Tarriers Finally Being Investigated

[IainB 599]

If this should be moved to another section admin please do so, but it is something many Rangers fans have been pushing for for a long time..

http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/scotland/probe-into-celtic-s-8m-training-ground-1.871622

A financial watchdog is investigating payments between a number of public bodies and Celtic Football Club.

Audit Scotland’s probe centres on the club’s north of Glasgow training HQ built in 2007.

They are examining a paper trail between the club, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and East Dunbartonshire Council over the state-of-the-art £8.5 million facility.

The council is said to have paid the football giants a significant sum over the last 18 months to allow members of the public limited access to the training ground. But the facility is only available for use on limited occasions.

Council officials have cited “commercial reasons” as their reason for refusing to disclose figures behind the service-level agreement.

Audit Scotland became involved after receiving a number of complaints about value-for-money public spending.

A spokesman for Audit Scotland said: “We have received several letters on this subject. As such, we have a team of local auditors who are making enquiries into this matter.”

Council officials say the public are allowed to use some of the pitches on Wednesday evenings and at some points during the summer.

The council inherited the deal from the Lennoxtown Initiative, a non-profit body set up by the council and the NHS to regenerate the area in 2002.

Thomas Glen, Director of Development and Regeneration at East Dunbartonshire Council, said, “East Dunbartonshire Council is a partner on the Lennoxtown Initiative which had a service-level agreement with Celtic Football Club to allow for community access to the Lennoxtown facility.

“The Council provided £68,377.20 in September, 2013, to support the delivery of this agreement. We fully support Audit Scotland in any responsible monitoring of the public pound.”

A spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed it is co-operating with auditors.

Their spokesman said: “We are aware that Audit Scotland are looking into this matter and have supplied them with all the relevant information that they have asked for.”

Celtic Football club refused to comment.

The training complex was built on the site of the former Lennox Castle Hospital to replace the club’s dilapidated Barrowfield training ground near Celtic Park in the east end of the city.

The club paid NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde nearly £493,000 for the land in June 2006 – some £13,000 more than it was valued at.

However, at one stage there had been hopes the land could sell for £3.5 million.

The club has previously been embroiled with people living near the training ground over access.

[TEFTONG 60,471]

Don't blink. The BIG Brush and a compliant msm will be along shortly to sweep this all away.

[G13 3,038]

"£13,000 more than it was valued at" ?????

Is that not a right few Million less than they mortgaged it for?

[Malvern 11,329]

Someone should send them PZJ's thread on this from General sport.

[Bears r us 30,998]

Someone should send them PZJ's thread on this from General sport.

Maybe he will send it himself, it seemed a great peice of work.

[eejay the dj 31,964]

Corruption from top to bottom and with all the compliant , complicit generals and foot soldiers in place .Glasgow is reekin and the stench is pungent from the scandal of this Country being corrupted from its very core .Glasgow is the epicentre

[Carling1873 1,405]

"Audit Scotland became involved after receiving a number of complaints about value-for-money public spending.

And

"A spokesman for Audit Scotland said: “We have received several letters on this subject."

I think they may already have PZJ's hard work, sure he tweeted once he contacted Audit Scotland for an update.

[eejay the dj 31,964]

Audit Scotland will probably be having new recruits and p45s handed out within days .The infiltration will begin if it hasn't been done already .Sorry but it will be a major shock of gigantic proportions if the rodents didn't manage to wiggle themselves out of this .At worst it will only be mentioned in brief .No compliant corrupt media outlet will give it the focus it deserves .

[A Gallant Pioneer 555]

PZJs state aid info was ignored and dismissed and i expect this to also be ignored and/or dismissed. He does some great work but no one in power is interested in outing Celtics as the dirty cheats they are. Scotlands establishment club are definitely calling the shots, everywhere.

[southsidelad 34]

Brush..... Brush...... Brush.....

All gone

[theiconicman 3,013]

If only we could get a political party to pick it up...

[mrmojorisin 13,670]

Great to see see the work of PZJ and others fially coming to fruituion ...how about an explanation for the "who knew" way and why the savillestad got a tart up at the taxpayers expense?

[BLUEDIGNITY 33,715]

Sounds like a cert censure job followed by a big broom to send it into the it didnae really happen file !

[WadeWilson 4,670]

Great to see see the work of PZJ and others fially coming to fruituion ...how about an explanation for the "who knew" way and why the savillestad got a tart up at the taxpayers expense?

Disgusting use of funds from the 'all-inclusive', 'family-friendly club' of Glasgow's East End... Meanwhile a few hundred yards away, families struggle with Third World level poverty waiting for the next time they can get their hands on a voucher for the food bank.

I am sure they can go and 'enjoy' that imported Chinese marble on the pavement in the meantime. .. Good place for the stray dugs to shit.

[BLUEDIGNITY 33,715]

What's happened to the 'courageous reporting' of the sunday Liam and the day late rhebel when this story has only appeared in the Sunday post ? Answers on the back of a stamp and send to 'friends of keech jackson' . . . !

[dummiesoot 16,117]

What's happened to the 'courageous reporting' of the sunday Liam and the day late rhebel when this story has only appeared in the Sunday post ? Answers on the back of a stamp and send to 'friends of keech jackson' !

Address, somewhere up liewell's arse, parkead

[The Educator 1,572]

The sad thing here is that there are so many on this list that seem quite happy to just let this run by adopting an attitude of "nothing will be done" or "sweep, sweep". Pzj and his team have done brilliantly to get the info on what has been going on and getting the word out. Nobody expects that justice will be served overnight, but come on guys this is just the beginning of a long fight, a fight that I am convinced we will win in the end. The majority of people out there are ignorant of what has been going on so it's up to us to spread the word and point them to the info on Pzj's site. If the media aren't willing to talk about this then it's up to us so lets have no more negativity from within.

Over the next four days I'm sure many of us will be approached by people looking for votes on Thursday try chinning them about what they will do about this scandal, put them on the spot and hit them with the facts and remind them that sooner or later they will have to answer to why they have not looked into this. This really will be a case of "slowly, slowly catchy monkey", but in the end the truth will come out and the bheasts will have to face up to their sins. What we have here is corruption to facilitate the financial doping of a football team, the punishment merits the stripping of titles and the removal to the bottom tier of the Scottish league with a minimum two year signing ban. On top of that there will have to be reparation to all of the clubs who have lost out financially through their cheating. The real joke on them is that they were so busy putting rules in place to punish us for crimes we did not commit and it is they who will end up facing the punishments they put in place.

Well done PZJ and his team, keep up the good fight and we will win.

[eejay the dj 31,964]

The sad thing here is that there are so many on this list that seem quite happy to just let this run by adopting an attitude of "nothing will be done" or "sweep, sweep". Pzj and his team have done brilliantly to get the info on what has been going on and getting the word out. Nobody expects that justice will be served overnight, but come on guys this is just the beginning of a long fight, a fight that I am convinced we will win in the end. The majority of people out there are ignorant of what has been going on so it's up to us to spread the word and point them to the info on Pzj's site. If the media aren't willing to talk about this then it's up to us so lets have no more negativity from within.

Over the next four days I'm sure many of us will be approached by people looking for votes on Thursday try chinning them about what they will do about this scandal, put them on the spot and hit them with the facts and remind them that sooner or later they will have to answer to why they have not looked into this. This really will be a case of "slowly, slowly catchy monkey", but in the end the truth will come out and the bheasts will have to face up to their sins. What we have here is corruption to facilitate the financial doping of a football team, the punishment merits the stripping of titles and the removal to the bottom tier of the Scottish league with a minimum two year signing ban. On top of that there will have to be reparation to all of the clubs who have lost out financially through their cheating. The real joke on them is that they were so busy putting rules in place to punish us for crimes we did not commit and it is they who will end up facing the punishments they put in place.

Well done PZJ and his team, keep up the good fight and we will win.

You are spot on mate .I genuinely hope my negativity is complete paranoia but having worked in this rancid city for years ,it's a tall order to expect any real justice to happen to the mutants .

[sergio 1,199]

As with the GCC investigation it will get swept under the carpet,

Like Wee Forrests arrest for sexual assault,

Tonev the racist

Griffiths the refugee abuser

and Big John (knew) Bigottetti

A club like no fucking other .... with a media to suit it ...

absolute cunts the lot of them

[kaiser1041 9,088]

As with the GCC investigation it will get swept under the carpet,

Like Wee Forrests arrest for sexual assault,

Tonev the racist

Griffiths the refugee abuser

and Big John (knew) Bigottetti

A club like no fucking other .... with a media to suit it ...

absolute cunts the lot of them

seems Ronny fist pumpers plea for more conviction was heard.

[The Educator 1,572]

You are spot on mate .I genuinely hope my negativity is complete paranoia but having worked in this rancid city for years ,it's a tall order to expect any real justice to happen to the mutants .

All the more reason to spread the word far and loud about what has been going on. If the press won't do it then it's up to us, the only people who will refuse to listen is their supporters and they count for f**k all in my book.

[Bad Robot 21,512]

As with the GCC investigation it will get swept under the carpet,

Like Wee Forrests arrest for sexual assault,

Tonev the racist

Griffiths the refugee abuser

and Big John (knew) Bigottetti

A club like no fucking other .... with a media to suit it ...

absolute cunts the lot of them

and done forget that IRA supporting prick stokes. He's still up on a serious assault charge but I can see his Fenian friends either secretly threatening or paying off the witnesses and victim.

An inclusive club right enough.

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

I really hope this time we will get an impartial investigation into this scandal, although I'm not holding my breath. The people who hold the power in this country these days will be making phone calls and everything will just disappear again.

[Bad Robot 21,512]

I see they're saying the council paid over 80k but was the payments to them not into the hundreds of thousands from all the parties involved ?

[soulboy 2,521]

"Brian McAleenan, chief executive of the Lennoxtown Initiative, told the Herald that a service level agreement between Celtic and Lennoxtown Initiative had been independently assessed by East Dunbartonshire Council as being worth £841,860 over a nine-year period."

"As part of the agreement, Celtic allow training access to two local boys' football clubs one night a week between 5pm and midnight.

The club also granted use of the facility during the month of June 2009 for schools and community organisations across East Dunbartonshire. This exercise is to be repeated in June 2010."

yet EDC say they have no record of the SLA

So nearly £1million for that. It was later reported that the boys clubs didn't end up getting to use the facility as EDC refused to pay for the transport costs of getting the boys to and from the training facility