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Andrew Dickson is being lined up as the fall guy for the decision of the SFA to support the 2011/12 UEFA licence issued to Rangers (IL).

After an eight month investigation by the Compliance Officer of the SFA the new club from Ibrox has been hit with a notice of complaint relating to the club in the process of being liquidated.

Most observers would agree that it was the SFA processes that should have been under review, the application from Rangers (IL) was a secondary matter. Campbell Ogilvie was President of the SFA at the time.

Dickson has had an admin job at both clubs and currently sits on the SFA Congress and is also on the SFA Football Regulatory Advisory Group.

The long term Ibrox blazer provided contract details to the SFA and SPL during the tax cheating years when players were given disguised remuneration which the club claimed were EBT payments.

According to STV:

Rangers have been charged by the Scottish FA with breaking the governing body’s rules over a tax bill prior to being awarded a licence to play in European football in the 2011/12 season.

The governing body has brought two charges against the Ibrox club, relating to their reporting of the ‘Wee Tax Case’ in paperwork submitted to Hampden.

In September 2017, the Scottish FA instructed its compliance officer to investigate the circumstances surrounding Rangers UEFA licence application in 2011 and its own decision to grant the club permission to play in Europe.”

After a lengthy investigation it appears that the SFA are hoping to whitewash their organisation and pin the blame on Dickson.

The SFA are expected to carry out proper audit procedures and have staff capable of asking questions such as when it was clear that in May 2011 Craig Whyte had to take on the ‘Wee Tax Case’.

While Whyte was debating the outstanding bill of £2.8m it seems that no one was taking a look at the UEFA licence in which Dickson was claiming there was no overdue tax bill.

Paul Murray, Dave King and Alastair Johnston were also directors at the club when the licence was first submitted, in March 2011.

Murray resigned 12 days ago, Johnston has still to get fit and proper status from the SFA but acts as a director while King does whatever he likes with no sanction from the SFA.

New chief executive Ian Maxwell starts work at Hampden on Monday, if he wants this issue resolved, and the current licence matters clarified, he can publish the documentation and discipline those within the SFA that said nothing as they rubber-stamped the 2011 licence that kept the club afloat and denied HMRC £2.8m.

CLICK HERE for Dickson’s role at the SFA.

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