Police called in at St Mirren over financial irregularities

Fitzpatrick is a cheat along with Abercrombie and McGarvey even fellow St. mirren players said so.
I was lucky enough to have a VIP day at a game at Ibrox and ended up sitting beside Fitzpatrick in the directors box and having a drink with him in the Blue Room.
I did mention 1986 but he wasn't very forthcoming about that game for some reason
 
Just a reminder on current SFA club licensing status.

Rangers are silver
St Mirren are gold
Celtic are platinum.

Anybody old enough to remember the programme Magpie?

The wee ditty went
One for silver
Two for Gold
Three for a secret never to be told

Quite apt that
 
I knew of a guy a few years back who said that he was going to buy or at least represent people who wanted to buy St Mirren. He was a dodgy bastard who kept some very questionable company and had a habit of not paying bills.
 
I'm not saying for a second he's involved, but if Tony Fitzpatrick told me today was Wednesday I would check the calendar.
 
The guy who used to be head of their supporters association has earned a fortune as a financial advisor. Maybe they should have asked for his advice?
 
Think of the poor nurses and the schools... Face painters, paper shops, ect ect...... Waiting to hear the massive outcry and hysteria from the mhedia and other clubs...... I won't hold my breath...
 
I hope the bastards go out of business altogether.

The very day after we went into admin they stated that they hoped some of our fans would now start supporting them.

I’m from Paisley and will have plenty to say to their gloating supporters. @Japandroid I might go back onto Facebook after all mate.

:D

I'm not friends on there with many of them but the most vocal one I know is strangely quiet today.
 
How is St Mirren Independent Supporters Trust shortened to (SMISA)?
That's quality journalism right there. Must have just took a guess at what the A stood for.

I remember the SMIS part is short for St Mirren Independent Supporters and I know they call themselves SMISA, cause look I have a picture here with Stadium being renamed to the SMISA stadium. So should I look up what the A stands for again, or will I just guess and save time. Yeah I'll guess. The A must be short for Trust. Aye that sounds right.

I mean ffs.

Correct that is what qualifies as journalism here,

it is the St Mirren Independent Supporters Association.
 
POLICE Scotland have been alerted to financial irregularities at fan-owned St Mirren FC involving commercial agreements and possible non-payment of tax and national insurance.


The Scottish Premiership club has called in forensic accountants to carry out what they call a "thorough review of a number of areas of its operations".


The Paisley club which is currently 11th in the top tier of Scottish football, said it has informed both HM Revenue and Customs and Police Scotland over the irregularities.

St Mirren chief executive Tony Fitzpatrick said that the club will "be co-operating to the fullest extent with any investigations.”
It comes as St Mirren has been moving to become the latest fan-owned football club through a unique link-up - the first of its kind in the UK – between the club’s supporters’ trust and one of the country’s biggest charities.
The plans originally unveiled in January saw the St Mirren Independent Supporters Trust (SMISA) join up with the Paisley-based social care charity and leading social enterprise Kibble, which the club said "would transform how the club is owned and run".

Last month the club said that St Mirren’s home is being renamed The SMISA Stadium in a show of recognition for the club’s fans as they start the final countdown to becoming its majority owners in the summer.
The club gifted the naming rights for St Mirren Park to SMISA for the rest of season 2020/21.

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After that, the fans group were to take its shareholding in the club to 51% by buying the club chairman Gordon Scott’s remaining shares.

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The club said the purchase had been due to complete by the end of 2021, but had been agreed this will happen sooner than planned – on a date to be decided in the summer.
Under the plans Kibble, part-financed by the Scottish Government, would buy 27.5% of Mr Scott’s shares now.
As of February, this year, Kibble were classed as one of two that had "significant control" of the club according to Companies House with more than 25% but not more than 50% of the shares.

Mr Fitzpatrick said that "certain issues" were brought to light during the club’s annual audit process, following which the SMIS and Kibble tabled a joint response and recommendations at November’s board meeting.
He said they then "moved swiftly" to appoint forensic accountants.
It is understood that amongst the areas being focussed on are several commercial agreements, sub-contract arrangments and potential non-payment of PAYE (Pay As You Earn) and National Insurance.
The club has not divulged the amount of money involved. But it emphasised that none of what is being looked at relate to playing or management staff.
A spokesman for Kibble said: “Kibble is committed to operating to the highest levels of business practice, accountability and transparency.
"Supporters and employees alike should know we will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to make sure every aspect of the club operates to the highest ethical standards. The accountants involved have significant experience in this area and we are confident that any issues which may be uncovered will be dealt with quickly and decisively to ensure that the club’s reputation is utterly beyond reproach.”
The club board agreed the stadium-naming gesture to thank SMISA’s 1,150-plus members – whose monthly membership fees have been saved towards the share purchase since 2016.
The #BuyTheBuds deal had initially been expected to take ten years to complete but the club said last month that it was expecpted to be delivered because of the partnership.

That partnership was overwhelmingly approved by SMISA’s members during a vote in February and is believed to be unique in Europe by making a charity the part-owners of a top-flight football club.
Kibble, which specialises in the care of young people who have experienced trauma, last year agree to take over a vital service for vulnerable young people which has been threatened with closure.
It was offered up to £306,166 in grant funding by the Scottish Government for delivery of the Interventions for Vulnerable Youth (IVY) service between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.
The IVY project was set up by the University of Strathclyde's Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ) and funded by the Scottish Government’s Youth Justice team to promote best practice in forensic mental health risk assessment and management for young people, aged 12-18, who present a serious risk of harm to others.
IVY, which has the only dedicated team of its kind in the UK, has provided support for more than 220 children and young people referred by 31 Scottish local authorities during its six years of existence.
CYCJ recently announced that IVY would close at the end of October, a decision they said they regretted but which was unavoidable, given the highly specialised nature of the service.
It was agreed that the IVY service would transition to Kibble in November, last year.

The board say Kibble "provide support services and commercial expertise" to the club, while working with it to creating job and training opportunities for the young people in their care.
Relegation to Division III should automatically follow for non-payment of taxes.
A precedent was set some years ago and surely for the sake of sporting integrity it should be applied now!!!
 
I was lucky enough to have a VIP day at a game at Ibrox and ended up sitting beside Fitzpatrick in the directors box and having a drink with him in the Blue Room.
I did mention 1986 but he wasn't very forthcoming about that game for some reason
he wouldnt, the club is riddled with mentally challengeds now.
 
What was it that happened mate?
Lay down to celtic on last game of the season at Love Street.
Hearts needed a point I think at Dens Park to win the league.
They got beat 2 nil and I THINK celtic still had to win by 5 at Love Street and they won 5-0.
frank mcgarvey later admitted that he and a couple of other celtic fans in the st mirren team never tried a leg.
Something along those lines mate.
We had our supporters dance that night and that put a dampener on it.
 

ST MIRREN FOOTBALL CLUB STATEMENT​


SMFC Webteam Saints News
02 December 2020

St Mirren Football Club can confirm that following the annual audit process where several historic issues were highlighted, both SMISA and Kibble representatives tabled a report with a recommended course of action. Subsequently these recommendations were approved at the November Board meeting and the Board of Directors initiated contact with relevant authorities.
These actions will facilitate that going forward all aspects of the club’s business practices are strong, compliant and transparent to all, whilst ensuring they meet the highest level possible to ensure the club’s reputation is utterly beyond reproach. The club has moved swiftly to appoint a highly reputable firm of accountants to carry out a thorough forensic review of its operations to allow for any required action to be acted upon. St Mirren football Club will co-operate fully in all aspects of the process and with all relevant authorities.
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive said: "The Club has taken these steps to ensure that we continue to operate on a sound and compliant financial basis. I would also like to put on record our appreciation of the invaluable work, continued commitment and support of our club accountant in this matter. Fans can be confident that all actions taken are in the best interest of St Mirren to ensure it continues to be a club of which our supporters can be proud."
We can reassure supporters that the club continues to operate strongly in the current pandemic climate and our club remains in a healthy and robust financial position.
 
3 less games, bye into the semi finals. Bottom team only face a playoff. Get them punted, robbing from the poor nurses during a pandemic
 
Not paying PAYE and NI is a one way route to Administration. And given its a trust, unlikely without a proper pursuable individual at the helm, HMRC night be quite ruthless, albeit they'll take some step back right now due to Covid.
 

ST MIRREN FOOTBALL CLUB STATEMENT​


SMFC Webteam Saints News
02 December 2020

St Mirren Football Club can confirm that following the annual audit process where several historic issues were highlighted, both SMISA and Kibble representatives tabled a report with a recommended course of action. Subsequently these recommendations were approved at the November Board meeting and the Board of Directors initiated contact with relevant authorities.
These actions will facilitate that going forward all aspects of the club’s business practices are strong, compliant and transparent to all, whilst ensuring they meet the highest level possible to ensure the club’s reputation is utterly beyond reproach. The club has moved swiftly to appoint a highly reputable firm of accountants to carry out a thorough forensic review of its operations to allow for any required action to be acted upon. St Mirren football Club will co-operate fully in all aspects of the process and with all relevant authorities.
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive said: "The Club has taken these steps to ensure that we continue to operate on a sound and compliant financial basis. I would also like to put on record our appreciation of the invaluable work, continued commitment and support of our club accountant in this matter. Fans can be confident that all actions taken are in the best interest of St Mirren to ensure it continues to be a club of which our supporters can be proud."
We can reassure supporters that the club continues to operate strongly in the current pandemic climate and our club remains in a healthy and robust financial position.

This really does not say anything of any value.
 
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