When you have a potential loss to the tax payer of £75m, allegations of tax irregularities, political interference, alleged sporting malfeasance and stand of the brink of the largest corporate failure in Scottish history (discounting the bailed-out RBS) the profile of the story rises above the blogs and regular Scottish media.
Alex Thomson, chief correspondent for Channel 4 News, a man who reports from war zones, interviews prime ministers and presidents, decided to look into how the SFA were handling the current crisis in Scottish football. Yesterday he blogged on the subject, raising many of the questions we have asked in recent months.
On Twitter this morning he reported his experience in trying to get some sense out of the SFA, this is what he said:
“SFA say President Campbell Ogilvie is ‘distancing himself from the current Rangers investigation’ but did not explain how.
“Campbell Ogilvie ‘did not know’ about EBT contract when he was Rangers FC secretary?
“When we asked why not – that was his job – SFA said they didn’t know.
“SFA say their President and fmr Ranger secretary Campbell Ogilvie will not be interviewed by c4news about what he knew…
“SFA say their President Campbell Ogilvie ‘has no plans to stand aside from his job pending current Rangers probes…
“Interesting SFA have just accused me of ‘lying’, ‘pig-headedness’ and then put the phone down mid-conversation….
“all because I put their own statement back to them that Campbell Ogilvie denied knowing about EBTs at Rangers…
“And suggested there might be a perceived conflict of interest in his current position until the investigations are complete”
Three weeks ago we suggested that Ogilvie’s position as SFA president was untenable, saying “The association cannot have a president embroiled in a tax evasion scam which, even before a verdict has been decided, has already caused untold harm to his former club and the reputation Scottish football.”
The SFA have been able to dismiss pleas for sporting integrity and ethical standards from the blogsphere while the mainstream media have either chased the hapless fall-guy, Craig Whyte, or refused to take the Improper Registration of Rangers players seriously.
SFA chief executive, Stewart Regan, was flushed out his slumber by Mr Thomson’s comments this morning, Tweeting to the reporter, “Please could you confirm who you have spoken to. thank you.”
Stewart, if you really need to ask that question, you’re in more trouble than I thought. There are several thousand CQN’ers who could help answer that one.
Campbell Ogilvie and the SFA cannot hide from the facts of this crisis. He is president of the SFA and both he and the association must acknowledge there is work to do. We can only hope Uefa finally decide to take a look.
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Are the administrators not due to report their findings soon to creditors and publish detailed analysis of who is owed what.
Are they allowed to channel money raised, to the club, while reneging on debts.
Will accounts of money raised be transparent and detail who donated what.I ask this as were there not rumours regarding possible money laundering through rangers and specalution about who is actually behing craig whyte.
Does Campbell Ogilvie have elderly parents?
Them pesky fenians…..
Sabre67, 22:39.
On the money there
Sound like our leaders are about to make there move happy days ahead but not for the peepl
“Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,”
We’re all duped, I tell you
Duped CSC
Not another flamin ‘dossier’?
0.G-Do you think we will be told the names of the EBT beneficiaries? Just nod if you are under P :}
Trying to make some sense of it all,
But I can see that it makes no sense at all…
We are the Paypal
Celtic in Europe and the manky mob watching oot for the Bill again.
Gardening leave Mr Ogilive any day now.
Jack McConnell, rent-a-gub, flash harry!!!!
Paddy Gallagher on 13 March, 2012 at 22:48 said:,
aye it should be liable to tax and NI Contributions, it won’t stop them heading down the swanee I’d say.
Vmhan offski
Money Laundering – Whyter than Whyte, what a long running ‘soap’ this is.
Sorry been off line for a bit, full of man flu…..what can you do !
Just listened to the St Mirrin supporter Chick the Slick………..16.25 lies……5.0 fibs and – 0.5 truth…..and thats only part of it……..get out of here !
HH
Allow me to present myself, my ladies
And gentlemen of this exalted age
Before my creatures take the stage
For I am the Master of the Revels
In what appertains to mirth I am a sage
I work myself to death for each production
And though the world’s great wits are all on file
I have not been known to smile
For I am the Master of the Revels
And mastery demands a certain style
In my office hang the blueprints
Of the first exploding handshake
And the charted trajectories of custard pies
For Harlequin ten different kinds of heartbreak
For Columbine the colour of her eyes
Some other windows darken in the evening
And never before morning show a light
But for me there is no night
For I am the Master of the Revels
The caller-up and caster-in of devils
And I am here for your instruction and delight
Still reading over the clowns c*ck up.
RFCIA truly is the gift that just keeps on giving.
Vmhan Supporting Lenny! on 13 March, 2012 at 23:02
G’night big pal.
i smell craig whyte
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/scottishpremier/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/12/03/13/SOCCER_Rangers_Nightlead.html
It’s time to put on make up
It’s time to light the lights….
New TV show, starring minty and CW
The Dupes of Hazzard
Socks round the ankles and no shinnies on 13 March, 2012 at 22:39 said:
Send yer cash to Coco
the huns are going loco…
Auldheid
I think you’re looking in the wrong place. Matters of specific doctrine are not what drives what is behind RFC. It’s indoctrination of a different kind. It’s driven by instilling fear, demonising another denomination and requiring a ‘defence’ of your own against a threat of clear and present danger. Whilst this is loosely wrapped up in ‘religion’ it’s driving forces are tribal, political and supremacist. They have more in common with facism as a concept than any christian doctrine.
Your basic ‘protestant defender’ generally worries that there may well be a papal plot to take over the world, that without vigilance and stout and strong defending, protestantism will be overtaken and ‘lost’ and that all this must be actively resisted.
This contrasts with many ‘reformed’ denomination followers who are comfortable with the concept of ‘sharing’, co-existing and respecting differences.
As can be evidenced by the wide contributions on here, if you slice the Celtic support you get a very diverse mix. If you similarly slice der hun you do not. What you get is a concentration of extreme.
Hate is driven by fear even if you regard that fear as illogical.
The ‘sense of entitlement’ you want to explore or understand in a product of that mix of loose religious framework, ownership (as in country), supremacy and fear of losing any of the former. Any fear system needs a hate figure or enemy. Anyone seeking to be superior needs an inferior to be superior over.
And so that is the footsoldiers. The more educated and more connected, the leaders, owners, guardians, handshakers operate a more subtle version focussing much more on supremacy of position, influence, standing and control. They are conservative by nature, know that the ‘religious element’ engages the foot soldiers but are much more focussed on maintaining position in an establishment.
Crucially though, they know exactly how to maintain the foot soldiers in order to deliver their own agenda. The interaction between them works when bizarrely it shouldn’t. Again the parallels in the organisation and order in facism are striking.
HH
Ye old hvn media have laughed at Celtic for years for the biscuit tin mentality, but now they are all behind the begging bowl antics of the soon to be doomed rfc( In administration), the ‘dignity’ shines through.
HH
T S O B 17.03
Gartshore lived in Ashgrove. Fred West murdered Bush Costella’s sister and niece. Bush was a great Tim knew all the great Celtic songs. Went to pieces after he found out what happened to them.
Jim Baxter got married in that church.
Ps Gartshore always had lovely garden up to the night b4 the walk. Then those bad bad Bhoys arrived. lol
Mr. Custard…..sheer perfection….
And hats off to the poster who said “The Big Top must stay open”……
Meanwhile The Blue Knights continue their search for cash down the back of the couch.
Now Christian Aid involved.
These are historic funny times.
pigalle
!!Bada Bing!! Kano , 23:00
When the time is right…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2T3edJ7Lzs
BSR
Don’t you think someone should oversea their whole marketing production process ;-) ha ha ha
They just keep on giving….
You can fool some of the papal some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the papal all of the time.
A scenario:
Campbell, channel 4 news on phone called all week,tell them to” f off”.Told them that but still persistent,”who the eff is the clown Thomson,doesnt he know the rules up here”. He is a well respected senior reporter with many years reporting on conflict around the world.”I see an unseen fenian hand in all this”,”get me sir mauurrar,not answering campbell,tell regan Im off,shred this before I go.
Sir David Murray has admitted making a “huge mistake” in selling Rangers, saying: “I wish I’d never done the deal with Craig Whyte.”
Murray insists he was “duped” by the Motherwell-born businessman before he handed over his majority shareholding to him for £1 last May.
Kind of says it all doesn’t it? He was duped into selling the huns for a shiny £1.00. I rest my case!
O.G-HH.
Breaking news:
The Big Hoose is to be pulled down to make way for the Big Top.
bjmac
Shaik Yer Money is still somewhere overseas.
See you Sunday?
Ah yes, Ibrokes! The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd………..