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The Board - general discussion (including Res 12); notes from the AGM
Topic Started: 15 Jul 2014, 12:03 AM (1,414,550 Views)
Fearghas
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Kingslim
22 Jul 2017, 12:52 AM
Fearghas
22 Jul 2017, 12:44 AM
justinjest
22 Jul 2017, 12:25 AM
failure to call the scum out for the cheats that they are - failure to question the LNS whitewash - failure to insist that titles / trophies are stripped / failure to question why SFA granted diedco a European license when they were due tax and in doing so denied Celtic serious money - failure to question the racist, sectarian bigotry that comes from ibrox - failure to question the racist, sectarian bigotry and violence towards our players against linfield, but happy to condemn the GB - our board really do look after the fans.
you forgot to mention handing over of personal details of innocent fans so
they and their families could be subjected to police dawn raids and held without charge.

fans who are innocent until proven guilty locked up over weekends on bs charges and it
was the celtic plc board who gave the police everything they needed to do this.

utter karats

Surely, if the Police request that information the club aren't in a position to deliberately obstruct an investigation?
an investigation into what? allegedly singing songs?
if someone broke the law why not arrest them there and then?

it was a harrasment campaign against innocent celtic fans and the club were only too happy to help.

meanwhile the police turned a blind eye to ajax thugs running riot in the gallowgate but have an army to 'kettle' the gb.

feck them all.


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Kingslim
22 Jul 2017, 12:52 AM
Fearghas
22 Jul 2017, 12:44 AM
justinjest
22 Jul 2017, 12:25 AM
failure to call the scum out for the cheats that they are - failure to question the LNS whitewash - failure to insist that titles / trophies are stripped / failure to question why SFA granted diedco a European license when they were due tax and in doing so denied Celtic serious money - failure to question the racist, sectarian bigotry that comes from ibrox - failure to question the racist, sectarian bigotry and violence towards our players against linfield, but happy to condemn the GB - our board really do look after the fans.
you forgot to mention handing over of personal details of innocent fans so
they and their families could be subjected to police dawn raids and held without charge.

fans who are innocent until proven guilty locked up over weekends on bs charges and it
was the celtic plc board who gave the police everything they needed to do this.

utter karats

Surely, if the Police request that information the club aren't in a position to deliberately obstruct an investigation?
Depends if the police are entitled to it or not. Tech companies refuse the police regularly, just because the police ask, doesn't mean they are entitled. In many cases they're just trying it on and it's up to the company to look after their customer's private data. Without specifics, it's difficult to say, but the club should at least put up a fight over fans private information if there is any doubt.
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Stewart Milne has urged Scottish football to forget about stripping Rangers of titles.
The Aberdeen chairman says our game must look ahead and not back to the EBT era, the fallout from which charged back into the public arena when 'oldco' lost its appeal at the Supreme Court earlier this month.
Milne’s comments are a reiteration of an interview he gave in 2015 when he also urged fans to 'move on'.
Some supporters of clubs such as Aberdeen and Dundee United want trophies taken off the Ibrox side they won between the EBT years of 2001 and 2010.

Celtic have also called for a review of the inquiry that found Rangers gained no sporting advantage through the use of the tax scheme.
But Milne – after the SFA insisted the matter is now closed and outgoing SPFL chairman Ralph Topping indicated there is no appetite for further action – wants Scottish football to now unite and improve the game.
The house-building magnate told the Scottish Daily Mail : "We all have to work hard in getting everyone focused and pulling together.
Aberdeen fans’ banner takes a swipe at Stewart Milne after his comments in 2015
"What has happened in the past has happened. Hopefully, there have been a lot of lessons learned by coming through it.

"Our stance is that we have to be led by the work the two organisations are doing, the SPFL and SFA. Both engaged top-level QCs to give advice on the situation and they have put out very clear statements on the position."
Milne believes the teams should fall in with the SPFL’s position, although their official line is they are still considering their position.
He added: "I think all the clubs have to fall in line with that.
"We can't end up spending another five years looking back and trying to redo what has taken place.
"We have to focus 100 per cent of our time on where we can take Scottish football over the next five to 10 years.
"Let's get all the clubs back together. We can effect a real change in football at domestic, European and international level, particularly if we can get the SFA and SPFL working more effectively together."
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"Our stance is that we have to be led by the work the two organisations are doing, the SPFL and SFA.
What's that then? Ignore cheating on an industrial scale? Letting Huns Part 2 spend beyond their means?
Milne you are a coward

Edit for poor grammar
Edited by scardo14, 22 Jul 2017, 08:59 AM.
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Up to the Aberdeen fans to set him straight.

If Celtic put their name to a statement like that then the game is dead.
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How can you effect real change by ignoring the misdeeds and incompetence of those leading the SFA and the SPFL.
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I think that the Milne view is probably the popular view among the Boards of the football clubs. But it won't be the view of large number of fans. I wonder how these comments have went down with Aberdeen fans?

This division between the clubs/authorities and huge number of fans is going to be an open wound in Scottish football for years to come.

Since the Supreme Court judgment I have hoped that the Scottish clubs would act, together, in taking this issue forward. It appears that this isn't going to be the case. Therefore I see it as an issue that Celtic needs to pursue, on their own as need be.

Someone earlier suggested Celtic Football Club is bigger than the SFA. Now is the time to demonstrate this. As a club, and as a group of fans. As a club and as a group of fans, we have some important decisions to make in the next few weeks.
Edited by pedrok, 22 Jul 2017, 09:05 AM.
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As chris has waded into the GB debate and the GB detractors seem to think that proves their point, I'll add this here

fair and square sutton
Edited by Masterplanner, 22 Jul 2017, 09:47 AM.
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Aberdeen have shat the bed. Their fans will like that. Hearts have stayed silent. Celtic tested the waters with their statement and no one showed any bottle.

Spineless bastards.
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Masterplanner
22 Jul 2017, 09:47 AM
As chris has waded into the GB debate and the GB detractors seem to think that proves their point, I'll add this here

fair and square sutton
Chris Sutton was declared bankrupt on the back of a dodgy tax scheme. He is hardly likely to say anything else.
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22 Jul 2017, 09:59 AM
Masterplanner
22 Jul 2017, 09:47 AM
As chris has waded into the GB debate and the GB detractors seem to think that proves their point, I'll add this here

fair and square sutton
Chris Sutton was declared bankrupt on the back of a dodgy tax scheme. He is hardly likely to say anything else.
👍can we take anything attributed to him seriously then?
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Stewart Milne can sook ma baws.

Gutless coward.
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Ned Rise
22 Jul 2017, 09:55 AM
Aberdeen have shat the bed. Their fans will like that. Hearts have stayed silent. Celtic tested the waters with their statement and no one showed any bottle.

Spineless bastards.
It's always been about what we do. We're the main victim of the cheating.

It's up to us. And if the board won't do it, we need to make them.
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"top-level QCs" - they're the best kind, right? Complete nonsense of a statement from Milne, deflect, deflect.

"What has happened in the past has happened. Hopefully, there have been a lot of lessons learned by coming through it."
...not too many lessons learned going by the way Dave King has been going on about over-spending, spending ahead of securing funds, etc. The SFA don't want to know.

Milne suggesting it's all the SFA/SPFL's responsibility to deal with this, neglecting the fact that the clubs themselves effectively *are* the SPFL.
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Ned Rise
22 Jul 2017, 09:55 AM
Aberdeen have shat the bed. Their fans will like that. Hearts have stayed silent. Celtic tested the waters with their statement and no one showed any bottle.

Spineless bastards.
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What a massive OG by Milne.
It just shows how hugely that he & the Board are out of touch with the overwhelming opinion of the supporters. Supporters who are his customers effectively.

At a time when he's looking for record season ticket sales & insinuating (rightly) that the home support is poor, he's f*cked up big time.
If I was someone contemplating getting a season ticket I'd not bother now.
He's effectively saying let the cheating carrots keep their titles.

If he'd come out with a statement that was diplomatic but promoting a review of the LNS whitewash, then he'd have gained himself huge kudos with the support.

Now?
Now he's managed to p1ss off & disgust the people he needs most.

What a f*ckung clueless & out of touch bell end.
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nmc
22 Jul 2017, 10:17 AM
"top-level QCs" - they're the best kind, right? Complete nonsense of a statement from Milne, deflect, deflect.

"What has happened in the past has happened. Hopefully, there have been a lot of lessons learned by coming through it."
...not too many lessons learned going by the way Dave King has been going on about over-spending, spending ahead of securing funds, etc. The SFA don't want to know.

Milne suggesting it's all the SFA/SPFL's responsibility to deal with this, neglecting the fact that the clubs themselves effectively *are* the SPFL.
The subtext is, if we do something the bigot pound will disappear. This is a tacit admission that the whole structure of Scottish football is bent in favour of keeping the fans of one club happy.

if I was CEO of Celtic I'd be embarrassed to work in that environment.
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22 Jul 2017, 10:10 AM
Stewart Milne can sook ma baws.

Gutless coward.
Looks like it will be the fans then.

Too late to refuse season tickets now, so why not refuse to attend Scotland games, the league cup, and Scottish cup over this season. This will be hard to achieve across all clubs but would have a desired effect of having empty stands on TV and explaining why.

I wonder what questions the QC's were asked to give advice on?
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Not surprised by Milne's comments at all. It was always going to be Celtic that drove any challenge forward.

I note that Milne, like the others, doesn't spell out why they never cheated. Would really love to read this top legal advice.
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Ned Rise
22 Jul 2017, 09:55 AM
Aberdeen have shat the bed. Their fans will like that. Hearts have stayed silent. Celtic tested the waters with their statement and no one showed any bottle.

Spineless bastards.
We're not on the inside.I fear our boards reluctance to speak out was due to the fact that they knew that most clubs,especially the bigger ones,wouldn't publicly support them.We've spoken.Now we're isolated & the MSM,SFA,SPFL have got exacly what they wanted,i.e. a chance to promote this as a Celtic v Rangers issue,which it clearly isn't.
Problem is,what do we,as a club,do next.
It's hard to believe but it seems the whole of Scottish Football.Celtic excepted,is happy to be part of a rigged game and are actually speaking out against upholding the principle of "Sporting Integrity".
I don't know if it's possible but maybe it's time we started looking for another league to play in.Let Milne etc worry about playing in a league without its biggest money generator.
We could,of course,just sue the SFA over res 12 & lost income due to the EBT years.A suit for an 8 figure sum landing on Regans desk may just concentrate minds.
Edited by johnbhoy1958, 22 Jul 2017, 10:26 AM.
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Slim67
22 Jul 2017, 10:23 AM
Joe the Baker
22 Jul 2017, 10:10 AM
Stewart Milne can sook ma baws.

Gutless coward.
Looks like it will be the fans then.

Too late to refuse season tickets now, so why not refuse to attend Scotland games, the league cup, and Scottish cup over this season. This will be hard to achieve across all clubs but would have a desired effect of having empty stands on TV and explaining why.

I wonder what questions the QC's were asked to give advice on?
Is it not true that anyone who bought a ST on a payment scheme has 30 days to pull out?.
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