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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Fred C. Dobbs
I’ve seen them all and it’s still Jinky without a doubt.
H.H Mick
P.S
Happy Birthday Paul.
H.H Mick
@mickbhoy1888
Would he? Probably not but I think we enjoyed the prime years of an amazing footballer that wasn’t fully appreciated until he left us. What a legend Henrik was.
But even so I think Virgil could’ve kept him quiet.
We won’t know how good these guys are until they’re tested at the next level.
Sftb
And another question you might want to psychologically analyse is wether you had a spare ticket for a semi-final against ICT or a spare ticket for a semi-final ticket for a game against the Hun which one would you be able to get rid of first
Honest answers first please and then psychological analysis why this would be
At the next level ??!?!
Do you think the bold Virgil will stay at Celtic Park for £25000 a week
next season and a chance at champions league football or playing in front of 12000 fans at Bournemouth FC for £100,000 a week and an opportunity to put himself in the EPL shop window
TET,
I have just read back a few pages. Fair play for making the move.
I hate posting two in a row.
See you in Dublin (hopefully)…Ignore negative posters, your company is great Craic
what the hell do we care
Mmmm not sure but I heard someone say Nicola’s a keeper :o)
And that Clegg’s a clugger :o)
Hope the people make a choice that doesn’t bite them in the erchie later.
HH
As was scrawled on the wall in the bathroom in the old Airdrie bus station
THE FUTURE OF SCOTLAND IS NOW IN YOUR HANDS
Hopefully my first and last post about politics, see all this vote this party, vote that party, is the whole idea not about electing the person who is going to represent your area at Parliament ? Then there is this “vote swapping” thing and that is legal, my mother and father used to not even tell he each other who they voted for as you weren’t meant to tell anybody, I voted in the referendum (not for any party) just because I thought a country should decide its own government and not be governed from afar, anyway hope P67 has a well deserved day off today, probably no a bad day to give it a miss, roll on pittodrie on Sunday
lennybhoy
22:50 on 6 May, 2015
That sounds like a plan
Everybody try have a good day, the matter who wins you will wake up tomorrow a Celtic fan, those who aren’t you also have a good day
Roll on Friday night
Guys sorry to pester you with this again. If you click on this link you can download paper copies of the FAC petition and distribute them for others to complete. If anyone takes the time to do this I’ll make arrangements to collect them from you. There’s very little time left to push for a proper review before the announcement in August. Please do your bit.
http://www.celtictrust.net/index.php?func=d_home_article&id=504
Football fans not criminals.
Good morning friends from a very dry, bright and almost sunny East Kilbride.
Vote whilst the weather’s kind.
Gerry
Lovely sunny start to the day here, get the wean to the park!
It’s fundilymundilyThursdily
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee
COYBIG
MWD said AYE
It’s time councils stopped using schools for voting affording teachers, who already skive enough, another days holiday.
I think my office would be perfect for a polling station.
We won the league again.
Fly the flag.
Fly the flag.
MWD said AYE
RWE
Congrats to you and especially your nephew
winning is a special feeling, well done that mhan
May his career flourish
H H
MWD
I wish! No teachers get election days off anymore, if your establishment is being used as a polling station then you have Inservice at an alternative school.
And trust me Inservice days are the Devils’ punishment!!!
UKIP-SNP what’s the difference ?
From the BBC
St Mirren: Six-year-old boy voted club’s player of year by fans
St Mirren fans have voted a six-year-old academy prospect as their player of the year – in recognition of his ongoing battle against cancer.
Aaron Woodall is currently undergoing four courses of chemotherapy having already had radiotherapy and an operation to remove a brain tumour.
Almost 500 fans voted in the poll on the blackandwhitearmy.com website.
“Aaron’s strength and courage has been an inspiration to all of us,” a statement read.
It added that his battle was “a timely reminder of things around us that are much more important than football”.
The youngster was mascot for the club’s game against Motherwell on 20 December, hours after being released from hospital following surgery the previous month.
“We will be in touch with the club shortly to arrange to hand over our coveted trophy to this fine young man,” the statement added.
“Congratulations, Aaron, and all the very best with your continued recovery.”
Hiya Moonbeams,
Good to ‘see’ you neebs. I was just asking about you the other day. :)
My mate was telling me his kids school is usually closed for polling but today it is not.
Playground assistants, jannnies, teachers and kitchen staff getting all sorts of checks before they can work there and it’s gonna have a steady steam of weirdos passing though it all day.
HH
Morning Timdom
Still can’t make up my mind which bit of Messi’s 2nd goal I loved more.
The wee shimmy that put the defender on his erchie. Or the impish lift over the world’s most elongated goalkeeper.
HH jamesgang
Messee,messee,messee!!!!!.
Whit a player eh.
Good morning CQNers,
This morning’s list of top 20 wealthiest football clubs only goes to highlight the enormity of the task facing clubs like our own.
Even clubs like Newcastle, Tottenham and West Ham make the top 20 – TV revenues and the resulting sponsorship being the money generators.
With a policy of acquiring transient footballers can we really rely on the feel-good factor and the opportunity to develop in a nurturing atmosphere to keep our young talent at Celtic?
Unfortunately I suspect we won’t and we could well see Bitton and Johansen joining VVD in the list of departures this summer.
Hey Kit
I saw that yesterday about St Mirren. It’s a great touch isn’t it.
Moonbeams
You’ve been missed!
HH jamesgang
Does anyone else detect anti-Barcelona patter in the Sky commentary team akin to that they deploy when Celtic are being televised?
Jamesgang,
I liked the wee dink.
Murdochbhoy,
No really Tbh
HH
Voted at 7am
That’s it for me on Election Day
A governments duty is to look after the health & wellbeing of its citizens, if it fails this simple criteria then it fails is all I hope my simple postal vote can change the fallacy and lies of austerity
aff oot
Play the team that won the league they deserve it
BT,
That’ll not stop the usual suspects coming on to change your mind :)
HH
Back in :) Anders Inniesta for Celtic, Spanish taxi driver told me last night ;)))
How I wish
The NFL have set a new standard in their investigation into the under-inflated balls in a play-off game. They declared the New England quarter back, Tom Brady, was “GENERALLY AWARE” the balls were under-inflated.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/american-football/32617907
If only this term had been in use when LNS was holding court.
murdochauldandhay…,
Better start getting the songbook ready
Diego Armando Maradona is the greatest footballer of all time.
Messi was useless in the World Cup final.
His attitude can be stinking at times, particularly when the chips or down.
HH.
16 roads…,
Who managed that World Cup team ?
murdochauldandhay & wee oscar
08:02 on 7 May, 2015
Back in :) Anders Inniesta for Celtic, Spanish taxi driver told me last night ;)))
How I wish
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Don’t even say stuff like that. Some impossibly unlikely dreams are so amazing you shouldn’t even dream them. A football genius. A Catalan gentleman. I’d likely shed a wee tear if he wore the Hoops once in a friendly!
HH jamesgang
Sabella managed that team.
Not the greatest of managers.
Messi was given a free reign to do as he wished anyway. He probably picked the team himself.
Who managed the 86 winning team?
Don’t know the relevance of the question.
HH.
geordie munro
07:57 on 7 May, 2015
Jamesgang,
I liked the wee dink.
Murdochbhoy,
No really Tbh
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Me too. On both points.
Arr in a sunny Glasgow.
Laters beautiful people
HH jamesgang
IMO,
There’s your problem, free reign no game plan, takes a strong manager to organise and win
Remember, a protest vote is not just for election day.
It’s for the next 5 years.
You got lucky with Wagner and Rylan in X Factor
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