flyingrodent Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=263620&st=2160 Taking it well, apparently the case against Celtic was solid! Quite a few people seem to be upset that corruption gets more attention than not-corruption does. Edit: And it appears that our Timmy tendrils have now penetrated the highest reaches of the EC. With this amount of power and influence at our disposal, you'd think we'd be able to wangle a few better players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northsea80 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Needs to go beyond the corrupt corridors of the EC, even though various bears had been championing them as the independent body that would finally bring Celtic to justice for all the land deals and such. When do we get the keys for the emirates arena and the velodrome then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE KING Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 So many of Tedis and Bennetts aliases died on this thread trying to give this shite legs...ohh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbhoy Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Vatican conspiracy 1-0 Brain dead zombie orcs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Brees Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 *Celtic land probe cost £280,000 * Gerry Braiden Senior reporter Thursday 20 November 2014 ALLEGATIONS that Glasgow City Council broke the law in historic land deals involving Celtic Football Club cost taxpayers £280,000, it has emerged. It is understood the hours spent responding to queries from the European Commission and dealing with Freedom Of Information requests from the public following the accusations have left Scotland's largest local authority with the deficit. Council officials were also required to travel to Brussels on more than one occasion - funded from the public purse - as part of preliminary inquiries into claims Celtic benefited from 'state aid'. The Commission did not take the complaint as far as opening a formal investigation. It comes as the authority is facing cuts and savings of as much as £150 million in the next three years, with the impact falling on frontline services and jobs. The figure spent by the authority on dealing with the allegations is the equivalent to 10 classroom teachers. Lawyers close to the case have also said the only substantial grounds to appeal against the Commission's decision are if a 'competitor' of Celtic's asks Europe for the case to be re-opened. Essentially this amounts to another Scottish football club, none of whom were involved in the 11-month inquiries ahead of last week's decision by the European Commission not to proceed any further with the allegations. One prominent member of Ukip in Scotland has spoken of a potential appeal via social media sites. One source said: "No clubs made any attempt to get involved in the case and there no reports any did. "It is highly unlikely any would because they may not want to attract attention to anything that may be perceived as assistance they may have received from local authorities or other public bodies over the years." The complaints focused on a series of land purchases around the city's east end by Celtic from the council, primarily during the last decade, with the accusation the club secured the plots at a knockdown rate. Last year, the council agreed to sell land valued at more than £750,000 to Celtic. The claim was this put Celtic at a competitive advantage over other clubs. A council spokesman said, "We are pleased the Commission has found in our favour following its consideration of the claims of state aid. We will make no further comment." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHawHaw Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 *Celtic land probe cost £280,000 * Gerry Braiden Senior reporter Thursday 20 November 2014 ALLEGATIONS that Glasgow City Council broke the law in historic land deals involving Celtic Football Club cost taxpayers £280,000, it has emerged. It is understood the hours spent responding to queries from the European Commission and dealing with Freedom Of Information requests from the public following the accusations have left Scotland's largest local authority with the deficit. Council officials were also required to travel to Brussels on more than one occasion - funded from the public purse - as part of preliminary inquiries into claims Celtic benefited from 'state aid'. The Commission did not take the complaint as far as opening a formal investigation. It comes as the authority is facing cuts and savings of as much as £150 million in the next three years, with the impact falling on frontline services and jobs. The figure spent by the authority on dealing with the allegations is the equivalent to 10 classroom teachers. Lawyers close to the case have also said the only substantial grounds to appeal against the Commission's decision are if a 'competitor' of Celtic's asks Europe for the case to be re-opened. Essentially this amounts to another Scottish football club, none of whom were involved in the 11-month inquiries ahead of last week's decision by the European Commission not to proceed any further with the allegations. One prominent member of Ukip in Scotland has spoken of a potential appeal via social media sites. One source said: "No clubs made any attempt to get involved in the case and there no reports any did. "It is highly unlikely any would because they may not want to attract attention to anything that may be perceived as assistance they may have received from local authorities or other public bodies over the years." The complaints focused on a series of land purchases around the city's east end by Celtic from the council, primarily during the last decade, with the accusation the club secured the plots at a knockdown rate. Last year, the council agreed to sell land valued at more than £750,000 to Celtic. The claim was this put Celtic at a competitive advantage over other clubs. A council spokesman said, "We are pleased the Commission has found in our favour following its consideration of the claims of state aid. We will make no further comment." I'm hearing "some" Servco shareholders are attempting to qualify as "competitor" to try and push this further, these people are as thick as fuk. Their own team died, their "new" team on life support and they want to continue bleeding the Glasgow ratepayers with crap that has no evidence at all, shocking. The council should be able to sue their arses if complaints are malicious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock001 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Glasgow city council in their usual manner of calculating figures. Of the £280,000 how much was expenses for jollies over to belgium? This from the council who claims they spend £10k every year removing traffic cones from on top of a single statue 100 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 A financial watchdog is investigating payments between a number of public bodies and Celtic Football Club. Audit Scotland’s probe centres on the club’s north of Glasgow training HQ built in 2007. They are examining a paper trail between the club, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and East Dunbartonshire Council over the state-of-the-art £8.5 million facility. The council is said to have paid the football giants a significant sum over the last 18 months to allow members of the public limited access to the training ground. But the facility is only available for use on limited occasions. Council officials have cited “commercial reasons” as their reason for refusing to disclose figures behind the service-level agreement. Audit Scotland became involved after receiving a number of complaints about value-for-money public spending. A spokesman for Audit Scotland said: “We have received several letters on this subject. As such, we have a team of local auditors who are making enquiries into this matter.” Council officials say the public are allowed to use some of the pitches on Wednesday evenings and at some points during the summer. The council inherited the deal from the Lennoxtown Initiative, a non-profit body set up by the council and the NHS to regenerate the area in 2002. Thomas Glen, Director of Development and Regeneration at East Dunbartonshire Council, said, “East Dunbartonshire Council is a partner on the Lennoxtown Initiative which had a service-level agreement with Celtic Football Club to allow for community access to the Lennoxtown facility. “The Council provided £68,377.20 in September, 2013, to support the delivery of this agreement. We fully support Audit Scotland in any responsible monitoring of the public pound.” A spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed it is co-operating with auditors. Their spokesman said: “We are aware that Audit Scotland are looking into this matter and have supplied them with all the relevant information that they have asked for.” Celtic Football club refused to comment. The training complex was built on the site of the former Lennox Castle Hospital to replace the club’s dilapidated Barrowfield training ground near Celtic Park in the east end of the city. The club paid NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde nearly £493,000 for the land in June 2006 – some £13,000 more than it was valued at. However, at one stage there had been hopes the land could sell for £3.5 million. The club has previously been embroiled with people living near the training ground over access Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 A financial watchdog is investigating payments between a number of public bodies and Celtic Football Club. Audit Scotland’s probe centres on the club’s north of Glasgow training HQ built in 2007. They are examining a paper trail between the club, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and East Dunbartonshire Council over the state-of-the-art £8.5 million facility. The council is said to have paid the football giants a significant sum over the last 18 months to allow members of the public limited access to the training ground. But the facility is only available for use on limited occasions. Council officials have cited “commercial reasons” as their reason for refusing to disclose figures behind the service-level agreement. Audit Scotland became involved after receiving a number of complaints about value-for-money public spending. A spokesman for Audit Scotland said: “We have received several letters on this subject. As such, we have a team of local auditors who are making enquiries into this matter.” Council officials say the public are allowed to use some of the pitches on Wednesday evenings and at some points during the summer. The council inherited the deal from the Lennoxtown Initiative, a non-profit body set up by the council and the NHS to regenerate the area in 2002. Thomas Glen, Director of Development and Regeneration at East Dunbartonshire Council, said, “East Dunbartonshire Council is a partner on the Lennoxtown Initiative which had a service-level agreement with Celtic Football Club to allow for community access to the Lennoxtown facility. “The Council provided £68,377.20 in September, 2013, to support the delivery of this agreement. We fully support Audit Scotland in any responsible monitoring of the public pound.” A spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed it is co-operating with auditors. Their spokesman said: “We are aware that Audit Scotland are looking into this matter and have supplied them with all the relevant information that they have asked for.” Celtic Football club refused to comment. The training complex was built on the site of the former Lennox Castle Hospital to replace the club’s dilapidated Barrowfield training ground near Celtic Park in the east end of the city. The club paid NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde nearly £493,000 for the land in June 2006 – some £13,000 more than it was valued at. However, at one stage there had been hopes the land could sell for £3.5 million. The club has previously been embroiled with people living near the training ground over access Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZHJT Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 a rangers fan talking about financial doping of celtic.....dear me. do you lose memory since 2012 til now or are you just plain daft c**t ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 a 6 month bump wonder what alias this is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE KING Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZHJT Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 some certain club appears to be unhappy about the public finance sector apparently # big tax case # Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I seen Scotzine was tweeting earlier that "Audit Scotland have announced that there is no evidence of corruption or fraud involving Celtic FC or any public bodies." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHawHaw Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I seen Scotzine was tweeting earlier that "Audit Scotland have announced that there is no evidence of corruption or fraud involving Celtic FC or any public bodies." Zombies causing more taxpayers cash to be wasted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muirkirk nil Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Audit Scotland’s report on the Lennoxtown land deal. https://t.co/Trl0RpfCMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Public money given to Celtic and very little in return, pretty damning of the public bodies involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakamura Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 When various NFL etc teams in the US get public funding for their stadiums, would something like this be illegal in Europe according to these EU competition rules? Or is this more about lack of transparency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHawHaw Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Or is this more about lack of transparency? More to do with the sevco loony fringe, they cannot accept other clubs are not cheating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loughal Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Disgraceful so it is Papal conspiracy in my opinion Disgraceful so it is Papal conspiracy in my opinion The real secret is out, all the expense all the council cash involved in tarting up Parkheid and now we know why. Was Her Majesty thrown in at the opening, only an excuse? The real story is that Pope Francis visiting Scotland in 2017 will replace Bellahouston Park this time for Parkheid. That will at least spare the trees. I knew there was more than met the eye behind it. Against the grain in Glasgow last week I stopped and viewed the finished article. By goad did that lot not get away with the prize? S'nice mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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