Campbell Ogilvie was appointed general secretary of Rangers in 1978 before eventually becoming a full board director. He left the club in 2005. For 11 years he was part of the regime that maintained Rangers sectarian signing policy which was eventually ended by new owner, Sir David Murray, in 1989. Ogilvie has made no public comment on this policy, never mind offered regret or contrition.
In other places he would be regarded as an embarrassing relic of a bygone age. In Scotland, he was appointed treasurer of the SFA in 2003. In 2010, we made him president of our national association.
He remains to this day, a beacon of how the game works in this country.
Earlier this year he told the BBC he had administrative duties until 2002, when he became responsible for legislative matters. While at Rangers he had an Employee Benefit Trust.
In March SFA chief executive, Stewart Regan, told Channel 4 that Ogilvie was “heavily conflicted” by his role and SFA president and his previous role at Rangers, while the SPL is conducting an investigation into what he and his fellow directors did. The SFA and SPL share office accommodation at Hampden Park.
Ogilvie refused to step down during the investigation and I understand has not offered the SPL inquiry any assistance.
Prediction: resignation within the week.
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Striker Emile Heskey is one of three senior players who have been released by Aston Villa.
The 34-year-old former Liverpool and England player revealed he would not be receiving a new contract from the Midlands club earlier this month.
Defender Carlos Cuellar, 30, has also parted company with Villa but the Spaniard is keen to remain in England.
Goalkeeper Brad Guzan, 27, is the third first-team squad member to be leaving Villa Park at the end of his contract
Prediction: Campbell Ogilvie – resignation
Posted on 23 May, 2012 by Paul67 ‘
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I will make another prediction.
His NEXT appointment will see him ensconced at EUFA Headquarters in Nyon.
He has for some considerable time been telling those close to him that he has already been informed that he would join his fellow SFA refugees at the top table of European football’s gravy train this year.
I will obviously NOT be divulging my source for this snippet.
After all that has been shown to be true of Thug F.C. if they are allowed to stroll back into the spl as some kind of unreconstructed ‘newco’ , then it’s akin to tolerating the triumph of fascism…in footballing terms at the least.
It will also lead to further social discontent.
MadraRua on 23 May, 2012 at 11:21 said:
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A ghastly piece (not the piece, but the subject).
That people in this country mock the famine, one that decimated our own Highlands, is nothing short of a disgrace.
Although, it has to be said, I think the word ‘famine’ should not be used – famine was but an effect – it truly was ethnic ‘cleansing’ of the most disgusting sort which had very clear and distinct parallels to events many years later in northern/central Europe.
Armagideon Time
A lot of people will be running and hiding tonight..
KILBOWIE KELT 1156
Unbelievable,but probably true,depressingly so.
Kayal33 on 23 May, 2012 at 11:41 said:
http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20120523/aberdeen-football-club_2212158_2785265
dons issue statement re. taxdodgers
It’s just a copy & past of the Celtic statement, with Celtic replaced with Aberdeen.
Happy birthday Navanbhoy have a great day with your better half. Great present to get.
Must be great to be 40 today with all the news on demise of the orcs, another great present from Paul67.
Sadly only time I will see 40 again is oan a bus.
HH
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 23 May, 2012 at 11:43 said:
that’s what i thought reading their statement
Happy birthday navanbhoy,a day later and you could have been sharing
a birthdate with the great man himself……….ME!
Aberdeen’s statement is almost a verbatim copy of Celtic’s, and what they imply by the best interests of the club and Scottish football can mean many different things as they don’t tell us what they think are the best interests. Telligly they don’t mention the best interests of the fans
Many happy returns to Robert Moog.
ELPCSC
Teuchter ár lá on 23 May, 2012 at 11:48 said:
Mornin’ Fholks
Spent a lovely day yesterday climbing the Buchaille up in Glencoe and onto the Kingshoose for a couple o’swallies.
Teuchter, myself and another 11 members of Tyneside No1CSC are walking The West Highland Way in late July/August on our fourth annual charity challenge.
We’re walking it North to South and aiming to finish at Paradise on the first day of the new season. Feel free to pass on any tips or indeed join us at any stage! :-)
Aberdeen’s statement is almost a verbatim copy of Celtic’s, and what they imply by the best interests of the club and Scottish football can mean many different things as they don’t tell us what they think would satisfy these best interests. Worryingly for me both clubs did not mention safeguarding the best interests of ours and their own fans
Paul67 the sfa president has no honour and certainly no respect for honest governance of Scottish football, he should have been removed long before now.
Keep on telling it like it is amigo!
Hx2
B7 Exclusive: Former chairman Alastair Johnston gives the inside story on Rangers demise
By Scott McCulloch and Craig McDonaldMay 23 2012
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Johnston claims Sir David Murray allowed his ego to run riot at Rangers and made a “panicked” decision to sell the club as it teetered on the brink of ruin
Sir David Murray allowed his ego to run riot at Rangers, then made a “panicked” decision to sell the club as it teetered on the brink of ruin.
That’s the explosive verdict of former Ibrox chairman Alastair Johnston on Murray’s Ibrox “dictatorship” given in an exclusive interview with Business7.
In an unprecedented and extraordinarily detailed attack on Murray’s stewardship of the club, Johnston claims the tycoon was warned extensively about the dangers of selling to Craig Whyte.
He says Murray carried on with the deal because of “significant pressure” from the club’s bankers.
And he says a senior boss at the bank told him that Lloyds, who were owed £700million by the rest of Murray’s empire, had “incentivised” Murray to hand Rangers to Whyte.
Johnston, 63, once a close ally of Murray, now no longer speaks to him.
Johnston said: “Chairmen and chief executives are often the subject of fans’ ire for selling players, or allowing guys to leave because of unaffordable wage demands and so on. On the the other hand, you take Sir David Murray.
“He got too immersed in the fans’ perception of himself – as well as his own ego and invincibility, probably.
“In the last few years he lost his business discipline, then panicked when he saw Armageddon coming.”
Murray, who famously boasted in 2000 that Rangers would spend £10 for every £5 spent by Celtic, sold Rangers to Whyte a year ago for £1.
Our sister publication, the Daily Record has told how, before the sale, a private investigator’s report on Whyte’s business record was passed to the Ibrox board.
And Johnston, who was ousted by Whyte soon after his takeover, spoke at length about how closely Murray and his Murray Group of businesses were made aware of what the detective had discovered.
His allegations are highly significant, given Murray’s later insistence that he had been “duped” by Whyte.
The SFA disciplinary panel who slapped a transfer embargo on Rangers criticised Johnston, and other men on the Ibrox board, for not doing enough to stop the sale.
But Johnston said he and his colleagues expressed their concerns about Whyte “very vocally”. And he insisted there was only one man with the power to keep him out – Murray.
Johnston said of the detective’s report: “It was made available to us and I did see it, like I saw a lot of other information and data that was presented to us or leaked.
“But all that information was shared with the Murray Group, because there wasn’t much we could do about it other than jump up and down and scream and shout, which is what we did.
“In terms of something to do about it – that is, not consummate the transaction for these reasons – then David Murray really looks like the only person who could actually have done something.”
Johnston added: “There were a lot of inconsistencies in Whyte’s personal profile – where he lived, who he was registered with, anonymous addresses and so on.
“Liberty Capital, the ultimate guarantor of his so-called arrangement with Rangers, was formed out of a warehouse in industrial Miami where nobody had ever heard of him or the company.
“So we had a lot of due diligence and checked up on him, but that information was fed to the Murray group.”
Johnston, a Glasgow-born expert in sports accountancy, joined the Ibrox board in 2004 and became chairman in 2009.
By then, the credit crunch had hit and the fallout was still having a massive effect.
And he says Murray was under “significant pressure” from the bank, who wanted a more independent board, to get out of his day-to-day running of the club.
He said: “The bank, rightly or wrongly, thought David’s presence was so omnipotent. They thought there was really just one man, and the ruling by dictatorship had not worked.”
By this time, Rangers’ bankers were Lloyds, who took over the club’s previous bank, Bank of Scotland, at the height of the financial crisis.
Johnston said Murray had enjoyed a “very good relationship” with Bank of Scotland.
But he added that it was “probably too good”, and the bank had loaned miillions to Rangers “too easily” without proper checks and balances.
He went on: “When Lloyds came, I think they knew to some extent there was a lot of toxic debt. But I don’t think they quite realised the extent of it.
“They realised the governance and operations needed tidying up.”
When Johnston took over as chairman, he was “shocked” to find that all discussions involving the bank were dealt with personally by Murray and the Edinburgh team who helped run the rest of his empire.
He said: “Nobody at Rangers Football Club knew the bank. The bank didn’t deal with Rangers.
“It was totally incongruous in my experience that a bank that loaned a company £40million had no history in dealing with the chief executive or finance director of that company.”
In 2009, two new men were appointed to the Rangers board.
One was Murray’s right-hand man, Mike McGill. The other, financial strategist Donald Muir, was the eyes and ears of Lloyds.
Muir’s arrival was seen as a sign that Murray’s hold over the club was weakening.
Johnston said it was a condition of the bank’s renewal of the club’s credit facility.
He added: “Within two years of my chairmanship with an independent board, we reduced the debt from about £35million to £18million.
“The bank, believe it or not, at that time were very happy with us. Our arguments with them were more about reducing the debt by another £2 million to £16 million, in order for them to be totally satisfied it was a sustainable working debt.”
Then, early last year, the bank’s position appeared to change – for reasons yet to become clear.
Johnston said: “They originally didn’t believe in Craig Whyte. That’s the irony. They were as wary as we were about the fact he was one of the ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ types that didn’t have the money.
“The first time they were invited to meet with Whyte in London, he didn’t show up.
“It wasn’t until a couple of months before the transaction concluded that the bank actually started to believe the deal might be for real.
“David Murray and Craig Whyte got involved around October 2010. It wasn’t until around March 2011 when the bank turned on us very badly.
“They started talking much more seriously about Whyte. This was within four or five weeks of the transaction being concluded.
“They basically saw a chance to get all £18million back in one fell swoop.”
It was at this time, Johnston claims, that a senior bank executive told him Murray had been “incentivised” to seal the Whyte deal.
He said: “I pointed out to the banker that I felt David Murray may not want to sell.
“The reply, and this is a very key statement, was, ‘Alastair, David Murray is heavily incentivised to get rid of Rangers Football Club. Let me leave it at that.’
“I understood that to mean that certain things would then be triggered in his £700million relationship between Murray Group and the bank.”
Johnston said Murray first mentioned Whyte’s name to him in November 2010.
He recalled: “David Murray rang me on my mobile and said, ‘I think we’ve got someone and this is a really good one. Unlike any others before, he’s spent a lot up front.
“‘He’s hired some high-powered lawyers and spent some money on them, and he’s hired a high-powered PR team. He’s spent a lot of money on it so he must be serious.’”
But the sale turned out to be, as Murray now calls it, a “huge mistake”.
Johnston said: “One of the big giveaways about Craig Whyte was the fact he wasn’t worried about working capital. He didn’t care about it.
“He was much more concerned about the contracts.
“His modus operandi was, ‘How many of them can we get out of, how many of them can we deny paying until at least some of them will drop by the wayside.’”
In another withering criticism of Murray, Johnston added: “Whyte didn’t put a cent into the club, as we all know.
“That’s why I was jumping up and down and telling anyone who would listen. But there were only some people who would listen.”
Murray last night declined to respond to Johnston’s attacks. He said: “I will keep my counsel on this for a future date.”
Lloyds refused to explain why they were so keen to see Rangers sold, or to respond to the allegation that Murray was “incentivised” to do the deal.
They said: “The deal was a matter between Craig Whyte and Sir David Murray.
“The bank’s involvement was in relation to the debt owed by Rangers FC, which was repaid in full, in accordance with all required regulatory checks.”
DOORS CLASSIC:
Yeah, c’mon
When the music’s over
When the music’s over, yeah
When the music’s over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights, yeah
When the music’s over
When the music’s over
When the music’s over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
For the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end
Cancel my subscription to that fecking Sky
If the Big House disnae die die die
I got some friends inside
The News stories won’t stop
The bad secrets of the past won’t drop
A feast of Reporters:
“Resign!” they cried
Waitin’ for them all
Outside!
Before I sink
Into the big sleep
I want to hear
I want to hear
The dying scream of the bear
Come back, baby
Back into my arm
We’re gettin’ tired of hangin’ around
Waitin’ around with our heads to the ground
I hear a very gentle sound
Very near yet very far
Very soft, yeah, very clear
Come today, come today
What have they done to the game?
Why can’t they feel any shame?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the fans
And tied her with a cheats charter
And dragged her down with UEFA bans.
I hear a very gentle sound
With your ear down to the ground
We want the game and we want it…
We want the beautiful game and we want it…
Now
Now?
Now!
Parkheid night, babe
See the light, babe
Save us!
Jesus!
Save us!
So when the music’s over
When the music’s over, yeah
When the music’s over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Well the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end!
Just read the piece regarding rangers in the DR, what a load of tosh
How this guy can call himself a journalist I will never know
the best bits have got to be that nacho novo is just back from getting a massive rangers crest (cracked) tattooed on his leg
then the quote from ratcho himself
steve davis and lee mcculloch love this club , they have been playing the last few months for virtually nothing
£5000 per week what planet is that horrible wee rat from
he is indeed a obnoxious human being
RON BACARDI 1206
I see what you did there,very clever!
Verbatim regnat
navanbhoy enjoy your birthday lunch as others prepare for a last supper :-))
Paul67 et al
A wealthy man approaches Michael Johnston and asks;
“Would you be prepared to get into bed with me for £1million?”
“Absolutely, of course I would”
“Would you be prepared to get into bed with me for £1?”
“What kind of man do you take me for?”
“Well, we’ve already established that, all we’re doing now
is haggling over the price!”
With apologies to Jack Benny
Rankers biggest curse was for too long seen as their biggest blessing: to have the nations richest man as their owner. An owner who was too profligate with cash- how do you reverse the devastation left by someone so powerful & rich in a country as small as Scotland?
Now the dogs are turning on each other.
What we need to try to ensure is that we don’t end up with a small number of sacrificaial lambs when what we need is to slaughter the herd.
Ogilvie’s head will be satisfying (unless he makes it to to the Nyon Tunnel as suggested). But, more is needed. Regan has been very clear that RC is totally conflicted and I’m sure his professional advice would be in line with that. So how come RC has not had to fall to that advice? What other power-brokers are in there keeping the jobby afloat? We need to get them too and get them out.
We need to understand that at every levvel of SFA activity there are RFC (IA) supporters masquerading as reps of SFL, HL, Junior and amateur levels. They also then miraculously appear on SFA structures on a disproportionate basis, strangling the organisation. Whilst it will be nice to witness the demise of the dykeman Dungcaster, a move back to the SFA (unreconstructed) is also littered with danger.
I think I prefer a (k)night of the long knives rather than an offered sacrifice.
timeforthehosetogivewaytothewatercannoncsc
The acid test of integrity is having personal faith and trust in the words that come out of your mouth and doing your utmost, and a wee bit more, to honour your promises, your duties and your responsibilities; and more so too if you committed your intents to paper.
If you don’t then your family, your friends, your peers, your community, they will all forever hold you in contempt.
Imagine walking into your house at the end of the day and you meet the eyes of your wife, your son, your daughter, and after a long second they each and all look away with disgust distorting their faces. And you know that you are the source of their disgust.
Mr Johnstone of Kilmarnock, you have whored your club’s soul for the sake of your prejudices. I hope your family don’t appreciate the full extent of what you have done though Ibet your dog is lookingforward to your dinner. But don’t be too despondent Mr. Johnstone, you are not alone in the ‘Hall of Shame’, in fact there isn’t much room left at all for many more slugs like you in there.
Celtic manager Neil Lennon has confirmed his interest in Rosenborg midfielder Markus Henriksen but there has been no contact between the clubs.
Lennon revealed Celtic must release players before recruiting others.
“We have not made any contact with the club yet but he is a player we admire,” Lennon said after the 2-0 defeat by Norwich in Adam Drury’s testimonial.
“We do like the player, but I do not know if we will be able to get a bid going in the next few days or not.”
Henriksen, 19, has played six times for Norway, having become a Rosenborg regular in 2010.
“We have got a bit of work to do with trimming the squad before we can possibly even think about bringing players in, but we have targets for three or four positions,” added Lennon.
Dear Mr. President I
Come take a walk with me
Let’s pretend we’re just two peeple and
You’re not better than me
I’d like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly
What do you feel when you see all the gormless on the street?
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
Are you proud?
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when your brothers just cannot say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why?
Dear Mr. President
Were you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
How can you say
You are not involved ?
We’re not dumb, and we’re not blind
They’re all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to EBT hell
What kind of man would take a long standing bribe anyway?
And what kind of man might hate another kind of christianity?
I can only imagine what the suits in UEFA have to say
You’ve come a long way from Champions league secretary
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when your brothers just cannot say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Can you even look me in the eye?
Let me tell you ’bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you ’bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you ’bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you ’bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don’t know nothing ’bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh
How do you sleep at night?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Dear Mr. President
You’d never take a walk with me
Would you?
We can only hope Paul67 is right.
Our question is: Is the “man” really deranged enough to try and continue any further?
You can teach a monkey to write, you cant teach huns equality.
Or tax law…
Or basic arithmetic…
They just about disprove Darwinism
Ibrox tower block exposed as regeneration plan progresses
May 23 2012
An Ibrox tower block is in the last dramatic throes of its life after being put on the receiving end of the UK’s tallest demolition crane.
The 67m tall crane known as Big Jock, has been nibbling away since October and has already reduced one of the 22 storey blocks to rubble since being unleashed by Glasgow Housing Association.
A neighbouring block has been granted a last minute reprieve following the decision to renovate the properties instead for key worker housing.
This will see original concrete panels removed to be replaced with a new render and rainscreen system as part of a £7m refit.
Technical Demolition Services are undertaking the complex structural challenge of bringing the blocks down safely.
Paddy Docherty the cranes driver will not be moving on anytime soon and may soon become an almost permanent fixture in the area,
Paddy stated “No I am the only person in the UK with a license to actually drive this crane and the company has been informed that there will be demand for work in this area for at least the next three years. Especially the worlds biggest wrecking ball Big Jock”
Excellenti Paul!
Gonna be a long day…I trust all yer ducks are in a row…
Pace yersel.
HH
From fishul Celticfc.net
Norwich goes green and white thanks to fantastic Celtic support
By: Paul Cuddihy on 23 May, 2012 11:23
CELTIC’S visit to Norwich on Tuesday night for Adam Drury’s Testimonial match won the club many more new fans as the massive travelling Celtic support turned the night into a carnival atmosphere.
The match, which featured Celtic legends Neil Lennon and Paul Lambert going head-to-head as respective managers, was won on the night by the home side 2-0.
But it was the Celtic support who were the real winners, with praise pouring in from their Norwich counterparts for the numbers who had turned up, the fantastic way in which they cheered on the team, and for making the occasion one to remember.
There have been hundreds of Norwich fans getting in touch through Celtic’s official Twitter feed @celticfc thanking the Hoops support for helping to create an unforgettable night at Carrow Road.
Of course, Neil Lennon wasn’t at all surprised. He knows just how good the Celtic support are, and the backing at Carrow Road was in keeping with what his team are given week in, week out, home and away.
“It was a great night,” the Celtic manager told the official Celtic website, “and first and foremost, we’re delighted for Adam Drury. It’s a fantastic achievement for any player to stay at one club for so long, and to give such great service to them, and we were delighted to be invited to take part in this game for him.
“I’ve spoken about our supporters on many occasions, and about how much their backing means to me and to the team, and you saw that again at Carrow Road. It was a large and enthusiastic travelling support, and our fans really did help make the night such a special one.
“I’d like to thank Norwich Football Club, and the people of Norwich for making all of us, the team and our supporters, so welcome throughout our time in the city.
“It was also great to meet up with an old friend in Paul Lambert, and you could see just how much he still means to the Celtic support.
“I’m absolutely delighted at the success he’s enjoyed at Norwich. They are a really good club and really deserve to be in the Premier League, and it’s great to see Paul doing so well.
“And I’d like to thank our supporters again for showing why they are the best fans in football. They were a real credit to the club and we’ve made a lot of new friends at Norwich because of them.”
TheGreenManalishi(WithTheTwoProngedCrown
Yes. Yes it is.
Paul67
Three body blows in the last 24hours.
When is the knockout blow delivered?
8pm?
Jobs for the boys – not the bhoys
Awe Naw @ 12 09 ..
Operation Hornet will reveal the jaw dropping extent of ” Handshake Banking” at The B of S and HBOS.
People might begin to ponder whether a thriving Rangers was an absolute necessity for The B of S and HBOS.
People might begin to look at what The B of S and HBOS did in order to maximize the well being of Rangers..
The fun is just beginning
I’m coming down, coming down like a monkey, but it’s alright
Like a load on your back that you can’t see, ooh but it’s alright
Try to shake it loose, cut it free, just let it go, get it away from me.
Cos tonight, tonight, tonight – oh, I’m gonna make it right
Tonight, tonight, tonight – oh.
I’m going down, going down, like a monkey, ooh but it’s alright
Try to pick yourself up, carry that weight that you can’t see,
Don’t you know it’s alright
It’s like a helter skelter, going down and down, round and round
But just get it away from me – oh.
Because tonight, tonight, tonight – oh
We’re gonna make it right
Tonight, tonight, tonight – oh.
I got some money in my pocket, about ready to burn
I don’t remember where I got it, I gotta get it to you
So please answer the phone, cos I keep calling, but you’re never home
What am I gonna do
Tonight, tonight, tonight – oh
I’m gonna make it right
Tonight, tonight, tonight – oh.
You keep telling me I’ve got everything, you say I’ve got everything I
want
You keep telling me you’re gonna help me, you’re gonna help me, but you
don’t
But now I’m in too deep
You see it’s got me so that I just can’t sleep
Oh get me out of here, please get me out of here
Just help me I’ll do anything, anything
If you’ll just help me get out of here.
I’m coming down, coming down like a monkey, ooh but it’s alright
It’s like a load on your back that you can’t see,
Ooh don’t you know that it’s alright
Just try to shake it loose, cut it free, let it go
But just get it away from me
Cos tonight, tonight, tonight – oh
Maybe we’ll make it right
Tonight, tonight, tonight – oh.
Please get me out of here
Someone get me out of here
Just help me I’ll do anything, anything
If you’ll just help get me out of here
Tonight – oh, I’m gonna make it right
Tonight, tonight, tonight – oh.
Yes tonight, tonight, tonight – oh,
Yes I’m gonna make it right, tonight, tonight, tonight – oh…
SOT
it was a joint executive toy !
Pity about the caliber of the executives.
HAil Hail
new article posted.