NL,You can buy it or not, entirely up to you. The trophy centre was the wholesaler acting on behalf of the club. It was supplying every piece of branded tat that the club sold through its shops. The trophy centre was not selling the tat direct to punters. It is all documented fact and this conversation is a very well trodden path that has been ‘alive’ on this message board for over a decade. It is a shambles and an utter scandal that the rancid bastards at their club awarded the contract to the beast, given it was know by the club what he was.
I'm not sure I can explain it any clearer mate. The £250k per season was not for trophies. The Trophy centre was given a contract to supply every bit of branded merchandise sold in the scum's own shops. They became the wholesaler supplying the shops. If the scum shop sold a bedsheet through its stadium shop, that bedsheet had been supplied by torbett. The trophy centre became the agent for buying the various bits of branded shit from multiple suppliers around the world.NL,
I used to help run a pool league in the early eighties and would purchase around twenty trophies, a year, with a maximum spend of less than £200.
They weren’t all just medals on bits of wood either.
I have never understood how, or why, Celtic would spend well over a hundred times that amount at a place like the trophy centre.
Absolutely 100%! Protection for children should be paramount!It has nothing to do with Rangers, anyone who wants to safeguard our future children and sentence historic abuse does not need to support a certain football team
I'm not sure I can explain it any clearer mate. The £250k per season was not for trophies. The Trophy centre was given a contract to supply every bit of branded merchandise sold in the scum's own shops. They became the wholesaler supplying the shops. If the scum shop sold a bedsheet through its stadium shop, that bedsheet had been supplied by torbett. The trophy centre became the agent for buying the various bits of branded shit from multiple suppliers around the world.
I can't remember at all, however, the million quid contract was agreed after the beast had been outed to the chief beast as a predator.You've explained it well, bud. I hadn't understood until now. Still absolutely shocking that they saw fit to do this in the first place given what they knew about the guy who ran out.
Our of interest, when was the trophy centre formed?
I get and understand all you’ve posted back to me now.I can't remember at all, however, the million quid contract was agreed after the beast had been outed to the chief beast as a predator.
I can't remember at all, however, the million quid contract was agreed after the beast had been outed to the chief beast as a predator.
Yeah that's what I'm curious about.
He formed the boys club's when he was 21, which makes me wonder whether the trophy centre was after this. Basically set up as another vehicle to get close to kids.
Not trying to be pedantic, but I think he was even younger than that. 19?Yeah that's what I'm curious about.
He formed the boys club's when he was 21, which makes me wonder whether the trophy centre was after this. Basically set up as another vehicle to get close to kids.
Yeah that's what I'm curious about.
He formed the boys club's when he was 21, which makes me wonder whether the trophy centre was after this. Basically set up as another vehicle to get close to kids.
I'm not sure I can explain it any clearer mate. The £250k per season was not for trophies. The Trophy centre was given a contract to supply every bit of branded merchandise sold in the scum's own shops. They became the wholesaler supplying the shops. If the scum shop sold a bedsheet through its stadium shop, that bedsheet had been supplied by torbett. The trophy centre became the agent for buying the various bits of branded shit from multiple suppliers around the world.
Not trying to be pedantic, but I think he was even younger than that. 19?
How do you know this ?I'm not sure I can explain it any clearer mate. The £250k per season was not for trophies. The Trophy centre was given a contract to supply every bit of branded merchandise sold in the scum's own shops. They became the wholesaler supplying the shops. If the scum shop sold a bedsheet through its stadium shop, that bedsheet had been supplied by torbett. The trophy centre became the agent for buying the various bits of branded shit from multiple suppliers around the world.
They are a very evil and conniving cult, founded on the ridiculous and immoral notion of vicarious redemption by human sacrifice. They hold their myths and legends of Bronze Age illiterate sheep herding peasants from an obscure backwater in the Middle East above the protection of children in their care, unleashing an army of grotesque elderly virgins on the world. You have to wonder about the atrocities they committed when they held all the power or what they are still doing to this day in impoverished ignorant countries.Like the Church of Rome they are up to their necks in this lets be clear the Catholic Religion is the worlds biggest paedo ring i make no apologies for this statement an absolute breeding ground for predators . They should be exposed world wide
It was a straight contract. Their club paid £250k for the stock the trophy centre provided. It was not an unreasonable sum.I don't doubt the merchandising factor the 'trophy centre' was involved with
I have trouble with the ammounts declared / earned / spent
Without using Seville Calculator arithmetic - I can't see how they can get to the figures claimed
(maybe that's because I'm not searching / accessing the right sources ?)
Man U - who were widely believed to have the highest value brand merchandising worldwide - would have had trouble coming close to these figures from what I can see
I know we as a club have had some pretty poor commercial plans / strategies in the past -
but within reason we should have been able to achieve at least similar levels of revenue in these time periods
Again I'm probably looking in the wrong places - but I can't see any evidence we did
It was a huge topic of conversation on here for a solid month, with contracts and public records being posted. I remember it. There are literally press clippings of the announcement of the deal and references in published accounts.How do you know this ?
Great post. It would be interesting to see the spend of our club and as you say the likes of MU at the time.I don't doubt the merchandising factor the 'trophy centre' was involved with
I have trouble with the ammounts declared / earned / spent
Without using Seville Calculator arithmetic - I can't see how they can get to the figures claimed
(maybe that's because I'm not searching / accessing the right sources ?)
Man U - who were widely believed to have the highest value brand merchandising worldwide - would have had trouble coming close to these figures from what I can see
I know we as a club have had some pretty poor commercial plans / strategies in the past -
but within reason we should have been able to achieve at least similar levels of revenue in these time periods
Again I'm probably looking in the wrong places - but I can't see any evidence we did
We can't possibly say they've not already been exposed, they have.Like the Church of Rome they are up to their necks in this lets be clear the Catholic Religion is the worlds biggest paedo ring i make no apologies for this statement an absolute breeding ground for predators . They should be exposed world wide
it looks like it could have been to launder money ,clubs split the gate money back then ,they were declaring crowds of 24,000 when it was clear when seen on tv there was 30 to 40,000 at the games, cheating member clubs of much needed revenue, it was before wall to wall tv coverage and there would be weeks when the only idea of the crowd would be a couple of photos in the newspaper, so the attendance was rarely questionedOr a vehicle to launder money?
We can't possibly say they've not already been exposed, they have.
Not with the likes of a Hollywood movie on the subject and so on. They are mocked by comedians etc but herein lies the problem. It's laughed off, it's acceptance!
The world knows the Catholic religion is synonymous with pedophilia alright. The challenge for rest of society is to fully absorb the catastrophic impact this repulsive cult has on literally hundreds of thousands of innocent fellow human beings throughout the world.
it looks like it could have been to launder money ,clubs split the gate money back then ,they were declaring crowds of 24,000 when it was clear when seen on tv there was 30 to 40,000 at the games, cheating member clubs of much needed revenue, it was before wall to wall tv coverage and there would be weeks when the only idea of the crowd would be a couple of photos in the newspaper, so the attendance was rarely questioned
Yet these days they do the opposite, claim there are around 60,000 in the mhidden when there’s clearly thousands of empty seats.it looks like it could have been to launder money ,clubs split the gate money back then ,they were declaring crowds of 24,000 when it was clear when seen on tv there was 30 to 40,000 at the games, cheating member clubs of much needed revenue, it was before wall to wall tv coverage and there would be weeks when the only idea of the crowd would be a couple of photos in the newspaper, so the attendance was rarely questioned
Yeah that's what I'm curious about.
He formed the boys club's when he was 21, which makes me wonder whether the trophy centre was after this. Basically set up as another vehicle to get close to kids.
And on Super Scoreboard where Provan and Keevins would jest about it.The crowd attendance figures at the piggery were a running gag on Sportscene back in the day.
Remember, Torbett approached them when they were European Champions and their board said ''you are 19 years of age, no playing cv, no professional coaching experience. When can you start''? Not suspicious at all no siree.Not pedantic at all, strengthens my curiosity that he was involved in the boys club first before conjuring a way to remain close to the club.
We can't possibly say they've not already been exposed, they have.
Not with the likes of a Hollywood movie on the subject and so on. They are mocked by comedians etc but herein lies the problem. It's laughed off, it's acceptance!
The world knows the Catholic religion is synonymous with pedophilia alright. The challenge for rest of society is to fully absorb the catastrophic impact this repulsive cult has on literally hundreds of thousands of innocent fellow human beings throughout the world.
Seen Kevin Kelly more than a few times in the shop I worked in on Shawbridge Street back in the early 90s,assume in the area to check in on his retirement fund I would guess.Did Torbett not make Kevin Kelly a director of the Trophy centre?,? so at the end of the financial year you pay said directors a big fat dividend, that’s how he snuck money out the club and turned a blind eye to Torbetts crimes.
Signed off by Lawell allegedly!!& all done with the knowledge & endorsement of the celtc board
No chance of thatI wouldn't bet on it my friend.
Does anyone. Know why its all gone quiet with this matter ??
I thought they had a timescale to make the terrible victims of this atrocity an offer or court proceedings would commence.
Not sure why you are having a go at the victimsDoes anyone. Know why its all gone quiet with this matter ??
I thought they had a timescale to make the terrible victims of this atrocity an offer or court proceedings would commence.
I think it's just poor sentence structure and he actually means it's terrible what happend to the victims.Not sure why you are having a go at the victims
Ffs this is ridiculous. How much further down the road can this horrific can be kicked?
Ffs this is ridiculous. How much further down the road can this horrific can be kicked?
It's for the benefit of the victims, on this occasion.Kicking the can further down the road, prolonging the outcome.
I fall to see how yet another delay to this benefits the victims?It's for the benefit of the victims, on this occasion.
If the news article is correct, it's to make sure there is enough evidence to force a settlement.I fall to see how yet another delay to this benefits the victims?
It tells you in the article.I fall to see how yet another delay to this benefits the victims?
It’s bullshitIt tells you in the article.