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Celtic – Scotland’s modern Millwall?
Celtic are fast becoming Scotland’s modern Millwall: an underclass of extreme politics and mindless violence. And Huddleboard, the online fan forum, is showcasing some of the worst of this toxic brew.
Celtic are fast becoming Scotland’s modern Millwall: an underclass of extreme politics and mindless violence. And Huddleboard, the online fan forum, is showcasing some of the worst of this toxic brew.
Channel 4 News has seen a copy of the Letter Before Action now sent from lawyers acting for Craig Whyte, to Rangers FC and key shareholders involved with the club.
After the Rangers debacle, MPs tell English football it is time to put its own house in order – and stop taking financial risks that threaten the future of the game.
Lord Nimmo Smith’s commission, which begins today, decides whether Rangers told the football authorities about the money they paid players as part of a tax avoidance scheme. A lot is at stake.
A tax avoidance scheme allowing some Rangers players and staff to receive millions of pounds without paying income tax is ruled within the law – but the authorities are considering an appeal.
Letters filled with HIV-contaminated razor blades – just one of the potential threats faced by Gary Allan QC, who sat on the Scottish Football Association panel which passed punished Rangers.
Alex Thomson blogs on the confluence, rather than conflict, of interest in the ongoing Rangers saga.
“But do not rule out attempts – against all odds and against an overwhelming D3 mandate – by the SPL to try just this.”
Does the Scottish Football Association consider itself bound by Friday’s vote? You’d think this would be a yes or no – but nothing in the Rangers case is simple.
The day began unpromisingly, but at Hampden Park by mid-afternoon Rangers’ future was dealt with. Alex Thomson blogs on a momentous day in Scottish football.
Channel 4 News has a Companies House list of Rangers shareholders for 2008 and 2010. They prove, for instance, that the current Airdrie chairman and president of the Scottish Football League, James William Ballantyne, had 568 Rangers shares in 2008 when chairman of Airdrie.
“A bizarre document the tone of which is near-panic,” Alex Thomson reviews the Scottish Football League’s proposals for Rangers’ future in Scottish football.
With the First Tax Tribunal outstanding, the future of Rangers football club is unlikely to be decided any time soon.
Amidst all the secrecy, the refusal to break cover, the smoke and general mirrors surrounding the Rangers fiasco – suddenly, along comes a surprise. Tristan Loughren, a Scotsman who has spent more than 20 years out of the country closing various deals as an investment banker among other trades, is nothing if not frank and open.