After a couple of days away from the computer I caught up with the Ben Nevis Huddle photographs, magnificent achievement to everyone involved. Our 1254125 project is in good hands. I’d no idea there would be snow at the top of the mountain in June.
Have you bought your ticket for the Lions Roar event at the Kerrydale Suite on Friday evening. It will be a great opportunity to watch the Lisbon game in the company of the Lions and enjoy a Question and Answer session afterwards. There will also be a chance to get your picture taken, so get along.
Accurate news broke today that Celtic are in the market for a central defender. We are not short of cover in this area of the team but no one has made an irrefutable claim for a place to partner Kelvin Wilson.
As we have often said, successful defending can only be done by a unit, not an individual, but unsuccessful defending by be achieved by anyone. As ever, let’s hope Neil gets his first choice.
If you are still to renew your season ticket sign up for 1254125 at the same time – it’s every bit as important a part of being a Celtic fan as watching football. If you’ve already renewed, get back and register.
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The hartz admin will be done properly I reckon, it will show the difference when corruption is tollerated during an admin event.
HH
clunks
Uefa know fine well what is going down, they want to avoid a scandal at all costs, that will be their number one priority.
Hence the silence and lack of action.
HH
clunks
UEFA and FIFA would have a cheek to investigate the wrongdoings in any country giving what allegedly goes on in their own organisations. And they know it.
And given the ex SFA employees on their books well that speaks volumes.
Dunfermline supporters group Pars United will submit a bid to buy the club and East End Park on Tuesday. The Fife outfit, relegated to Division Two at the end of last season, has been in administration since March. But the fans’ consortium is confident it can agree a company voluntary arrangement [CVA] with accountancy firm BDO – and save the club.
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That’s what’s at stake. It’s what was at stake for Rangers. Their attempt at a CVA fell on its face. So their club couldn’t be saved. Good luck to Dunfermline fans, the real fans. They want to save their club and attempt to rebuild it, away from the clutches of spendalike-Murrays such as Masterton.
Hearts fans can do this too. Save their club and try to rebuild it, without allowing it to become a play-thing for Wallace Mercer, Vladimir Romanov or anyone like that.
Maybe, as far as Scottish football is concerned, the spivs have had their day. I certainly hope so.
Looks as though the Dunfermline admin has been done properly too, by BDO. Their debt is much smaller than Hearts’s, but Dunfermline are now playing in SFL 2 with diddy teams like Sevco.
TET
UEFA will know exactly what’s been going on and will have been briefed by CO.
Knowing the level of corruption in uefa I might even go as far as suggesting they advised the sfa how to keep a lid on it.
Might be that the Celtic fans are the only group interested in justice and that is the reason justice will never be seen?
And Dunfermline don’t own a nice chunk of real estate in EH11.
eldiegobhoy
Exactly, see my last post.
A mate of mine is taking the aforementioned Archie Mac, home to Bothwell!
clunks
Personally, I can’t see any of the players getting their cumuppance, but you never know, we can but hope.
I reckon that the only way the truth will out, is if someone is looking at jail time, and he starts to sing.
maybes that is why certain parties are walking around as if nothing has happened.
Off to bed.
Take care and god bless Timland
HH
KTF
Big Erchie put me off Wheetabix for life!!!
Erchie lives behind the Bothwell Bridge hotel.
I once passed Erchie at the top of Renfrew Street near the Apollo.
His wraparound hairdo had come lose in a fierce wind and was stretched out sideways across the pavement forcing horrified pedestrians to duck for their safety.
Canamalar
You’re a wee stirrer ….. If we win the CL, you’ll still find something to complain about …. you are an unashamed malcontent… ‘board’ out of my skull with you …..
Eldiegobhoy …..
The ‘politics’ surrounding sevco certainly do stink ….. It will be interesting to compare Hearts’ ‘route’ through admin with that of the favoured peepul …… Don’t see any of the 2 of them surviving ……. We can then just make it 10 10 10 10 …… LOL …… And the Celts go marching on……….. I have decided just to enjoy supporting my Club and, of course, gorging (pardon the pun) my ice cream……not long now ’til the first game of the new season…
Is Dunne the done deal yet??
I picked up a Celtic employee from Hampden in Lenny’s first full season and we got talking. I said that the previous season was the worst I had ever seen in terms of decisions favouring one team. As he was getting out I said to him not to roll over when the SFA are on your case and was surprised when he said it wont happen again and he gave me a reassuring nod. I also picked up Paul McBride just after the ill fated Inverness game. He spoke to me about the nonsense of the threats, the panic button he wore at all times but was a lovely guy. He said he was raging with our performance at Inverness and if Celtic had won he wouldn’t have to do what he was going to have to do. My taxi was floating after that comment as I was sure they had something on either Rangers, the SFA or both. I wish he was still here fighting our corner for us.
On a brighter note I asked him if he was of Irish stock. I said there were a lot of McBride’s near my dads in Donegal. He said his grandparents came from one of the islands off the coast of Gweedore. I then asked him for his autograph for my dad which he gladly did.
To Charlie, from Paul McBride. Hail Hail it said. My dad was proud as punch when i gave him it. I also got a tenner for a £4 job. As i said, a lovely guy.
Night all. H H
steinreignedsupreme
23:36 on 17 June, 2013
Spot on ….. “The truth will always out”
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
00:12 on 18 June, 2013
Is Dunne the done deal yet??
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Nae Dunne deal done… Dunne’s done.
starry plough @ 23:24,
“Heart’s going bust could be a good opportunity to put pressure on the SFA should they deviate from the rules and also to shine a light on what they did with Sevco …. It’s an almighty mess of rule breaking and lies the SFA have created..”
The SFA twisted and turned and manipulated every rule in the book for Rangers in the last three years.
Of course for the Century before that they were just bending them a wee bit and just giving them a HAND.
So, if Heart’s really go to the wall and let’s face it they have a lot more assets than the OldCo, the SFA twist themselves in knots again uninterpolating the regulations.
So the question then it has to be asked, does every Scottish Football Club have an unique, separate and distinct existence?
Do ALL levers have to be pulled to ensure The Heart of Midlothian Football CLUB continue with their unbroken history, irrespective of any Financial, Sporting, or Corporate Legal Entity considerations.
Or, could they treat Hearts the same way all major football associations and all legal authorities do and follow the statutory and regulatory rules.
Which of course could be really bad news for Hearts, but might raise the question
WHY WERE RANGERS ALLOWED TO FLAUNT EVERY RULE IN THE BOOK..
Just saying like.
Hail! Hail!
boscobhoy02
00:12 on 18 June, 2013
My parents were from Donegal also……. God bless Paul McBride..!!!!
Night, Fholks…..
boscobhoy02
Meant to say……MILFORD, DONEGAL
I also picked up Longmuir the time of the ref’s strike. To be fair he didn’t blame anyone for the strike but was angry that all first, second and third division games had to be abandoned that week. He did come out with the line “ultimately Dougie McDonald got the penalty decision right”. I said to him the fact every one of the former refs all backed him. Dallas,Dougal and Clark all backed him. I said “see those three, if a penalty HAD been awarded they would ALSO say the decision was correct”. I was surprised but he did agree with me.
chairbhoy
00:19 on 18 June, 2013
starry plough @ 23:24,
As you say, the comparisos will be VERY interesting….
clunks
23:48 on
17 June, 2013
TET
UEFA will know exactly what’s been going on and will have been briefed by CO.
Knowing the level of corruption in uefa I might even go as far as suggesting they advised the sfa how to keep a lid on it.
Might be that the Celtic fans are the only group interested in justice and that is the reason justice will never be seen?
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Folks, With apologies for getting regulatory – at some point during the summer of 2011 July/August the SFA were required to inform the SFA under Article 66 – No overdue payables towards employees and/or social/tax authorities – Enhanced
that Rangers had proved that as at 30 June of the year in which the UEFA club competitions commenced it had no overdue payables (as specified in Annex VIII)towards its employees and/or social/tax authorities (as defined in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 50) that arose prior to 30 June.
Now I have no idea how that proof was provided or how evidence of proof was conveyed by the SFA to UEFA, but the SFA were able to tell Rangers in September the “good news” that not only had UEFA given approval for the licence to remain (and so not refer the case to the Organs for Administration of Justice, which would have taken the appropriate measure(s) without delay in accordance with the procedure defined in the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations for urgent cases.) but Rangers were also free of the requirement under Article 64 Future financial information – Enhanced that required Rangers to provide
“new future financial information, if it has breached indicator 3 and/or 4 as defined in Article 62(3).”
{breach indicator 4 is having overdue payables to tax authority]
The fact this was conveyed as good news raised my eyebrow as did the realisation that it made the next licensing checkpoint in September easier to meet (which is why SFA did not have to get proof from HMRC of the £500k downpayment CW said that he had made as part of satisfying UEFA at the September point there was no overdue payable because Rangers and HMRC had an agreement (neither in writing as required as part of the proof nor of any other kind) and in fact no downpayment existed.
My point in all this is not just to post dry rules but to show that the submission to UEFA under Article 66 is crucial to understanding not only how there was no referral under Article 68 but why no Future Financial Information was required under Article 64 after the checks in Article 66 when there was an overdue payable.
It is hard not to think UEFA shared the same concerns for their competition if a club were ejected as the SFA did for the SPL if Rangers were to go under.
This is all about football looking after football and governance by rules is an illusion.
how there was no referral under Article 68 to the Organs for Administration of Justice,but why no ……
to clarify.
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“Soon they’ll be No Proddy Teams at All..”
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Summa
Ps.. I’m a Proddy so l can say that..(Can l..?)
Chairbhoy
Aye that’s always been the question, the Heart’s administration should be very interesting.
I think CQN should think about marking the now annual administration event with a special do, maybe hook up with Equi’s and have them design a special celebratory ice cream…
Every year is a bad year for huns kinda thing..
Tom McLaughlin
22:18 on
17 June, 2013
Glad to hear your news.
Keep your pecker up.
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Tom..
Great News x2 Good News then a Wee Suprise Cannae beat it..
I would say You are 1-0 up after the First leg with a Away goal to Boot..
Seriously.. Keep Keeping the Faith..
001Bhoy
Ps.. I’m off to have a Look at WebJet.. Melbs is Baltic..Term 2 Finishes next Week..【ツ】
Personally, I’m a wee bit confused about all the shenanigans, sometimes I think we are being drowned in damning revelations with every new one that is made public inadvertently glossing over and distorting the value of what is already being dissected and digested. There are so many accusing documents and e-mails, so much whataboutery, so much slander, no denials or law-suits , so much smoke and mirrors and deflections and most of all, so much silence from certain quarters.
Sometimes I get a little confused too about just how much credence is given to internet bampots for their part in the downfall of Rangers. I thought the three biggest contributing factors to their demise were:
(a) The pressure applied by the bank on Rangers to repay their overdraft.
(B) The pressure applied by HMRC and their ultimate refusal to accept a CVA.
(c) The abysmal results against FBK Kaunas in 2008 and ditto against Malmo and NK Maribor in 2010.
I’m not saying that the online bampottery was insignificant, it kept a spotlight on the issues no doubt, but I just can’t see how it was more significant than the above.
Where would we be now if Walter, Ally and Rangers had got the desired results against those clubs and instead of Craig Whyte handing over such a massive sum, in a oner, to the bank as opposed spreading payments out over a 24 month plan?
Hugh Dallas might have been kipping on his watch, Lloyds may be a high street from for Sinn Fein and there just might be some vindictive fenian diehards employed at HMRC. I just don’t know. I do know that without resolution potential investment into Scottish football is at risk.
In the interim it appears that the only response by the governing bodies, by the government, and by the forces of the crowns judiciary, is the Offensive Behaviour Act/Religiously Aggravated Crimes in Scotland. Not forgetting our intrepid SFA Chairman scuttling off to an all expenses paid tip to Mauritius where
(the following is from the Herald)
Regan, president Campbell Ogilvie and first vice-president Alan McRae attended the Fifa congress in Mauritius at the end of May and signed the SFA up to a “strict liability” agreement on tackling racism, unanimously supported by all countries. In other words, if a country’s supporters are guilty of racism there will be punishment regardless of the national association’s work on addressing the issue.
The SFA want to introduce a similar disciplinary procedure for offensive behaviour throughout Scottish football and it will be put to the vote at the AGM. That would mean that clubs which have issues with sectarian or offensive chanting, the release of flares or smoke bombs, or any other offensive behaviour, would no longer escape punishment by insisting that they had taken all practical steps to eradicate the problem.
Whilst Scottish football is weak and vulnerable I hope our heid honchos got a nice tan down on the beach where they were taking a FIFA imitative and trying to exploit is as an SFA weapon. (to be used against whom?)
Oh! And lest I forget and extend all due credit and applicable congratulations… they all agreed to a wee bit of league reconstruction which as far as I’m concerned amounts to no more than shuffling the stacked deck; inclusive of additional jokers.
From the Guardian 15 March 2012
Campbell Ogilvie has vowed to continue in his role as Scottish Football Association president as he insisted he had no role in “drafting or administering” player contracts at Rangers after the mid-1990s.
Ogilvie has come under pressure after the SFA and then the Scottish Premier League vowed to investigate the alleged non-disclosure of payments to Rangers players during his spell at Ibrox.
The former Rangers company secretary confirmed he had been a member of the employee benefit trust (EBT) scheme, which was the subject of a tax tribunal in January and could cost the Ibrox club £49m.
Ogilvie moved to clarify his role at the club and insisted he would “look “forward to new and exciting challenges ahead at the Scottish FA”.
Ogilvie, who was employed at Ibrox from 1978 until leaving for Hearts in 2005, spoke out after his position was questioned given the ongoing investigation into Rangers’ financial affairs.
Ogilvie protested his innocence over the contracts issue although he admitted benefiting from the controversial EBT scheme.
In a statement published on the SFA’s website, Ogilvie said: “In light of today’s comments by [former Rangers owner] Sir David Murray, and the ongoing speculation surrounding my role as president of the Scottish FA and my previous employment as a director of Rangers FC, I would like to take this opportunity to clarify the following points.
“I was aware of the EBT scheme in operation at Rangers during my time at the club and, indeed, was a member. The existence of the scheme was published in Rangers’ annual accounts.
“My role at Rangers, until the mid-90s, included finalising the paperwork for player registrations.
“As confirmed by Sir David Murray today, it was never my role to negotiate contracts during my time at Rangers.
“It is also worth noting that, since the mid-90s, I was not responsible for the drafting or administering of player contracts.
“I ceased being company secretary in 2002 and became general secretary responsible for football strategy, in effect becoming the main point of contact between the club and the respective league and governing bodies.
“In relation to the recent investigation, I can confirm that I asked to be excluded from the Scottish FA’s independent inquiry into Rangers.
“In the interests of good governance it was absolutely right that this was the case.”
The SFA’s recent inquiry into Rangers briefly incorporated allegations of undisclosed payments to players following claims by the former Ibrox director Hugh Adam.
Adam claimed some payments were not included in official contracts that were registered with the football authorities, with the 86-year-old “pretty sure” similar payments were being made as early as the mid-1990s.
The EBT scheme ran from 2001 to 2010 and followed a similar offshore payments programme from 1999-2003, which sparked a separate £2.8m claim from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. Rangers last year conceded this case but Craig Whyte did not pay the sum after taking over in May.
The SFA dropped their investigations into the issue after the SPL announced an inquiry into the alleged non-disclosure of payments to players from 1998, although the main governing body would hear any appeal.
A Stor Mo Chroi
01:40 on 18 June, 2013
You think THATS bad………
While a constant stream of leaked documents and tapes questioning the true nature of the relationship between former owner Craig Whyte and his successor Charles Green keeps the close season busy, the full story of the series of frauds committed at the Glasgow club before and after Whyte’s takeover in 2011 may need to await either a criminal trial or the civil actions against his former lawyers, Collyer Bristow. While nobody has yet been charged, the civil case is set for trial in October in the high court.
The claimants are not just the original Rangers club, via its liquidators, but also the taxman, the Jerome pension fund trustees (Jerome is owned by Worthington Group, in which Whyte was major shareholder) and a company linked to Whyte’s former partner, Merchant House Group. The club is seeking £25m from Collyer Bristow, HMRC at least £2.8m, the pension fund almost £3m and Merchant Turnaround (where Whyte was a shareholder) £1m. To meet these claims, if it loses, Collyer Bristow has its professional indemnity insurance and a frozen £3.6m which survived the pillaging.
The “oldco” Rangers claim against Collyer Bristow reveals that the Jerome trustees parted with £2.9m, a third of the pension fund, in early April 2011 – a month before Whyte agreed to buy Rangers from Sir David Murray. The money remained in the lawyer’s client account until two weeks before Rangers collapsed into administration in February 2012. It was a supposed secure loan for which the pension fund received no security.
The Merchant Turnaround money and £24.3m paid to Collyer Bristow by Ticketus, in return for supposed season ticket income, was used by Whyte to repay LLoyds Bank £18m and take over the club. Ticketus has already won a judgement against Whyte for almost £18m.
The Rangers claim also shows that more than £800,000 of the money provided to Collyer Bristow was used to pay its bills (more than £200,00) and those of other lawyers (including Carter-Ruck, £19,000), accountants (Saffrey Champness £61,000) and advisers (Cairn, £63,000), as well as Whyte’s associates Aiden Early (£250,000) and Phillip Betts (£225,000). Many of these were, it is claimed, debts of Whyte or his companions, rather than Rangers.
Collyer Bristow’s defence is certain to be complicated by the position of lawyer Gary Withey, who was acting for Whyte but has now left the firm. he is accused of not only of misleading Murray and the club’s advisers but also of forging Whyte’s signature on a letter he witnessed as part of a conspiracy to damage the club.
This will be investigated in detail come October – unless the police raids of two months ago turn into charges and result in the civil proceedings being delayed.
Tom
Why is McJay talking about your pecker?
Margaret McGill:
I keep telling myself that their abuses and crimes are that many that it is a given that one day the law will catch up to them and then that justice will be seen to prevail. I also know that there will come a day that my lottery numbers will come up, I just hope that they do so when I’m still alive and able to fully enjoy the benefits.
This Cold Cast Bronze bust of the Glasgow Celtic legend Johnny Thompson is one of an edition of only 100 pieces. Each statue is cast and finished by Steve Paterson to ensure a work of high quality memorabilia. They are priced at £99 which includes delivery to a UK address.
Johnny Thompson
A Stor Mo Chroi
04:25 on 18 June, 2013
Me too! lets calculate the odds in unison as we get older. Maybe justice will prevail one day. But dont hold your breath.
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Until He Summons Up The Intestinal Fortitude….
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With The Redoubtable Nigel Farrage….
(God Bless His Cotton Socks….)
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‘Quos Deus Vult Perdere…
Prius Demantate………….’
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