The Celtic Registration Scandal

In February 1996, Celtic signed one of Europe’s deadliest strikers, then waited five weeks before the SFA would let him play. Jorge Cadete missed a Scottish Cup semi-final against Rangers while his paperwork sat unprocessed. The next season he scored 33 goals and finished as Scotland’s top league scorer. Then he was gone. Three years later, Fergus McCann’s fight over the delay ended with SFA chief executive Jim Farry sacked for gross misconduct...