Former Newco Rangers director, Imran Ahmad, made a few headlines yesterday, the most disturbing of which was: “I firmly believe Police Scotland have their own agenda and are deeply emotionally connected to Rangers Football Club. In my view Police Scotland have a clear conflict of interest.”
That’s an extraordinary claim but I’m not sure it’s supported by extraordinary evidence. There is certainly evidence that Police Scotland investigate and arrest supporters of the club at football games, where prosecution levels are comparatively high. There is not extraordinary evidence to support the claim, but perhaps that’s the point.
The police go after fans, but how does it shake down when it comes to corporate matters? Set aside issues of corporate responsibility from the early 70s, and there are no concerns of criminal activity at Ibrox until the spectre of malfeasance of recent years.
By speaking publicly yesterday Ahmad is now engaged in a PR campaign. He’s marked Police Scotland’s card. This may be the rantings of a fantasist, but we should recognise that Ahmad has been an insider at Ibrox, where he would have had the opportunity to deal with senior Police Scotland officers on a regular basis. Superficial friendships would have been struck. Ahmad would need little in the way of private support when a director of Newco to substantiate his claims.
The headline grabber from Ahmad, “What the rest of the world will never understand unless they experience it first hand is that Rangers Football Club is a religion, in itself, built on centuries of religious bigotry” is also a curious think to say.
To be fair to Newco, they can bat away accusations of religious bigotry easily. Employment criteria for them has never been questioned, but Ahmad’s stuck his neck out on an issue which I’m 100% sure he wasn’t asked about. What chance he’s made notes during his time at Ibrox of any inappropriate police behaviour, or matters which allude to religious bigotry?
Mr Ahmad is asking Crown prosecutors for a letter of safe passage. I reckon he stands a decent chance of getting one. Now.
No matter whether they are innocent or guilty, the SFA have been landed in a very awkward situation by Ajax, who told Uefa the Association made it clear they saw no ground for action against fans chanting “Fenian b…….”
It’s inconceivable that Ajax have an email to that effect. If they do, it will come out, and Operation Deny and Deflect will swing underway again, but these comments would surely never be committed to record, if at all.
Ajax are also in a hole. They have made a claim and will be asked who at the SFA made the comment. You can put your mortgage on the fact Celtic officials will ask this week.
Prejudice at the police and the SFA. It’s been a difficult week for conspirators.
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operation celticshite and roll the cheat in glitter in full swing.
they do not like Celtic being Champions of Scotland one little bit
The ‘told to write’ journalists dare not investigate because of fear/intimidation/bullets
they do not like Celtic being Champions of Scotland.
Journalists imply Celtic need the only team in Scotland to industrially cheat since 1999 and die
they do not like Celtic being Champions of Scotland
Jounalists re Scott Allen,Why Should Hibs extend credit to the Cheat,when their own bank do not?
they do not like Celtic being Champions of Scotland
Journalists why no investigation of our SFA.a good old deconstruction and reconstruction of what is right and wrong about so called governance in our game
they do not like Celtic being champions of Scotland.
They do not like Celtic and they cant explain why the establishment cheat self harmed
all events concerning the cheats demise were conceived,planned and rolled out as club policy by one ex club and one ex club only.That policy ended with a 9 minute meeting rejecting a CVA on 14th june 2012
They refuse to shine a light on Murray the cheat
we have an eternity.
Dave king will always have a face that suffers from toothache,pity he never put Al-BT-lys contract to the vote like he did Ashleys.
So much cheating i guess if i was a reporter i would look to our club to upset/disrupt and bate Celtic fans.
it used to work
the morning dew makes your papers(if you are stupid enough to buy) loo friendly!
Celtic,continious since 1888,
Celtic Champions of Scotland.
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The insidious power of the Internet.
CQN is often accused as being a place to spin pro Celtic stories or not touching anti Celtic stories.
It is also a place where ideas expressed in comments become facts if the dots are close enough in the mind of the reader to be joined. That does not make them facts but if the majority go with the idea it might as well be a fact. To illustrate.
A number of years ago there was discussion on Kerrydalestreet St forum about the derivation of the word hun.
Just for fun and I made it clear I was not stating a fact but offering a theory I suggested:
In 1912 Harland & Wolf shipyard in Belfast opened a yard in Govan. Fact
Wolf was a German Fact
Two years later Britain went to war with Germany. Fact
At the start of war propaganda posters appeared describing the Germans as Huns. Fact.
German workers/ managers were probably employed at the yard backed by there being a Kindergarten in Kinning Park during the war. Fact.
I postulated that with jobs not being offered to Irish Catholics post war this exclusion led to the term Hun being applied to Rangers supporters many who came from Govan and worked in the yard.
Lots of plausible dots to join to make something I know I made up become a FACT.
Roll on a year or more and the same hun discussion appears on CQN as it tends to resurface every so often.
One poster repeated my made up story as a fact.
On asking why he thought so he said his pals had told him in a pub!
The moral of the story?
Anything we write down can become “real” if it has enough facts to make it plausible.
Anything not written down never happened.
Be careful what you present as fact and be aware that facts do not make a FACT and
Ask yourself why am I joining the dots in the way I am?
Will it do good or do harm?
Both are judgement calls.
Don’t worry according to Radio 5 its Chris Mulgrew who is injured…
I have a long arranged night out, tonight.
( was hoping for CL Tues and Wed, with no sunday football)
Off tomorrow and don’t even know if I’ll record game and watch it later. ( probably will)
This is what RD and his style of footie has done to me.( tonight is the only time we should ever play 1 up front)
This is what PL and his minimalism has rreduced me too.
All the best to the supoorters over in Dam, enjoy and stay safe.
Hoping for a shock.
Praying for a point.
Delusional as ever CSC