SFA chief executive, Stewart Regan, clearly sees opportunity among the carnage that is Scottish football at the moment as he leaked plans to ambush clubs into a radical overhaul of the league structures to the media yesterday.
Henry McLeish made several recommendations in his paper on the future of our game, one of which was for a smaller professional setup of two leagues (SPL 1 and SPL 2), sitting on top of a grass-roots pyramid of community based clubs, as well as a 10-team top division. I agreed with both recommendations but relegation-dodgers in the SPL refused to countenance such a deal.
While it seems a 10-club top division is as far away as ever, the SFA are keen to push through a SPL 2 proposal before the start of the new season, something which borders on ultra-ambitious.
An unattributed SFA source (surely Regan himself) briefed BBC’s Jim Spence on their plans but the language was curious:
“Someone has to take a lead and sort out the internal bickering and point scoring and also to ensure that the Rangers situation never happens again.
“We need to use the mood for change among supporters in the country to tackle the current inertia and do what is right for the game.
“Change has to be democratic, but the time for talking has passed. We need action now to save the game.
“The fans are demanding fundamental change. The Rangers situation has intensified the need for a resolution and, over the next few weeks, we will meet with the SPL and SFL to find a solution.”
In order to “ensure the Rangers situation never happens again”, why don’t the SFA start by ensuring former directors of Rangers, who participated in the controversial EBT scheme which precipitated the crisis, are removed from the SFA board?
The SFA president received loans from Rangers EBT which he did not repay despite the club going bust last week. There is a belief that those loans were never meant to be repaid and that many of Rangers EBT loans were accompanied by written confirmation that they were never to be repaid, making these ‘loans’ an illegal tax scam.
The SFA chief executive claimed to have investigated and cleared the president of any wrong-doing. No one else is aware of this investigation. There is a suspicion that all he did was listen to the president’s version of events, compounding an already dreadful situation for the SFA.
We would love to hear how Mr Ogilvie explained why he didn’t repay his loan.
Two weeks ago we spoke about the SFAs inadequate corporate governance on these matters. If only corporate governance was the extent of the problem, they appear quite shameless.
“Someone has to take the lead…. tackle the current inertia and do what is right for the game”.
Sack the clown before you start to preach to the rest of the game.
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ElDiegoBhoy on 17 June, 2012 at 17:45 said:
Everyone will do what they feel to be the right thing.; I’m just a bit confused as to why Celtic have to be further punished in all this mess, none of which is our making?
We need to be brainstorming about how get justice and, for me anyway, get the hell out of this league! :)
I think we’re getting nearer the time when Celtic FC need to start talking to the fans about how to take Celtic forward and away from this bunch of clowns ((c)P67 :) )
Blazers
Wife just brought in more lanterns, we can’t again, can we? St Stivs?
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Bookies Pen..
Hiya,, Pal?
Nice , meeting ye.
Like Ah said.. we try tae Make sense oota .. well.. even.. Nonsense!
And.. whit is going oan.. right noo.. wi’ this F.G.A. business is.. a loata Nonsense!!!!
They hiv managed tae get aff.. virtually .. Scot Free..
Which is a Maist Appropriate Expression tae Use..
Fur..In Scotland. Whit else. wid ye hiv expected??
They ur Noo. Starting over..
DEBT FREE.. they hiv jist done the Impossib le…
Blew. One Hundred and Fifty Million Pounds of Debt.. up the Chimney..which is a Loat harder tae dae..than Blow it.. Doon the Swanney!!
And are noo allowed tae Start over again.. wi a Clean Balance sheet!!
Nice woik. if ye kin Get it!
Pal.. we kin go aroon and aroon oan this .. Awe day.. but.. in the cold Light o’ day.. when ye really,really think aboot it..’
the F.G.A. hiv wriggled oota thur Mess… like a Snake.. sheddin.. and
They ur noo Wearin’ a Brand Spanking. New skin!
Sure, they ur Still a Snake!
But… that is Sma Consolation, tae Me!!
Honestly,pal.. They hiv goat aff.. Lightly.. very ,very, very Lightly..
IN MA OPINION…of Course!!
And the Reason is..this.. of Course..
“They HIv Friends in High Places”
and..
We …Hivnae!!
Again. awe awe this stuff..
Is
In Ma Ain Opinion..
Which,is subject tae Chinge.. of Course..
as
Awe Opinions are Liable tae be.
Right?
Nice Chattin’
Kojo
yer pal… who likes ye bettah than a Butter Mulk Dainty..
Still, Laughin’ ..of Course!!
Paul67, NeilR, or anyone with insight into the ramifications.
Could a shareholder, but not a director of Celtic, raise a court action against the SFA/SPL if it emergers that they are perceived to have failed to act to preserve the interests of member clubs in general and not one club(?) in particular.
I’m thinking of someone of the financial and litigious muscle of a Denis O’Brien.
EDB
Toiling myself
In all consciousness I can’t take part in a competition which is so corrupt and accommodating of such an institution as Hun/Newco ….
As for MIBs … Best not to go there :-)
I will be back at CP always have always will, Celtic FC 1888 are my team and I will go and support them. However, I have made a decision that I will not set foot in the ground that was home to the club that existed between 1872-2012.
I will also not step foot in any other club’s ground who support the cheats that existed between 1872-2012.
Be gone with them…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
if anyone has any doubts about new company or in a debate/argument about it
simply pull up the birth certificate and that will be the end of debate/argument its
that simple.
Thomthethim
Interesting proposition
Anyone who can establish an interest can sue…
CFC could cause merry hell with this Newco nonsense if they have the appetite to do so …..that’s the question tho
Lennybhoy
But if, as is my understanding, the voting is conducted in secret, how will you know which clubs to botcott?
…..that would be boycott cos even you don’t botcott :-)))
HT
Botcott them all!
Lennybhoy…Supporting Neil Lennon and CFC until I die on 17 June, 2012 at 17:59 said:
Agree 100%
Hx2
no more parks buses for celtic football club
I wouldn’t mind betting that the people at the Celtic Trust are looking into what claims they might be able to make on behalf of shareholders.
I still think the SFA are going to wake up one day soon and realise there is nothing for it but to boot New club into SFL Division 3 and for Lee McCulloch and whoever else makes the transition from the dead club to get themselves in shape for that competition. However, I think the SFA will need to have Spartans or another club on stand-by if New club can’t get its sorry act together in time (a distinct possibility).
The SPL if it has an ounce of decency ought, of course, to curl up and die at this point because it’s been made 100% clear that it cannot continue without … but it will continue.
Celtic will be first.
Nevertheless, we can expect a savage backlash from the masons in black and from the Scottish media. It will take them years to get over what has happened and they are not out of denial yet.
Just so as we are all prepared.
Kojo on 17 June, 2012 at 17:55 said:
Oh yes! They have got off very very lightly! But, the folks whose pension is lost through the incompetence of the directors of the company who were intrusted to provide it, are often compensated for that incompetence.
I would like them punished, but no.1 from me is I really would like to know what compensation we are going to receive?
Books
My dear,dear,dear,friend..Lenny Bhoy @ 17,59,
Hiya,pal.. nice tae greet ye.
Yep..
Noo. You are talking !
Ah like yer Plan o’ Action.. evrybuddy, needs wan of Them.and
Your’s.. is No only a Guid Wan..
IT MAKS DAMN SENSE!!
Unlike, the Wan that is Being voiced by Ithers!!
If wan feels like Punishin’ .. Somebuddy.. then
by Awe Means.. Go Aheid and Punish.
Howevahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…
It sure Maks “Damn Guid Sense”
NO TAE PUNISH..
THE CELTIC!!!
They should be the Last Club, that ye wid Wish Tae mak suffer.
and
That
Maks Sense Tae Me!!
Kojo
yer pal.. who likes ye aloater..
Still, Laughin’
Larssonse7en
True to say that MR42 is even more than very very proud, he is immensely proud of Paul67.
I mailed him the other night saying that I would take a day or two to think about all that he had written, the prose he used, the directness of his comments and the piercing use of his words.
Sometimes I would read his leader and just marvel at it, my son had written something so wonderful, so direct and totally without fear.
I am not saying I did not think he had the ability to do so, but more than I thought he must for sure have got that ability from his mum.
She moulded her sons into what they are today, wonderful young men who are a credit to their her.
I love them both.
A Proud Dad Martin42
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StMichaelsBhoy2 ,
One of the best analogies, (Is that a word?), I’ve seen of this situation.
Papers seemed to be full of them today. (Analogies.) Mostly of a violent angle. Eg, “What we’re doing to Rangers is like punching someone you don’t like even though it hurts your knuckles”, ..or something like that.
For those who missed it, here’s StMichaelsBhoy2 ‘s….
“That of course would be providing I hadn’t already taken the heart-wrenching decision to turn my back on Scottish football altogether, because if Sevco are allowed into the SPL, we’ll be watching the equivalent of a wrestling match, where the scriptwriters have to dream up ever more exciting ways for Sevco to win, for the entertainment of the only fans left – former fans of the now defunct Rangers FC, eagerly lapping up their Sports Entertainment. ”
Come on Big Daddy CSC
The Obese Paul Le Guen has demanded that the Bottcotts be named – for the good of Scottish Football.
Any truth in the rumour that Club 12 are based in District 9?
Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: it all adds up.
;o)
Off to catch a flight.
Se y’all later. (Much later.)
Al
i have renewed my season ticket.no excuses follow celtic simple as that.
hamiltontim on 17 June, 2012 at 18:02:
Easy, I’ll do a FPLG and demand to know the identity of those clubs. However, I will not do a FPLG and incite a riot, I will simply use the information to botcott…oops sorry, boycott…:)
Seriously, I don’t know what I do but based on what I hear, I guess I will not be back at Kilmarnock at least. It is hard to call how the others will vote.
Do you know what I’m convinced that they will not get their eight votes, if indeed it goes to a vote.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
It never fails to amaze now does it?
Any past changes have always 2 or 3 years hence, but to help der hun, changes will need to be made before the season starts. Funny
KINGLuBO
I was playing a video game last night. Played for ages and won all sorts of trophies. But then the game crashed and I lost the lot. Had to start all over again from level one.
I guess that’s how former Rangers fans must be feeling.
Martin42
You do yourself an injustice!
And Olivia agrees!
ulysses mcghee on 17 June, 2012 at 18:11 said:
Name and shame the Bottcotts!!!!
:)
Pen
imagine having to put your gas central heating on in june, well that tells you 1 of the many things thats rotten in scotland,
Paul67
“The SFA chief executive claimed to have investigated and cleared the president of any wrong-doing. No one else is aware of this investigation. There is a suspicion that all he did was listen to the president’s version of events, compounding an already dreadful situation for the SFA.
We would love to hear how Mr Ogilvie explained why he didn’t repay his loan.”
Nae bother.
I didn’t repay it yes as I didn’t half to
yours in administrative excellence and plausible deniability
RCO (not signed)
“clown”????
Knew I shouldn’t have worn that jester outfit at last night’s soirée de chèvre >:-(
Lennybhoy
As you know I wobbled ever so slightly from time to time but I did think that liquidation would arrive at their door eventually.
My concern is what happens now, for the future of the game in this country it is imperative that at the very least this new entity begins in the lowest tier of Scottish football.
Kojo on 17 June, 2012 at 16:59 said:
We have never, and will never, lie down to the ludgers……..CQN and others have exposed them for what they all are, and the HMRC / LIQUIDATORS will ‘walk all over them’ ……there’s no hiding place when these boys come to call. ……….. This is only the beginning.
All their representations didn’t prevent liquidation, and they will not succeed in getting THE into the SPL…….they can bend rules but they can’t break them……..
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Martin42
Hiya,pally?
Great tae Greet ye..
When awe is Said and No said..
Yer son.. is a Brammer.and so Ur His Wife..and His Children..
That is the Highest Compliment that Ah hiv in Ma Lexicon..
And.. Kevin is .. As Well..
And
So Ur You.. and His Mammy is.. and Yer Wife. . Tae..
The Whole.. Loatta o’ the Brennan’s Ur.
and
afore Ah furgeet..
Hiva
Very. Happy, Faither’s Day”… kiddo..
Ye hiv earned it!!
Kojo
Yer pal..who thinks yer Swell.
Still, Laughin…of Course!!!
Kojo on 17 June, 2012 at 18:09:
Well thank Kojo.
Glad you have recovered and back posting
Still laughing that Kojo replied to one of posts…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Kinglubo
It could be done so fast that it was actually in last year and we lost the league ad they backdated it!
timbhoy,
you are entitled to renew season ticket thats your right, but its just as valid for another supporter to with hold buying one until we see the outcome because
some supporter’s will not be part of a farce of a league that contains new company
because that would indeed be a tainted title no matter who won it.
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. 67th Heaven
Pal..
Remember.. Ah did mention that ..
That,conclusion… Whit Ah had submitted .. wiz.. only
Ma Ain Opinion..
which..as ye weel know.is Always Liable tae be Changed.. as an Opinion kin never be written in Stone..
as
Circmstances.. dae. and Wull.. Chinge!
No maitter.. whit happens . and whit wull be the Final Fate, which wull be handed tae the F.G.A.
We wull remain .. . Celtic Fans..
And that is all that Matters…
Right??
Right.
Nice Chattin’ pal.
Kojo
yer pal….who likes ye aloater
Still, Laughin’/…of Course.