Campbell Ogilvie’s appointment as president of the SFA was always controversial. As general secretary and director of Rangers, Ogilvie was the club’s chief administrator during the final 11-year period they refused to employ Catholic footballers. In many other walks of life, this background would make him an embarrassing relic of a former era, but in Scottish football it was enough to see him promoted to the ultimate honour position.
He remained in position at Rangers long after the new regime of Sir David Murray arrived and set aside the decades-old sectarian employment policy but left the club in 2005, joining Hearts as operations director two months later. All of this puts the SFA president in central position regarding the on-going tax tribunal, which is charged with deciding if Rangers illegally evaded tax from a period starting in 2000 and going on well beyond Ogilvie’s departure.
If the First Tier Tribunal finds against Rangers the SFA must ask for Ogilvie’s immediate resignation. The association cannot have a president embroiled in a tax evasion scam which, even before a verdict has been decided, has already caused untold harm to his former club and the reputation Scottish football. The scale of the damage to public finances has yet to be definitively established but it will not make good reading.
The SFA has just embarked on its first proper investigation into whether directors of a football club, in this instance Rangers, are fit and proper persons to hold such a position. Office holders at the association cannot exercise power over the game if they are not subject to the same standards they demand from clubs. Pending this investigation, and the outcome of the tax tribunal, Ogilvie should temporarily step aside. Scotland is not yet a banana republic, public bodies must have robust ethics and must not allow the shadow of contagion to be cast over the body charged with ensuring legal and moral standards are adhered to.
The SFA has some enormously important months ahead. Its president is currently in a position to influence which course it takes and, if the tribunal verdict falls against Rangers, could be implicated in the scandal which precipitated the crisis. While I am sure Campbell Ogilvie will be shown to have acted with impeccable ethical standards, the SFA must quickly establish a structure clear of contagion.
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Pacific Shelf 595 Limited AKA The Celtic Football and Athletic Company Limited
The above Company was incorporated on 11 October 1994, with a registered office at 24 Great King Street, Edinburgh.
This Company subsequently changed its name on became “The Celtic Football and Athletic Company Limited” and currently trades as Celtic Football Club.
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/the-celtic-football-and-athletic-company So let us start the campaign that as the old Company folded in 1994 and was replaced by this Company, that all trophies, including the big jug, won before 1994 be stripped from their official records.
The Company that Liewell runs has a very very proud history going back all of 18 years and has won 7 titles, 6 scottish cups and 5 league cups.
Pass this info around every bear you know, get on the phone-ins and let us ensure the gloating fans of Pacific Shelf 595 Limited that we are not the first to think about a change of name, and that it doesn’t necessarily mean that previous history is lost.All this info was found by “Tannochsidebear” a respected poster on http://www.gersnet.co.uk/
GET IT RIGHT F###### UP YOU TIMMY!!!!
My younger cousin forwarded this to me in an email, from Facebook apparently. I’m enjoying laughing at them more each day
REMEMBER TO VOTE YES TO INDEPENDANCE WHEN THE TIME COMES
EVEN THOUGH YOU DONT LIKE SALMOND
hamiltontim says:
21 February, 2012 at 20:16
ha ha ha, they just don’t listend and learn from our wisdom, mate…
hh
bjmac
ps make sure she disnae read this ;-)
Timabhouy says:
21 February, 2012 at 20:29
Kids on here ,mate.
Ice Cream & Pancakes… mmmm :)
Song for 25th of March.
Goodbye-ee, goodbye-ee,
Wipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee,
Tho’ it’s hard to part I know,
I’ll be tickled to death to go.
Don’t cry-ee, dont sigh-ee,
there’s a silver lining in the sky-ee,
Bonsoir, old thing, cheer-i-o, chin, chin,
Nap-poo, toodle-oo, Goodbye-ee.
As D Day looms (the first of two D Days actually) the desperation is tangible. “Whataboutery”, “Scottish football needs them”, “fabric of society”. Lobbying at the highest level for exceptional treatment.
They are the people.. Indeed, but what kind of people?
Despite the fact the plug to the life support machine is close to being pulled, was their even a miniscule sign of remorse on Saturday? Did they take the opportunity to display any apologetic banners? Requests for forgiveness? Humility?
A resounding NO. They chose to use Saturday, in full view of the eyes of the world, to unite and declare that there would be no surrender and to remind the world that they are up to their knees in fenian blood.
The people who are attempting to save this shameful rancid, sectarian institution are declining the opportunity to deliver something special within their lifetimes, and are choosing instead to cement the fact that their own prejudices are much stronger than any desire for good. They are choosing evil over good.
Scotland, so infested by wee narra people that it declines a cure for cancer. Shameful.
Timabhouy
Not a hopes chance in Hunbowel.
BTW. Your joke was a bit below the standards expected on CQN.
You can shove an Independant Hundome right were sectarianism shines glorified and celebrated.
MWD
Timabhouy says:
21 February, 2012 at 20:31
REMEMBER TO VOTE YES TO INDEPENDANCE WHEN THE TIME COMES
EVEN THOUGH YOU DONT LIKE SALMOND
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I hope that was another joke – Down with that sort of thing.
Timabhouy says:
21 February, 2012 at 20:31
REMEMBER TO VOTE YES TO INDEPENDANCE WHEN THE TIME COMES
EVEN THOUGH YOU DONT LIKE SALMOND
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One of the best chants at Easter Rd on Sunday….
“F*** the SNP”
Timabhouy, this is a Celtic site, used by children. One more like that and I’ll delete your account.
bjmac says:
21 February, 2012 at 20:04
PS He said you’ve to calm down ;-)
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Saltires knows that I can never change. Goes with my (former) territory. So no chance of that, even at 54.
Small fault in a great man :>0)
“Once a rhebel, always a rhebel”.
So, here is my theme tune from my favourite artist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JOBbpk_5dw
Some of the language on here tonight is also shameful. Give it a rest or take a hike.
http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/craig-whyte-and-the-costa-rica-connection-another-prescient-website-domain-name/
Thanks to the tenacious Billybhoy68, some more fun with websites, and maybe the holiday spot Mr Whyte is heading for as we speak?
As regards the website, as has been oft said, one could not make this stuff up!
Boys,
Whatever you do don’t even think about giving up laughing at Rangers for Lent!
Think that we should start the, we’ll meet again song as soon as possible
that will wind them right up
Craigy boy has denied that the grass is green
don’t think anybody would look for our hero Craig under the marble staircase
Paul 67
well said.
Salmond ,MacAskill and Grahame reap what you sow.
Hamiltontim
Hilarious. I’m picturing the shocked move back and hands coming off the keyboard as if hit by 1690 volts…….
Now renamed Piranha Piranha
HH
new article posted.
Paul
Good on you.
Only difference between chelsea and ran*ers is that one of them have money!
twists n turns says:
21 February, 2012 at 20:37
Paul 67
well said.
I concur.
I mean, how dare he insult agent whyte. Ha ha
I know I’m a sucker for listening to phone-ins but its worth it to hear Keevins and co getting embarrassed, and to hear timmy showing up lazy journalists. But when I listen to two buffoons of the highest order, Johnstone and Dalzell, I really have to question myself. If its not DJ trotting out the same line for every call on the huns crisis..’We cant get too ahead of ourselves but only time will tell’, its the equally cringeworthy Dalzell saying for the 500th time ‘Scottish football needs Rangers’. Thats about the sum contribution from these two, apart from snidey remarks at us as part of the obligatory evening up process. Absolutely no attempt at analysis and total ignorance of the questions put to them. I know we cant all be well informed in the complexities of the huns’ financial woes, but my God, these radio stations go to the other extreme. They’d be as well asking my dug to explain pythagoras theory.
To be fair to the other lazy journos, they do have a go at answering the questions posed and comments raised, to the point when you just know they’re doing the old hand on throat signal to Delahunt to cut, when getting out of their depth, or in Flanders’ case being outwitted.
Every one of them apart from Spiers has stopped short in total condemnation of RFC/Whyte/Murray. There is still a fear amongst them that even in their death throes, the huns still wield power in this country, probably through the masons, and it will cost them their jobs.
As for Spiers, the guy is a born and bred Rangers fan, and it says a lot that he’s the only one with enough professional integrity, and bottle, to give it both barrells.
The biggest story ever to hit Scottish Football has not only exposed RFC but its also sorted out the Scottish media.
hh
FUNNY THOUGH
On 2/12/11 I bought two away tickets for the St Johnstone and Dunfermline games and the £96 just came off today. Thought the ticket office were slow but not that slow, took me an hour to work out what the debit was for!!!
This is a wee song that I commend to the GB and other partying faithful…
CW he sold the tickets of 10,000 ORCish huns
CW he sold the tickets of 10,000 ORCish huns
CW he sold the tickets of 10,000 ORCish huns
Then he blew the Effin lot, bang bang!
Glory glory what a helluva way to die
Glory glory what a helluva way to die
Glory glory what a helluva way to die
When we party down at ibORCS
As told to me by Voguepunter
V
Here’s a wee northern soul song that might be appropriate for the MBB
I walked away Bobby Paris
One thing about the state of the Celtic team at the moment is that it is a team. There are times when I find it hard to choose a man of the match and reading on here it seems there are always fans with different views. This is actually quite important as we now no longer rely on one or two players. Neil could rest a couple of players from Sunday without the team suffering unduly. We may not have a Lubo or Henrik but we do have a very good team.
song for the 25th
to the tune of YMCA ….replcace the word scum with the banned 3 letter word …hvn
scum man ,why you looking so down
I said scum man ,get your knuckles of the ground
I said ,scum man ,cos yer teams going down
Cos you never paid your ,f**king taxes
Scum man there’s a place you can go
I said ,scum man ,when whytes stole all yer dough
you can beg there but I’m sure you will find
There’s no way you can f**king pay them
Hail hail for the HMRC
hail hail for the HMRC
They have everything ,that we need to enjoy a big party with all the bhoys
HMRC ,hail hail for the HMRC
They have everything ,that we need to enjoy a big party with all the bhoys
Scum man put your sash on the shelf
I said ,scum man f*ck the queen and the 12th
I said ,scum and I’m sure you will see
Lenny and the celts ,doing the broonie
Hail hail for the HMRC
hail hail for the HMRC
They have everything ,that we need to enjoy a big party with all the bhoys
HMRC ,hail hail for the HMRC
They have everything ,that we need to enjoy a big party with all the bhoys
hail hail
Or how about this absolute gem
Walk Away Matt Monro
Second thoughts this song is far to good for them
To the tune of YMCA;
Hun man,there’s a need to feel down,
I said hun man,you were bought for a pound,
I said hun man,your Whyte knight’s went to ground,
He’s a P A Y E dodger,
Hun man,Minty sold out to Whyte,
I said hun man,now you’re deep in the s***e,
I said hun man,you’ll be getting it tight,
From ol’ Lizzie’s tax col-lec-tors,
You’re getting pumped by the H M R C
You’re getting pumped by the H M R C………….
New article bhoys
Actually this one from a flock of seagulls might be more appropriate.
I Ran flock of seagulls
fergus,
You beat me,just.Great minds and all that. ;-)
BABASONICOS71 says:
21 February, 2012 at 20:47
Like it
what about the lead into the song ,could make for a great intro for the fans
DA RA DA RA DARADA
DA RA DA RA DARADA
hail hail
And the hits just keep on coming
Keep on running Spencer Davis Group
YES KEEP UNDER THE UNION JACK !!!!!!!! HIPOCRITES