EBT deal with SFA and SPL revealed
Stewart ‘social unrest’ Regan and Neil Armageddon Doncaster stand accused of attempting to oversee a cosy deal that would have provided Sevco with a First Division place in return for Rangers losing five SPL titles and four Scottish Cups.
During the summer there were calls for a vote of no confidence in Regan from some SFL chairmen as the SFA and SPL attempted to push through a reconstruction package aimed at accommodating Sevco in the First Division.
That plan was overwhelmingly rejected with new evidence now emerging of just how desperate the ruling bodies were to come up with a deal to prevent details of the EBT scandal becoming public knowledge.
Both the SPL and SFA were made aware of the issue by HMRC but rather than look into the matter which might have uncovered their own skeletons both parties attempted to carry on as normal providing Rangers with a Champions League place for the 2011/12 season that ended with the club in administration.
According to todays’ exclusive in the deal centred around: “(i) the withdrawal from Rangers FC, RFC and Sevco of the award and status of Champion Club (as defined in SPL Rules) of the Scottish Premier League for each and all of Seasons 2002/03, 2004/05, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11; (ii) the withdrawal from Rangers FC, RFC and Sevco of the award and status of winner of the Scottish Cup for each and all of Seasons 2001/02, 2002/03, 2007/08 and 2008/09”.
With Sevco asked to: “Accept and agree to be bound by each and all of the EBT Sanctions; (ii) the SFA and the SPL agree that no further sanctions will be imposed with respect to or concerning the EBT Payments and Arrangements; and (iii) RFC and Sevco shall not directly or indirectly make any claim and/or representation to have won any of the Championships and/or Cups which are the subject of any and all of the EBT Sanctions”.
Since their summer of discontent Regan and Doncaster have been keeping a low profile while Green shouts the odds about how Sevco have been mistreated as he attempts to sell season tickets and talk up a share issue aimed at supporters.
With UEFA becoming increasingly involved in financial fair play it can only be a matter of time before the auditors turn up at Hampden to carry out a forensic inspection of how the SFA attempt to run the game.
In May FIFA voiced their concerns about the SFA being taken to court after the applied a watered down sanction to various charges of bringing the game into disrepute in connection with non-payment of public taxes.
Campbell Ogilvie remains President of the SFA.
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