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May 4 on The Celtic Network
My thoughts on the Alex Thompson piece on clubs, freedom of speech, Shug Keevins and bans.. as below. http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/banning-journalists-time-football-clubs-grow/4798 'Fan of the Ban'. Seen a lot of chatter on journalistic...
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Feb 13 on Vandalgrease
The Alex Thompson story about Jim Traynor today will be illuminating for some naive people out there, but mere confirmation for many more. http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/succulent-lamb-rack/4144 Newspaper articles would be sent to Craig Whyt...
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Apr 5, 2012 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain
Ah the poor Laptop Loyal. How the mediocre have fallen. They now have to endure the scrutiny of an award winning journalist in a, yes you guessed it, award winning news organisation. http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/rangers-coming/1088 The mai...
Continue reading 'A PhD in failure.'
Jan 29 on Alex Thomson's View
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.
Continue reading 'After Rangers, English football warned: put your house in order'
Jan 29 on Alex Thomson's View
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.
Continue reading 'Why Rangers face a massive re-writing of football club history'
Jan 21 on Alex Thomson's View
After the implosion of Rangers Football Club, Alex Thomson blogs on the latest initiative targeting Scottish football authorities.
Continue reading 'Scottish football: sport first, business second?'
Jan 2 on Alex Thomson's View
Will 2013 see a return to football as normal for Rangers? Fans want to see justice over the whole tax avoidance issue - and for RFC to get the fresh start it needs.
Continue reading 'A happy new year for Rangers fans?'
Dec 5, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
Lead by example says Alex Thomson - show your loyalty to Rangers by volunteering to pay back the loans you got when times were good.
Continue reading 'Are those who walked away from Ibrox mice or men?'
Dec 4, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
Has Rangers cheated football, and has it cheated the taxman? Lawyers are shedding some fascinating light onto the issue. And given the popular backlash over corporate tax avoidance, how will the HMRC consider its next move?...
Continue reading 'Rangers: were they cheating football, and the taxman?'
Nov 26, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
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.
Continue reading 'The great Rangers tax avoidance scheme'
Oct 26, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
Letters filled with 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 sanctions on Rangers FC.
Continue reading 'Piercing the wall of silence surrounding Rangers ‘fans’'
Oct 12, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
An element of the Rangers customer base remains out of order and neither Rangers, nor Scotland's football authorities, nor the police appear willing or able to do much about it.
Continue reading 'Threats and silence: the intimidation by Rangers fans'
Oct 5, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
One Stop Roofing Supplies wants to recover £86,000 owed by the former Rangers owner Craig Whyte. And the powers under the insolvency act 1985 are far-reaching if Mr Whyte fails to turn up to the court hearing.
Continue reading 'Craig Whyte: further developments on the roofing front'
Sep 25, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
It's come to something when a Scottish law lord has to convene a press conference to reassert his own independence, but that's what's happened in relation to the Rangers saga writes Alex Thomson.
Continue reading 'The rulebook’s there – apply it to Rangers'
Sep 17, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
One or two Rangers supporters have been asking in recent weeks why I decided to write the foreword for Phil Mac Giolla Bhain's book on Rangers, Downfall. There's been rather a lot of noise about this so let me stick to some clear facts which illustrat...
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Aug 12, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
Alex Thomson blogs on the confluence, rather than conflict, of interest in the ongoing Rangers saga.
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Jul 22, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
Try as I might it is next to impossible to puncture the extraordinary secrecy surrounding the First Tier Tax Tribunal where the fate of Rangers is to be determined.
Continue reading 'Why can’t we know what has delayed the Rangers Tax Tribunal?'
Jul 15, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
Here's the email leaked to Channel 4 News last Thursday the details of which I blogged on Friday. Some club chairmen say that Mr Regan should now resign as a result of what's going on here, back on June 23rd. That is a matter for them.
Continue reading 'Rangers: the leaked e-mail'
Jul 14, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
"This is a shabby deal, as clearly many Chairmen recognise, which is why several leaked what Green said to me yards from the front steps of Hampden Park."...
Continue reading 'The League of Gentlemen – and “Rangers”'
Jul 13, 2012 on Alex Thomson's View
"But do not rule out attempts - against all odds and against an overwhelming D3 mandate - by the SPL to try just this."...
Continue reading 'Rangers: Division three?'