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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No Bobby Does It Petta on 2 March, 2012 at 13:01 said: George Peat. I pray you were complicit I pray there is evidence to damn you I pray share
When this debacle started i wanted 9iar wiped out and Peat’s head on a stick.We should have lit a fire under him when he was in his post.
Fortunes Favour Mibbes on 2 March, 2012 at 13:02 said:
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
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I posted much the same musing on James Forrest’s pusbook wall 20 minutes ago: is there an in-house joke in Nyon about Agent Regan coming in?
For the My Way Fans……The high bit…..
“Now through it all, they surely knew
the fraudsters played in royal blue.
It’s plain for all, the world to see, contracts signed off by Ogilvie.
And now we stand and watch it all, the end of rangers!”
we don’t do paying our way
what time is the press conference at morose park today?
Walter Smith and Ally Mc Coist knew about EBT´s as they carried Tommy´s coffin.
That is the cut of their jib.
Hail Hail
It’s incredible to see the fall of the huns. Having lived through their nine in a row, feeling the hurt and the pain at our inability to compete I am just loving seeing it all crash around their ears. Having hated the club and everything it stands for since I was old enough to reason it is amazing to be contemplating its eventual liquidation.
But I also feel a burning anger that they were allowed to lie, cheat, bully and steal for so many years. That so many people and so many clubs were cheated out of victories and medals, titles and triumphs. How many medals should Paul McStay have? How many titles should the late, great, Tommy Burns have won?
I am sure supporters of Rangers FC PLC (in administration) are hurting. Well all I can say is good. You deserve it. You and your club deserve it.
And I will enjoy every last minute of your pain.
CQN GOLF CLUB
We have many new CQNers from last year when I started the CQN Golf Club – not to be confused with BlantyreKev’s CQN Charity Golf Day.
Many CQNers enjoyed each others company on 3 outstanding golf outings. I plan to arrange more this year. This whole idea was born out of the death of Pablophanque, who despite several requests (from him) I never managed to meet. I promised I would not allow that to happen again and would try and meet with as many CQNers as I could. This has resulted in not only the CQN Golf Club but a number of real and warm friendships with a number of very very nice people – they know who they are.
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On our last outing on 10th October last year, Celtic were 3rd place in the league behind the huns and murderwell, since then we have went on a 20 league games unbeaten run… maybe we shouldn’t have another day until after May :-)
The next day will be end of April or start of May depending on the fixture schedule post-split.
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hh
bjmac
Bada Bing
“the climate of inference, innuendo and conspiracy theories must stop”
More than anything I want revenge for THAT press conference
There’s a thread on followfollow by one of their reliable sources claiming liquidation around 20th March.
Also, that the administrators have set a date of March 17th to note interest in buying them. After that, the inevitable Bud Flud comes in.
St.Patrick’s Day? LMAO.
Anyone ringfenced that £3.6 million yet?
St Martin’s Bhoy
Saw your last two posts… lol!
Our songbook is much better than some others…
One title kicking around my head would be to the tune of the well-known Beach Boys hit, the Sloop John B, and would be along the lines of…
The cheating’s over, it’s time to go home…
Gotta go, meeting looms before pinty enjoyment time!
Thread on FF expressing concerns over what really matters:
“Whats the script Azure wise on pies etc?”
Paul67
You are deffo a lumberjack. And you are okay. I dont even care if you do put on women’s clothing.
T – I – M – B -E – RRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr!!!
Surely with the Administrators desperately searching for extra cash and also trying to decide which 11 players to sack, they are missing a trick.
Split their squad in two and play a match between them – winners get to stay.
Sell the broadcasting rights to Sky Sports.
Gordon J, totally agree. Good post.
Let the rats drown.
SffS
A happy ‘Black Friday’ to one and all… :)
I think we need to call for an Independant enquiry into the last 25 years of mis management by the SFA.Celtic and other clubs appear to have been getting the thin edge of the wedge while Rangers have had a helping hand all along the way.We will never have a level playing field until all the SFA misdeeds are out in the open and a new transparent regime is in place.H.H.
Bjmac,
I will be there if it is in this time scale.
Hopefully it will be in Fife as I will be splitting my time between St. Andrews and Wishaw.
I dont play golf. My wife and possibly my son will be with me also. Is this combination Ok ?
Do I need to bring any security in case the SVDP bhoys want to give me a tanking? ;-)
Hail Hail
First post on the new CQN… great stuff. Paul, your summary of the situation the other day was brilliant, even if i don’t agree with every conclusion.
It does all seem so obvious now… how on earth could they possibly have had so much more money than us in the 90’s? It was well enough documented that Murray didn’t actually invest money in any great quantity and Rangers weren’t capable of generating so much more income that we could. Lot’s of pain in the nineties… guess it makes you stronger, adds character and all that.
With each passing revelation it becomes more and more dangerous to urge a note of caution, to dampen expectations which in some ways will almost certainly not be met. Such is my take on things anyway.
In this vein, I think it’s worth reminding everyone that a rump of EPL teams settled an EBT case with HMRC a couple of years ago. Leaving them clear of tax liabilities… however, if they used them in the same fashion as Rangers, indeed if they also employed comparable tax avoidance schemes (and I think it’s a cast iron certainty that they did, in common with many companies during the 80’s and 90’s) then there’s a fairly good chance that approximately half of the ‘big’ clubs in the UK would be in the same boat as Ranger regarding player registration… perhaps not.
However, it’s worth stating again that if we don’t park the antipathy towards the hun to one side then we’ll never understand how the rest of the country (outwith Scotland) views this.
Repost from last night…..
From season. 1995 / 1996 When first of the dodgy contracts apparently started Eg Swedish player J Boachim
Upto 9 subsequent titles could be stripped from financial doping fc
1995/1996
1996/1997
1998/1999
1999/2000
2002/2003
2004/2005
2008/2009
2009/2010
2010/2011 (apparently Ebt still about when MBB came in ?)
16 in a row ?
Soon to be 17 in a row !!!!
Is the EBT storm that is now breaking the reason why “sir” walter rejected the opportunity to replace mick mcarthy at wolves so as to maintain his low profile ……how I wish this scandal broke when wattenacio was still steering the ship at ibrox…especially as his teams benefited most from the non payment of tax and improper player registration
If you are found to be cheating then
Scottish cup winners that could be updated
1995 1996 hearts fc
1998 1999 Celtic fc
1999 2000 Aberdeen fc
2000 2001 Celtic fc
2002 2003 Dundee fc
2007 2008 queen of the south fc
2008 2009 Falkirk fc
So Lenny quite rightly wins manger of month for Feb
Interesting that Aberdeen won Jan based on 2 wins and 2 draws scoring a total of 4 goals to deny Lennon.
Yet Dundee Utd are unbeaten all feb including wins at ibrox and tynecastle and 5-1 win at perth and 4-0 home win against Kilmarnock.
Go figure……….
Can you imagine what it would be like if wee Fergus was still in charge? I can just see him doing his Lt. Columbo over at Hampden. There would be absolutely no stone left unturned and he’d be like a dog with a bone! (2 cliche sentence?)
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League cups to be re presented to non cheating teams
1997 1998 Hearts
1998 1999 st Johnstone
2000 2001 ayr united
2002 2003 Celtic fc
2004 2005 Motherwell fc
2007 2008 Dundee united
2009 2010 st mirren
2010 2011 Celtic
Mr Reagan was seen in the Hampden car park earlier.
http://i.imgur.com/EZMwy.jpg
Wonder if he took the call & that’s why he’s finally come out with a statement?
HH
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 2 March, 2012 at 13:09 said:
ffs that is a very poor comment.
Graham Speirs on Sky News now as nervous as a bag of kittens, wearing a rangers tie he more or less denies he’s a rangers fan now, ex rangers fan apparently, really nervous but giving CW and DM a bashing
‘Arry says the situation at Portsmouth is “unbelievable”.Signing guys for £13 mil and paying them 60k a week,on gates of 19,000 might be a factor.
Timabhoy
I think you’ll find that it is actually “jobbie.”
lennon’s passion on 2 March, 2012 at 13:18 said:
In your opinion but a highly accurate one so I will say it again.
Walter Smith OBE and Ally Mc Coist knew they had cheated Tommy Burns when they carried his dead body to its grave.
HAil Hail
Gordon J
But I also feel a burning anger that they were allowed to lie, cheat, bully and steal for so many years. That so many people and so many clubs were cheated out of victories and medals, titles and triumphs. How many medals should Paul McStay have? How many titles should the late, great, Tommy Burns have won?
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very very good point.
and also, all those other teams, Aberdeen, Hibs, Motherwell, Hearts, KilmarNOCK, QOS, etc, when are their fans going to raise their voices and say we were cheated as well.
Marrakesh Express on 2 March, 2012 at 13:16 said:
Great point about wee Fergus. Don’t be too sure that the wee man won’t be boarding a plane to get involved.
If he thinks that himself and Tommy Burns were cheated out of titles I would expect him to get involved. He walked away with around £50m. Could have been much more with more league titles in the bank and more European football.
The bunnet may return!
LB
bjmac
i got you now.good luck with your plan.
oh and that is the cut of their jib
Hail Hail
Its like watching a diseased and rotten tree falling down
in slow motion-with the crows at the top clinging on.
Surely it is time FIFA got involved-Ogilvie should have
stood down long ago-the fact that hes still there indicates
a pro renegers stance with two fingers to the rest of us
Paul67
We’re going to need a bigger server.