An article on STV this week brought an old memory to mind. Days before Rangers’ goalkeeper, Chris Woods, was set to break a Scottish shut-out record across all competitions he gave a media interview when he said, “I just hope when we do lose a goal it is not an important one”.
Woods duly broke the record in a Scottish Cup tie against Hamilton Accies but that game, 27 years ago last week, is not remembered for the achievements of Chris Woods, it’s remembered for the fact that Accies left back, Adrian Sproat, found himself in nosebleed territory as he thrashed the only goal of the game into the net. Records count for nothing when you’re knocked out of the cup.
Fraser Forster has demonstrated remarkable concentration in recent games, when he has been called upon to make incredible saves after long periods of inactivity, but there are only so many times he’ll be able to pull off ‘save of the season’ acrobatics. We need to protect him and close down space well away from the Celtic goal.
These records may matter little if they are recalled through an embarrassing defeat but, just consider how often and fondly we refer to the 25 league game winning run in season 2003-04. History is always worth making.
Many thanks for everyone who for getting your seats confirmed for our CQteN St Patrick’s Day Dinner at the Kerrydale Suite on 14 March. As we stand there are a few non-confirmed but from tomorrow we’ll be able to allocate seats to the waiting list. Will let you know if we have space available soon.
The dinner is to raise funds to build a kitchen for Mary’s Meals at the Kholoni Primary School in Mchinji, Malawi, which has 1200 students and no catering facilities. Children often are faced with the choice of working to eat of going to school. With a kitchen in place this dependency will flip, those who go to school and get an education, will also get a meal – often their only reliable meal of the day.
Marys’ Meals perform minor miracles, feeding each child in Malawi for £7 per annum, while employing locals to work in the kitchens (which will be used as a classroom outside of meal times). It will be a remarkable legacy to mark the first 10 years we’ve had out of CQN.
Two new badges will launch at the CQteN dinner to record the decade and raise funds for the Malawi kitchen. The designs have now been approved (see here) and they are about to go into production. If you would like to register interest, email Celticrollercoaster on cqnbadges@gmail.com
If you would like to read the new CQN Magazine, GO HERE to read properly, and for FREE, the graphic below is just a taster.
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….PFayr supports WeeOscar
20:48 on
6 February, 2014
I’m playing catch up on this story, so its already in the public domain that this was an equal up exercise yet fat Sally jumps in?
Reminds me of the “we need to know their names” rant then…..
Oldtim67
Happy to have a badge for the night u know my details ;^)
HH
OldTim67
I think we may have missed the boat on me remaining anonymous but I’ll check with the boss! :-)
When Fergus does return to Celtic Park, my only hope is those who have nothing good to say about him, say nothing. Booing is for huns, a dignified silence while others offer their praise would be much more beneficial.
Can you imagine the stories in the rags? Celtic Fans boo Celtic Legend. Fergus booed by set of ungrateful bastards, yada yada yada… Don’t give them the ammunition!
Malorbhoy.
I had a wee bet with myself who would be first with a mail,you were top of the list,
For anyone who questions Fergus McCann’s importance to Celtic, his place in our club’s history and the fact our historical timeline remains intact, may wish to consider how much the Scottish media hate him.
They tried to belittle him at every opportunity because they feared him.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11781/9153513/fergus-mccann-is-set-to-return-to-celtic-for-next-seasons-first-game
Prestonpans
Exactly what it is ….more sleekit rabble rousing to ingratiate himself with the FTP mob
BRTH
Can you check your mail please
U
Pfayr…
Suit yourself mate but please don’t flatter yourself that my opinions are expressed only to shock or offend you.
Scroll on past mate…..we are all grown ups.
It’s only a blog.
Bundoran Bhoy – OSCAR KNOX is a WARRIOR
20:54 on
6 February, 2014
Oldtim67
Happy to have a badge for the night u know my details ;^)
HH
I thought you were at The Docs table.
Evening folks,
BRTH could it be the King of Kings?
Just wanted to say thoroughly enjoyed the Pat Nevin Interview and also the explanation of how the process works within a TV studio at a football match.
Appreciate the thought and hard work that obviously went in to the questions and also like to say the piece was well thought out and articulated intelligently to cover most angles.
Well done and look forward to seeing more interviews and articles of such a high standard in future editions.
HH Dan
HT, just dropped you a message
A few birthdays today , best wishes to all
Sean, your exactly 5 days older than me :-)
Best news though is wee Marco is TIC-e-ti-boo
Hail Hail
Evening all
My guess is the greatest living Celt. Big , Nay, King Billy…Cesar, the Golden Heid. Either that or it’s Jim Melrose.
Ryecatcher
I enjoy your swimming against the tide with Fergus . I think you are wrong but I admire your indefatigability on this one.
Oh and I really don’t like that fat fellow. Salary McMoist . Him. Can reptiles be fat?
Jimbo67 supporting Oscar Knox
The wheels will be turning in the great minds in Mordor.
The Urge will be toooo great to go 1 better than Celtic and so plans will be afoot to bring back OUR saviour……Craig Whyte….ooops…..better not.
Ah!
Lets bring back OUR TRUE saviour…….Charles Green…..oops better not.
Erm…..erm……maybe we could just let the Easdales go out and say something?
You never know what you have til its gone and although he left an amazing legacy, perhaps seeing the shambolic goings on down there has really drove it home, just how fortunate we were that Fergus gained control of The Club…….oh…..and The Company!
Oldtim67
I’m lost lol we not all wearing badges or u mean I need to confirm badge with Doc?
HH
Sleekit ally is 100% correct..
What he said was technically correct.
I thought we’d be a shoe in for the final. Bigger stadium. More accessible, and the fact they have 2 semis over there makes it quite fair imo.
There was never going to be 3 over there and 1 at CP. So even I would bet it wasn’t going to go to ipox.
What gets on my thruppennys is the sleekit sly bawbaggery connotations in his comment. Oh look, we are being wronged again. Awbdy hates us.
Yadda yadda yadda
At the risk of ostracising myself from damn near everyone on this blog, can I explain why I cannot share in the unbridled joy of all things “Fergus”?
There is no doubt that in a truly dark hour Fergus McCann stepped up to the plate and saved Celtic football club from an ignominious fate at the hands of those who would have harmed our club.
As some others have pointed out, he did so with the help of others such as John Keane.
Others take umbrage at Fergus because he perhaps did not support Tommy Burns as much as he might, and others still because he interefered and effectively derailed the signing of David Ginola.
Some may criticise the appointment of certain managers or the inability to retain a successful managerial partnership after winning the league.
Yet others may complain that he made a profit and then walked away.
I raise none of those complaints, yet I believe that in the long term the tenure of Fergus McCann may be just the worst thing that happened to Celtic Football Club.
I was never a fan of the old board, or of the families who for the better part of a century ran Celtic for their own financial benefit. Sad to say, whilst I recognise the charitable ethos of Walfrid and of many founding fathers of the club, it was always the supporters that carried through that ethos—- not the club itself— and Walfrid and many of the original committee men walked away from the club having seen the original idea hijacked for personal gain and the emphasis changed from a club which would raise money for charitable purposes to a club which would be professional and successful with little or no emphasis on charity bar lip service.
However, Celtic always retained that magic– that aura of being a club of the people and for the people– even although it was a private concern. At least the people whop owned it were fans and on occasion showed that they were of the same mindset as the support.
Sweep forward to the share launch by Fergus where he stated that he was going to ensure that Celtic were always going to be owned by the fans.
Firstly, I will admit that I bought absolutely zero shares– simply because I dream of Celtic and i’m afraid my dreams were not Fergus’ to sell. I will always be of Celtic and I don’t need a share certificate to tell me that— a share certificate that I would have to pay for.
Secondly, I am sorry but I could not agree with the PLC route because as soon as you go down that route you lose control of just who the ultimate owner will be. There are caveats in place for that first share issue, but there was never anything in place to prevent any further share issue or the dilution of the original shares.
Accordingly, in my humble opinion, Fergus’ promises of perpetual fan ownership were worthless and could not be guaranteed.
Today we sit with a situation whereby relatively few people control the vast majority of the shares in Celtic PLC.
Should we ever ” get out of this place” then the temptation for those people to sell and make a killing will be huge. DD is a capitalist — that is how he gained his vast fortune. he may be “our” Capitalist at this moment– but what happens if he dies, gets hit by a truck, or suffers a Heart attack — his shares will be sold– just the same as everyone’s shares may be sold—- and you or I are powerless to determine who the buyer will be.
Sooner or later, the shareholding of our club will be available for sale — and just who will buy is anyone’s guess. But bear in mind we have healthy books that will be an attraction to the city investor types — who may or may not have any interest in the soul and spirit of Celtic Football Club.
All of this could have been avoided had Fergus chosen to raise his money another way prior to his walking away.
Money will always talk, but when I see people arguing about the actions of the board I have to ask why oh why we have a board at all.
Fergus McCann should rightly be celebrated by our club, but he may just have been the architect and engineer of unmitigated disaster in the future.
I am sorry if this reads as a damp squib but the reality is that the vast majority of the support are absolute hostages to fortune — and it was Fergus who put us here.
Apologies if this has been raised, maybe the reason the stadium pep mcoist played for was not chosen to host the Scottish cup final is that come May the club/company that are Currently utilising those facilities will no longer be operational.
Just a thought. ;-)
God bless Fergus McCann.
Celtic LEGEND.
I think TonyD gets it right, at least some times.
GIRUY lurking huns and ryecatcher.
Not sure if this has been posted before.
Warning: Some people may find language and images offensive.
http://www.newstalk.ie/shows/47.305.363/20122/0/
BT
Haven’t got time to scroll back but sounds like good news for young Marco!
Always in my prayers.
Take care.
Lost all our BBC and RTE channels today, losing all the ITVs and 4s the morra.
Question is, how long is Filmon going to keep streaming, is it worth buying an Android box or not ?
What to do.
What did sleekit say?!!
He wants to know who is rewarding the wonderfully modern, safe, and biggest football stadium in Scotland all these major cup finals.
So he does.
Anyone shop in Aldi’s?
I bought a bottle of Highland Black, 8 year old whisky. £12.99.
Not bad at all.
Anyone tasted it?
Can someone at the BBC please explain why their website has the number 1 Scottish Football story as Sleekit McCoist’s statement that he wasn’t surprised that the League Cup Final will be at Celtic Park?
His statement is either an accusation of some form of illicit collusion, in which case he should be asked to FULLY explain what he means by his accusation,
or it is merely an innocuous statement meaning nothing at all, in which case it is hardly newsworthy.
So what is it BBC?
Of course we all know the truth, Sleekit McCoist has a well trodden track record of accusation by innuendo. Every so-called journalist in the MSM knows exactly what he means. Everyone in Scotland knows exactly what he means. But not a single journo is prepared to stand up and be counted; to do their job as a journalist.
Of course we all know the MO of the media, minimise negativity about Sevco and/or maximise positivity; and maximise negativity about Celtic and/or minimise positivity.
Is anyone really surprised that given this environment, the Celtic board continue their policy of silence?
Whatever they say will be twisted in accordance with the MO outlined above.
Starve the media is the best policy.
On a not unrelated matter, why do huns who take such great pride in behaving like huns protest so much about being called huns?
Just seemed rather odd to me…
Really? Did he say that?
Bundoran Bhoy – OSCAR KNOX is a WARRIOR
21:07 on
6 February, 2014
Oldtim67
I’m lost lol we not all wearing badges or u mean I need to confirm badge with Doc?
HH
Yes we are all getting a badge,which I believe will be of the paper variety,it’s to let everyone know who is who.
I know a few names, mostly people who have a beverage in their hand when I first met them,,the beverage sparks something in my mind that will jog my memory, Ah that’s Bundoran Bhoy,I remember how he holds his glass.get what I mean.
The badge is a good Idea,but sorry, I’m not doing it for all the tables,just the 3 we have.
philbhoy – free the dam 5!
21:22 on 6 February, 2014
Anyone shop in Aldi’s?
I bought a bottle of Highland Black, 8 year old whisky. £12.99.
Not bad at all.
Anyone tasted it?
Phil am no a Whisky man but neighbour loves it.
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma
21:07 on 6 February, 2014
I suspect your concerns will sail over the heads of the hagiographers on here.
Oldtim
No probs mate ;-)
N mines a Guinness :p
HH
CIHROTCLIC
We’ve started to shop there recently.
Very surprised by the quality and prices.
Some of their wines at under a fiver are great too.
Bundoran Bhoy – OSCAR KNOX is a WARRIOR
21:32 on
6 February, 2014
Oldtim
No probs mate ;-)
N mines a Guinness :p
HH
See what I mean, I know that.
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma
21:07 on 6 February, 2014
At the risk of ostracising myself from damn near everyone on this blog, can I explain why I cannot share in the unbridled joy of all things “Fergus”?
What a load of self indulgent Jim White.
Just read your puff piece with Nevin.. why dont you line up le peite merde for next months page 3. Fergus saved this club/company and without him you would be in the same denial as Sevco …………I am gonna logoff before I go too far
philbhoy – free the dam 5!
21:32 on 6 February, 2014
CIHROTCLIC
We’ve started to shop there recently.
Very surprised by the quality and prices.
Some of their wines at under a fiver are great too.
Was a snob too long and bit the bullet a while ago. Wine is great, special mention for their yellow label prosecco lovely .
Before I leave you all to your Fergus love in, wouldn’t it have been great for the Maestro to have played alongside similar quality before he had to retire prematurely in 1997?
I wanted to cry with frustration for our Paul as he got dragged in to carrying players like Peter Grant and David Hannah,to name only two,towards the end of his career.
It wouldn’t have taken a great deal extra money, from McCann,for Tommy to have stopped the Orcs doing even 7 in a row with players like Ian Ferguson and Alex Clelland ffs.
Will never forget Tommy’s embarrassment at a 6-0 defeat in Ian Rush’s testimonial with a full strength Celtic side that night.
McCann left Tommy out to dry with his penny pinching…..then walked away with a ridiculously disproportionate amount of money for his investment.The multiple involved was a disgrace.
Let’s not get revisionist with history in this sea of McCann sentimentality,ey?
He did a job…..got overpaid for it…..end of!!
Mea Culpa
silence and cooperation with other bodies just as hostile. Yes and its moved on from silence to being extremely economical with the truth MO. I call it bare faced lying unless your judgement is impaired.
Who cares ? but I would rather hear the truth than lies and thats the MO that is unbecoming of a club like Celtic. Its this MO coupled with the belief that the faithful will be happy with just an above average Celtic team in a below average league ..historically abject …. that will keep fans onside while hoarding cash and paying out massive bonuses and wages .. all in the name of profit under the guise of a football club.
The club starves us of all information. Communication is woeful and its practically only one way. Its not reading the MSM by Celtic fans that bothers me its paying for it. If you believe that over whats happening to our club by our own custodians then your as foolish as those that are more interested in bank balances than the quality of team on the park of which there seems to be an increasing growing number…. sadly.
HH
bundoran bhoy – oscar knox is a warrior
20:54 on 6 February, 2014
Your details are already in buddy.
Can you send me a wee email at
cqnbadges@gmail.com.
Just to confirm which and how many badges you would like.
That goes for anyone else interested.
Almost 200 gone in three days!