Aberdeen fans take Sevco protest to Hampden
Prior to their side’s lunchtime trip to Firhill to face Partick Thistle in the Scottish Cup the fans visited Hampden where they unveiled a banner which read: “NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO REFUSE TO SEE: OGILVIE, DONCASTER REGAN WE KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE- THE TRUTH WILL OUT”.
The banner represents the continuing unrest among supporters across Scotland at the lack of transparency following the liquidation of Rangers.
A secret draft had been drawn up to shoehorn a new club into the SPL but that was forced down by fan unrest as was plan B of giving a place in the First Division to the new club from Ibrox.
Eventually a five way agreement was drawn up between the football authorities and the liquidators of Rangers and the Charles Green led consortium.
That deal has never been published but SFA Chief Executive Stewart Regan has claimed that it was dependent on assurances that Craig Whyte had no involvement in the new club.
In April following fresh claims about Whyte’s involvement in Sevco, including a recording of Green saying ‘so you are Sevco’ to Whyte the Ibrox club set up an internal investigation through Pinsent Masons.
Despite then chairman Malky Murray never getting to see the final report the club claimed that there was no link between Whyte and the new club.
That seemed to satisfy the SFA despite claims that neither Green or Whyte was interviewed and growing documentation linking Whyte, Green and Sevco 5088 and Sevco Scotland.
Aberdeen were one of the clubs most disadvantaged by the financial doping carried out by Rangers, who had SFA President Campbell Ogilvie on the board at Ibrox until 2005.
While the SFA and others wish to hush things up and move on for the good of Scottish football it’s clear from today’s protest that many fans are withdrawing their trust from the football authorities until all details about the deals involving Sevco are published.