We’ve not really discussed the enormous political and disciplinary matters hanging over Scottish football since before our Champions League campaign got underway but it moves to the fore today, as the SPL Commission, headed by Lord Nimmo Smith, sits to consider charges levelled by the league against former member, Rangers FC. The Commission is expected to conclude by the end of this week.
Rangers are charged with improperly registering players by allowing footballers to enter into contractually binding agreements to receive money in connection with the game, directly or indirectly, without registering these agreements with the SPL or the SFA.
Playing an improperly registering footballer voids the result of a match, no matter how innocuous the registration impropriety is, as Spartans discovered 14 months ago to their cost. They saw their Scottish Cup win over Culter overturned because a player’s registration form was dated only once, not twice as required.
As well as being awarded a 0-3 defeat, the improper registration of players will cost the offending club any prize money ‘won’ and will result in a disciplinary measure being imposed. Spartans were fined £4000, approximately 20% of their annual income, and were suspended from the competition for 12 months. A steep tariff for leaving a box on a form empty and fielding a player in one game of football.
Lots of speculation has centred on the so-called ‘stripping of titles’ but in the event the Commission upholds the charge the voiding of results will happen as a matter of consequence; it should not subject to speculation. What is more interesting is the size of prize money the league would seek to reclaim, and redistribute, and any penalty imposed by the Commission.
SPL teams receive prize money based on their final league position, funded by the league’s TV deal, which for teams finishing in the top two positions is well in excess of £1m each year. Any ‘stripping of titles’ is likely to be a headline grabber, but the repayment of prize money and disciplinary measures will be far more significant, for some.
Sir David Murray, who owned Rangers throughout the period of alleged improper registration of players, insists the club registered all contractually binding payments players received in connection with playing football. SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie, was an executive director of Rangers for some of the period under investigation and may have been responsible for some registrations.
Charles Green rejected an offer to limit the consequences of the charge being upheld in return for his company (then called Sevco 5088 Ltd) acquiring the SFA membership vacated by Rangers. We will soon discover if he is master of the Cunning Plan or an over-ambitious gambler.
I expect calls for SPL and SFA rules to be upheld without fear or favour to be met.
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Stonewall penalty for Juventus not given
ot,
did you manage to catch the lottery numbers in that dream
AKBW1888
Tony Watt is playing tonight for the U20s (scored) so probably won’t start tomorrow – I’m baffled by his apparent fall from grace.
henrik
and your point is caller :-)
Legality has not seemed to be a problem for them in the past 10 yrs at least IMO .
hail hail
channelislandcelt
Received and replied to.
Papa John,
Likewise,
JJ
team for tomorrow night should be
—————Forster—————–
Lustig Wilson Mulgrew Gershon
—–Kayal Wanyama Ledley——
————-Commons—————
———-Hooper Stokes————
Subs. Zaluska Rogne Watt Lassad McGeouch Brown Samaras
up_over
Think he had an injury and is getting back to speed?
I was reading the other day that Issac Cuenca at Barcelona has returned from injury and could be available for loan. Very good player and wouldnt be cup tied for the CL, maybe worth an enquiry.
Will be interesting to see how Juve (currently 11/10) approach this game away to Lazio.
If it’s tied 0-0 – Lazio (5/2) go through.
Newcastle 1 up against Villa
Tony off at half time, replaced by John Herron for the second half.
up_over_goal
19:56 on
29 January, 2013
AKBW1888
Tony Watt is playing tonight for the U20s (scored) so probably won’t start tomorrow – I’m baffled by his apparent fall from grace.
Up & Over
He’s very young player don’t worry he will get a run in the first eleven when the
time is right.
Tony Watt not on for the under 20s in the 2nd half.
Being saved for tomorrow, hopefully?!
HH!!
Big G,
maybe he could make up part of the deal if Vic is going to Barca.
Barca blog last night had technical director from the youths raving about Vic.
now i see this on etim
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whereas the statement from the Kenyan FA president, Sam Myamweya, may go some way to explaining Victor Wanyamas piss poor day at work yesterday;
“Wanyama will soon be joining one of the big two clubs in the world. It is an exciting moment for us, which means Kenya is a powerhouse in world football.”
As far as we are concerned, he is already at one of the biggest clubs in the world, but it seems that the Kenyan chief isn’t aware of that, so it looks like Barcelona or Manchester Utd then. The most recent Etims podcast discussed what Graham Hunter, the Barca based reporter had told us, so there might well be something in this.
Ten Men Won The League
19:55 on
29 January, 2013
Stonewall penalty for Juventus not given
The Ref must be from Genoa
Paul67 et al
Off Piste here.
Given that the Velodrome was opened back in November, and that there was an athletics meet at the Emirates last weekend does anybody know if we are allowed to use the arena parking facilities, when playing at Parkhead?
Can anyone remind me about the rules relating to playing in the Champions League. Is it something like a 25-man squad and do we need to remove a couple before we add our new signings (if we want to do that)?
Stephbhoy and akbw – no sammi ?
Burgas Bhoy what is the weather like over there just now as I am heading to Bulgaria on the 14th February. Just wanting to know do I pack my longjohns.
HH
Juve on 2 yellows after 25mins.
Shame for Paul Lambert, the pressure must be intense.
Really hope they get a result of some sort tonight
St Stives,
good luck to the bhoy if thats whats going on, if Barcs and Manure are bidding, we should at least get what he’s worth. Me, like I said a while ago, Barca and Manure are shitting themselves to face him in the next round :oD))))
Saint Stivs
Saw the post’s about that yesterday. I’d be suprised if Vic was off in the next couple of days as it’s too big a transfer to keep quiet. A move in the summer is more likely but don’t think I would take Cuenca as part of the deal. A loan option would be better.
As for Man u being one of the big 2, I would have thought Real Madrid & Barca were the biggest 2 at the moment and Mourinho has been seeking a defensive midfielder in the Essien mould for quite a while. I have a sneaky feeling the 3 of them are going to battle over him in the summer.
hahahhaha, fair point canamalar.
Reasonable shout for a pen from Lazio – denied.
Villa now 2 down. Shame for Paul who perhaps should have stayed longer at Norwich.
2 nil Newcastle
It’s CELTIC PARK – not Parkhead!
HH!!
“Lance”…….. and Grimmond McCrummoch you will rise. before the court……….
………Members of the Jury you have deliberated the facts of this case……………may we have your verdict please?”
Miku off for Lewis Kidd on 60 minutes.
Still 1.2 for us.
Oh,
bloody villa quicke news now
why wont somebody think about the Celtic :o))))
Tallybhoy
It is actually Paradise!
quiche even :oD))
Probably already been posted, but a caller to SSB tonight said they hadn’t mentioned the obvious candidate for the Partick Thistle job……..he kept them ‘hanging’ for a minute, then said “Ally McCoist” …….”ALLY McCOIST ???” roars the pundit ….” Aye, it would be a step up for him” ……..ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS
In the first few years of my watching Celtic, Bobby Evans was the best player in the team. Class centre half, alongside Bertie Peacock, nurturing Billy McNeil.
Jungle Jim
received thanks ,take it chq payable to WeeOscar4Life ?
HH.
Jobo Baldie
From Uefa’s rules
18.18 For all matches from the start of the round of 16, a club may register a
maximum of three new eligible players for the remaining matches in the
current competition. Such registration must be completed by
1 February 2012 (24.00 CET) at the latest. This deadline cannot be
extended.
18.20 One or more players from the above quota of three who have been fielded
only in the first, second or third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions
League or UEFA Europa League for another club that did not qualify for the
group stage of either the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League
are entitled to be registered.
question for any of you video\audio meeja observers
has todays LNS inquiery been heard on either medium