Police Scotland officers visited Sports Direct’s Derbyshire offices “investigating takeovers at Rangers”. The pluralisation is quite important.
Last year Police Scotland opened an investigation into Craig Whyte’s purchase of Rangers from the Duped One, fair enough. No one previously reported that more than one ‘takeover’ was being investigated.
Sports Direct had no involvement with oldco Rangers, whose merchandising relationship was with JJB, so clearly this police action is not connected to Mr Whyte. Sports Direct’s only relationship at Ibrox has been newco Rangers. If newco, who were formed when the assets of oldco were bought in liquidation, is subject to police investigation the potential consequences are far reaching.
Sports Direct were not involved with the asset purchase and were only introduced when the club sought investment and commercial partners, so they played no part in the second takeover (of assets). Their likely interest to police will be limited to being recipients of correspondence.
An asset purchase which was secured by criminal activity, if discovered, is legally invalid. This is different from a purchase which breaks civil law. A civil offence leaves the guilty party open to financial claim. An asset disposal subject to a criminal offence would see the liquidator seize assets on behalf of the creditors. Padlocks would be involved, so would lengthy legal processes.
The bar to securing a criminal conviction for such a matter is high and no evidence of such wrongdoing regarding the disposal of Rangers assets has been verified in three years, so don’t expect Padlock Day anytime soon.
I wouldn’t like to be trying to raise money in this climate, though. Good job the SFA are so thoroughly opposed to letting those with a track record of criminal inclinations controlling football clubs.
Yesterday, Fans Against Criminalisation (FAC) continued their campaign against the truly dreadful law instigated by former First Minister Alex Salmond. Despite a litany of failed convictions and representation from within football and the wider community, the Scottish Government have refused all requests to repeal the three-year-old law.
You can register your voice against this law by petitioning the Scottish Government to Repeal the Offensive Behaviour’ Act by signing this online petition. It is a outrageous, politically motivated, law, designed to “equalise” the law-abiding (that’s you) with actual criminals.
Don’t get me started!
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Thomthetim…Im Voting SNP..dont Blame me Coz You Cant Get what You Want..as i Said Prev…Try Viaggra…
BGX
Everyone should vote who the see fit.I don’t believe there’ll ever be a Socialist Labour Party in power be it in an independent Scotland or at Westminster.
I’m afraid it’s the lesser evil for me.It may be a poor reason to vote Labour but I think the fact remains that if Labour lose Scotland then the Tories will be back.A few weeks ago I like many others carried bags of food to Celtic park which were to be handed to food banks.Labour have made a promise to end the need for them.Will they deliver? I don’t know but I do believe the Tories will add to those who require to use them.
This Charmless Man
BGX
You sound excited by the SNP?
I don’t get it.
None of them speak my language or for me and my impoverished community.
Career Opportunity! MP
Oh how we’ll cheer when that wee lassie that called us scum wins her victory for us.
Isn’t there some kind of political blog, where people that give a sh!t about politics express opinions?
If so, do people sometimes post about football on there?
WTHDWC
Yes and yes. :))
DD
I gave up on the system mucho years ago, hence me moving away from britland, and now having taken to living in a cave, I reckon I have done the right thing.
I had feck all when I left scotland, and I mean feck all, two weans, a dug, a wife, all our worldly goods in a transit van, we went for it, we got lucky, tho I wouldn’t recommend it these days, but in reality I would, life sucks for most folks these days.
We got lucky, right place right time, Ireland was buzzing, got a job a few days after getting there, again right place right time, bot a few places and sold them for more than I bot them for, then the bank after me buying and selling nine places wanted me to furnish them with proof of who I was, a mad scramble for a passport, ended up with two, an Irish and a brit one, Oh how they didny realise how good they were to us.
I would urge anyone who wants to give it a go to g for it, times change, but people who want change don’t.
HH
@delaneys dunky
Thanks -please send me the link if I ever become interested in politics I’ll follow it up.
Meanwhile – football related – i was too young to regularly watch Jimmy johnstone regularly (only saw him once at his testimonial) but some of those messi skills were jinky-esque. Great players are great whatever era they play in.
lennon’s passion
22:23 on 6 May, 2015
It all depends on who you know in the ticket office and wether you are a convenor bearing gifts or not
Best player.
For me Maradona.had the lot.bottle leadership and a will to win,Dragged a very poor Argentina side to a world cup final.The best ever.
Theres still time for Messi.
the exiled tim
00:35 on 7 May, 2015
You sound like the kind of guy I would rush to buy a hoose from and then get you to write up the contract
You got any caves for sale
@dixiedeans
Agree: of the players I have seen it is
Messi
Maradonna
Ronaldo (Cristiano)
Zidane
Ronaldinho
Georghe hagi
Paul mc stay
;-)
Live is Life
Hail Hail.
mickbhoy1888
I don’t, and if I did, you would be ways down the list from a hun.
Have a nice life rip off man.
Anyway final thought for the evening and a quote stolen from elsewhere
For 95 years the poor have been voting Labour and they are still poor
TET,
Made it back in the car, what a trip.
How is the book going?
Mrs C and her sisters are interested.
Clogher
Oops sorry forgot to vote I was watching football instead – please forgive me
the exiled tim
00:51 on 7 May, 2015
So glad of that…. Imagine having to share a valley with a perceived Hun
You still got the the transit cos I might rent that
For 95 years the petit-bourgeoisie have been voting Tory and they’re still oiks in the minds of those they seek to ape.
A quote stolen from nowhere but made up with my own free mind.
Oh and here is my ideal life..,. Move to Italy … Follow a Catalonian football team…. And profess my support for Celtic while hacking live games where I can watch them for SFA
Keep taking the medicine chappies it certainly does make you better Celtic supporters than the rest of of the 40,000 that don’t subscribe to the blog
And who elected you as spokesperson for 40,000?
setting free the bears for res. 12 & oscar knox
01:09 on 7 May, 2015
You made a wee spelling mistake there matey free should have been spelt wee
@delaneys dunky
Ach I’m so naive ;-)
I think guys that use the expression, matey, are unintentionally hilarious.
Off to my kip now.
The party that manufactured the OBaF Act are going to be roundly rewarded by the Celtic faithful today. It gets harder each day to satirise anything, mickbhoy , as most of your posts so aptly demonstrate.
setting free the bears for res. 12 & oscar knox
I do not speak for 40,000 however in your imagination do you honestly believe that a football blog speaks for the majority of the Celtic support
3,500 have signed the widely publicised FAC petition
Figure it out psychologist
Very quickly mickbhoy
It is dead easy to work out.
At least 3,500 people, who have made themselves aware of the issue, are expressing their strong opposition.
The 40,000 who attend at CP regularly will include many more that would support that position to varying degrees. It will also contain some who share your views and want the huns back to cheat us again.
If you are struggling with any other hard questions, leave a list and I’ll try to answer them if I can, but I’m for my bed now.
You can try your wind-ups somewhere else till I get back.
Yeah …And The Peepul Who Danced With The Tories After The Ref are gonna Get Their asses Handed Too Them…Dancing With The Tories Then Bitchin At SNP supporters saying ..Vote Snp get Tory…You Know What…So Be It…It Was Good Enough For Labour in George Sq ..Sept 19th…Cant have it Both ways …
Politics…on a football blog…
Is Cameron a better striker than milliband?
A truly unique Celtic celebration, the legend of which grows and grows.
Ladies & Gentlement: The Broony
https://theshamrockglasgow.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/doing-the-broony-the-story-of-a-celtic-celebration/
Best player I have ever seen?
Jinky…no even a shadow of a doubt.
Night Bhoys.
Hail Hail.
setting free the bears for res. 12 & oscar knox
I would rather have the Hertz and the Hibbees back than the Huns for a good day oot in our capital city
But
As everyone knows but some fawning sycophantic bloggers won’t admit it…for atmosphere and interest and the generation of income there is only one football derby in the world that generates that
Just watching the highlights of the game tonight – for anyone who’s interested in football. Would Virgil have stopped messi’s first? I like to think he would’ve. Second? Maybe not that was genius. Would we have scored? Realistically… Probably not … But you never know next season maybe wee griffiths,,,??
Sorry I am late again, Happy Birthday Paul.
Hope to see you in Dublin 2016.
@fred c. dobbs
unfortunately I was too young. But messi? I’ve seen him twice and I think he’s the best ever,
what the hell do we care
01:49 on 7 May, 2015
Better question….would have Virgil have stopped Henrik in his prime
Effin no chance
Daft question it’ll never happen. But next season Virgil might be up against messi…