Pax :-))
Cmon the Bhoys in green!!!!!
Aiden hooked
modric flattens whelan -booked
Cox on
Jelavic is not interfering with play when Modric shoots, hence no offside, now would you have said if Modric’s shot hits the back of the net, it is a goal all be it Jelavic is still in an offside position, it would not have been offside.
The second phase starts when the shot rebounds off an Ireland player to Ward who had the chance to clear it but only sclaffs it to the hun, who scores.
IMHO not offside but it is a game of opinions bhoys!
gebhoy
Aiden can’t have too many complaints, never really got involved the night..
blantyretim on 10 June, 2012 at 20:57 said:
That would mean we started doing it Summer 2010 then before City?
Cox on. Game a bit of a Blur for McGeady.
The “second phase” Southgate speaks of is in danger of capturing football in a messily subjective trap- how, when & who interprets when second phase begins?
Modric running the show now.
whit was the foul for dunne was getting choked ffs
Slovak commentator just compared Ireland to an American Football team.
Deary me.
theweegreenman on 10 June, 2012 at 20:55 said:
Friendly against Albion Rovers.TM first game in charge.
For an Irishman, Jim Beglin’s co-commentary is bizarre to say the least.
Bloke109
Ireland were being outgunned in midfield ..playing two wide players ..AMcG had little chance to get into the game
sensible changes for Trapp to make
there you go weegreenman… see lennon;s passion above
Sick of that wee subliminal logo showing up after every replay in Ireland match.
Once you are aware of it…….. Sorry
wonkyradar
Maybe, but the better strikers capitalise on that, Hooper included, by playing on the shoulder of the last defender, and occasionally stepping ahead of play. One drawback in my Hooper argument is that Scottish officials consistently don’t know the laws of the game.
Neither of Ireland’s wide players got any decent service tonight. They spent most of their time tracking back against a technically superior side.
Some right poor defending though !
T4
Hope all this talk about first and second is just a little phase!
Interviewer to Tommy Docherty, Do you think your striker was interfering with play?
If he wasn’t he wont be my striker for long!
snake
tbh he’s not far wrong mate …looking slow and lacking finesse except in wee flashes here and there
a yard off the pace tonight
PF ayr
Yup, agreed, although Srna was giving Aiden a hard time, rather than the other way round…
Bloke 109
they are also cheating bassas
Whits all this 2nd phase pish?! Occam’s Razer – he’s a hun…ergo offside! The notion he is talented is what is known as a Croatian Myth.
:-))
Stonewaller