SFA Arbitration Statement

[Blue Moon 1,116]

the sfa are always at it mate. riddled with vhermin and full of poison.

 

One of these days the poison will kill the vermin.

[chilledbear 16]

Leggoland has his say.

 

 

LAWWELL AND REGAN'S SFA IN NEW SECRET ATTACK ON RANGERS

PETER LAWWELL and Stewart Regan’s Scottish Football Association is the most secretive organisation since the Politburo sat inside the Kremlin at the height of the Soviet Union’s power.

 

It gives the impression of being just as powerful and just as prone to making up the rules as it goes along, just to suit its own purposes, as the old hard faced Soviets used to do.

 

And it seems to believe that it is answerable to nobody. That it is a law unto itself. That it is actually above the Law of the land, despite events in the Court of Session last year proving that arrogant SFA belief to be wrong.

 

Take the case of the so-secret arbitration panel which sat on judgement on Rangers’ right to receive proper compensation for six players who slipped through a loophole and left Rangers high and dry without any transfer fee compensation for them.

 

The six are Allan McGregor, who signed for Beskitas, Steven Naismith who moved to Everton, Sone Aluko, who switched to Hull, Kyle Lafferty, now at Sion, Steven Whittaker, who signed for Norwich and Jamie Ness, now a Stoke player.

 

How much would they have fetched on the open market? A conservative estimate would be something in the region of £10M. Yet Peter Lawwell and Stewart Regan’s Scottish Football Association say that Rangers will not get a penny for them. Not one thin dime, to quote another Celtic man.

 

So, just who were the three not-so-just men who robbed Rangers of what was rightfully theirs? Was it Peter Lawwell, Stewart Regan and Rod Petrie who sat in judgement?

 

Surely not? And, indeed, I am not suggesting that was the case. Even though the verdict will eventually benefit one club in particular. Celtic!

 

The fact is that Peter Lawwell and Stewart Regan’s Scottish Football Association, where Lawwell’s Hibernian pal, Rod Petrie also holds sway, refuse to reveal the names who made up their latest version of the Kremlin’s Politburo. If Justice delayed is Justice denied, then Justice in secret is no form of Justice at all. At least, not in this country, where the guiding principle of the legal system is that Justice must be seen to be done.

 

Not, however, at Peter Lawwell, Stewart Regan and their Hibernian pal, Rod Petrie’s Scottish Football Association where the guideline is secrecy at all costs. Where principles do not apply. Where the rule of the Kremlin holds sway. Mind you, we all know how it ended for the Politburo

 

Many will see this latest attack on Rangers from the Scottish Football Association as more clear evidence that Scottish football’s governing body is now firmly in the grip of those who actively work against the interests of Rangers, notably Peter Lawwell, who, as Celtic’s chief executive is actually paid to work against the interests of Rangers.

 

Think about it, as another old Celtic man often used to remark.

 

I wonder if Lawwell’s Hampden boardroom pal, Stewart Regan has ever done that and pondered the logic of it. If he has not, then he is a fool. If he has, and has seen the logic of it, then he is worse than a fool.

 

Either way, he is not fit for purpose. To quote yet another Celtic man.

 

But the good news is that Charles Green will not allow Regan, Lawwell and their Hibernian pal, Petrie to ride rough shod over Rangers and the Ibrox club have already launched a new appeal.

 

Not that they can be hopeful of the Scottish Football Association of Celtic’s Peter Lawwell, his puppet Stewart Regan and their Hibernian pal, Rod Petrie, delivering Justice.

 

Rangers may have to wait until Richard Keen QC argues their case, perhaps in front of Lord Hodge again, in the Court of Session, where the Principles of Justice prevail and where Justice is seen to be done.

 

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