SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie, today issued a statement through the SFA website amid a growing clamour for action over the on-going controversy over the alleged improper registration of players at Rangers during the time he was company/general secretary and director.
It will be an enormous disappointment to the BBC journalist who gave him solid backing only yesterday, to hear the president admit that he benefited from the now-infamous Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) scheme, however, this will not be news to any of you. Without wanting to be cynical, this feels like we are being fed a completely irrelevant headline while the real matter at hand was yet again not addressed. Perhaps we should be grateful the gratuitous but irrelevant headline didn’t involve the Krankies.
Ogilvie completely refused to acknowledge or address the question of improper registration of players, instead referring to an incomplete list of his duties at Rangers.
The SPL split will happen in 25 days at which point fixtures will be arranged for the top and bottom six in the league. This issue has to be investigated, reported and perhaps appealed all the way to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, before then. Kilmarnock, Aberdeen and St Mirren are currently battling for seventh place, if it was found that Rangers played improperly registered players this season, they could stand to lose enough points to demote them to the bottom half of the table.
The SFA cannot continue to sleep on the job. While Ogilvie’s position as president is important, he is a sideshow to enabling Scottish football to finish the season on time.
The SFA, the SPL, the game itself is in enormous crisis. Michel Platini, where are you? How bad does it need to get before you get involved?
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conzaloni
That would be great mate thank you. I’ll post nearer the time and try to collect as many as i can when im home or would gladly pay for postage to anyone who wants to send to my house. thanks again. Jordans green & white!
aw, ffs, 2-0 to Financial Doping (London Branch) FC
paulsatim is neil lennon on 14 March, 2012 at 20:29 said:
Serge on 14 March, 2012 at 18:28 said:
what a night in Jordan.
Are you Peter Andre??
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FAF ;-))))))))))))))))
timbhoy in spain on 14 March, 2012 at 20:47 said:
Ah wiz at Celtic park in 1952.anyon e beat that?
Hail Hail.
I was in Barrowfield at 19.30hrs pal, how you doing?
Ok Serge, I’m happy to pay post and package from here if need be.
Just let me know.
Thanks
Serge
Think you should arrange a wee drink when you are home in Glasgow..
BHOYS
bring hoops or yellow strips
not got a good feelin aboot duffer+duffer
apointed by whyte
worked with whyte previously on huns takeover
DID NOT PUT THEM INTO ADMINISTRATION
WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN DOING
BURNING PAPERWORK
DELETING EMAILS
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HELP PLEASE
Celtic friendly pub/s in EDINBURGH to watch the game on Sunday.
Thanks
RobertTressell on 14 March, 2012 at 20:42 said:
That line of defense only stands up if the information passed to the SFA to allow player registration was full in that it contained details of all remunerations straightforward and under the EBT.
As Terry O (Columbo) earlier commented, had full info been passed on SDM would have said so, instead he referred only to the accounts where EBTs were buried even if in public view.
Reading betwen the lines the SFA/SPL did not get all documentation at the time and it is up to the SPL to accurately reconstruct what was submitted by comparing their records with what Rangers submitted or should have submitted had they been behaving honestly.
Given the nature of the beast and the feeling no questions would be asked what are the chances everything was declared?
Chelsea go two up and the nerves kick in.
blantyretim on 14 March, 2012 at 20:50 said:
Serge
Think you should arrange a wee drink when you are home in Glasgow..
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I am in – well no in Jordan but you know what I mean :-)
sparkleghirl on 14 March, 2012 at 20:35 said:
Given how incompetent Whyte has been and how incompetent the administrators have been, I’d be inclined to think it was just a mistake. unless as I alluded to earlier, Craig Whyte is dyslexic and thought he had to inform the SFA.
It refers to the fact that they had a Rangers Credit Card and some other Investment company a couple of years ago and if you run a financial institution, you should seek consent from the FSA before entering administration.
On this one, I’d be inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt. I didn’t even know this rule and I know nearly everything :-)
Mort
Bournesouprecipe 20.38
Chick says” I know exactly how much CO made out of EBTs,I was asked the question did CO benefit from EBTs “NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE !!!!!!says Chick. HOW CAN ANYONE TAKE THIS FOOL SERIOUSLY.
A standing joke of a man.
HAIL HAIL
You remember that TEnglish tweet the other day, about how ‘if D&P’s analysis is correct, I fear for some celtic fans, spotaneous combustion’ or words to that effect.
Was this what he meant? That D&P’s analysis meant that they weren’t, after all, in administration?
Yesss Napoli score. Nerves eh?
Mort on 14 March, 2012 at 20:54 said:
Thanks again.
w0000000t, leave the room and it’s 2-1 :-)
leftclicktic
A total clown?
Auldheid
Only Clive Tyldsley couldn’t see Napoli scoring
Ah´m great Paddy. Just sittin here watchin the london cream buns.Shame.
Lookin forward to St Paddy´s day & carry on through to my birthday on the 18th.
Abig irish nurse brought me into the world & told my mum she´d have to call me PJ Mc laughlin but mum said life would be hard enough in Glesca withoot that so she called me Brian.Oh joy Napoli have just scored.
Off for a Porter :-)
Prediction.
Real win the Spanish League
Barca win the CL by humping Real.
timbhoy in spain
I would have been a twinkle in my parents eyes in 52.
You didn’t to too bad with your tips yesterday, I didn’t notice if you did any today.
Any for the remainder of the festival ??
I know a wee Irish bloke who works in a bar in Toreveja, it’s a hun bar, can’t remember the name of it, he ain’t a hun, a true Tim from Dublin called Joe.
I would be a couple of hundred K’s away from you, up in the Sierra Castril mountains.
Blantyretim
Definitely, Any strips would be much appreciated. In this part of the world i think anyone working here should make an effort with the locals. They are football crazy like the saudis.
11pm so time for bed, & i’ll still be in Jordan when i waken ;-)
HH
serge
and you just engaged too…. o))
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 14 March, 2012 at 20:59 said:
Prediction.
Real win the Spanish League
Barca win the CL by humping Real.
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Sincerely hope the second bit comes true.
Unfortunately i believe the first one will.
So after yesterday’s questioning and phone slamming and Chico’s statement of fact at 6.30 – and how I laughed at that – the SFA have swiftly gone from total denial of Ogilive’s knowledge to him admitting he had an EBT himself.
And today?
Some fine work being done by the usual suspects, time spent gathering information, bringing others into the equation.
Maybe in the US, perhaps in Switzerland. And ho knows what tomorrow will bring?
Drip… drip… drip…
Grimmond McCrummoch…….
History awaits you.
pls get along and support the u19 lads for last few games of season
now only 1pt behind leaders Hearts
and with a game in hand
one is away to rfc
http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s41
You would have thought, well I would that as HMRC put rfc into Admin they would have a follow up on correct protocol to ensure appointed administrator carries out duties legally?
How low can that club get.
They have been advertising their “Legends” match against AC Milan for over 2 months with monies being split between both clubs charity foundations.
Now they state
“The majority of the revenue raised from the match will go to the club while the Rangers Charity Foundation and AC Milan Foundation will also benefit.”
What a con! They are basically taking charity money to keep their sorry ass alive
Blantyretim
aye but there was a clause in that 1. Only planning doing this project and coming home to work so i said ok we can get married but im getting my season tickets back and you will be coming to every home game. she replied ok no problem so went alot better than i thought!!
you strike a hard bargain serge….
Paul67 et al
So, let me get this straight, despite missing the collapse of the Banking Industry, the FSA is supposed to be informed when Rangers FC go into administration. Whoops! That is another one they did not see coming!
Meanwhile on another planet Chic Young awarded Pullitzer Prize for investigative journalism!
Auld neil lennon…
Real Madrid – Lal Liga
Bayern – CL
BSR,
thanks for posting the ‘U turn’, sounds like someones crap reputation is headed for the “U – bend”……
ArmitageShanks CSC
Hey shugg. If you cant stand the heat get out of the kitchen!!!
From Ogilvie’s statement
““My role at Rangers, until the mid-90s, included finalising the paperwork for player registrations.”
Surely that would include collating all documentation for player registration required by SFA and SPL. eg. Contract/s etc.
MWD
Is this Regan’s reaction to SFA scandals?
http://i.imgur.com/d0uLv.jpg
C’mon Stu, Man Up.