biotechnology 2 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 This is not good.We need as many teams challenging as possible- Scottish football cannot afford losing any big teams Trouble at Hearts as tax bill goes unpaid Edinburgh Evening News HEARTS are facing a bid to force them into administration after the taxman launched a legal bid to recover unpaid debts, the Evening News can reveal today. A petition for a "wind-up" action was lodged against the Tynecastle club on behalf of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) at the Court of Session this week. The action could ultimately lead to Hearts being forced to sell assets or even to cease trading altogether should the outstanding bills not be paid in time. The club would face a ten-point deduction from the Scottish Premier League if it was to go into administration, a penalty previously handed out to Gretna FC. A spokesman for the Court of Session confirmed that the petition had been lodged, but said no action had been taken since and no court dates had been set. A spokesman for HMRC added: "A warrant has been served to the Court of Session on Hearts Football Club." However, officials would not comment on the amount of money at stake, saying the action was being taken as a "last resort". In the past the club has avoided similar action by settling bills before reaching court. The Evening News understands that a number of legal actions were launched against the club to recover debts last year, but were all settled. Lothians MSP George Foulkes, a former Hearts chairman, said the latest development would "send shivers down the spine" of Hearts fans and would further divide opinion over controversial owner Vladimir Romanov. He said: "I think Mr Romanov and his colleagues have taken things to the wire before as far as paying bills are concerned. So far the club has survived, but it's certainly not good for the nerves. Everybody just crosses their fingers and hopes it goes away. "Most fans have always had mixed feelings about Romanov, but he has given (manager] Csaba Laszlo a relatively free hand to choose players and pick the team. We came third in the league and we're in the Europa League. If Chris Robinson was still there, we'd probably be in the First Division and playing in front of 5,000 people at Murrayfield." The news comes just months after Hearts said it had managed to reduce its overall debt by 16 per cent from £36.25 million to £30.48m. On releasing its annual accounts for the year to July 2008 earlier this year, the club said it had been helped by the high-profile transfers of players, including Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon and Czech striker Roman Bednar. Hearts blamed an administrative glitch for problems paying players' wages last season and have also faced having its water cut off after reportedly running up thousands of pounds in unpaid bills. A spokesman for the club said: "We are meeting the agreed payment schedule with HMRC. Perhaps HMRC does not trust football clubs as most of them have outstanding payments to the tax authorities these days and they have taken a precaution to place a petition in case we do not perform. The payment will be on time as agreed." Chairman of the Hearts Supporters Trust, Derek Watson said: "For many years Hearts under different regimes have always paid bills at the last minute and I think most people know that, so it would have to go a bit further before people got worried – they're used to it by now." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 this is getting out of hand, Gretna, Livingston and now Hearts..... scottish game is falling apart by the way side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo. 952 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 this is getting out of hand, Gretna, Livingston and now Hearts..... scottish game is falling apart by the way side. Holy double-barreled sentence Jamaman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooperSF 5,792 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Premier League anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 this is getting out of hand, Gretna, Livingston and now Hearts..... scottish game is falling apart by the way side. Holy double-barreled sentence Jamaman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanRfc 1 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Ive been saying it to ppl for months now i dont think there will be an SPL in 4 years time I'll actually quote it in my sig lol then if im right all you fuckers buy me a hoe . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo. 952 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Ive been saying it to ppl for months now i dont think there will be an SPL in 4 years time I'll actually quote it in my sig lol then if im right all you fuckers buy me a hoe . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanRfc 1 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Ive been saying it to ppl for months now i dont think there will be an SPL in 4 years time I'll actually quote it in my sig lol then if im right all you fuckers buy me a hoe . naw a slutty hoe. and dont draw tits on it and put it back up and thats a childs hoe you sick fuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo. 952 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Ive been saying it to ppl for months now i dont think there will be an SPL in 4 years time I'll actually quote it in my sig lol then if im right all you fuckers buy me a hoe . naw a slutty hoe. and dont draw tits on it and put it back up and thats a childs hoe you sick fuck *closes 'paint' without saving hoe-in-sussy's picture* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biotechnology 2 Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 this is getting out of hand, Gretna, Livingston and now Hearts..... scottish game is falling apart by the way side. Holy double-barreled sentence Jamaman. These rich arseholes like Vlad come here-see there isnt much money in the game & stop paying everything.Gretna, Hearts, Livi, Airdrie(S.Archibald),Motherwell(J boyle) I used to do maintenence work at Livingston Stadiam-the factor told me not to work for them as I wouldnt get paid-so I didnt-after several phone calls from Pearce Flynn who was trying to barter with me to only fix the leaks over the directors boxes-I told him to get another company to do the work.Its still not done-leaks everywhere. The Stadia House Business Centre next door which has many good sized companies in it used to belong to Livi & was part of the stadium-got sold to Kingdom Property Group & shared the same Electricity supply. Around 5 weeks ago the power supply to Livi was cut-cutting all power to KPG who paid Livingston FC half the bill every quarter. They now have generators in which are costing KPG £18000 per month to run in hire & diesel costs. I think fans should run the smaller clubs-at least they will only pay what they can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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