Is Stewart Regan, Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Football Association a DIDDY?
Disingenuous: Incompetent: Dishonest: Duped? You decide.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Scottish Football Monitor sorority/fraternity jury, who want an honest game, honestly governed, are invited to pass judgement on Stewart Regan, the CEO of the SFA.
The main stream media are finally asking questions of Regan’s performance in that role, but based on a rather shallow (by comparison to what he has presided over) single issue of the recruitment of a national team coach, and not his character.
Maybe we can help the three monkeys media men (you know who they are) push for change at the SFA. How? By highlighting for them the appropriate response to Regan’s performance on the basis of what follows if he really is a DIDDY.
Disingenuous is defined as:
not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
Evidence of such can be found in the written exchanges with the SFA that Celtic initiated on 27th July, and continued on 18 August, 21 August, 4th September and 7th September 2017; and published on the Celtic web site with SFA agreement at http://cdn.celticfc.net/assets/downloads/SFA_Correspondence.pdf
This from the SFA letter of 18th August 2017:
Comment: the statements are not alleged, they are a matter of court record and if untrue represent perjury.
…. And then this from subsequent SFA letter of 4th September 2017
Both paras give the impression that the SFA were unaware that Rangers had accepted the liability without question before 31st March 2011. Yet the SFA’s attention was drawn to this fact in July 2015 by lawyers acting on behalf of Celtic shareholders as follows:
- Our information in respect of this £2.8M in unpaid tax is that Rangers PLC had been alerted in November 2010 by HMRC that they would be pursuing payment of this exact sum.
- From that date onwards, the Directors of Rangers PLC should have known there was a potential liability to HMRC for back taxes specifically relating to payments made to Tore Andre Flo and Ronald De Boer. These sums became an accepted liability in March 2011.
- Matters had been brought to a head on 23 February 2011 when HMRC presented Rangers with a written case for payment of back tax owed in respect of Flo and De Boer. As your department may well be aware, that case for payment involved hitherto undisclosed side letters which were found to be an adjunct to their declared and disclosed contracts of employment.
- Those contracts of employment were, of course, disclosed to the Scottish Football authorities (including the SFA) as part of the necessary compliance procedures followed by all clubs and demanded by both the SFA and UEFA.
- Additionally when replying to the initial enquiries by HMRC in 2005 regarding these alleged side letters and ancillary agreements, the then Group Tax Manager of Murray International Holdings (MIH) acting for Rangers PLC on tax matters, apparently advised HMRC that no such agreements or side letters existed.
- It ultimately proved that these representations to HMRC were completely untrue and without foundation. The tax Inspectors concerned in turn saw these false misrepresentations as being an attempt to simply hide the true financial position and an attempt to avoid paying the taxes which were lawfully due on the contracts of the players concerned.
- As mentioned earlier, Rangers PLC accepted liability on 21st March 2011 for unpaid tax having taken legal advice on the matter.
- In turn, HMRC then chose to formally pursue payment of the back taxes and penalties in relation to these two players, all in terms of HMRC’s debt recovery procedures under what is known as regulation 80.
- Prior to 31st March 2011, there was clear knowledge within Rangers Football Club of the liability to make payment for these back taxes and, as can be seen from the attached documentation, by 20th May 2011 HMRC had served formal assessments and demands on Rangers PLC for the sums concerned.
The impression given by Regan’s reply to Celtic is that the first time the SFA were aware there might be an issue on granting was in June 2017 as result of testimony at the Craig Whyte trial. This is clearly not the case and the only explanation that would clear Regan of being disingenuous is a that he was incompetent as in not knowing what the SFA already had in their possession, however a bit more on being disingenuous before looking at incompetency.
The above extract of the exchange of 4th September where Regan mentions Celtic being satisfied on the UEFA Licence 2011 issue was challenged by Celtic on 7th September 2017 as follows:
“on the matter of the Licensing Decision in 2011 it is not accurate to describe Celtic as having been “satisfied” at any stage. Like everyone else we were in a position of responding on the basis of information available to us. In correspondence, Celtic raised continuing concerns as did a number of Celtic shareholders.”
In dealing with the Celtic shareholders the SFA and Regan appeared keen to welcome from the early days of correspondence that only the process after granting i.e. the monitoring phase of June and September was being questioned and not the granting itself. That was the case initially but as new information emerged in respect of what UEFA judged to be an overdue payable, upheld by the Court of Arbitration on Sport in 2013, focus swung back in 2016 to the significance of what the SFA had been told by the Res 12 lawyer in July 2015. However the emphasis the SFA put on shareholders accepting the grant was in order was puzzling at the time. The suspicion since is that the SFA did not want the circumstances around the granting investigated and the SFA and Regan were being disingenuous in their attempts to keep that aspect under wraps. especially when their defence of not acting as required in 2011 was based around when the SFA responsibilities on granting ended and UEFA’s on monitoring began. (for more on that read the Incompetence charge)
In response to a separate point in Regan’s letter of 18th August about the QC advice on there not being a rule in place at the time to use to sanction Rangers or the limited sanctions available to a Judicial Panel, Peter Lawwell responded on 21st August to Regan’s disingenuousness as follows:
” In your letter you refer to advice from Senior Counsel that;
‘there was very little chance of the Scottish FA succeeding in relation to any compliant regarding this matter and that, even if successful, any sanctions available to a Judicial Panel would be very limited in their scope.’
As I said in my last letter Celtic considers that this misses the point. The fact that disciplinary sanctions may not be secured is in our view not a reason for Scottish football to ignore the opportunity to review and possibly learn lessons from the events in question.”
Although they didn’t refer to it in that reply of 21st August, Celtic could have pointed out the following catch all rule in existence in 2011 (and presumably earlier) under Article 5 in SFA handbook.
5. Obligations and duties of Members (where all members shall)
5.1 Observe the principles of loyalty, integrity and sportsmanship in accordance with the rules of fair play.
This Article could have been used to demonstrate sporting dishonesty by Rangers FC. However by recognising this Regan would be on a collision course with an issue that he wanted to avoid at all costs;
whom to sanction? Rangers FC? The Rangers FC? Those currently at The Rangers FC who were officials or on the Board of Rangers FC in 2011?
Consequently, the SFA chose to hide behind QC advice – but to protect whom? Not the integrity of the game. Here is a suggestion to restore it:
That the Rangers FC admit that the trophies won in the EBT years were won as a result of clear wrongdoing (the wrongdoing Regan was so desperate to say never occurred – see later), and that The Rangers give them up. Surrendering them is not being defeated, it is simply the right thing to do for the game AND for Rangers to restore some integrity to themselves.
If they want to lay claim to their history, lay claim to all of it, just be honourable and act with dignity and we can all move on.
In summary then, Regan is being disingenuous by pretending to know a lot less than he does – and on that note the case of disingenuousness ends.
Incompetence: is defined as;
lack of ability to do something successfully or as it should be done:
Whilst a CEO would not be expected to know the minutiae of any process, he would be expected to seek such information before going public to defend the SFA’s position.
On 23 October 2013, Stewart Regan had an interview with Richard Gordon on BBC Sportsound. Excerpts from it can be heard at http://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/24685973 . Interestingly or strangely, the following excerpt regarding the lines of responsibility between the SFA and UEFA fell on the BBC cutting room floor.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6uWzxhblAt9YktGc0kwWjJCY1E/view?usp=sharing
In it Regan is saying that the 31st March is a key date and AFTER that date, the SFA having granted the licence on evidence provided to the SFA (now under Compliance Officer investigation) have no more responsibility in the matter. Richard Gordon asks Regan to confirm that after 31st March there is no other course of action the SFA could have taken. To which Regan answers “Correct”.
This understanding however does not stand up when compared to the information supplied to the Res 12 Lawyer on 8th June 2016 by Andrea Traverso, Head of UEFA Club Licensing and so ultimate authority on the matter.
That letter (more famous for its new club/company designation of the current incumbents at Ibrox), confirmed that the UEFA Licence was not granted until the 19th April 2011, so Regan was wrong on his dates, but even more significantly UEFA stated that the list of clubs granted a licence was not submitted to them until 26th May 2011.
This raises the obvious question (though not so obviously to Regan);
” how can UEFA start monitoring until they know who to monitor?”
More significantly, and one for the SFA Compliance chap to consider, should the licence have been granted, irrespective of what “evidence” the SFA Licensing Committee acted on in March 2011 , when it was obvious from a HMRC Letter of 20th May 2011 to Rangers, that HMRC were pursuing payment of a tax liability which could no longer by dint of being pursued, be described as “potential” which was the justification for granting at 31st March/19th April?
Here ends the case of incompetence.
Dishonesty;
lack of honesty or integrity: defined as disposition to defraud or deceive.
The line between incompetence and dishonesty is a thin one and so difficult to judge, however some discernment is possible from observation over time.
On 29 March 2012 Stewart Regan was interviewed by Alex Thomson of Channel Four news, a transcript of which with comments can be found on a previous SFM blog of 8th March 2015 at
https://www.sfm.scot/did-stewart-regan-ken-then-wit-we-ken-noo/
It is a long article, but two points emerge from it.
Stewart Regan bases his defence of SFA inaction on the fact that at the time of the interview no wrongdoing had occurred . Regan emphasises this rather a lot. Had he been an honest man, he would have confessed that this defence fell when the Supreme Court ruled that wrong doing in respect of Rangers’ use of EBTs had occurred.
This extract from Regan’s letter of 4th September 2017 beggars belief in light of his position on wrongdoing during interview with Alex Thomson.
” The reality is that the final decision in “The Big Tax Case” signalled closure for many involved in the game. It is hard to believe that a “wide review” no matter how well intentioned and how wide ranging could ever bring closure in the minds of every Scottish football fan and stakeholder.”
How on earth did the Supreme Court decision signal closure to Regan given his emphasis on no wrong doing?
Had Regan (in response to Celtic in August and September 2017) acknowledged that wrongdoing had taken place, then that at least would have been honest, but the defence of not acting was on the grounds that admitting dishonesty would be raking over old coals. An honest man would have accepted that the situation had changed, and some form of enquiry was necessary, but instead Regan fell back on unpublished advice from a QC.
The second point is a new one. Regan was asked by Alex Thomson in March 2012
AT: But did anybody at any stage at the SFA say to you I have a concern that we need an independent body, that the SPL can’t and shouldn’t handle this?
SR: Well under the governance of football the SPL run the competition
AT: I’m not asking, I’m saying did anybody come to you at any stage and say that to you. Anybody?
SR: No they didn’t as far as the SPL’s processes is concerned. The SPL ,
AT: Never?
At time of interview in March 2012 this was true but 2 months later on 25th May 2012 the issue of a Judicial review WAS raised by Celtic
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/celtic-still-pressing-sfa-for-inquiry-8p25q8wbb
for the same reasons that Regan had ignored in 2011 as the LNS Commissioning proceeded apace and Regan continued to ignore in the 2017 correspondence. An honest man would have recognised that his truth to Thomson in March was no longer true in May 2012 and acted. He didn’t.
These do not appear to be acts of an honest man, rather they appear to represent the behaviour of a man who is being dishonest with himself; although perhaps Regan was simply duped?
Duped is defined as;
“ If a person dupes you, they trick you into doing something or into believing something which is not true.”
In his e mail of 7th December to Ali Russell, then Rangers CEO , after a discussion on the 6th December 2011 with Andrew Dickson, Rangers Football Administrator and SFA License Committee member in 2011, Regan set out the basis on which the SFA granted a UEFA License in 2011.
This was a letter from Ranger’s auditors Grant Thornton describing the wee tax liability of £2.8m as a potential one with the implication that it was subject to dispute, an implication carried into the Interim Accounts of 1st April 2011 signed by Rangers FC Chairman Alistair Johnson.
The true status of the liability and the veracity of statements made that justified the UEFA License being granted are under investigation by the SFA Compliance Officer.
However Regan’s belief that the liability was disputed and therefore hadn’t crystalized, is supported more or less by his Tweets at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6uWzxhblAt9NG5CNXcwLW9RZjQ/view?usp=sharing
The case that Regan was duped is a plausible one, at least up to 2015, but I would contend that the SFA responses to Res 12 lawyers after July 2015 suggest that whilst the SFA may have been duped initially, they subsequently appeared more concerned with keeping events beyond public scrutiny (like the effect on the licence issue of HMRC sending in Sheriff’s Officers to collect a £2.8m tax liability in August 2011).
At this point, based on the foregoing –
You the SFM jury are asked to decide: Is Stewart Regan a DIDDY?
Copy paste this link for GUILTY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejizOV-IQEM
And this for NOT GUILTY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwXGdgFZmNk
The Sin of Omission by Margaret Sangster ends:
And it’s not the things you do, dear,
It’s the things you leave undone,
Which gives you a bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.
ALLYJAMBOFEBRUARY 5, 2018 at 11:44
You are right – I am totally wrong .
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/rangers/rangers-takeover-only-match-fixing-a-more-serious-breach-1-2290541
DarkbeforedawnFebruary 5, 2018 at 11:08
‘.. And it is in the punishment that is the interpretation of those applying the rules.’
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No, fielding an ineligible player is to forfeit the match-absolutely, not in the discretion of any interpreter of the rules.
Fielding ineligible players over a decade is such a monstrous sporting crime that nothing but expulsion would have been merited: the readiness of SDM to lie to his sporting competitors betokened a disordered , diseased and cynical contempt for sport, honour,truth.
The refusal of the SFA to allow an independent investigation into the extent of the their complicity or otherwise marks them out as having something to hide.
Sacrificing the monkey does not get the organ grinders off the hook.
Titles and honours ‘won’ by a club which deliberately and calculatedly fielded ineligible players must be withdrawn, elsewise the game dies as any kind of a sport.
I tire of the “it’s nae really cheating” angle. The thing is everyone at the SFA and the SPFL is well aware of what the outcome of playing players not properly registered: 3-0 to the opposition. Stenographers and ex player pundits may well be in sweet, or self chosen ignorance but 100’s of club secretaries and administrators (the former usually part time committee members) up and down the country are not. A mate of mine got a sine die ban in the amateurs for turning out under another name, it happens now and then, last minute no shows, nobody available etc etc., and the opposition got the win ( it had been a draw). That’s what happens for one swick, how they can brush off 10 years of continuous cheating is still way beyond me. They got minimal punishment (200k) and the results still haven’t been sorted so that we can all move on.
My recollection fwiw was that Bryson appeared as the expert witness for the defence (in so far as I know it wasn’t a criminal trial per se) i.e. for Rangers Oldco. It was he who claimed words to the effect that the registration was complete but not perfect.
It was then up to the prosecution (had it been a trial) to counter that statement. Prosecution lawyer was I recall our old pal with a capital C
Rod Mackenzie. He said, I understand, absolutely nothing thus allowing the imperfect statement to become FACT as the young ones say.
Its a bit like a judge (had it been a trial) saying that we have exhausted all possible avenues and on the strength of the unchallengeable statement “Naw he didnae” we have no option but to proclaim this man only kind of guilty but we’d like you to treat that as effectively innocent. And move on. Obviously.
Just curious – has anyone in the press contacted the Chinese club (whichever of the several reported ones it actually was) to actually establish the truth of the Morelos bid?
The BBC guy (can’t remember his name – Kherredine?) tweeted about there being no bid, and then curiously claimed that he’d seen ‘evidence of a bid’, and retracting and correcting his previous tweet. So far, so cryptozoology!
I mean, we’re not talking about (dare I say it) Am Fear Liath Mòr, where you get snatched glimpses of not very convincing evidence, no doubt through a thick and confusing fog on top of Ben Macdhui. We’re talking about a football club, in probably the leading technological powerhouse on Earth! Why not just phone them up, or video-chat, or email, or text them,even use Google translate if you have to, and go ‘Hi, it’s BBC Scotland Sport here. Just curious for your take on your bid for Morelos….’
Then you wouldn’t have the confused,vague situation present at the moment. Unless, of course, that was the idea…Nah, no one could be that cynical, surely?
John Clark February 5, 2018 at 11:05
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The comment on Alex Thomson’s blog from November 2015 is the earliest reference to the phrase that I can find too.
As others have said the whole thing comes down to dishonesty.
Rangers were aware of the rules with regard to the need to disclose matters surrounding players contracts to the footballing authorities, in the same way other sports are required declare what a sportsman/woman is taking in terms substances that may be on a known banned list, so individual circumstances can be taken into account and guidance and exemptions can be issued.
If you are unsure then you check with the authorities what it is you require to do to be operating within the rules of the sport.
If you proceed without checking or gaining approvals then, to my mind, you are doing so in a dishonest manner both in relation to your own behaviour and those of your fellow competitors as you are seeking to exploit a perceived loophole to gain an advantage.
Rangers may have asked for and been given advice by the footballing authorities but there has been no evidence to date to prove any formal communications were made or received. Take from that what you will.
The whole thing was cloak and dagger stuff from the beginning and then for a further ten years. As such, the £250k fine was not even a slap on the list.
Hopefully further dishonesty will be proven (by the footballing authorities) in regard to the Euro Licence issue.
This will then mark the oldco and those associated with it as one that cannot be trusted.
The fall out for the newco is that there are still far too many people involved who were either dishonest , incompetent or both and shouldn’t darken the door of Scottish Football.
T’Rangers would most probably be better for them stepping down, therefore I can’t see why there aren’t shouts for their removal.
That would be ridiculous AmFearLiathMòr. That would be like asking McInnes over and over again on his thoughts about his proposed Rangers move including what he thought his ideal lineup and signings would be for 8 weeks on the bounce. And that would never happen…
I think it is fair in the circumstances to go further than that WOTTPI.
Everyone was at huge pains to report that there was no question of dishonesty. And yet HMRC said, with regards to the existence or otherwise of side letters, precisely that! Auldheid has hinted this morning that there may be some more meat on the dishonesty bone also.
And even the question as to whether guidance was sought is muddied by the fact that certain faces appeared on both sides of the coin. “We never thought to ask and they never sought to seek clarification” might be a suitable defence although precedent tells us otherwise. But then a secretary changed sides half way through. “We never thought to ask and we knew precisely why we weren’t asking and they never thought to ask and they knew precisely why not” is stretching it slightly.
Campbell, Dickson et al taking the position that they knew nothing whilst on either side is just taking the p!ss.
Ally Jambo
The match fixing comment is from the Judicial Panel of 2012 that Regan set on CW.
The one that did not charge him with failure to pay the wtc liability.
The significance of that should emerge from the SFA investigation into UEFA Licence 2011.
It is unclear if Regan got his jotters for being a DIDDY or screwing up the sham.
Smugas
Worse. It’s expecting us to swallow it!
https://philmacgiollabhain.ie/2018/02/04/a-fantasy-that-must-not-be-challenged/
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/sep/02/celtic-europa-league-fc-sion
• Uefa rules that Swiss club had fielded five ineligible players
Sion defeated Celtic over two legs in a play-off but have been forced to forfeit the tie. Uefa’s judgment and Celtic’s protest relates to the fielding of five ineligible players by Sion against the Scottish club. As a consequence, Celtic have been handed two 3-0 wins for the play-off games.
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Yet Michel Platini, Uefa’s president, appeared to render the expulsion as a formality in the immediate aftermath of the second leg. At that point, Platini said: “There are rules that have not been respected. FC Sion has not respected the rules of the transfer ban, they signed players and then played those players.”
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2018/02/04/dave-king-will-walk-among-us/
The Clumpany Intangible. Untouchable. All things to some People. And a laughable concept to everyone else…
Media, Satire, Scottish Football, Sevco
Dave King Will Walk Among Us!
Posted on February 4, 2018 by theclumpany
Good Afternoon.
Here is the news. Almost…
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Praise The Lord! The Blessed Dave Will Walk Among Us
Rangers* Chairman has sparked a near-religious frenzy with the news that he will grace Scotland with his presence.
By A. Miracle-Worker
Scenes of ecstasy were witnessed across the land today following the astonishing news that the Blessed Dave King plans to walk among the faithful, bringing peace, love, joy, and hints of jam tomorrow.
The Castlemilk Messiah has largely been a stranger to these barren islands in recent years. But lo! Just when all hope had been lost by his adherents he has announced that he will visit Scotland on a regular basis to bring footballing miracles to the despairing, if not actual cash.
A spokesperson for the Temple of Glib said “this is the news for which we have been sacrificing our dignity in lavish ceremonies for several years. Behold! Where once the Blessed Dave mainly resided in South Africa, inviting Jim White to kneel before his wine cellar, he is now heading to Scotland once a month to bring light into the darkness of Rangers’ poor season.
“The Blessed Dave will inspire his follow-followers with parables of war chests, ‘doing whatever it takes’, and his famous Tale of the Co-investing Fan.
“He will smite the Takeover Panel with impecuniosity. His word will spread to the four corners and 5 Levels of the mainstream media, and all will be in awe of his wisdom. If not his chequebook.
“Mark my words, the Miracle of the 55th Title will go down in the annals of the Daily Record and Evening Times as the most magnificent event in all of creation.”
A source close to one of the leading Chapters of the Temple of Glib added “Dave will see Timmy crushed and think it very good. Now, would you like to invest in the future share issue?”
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Meanwhile, in other news…
Rangers* chairman Dave King to be more hands-on as he decides to spend more time in Scotland
#KeepOnClumping
NB Remember folks it’s just a bit of fun…
AuldheidFebruary 5, 2018 at 13:43
Ally JamboThe match fixing comment is from the Judicial Panel of 2012 that Regan set on CW.The one that did not charge him with failure to pay the wtc liability.The significance of that should emerge from the SFA investigation into UEFA Licence 2011. It is unclear if Regan got his jotters for being a DIDDY or screwing up the sham.
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Thanks Auldheid, I’m glad that my memory is still intact, well at least this time
I’m rubbish, though, at searching for, and finding, the documents to back up much of what I say
paddy malarkeyFebruary 5, 2018 at 12:01
ALLYJAMBOFEBRUARY 5, 2018 at 11:44You are right – I am totally wrong .https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/rangers/rangers-takeover-only-match-fixing-a-more-serious-breach-1-2290541
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Cheers Paddy, thanks for the acknowledgement. The mis-crediting of the ‘match-fixing’ statement is a much repeated error, and I’ve a feeling it is a mistake that has been used even by much revered bloggers with their own site.
I actually wish LNS has said it, for it would have made it impossible for him to not strip the titles, though it might be possible to view what Rangers did under Murray as match-fixing, or as close to it, at least, as Rangers went under Whyte.
HomunculusFebruary 5, 2018 at 14:09
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/sep/02/celtic-europa-league-fc-sion• Uefa rules that Swiss club had fielded five ineligible playersSion defeated Celtic over two legs in a play-off but have been forced to forfeit the tie. Uefa’s judgment and Celtic’s protest relates to the fielding of five ineligible players by Sion against the Scottish club. As a consequence, Celtic have been handed two 3-0 wins for the play-off games.…Yet Michel Platini, Uefa’s president, appeared to render the expulsion as a formality in the immediate aftermath of the second leg. At that point, Platini said: “There are rules that have not been respected. FC Sion has not respected the rules of the transfer ban, they signed players and then played those players.”
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Somewhere in that issue is evidence that UEFA do not accept that a player, once registered (even if ‘errors’ exist in the registration) is registered until the error is discovered, which is kind of what Bryson told the LNS Inquiry. If UEFA accepted the Bryson defence, then Sion would have been barred from playing the players in future matches, but the Celtic result would have stood. Because that is, as near as damn it, what Bryson claimed, if the error in registration is not noticed prior to games/whole seasons being played, then the registration is accepted until the error is discovered, at which point, if it was Rangers, all results stand.
Now I’m not in the least aware of how it works, but surely the various FAs must advise UEFA of the registered playing squad of all clubs that have qualified to play in Europe, and UEFA would have the opportunity to peruse each club’s squad before any matches are played (in reality, probably won’t have time). That being the case, at the time the Celtic match was played, Sion were in exactly the same place in the breaking of rules as Rangers were up to the point their ‘error’ was found. I doubt very much, though, that Sion have many ex/current season ticket holders, or club office bearers, working in all the most important and influential positions at UEFA HQ!
sannoffymesssoitizzFebruary 5, 2018 at 14:17
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2018/02/04/dave-king-will-walk-among-us/The Clumpany Intangible. Untouchable. All things to some People. And a laughable concept to everyone else…Media, Satire, Scottish Football, SevcoDave King Will Walk Among Us!Posted on February 4, 2018 by theclumpany Good Afternoon.Here is the news. Almost…>>>>>>Praise The Lord! The Blessed Dave Will Walk Among UsRangers* Chairman has sparked a near-religious frenzy with the news that he will grace Scotland with his presence.By A. Miracle-WorkerScenes of ecstasy were witnessed across the land today following the astonishing news that the Blessed Dave King plans to walk among the faithful, bringing peace, love, joy, and hints of jam tomorrow.The Castlemilk Messiah has largely been a stranger to these barren islands in recent years. But lo! Just when all hope had been lost by his adherents he has announced that he will visit Scotland on a regular basis to bring footballing miracles to the despairing, if not actual cash.A spokesperson for the Temple of Glib said “this is the news for which we have been sacrificing our dignity in lavish ceremonies for several years. Behold! Where once the Blessed Dave mainly resided in South Africa, inviting Jim White to kneel before his wine cellar, he is now heading to Scotland once a month to bring light into the darkness of Rangers’ poor season.“The Blessed Dave will inspire his follow-followers with parables of war chests, ‘doing whatever it takes’, and his famous Tale of the Co-investing Fan.“He will smite the Takeover Panel with impecuniosity. His word will spread to the four corners and 5 Levels of the mainstream media, and all will be in awe of his wisdom. If not his chequebook.“Mark my words, the Miracle of the 55th Title will go down in the annals of the Daily Record and Evening Times as the most magnificent event in all of creation.”A source close to one of the leading Chapters of the Temple of Glib added “Dave will see Timmy crushed and think it very good. Now, would you like to invest in the future share issue?”>>>>>>Meanwhile, in other news…Rangers* chairman Dave King to be more hands-on as he decides to spend more time in Scotland#KeepOnClumpingNB Remember folks it’s just a bit of fun…
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Or! Dave has much, unavoidable, cause to visit Britain in the coming months, and needs someone to foot his travel bills. or as the SMSM would say, his ‘jetting in’ expenses.
It’s a bit like these luxury holiday homes in the sun offers, where you can stay in a holiday apartment for free, but must attend a ‘talk’ as a forfeit. For Dave to justify multiple travel related invoices arriving at Ibrox, he needs to be seen to be doing some ‘Rangers’ business whenever he arrives.
Of course, and it’s probably the most likely scenario, Dave King’s announcement that he will be giving TRFC more of his time is just…words. Words that he thinks he needs to say to achieve whatever it is he wants to achieve.
Latest copy/paste effort from the Evening Shark Jump, [(c) The Clumpany 2014]
“Chris Jack: Only time will tell if Rangers made the right call over £8million Alfredo Morelos bid”
Am I cracking up, or was the initial ‘bid’ supposedly GBP6.5M, then it was GBP7M, and now Jack is quoting GBP8M ?
If the SMSM continues with their p!sh, then Morelos will be ‘worth’ about GBP20M by the end of the season.
And did Jack keep a straight face when regurgitating this Level42 mince;
“…It was football rather than finance, points rather than pounds, that drove the thinking at Ibrox and now only the Colombian can prove that Rangers made the right call…”
sannoffymesssoitizz February 5, 2018 at 14:02
https://philmacgiollabhain.ie/2018/02/04/a-fantasy-that-must-not-be-challenged/
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In that blog one of the replies (attached) indicates there is a €5.8m cap on foreign players and it was readily findable, thanks to that nice Mr Google. Phil has protected his blog so the link will have to be retyped and entered to access it.
Should this be the case then the timid BBC tennis correspondent must now be feeling a bit sheepish at acceding so readily to His Master’s Voice.
“… and now only someone smoking some Colombian will think that Rangers made the right call…”
There, fixed that for you, Mr Jack.
AmFearLiathMòrFebruary 5, 2018 at 13:07
” [Morelos bid]…….. Why not just phone them up, or video-chat, or email, or text them,even use Google translate if you have to.”
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Next best thing, AFLM, I’ve sent this email to the English edition of xinhuanet-the Chinese foreign news agency (which has an interesting sports section)- on this link
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/home.htm
“To xinhuanet_english@news.cn Today at 16:55
Dear xinhuanet,
Ni hao!
Last week ,there was a report here in Scotland that a professional football club in China had made a bid of 6 or 7 million dollars for a player named Alfredo Morelos, currently playing for ‘The Rangers Football ClubLtd’, Glasgow ( a club that was admitted to membership of the Scottish Football Association in 2012).
Many people believe ‘The Rangers Football Club Ltd’ simply does not have that kind of money to spend, living as it does on loans from its directors!
Can you say, please, whether this was a true report, and, if so, which Chinese club has made the bid?
And happy ‘year of the dog’, when it comes!
Xiexie ni,
JC
Too concerned with saying ‘ni hao’ to check rest of text in my immediately preceding email to xinhuanet.
Missed out the bit about TRFC Ltd turning down the possibility of millions , as if they could afford to.
I’ll send a revised email when I come back in from being oot-yahoo seems to be having a problem, and I’ve got to go!
Can I suggest the next manager of the Scottish national team be EBT free ? And didn’t walk away from the post previously ? There must be people out there who can meet these basics .
Curiouser and curiouser. Or not.
:
https://philmacgiollabhain.ie/2018/02/05/a-show-boat-to-china/
The pedant in me must add that Lewis Carroll correctly spelt the “incorrect English” as curiouser.
Also; Mr MacGiollaBhain’s posts, whilst not always coming to fruition, do have some element of journalism to them.
Mr “I am the SFA” on radio Sportsound earning his silver, pouring oil on the waters of ‘hysteria’.
Edit to add, my earlier edit on the initial post appears to have worked, rendering the second post ‘p!sh’ !! ? (Excepting the point on Phil Mac)
WOTTPIFEBRUARY 5, 2018 at 13:16
If you are unsure then you check with the authorities what it is you require to do to be operating within the rules of the sport.
If you proceed without checking or gaining approvals then, to my mind, you are doing so in a dishonest manner both in relation to your own behaviour and those of your fellow competitors as you are seeking to exploit a perceived loophole to gain an advantage.
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What if (i am just having a thought, and we know just how shifty the ibrox people were and the SFA)
What if if they did proceed in checking and did not get approval but went ahead anyway.What could the authorities do? an institution and all that. If we don’t no moonbeams over ibrox. You know it makes sense they would say
DunderheidFebruary 5, 2018 at 17:08
“… and now only someone smoking some Colombian will think that Rangers made the right call…”There, fixed that for you, Mr Jack.
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Or had any call to make!
Re Beijing Renhe , strange that a club with a total market value of £10.8 million is willing to invest £7-8 million on a player in his first season in Scottish football .
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/guizhou-renhe-f-c-/startseite/verein/17250
BILLY BOYCE
FEBRUARY 5, 2018 at 17:03
http://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer-transfers/story/3342399/pierre-emerick-aubameyangs-china-move-scuppered-by-transfer-rules
9 Jan, 2018
Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang now appears unlikely to be the subject of a bidding war between Chinese Super League (CSL) sides Guangzhou Evergrande and Beijing Guoan.
Both clubs have been linked with a move for the Gabon international and a fee of €70 million has been touted in the Chinese media.
That, however, far exceeds the RMB* 45m (€5.8m) cap imposed on foreign transfers by the Chinese Football Association ahead of the last season’s summer window, and the authorities have stepped in to remind both clubs that the regulation remains in place.
“Recent reports claiming two Chinese Super League clubs will compete on price for a foreign player have attracted a lot of attention,” the CFA said in a statement issued on their website on Tuesday.
“The Chinese Football Association has paid close attention to this matter and has sent a letter to the respective clubs to ask for an explanation. The CFA will deal seriously with any violation of its regulations.”
Clubs who spend more than RMB 45m on a player from overseas are subject to a 100 percent levy on the transfer fee, with the regulation having been successful in cooling the market last year.
(* The renminbi is the official currency of the People’s Republic of China. 45m is around £5m. My note – H)
Oldco team including subs that beat Falkirk 1-0 in 2008/9 scottish cup.
Neil Alexander Steven Whittaker David Weir (c) Madjid Bougherra Saša Papac EBT £319,000 Steven Davis EBT £600,000 Barry Ferguson EBT £2.5M Lee McCulloch Kyle Lafferty Kris Boyd EBT £215,000 Kenny MillerSubstitutes: Allan McGregor Danny Wilson Christian Dailly Steven Naismith Nacho Novo EBT £1.2M.
All seemed happy to steal that cup.
I had a hard day at work today, a really typically crap Monday, but I was delighted to hear courtesy of Radio Scotland, that a vexatious issue, which was causing me, a number of sleepless nights, is about to be solved, in the most brilliant of developments?
For no less, than a man of real stature, within the world of football, a collusus, who bestrides the puny world of Scottish Football, is coming to it’s rescue. For the vacant Scottish mangerial position, is to be filled by none other, than the man with one name, a man of outstanding reputation & distinction….I speak of course of “Walter”…..
In it’s time of utmost need, he has returned to rescue the game, and all of us bereft & grief stricken football fans, to lead us to the promised land & giddy heights, of a playoff place, at the next World Cup.
Yes, I know he’s been retired for the last 7 years, and the game has moved on massively, from the type of negative, defensive style of international football, that he was renowned for, but don’t let this mere triviality, distract you, from the pre-eminence of this man’s achievements.
And I know that he walked out on the job, the last time, but that was then , and this is now. We & he are desperate, so it’s a perfect match, and for goodness sake, he’s giving up, his weekly lawn bowls game, to rescue us all from the international wilderness & it’s time, we all moved on from the past?
And of course, one shouldn’t forget, that his entire record, in the game, should now be looked at, with fresh scrunity & scepticism, because a large number of trophies, that he won, while Manager of the glorious & majestic Glasgow Rangers, were achieved by players, who wouldn’t have been, at the club unless they were being paid, by illegal and improper means, but come on, this shows his ability to think outside the box, and find innovative solutions to getting ahead……….just the sort of skillset we need when attempting to get the better of Johnny Foreigner.
So, in conclusion I can’t think of any man more suitable for the role, as identified by a joke organisation than a joke candidate?
I’m praying that ‘Sir’ Walter and Big Eck are just the wet dreams of the Scottish MSM and not actually seriously being considered?
Why not turn on full shark-jumping mode and go for Stuart McCall – he’s needing a new job now…
Although Cathro didn’t work out, at least his appointment (and Neilson for that matter) showed some ingenuity from Hearts instead of the same boring old rubbish.
It’s like the managerial merry go round in the EPL with the same faces turning up at teams invariably at the bottom end of the league.
Or, if you’re determined to have someone that ‘knows the Scottish game’ then surely it has to be Derek McInnes?
Noting a bit of chat recently regarding the use of ineligible players, and the penalties for this, reminded me of an incident from 2016:
Looking at the detail, one player deemed ineligible came on as a substitute 13 minutes from the end of the match.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36265268
Not exactly the circumstances employed by the ex Ibrox club, as the 17 year old Dundee United lad was ineligible as he’d been out on loan earlier in the season, rather than entire squads of players being given the modern equivalent of brown enveloped stuffed with cash, over a number of seasons.
Maybe this is why one club was dealt with in accordance to the rules, while the other wasn’t.
But I’ll guess that a stranger to events in Scottish football over the past 20 years would guess wrongly which club was dealt with more harshly.
My amended email to xinhuanet:
“Dear xinhuanet,Ni(3) hao(3) zai(4)
Dui(4)buqi(3),
Please substitute this email for the email I sent earlier.
Last week ,there was a report here in Scotland that a professional football club in China had made a bid of 6 or 7 million dollars for a player named Alfredo Morelos, currently playing for ‘The Rangers Football Club Ltd’, Glasgow ( a club that was admitted to membership of the Scottish Football Association in 2012).
It was reported that ‘The Rangers Football Club Ltd’ turned down that bid.
Many people believe the story was a fabrication: because ‘The Rangers Football Club Ltd’ simply could not turn down such a bid,living as it does on loans from its directors!
Can you say, please, whether any such bid was made by any club, and, if so, which Chinese club has made the bid?
And happy ‘year of the dog’, when it comes!
xie(4)xie ni(3)
JC
I watched the new series of the X Files tonight on Channel 5. Conspiracies abounded throughout. I wonder how busy Mulder and Scully are?
Paul Hartley with Robbie Neilson as assistant for me . Sorted .
Next head of the SFA, how about this guy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0ni_Bergsson?wprov=sfsi1
Small, isolated, and with no real clout in World Football, isn’t it time for Scotland to finally step out of its old-boy-network comfort-zone?
McInnes is ideal for Scotland manager – damage a rival to Rangers whilst ticking the boxes. That said, the fact MSM and allegedly the SFA are even considering Wally and ‘Eck shows the lack of one iota of thought and innovation that those in charge of our national game are capable of. There needs to be a radical shake up at the SFA – get rid of the “old farts in blazers” (that is the only Will Carling quote you will ever get from me btw) and get professional administrators who want to see the game progress.
If Sir Walter of Cardigan can ride to the rescue of his national team why can’t he ride to the rescue of his local team?
LUGOSIFEBRUARY 6, 2018 at 08:18
If Sir Walter of Cardigan can ride to the rescue of his national team why can’t he ride to the rescue of his local team?
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Perhaps he is! A word from Walter the Scotland manager here, a word there…it’s also the kind of PR TRFC love. And a Real Rangers Man with the power to make, or break, international careers!
As mentioned the other week I am sure that when challenged by Chic Young on Sportsound, Daryl I am the SFA Broadfoot assured everyone there was a short list for the Scotland manager job and O’Neill was not the only one under consideration.
Therefore why do we now appear to have an increasingly long list of possibilities instead of the 2nd choice being approached.?
Either way the whole thing has been handled poorly.
I’m afraid JJ has gone too far.
He has made a claim with regards a prominent footballing figure, currently in the news.
Whether the claim is true or not I have no idea. However what he has said is extremelly poor either way. If it is true then he has breached the man’s privacy, if it is not then why is he posting such a thing.
Hopefully he will remove it as soon as possible.
wottpiFebruary 6, 2018 at 08:58
As mentioned the other week I am sure that when challenged by Chic Young on Sportsound, Daryl I am the SFA Broadfoot assured everyone there was a short list for the Scotland manager job and O’Neill was not the only one under consideration.
Therefore why do we now appear to have an increasingly long list of possibilities instead of the 2nd choice being approached.?
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Sounds awfully like how Rangers went about their business.
Long list of candididates, being carefully sifted. Will take our time to select the right one.
At the end of that process approached someone who hadn’t applied for the job. Who everyone knew they wanted anyway.
Rejected.
Do Scotland have an under 20’s coach, I fancy a flutter.
HOMUNCULUSFEBRUARY 6, 2018
You are a bit behind on this one H.
Scott Gemmill was already being touted in the SMSM last week.
If Walter Smith becomes the man for the Scotland job i would urge all fans who state they want corruption removed to boycott the games. A lot was made of Malky McKay and his image regards his views as a representative for our country world wide. Walter Smith follows in that mould he covered up and participated in cheating and rigging of the sport.
We would be throwing stones in glasshouses via Platini and his ilk if Walter Smith is chosen as the man for our country going forward in sport.
HOMUNCULUSFEBRUARY 6, 2018 at 09:07
Absoloutely. I was going to chide Auldheid for the “reaching out” to him bit but when I read on it wasn’t funny anymore. A complete front bottom…..
The two appointments at The SFA just need some well established and tried and tested thinking.
Here goes.
Create a new Holding Company – any off the shelf company will do because we’ll all just call it SFA or Scotland after a few weeks of calling it “The SFA” or “The Scotland”.
Appoint one of the young Murrays as CEO of the SFA with the stipulation that his dad (SDM) is a designated and well paid mentor and board member, or even better Chairman.
Appoint Sir Cardigan as Director of Football immediately with one (or more) of his ex Rangers players as the day to day manager(s) (Ally, Stuart, McCann, etc and the more the merrier)Run the business in the same way as the very successful Rangers (up to 2011)
Deliver immediate benefits of tax reductions across the board where possible.
Arrange a new Hampden north of Glasgow on green belt with housing and shopping and stuff all managed by Murray family companies.
Ensure a built in and on-the-statute ability (for social reasons) for the “holding company” (Football only) to go bust if necessary (in the pursuit of excellence) every few years and wash away any debts to suppliers or social taxes through complicit politicians and media with no impact on the football side of the business.
Pay the players huge amounts offshore and tax free and actively recruit a better class of mercenary foreigners therefore becoming one of the top teams in the world.
This tweet is very interesting. I can’t get it to copy over, but it is, apparently, a copy of an article in the Daily Mail (spits) and claims that the reason for Regan’s departure is his refusal to revisit LNS. It says Regan refused the request to ‘review the handling of Rangers murky financial affairs’. Someone obviously missed out on the succulent lamb.
I hope someone smarter than me can copy it over for those not on Twitter.
Better hurry because I’ll be very surprised if the article stays up online for long!
Check out @CarlJungleBhoy’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/CarlJungleBhoy/status/960799970155692032?s=09
AllyjamboFebruary 6, 2018 at 09:49
By Charles Sale for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:30, 5 February 2018 | Updated: 08:37, 6 February 2018
The departure of Stewart Regan as chief executive of the Scottish Football Association last week may have had more to do with a decision made last September than recent events.
Regan’s surprise exit has been put down to a mixture of failing to attract Northern Ireland’s Michael O’Neill as manager, a lack of sponsorship deals, uncertainty over renewing the Hampden Park lease and the organisation of long-distance friendlies against Peru and Mexico allegedly without Professional Game Board approval.
But others believe the highly-rated Regan paid the price for alienating clubs, including all-powerful Celtic, when he was seen as the main voice behind the SFA’s rejection of a request from the Scottish Professional Football League to participate in an independent review into the handling of Rangers’ murky financial affairs.
The SFA told clubs that ‘raking over the coals’ would further damage the image of the game in Scotland. Regan, who is prevented from speaking out by a confidentiality agreement, would not comment
It’s the Daily Mail. They will have got that by reading off fan forums. I wouldn’t read anymore into that.
Regards the Scotland manager I cannot fathom for the life of me the idea of going for a 70 year old who hasn’t managed in7 years! What happened to ‘project brave’ and looking forward? There isn’t a Scottish manager I would take for the position. We need to be bold and go for a foreign manager, preferably one with Northern European experience at club level.
Hack 1 “This Morelos to China for £6m, £7m, £8m / Rangers not selling therefore no financial worries fable has backfired spectacularly”
Hack 2 “How So”
Hack 1 “It has been outed as a lot of nonsense. Everyone knows it’s made up. Worse than that the player now wants a pay rise on the back of it. That’s not going to help, as the wage bill which was supposed to drop has actually risen”
Hack 2 “That’s bad what are you going to do”
Hack 1 “I need to get something out there which will distract people and get them talking about something else. For preference something which will polarise opinion. Get them arguing with each other”
Hack 2 “That’s a bit of an ask, any ideas”
Hack 1 “Well I have this idea about the new Scotland manager, but it might be going a bit too far. Let me run this past you …”
The above did not happen, to the best of my knowledge.
I’ve just been reading Murty (sic) McFly’s interview in today’s on-line Scotsman, eulogising Doc. Brown as the man for the Scotland job.
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/scotland/walter-smith-outstanding-candidate-for-scotland-graeme-murty-1-4683534
Quite, quite unbelievable & not an interjection from Stephen Halliday to ask if a 70 year old (who would probably be part-time) manager would be the way forward.
Never mind, Scotland fans, let’s ‘Go back, back to the future!’
I see that Sir Walter is being touted for the Scotland manager vacancy. I can fully understand why the deadly duo of Jack and Jackson are pushing this so hard.
TRFC are (as always) in some financial difficulty, despite having a squad containing galacticos in the £8m bracket. They need to get the paper value of that squad even higher, to encourage the Real Rangers Men to come forward with donations (sorry, loans). Their children’s inheritance will seem so much safer if the club has some valuable tradeable assets on its books.
This is where Walter comes in. A few international caps can do wonders for the value of even the most pitiful dumpling. Just watch, as caps are doled out to every player in the TRFC squad who has a Scottish qualification. Look on in wonder as TRFC squad value is doubled or trebled in a matter of months.
That’s the plan, folks. Desperate men, desperate measures, and all that. Shame about the better players edged out of the Scotland reckoning, an even bigger shame for the Tartan Army, who will see any prospects of Euro/World Cup qualification go up in smoke.
By the way, I agree entirely with Homunculus regarding JJ’s latest. Whether true or not, it is a disgraceful piece.
DARKBEFOREDAWNFEBRUARY 6, 2018 at 10:32
It’s the Daily Mail. They will have got that by reading off fan forums. I wouldn’t read anymore into that.
Regards the Scotland manager I cannot fathom for the life of me the idea of going for a 70 year old who hasn’t managed in7 years! What happened to ‘project brave’ and looking forward? There isn’t a Scottish manager I would take for the position. We need to be bold and go for a foreign manager, preferably one with Northern European experience at club level.
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As opposed to getting it from Level5, you mean? I know which source I’d trust more, and it’s not the paid for one!
You miss the point, though. It’s that it is so very unusual for any member of the SMSM to use powerful and accurately descriptive language in this way, particularly when calling out, in a true journalistic way, those involved in the ‘Rangers’ debacle.
JINGSO.JIMSIEFEBRUARY 6, 2018 at 11:10
I’ve just been reading Murty (sic) McFly’s interview in today’s on-line Scotsman, eulogising Doc. Brown as the man for the Scotland job.
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/scotland/walter-smith-outstanding-candidate-for-scotland-graeme-murty-1-4683534
Quite, quite unbelievable & not an interjection from Stephen Halliday to ask if a 70 year old (who would probably be a part-time) manager would be the way forward.
Never mind, Scotland fans, let’s ‘Go back, back to the future!’
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Isn’t it so very fitting that the hacks choose to seek the opinion of such a highly experienced manager, with years of international football participation to draw on. Added to that, he’s probably actually met the great man, maybe even bowed to the legend.
Re the Daily Mail. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
EX LUDOFEBRUARY 6, 2018 at 11:30
But it’s right twice a day, every day
Neepheid @ 11.11 6 Feb
Not only Sir Walter can pull that stunt of picking Rangers players of questionable ability for Scotland teams – remember Strachan picking Ian Black (yes him !) from The Rangers team at the time in Div 1 or 2 for a Scotland cap .
remember Strachan picking Ian Black (yes him !) from The Rangers team at the time in Div 1 or 2 for a Scotland cap
Was that so Strachan would know for sure with Black it was sound to bet on Scotland losing.
BIGBOAB1916FEBRUARY 6, 2018 at 12:0remember Strachan picking Ian Black (yes him !) from The Rangers team at the time in Div 1 or 2 for a Scotland capWas that so Strachan would know for sure with Black it was sound to bet on Scotland losing.
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It wasn’t WGS who capped him.
It was Stewart Regan’s best pal at the time, Craig Levine.
It was a wee favour to tell the rest of us that it was time to move on.
Here is what Wiki says
“In 2012, despite now playing in Division Three, Black was called up to the Scotland squad for the friendly against Australia.[54] He was subsequently booed whilst coming on as a substitute in the second half.”]
I assume that the job of actually appointing a CEO is absolutely one for the SFA Board alone, without their decision having to be endorsed by a full meeting of the membership at large?
With Regan away, the Board comprises : Alan McRae (President), Rod Petrie (Vice-President), Gary Hughes (independent), Ian Maxwell ( Partick Thistle) Mike Mulraney (Alloa A) T McKeown (Scottiah Amateur FA) and Heather-Anne Barton (Independent).
Not sure what role the independent directors may have: do they have a vote?If so, on what basis?
Does the full Board conduct any interviews, or would it be a three-person panel, making there decision and getting it agreed with the rest of the Board?
Does anyone know? I have looked at the Articles of Association, but haven’t found where the authority to appoint lies.
JC@13.08 re CEO , SFA Appointment
Not sure of internal SFA workings but presume there is a sub-committee of some sorts handling the appointment but as Auldheid has written previously here you would think an appointment of a job of circa £300K per annum would warrant some professional HR input to source/screen appropriate candidates prior to / including the interview stage rather than leaving it to your old friend Mr McRae & his blazered chum(p)s .
Jockybhoy said
McInnes is ideal for Scotland manager – damage a rival to Rangers whilst ticking the boxes. That said, the fact MSM and allegedly the SFA are even considering Wally and ‘Eck shows the lack of one iota of thought and innovation that those in charge of our national game are capable of. There needs to be a radical shake up at the SFA – get rid of the “old farts in blazers” (that is the only Will Carling quote you will ever get from me btw) and get professional administrators who want to see the game progress.
I much preferred Ian Botham’s description of the cricketing “elite”
“Gin Soaked Dodderers”
HS
JOHN CLARK
About MS HEATHER ANNE BARTON
Ms Heather Anne Barton holds 2 appointments at 2 active companies, has resigned from 6 companies and held 1 appointments at 1 dissolved companies. HEATHER began their first appointment at the age of 30. Their longest current appointment spans 17 years, 10 months and 6 days at HAMPDEN PARK LIMITED
The combined cash at bank value for all businesses where HEATHER holds a current appointment equals £119.4k, a combined total current assets value of £2.9m with a total current liabilities of £1.4m and a total current net worth of £4.8m. Roles associated with Ms Heather Anne Barton within the recorded businesses include: Company Secretary
https://companycheck.co.uk/director/906964132/MS-HEATHER-ANNE-BARTON/summary
she’s been there during all this ogilvie/dickson/rangers.euro license
Serious question here. If so many in the media are championing the cause of Leeann Dempster for SFA Chief Exec, why are they not pushing for Peter Lawwell? If it’s because of Lawwell’s very obvious Celtic leanings why are they okay with Dempster’s recently admitted Rangers leanings? If it’s because Lawwell wants an independent review then why does Dempster’s insistence on no review take priority?
(Edited) Is this the same Heather Anne Barton who was a director of six Celtic companies around 20 years ago?
UPTHEHOOPSFEBRUARY 6, 2018 at 14:47
UTH, I’m sure it’s because there’s an assumption that Peter wouldn’t work for half of what he gets in his current post.
BLU
yip,left celtic to go to hampden just as EBT’s where starting,mulder and scully all over this one
upthehoopsFebruary 6, 2018 at 14:47
Serious question here. If so many in the media are championing the cause of Leeann Dempster for SFA Chief Exec, why are they not pushing for Peter Lawwell?
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Serious question here. Do you think the SFA could afford Peter Lawwell? What is he on at CFC £1m pa plus?
I’m not sure what the lady Dempster has achieved but maybe I have just missed it. Let’s take the pair of them! i.e. Lenny and Leeann! Runs off the tongue don’t you think?
Re: ‘Walter’.
Mibbees the SFA are trying to be cute?
Like a plc about to announce large losses, which leaks to the press that their losses will be e.g. c.GBP 500M. But the formal announcement later is actually ‘only’ GBP 350M.
Phew! That’s not so bad then…
So, trumpeting an unpopular return for “Walter’ would of course attract lots of negative comments.
When the next Scotland manager is announced – whether it’s McLeish / McCall / McCoist / another underwhelming choice – then the fans can relax as ‘it could have been a lot worse’.
Managing expectations and all that.
…except, as the SFA has become increasingly dependent on qualifying and friendlies match revenue, they should perhaps start thinking about engaging the paying punters…you know, to also encourage more of them to come out and attend games at Hampden or wherever ?
But whoever is appointed team manager, you just know that the blazers are going to c*ck it up, as per.
FINLOCH & BIGBOAB
BIGBOAB1916FEBRUARY 6, 2018 at 12:0remember Strachan picking Ian Black (yes him !) from The Rangers team at the time in Div 1 or 2 for a Scotland capWas that so Strachan would know for sure with Black it was sound to bet on Scotland losing.——————————————————————————————————————It wasn’t WGS who capped him.It was Stewart Regan’s best pal at the time, Craig Levine.It was a wee favour to tell the rest of us that it was time to move on.Here is what Wiki says “In 2012, despite now playing in Division Three, Black was called up to the Scotland squad for the friendly against Australia.[54] He was subsequently booed whilst coming on as a substitute in the second half.”]
The match against Australia was played at Easter Road 3 months after Hearts (with Black in the side) had beaten Hibs 5-1 in the Cup Final. Thus the booing. Craig Levein probably picked him to try to attract Hearts fans along. I’m sure neither Black’s Sevco connection or a wish to wind up Hibs entered his head.
John, the SFA has updated its Board information, as below. Ms Barton is Company Secretary and a new NED, Ana Stewart, was appointed in December. Ms Stewart has a tech and marketing background and started up her own successful company before being bought out by a US company 4/5 years ago.
According to the institute of Directors, all directors are equally responsible for a company’s activities. The NEDs role is to provide a creative contribution to the board by providing independent oversight and constructive challenge to the executive directors.
So that time bomb was Fergus’ real legacy? Who’d have thought?