If you’ve been on Celtic Quick News since the beginning you’ll know how high a regard I hold Alan Thompson. In 2004 I called him the most influential Celtic midfielder since the Lisbon Lions. His goal won us our first Champions League points, he scored the only goal of our two-legged Uefa Cup tie against Barcelona in 2004, he has scored two thirds of our competitive goals on German soil and his deliveries for Larsson, Hartson and Sutton were legendary. His free kicks and corners always threatened.
He also punished Rangers more than any other midfield player in the last 40 years, scoring seven goals against them.
We have had many more skilful midfielders, but no one since the Lions came closed to making the impact of Alan Thompson in the games it really mattered.
We wish him well.
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South of Tunis
I did read your post. Big thank you.
vmhan,thats right Seamus’s son is carrying it,that Donegal man has Derry sewed up..
ulysses mcghee 1412
It was hunners,an’ it wis magic!
CelticResearch @CelticResearch
This Question and Answer article from the Scotsman with Paul Clark is important for future reference. Worth bookmarking http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/sport/football/rangers-administration-questions-as-club-move-toward-creditor-meetings-1-2324845
Back Neil 100% on most things. But if its as reported uv got wrong this time Neil and so have the Celtic board. I hope and hope im wrong!!
Uly
I think that including the 10 point deduction for entering administration it was a 35 point shwiiinnngggg!!
Coorslad just thinking, get the torch redirected up the Creggan and round yir back, set torch against previously mentioned grass, job done……..
Scorched earth policy CSC
Vham, is FUD OK?
For the guy who’s on a stag do at Redcar races today – Adorn in the last race is a three time course & distance winner. Also fancy Con Artist in the 3:55.
Good luck
TTTT
Che
Billy Davies?? Go for a walk and clear ur heed!! FGS
Bunbury
I just don’t get the negativity of some of them. I don’t actually believe that the 2 from earlier are huns but I do know that one of them has a beak like Pinochio :-)
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on 4 June, 2012 at 14:19 said:
Back Neil 100% on most things. But if its as reported uv got wrong this time Neil and so have the Celtic board. I hope and hope im wrong!!
Yes because we all know what a fantastic record the media have when it comes to reporting Celtic stories. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a negative one nor a fabrication ever.
We should all take a step back and wait until we hear from those involved. Speculation on what happened, who is right, who is wrong is neither helpful nor necessary at this stage.
Mort
Daily Retard Headline:
Transfer Talk: Gattuso in Rangers talks
You know what, not worth a quid, he can have them.
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on 4 June, 2012 at 14:21 said:
Archie Knox then?
Che – save yer wind ups for Facebook! Should you not be abroad somewhere….?!
T4
Wow – 35 points schwiiiiiiing!!!! (Inc RFCIA added tax) (Can I use tax in the same sentence as RFCIA?)
But I can’t help thinking what would have happened had an administrator been allowed to put his signature to a document allowing Rangers to sign Daniel Cousin.
But I’m just being silly – an administrator’s first action in his administration of a football club wouldn’t be to increase their weekly/monthly outlay which would in turn hurt any current creditors. I mean that wouldn’t happen would it? Nah, I’m just talking crazy again.
35 points – gosh we were lucky eh?
U
Che
Bomber Brown??
hamiltontim on 4 June, 2012 at 13:32 said:
How can you ‘refuse’ to take a bank holiday when your place of employment is closed and locked?!
Simple. Thats what happens at all my places of employment. I should add that I am a burglar to trade.
Coat, Guinness
Paul67 et al
A standout player for Bolton before falling out with Villa, Alan Thompson was yet another of Martin O’Neill’s great signings. Banned from Europe in his first season due to some obscure UEFA rule, thereafter a major player for us. Brought with him a mental and physical toughness that will be missed at Celtic. More than anyone else at Parkhead Alan Thompson stood strong alongside Lenny so for him to be sacked over the phone, (as Celtic seem to have confirmed) is nothing short of incredible. No doubt there will be some logic to it but for the love of me I cannot see it. Not against Celtic bringing in another coach, needs must, but I personally would have added another coach, not lost one. Not a great day to be honest. Still, got to look n the bright side, it’s gonna be pouring rain tomorrow!
T4 your getting grumpier as you get older wheres your sense of fun? somebody earlier alluded to Kenny McDowall, now id love to hear the GB song for that.
HT
gentleman as always.
Pep Guardiola it is then.
Sorted.
BobbyRussell
There’s always wan!! :-)
hamiltontim on 4 June, 2012 at 14:22 said:
Bunbury
I just don’t get the negativity of some of them. I don’t actually believe that the 2 from earlier are huns but I do know that one of them has a beak like Pinochio :-)
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Who told you that was how he spelled his name?
Lying git,whoever it was……..
67 Heaven fud is fur the rude bhoys but hey knock yourself out wae it :>)
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on 4 June, 2012 at 14:19 said:
Back Neil 100% on most things. But if its as reported uv got wrong this time Neil and so have the Celtic board. I hope and hope im wrong!!
Au contraire
Sounds like Celtic got it completely right to me with Neil Lennon arranging a meeting to personally deliver the sad news to Alan Thompson. If he chose not to attend then my guess would be, poor AT new the content and purpose of the attempted rendezvous.
I blame ‘Celtic friendly’ sources for leaking the news on twitter, rather than leaving it to
Jim Traynor and the other members of the dark side, to spin it any which way they do.
The ole Internets has a lot to answer for.
BMCUW
Pinocchio?
That better :-))
The ole Internet guilty as charged.
Hector can raise an injunction to prevent Ibrox and Murray Park being sold to the Newco for £5 million on three grounds: (1) It has been proved that none of Whyte’s own money went into the purchase of RFC. The argument which flows from this is that he cannot have any rights “in the goods” from a Scots Law standpoint, meaning they should have stayed in the Oldco. (2) The Phoenix principle via which any action to move assets between entities so as to deliberately deprive creditors of what they are owed is not allowed, in fact its also gives rise to criminal proceedings for fraud. (3) By allowing this the administrators are failing in their statutory duty to do their best for the creditors. The net valuation is a clear fiddle. The redeployment value was established at £20 million in late February.
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I lifted the above from the comments section in the Scotsman article posted by :James Edward McGrory 408 goals in 408 league games on 4 June, 2012 at 14:18
Che
Deal. Now wasn’t that easy!
was surpised at how tall is Alan Thompson
6’1”, 6’2” ?
in comparison to most players when we meet them…
they’re often smaller than we had first thought
Charlie is one of the tallest in the group
and wee Rab is indeed !
bring the bear back Roy Aitken ,and i wonder has mark wilson got his coaching badge ,just a thought, as for mcdowall no comment,
Zbyszek if you’re around, I’ll be wearing my Polska top over to Derry next weekend, it’ll be a sea of Green, and a wee bit o red and White to add to the colourful scenery :>)
DBBIA
Reminds me of the song with the line…’everybody needs a bosom for a pillow’…
James Edward McGrory 408 goals in 408 league games on 4 June, 2012 at 14:18 said:
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Duly bookmarked!
:-)
‘Timful of Christina’ by Cornershop, all time classic.
DBBIA
I watched Mad Men last night and wee Joanie is coming up in the world, she has stipulated she wants to be a partner (not sleeping) with none of her assets frozen at the ole Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.
What larks.
miki67 on 4 June, 2012 at 14:41
Brilliant, if true!
Sounds like justice is about to hit home.
RFC(ia): Time to Pay the Wages of Sin
Timbhoy let me comment then …..
It’s a 100% No to McDowell!
He wanted to go to his beloved rankers, let him lay in it….. They deserve each other.
Hx2
bsr
They even dragged jaxshun out his doomdome to cleek wae traynor in the D R.