Georgios is hugely important to Celtic on Champions League duty. His presence and experience is crucial, but his ability to hold the ball up, often the subject of frustration for some in SPL games, is fundamental to Celtic’s chances of playing at this level.
Georgios Samaras hamstring injury, coming late in the first half against Kilmarnock, is a carbon copy of the injury he picked up late in the first half against Berwick Rangers two years ago this month. Hamstrings mostly to go early in games, or early in the second half, before players muscles are properly warmed and stretched. It is unusual for a player to get well into a game, when limbs should be stretched, before picking up this kind of injury. Time for a rethink of the player’s preparations on cold days.
I only saw around 10 minutes of the Scottish Cup tie at Tannadaice this afternoon but was unfortunate to witness Ian Black twice make an offensive hand gesture, once apparently aimed at the Dundee United support. If he was wearing green I’m sure he would be dealt with.
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TOM McLAUGHLIN
As I remember it,Jock realised he had a potential star on his hands in Roy Aitken,but figured he needed an old head to help him develop.
Although he rated Jackie highly,he wasn’t capable-or nearly experienced enough-of that role.
Signing Pat Stanton was a master-stroke,though a serious injury the following season saw the plan undone.
Enter Frank Munro…….
CQN Moonhowlers should be registered at companies hoese as a brand name before rupert murdoch gets hold of it.
Goodnight Celtic men n wummin, I’m off to suck on a couple of drams and listen to some tunes that would make an orange man cry.
Lennie should have the bhoys well prepared for tomorrow, so there should be no repeat of last weeks big let down in the LC.
Today was a great day for the people of angus and all right minded folk who oppose hunnery in all it’s hideous forms.
Tiocfaidh ár lá
BWC-UP
YVW
A very underated album.
Bed calls…Bobby, ACGR, & the rest of the Celtic family, good night & enjoy the game Tomorrow.
A CEILER GONOF RUST
Copyright is held by SETTING FREE THE BEARS.
Even Rupert wouldnae take that man on-he has right wing numpties for breakfast!
Night,bud-good catching up!!!
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
03:31 on 3 February, 2013
:D
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Tom McLaughlin
03:34 on 3 February, 2013
Thank You for this info, I will be able to converse about it on Monday morning now. I’m sure others will add to what you have said.
HH
RP McMURPHY
Good to talk-wi taste like yours,haste ye back!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rr4tXN2eJM
This band outshone Oasis @ Balloch years ago.
BOBBYSIPOD.csc
NN & HH
PETEC
I didnae realise I’d included that-brilliant album,barely a duff track.
I expected good things from them after that,but it never really happened. Shame.
Are The Grenhornes on it.
Good vid….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-jsGpmLk0g
I’m sure the Donut has nothing but pure admiration for the socialist history and communist aficionados of Celtic history. Something he can truly empathize with.
A pure Irish Catholic love fest of gargantuan proportions methinks.
I think the Celtic bored should be careful getting involved in something gimmicky and superficial like the new look 10 10 18 Scottish league.
ok back to oor wullie
laters
I canny be bothered reading back jings crivvens help me boab but any developments on the Nimmo Walter Smith EBT report? embdy?
I always learned tae appreciate ken the fact that Jackie McNamara was bought fae Dunfermline likesy as an attacking right wing back in 1995 and handed the left back captaincy by the Blessed Martin in 2001 and kept the lack of a left back Celtic legend going till Izzaguirre got injured 10 years later. Quite a feet. Baith o them..a la oor wullie.
I’ve always felt that the future of Scotland would be well served by the SNP.
Especially the new wave of Dutch SNP emanating out of Mid Lothian under the guidance of Peter de Vink. Indy de Vink of SNP Mid Lothian fame after voting in favour of closing all the councils public toilets to save £85k was caught pissing in the public car park after the 5 hour vote.
If only all the SNP councilors practiced what they peed. He must be a hertz supporter.
ok guys until tomorrow night I leave CQN as informed as ever…..cheerio!
From the Scotsman re. yesterdays fitba lesson at Tannadice:
“The mask really has slipped to reveal Rangers as a Third Division team with a ridiculous wage bill.”
The only fault with the above statement is the name of the so-called football team it refers to.
Rangers are dead. Gone. Liquidated.
The team which galantly held Dundee United out for the first 14 seconds was a new team, imitating the old one (and doing a good job of it too).
Charles Green now marinades in his own venom
Posted by Guest Writer
Dundee United fan Graham Harrop states that despite being an Arab, it would be easy to lord it over Rangers tonight. So he does it anyway.
The purile, snarling, arrogant, bullyboy demeanor of Bears and Charles Green alike has been nothing less than staggering, especially in the build-up to today’s game.
The now standard attack/deflect/threatening statements would have seen action taken by the Scottish FA had they been made by any other club, but our nation’s craven footballing authority have proven that they’re incapable of fair governance having bent over backwards to provide a soft landing to the Govan coercers.
Buoyed further by the official fanzine – the groveling, sycophantic rag that is the Daily Record, an inevitable series of propaganda articles were gladly published in an obvious attempt to validate the embarrassing and unsubstantiated stance taken by those of a light blue persuasion in another blatant bid to keep the Bears on side as their paltry circulation plummets as quickly as the Jim McLean Fair Play stand emptied this afternoon.
The astonishing sense of false entitlement that emanates from Ibrox, invites nothing but richly deserved ill-feeling towards the deluded fourth tier outfit (4th tier having been allowed to bypass the application process, remember) against a backdrop of oldco cheating on a staggering scale to ensure an undeserved position that could never be threatened. A shred of sympathy may just have emerged had it not been for the spectacular lack of humility which manifested itself as soon as today’s fixture was drawn.
Let’s remind ourselves of the literal definition of ‘delusion’: It’s a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. Where did Rangers get the idea that they should have been allowed entry to the SPL? I mean seriously! They, and more worryingly, Sky, ESPN, Neil Doncaster, Stewart Regan, Michael Johnston and most talkSPORT presenters all thought it would be okay for a football club to go bust and then continue unabashed as a debt-free newco as if nothing had happened. You couldn’t make up such grandiosity.
On June 25th 2012, demagogue Gers Chief Executive Charles Green said: “Let’s now start moving this club forward, stop the fighting, stop the disagreements, get behind the club.”
But it’s clear that they can’t move forward, they can’t stop the fighting, they can’t stop the disagreements and as exemplified today, can’t get behind their club. They still can’t get over the consequences of liquidity and sought to blame a face that fit. United’s was as good as any.
The illogical and tenuous acumen to boycott today’s game could only have resulted from the exclusive brand of mass distorted Ibrox reasoning. Reasoning that consistently looks outward rather than in, consistently lacks argumentation and lacks dignity in perpetuum. The official slur was firstly that United were especially vocal in rejecting newco Rangers’ SPL application. Or you could say that United’s fans were just vocal about the existing rules being enforced, leaving Tannadice supremo Stephen Thompson no choice other than to vote accordingly. An apparent and constant pickle for those of a light blue persuasion are those pesky rules that everybody else abides by and don’t expect special treatment over.
Did Stephen Thompson actually say more about Rangers than any other chairperson last summer? Where are these offensive quotes from him? If anything, Thompson was watching his mouth very carefully given that he was on the board of the SPL at the time.
Of course, Rangers fans also sighted a grudge held since November 2009, back when Cheryl Cole’s ‘Fight For This Love’ topped the charts. A rained off game resulted in a re-scheduled fixture where the Terrors charged £12 entry to both sets of fans to cover the extra expense that the mandatory Police attendance at Tannadice brings. So in other words, because Bears can’t behave, United had to pay for heavy security twice, so the fans were charged twice – albeit half price for the replay. It’s worth mentioning that Dees and Dons also pack Tannadice but don’t need nearly as much security or police officers. As documented on this website previously, Bears have attended Tannadice en mass since the replay, yet curiously kicked up the most fuss over it a full 38 months on.
Having come down to the nitty-gritty, the actual football, United have sent the light blues packing with much to think about. Was the boycott really worth it? Perhaps today’s result would have been different had a large, vocal Gers support been there. Surely a Scottish Cup quarter-final with a chance of going on to win the trophy would have sent out a louder, more meaningful message than a Tannadice boycott? But nope, the Union Bears set the ball rolling to stir up as much ill-feeling as possible and are now marinading in their own venom. If anything, the ill-thought-out boycott only galvanized Arabs to what was probably a better level of support than would have otherwise taken place today.
In synopsis, the accusations were unsubstantiated and the boycott had no rational explanation. All the level of hatred showed was how important United must be to Rangers. Well done today, Bears. Good one.
Written by Graham Harrop
Craig Whyte – International Man of Mystery? The Man Explains Himself in His Own Words
Craig Whyte has promised he has nothing to hide – however, surely by a clerical error, he exists on the Companies House Register under 2 different dates of birth and under two different spellings of his surname.
NB Despite the “International” heading, I have not taken account yet of the excellent spadework done by “Corsica” on RTC over the last day or so in connection with Mr Whyte’s Monégasque sojourn.
I’m Not Here To Talk About the Past
Rangers’ owner Craig Whyte is a man whose past gets more interesting whenever he is asked about it. His repeated refusals to answer questions about his past simply makes it more interesting.
The baseball star Mark McGwire sat in front of a Congressional Committee enquiring into Performance Enhancing Drugs in the sport. When asked if he had used them himself, he replied that he was not there “to talk about the past”. This then led (a) to a swarm of journalists looking ever more deeply into his history and (b) a general assumption that he had used then, which will probably bar him from baseball’s Hall of Fame. I assume that someone advised him to take that line. It blew up in his face.
Mr Whyte too has been subject to a great deal of scrutiny, although this seems mainly to have come, until the BBC documentary in October, from non-traditional sources, such as Phil Mac Giolla Bhain’s blog, RangersTaxCase.com, and Andy Muirhead’s Scotzine.com.
For some reason the mainstream media, with a few honourable exceptions such as the Herald’s Gerry Braiden, have passed the story by. A couple of months ago, on Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland, Jim Traynor of the Daily Record took Chick Young to task for the BBC’s failure, to that point, to investigate Mr Whyte’s background properly. Mr Traynor did not seem to recognise the irony of his own paper having failed to do so either.
When Mr Whyte appeared on the scene, the Daily Record published a piece lauding the “self made billionaire”. Much of the press followed suit, but few dared to look behind the curtain. Was there actually a real wizard there, or was it just Frank Morgan?
What has Mr Whyte actually said about his background? Is He a Billionaire, a Multi-Millionaire or a Mere Millionaire?
The Daily Record piece above had one quote from Mr Whyte, about his school days. Interestingly, the Sunday Mail had an exclusive a couple of days later referring to the “tycoon jetting in” to deal with the takeover. This report refers to him not as a billionaire but as a “multi-millionaire”. He must have had some really bad luck that week!
Whilst there were no quotes from Mr Whyte a “friend” is referred to as saying – “He’s very serious about this bid and it’s all his money – he doesn’t have a bank involved in funding his move.”
Once the takeover was finalised in May 2011, Jim Traynor published an article in the Daily Record quoting Mr Whyte. This was the “Garbo Speaks” moment.
Mr Whyte, who was now being referred to as a millionaire, said – “I know the time this has taken has created a lot of frustration but it was vital we secured a deal that meant we could maximise investment in the team and that is what has been achieved.”
Mr Traynor, in a prescient couple of paragraphs at the end of his piece, used a phrase which has become a symbol for Mr Whyte’s rise – “Many questions remain unanswered about Whyte who has managed to fly under the radar for most of his business life so far. It seems remarkable that a man who has been described as a “ghost” by some financial analysts is now the owner of one of the biggest clubs in Britain.“
One might have thought that the appearance of this “ghost” from “under the radar” with “many questions unanswered” might have prompted someone to ask them. At least in the mainstream media, the answer was no.
The Drum reported in June that Mr Whyte was re-thinking how Rangers should deal with the media. It quoted an interview given to Tom English of the Scotland on Sunday where Mr Whyte said – “I knew about the intensity of the focus on Rangers but I didn’t expect this. I thought I could stay behind the scenes quite easily but that is not the case. I didn’t really think through the whole concept of walking around Glasgow getting stopped everywhere. I didn’t think about that at all before I got involved in the deal. It brought it home to me that life in Scotland is not the same any more.
“The intensity is incredible. I’ve read things in the paper before even I know they were happening. Somebody can tell you something and within a couple of hours it’s on the internet. Nothing I’ve ever been involved in compares to this. Weird. Very weird.”
Here was perhaps one of the first signs that Mr Whyte saw that his past might become more widely known?
The Sun – 17th June
On 17th June he gave an interview to the Sun in which he was quoted as follows – “I knew there was a circus that exists around Rangers, but I thought it would die down after two days. I know better now.
“It is not the biggest business deal I will do in my career, but it is the most life-changing one. I could have gone on living my life under the radar, but this felt right.”
Mr Whyte then went back into purdah as Rangers fell out of the Champions’ League and then the Europa League too, with disastrous consequences for the club’s cash flow.
The Telegraph Interview – September 27th
On 27th September, he popped his head above the parapet to give an interview to the Telegraph. This interview seems to be the first time he accepts that his “track record” has been less than perfect, which is interesting insofar as his comments later to STV are concerned. The article by Paul Kelso states –
Whyte defends his business record which, by his own admission, is mixed. He says he specialises in turning round companies in trouble, and as such Rangers was a marriage of personal and professional interest. He is listed as a current or former director of 11 UK-based companies, some of which have failed.
“I get involved in businesses that are struggling and that means you sometimes get involved in the messy side of things. But overall I have had more successes than failures,” he said.
Whyte, who has homes in the Scottish Highlands, London’s Belgravia and Monaco, will not be drawn on his personal wealth — “It would make my life a lot easier if I did but, frankly, I’m not going to have journalists going into every aspect of my private life” — but says he has genuine business credentials.
“I have got four offices in the City, I have venture capital funds, I have asset management companies, I have stock-broking businesses, I have businesses in France, in Holland, I have got thousands of employees, but I don’t see why I should make every aspect of that public.
“I’ve got everything from financial services to ticketing to cinema services, asset management, construction, I have got investments in all these sectors. I operate like a venture capital partnership so at any one time there’s 20-25 companies in the portfolio.
“I operate a family company in the city too that manages the family investments. We do all sorts of deals, public to private, commodity trading, Forex, a wide variety, but we try and keep it low key.
“Sometimes we might own them for two years, sometimes for five. But with Rangers we want to create a long-term sustainable business, which we will. But it’s going to be a rocky road.”
BBC’s Inside Story
However, in October, the BBC Inside Story programme appeared. Mr Whyte refused to co-operate with it and legal threats were made, but to no avail. The programme went out.
The BBC programme about him made a number of disclosures and allegations. The reporter, Mark Daly, had delved into Mr Whyte’s past and what he found was remarkable.
Whilst the sources mentioned above had raised many of these matters before, this was their first real presentation to a national audience.
Mr Whyte was shown to have left a string of dissolved companies behind him. He was revealed to have had close business connections some years ago with a former accountant, and a now convicted fraudster. It was stated by the Insolvency Service that Mr Whyte had in fact been disqualified from holding a position as a company director in the UK in 2000 for seven years. It was alleged that he had been investigated for acting as a shadow director during his disqualification.
Mr Whyte leapt into action in response. He vehemently denied the allegations, accused the BBC of a witch hunt, and announced that he was going to sue the BBC. It is perhaps worthy of note that the allegations remain on the BBC website, as per the link above and also that, nearly two months later, it is understood that no court action has yet been raised.
Mr Whyte Fights Back – Part 1 – STV
Mr Whyte went on the offensive in reply. He gave a “spoiler” interview to STV, bur despite this being trailed as running over two nights, the second half failed to appear. In the interview, shown by STV before the BBC broadcast, Mr Whyte said – “I’ve got nothing to hide at all. I am very open. I come to Ibrox regularly. A lot of people know me around here and I’ve got nothing to hide.“
“I understand people’s concerns about that (his business life) but I’ve stepped up to the plate to do it. There weren’t a queue of people waiting to take on this challenge. When judgment is passed in years to come I think that people will see that I will have taken the business forward, I will have sorted out the issues. Ultimately my track record speaks for itself.
“I’m here; I’m the owner of Rangers. I’m the chairman of Rangers and I have done a lot more successful deals than deals that haven’t worked out. I think that ultimately speaks for itself.“
As mentioned above however, the BBC programme suggested otherwise. The disqualification as a company director was disclosed, this being something which Rangers failed to confirm to the PLUS Stock Exchange for over a month after the broadcast, and almost seven months after the takeover. Neither had it been reported to the SFA/SPL.
The programme told of how Mr Whyte had headed to Monaco for about 7 years following his disqualification. A story of failed companies was told. The track record did not look good.
Mr Whyte Fights Back – Part 2 – The Rangers Supporters Trust
The day before the BBC broadcast, Mr Whyte had met with the Rangers Supporters Trust, who helpfully minuted the meeting.
The minutes include the following-
“BBC PROGRAMME – The Chairman considered that allegations put to him so far by the BBC were unfounded and unfair. He is not aware of all of the content of the programme but after viewing he will respond accordingly. He views the BBC Investigates propgramme (sic) as part of a pattern of behaviour on behalf of the BBC towards Rangers FC and Rangers fans. He’s astonished that the BBC would produce a programme largely based on internet chitchat and bloggers.
MEDIA HANDLING – The Chairman spends more time than he would like defending the club’s reputation but regards it as a very necessary part of his role as it has such a negative effect on the club. He engages with PR advisors, Mediahouse, regularly. He’s very ready to defend both the club and fans from scurrilous attacks.”
Mr Whyte Fights Back – Part 3 – Scotland on Sunday
After the STV interview, Mr Whyte also gave an interview to Tom English again at the Scotland on Sunday. This is, for some reason, no longer online, but I took the liberty of downloading the text of it.
Bearing in mind that this interview took place within a day or so of his statements to STV that he had nothing to hide, he seemed to have changed his tune. In addition, the promised reply, as indicated to the RST, came out differently than one might have expected. I apologise for the lengthy extract, but it is best to let Mr Whyte speak for himself.
Q Let’s look at this closely. They said you were disqualified as a company director. Is that true?
A I’m not comfortable getting into the specific allegations.
Q They had a government official – Robert Burns, head of investigations at the Insolvency Service – saying that you could, potentially, have faced a two-year jail sentence for your involvement in a company, Re-tex Plastic Technology while disqualified. Is that true?
A I’m not going to comment on specific allegations other than to say on the basis of what I’ve heard the Insolvency Service said last night, I’m looking into the possibility of suing them personally
And later on in the interview
Q There is an air of mystery about you, though. Nobody really knows much about you – where you got your money from and how much you have.
A Good.
Q So where did you make your money and how much do you have?
A If I asked you how much money you have, you would be within your rights to tell me to f*** off, it’s none of my business. All that matters is that I’m delivering on what I said I would deliver on. Rangers are in a better place now than they have been in the last three or four years. That’s what’s important. As long as I deliver on what I said I would deliver on what difference does it make?
Q What other businesses do you have, we know nothing of this?
A I’ve got more than 20 other businesses in the UK and across various parts of Europe and I’m involved in all sorts of things. I’m a prolific deal-maker, but the only one you get to hear about is Rangers. I’m doing deals constantly. This morning I’m working on a decent size deal with a fairly well-known business but it will never get any attention.
Q Why not?
A Because I don’t want it to.
Q Again, why not?
A Why should I? I’m stubborn.
Q Give us the names of a few of your companies that you’re really proud of?
A No. Good effort but I’m not going to name the companies because that’ll create a level of scrutiny for them and I don’t want to have that. I just want them to get on with business. Look, I can’t complain about it because I put myself in the position. David Murray told me what it would be like. I’m fortunate to be in the position I’m in. You know my thoughts, I’m not a publicity hungry type of guy. This stuff doesn’t sit naturally with me. I’m only doing this now because of that BBC thing.
And later still
Q Is this the most hassle you’ve had in business?
A For sure. But this is what I signed up to. Nothing on this scale has happened to me before and nothing on this scale will happen to me again. Even if you owned one of the clubs in London I don’t think you’d get this level of intensity in the national press. I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. No football club owner in Scotland has had the hassle that I’ve had.
So his stance changed. From saying he had nothing to hide, he refused to tell the reporter where his wealth came from, what businesses he had and impliedly told the journalist to “f### off” for asking him about his money. Yet again we see how surprised he is by the scrutiny.
Mr Whyte Fights Back – Part 4 – The Vanguard Bears
Mr Whyte then followed this up, in early November, with a meeting with the Vanguard Bears, another Rangers supporters organisation. This was in advance of a planned protest by Rangers fans at BBC Scotland. It is understood that around 300 fans attended that protest when it took place.
The notes of the meeting include the following – “Durring (sic) this session, Mr Whyte was supportive, open and candid about the scale of the agenda against the club, and appreciated it is widespread and not an isolated issue at one broadcaster. He explained that the club has to evaluate the importance and reach of media outlets, the severity of the slur, the legal implications, and accept “digs” from journalists or bloggers if these “digs” are not libellous. We both agreed that constructive criticism was completely acceptable.
“My (sic) Whyte explained that he is still being advised by Carter Ruck with regards to allegations made on the BBC Programme “Rangers – The Inside Story”, its researchers and contributors. Those who have repeated said allegations may also be pursued.”
The Accounts and the AGM
Rangers must, under the Companies Acts, hold an AGM by the end of 2011, otherwise the responsible directors commit a criminal offence punishable by a fine. This week it was announced that the AGM would not be held as required.
The Sun quoted Mr Whyte as saying – “We’d still hope to have our accounts signed off before the end of the year. It will not be logistically possible to have the AGM in what remains of 2011, though. We will have it in the first quarter of 2012 when we’ll have a better indication of how the tax case will play out. I’d like to face that AGM with more certainty and positive news on the way ahead for Rangers.’ ‘I feel there is too much focusing on negatives from my past, but I put myself up there to be shot at. I can handle that. But I hope there will be a more positive atmosphere by the time of the AGM.’
What are the “Negatives from the Past”?
Companies House provides a great deal of interesting information.
I have listed below details of (some of) the various companies where Mr Whyte is, or has been a director.
Points of interest – Mr Whyte seems to exist in the register under two different names, and two different dates of birth!
The Rangers “Craig Thomas Whyte” was born in January 1971. He is or was director of 10 active companies and 8 inactive ones.
The other “Craig Thomas Whyte” was born in January 1969. He Is listed as being or having been director of 1 active company and 14 inactive.
There is also a “Craig Thomas White” who was born in January 1971. His two directorships were in companies now dissolved called Mcr Investments Ltd and Mcr Capital Ltd. These may be connected to Mr Whyte’s “Merchant Corporate Recovery Group” perhaps?
So the Telegraph got it wrong, and Mr Whyte appears not to have corrected them.
In addition, as you will see from the list, almost all of the companies, even the few remaining active, have had “Red Flags” against them. The “Duedil” website though which I have accessed the data “flags up” matters such as liquidations, notices of dissolution and disqualifications of directors. As can be seen, many of the companies have had a rather lax attitude to their compliance with Company Law as regards Returns and accounts.
It is of course possible that there are three different people referred to above, but I frankly doubt it.
It might also be that whoever completed the relevant details for one group or other got his date of birth wrong repeatedly.
It would be unworthy, nor is there any evidence, to suggest that Mr Whyte deliberately changed his date of birth to try to avoid any connection with his former companies. It should be noted that almost all of the 1971 Mr Whyte companies were created long after the 1969 Craig Whyte companies.
It is also interesting to look at the records of Highland Council in relation to a planning application for repairers etc to Castle Grant in 2007. This is the castle bought by Mr Whyte and repeatedly refereed to in his interviews,.
On page 2 of the list linked here we see an application for refurbishment and alterations to the Castle. This is in the name of Mr and Mrs White, not Mr and Mrs Whyte. Perhaps Highland Council have mis-spelled the name on the list. Perhaps Thomas Munro & Co, Architects, of Inverness could not spell the name of their billionaire client correctly. Perhaps there was confusion on the part of Mr Whyte as to how to spell his name. Who can tell?
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Craig Thomas Whyte
Date of Birth January 1969
Active
Strident plc 03186668 Dissolution as of 23rd Aug 2011
RED FLAGS
23/08/2011 Dissolution notice in Gazette
09/08/2011Voluntary dissolution requested
Inactive
U S G Ltd 02778587 Company is dissolved as of 7th Nov 1995
RED FLAGS
27/02/1996 Final dissolution notice
07/11/1995 Dissolution notice in Gazette
Css 1996 Ltd 02950238 Company is dissolved as of 25th Mar 1997
RED FLAGS
15/07/1997 Final dissolution notice
25/03/1997 Dissolution notice in Gazette
Hag 1996 Ltd. SC160811 Company is dissolved as of 12th Feb 1997
RED FLAGS
04/06/1997 Final dissolution notice
12/02/1997 Dissolution notice in Gazette
Cairnhall Ltd SC108539 Company is dissolved as of 19th Nov 1997
RED FLAGS
11/03/1998 Final dissolution notice
19/11/1997 Dissolution notice in Gazette
Ccs 1996 Ltd. SC155479 Company is dissolved as of 7th Jan 1998
RED FLAGS
29/04/1998 Final dissolution notice
07/01/1998 Dissolution notice in Gazette
Vital Security Ltd. 03122730 Company is dissolved as of 18th Apr 2000
RED FLAGS
08/08/2000 Final dissolution notice
18/04/2000 Dissolution notice in Gazette
Disqualified director listed
Vps 1996 Ltd. SC162052 Company is dissolved as of 11th Mar 1998
RED FLAGS
01/07/1998 Final dissolution notice
11/03/1998 Dissolution notice in Gazette
03/02/1998 Voluntary dissolution requested
Cathedral Security Services (northern) Ltd 03122784 Company is dissolved as of 18th Jan 2000
RED FLAGS
18/01/2000 Final dissolution notice
24/09/1999 Dis. winding-up
30/05/1998 Company Is winding-up its affairs
Disqualified director listed
Vital Plant Services Ltd 03122782 Company is dissolved as of 29th Jan 2002
RED FLAGS
21/05/2002 Final dissolution notice
29/01/2002 Dissolution notice in Gazette
10/09/1997 Petitions to wind up published in Gazette
Iss 1996 Ltd. SC151734 Company is dissolved as of 3rd Jan 1996
RED FLAGS
26/06/1996 Final dissolution notice
Hire Access Group Ltd 03122450 Company is dissolved as of 24th Apr 2001
RED FLAGS
14/08/2001 Final dissolution notice
24/04/2001 Dissolution notice in Gazette
Kristen Management Services Ltd 03146389 Company is dissolved as of 19th Sep 2000
RED FLAGS
19/09/2000 Final dissolution notice
05/06/2000 Dis. winding-up
22/05/1998 Company is winding-up its affairs
Disqualified director listed
In-Store Security Services Ltd 03146127 Company is dissolved as of 5th Dec 2000
RED FLAGS
05/12/2000 Final dissolution notice
24/08/2000 Dis. winding-up
16/09/1997Company is winding-up its affairs
Vital Holdings Ltd 03099824 Company is dissolved as of 26th Apr 2005
RED FLAGS
09/08/2005 Final dissolution notice
26/04/2005 Dissolution notice in Gazette
15/01/1999 Petitions to wind up published in Gazette
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Craig Thomas Whyte
Date of Birth January 1971
Active
Cairnwell Investments Ltd 06875284 Non-trading
RED FLAGS
11/10/2010 Compulsory striking off of register cancelled
10/08/2010 Dissolution notice in Gazette
Merchant Corporate Recovery Plc 06805838 Financial Statements too old as of 26th Oct 2010
RED FLAGS
13/12/2010 Compulsory striking off of register cancelled
26/10/2010 Dissolution notice in Gazette
Tixway Uk Ltd SC314691 Active
RED FLAGS
17/04/2011 Compulsory striking off of register cancelled
04/02/2011 Dissolution notice in Gazette
03/02/2011 Letter to strike company from register suspended
Merchant Strategic Renewal Plc 07392152 Active
The Rangers Fc Group Ltd 07380537 Active
The Rangers Football Club P.l.c. SC004276 Active
Countryliner Group Ltd 06946470 Financial Statements too old
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Last post was from Paul McConville.
Jude
A proud day for Josh and your family.
Hope Josh has a great debut, hail hail
McCoist, to his credit, stressed the boycott by a Rangers support he said were missed was not a “factor” in the outcome.
From the hootsmon, can you imagine any other manager getting away with that?
Inter Sevco organised the boycott, chuckles is now in the brown stuff, but he can’t sack swallster as he can’t afford to! He found this out when he ‘bought’ the midden.
Jabba now spinning the ‘legendary player who will always be welcome’ line in the (vain) hope that Steakbake will copy WGS and leave without compo allowing elbows to become player-manager.
Meanwhile the GEF is checking the levels on his tape recorder
Followfollowthemuuuunnneey!!!!!!
HH
Caught up with The DUTD highlights
I was concerned Euan Norris would be the usual MIB in respect to Sevco
It seems it was a straight forward cup tie, and from the highlights Daly and Russel running riot with a dreadful Sevco defence plus Alexander in goal………………… appalling
Regan yesterday on shortbread confirming the SFA rulebook was being torn up at SKY’s request…………………..no way back from that Mr Regan not in my eyes
Lionroars
Sevco defence was real Div3 quality …we shouldn’t have been surprised they can’t keep a clean sheet in the league …the keeper is poor too..
As for Regan..I agree his time is up
Btw I’m not sure i buy this line about Sky running the show ….a deal was done with them without too much difficulty after RFC died
IMO Ogilvie et al were trying their damnedest to have Sevco in the SPL …Sky is an excuse
COYBIG
Morning all!
Still got a smile on my face after yesterday’s events in Dundee!
Still hope to have one after today’s events in Kirkcaldy, ken?!
Think we will be dancing in the streets of Raith later!
Would like to see young Tony start today – or a least get 30 mins to terrorise their – hopefully tiring – defence.
Might I suggest a standing ovation for auld Turnbull as well?
To all those going – safe there and back, and enjoy!
HH!!
Hen1rik
Enjoyed reading that piece on Mr Craig Whyte /White
If only the bears had listened to the few who exposed the sham…. if only the majority of the media had really investigated him and his actions then published their findings.
Things may have worked out so different.
Moving on 12 months to Mr Charles Green… Deja vu .
I look forward to reading a similar piece about Charlie … Very soon.
Pfayr – took the words right out of my mouth. I’ve always held the view that the infamous ‘4 games ‘ quotes would have been from the basis of payments clauses and were being used out of context to try and justify ad hockey rule changing. No lawyer in the land would have a commercial contract that hinged on something that wasn’t guaranteed. In theory Celtic or Rangers could have finished outside the top 6, leaving the contract worthless. Don’t think so.
Has Greengo announced which charity his share of yesterday’s gate money is to go to ?
The MSM will keep him honset with this ….aye right !!!
Regan has done nothing for the game since he arrived, he’s a feckin’ wallflower in Ovalmaltines orifice..
Hen1rik 06.26
Thanks for the repost, it is a well written post and it is great to read another team’s view of why Sevco has a lot work to do if they really want to be taken seriously as a football team.
I never thought I would see the day when a Scottish newspaper published without any headline or picture reference to Sevco, it seems the Scotsman has boycotted them, don’t think it will last though !
Hope Sammi is on the mend and I assume he won’t make today’s game against Raith Rovers.
C’mon ye Celts !!!
Its really annoying when you right a big post just before the start of a new page.
Another early rise for another pishy kick off time but not so for next weeks pishy kick off time as arranged my own one man boycott
Today’s tie is another potential banana skin in Celtics recent shocking performances in domestic cups however if the fifers are to succumb to our superior resources and tatical abilities of our manager I can see wee Jackie and wee Simon being an impediment to wee lennies further participation in the competition
Anyway nice to see a future Celtic management combination going through a proper apprenticeship before being handed the reins of the club
“One after 9-0-9” in a chilly Dorset.
COYBIG!
Turnbull Hutton is one of the good guys, admirable and gutsy. But Raith Rovers! Yer gettin’ beat the day!
; > )
Raith Rovers v Glasgow Celtic
Hoping that the bhoys get out the starting blocks quick today… An early goal sets the tone of the game so lets ensure its one for the hoops.
Be professional.. respect the opposition .. But play our own game.
Rovers 0 Celtic 3 (hooper stokes lustig )
Mickbhoy
I was thinking that myself last night for Jackie and Simon.
After a couple of years at thistle in d1… A few years at the helm at utd .. With a cup or two and some European football… Lenny might want to move on after 4 or 5 in a row .
Starry
Regan was brought in because of his lack of backbone …malleability and ease of manipulation …main qualities required for the job…..Regan was well qualified
Morning,
ridiculed and despised, life under Green going well for the new club…
….PFayr
08:40 on
3 February, 2013
ICT and DUTD both put out the 3rd division side very comfortably, M/Well as leaders of the SPL at the time lost very easily at Ibrokes what does that tell you about McCall and his M/Well team
As for SKY i recall PL having to go down to rescue a deal for this season, have SKY committed to a fair and reasonable deal to Scottish football for say the next 5 years? or are they still allowing the MSM in Scotland to continue the armageddon nonsense? …………..considering the income they exploit through misguided Scottish customers brainwashed with the EPL hype they are not being fair to Scottish football with the money being offered
I dont believe Regan and Doncaster are Sevco men i believe they were panicked by the unnamed SKY exec’s who for mainly commercial and in some cases other reasons demanded a deal for Sevco, both Regan and Doncaster as CEO’S only seen money! nothing else, to them and as Regan confirmed last night they feel justified due to a threatened cut in TV income in the decision to rip up the SFA rulebook, as Regan says below, from “a commercial perspective”
Can it be argued that you did more than most to try to ensure that Rangers didn’t drop to the Third Division?
“What happened in the summer last year was a hugely complex issue. It blew Scottish football off course.
“I was one of a number of people who were part of a working group designed to try and put the best possible plan in place for Scottish football.
“That involved the [Scottish] Premier League, the [Scottish] Football League and directors of the SFA and what was delivered was a proposal which ultimately got turned down.
“We looked at things not just from a football perspective but from a commercial perspective as well
Following on from Glenn Gibbons article which was like shooting ducks in a barrell, is it compulsory for SKY to have ex Celtic men willing to trash Celtic every time they appear?
Glad some bhoys got cash backing DUTD yesterday, i was to scared of Norris………….