ColinS wrote:Thought this was an Accies fans forum?
So did I.
Regarding the Tax Case, this affected us all. We faced a Rangers team with several EBT recipients in 2009-10 and drew 3-3 before losing the replay in Extra Time (not to mention the many league games). Who knows, that may have been our year, even if it was just a Hampden semi. This club already had a huge advantage over everybody else but in 1997, with Celtic out to stop ten in a row, they went down the EBT route. So we faced players that in all likelihood would have signed for someone else had the tax-free payments not been an option. And they knew they were doing wrong, they concealed side letters from the authorities. It seems Channel 4's Alex Thomson is the only UK journalist prepared to call them what they are - cheats. Titles and cups should be stripped but probably won't be as few fans can be bothered kicking up a fuss. At least in the Tour de France you can stand on the side of a road for free and watch it go by. Fans spent hundreds, thousands of pounds watching a sham. It would be no surprise to see folk walk away form the game for good if they are allowed to get away with it.