ian1964 10,874 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Former Rangers owner Sir David Murray maintains the club is 'destroyed' despite the recent ruling in their tax case. A tribunal allowed the oldco Rangers to appeal to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over a potential £75m bill for the use of Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs) during Murray's ownership. But Murray, who ended up selling the Ibrox club to Craig Whyte for £1 in May of last year, refused to celebrate after the tribunal returned a 2-1 majority verdict to permit the appeal. He said: "Nobody has won, there is no point in me waving a big flag and saying we have won - Rangers has been destroyed. What I find amazing is we were guilty until proven innocent. "This is the only case in history where awards were given to TV programmes when there hasn't even been a result. "But I need to stand back at the moment, this is not a time for triumphalism because nobody has won, the taxpayer hasn't won and Rangers hasn't won. This should never have happened." The former Rangers chairman also confirmed that his oldco had offered HMRC an out-of-court settlement two years ago worth in excess of £10m. Murray added: "The amount of time, effort and fees could be seven to eight million quid on top of that. Clearly if that had happened we would not have ended up with Craig Whyte. "The biggest question is why the Revenue knew in August 2011 that Craig Whyte wasn't paying national insurance and tax but didn't put him down - this has so many ramifications for business." skysports.com 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 The biggest question is why you sold to what you knew was a conman despite years of promising otherwise. F*ck off you lying twat Murray, this is still all your fault. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 The biggest question is why you sold to what you knew was a conman despite years of promising otherwise. F*ck off you lying twat Murray, this is still all your fault. No it isnt. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 No it isnt.It certainly is. Everything goes back to him. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 It certainly is. Everything goes back to him. It may go back to him but it isnt "all" his fault. We were in the position we were due to Whyte's non-payment of PAYE & NIC. SDM didnt force Whyte not to pay it... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 It may go back to him but it isnt "all" his fault. We were in the position we were due to Whyte's non-payment of PAYE & NIC. SDM didnt force Whyte not to pay it... Other individuals had actions but there's a core cause of it all and that's Mr David Murray's mismanagement. To this day he's never apologised to us, I just can't stand the man and still think he's got off far too lightly. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Other individuals had actions but there's a core cause of it all and that's Mr David Murray's mismanagement. To this day he's never apologised to us, I just can't stand the man and still think he's got off far too lightly. It still wasnt ALL SDM's fault, no matter how you may dress it up. RBS had their issues because of trading in toxic debts and Fred Goodwin got the chop... you still cant say it was ALL his fault though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I blame HMRC, Lloyds and White (plus associated cronies) more than I blame Murray, but it's all about our own personal perspectives and opinions. Blaming isn't going to right the wrongs though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 saying its all his fault is like saying the guy who sold you a car is responsible for you running someone down in it. Murray shares the blame because aj etc warned him but whyte is still hugely culpable. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I blame HMRC, Lloyds and White (plus associated cronies) more than I blame Murray, but it's all about our own personal perspectives and opinions. Blaming isn't going to right the wrongs though. I believe our custodian of 23 years had a responsibility to protect us that he failed miserably in, those three have only been around for the last few years, and Lloyds influence was all to do with Murray's mismanagement anyway. However, I'd just like him and the rest to slink off and never dare mention or come near our club again. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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