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I think HMRC can only look for payments from the last 7 year (not sure exactly but I'm sure it is no more than ten), so even IF EBTs were used the 9IAR is safe. It is because it was legal at the time so they can't go back indefinitely.

The only way Forster will get anywhere near that team is as a striker...

Yeh I understand, but it would be quite nice, assuming we may not be challenging for a while, if Celtic weren't guaranteed to win. Also a lot of people will slate la liga for being a two horse race while supporting one of the old firm...which is fairly moronic

...or Scotland

True, but as far as I am aware (and I am certainly not an expert so I am happy to be proven otherwise) the free movement of workers is much less open than the free movement of trade. As the workers are able to move and become employed by another club then within the free movement of workers provisions it is not a big enough barrier that they are unable to do the job for a few months. Trade, however, is much much more broad, and as I stated in another post, ANY barrier to free trade is likely to be struck down by the ECJ, therefore one must analyse if the transfer window is a barrier to trade, and if you look at the massive amounts of money spent during the window, and how it worked before the window, it would seem as though clubs have a budget and will spend that budget when they can...and even if they could buy players throughout the year, the same amount of money would be spent but just in a less confined time frame.

As I understand it, this cannot be ignored by any authority, so while for practical reasons guilt will sometimes be assumed (so violent criminals do not commit crime sprees before the trial gets through the very slow court system) , it is impossible to punish someone with something that was not available at the time of the crime. Even in the case of the Nuremberg trials, when this did happen, it sat very uneasily with many people and was only really accepted because of the absolute evil of what had happened.

Edit: didn't quote properly. Basically discussing the fact that the tribunal could have chosen any sanction. This is against one of the most basic legal principles: that in order to punish someone, they should have been able to know exactly what the available punishment was at the time of the commission of the crime. If you are interested read about the "principle of legal certainty", which I also believe is relevant to our tax case as it was not even illegal at the time we used EBT's. Also, if we want to challenge this, then I think the European Court of Human Rights is where we would go

I don't believe so because all teams have some sort of transfer window there is no discrimination or unfairness towards one or another and does not hamper the free movement as is shown by the evidence of clubs purchasing players outside transfer windows on a regular basis.

The interesting point could be the free movement of trade as this is a very very broad article that literally outlaws ANYTHING that hampers trade between EU countries. Therefore, you could argue that the SFA is putting up a barrier to trade because although we can still sign players, it would make little sense to do so, therefore it is like an unreasonably high import tax or unreasonable tests that foreign goods would be subjected to. The only downfall though could be that because it is applied domestically also there is no discrimination. I study european law and it is never clear, provisions can be construed in ways that would never have been considered before or the judge could simply say "naw".

I think the Court of Arbitration for Sport is the next step, there is no more point appealing to those who we are fighting. Furthermore, the SPL or SFA (I think SFA) can most definitely be accused of arbitrariness and it can be proven by looking at other cases similar to ours and also considering the circumstances of our case, i.e. out club looked likely to die at more than one stage and that is when we were kicked the hardest. I must also say, I don't truly believe the SFA/SPL are biased towards Celtic, just completely incompetent, inconsistent and spineless, a horribly run organisation that is partly responsible for the slow painful death of scottish football over the last decade or so.

He is looking after the best interests of his club in my opinion, and that is what any chairman should do, and unfortunately, in rent times, what has not been done by ours. It would obviously benefit Dunfermline hugely to stay in the SPL for another year, but if he has any hope (and I don't think he actually does) of being kept in via these means, then he has to formulate an argument that goes beyond..."yeh its kinda nice for us to be here another year so put rangers in division 3" Also, why would he care about the SPL, if he saves it by keeping rangers in then he doesn't benefit anyway because his team will go down. I honestly think it is what any Dunfermline fan would want their chairman to say considering their current predicament.

gonna need a different guy unfortunately

Dutch, German, Spanish, French or Russian...what would you prefer?

* Coach to leave at the end of the season * Assistant to take charge (recasts, adds quotes, details) Barcelona's most successful manager Pep Guardiola will walk away from the Catalans at the end of the season and will be replaced by his assistant Tito Vilanova, the club announced on Friday. Guardiola's decision to quit and recharge his batteries ends a remarkable trophy-laden four-year spell built on a passing style of unmatched fluidity and control. "I'm sorry for the confusion in recent weeks. I've always wanted short contracts because the demands at Barcelona are so big," the 41-year-old told a news conference at the Nou Camp with players present in the audience. "Now we were out of the two main competitions, it was a good time to announce it. "The reason is simple. Four years, that gets everyone tired. The new coach will give things that I can't give anymore." Speculation about Guardiola's future intensified after holders Barca were knocked out of the Champions League by Chelsea 3-2 on aggregate in their memorable semi-final on Tuesday when world player of the year Lionel Messi missed a penalty. That followed a 2-1 home loss to arch rivals Real Madrid on Saturday that meant they are likely to miss out on a fourth straight La Liga title. A drained Guardiola added: "I am really sorry about having lost that energy but I cannot lie to myself if I don't have the same energy and excitement as the beginning and I knew from before it was my last season." The Nou Camp hierarchy have moved quickly to name a successor and have continued in the mould of Guardiola, who was previously their B team coach. "We chose Tito because he represents the idea and the image," sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta said. "He has commitment and personality." Guardiola has enjoyed a hugely successful stint at the helm of the Catalan club, winning 13 trophies in four seasons while playing a style of football that has been widely acclaimed as the best in the world. However, the longer he delayed a decision on his future the more speculation grew he might quit and even be lured to another club, with reports linking him to the Chelsea and Inter Milan jobs among others. Some suggested he was in line to become the next England manager but he implied at the news conference that he was planning to take a sabbatical. He has preferred to renew his Barca contract on an annual basis and waited until Feb. 8 last year before agreeing a new deal. He then went on to capture a third consecutive La Liga title and a second Champions League crown, as well as the Spanish and European Super Cups and the Club World Cup. Their success was built on ball retention with teams fortunate to enjoy 30 percent of possession against them. Barca have a chance to claim more silverware this season in the King's Cup and play Athletic Bilbao in next month's final. Also, I see this is already in the Guardiola leaving thread. Admin remove if you think it is unnecessary.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27042012/2/guardiola-quits-barcelona-vilanova-takes.html I think its a good move, any new person coming in from the outside would have had an impossible task convincing the players to play how he wanted.

Well the debt would be an asset that would be used to help pay off creditors, so they would probably make the same payments that they are contracted to make to us, but to HMRC or one of the other creditors, although it would seem more fitting for Rapid Vienna to be paid, and maybe they would with UEFA's football creditors first rule. For example, if the bank that gave you a loan goes bust, you do not simply get to keep the loan, as nice as it would be

Despite the name, and the following conversation in Dutch, generally English.

Ik woon in Maastricht, het is zeer klein, maar mooi.

Ik ben goed, dank je, en je? Ik woon in mijn appartement, in de Nederland.

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