I winced slightly reading that Deliotte’s suggested Celtic were a ‘top 40’ club in terms of turnover. The days we featured in their annual Top 20 report are long gone, lost in the raft of TV deals which flooded into England, France and elsewhere.
This is a problem for Celtic but at least we have a decent shot at Champions League income each year. Others in Scottish football have been left to wither on the vine (phrase of the week), as the likes of AFC Bournemouth cherry-pick their talent.
Celtic need a solution to help them compete with their peer-group of European heavy-weights but the solution has to accommodate the other top Premiership clubs. Dundee United have the ability to produce remarkable talent, if only they had the TV deal to allow them to retain it long enough to build a team. The same could be said for Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Inverness and Ross County.
Scottish football would benefit enormously by federating with a neighbour.
You would think after administration and liquidation those who look to Ibrox for their football fix would, to adopt a popular phrase around those parts, have suffered enough from financial ‘ambition’. Not a bit of it, it seems. Not when the spectre of “being battered” by Celtic looms like an enormous green and white tidal wave.
For the last 12 years of its existence, Dave King was one of the non-executive directors of Rangers, paid to ensure that financial controls and risk management [role of non-execs defined by government 2003 Higgs Report]were in place. I am not being glib or shameless when I say he did a remarkable job.
With Newco appearing to be in some financial distress, King told the Daily Mail he opposes planned cutbacks: ‘If we cut the club back to a level that’s just enough to win the League One or the Championship then that’s fine. But the gap between ourselves and Celtic when we get to the Premiership will be obvious.
“But I don’t feel the club should respond by cutting the costs to the point of saying ‘we only have to do what is necessary to beat East Fife or whoever.
“Because if you do that Celtic will build up to 10-in-a-row and we could be so far behind them that even when we are back in the Premiership we are not in a position to catch up.
“We cannot risk going to Celtic Park and being battered 6-0.”
Those trying to keep Newco Rangers afloat will not welcome suggestions that current shareholders don’t have the “appetite or willingness to invest”, a few months before they will ask fans to buy season tickets.
Learn your lesson, there is no shame in losing 6-0 to Celtic, this is sport, bad results can happen, but there is enormous shame in failing to live within your means.
I’m off to contemplate 10-in-a-row for a while. To hyphenate or not?
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LEIGH GRIFFITHS’ dream move to Celtic is still ON.
The Wolves striker sent a come-and-get-me plea to Neil Lennon in an exclusive SunSport interview this week.
Celts have not yet made an offer for the Scotland star.
But boss Lennon last night admitted: “He is highly thought of, put it that way.”
Lennon is set for a busy week of transfer talks before the window closes next Friday night.
He added: “It’s a pain in the neck. And next Friday will be bedlam, absolute bedlam.
“You try to cram everything into a four-week period and everyone is doing the same thing.
“So it’s really difficult to get deals done.
“Then in the last couple of days it starts to get easier as clubs are willing to offload players, to cut their wage bill or players want to go.
“The last two days you get names thrown at you from all angles. I don’t think it’s good for bosses.
“The model’s been around for about ten years and I don’t think there are too many people who speak highly of it.”
Celts’ priority remains a striker and they failed to finalise talks with one target on Thursday.
He added: “We hit the buffers on one. It ended quite abruptly, which is disappointing because we thought he was a very, very good player.
“I wouldn’t say we were far down the line, but we’d done a lot of work on it.
“There was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, but in the end it was no dice. It was a striker.
“I can’t tell you who it is, but it’s dead in the water. So we move on to the next one.”
Meanwhile Lennon has revealed misfit frontman Mo Bangura has played his last game for Celtic.
He added: “Bangura could leave in the window.
“We’re clearing the staff a little bit, we’ve sent some of the younger ones on loan to get experience.
“In Mo’s case, it’s in his best interests to go and play first-team football.
“It’s reasonable to say that he doesn’t have a future here. It just hasn’t worked out for both parties. These things happen sometimes in football.
“We’ve had no enquiries for him yet but his best bet may be Scandinavia.
“He’s been fine since he came back and the boys have have been great with Mo. He’s fit and training.
“You’re never going to get every signing right. Every manager, even the greats, have made a mistake or two along the way.
“Mo needs to get out and play because it’s going to be restrictive here. Can we pay him up?
“I’d need to speak to Peter Lawwell about that but we’re not really in the habit of doing that.”
kitalba –
Wrong on 2 counts.
Aus permanent residency visas are forever, hence why they are called permanent.
However, after 5 years, if you travel overseas, you neef a re-entry visa to get back in. Lookbit up.
look it up.
Neil Lennon admits he is thinking short-term at Celtic over transfers
Celtic manager admits he does not have an “ideological vision” of where he wants to take the club and dismisses Lee McCulloch’s claim that gap between leagues is marginal
Costly mistake: Neil Lennon admits £2.2million signing Mo Bangura, seen here competing against Celtic, was a mistake and has no future at the club Photo: ACTION IMAGES
By Ewing Grahame11:59PM GMT 24 Jan 20143 Comments
Celtic’s signing policy for the past 13 years has been nothing if not consistent: buy young players cheaply, nurture them and then sell them on at a profit.
When it works – as it did with Victor Wanyama, Ki Sung-yueng and Gary Hooper, on whom the club turned a profit of £19 million – then it tends to work spectacularly.
However, when it founders the consequences are just as visible and can leave the club with players with no sell-on value who are earning relatively high wages.
Manager Neil Lennon, who had then to be confirmed as the successor to Tony Mowbray, famously spoke out against the dangers of buying potential following the Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by First Division Ross County in 2010.
“See projects, lads? Forget it,” he said. I’m f—— sick of hearing it. I’m sick of hearing about two and three-year plans. I don’t buy into it. It’s all about f—— now. You don’t have time as a Celtic or Rangers manager. You’ve got to get results straight away.
Tom
I have a 5 year visa in my passport that allows me multiple in and outs over that period. Granted is I don’t leave the country I don’t need a visa but as a permanent resident who does go in and out I only need to renew my visa every five years. I don’t need to look it up, I’ve renewed four times already.
But if it makes you happy… I’m wrong.
on the striker front, looks like it’s gonna be Leigh Griffiths or nothing.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS ………FC not PLC
05:25 on
25 January, 2014
Thank you.
Mate.
Busy as a blue bottomed fly.
Extra mural activities i.e. kids needs.
Haven`t responded to your recent message of (lack of) support.
:-)
twists n turns
Thanks for the nap.
Believe me, when it comes to my being happy, you (just like TET) don’t come into the equation for one millionth of a nano second. Get over yourselves.
Always been reluctant to intervene in case of collateral to oneself.
Self interest and all that.
Nevertheless………….
Kit and Tom
Too much in common.
Too little cause for division.
Armistice time?
Just a suggestion.
HAIL HAIL
oh I can get over myself rather easily but I can appreciate you having difficulty getting visas, it must be hard remembering who you are on any given day.
Got to shoot mate, got a barbie to go to and then the opera.
Murdochbhoy
Your welcome. Doubled our money so better than a kick in the erchie:-)
There’s a horse in the stable called Dawn Commander who will do his first full piece of work on the gallops this morning. The reports from the head stable lad Stuart have been glowing and it looks like he’ll be one to keep on the right side of. I’ll keep you informed of plans for him.
Bobby
I see yer nap is 5/2 on PP. I’ve tried 2 bob on the nose. Gl
Cedre bleu is half a stone better of today than when going down by 4 lengths to Double Ross at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day, so, with Double Ross at 3/1 and Cedre Bleu at 6/1, I’ll try the value bet.
Racing pulse in the 2 40 Doncaster at 100/30 is my other main fancy. 3 miles is his trip so worth a try.
The Brisbane Stalker –
I really should take that back because you did make me happy about 6 o’clock this morning as I lay in bed and logged into CQN on my smartphone and scanned back to see what had been happening in the Celtic world while I was asleep. Oh how I laughed.
There you were, as usual in the wee sma oors, being the fat drunken buffoon again, picking fights, foaming at the mouth and repeating yourself constantly. Do you ever read back on these pathetic episodes? You really should. I can just imagine you sitting there in your pish-stained chair, hammering the whisky as you play the keyboard hardman.
Predictably, it all led up to you yet again talking about sharing cells with various Glasgow hard men. By then I was almost in tears of laughter. You obviously can’t remember having the same conversation with yourself on CQN at least 3 times since Christmas.
But the highlight. The piece-de-resistance, the moment that made me fall out of bed, was when you invited a poster to get your email from Paul so that you could tell him all about yourself.
Arrogance beyond belief.
Classic!
Finally, how typical of you to criticise me for my love of opera. What does that tell me?
You’re a philistine as well as a coward?
TBA –
BTW I am off to the theatre tonight to watch a play. Does that also not fit in with your hard-drinking Glasgow hardman profile?
Probably not.
twist and turns
I’ve put that one in my notebook, thanks once again.
Good Morning Timland.
Leigh Griffiths….it’s a big no for me,totally unlovable,we’ve had
a few dodgy characters down the year’s,but most of them had
panache,only daft wee lassies think that LG is in possession of
said trait.
Kitalba,
You would argue a black man is white or the reverse scenario, before I’m called racist :)
I like how informative your posts are, one of the best on here and I realise you are angry at some of the goings on of late, as I am.
It doesn’t pay the bills mate.HH
Valentines
I was a fan of Griffiths when with Hibs, but since he joined Wolves, I’ve been negatively influenced by the constant moans of the Wolves fans I work with. They are not impressed. Would a return to the SPL relight him? Possibly, but that’s a risk, and with the CL qualifiers looming on the horizon, a risk that I hope we don’t take.
Leigh Griffiths looks like Willo Floods long lost brother – hope he isn’t going to turn out the same if we really are after him
Up early again – sons indoor football tournament
Despite the rumblings re Stockbridge not getting any cash from deadco, appears his contract was paid up after all. £ 200k by all accounts. Another nail……….
twists n turns
Had a wee e/w interest on your tip yesterday,the account looks
healthy at the moment,trying to get a waaaarchest ahead of the
festival in March.
Valentines
In the black eh? Take a screen shot for nostalgic reasons…probably won’t last long:-).
Only ante post interest I have so far is for Dynaste in the gold cup. If he runs ( and he may wait for Aintree, so no guarantees)he is way overpriced at 40/1.
Bobsworth is a worthy fav of course, and silvianaco conti is vg, but as I say, Dynaste is overpriced. He already beat Silvianaco at Haydock, and beat him well, so I can’t fathom out the ante post prices.
Find a “no runner – money back” bookie and whack a few quid on him each way.
If he turns up at Cheltenham, he will be 12/1 at best in my opinion.
twists n turns
Cheers for your well informed info,I will add it to all the other
opinions,hunches,expert tip’s,heard fae a taxi driver, pal of
the trainer, sister of the jockey, that we will all be subjugated
to over the coming week’s……..God I luv it……away tae study
today’s action…….good luck with yer pick’s today.
Wee bit of nostalgia to start the weekend?
Anyone under 30 will struggle to assimilate just how bleak life was back then!!!
From the ever brilliant NTV………
don’t look back in anger celtic in the 90s
season 93-94: part 5
If you have a sofa – hide behind it now, because here comes season 93-94. The year of bucket seats in the Jungle, Lou Macari and, of course, Wayne ‘Bertie’ Biggins. And if those three haven’t got you reaching for the pills then read on…
The day after the EGM Raith Rovers came to town, and – shock, horror, disbelief – Celtic played some decent football, winning 2:0 with John Collins scoring both. Had the corner been turned? Don’t be so silly; this was 1993, a time when Celtic took Newton’s first law (for every action, there’s an opposite and equal reaction) and converted it to, ‘for every semi-decent victory there’s a horror show, nightmare defeat on the way’.
And so on the Wednesday we were duly subjected to a game that was so awful it simply defied description. Dundee United won 1:0 and scored one of those giveaway goals so characteristic of the Sieve in those days. We looked on in horror as Peter Grant played a pass back… then promptly averted our eyes from the inevitable result.
The following Saturday saw St Johnstone visit Celtic Park to witness first hand the strange spectacle of 16,000 people sing ‘Sack the board’ for an hour and a half. It was another pitiful game. Although Celtic won by a goal to nil, we had to watch our defenders spending the whole afternoon lugging the ball forward. McStay and Collins spent the game watching the ball sail over their heads while most of the crowd spent the second half thinking about going to the pub. It rained.
The next day the Sunday Mail ran what was, even by their own dubious standards, a strange story. Having noticed that we were a bit lacking in the striker department Luigi had apparently shown an interest in one Hossam Hassan, erstwhile Egyptian star of Neuchatel Xamax. That’s right, the bloke who scored four past Liam Brady’s team in 1991. The truly odd part of the story was that the club wanted him to come for a trial first to see if he was any good! This, apparently, from the manager who signed Wayne Biggins! Anyway, nothing came of it, although it was a story that was never officially denied either.
The following Friday the board held another high- powered moving and shaking press conference. This one was to announce that in case the Theatre of Dreams at Cambuslang should fail to become bricks and concrete instead of Kevin Kelly wandering around a toxic field waving large ‘artists impressions’ at the Celtic View photographer, then plan B was to bolt down bucket seats onto the terraces at either end of the ground. Celtic fans everywhere wept with delight.
The following day was spent at Dens Park watching another Dundonian feast of football. It was as appetising as the local culinary speciality, ‘Mince in a Roll’. It certainly wasn’t all Dundee’s fault; Macari’s style of play was the main culprit. Gerry Creaney rescued a point, but this turned out to be a day when points were dropped, given that at the same time Rangers had imploded at home to United, 3:0 down before the home support had finished their first chorus of the Sash. An opportunity lost.
The following week the players produced their best performance of the season (stop sniggering at the back there) when we beat Hibs 1:0. Paul McStay scored with a finely placed shot from the edge of the box (rounding off a great performance from him), but man of the match was Hibs’ goalie Jim Leighton, who made great save after great save. Certainly not man of the match was Biggins. He started the game in preference to Charlie Nicholas (!!), and gave one of the great ‘I’ve never even seen a ball before’ performances of all time. Never mind doubts about Macari’s style of play – this called into doubt the manager’s sanity.
Never one to miss a bandwagon – even one that had rolled on by a few weeks before – The Affiliation of Registered Celtic Supporters Clubs announced a boycott. Given that the number of people who still supported the board could be counted using the Kelly family Christmas card list, the statement issued by the chairman in response to this latest boycott was a good contender for ‘Most unintentionally ironic statement of the century’. It said ‘I don’t think the vast majority of fans will be dictated to by an unrepresentative minority.’
The Scottish football powers that were took it easy on us that festive season. There weren’t any fixtures. We were meant to play at Fir Park between Christmas and New Year, but true to form there was a light frost and the pitch was unplayable. So our next fixture was the Huns on Ne’erday.
We were quite confident about this one. The huns had been a bit shaky of late. Their defeat by United at Ibrox had been a blow, and a trip to Celtic Park wasn’t exactly what they needed. We, on the other hand, felt that despite the Neanderthal style of play, Macari had at least shored up the defence. At Celtic Park we had six clean sheets on the trot. But remember what I said about the Celtic version of Newton’s law? Thirty-odd seconds. That’s how long it took for Hateley to put them in the lead.
About three minutes later it was 2:0. After 15 minutes it was three. All hell broke loose. Some clown invaded the pitch with the express intention of lamping the huns goalie, Maxwell. However when he got close enough he discovered the following: 1- Maxwell was quite a big guy 2- unlike himself, Maxwell wasn’t half -jaked 3- Maxwell wasn’t afraid of him. He wound up on his arse looking a right fool.
What the directors wouldn’t have given to have joined him on the pitch. In their comfy seats with their twee tartan blankets on their laps they were coming under a heavy barrage of confectionery. Mars bars appeared to be the missile of choice, and more than a few found their target. Now we don’t know, but we suspect that during this onslaught Michael Kelly may have been thinking, ‘Excellent, now they’ll have to buy more chocolate from the snack bars if they’re still hungry… Cambuslang here we come!’
During half time Macari clearly read the riot act. Celtic came out for the second half with a great deal more purpose and proceeded to tear into them. Ten minutes in we got a free kick on the edge of the box. Collins, and Wdowczyk, lined up next to the ball, apparently ready to knock it to McStay. The Maestro raced toward the ball, Wdowczyk tapped the ball to Collins, the Rangers wall broke to charge the ball and just as McStay was about to leather it Collins spun away with it. With the wall in tatters and the goalie unsure of what was happening he crashed it into the net. Not only was it a way back in to the game, but it was possibly the cleverest set piece we’ve ever produced.
We were right in on them now and Rangers were on the rack. Another period of sustained pressure saw Charlie Nicholas attempt the kind of shot that only he could even think of – a looping volley from the edge of the box. it appeared to be dropping in, only to hit the bar. This was it, we were going to get back into this game. Rangers took the goal kick, the ball went into Celtic territory for the first time in the second half, and from about 30 yards Rangers’ perma-injured Ukrainian Kuznetzov fired the ball into the corner. The game was, officially, a bogey. We scored in the last minute, (Nicholas with a header) but a more pathetic cheer for a goal against Rangers you never did hear.
CQN Saturday Naps Competition
Lads, for those who are in the CQN Saturday Naps competition, please go back and post today’s selection at the end of the previous article :
“Jack-of-all-trades”
All the best, fleagle1888
And the next part fro Not The View
The last sentence tells of probably the most significant moment in Celtics history outside of Lisbon….
don’t look back in anger celtic in the 90s
season 93-94: part 6
If you have a sofa – hide behind it now, because here comes season 93-94. The year of bucket seats in the Jungle, Lou Macari and, of course, Wayne ‘Bertie’ Biggins. And if those three haven’t got you reaching for the pills then read on…
Welcome to 1994. If you are a Celtic fan… bad luck – it’s going to be a rough ride.
Following on from our complete collapse at the hands of the huns we went for – and got – the double when we managed to lose yet another Glasgow derby, this time at Firhill. George Shaw scored to give the Jags a 1:0 win. Incredibly this defeat only left us 6 points off the top! (although it was two points for a win back then)
Next stop Motherwell, and another defeat. Look, if you think it’s getting repetitive reading that phrase in this particular section of the magazine just remember what it was like living through it! Same old script- start well enough, lose a stupid goal, score an even sillier one before losing the winner because half the team are complaining to the ref about a decision.
Our next game, against Aberdeen at Celtic Park, was even too much for the Gods to take. A thick fog descended, obscuring most of the pitch, thereby providing some much needed relief for the crowd. Visibility was so bad that most of the Aberdeen fans in attendance didn’t even know they had a goal disallowed for offside. This farce was mercifully abandoned after 30 minutes. It was Celtic’s best result of the month.
Before we had a chance to replay the Aberdeen game Macari splashed some cash and swept into the transfer market. The banner headlines of the evening papers read ‘Celtic sign Man U Cup hero’, and everyone thought – ‘Oh hell, not that daft full back.’ But it was. Lee Martin, incredibly, is the man who won Alex Ferguson his first trophy as manager at Old Trafford. But few ever rated him. He’s the Joe Fillipi of Man U. Celtic paid around £350,000 for him. Where did we get that kind of money? Who knows, but the obvious conclusion was that somebody at the Bank of Scotland had one hell of a sense of humour. Actually Man Utd. wanted half a million and we took them to a tribunal. Alex Ferguson must have been nearly crying with laughter as he left the place.
The replayed Aberdeen game was quite entertaining, but we still didn’t win. Paul Byrne scored with a header, a lead which we gamely held on to for all of 30 seconds. Better yet we soon fell behind before the Maestro crashed one in to win us our first point of ’94. Hurrah!
The next game saw the debut of goalkeeper Carl Muggleton, a £150,000 signing from Leicester City. He was already an England U-21 international, and (genuinely) considered a great prospect (no, I’m not making this up). He took his bow against Dundee United at Celtic Park and won us a point thanks to a fine save in the last minute to keep the score at 0:0.
Finally we got a break from the humdrum of the league as it was time to bathe in the romance of the cup. Oh the excitement that only a trip to Fir Park can generate. Eh? Didn’t we just play them? So much for romance.
In our own inimitable style we were removed from the cup by a Tommy Coyne goal. Of course Coyne had been the last player to score for Celtic in the Scottish Cup; his strike put the mighty Clyde to the sword, before Falkirk ejected us from last year’s competition. 10 minutes from the end at Fir Park Coyne nipped in front of Carl Muggleton and scored.
The only bright spot of an otherwise doom-laden weekend was the news that Robert Fleck had ruled out ever playing for Celtic. There is a God; it was just that he had chosen us to be Job for a while.
For real escapism, and a jolly good laugh, you only had to follow the court case featuring Terry Cassidy vs. Celtic FC. Our former CEO was suing Celtic for damages having been sacked. You must remember Terry, our erstwhile Chief Executive with the manners of a Rottweiler and all the charm of a zookeper’s welly? He was claiming £143,000 damages for breach of contract after he was dismissed with a year or so left on his contract. The Celtic board decided to defend itself, counter-claiming that Cassidy was guilty of grave industrial misconduct. And if you think that’s rich coming from the Celtic board of the time then stick around. There’s better to come.
So, who do you call upon to defend the honour of the club when the going gets tough and you know you’re in for the verbal equivalent of ten rounds with Chris Eubank? None other than our very own diffident public school milksop Chris White. He spent the whole of the first day of the trial sanctimoniously reciting a litany of Cassidy’s misdemeanours. The directors, it was revealed in court, were none too happy when Terry burst into a cosy soiree they were attending with their wives at Hampden as guests of the SFA. Our Chief Exec hadn’t been told about this particular social event but decided to go anyway, proceeding to demand a seat for himself and partner. When they asked him to make himself scarce he called White a ‘bastard’ and called the other, ‘A bunch of women’. As if this wasn’t bad enough, according to White Cassidy had been insolent to the directors, wasted club money and had given jobs within the club to members of his family, whereas Chris had only committed two of these sins. He was never insolent to anyone on the board.
If you’re thinking that this all seems a bit ridiculous in view of the past performance of the directors themselves then you can imagine that Cassidy’s brief, Ian Bonomy QC, must have been approaching the prospect of cross-examining Chris with all the relish of Derek Johnstone at a pie eating contest. Under interrogation White was forced to conceded that rather than a club run by a hard-nosed bunch of corporate high flyers, ‘Wives played a leading role in the club.’
As his cross examination wore on White was warned by the judge about being evasive and eventually had to admit that he, ‘May have misled the court.’ It was a truly remarkable case, and a true indication of how strapped for cash the club was. I mean for the sake of a few thousand quid to shut Cassidy up or risk all your dirty washing hung out in public. For a club like Celtic it shouldn’t even be a choice.
By the end of the first week of the case, which had featured other star witnesses such as the editor of the Celtic View and the Secretary of the Supporters Association, Bonomy had made it look as if the Walfrid was a cross between a Carry-On film and a Soviet Gulag. Chris must have been wishing he was back in the directors box being pelted with Mars Bars.
On the football front Macari stepped in to the transfer market again, this time with dramatic consequences. One time Aberdeen player Willie Falconer had been playing in England for the past five years. He hadn’t been a star, but he’d done well enough with Watford and Middlesborough. Macari paid £350,000 for him. At the press conference to introduce him the boss did the new bhoy a power of good by saying that basically Willie wasn’t much cop, but we needed a bigger squad and anyone will do. That’s the way Lou, tell it like it is.
In the event Macari needn’t have been so pessimistic. While Falconer would never be anyone’s favourite player he did his best for us, and he brought down the old board. All by himself. The bank refused to pay his transfer fee, and that signalled the end.
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : Week 23/Jan 18th results & standings
3 winners last week : El Madrigal led the way (Irish Saint @6/1)
valentinesday (Melodic Rendezvous @7/4), MHARK67 (Wuff @7/4)
+£26.00 Rockon Neil Lennon (8)
+£10.75 valentinesday (6)
+£ 3.88 Som mes que un club (3)
+£ 1.00 BULL67 (4)
+£ 0.00 Bada Bing (3)
-£ 0.50 Cathal (3)
-£ 1.00 leftclicktic (4)
-£ 2.13 BMCUWP (5)
-£ 4.13 bonbhoy (4)
-£ 4.50 fleagle1888 (3)
-£ 5.50 What is the Stars (2)
-£ 6.00 tommytwiststommyturns (1)
-£ 7.78 PF Ayr (5)
-£ 8.50 16 roads (2)
-£ 9.00 El Madrigal (2)
-£ 9.50 twists n turns (2)
-£10.38 green T (3)
-£10.75 Kilbowie Kelt (3)
-£13.25 Che (2)
-£15.20 Sponsored by Cheetah (2)
-£15.75 MHARK67 (2)
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*No selections (wk 22) : bonbhoy
*Non-Runners : Sponsored by Cheetah
Cheers, fleagle1888
Top of the morning to you all from a Fife where the wind is fairly scudding the rain clouds past before they can do any damage.
No walking today for this fair weather walker so will just have to content myself to a full fried (olive oil of course) breakfast of Egg, Streaky Bacon, Pork Link Sausages, and yesterday’s boiled potatoes.
If I really push my luck I might get a slice of fried bread, but whatever happens I am following this with a heated pancake topped with Maple Syrup.
All washed down with Hot Java Lava coffee, (ground beans in a cafetiere).
To make my morning complete I will re-read the Glen Gibbons article on lard arse.
H.H.
Front page DR
Lennon sues for £1m on phone hacking.
NOW he’s suing
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/glenn-gibbons-rangers-job-has-worn-down-mccoist-1-3281442
All good,and then………………
Sir Glenn of Gibbon demonstrates a bizarre need to introduce 20 year old Celtic history and Tommy Burns into the critique concerning the current hun malaise.
Hopefully a malaise terminal in nature.
Was there ever a more blatant attempt to appease the hun with a little scrap of anti-Timmism.
“They`re each as bad as the other y`know.”
Beautiful to behold.
jimmyquinnsbits had a listen to sandcastle as Tommy said you really have a gift! Keep sharing !
Winning captains hope you had a great birthday.
Big Nan – Enjoy!
Stringer bell – Thanks for sharing I laughed reading that ole Terry Cassidy what a guy! The old board in their “wisdom” realised they needed a business man on board! Just didn’t realise quite what that would entail for them!
Jeez can you imagine if we had CQN back in the day, true what they say you don’t know you’re living bhoys and ghirls!!
Stringer Bell
Thanks for the postings from NTV. As a regular home and away during that period it makes me understand why I am mostly a happy clapper. God knows what CQN would have been like I’d it existed then.
From ScotFans4Change
Good Morning all you early risers.
Remember to spread the message of change at the matches, supporter buses, clubs and pubs this weekend..
Good morning friends from a fairly wet, windy and miserable looking East Kilbride. Must be the weekend, then.
Stringer Bell
Those NTV articles brought back some memories…and chills up and down my spine. Still I had some great times following the Bhoys then and some minor triumphs gave us glimpses of hope but ultimately they always seemed to be crushed. I couldn’t imagine then the way things have turned out even though I’m still not happy on occasion but it puts things into perspective.
HH
One of my old customer’s proudest boasts was knocking back the job that Terry Cassidy eventually got. Believe me it could have been much worse for us!
Enjoyed GG’s article nailed the sly mendacious trouble maker right to the wall, just hope he survives though.