What you and I have known for months was established as true by the BBC last night, Rangers improperly registered players for over a decade. Following the programme there was some bluster by a firm of accountants who clearly have a lot to worry about, but nothing has been said to dispute the dual contract claim.
The SLP have not added to their 65 word statement released ahead of the broadcast. SFA chief executive Stewart Regan has told the BBC the association will not act, unless called to do so as an appeal body, and SFA President What-school-did-you-go-to has not uttered a word.
Campbell Ogilvie was an executive director of Rangers when it carried out a dual contract system in contravention of the rules of the SFA. This is an established fact which is likely to have severe repercussion for the Scottish game and the club. It is inconceivable that he continues to act as president of the SFA, especially when it has taken the decision not to become involved, despite being the only body competent to investigate breaches across all domestic competitions.
He must resign immediately or be fired. If Mr Regan does not understand this he should be fired too. He is there to take the hard decisions, not to make friends. He has abandoned fans at the time they most need clear leadership.
Anyone on the board in any doubt about this matter must follow them out the door. The SFA is professional body with budget of millions of pounds, not an old boys club, and should act accordingly.
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Stop-I won’t be able to sleep for laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What follows are the texts of two letters that I sent to Alex Salmond in the aftermath of St. Valentine’s Day and the bland reply that I received to them. Whilst the reply is dated the April, I only received it today. Interestingly enough today, Shona Robison appears to be trying to backwater somewhat from her previous ‘a wee word in the taxman’s ear’ stance
17/02/12
Mr. A. Salmond
First Minister.
Dear Mr Salmond,
A very good friend of mine is currently in danger of being prosecuted for fraudulently obtaining welfare benefits. To make matters worse, this fraudulence on his part has being going on for a period of time in excess of ten years.
Despite the above, I am confident that, if only on the grounds that he is something of a special case, to me at least, you and your colleague Shona Robison will have no hesitation in putting a wee word in the ‘social’s ’ ear on my friend’s behalf.
Respectfully,
23/02/12
Mr. A. Salmond
First Minister.
Dear Mr Salmond,
No apologies for writing to you twice within a short space of time.
In the immediate aftermath of Rangers Football Club going into administration, in what hopefully was an unthinking knee-jerk reaction, using terminology such as ‘A fabric of Scottish Life Institution’; you and your colleague, Sports Minister, Shona Robison spoke of having had a word in HMRC’s ear on Rangers behalf.
Personally, I am not too clear on exactly what HMRC affairs have to do with the First Minister and Sports Minister of a devolved Parliament. But that is another matter.
Understandably, there are those now contrasting the above with your joint silence on the veritable hate fest that occurred at the above ‘Fabric of Scottish Life Institution’s’ Edmiston Drive headquarters last Saturday afternoon.
So sustained was the venomous and vociferous outpouring of what was frequently sectarian bile, that even the Scottish media was forced to abandon taking its traditional ‘a small vocal minority’ stance on such occasions.
Even Scotland’s Football authorities, who normally do a fair imitation of Pontius Pilate when confronted with such matters, have announced an enquiry.
Recently of your government, against the advice of not a few, enacted legislation specifically aimed at eliminating sectarianism in and around football grounds.
In light of this, some are now experiencing puzzlement that, in the wake of Saturday’s events at Edminston Drive, Strathclyde Police have announced a mere one arrest for sectarian related offending.
Respectfully
April 2012
Dear Correspondent
Thank you for your correspondence to Scottish Ministers about statements made on
developments at Rangers Football Club. I have been asked to reply.
The Scottish Government fully recognise that it is vital that both individuals and organisations pay their taxes in a timely manner as taxation is essential to the economic and social development of Scotland. I would like to reassure you that any comments made by members of this Government have always stressed the fact that we expect Rangers FC, or any other football club or business for that matter, to meet its obligations to the taxpayer.
We have also recognised the importance of an agreement being reached between the club and HM Revenue & Customs which ensures that tax liabilities and debts are met.
Duff and Phelps are the appointed administrators and we want to see an outcome in the best interests of the staff at Rangers, their supporters and the game of football in Scotland as a
whole. We have offered the administrators the support of our national programme for
responding to redundancy situations, Partnership Action For Continuing Employment
(PACE) to assist any employees who may be facing redundancy and PACE representatives are maintaining close contact with the administrators. PACE support is always available and is always offered to anyone and everyone facing redundancy, PACE have offered this type of assistance to Scottish football clubs in the past and stand ready to assist any football clubs and other companies in the future.
You will appreciate that the administrators are taking forward the process of assessing the business and securing an outcome in the best interests of all the creditors. It is therefore too early to comment on potential outcomes however I want to be clear that no public money would be offered to bail out any football club and this remains the case with Rangers.
Yours sincerely
DEREK GRIEVE
Head Of Sport and Physica
Snake Plissken on 24 May, 2012 at 19:13 said:
There are exceptions of course my old china…
That’s what he says when he drops in to the pit full of huns crawling all over each other in a sssslithery ssssslippery ssssleekit ssssslimeness…
No contrition
No dignity
No shame
No class
RFC the very antithesis of all they profess to be
national disgrace
BMCUWP
Obviously you never paid the family a visit
or ye wouldn’t get the frightened look of the weans
face.
Well done Nicola.
Jinkyredstar @ 18:39,
They had a deadline of the 06/04/2012, on the run up during that week Mr Doncaster said (from memory) the SPL hadn’t recieved anything from D&P but they had been very busy and the SPL were confident they would make the deadline.
To now, some six weeks later, after giving everyone the impression the documentation was with the SPL’s Solicitors who were sifting the infomation and considering if the evidence pointed to a prima facia, today they state D&P have in fact not complied with the original deadline.
After all this time they give them a new deadline of a couple of weeks.
Considering that fuzzy timeline takes us well over the end of the month when the Club dies, we have to assume Mr Doncaster is burying this scandal.
Obviously with his inane comments on the NewCo he’s got form.
Hail! Hail!
if only the sfa/spl greww a pair!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZT5Fq7KuPk
We are better at the unsayable.
After all, isn’t what
the wanderer brings back
from the mountain slopes
to the valley
not a handful of earth
that no one could say
but rather a word
hard won, pure,
the yellow & blue
gentian?
Are we on this earth to say:
House
Bridge
Fountain
Jug Gate
Fruit-tree Window
at best:
Column…
Tower…?
But to say these words
you understand
with an intensity
the things themselves
never dreamed they’d express.
No chance.
I’ve sad this before – Ogilvie is the one calling the shots. All the statements bear his hand, Reagan and Doncaster’s interviews are carefully orchestrated by him; HE is in control, particularly of his two ingenue English puppets out of their comfort zones.
The only question Reagan is capable of asking is through tugged forelock: ‘Um, MrOgilve? Should I be asking youto resign, sir? May I have your permission to ask you to resign?’
And Doncaster sits there like a vaguely-lesbian replicant Ted awaiting his commands.
Peter Lawwell could call Ogilvie out. That’s the only way his brass neck might soften.
Normally investigative journalism builds up momentum until the weight of evidence becomes so overwhelming that it brings down the target. Look how long it is taking to nail down the Murdoch/Jeremy Hunt show. Even now new evidence is still being produced at the Levenson enquiry.
Mark Daly is not going to walk away from this now. He now has to protect his reputation by delivering more and more until there is no more to tell. This is his moment. There can be no turning back.
My apologies ,Miss Scotland Nicole.
Yes, congrats to Nicola. I’ve won a few beauty contests myself, I know they aren’t easy.
bournesouprecipe on 24 May, 2012 at 18:33 said:
>>>
That’s classic.
From the top up. Nae wonder their precious facsimile of the cosa nostra is kaput.
The SFA is professional body with budget of millions of pounds, not an old boys club, and should act accordingly.
dream on
rancidmalignancycsc
FFM
You must have been a Tim amongst the huns.
miki67 on 24 May, 2012 at 19:21 said:
merseycelt lmfao as the big house door slams shut on 24 May, 2012 at 18:13 said:
>>>>
Nope…..sunny Bournemouth
…………
Where do the Bournemouth Shammy meet now? Lost contact emails etc when I moved up to the NW of engerlund, visited and gig’d a few times there back in late 1990’s ?
ffm
send us a piccie
Evening bhoys n ghirls
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wonkyradar on 24 May, 2012 at 16:23 said:
Sometimes in life events overtake a man & force him to take action- whether that action is favourable or calamitious is normally determibed by the level of neglect a man has shown in towards those events…fate then makes the decision for him:
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Stand up PAUL67….. thank you for your fine work.
I lurk constantly and cannot describe the joy you bring to my daily life, keep fighting the good fight and i hope justice will prevail.
jimmybhoycampbell
INcambodia
Vague statements dripping in legalese.
Non-statements speaking volumes.
What are they afraid of? That the scum will arrive from The Shankhill and terrorize them “from the top up”?
Or some wee psycho fom Kilwinning crashes his moped into their Bentleys.
The lowest of the low,overseen by their equals.
BMCUWP.
The name must be Benedict of Rome. IL Papa..
That would scare them. Eggs on the menu again..
HH
Vogue talking about a Tim amongst the Huns.
I worked in the AMP in Port Glasgow and there was…. As far as I knew only 3 Tims in the factory at any given time, about 150 worked there, they ran a rfc supporters bus from an office near the back door, as soon as redundancies came up my name was top of the list…… It was a breath of fresh air leaving there for darn south as auld Cadizzy would say….. Is the RTC blog still going ain’t seen auld Cadizzy fur a while?
Hx2
Good evening friends on a beautiful early summer’s eveing here in East Kibride. Out in the fresh air with my bacon rolls, laptop and a cheeky wee Magners. Cannie beat it!
Can anyone imagine a world where the public figures- particulary public servants/political representatives- said what they honestly think?
Instead all we get is inane drivel that makes no more sense than the sound of pish watter gone doon a manky auld drain…
Why do these people say anything?
To make a noise?
There are plenty of noises I could live without- a world with mute politicians would almost certainly be a better world.
voguepunter
How did you guess? I’m the only Tim occupying the last outpost east of little Ireland. So i knew it was a no brainer to enter the local competitionp. Best looking lassie here looks like him of the big house must stay open fame. Had to give up though due to huns chatting me up. One told me I looked like Joanna Lumley.
UEFA are you watching, cut out the middle man and get the fraud squad in please.
Jobo Baldie on 24 May, 2012 at 19:42 said:
Awwwwwwwwww you are making me very jealous!
Could murder a pint of Magners & ice right now.
Is Ogilvie still in a job??
Then there were 5…
Tonight’s statement from Fir Park said:
“We are well progressed with a plan
that is designed to bring both fan
ownership and long term financial
stability to the club, without reliance
on funding from either a bank or a
benefactor.
“We do not believe we can separate
the sporting integrity of our league
from the sustainable future of our club;
the two go hand in hand.
“Any decisions we take as a Board are
made in the best interests of the club
with a view to achieving our stated
aims for ownership and funding.
“In the event that a “Newco” proposal
is presented to us, we intend to fully
discuss with representatives of our
supporters groups, prior to making
any decision.”
If they are the fabric of Scottish society the rest of us must be hingin’ wae a thread!
CheatsandFraudsters
Vmhan on 24 May, 2012 at 19:36 said:
>>>
Used to meet up in a great wee place inside the train station. Then the owners flogged it. Re-convened @ The Electric Club in Moordown. It all got a wee bit too chaotic and ad hoc….I turned up one night for a European match.
Closed.
The place operates mainly for other entities…we were low on their priorities.
So…I gave up and signed up bitterly to Sky & ESPN.
If I knew how and I had the resources I’d set up a csc myself down here.
All the pubs here are focused on The EPL. Unless we were steamin’ ahead in Europe…..
But the spl is a non-runner here in the deep south.
The csc in Malta was brilliant,btw.
Vmhan
It’s an absolute disgrace that prejudices of the
peepil in this country have dragged it down.
Even now you here ,we brought them in ,we gave
them jobs and now they’ve taken over.
Will someone please let them know that they
colonised Ireland ,made it part of Great Britain.
FEKIN IMBECILES.
Jobo Baldie on 24 May, 2012 at 19:42 said:
Good evening friends on a beautiful early summer’s eveing here in East Kibride.
Who told you it was beautiful in East Kibride :-))
Paddy G …. 2 minds think alike ….. Serious Fraud Office …. Tic toc
V
Hx2
jackie mac
can be bought online. Baxendale gets too much commission though.
Jobo
Bacon rolls and Magners?
This is night time no morning.
Folks, did anyone notice if any current players were on the EBT benefactor list?
Bazza legend Ferguson pocketed a cool £2.5m over 5 years which amounts to £500k p/a.
If a player earns £25k per year, based on 50% tax they pocket £650k p/a.
So Bazza legend Ferguson’s salary was supplemented for 5 years to the tune of almost 50% with the EBT – and the huns actually think they have a case against HMRC.
When you think of who we would have been able to attract had we been allowed to effectively halve the tax a player has to pay!?
Disappointed by the wall of silence today by all of officialdom – in particular FIFA / UEFA (never remember which one of those its supposed to be!)
I wonder which supporters club will be first to re-name their bus as the Prince Albert csc or Joanna Lumley csc