2 European Cups and 10 in a row

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I may have told you this before, apologies if I’m repeating myself.  Around 20 years ago, in a TV studio minutes after a Rangers victory, a former captain, Terry Butcher (what ever happened to him?), told the audience, “David Murray will not stop until he’s won two European Cups and 10 in a row.”

Use of the personal term “he”, not the club name, struck me.  Murray was personally invested in this matter.  Such a burning desire did not make David Murray a bad person, he owned the dominant club in Glasgow, but the team he was dominating had all that glorious history.  If the boot was on the other foot, you’d want the same.  I would.

Perhaps if Jock Stein had stayed at Hibs, Celtic would have stayed in mediocrity, David Murray would have had a more affordable dream and the liquidation of his club would not have been necessary.

You know it’s true…….

On Tuesday’s STV report that Hearts manager, John McGlynn, said:

“How many fans would think they could win the league if Celtic weren’t in it at this stage? All [clubs’] fans would.

“That would cause great excitement and I think it would bring fans back to the game, at the lower clubs.

“If you look at the rest of us outside Rangers and Celtic, we’d all fill our stadiums if we thought we’d realistically have a chance of winning the league.”

There are screeds written and spoken about our game but the McGlynn Plan is the most productive comment I’ve read all year.  Well done to STV for the report, hopefully they will put the same questions to others in the league. This is the most important question for Scottish football right now.

It’s time for these clubs to throw off their downtrodden ways and genuinely compete for the Scottish title.

Still looking for a ticket for Celtic v Barcelona?   Equally keen to acquire a Wee Oscar wristband?  A CQN’er has very generously offered his ticket for next week to raise funds for the Wee Oscar Campaign.  You can bid for the ticket/wristband package on ebay.

Tell everyone who asks you for a ticket to bid on the auction.

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  1. Snake Plissken on

    The Producers.

     

     

    That whole third act has got to go. They’re losing the tax case. It’s depressing.

  2. DBBIA

     

     

    “Do you have to be a tax evader to get a job with the Zombies?”

     

     

    It helps the ould CV, certainly.

     

     

    It is also advisable to have had an EBT if seeking employment as a football pundit with BBC Shortbread.

     

     

    Are you looking for a change of career?

  3. Dontbrattbakkinanger on

    TBB- thanks for heartwarmin ‘ wee hedgehog story.

     

     

    Gets the day off on the right foot.

     

     

    I expect full-on manatee retaliation is , sadly but inevitably,only a matter of time.

     

     

    Hedgehogs have gone to DefCon6.

  4. !!Bada Bing!!

     

    09:41 on

     

    2 November, 2012

     

    Bon Jovi £12.50 tickets still available for Hampden gig next July on ticketmaster

     

     

    ………..

     

     

    I booked 2 tickets for the zombie end last night, £63 for the 2 including booking fees and postage. Outstanding pricing

  5. viewfaethewindae on

    May all the scammers rot and toil in hell. May the cheated titles fall and may we live to tell. May all the world forget they ever played. And David Murray regret he never paid.

     

    Been offline for a wee while, Paul an absolute classic, Carol Ann Duffy would have been proud of this little ditty. I’ll print it, frame it and recite it, thanks.

  6. sixtaeseven: £94M: Permanent Embarrassment & Disgrace Forever on

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  7. Loved this quote from Sevcomedia-

     

     

    “Not many refs have a record of Refereeing 2 Rangers games with two costly defeats .Take your point about bad refs in other games but ive not seen anything as bad as last night this season”

     

     

    No, not many refs get a 2nd bite at the cherry after a bad Rangers result.

  8. Steinreignedsupreme on

    goldstar10 09:51 on 2 November, 2012

     

     

    Sevco Media – where the thinking-man is extinct.

  9. Lennon n Mc....Mjallby on

    Since its quait does anybody know of a good free music download app for a samsung galaxy from the play store? Every one Ive tried is mince and doesnt work.

  10. goldstar10

     

    09:41 on

     

    2 November, 2012

     

     

    Personally I thought the point was well made.

     

     

    (I was really just checking we hadn’t crashed….so long between posts)

  11. candles lit for the souls in St Simons this morning..

     

     

    if I missed anyone yesterday or this morning DBBBIA..

     

     

    thanks for the birthday wishes.. o))

     

     

    KTF

  12. Steinreignedsupreme on

    goldstar10 09:57 on 2 November, 2012

     

     

    Aye. I know what you mean. I’ve had to stop reading the Legless Loon because I was getting headaches.

  13. starry plough

     

     

    Might be teaching my Granny how to suck eggs — but just in case .

     

     

    Those lovely Swiss fanatics at Reggae Fever have announced that —–

     

     

    The updated Roots Knotty Roots discography is now on line .[ no word on the promised printed version as yet ]

     

     

    60.000 listings re Jamaican 45s released between 1953 and 1986.

     

     

    A sides / B sides / Matrix Numbers / Riddim etc etc etc .

     

     

    Invaluable !

     

     

    Sunny / clear blue skies / wee bit windy/ 22 degrees -way down south.

  14. The Comfortable Collective

     

     

    08:43 on 2 November, 2012

     

     

    Bring back Giovanni Di Stefano, he’ll sort all this mess out.

     

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    Stop giving them ideas. ;))

  15. Genes a bhoys name

     

     

    feeling fine mate..(early to bed as was noted by some on here)

     

    the church was nice and quiet…

  16. The beautiful game is just a game.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKH8vr0oM8g

     

     

    If only the huns listened to the Celtic Song and interpreted it correctly. I wonder if the rest of Scotland will realise before it is too late.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhbsHD7IEY

     

     

    Get the footballers into every team in Scotland and watch us rise all the way through the rankings. I heard some utter nonsense on Clyde last night about cluggers being part of the game in Scotland. Cluggers are removed when the rules are enforced, it isn’t rocket science.

  17. The Spirit of Arthur Lee

     

     

    10:13 on 2 November, 2012

     

     

    Well done to Ticketmaster only half an hour for Stone Roses tickets.

     

     

    Love

     

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    FFS, I forgot it was 09:30 they went on sale, I don’t think there is even any point me trying now to get them.

     

     

    Well the memories are still with me from their first gig at GG. What a night for me and Tod.

  18. Steinreignedsupreme on

    goldstar10 10:16 on 2 November, 2012

     

     

    There are days when he is unintentionally hilarious – but his unpleasantness is unbearable and makes his tales unreadable at times.

     

     

    Publishing personal details about people is pretty desperate stuff. It says more about him that he will ever know.

  19. steinreignedsupreme- He is indeed a despicable bit of work but I would strongly suspect his junk is being closely monitored daily by the likes of Spiers and McNally’s employer and will in time be subject to contact from m’learned friends- here, soon!