More evidence emerged today on how Rangers recompensed players through their Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) scheme in The Sun newspaper, who have a draft contract Rangers offered an unnamed player. The contract was a letter confirming a six figure payment as well as a £1200 per game appearance bonus.
An accountant told Sun reporters Paul Thornton and Ewing Grahame:
“I have been shown a contract of employment showing how much money players were going to get but also a back letter which I presume that individual has assumed is part of his salary. It seems like a contract.
“If the two documents are handed to someone together, is that seen as being his overall package? If the answer to that is yes then there is a problem because the money that goes into the trust really should be getting taxed because it is his salary.
“The fact it is there as a back letter at all suggests it is dodgy.”
Attention is obviously drawn to the potential criminal consequences of these tax arrangements but football fans throughout the country will be alarmed that Campbell Ogilvie, the man who was general secretary and director of Rangers when the EBT scheme started, is currently president of the SFA and would have been involved in scoping out the secret remit of the SFA inquiry into Rangers, which was asked to report within an incredibly quick two week period. Ogilvie is also one of the few men the inquiry will report to.
If the allegations in today’s Sun are accurate, Rangers have improperly registered football players for a period of around a decade. The penalty for playing an improperly registered footballer in any game is a 3-0 forfeit.
When the SFA president is in a position to confirm all of this, the association have all information they require to make a ruling on this, but despite these allegations being widely reported for many months, they have yet to even acknowledge there is anything to investigate.
Can you imagine the scrutiny the Football Association in England’s board and chief executive would be exposed to if this scandal was not being actioned?
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TOOTING TIM
Used to live in Tooting many years ago. Is the Mitre bar still there? The Horse & Groom? It was a long time ago but many fond memories.
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@celticunderground
Incredibly specific rumour doing the rounds that the huns will be liquidated at 4:45pm on Tuesday.
Summa
Doc is Neil Lennon says:
27 February, 2012 at 10:27
kitalba says:
27 February, 2012 at 08:50
The collated information was destroyed, however the raw data is still available for anyone who wants to re-collate the information. Charge sheets, arrest records, court reports etc, are still available to the authorities, should they choose to use the info, not likely tho’.
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Doc,
Kitalba was referencing a post from BIG NAN,0759.
I also checked the link he provided,then followed another link contained within.
The part which I c&p at 0812 is,IMO,pretty damning stuff from a respected site.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS says:
27 February, 2012 at 10:54
Thanks for that, I have a look at the c&p you posted.
Pretty sure the like of ERNIE LYNCH,etc,will appreciate this comment more than most,but I think that congratulations are due to the last Labour government for their role in the huns downfall.
Inadvertent,of course!
They introduced legislation whereby fines for certain offences,e.g.speeding,were set according to the defendant’s income.
I’m pretty sure that Hector’s hackles were raised when he heard of a number of Rangers players declaring a ridiculously low level of earnings in order to receive a much-reduced fine.
I know mine were………..
Summa of Sammi…. says:
27 February, 2012 at 10:54
That was last night, within an hour same source was saying he didnt believe it would happen. Still going to watch for it tomorrow!
Morning, All.
Below is copy of a letter which appears in today’s Herald.
A depressing example of how old prejudices linger on in all their glory, sustained by oxygen given by MSM.
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Those of us who live in the west of Scotland are well aware of Old Firm bigotry and from both sides.
Through tolerating this religiously generated bad behaviour over many years, from fans of both camps, many of us have accepted that it is a fact of life; perhaps even a safety valve.
Serious violence itself is surprisingly rare. Have you watched any of those Roma games, for example?
There is of course a temptation to kick a club when they’re down and this should be avoided, especially at the moment.
What does concern many of us is what happens if the worst comes to the worst with Rangers. What are the repercussions if the club is relegated to a lower division?
Worse still what if the safety valve is no longer there, what will fill the vacuum?
Rightly or wrongly this is about more than just football.
David Bell
Troon.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS says:
27 February, 2012 at 08:12
That is damning stuff indeed. The SNPs motivation for destroying
the evidence was how is would affect Scotlands image to the wider world. You have to wonder how much worse it will be when the information gets out anyway, and the cover up is exposed.
Looking forward to 4.45pm tomorrow now, to paraphrase it may be made up Timmy pash, but it’s compulsive viewing.
Won’t be long now before this happens.
HMS Dignity hits Iceberg and sinks…………
http://i.imgur.com/DDpMo.gif
HH
Tommy Sheridan trial blogger at High Court for nail bombers trial, http://twitter.com/#!/jamesdoleman
Bobby Murdoch Winklepickers 09.56
That was myself your good man.Slan
Michael Grant
Chief football writer
THE phone rang mid-morning on Thursday, March 2.
Is Michael living in the future or did he mean Thursday, February 2?
Maybe he’s just been misquoted. Happens a lot I believe….:-(
yogiy says:
27 February, 2012 at 10:43
I went to Peyia for my honeymoon last year. Lovely wee place. Drank in the Jail Pub most nights.
LB
ROGUE LEADER 1037
What do you mean,”actually”,haha!
Posted along those lines for a wee while now,and told all my hun mates in Kilwinning the same.
Seriously though,it’s all conjecture at the moment,and I am rarely annoyed when I’m wrong.
I’m the kind of fella who puts his hands up and admits it.
Equally,I’m not really the type to revel in being right.
Just the kinda bloke I am.
But I might be prepared to make an exception in this case,assuming I’m right of course!
Summa of Sammi…. says:
27 February, 2012 at 10:54
That would be exactly 14 days after they were put into administration.
I suppose if the administrators have been informed of an adverse tribual decision they can’t continue to trade.
Im ashamed to ask as I really ought to know but….what does MSM mean. I know it refers to the LL.
Someone put me out of my misery. Thanks
seventyxseven ‘gelee et glace’ says:
27 February, 2012 at 10:42
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PMSL
Kudos for that,mate!
corrib04 is Neil Lennon says:
27 February, 2012 at 11:16
mainstream media
Mince Stream Media
DJBEE says:
27 February, 2012 at 10:23
‘Mr B Winklepickers
You are absolutely spot on! The timeline for a Newco is against them. The longer they are in Admin’
If they are liquidated tomorrow a newco could be ready for next season if everybody gets a wiggle on.
No Farreyesque putting of envelopes in drawers and forgetting about them.
Summa of Sammi…. says:
27 February, 2012 at 10:54
Couldn’t this be when redundancies are announced? Thats what I’m reading on other forums.
Special Report on Sky Sports tonight, 7.30 ‘The tax man’s war on football’.
The trailers look like this will be a call to wake up and smell the coffee rather than a cry of victimisation.
I reckon the feeling of being made an example of will be cranked up sever notches down Edmiston Drive.
Paul67
As no-one else has mentioned this I thought I better advise. I tried to move onto page 21 on Chrome, the text appeared on screen about 4 times its normal size and then was immediately replaced by a malicious threat warning from google advising me that if i was to proceed it could damage my PC. It suggested that the site could have been hacked and was best to close browser.
I have done this and everything appears fine but I thought i would report it to you in case there are types attempting to destruct the site.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS – when I read that back I realise the “actually” could be misconstrued. Apologies to you, it was in no way intended
Morning all – not the greatest perfromance on Saturday (no movement from the front 2 in the first half) but delighted with another 3 points and the continuing winning streak.
Quick question for you all:
Does anyone know how much is in the prize fund of collected revenues dished out by the SPL at the end of the season?
Alternatively does anyone know how much money Celtic (or any other team for that matter) received from the league last year?
Thanks in advance
Hail Hail
Tombola
Kittoch – I got exactly the same, my text went from massive to tiny now. Our host is aware….
Ernie_Lynch and DJBEE. Thank you.
Oh and ..
Dear David Bell from Troon,
The answer to your question of what happens to all those ‘peeple’ who have nowhere to go and vent their bile of a Saturday Afternnon is that they will be taking up ……….GOLF! probably at a course very near you!
(Someone posted or twittered recently that should Rangers be ‘liquidised’ (Courtesy, Declan) then golf clubs across Scotland will become oversubscribed very quickly.)
DOC 1108
Indeed.
Shocking,to be honest.
Though no surprise to many on here.
Has Whyte returned yet?
Mmmm didn’t think so.
Doc is Neil Lennon
I thought it was backed up – in full – at Stirling University. Paul also did an article late last year explaining al;ternative sources of data.
I have some annual reports and although they are fragmented as such – they still tell a story and point a finger.
kittoch
Same thing happened to me but without the warning. Text size is now back to normal.
In that excerpt from Michael Grant in the Herald…….
He may be talking about Our Hero…….but it also reminds me of another ‘flamboyant’ commercial impresario………
“Plenty has been said about the slipperiness, the ability to tell a bare-faced lie, the empty promises, the sheer brass neck of this guy, but another unappealing aspect of his character has been a tendency to bully and be aggressively controlling when it came to criticism, scrutiny or investigation…..”
Patsy Smokescreen will conveniently carry the can back into the obscurity from whence he came.
FANADPATRIOT 1109
Cheers,bud. An excellent wee point,and I thank you for it.
BTW,it took me a while,but I eventually noticed there was only one “n” in your moniker,apologies!
Speed reading isnae always the best way,but it certainly works wi some Scottish sport “journalists”,haha!
Me too, everything ok now.
Hopefully in Admin till late April then liquidised, that will leave them
no time to form a New Orc Rankers for next season. Lets just enjoy the
(Summer of Jelly & Ice Cream) while they contemplate which sport they are
going to follow eg. Formula 1, Golf, tennis or join the bowling club…….
Kittoch says:
27 February, 2012 at 11:22
Paul67
As no-one else has mentioned this I thought I better advise. I tried to move onto page 21 on Chrome, the text appeared on screen about 4 times its normal size and then was immediately replaced by a malicious threat warning from google advising me that if i was to proceed it could damage my PC. It suggested that the site could have been hacked and was best to close browser.
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and some message about java and registering for more info
maccargo @ 10:20
”From the Herald this morning…..”
Interesting the tone in the piece you posted, rather than the more measured – though not exactly pro CW article in the same paper by Martin Williams – Senior News Reporter.
There is huge campaign of innuendo against CW and Michael Grant – Chief football writer’s article is as grave as it gets.
”He’s behaving like a fugitive rather than a chairman. After a week in London, he flew to Nice and he’s holed up in his apartment in Monaco………….It’s up to the Crown Office to decide whether what he did was illegal or simply immoral!
Craig Whyte has not been proven to be in breach of any terms of his takeover or executed any illegal act – sure he has a tainted past and he at best mislead the R@ngers support over aspects of his takeover but as far as his RFC capture is concerned the Crown Office won’t be interested unless there is the proverbial smoking gun, I would NOT expect them to be making any moral utterings.
In fact looking at the information available he could cite justification or at the very least mitigation for everything he’s done.
RFC have had three Chairman in the last decade, we must allow them to make special pleadings, so that it’s percieved as an individual, a particularly rotten apple that was to blame – we need to get the whole barrow load.
kitalba says:
27 February, 2012 at 11:27
I’ve not heard about the info being held at Stirlng University(my home town). I would be interested in seeing the annual data you have, Paul67 has my email if that’s easier than posting a link.
Cheers.