Dictionaries across the English speaking world will need to be updated for the term ‘loose cannon’, currently- noun, a person whose reckless behaviour endangers the efforts or welfare of others. In future they should be appended, ‘Charles Green’.
For months Charles has been busy telling anyone who would listen to him that his The Rangers club will never appear in the Scottish Premier League. Now, he has told the world the Scottish Football League are set to propose reconstruction which would see the end of the SPL and create one fewer step between his new club and top flight football. He told TalkSport, “I understand that the Football League [presumably he means the SFL]on Wednesday are having a meeting of clubs and it’s the intention of the executive to unveil what they think would be a restructuring plan for Scottish football.”
Green is one of the few from the SFL who have had anything to do with the plan, few were aware of it until his announcement yesterday. I hear the other architects of the plan inside the SFL are chief executive, David Longmuir and Airdrie United director, Jim Ballantye. My source also told me SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie was “in on the ground floor with the SFL plans”. They will all, surely, be frustrated that Green was out there with the news before the league were.
As STV today reported, the SFA have set a deadline of 30 November for the leagues to agree a reconstruction plan, “threatening they would instead push through with their own plans to bring about change by the 2013/14 season if an agreement could not be reached”. That’s next summer!
Timing here is everything, and is urgent.
The SPL Commission will soon convene into Improper Registration of Players at Rangers…
the predecessor club of The Rangers…
whose SFA membership The Rangers benefited from in order to compete in league football with less than three years accounts…
and who consequently are liable for penalties served on Rangers.
If found guilty, and no one is holding to the pretence otherwise anymore, the consequences for The Rangers are enormous. Forget about the inevitable stripping of titles, this is of historical consequence only, prize money [of circa £15m]will also be reclaimed and a punishment levied.
As I have said before, the toxicity of the old club is simply not viable to continue with. Newco Rangers either have to start from scratch, or the structures of Scottish football need to brought down with any penalties due wiped from the slates.
The Rangers share prospectus, now overdue, will have to detail these risks to the company unless an alternative narrative can be agreed and presented.
The chances of the SPL giving this Longmuir, Ballantyne and Ogilvie plan serious consideration are remote. It is a nonsense, will be rejected by the SPL and may even face opposition from those clubs within the Scottish Football League who stand to benefit from the change, but will find the motivations behind it unsupportable.
Scottish football is enjoying a well-earned renewal this season, no thanks to the game’s administrators, but the serious allegation, that many leagues and cups were won for over a decade by a club which was paying players against the tax laws of the country and against SFA, SPL and Fifa regulations, has yet to be resolved.
Until we know the truth, hear the consequences, know that those responsible are no longer in control of the game and have been banned for life from future involvement, there can be no talk of expedient change.
STV’s revelation that the SFA have imposed a 30 November deadline is the greatest illustration yet why “heavily conflicted” Campbell Ogilvie should have been on garden leave months ago. All those who carried out the duties which led to this shambles, and who have legal responsibility for it, should receive the life ban from the game that was promptly applied to Craig Whyte.
A swift rebuttal of this nonsense with a clearing of the decks is required. There can be no discussions on these matters while inquiries are on-going and those responsible for recent events are still running the game.
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Dear Sevco, you’re in Division Four
southside
13:05 on 13 November, 2012
C’mon Celtic. Time to shoot this hot air balloon doon noo
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I believe Celtic are hamstrung by the lack of decisions by authority on both the FTT and the Nimmo enquiry into dual registration.
Until such times as both these authorties report Celtic can say nothing as they would be seen to be pre judging and therefore trying to influence the decisions.
What Celtic maybe could do is to say that they have formed their own views based on alternative outcomes, but that whatever outcome emerges Celtic will stand up for what is right and righting any wrongs against Celtic the two authorities reveal.
Our silence is understandable but it could be mistaken for cowedness or even acceptance and it has allowed Rangers to play the victim hand when in fact they are the abuser.
A statement including the above but urging the FTT to make public their decision for the good of Scottish Football as a whole could not be criticised. The Nimmo enquiry is a bit more sensitive given the reasons for delay but Celtic could make it clear that should decisions go against Rangers they will not be slow as a business to protect themselves by all legal means necessary.
Ooops danso
ItaliaBhoy
16:38 on 13 November, 2012
‘What is the delay with the fttt? I thought Murray and HMRC had both received the verdict more than 2 weeks ago?’
The tribunal sat in private.
That means that the decision has to be anoymised to the extent that no one who was involved can be identified.
The huns lawyers might be arguing that the wording of the decision allows us to identify one or other of those involved. It could hardly be otherwise.
The redaction might be one reason for the delay in publishing the ftt report. Another might be BDO (I think) arranging for simultaneous early morning knocks on doors. We live in hope.
sixtaeseven: Wanyama! Watt!!! and a consolation goal for Messi
16:38 on
13 November, 2012
SuperSutton
Great video of Vic.
What was the music, anybody know?
It is Mind Heist by Zack Hemsey
Shazamcsc
danso_1888
Again I agree 100%, but as canamalar said, they could have done something before this, and have chosen not to.
As ever it will be down to the supporters.
I also agree that untill the FTT is public, the club can’t say anything, and I doubt they will when the time comes.
ernie lynch
16:54
That means that the decision has to be anoymised to the extent that no one who was involved can be identified.
The huns lawyers might be arguing that the wording of the decision allows us to identify one or other of those involved. It could hardly be otherwise.
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We will just have to rely on recordings of BBC documentaries and RTC posts to match up the names and numbers, I suppose.
ernie-You posted the other day saying EBT recipients will not be named (correct me if im wrong),what makes you so sure?
Would an FOI request for the decision to hold the FTT in secret be successful
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire,
i know, but i am only being honest about how i feel on this whole fiasco and i dont want to be part of a farce that will
no doubt make things even worse.
rioskorrie
It would be great to see the banner from Seville flying high at CP.
Ernie
Who do you reckon the hun lawyers want to keep out of the spotlight ?
We already know who is involved in the main, so are you thinking others ?
ernie lynch
16:54 on 13 November, 2012
ItaliaBhoy
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The delay is damaging our game and its time somebody with authority stepped in. That will only happen if the Scottish footballing public start to put pressure on via their MPs, phone ins, blogs etc
a son of dan at 16.26
your last sentence about freemasonry were my
thaughts when i watched the donald trump
documentary a couple of weeks ago
to be honest scottish authorities from goverment to the games leaders have been treating this whole episode like its a massive
national security problem and evey thing is classified.
Auldheid
I am sure it will be raised at Celtic’s AGM on Friday.
If Celtic are going to make any statement before the findings are made public,
then i would presume it will be then.
As always, the MSM will be waiting to pounce, and Celtic will have to proceed carefully, still it will be interesting to hear what they have to say.
A 2nd tier Japanese club have given one of their players an extension to his contract – he’s a winger, apparently, and is aged………….45!
Could do a job for the huns – shirley?!
HH!!
danso..,
I’m no a board fan, but on this issue, I believe thay are playing a blinder IMO, the msm have been dying for us to involve ourselves.
They have refused to report the intimidation of anyone who has been outspoken.
The whole fiasco requires Machiavellian planning.
‘GG
14:01 on
13 November, 2012
Whoever created this should be employed at Celtic Media.
WOW. Just WOW
http://vimeo.com/53404529
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Superb
good to see the club making some improvements to the stadium, think they could do worse than getting some heaters in place, maybe a comfortable stadium would see more supporters through the gate. nothing better thn watching celtic fc playing at parkhead, but the thought of standing in sub-zero conditions is not appealing at all and i am sure many older supporters and parents give a number of games a by because of the weather.
p.s and whats happening with regards the celtic triangle?
get your finger out celtic
also the fact that no one from with in the governing bodies has
been seen to pay the price for this farce tells you all you need to know,thay are all complicit and no one can call for anyones head because of this.
glasgowdave
It would be surprising if the question was not raised and if the answer was anything radically different from that suggested.
are rangers still dead?
Sorry Lenny but Victor is worth far more money than £25million.
Gratification delayed is gratification denied. Ditto for schadenfreude and justice.
They can throw every spanner of delay in their bag into the works, sooner or later the gears will grind and their lot is dust ashes……and asbestos by the tonne.
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Crosas + Wanyama = AiYaiYaCaramba! We’d be unstoppable! And with Joe L. calmly loading bullets for them we’d be unbeatable. Broonie in the middle givin’ orders , Big Sammi & Sooper Hooper like rocketships, KC on the wing, Forrest packin’ a frightening speed, Matthews and Wilson rear gunnin’ and Forster holdin’ the fort impregnable. Izzy, Paddy, Beram, Mikael, Dylan (the only one that matters on Route ’67) ready to step into the breach. And Lenny & The Gang in Mission Control planning the campaign to take 2013 by storm.
A bhoy can dream.
KTF!
It’s also possible of course that the delay in publishing the result of the FTT tribunal is because there may be criminal charges to be brought.
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Tribute to the Best Fans in the World.
stephbhoy,
great idea they should glaze the stands :oD))))
Would stop those throwing missiles onto the park too, I mean I saw two paper planes reach the pitch from the top teir of the Jock Stein stand and there were hooligans applauding this. They’ll no be happy till someone looses and eye :oD))))))
it’llallendintearsCSC
Celtic gain nothing by making a statement.
Before, during or after any ‘results’ are in.
The time taken is wrong, and smacks of if not collusion then conscious laziness.
And all the while a man called Ogilvie, sits in judicious silence. He serves different masters. And looks as if he knows no shame. What’s new.
I suppose when the ‘I didn’t do it’ boy’s time is out he can relax with a non-executive board placement on the payrole of you know who…
U
All of our players are a credit to both themselves and to Celtic,and also to their manager.
For a lot of them to be so young,the seem to be a very humble team of gentlemen.
Fair play to them.
The music for the Wanyama video is in fact a remix of ‘ Strictly Strictly Foxtrot Oscar’, by Dick Byrne and the Embrocation.
This was composed when the Vocoder Meister’s gang of musical guerillas were knocked back for the chance to get ready to rumba with Flavia and Ola when the BBC opted instead to go for Dave Arch ‘and his wonderful orchestra and singers’
Their loss.
The board are not doing enough!
What I want is a retractable roof to keep out the inclement Scottish weather – from August to May only – and heated seats.
Is that too much much to ask for?!
HH!!
stephbhoy
17:17 on 13 November, 2012
Heaters?
At a football ground?
stephbhoy
My wife hasn’t gone back since the 1-1 draw with St Mirren where it snowed during the game.
I bought her Hot Chocolate during the break and she still swears it’s the only way she survived till full time.
tomtheleedstim
16:07 on
13 November, 2012
This might be taking the ole paranoia to an unprecedented level, but………….
The bloke who was injured in the car crash, resulting in the SPL huns enquiry delay, who is he and have his injuries been confirmed? I want a second opinion!!
Are you Ally McCoist???
auldheid
I know Celtic are doing the right keeping shtum until verdicts are published, but by not commenting on the “colts” team with thems, are we not guilty by association of continuing the whole o** f*** thing, and therefore seen to be agreeable to this half baked reconstruction.
james forrest is neil lennon! we are all neil lennon!17:25 on13 November, 2012:
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Great article. Great.
HH!