Ten years ago a website arrived that shook up Scottish football.
There had been whispers and suggestions about financial issues with the narrative restrained by those that had to remain on message with Dave Murray.
Rangers Tax Case changed the landscape almost instantly. Facts were laid out that flew in the face of what had previously appeared, presented in a manner that was beyond dispute and upset almost every area of Scottish society.
At Ibrox it seemed that someone had acquired some very sensitive information, the football authorities were faced with their Doomsday scenario with the Governments in Holyrood and Westminster presented with a very awkward and delicate situation.
Just realised. It is 10 years since the https://t.co/exMbfrm7cB blog started. It was quite the roller-coaster but all-in-all it was a worthwhile project.https://t.co/CMyxaxpisg
— Rangers Tax-Case (@rangerstaxcase) March 28, 2021
It’s a farce to allow one club to commit fraud for years, liquidate, ditch about £100m in debt, and then pretend that nothing happened.
— Rangers Tax-Case (@rangerstaxcase) March 29, 2021
On the issue of Rangers’ continuity, I’ve said before that I’d be happy to ignore liquidation and pretend that Sevco and Rangers were the same thing…
if Sevco were to pay every unpaid bill Rangers owed and the stolen silverware was officially acknowledged.
— Rangers Tax-Case (@rangerstaxcase) March 29, 2021
Ultimately RTC got it right. A scam of disguised remuneration was in operation, the club went into liquidation and the Supreme Court found in favour of HMRC.
There have been dozens of sub-plots since then, with no sign of Financial Fair Play being implemented the same issues remain, just in different guises.
RTC now posts very rarely, almost always on Twitter. The delivery of facts and ethos have remained unaltered but sadly next to no-one involved in Scottish football was prepared to face up to the uncomfortable truths delivered.