I know you don’t need to rehearse the Resolution 12 debate as you’ll know it instinctively now, but, as always, we are indebted to eyes outside of Scotland calling for insight and governance in the Scottish game on an issue only tangentially related.
Yesterday, The Offshore Game, ran a report that the SFA may have misled the Lord Nimmo Smith Commission inquiry into Rangers failure to register players on an industrial scale during their EBT years.
While the SFA were swatting away questions into how Rangers were cleared to participate in Uefa competitions in 2011, less than a year before disappearing into insolvency, chief operating officer, Andrew McKinlay inadvertently turned the spotlight on the reliability of evidence placed before Lord Nimmo Smith.
Questions around the awarding of Rangers Uefa licence in 2011 were asked in the dark as no one outside the club, SFA and Uefa knew what information had been submitted, and the SFA didn’t know what the club submitted to Uefa.
There was a belief that the club may have not disclosed a letter concerning the Wee Tax Case from HMRC to the SFA in 2011. Mr McKinlay wrote to the requisitioners saying that he “did not accept that” this information was not brought to the SFA’s attention in 2011 – two years before Nimmo Smith sat.
This assertion tidied up the Res 12 issue at Hampden, but as The Offshore Game makes clear, why on earth did the SFA’s evidence to Lord Nimmo Smith on the Wee Tax Case not reflect the correspondence they had on file? In short, it was accepted by all that schemes scrutinised by the Wee Tax Case were unlawful.
Nimmo Smith didn’t hear this, in fact, he heard was that Rangers tax schemes were legal, and concluded, therefore, as any other club could have used them, no sporting advantage was accrued.
The Offshore Game call for scrutiny of the SFA over this by the parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport select committee. This call will be magnified should the Supreme Court uphold HMRC’s position on the Big Tax Case.
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I reckon that, with Arab money, we should name the stadium The Al Jarreau Stadium- Moonlighting for the Luftwaffe since 1888
Or the Al Ber-t-Kid Stadium
Naming rights is money for old rope, we will still call it CP, Paradise……or Parkheid even..
PL
Doesnt nead a heated driveway over there.
What about the Al More stadium, beside the Fans’ Café beside the Superstore?
Would it ever get confused with the new name for Ibrox?
The Al-Di stadium
Wonderful country that Dubai so it is
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38013351
Better inform the State aid nut job that Celtic have struck oil on land we bought from Glasgow City Council
That should keep him busy for another year or 2 :))
ITALIABHOY on 17TH NOVEMBER 2016 8:48 PM
I have to say, I think it’d be hilarious if the holier than thou lefties of the Green Brigade were directly responsible for encouraging millions of pounds of investment from a medievalist, absolutist, theocratic, monarchy.
It would just sum up the craziness of the world these days…
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I asked you about a week ago when you made a similar comment regarding this loony leftie attitude towards the GB and didn’t get a reply.
Can you enlighten me please.
PapaJohn, Hoooopy Birthday to you sir.
Hope it was a good one.
James Forrest
Good post on http://www.thecelticblog.com
Say it to my plaice…..magic
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxfZDTQXAAAUWTM.jpg
PapaJohn:
A very big hoopy Birthday to you, didn’t know you were another year younger, hope you’ve had a good day.
It’s beeen awhile my friend.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
PapaJohn
Feliz Cumpleanos, yer only 70 once, enjoy :-)
HH
Perhaps we should call it the Al-Behavinalaffatsevco Stadium.
Three turtles, Joe, Steve, and Poncho, decide to go on a picnic. So, Joe packs the picnic basket with cookies, bottled sodas, and sandwiches.
The trouble is, the picnic site is 10 miles away, so the turtles take 10 whole days to get there. By the time they do arrive, everyone’s whipped.
Joe takes the stuff out of the basket, one by one. He takes out the sodas and says, “Alright, Steve, gimme the bottle opener.”
“I didn’t bring the bottle opener,” Steve says. “I thought you packed it.”
Joe gets worried. He turns to Poncho. “Poncho, do you have the bottle opener?”
Naturally, Poncho doesn’t have it, so the turtles are stuck ten miles away from home without soda.
Joe and Steve beg Poncho to turn back home and retrieve it, but Poncho flatly refuses, knowing that they’ll eat everything by the time he gets back. Somehow, after about two hours, the turtles manage to convince Poncho to go back home, swearing on their great-grand turtles’ graves that they won’t touch the food.
So, Poncho sets off down the road, slow and steadily. Twenty days pass, but no Poncho. Joe and Steve are hungry and puzzled, but a promise is a promise. Another day passes, and still no Poncho, but a promise is a promise. After three more days pass without Poncho in sight, Steve starts getting restless. “I NEED FOOD!” he says with a hint of dementia in his voice.
“NO!” Joe retorts. “We promised.” Five more days pass. Joe realizes that Poncho probably skipped out to the Burger King down the road, so the two turtles weakly lift the lid, get a sandwich, and open their mouths to eat.
But then, right at that instant, Poncho pops out behind a rock, and says, “Just for that, I’m not going.”
I was kind of hoping that we did actually receive state but that it was all smoothed over by the Coolmore Mafia’s influence within the halls of the great institutions of European and world football.
That would have sent the mental state aid loony huns and lobotomy bears even more over the edge.
In any event, the vanguard bears, hunmedia and the klan in general have lost again and that makes me smile.
Get it right up the hun fadge hoard.
P.S. Well done the Resolution 12 team. Your efforts will never be forgotten regardless of outcome or the petty sniping of a few of dubious provenance on this blog.
Fitba ramorra and an empty hoose, what could be better.
Papajohn, happy birthday ya auld git…………………………….:_)
HH
You really have to hand it to the Warbiola, he sure has a way with words……..
Warburton said: “I read a report that we had a big fallout, which was quite interesting.
“Waggy knocked on the door and said: ‘Have we fallen out gaffer?’ I said: ‘Not as far as I’m aware, Waggy’. Far from it.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/14912166.Rangers_boss_Mark_Warburton_dismisses_rumours_of_row_with_Martyn_Waghorn/
ACGR- Do you watch The Chase, anytime i see The Guvnoress , i think of you…..:)
What a performance from Stuart Armstrong tonight, really scaled new heights and broguth home the bacon. Here we go, 10 in a row!
TET 10.04.
Ha ha, that was funny.
I’ll bell you when I get to spania. looking to play sclaffbaw 1st or 2nd Dec. If that suits you, you choose. Hope all is well with you, the lovely Mrs TET and the various zoo members.
HH Bruv
Bada Bing, naw. I’m still working through my back catalogue of hard core porn and don’t get to see much mainstream stuff.
BTW, I took your advice and downloaded ice age iV, still waiting on my disc arriving.
Saw you said you’d started “The night of”. I loved it
HH and hope all is well.
FFS BB, I’ve been called a few thing on here but if I was a tranny I’d be a damn site better looking than that………………….pffffffft.
Last time I dressed up as a woman, a wee fat guy hit oan me. Gimme some credit. BTW, high heels are bad, don’t wear them.
very good source.
one of the emirates , highest level family , royals , big money wanted to name celtic park
THE YOGI BEAR STADIUM
but dubai said no.
but
Abu Dhabi do
agcr ,
in my defense , you do have a nice turned calf.
Thank you gents for your kind words, not many can go and visit there Mammy on there 70th eh, Ma Wee Mammy wins 90 on the 11th July , (jist missed a clanger could have been the 12th) wonderful woman still runnen the house, and keeps me onn my toes.
Awerabest PJ
Carnoustie Golfer
Will let you know nearer the time.
Had to dig another grave but didny do the back in this time, Leishmans and there is no cure for it, feckin sandflies, they are barstewards, thankfully it doesn’t affect too many humans, it does in the likes of India and will here given time.
Luv to the brood and the size 22 :-)
HH
Please excuse the typing Bliddy IPad.
EXiled
That shovel might get you a contract with the SFA.
TET, don’t take in any mair dugs, they’ll be the death of you.
St Stivs, you’ve seen the photo’s?
Kilmarnock are pish.
Big Peat, are you Alfie noaks?
ACGR- All good here mate,DVD arrived yesterday, Mrs Bada’ s Christmas sorted…:))
SS-VG
Question time from Stirling. Look out for Doc and Cowiebhoy, their faithers and kids chucking pies at the tory.
Fascinating debate so far. The biggest question though is, is the we goth activist wearing a bra? Mair close ups required…………………:_)
BP
Ha, I know when to stop digging holes
HH
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Carnoustie Golfer
I nearly opened that dram you gave me a while back last week, got a bit down with all the digging, but resisted, it will be saved for a right special occasion, oh and dugs, I wish I had the balls to tell her no more, but alas I am a wimp, she can do what she wants when she wants :-)
HH
ACGR
No, whoever he is.
It’s the day we hump the killie so I will bid you all a good night.
Take care Timland
HH
KTF