mizer Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Apparently Kyle Lafferty has a clause in his contract meaning 2 more games and Burnley are due 900k. He won't play those 2 games then. And for anyone who still thinks the SPL needs Rangers, look at Motherwell's crowd on Wednesday night. Put a bit of hope into the teams support that 2nd place/Champions League might be up for grabs and over 8000 turn up for a midweek game against poor opposition. Compare that to 4/5000 on their previous weekend fixtures, and 3700 in their last midweek SPL fixture and you can see they have already replaced the income which is/would/could be provided by the huns away support. Get them to fuck. Tickets were also £10 and £5 for concessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 shh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBiscuit Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Apparently Kyle Lafferty has a clause in his contract meaning 2 more games and Burnley are due 900k. He won't play those 2 games then. And for anyone who still thinks the SPL needs Rangers, look at Motherwell's crowd on Wednesday night. Put a bit of hope into the teams support that 2nd place/Champions League might be up for grabs and over 8000 turn up for a midweek game against poor opposition. Compare that to 4/5000 on their previous weekend fixtures, and 3700 in their last midweek SPL fixture and you can see they have already replaced the income which is/would/could be provided by the huns away support. Get them to fuck. I'm not disagreeing with your sentiment but lots of folk got in for nothing due to the previous match being abandoned and others paid discounted prices, so not really comparable. Still good that folk turned out of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Aye I wasn't aware of the reduced prices, but I'm taking the Craig Whyte approach and not letting facts get in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Aye I wasn't aware of the reduced prices, but I'm taking the Craig Whyte approach and not letting facts get in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caledonia Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 dont know who started this but got an email link just now http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/21438 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBiscuit Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Gers in crisis: Player deals uncovered Published: 4 minutes ago THE Scottish Sun today reveals details of the controversial player payments made by Rangers — which have dragged the club to the brink of extinction. Our hard-hitting investigation explains to football fans AND the taxpayer how the Ibrox giants apparently offered 'tax-free' bonuses as a lure to players it was eager to sign. A bombshell letter sent to one former ace — who joined the club in the mid-2000s — tells him that on top of his salary he is entitled to a £122,000 payment spread out over two years, plus additional four-figure appearance bonuses. It is believed these payments may fall under an Employee Benefit Trusts scheme which is likely to have sparked Her Majesty Revenue and Customs' £75million tax battle with the SPL giants. EBTs are NOT illegal and are usually used for pensions, charities and families. But last night three experts told The Scottish Sun the letter to the player — who we are not naming — may have broken strict financial rules by not paying revenue on what is effectively wages. It is in draft form but shows the nature of the arrangements. Last night a financial advisor told us: "If a client showed the letter to me, I would tell them to rip it up. The killer points are one and two. "Number one, you are going to get £122,000 and number two you get £1,200 for a first-team game. "It equates to salary as far as I am concerned. I would say this sort of letter will be a central thread in the big tax case. "This would be manna from heaven for HMRC if they have this. If there are 10 like these and there are matching payments, I'd find it difficult for the courts to do anything other than find in favour of HMRC." Meanwhile a jobs lawyer also warned that the bonuses offered look "a hell of a lot like employment". He said: "What we have here is a fairly basic contract between Rangers and a player — it is not very different from ones I have seen in the past for other clubs. "What makes it very different is this letter appears to introduce all sorts of other provisions. "What I understand is Rangers are trying to say there was money paid to the people, but it was not wages — it was something else. "If you look at the back letter it says you will get this money for each competitive first-team match for which you're selected. "It seems they are getting paid for the job Rangers employ them to do so the likelihood is that that is employment income." An accountant who we showed the letter to also hinted the payments offered to the player were "illegal". He added: "This appears to be a contractual obligation to put money into an Employee Benefit Trust. The implication is that there is a pot of money going to an individual. "I have been shown a contract of employment showing how much money players were going to get but also a back letter which I presume that individual has assumed is part of his salary. It seems like a contract. "If the two documents are handed to someone together, is that seen as being his overall package? If the answer to that is yes then there is a problem because the money that goes into the trust really should be getting taxed because it is his salary. "The fact it is there as a back letter at all suggests it is dodgy." During Gers' big spending days top players like Arthur Numan and Ronald De Boer starred for the club — but it's not known if they were offered EBT deals. It's been reported that a total of £47million was contributed by Gers to the EBT fund. At its height in 2005/06, the club gave out £9.2million — and used EBTs right up until the HMRC probe kicked off over a year ago. HMRC have tried to call in a bill for the payments. Rangers contested the tax tab and when Motherwell tycoon Craig Whyte took over the club from Sir David Murray last May he insisted he was confident of beating it. The case has been heard in Edinburgh and a result is understood to be due at the end of next month — with many predicting a bloody nose for the Light Blues. Letters like the one we've seen are likely to have been used as evidence. Administrator Duff and Phelps is trying to save Rangers but it's feared a massive tax bill could tip them into insolvency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggy89 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Looks like a contract to me. The only disappointing thing is that it does not mention that the payments need not be re-paid. If they did the huns would be proper fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlg1903 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 New definition of watp we are the paupers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 watp what ARE these papers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 New definition of watp we are the paupers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentorred Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 We Avoid Tax Payments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Suggestions today that officials at the SFA & SPL could be in bother due to turning a blind eye to Rangers' activities which were against both SFA and UEFA regulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Surey as a reply to them when they chant we are the people we (and others) should reply we are tax payers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Suggestions today that officials at the SFA & SPL could be in bother due to turning a blind eye to Rangers' activities which were against both SFA and UEFA regulations. Hope the no good cunts get fucking hammered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Hope the no good cunts get fucking hammered. Thoughts exactly. Would be no bad thing if they got royally fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17180059 Rangers have been fined £50,000 by the Plus stock exchange for failing to disclose owner Craig Whyte had been previously disqualified as a director. The London-based exchange began an inquiry after a BBC Scotland investigation into Mr Whyte's history. A programme broadcast in October revealed he had been banned from being a company director for seven years. In January the exchange suspended trading of Rangers shares because accounts were filed late. A statement from PLUS read: "The amount of the regulatory fine has been determined taking into account a range of factors including, but not limited to, the seriousness of the rule breach and the circumstances of Rangers FC." Mr Whyte was disqualified from being a company director in 2000 for seven years. Rangers did not announce this until 30 November, six weeks after the Insolvency Service had confirmed the fact in the BBC documentary. The football club was forced into administration two weeks ago over an unpaid tax bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentorred Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17180059 :lolabove: and the debt just keeps rising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 RANGERS owner Craig Whyte played it cool as he enjoyed a night out in Monte Carlo — despite the Ibrox club being hit with a £50,000 fine yesterday. Whyte swept aside the latest cash blow for the debt-ridden Ibrox club as he relaxed in the swish Monaco resort with a glamorous blonde. The Scottish Sun yesterday tracked him down to the millionaires' playground in France where he has a luxury pad. And the £50,000 fine dished out to Gers by the Plus stock exchange — for failing to disclose Whyte had previously been disqualified from being a company director — clearly wasn't bothering the tycoon. We watched as he arrived at the famous Hotel de Paris with the blonde — who he was also spotted with at an Old Firm match last September Whyte, dressed in a black suit, pulled up outside the five-star venue — made famous by the James Bond films — in a swish white Lexus 4x4. His partner was wearing an evening dress under a long black coat. It's thought the couple enjoyed a dinner at one of the hotel's two prestigious restaurants. An onlooker said: "Craig knows the Monte Carlo scene well. "Hotel de Paris is the best place in town. The staff know him and he is treated well. He certainly is a world away from Govan." Whyte has been staying at his plush apartment complex for the past four days while administrators try to save the SPL giants. And last night he broke his recent silence on the crisis enveloping Ibrox — and hit back at claims administrators can't account for huge sums of cash. Whyte, who says he will jet back to the UK in the next 48 hours, added: "I'm in regular contact with the administrators. I'm here to work with them and get the issues resolved. "I took on a club with huge financial difficulties. I've been working ever so hard to solve these financial difficulties. I'm not walking away from it." On the subject of potential redundancies at Ibrox, he said: "I'm not aware of exactly what the plan is there but I would hope that it's kept to a minimum. "But there will be more pain and the administrators are acting in the best long-term interests of the club." Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4159290/Craig-Whyte-relaxes-as-Rangers-fined-50000.html#ixzz1nfSv60d0 Monte Carlo v Govan ON the French Riviera, it is home to some of the richest people in the world. Princess Grace is the most famous former resident. Monte Carlo's elegant grand Casino has made an appearance in two James Bond movies. ON the banks of the River Clyde, it is home to fictional TV down-and-out Rab C Nesbitt. Sir Alex Ferguson is the most famous former resident. Govan's bingo hall recently closed down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 It gets funnier: RANGERS director Dave King's multi-million pound vineyard is back on the market — after claims an auction to sell it was rigged. The sprawling South African estate was seized by officials over a £250million tax bill. It was bought by tycoon Wendy Appelbaum for £5million, but she later claimed auctioneers used fake bidders to raise the price. Businessman King, originally from Castlemilk, Glasgow, was spotted at Ibrox with manager Ally McCoist last week and has been tipped as a potential new owner of the club. Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4159301/Second-sale-for-Rangers-director-Dave-King.html#ixzz1nfTO24Jr So the front runner as the new owener is also a crook and has had his assets seized Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 The Old Firm are locked in a cash feud' date=' with Celtic refusing to hand over a £300,000 advance on ticket's for next month's derby match. (Daily Record) [/quote'] That grammar is fucking criminal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Quote from: Daily Record on the BBC Gossip page The Old Firm are locked in a cash feud, with Celtic refusing to hand over a £300,000 advance on ticket's for next month's derby match. (Daily Record) That grammar is fucking criminal. Punctuation, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatjim Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Punctuation, surely? Punctuation is a grammatical function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Penfold Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The Rangers v AC Milan legends match, which was set up as a charity match is now going to see all it's funds directed towards Rangers FC. Just me or would any other club doing something like this not get hammered? It's being reported as a "great gesture" Also, apparently the administrators have delayed announcing player cuts until players have returned from international duty. Then of course they won't do it on Friday because of a game at the weekend and next week they'll find another excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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