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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Paul
ease off on the articles please or I’m gonna have to move house again.
I just heard one neighbour say to another – “there goes that big Scottish fella who skips everywhere and has a big daft permanent grin on his face”
KevJungle -“…no seats in the Jungle…” on 2 March, 2012 at 13:38 said:
Sorry but it seems to me that Tommy Burns personified as far as is humanly possible the characteristics of love as preached by Jesus and defined in Corinthinas 13.
In that spirit I think Tommy would have understood and forgiven other humans their human failings.
Financial Climate 8/1. 2.20pm Newbury could be a nice each/way double with Fibs & Flannel 7/2.
Rankersrelatedhorses-revellingintheirdemise CSC
Auldheid,
I am in no doubt that even today and armed with the full facts Tommy would STILL have forgiven them. Is that not what catholics are taught to believe in ?
It does not reduce the fact that they are cheating scum who lied to his face AND DONE IT FOR THEMSELVES
Hail Hail
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 2 March, 2012 at 13:42 said:
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Too true m8.
We move on.
Hail! Hail!
In the midst of all this joy and jelly (and i really does look as though March will be better even than February) let us not forget that this weekend marks the anniversary of the Celtic takeover/rescue. I always remember it because it coincides with my Mam’s birthday :)
savo01 on 2 March, 2012 at 13:42 said
I am comfortable discussing this
Hail Hail
That no agreement has been reached at Murray Park suggests to me that there’s defnitely no agreement on the 75% option. And reluctance to defer 50% in case that’s not honoured.
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 2 March, 2012 at 13:38 said:
Kit
That surprises me I always thought KPMG done it for MIH.
good luck all that stuff was on the MIH web site how did you get one from 1989 ?
Unless somebody took copies then I think it will be difficult to get
MIH was Andersens then Deloittes when AA went down the tubes through Enron shredding. Should still be able to get historic accounts through Cos House. Does cost though…
savo01 – bronze debenture seats in the South Stand are 30 quid.
obonfanti1888
I read a team of 8 from Duff and Phelps,@ £600 per hour might be kicking the a&%$ out of it.
Is the lack of news re redundancies down to the fact that they now have the 3.6m that the solicitors had, to tide them over?
Tic tock… Alarm set for 4.45 pm.. Tick tock…. Ah come in Mr Reaper!!
HH
savo01 on 2 March, 2012 at 13:42 said:
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It dizny disguise the fact that, two chancers(Sneaky & Wattie), pulled the wool over a lot of peoples eyes with their ‘stunt’! IMO!
Forgive but don’t forget – CSC
Awe_Naw @ 13:45
That’s it in a nutshell for me.
That neither of them seemed to learn from the experience, but in fact, imo, grew more bitter and more sleekit as the years went on, should also be noted. Last year said it all.
They didn’t exactly fall over themselves to offer any support to Lenny….fully aware it would only have taken one sentence from either of them to calm down the extremist nuggets that hang on their every word.
Sounds like that shout that rangers will be Liquidated on the 20th of M
March is a fais shout as the deadline for interest was only a day out.
From BBC ‘A March 16 deadline has been set for expressions of interest in the club and it is believed that up to six potential bidders have emerged with serious plans.’
St Stivs.
It could well be the old Trades Club, just of Central Drive, close to Blackpool Rugby FC. I’ve watched a few games in there and there seems to be more or less a Celtic Club these days.
Awe Naw
I’ve sent you a copy
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon on 2 March, 2012 at 13:36 said:
No announcements today from Murray Park?
If I was a creditor I would be asking exactly what the administrators are doing to justify their fees.
If I was Motherwell i would be asking why a team in administration, who cannot pay fellow SPL clubs the monies they are owed, are being allowed to continue playing with players they cannot afford. The financial doping continues?
I am confused.
Do the wee huns now become the big huns? Or perhaps medium huns? Does the newco become the mini huns?
No tweets on that yet?!
I think we should be told.
HH
My most recent blog post on this very issue, hope you don’t mind Paul:
http://malonesmoans.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/rangers-mess-exposes-the-mire-that-is-scottish-football/
D&P must be the first administrators who negotiate with staff on layoffs.
Hector must be scratching his bowler.
Short url if that one is too long and breaks the blog:
http://wp.me/p2bWKQ-9A
Rangers’ mess exposes the mire that is Scottish football
No announcements on redundancies. Do you need redundancy announcements if you plan to liquidate? Just a thought.
JinkyvJohnGreig-saysitall on 2 March, 2012 at 13:49 said:
I’m happy to pay if you can get them from there. I just need the 1990 report, I think I have most of the others.
Kit
thanks that will be a walk down memory lane
Hail Hail
http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/richard-keys-and-andy-gray/blog/2012-03-01/jackson-rangers-are-getting-closer-liquidation
Keith Jackson tellin’ fibs!
“Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive …”
In the minds of most of Scotland, the words ‘paranoid’ and ‘Celtic supporter’ go hand in hand, in much the same way ‘Third Lanark’ and ‘Rangers’ will for future generations.
I think it only fair to say that this linkage has largely been the result of decades of anti-Celtic media bias. Of course, I’m just a paranoid Tim who would say that, wouldn’t I?
This bias flourishes to this very day, often drawn to our attention through the standard gratuitous, dismissive and patronising tones use towards Celtic fans challenging this ‘conventional wisdom’ on countless radio show phone ins.
And this view is not confined to the lowly red-tops or commercial radio stations: the BBC Shortbread division of the biggest and best-resourced media organisation in the world (never mind in Scotland) is as guilty as the next media outlet; not least because of its stated aim of ensuring fair and balanced coverage (cf. the exposure granted to the odious Jabba and cheeky chappy Chic, to name but 2 from a long list).
When the shutters are finally pulled down on the Foe Mailgn, and with there being no more jelly or ice cream to be had in Scotland, the words which will come from my mouth on that day will be: Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
To paraphrase a CQN poster from earlier today (and my apologies for not making a note of your name at the time): “We’re going to need to find a bigger schadenfreude …”
Hail, hail.
wee minger@13:48
weeminger@13:48
The 75% option was dismissed by the players yesterday. If they cannot agree on a deal then they are making D+P minds up for them
It will be 11 players out the door on Monday morning
verdantvic on 2 March, 2012 at 13:22 said:
IT’S LIKE : watching a diseased and rotten tree falling down
in slow motion-with the crows at the top clinging on.
earlier on one of the previous threads ( not complaining paul, keep them coming ) i had posted : IT’S LIKE watching a cannibal eating his own foot.
i think verdantvic’s is better.
can anybody else think of any more…. starting IT’S LIKE :
PC67
Paul when they make the film of this, who would you like to play you?
Obviously RTC will have to filmed from the neck down or be masked
The Whyte Knight would have to have been played by Marty feldman but sadly he is no longer with us. So we have to find another goggled eyed man.
St Stives
Th Waterloo
Waterloo Rd, Blackpool FY4, United Kingdom
I was in a couple of times last year as they moved from the trades club
Fortunes Favour Mibbes on 2 March, 2012 at 13:49 said:
They diddled him out of his rightful place within the pantheon of Scottish footballing history and YET STILL carried his coffin
LOWLIFE SCUM OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
HAil Hail
voguepunter on 2 March, 2012 at 13:12 said:
Art of War on 2 March, 2012 at 12:05 said:
Thanks for the mention mate,your poem is excellent ,
just behind Paul67 and James Forrest for post of the day.
Hail hail :O)
Paul67.go easy I’m trying to fit in a wee bit of work.
playlist for today:
(Keep Feeling) Administration – The Human League
The End – The Doors
The Final Countdown – Europe
Here I Go Again – Whyte Snake
(thumbsup)
somebody’s just put the front page of the hun in front of me :
Raoul moat, lord voldemort, “evil” craig roy and swally all pictured!!
is it just me or is there a theme?
PC67
It’s Over-Roy Orbison
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son ?
And where have you been my darling young one ?
I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways
I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I’ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I’ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.
Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son ?
And what did you see, my darling young one ?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin’
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin’
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son ?
And what did you hear, my darling young one ?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin’
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin’
I heard ten thousand whisperin’ and nobody listenin’
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin’
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.
Oh, who did you meet my blue-eyed son ?
Who did you meet, my darling young one ?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded in hatred
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.
And what’ll you do now, my blue-eyed son ?
And what’ll you do now my darling young one ?
I’m a-goin’ back out ‘fore the rain starts a-fallin’
I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are a many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
Where the executioner’s face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I’ll tell and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin’
But I’ll know my songs well before I start singin’
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.