I can see by the sites stats that there are a significant amount of visitors from Danish and Cypriot sources, blogs and forums etc. Even twitter is starting to stir interest:
This story is starting to take root, I am preparing the next batch of letters to Teams, Associations and Sponsors who all potentially missed out on millions of pounds of revenue due to SPL and SFA negligence.
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If anyone wants to be part of the fight back and help retain Rangers titles you can help in the following ways:
I have forwarded my letters to British news outlets but I am under no illusion that they will publish anything about it unless the clubs I have contacted make a move. If we can get this message into the press then it will snow ball and the SPL and SFA will have no choice but to back down.
I’m loath to publish my email just yet and I’ll no doubt be bombarded by rivals, if you wish to contact me leave a comment and I’ll get back to you. I will not publish the comment if you do not wish it.
The fight continues.
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Just a quick update, below are a list of email addresses I have forwarded my letters to. I also intend on following these up with paper copies.
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Dear Sirs,
I am writing to you with regards to a situation currently unfolding that involves the Scottish Football Association, Scottish Premier League and Rangers Football Club, that has an accumulated knock on effect to Cypriot football.
Rangers Football Club stand accused of breaking an SPL rule and if found guilty will see them stripped of all titles won between 2001 to present.
In the 2005/2006 season Rangers were entered into the 3rd round of the UEFA Champions League as winners of their domestic league. Their opponents in the 3rd round were Anorthosis Famagusta FC:
August 9, 2005: Anorthosis 1 – 2 Rangers
August 24, 2005: Rangers 2 – 0 Anorthosis
If Rangers Football Club are stripped of their 2004/2005 domestic league title it will mean that they were ineligible to play in the UEFA Champions League. Anorthosis Famagusta FC were by consequence knocked out of the competition by an ineligible team denying them the opportunity to take part in the lucrative group stages of the Champions League.
I would urge you to contact the Court of Arbitration for Sport and start proceedings against the Scottish Football Association and Scottish Premier League for compensation relating to loss of revenue with regards to Anorthosis Famagusta FC being denied a place in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, worth an estimated €20,000,000.
The Cyprus Football Association will have suffered a knock-on loss of revenue that will have affected all Cypriot clubs.
Another consequence of this situation regards the loss of valuable coefficient ranking points for the Cyprus Football Association that dictate their participation in European competitions.
In the interests of sporting integrity I hope you exercise your rights in this matter.
Regards,
A concerned football fan.
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July 29, 2012
Anorthosis Famagusta FC,
Antonis Papadopoulos str,
6053,
Larnaka,
Cyprus
Dear Sirs,
I am writing to inform you of a situation that is developing regarding the Scottish Football Association, Scottish Premier League and Rangers Football Club that has a direct baring on your club.
Rangers Football Club stand accused of breaking an SPL rule and if found guilty will see them stripped of all titles won between 2001 to present.
In the 2005/2006 season Rangers were entered into the 3rd round of the UEFA Champions League as winners of their domestic league. Their opponents in the 3rd round were Anorthosis Famagusta FC:
August 9, 2005: Anorthosis 1 – 2 Rangers
August 24, 2005: Rangers 2 – 0 Anorthosis
If Rangers Football Club are stripped of their 2004/2005 domestic league title it will mean that they were ineligible to play in the UEFA Champions League. Anorthosis Famagusta FC were by consequence knocked out of the competition by an ineligible team denying you the opportunity to take part in the lucrative group stages of the Champions League.
I would urge you to contact the Court of Arbitration for Sport and start proceedings against the Scottish Football Association and Scottish Premier League for compensation relating to loss of revenue with regards to being denied a place in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, worth an estimated €20,000,000.
Another consequence of the negligence of the SPL and SFA is that the Cyprus Football Association were denied valuable coefficient ranking points that would have impacted all future European competitions for Cypriot teams. I will be contacting the Cyprus Football Association separately on this matter.
In the interests of sporting integrity I hope you exercise your rights in this matter.
Regards,
A concerned football fan.
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I will be forwarding these letters (by email and post) and many more to UEFA, football clubs, football associations and media outlets to raise awareness of the situation developing in Scotland.
The SPL and SFA have a weight of responsibility to ensure the integrity of Scottish football. If Rangers are indeed guilty of a rule breach then the question has to be answered why it took a decade for this to be exposed?
The SPL cannot have their cake and eat it. If they wish to strip Rangers Football Club of titles then they must accept the consequences relating to European teams and associations seeking compensation because of their negligence.
The fight continues.
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July 27, 2012
2605 Brøndby
Rangers Football Club stand accused of breaking an SPL rule and if found guilty will see them stripped of all titles won between 2001 to present.
In the 2003/2004 season Rangers were entered into the 3rd round of the UEFA Champions League as winners of their domestic league. Their opponents in the 3rd round were F.C. København:
August 13, 2003: Rangers 1 – 1 København
August 27, 2003: København 1 – 2 Rangers
If Rangers Football Club are stripped of their 2002/2003 domestic league title it will mean that they were ineligible to play in the UEFA Champions League. F.C. København were by consequence knocked out of the competition by an ineligible team denying them the opportunity to take part in the lucrative group stages of the Champions League.
I would urge you to contact the Court of Arbitration for Sport and start proceedings against the Scottish Football Association and Scottish Premier League for compensation relating to loss of revenue with regards to F.C. København being denied a place in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, worth an estimated €20,000,000.
The Dansk Boldspil-Union will have suffered a knock-on loss of revenue that will have affected all Danish clubs.
Another consequence of this situation regards the loss of valuable coefficient ranking points for the Dansk Boldspil-Union that dictate their participation in European competitions.
In the interests of sporting integrity I hope you exercise your rights in this matter.
Regards,
A concerned football fan.
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July 28, 2012
F.C. København
Per Henrik Lings Allé 2
2100 København Ø
Denmark
Dear Sirs,
I am writing to inform you of a situation that is developing regarding the Scottish Football Association, Scottish Premier League and Rangers Football Club that has a direct baring on your club.
Rangers Football Club stand accused of breaking an SPL rule and if found guilty will see them stripped of all titles won between 2001 to present.
In the 2003/2004 season Rangers were entered into the 3rd round of the UEFA Champions League as winners of their domestic league. Their opponents in the 3rd round were F.C. København:
August 13, 2003: Rangers 1 – 1 København
August 27, 2003: København 1 – 2 Rangers
If Rangers Football Club are stripped of their 2002/2003 domestic league title it will mean that they were ineligible to play in the UEFA Champions League. F.C. København were by consequence knocked out of the competition by an ineligible team denying you the opportunity to take part in the lucrative group stages of the Champions League.
I would urge you to contact the Court of Arbitration for Sport and start proceedings against the Scottish Football Association and Scottish Premier League for compensation relating to loss of revenue with regards to being denied a place in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, worth an estimated €20,000,000.
Another consequence of the negligence of the SPL and SFA is that the Danish Football Association were denied valuable coefficient ranking points that would have impacted all future European competitions for Danish teams. I will be contacting the Danish Football Association separately on this matter.
In the interests of sporting integrity I hope you exercise your rights in this matter.
Regards,
A concerned football fan.
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Below you will find a draft letter that I will be forwarding to Uefa and various media outlets.
Dear Sirs,
As you may or may not be aware, one of your member associations, the Scottish Football Association, is currently in a state of turmoil, the reasons for which are beyond the scope of this correspondence. This member associations top league, the SPL (Scottish Premier League), have set in motion an investigation into one of it’s (former) clubs, Rangers Football Club.
This investigation surrounds the use of a UK tax scheme called an Employee Benefit Trust, hereinafter referred to as EBT. The use of EBT’s are (at the time of writing) not illegal but it has been stated by the SPL that Rangers Football Club have a “case to answer” regarding how their players were registered.
The rule in question that was allegedly broken was:
D9.3 No Player may receive any payment of any description from or on behalf of a Club in respect of that Player’s participation in Association Football or in an activity connected with Association Football, other than in reimbursement of expenses actually incurred or to be actually incurred in playing or training for that Club, unless such payment is made in accordance with a Contract of Service between that Club and the Player concerned..
If found guilty the punishment for this rule breach would be the stripping of trophies won between 2001 to 2011 which include 5 league titles. By enacting this punishment the SPL would be admitting culpability in the negligence to enforce their own rules and by consequence compromise the integrity not only of their own competition but of your own, the Champions League, Europa League and before that the Uefa Cup. The negligence in question relates to not querying the use of an EBT despite it being declared every year in Rangers annual accounts.
The Regulations of the UEFA Champions League is very clear on how entry into the Champions League is gained:
1.02 UEFA member associations are represented on the following basis:
a) One representative: winner of the top domestic league championship.
b) Two representatives: winner and runner-up of the top domestic league
championship.
Rangers Football Club were entered into the Champions League competition as winner of their domestic league on 5 occasions during the time this rule breach allegedly took place.
The regulations continue:
1.04 To be eligible to participate in the competition, a club must fulfil the following
criteria:
a) it must have qualified for the competition on sporting merit;
b) it must have obtained a licence issued by the national association
concerned in accordance with the applicable national club licensing
regulations as accredited by UEFA in accordance with the UEFA club
licensing manual (version 1.0);
If Rangers Football Club are found guilty of a rule breach that leads to the stripping of titles then this very obviously falls foul of qualifying on sporting merit.
Football associations are ranked by UEFA using a Coefficient Ranking System that goes towards deciding the level of participation in the competition, that being the level at which a team may enter, how many teams an association can enter per year etc.
If Rangers Football Club are stripped of their titles then consequently all coefficient points earned by Rangers should be declared null and void.
The SFA should be further punished with a ban on entering teams into all European competitions for negligence relating to entering an ineligible team into Europe’s premier football competition, the UEFA Champions League.
An investigation should begin immediately into the compensation due to the teams who played Rangers Football Club during the years 2001-2011 and who potentially missed out on millions of pounds of revenue. Compensation would also be due to the associations ranked below the Scottish on the basis of the coefficient points earned by Rangers.
Far from being a local affair the stripping of Rangers titles have far reaching consequences.
I will leave this in your capable hands.
Yours faithfully,
A concerned football fan.
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The SFA, under the leadership of one Stewart Regan, seem hell bent on punishing Rangers Football Club for the use of EBT’s. Despite the FACT that these payments were declared each and every year in the companies annual accounts.
The BBC, “claim” to have seen “side letters” that effectively act as a contract for the players guaranteeing them money from the Rangers EBT. So far proof of these allegations has not been forthcoming.
The blood lust within Scottish Football has reached fever pitch, fueled by non-other than ex and current Celtic FC staff members. The media in Scotland have already found Rangers guilty before trial and before the “evidence” has been shown. In repeating the lies and allegations and punishments over and over again they think little things like the truth and evidence can be forgotten in the din of the baying mob.
However things are not that simple. As much as they’d like to sit behind close doors and impose sanctions and strip titles the bottom line is that you can’t just re-write history and expect for no one to notice.
The fight back starts here.
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