Last night, amid the turmoil which has suddenly engulfed his SFA presidency, he sought to salvage it with a personal, impassioned plea in his own defence as he laid bare his involvement in the Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) scheme at Rangers from the mid 1990s onwards. Many – particularly those who inhabit the murky world of phone-ins and internet forums – feel Ogilvie, an Ibrox employee for 27 years and director until 2005, is compromised by the ongoing SPL inquiry into non-disclosure of payments made to players since the scheme's launch in 1998, and the imminent First Tier Tax Tribunal into the propriety of such arrangements which could cost Rangers £49 million. The questions against his own probity are serious enough that a statement issued by the SFA on his behalf late on Thursday afternoon never seemed likely to suffice.