I see several “fans’ groups” are engaged on the subject of our old friend, Juninho, who played around 13 games for Celtic eight years ago and benefited from an Employee Benefit Trust before and during his time at the club.
Can you believe this is where their focus is?
As Sir David Murray and a gaggle of his former directors will tell you, there is nothing illegal in EBTs, it’s the undeclared second contracts the football authorities have a problem with. Juninho’s EBT was not subject to any contract or side letter whatsoever. Moreover, our then chairman, Brian Quinn, regarded EBTs with suspicion and instructed the club to declare Juninho’s to the Revenue. Celtic even paid tax on money paid to the EBT.
The SFA and SPL, and every journalist in Scotland interested in getting a story right, are fully aware of the facts.
I suppose running with this beats looking at links between Green and Whyte. Keep up the good work, guys!
And for the record, stripping titles is not the ultimate sanction, not by the length of Argyle St.
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Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon on 6 August, 2012 at 12:00 said:
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Cracking pics M8.
I’ll have to go to one of those golf thingy’s and – dilute the mood :o)))
Hail Hail
leftclicktic on 6 August, 2012 at 09:49 said:
not football related but WOW just WOW MISSION accomplished
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4YqNoLkmxE&feature=youtu.be
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re-posted this cos it really is mind-boggling. it is the greatest technological achievement by mankind….ever. imagine Gary Hooper kicks a ball from a park in New York and eventually it lands in the net at Celtic Park. that is kinda like what nasa has done. forget politics : this is some achievement.
HH !
weeminger on 6 August, 2012 at 12:04 said:
I think that rule is for big games, or big teams. Fine for newclubs in Div 3.
LOL nicely put !
What happened to the ole Greg Spence money?
Last week the Sevco consortium that purchased Rangers’ assets completed the name change of the club’s business operations. The newco’, formerly Sevco Scotland Ltd, has been changed to The Rangers Football Club Ltd, while the oldco, incorporated in 1899, has had its name changed to RFC 2012 Ltd.
Anyone explain how this works ? , taken from STV website .
Mad Vlad pulling the wool over the Edinburgh huns eyes…
AN advertising watchdog has ruled that Hearts misled their own fans with a controversial sales drive that claimed to offer cut-price tickets.
The marketing campaign, which urged supporters to buy early for cheaper briefs, was deemed to have breached ad regulations following a four-month investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
It is understood the watchdog received five complaints about the club’s “dynamic pricing system” that promised “the lowest season ticket starting price for four years” but left fans furious when prices rose sharply just hours after going live.
Hearts later apologised for the campaign, broadcast on radio and via direct mail, expressing “regret for problems that arose”.
The ASA has ruled that at the time of the radio advert, none of the lowest priced tickets was available. It also found the direct mail advert was misleading over the availability of tickets at the advertised starting prices. It ruled the direct mail advert failed to make clear that a donation to the Hearts’ Education and Community Trust and an administration fee applied to bookings.
The ASA said its aim was to “help ensure compliance with the advertising codes, rather than punish advertisers” but can impose sanctions on those failing to comply.
One supporter, who complained to regulators over the advertising but wished to remain anonymous, said: “It was never my intention to tarnish the club’s name in any way but this whole system was deeply unfair and was promoted in a misleading way.
“I’m pleased the complaints have been upheld but I just want to forget about it now and support my team in the coming season.”
In March, the News told how a record-breaking day of sales at Tynecastle had been marred by complaints from fans over the pricing system that saw scores take advantage of a bargain offer on season tickets only to find they were paying up to ÂŁ70 more than was advertised.
Hundreds took to online fans forums to vent their anger, with many vowing to give up their season book, but at the time a club source said fans had been given correct information over ticketing.
Hearts then held a summit with fans’ groups insisting they had not set out to “cause the problems” and vowed to make the season-ticket purchases “much more manageable”. A spokesman for Hearts declined to comment on the ruling.
Another irate supporter said at the time the club had “failed to act on any of the feedback given by disgruntled fans”.
“The club have been boasting about how popular this pricing structure is when fans are so aggrieved by it, with many now choosing not to renew at all.”
What station is showing the game on Wednesday? Hard to keep track these days.
starry plough @12:10
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What could Celtic do/say right now ?
If Celtic were serious about – removing the lid from the masonic cabal – that runs Scottish fitba. Take a dramatic step and, ban the BBC Scotland from having ANY media facilitie’s at CP.
If the bored can be cowardly and ban Hugh Keevins for hitting a raw-nerve by alluding to – Celtic sending out begging letters – for fans to by season tickets then, how does Keevins compare to the BBC’s two anchormen – Rob McLean and Pat Nevin, pi##ing all over the Celtic fans at the SCF v M/well last season ?
Hail Hail
miki67 on 6 August, 2012 at 12:17 said:
. imagine Gary Hooper kicks a ball from a park in New York and eventually it lands in the net at Celtic Park.
I did, but the MIB ruled it out for offside!
kdc
Perhaps Celtic should issue a statement clarifying the position with Juninho’s situation. That would kill the rumours.
As things stand, for the uninitiated, this article is just as likely to be speculation as the stuff appearing on the hun sites and in the MSM.
dettolandtheblackash,
You have email:)
Thanks CRC…
Hail, hail
Quick Q
Any CQNers going to Helsinki?
Just booked one day trip with Thomas Cook 0500 am flight (whit?)
Would be good to catch up for a beer
HH
In the heat of Lisbon on 6 August, 2012 at 10:35 said:
Hearing the RFF have put a bid in for the gold medal from the 10000m metres.
It hangs on the’ sash Mo Farah wore’
I’ll get my coat!
Brilliant!
Hail! Hail!
“Heard from a good source that a certain titled Edinburgh based businessman and his company can expect to need a good brief in the medium term future!!”
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Aye….and they’ll get a team of them and pay them with ill-gotten gains and the way this whole dĂ©bacle has gone they’ll drive legal juggernauts through every single loophole they can find and that’ll be that. Masonic Scotia rules. Until that gets sorted, the animals,aided and abetted by a corrupted msm will do as they please.
NowPermanentlyScunnered CSC
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon on 6 August, 2012 at 12:00 said:
Smashing photos Gordon looks like a great day and night out was had by one and all..
Big Swee walks on with Neil Lennon on 6 August, 2012 at 12:19 said:
Premier Sports, Sky 428, subscription channel.
Afternoon all.
Can anyone recommend a good lawyer in Hamilton/ EK area for family stuff, house title deeds, will etc?
Thanks in advance,
EC67
Off oot
May God Bless
Paul 67 and ‘Every’ Internet Bampot.
Hail Hail
Apathy rules CSC
Blackburn offering Rhodes ÂŁ35,000 a week to sign and prepared to pay an initial ÂŁ4 Million to his club.
Celtic have no chance on that one then.
KevJungle – Murdo..10 men Championees..1979 on 6 August, 2012 at
Was it actually confirmed that Keevins is banned I thought it was an Internet rumour…
It seems to me your mixing two different issues, the press who are powerless to affect Celtic and the SFA/corruption.
It you want Our Club to get into public slanging matches with the likes of Nevin and McLean then you are only feeding these trollops egos, shock jocks with no audience….
One fight is worth fighting the other is just a sideshow for drama queens..
Sacked Sky/espn months ago,got CelticTV. I want to keep supporting Celtic F.C. but the whole set-up in Scotland,instead of being cleaned up after all the revelations re. the scumbags and all the hard evidence staring everyone in the face,what happens? It just gets murkier,dirtier and nastier.
Scotland’s Shame. Scotland’s Shameless.
starry plough @12:30
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Aye, whatever you say.
God Bless
Off oot
Cheers IanBhoy.
Not be able to watch it then as binned all the pay sport channels inc. Sky and ESPN.
The record books need to be set straight.
Strip them of any and all ill-gotten titles and trophies – or as Super Ally put it, “wur dignity”.
This will be like a stake in the heart of the undead body of Rangers FC, a message to the world that Scottish football does not tolerate cheating, and a clear statement of intent that the rules will henceforward be applied to all clubs without fear or favour.
I believe good Victorians like Struth, McBeath, Campbell, and the McNeil brothers would have been disgusted at the perversion of sporting integrity their club went on to perpetrate. The facecombers would be better served pondering that than making up fantasy stories about Juninho and Pacific Shelf 595 Limited from the sweaty confines of their virtual padded cells.
(thumbsup)
Has summer’s brief fling with ‘integrity’ been forgotten so soon?
(There’s a soap opera plot in there somewhere.)
The soap opera being the tale of fantasy football,Scotland style.
Anyway…..integrity,now having been thoroughly analyzed,is discarded and we move on in our gnat-like attention span culture to the next buzz-words.
“Not proven”, most likely.
The FF and other well informed soucres suggested that Rangers had sold 35,000 season tickets yesterday…..Does anyone have any idea on the real numbers ? Also similarly on real numbers at Celtic ?
Eurochamps67 on 6 August, 2012 at 12:27 said:
Afternoon all.
Can anyone recommend a good lawyer in Hamilton/ EK area for family stuff, house title deeds, will etc?
Thanks in advance,
EC67
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Pomphreys in Hamilton! They did ours a few months ago, very good and helpful. Would recommend them highly
79 Quarry St
01698 891616
Thanks Greenjedi.
I will call them.
EC67
in the heat of lisbon ,
can you drop me a line to sannabhoy@thekanofoundation.com please ?
Thanks
TTT , what you doing this week ?
31003 on 6 August, 2012 at 11:21 said:
The CQN golf trophy is a new trophy as I have the original , complete with it’s nice wee knitted Celtic top but without the golf club in his hand. :-)
Hi everyone,
It just dawned on me yesterday that whilst wee Oscar’s fundraising campaign is going very well, I have slipped up in one very important area!!
The #TeamOscar wristbands are in huge demand, mostly thanks to Joe Ledley (the gentleman that he is) for accepting a delivery and passing them round the bhoys. Then stokesy, big Fraser, Gary Hooper and Joe himself were tweeting pictures of them wearing them. Lenny tweeted the link to Oscar’s blog and asked everyone to support him and he also put it on his facebook page. Also John Hartson was pictured wearing one of the wristbands at his book signing at the Forge before the game on Saturday! BUT… i doubt any of this has found its way into the newspapers in Scotland. This is a fantastic heart warming story of unity and support for a sick child and it should be in every newspaper!!
I would be very grateful if any of you with the info to hand could email me datails of some select contacts in the main newspapers who I could get in touch with and supply pictures etc. Getting Oscar’s story out into the public eye is crucial to the fundraising campaign so it would be good to get some of them to run this great story of support for our little hero!!! There arent too many clubs who would respond in the way Celtic have, its truely fantastic! The email address is teamoscar@hotmail.co.uk
Also any journos (or anyone else who can help us in any way at all) reading this feel free to get in touch.
Thanks guys and keep up the great work all of you who are getting involved and helping the wee man out. I hope to get him over for his first game in the not too distant future and hopefully we’ll get to meet some of you, and you can meet Oscar. He is an amazing little character who leaves an impression on everyone who meets him!
Knoxy
p.s. for anyone in this neck of the woods we have some places available on a 300ft (yes THREE HUNDRED! Highest ever here) bungee jump in Carrickfergus (not far from Belfast) this Sunday. A wonderful opportunity to do something really different and raise some money for Oscar. If interested drop us an email for full details. Cheers
Congratulations to the British gold medal winner in the tennis singles . Commiserations to the Scottish silver medal winner in the mixed doubles
Burnley78
I was told on Saturday they had shifted about 2400.
Enjoyable weekend in Glasgow made all the more pleasurable with a Celtic victory and Sean unfurling the flag.
Back to London now and looking for a pub in Central London that might be showing the match from Helsinki. Suggestions greatly appreciated.
Might have slipped past but how is the Scottish football authorities investigation into sectarian singing at Ibrox back in February getting on? For younger readers Ibrox is a sports stadium on the south side of Glasgow which hosted a football club who played in the SPL. They were thrown out of the league after they went into administration, are currently awaiting liquidation and further investigations into alleged tax cheating and mis-use of player contracts.
My tidy mind likes to keep the record straight and because the football authorities had publicly announced their sectarian singing investigation back in February I feared that I had missed the conclusion. Perhaps it is still going through due process although I also missed Ally calling out for the names of the investigators. Can anyone help?
Are the Orc’s still sifting and trawling through the bones and ashes of dead stories in some desperate attempt to find a pulse of something dirty? I take it all their straws are gone? Sad. Very sad. So after them vehemently insisting until they were blue in the face that scores and scores of EBT’s are not illegal…bladabladabla…they are trying to get us on a single solitary EBT…as well as the fact they tell us they are the same ‘Club’…bladabladabla…but insist we are Pacific Shelf 1994…cognitive dissonance right enough. Take yer medicine ya bunch of criminally insane scumbags…show a bit of contrition and humility…it will make you feel a whole lot better and who knows maybe that indignant supremacist rage might somehow evaporate…and they wonder why no one likes them.
setting free the bears enjoy you’re trip over to Irlanda…… wish I was going innaw.
HH
greenjedi
You do realise that you just got ‘Pomphreys’ on to the FF banned list for mentioning them on a site that has the word ‘Celtic’ in the title.
Burnley78 on 6 August, 2012 at 12:42 said:
The FF and other well informed soucres suggested that Rangers had sold 35,000 season tickets yesterday…..
Bomber’s campaign going well then…..;-)