Gary Allan, the QC who sat on an SFA three-man panel which punished Rangers FC in May for bringing Scottish football into disrepute, has complained about threats made to him and his family in the wake of the hearing. Mr Allan has expressed particular dismay at Rangers manager Ally McCoist who, when the punishments were announced, publicly called for the names of the panel – which were supposed to remain anonymous – to be made known. Mr Allan, who makes his comments in an interview for Channel 4 news which is due to be aired tonight, says he was "astonished" by McCoist's comments. The QC claims he had to have meetings with both Special Branch and anti-terrorist officers after police found evidence of various threats being made by groups with links to Rangers. Mr Allan was warned not to handle incoming mail to his home and was given round-the-clock police security for weeks. Earlier this week Rangers chief-executive Charles Green also claimed to have been subjected to threats by fans when he arrived at Ibrox. Mr Allan tells the programme: "I wasn't ready for my family to be exposed to that and that caused me a lot of anxiety. We were given a full briefing on mail handling. I was told there would be certain items which I should under no circumstances open if they were not from a familiar source. "I was told I should take mail into the smallest secure room with the fewest windows and have the family somewhere else in the house whilst I opened the mail." When McCoist publicly called for the panel to be publicly named, Mr Allan says he was both worried and taken aback. He added: "I was astonished when I saw a recording of Mr McCoist demanding the [panel's] names be disclosed and declaring he did not know who they were, and felt he ought to know." After news of the threats emerged, McCoist said he did not regret his call for the panel members to be named but was disgusted by the threats made against them. Rangers subsequently challenged the SFA panel's punishment – fines of £160,000 and a 12-month transfer embargo – at the Court of Session and had their appeal upheld. ________________________________________ I'm glad you guys took their place. The worlds that bit safer
I hearby declare this a thread about breakfast. I'll get the ball rolling. I usually have some cereal, a bit of toast, cofee/tea and some orange juice. I feel a good breakfast sets me up for the day. But today I had an ulster fry (bacon, sausages, tatie bread, soda bread, egg and beans). It was ****in fantastic. please log in to view this image What did you have? What do you usually have?
I could go that right now ... looks very tasty and would kill of my increasing hangover! I've had a cup of tea and a caramel wafer!!! I usually have porridge but was running late this morning!
Gary Allan normally had cereal in the morning, that was until he was exposed as a Rangers hater and now can't pick up the milk from his doorstep without a mirror on a stick
Tina was right, as per. alex thomson ‏@alextomo #c4news Friday. Exclusive: senior Scottish QC spells out what real intimidation means and takes aim at Rangers manager Ally McCoist. Expand Reply Retweet Favorite
Very continental. I usually have Start, Weetabix or Crunchy nut. On a Saturday I call round to Mama Pendes's house and she makes a smashin fry. I'm usually hanging like **** so it does sort ya right out.
Potato bread. Not the same as your tattie scone. Can be ate with melted butter or brown/red sauce. Pure ****in beaut. Are you not starving in the morning?
Some clown responded: cf1872 ‏@cf1872 @alextomo What do you mean by senior? Old, Experienced? Cos there are no such thing as a senior QC. Get it right please. Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 13h alex thomson ‏@alextomo @cf1872 try saying that in chambers!
One of the posties in my office was ****ing it after the McCoist thing, as he found out two of the folk on the panel lived on his round. He had to be given "extra training" on identifying suspicious packages! **** that...
alex thomson ‏@alextomo #c4news 32 journalists threatened in Scotland since December, during Rangers meltdown Expand Reply Retweet Favorite Say it isn't so
Through the week, I only eat fruit through the day and then get a good dinner when I get home. By the time dinner time comes, I could eat one of the weans, but I resist and really enjoy my dinner when it arrives.
Jesus I couldn't do that. My cousin used to eat 6 weetabix in the mornin. Isn't a fat **** but he can surely eat.
The Rangers Standard bunch were getting really excited about an email where Timmy Thomson admitted he was told one of the Leggo tweets was a fake account The rabid dogs were set loose and he was being accused of wasting police time, trying to make a name for himself etc until it was pointed out to them that Timmy Thomson also said in the email that: He made the public aware of the fake account so Leggo would make further threats, thinking his tweets were not under scrutiny - and he did Rangers Standard have gone pretty quiet on the "email" now
