Stewart Regan today gave a welcome update on the SFA’s on-going investigation into Rangers. In response to Hugh Adam’s comments in today’s Daily Mail, Regan said:
“We are, however, aware of the most recent allegations made against Rangers FC today by a former director of the club. We shall investigate this matter thoroughly before making any further comment.”
SFA president, Campell Ogilvie, was general secretary and director of Rangers from 1978 until 2005. News broke about HMRC’s dispute over Rangers Employment Benefit Trust in 2010, you knew then, I knew then, the SFA knew then, but Ogilvie was subsequently elevated to the role of SFA president in 2011. He is still on the SFA board.
We have waited almost two years the hear the SFA would investigate this matter. Now, with all the old certainties crumbling down around them, they realise they must act.
Can I be the first to congratulate Dundee FC on winning the Scottish Cup in 2003.
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on the two contract situation at Rangers”
Why would anyone touch Administration FC even with a barge pole to end up liable for 20 years of Financial mismanagement. Totally agree with RogueLeader, we will never play them again…
Timabhouy on 2 March, 2012 at 12:45 said:
‘has anyone contacted fifa or uefa
and had a reply or acknowledgment ?’
Uncharacteristically I have emailed the SFA, UEFA and the SPL over the last couple of weeks. I’d like to think my emails were polite, coherent and reasonable.
I haven’t had so much as the internet equivalent as the scrape of a pen in reply.
If this debacle ends up with a newco huns straight into the SPL then I’m for the off. You can only suspend disbelief for so long.
36 million ? oops …. the STV link misses a decimal point !
The following was posted last night on CQN, I wonder if Hugh Adam had given the loyal cardihun the heads up before going into print? :
Marrakesh Express on 1 March, 2012 at 23:15 said:
About an hour ago I got a phone call from my mate who works at Central Station. He had just witnessed a train driver colleague talking to Walter in the station. This guy, he said, was one of the huns who were still in denial about everything. Anyway after he spoke to ‘Walt’, my mate asked him what was said. He looked chalk-white and ready to burst into tears, as he said…….. ‘I wish I’d never asked him. He told me that everything I’d read in the papers was true, and that there was worse to come. He also blamed Murray and Whyte for destroying his beloved Rangers’.
….hmmmmm.
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Well done Marrakesh Express, ahead of the game.
Hail! Hail! PMTYH
Paul 67
Went up to the shop for a packet of fags and another article is posted.What is the most posted in a day??
£3.6 Million straight to Hector at HMRC.
Hey leave that £3.5 million alone
thats craigy bhouys wages he needs
it for plastic surgery !
St Martin’s Bhoy on 2 March, 2012 at 12:45 said:
It’s a work in progress but….as Francis Albert Sinatra would have sung had he been alive today….
“And now, the end is near and so they face the final curtain.
The h*ns ‘don’t walk away’, so why on earth are they desertin?
Complicit SFA they played their part, ignored the danger.
We’ll say we sat and watched the end of rangers…..”
St Martin’s Bhoy,
Classic. I know of one lurker here who will be whistling that today – a big Sinatra fan. I’m on my way to a meeting now, but might find time for a pint and singalong later! Wonder where’s the best place to go today?
Hail Hail!
Hugh Adams CSC
Fortunes Favour Mibbes on 2 March, 2012 at 12:48 said:
The reaction from UEFA on all this is surely going to be heavy.
The SFA and Rankers in Administration are proving to be a right thorn in their side – they’ve soiled 15+ years of European competition.
Any news on when we can start chasing up for compensation??
+++++
How frustrating is it, that we cannot sue the SFA directly due to their (at best) incompetence and remain within the Fifa/Uefa rules?
I think players should now go down the Sion route and have a shufty at their contracts to see what bonuses were contained therein regarding CL appearances and personally bring cases against the SFA et al.
Been lying low for a while guys…..I wonder what today’s episode of ‘Brokeside’ will have in store for us???
Should be an interesting day by all accounts!?!?!?
(did somebody just mention accounts????)
Jay Dubya on 2 March, 2012 at 12:41 said:
SFA investigation into Rangers tangled web of crimes – long time coming.
When will investigation of the SFA’s involvement in the above crimes commence and who will run it?
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
Paul. This is a question WE should all be asking . . Can i ask the bhoys on here , WHO HAS ANY FAITH IN THIS BEING HANDLED WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR
JIMTIM.
That 3.6 million should be going straight to the likes of Dunfermline, Dundee United etc and of course Hector!
Grimmond McCrummoch…..
That’s yer tea ready!
;)
Glenbuck, I anticipate ending a few more articles by congratulating other teams.
weeron, cheers. I think the time to move on the Atlantic League was a few years ago…
ASonOfDan, indeed.
PMTYH, cheers.
EXILED TIM, will do.
JMS1888, that’s an excellent idea, thanks.
bunburybhoy, sure will.
TimJim, I think four is the limit.
amadeus is rather quiet these days wonder if his scoops have dried up or is three CQN articles a day already tomorrows news today. If the redundancy axe is confirmed for Rangers players in administration later today I would expect even more CQN articles today now if only i new the japanese for jelly guess i will have to make do with hagen daaz
George Peat.
I pray you were complicit
I pray there is evidence to damn you
I pray.
Verse two……
Cheers SteveBhoy!
Verse 2…..(all rough drafts these of course!)
“Regrets, I have a few, our Tommy Burns, how he was cheated.
We know, that when he lost, he really won, never defeated.
That man who lived and died a life of Faith was never spiteful
Was robbed of trophies won, honest and rightful.”
£3.6m
That’ll help them strengthen their squad.
pigalle
walter knew….big walter knew
Geeez Ohhhhh
I go to bed last night at 12
Have a hallucinatory dream trying to convince the whole board that we dont need no stinking Rangers and that we must SMASH the SFA to smithereens ..THANKS AULDHEID ;-) .. btw Old Desmond can be very suave when he wants too
…. wake up 12 hours later ??????
I know hun FC is dead.
I dont want Hun Newco to rise.
So you will have to forgive me for keeping that battle stations manned
The dogs hungry
The knives sharpened
The weapons polished and checked.
Where are the Dunfermline, Dundee Utd, Motherwell fans ???
Why are they not gathering outside SFA headquarters ?
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord
I’ve been waiting for this moment, all my life, Oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord, Oh Lord
Well, if you told me you were drowning
I would not lend a hand
I’ve seen your face before my friend
But I don’t know if you know who I am
Well, I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off the grin, I know where you’ve been
It’s all been a pack of lies
And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord
I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord
And I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life, Oh Lord, Oh Lord
Well I remember, I remember don’t worry
How could I ever forget, it’s the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence up, no you don’t fool me
The hurt doesn’t show; but the pain still grows
It’s no stranger to you or me
And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord…
Bring it on !!!!!
Fellow tims I know I can be difficult but thanks to all of you for all your contributions.
It is an honour to wear my CQN badges which I wear with pride ?
Tell me who HAS NOT got a CQN badge ?
HAil Hail
the BBC
Celtic manager Neil Lennon claims third SPL manager award
Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been named Clydesdale Bank Premier League manager of the month for February.
Lennon’s side won all five of their league matches in February without losing a single goal.
The award is Lennon’s third of the season, having picked up the November and December prizes.
Celtic are 20 points clear at the top of Scotland’s top flight and are still in contention to win both domestic cup competitions.
February featured 4-0 and 5-0 wins for Celtic in Edinburgh against Hearts and Hibernian, respectively.
Inverness and Motherwell were both beaten 1-0 at Celtic Park and Dunfermline were also defeated 2-0 in Glasgow by the league leaders.
There could be another reason why Andy Gray loses his voice when the hun mess gets discussed on Talksport.
curly on 2 March, 2012 at 12:51 said:
The administrators of Rangers Football Club have secured a court order to seize £3.6m from Craig Whyte’s solicitors.
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If you read the excellent Paul McConville site I don’t think they have a hope in hell in getting their hands on that money:
“Therefore Collyer Bristow must have worked on the basis that the funds they are alleged to hold are in fact not those of Rangers. The problem here is that, if D&P take the matter to court and are dependent on the funds involved to keep the doors open for a few weeks longer, there is no doubt that Rangers as a company would be in liquidation by the time a decision was made.
Collyer Bristow, through its client, whether Liberty Capital, Group or Mr Whyte holds the cards as they have more time than Rangers. The law firm will be sure about whose money it is and have a paper trail to show. However, if the funds belong to someone other than Rangers, then short of a court order, Collyer Bristow would be breaching confidentiality to reveal this.
If that firm has transferred funds held by them in the name of Rangers to another connected company, I am sure that they will have all the relevant records to document this, as inter-client transfers are always subject to close scrutiny by the regulators.
If this money is not forthcoming soon it will be for the liquidator to argue about, rather than the administrator.”
dirtymac
Alec Salmond seems to keen to use funds raised from fines using the new bill. Makes sense to me. Lure them into Ipox with the promise of an SPL match, lock the doors, and fine each and every one of them on the way out.
I’ts a start.
Don’t fancy being the one to calculate what they owe us actually……
Anyway, surely the SFA are for the chop as well. Do we have Agent Regan to thank for this….:D
‘GG on 2 March, 2012 at 12:37 said:
This hosepipe is being attached, stuffed into the mouths of every hun then switched on full…. enjoy the viewing, we are living through and witnessing a significant historical event in Scotland. Some of us (Paul67, RTC, BRTH, PaulMcC, VoguePunter, James Forrest, Auldheid, TBB amongst many others) are shaping, influencing, directing what is happening, what the authorities must do and unltimately how things will look at the other end… there is a bit to go, as Lenny said “this is just the beginning…”
hh
bjmac
Time to remember that the sfa had not 1 but 2 investigations into farrygate, and found not only no case to answer but that farry was correct and Celtic were in the wrong.
These developments will need to be investigated by officials outside of scotyish football.
This sad bigoted country still reeks of murray.
Perhaps our publicity seeking first minister should be ordering an independent enquiry into the hun/sfa ‘dealings’ over the last 20 years.
How can the SFA run enquiry be seen to be fair?
Congrats to Dundee!
Paul, have you taken a wee holiday from your day job?
OotobreathCSC
Paul 67
Is this sideshow, re 2nd contracts, just trying to make it a Good day to annouce Bad news( redundancy’s)?
hhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm;-)CSC
play
scotyish=scottish
How did the Big Hoos come to fall down?
Fall down, fall down.
How did the Big Hoos come to fall down?
Sir David Murray.
I built it up by illegal means,
illegal means, illegal means,
I built it up by illegal means,
Said Sir David Murray.
Illegal means we did not hear,
Did not hear, did not hear,
Illegal means we did not hear,
Said the SFA.
I built it up with EBT’s,
EBT’s, EBT’s
I built it up with EBT’s,
Said Sir David Murray.
EBT’s we need not know.
Need not know, need not know
EBT’s we need not know.
Said the SFA.
I hid them in the Big Hoos.
In the Big Hoos, in the Big Hoos.
I hid them in the Big Hoos.
Said Sir David Murray.
As long as they’re safe we’ll all be fine.
All be fine, all be fine.
As long as they’re safe we’ll all be fine.
Said the SFA.
I hide the second contracts in there too.
In there too, in there too.
I hid the second contracts in there too.
Said Sir David Murray.
Your secrets safe while the Establishment rules.
While the Establishment rules, while the Establishment rule.
Your secrets safe while the Establishment rules.
Said the SFA.
Hector hasn’t got a clue.
Got a clue, got a clue.
Hector hasn’t got a clue.
Said Sir David Murray.
Just as well or we’d all be screwed.
All be screwed, all be screwed.
Just as well or we’d all be screwed.
Said the SFA.
Oh no SFA I have some really bad news.
Really bad news, really bad news.
Oh no SFA I have some really bad news.
Said Sir David Murray.
Did the cops come and inform Hector to?
Hector to, Hector to.
Did the cops come and inform Hector to?
Asked the SFA.
Aye but with them came RTC, Paul67, Phil & Paul Mac too.
RTC, Paul67, Phil & Paul Mac too.
And with them came RTC, Paul67, Phil & Paul Mac too.
Said Sir David Murray.
Why don’t you sell to Craig Whyte now.
Craig Whyte now, Craig Whyte now.
Why don’t you sell to Craig Whyte now.
Said the SFA.
Aye. I’ll set my lapdogs on him too.
On him too, on him too.
Aye. I’ll set my lapdogs on him too.
Said Sir David Murray.
That way we’ll be in the clear.
In the clear, in the clear.
That way we’ll be in the clear.
Said the SFA.
Is that Michael Platini noo.
Platini noo, Platini noo.
Is that Michael Platini noo.
Said Sir David Murray.
We’re diving for cover your on your own.
On you own. On your own.
We’re diving for cover your on your own.
Said the SFA.
It looks like you are screwed to noo.
Screwed to noo, screwed to noo.
It likes like your screwed to noo.
Said Sir David Murray.
MWD
Kit
KPMG was hun accountant then
Hail Hail
ernie lynch
Ive actually been emailin uefa for YEARS
regarding the 5 lying stars on the scumhuns shirt
no reply as of yet i may write to them
may get a responce
Kitalba
In a fair and just football association Neil would be on 4 manager of the month awards in a row by now
Paul67
I know you’re probably not even getting time to shave at the minute BUT
How do I buy a hard copy of the CQN mag ?
Love the belated congrats to losers who are now winners, very neat.
pigalle
Lenny gets manager of the month shocker.
What’s wrong with the Hun panel? Aberdeen only manage 3 draws this month?
Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door
I know that I’m a prisoner
To all my Protetstant Father held so dear
I know that I’m a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the cheating years
Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thoughts
Stilted conversations
I’m afraid that’s all we’ve got
You say you just don’t see it
He says it’s perfect sense
You just can’t get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talkin’ in defense
Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It’s too late when we die
To admit we don’t see eye to eye
So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It’s the bitterness that lasts
So Don’t yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different date
And if you don’t give up, and don’t give in
You may just be O.K.
Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It’s too late when we die
To admit we don’t see eye to eye
I wasn’t there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn’t get to tell him
All the things I had to say
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I’m sure I heard his echo
In my baby’s new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the cheating years
Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It’s too late when we die
To admit we don’t see eye to eye
Say it loud, say it clear
Say it loud
Don’t give up
Don’t give in
And don’t know what you can do next
Hail Hail