Sometimes laughter is the best medicine

Stop talking about the famous Glasgow Rangers ffs.

 

*Sevco

 

Pistol showing how to do dignified statements.

 

Aye but Celtic boys club

 

Fair and valid point

 

That **** Barrie has swiped my strip the titles or the weans comment for his sig

 

....said a caller on Radio Snyde tonight

 

Did the caller have a squeaky voice and high blood pressure?

 

No but he was clearly a *****, he started on about Celtic's cheap loans and land deals and topped it off with "Penn State" before they cut him off.

 

My earlier summary is spot on

 

HAMPDEN SOURCE SAYS: TITLE STRIPPING CANNOT HAPPEN

CELTIC last night waded into the Rangers EBT row – claiming they remain ‘surprised’ the Ibrox club was not found guilty of gaining a sporting advantage by using the tax avoidance scheme.

The Parkhead club issued a statement which stopped short of calling for the five titles won when EBTs were used at Ibrox from 2001-2010 to be wiped from the record books.

But Celtic made clear that they were unhappy with the verdict of the Lord Nimmo Smith Commission into the matter two years ago – and remain so now.

An HMRC appeal victory against Rangers in the Court of Session last week has brought the EBT issue back into focus – and although a Hampden source last night insisted there was no mechanism for the club to be ‘tried’ again, having gone through the courts in 2013, Celtic’s intervention will do nothing to calm a situation already inflamed by Rangers chairman Dave King’s threat to take to court any club trying to have their titles removed.

The Parkhead statement read: “We are aware of last week’s Court of Session ruling, which we note is subject to potential appeal.

“Celtic’s position on this issue is consistent – that this remains a matter for the courts of law and also the Scottish football authorities whose rules are intended to uphold sporting integrity.

“In 2013, we expressed surprise – shared by many observers and supporters of the game - over the findings of the SPL Commission that no competitive or sporting advantage had resulted. That remains our view.”

But according to a source close to the situation at Hampden, Rangers cannot be stripped of the titles they won during the EBT years – because they’ve already been found guilty of failing to disclose side letters issued to players who used the tax avoidance scheme and were fined £250,000 by the Lord Nimmo Smith Commission in December 2013.

It has been claimed that there is no mechanism to allow a ‘retrial’ in the wake of last week’s victory for HMRC in relation to the Employment Benefit Trust scheme operated by Sir David Murray between 2001 and 2010 – a period in which five titles were won by the Ibrox club.

Last week’s decision, which could yet be the subject of an appeal by liquidators BDO before December 2 and could see the saga drag on for months or years, sparked an outcry on social media for Rangers to be stripped of those championships – and a furious response from new current Ibrox regime, which claims it is ready to go to war to defend its history.

But the source told Record Sport: “There is no need for Rangers to take such a stance and there is no point in people calling for titles to be stripped because it can’t happen.

“There is no legal vehicle for it to happen. They’ve already been found guilty – it’s double jeopardy, if you like. They can’t be re-tried for something they’ve been found guilty of.

“So many people on both sides of this argument are speaking without knowing the facts or the legalities.

“And on top of that, it is my understanding that there is little appetite from other clubs to strip Rangers of their titles, even if they are not coming out and saying it.”

The independent Nimmo Smith Commission, appointed by the SPL at the time, found that Rangers gained ‘no competitive advantage’ by failing to disclose the side-letters. It stated: “Rangers FC did not gain any unfair competitive advantage from the contraventions of the SPL rules in failing to make proper disclosure of the side-letter arrangements, nor did the non-disclosure have the effect that any of the registered players were ineligible to play, and for this and other reasons no sporting sanction or penalty should be imposed on Rangers.

“Although the payments in this case were not themselves irregular and were not in breach of SPL or SFA rules, the scale and extent of the proven contraventions of the disclosure rules require a substantial penalty to be imposed.

“In all the circumstances the commission has imposed a fine of £250,000 on Oldco.”

The SPL, now the SPFL, claim that Rangers Newco agreed to take on all football debts, including that fine but the Ibrox club have denied that and have taken the case to arbritation. The matter is expected to be resolved in a number of weeks but if Rangers lose, it will cost the club £400,000 when legal fees have been added.

But irrespective of the outcome, it is the view in Hampden’s corridors of power that no titles can be or will be at risk.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-wade-rangers-ebt-row-6827750?

They irny gonne like this.

 

"A source" told the Daily Ranger

Aldo ****ing into his cornflakes over DR puff piece.

 

didn't read

 

Just as I thought. Beeling timbo attack mode. Dont shoot the messenger Petal.

 

Random but I kinda like it.

 

It all adds up.

 

Douglas Park back protecting his loan lol

 

not really the time for bigotry and hate-filled to-ing and fro-ing given the events of the past few days.

close the thread until the dust has settled i say.

je suis paris.

je suis eagles of death metal.

 

Paolo Martone?

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