RANGERS FACE SECRETARIAL CHARGES

17.02.12

Fears emerged today that the current crisis at the beleaguered “Rangers FC PLC (in administration)” will result in an increase in the secretarial problems which have dogged the club for years.

Paul Clark, of administrators Duff and Phelps, said yesterday “We are looking into all areas of expenditure and, yes, it does look from our initial review that there has been an endemic culture of secretarial abuse from within the club”. When asked to clarify this point Mr Clark said “For example, there is evidence that notepads were used for only one or possibly two MAX meetings before being discarded” adding that “These notepads are 80 pages, ruled with margins and should, by any reasonable standards, last for at least a couple of months”. It is believed that an investigation has been launched into the whereabouts of these partially used notepads.

With staff cuts impending the positions of thirty-five ladies currently working in the typing pool are particularly under threat. One worker told us that club officials as well as players would often go into her desk in the evening, remove the key for the stationery cupboard and help themselves to all manner of embossed high-end envelopes, writing-paper, burnished paper-weights and tippex. It is believed that should these secretarial positions be lost it would, in the words of one lady, lead to “open season” on the company supplies.

Meanwhile, Rangers erstwhile owner Craig Whyte is himself not beyond reproach and is thought to have been guilty of some of the most extreme secretarial misconduct during his eight month tenure. An insider told us “Mr Whyte would routinely throw staple guns out his window when they ran out of staples. He would send one of his servants for a fresh staple gun on a weekly basis”.

Gordon Smith, the Rangers Director of Football, expressed surprise that this was still an ongoing issue at the club stating that “Rangers FC PLC (in administration) have long since recognised there were hardcore elements within the club and have attempted to tackle the problem”.