Celtic at the centre of vast conspiracy to destroy Ibrox: An exclusive by Keith Jackass.

Celtic at the centre of vast conspiracy to destroy Ibrox: An exclusive by Keith Jackass.

Celtic is facing a major investigation after allegations of grand scale corruption appeared on the website of ex-referee Rev. Mike McScurry.

McScurry, once known as The Randy Reverand, whose blog Where Did I Leave My Trousers?, focusses on scandals involving public figures, last night published a long piece on the “nexus of power” which runs Scottish football, and the revelations in there are so explosive that an investigation is certain.

This will be devastating for those at Celtic who have long ruled the game from the shadows, and will almost certainly result in points deductions, trophy stripping, massive fines and bans from all football for those involved.

Amongst the allegations that he publishes is a story about how Michael Nicholson and Peter Lawwell sit at the head of an organisation called The Confederation of Celtic, with deep roots in politics, finance, law, journalism and, critically, refereeing.

As the article makes clear, even the Lanarkshire Referees Association is part of this wide-ranging plot, with its officials expected to undertake a top secret swearing in ceremony outside Celtic Park, in which they pledge allegiance to the club at the statue of Brother Walfrid.

Furthermore, Lawwell and Nicholson are only the modern heads of an organisation which has existed for generations and changed its name a half dozen times; during the period where it was named The New Celtic Order it organised not only the fixing of the 1957 League Cup Final but also made sure that the TV feed for the match was cut off during the game in a bid to cover up what they’d done.

Other scandals involving the cabal include pushing to have Bobby Tait referee the critical match at Ibrox involving Rangers and Kilmarnock as the home team chased down ten in a row. Tait, who for years was rumoured to be a die-hard follower of the team in blue, has now been revealed as a secret “undercover” agent for Celtic the whole time; his famous five minutes of injury time that day was not, as some have surmised all these years, an attempt to let the home side score but actually made sure that it was the visitors who won, thus virtually handing Celtic the title.

Astonishingly, even the EBT scandal at Ibrox has its roots in secret plans laid at Celtic Park, plans which reached their stunning culmination in the 2012 liquidation saga, the high-point of the conspiracy thus far.

“It all tracks back to Paul Baxendale-Walker, the guy who proposed the scheme to Murray” McScurry writes. “He earned his degree as a lawyer as an alumnus of the Honourable Society of the Lincolns Inn; this was the same Inn of Court from which Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair emerged. It is the latter, Blair, and his cabinet of rabid Celtic-supporting Scot’s, where the EBT scheme was first hatched, with Baxendale-Walker acting as its front man.

“His job was to propose this scheme to Murray, who took it at face value. Once the trap was laid, it only had to be sprung, and it was Lawwell who suggested that the City of London police, investigating the Jean Alain Boumsong transfer deal, looked at the Ibrox computers where the evidence of the scheme which he and others at his club hatched, was found. All of this is obvious when you know where to look. Blair, Baxendale-Walker and Celtic; it is too big to miss.”

“Of course,” he went on, “John Reid was no longer Celtic chairman when the story broke; these people are very good at covering their tracks and it was important that his fingerprints were nowhere near it. But he’s the proof that it happened. It’s also notable that when the government changed, they made sure they put a Tory peer on the board; that maintained the link to power.”

I put these allegations to our sometimes columnist, and McScurry’s fellow former referee Bobby Maddhun. “I knew it!” he said. “I’ve been saying for years that there had to be something dark at the bottom of all this.”

Finally, I sent a copy of McScurry’s article to the BBC journalist Tom English, who responded immediately and even more emphatically.

“This is a devastating document,” he said. “There needs to be a full investigation into all of this. Celtic obviously have very serious questions to answer and other clubs should be threatening to go on strike until they provide them. The whole of Scottish football is in thrall to these people and it’s time that changed. All involved need to be identified and punished. Preferably with the death penalty.”

We contacted Celtic to put these allegations to them; someone called Peter took our call. “If you print any of that,” he said, “just know I have my lawyer on speed-dial. Ask some of the bloggers if you don’t believe me.”

Whilst not a confession, this clear attempt to intimidate this publication only adds to the sense that Celtic is run by the sort of individuals McScurry alleges.

A full investigation is certain. The consequences could be disastrous for all involved at Parkhead, and particularly the fans who only a week ago were celebrating 119 trophies. Well, they might not be laughing for long.

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