Broccoli Dog Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Wednesday, 18 July 2012 SFA CRIME FEARS FOR BLUE PITCH HOLDINGS THE Scottish Football Association is in grave danger of delivering Rangers into the hands of organised crime. For nobody knows whether or not there are criminals hiding inside of the Blue Pitch Holdings group which owns 23per cent of Rangers shares. These people could be using Blue Pitch Holdings as a device to launder money from drugs, the proceeds of human trafficking, even terrorism, or any other aspect of organised crime. There could be links to criminals in the Far East, South East Asia, or even among the mobs of Eastern Europe. That is the worst scenario. At best, Blue Pitch Holdings could be a multi million tax scam which would bring HMRC down on Rangers again. Those are the high stakes which are on the table inside the Hampden boardroom and show why the SFA must put Charles Green through hoops, grill him and demand he reveals all the Blue Pitch names and other identities and that all of those names are also made public. Charles Green is a snake oil salesman and a slippery customer and will no doubt try everything to wriggle off the hook, but the SFA must not allow Charles Green, for instance, to come up with a compromise, such as he tells them the names, but only under conditions of complete confidentiality. That will just not cut it for the SFA. For if they were to accept any such spiel from Charles Green and cave in to such a compromise condition, only for police to later discover Charles Green had duped them, the SFA would not survive the scandal. These are the real fears, the real and present danger to Rangers and to Scottish football if SFA chief executive Stewart Regan and the SFA Main Board, headed by President Campbell Ogilvie, hand Rangers a licence to play without knowing who the owners are. If the SFA cave in it could even see Strathclyde Police, the Fraud Squad and the Procurator Fiscal banging on the doors of Hampden if the trail they are already on leads there. Police and the Procurator Fiscal have been ordered by the Crown Office to investigate the sale of Rangers by David Murray to Craig Whyte and all that has happened to the Ibrox club since May 2011. That includes not only the short lived and disastrous Craig Whyte reign, but also the period when Rangers were in administration with Duff and Phelps calling the shots and the eventual liquidation and sale by Duff and Phelps to Charles Green and his consortium, with Blue Pitch Holdings the biggest single shareholders on 23 per cent. Duff and Phelps are going to have some very tough questions to answer. The SFA would do well to ensure they don’t invite a similar police grilling. For the high powered police investigation, with the full weight of the extensive powers of the Procurator Fiscal behind it, is already under way and the secretive nature of Blue Pitch Holdings is sure to form part of the probe. But Charles Green has doggedly refused to reveal just who the people are who are hiding behind Blue Pitch Holdings, even to the extent that his refusal has led to a delay in the SFA granting Rangers membership and a licence to play. The document, drawn up on behalf of the SFA by Glasgow law firm, Levy and McCrae and handed to Charles Green, states quite clearly he must reveal the full details of all shareholders in Sevco, or if it is a subsidiary of any Holding Company, Charles Green must reveal full details of all shareholders in that Holding Company, including the nature, amount and extent of investment per shareholder. There is nothing fudged about that requirement. There is nothing ambiguous about the demand. Charles Green has to name each shareholder. That means he has to tell the SFA who the people inside the Blue Pitch Holdings secret society are. If Charles Green does not do this – and my information is that he has not – then Stewart Regan and the Main Board of the SFA, headed by Campbell Ogilvie, will have no alternative but to refuse Rangers a licence to play. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarreZ Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Can somone please copy and paste this. Can't access it on my phone. Its not even worth reading today mate, its ludicrous - he's just saying that the new company could be money laundering and terrorism in its wings, its absolutely ludicrous, even for leggo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Buddie Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Not really if he has to make an entirely new application for membership they wont meet the criteria required. Is that Green's real plan for his end-game? Refuse to fully divulge investors, SFA refuse licence, then he blames SFA, Sevco don't start the season and he starts phoning estate agents to market a sports stadium, a car park and a 5-a-side venue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beermonkey Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Will Rangers still run out to 'Simply the Best'? If so, that'd be just about as funny as anything so far. What about this ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibby82 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Cheers. Disappointing lack of CAPITAL LETTERS in amongst the bat shit craziness, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Buddie Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 He's a legend, isn't he? Small matters of forty grand not being remotely enough to achieve anything has nothing to do with that fact! This story has gone from immensely pleasing, to incredibly tedious, to finally over and now to downright funny. Psycho Broon was a scout, ffs. If he had any business nous, he would have been running one by now. To go from zero experience to having a business plan for a football league team, without runnng a non-league team or even a corner shop in between? It beggars belief. Not one effin clue. He seems to think that buying the club sorts everything out, and doesn't even realise that's the easiest 1% of the deal, no idea of the running costs and the required working capital. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No8. Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 http://leggoland2.blogspot.co.uk/ Drugs,Human trafficking and Terrorism today I thought that after 2 weeks away we might have moved forward. after reading that drivel and the utter nonsense on Follow Follow i truly despair for some in our support. The thread on Lawwell being a particular low point on Follow Follow. I might be a little harsh on that thread but aftre reading it i just gave up and came back here. Going to miss this place but hopefully i'll be back here in a couple of yeras. Division 3 forum here i come*. *..If we get the licence 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Leitch Loyal Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 They simply have to run out to this: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) Is that Green's real plan for his end-game? Refuse to fully divulge investors, SFA refuse licence, then he blames SFA, Sevco don't start the season and he starts phoning estate agents to market a sports stadium, a car park and a 5-a-side venue. More likely that with a large wedge of his purchase price going to purchase player registrations, he actually thought he could circumvent TUPE employment legislation, and punt yer' Naismiths, McGregors and the rest for a nice wedge. Ooops. Fail. Obviously there must be a bob in it somewhere for the bricks and mortar of Minty Moonbeams Park and the stadium with Sandy's league title flags super-glued to the wall too. Whatever his plan was - it surely revolved around ££££ signs. He wasn't bargaining on an institution on its knees being papped to Div 3 with all sorts of nasty sanctions and penalties still applying... and perish the thought, he'd have to actually look like he's trying to run a football club rather than a short-term money making opportunity. If guys like Green, Bomber Brown, Brian Kennedy, Soccerball Bill, Sir Walter of Cardigan, or anyone else, were actually interested in saving Rangers the footballing institution, and sorting them out for the future - where were they hiding when Sir Minty ended up selling them to a spiv like Whyte for a quid. Nowhere. Edited July 18, 2012 by pozbaird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 http://www.dailyreco...86908-23909662/ THE SFL are braced for a bidding war for the rights to broadcast Rangers' Third Division reinvention. Record Sport understands Sky have already held talks with Peterhead, who host the Gers in their league opener at Balmoor on August 11. The Blue Toon have also been contacted by two rival broadcasters who have shown interest in the match. The opener has maximum interest but all potential broadcasters will have to go through the SFL's commercial representatives, IMG. No official talks have taken place but moves are afoot to provide coverage of the Ibrox newco's rebuilding mission. Balmoor chairman Rodger Morrison said: "It is fair to say there is interest. "I don't buy all this talk of Armageddon. There is a lot of people who want to see how Rangers will fare this season." Rodger Morrison's quot - "It is fair to say there is interest." DR interpretation of that quote - "There is a bidding war going on between 3 massive tv companies who want to be there at the start of the great and glorious rise from the ashes of a club they have tried to kill but still has a beating heart as strong as it's loyal support." I maybe paraphrasing a little. Is that a big juicy reconstruction carrot I see? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 If guys like Green, Bomber Brown, Brian Kennedy, Soccerball Bill, Sir Walter of Cardigan, or anyone else, were actually interested in saving Rangers the footballing institution, and sorting them out for the future - where were they hiding when Sir Minty ended up selling them to a spiv like Whyte for a quid. Nowhere. Again, if we actually had any sports journalists in Scotland, these are the questions Bomber and Cardigan should have been fielding daily until they changed their mobile numbers. OK, we already know the answers, but still, it would ahve been funny to see the lies the Cardigan consortium and co would have concocted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Dog Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) New investors come out, Craig Mather and legendary baddie Guy of Gisborne http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/football-news/article/2852671 BUSINESSMAN Craig Mather has released the following statement:"I am delighted to have invested in The Rangers Football Club with my business partner Guy Gisborne. "In addition to the financial investment, my sports management business, Simply Sport Management, specialises in youth players. I am confident that my colleagues and contacts within this field will prove invaluable. "The facilities within the youth academy and training centre at Murray Park are world class and we must continually improve to ensure that the players coming through are of the same standard. "I look forward to being part of the team rebuilding this fantastic club." Edited July 18, 2012 by Broccoli Dog 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Buddie Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 More likely that with a large wedge of his purchase price going to purchase player registrations, he actually thought he could circumvent TUPE employment legislation, and punt yer' Naismiths, McGregors and the rest for a nice wedge. Ooops. Fail. Obviously there must be a bob in it somewhere for the bricks and mortar of Minty Moonbeams Park and the stadium with Sandy's league title flags super-glued to the wall too. Whatever his plan was - it surely revolved around ££££ signs. He wasn't bargaining on an institution on its knees being papped to Div 3 with all sorts of nasty sanctions and penalties still applying... and perish the thought, he'd have to actually look like he's trying to run a football club rather than a short-term money making opportunity. If guys like Green, Bomber Brown, Brian Kennedy, Soccerball Bill, Sir Walter of Cardigan, or anyone else, were actually interested in saving Rangers the footballing institution, and sorting them out for the future - where were they hiding when Sir Minty ended up selling them to a spiv like Whyte for a quid. Nowhere. Aye, no doubt that was his plan "A", but as soon as TUPE failed he needed a plan "B", and with Div 1 being refused, a plan "C" to get out before the clusterf*ck that's left soaks up any more money, with SFA sanctions and carried-over fines pending. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Guy Gisborne can't possibly be his real name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipster Dufus Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 If guys like Green, Bomber Brown, Brian Kennedy, Soccerball Bill, Sir Walter of Cardigan, or anyone else, were actually interested in saving Rangers the footballing institution, and sorting them out for the future - where were they hiding when Sir Minty ended up selling them to a spiv like Whyte for a quid. Nowhere. Gawd - I'd forgotten about him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobardon Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 More likely that with a large wedge of his purchase price going to purchase player registrations, he actually thought he could circumvent TUPE employment legislation, and punt yer' Naismiths, McGregors and the rest for a nice wedge. Ooops. Fail. Obviously there must be a bob in it somewhere for the bricks and mortar of Minty Moonbeams Park and the stadium with Sandy's league title flags super-glued to the wall too. Whatever his plan was - it surely revolved around ££££ signs. He wasn't bargaining on an institution on its knees being papped to Div 3 with all sorts of nasty sanctions and penalties still applying... and perish the thought, he'd have to actually look like he's trying to run a football club rather than a short-term money making opportunity. If guys like Green, Bomber Brown, Brian Kennedy, Soccerball Bill, Sir Walter of Cardigan, or anyone else, were actually interested in saving Rangers the footballing institution, and sorting them out for the future - where were they hiding when Sir Minty ended up selling them to a spiv like Whyte for a quid. Nowhere. You're right. It's easy to look back with hindsight and think that things are heading toward a land sale that will net Green and co a fortune (which, given running costs and lack of enthusiasm for the assets, they probably aren't anyway), but almost no one here in Scotland saw this coming. EVen when Green was buying most assumed that rangers would, at very worst, be playing in SFL1 next year with relatively light sanctions dished up by a scared SFA. His plan was always to buy on the cheap and flog off the biggest name players but still get Rangers back to challenging in next to no time. Then, flog the club back to the punters and walk away with a tidy profit over the piece. It worked across the city for Fergus McCann after all. If almost no pundit, chairman or fan in Scotland could see SFL3 with hard sanctions for Rangers, how could outsiders? Who expected our authorities and those running the game to grow a pair after all these years? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 You're right. It's easy to look back with hindsight and think that things are heading toward a land sale that will net Green and co a fortune (which, given running costs and lack of enthusiasm for the assets, they probably aren't anyway), but almost no one here in Scotland saw this coming. EVen when Green was buying most assumed that rangers would, at very worst, be playing in SFL1 next year with relatively light sanctions dished up by a scared SFA. His plan was always to buy on the cheap and flog off the biggest name players but still get Rangers back to challenging in next to no time. Then, flog the club back to the punters and walk away with a tidy profit over the piece. It worked across the city for Fergus McCann after all. If almost no pundit, chairman or fan in Scotland could see SFL3 with hard sanctions for Rangers, how could outsiders? Who expected our authorities and those running the game to grow a pair after all these years? No, who expected fans of so many clubs to cause a stooshie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobardon Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 No, who expected fans of so many clubs to cause a stooshie. No argument that's why they stood up to Rangers, but since when has fan power been remotely listened to by our chairmen? That's why no one saw this coming. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Buddie Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 You're right. It's easy to look back with hindsight and think that things are heading toward a land sale that will net Green and co a fortune (which, given running costs and lack of enthusiasm for the assets, they probably aren't anyway), but almost no one here in Scotland saw this coming. EVen when Green was buying most assumed that rangers would, at very worst, be playing in SFL1 next year with relatively light sanctions dished up by a scared SFA. His plan was always to buy on the cheap and flog off the biggest name players but still get Rangers back to challenging in next to no time. Then, flog the club back to the punters and walk away with a tidy profit over the piece. It worked across the city for Fergus McCann after all. If almost no pundit, chairman or fan in Scotland could see SFL3 with hard sanctions for Rangers, how could outsiders? Who expected our authorities and those running the game to grow a pair after all these years? Well, as I said right back when he challenged the transfer ban, it was obvious he wasn't planning for a SPL reincarnation, he almost planned for Div 1 as the ineveitable punishment. That's why he panicked on the ban, cos if he couldn't bring in cheap and cheerful, (which would have been OK to win Div 1, but he would have been out like a shot after say 10 games with the Gers on top of the league, and presenting a facade of success and prospective financial return) he couldn't let any of his golden eggs go, much as he wanted to, result....no quick buck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 No argument that's why they stood up to Rangers, but since when has fan power been remotely listened to by our chairmen? That's why no one saw this coming. It's probably the 1st time that fans have been in a rage pre ST time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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