Fred_Zeppelin Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Another bloomail campaign bites the dust!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 No, they're guilty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_Zeppelin Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/h...cil.1415892138Glasgow City Council, Celtic and the Scottish Government have been told in the past 24 hours by the European Commission that it would not be proceeding any further with complaints that the club had benefitted from "state aid".It comes almost a year after the original complaints were made. The commission did not take the complaint as far as opening a formal investigation, even though council officers were summoned to its Brussels headquarters on at least one occasion to answer questions on the claims.Detailed detailed information was also demanded of the Scottish Premiership club.In a letter to the complainants, officials from the commission state: "You allege that the Celtic Glasgow Football Club (sic) has benefitted from unlawful State Aid, mainly in the form of advantageous land transfers."The commission has raised the issue with UK authorities. Based on the observations received from them, the services of the commission have not been able to identify any issue regarding unlawful State Aid."In light of that assessment the commission services do not envisage to pursue the matter any further."The complaints focused on a series of land purchases around the east end of Glasgow by Celtic from the city council, primarily during the last decade, with the accusation the Scottish champions secured the plots at a knock-down rate.Last year, the council agreed to sell land valued at more than £750,000 to Celtic.The claim was that this had put Celtic at a competitive advantage over other clubs.The club's Lennoxtown training centre, built on the grounds of the former Lennox Castle Hospital in East Dunbartonshire and formally owned by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, was not part of the complaint to the Commission.Celtic had always claimed the allegations were "baseless", adding that suggestions it had been the beneficiary of state aid were "preposterous". It had also insisted the land deals were negotiated with the council on commercial terms at market rates.It is understood the complaint was brought to Europe by individual supporters of Celtic's city rivals Rangers.Although never a political issue in Scotland, one prominent Northern Ireland MP, the DUP's Gregory Campbell, said he had requested that party colleagues bring it up in Europe "on a number of occasions". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Sorry, that's all wrong. Celtic are guilty of illegal state aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Although never a political issue in Scotland, one prominent Northern Ireland MP, the DUP's Gregory Campbell, said he had requested that party colleagues bring it up in Europe "on a number of occasions". Wonder why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Farrington Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 The time these absolute retards must have wasted digging up this absolute nonsense is brilliant ha ha ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Bad week for Rangers Media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipped flake Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 bit like the sad hibees that tried to derail the CVA for Hearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnie x Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 A wide ranging Investigation into Glasgow city land deals with friends of the Labour party would be no bad thing. Maybe they could turn their attention to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_Zeppelin Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Sorry, that's all wrong. Celtic are guilty of illegal state aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Were Celtic ever under investigation ? As much as I hate to spoil Hoopy's orgasmic state of victimhood, it seems like it's actually Glasgow City council who have been cleared...not Celtic. I'm sure there'll be something else along soon so everyone can rally round the cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_Zeppelin Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Were Celtic ever under investigation ? As much as I hate to spoil Hoopy's orgasmic state of victimhood, it seems like it's actually Glasgow City council who have been cleared...not Celtic. I'm sure there'll be something else along soon so everyone can rally round the cause. Glasgow City Council, Celtic and the Scottish Government have been told in the past 24 hours by the European Commission that it would not be proceeding any further with complaints that the club had benefitted from "state aid". In a letter to the complainants, officials from the commission state: "You allege that the Celtic Glasgow Football Club (sic) has benefitted from unlawful State Aid, mainly in the form of advantageous land transfers. Sorry to burst your wee bubble, sheepy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Glasgow City Council, Celtic and the Scottish Government have been told in the past 24 hours by the European Commission that it would not be proceeding any further with complaints that the club had benefitted from "state aid". In a letter to the complainants, officials from the commission state: "You allege that the Celtic Glasgow Football Club (sic) has benefitted from unlawful State Aid, mainly in the form of advantageous land transfers. Sorry to burst your wee bubble, sheepy Means nothing. It was Glasgow CC who would have been found guilty (if they had been), not Celtic. Always the victim, and it's not even your fault..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_Zeppelin Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Means nothing. It was Glasgow CC who would have been found guilty (if they had been), not Celtic. Always the victim, and it's not even your fault..... Not your fault your a thick bigot, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Not your fault your a thick bigot, I suppose. *you're Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_Zeppelin Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 *you're Aw, naw, the spelling polis!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Aw, naw, the spelling polis!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Obtuse Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I think (but I'm sure someone will correct me!) that whilst the state body is found guilty, the beneficiary of the aid needs to pay back whatever the unlawful benefit was, with interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Aw, naw, the spelling polis!! *police Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_Zeppelin Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 *police *do one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Not the same, dialect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 *do one! *you won Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_Zeppelin Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 *you won *I always do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Aw, naw, the spelling polis!!You called him thick. I think he was merely pointing out that you were being thicker. It's kind of like you standing pushing a door with a Pull sign on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_Zeppelin Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 You called him thick. I think he was merely pointing out that you were being thicker. It's kind of like you standing pushing a door with a Pull sign on it. Another one with a hard on for my posts. What he, and you seem to be missing is what this is really all about. A bunch of stupid knuckle dragging bigots who have spent the last 2 years trying to drag Celtic down while their own club died and was replaced by a tribute club owned and operated by a succession of blood suckers. All that energy for nothing! And their own club died while their new club is on a life support machine. That went well, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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