Companies House published the long overdue Annual Return for The Rangers Football Club Ltd (previously Sevco Scotland Ltd) today. Although only received by Companies House yesterday (12 Sep 13) it was dated 29th May 2013, however, the submission was incomplete.
A company is required to detail all their shareholders since their previous Annual Return (or as in this instance, since formation). Companies House say the Annual Return must detail “the name of every shareholder (or joint-shareholders) who has ceased to be a shareholder since the made-up date of the previous annual return (or in the case of a first return, since the incorporation of the company)”.
The only shareholder detailed on this Annual Return is Rangers International Football Club PLC (RIFC PLC). RIFC PLC was not formed until 16 November 2012, nearly four months after Sevco Scotland Ltd was formed, so could not have been a founding shareholder.
And there’s more…….
The Rangers Football Club Ltd issued a Statement of Capital to Companies House, dated 31 October 2012, showing the same number of shares in issue as this Annual Return (33,415,200), some two weeks before Rangers International was formed. The Statement of Capital was submitted by Caroline Nicholls of Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, who should be in a position to assist the directors.
I’d never really given any consideration to who owned Sevco Scotland Ltd prior to the shares being consumed by Rangers International, but this omission is curious. The story will move on now with auditors Deloittes taking centre stage. They have plenty on their plate prior to signing off the PLC’s accounts so may be happy to turn a blind eye to the reporting requirements of a subsidiary company. Companies House already have an active issue over submissions for Sevco 5088 Ltd, it remains to be seen whether this one passes below the radar.
This is all so unnecessary as I am sure the correct information would be perfectly appropriate and in good order.
Can you imagine what we would be doing if our ‘club’ was being run in this manner? This story is being played out while all those who should be asking questions are being distracted by a player betting against his own club!
In the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter if Ian Black hedges against himself, or what embarrassingly light punishment he receives. The real story is so much bigger, it is being written in large type, visible from the moon landings, but the football authorities appear happy to stand back and let events take their course.
No looks of surprise next time around – from anyone.
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Who is bagging the guy in Toy Story and Why..?
Jeezo it;s Nuts on here at Times..
Summa
Having Buzz Aldrin on [the] board will be like a new signing.
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
Sevco signed up with Elites electronic cigarettes yesterday in a sponsorship deal similar to ours
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Hope you are well
Livi Bhoy
“With the position of goal keeper being a very specialised one surely getting a kid of say 15 and coaching him from now until the first team would result in us having a very good keeper.”
I am afraid that talent is still the biggest variable. Our keepers are getting specialised coaching from well before the age of 15. At the boy’s club I was involved with in the 90s, the best keepers were getting goalie coaching from much younger so I am sure the semi-pro teams and SPL youth set ups were even better. The goalie we had was a superb prospect, IMO, and excelled against semi pro teams when we got the chance to play them. Despite all that he has not made it to the Senior ranks because the competition and churn rate is so great. One of the best outfield players we had was let go by a Div. 3 club last year after one season but guys that we did not rate as high will have gone onto pro ranks. It’s not as straightforward a route to progress as you’d think.
We criticise the youth set up for not producing the number of first team ready players that we’d like but it is damn hard to break into our first team and, though we are encouraging to those that make their debut, we end up slaughtering and writing off anyone who has played more than 6 games an dhas a stinker. Well, senior established players go off form too.
I was quite impressed with Scott Fox in goal at Thistle. He could not displace the keepers ahead of him at CP but went away and continued to develop. Maybe, if he keeps going, he will get a 2nd chance. Likewise,a way from goalies, might Stephen O’Donnell or Niall McGinn but they need more than one good season with a lesser club to be good enough for us.
Tom McLaughlin
Tom, good to have you back. Take care, give yourself some time and don’t over do it.
HH
setting free the bears supports Celtic’s best fighter- Wee Oscar Knox
Thanks for the response. Always wondered whether a keeper could be coached and make the first team. Like I said not an expert but I reckon an average keeper can become a great keeper with the right coaching. Just my outlook on it.
LB
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Weeminger..
Thanks for that..But I’m nearly in Dreamland..Another Tome..
Don’t know if l like Cameras at a Event..;-)
Summa
SFTB
I’d rather he realise this “frightening potential” elsewhere on loan.
CL group matches not the place.
HH.
From the official Celtic Website last night under 18′s …..Celtic 2 Rangers 1 headline is a lot more significant than the scoreline?
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Sometimes its the wee things that turn your stomach :((
Anyone have John Pauls twitter contact
desetbhoy
“Can’t comment on his work ethic etc,”
Well, you can see that in his training effort before every game and in half times at away fixtures.
“What does worry me more though, is if he has lost confidence in “coming out” and not utilising his obvious assets with a commanding presence, thenI would be very doubtful if he ever will.”
I don’t recall him ever being a confident “comer outer” so he has lost nothing in that respect. I think he has a good enough conceit of his own abilities and, for that, i am fearful we will lose him to England like Gary Hooper, but he expresses his confidence less overtly than Artur. It does help to have confidence and big men like Schmeichel, Buffon and Boruc had that but I see other good quality quieter keepers like Reina, Cassilas and Given.
Give me a Keeper who
Is an Exellent..
Shot- Stoapper.
Fur being Able tae Prevent a Shot frum Getting Past Him..is
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In Ma opinion..
Whit it is awe Aboot.
Vive.. Le Shot- Stoapper!
And Forster is an Excellent wan of Those..
Yep… Ah hiv not Wan Complaint agin this Kid..
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
LiviBhoy – God bless wee Oscar
15:12 on 13 September, 2013
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can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear!! Got to have it initially to improve.
Is Lotte back ?
My son’s pal plays for Sevco. I won’t mention his name. He’s not a first team regular but he told my son that he had to take some medical document up to Ally McCoist’s office a couple of weeks ago. He knocked on the door and was told to come in. He entered to see Ally lying on a leather couch talking on his mobile phone. He was taking some bad news and was cursing. My son’s mate waited until he finished the call with. “I know. Tell me about it. And to make matters worse, those jammy c**** got into the group stages anaw.”
After midnight here so off to ma kip.
Thanks for all the comments of welcome and support.
Much appreciated.
mickbhoy1888
15:03 on 13 September, 2013
lilys grandpa-me and lily backing oscar
13:37 on 13 September, 2013
Always seems to be the poor that can afford a taxi to the gemme
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Care to expand?
Tom McLaughlin
Good luck mate
HH
Tom McLaughiin.
Glad ye ur oan the Road tae Recovery,pal..
Ah understaun how ye feel.. Ah hid a wee bout of Something, masel..last Year..
Anyway.
Ah luv Inside Information.. Disnae everybuddy? Sure Dukes,they Dae!
Keep it comin’…
Kojo
Stilll Laughin’
The tribulations facing BBC Scotland football
pundit Jim Spence over the last week have
again highlighted the intimidation tactics
faced by some journalists in Scotland over
the coverage of Rangers FC’s financial
collapse.
The issue has even caught the attention of
the International Federation of Journalists – a
body that speaks for the profession within the
United Nations. The organisation, more used
to defending journalists in less stable parts of
the world, described the situation as
“unacceptable”. Meanwhile, the BBC and NUJ
have come out fighting after Spence received
“vile and disgusting” emails and texts and
the BBC received over 400 complaints over a
comment about the status of the club
following its liquidation in 2012.
But the level of abuse directed at Spence over
his comment was reported to have left him
considering voluntary redundancy, fuelling
concerns that intimidation tactics against
journalists reporting on the story have not
eased. Professor of journalism and Guardian
media blogger Professor Roy Greenslade has
described the situation as “very worrying” and
BBC Scotland sports pundit Stuart Cosgrove
said the “incoming fire” was forcing
journalists away from reporting the story.
“I think that they’re facing an alarming
situation in Scotland where newspapers and
broadcasters are being intimidated into
concealing reality and concealing the truth
and that is very worrying indeed,” said
Professor Greenslade.
“Clearly, a journalist should never face a
threat for merely carrying out his job. It’s
unacceptable to abuse someone who has
merely attempted to report the truth.”
Last year, Channel 4 News broadcast a
segment revealing a Scottish QC, Gary Allan,
had been given anti-terror guidance from
Scottish police after sitting on an SFA panel
examining potential rule breaches by
Rangers. Another panel member, chairman of
Raith Rovers Football Club Turnbull Hutton,
described a phone call from Fife police
informing him that people had been “lined
up” to torch the Raith Rovers stadium.
The incidents were part of a bigger picture. In
last year’s Channel 4 News broadcast, NUJ
Scotland organiser Paul Holleran said he had
been contacted by more than 30 journalists
in Scotland who had reason to be concerned
for their safety after working on the story. But
although he says indications are that the
situation has calmed in the last 12 months,
he says he believes the tactics have resulted
in censorship for some.
“The situation has improved with far less
complaints being registered with the union.
However, every now and again, like this week,
the situation reverts back to high levels of
abuse,” he says.
“It is of course a way of attempting to censor
journalists and stop them raising certain
issues. I believe there has been some self-
censorship because of the levels of abuse.”
Holleran said he has intervened three times
with employers in a bid to tackle the problem
and said the NUJ would take all steps it
could to support those being targeted.
“We exist to protect journalists and
journalism and we will not stand by and do
nothing. We have taken steps this week which
we believe will send a message out to the
worst offenders but it is a problem for wider
society to tackle.”
Of the latest developments in the now long-
running saga, a spokesperson for the
Brussels-based International Federation of
Journalists said: “We stand firmly with all the
journalists who have been targeted by these
threats and urge the Scottish authorities to
take them seriously, investigate them
thoroughly and bring those who are behind
them to justice.
“Together with our regional group, the
European Federation of Journalists, we
consider that these reported threats to
journalists in Scotland are an attempt to
intimidate our colleagues and stifle public
debate, something which is unacceptable.
He added: “There are legitimate venues for
redress to those who wish to raise their
concerns over publications in the press but
threatening journalists with violence should
not be tolerated in a democratic society.”
The Jim Spence incident comes almost
exactly a year after the Scottish Sun pulled a
serialisation of a book on the Rangers story,
Downfall, by campaigning journalist Phil Mac
Giolla Bháin, following a massive backlash by
Rangers fans.
Upon publishing an interview about the death
threats Mac Giolla Bháin had received after
breaking many of the major stories charting
Rangers’ descent into crisis, the journalist
who conducted the interview, Simon Houston,
was then deluged with abuse himself on
social media.
“He wasn’t prepared for that,” a source close
to Houston told The Drum. “He called police
in when it became clear on Rangers fan
forums that there were attempts to track
down his address. There was some really
horrible stuff said about his family members.
He came off Twitter for a while to let it die
down.”
Mac Giolla Bháin believes the levels of abuse
facing journalists in Scotland have impacted
on their ability to do their jobs properly for
fear of the consequences.
“Several journalists based in Glasgow have
told me that they ‘tone it down’ when they
are required to write about the behaviour of
that section of Rangers supporters who
indulge in racist and sectarian chanting
because of direct threats made to them or
because they know of what has befallen other
colleagues,” he says.
“I think this is one of the reasons that sports
journalists in Glasgow were slow to
investigate the impending financial collapse
of Rangers in 2010 and 2011.”
Mac Giolla Bháin, who lives in Ireland, is
another on the list of journalists who have
called in police after serious safety concerns.
“When my home address in Donegal appeared
on the Follow Follow website and there was a
free flowing discussion then about how and
why I should be killed,” he went on.
“Further threats were made against me this
year on two separate occasions via Twitter
and once more the police here in Ireland were
excellent.
“That was in June and although An Garda
Síochána have been very diligent in keeping
me in the loop I have not heard of any action
being taken in Scotland about these threats.”
For some, the Rangers story has been a
prime example of an emerging problem
presented by the tools and influence digital
technology now offers and there could be
wider implications for the media if forms of
intimidation online are not faced down.
Director of creative diversity at Channel 4 and
BBC Scotland football pundit Stuart Cosgrove
said the “democracy of debate” was being
threatened.
“Online abuse is unacceptable in any context
and passion for your club is not a credible
excuse. We have gone through a period of
extreme tribalism over the last year and some
web forums have heightened emotions. It is
now very easy to make ‘cut-and-paste’
complaints and therefore to use complaints
as a tactic of intimidation.
“Some journalists can’t be bothered with the
incoming fire and so avoid controversial
football subjects which compromises the
democracy of debate. When people bring a
journalist or broadcaster’s kids into the fray
you wonder if they have abandoned their
humanity in the name of football.”
He added: “If you cannot advance reasonable
opinions then something has gone wrong
with the democratic mood and all titles and
broadcasters should want to protect that
fragile idea. All reasonable people whether
they are journalists or hard-core football fans
should respect diversity of opinion.”
According to the NUJ, BBC Scotland’s plans
to back Jim Spence include taking its fight to
the BBC Trust and challenging a ruling made
in June that upheld complaints that the
broadcaster’s use of the terms “old” and
“new” to describe Rangers FC did not meet
accuracy standards, despite liquidation over
a year ago. Professor Greenslade has thrown
his full backing behind plans to fight the
case.
“I think the BBC Trust should reconsider their
ruling in the light of better evidence that
shows that BBC Scotland reporters were
attempting to tell the truth and their ruling
was a mistake.
“There were clearly unaware of the special
circumstances and BBC Scotland should
return to argue the case. They need to
understand the situation better.”
weeminger
15:06 on 13 September, 2013
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Cheers m8ty, PURE class.
Nothing to worry about as Chuck has never told a lie…
Alasdair Lamont @BBCAlLamont
Rangers Fans Fighting Fund says Charles Green’s promised he won’t sell or mortgage Ibrox or Murray Park (or other property assets).
Phil MacGiollaBhain@Pmacgiollabhain3h
Frank Blin Doing Walking Away is highly significant.
Frank Blin is the best in the business at what he does.
He was being put on the RIFC board to halt Spivco in its tracks.
If Sale/Leaseback is now in play for Spivco then the green half of Glasgow have really no idea of how much Jelly n Ice cream they will need!
Livi Bhoy
I approve of coaching. It can make an average player quite good but it will not make him great. The magic formula ratio of talent to work-rate to personality is hard to discern. There are plenty of talented players who did not work hard enough (Riordan) or who had personality flaws (George Connelly, Viduka) or were not fit enough (McCourt, Moyokoulo).
There are others where fitness and application got them further than their talent merited (Scott Brown, Stuart McCall, Rino Gattuso, Bertie Vogts, Paul Dickov) and others whose personality added to a modicum of talent made them great or better than they should have been ( Billy McNeill, Jock Stein and Stephen McManus as players).
I remember Craig Brown saying that one of the players in his squad was much poorer than the rest in terms of basic skills at keepie-up, trapping, passing accuracy and general discipline but still excelled in the games at what he was supposed to do. He was describing Ally McCoist at the time.
THE EXILED TIM
Nothing since 6th Sept that I can see
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Think not what the blazer can do for you. Think what you can do for the blaze
hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha
Carpothagic heights are being reached
Frank Blin “accountancy expert” [(c) Keith Jackson] walks away. Oh dear.
Paul Murray hanging around like Peter Odemwingie in QPR’s car park. It’s embarrassing.
The statement says its because the requisitioners couldn’t be give guarantees that no other Board members would be appointed before 31 October and so they don’t know what Board they’d be joining. That’s just mental. So who’s going to be appointed? Let the fun begin. Ian Black says I can have 2/1 on Ahmad, 4/1 Green, 8/1 Rafat Rizvi and the value bet is 25/1 Craig Thomas Whyte.
But Blin isn’t even going to wait till the AGM and put himself forward. In theory the current Board could be ousted and he’d be in, no possibility of rogue appointments.
I reckon Blin is in fact a very savvy guy and wants hee haw to do with it. Time becomes a loop.
My money’s on Monday 30 September.
So Tin foil heid Grahams latest saviours after he backed Craigie & Chuckles are lying in tatters.
see how it pans out
keep it up Chris yer good fir a laugh (not)
ASonOfDan
15:27 on
13 September, 201
Great read.Many thanks.Good to hear the Beeb Scotland are going on the offensive.
You know, in regards to the Apollo hoax – The picture of the rock with the letter C on it?
That’s easily explained, that’s the Capricorn one.
U
BlantyreKev-thoughts and prayers with Wee Oscar and family
Had a look on deluded media
I see they are claiming that Strand Hanson, the club’s nominated advisor (Nomad) and broker vetoed any deal.
The mob that was put in place the day Chuckles returned for a couple of days :)))
Stupid Stupid Huns
BLANTYREKEV
Monday the 30th?
Blinkin’ flip,that’s no use.
I’m back in Kilwinning then,and the news will render me housebound.
I’ll never get through my front door wi a smirk that wide….
“CRAIG WHYTE needed a police guard as he ran gauntlet of angry Rangers supporters outside court yesterday — including one who warned: “I’ll burst your face.”
There’s some major gloating going on over on deidco media and a call for huns to attend his next hearing.
What a bunch of backward dullards.
Mickbhoy
No, my unemployed son in law did neither. A previous season ticket holder who cannot afford to go now. He has no i phone either. We should thank our lucky stars, we can afford to go.
ASonOfDan
15:29 on 13 September, 2013
Nothing to worry about as Chuck has never told a lie…
Alasdair Lamont @BBCAlLamont
Rangers Fans Fighting Fund says Charles Green’s promised he won’t sell or mortgage Ibrox or Murray Park (or other property assets).
I don’t think given the latest evidence that Chuckles was in any position to sell. When it comes out in the wash it will be Mighty Whytey that will hold all the cards.
HH
gsu
So Chris Graham’s latest “he’s the one to save us” has walked away, dearie me Chris is as good at this as Keith Jackson, surely they’re not getting your information from the same source?
If time was their your side I’d say that by the law of averages eventually they’d pick the right one, but it’s not so they won’t,
As things stand they’ve had nearly as many second helpings as Pep Mcoist.
CHE
I gather he napped it!
leftclicktic oscar in our thoughts
Absolutely, this is becoming the practice. When rumbled, change, bury it.
The asset purchase was a sham. Bury Sevco 5088.
Sevco Scotland is a sham, place shares with RIFC, whatever that is.
The IPO was a sham. Bury it with Cenkos.
The shareholders never disclosed, file an incomplete annual return anyway.
The directorate is a sham, blame faceless Strand Hanson.
Accounts will be out by 31 August. Bury that with more dates about EGMs and AGMs.
The chickens are out there though, and the rooster has a semi.
Tom McLaughlin
Good luck with the recovery