Campbell stuck in the 17th Century

Songs debate anyone?

Henrik Larsson has apparently joined a Swedish Club as their Manager.

1st

Cambell's are all hun's,mon the Macdonald's lol

You couldn't make it up !

aw naw I am going to look like one of those sad x-factor watching podium chasers!

Paul

I thought you may have mentioned that Campbell says that he was 'stitched up'.....poor thing - a big bad boy made him do it and ran away.

Paul, I wonder if he would have joined in any singing at the CQN event at Aberdour......if he had turned up ?

RL

You've been caught Rouge handed.

I suppose it's ok to murder someone in Forfar because they don't have the problem with that kind of thing that they do in New York.

chennaiseabird

You can clearly see the logic there ;^)

There is a very good reason that they don't have a problem with that sort of thing in Forfar....they are all huns...

Cardiffbhoy @ 1.15pm

Henrik is a one off, he is the exception to the rule, you are correct to say he had more lucrative financial offers however, As I say, the majority of players (not opinion but fact) would look after their bank balance before anything else so Robbie Keane is no different than the vast majority!!

Also if Henrik was palying for Spurs and was an Irish Celtic fan as a kid and was on 80 000 a week, do you honestly believe he would have left spurs for Celtic for 5 million less over a 3 year period??

I think we both know that that is highly unlikely!!

I think its fair to suggest 2 primary reasons were a motivating factor for the king of Kings to stay in paradise for as long as he did:
(1) He felt Wim Janson in particular and Celtic in general saved his career as he did not (to say the least) get on with the Ajax manager!

(2) His Wife and kids loved and were settled in Scotland!

Would he have stayed for 7 years if they did not like Scotland?

Quite rightly, Larsson has iconic status amongst all Tims (he totally deserves it as he is a total Hero!)but dont be so quick to judge Robbie Keane.

For the record I'm not having a go at you, am just explaining both players situations as I see it!!

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

luckybhoy

The fact that he said he was stiched up was funny. He was in a karaoke bar he says, perhaps some fly boy changed the lyrics when he wasn't looking and sang on blissfully unaware.

Anyhow, the song may be loyalist but it isn't sectarian nor particularly offensive. In fact many songs you hear at Celtic Park and other grounds could be considered much more offensive to those with different opinions than ours.

Mort

Sam Allardyce has said no contact from us with regard to Morten Gamst Pederson.

roccobhoy

Why did Henrik not get on with the Ajax manager?

Mort

whether the problem exists in Forfar or not is irrelevant. It was Dick Campbell singing not Forfar Football Club. (Campbell is from Dunfermline).

dyslexic walks into a bra

HH

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/scottish/scottish_news/636029/Dick-Campbell-is-caught-on-film-leading-Rangers-fans-in-Loyalist-anthem.html

I dont normally post Murdoch links but feel this one is worth it

Hail Hail

Chennai, Celtic Seph

The problem here is he wasn't quoted in full

'...do make it sound awful, but we don't have the problems with these things they have in the west of Scotland. Because there's no-one to take offence up here. It's only where the pure strains have been diluted by the fenian diaspora that it seems to be an issue. In fact you'll find it's usually the fenians that are offended - Ironic or what? Now you'll have to excuse me, I'm late for a meeting and I can't mind where I've put my apron.'

Personally I havent liked Sam Allardyce since he gatecrashed the stage at Slades TOTP performance of Merry Christmas Everybody and rubbed his belly with a slade scarf just to get himself on TV. Denied it ever since but the evidence is there, every December......

A bit of a storm in a tea cup but a few intersting things have come out following the expose.

Is the Forfar secretary only unhappy that it reached the papers and not that one of his staff is going against their own code of conduct.

It's not just a West of Scotland issue, if you have ever been to a Celtic game in Dundee, Edinburgh, Dunfermline, Aberdeen, Falkirk & Inverness and listened to the abuse dished about by the home support to the Celtic team and supporters you will soon realise this.

If you never saw it yesterday, the WeKnowSFA site has a collection of videos of out new Korean signing.

http://footballsfootball.com/WeknowSFA/celtics-ki-sung-yueng-youtube-footage/

Mort

No argument with what you say, however for the manager of a professional Scottish football club to be caught singing 'controversial' songs belonging to another 'professional' Scottish football club is in itself a contentious issue.

My post included ".......Campbell says that he was 'stitched up'.....poor thing - a big bad boy made him do it and ran away." This was in reference to his original claim that " I didnae dae it son, I dinnae ken the words". He was later made out to be a liar of course.

Yours In Celtic.

Rogue Leader - There is a very good reason that they don't have a problem with that sort of thing in Forfar....they are all huns...

What a load of nonsense. Forfar has a healthy contingent of Celtic supporters and the St Fergus Supporters Club has been running a bus for years from the town. Don't generalise the twon just because the local football teams happens to have a bigot for a manager.

CardiffBhoy @ 11.19

Cant be much of a Liverpool fan if he has never even been to Anfield. Sounds like he has his prorities right!

Mort

Sorry it was the feyenoord manager!!

Reason, because he was being played out of position!! He stated this in his book that was serialised by the Daily Ranger a few years ago (about 4 years ago) Think henrik and the coach barely spoke with each other towards the end of his stay with Feyenoord!!

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

Lurgan 53

from previous thread

That is fair enough but I maintain you only have one team. There are plenty teams I like or admire but I have only one team. I hope some teams win and I always hope one or two teams always lose. I was critical of all the fairweathers including several foreign players and supporters from wherever.

I in no way am questioning the integrity of the true supporter (from wherever) but just through personal experience I find many people from the republic to have turned their backs on Celtic cos it is not glamourous enough anymore and the EPL is the glamour gig. My Uncle moved to Dublin in the 1950's when support was high for Celtic but he like I became dismayed in his latter days as to how this was switched promptly in the 1990s. As I say there were and there are thousands of supporters in the Republic but there are many more who deserted us. I find it both sad and frustrating. I went to school with guys in Scotland who were big fans up to the double winning season in 88 and then by 93/94 they had the Man U strips on. That is something I believe was replicated in some quarters in Ireland but I believe it was and is less prevelant in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Now I could be completely wrong but I do only base this on personal experience of people I have met and circumstances I have observed.

I have no wish to upset or annoy nor to impune your integrity.

Smeagol - Apologies. Everyone except the members of the St Fergus Supporters Club are huns.

I posted the following cos Paul disn't like me, and always starts a new thread when I rashly press submit. But there is method in my madness as I have a more important one on its way and I needed to be sure that a new thread would not deprive you of its world shattering content. So read below and then go and get a cup of tea, beer, whisky, or vitriol.

The term 'The Greatest Fans In The World' - TGFITW - sometimes stated as The Greatest Supporters In The World has a bit of a chequered history.

Like MOPE (Most Oppressed People Ever) it was an ironic term of derision given by Rangers' fans to us.

After the UEFA and FIFA awards, we seemed to assimilate the description. So our behavioural awards, while coming from less than scrupulously clean orgamnisations are fact and visible, the TGFITW moniker is a sarcastically applied hun one.

I wouldn't beat myself up over the fact that our fans are as representative of our 'community' as anyone elses. I remember the jungle. No padded seats then, padded cells wid have been more appropriate at times.

Jist an observation.

Anyway back to McGeady's monstrousness and Keane's keenness.

hail hail

Estadio

KrakowBhoy - Interested to read your list of those you lost respect for, most of them I agree with although I'll take issue with three; Macari, Nicholas and McClair.
Macari was offered a £5 raise for his new contract, so in the eyes of the Celtic money men in 1973 a full international with a chest full of medals was worth £5 more than an apprentice. Nope, sorry.
Nicholas was 21 and was offered a four year deal worth £200 a week with bonuses. Pardon?
McClair said prior to signing for Man U that if Celtic offered him the deal that Le Merde has just rejected he'd stay and given that he'd outscored said merde for four years, often playing in the midfield, I think he was justified in that. the fact that he then came back to play for Motherwell, presumably not earning a fortune to do so, suggests someone not fully motivated by money.

A lot of players who left prior to 1994 have to have the individual circumstances examined, Crerand for example was sold by the board, he never wanted to leave but his behaviour since then, specifically in trying to lure McStay south, has lowered my opinion of him.
The old board were the real villans; we need flood lights so we sell Bobby Collins for the same amount that the lights cost.
Or you have the choice of paying a Macari or a Nicholas (neither of whom I have a particularly high opinion of) a higher wage and having the rest of the first immediatley ask for the same or you sell them for big money to England, no choice for thise guys, all they were interested in was cash up front and players, as far as they were concerned, were taking food from their table.
Can't remember the guys name but if you can find a book called Talking With Celtic there's a chapter in there about a player who got into a wage dispute with the club in the 50s, the club weren't slow to put out a false story that he'd asked for moon, which was swallowed full by the support (the guy was also staying in a four-in-a-block house owned by the club and was threatened with immidiate eviction).
Different days now; there was a story that the fourth choise keeper at Celtic was on a contract worth £90k a year. Even if he never makes it he's financially sound for a few years at least.

And of course we have the media trying to tell us that this is a supporter/punter problem and that such prejudices don't exist at a professional level in our game.

Findlay singing the sash while a hun director.
Gordon Smith talking about 'the enemy' while referring to Catholic Schools.
Craig Brown singing the sash on the phone to his burd.
Members of the official Rangers party in Italy for a closed door game singing sectarian songs.

And they expect us to believe that referees in this country don't have any bias or prejudiced slants to their decisions ? What makes them any different to the rest ?

Ibleed,

My info must be wrong re Hammell.Still a better FB than anything we have though.

Rogue - close enough.

Think a walk up to Station Park might be in order on Saturdayto stand right behind the dug out and give the fat hun pelters for 90 minutes.

So a song that includes the line "f*** the Pope" isn't sectarian or offensive? Hmmmmmmmm

roccobhoy

I know, I was being pedantic as usual :-)

Mort

It was not as Campbell a karaoke song he made a speech before he sang the song go home ya hun p s is there a famous celtic writer David POTTER comes from there

Paul67

I think the particularly offensive chanting of the Motherwell (great family club)supporters(?)is more relevant than a wee waste of space like Dick Campbell

I was at Fir Park and it was not a pleasant experience once again

I hope our club will take issue with Boyle

This started with the huns and is spreading through all the associated hun clubs

Hail Hail
Stephen with a "ph"

AndyM -looks like a good read

Stephen with a "ph" - in my opinion the Motherwell fans aren't huns. They are just morons. They sing our songs at the huns and the mini huns when they come to the quagmire.

They should be taken to task for the stuff Aiden received on Saturday though, it crossed the line.

Stephen with a "ph"

Exactly. To be honest I don't care what a hun gets up to on his travels even if he is a football manager.

I'm more interested in seeing our players and fans looked after when they travel and not be subject to abuse seen at Motherwell. This family club who had to apologise on behalf of its fans for racism directed at Jason Scotland a couple of years ago.

Mort

AndyM

Fair Enough mate but I don't really like Lou macari that much nor Nicholas for that matter for later offenses.

I will retract Brian McClair on your advice.

I agree the board would have been at it in those days.

Fergus was seen as tight with money although on a point of principle he was correct with Van Hoijdonk and co - you sign a contract honour it.

I agree 100% about Paddy Crerand and he admitted to worse on the History DVD when he was trying to get Big Jock to Man U in the early 70's. Disgusting in my book.

Henriks Sombrero on December 14, 2009 1:55 PM

Couldn't agree more. I am sick of listening to the likes of Walker and Provan voicing that referees and other officials hold no allegiances to any team - what a load of drivel. These guys are football men and one would assume that they supported some team or another when they entered their profession.

Wasn't it Graeme Spiers who referred to former referees (in the 60's, 70's and 80's) as being known Rangers fans. Keevins et al soon shot that down as being "....aye but that was 30 or 40 years ago".

Have the club made an official complaint to the SFA, SPL and Motherwell about the "disgraceful chanting from the home support throughout the match" aimed at Aiden McGeady?

Quote is from the CFC Official Site, so hoping that they will be doing something about it.

Rucly

Fred C. Dobbs

Nope, Protestant country - it's just banter

HH

Rogue

I'm not repeating what they sang but needless to say it was not the stuff directed at Aiden although that was bad

sorry to disagree mate but they are huns actually huns without bus fares, union jacks and red hand salutes they are on a par with Killie/Falkirk/Hearts and the list goes on

Hail Hail
Stephen with a "ph"

Henriks Sombrero

I agree with your points, BUT either there is a very brave Timfiltrator with licence to roam with his camera, or there are extremely stupid huns who post the stuff on you tube/send it to the intellectual oasis that is the NOTW.

I could make a case for both being possible. Except they filmed it in Flahertys, beside the Cathedral, in possibly the most Catholic connurbation in Spain, where Celtic supporters are still remebered with affection. I think the daft theory holds more water, which is what Dick Campbell should have stuck to drinking.

Having said that, it was a Rangers/Unionist empathetic group who sang a song that caused me no offence whatsoever - well not the original words anyway.

I will not get annoyed just as I will get annoyed if Jim Gannon's comments are ignored by the SFA. That is more important and more derisory (the ignorance not the comments) than a bunch of died in the wool eejits singing a died in the wool eejits song.

And for a football team manager to do it is as unsurprising as anyone else to do it.

I think we'll survive.

Hail hail

Estadio

Luckybhoy,

you just need to listen or read the listen to the likes of Provan, Mc Leod, Nicholas, Walker to understand the scheme of things in Scotland. Now if that´s how it works in the newspaper industry why should any other industry be different ?

It´s a tragedy that the custodians of our club are only custodial over the money.

HAil Hail

Aw Naw

In fairness, Walker was flabbergasted at the Ref during the Motherwell game and he of all media men is the best we have to a voice for Celtic

i see mcgeady's a booking away from suspension for the jan 3rd game. what's the chances of him picking up an innocuous yellow on sunday?

EStadio,

Jim Gannons words are just that words. I wouldn´t hold my breath waiting for an answer.

Glen Loovens great pass that on Saturday in the dying moments of the game btw ;-) has been dealt with and Celtic are still waiting on a response about the due process from the SFA ?

Why are we not publicly hammering this one ?

HAil HAil

dean_moriarty

If he does something stupid like he did at the weekend he will have no complaints.

No doubt however, he will get clattered, the ref won't give a free and book him for either diving or dissent.

Mort

Paul67 -

Q) How do you know Dick Campbell is a Rangers supporter?

A) Because he looks like one: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1068/777242254_ff765c4abe.jpg?v=0

(thumbsup)

Motherwell fans..... Huns without bus fare.

philvis

Was he not married to Dot Cotton in Eastenders?

Mort

Krakow,

well if Walker is the best we have then it´s a point well made.

Hail Hail

Dobbo and Estadio

I posted on Friday but had to go in a hurry. Player mentioned is Marko Basa - Spartak Moscow. Played weel against ROI and scouting reports say big and strong.

It's all just a bit of banter between like-minded individuals having a good time ;)

yoursinjestAFC.

WMBT

Paul,

Personally, who cares? I find it more disturbing that Stevie Gerrard requests Phil Collins songs in nite clubs...

bournesouprecipe,

A forgot aboot the banter, fair enough :o).

Former Sweden striker Henrik Larsson was appointed coach of Swedish second division club Landskrona on Monday.

"I am very flattered by this offer, given that I don't have any bigger experience as a coach," the 38-year-old Larsson, capped 106 times by Sweden, told a news conference to announce his first job in club management.

"I look forward to it (the job) and we'll see where I can take this," added Larsson, who ended his playing career with home club Helsingborg in October.

RCBhoy

This Marko Basa?

Mort

Stephen with a "ph" - I will tell you a wee story...I was at Fir Park for a game probably about 4 years ago. I was on the far right hand side of the stand so had an unobstructed view of the wee neds who sit in the bottom corner of that stand who are behind alot of the "banter".

Now when the game was over outside the stadium I spotted one of the main mouthy wee nyaffs from some way off so I thought "lets see how brave he is when there isn't a dozen police and stewards in between us".

As I got closer I noticed he was going to one of the street sellers. There he was buying a Tri-colour from him whilst stuffing his red hand flag into his pocket.

I asked him "what you buying that for?"

He said "I lost mine and Hearts are coming next week"

I have subsequently discovered this is quite normal for a large number of them.

I can't speak for any of the other clubs fans but the Motherwell fans are just odious wee morons on the wind up. All is fair game, sectarianism, racism etc as they are in it for the banter.

One week it is the Soldiers Song, the next we are to go home because the Famine is over.

Cretins.

Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo

Fair point you make however I'm not going to use this particular issue to beat the board up - are you? ; ).

That said I would much prefer that high profile 'journalists' with supposed Celtic leanings (Keevins, Martin etc) whilst commenting on the OF (God I hate that)would openly condemn the fans of clubs such as East Stirling (waving rosary beads and chanting the FS vs Albion Rovers), St Mirren (same FS at New Douglas Park), Motherwell (sectarian chanting at Pittodrie) or Airdrie (KKK hoods). These are the people that should be airing these incidents for debate - our Custodians would be shot down in flames for 'inciting' trouble.

Yours in Celtic

RCBhoy

Serbia weren't in Ireland's World cup qualifying group though they did play in a friendly in May 2008 before Celtic's initial interest.

Mort

Mort

Sorry, meant Montenegro

luckybhoy on December 14, 2009 2:21 PM

What is the status of the letter they wrote to the SFA demanding clarification for video evidence ?

Dubaibhoy,

you cant have Phil Collins all to yourself. You need to accept that.

Rogue Leader

I guess such a Motehrwell fan might ask, in all fairness, are we the problem or are they ?

We (Celtic, Rangers, Hearts etc) get offended and rise to their bait and are therefore fair game for what they see as 'winding up'.

Maybe they do not have the time or inclination to get obsesively into the detail behind it all ?

Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo

Don't have a clue mate. I'm off Christmas shopping but will read back later if any one can enlighten us.

'The main rivals to Landskrona is Helsingborgs IF. The cities lie very close, and the supporters of the both teams holds a certain grudge against each other, which leads back to the beginning of 20th century.'

From Wiki.

Guys , i defend aiden in almost every situation because i think he is that good.

And this isnt me trying to defend him, because yesterday i stated that i thought it was an utterly stupid thing to get booked for.

But.

Barry Robson's booking for dissent is equally as bad if not worse, because the sly kick, Aiden may well have got away with. But arguaing with the ref, never makes him change his mind!

Both stupid , both pointless both deserve a good slapping from big square shoulders mogga!!!

ok, here's the scores on the doors.

It's jist gone midnight in Brisbane and I've been left with a couple of bottles of wine to see me through until breakfast time. It's still as clammy as a dream I once had about me and the Arsenal Ladies team but despite that Christmas is coming and it's time for the latest Christmas Celtic Mystery to hit the news-stands.

So rather than post it on here and destroy Paul's bandwidth budget, or put it on e-tims to divert attention away from internecine warfare to the more spiritual ethos of Advent, I've stuck it on an old blog of my own so that only those who are interested in mystery, murder, intrigue, triumph of good over evil all wrapped up in a Celtic Package need bother going over there.

So its Celtic Christmas Panto time.

And Act 1 of a A Christmas Cure-all a Christmas tale of mystery, suspense, terror and redemption can be found at....

The Three Wise Men Lose Their Way

And remember - this is only act 1 - it gets even better!!

Hail hail

Estadio

Confession

I think I might play for Celtic,
been a supporter for most of my life,
well since a few year ago,
not to sure but the rumours are rife.

Do you think they could match my wages,
still make me a millionaire,
pay me the kind of money I'm use to,
think the other players will care.

I might go there, just before I retire,
like my namesake, somedae called Roy,
a wee holiday before I put my feet up,
take it easy, at last be a Bhoy.

Really, it's all been for nothing,
all this stuff going on in the press,
fooling those eager supporters,
there is fat chance, I must confess.

William Topaz Serenity

Luckybhoy,

our custodians cannot even manage their own stadium cos they dont want to. They are happy to hear the Famine song and Big Jock Knew, up to our knees, rain down from the stands at Celtic Park. If they wanted to do something about it they could with a click of the finger. We really need to get our own house in order first before we start pointing fingers. We have a great opportunity to make a new years resolution next year and to stick by it.

HAil HAil

Awenaw - not sure how disagreeing with you makes me hunlike ?

Tell me to behave in a civilised manner - then tell me I'm acting like a moron and using hun tactics ? Can you just clarify the rules on CQN civility for me ?

Rogueleader and Roccobhoy - on the Robbie /Henrik comparison.

Robbie is made for life financially, he has likely earned more than Henrik had when he joined us and has had a number of large signing on fees. He is 28 now and is only 2 years older than Henrik was when he joined us. At this time he would offer a huge amount to Celtic, but not at £80k per week, which would pay for at least 3 top class defenders from outside the premiership.

Henrik stayed in Scotland because his family were happy and he was happy in his job. Money isn't everything. I earn less working in Cardiff than I would in London but I am happier and so are my family.

If Robbie signs in January I will be as happy as the next man but no matter what he will still be well paid.

Sam Allardyce shouldn't expect any contact about Pedersen either, we can speak directly to the player on January 1st then Sam might want to speak to us about selling him.

Burnley'78

what we think is scheiss egal .. that´s why we have laws and people are governed by them. Why are these laws not being applied ?

Hail HAil

Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo

I cannot and will not argue with your final point.

Yours in Celtic

I was at a Hearts v Hibs game in May (the one where a ned ran on to have a go at Riordan). To be fair, there was nothing else untoward from either set of supporters.
I know the Hearts fans will be different this Sunday.

Awe naw

ps. I AGREE with your posts at 2.07, 2.12 and 2.29 , so maybe we're not that far apart after all !!

Burnley'78 - Now there is a question and a half!

I am not sure many of us will have the clarity and fortitude for such self-examination on a Monday afternoon!

In all seriousness though that is thought provoking. I suppose it is easy to assume that all Famine Song'ers do it because they hate the Irish (in fact it would probably suit alot of our own personal feelings of opression and injustice to believe that), alot will of course hate the Irish it is Scotland after all, but I wonder what the percentage are who do it for a wind up and have no thoughts either way on the actual meaning of the song?

That goes both ways. I imagine many of the Billy Boys going bonkers when the Motherwell cretins start on one of our ditties or they wave a tri-colour. Mission accomplished for the wee street urchins in Fir Park.

RCBhoy

Ah my mistake. I knew he played for Serbia (but it was when they were Sebia-Montenegro). He does seem to be a good player but if he turned us down (allegedly) a year ago, what could change his mind to sign for us now.

Mort

cardiffbhoy ,

I started off today saying "I Love Aiden Mc Geady"

you then compared what he done with beckham in WC 98 .

I rightly disagreed because as a comparison that one does not hold up.

We then get the wee 21 year old bhoy argument when he is nearly 24 etc. Not from you I may add

Aiden is a special player and is given singularly special treatment by opposition fans. It shouldn´t permit him however to let US down.

Nobody feels more stronger about the abuse that we ALL get than me. Hence my disappointment at you putting words into my mouth.

Me and you are blood brothers. Read James Forrest post from last week.

Probably about 15 year apart I would reckon.

Hail HAil

RogueLeader - I think a lot of it (probably more than we'd like to think) is just a wind-up.

I have to be honest and say I laughed out loud at some the Hamburg fans' stuff at Celtic Park. They clearly knew their target well.

cardiffbhoy,

the putting of words into my mouth or associating your words (i.e your conclusions) with me is hun like as far as I am concerned.

I stand by that.

You can ask for clarification (i.e is that what you mean ? is this what your thinking ? etc) but just to blankly state what I am thinking is hun like imho

Dont you agree ?

HAil Hail

Mort

Just know he has been scouted. Maybe out of contract come summer and having second thoughts ?. Dont really know but defo has been looked at.

Im not suprised by the dick campbell thing because he is exactley what it says on his tin but i am suprised about how little is being said about charlie richmond.

That performance was as bad as ive seen and as for the MAF situation at the end i dont think ive ever seen anything like that in football before and probably never will.

The lack of coverage was disgusting. And as for Andy Walker... Dont get me started. Vile wee man.

Ches`1

Che's 1 on December 14, 2009 2:45 PM

Post of the day !!!

Cardiffbhoy @ 2.29

The point is as follows:

If you earning 80 000 a week would u give up 30 000 a week or 5 million over 3 years! The easy answer is Yes but the reality may be somewhat different! I will never know and I assume u will never know!

U may view your football career as short and therefore look to maximise your earnings!! ( As any fooballer is quite entitled)

It is an impossible question to answer if you are not in the situation! All Iam saying is Dont be too quick to judge Robbie Keane!!

U quite rightly pointed out (as did I) that there were differences in terms of the comparision with Keane situation and Larsson sitution! If u compared like with like then, and only then, can u make a true comparision!

As I stated preiously, If Henrik was Irish (I wish) and was on 80 000 a week would he drop down to 50 000 to play for Celtic? I believe its doubtful however its an impossible question to answer for certain so therefore making comparisions with Henriks tenure in Paradise and Keane's situation is pretty futile in my honest opinion!

DONTJUDGEROBBIEKEANECSC

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

I had the mis fortune to hear this boor speak at a Sportsman's dinner last year. He was reprehensible. It was a couple of days before the mankies played forfar in a cup tie and he assured all present that FC Bankrupt would prevail. His "speech" basically contained the C word and "ya who** ye" throughout. Odious, unfunny cretin, but if it is ok for senior law advocates and invited guests of TFOD at the San Siro then I suppose a buffoon on tour is ok too.

Gary Delaney

"Oh well, Berlusconi always complained about the Catholic Church getting in his face"

HH

Rocco,

what was the quiz answer ?

TTT is still looking for clarification

Che's 1

was a truly awful refereeing performance. Imagine the outcry if the situation was reversed and a Motherwell player was straight through in the last minute. Would he have blown up for full-time? If so, there wouldn't be a football fan in the country who wouldn't have heard about it by now.

Shocking, for the sake of a couple of seconds it would have taken for MAF to burst the net or baloon it over.

Mort

RE: Motherwell fans singing.

I've got two mates who support Motherwell and even one Jambo fan (I sure can pick em).

They're not bigots (the majority), they just despise us because we‘re the bigger club, its cup final day when we come to town, and anything they can do to try and put us off, they’ll go for it. In the end we usually beat them and show them up for what they are; glorified junior teams………….…..with hunnish sympathies. Yes, I have just contradicted myself, don’t point it out to me!!!! Deal wi it!!!! :p

Mort

and Jim Gannon was delighted by that performance ?????

Time to get some proper tims on our board. You know those that can pick and finish their fights.

Hail Hail

Was Dick Campbell not something to do with Dunfermline in 05?

AndyM,

I was told many years ago by the son of a senior Celtic employee at the time that McClair told Celtic that if they matched what Man U offered he would stay.

They did. He didn't.

He went down and stayed down in my estimation ever since!

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

robbie should stay and fight for his place ,
Celtic should use the cash to buy some serious defenders..

Pathetic Dick and pathetic excuse by the Forfar man.

Claiming "we don't have the problems with these things they have in the west of Scotland" is just nonsense.

Your manager is a bigot, thats not a 'west of Scotland' issue, deal with it.

Not surprised Campbell claimed that rangers manager Smith is a 'best pal.'

Awe_Naw,

Might be in FFM next week. Beware...

ripvanjim ,

that is nowt new. When it comes to small man Scottish mindedness from small town small mentalities I am the worlds leading expert ;-)

The legislation though is relatively new and they are breaking the law. It is time the law was applied.

The only reason the law is not applied I feel, is that any in depth case will eventually prove that The Soldiers Song is not sectarian and indeed permitted. I think that is too much for them(Scottish Authorities) to countenance. That´s a high falootin way of saying they are in denial.

Hail hail

Bradford Bhoy

The scandal involving Dunfermline was in 2003. They were then managed by the two Jimmies, who thought it expedient to book the club holiday in Mallorca with a departure from Glasgow Airport a couple of hours after their final game of the season.

RogerMilla on December 14, 2009 2:54 PM

For an Irish man .. you dont half talk some sense !!!
p.s note to all our sensitive Irish cousins

On Saturday not one of the back 5 could be excused

Dubaibhoy,

I´ll dig out my Phil Collins stuff - early Genesis - will that suffice ?

are you bringing the wife ?

are you staying overnight ?

can you bring me some aspirin ?

Hail Hail

Motherwell fans are huns you say? Well these are the culprits on my Huns Association list.

Rangers
Hearts
Dundee
Falkirk
Motherwell
Airdrie
Kilmarnock

Maybe ahm well aff the mark, but I've NEVER had anytime for any o those shower.

IN fact, other than Celtic of course, I probably only respect Aberdeen, Hibernian and Dundee United. Mostly because they hate TFOD as well. I dont have a problem with Partick, St Johnstone or Inverness Caley either.

HH

Re; Racist Motherwell supporters.

Random fact. Motherwell's average attendances went up by over 1000 the season after Mo Johnston signed for Rangers.

Lanarkshires Shame.

thismancraig on December 14, 2009 2:31 PM
Big Sam in Black Shirt, green tie. Steps onto the stage about 1.30 mins in and, shouting C'mon instigates a full invasion and stands behind Dave Hill. Drummer trys to distract him with a live solo but by 2.35mins he's miming with the band. Shocking behaviour by a football manager!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XdSOseuKt4

eurochamps67

Ha Ha

Aye, it'll be interesting to hear the Forfar
statement in how they bale out that big Dick
Campbell.

Daily Trashoids preparing the a list of Uncle
Tims to come forward and say he's not a Bigot

HH

experiment

wee joke

If this is true, and can be proved by irrefutable evidence, then he should be sacked

Any individual, at any club who is prepared to indulge in sectarian behaviour needs to be got rid of

I dont care if its green and white, red white and blue or orange, it has no place in todays game

We should write to the press, our MP's, the Scottish parliament, the First Minister and the chairman of Forfar Athletic Football Club, demanding this mans removal from a position of responsibility

Scotland has moved on, the dinosaurs must be left behind

M

Hail, hail

So Uncle Fester likes an anti-Catholic sing-song? Quelle surprise.

BeijingBhoy

Imagine they formed one almighty mediocre club. :)

Awe_Naw

Jim Gannon was very vocal last week when his team were on the receiving end of poor decisions and to be fair when they drew with Dundee United he also had a go at the refs. If he wants to be believed when he highlights incompetence he needs to do even when his team lose and aren't the beneficiaries of the incompetent, because if he believes Richmond had a good game on Saturday he needs his eyes examined.

His decision not to award the other penalties was poor (even though we probably wouldn't have scored them) but to give a foul against Barry Robson when he was clearly brought down and then to book him for dissent was also scandalous.

There were other minor things I remember screaming when watching the game but they escape me now.

Mort

ok before anyone jumps down my throat if you open up angle bracket then whats written behind is it lost !!!!

I tried to create an arrow (i.e an angled bracket next to a minus sign) with the text wee joke next to it where I wrote

For an Irish man .. you dont half talk some sense !!!
p.s note to all our sensitive Irish cousins

above but it lost it

htmlpauperCSC

By Che's 1 on December 14, 2009 2:45 PM
and as for the MAF situation at the end i dont think ive ever seen anything like that in football before - what was it?

I wonder how far the SFA etc will try to bury the Dick singalong issue. Forfar have already started digging by saying it wasn't on their premises at the time....oh thats ok then. Bigot managing yet another bigot ridden club sings sectarian songs with impunity ! He gets away with it and the huns see yet another disgraceful act go unpunished....great eh !!!

As Ive said before all this anti-sectarian headlines stuff is merely more window dressing by the hun apologists running this nation. Where is Jim Murphy's intervention on this ??? Hun lapdog that he is !

Dick Campbell's wife and three sons are Catholic.

UC

Aw naw,

Ye can get away wae a lot of loose stuff on here (most of which I agree with) BUT - Phil Collins stuff-early genesis

Gabriel was yer man and Collins sadly a deluded wee drummer who had a talent eventually for writing a catchy tune (ok that may be a wee bit patronising) but I exaggerate to demonstrate just how mighty the man peter gabriel was, and how Collins only achieved anything because of Peter's creative brilliance.

As for Aiden....he was daft, but whit a player!

hail hail

estadio

Celtic First

Haha Ive got mixed up with Black Sunday,aye 2003,do you know if Campbell had anything to do with them though?

Thanks for the reply.

Ulster-Celt,

my father was protestant married a Catholic had four catholic children - never sang anything like that in his life - even in jest. Mind you my old man had a brain. I think a triple role in the Wizard of Oz this pantomime season could see Dick blossoming.

Hail Hail

UC

John Knox was a Catholic priest :-)

hail hail

Estadio

ExiledBhoy on December 14, 2009 3:04 PM

Agree 100%

Are Nil by Mouth still on the go. Maybe another poster would beg to differ but from what I have read from them in the past my opinion of them is low. Very much 'a one size fits all' approach to the 'west of scotland' problem.

Is their remit not to focus on football related bigotry?

Mort

I couldnt believe Gannon claiming the referee had a good game, any credibility he had went out the window after claiming that. If a referee favours his team then he has had a good game.

Ive a feeling he will have grounds for complaint about referees this time next week.

EN

Estadio on December 14, 2009 3:09 PM

I agree with every word of that but never say that to Dubhaibhoy.

Lamb lies down was my last Phil Collins record but not my last Pater Gabriel record.

Dubhaibhoy is a big big big Phil Collins fan. I just wanted him to feel at home when he visits me next week.

He´s also stuck in a Miami vice episode .... still rolls up the jacket sleeves and white towelling socks with the loafers - bare footed in summer !!

HAil HAil

Estadio @ 3:09

Absolutely. Peter The Great. Saw them at The Free Trade Hall Manchester, May 1075. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour. Thee best concert I've ever attended. Collins was and is an offensive wee shite. But Banks and Rutherford - unassuming and wonderfully talented.

Bloody hell1
1975!!!

Some one out there must have stats on this referee nonsense. There must be between 15 and 20 contentious decisions between Saturdays game and the first game against the hun. Including 6, YES 6, stonewallers.

EASILY.

This doesnt even out over a season. THATS 2 GAMES. The hun wont get that over 2 seasons.

If its not cheating, my opinion is that it is, then these guys are DISGRACEFUL at their job and should be sacked.

CFC should invite the ref committee or what ever they call themselves up to Celtic Park and ask for explanations.

Theyre quick enough to hall our managers up or players for the slightest incident.

Im sick of it and the cover up that goes with it.

Ches Sick1

Aw Naw @ 2.50pm

Ronnie Johnsen

Apologies if this has already been noted.

A bit of movement from Forfar Athletic?

From Official Site:

The Directors of Forfar Athletic are disappointed that the club's name has been dragged into a reported incident involving our manager last week. As all are aware, this incident did not take place on club premises or for that matter while Dick was carrying out any duties on the club's behalf. We do not however condone his actions in any way. The matter will be fully discussed at a scheduled board meeting later in the week when a further statement may be forthcoming.

Not so 'under the carpet' as expressed to the BBC?

Lurgan53

You are very unassuming my friend !!! our very own timelord or should that be TimLord ;-)

p.s a certain Mr. Hackett shouldn´t be forgotten!!

HAil Hail

I've no real opinion on Nil by Mouth, but do hope that either they or someone else is influential in destroying irrational haterd anywhere in this land. However they have spoken out loudly on this Dick Campbell incident and are being slagged by huns and ultra huns for their Taig leaning stance.

As for Motherwell, the corporate boxes at least are split half and half between Celtic fans who cannae afford a box at CP and The Rangers parasites who cannae afford a box at Airdrie (I mean Ibrox).

Hail hail

Estadio

Hail hail

Estadio

Awe-Naw and others

The song, Derry's Walls, while loyalist and now sung at Rangers games is not sectarian. Sure it commemorates or celebrates a victory won by the Williamite forces but it refers to a historical battle and unless there are some "add-ons" that I'm unfamiliar with, it should cause no more offence than the likes of the Boys of the Old Brigade or other War of Independance songs.

Just because people sing about something we don't like doesn't make it sectarian nor bigotted.

Mort

Mort,

I´m more appalled by BJK than anything else.

Hail Hail

Rocco,

cheers !

Dick Campbell is not just Uncle Fester. He is Ray Wilkins too though,as Dick Campbell, in his playing career he did once look to make a forward pass.

By Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on December 14, 2009 3:07 PM
ok before anyone jumps down my throat if you open up angle bracket then whats written behind is it lost !!!!

Hmmm....sounds like a Dicky Campbell type defence does that:-)

Estadio - Gabriel V Collins like Henrik V Monster Munch

Robbie Keane - never gonna happen

Ref blowing for full time when MAF - doesn't matter he still couldn't prevent us winning

Soldier's song - as a half Irish/half Scot, I agree with my Irish family. No place at a football ground unless Ireland are playing and even then only if you sing it in the Gaelic

HH

EC67

Twists,

I know you have already tried it and found tis true !! ;-)

The lengths East Whitburners go to get one over the big city Whitburn Bhoys

anyway how is your application for Justice of the Peace coming along ?

Hail hail

Mort there is a well-known and frequently aired add-on. It rhymes Old Derry’s with Virgin Marys, with a blasphemous epithet before the name of the Mother of God (somehow pluralised here).

I’m not saying my response is more noteworthy than anyone else’s, but that ‘song’ makes me feel physically unwell.

Smith on SSN again making yet another plea for big bad Bougherra to be available for the next derby game.

They are running scared, super Sammi will get a hat-trick against that mob who ever they have in defence. Bring back Broadfoot.

Awe_Naw

Indeed. It's songs and chants like that and The Racist Song that we should be complaining about. We shouldn't worry about someone, who to be honest most have never heard off singing silly songs in a pub in Spain.

Mort

Benny McCarthy wantting oot as well at Blacburn his contract is up as well.

McCarthy and Pedersen double swoop. Give Blackburn 1.5 - 2 million for both in January.

They are out of contract in the summer, they will probably deal.

Mort.

Have to agree with that.

Matter of fact - I've beltd it out a few times myself!!

eurochamps67

will you be careful. Dubhaibhoy will be out to get you with statements like that ..... ;-)

although ... Peter Gabriel never recorded with the Beatles !!!

I saw the Williamite Forces a few years back in the ooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllle Burns Howff.

They were supporting Phil Collins.

What a complete waste of time and money that was.

Awenaw at 2.39. peace man, im 40 btw.

Roccobhoy -

I work in a job where I could have had a 40% pay rise to go work somewhere else, where my wife wouldn't be happy, I wouldn't be happy and my son would talk with a really funny accent (worse than welsh - honestly!)

I still have a good salary, a nice house, and can afford to go and see Celtic now and then when I want to.

I'm not judging Robbie, I genuinely believe he would like to play for Celtic. What I wouldn't like to see is Robbie play for us when he is too old to play elsewhere, like Roy did, although he did make some contribution that season.

Henrik could have earned double in the EPL with some midranking club than he did at Celtic, look at guys like Kieron Dyer and Marlon King, they earn massive salaries but will be remembered for nothing other than tabloid stories about their sex lives and flash cars when they hang up their boots. Neil Lennon took a pay cut to move from Leicester to Celtic, then took another pay cut to stay at Celtic. He still earned a good salary.

Robbie strikes me as an intelligent guy,I'm sure he hasn't wasted the money he has earned in his career to date. If we want him and he wants to come I don't think the wages will be what gets in the way.

Celtic_First

Must say I've never heard any add-ons to it but to be honest its a song I don't regularly hear and just know of it from a NI perspective.

Not surprising however that certain people feel the need to use a (relatively speaking) innocent song and turn it into something vile.

Mort

Awe Naw

Bashland;

I'm busy organising a rebel night for boxing day in my house. I am reckoning on being confronted by up to 10 of the Queens own as they get irritated by the music, but I've got it under control.

I reckon my twins can take 2 each, the wife will sort out the biggest yin, I'll batter the smallest yin and ma dug'll see to the the remainder.

Chris'll keep the drinks flowing:-)

Cant believe we're wasting time over this!

Is it REALLY a big surprise to hear that Dick Campbell is a an Orc?

His brother was a season ticket holder at the bearpit ffs!

I had the 'odious' pleasure of working with him while I was part of the Largs Mafia. Never hid that I was a catholic or a season ticket holder at Parkhead.

And never once came across any prejudice or sectarianism from him or anyone else during my time there.

Working with him was far from odius!

Its not a crime to be an Orc just odd in this day and age!

And being honest do you not think that a Celtic leaning manager put in a similar situation in a 'Cellic' pub abroad would be goaded into doing a similar thing?

On two occasions in the video he clearly said 'I am not singing the sash'

But if he did it's hardly news!

Cardiffbhoy,

peace Love happiness and merry xmas happy dont sell Aiden new year and trebles and abankrup hunnery I wish you my friend.

I´m 25 !

Hail Hail

Paul67

I'm not sure what the agenda is with the NOTW exposing the Forfar manager as a hun, nor why we should be concerned about it. Another fat hun in a country full of fat huns is no surprise is it ?

They and we should be concentrating on the racist singing of the Motherwell fans, as commented upon on Celtic's official club website. Tynecastle this Sunday will no doubt see another non-sectarian club indulging in sectarian singing.

TnT,

just get someone to wear a dog collar when the door bell goes and they´ll run a mile

May I wish all of you out there a fine evening

As I´m offski

Hail Hail

Phil Collins, serial philanderer and divorcee. Was a brilliant drummer, now, just a drummer and meal ticket for several weans and ex-wives.

Gabriel, genius, but not for Genesis. No Banks, no early Genesis brilliance..............FACT !

Post ATOTT, all mince. And I am THE voice of authority when it comes to Genesis !!!

pablophanque

Like you Che, my blood pressure was off the scale at his performance, his bias, and I don't say that lightly was so obvious. The poor wumman next door must've thought I was having a heart attack, especially when he blew the whistle on MF and was already over time when Motherwell were on the attack! I'm glad the missus was out shopping. If there was a any slight chance of disallowing our goals he would've been on to it, so I'm really pleased our goals were from open play, rather than corners or free kicks. Long may Sami continue to ram my previous criticisms down my throat, he was wonderful.

Maybe it's Mogga that's getting the best out of certain players rather than seemingly flattering to deceive?

Damn.................... Forgot this !!!

;o)

pablophanque

Cardiffbhoy

I like the Welsh Accent especially the one from Ammanford.

Anyway, I'm getting confused (not unusual I know) but is the Maestro Peter Gabriel vs the wee jobbie collins turning into another 'songs debate'.

Anyway for some real hoop-lashed class get across to the first act of

A Christmas Cure-all

G'night!

Hail hail

Estadio (Knackered, 6 bottles of beer, two bottles of red wine and trying to write a christmas panto)

Dontb,

Congrats to Carlisle - apparently quite a close match, will look for revenge at Adams Park:-)

Pablophanque, that mince that you're talking about....does it come with mash and chips or chips and mash?

Also, if you are THE voice of authority on Genesis, what was Eve's maiden name?

Campbell is indeed a grade one eejit but how many more are out there under the guise of respectability ? Think Calderwood, MacPherson , Chisholm as well as Craig Brown, Findlay,Smith.
Regarding Motherwell clowns, interesting stuff if they are just wind-up merchants. I worked with a couple of guys who were Caffliks but Well fans. There is also a Jesuit priest in Glasgow who is one. And there have been a lot of 'Celtic-minded' players there over the years. All this goes to prove,,, well, nothing , really.

Mort - I grew up thinking very highly of Dick Campbell after his moving performance in E.T. : The Extraterrestrial so I am shocked to find out that the ugly-but-loveable alien is in fact from the same planet as Ming The Merciless.

Dick, if you're reading this, light is not your friend. (thumbsup)

Awenaw, I would have thought it was 15 years the other way !!

EN

Why is Bougherra unavailable again? is the Nations Cup thing?

In 2005, Phil Collins donated an autographed drumstick in support of PETA's campaign against Kentucky Fried Chicken.

-This is cutting edge rock writing, obviously lifted from Wiki but more than you'll get from Mr Clever Clogs Dick Byrne.

Chairbhoy- it was very, very tense, especially as the darnelist ref added on 4 minutes of extra time at the end of the second half.

Unfortunately while the results are picking up climbing the League is taking forever, but as you know it's usually how you play after Christmas that sorts out promotion and relegation.

Pabbers -you're now officially the voice of authority on both the Beatles AND Genesis.

Well done.

Interesting site with stats for SPL referees.

Jim Gannon will definitely have grounds for complaint next week when Craig Thompson returns to the home of his greatest success.

Splrefs.com

BB

African cup of nations.

ripvanjim @ 2:51 - They just hate us because we're a bigger club ?

Support for particular football teams often reflects Catholic or Protestant heritage. Celtic F.C. are overwhelmingly supported by people from a Catholic background. Hibernian F.C. and Dundee United F.C. were formed as clubs representing Irish Catholics, however there is little vestige of these founding values today. Teams such as Dundee F.C., Heart of Midlothian F.C. and Lanarkshire teams such as Motherwell FC and Airdrie United are perceived by some as Protestant clubs, with Rangers F.C being the overwhelmingly Protestant supported club in Scotland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_migration_to_Great_Britain

BTW, this is a gift to the headline writers:

"DICK CAUGHT IN RED HAND SHAME"

"FORFAR CHAIRMAN ASHAMED OF DICK"

"RANGERS SUPPORTERS LOVE DICK"

Estadio,

Just read your blog panto, Fantastic as ever. Can't wait for the next installment.

Dick-heid Fester Campbell isnae worth writing about, The guys a complete numpty... bigot or not !

Pablo

Yes no Banks. Don't know where that came from. I've already been corrected thank you very much!!!! Hackett what I was looking for.

Early Genesis brilliance? Def Foxtrot and SEBTP. Not so much Musical Box. Bought my girlfriend - now wife of 30 years!!! And Them There Were Three and Gabriel's first solo post Genesis album -Solsbury Hill. Some great stuff there.

After that - too busy raising wee'uns, paying mortgage, too friggin' broke. Eventually bought a - music centre - remember those? but by that time had regressed to Kris Kristofferson!!!!!

Recovered well now though.

Pablophanque - re. Genesis - first gig I ever went to was Steve Hackett, 1980. Pretty sure the support was a ventriloquist with a rat!

As cringeworthy and predictable as it is, the news that Dick Campbell is a liar and a hun is hardly earth shattering.

There were sectarian songs (well, add ons actually) after Campbell had finished his 'turn' but he didn't utter anything sectarian that I could see on the video. This one was embarrassing due to his backtracking and flapping, but Derry's Walls is not sectarian.

The songs debate on CQN is a regular event, and our defence of Republican songs and songs commemorating events in Irish history as non-sectarian is valid. If we can make that argument for our own songs we should be consistent enough to acknowledge that Loyalist songs commemorating their wee dates should follow the same argument.

No matter how much we dislike what was seen of Campbell, they have much worse around them than Derrys Walls.

A small man, an exposed liar and a football manager who, like many others in our wee country, has an inbred dislike of all things Celtic.

Having listened to him, I can only say I'm thankful he's one of them and not one of us.

Mac1888

It's no quite as black and white as that. If you read my post to the end it was tongue in cheek themed. Yes they hate us and what we stand for, so what? Let them sing their filth at their junior grounds and let them sing and dance afterwards at their wee old mens club, because thats the best it gets for them, no ambition and no hope.

We'll still thrash them, last laugh n aw that ken?

Lurg53- getting to like Kris Kristofferson is not regression- that's getting to like Kris Boyd.

'Me and Bobby Mcgee' was on the wireless yesterday afternoon, a great, great song.

I didn't realise Kristofferson and Joplin were an item before she died.

But then I'm not an ole clever clogs.

Once took a Forfar lass to a Genesis concert. Might even have visited the old Burns howth for beer or two.
On the way home I bought her some flowers which seemed to upset her.
" Ah suppose I'll huv tae lie oan ma back wi' ma legs in the air for a week noo!" says she.

I asked "Have you no' got as vase?"

EC67

Pabs, Awe and Estad

Got to agree with you on Gab's Genesis, Foxtrot and Selling England was their best period IMHO, seen both these tours and the Lamb. Went to see Gabrial first couple of solo tours when he had Fripp in his back up band but after his third solo album I gave up on him, didn't like what he turned into. I agree with Pabs Banks and also Hackett too gave the Genesis sound, you couldn't hear Rutherford except for his bass pedal as their early records were badly produced, but Gabrial made Genesis popular with his stage prescence and concepts.

I'm a sucker for a band with a Mellotron, that's why I'm a big early King Crimson fan, here is a Swedish prog rock band that I've just lately got into, the girl in the band just plays Mellotron and Cello, some of their early stuff sounds a bit like the "Starless" King Crimson period but here is a nice wee song of theirs the band is called Anekdoten

ripvanjim - Aye a ken ;) lol

eurochamps67

:-))))

If football tolerates yobbish nonsense like this it will repel all but the lowest common denominator. - Certain sectors of Scottish football not only tolerate this nonsense they actively encourage it whilst others, by their unwillingness to take a stand against these yobs, condone these actions and expose their own paying customers and their customers children to this shameful conduct as we will see and hear on the 3rd January.

Joshsdad @ 3.34.

You have just admitted, to me...

That you are NOT, of this Fold.

I suggest you do the manly thing,by discarding your Mufti,
and declare your true Allegiance,

Otherwise, you have been Branded ,by Kojo,

For Evah and Evah...

As

A Low- Down Infiltrator!

Please leave the Premises, and Nevah, Evah,again... darken

oor Doorstep!

Bhoy In the Bubble

"If football tolerates yobbish nonsense like this it will repel all but the lowest common denominator"

I agree, but, BUT, I like big.....

Anyways the problem is far too widespread, I follow a junior team at the moment because my mate plays for them. Have you ever been to these games and listened to the spectators? Even worse from the dug out sometimes. Scottish Football needs a shake up, but not just at the top.

DBBIA.

Old Kris was quite the character. No stranger to a bottle or three before he went on the wagon and could certainly pull the ladies - Rita Coolidge - just lovely.

Golden Gloves champion too if I remember correctly and came to blows with Barbara Streisland's partner Jon somebody or other on the set of A Star Is Born - he was a Golden Gloves champion too.

Anyway - you were listening to THE WIRELESS!! HURRAH!!! I get pelters in ours for calling it that. Mind you I still say "Were off to the picture house"!"

kojo

I think most bloggers on this site don't converse with this poster as we all know he is just the latest in a long line of similar trolls.

Best left ignored.

Mort

Anyone read Strachans latest weird rant.Was he thinking the same way when he signed Tommy Gravesen ? or is he saying anyone who aint married participates in skol drinking and devil dug fighting and has no fighting spirit?

Is heid married ?

http://videocelt.blogspot.com/2009/12/strachan-scouting-for-married-men-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FAPMx+%28Video+Celts%29

Dick Campbell eh..........I was at a sportsman dinner 1 night wi smashymilkybotty and mister Campbell was one of the guest speakers......anyway, after the event both smashy and I repaired to the bar....as you do....and who was leaning against said bar holding court, none other than Mr Campbell. You could see that the folk assembled and listening to him were looking rather bored. Anyway, as I approached the bar he caught my eye and asked what my tipple was. As he spoke to me I could see the assembled folk who had been listening to him, slink away while his back was turned. "Thats very kind of you Dick" I replied, "mines a lager and smashy here will have the same" "Okay" he said turning to the barman..."that'll be 3 lagers and a glass of malt please"
as he is regaling us with some made up fitba' story, he's fumbling about in his jacket and trouser pockets looking for some money or credit card to pay for this round. "Damn and blast" he said....or words to that effect, "Ah seem tae huv misplaced ma wallet"
Cue me fumbling about ma pockets and producing a score to pay for the round. "Thanks very much" says he without even a shadow of a brassneck. Ah still wonder how many people he caught oot wi that wan.

Cardiffbhoy,

Awe-Naw @ 3.35: "I'm 25!"

Aye, in his dreams mate!
He's a lot closer to 55 than he is 25, the auld waster that he is

:-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

31003 - you can hardly blame the guy? I mean what will you get per week for managing Forfar? 3 Bridies and first shot of the goat?

Old Kris had his way with Sarah Miles in a movie I recall in the seventies, I believe it was quite controversial for its time.It had a nautical theme to which I am quite partial too that and I always fancied sarah Miles in her heydays.

And who exactly is surprised that, the appropriately titled, Dick Campbell is a hun?

Certainly not me.

You just had to look at him. To me he always had the look of somebone for whom every night was Hogmanay at the Bowling Club.

I've just watched the Youtube footage of the hapless, hairless, outed "currant" and I couldn't care less about what he sings.

That's what THEY sing isn't it?

Supporters of ranjurs ( huns) sing those songs and there are many such "Dicks" in the ranjurs support. I'm not even shocked that he is a self-confessed best pal of "Walter". Birds of a feather etc etc.

However,up until they are caught so to speak.... "red handed" they all chunter on that of course they don't get involved in the "traditional ranjurs songs" - they are aw "Jock Tamsons etc etc" some of them will even admit to having friends who are Catholic etc etc.

Living away from this now it'll be interesting to see how the story grows.

I don't see why Mr Campbell should have to hide his true predilections. The scottish game is full of wee Dicks just like him and while it seems they just can't help themselves at times I hope more of them have the courage to come out of the closet and admit what we've all known for along time anyway.

Dick, if the cap fits? wear it.

Have a laugh

classic lol

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. Mort @ 4.37

Very Sound Advice,palomine.

If a Poster...well...

Posts... a Contribution..

And..

No One Will Read it..

Tnen...

It Nevah,actually, did Happen!

Did It?

Maks sense tae Me.

Kojo
yer pal.. who likes ye a loater

RogueLeader

Naw naw....he wiz a high flyer then...think he wiz managin East Fife or sumdy

Narrowboat- hoary old salt sh@gfest

bankiebhoy1

'some of them will even admit to having friends who are Catholic etc etc.'

I think the BBC article says that Campbell's wife is a Catholic and their children have been brought up as Catholics so it's hard to believe he's an out and out bigot.

The Sash or Derry's Walls are not sectarian songs. They certainly ar Loyalist songs, but that does not make them sectarian per se. If the Orcs stuck to those songs and any football related stuff then I have no problem. The Famine song is vile, to put it mildly, and BJK is totally reprehensible. The Billy Boys is certainly sectarian, but then that's official. There are others, but to try to link TBOTOB with them won't wash, and they know it. I would like to see them argue in a court of law. They'de lose, they know it, and don't thnk for one moment it hasn't been looked at by any of their legal brains. I'll bet anyone it most certainly has. As regards the referees, I really despair of the club. If a bully hits you and you don't retaliate, he'll keep hitting you. However, a good boot up the nuts makes the hardest of them think. I've said before, that with all the video evidence available and the right attitude from he board, it could be soon solved. I would think of asking impartial referees from abroad to go to games and give their honest opinion. You'll get nothing from the Scottish press. A bunch of sycophantic untalented numpties.

What about the ex whistlers comment today about the motherwell manager having a go at young referee's , he said hes only in the country a few months and he doesnt know " HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS "
yes but we all know how the system works give CELTIC nothing then after the game say i made a mistake and all will be forgiven.

I think bankiebhoy1 hit the nail on the head.He's just another wee hun jakey that would do about anything for a free drink .

Chez 1 @ 3.19

Spent Saturday in Carrick-on-Shannon in lovely Leitrim and great to see everything back to normal after the recent flooding. I recorded the game on this great new gadget i got from NTL - no tapes discs etc - and watched it in the early hours of Sunday morning

Team played well from midfield out, our problems with penalty kicks and in defence are a worry. Only scoring two from our last five penos is shocking and another headache for management to sort out.

Georgios was brilliant and the goals he has scored in recent weeks have not been easy strikes. At last he is using his considerable physical strength and no little skill to great affect.

Perhaps sitting on the bench has helped Marc Fortune make a full recovery from injury problems and he has looked good in recent short stints culminating in his fabulous score on Saturday.

As you say, it would have been a travesty had Celtic dropped valuable points due to more incompetence by the match officials on Saturday.

Ernie,

(mate)

that was part of my point.

Perhaps the bold bald Dick aint an "out and out bigot". look it's just "banter".

Dick's a good guy, we'll hear him soon on Radio Scotland, look can we agree at least that he's just a 90 minute...... plus additional time......bigot?? Or if we can't agree that, then at least say he's been filmed and recorded out of context, he's been set up by fans of ranjurs who dont normally attach themselves to Dick Campbell.

I've heard him and Chick Young do a lot for charity.

Dick I doff my cap to ye!

lets face it there were more Dicks in Scotland
singing that song ,than were Dicks in Spain that night

bankiebhoy,

sarcasm??? You???

Surely not :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Dick Campbell has just been made 2/1 second favourite for the Rangers job once his 'best mate' Smith leaves. James Calderwood is the favourite at 1/1.

Graeme Speirs view on Dick !

Watch this video and make your own mind up

I hope I don’t need to waste too much time on Dick Campbell, the manager of Forfar Athletic, and something of a preposterous figure. But those of you who have been feasting on a Sunday tabloid exclusive video of Dick getting up and giving it Derry’s Walls with a bunch of bigoted Rangers fans in Seville last week will now know what a loose cannon he is.

To give him the benefit of the doubt, Campbell probably meant well in this absurd pub scene in Spain, being filmed warbling on about his late brother and appearing to be overcome by a mixture of emotion and drink.

But Rangers FC, not for a first time, will be cringing at what then occurs on the video: Campbell duly invites the assembled Rangers throng to join him in a rousing rendition of song, at the end of which the gathered punters holler “F*** the Pope” with a time-honoured Ibrox gusto.

Just occasionally, despite the mountainous evidence to the contrary, I am informed by earnest-sounding Rangers supporters that “the Ibrox bigotry thing” is a construct of my imagination, and that, in fact, it’s all a media myth. Well, this Dick Campbell video, I’m told, is now all over the internet following its sourcing by the News of the World.

It is just a random piece of film but it offers a telling insight on certain Rangers fans on the march abroad. So take a glimpse at these few minutes in this Seville pub and reach your own conclusions.

As one prominent Rangers fan said to me yesterday: “How come this human flotsam and jetsam are allowed to travel abroad with the team in the first place?”

And, please, no comments about “heavy-handed policing”...

Sectarian???

Is a song that celebrates a Protestant armies victory over a Catholic army not sectarian!!
I would have thought it was.

If Reports are accurate..

Then..

Because, of the Flagrant Act of Silliness, Personified.. by

Master McGeady,on Saturday..when He Purposely, And with Malice Aforethought..

Nonchalantly..and that woid describes his Demeanour,accurately..Check the Chan 67 Re Run of that Game..if you can.

I repeat..

Nonchalantly,Tripped the Motherwell Player..and

To No one's Surprise..except, Mr. McGeady, obviously.. Aiden, was Promply Yellow Ticketed by the GRATEFUL and GLEEFUL.. Referee.

Because of this crazy,Childish.. Weanish, would be a Bettah Woid!

Act..

As a Consequence of Mr.McGeady's already lengthy List of Bookings
etc..

Should Aiden, receive another YELLOW BHOY.. agin the Hearts in the Next upcoming S.P.L. Conflagration..

Then..

We.. The Celtic would be automatically deprived of the Services of

...at the Moment.. The Supreme Mainspring of our Attacking Formation.. to wit.. the Said, Mr. McGeady.

Gosh.. Gee.. and Caramba!

Ah Hid thought that Aiden had actually turned the Coarner ..and wiz noo, beginning tae Exude.. at least, a Modicum of Adult Maturity.

Noo, it is obvious that he has not Fully quite done That..

and, he is still clinging Obstinately and with Grim Determination.. to his Immature Coat of Adolescence.

He jist canny seem tae Grow Up!

Well..

Kojo.

If the good doctor is still "In Da House".............One for you tonight me O'l mucker

Pop Goes Comedy

pablophanque

First Celebrity Tim that knows Dick Campbell and declares he's a lovely bloke and not a Bigot;

Andy Walker 2/1

Charlie Ridiculas 9/4

TTT,

How ye doin' matey?

On subjects like these, and when referring to Dicks like Campbell I'd love to achieve the proper Latin translation for "Sarcasmos".

However for the purposes of discussion and the blog, I'll try and stick to irony!

:)

Bankiebhoy1 DogWithBone CSC

Philvis

Sorry Im a bit on the tardy side but...

that we cretin Campbell is not from my planet !

Ming

Chaps theres hunners an' hunners an' thoosans and thoosan's of Dick's oot there.

They hang about outside Ibrox every week, they hang out with Radio Scotland types, and redtop newspaper types.

However when they are caught "red - handed", pardon the expression, they all profess to be Airdie, Clyde or St Mirren men.

Dick's just anurra wan.

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"Scots referees 'close to striking' over managers' criticism - Stuart Dougal

EX-FIFA referee Stuart Dougal claims Scottish officials are considering strike action over recent attacks on them by managers.

• Stuart Dougal has warned that refs in Scotland could organise a day of industrial action

Referees have come under fire from some Clydesdale Bank Premier League bosses of late, with Motherwell's Jim Gannon particularly outspoken in his criticism of them and Scottish Football Association head of referee development Hugh Dallas.

Dallas has admitted there are problems with officiating in Scotland.

But he and Scottish Senior Football Referees' Association chairman Martin Cryans are unhappy with the nature of managers' attacks, which they believe risk calling into question officials' integrity and professionalism.

Cryans last week revealed referees could resort to legal action if the outbursts continue and Dougal has now warned: "Referees are close to calling for a day of industrial action.

"If people are fed up with the decision-making of our referees, maybe they should face a Saturday afternoon without any decisions being made at all.

"I know the strength of feeling and solidarity that exists on this issue and, if there is a belief the endorsement of a day of action is the only way to get their point across, it will be taken.

"It has already been discussed by senior members of the refereeing movement if unhelpful comments from managers such as Gannon continue. This warning should be taken seriously."

He added: "The personal vilification of our officials has gone far enough. But that's not to say officials are not open to dialogue so let's bring our most experienced managers and refs together."

Original Article Here

pablophanque

Kojo

Just watched the incident that led to the booking, (74th minute) your right very childish, he is our most booked player but he is also our main man.

We struggle when he is not playing, we really struggled in the Dundee United game he missed through suspension, cant see where the creativity would come from if he wasnt in the team.

Ive a feeling he will be booked just for turning up in Edinburg next week.

EN

Campbell suffers from the institutional bigorty that exists in this country and does not recognise the offence that is caused by this type of behaviour. His only regret is that he was caught. I hope he spares any grovelling apologies for being stuck in the 17th century.

Pablo

Id bus the scabs in myself,preferably European scabs with no vested interest.

If Maggie can call it progress,so can we.

15 minutes into the local radio 'football' show, Celtic have not been mentioned yet.

Opening headline was 'Rangers can go top of the league tomorrow' followed by two buffoons talking about Rangers as if they were on a night out with Dick Campbell.

I would have thought three amazing goals on Saturday may be worth a mention.

Here is the reply, to my e-mail expressing my disgust at Campbell's behaviour, which I received from Forfar:

"The Directors of Forfar Athletic are disappointed that the club's name has
been dragged into a reported incident involving our manager last week.

As all are aware, this incident did not take place on club premises or for
that matter while Dick was carrying out any duties on the club's behalf.

We do not however condone his actions in any way."

The matter will be fully discussed at a scheduled board meeting later in
the week when a further statement may be forthcoming.

Kojo@431

I have quite enjoyed reading your posts, an east end kid on poet with a chip on his shoulder.

I am not, never have and never will be an Orc but it does not mean that I, or many other Celtic supporters, jeez maybe even some on this site, do not have pals that support the dark side.

Just because I worked for the SFA does not out me!

By your skewed logic all people who work within Celtic Park, Ipox or wherever MUST be supporters of the club.

Your viewpoint sounds not too dissimilar to a certain clubs signing policy in the not to distant past.

'If you're not True Blue we won't employ you'

Get a life!

Don't hate the haters, pity them else you will become one of them and for that YOU should be banished.

Fae a fellow tim who thinks you are a dick!

The video of these dicks being addressed by a big Dick contains a lot more than just singing when you look a little more closely. Consider the mood of these people and of the number one Dick himself? These people never seem to get into party mood, in the same sense of what we would consider "party mood". No, there is a confrontational aspect to everything they do.

Even big Dick has the fist pumping gestures and anger written across his big ugly coopin' as he invites them to carry on singing. He sees everthing outside of the wee narra people in exactly the same way as they do. Picture in your head, Henk after scoring. Now picture Boyd/Lafferty/Novo. Get the picture?

Therein lies the reason these morons find themselves in the spotlight on a regular basis. Wherever they go, they want to either FTP or be abusing the local people or place of worship. They see everything and everyone outside of Scotland as the enemy.

Even in victory they are not happy to celebrate as other people celebrate. They are still looking for trouble in the streets, or with the local police in whichever European city they happen to be visiting.

These idiots have been protected by the like minded idiots and bigots that frequent our airwaves and put ink to our daily press. When the extent of the damage caused causes furore in every country outside of Scotland, their biggest allies are the aforementioned press and pundits who cover up their every movement by implicating poor foreign policy or policing.

Even the voices of our most talented writers, such as Speirs and English are buried by the overwhelming support for these pathetic creatures by the bulk of the Scottish media.

Make no mistake, the press and broadcasting media in this country, harbour the same bigotted and sectarian views as the plebs who ply their evil across Scotland and Europe. The bulk of referees in this country are additional sympathisers, and the evidence was there to see again on Sunday at Motherwell, just as it has been evident since as long as I can remember. It's not just a love for the billy boys that manifests itself in the manner these people referee matches, it's an even stronger hatred of all things Celtic and Catholic.

I suggest it will never change. For every big dick on the way out, there are mini dicks being bred to succeed them. For everyone of them who don't make it into the press or broadcasting studio's, jails all over Europe await them.

Estadio

Its crazy that Aiden is our most booked player . He gets booted all over the park week after week with scant protection . The last booking was deserved but the majority are not.
+The referee's are corrupt - they definately have an agenda.

Just watched Dick Campbells video. Drunk. Embarrassing. doesn't actually appear to know the words of the song (he says he's going to sing the sash and then sings Derry's walls and doesn't know the words to that either!)

'I'm a Rangers fan' he says, then deny's he's a hun in the papers.

Stupid man. Bit of a balloon. playing to the gallery. should know better, but then so should all the follow followers. should he lose his job? No I don't think so. Does it make us want to win all the more because we know that under the surface of every 'I'm no a rangers fan, honest guv' manager and pundit lies a guy who would do all he could to help the huns against us? Yep. Whatever we win means twice as much as what they win because we are always up against this crapola.

changes nothing. they continue to be what they are and I for one say let them sit it out while the rest of us get on with the human race. If they won't level the playing field for Celtic (See Richmond, C. Motherwell on Saturday for starters) then we'll just have to level it by being so much better as a team and most importantly as supporters than theie favourites.

It must really hurt them that we are so universally loved while they are reviled by most decent people outside of Scotland. It is obvious that it does because for all their what-aboutery when it comes to hunnish bad behaviour they never can bring themselves to say 'what about how well received Celtic supporters have been all around europe? what about the CSC's in Spain and Germany started by locals? what about the fair play awards? '

No, it's what about one supporter on a plane from Wales and two drunken idiots getting on to the park at paradise and doing, well, nothing much really.

Never 'what about these repeated fines for sectarian behaviour or rioting?'

Damn them all to hell.

Campbell is the tip of a depressing iceberg but it changes nothing for us. Win Celtic, it's the only way to show these bar stewards.

rant over.

You couldnt defend Mcgeady for the blatant trip on saturday. I've just seen it on the STV news . 1 more booking and he misses the huns game .

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend... Estadio National. @ 6.04.

I agree, with you,pal.. wholeheartely.

He has jist opened his stall at the Barras..

Selling the Joisey..

I am sure, YOU know exactly what I have jist written, means..

I doubt very much if Aiden does, or.. Realise the Implication and the Ramification of his Childish and Foolish act of Revenge.

I believe that Mr.Mowbray, must, in all concience, also realise that he ..Mr. Mowbray, that is..CANNOT DARE SELECT, Aiden.. for the Hearts confronto!

If, Mr. Mowbray, does..then ..

In doing so..

It would be like trying to Throw a T-Bone, past a Ravenous Wolf..

As the Referee.. the Wolf..

Would be just itching to Take Mr.McGeady out of the upcomimg Contest, agin the Hateful G.A.

And.. that same wolf..would Slap Mr. McGeady,promptly with
a Yellow boy...with the utmost Alacrity,and satisfaction ..at the Very Foist Opportunity,during the Hearts game.

Maks sense , tae me.

Kojo.
yer pal..who likes the wey ye think.

Morten Gamst Pedersen is set on Celtic - winger praying for Parkhead Move

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The viking warrior who delivered a hammer blow to Scotland's World Cup dream is desperate to fulfil his Champions League ambitions with a move to SPL leaders Celtic.

Norway midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen has been linked with a January move to Parkhead and the left-sided Blackburn attacker, who scored twice as George Burley's team were thrashed 4-0 in Oslo, is eager to make the switch once the transfer window opens.

Talks on a new contract at Ewood Park began in August, but there has been little progress while Pedersen has not been guaranteed a place in Sam Allardyce's side.

Pedersen said: 'Celtic play regularly in Europe and, for all players, that is a bonus. I've never played Champions League football and that is obviously something I dream about doing.

'Celtic are a big club, a big name in Europe. They have a good reputation, a big and famous support and they always compete very well.'

Pedersen's agent, Rune Hauge, claims that a number of clubs are interested in signing his client - but it seems a switch from mid-table mediocrity in the Premier League to the top of the SPL and a tilt at the Champions League has huge appeal to the 28-year-old.

'I have a fierce competitive instinct and want to play football every week,' he said. 'I believe I should be playing.'

The fee for a player who becomes a free agent at the end of the season should not be a problem for Celtic, although matching his current wages may still prove to be a stumbling block.

Celtic have, however, finalised the £2million capture of South Korean star Ki Sung Yeung, agreeing terms on a four-year contract that begins on New Year's Day.

The deal to sign the reigning Asian Young Player of the Year was rubber-stamped yesterday after Department of Employment officials granted a work permit.

'I am delighted to sign for Celtic, a club with a tremendous history, which is known throughout the world,' the 20-year-old told the official club website. 'I know Celtic has some of the best fans in the world and I'll do all I can to show the fans what I can do.'

Georgios Samaras, meantime, insists he is happy to accept the mantle of penalty-taker after another Celtic spot-kick miss.

Barry Robson saw his penalty saved by John Ruddy in Saturday's 3-2 win over Motherwell, while Aiden McGeady and Scott McDonald have also both failed from 12 yards recently.

On-form Samaras, who has netted five goals in his last four games, said: 'I scored a couple of penalties last year and have taken them for the Greek national team. 'If the manager asked me to do it for Celtic then, it would not be a problem.'

And the reply..............

"Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce plays down Morten Gamst Pedersen exit talk

He's a Bhoy? Morten Gamst Pedersen is a target for Celtic

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce has played down speculation linking Morten Gamst Pedersen with Celtic.

Pedersen is reported to be interested in a move to the Scottish giants after falling out of favour at Ewood Park, but Allardyce insists nobody has been in contact with him about any of his players.

'I've had no enquiries for my players at this moment,' Allardyce said.

'Someone has whispered in my ear about the first bit of speculation, that Morten is going to Celtic. We're going to get the normal chip paper flying around in the next few weeks.'

Pedersen was an unused substitute in Rovers' goalless draw at Hull on Saturday and has struggled for form this season.

The Norway midfielder's current deal with Blackburn runs out at the end of the season, but Allardyce said now was not the time for contract negotiations.
'We're not in a contract sort of mood at the moment - I'm certainly not,' Allardyce said.

'Talking about contracts and talking about ins and outs at this stage of the season - we've got a massive December coming up and a massive January and the distractions that come our way can destroy what you do on the field of play.

'So I want to keep as far away from that as we possibly can and cover it when we are good and ready and consider it to be the right time.'

Another player thought to be unsettled at the club is striker Benni McCarthy, and Allardyce admitted he would move for a new striker in January if the South African did decide to leave.
January exit? Benni McCarthy could leave in the transfer window
'It has been documented that Benni has not been playing enough and that he is not quite as settled as he would perhaps prefer because he's not playing enough,' Allardyce said.
'So whether some of that does happen in that area, who knows? Then we would move into the market for somebody else.
'But there are four strikers at our club at the moment and we are not in a position to take any more on than that financially.

'We are comfortable with the squad as a whole at the moment and I think the biggest thing is hanging on to our best players.
'That would be the biggest worry for me in the transfer window, rather than bringing somebody in."

pablophanque

roberttressell.

I should imagine that if you travel to Seville you must be a serious supporter( Hun).
Not you Robert - I'm meaning the Dick.

At least now we know why the "Old Pretender", or James VIII in old money, landed at Peterhead in 1715!

roberttressell,

I have just watched it too and for me too the most noticeable thing was that he said he was going to sing one thing then sang another without knowing the words. He was the epitome of a pathetic drunk....pandering to the reprobates that were granting him his moment in the limelight, the famous man when compared to the nonentities who he felt he had to impress.

The sad thing is that a pathetic creature such as he can "inspire" these buffoons and, by simply leading off the singing of a stupid, out of date and tuneless song, he changes from somebody most of them had hardly heard of into the "only one Dick Campbell"

Bamboo - maybe he was scouting some hun players. after all Forfar probably have more of a budget in january than the orcs do. maybe he wants to buy Kris Boyd!!!

Did anybody see the 'History of Scotland' first programme in the series, a couple of weeks ago?
It explained how the WATP mentality originated, from the Covenanters in the first part of the 17th century.

One false move perceived or otherwise by Aiden in his next game and he is a goner. We need him to run the legs off Weir and Co. on the wide open spaces of Celtic Park. Kojo makes a good point to leave him on the sidelines for our next game.

Here is the reply, to my e-mail expressing my disgust at Campbell's behaviour, which I received from Forfar:

"The Directors of Forfar Athletic are disappointed that the club's name has
been dragged into a reported incident involving our manager last week.

As all are aware, this incident did not take place on club premises or for
that matter while Dick was carrying out any duties on the club's behalf.

We do not however condone his actions in any way."

The matter will be fully discussed at a scheduled board meeting later in
the week when a further statement may be forthcoming.

Twists and Turns - 100% right.
The Black North is a prime example of this attitude. It's not when Celtic would regularly gub them, or win the league, that they would go out and attack Celtic bars in the centre of Belfast, or cut a Celtic fan's throat in the street, or get a mob together to attack a Catholic area, or beat a Catholics to death in Coleraine. No, it's only when they beat Celtic that the whole siege mentality allows them to come out and rub our collective faces in it. It's only when you're down that their viciousness can really come out. All that resentment and ingrained fear of the other, the foreign, the different, the total lack of empathy that others can take positive pleasure from winning. None of that Fenian muck for them. Croppie lie down was and is their reason d'etre

Sorry I didn't mean to post that again, just hit the wrong button while reading posts.

And there you have it !!!! Definitive Proof that it's them kafalik skoolz and don't let emby tell yeh different Timmy..................

"Number_Eight
19th Century Poet Join Date: 29-07-2006
Posts: 16,264

Sectarianism: We Didn`t Start The Fire

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A few months ago I met a gentleman who was an agent of one of the so-called anti-sectarian agencies which seem to proliferate in this part of the world and he was on a mission to take the anti-sectarian message into our schools.

He spoke of exchange programmes and a variety of well-intentioned schemes to diminish the sectarian aspect of life in these parts, but when I pushed him about dealing with the subject head on and tackling it at its root; that is to say the sectarian schools which infest Glasgow and the west of Scotland, although he quietly agreed with me, he backed off from addressing this issue publicly.

When I asked him why, he admitted that there were too many powerful forces at work and while he agreed that the demise of sectarianism in education was desirable, there was too much organised opposition to such a change for any headway to be made.

When I pointed out that he was on an errand to put sticking plasters on slit wrists, he shrugged his shoulders and said nothing, embarrassed that his cause was not only bogus, but a waste of public money and resources.

Essentially, the Scottish political establishment is sponsoring sectarianism in education and then encouraging the nation to speak out against it in all its forms - except in schooling - the elephant in the room.

As long as this nation separates out its infant children along religious lines for the purpose of education, sectarianism will always flourish because the state is funding it as though it was moral and worthy while ducking accusations that it brings division, disharmony, intolerance and hate to the nation`s streets, offices, political parties and corridors of power.

Education is the core of any society, the seed from which all else follows, and when it endorses and embraces religious sectarianism, as is the case here in Scotland, then religious sectarianism will infest every aspect of every level of our society.

Anti-sectarian pressure groups which take no interest in the bigger picture are about as effective as hoses damping down rubble from a structure which has already collapsed. Rangers FC should sever all connections with these charlatans, and if it wants to enter into this debate, it should do so seriously by noting the elephant in the room that has so far been invisible to all who enter it.

If the debate about sectarianism is to be meaningful, it needs to be honest and grown-up instead of skirting around the edges with good intentions and low ambitions.

As we read about the occasional song or chant of a supposed sectarian nature, and see banner headlines proclaiming it in our dumbed-down press and media, we should be reminded that it is our duty to address this issue ourselves. Let us seize every opportunity to mention the state`s role in funding sectarianism, sponsoring sectarianism and encouraging sectarianism.

When next you hear talk of a sectarian nature, take the issue to the very top - bring sectarian schools into the equation, after all, no-one else will."

And I'll tell you something else, he / she will belive every bit of that to the bottom of their heart. Changing mind-sets like this is impossible IMNSHO and this is just one of the reasons why bigotry is endemic and taught from birth to grave in this bigoted backwater.

pablophanque

bankiebhoy1

You might want to find out the meaning of the word irony before you start worrying about Latin.

I blame the schools.

Kojo,

I think McGeady is a fantastic talent but his kick out at the weekend was sheer stupidity. Beckham got sent off in a World Cup for something as petty.

Aiden needs to get that stuff out of his game because he more than anyone would (or at least should) have known that would have put him right on the threshold of a ban against Rangers. Now, Tony's under a wee bit of pressure to leave him out against Hearts as he wants him available for certain against Rangers. Big Tony put Aiden on against Falkirk when the game was won and he ended up limping off, these things will be a concern for him.

I personally think we will have enough to beat them anyway without Aiden but would much rather he played as he along with a few other players from middle to front have been playing some very good stuff over the last 5 games.

roberttressell

I think Dick only need offer Boydy a free supply of bridies and he would sign.
Mind you he could probably tuck away an awful lot of the Forfar delicacies !!

Dick Campbell was not indulging in bigotry.

Instead, he was very cleverly politicking - he knows that this time next year he'll be the only quality of manager the Horribles can afford, so why not go 'press some palms' or in their case feed their hate?

He now will have the Orc hordes firmly behind his bid for the coldest seat in hell.

I seriously hope they forgive, forget, and appoint.

Ernie

Thanks for the tip.

Scotland.

A country that should really be called Us and Them...

Divided and Ruled... Historically, economically, politically, culturally and geographically.
Us and Them is its heart and soul.

The Media play upon, nurture and perpetuate the divisions.
The Establishment clings to old divisions like a lifejacket...
The Only Empoweruing thing they really have....

Scotland.
Tragic Farce....

Evening bhoys n ghirls,

How much fun has it been the past fews days watching the Scottish meedja getting their pants in a right twist over Jim Gannons' 'attack' on our good old Scottish refs? How dare he eh?

We all know what goes on in this twisted little country of ours, we're not stupid. Although the Scottish meedja would have us think that we are. In my opinion this is where the problem lies. Like it or not there is lowlife in high places, and these cretins are free to full the airwaves and sports pages with how they want to interpret things. Every decision they get wrong is reported as an honest mistake. Ok we know that honest mistakes are made. But don't insult my intelligence by trying to tell me that everyTIMe we don't get a penalty it's an honest mistake. You can't continually be looking straight at a ' stonewaller ' and not give it cause you ' honestly ' didn't see it ( thompson and richmond take note ).

How many TIMes do we read the papers, watch the TV hightlights etc only to find that the stonewall penalty we should have had ' just didn't happen '. Or that perfectly good goal we scored which was incorrectly chopped off for offside ' just didn't happen '. They have the power of the pen, they can make it just go way. They can make it that it ' just didn't happen '.

I read two match reports of Saturdays game and none of them had any mention of our other two stonewall penalties in their report. One did mention we could have had another pen in the review of the refs performance. Note that was 1 other penalty, not 2!!!

I even read Bum Lickie The voice Of Hunsport in The Hun ( I know, I know. My apprentice bought it. He was sleeping at lunch TIMe and it was just lying there!! ). This moron tells us it's not the refs who are to blame, it's players. Seriously! What a fxd! He goes blah blah blah blah blah ( get to the best bit- ED) until this pearl of wisdom smacks you in the chops, and I quote:

" After all, didn't Tony Mowbray's defence hand Rangers two goals on a plate? So doesn't that make them twice as culpable when the season comes down to the final shake-up?
Decision-making is the biggest thing in football for everyone involved- and that day, Celtic continually made bad ones all over the park. Thompson made one. Do the maths ".

So there you have it. Thompson made ONE bad decision. Yes that's right, just one.
So he didn't get it wrong when he didn't award Celtic their second stonewall penalty and booked Shaun for diving.
He didn't get it wrong when Mark Wilson was booked for diving when replays showed the Papac had clipped him.
He didn't get it wrong when Lafferty kung fu kicked ZZ in the nuts.
He didn't get it wrong when Grandpa Weir nearly snapped Skippys leg just below the knee with a wreckless challange from behind.
I could go on all night ( but you've got 5s at 8-ED ).

Now this is just one game but it highlights what we're up against. They have always and will always print what they want to see. Not what actually happens. It will never be printed in such as way as to side with us. Oh no, that will never happen. It will always be done in such as way as to make us look like we're paranoid and stupid. But this doen't mean we have to accept it. I just wish our club would appear a wee bit more vocal at TIMes.

Let's moan when a shocking decision costs us points. Don't just accept it as the norm cause it's not. Everyone else moans. It doesn't even out over the season. ( we've had at least 6 stonewallers not given and two good winning goals wrongly disallowed this season and it's not even half way yet! ).

Lets protect our players and supporters from racist abuse. Highlight it every Time it happens. If it keeps happening then don't give those teams who's supporters are involved tickets for our ground. We don't want them there.

If the SFA are rubber earing us when we want clarifcation on why it appears to be mostly our players who are only open to ' video review ' hightlight it. Moan about it. Don't just let them ignore us hoping that we'll forget about it. Keep going on about it until we hear the answers we are looking for.
Lets stand up for our club a bit more Celtic please.
We're not stupid, we're not paranoid so don't let us be treated like we are.

Because until someone has the bxlls to bring out a paper which won't tow the party line to appease the masses then that is exactly how the Scottish gutter press will treat us.

Hail hail, I'm off tae sharpen ma heid :-)

pablo

AS someone who woks in the education system in this "bigotted backwater" I find your comments offensive, ignorant and completely without foundation!!! To be honest you don't have a clue what your talking about and until you have a better understanding of the Catholic education system in this country then you'd be as well keeping your opinions to yourself.

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. Petec

Of course, I know that you know.. that Aiden's,"Leetle Indiscretionary Cameo".., has opened an Air- Tight of the proverbial.

Or

As has bin put far bettah, by the Two Legends of Comedy.

"Now, that... is Another Fine Mess You have gotten us into!"

"Gee,Olly, I did't realize the Ensuing Implications of my Act"

Anyway...

I have said this before.. and, I see no reason not to repeat.

There is not such a thing as a Set-Back, to one's Plans.

Fur..

Because of that , Set-back.. one, is forced to take another
Path.

Therefore..

If ..Aiden, does not play against the Hearts.

I will have no dismay..

Fur

Mr. Mowbray, shall then replace Aiden with..

Shall we suggest..

Master McGinn?

And..

Voila!

A New Celtic Star, may be Discovered.

Maks sense tae me.

Kojo.
yer pal..who likes ye a loater

hamiltontim,

Unless you're joking with pablophanque,I think you got the wrong end of the stick. Pablo was posting something written by an orc;he was not expressing his own view. You can coount on that as fact.

Does anybody know how young players did today against Everton ?
Antonin Fantis
Jakub Stochl
Milos Lacny

Pablophanque @ 6.52

Whenever they decide to bring up the 'schools' issue they never seem to touch on the 'act of settlement' which is conveniently forgotten. A fresh approach to both these issues may be a long time overdue.

hamiltontim

I think that is a cut and paste job from another site! posted by Pablo!!!

UC

hamiltontim, I think you'll find that that "comment" was lifted from somewhere else and my comment comes after the quotation marks.

No need to apologies.

pablophanque

Aidan McGeady stole my hamster, then Dick Campbell ate it.

In... DEFENCE- Harte,Christanval & Pederson, MIDFIELD- McDonald (Parma) or Fabio Henrique Simplicio (palermo) or Gattuso (aye that wan) STRIKERS- McCarthy & Abreu(Aris Thessaloniki) all free I think and would take us to the next level. I would preffer Keane to McCarthy but there's no way our resident billionaire's would sanction it .

Please no more players from the championhip.... Fox,Naylor and Loovens have proved they are no better than the cannon fodder in the SPL

Keep.. McGeady,McDonald,Samaras,Hinkel,Caddis,N'guemo,Crosas ,Zaluska

Get what we can for the rest.

pablo

OOPS!!! Just back from wiping the egg from my visage!! The mist came down and ....well you know the rest. Sorry again mate.

HT

I see the Herald Payer Ratings give us a combined total of 54, while Motherwell were awarded 78.

hamiltontim, 'seezydone amigo. The o'l punctuation can be hard to spot when the mist starts to come down ;o)))

Thanks for the support chaps :o)

Right, I'm "out the gap", he said in his best Cark accent ;o)))

pablophanque

sevendouble, you need to be careful with your typing. Payer Ratings and Player Ratings...there's an "l" of a difference 0-)

Kojo,

Master McGinn or even Master Caddis, as he seemed sure to be heading for the exit but has now signed a 1 year extension, he must have been given some sort of assurances.

As long as we have Crosas and Nguemo in the centre and Sammi in the attack (he is right on form right now) then I'm confident of getting the 3 points at Tynecastle. Barry Robson is a character in our team, and we need him at the moment but TBH the above 2 players on the wings would not have me disappointed if Aiden is rested.

7double

Tabloids or broadsheets it all the same full of "Dicks".
We dominate most of the game and win with three cracking goals but Motherwell were better???

.

G'Day from a Very Cold and Frosty Melbourne....:O)

001

blantyretim on December 12, 2009 4:31 PM

Am not sure who Eddie is could you enlighten me ?

Charlie Richmond has booked Aiden in 4 out of his last 9 games referring Celtic.

Aiden has had spells this season when he has went six games without a booking an 7 games without a booking.

For that reason ad play him at Tynecastle tell him not to tackle an keep his mouth shut.

mark mcghees eyeliner on December 14, 2009 7:04 PM

Good post,

ah think as Celtic supporters we suffer death by a thousand cuts when it comes to referring decisions.

What ah mean is that most weeks we have decisions that go against us,we complain but move on an it fades into the backround until the next one comes along.

What made me realise that we are anaesthetised to the extent of the bias in this country is when ah read Tonybananas book,Celtic Paranoia.

Its a great read an you come away thinking why are we standing for this in this day an age.

Am convinced the mix of apathy,time an repetition go towards our inaction.

Get a loved one this or get a loved tae buy it fur you,ah read it loved it for stoking ma fire again.

Celtic Paranoia

Monteblanco.

Why did you have a hamster ?

WeKnowSFA's take on the McGeady situation.

http://footballsfootball.com/WeknowSFA/mcgeady-booking-celtic-rangers-ban/

Also Kevin Thomoson has been flapping his gums again.

http://footballsfootball.com/WeknowSFA/kevin-thomson-rangers-gary-caldwell/

Eurochamps@3.27,i may be wrong here,but,i am pretty sure the Irish national anthem was written in English,it may,by some diehards,be considered offensive to sing the Soldiers Song in anything other than Irish,but,i would hope that they would give the singer the benefit of the doubt.I do not speak Irish,yet i have sung that song on many an occasion,and,if i am spared,will sing it many more times,and i will never feel i am causing anyone any offence,and no,just because my singing voice is rank,that is not justifiable in citing my rendition as offensive.

Watching the two penalties we were deined on Saturday, the referee is very close to both incidents and had a clear unobstructed view of both.

Blowing the final whistle on 94 minutes 34 seconds just after Crosas played a great through ball to Fotuné was also blatent cheating.

Cheat.

I've got an idea we could beat the weeny huns next week without Aiden. Not sure who the ref is but If Aiden plays even part of that game I cannot think of one SPL ref who will miss the opportunity to do big brother hun a favour by booking Mcgeady, thereby ensuring he misses the Rankers game.Give McGinn a run out (or Paddy if he still exists) and save McGeady to terrorise the hun.
It might also be a good idea for someone from the club to remind the media before the huns game about the 3 stonewallers Craig Thomson "missed" at Ibrox, .......might make the next ref think twice.

pablophanque 6:02 PM

The Refs going on strike. What a laugh.
Anyway when you read the story what they're actually saying is, "Aye aw right Gannon, we'll do it your way and sit down and discuss this, but we canny admit that we gave into you, so we're makin' out like it's us that suggested it. Ur ye happy now?"

:)))))))))))))

TLV

TerryO
Most of Aiden's bookings have been self inflicted - he talks himself into a booking too often, albeit I've seen him pick up bookings that clearly were undeserved. Saturday was inexcusable, that 'back heeler' on the Motherwell player could have been interpreted as red - not disimilar to Beckman's ordering off in the World Cup some years ago.

Having said that, he's been in great form this season. Long may it last.

johnnyquest

Of course it was written in English.

The guy who wrote the words was a Dub, so I doubt he spoke Irish.

Pablo/Hamiltontim,

These people proclaim that Catholic schools (sorry "sectarian schools") are at the heart of the Sectarian divide and yet were they to have their wish granted I have a feeling they would be somewhat irked at their offspring having to share schools with them kaffliks.

Let's face it when they say they want rid of Catholic schools what they really mean is that want rid of Catholicism in Scotland.

Now assuming for the sake of this debate, that "Number_Eight" does indeed only wish to be rid of "sectarian schools", do you believe that he is of the opinion that the orange order is a sectarian institution?

I am a product of Catholic schooling, I am a practicing Catholic and I have my kids educated at a Catholic school and back Catholic schools, however what do you think our "sectarian schools" hating brother would say if he was offered a deal:

An end to Catholic schools hand-in-hand with the end of the orange order in Scotland???

I think we all know the answer to that one don't we????

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

.

Jonnyquest....

I am Scottish....But....

Amhran Na BhFiann.....

Sinne Finna Faill

001

Evening All..

Just read this in tonight's ET..

"Gordon Strachan is ready to launch a raid on Celtic to halt Middlesbrough’s slide down the Championship.

The man who quit Parkhead in the summer has been following Gary Caldwell’s contract situation closely, and could make his move for the defender when the window opens in two weeks.

Mark Wilson, Barry Wilson, Willo Flood and Chris Killen were also signed by Celtic during Strachan’s four years in charge, and they are among the men who could be of interest as Boro continue to struggle in their attempt to make it back into a play-off place.

Strachan knows all about the wages and contract status of the players he left behind in Glasgow.

But, out of respect for his former employers, and chief executive Peter Lawwell and major shareholder Dermot Desmond in particular, he has vowed to be up front with them should he decide to turn to the club to solve his problems.

Strachan explained: “As long as you are honest, that’s all Dermot and Peter ask.

“They know that fine well, they trust me implicitly, they know I would never be dishonest. I wouldn’t feel good about myself.

“Can I see myself going back (for players)? I am after men, and if Celtic have men…”"

Not sure if there is anything in it, but I would be happy to get some cash for those mentioned

I was particularly raging at the ref on saturday when he was giving Aiden a lecture (in the first half) He, the ref, right in front of the Dalzillian hordes, was making a right show of 'mouthing off' gestures with his hand. I was hoping Mowbray would have had a go at him at half-time for the way he was performing for the cameras/crowd.

If the Orange Order is a sectarian institution, and it is, then why isn't The Sash a sectarian song?

Terry O'Neill at 7.32

I was in Denholms onWednesday, wee Eddie who was with you at the Q&A in the cricket club last year..

if you still don't know will email you...

BT

Haw the australian Ulrika,

stick yir weather updates up yir antipodean jacksie!

I'm about to go and get changed for playing 5s ootside in temp approx -2 or -3 ya drongo ye

:-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Estadio National,

You are correct, i competely forgot about him blowing the full time whistle when fortune was through.

I don't think i've ever seen that in my life before.

Can you imagine that had happened and it was still 2-2 at the time, oh dear.

TTT
I agree.

I'm in and around schools on a regular basis - denominational, non-demoninational. Neither group feels threatened by the other. The interaction of schools of differing faiths is commendable to the staff and pupils but also the Education system in Scotland.

The non-denominational school is a bit of a misnomer. All have a chaplain, from the nearest Christian church, and many visit a nearby by church to celebrate various activities e.g. end of term, Harvest etc. I know of some that have joint religious celebrations with Catholic schools.

There are all sorts of faith schools around the UK. Only in Scotland is a Catholic school deemed to be a threat.

Cadizzy,
Ouch. You got me there!
Serves me right.

TTT

Excuses excuses that's exactly what Catholic schools are in this country, excuses for bigots who support Unionism/Loyalism/Sectarianism in Scotland.

Quite simply it is the tool with which they beat us but under no circumstances should this be a reason for abolishing under pressure which is only going to mount in the near future.

I'd love to invite them into my class and see the caring and respectful attitude which permeates.

Ps Sorry again Pablo

chico5
Can you imagine it happening when we play TFOD? Mind you, if was one of them he'd wait before blowing.

Saturdays referee William Collum has refereed two of our games so far this season, only one booking in those two games, guess who that was for?

Aiden McGeady

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend .. The Token Tim @ 4.73

Pal.. The Bru HaHa...that is being raised,from Time to Time, concerning the fact..so they say..Of the Sinister Influence of a Catholic Schooling,as a factor in Propagating, Inter Faith Animosities.. is pure Bunkum.

I am product of a Secular Schoolng.

And..

I can assure you, that ..

I still Detest the G.A., it's Kith and it's Kin.

A Non Denominational Schooling, which I enjoyed.. does not in any way..

Blind Any Thinking Person, to ,rather quickly...once He or She enters the Working World..to easily identity, Which side in this Religious Controversy ,is responsible for Perpetuating the Religious Conflict and Insidious Bigotry,that is pandemic in Scotland.

And that side,is NOT the Catholic one.

Kojo.
yer pal..who likes ye a loater.

http://greatestfansintheworld.net/?p=32

I cant believe the last time we won 4 games in a row was 13 months ago!!!!

no wonder crowds are down

sevendouble

If the orange Order is a sectarian institution why are they permitted to have hundredsif not thousands of parades through our city and town centres??
Would this be allowed in any other European state???

.

The Token Tim....

Ulrika....a Hiv Hid a Haircut....Also....I Had Breast Reduction....:O)

001WhoDisnaeWearABoobTubeCSC

Hamiltontim;
As someone who has taught in catholic schools for over 30 years I can echo what you say about the caring atmosphere. That is exactly why a large number of non catholic parents opted to send their non-catholic offspring to my school......because of the caring and non judgemental christian ethos.Its a pity some of those who wish to end separate catholic schools are not as open minded as these parents.

Bournsouprecipe

I gather you're a movie buff judging by some of the clips you've posted recently. As a bit of diversion here are my fabvourites not in order of preference.

From Here To Eternity
On The Waterfront
Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
Casablanca
Towering Inferno ( great performance by Steve McQueen as San Fran fire chief)
The Getaway
Blackboard Jungle. Glen Ford's best
Double Indemnity
Somethings Gotta Give. Hilarious Nicholson
The Quiet Man
Casino.

Fav Musicals

Last Waltz
Oaklahoma
Hail Hail Rock'n'roll Chuck Berry autbiog.

.

Kojo....

Can you just say....You like me a Loatter....

001

EN,

Willie Collum is one of us.
Trust me on that one. Pretty sure that others have mentioned that on here too.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Chico5

Same here, not seen that in a game before, I remember something similar in one of the early World Cup finals, cant find any info on it but sure it involved Brazil and an English ref in the 1958 World Cup.

EN

Estadio Nacional

It was Welsh referee Clive Thomas. Brazil cut a corner back to the edge of the box and one of their players volleyed it into the top corner. Thomas, apparently, blew for half time while the ball was in the air.

Molly Malone

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Fred C Dobbs

"You can't catch me sleepin'...Don't you ever believe that. I'm not that dumb. The day you try to put anything over on me will be a costly one for both of you...Any more lip out of you and I'll haul off and let ya have it. If ya know what's good for ya, ya won't monkey around with Fred C. Dobbs"

Good evening all.

Looking forward to watching the Dundee Utd game tomorrow night with the volume turned up for once - their visitors have only sold 1,500 tickets (allegedly)

Jobo

glendaly...

It comes from the home mate not the schools you're dead right.

I've got several non Catholics in my class as well as some supporters of TFOD which leaves me onto a wee tale!!

A wean in the class supports the other mob and is not a Catholic. Hes been educated in our school for seven years. He has asked for a signature ring for his Christmas but his faither has said under no circumstances!! Do ye know why? The aforementioned wean has the initials RC!! Now he didn't learn that from me!

Who needs LogicCSC

Schooling

My partner comes from a 90% Catholic country and the pupils at the general high schools are allowed just one lesson a week on a religion of their choice - and only if they want it. No other religous trappings are permitted.

Estadio, Chico.

I recall such an incident from a World Cup, again involving Brazil (1982, perhaps). Brazil took a corner, the resulting cross was emphatically rattled into the pokie. Cue celebrating fans and players; only to discover, seconds later that the ref had, in fact blew the whistle for half-time, just as the cross was flying into the box: 'Goal' dissallowed. Bizarre!

Crowds,my friend are way Down..

Everywhere..

Take the latest Celtic Motherwell Game..

Only... Round aboot SEVEN THOUSAND..and half of those..

Celtic Fans.

I ask ye, sincerely..

Do you believe that Motherwell has just THREE THOUSAND SUPPORTERS..?

Ah wull answer that Fur Ye..

Na..

Only Three Thousand Motherwell Supporters, at a Juicy Game, that hid Celtic, fur the Opposition?

Na.. Pal.. listen..

There is a Depression taking place, right noo, at this very minute, thru oot the Land.

And..

Everyboady, who is wise.

Must watch their BawBees..

Fur, it is an awfy Cauld Winter, fur any poor Unfortunate, withoot a Joab, at this time.

So..

The Crowds wull return, tae the Game, especially, Celtic Park.. like the Swallows wull... Without any Doubt.. return, tae the Capistrano Mission.. and by the Way.. the Swallows dae return, each and every year, oan March 19th,.. St. Joseph's Day.. I hiv witnessed this act.. many a year, oan the spot.

When Employment Figures, in Scotland, once more, Become Hale and Hearty.

Pal.. Face it..

Things are Tough.. All Over..

Even here, in Good old Vegas!

Kojo.

Celtic_First

Cheers, I was sure I saw a clip on black and white.

6 minutes in

EN

"Dick" Campbell is well named and in the grand scheme of things matters not one jot.

However as a symboil of a mindset that does Scotland no favours, he is a carbuncle on the posterior of civility, for which Dettol and the wirebrush is the prescribed treatment.

.

EN.....Re; JZ & AC....ESOM.....OV....Yea Good.... But They Cant Dance....

001

Twists n Turns

Now you have it - Great script and wonderful acting.

Forgot to include
Somebody Up There Likes Me. Great Paul Newman Rocky Graziano biog.

OK off to 5s will reply to those posts in the last 30 mins to me later on.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Reasons why the ref blew for full time on saturday
what was his thinking

1)Enough injury time has been played "Il blow now"

2)Gawdsake mothers ive allowed more than 4 mins extra and you
havnt scored or been in a position for me to award you a penalty or freekick corner etc

3)Ive cheated all through this match will I allow the mothers an extra minute to try and do something

4) Ach @?vk theres Fortune through on goal Pheeeeeeewwwww(sound effects) for those hard of hearing

001

Haha. Its a tune I should be sick of by now but not yet.

EN

Twists and Molly

Movies

On The Waterfront

it wasn't him, Charley, it was you. Remember that night in the Garden you came down to my dressing room and you said, "Kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson." You remember that? "This ain't your night"! My night! I coulda taken Wilson apart! So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors on the ballpark and what do I get? A one-way ticket to Palooka-ville! You was my brother, Charley, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You shoulda taken care of me just a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money

Cudda been a contender CSC

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. Tulips fae Amsterdam...001

Nae Problem,pal.

Ye ur wan o' the Speshul People,oan here.

Ah wull be happy to honor yer request,palomine.

How could Ah no,no?( No,No, whit?...ed)( Why No,No, dae anything else!)

So..

Here it comes.

Kojo.
yer pal who..especially.. Likes YOU ALOATER!

Larsson appointed coach of Swedish side whom I have never heard of? Landskrona?

Jus t watched the Campbell video.

What a pathetic, disgusting backside kissing specimin this cretin is."Love me I'm a Hun" attitude.
If he is really Smith's best pal it says a lot about Smith.

Can't wait till Forfar play at Coatbridge or get us in the cup.

One of the pluss signs from Big Dick head is that is was one of his own who blew him in

Stars

Quality.

I could list 10 Fred C Dobbs quotes from the Sierra Madre. Brilliantly written film.

oldtim hs pc prolems

windows media seems to have lost colour, Celtic in pink isn't easy to watch..

any ideas?

mort, your suggestion didn't work..

Hi Guys
First post

Lifted this from the Forfar Fc website.
In particular, liked the bit in the first section about "tangible support of officials regarding racism and sectarianism." ie Dick Campbell. Fired off an email while I was in. Might be worth a small modicum of your time while shes watchin the soaps, to do likewise. There is a contact link on the website.

Forfar Athletic Football Club supports the aims and principals adopted by the Commission for Racial Equality and its campaign against racism in football "Show Racism the Red Card".

This support may be demonstrated by the Club in a variety of ways:

By placing articles in the matchday programme.
By offering the tangible support of its players and officials in the form of club publicity which can be distributed to supporters or placed in a prominent viewing position within the ground.
By incorporation of a clear policy against racism and sectarianism within the club and incorporating this policy in its Supporters Charter.
The exclusion of racist and sectarian material from within the stadium and its immediate surroundings.

Forfar Athletic Football Club would also wish to support the UEFA Ten Point Plan of Action for Professional Football Clubs as follows:

Forfar Athletic FC will not tolerate racism, spelling out the action it will take against those engaged in racist chanting. The statement should be printed in all match programmes and displayed permanently and prominently around the ground.
Forfar Athletic FC will make public address announcements condemning racist chanting at matches.
Forfar Athletic FC makes it a condition of season ticket holders that they do not take part in racist abuse.
Forfar Athletic FC will take action to prevent the sale of racist literature inside and outside the ground.
Forfar Athletic FC will take disciplinary action against players who engage in racial abuse.
Forfar Athletic FC will encourage a common strategy between stewards and police for dealing with racist abuse.
Forfar Athletic FC will remove all racist graffiti from the ground as a matte of urgency.

What is the stars

"A one way ticket to palookaville"
You just picked one of the great movie scenes of all time.

BT

I suspect it's the graphics card?

Estadio Nacional

Well found. Not quite as I remembered it, but still a complete joke.

blantyretim on December 14, 2009 7:50 PM

Am sorry ah cant remember an Eddie that night,ah may have ended up talkin tae wan or sittin wae wan but ah never came in wae wan.

I thought McGeady had only himself to blame for the booking on Saturday. It was the least punishment the ref could give him. Daft doesn't do his stupidity justice. Does anyone know why he did it?

My mate is keeping a record of the stonewallers we are being denied this season. He has been watching Celtic for around 50 years, like myself, and he is firmly of the opinion that things are worse this season than ever. The Establishment have decided that the bankrupt sou' siders have to win the League and they are going to ensure that by whatever means it takes.

Let the refs go on strike. As many a Celtic manager has called for, we should be bringing refs from England and anywhere else. I happily acknowledge that I don't trust the likes of Dallas and Duffield one little bit. They are appointed to their posts on one criterion: the bankrupt sou' siders must win, however corruptly.

Paranoid? Moi? Naturellement....It's my birhtright.

TnT

I think he only bought it a couple on month ago, should be ok to take it back then..

bamboo on December 14, 2009 8:20 PM

The Catholic Schooling is IMHO a good grounding for life.

It is steadfast in the face of so much Anti Christian stuff that is being brought in all over the place.

Molly

this was a better scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XLbRI0kdLg

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Kojo....

Bedanke....

001FaeTulips

oldtim

Problems with pc colour

Put more tonic in it

BT

Definitely. Will certainly be under warranty.

I need to get Mrs T a laptop this year for xmas. Well, was gonna be a laptop but have decided a netbook will suffice for her needs. (few bob hipped furra Gee gees:-)

bamboo 8:20 PM

No other religous trappings are permitted

What you meant?

Blantyre tim.

I must have pressed a wrong button somewhere,the computers fine.It's just the colours wrong when I go into windows media player,the colours fine in any other part of the computer.

Malorbhoy,
That could be a reason for the colour going doo-lally.

Forgive me if anyone has made the point earlier but there's probably not a lot of black people or Jewish people live in Forfar but can you imagine the outcry if he sang anti - black or anti - Jewish songs.

Shame on Forfar Athletic and shame on their chairman.

Bamboo

What country is she from?

I just wish one of the so called intelligentsia from FF would come in here to debate properly some of their pathetic issues,I honestly would like to see one or two posters nominated who obviously are knowledgable on certain subjects so that an FF'er wouldnt feel ganged up upon,so that it can be done properly.

This silly,infact,its not silly,its down right racism to suggest Catholic schooling is the cause of sectarianism,Im no teacher,Im also no religious man,Im not a professional in any field either but I do know this,I went to Catholic schools,Im from Ayrshire,the non Catholic school sat virtually across the road,all the kids used to and probably still do,walk to school together,In my scheme I dont remember anybody in my year at school that I played with at night time,all my pals outside school went to the other school and my life was much,much richer for that and so was theirs.

If Catholic schooling was that bad all these kids that went to both of these schools wouldnt be all drinking together in the local pub when we all grew up and looked upon each other as great friends that just supported a different football team.

These idiots who post such things in places like FF Id like to know where they grew up and for them to answer why they have such vile views about other peoples lives which they dont understand,Im sure they could have benefitted from having a Catholic school in their area so that they could grow up with Catholic friends,go to youth clubs set up by the Catholic church in their communities so that they had respect for the local priests and always felt welcome going to the local church for friends weddings and funerals like all my friends do,who are dyed in the wool Rangers fans.

I just cant believe the blind,bigoted conviction of some of those idiots on FF and I just wish they would have the man parts to come in here.

rant over

Oldtim

In which case a system restore might sort it out for you. Take you 5 mins to find out.

There was quite a campaign a wee while ago to get Eddie Smith downgraded for helping Celtic too much.

Where is Eddie Smith these days? Was the campaign successful? Is this what happens every time a referee is perceived as being overtly favourable to a particular team?

Has anyone got a link to the final whistle on Saturday? I will say thanks in advance as I am going to watch "Life" and will check back at 10pm
JJ

TnT/oldtim

i thought about that, need to check if you need anything saved onto a usb first thought.

dunno where eddie smith is these days, but i do know for certain he is one of us!!!

Hun sing hun songs in front of huns. Who cares?

Anyone here sang 'rebel' songs when amongst friends? I sure have and I am one rotten singer.

Unfortunately for the man his friends can't be trusted/are too stupid to let what goes on tour stay on tour.

Bad Santa starting on C5 any good?

Hun sing hun songs in front of huns. Who cares?

Anyone here sang 'rebel' songs when amongst friends? I sure have and I am one rotten singer.

Unfortunately for the man his friends can't be trusted/are too stupid to let what goes on tour stay on tour.

thats the 1st 12 hr shift out the way since the wee bhoy was born . why cant i win the lottery. or is the lottery another word for benefits ??? ill need to check that one.

speaking of lottery, if we got morten G pederson, we will have aquired a cultured left sided football with pace in abundance. that would be like a lottery win.

HE WOULD BE A MAGNIFICENT SIGNING. and he has fire in the belly.

Zbyszek
According to my partner there are no religious symbols or pictures displayed in school.
There are no prayers or hymn singing for the whole school .
You just go to school to get educated in the acadamic subjects.
There are some religious lessons if you choose to go.
I'm talking about Austria.

Blantyre
Bad Santa is a vile show. Christmas but not as we would know it.2012 for me in a wee while.

blantyretim bad santa's great dont let the weans watch it tho.

Re the schools debate salways good tae get the other side on yir side,

http://www.heraldscotland.com/catholic-schools-are-better-and-that-s-the-blunt-truth-1.839308

By Bertie Took A Size 5 on December 14, 2009 8:44 PM

All that goes to show is that no matter how much you change the wrapping or the window dressing, if you have not changed what is revealed when you unwrap the parcel , or enter the shop, then nothing has changed.

The requirement in Scotland is for a metanoia, a change of heart or spirit, but until such times as the conditions that cause such a change arrive, it is all lip service.

The only thing that could save Rangers and the mindset that supports it, is a metanoia, and it is the last thing they appear to want.

Hell will mend them.

D R
Didn't like the look myself...

like JungleJim, I'm enjoying his birthday by watching Life.
BT

BT

in HD?

Liking this Gamst Pederson story. Think he's a very decent player. Fills me with a lot more hope than the Garry OConnor stories recently.

Stars

A movie I never tire of seeing and still find something new in it. Great clip of Karl Malden who played the part of a priest, Fr John Corridan, who actually campaigned for the rights of dockers on New York's waterfront.

blantyretim - further to earlier EK weather reports, one of the bosses in my work ended up rushing to A&E as one of his relatives broke an ankle.

Looks like my V40 is going to need about £700 worth of repairs. ScotRail have been notified.

Mackybhoy

How is the good lady keeping now? Better I hope.

Yes, MGP would be a good player, but I sincerely hope central defenders are at the top of our Christmas list....

petec...

no,
are you a sky salesman.. ;0)

weeminger..

I think the rain froze on contact this morning..hope it's better
tomorrow..
Mrs BT skidded going into her works car park at 10am this morning, also problems on the way home tonight take te train..
aye right..;0(

Donegal resident on December 14, 2009 9:15 PM

He is a decent player, but do we need him? I'd rather sort out the defence first.

Hail Hail

bamboo

Thanks.

I can talk crap for Scotland but even I could not sell you HD for Rupert.;)

We should all be working together to break off Murdochs hold.

Virgin has 108 HD of BBC1.

petec
i have virgin but not HD..

Timmy 7

Maybe there's too much sensitivity and hype about songs at football matches.
Perhaps some people should go to a schools rugby cup match in Dublin and watch the air turn blue with the insults and songs of the opposing colleges.

twists:

the good lady has got her colour back, the fake tan has worked a treat. the wee ghuy is right crabbit the now, but the mothers took over !!!!

ive to go to bed apparently,

ive got a tip for the next few days, called super baby, (i think !!!) its supposed to be a xmas coup like ALL OF ME, . so keep an eye out for it (think its declared for tomoro) its not the BIG ONE that i mentioned before, but watch the market.

(hope you got that whatis)

Bradfordbhoy:
Like you,as a kid, many of my friends outside of school went to the non denominational school but differences in religion and sectarianism didn't enter our heads.Some of them were huns but we were all good pals.
Being an innocent I didn't think twice when some of my non catholic mates decided we should all go down to the local church of scotland hall as the BB's were starting up 5 a sides. When the BB leaders asked which schools we went to I was told to go home but my pals could stay. To my mates' credit they left and never went back either. You learn young in the west of scotland!!!

BT

I'd expect Virgin to push their V+ boxes in February for free as they know they will never get people paying for the boxes again after this festive season IMO.

If you're no fur us, you're agin us. :-)

auldheid

metanoia indeed

however with a mindset that encompasses ...we are ra people

metanoia is far from their minds

imo ...they will become more entrenched and regress as the fortunes of their team wane

they will become more reliant on the hardcore bigotted hun as the brown brogue camel coat guys who were there for the victories find something more interesting to do

petec..

i have everything with vigin, TV broadband and phone also have a loyalty discount as I've been with them since telewest days..

I'll look out for the deal

Livingston won tonight.

Just as predicted on Friday..

EN

very droll

NOT

mackaybhoy

Super baby running in the 1.50 @ catterick tomorrow.

I have sent an email to FAFC ,asking for them to sever any connection with Dick Campbell.

I noticed on their website that David Potter is described as a lifelong Forfar supporter,who has a liking/soft spot for Celtic, Raith Rovers,Newcastle and Middlesborough.

He has written a book about Forfar greats.

I thought that he was a Celtic diehard first and foremost,and was disappointed to read otherwise.

I can see a few players leaving in January. Mowbray has spoken of players leaving who are on the fringes. This suggests very possible leavers like Flood, Mizuno, Mcgowan, Killen, Wilson. Also possible leavers are McCourt, Naylor, McManus, McGinn. Out of all these the player I would most like to see kept is McGinn. He is young, fairly new to this level of football and yet has really looked the part at times. I think there is so much more to come from him as he gains experience. If we eed to sell fairly big to fund players in then I would be happy enough to sell S Brown and Boruc. Brown I don't rate as i see him as a headless chicken and Boruc I would sell reluctantly as although he has been a great keeper for us I think Zaluska is also a very good keeper.

Where is Eddie?

PF Ayr

I thought people would have realised it was tonights game. 7-1 against Clyde, they must have been saving up their goals.

EN

Kojo and Mort

Can I ask what you were objecting to about Joshsdad's original post?

I fail to see what was so contentious about it - I thought it was pretty reasonable.

Maybe I am naive - or maybe I am not so jaded.

In essence, I think his point was - just because someone sings a sectarian song does not necessarily make them a bigot. There could be a variety of motives.

Just to be clear - I couldn't give a tuppenny macarroon bar about the fate of Dick Campbell, I just think you're being a mite hasty about branding someone as an infiltrator on the basis of that post.

Yer pal

up_over_goal, who likes baith o' yer posts, maist o' the time.

thanks vogue:

aye, iv been told its a xmas stable coup, but theres always loads at this time, and we have had some go awry !!

my scource isnt my strongest, indeed its a bit vague this one, but its worth watching the market to see.

as whatis says, i will have a bet on it around 1000, and then hope it shortens. a wee tenner will do.

EN

7-1 ..is that right ?

HAW, YOU LOT!!!!!!

THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR ONE DICK ON THIS BLOG - AND THAT'S ME!!!

Ehh...just wait a wee minute till I rephrase that....

screen1973

I think Zaluska is only good. We must keep Artur as he's the best goalkeeper we've had for many a year.

Hail Hail

mackybhoy

Jeezo I thought for a minute you were putting a grand on there ,
Glad you clarified with lousy tenner ,dont feel so bad now.

PF Ayr.

Yip 7-1, serial coupon busters WBA did it again tonight.

EN

i had my monthly "extras " on livvy when the drew 1-1 last wed ??

if they have won 7-1 tonight, then im really sick of them.

roberttressell @ 6.25

Yes, yes and thrice yes!

Your post echoes my sentiments on this whole issue.

That's how I felt over McCurrygate, extensiongate, and it's how I feel whenever the press pick a Celtic scapegoat, be it fan, player or manager.

Beating them, and beating them well, so that we grind their noses into their Kentucky Blue turf, beats any place on the moral high ground for me!

Zbyszek

Why bring it up at all?

Hail Hail

TinyTim, Why? He sang a rangers song amongst rangers fans. It's not really any of our business.

EN

won £50 betting time intervals of goals ...ie next goal before 62 min etc

got the first 3 then has money on WBA to score the finalm goal

not big prices but a good time watching with a wee interest

DB

correct first time :¬))

Dick by name

VP:

in true gambling fashion, a tenner could be a code for something else. lol.

but i wouldnt want guys on here losing more than a tenner.

all this from a guy on a real long losing run.

Dick by nature!!!!

BT,

I must admit if the HD camera is not fixed it is just the same as SD feeds but when it is fixed and zooms in, it is quality.

Dick(head) Campbell who really cares

Forfar ...Huns ..a plague on both their houses

glendalytonsils

Thats shocking and its funny you say about your mates because whilst all my own have been in the Catholic church Ive never been in their "place of worship" strange to think I grew a stones throw from it.

KrakowBhoy on December 14, 2009 2:02 PM
AndyM

I agree 100% about Paddy Crerand and he admitted to worse on the History DVD when he was trying to get Big Jock to Man U in the early 70's. Disgusting in my book.

*As Mr. Zimmerman once said “don’t criticize what you don’t understand”.

Like most of oul yins on here, that’s those of us that were following the bhoys during the dark days from October 19, 1957 until April 24, 1965 Paddy was ma hero, well up tae January 1, 1963, not that he wasn’t after that it’s just that he left in the aftermath of that hidin.

I was at that gemme, still at school at the time so I jooked up fae the Vale with ma scarf roon ma waist until I got on the train.

A poor Celtic side was gubbed with the humiliation of even Bette Davis scoring for them although it did deflect aff Paddy.

Paddy was a great Celt who wore his heart on his sleeve; he was even sent aff in a five-a-side tournament at Brockville, much tae the cheering of the locals.

I met Paddy years later and was privileged tae sit at his table, I was the one who said tae him, “if you hudnae have left we widnae have heard o Boaby Murdoch” to which he replied “don’t be daft son, if I’d have stayed you widnae have heard o me”.

He also spoke about his bhoy going up tae see the ‘tic with his granny, I might be wrang here but I’m sure he said his lhad and his mammy were at Love Street in ’86.

That day I had an Irish rugby shirt on, bottle green with a map of Ireland on one sleeve and a harp on the other. When we were getting a group photies taken he said ‘I want tae stand beside the bhoy with the best jersey on here”.

After the day was over and he was getting set tae leave the whole place burst intae “Hail Hail” including Paddy, as he left he had tears in his eyes.

What might not be well known is that prior tae Davie McParland being Assistant Manager, Jock wanted Paddy for the job and also tae be his heir tae the throne, he was interviewed for the job in Jim Craig’s father-in-law’s office up the toon, however, a former Celt doon in England contacted Celtic and put the proverbial boot in, so the offer was never followed through with.

Another wee footnote is that Charlie Gallagher isnae his cousin, their mother’s were just “freens”.

The way Celtic treated Paddy in 1963 would have left a sour taste in anybody’s mouth and if he had a grudge against the club you couldnae blame him, after all a man that wee love tae sing loudly and lustily about bringing some great players to the game when given the sugar lump fae the club spent a few years over at Hades disparaging the club.

There’s only one paddy crerand csc.

DB I dont think your a dick I think your a wimp ...That e-mail you sent, ive just told the Lioness im going out on Friday ....im just lucky she is asleep..

Stuart Dougal

“Referees are close to calling for a day of industrial action."

What's the betting it'll be a Friday.

Hail Hail

Zbyszek, sorry, I didn't mean to get at you.

Twists n Turns.

As it's quite new the computer,it has very little restore points that could be used.sorry for taking so long getting back to you.

Lost a bundle last week,especially on Saturday,struggled to pick a winner,I bet 13 races without a winner then decided to put a yankee on the last four races,I won off the yankee but still lost a packet overall.I started to chase a winner and that's fatal.

Nevermind Forfar.

I have a holiday booked leaving on the 22nd and returning on the 1st of Jan to Dubai.

Guess who my flights are with?

Peter Pan airlines

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend..Up over Goal.

Pal.. Ah see ye need an introduction tae, Uncommonsensical Logic.. Kojo Style..

I quote..your very woids...

"Just because someone sings a Sectarian Song, does not make him a Bigot." unquote.

Aha!.. that is ineluctably so.

Howevahhhhhhh...

It sure does not Make him..

No A Bigot.. eethur!

And the fact that the singer in question, did,in fact..

Sing a Sectarian Song..

Sure must color the evidence, to the Listener, that

If one lies down with Fleas.. then, possibly.. a few of those pests shoulda, woulda, and Wull.. Inevitably, infest all and sundry.

Therefore,

I believe that it is safe to commit to the conclusion..

In regarding, the person under scrutiny..It cannot be absolutely proven the he does in fact, INHALE.

Nevertheless..

He soitenly has been caught...

Smoking, in Public!

Which leads one to believe...

"There is NO Smoke, Without Fire!"

Maks sense tae me.

Kojo.
yer pal..who knows that ye dae no agree wi' wan woid o whit ah
jist wrote...but, frankly... ..............

Freddy LAKER

Mackybhoy and Twists and horsey men in General

I will have a look at Super baby tomorrow.

In the 3.15 at Cork there is a horse called Jacks Island.
No definite info but got a whisper for it a couple of runs back and it has run prominently and faded in both its runs since.
It has a nice low weight and a claimer taking 7 pounds off and has winning form in soft ground.
I am going to back it each way

also heard that "No Rules" is fancied in the last race at Folkstone but not sure about the source.

So there is our little each way patent worked out for tomorrow.

FRED C DOBBS AND TERRY MALLOY AUDITORS AND ACCOUNTANTS TO THE STARS

liked the post about life as a kid in west of scotland's shires - not a problem meeting -all together to go to different schools r and straight after playing fitba and 'sides' always mixed up never green or orange -fewer replica strips then but still not a problem

-not the schools at all

just the mindless morons that revel in it all -with nae life that make the biggest noize - breeding more wee bigots and we have our share too evryone knows who they are -they just wallow in it and would be incomplete without it -saddo morons

my experience has been that the vast majority live and let live, and get on wi' it without resorting to noxious hatred

and as for those getting hot and bothered about a 2nd rate half canned fitba manager singing a couple of hun songs to the gallery - i remember a certain celtic hero's wife singing songs that would have made the GB blush

as long as we have the 'symphony' going on at CP we should probably foucus on that first

counting out time CSC

Skysports one has a 'Time of their lives' with the Leicester players from the MON years, a good insight into how MON operated.

TT you will be well insured so you will be able to go first class with your returns...

most posts connected with the referee's performance on Sat have rightly focus on the penalties that never were. A few others have mentioned, also rightly, the fact that the ref blew for time up after Crosas (I think) sent Fortune in the clear.

Rightly or wrongly I tend to give the referees the benefit of the doubt when these all too frequent debates about decisions come along. However, get your sky plus remote, rewind the game and watch from 94 mins onwards. Focus on the ref. With Motherwell attacking on their right hand side he does not even consider checking his watch to establish if we have went over the minimum 4 minutes allocated. Motherwell then lose the ball and only then does he look at his watch before blowing for full time when Fortune is away.

For me this clearly shows Richmond is a cheating basa.

Dear Kojo/Rhett

The point of my post to you was not to defend Campbell (who probably is indeed a boorish bigot) but to suggest you were too quick to label joshsdad an infiltrator on the basis of his post.

Having read on, I see he has been offensive and insulting towards you. Going on the posts directed towards me by a fair few on here, I reiterate - neither post qualifies him as a low-down infiltrator.

By all means, challenge him on what he posted, but don't resort to daubing him in indelible blue ink.

I also see you've desrted Paddy in his hour of need. For shame.

Mcginn. I ask ye!

Play Paddy against the Jambos, and give this blog something to talk about, Tony!

SOAL

Very good.

G2

Insurance doesn't cover cancellation of hotels,and excursions.

Between Celtic sending me weekly reminders for season tickets that i have paid for in full already, and BA.I really lack faith in consumer protection.

I will get it fixed and hopefully to my advantage ,but i could just be doing without the hassle.

Timmy7. Strange monicker that. Not many too tims call themself timmy. Rangers songs? So they r on the Rangers christmas album then? I thought they were being sold outside by one of those wee niaffs that are also purveyors of red hand flags, combat 18 mags and the like. All good harmless chortle fun.
I suppose you are right. They are Rangers songs. Put them on the jukebox along with the rest of the negative, sectarian, bile spouting, racist, ditties.
Give me songs of hope joy freedom. songs that praise the artistry and faith of our celtic fathers.
Campbell has shown himself for what he is. A bigot. What will his Catholic charges make of this (if there are any?) Surely they are all treated fairly as employees at Forfar?
He'd as well have stood up and said I hate kaffliks just like you lot.

Up_over
Amazing how you can go from as good as George Best to a surplus requirement in the space of 2 months. Fickleness is alive and well in the Celtic family. Hopefully he'll get 90 on Thursday.

Left back

Did you watch the video? Disgusting though it is to watch that carry on (it's the same at derby games - my seat is far to close their end) I could not help thinking that it was a guy missing his brother and his brother was obviously a big Rangers fan.

Evidence: he mentions his brother's death last year twice, he thinks the song he sings is the sash and when he goes to sing Derry's walls and he doesn't know the words. At the end he is seen in tears.

Add to this - if it's true as quoted on the BBC - that his wife is a Catholic and that his sons have been brought up Catholic then perhaps he has just been a dick.

The BBC are reporting that Dick Campbell's wife and three sons are Catholic. I can't make my mind up if that makes it better or worse.

http://greatestfansintheworld.net/games/games.html

more games added, so addictive

VOTE FOR CELTICQUICKNEWS, the best Celtic site with E-tims a close second

Bradfordbhoy:

"I grew up a stones throw from it"

I hope you don't mean that literally as in "pittin their windaes in"!!!! -)

Chaplin

Was any of his family with him in Seville?

Blonde Pigeons QF.

By PF ayr on December 14, 2009 9:40 PM

Possibly, but life is a conveyor belt of metanoia opportunities.

If you miss one another will present itself shortly.

They have one at the moment but think somebody like Dave King is their saviour.

Easier to look outwards for salvation than look in.

What have i missed?

Keane signed yet? :)

Donegal resident

If Paddy had been given a fraction of the indulgence shown to Samaras, Brown, NGuemo, Mcgeady, Caldwell and Hinkel, he'd be holding down a first team place now. Of that I have no doubt.

Knew I could count on you.

HOOOOOOOLLD!

Has Eddie Smith been assigned only lower level matches to make sure any other Tims who have had the temerity to become Grade I refs in Scotland understand what's in store for them if they don't, what's the phrase?, “understand how things work in Scottish football”?

I think we should be told.

LB

I must be slow?

Does anyone think that we (that is we as celtic fans) can over react a bit in our outrage at things like this Campbell guy singing Rangers songs.
Lets be honest with ourselves here.
If we are among friends and we have had a few drinks I am sure we have sung songs that would be regarded as " a bit naughty" if they were listened to by people of the other persuasion.
And what harm is there in that.
So why cant Rangers fans do the same.

glendaly..

Nah we used to just climb on the roof.

TT I wrote it tongue in cheek, but as usual It never came over that way...
I hope it works out well for you with the least hassle.

I will update my link you sent me as well beofore I accept as its about 4 years out of date

Kojo,

What's going down?

Did you know that the Madrid 1 has the same agent as his mate Andreas Hinkel?

What i hear you say? That's correct kiddo!! The experienced centre back you allude to couldn't be him could it? I mean what made me think that :)

Mr Solvi Ottenson(very similar to Daniel Agger and dare i say Alessandro Nesta) a must for this Celtic Supporter. Mathias Jorgensen (very similar to Brede Hangeland). Youth on their side as well.

You know it makes sense.

The new "Kirrad" as they call him. There's something about this kid that makes you think that Celtic might have found a replacement for Petrov finally. Him, Landry and Marc Crosas, could e very interesting times ahead.

What does this mean for Mr Brown i hear you say. Is Big Ben calling him?

TerryO'Neill on December 14, 2009 7:32 PM

Don't know if you're still online TerryO'Neill but I read Tony's book on holiday this year. It's a must read for any Celtic fan as like you say it just shows you what we are up against in this country.

The reason why the refs are always making ' honest ' mistakes in our games is because the media will always cover their backsides! On the other hand when it comes to you know who well heaven help any ref who crosses them. Just take the media's campaign to have Bougherra's red card recinded last season for example. Right after the full TIMe whistle the bandwagon started rolling to make sure he played in the title decider against Utd. Surely they should have been trying to make sure laffable didn't play!
The red card issued that day was for a dangerous kick to a goalkeepers head. Any other team would have been told the refs dicision is final. All the excuses would have been given like " well maybe another ref would only have given a yellow.
But he's called it as he's seen it and given a red ". Tuff luck in other words.
Even their reaction to Mendes sending off at Rugby park showed us their true colours. " Ref lost the plot" " ref was card happy ". THE REF WAS RIGHT! HE SHOWED MENDES TWO YELLOW CARDS FOR TO BOOKABLE OFFENCES!!! I didn't see the same reaction to McCurrys 11 yellows at Ibrox. Oh no, he had a great game. Yeah, cause he booked nine Timmys!!!

Sorry, I need to go lie down cause I'm getting too worked up!

Hail hail.

QF fair doos?

Was that wee snake Neil McCann no at is side singing along.

with Donald on pipe and craig brown on flute.

Estadio Nacional @ Chico5...

The decision on Saturday by the referee to blow full time when Marc-Antoine Fortune was through on goal was certainly very unusual.

However, I recall an even more controversial incident in a game I was at in January 1965 when Celtic played Morton at Cappielow in the League.

Celtic were three ahead after an hour, with goals from Lennox, Hughes and Gemmell.

With about 10 minutes left Morton, with a sprinkling of Scandanavians signed by Hal Stewart and including Kai Johansen, scored three times in a 5 minute spell to draw level.

In the final seconds, with Celtic hanging on, Morton "scored" what would have been a dramatic winner only for the referee to claim that he had blown full time before the ball crossed the line.

I cannot recall who the referee was.

LB

So obvious!

Gordon

He was never heard of and seen again.

Love

FREE THE NAKA 1 !!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/scotland/article6956689.ece

I have wondered would Naka would have been like in a role where he would have more freedom. I think TM system would have suited him down to a tee.

Gordon if legend is correct down here he was from Paisley.

There are a few betting scoops down here from the sixties including Alan McGraw scoring first and us winning 4-1 I think and a lot of our team staying in the town that night.....All allegedly

Celtic-first,

I'll email a good friend of mine who is a Grade 2 whistler re. Eddie and let you know.

I might be wrong but I am sure Eddie is head of the Lanarkshire Refs association.

Watch this space.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

On Catholic Schooling.

I promised myself not to get involved in this type of conversation on the blog again but here I am and I just cannot help myself.

Persoanlly I do not believe that there is a need for seperate education system unless paid for privately by the childs parents.

I believe Religous eduction is the sole responsibility of the parents and should be taught and practiced at home and in churches, temples etc.

That is truly my belief.

But in the words of Kojo.

HHHHHOOOOOWWWWWWWEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

This is Scotland.

The Catholic education in Scotland is not the cause of sectarianism in this the smallest most bigtoted sectarian country in the world. That honour resides firmly with the Protestant Catholic community who's forefathers and mothers, in the early 1900's, created a need for such a segragated religous education system. They decided not to teach children of the Catholic faith due to there bigoted, biased, racist beliefs. So Catholic schools had to be formed in order for the Catholic community to educate their own children. These schools were the poorest in the country until the middle part of the last century when the Government decide to adopted into the main stream education system.

Now that the Catholic education system is strong and produces such high standards the community that created such a segregated system in the first place will at every turn and corner accuse the system they createed for the sectarian problems in this country only because their previous attempt at keeping the Catholic community in it's place back fired.

I beleive the Catholic community should and will hold dear the education system that exists and quite rightly so.

Kinda Ironic really! :o)

MWD (100% atheist)

Old Firm fanatics 'killed by football'By MARK HOWARTH

FOOTY is helping to cut nearly a DECADE off the lives of Old Firm fans, it was claimed last night.

New NHS stats show men in some soccer-mad areas of Glasgow die almost 13 years earlier than women.

Health rap ... McAveety The average national gap in life expectancy is just 4.7 years.

And Frank McAveety, Labour MSP for the city's Shettleston, blames our national game. He said: "What is it about men? Drinking, smoking and bad eating - football brings in all three."

A boy born in Parkhead West and Barrowfield, near Celtic Park, will on average live to 59.9 years.

In the Rangers hotbed of Ibrox it's 63.9, compared to the national average of 75.3.

Is that right ya numpty? .Its ok now your down in london waiting to rot away in the house of lords and screw more expenses with all your other traitor liebour union jack licking cronies ! Bonehead Murphy are you still wanting to save the Queens 11 so you might get a wee tap on the shoulder with one of her swords ????

Ahhhh feel much better now ;)

G'nite

OI! MWD.....

100% Athiest?????
What happened to Yoda and the Jedi Knights then???

Haaaaaaah you've went over to the dark side of the Force, you big swine haven't ye???

Gonny start calling ye Darth Moonbeams from now on.

:-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Right. Who's on Sportscene first.

I bet it's Celtic!

MWD (canny beleive he just said that).

Athiest????

Atheist!

I blame Kafflik skools :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

biffo2007 on December 14, 2009 10:29 PM

I've never seen a ref blow up for time like that and I watch a lot of euro games.

Desperate attempts but as long as we all stay strong, Like our New Manager has, then we can put these pesky Huns out of their misery....

Once and for All.

Galatians 4:16

Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

From a famous film....... "You Can't Handle the Truth"

MSM keeps them in the dark, how lucky we have critical media and not Laptop Loyal. The LL get a nice paycheck whilst they administer their mass sedatives to all those little lambs. :D

My Yoda (just for you TTT)

the tic are on first.

Hail hail

MWD

There's enough CCTV cameras in this country,do we really need another one in the sky gawping at every move we make? .

deffo going now ;)

Gordon

Theres not been many times thats happened, says it all.

MWD

Do you work for the bbc?

If I was a betting man Id bet they wont show the ref blowing for full time.

EN

Catholic schools

What a lot of utter nonsense. I have taught in the non-denominal sector for all of my 22 years in teaching and do not see the relevance in Catholic schooling in todays society!!!!!

We should stop harping back to the 'Grand old days of yore' and grow up and look at the future. Although I had a catholic schooling myself, it was not any better or worse than my friends, it just split us up during the day.

At the end of the day Catholic schools at primary level in particular are an easy way of the church getting the kids through the sacraments. If it was left to the parents they would not take the time and effort to do it themselves.

Anyway this is a Celtic supporters forum which should have nothing to do with religion,please keep it that way in future!!!!!!!!!!!!

MWD

"They decided not to teach children of the Catholic faith due to there bigoted, biased, racist beliefs. So Catholic schools had to be formed in order for the Catholic community to educate their own children."

Not true - a total myth. In fact Irish catholic children in scotland were forced to got to school which was not the case in ireland. When I researched my family tree all the irish cannot sign their name. After a generation they all can. How did this happen without education and long before catholic schools.

Appendix to Catholic schools

Dick Campbells children went to St Andrews RC High School in Kirkcaldy from what I am aware!!!!!!

greenlion2...

Alan McGraw did score first in a Scottish Cup tie at Cappielow in 1964.

Celts came back to win 3-1 and Yogi equalised with a screamer.

I think that Morton, who were in the second division then, were on a long unbeaten run at that time. I also seem to remember that they had a phantom bugler who sounded the last post for all the visiting sides?

SOAL...

I was at Tynecastle for a Scottish Cup tie in 1962.

It was 3-3 with minutes to go and Celtic were awarded a penalty.

Paddy Crerand took it and Gordon Marshall (senior) saved it.

The referee ordered a re-take as the 'keeper had moved.

Paddy made it 4-3 at the second attempt.

The referee?

Bobby Davidson!

I'd take Naka back in the blink of an aye!

Nevin on first pen... As a stick on as you're ever likely to see, well done Samaras for gettin up" .... On 2nd pen..... "definite.... Should be"

Any mention of ref......??

Same at the weekend for that imposter Guidi and that other sniveling excuse for a journalist Walker.. Not a peep.

Who needs yir leckies, broadflute and the like when you have these frankie howards doin their job for them...

Spineless.

Chesangry1

Mackybhoy et al...

Super Baby is declared to run tomorrow in the 1.50 (Catterick) a chase over 3m1f, and is currently 5/1 with Bet365.

If for any reason it doesn't go tomorrow, then it also holds subsequent engagements for :

19th Dec 1.50 Haydock (2m chase)
19th Dec 2.55 Haydock (2m hurdle)
20th Dec 1.55 Carlisle (2m 4f hurdle)

Go figure !

fleagle1888

Naka

briantheboy

Unfortunately it is you that is talking nonsense. Catholic schooling is not there as an "easy way to get the kids thorugh the sacraments" it is a choice for Catholic parents for their children to be educated up in a Catholic enviroment where the principals that underpin the Catholic faith are the cornerstones of the school ethos. This is a choice that exists for parents all over the world without an eyebrow being raised.

We are not talking about the "grand old days of yore" but a progressive future for Scotland where different religious beliefs are not only tolerated but respected and cherished. Both my kids attend Catholc schools here in Australia but could easily have gone to an Anglican schoo, a Seventh Day Adventist school, a Uniting Church school, a Muslim school or a host of many other religious schools without an issue being raised so why do we persist with this crap about seperating children when children go to different schools all over the world for a host of reasons without any issue being made of it and any friendshps ruined or curtailed.

The problem is that the bigotted Scottish establishment has conditioned us to believe that the schools we attended are the one and only cause of sectarianism in Scotland conveniently ignoring the Orange bigots stomping past smashing Catholic pensioners windows and spitting on priest and nuns.

According to that bastion of accuracy FF, Eddie Smith has a career threatening injury. There is a poster over there who is well clued up on referees and he reported it. You can imagine how much sympathy poor Eddie got........it was a four pager of vitriolic abuse.

How typical that under an article about a Scottish football manager singing offensive loyalist songs we find ourselves having to defend Catholic schooling.

If that doesnt sum up the nonsense being spoken about Catholic schools then nothing will.

EN/Celtic 1st,

just been reading back and saw your posts re the ref blowing for full-time controversy etc.

C 1st is quite correct in that it was Clive Thomas the ref for a Brazil v Sweden game in the 1978 Finals.
Brazil had a corner in the final seconds of the game and I think it was Zico who scored with a header which would have seen Brazil win 2-1.

Instead Thomas disallowed the goal insisting he had blown for Full Time as the ball was travelling through the air prior to Zico heading it.

Controversial indeed, but not exactly the only controversial incident of those finals.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

For the purpose of the debate - I'm going to play devils advocate.

Being a unionist, or loyalist doesn't make Dick Campbell a bigot. It's his right to follow whatever political ethos he feels is appropriate.

I can't believe, seriously, that we're falling for the same press led pseudo moral crusade, where in truth there isn't really one.

The act of settlement is a sectarian document - where is the uproar? That successive Labour and Tory governments have been allowed to let this continue yet we (once again) stand against our libertarian (in the literal sense) and egalitarian ideals! CQN once again becomes the censors delight!

Why worry about the big picture when we can pick on some handy moron to pass down our collective furrowed brow.

Dick Campbell is an idiot. Forfar think they don't have the problems prevalent in the West whilst they have a manager steeped in it? Campbell is a product of his time. He's also a patsy.

As it stands, we are a club who house directors who have far worse characters than the foolish Mr Campbell. You want someone sacked? For being a danger to our culture, our well being and for the good of society? Leave Campbell and sack Brian Wilson. The man has stood against democracy, has tried to sell our governments sovereign powers to multinational companies, is an enemy of the climate change debate and is an advocate of damaging out environment and our ecosystem in favour of profit.

Dick Campbell? Ha ha ha....I've seen it all when we're following the News Of The World.

If Dick Campbell loses his job because of his (relatively) moderate political views we all lose. Even if we think his views are distasteful and the opposite of ours (sorry, mine).

/p

QF

please tell me then why when the Irish immigrant community came to Scotland in the mid 1800's that they were not integrated into the existing Prtotestant based schooling system of the day?

Will pick up tomorrow as I need to go to bed now.

MWD

The Token Tim and Fatherandbhoy

Thanks for your answers regarding Eddie Smith. If he is injured, I hope he makes a full recovery soon.

brianthebhoy...

What a lot of utter nonsense. I have taught in the non-denominal sector for all of my 22 years in teaching and do not see the relevance in Catholic schooling in todays society!!!!!

And your view is the only relevant one? Or correct one?
Whilst being an appeal to numbers, there are lots of people who do see the relevance.

However, I'll offer this - The Catholic schooling system was set up to ensure Catholic children were taught to an equal standard and without being encumbered by the ingrained anti catholic bigotry present in the UK and more specifically Scotland. Given the fact that the Act of Settlement, the primary document that sets out Catholics as second class citizens in this country is still active, what has changed to make Catholic schools or the need for them any less pressing than previously?

We should stop harping back to the 'Grand old days of yore' and grow up and look at the future. Although I had a catholic schooling myself, it was not any better or worse than my friends, it just split us up during the day.

It's not the grand old days - it's the present day. Until the Church is separated from the state and the Act of Settlement repealed Catholics will continue to be, and perceived as being lower caste.

At the end of the day Catholic schools at primary level in particular are an easy way of the church getting the kids through the sacraments. If it was left to the parents they would not take the time and effort to do it themselves.

Have you conducted research? And given that your background is in non denominational schools maybe you can avail us of the research materials you are using to come to this conclusion. I'll be interested to read them. Unless of course you are passing off your opinion as fact?

Anyway this is a Celtic supporters forum which should have nothing to do with religion,please keep it that way in future!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why should it have nothing to do with religion? Or at least debate? Surely the agenda is governed by Paul67, and he seems to feel it's relevant? When a club and her people have suffered the casual bias that Celtic have talk of politics and religion are inevitable.

And for the purposes of clarity - I'm an athiest who has serious problems with both the Catholic church and it's leaders. In fact, I'd go as far as to say I'm opposed to all notions and forms of religion. However, I recognise the fact that until we *all* have equality the ideal of a religionless society will never happen.

/p

A star can be born In Ruggy Main Street late on a Friday night.

Rutherglen is the new Hollywood

And this was the man in one game

p*ddy

Wot? No bolding

Anyway, I might take a minor issue with you on the degree of sectarianism involved in being a loyalist - as you so rightly mention - the act of Settlement.

However, since I am as anti-royalist as they come I take a wee bit of perverted pleasure out of their exclusivity. A bit like Gartsherrie's bowling club - i.e. they don't want me, and I don't want them - a perfect relationship. I accept that its very existence may be reactionary and corrosive, but so is toilet duck. There is probably an analogy in there somewhere but got to get back to Act two of a Celtic tale of Christmas mystery, suspense, terror and redemption.

Act 1 - The three wise men lose their way - can be ridiculed here

A Christmas Cure-all

Hail Hail

Estadio

Saw an interview with Clive Thomas, he stated that it ruined his international refereeing career, never had another tournament or big international match again. He also never refereed that tournaments latter stages

Mind you I have been known to be completely wrong

we love you

Evening Bhoys

Reading today's "let's find another anti Celtic story pre the next Celtic - Rangers match" & of course Aiden potentially missing the match due to hitting the disciplinary points barrier has hit the tabloids.

Upon checking t'internet there appear to be several other players that look like they could be walking the disciplinary tightrope - funnily enough I didn't see any stories eminating from our esteemed Scottish tabloid journalists re these three..!!

  Pld G YC RC
Kris Boyd 14(3) 12 6 0
Sasa Papac 20 1 5 0
Lee McCulloch 18(2) 3 5 0

Anyway - I'll get back to the lurking...

Hai, hail
LB

http://greatestfansintheworld.net/

play the bubble gasme if you dont want to sleep for hours

i am completely shocked by Forfar athletic's stance on the dick campbell song shame.

There is one way to deal with this,and it will hurt their horrible wee club the most!!

If or when we are drawn against them in a cup game (their big pay days) we should remind everyone of their comments and boycott the game.

simples!

re: the catholic schools, IMO i believe,the bigotry and the hatred all starts in the home not the schools ,and while the orange bands are allowed to walk our streets i shall never agree to shared schools.

correct me if i am wrong here?

but did seperate catholic schools not come around because certain protestant families did not want their children 'mixing with that lot'??

but absolutely celtrick bhoy! hatred starts in the home.

Can only comment on my own experience and Catholic schools

My oldest who went to mass every week and a catholic school. The week before his first communion we were watching discovery channel program about the Tower of london. It was mentioned they had kept a
Spanish inquisition room as anti catholic propoganda.

Honestly i said whats a catholic and he said "i don't know the bad guys "

It starts at home not schools or at least not any school i would send my sons to.

"biffo2007 on December 14, 2009 10:29 PM
most posts connected with the referee's performance on Sat have rightly focus on the penalties that never were. A few others have mentioned, also rightly, the fact that the ref blew for time up after Crosas (I think) sent Fortune in the clear.

Rightly or wrongly I tend to give the referees the benefit of the doubt when these all too frequent debates about decisions come along. However, get your sky plus remote, rewind the game and watch from 94 mins onwards. Focus on the ref. With Motherwell attacking on their right hand side he does not even consider checking his watch to establish if we have went over the minimum 4 minutes allocated. Motherwell then lose the ball and only then does he look at his watch before blowing for full time when Fortune is away.

For me this clearly shows Richmond is a cheating basa."

Before the "minimum 4 minutes allocated" did we not put Paul Caddis on as sub and thereby extend the 4 minutes, leaving the ref with total discretion as to how much (or little) time to add on? BTW did you manage to work out the exact amount of extra time allowed? Just wondering, as it would save me playing around with my ancient tape recorder.... :-)

M