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Alex Thomson
After the biggest organised cheating scandal in the history of Scottish football, the former Rangers owners now face at last paying the British state the tax and NI they dodged for all those years.
Alex Thomson
HMRC is adamant there is money in there to be had and the court now says the state is owed what will be a substantial sum – barring any appeal process, of course.
Alex Thomson
Whilst Rangers FC were busy winning titles and silverware the entire basis upon which they paid many players and executives should have attracted income tax and did not do so.
Alex Thomson
Gratifyingly, with the new season and the new rash of clubs busy censoring the media, the Great Banning Debate is now very much alive. Good.
Alex Thomson
Football clubs across the UK are banning reporters from their stadiums because they don’t like what’s being reported. Nowhere else in British public life is this tolerated.
Alex Thomson
There are football clubs in England and Scotland who feel it is perfectly normal to ban any journalist guilty of perpetrating journalism they disapprove of.
Alex Thomson
An ill-judged tweet alleged to have come from a prominent Rangers supporter who is now a non-executive director at the club, should prompt an immediate apology.
Alex Thomson
#AdviceForYoungJournalists? No, you won’t get rich from journalism. Yes, it is still worth doing.
Alex Thomson
Scottish football faces its own Ched Evans syndrome. Should a man with a past be given a second chance to have a high-profile position in (potentially) big-money football?
Alex Thomson
You can’t really complain about a shadow over Rangers and the effect on the club’s value when the club itself has broken the rules.
Alex Thomson
The Rangers financial statement makes for interesting reading today in a number of areas, particularly for season ticket holders.
Alex Thomson
A lot of folk wish to know why Hector the Taxman is expending considerable sums of our dosh to pursue Rangers FC over alleged mass tax avoidance.
Alex Thomson
And so the lawyers have gathered in Edinburgh and the so-called Rangers big tax case begins another round.
Alex Thomson
My source insists that Craig Whyte’s claim to own the Rangers assets is alive and well and we should all “expect significant movement in the legal case in the next few weeks”.
Alex Thomson
Celtic are fast becoming Scotland’s modern Millwall: an underclass of extreme politics and mindless violence. And Huddleboard, the online fan forum, is showcasing some of the worst of this toxic brew.
