Let’s be clear, the role of president of the SFA is one of the most sought-after in football. Alongside the FA, FA of Wales and Irish FA, the Scottish FA hold one of the four permanent members of the International Football Association Board – the body which controls the rules of the game and exerts soft influence on all structures below it, including Fifa.
Current SFA vice president, Rod Petrie, has his sights set on the job when current president, Alan McRae, retires. Rod has a problem, though. He was chair of the SFA Licensing Committee in March 2011, when Oldco Rangers were licenced to participate in Uefa competition the following season.
That decision is now under scrutiny, as High Court evidence forced the Association to examine what happened at the time. If Petrie is to survive in office long enough to assume the position of president, he needs allies who prepared to back him over what he did, or did not do, in March 2011.
How he is getting on with this I don’t know, but what we know for sure is that he backed Dave King’s call to have Gary Hughes removed from the SFA board over his “great unwashed” comment from years ago. Petrie is no friend of Newco, but there is co-dependency there. Gary Hughes was collateral damage.
Petrie should be recused from any work in connection with the awarding of a Uefa licence to Rangers in 2011. This award was made under his supervision yet he has remained active in how it is examined – a concerning governance failure. If the Licensing Committee is found to have failed to uphold its responsibilities, Petrie must go.
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He was no friend of ours when at Aberdeen as i recall. He made hard work of the Scott Sinclair deal too.
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Championship side Aston Villa have suspended chief executive Keith Wyness.
The announcement came as it emerged Villa are working with HM Revenue & Customs to resolve an unpaid tax bill, although that is in no way connected to Wyness’ suspension.
It is understood that the club will pay the outstanding amount within the next 48 hours.
A Villa statement added that owner and chairman Dr Tony Xia will “assume the role until further notice”.
Wyness joined Villa in June 2016 shortly after the Chinese took over at Villa Park.
Villa lost 1-0 to Fulham in the play-off final at Wembley on 26 May, meaning they will spend a third consecutive season in the second tier.
Analysis
Mark Regan, Aston Villa reporter for BBC WM 95.6
This news will come as a shock to Aston Villa fans, who are still coming to terms with the play-off final defeat. It will also do little to calm fears that the club has entered a deeply troubling financial situation after missing out on the windfall that would have come with promotion.
The club’s owner Dr Tony Xia has previously stated that Villa face “severe” challenges under financial fair play rules.
In short, Villa need a stabilising influence and they need it quickly with the squad needing drastic surgery to prepare for a third season in the Championship. Tuesday’s news will feel like salt into a wound that’s had no time to heal.
now that lady has baws
http://www.thejournal.ie/
COOLMOREMAFIA
The Lisbon Lions didn’t think they were always treated fairly by Jock,but Robert Kelly effectively allowed HIM to decide whether a player deserved a raise,or should be moved on. Usually for peanuts,meaning a better deal for the player(-allegedly)
When White came in,those decisions were made by him. No-one got a rise,players were being paid even less comparatively well. Stars demanded moves,which had never happened when Sir Bob was around.
Jock never spent a six-figure sum,but was sacked just as Clough was forking out over £1m for Francis. I could go on,but suffice to say that I genuinely believe White was the worst thing to happen to Celtic in my lifetime.
close season shut down
Bobby
Happens in every walk of life doesn’t it? New manager / CEO etc comes in, has everyone dancing like monkeys for a while, then the slow realization that the job you loved has been destroyed by a corporate monkey or self-serving half wit.
Jock must have seen the writing on the wall. He was being undermined at the club under White, and i’m sure only his love for the Celtic kept him there.
It has been a privilege to bask in Jock’s greatness, and I’d say he is my number one hero, over and above Fidel.
Desmond White was, without a doubt, the worst ever chairman of Celtic FC.
A bean-counter whose office was located above the Blue Lagoon chippy in Renfield Street(?).
…and as for his son!
HH!!
#CelticFC will take on Belgian side, Standard de Liège in a pre-season friendly in Paradise on Saturday, July 14 with a 3pm kick-off.
The match will be included in the 2018/19 season ticket.
AULDHEID @ 3:10 & 3:51 PM,
DAVID17 on 5TH JUNE 2018 3:49 PM,
Now, the fact that leading Counsel looked at this Notice of Complaint, that the SFA would have done anything to make it go away and that the Compliance Officer took eight months from the announcement of his investigation to bring the charges forward, suggests the complaint is indeed watertight.
The brickbats from Dave King reinforce the view he is very worried about this compliant, it is ground breaking for a number of reasons.
Sevco Rangers date for responding to the Notice has passed, so presumably Dave King is fully aware of the defence, if he was as confident that the charges had “no reasonable chance of success” you would think he would be more relaxed about the outcome, an outcome that could have dire consequences for his Club(s).
It could set a precedent that Sevco Rangers are indeed responsible for the misdeameanours of Rangers F C
It could lead to substantial punishments, they are grave allegations, including heavy fines and suspension of their UEFA league licence
It could lead to further investigations into the actions and responsibilities of SFA officials and RFC officers who were party to the application and granting of the licence
Even further, with DCK’s constant intervention and these issues forever running on, it seems that the SFA’s reasoning for rejecting calls for an Independent Commission is flawed.
SR CEO SFA “…an Independent Commission, whatever its terms of reference and whoever conducts it, is unlikely to enable Scottish football to obtain any more satisfactory closure on the events of the last few years than currently exists.”
It seems to me there is anything but closure. Surely if things rumble on and continues after the JPDT there will be clarion calls to hold a wide ranging Commision to hold a root and branch review and issue an all encompassing report.
Auldheid, that tweet you posted, who was it by? It seems strange that anyone would think RFC PLC’s liquidators would have anything to do with this process.
Hail Hail
BMCUW
Desmond White stopped my dad from attending Celtic games. My mother told me that the White and Kelly families were bad people. Today’s custodians are not perfect but preferable to White’s era. I met Chris White a few times, collecting away tickets for our supporters bus. If I was to state my views on Chris White, I would probably be banned from posting here. You will hear them in person in Belfast this weekend. Been too long since we had a face to face blether. Canny wait Mick.
YNWA
Please forgive me if this seems pedantic but it is vitally important. You refer to the International Football Association Board determining the rules of the game. I admit that this is one of my hobby horses but the correct term is the LAWS of the game. If one wishes to criticise then accuracy in all aspects is important.
CHAIRBHOY on 5TH JUNE 2018 7:55 PM
It could also lead to a Police Investigation for alleged fraud. If the Complaint is upheld the information should be passed to the City of London police. That should probably happen anyway.
It will be interesting to see if and what Celtic do next. The ramifications for some still involved in football are significant. The next logical step as you say would be a full, root and branch review. Pandora’s box would be open and maybe that’s what DK is so afraid of.
DELANEYS DUNKY
Now that you are back on, here’s a wee choon for your birthday courtesy of Belfast’s finest in their own inimitable style.
It’s an ole Irish drinking song dontcha know!
…and check out the Hoops on stage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B3OrdOU2Eo
HH!!
Torch blow couldn’t it mark blow
Rangers legend Walter Smith is seeking £320,000 from a businessman who invested money on his behalf during the time he was managing Everton. The former Scotland boss has instructed lawyers to go to Scotland’s highest civil court in a bid to recover the cash from a man called Gareth Alexander. Former ‘Rangers boss Walter Smith. Picture: SNS The 69-year-old coach is suing Mr Alexander over sums which were paid into a pension fund in the 1990s. Mr Smith’s legal team will argue their case against Mr Alexander, who lives in Harpenden, Herts, at the Court of Session in Edinburgh later this month. R
Their client was also originally suing another financial advisor called Neil Caisley in the action. However, Mr Caisley, also of Herts, is not contesting the action. Mr Caisley describes himself as a financial advisor and his page on business networking site LinkedIn tells of how his clients include retired footballers like Duncan Ferguson and Ian Wright. His other clients include former England manager Glenn Hoddle, ex Liverpool coach Gerard Houllier and Southhampton supermo Mark Hughes. A search of the website belonging to business watchdog Companies House shows that Mr Caisley and Mr Alexander were directors of a firm called Provision Financial Consultants.
The Companies House website states the business was dissolved in April 2014. According to legal papers lodged at the Court of Session, Mr Smith claims both Mr Caisley and Mr Alexander agreed to refund him £600,000 in commission fees they received from selling him “financial products”. Mr Smith, of Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, claims the two men entered into an agreement with him over the refund in March 2012. However, he claims to have only received £280,000. He says the company which Mr Caisley and Mr Alexander was part of went into liquidation and was unable to pay the remaining amount. Mr Smith’s legal team want the court to rule that the two men should pay their client the remaining sum of money. On Tuesday, a procedural hearing took place at the court before judge Lord Bannatyne.
Mr Alexander’s legal team wanted the court to make an order for Mr Smith’s legal team to hand over documents which they say would help prepare their case. However, Mr Smith’s lawyers asked the court not to grant the order. Advocate Neil Beynon said the information being sought by Mr Alexander’s lawyers wasn’t specific enough for the court to grant the order. He added: “I would submit this remains a fishing diligence.” David Thomson QC said the information being sought by his client was important and that the court should grant his request. The court had earlier refused a request for Mr Smith to hand over information. But Mr Thomson said that he had received new information from witness statements. He said this meant that the court should grant an order which would mean that Mr Smith would have to comply with the requests being made by Mr Alexander’s lawyers He added: “It’s my submission that there has been a relevant change of circumstances. This cannot be characterised as a fishing diligence.” Judge Lord Bannatyne said he’d issue his decision on whether Mr Alexander’s lawyers should receive the information next week. He added: “I want to consider the various submissions which have been made. I will give my decision on this next Tuesday at 9.30am.” The full hearing in the case will be held later this month.
Rule Brittania CSC
GARY67 on 5TH JUNE 2018 5:01 PM
Or they sell Neybrains & blancd the books :)
Eh ? Balance the books
BIGBHOY on 5TH JUNE 2018 5:02 PM
Sorry for the late reply, been over in Stirling on grand weans duty then clutch cable went at the famous Whirlies Roundabout in East Kilbride. Interesting wee run back to the house in first gear, stalling at every roundabout!
Anyway, thanks for that info; you would HOPE that the balance is now in favour of the modernisers with that voting pattern, but with the SFA you never know!
Thanks again.
DD, just picked up that it is your burfday, many Hoopy Returns. Hope you will be able to make it up the stairs in 102 next season now you are that bit older!
Breithlá sona to the half-Polish, half-Scottish & half Irish Rastafarian wannabe.
See you on Saturday.
DAVID17 @ 8:16 PM,
Yes, of course the misrepresentation that allowed Rangers to get a licence that otherwise would be withheld and allows them to participate in a Competition that could earn some £20M and by extension deprives a Club that meets the criteria from taking part.
Yet fraud trials are notoriously fraught, the HMRC backed out of a very strong case because of this.
An other interesting thing that is seldom discussed around this issue…
…Craig Whyte stated he was duped on the agreed takeover Rangers. Now one of the areas he was duped in was European football.
Craig Whyte was told that Rangers had European football guaranteed at least until Christmas 2011. He was told is they failed to qualify for the UCL they got an automatic place in the EUL proper.
Of course this was not the case, that Season Rangers had to qualify for the EUL as well. Which of course they failed to do.
At that point CW knew the game was a bogey, he could have survived the Season and put the money in he was asked to, if he had UCL money. He could have cut his cloth to suit and finish the Season if he had EUL money.
Without either Rangers were bust…
Of course it’s little excuse for Craig Whyte he should have done his due diligence and checked, also being a fervid Rangers supporter you’d have thought he’d have known;)
Celtic are playing their cards close to their chest on this one. Whatever the outcome of the JPDT it’s a game changer, there will of course be a strategy.
My guess it won’t include wailing like a wounded banshee…
Hail Hail
Any news on the Takeover Panel and the Lying King.
nothing mentioned for weeks,
appears that the Lying king is untouchable after all.
Any news on the Sevco, Steve Gerrard negotiations?
Would be good for the Sevcovians to get their promised Steve Gee Day… what could be stalling things? The £20M war chest?
nothing mentioned for weeks,
appears that the Lying king is uncontactable after all.
Hail Hail
CHAIRBHOY on 5TH JUNE 2018 8:52 PM
DAVID17 @ 8:16 PM,
Celtic are playing their cards close to their chest on this one. Whatever the outcome of the JPDT it’s a game changer, there will of course be a strategy.
My guess it won’t include wailing like a wounded banshee…
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I agree.
Chairbhoy,
nice smart ass reply
Moaners Part 3
“The club should have done much more to help me settle in and feel part of it.”
Stiliyan Petrov in 2002 speaking about season 1999/2000, his first at Celtic.
He got almost zero suuport from the club when he first joined & if it hadn’t been for a random chat with a non football department club employee who knows what would have happened. He couldn’t speak English & was badly homesick but learned English by helping out on a pals burger/kebab van at night.
A John Barnes/Kenny Dalglish signing in Summer 1999, he was part of the collateral damage in that forgettable season.
Montana CSC
GORDYBHOY64 @ 9:08 PM,
No offense meant, hope none taken…
Forgot the;)
I think the ToP thing is only one of DCK’S spinning plates. They have been like a dog with a bone, I don’t think they’ll give up with this. But my understanding is the next steps could get nuclear… I think they’ll be aware of the ramifications.
Hail Hail
Was it not reported Petrie was a architect and signatory to the famous 5
Way agreement (nothing to do with Hibs)
And I can only assume Dickson has been negated in the SFA ??
Chairbhoy,
no bother,
just looking at how it has played out,
various blogs have promised dire consequences for King yet
here we are months down the line and he appears to be
ripping the pish out of them.
If I was Gary Hughes,I think I would already have been in contact with my Lawyer regarding Kings rants.
Until the Takeover Panel use the biggest weapon at their disposal, the cold shoulder, King will carry on regardless. Which is no bad thing.
Tallybhoy
Was that Belfast Protestant Ali McMordie wi the Celtic tap on? SLF ecumenical as feck.
Suspect Device convinced me they preached peace and love like The Clash and The Wailers were at the time.
Inflammable material planted in my head.
Belfast’s Finest indeed.
YNWA
John McGinn, done deal according to Huddleboard
Tally
https://youtu.be/sKsN5cj9ehs
Ah always wonder, who is it that’s gonna fire awe these silver bullets?
The Old Firm orientated PLC board?
The supporter’s who fell for the £49 trick?
Brendan, the PLC’s same club squirrel / fudge?
“The Game, The Game Is Over,…..The Rebels Have Gone! ”
Maybe wan day, they’ll git it, maybe wan day……..
……..oot.
Zzzzzzzzzz
GORDYBHOY64 @ 9:32 PM,
There’s no one comparable when brazening things out…
SARs
The South African Judicary
Mike Ashley
ToPs
RIFC Board
Now the SFA
And I would imagine plenty more, he’s a man that thinks he’s above the law and lives by his own rules.
From what I can see it’s had some devastating impacts on his life but he just continues in the same vain.
Now I know what you are saying, all those who were predicting ToPs bringing instant Armageddon to DCK have been left wanting.
But my understanding is that the next steps are sanctions (as David17 says the cold shoulder) on Sevco that in affect stops them trading or a contempt of court charge with a potential (likely?) Prison sentence.
DCK has taken ToPs to uncharted territory…
They do seem to have backed off – but those City of London guys are not going to lose face.
Hail Hail
GARY67 on 5TH JUNE 2018 9:43 PM
John McGinn, done deal according to Huddleboard
hope not
In the narration of the Iron Man documentary , it was mentioned certain members of our board under Desmond White wanted to break up the Jock- Sean parthership possibly due to jealously as each was revered by our support.
Davie McParland was brought in to replace Sean and going something I read by former players, he was not popular. Sean was irreplacable in some minds.
When I had a season ticket for the terracing , I thought I could pick it up at the Celtic Pools shop ( now Alfredo’s in West Nile Street ) but was directed to White’s accountancy office round the corner in Bath Street. I found this a bit strange.
Gary
If what you say is true, there will be lots of singing and dancing in Dumbarton,Clydebank,Knightswood and Scotstoun tonight in the various McGinn family households. I hope your info is correct.
Celtic need a Bankie Fenian in oor team. Great birthday present for me if true.
Quiz Question.
I was born on 5/6/65.
Which player signed for Celtic that day?
He was my dad’s favourite till he got injured.
Delaney’s
That would be Joe McBride, I think, who shared my uncle’s birthday. A great favourite in my family (McBride, not my uncle, although he was beloved as well) and my grandfather’s favourite player, until he got injured (McBride, not my grandfather).
Dallas
I passed my driving test while in 5th year at Saint Tams. I used to drive Stephen O’N to Celtic Park to see Jim Kennedy gentleman for tickets, or to the toon to see that crooked creep Christopher White for our away bus tickets.