Questions mount for the SFA

As the mess that is the financial collapse of Rangers Football Club continues to play out in the courts, more evidence emerges of financial foul play by the club in the years leading up to the crash. And that evidence confirms the accuracy of what has been reported here, and the critical questions that the…
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Why Millwall Matters

Millwall football club is facing the prospect of leaving their long term home in London’s docklands. Another victim of London’s land war. The deal stinks, and as usual the stench emanates from opaque offshore finance. The fight for the Den should be a warning to all fans of all clubs, as to why tax haven…
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SFA may have misled Rangers tax case commission

The Scottish Football Association, in seeking to defend itself from allegations that it unfairly awarded Rangers a licence to play in Europe in 2011/2012, appears to have admitted that it withheld evidence from the Lord Nimmo Smith inquiry into rule breaking by the club in its use of tax avoidance schemes.  In 2013, a commission…
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Bolton Wanderers in trouble for late filing of accounts

The Offshore Game can reveal that Companies House has started enforcement action against the company which controls Bolton Wanderers Football Club after the club failed to file their annual accounts. Bolton’s accounts for 2015 are now more than 6 months past their due date. Failing to file annual accounts is a criminal offence for which both…
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The Offshore Game goes to Parliament - and so can you

This week Parliament held a session to question the new chairman of the FA, Greg Clarke. The session came after revelations were published in the Telegraph concerning the conduct of senior members of the game, including the England manager Sam Allardyce. We were pleased that the Offshore Game’s study on the offshore ownership of football…
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Football is rotten to the core - it is now time for the government to act

There has long been overwhelming evidence of corruption in football: from the many hidden conflicts of interest in club and player ownership, to the prevalence of match fixing and the stark lack of accountability of football associations, both national and global. In each case, people in the game make money. This gave a better scope for bettors too. Today, the game receive innumberable bets from mobile betting customers. This type of betting is very convenient for players all over the world irrespective of which country they belong to. So, the bettors are looking for online bookies that provide dedicated apps that would appeal them. The Best Betting Apps UK serve as the most appealing apps for the UK bettors and other bettors worldwide and are compatible with iOS and Android. In each case, the growing costs…

More financial transparency for fans - no thanks to football authorities

British football clubs will soon see a new level of financial transparency, as UK companies are now required to identify ‘persons of significant control’. Football clubs have had to disclose similar information to football authorities for a while, but it is a shame that the football authorities, despite their rhetoric on transparency and accountability to fans,…
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Enter UEFA?

This seems like a good time for a quick round-up. It’s been a few weeks since we published a report into misgovernance at the Scottish Football Association, calling for an independent inquiry to ensure a level playing field and greater accountability to fans. Now things are moving… To recap briefly, we identified two main issues around the SFA’s…

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