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Well done to CQN’ers Eddie and Michael who answered the call from Glasgow, the Caring City, last week.  They and a few others loaded 20 tons of clothes (and some soap products) onto the back of a truck, which arrived in Serbian on Monday.  All clothes will be distributed to refugees before Christmas.

20 tons is a big truckload – enough to clothe 12,000 people.  Getting practical help to people in crisis areas of the world is difficult for those of us sitting thousands of miles away, but Glasgow the Caring City make it possible for us to get involved.  Warm weather clothing and personal hygiene products are a staple human right, but as you know, there many families are in flux this winter.

Absolutely delighted we have recalled Ryan Christie, from his loan at Inverness, where he has been since we signed him from them in August.  Walking away from Celtic Park on Saturday, when we failed to create enough chances, thoughts immediately turned to Ryan, a creative mid. I wondered how long it would take for us to ‘recall’ him.

In the coming months he’ll need support as he managed the move away from home and into the metropolis, so give him 10 minutes before starting the online petitions!

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  1. spikeysauldman on

    The Parkhead skipper said: “Whether we win the league by 20 points or five or six points, all that matters is we get it.

     

     

    “That’s what we all want on our CV and we need to go further in the cups than we did last year too. If we can get that Treble, it will all be forgotten about.

     

     

    “That would be the best way (to silence everybody). If we can do it, it would be huge for the club as it’s not been done in 14 years now.

     

     

    “It would put a smile on everyone’s face. It’s the one thing left for me that I’ve not done. How much it would mean to me? It’s too much to even explain to be perfectly honest.

     

     

     

    SUPPORT BROONIE, ROONIE AND THE TEAM – NOT THE FACELESS MUPPETS ON THE TINTERWEB.

     

     

    SOMEONE OCE POSTED THAT THE FACT THAT MOURINHO HADNT PLAYED AT A HIGH LEVEL GAVE

     

    KUDOS TO THOSE SIMILAR (AND THEIR OPINIONS) – ONE SMALL FACT OVERLOOKED – HES COACHED AND MANAGED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. NOT MANY OF THE FACELESS HAVE. AS FOR THE EX-PLAYERS ALL CHIPPING IN – THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES – IF THEY HAD THE INTERESTS OF THE CLUB AND FANS AT HEART THEN FAIR ENOUGH – THEY DONT – THEY ARE AKIN TO THE F%CKWITS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CALIBRE OF TODAYS GRADUATES ETC ETC WITHOUT REALISING THAT SOME OF THEM COULD WIPE THE FLOOR WITH OLD GAURD, THEIR WAYS ETC.

  2. the_huddle on

    Yeah no cluggers in Scotland that meet the required other skill levels, we’d probably have to hit up the English lower leagues for one suitable.

  3. CultsBhoy can not relate to Celtic Board ambitions on or off the park on

    I watch a lot of Highland league football – most teams have one or two outstanding players – who would make it at a higher level. It’s easy to go under the radar if you are out of the Central Belt football bubble.

     

     

    I saw a young guy this week playing for Cove Rangers who was not only a Vardy look alike but played a similar game based on pace.

     

     

    I wonder if we ever look in these games.

     

     

    I know folk will laugh at the above comment but folk probably laughed when Vardy was plaucked out of non league…

  4. quonno on

    ÁRD MACHA on 23RD DECEMBER 2015 1:19 PM

     

    Guys,

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Have a wee read at this: A letter from a Belfast boy to Santa Claus in 1932 during the Great Depression.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-35161811

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Árd Macha

     

     

    A social history of Belfast well worth a read is Belfast Linen Hall librarian John Gray’s ‘Belfast City in Revolt’.

     

    Gray paints picture that illustrates a place that even without establishment orchestrated sectarianism, was a veritable hellhole for the working class.

     

     

     

    mment-page-2/#comment-2742404

  7. whitedoghunch on

    BlantyreKev

     

    there could be a bright future in voice overs for the silky toned narrator or if he has a penchant for numbers the heady hights of bingo calling

  8. quonno on

    BigChipsUK – 10 in a row (2001-2010) on 23rd December 2015 2:11 pm

     

     

    I f I understand post, Celtic’s European problems stem from being in a league where all other teams do not contribute to making it competitive.

     

     

    As the return of THEM next year will not remedy, and might even make the above situation worse, how then do we bring about a more level and competitive environment in which to operate.

     

     

    Solution simple, but guaranteed to bring howls of anguish from CP and Ibrox.

     

     

    Devise some way to spread available income evenly across all clubs.

     

    I know it ain’t going to happen.

     

     

    – See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/christie-in-the-city-aid-to-refugees/comment-page-2/#comment-2742412

  11. jamesgang on

    davidopoulos

     

     

    Too Dreich for gardens today bud.

     

    I’ve just karcher steam cleaned the whole house.

     

    Had the kids not chanked it I’d have steam cleaned them into the bargain!!

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  13. prestonpans bhoys on

    quonno on 23rd December 2015 2:36 pm

     

     

    I was in conversation with Hertz and Hibs fans at my Xmas do last Friday and said that this league became uncompetitive once splitting the gate was stopped !

  16. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    ARD MACHA

     

     

    That’s a kid wi his priorities the right way round!

     

     

    QUONNO

     

     

    There were a lot of hellholes for the working-class in the inter-war years. All of them.

  18. 67 European Cup Winners on

    weeminger on 23rd December 2015 1:57 pm

     

    Great point – and probably the real reason – and that does make sense – you are making me feel better

     

     

    67ECW

  19. Jungle Jim Hot Smoked on

    RC?

     

    Would that be Auldheid`s Robust Competitor?

     

    Off to the pub to meet some mates for a Christmas Pint so it is a

     

    Cheerio from me.

     

    JJ

  20. Davidopoulos on

    prestonpans bhoys on 23rd December 2015 2:42 pm

     

     

    quonno on 23rd December 2015 2:36 pm

     

     

    I was in conversation with Hertz and Hibs fans at my Xmas do last Friday and said that this league became uncompetitive once splitting the gate was stopped !

     

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    Interesting, I take it you would like to see it return. Would you have it apply to every single match?

  23. The Battered Bunnet on

    Former players. What do they know?

     

     

    “The best young talent to come out for Norway in the past ten years”

     

    Vidar Riseth on Thomas Rogne. Vidar obviously hadn’t yet seen Katzenjammer playing.

     

     

    “Mohamed is a clever, intelligent player. He is quick and strong, even if he isn’t even 180cm tall (5ft 9in). And most importantly – he knows how to score”

     

    Henrik Larsson on The Bounce Bangura. Henrik obviously hadn’t yet seen Mo playing…

     

     

    Saying that, should have heard what Tom Boyd thought of Josh Thompson. Doesn’t bear repeating on a family site like this.

  24. jamesgang on

    Just stumbled on The American by Simple Minds. What a great song.

     

     

    Was no3 in the charts at the time of SOAL’s 40th. Allegedly!!!!

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  25. fan-a-tic on

    Cultsbhoy@2-21

     

    Vardy plays in a system that maximises his talent.

     

    That is what big Jock Stein did for the lions.

     

    Square pegs in round holes limits ability.

     

    I always felt as brilliant as Naka was for us if he had played more central he would have been even better.

     

    I am ambivalent about who we bring in as i think the system not the players is the issue.

     

    Though a proper defensive mid would help our beleaguered central defenders.

  26. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    https://johnjamessite.wordpress.com/

     

     

    The Real Narrative

     

     

    In my previous article I drew a parallel between the SFA’s Tribunal rulings on Craig Whyte and the charges he will face in January. The tribunal’s determinations and sanctions were hard-hitting in regard to Whyte and inordinately lenient to Rangers. They chose a technicality, a previous disqualification for seven years, which expired in June 2007, as the central plank of their Wicker Man. The SFA hoped that the flames, fanned by the SMSM, would obscure the complicity of Andrew Dickson in Whyte’s registration at the SFA.

     

     

    Mr Dickson, who received a £33,000 EBT, in his remit as Head of Administration, implemented the illegal DOS tax avoidance scheme and its successor the EBT scheme. When side letters were issued, the EBT scheme was no longer a legitimate tax avoidance vehicle. When Mr Dickson’s department wrote to HMRC denying the existence of side-letters, tax avoidance became tax evasion. Mr Dickson was aided and abetted by Campbell Ogilvie until the latter’s departure with a £95,000 EBT golden parachute in 2005. The fact that the SFA employed Mr Ogilvie and subsequently Mr Dickson, followed a long tradition of a revolving door policy where an exit from Argyle House led seamlessly to an appointment at Park Gardens and later Hampden. The SFA employed the architects and beneficiaries of two illegal tax avoidance schemes.

     

     

    However the SFA went further than that. They allowed Whyte’s Rangers to participate in UEFA competitions, when they were in default of social taxes arising from the illegal DOS scheme that ran from 1999-2004. Regan was minded to issue a press release in an attempt to exonerate the SFA, but when he submitted it for approval to Whyte, he was informed in no uncertain terms to spike it. The documentary evidence led by Vincent Lunny at the Tribunal ensured the SFA’s fingerprints were removed from the crime scene.

     

     

    There was also the audacious claim that there were no tax irregularities as of May 6th 2011, when Whyte acquired 85% of Rangers. HMRC, who were pursuing Rangers, instructed bailiffs in July and August and would take serious issue with this preferred narrative. HMRC were all over Rangers. Despite this they were waived through by the SFA. Andrew Dickson filed the UEFA registration documents and these were not questioned by his SFA associate Sandy Bryson. Mr Bryson would be a central character in the SFA’s most notable stitch-up, the independent commission, aided and abetted by Topping and Doncaster at the SPFL. As was the case with the Judicial Tribunal hearing, Rangers escaped with a fine. Twelve years of subverting tax laws merited only £90,000 more than £160,000 imposed for offences that included paying no tax whatsoever. A cynic might conclude that Scottish football governance will do everything in its power to support and promote Rangers. The SFA’s articles of association are just guidelines for Rangers. There may be hard and fast rules for other clubs, but not for Rangers.

     

     

    The SFA and SPL were fully aware that Whyte’s Rangers were heading for administration. Whyte met with Topping and Doncaster in London to apprise them of his predicament. Whyte predicted that Rangers would not gain a CVA and that liquidation would follow. He also met with the SFA to ensure that they would transfer the licence held by Rangers to a new corporate vehicle when the CVA was rejected. Whyte knew that HMRC would not cut him any slack. The SFA and SPFL took the view that it was preferable that Whyte drove Rangers off a cliff, than intervene prior to his execution of administration on 14 February 2012. This may have come as a shock to Rangers supporters, but not to Topping, Doncaster and Regan.

     

     

    Whyte’s tenure as owner and chairman of Rangers lasted a mere nine months. He financed his acquisition with funds raised via Ticketus and Merchant Turnaround. His solicitor at Collyer Bristow, Gary Withey, joined him on the board. There is a parallel between Whyte and Withey and the two charlatans masquerading as accountants at Micromega Holdings Group, namely Dave King and Ian Gregory Morris. The latter in his position as FD at Umgeni Water, influenced their board to transfer their pension fund to Dave King’s Specialist Outsourcing. With the ink on the contract barely dry. Morris was appointed as FD at King’s company and given 21% of the equity.

     

     

    Withey’s conduct came under much closer scrutiny than was the case in the developing democracy of post-apartheid South Africa. A claim against his former employer Collyer Bristow was originally initiated by administrators Duff & Phelps, and then continued by BDO interim liquidators Malcolm Cohen and James Stephen. A professional negligence claim was listed at the Chancery Division of the Royal Courts of Justice with damages sought of £50m plus costs. Prior to going to trial, the litigious liquidators confirmed that a £24m settlement had been paid by Collyer Bristow in regard to fees they had received in relation to the club’s controversial 2011 takeover.

     

     

    During his tenure at Collyer Bristow, corporate finance partner Gary Withey had acted for Craig Whyte when he bought the club in 2011. Withey was subsequently arrested and indicted on charges and will face trial with three former employees of Duff & Phelps, namely David Grier, David Whitehouse and Paul Clark; and Mr Green and Mr Whyte.

     

     

    Prosecutors allege that these five men joined Gary Withey, to embark on a course of criminal conduct during their time at the club. Gary Withey and Whyte obtained a total of £28,262,094 from ticket company Ticketus and a business called Merchant Turnaround plc. They also claim Mr Whyte, Mr Whitehouse, Mr Clark and Mr Green conspired with each other to break the law after Rangers went into administration in 2012.

     

     

    It is claimed they took part in a scheme to acquire the trading assets for a sum less than their true market value.The Crown was also hoping to bring another man, Imran Ahmad,to trial. However, as we have noted in the Daily Record, Mr Ahmad is in Pakistan, has not been indicted and cannot be extradited

     

     

    Let’s follow the money. We know that £18m went to Lloyds Bank and £1m to Whyte’s Rangers in two payments from Collyer Bristow of £200,000 and £800,000. We also know that Ticketus successfully sued Whyte for £17.2m and costs. We can therefore deduce that Merchant Turnaround provided £11,062,094.

     

     

    After disbursements to Lloyds and Rangers, we are left with £9,262,094 in an account in Wavetower’s name at Collyer Bristow. The solicitors fees were deducted from this sum, with Gary Withey almost certainly receiving a performance bonus. The solicitors fees, and the subsequent professional negligence claim, were predicated on the acquisition of Murray’s equity.

     

     

    In the likelihood that there was a significant balance after fees, and that this was disbursed to Craig Whyte, then the decision by Collyer Bristow to settle out of court was astute. Craig Whyte claimed he did not benefit, which would lead to the preposterous suggestion that equity bought for £1 was underpinned by costs north of £9m.

     

     

    We know that Whyte and Green colluded, with the latter and Imran Ahmad deciding to buy the trading assets via Sevco Scotland when the CVA was not accepted. As the club could not be bought as a going concern Whyte’s 85% equity was rendered redundant. The fact that Whyte cut a deal with Brian Kennedy of the Blue Knights consortium to provide this equity would not have been lost on Green and Ahmad. He had betrayed them so they reneged on the Sevco 5088 deal.

  27. !!Bada Bing!! on

    spikeysauldman-Posting in capital letters ,doesn’t avoid the point that the manager is out of his depth IMO ,and is the opinion of a lot of guys on here.Doesn’t make us any lesser fans than those of a differing viewpoint.HH

  29. The Battered Bunnet on

    If you’re looking for inside info or insight on all things Sevco, John James is not the place to go looking. Granted JJ is a curiosity, but taken in the round, it’s a crock of bull.

  31. THE EXILED TIM on

    TBB

     

    I agree his predictions are usually wide of the mark, but his general blogging is reasonably factual, take the blog above, I would say he has got most of it correct.

     

    Whatever, it’s always good to read hun on hun.

     

    HH

  32. The Battered Bunnet on

    Awe Naw

     

     

    Here’s as good a place as any, with the odd dollop of David Low.

     

     

    TET – actually, he’s hopelessly inaccurate on the stuff that matters. He’s illinformed, the contrary to the way he represents himself.

  34. Celtic Mac on

    Paul67 et al

     

     

    Ryan Christie has been back at Celtic since early November, after being injured against, no wait for it, Motherwell. He has never played for Celtic and is not about to any time soon. He is still recovering from a knee injury and will not return to training until the end of January at the very earliest. Other than that this is a good news story.

     

    And one I am taking as an omen, I can see that satsuma in my mind already!

     

     

    bestwishestoallcsc

  37. Celtic Mac on

    jamesgang

     

     

    And yet there are those on here, and I will name one in particular, James Forrest, who wanted the Generals to remain in charge in 1982.

  38. An Tearmann on

    Jamesgang

     

     

    The American form Simple Minds,i agree there big fella,good track.check out the albums it came from,their first from Virgin i think,Sons and Fascination/Sister feelings is the name,top tracks,they played the Apollo at the time,elevating themselves from Tiffanys at bottom end of Sauchiehall St which in turn was a step up from the Mars Bar along from St Enochs.Great band and good tims into the bargain

     

    My fav hunter and the hunted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbwbXJvTwq4

     

     

    :-)

     

    HH

  40. Big Nan on

    http://m.heraldscotland.com/news/14164236.Journalist_Russell_Findlay_attacked_at_his_home_in_Glasgow/

     

     

    Russell Findlay

     

     

    I know Russell Findlay and he is a top man. A courageous journalist, something of a rarity in Scotland but he is it. Forget that he works at the moment for a rag.

     

     

    He is not afraid to takle corruption at any level be it in the police, politics, judiciary or whatever.

     

     

    To judge someone by the newspaper they work for is wrong because while Russell has risked his life in the past reporting on Glasgow’s underworld, on the sharp end, in the street, the newspaper that reports the attack on him have journalists who sit behind their desks poring over twitter accounts to see who sends and ill advised text.

     

     

    Hope Russell is O’K he is one of the good guys.

  42. jamesgang on

    Celtic Mac

     

     

    I expect some will also cite Stalin and his successors’ gulags in terms of whataoutyouery.

     

     

    Love Celtic, Hate Fascism of whatever hue…..

     

     

    HH jamesgang

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