Apologies for absence yesterday, the day got away from me. The blog would have said something like, “really pleased Celtic pushed back so vocally against the illiberal and ill-conceived Offensive Behaviour Act”, but with less brevity.
Shortly before Christmas we launched the campaign to fund the construction of a school kitchen in Malawi through Mary’s Meals to mark the 10th anniversary of Celtic Quick News. The project would cost £7000 and to get us there we scheduled a St Patrick’s Day dinner dance for next Friday, 14 March.
8 days out I am delighted to inform you the target money has been raised, Mary’s Meals already have £7000 in their bank, the project is officially funded and construction plans are underway.
That the money was raised ahead of the event was a surprise, although after 10 years of watching Celtic fans go about their business in this manner, it shouldn’t have been.
We received a remarkable donation from Patrick Foley’s Irish Bar & Restaurant in Gent, and Barney Vallely’s Irish Pub in Cologne, who between them raised €2600.
You don’t think of Gent and Cologne as being big ‘Celtic towns’. I’m sure they are not, but there enough Celtic fans in each city to form a proper community. Their work has been incredible and a real inspiration. Thank you to Patrick, Charlie and their patrons. Special thanks to Kolncelt, who orgainsed the entire effort, but has had to cancel his trip to Glasgow next week.
This gave us a problem, of course, The Show is going ahead next week, but the kitchen at the Kholoni Primary School is already paid for, what will be our focus next week. Here is a remind of what that £7000 is going to achieve:
Mary’s Meals feed 822,142 kids each day across some of the most impoverished areas of the world. The global average annual cost per child is £10.70, and is only £7 in Malawi, where the Kholoni Primary School is.
Kitchens are brick constructed and fully stocked with stoves, pots, serving utensils, mugs and cutlery. They also have a wall-mounted blackboard, so the room can be used as a classroom outside of meal times.
The charity started in 2002 when founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow met a mother dying of AIDS, and her child, whose only ambition was to have enough food to eat.
93% of money raised goes directly to the needy and, where possible, the 65,000 volunteers who keep the project running are drawn from parents and relatives of the children being fed.
The impact in Malawi, 17th poorest country by UN measures, is significant. Mary’s Meals provide a daily meal to 20% of the countries primary school aged children. The impact is more than just feeding the hungry, two years after a Mary’s Meals project in Malawi starts, school enrolment is up an average of 30%, leading to higher educational achievements, and a better chance in life.
I’m open to ideas on what to focus on next week but my instinct is to get back onto Mary’s Meals and ask where they next need a kitchen.
A couple of pairs of tickets have become available for Friday’s CQteN St Patrick’s Day at the Kerrydale Suite, Celtic Park. £50 per ticket, dinner, dancing, two acts, Irish dancers; it is shaping up to be quite an event. Email Tony if you want to be there, cqnbooks@gmail.com
We have a donations page for CQN Mary’s Meals’ projects, if you would like to help out, you can do so here.
Seville, The Celtic Movement, launches this month.
Order yours below:
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Neganon2
Eh? Where did you get that idea?
I posted a link to the CU podcast with the SLO in the wee hours.
Maybe somebody read something into that although I heard nothing in it to support the huff notion.
Token
indeed, I won’t make blane valley next week but will tomorrow for couple of hours.
Maybe stokesy, thought it was Dave king instead of “the king”!!!
A big happy birthday to Lorna winklepicker…..that’s no yer real second name is it?
winning captains –
emailed you.
Jobo
P G Wodehouse and Tom Sharpe, along with Compton Mackenzie, are among my favourite comic authors.
To anyone who likes wine and is going next friday…Wrap up a box of wine in birthday paper, sit it at your table and help yourself. “Do not remove the wrapping paper until empty”…simples.
Who is going to this?
St Patricks Day Celebration
When……Monday 17th March From Midday
Where…..Boutique,142b St Vincent Street.
Who……. Billy No’Well,Claymore,Martin Hutchison plus others.
Cost……£10
Tickets on sale at:
Boutique
Ticket Scotland.
Via @billynowell
I can bring some tickets to CQteN if anybody would like me to?
Jock Brown
I always remember him being asked is there a perceived bias against Celtic, in the press, his answer was,” without a doubt, for instance, The same week (rangers) signed Colin Hendry, The signing of the decade” We signed Lubomir Moravcik, And the press were saying WHO? As he said who got the best deal!
lilys
Desmond this week celebrates 20 years with Celtic after joining forces with Fergus McCann to help rescue the club from going out of business under an intransigent and unpopular board.
Celtic are now arguably in their most stable financial position and Desmond feels the next 20 years can be even brighter.
Desmond told Celtic TV: “If you look at the financial metrics between Celtic and other clubs in the UK, our performance, the balance-sheet performance and the performance on the field, I think, exceeds any other club, recognising that we are shackled by lack of revenues we have from TV and other comparable income that Premier League and Championship clubs get.
“We have got financial stability, good organisational structures as far as scouting, development squad and coaching go. We have a vision of how we want to keep on improving the playing squad.
“If you look at the squads over the past few years, they are getting better and better each year.”
The Irishman also hailed Neil Lennon as a “first-class manager” and Peter Lawwell as a “wonderful chief executive, as good as you will find in any football club in the world”.
And his main pride over his time with Celtic is the culture.
When asked for his highlights, he said: “I have too many to mention. I liked the evening we beat Barcelona and I liked when we did the same with Manchester United.
“I like any moment at Celtic Park when we have had victories, especially over teams that wear blue.
“Seville (the 2003 Uefa Cup final) was a great highlight but there’s many of them there.
“But I think the highlight of the 20 years I have been involved with Celtic is that it’s an independent club with wonderful supporters and we have a great future.
“I see the club getting stronger on the playing field. I see the club being visionary in developing internationally. And I see the Celtic fans and the club having a partnership that will be a model for all other football clubs.”
TTT
I’ll escort you from Lanarkshire ..make sure you get there ok
Auldheid
Is that case I shall look forward to making your acquaintance on the night. ‘Mon the table 41ers.
BT
You under orders next week ??
notthebus
Good enough for me.
PF,
You leaving from the Shire too?
In that case, i’ll take you up on that kind escorting service offer
:-)
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Auldheid I think the other day you mentioned that celtic would not repeat the forum experience given the reaction? Was this your own view?
An absolutely pathetic statement from DD. The team is getting better etc. nonsense. He is focussing only on the balance sheet.
His comment on teams in blue. Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
The only billionaire to own a football club who wants a profit from that football club.
Disgusting.
Brilliant fund raising again by CQN. Helping to feed starving children really takes us all back to our roots, Marys Meals is a very worthy cause, well done to everyone.
Survey completed, hope it helps in some way.
Regarding Scotland games, I have been to Wembley once, more for the week end away with mates than the football. I went once to a Scotland game at Hampden, v Argentina, 1979 when they were world champions. Frank McGarvey got abuse, and even worse was the abuse to Kenny Dalglish. A group behind us abused Kenny every time he touched the ball, for one reason and one reason only, he was an ex Celtic player, and this went on for a while until my big mate turned around to them and said, ” the next wan who slags off Dalglish will get this screwtap ower their heed” End of abuse, and end of my Scotland games at Hampden.
Hope to meet you all at CQten.
Pf
faither and the wife in attendance ,no one will recognise me………
Even more pathetic he tries to align with McCann.
TTT
Visiting mother on Friday …changing at brothers then taking him in
Any thoughts on getting home ?
BT
Tut tut
The fans and the club having a partnership…………….bollocks……..
PF,
will text you.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Proclaimers – Cap In Hand (with lyrics) – YouTube
m.youtube.com/watch?v…
Excellent statement from DD
BMCUW
Ta for your comments on Campbell’s article which is very interesting. I asked Ernie for his comments but not heard anything.
Watching on channel 5 just now an Irish Travellers Wedding and it’s really entertaining and also illuminating
Notthebus. HahahahahahahahahahahahahahHah.
Much as John Paul Taylor seems a genuine good Lhad , got tae say he has no answers to the important questions. Listened to him on the Home Bhoys and on Harry Brady and the most pertinent questions asked are normally followed by a ‘ don’t know’ answer.
Not his fault, he must feel like a puppet.
The plc need to get serious about dialogue with the support or I fear attendances will fall further.
All rather worrying.
Roll on CQTen
The Celtic Way
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If you are at one of my tables next week, away and check your emails.
CQteN Dream Team.
What a tremendous response to Paul article today teams flooding in.
Keep the coming, details below.
“CQteN Dream Team” Less than 3 weeks to go!
Now is your chance to select and influence the CQteN dream from the last decade,
Email us on doccqten@gmail.com
Rules are very simple:
Select 11 players from the list below, forming either a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 formation
So you will need:
1 goalkeeper
2 full backs
2 centre backs
3 or 4 midfielders
2 or 3 forwards
and of course….
1 manager.
Each player on the list below has made at least 10 starting appearances from July 2004 to date during the CQteN decade.
So no Henrik, Lubo,or Mjalby then!
When you are selecting the players, you should ideally base your selection on their performances during the CQteN decade, but then again that is your choice.
Send your selection to us by email to doccqten@gmail.com with your CQN blog name (if you do not have one, then you need to get thinking as well)
Anybody can enter: bloggers, lurkers, friends and family, but you can only enter ONCE.
The closing date for entries is 3pm Sunday 9th March 2014
The CQteN dream team will be announced at the CQteN night on Friday 14th March and will be published online soon after. There will be a couple of prizes for the closest teams selected to the winning team.
Good luck and get selecting for a fantastic competition..
HH
CRC
Goalkeepers
Appearances Clean sheets
Artur Boruc (G)
220 82
David Marshall (G)
30 9
Fraser Forster (G)
177 88
Lukasz Zaluska (G)
40 20
Mark Brown (G)
14 6
Rab Douglas (G)
19 11
Full Backs
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Adam Matthews (D)
82 4
Andreas Hinkel (D)
101 1
Cha Du-Ri (D)
35 2
Charlie Mulgrew (D)
144 25
Daniel Fox (D)
22 0
Darnell Fisher (D)
10 0
Edson Braafheid (D)
11 0
Emilio Izaguirre (D)
132 1
Jackie McNamara (D)
44 1
Lee Naylor (D)
134 3
Mark Wilson (D)
116 3
Mikael Lustig (D)
57 5
Mo Camara (D)
24 0
Paul Caddis (D)
10 0
Paul Telfer (D)
71 1
Ulrik Laursen (D)
15 0
Centre Backs
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Bobo Balde (D)
93 4
Daniel Majstorovic (D) 61 2
Darren O’Dea (D)
49 6
Efe Ambrose (D)
73 5
Gary Caldwell (D)
147 7
Glenn Loovens (D)
84 9
John Kennedy (D)
14 0
Joos Valgaeren (D)
25 0
Josh Thompson (D)
19 3
Kelvin Wilson (D)
72 0
Stanislav Varga (D)
57 7
Stephen McManus (D)
195 20
Steven Pressley (D)
24 2
Thomas Rogne (D)
54 3
Virgil van Dijk (D)
31 4
Midfielders
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Aiden McGeady (M)
194 36
Alan Thompson (M)
56 13
Baram Kayal (M)
88 3
Barry Robson (M)
40 7
Didier Agathe (M)
22 0
Evander Sno (M)
20 1
Efrain Juarez (M)
10 2
Jiri Jarosik (M)
35 7
Joe Ledley (M)
136 30
Juninho Paulista (M)
14 1
Kris Commons (M)
106 55
Landry N’Guemo (M)
43 0
Marc Crosas (M)
40 1
Massimo Donati (M)
34 4
Neil Lennon (M)
130 1
Niall McGinn (M)
15 6
Pat McCourt (M)
19 10
Paul Hartley (M)
74 4
Ross Wallace (M)
18 3
Roy Keane (M)
12 1
Scott Brown (M)
246 26
Shaun Maloney (M)
97 31
Shunsuke Nakamura (M)
157 33
Stephen Pearson (M)
11 4
Stiliyan Petrov (M)
94 24
Sung-Yong Ki (M)
60 11
Thomas Gravesen (M)
23 6
Victor Wanyama (M)
80 13
Zheng Zhi (M)
11 1
Forwards
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Anthony Stokes (F)
100 55
Chris Sutton (F) 43 18
Craig Beattie (F)
18 14
Craig Bellamy (F)
15 9
Derek Riordan (F)
13 8
Gary Hooper (F)
127 82
Georgios Samaras (F)
162 70
Henri Camara (F)
16 8
James Forrest (F)
85 22
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (F)
89 44
John Hartson (F)
83 50
Kenny Miller (F)
28 11
Lassad Nouioui (F)
10 3
Maciej Zurawski (F)
53 30
Marc-Antoine Fortune (F)
30 12
Robbie Keane (F)
17 16
Scott McDonald (F)
117 64
Teemu Pukki (F)
15 4
Tony Watt (F)
13 8
Managers
Neil Lennon
Tony Mowbray
Gordon Strachan
Martin O’Neill
John O Neil @14 22.
” Rough Trade was the music culture s epicentre of smug,PC Marxists “-
Care to cite some examples of Rough Trade being smug ?
Care to cite some examples of Rough Trade being PC.?
Care to explain why you think Rough Trade merit being described as Marxists ?
Oh and surely when HMRC win the case, the LNS decision must be revisited and titles stripped?
Surely, that automatically follows?
I wish I could learn how to copy and paste, that takes ages to write out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ731aR_SBY
For you, John O’neil.
This isn’t as strident as the Red Army version, but does the bizz.
Burghbhoy
JPT is a puppet..a sap fir the fans …liaison officer…passes concerns on …nothing happens
Neganon2
No and it is nonsense.
Listen to the latest CU podcast.
Quite the reverse.
Pf Ayr
Proof?
Auldheid
You should know one can’t prove a negative