I’m a bit confused at the chat this morning of reintroducing the sale of alcohol at football games. Alcohol is available for sale at games at Celtic Park, you just need to have a ticket for an expensive enough seat. If you’re in the cheap seats, you get to queue to pay for some cola. Is people’s ability to pay an indication of their likelihood to behave in a dangerous or criminal way with some alcohol in their blood?
This implication has always troubled me.
Alcohol, wherever it is sold, inevitably leads to over-indulgence and potentially dangerous behaviour, and requires strong stewarding, whether that is at a night club, or in the No. 7 restaurant. Scotland’s licenced premises have changed beyond recognition in recent decades. They are increasingly well-lit, family friendly and safe places to be. They now sell better beer too, but our nation’s problem with alcohol remains acute.
Society needs to be educated on how to use alcohol responsibly; good venues are part of the solution.
While we are on the subject of facilities at Celtic Park……. I go months without buying food or drink in the North Stand, Upper, for good reason. Last week (pestered by one of the boys), I left for the kiosk with 40 minutes on the clock, didn’t get served until the second half started, only to be told there were no hotdogs or pies left.
You know me, I’m not one to get angry at Celtic, but the sheer frustration pushed me over the top, and I didn’t have a drink! If you’re charging circa £4 for something that’s costing less than £1, make sure stock is sufficient. Have two people serving each side of the kiosk, not two on one side, with a single person making hardly a dent on the queue at the other.
Needed to get that off my chest.
The ‘news’ this morning that Rangers International are trying to sack commercial director, Imran Ahmad, is more curious for being news than in itself. Is it even possible for this news to be anything other than a leak from a director against another director? These newspaper people don’t do irony, they just take careful notes and go write up their story.
This whole episode is beginning to feel a bit like sitting out the back when the neighbours don’t realise their bedroom window is open. You can hear the noises and you looked up and caught a glance at something horrific looking. It’s something you’ll laugh about later with your friends but these people really need to acquire some dignity.
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Canamalar,
Where’ve you been?
Scores after round 2
12 Coatbrig-Mick
9 Celtic Soul Brother
9 Kayal 33
8 Ralston Row
7 The Spirit of Arthur Lee
6 DJBEE
6 greenyinfurrafenian
6 neveralone
5 man in a suitcase
5 praecepta
3 Stringer Bell
3 the long wait is over
1 joe_joe_john_bobby_teddy
Hell – that was crap!
Round 3 of 5: Celtic Picture Board
Name the Celts?
(2pts if you are first to answer Q correctly, 1pt if correct but not first. One submission only per round )
http://oi38.tinypic.com/125j6ee.jpg
Wet Friday night away game – clugged, pushed, shoved – GMS not for us.
I’m surprised so many respondents got that Ronnie Simpson/Olympics question wrong. The 1948 GB Olympic team, all amateurs in those days, included the teenage “Faither”.
TAP SIX??????????
It won’t last.
neveralone
how dae ye think ah feel..?
Moonbeams
Best of luck to your family,glass raised mhate,some mhan.
Edvaldsson
Gray
McLaughlin
Fulton
Makay
Payton
Shuggie Edvalsson
Stuart Gray
Brian McLaughlin
Simon Donnelly
Malky Mackay
Brian O’Neil
CM
Shuggie
Mclaughlin
Donnelly
Mckay
Falconer
shuggy
?
?
simon donnelly
alan stubbs
gerry creaney
Shug
Gray
Brian McLaughlin
Sid
Malky
Payton
MWD,
Reading back and saw your message from 19.37. I went through something similar a few years back. Happy ending for me and the missus.
CRC has my email address if you fancy a natter.
TGSC,
Sailing On….
Edvalson
Grey S
Makay
Mcglauchlin
Donnelly
Payton
Wrong order sorry!
Payton
1-shuggie
2-Brian mclaughlin
3-Whyte
4-no idea
5-Fulton
6-Payton
Edvaldsson
Gray
McLaughlin
Fulton
Makay
Payton
Erm
Gray
Nah
Donnelly
Mackay
JMiller
Shuggie
Stuart Grey
Brian McLaughlin
Simon Donnelly
Malky Mackay
Andy Peyton
MWD
Thoughts are with you. Been there…. lots of good lads on here were very supportive for me, and I’m sure would be there for you too, but I’m sure you know that already.
Hail Hail
1 shug
2 ?
3 wee brian
4 sid donnelly
5 o’donnell
6 creaney
1. Shuggie Edvalson, Joe Harper.
2. Paul Byrne
3. Brian McGlaughlin
4. Simon Donnelly
5. Tony Cascarino
6. Andy Payton
Apologies for arriving late.
Shuggie
Gray
Mclaughlin
Donnelly
Malky McKay
Payton
1.Shuggie
2.Diarmud O’Carroll
3.Brian McLaughlin
4.Donnelly
5.Malky McKay
6.Andy Payton
Answers to round 3
1) Big Shuggie
2) Stuart Gray
3) Brian McLaughlin
4) Simon Donnelly
5) Malky MacKay
6) Brian O’Neil
Scores after round 3
20 Coatbrig-Mick
17 Kayal 33
13 Celtic Soul Brother
11 neveralone
11 The Spirit of Arthur Lee
10 man in a suitcase
10 Ralston Row
9 DJBEE
9 greenyinfurrafenian
9 praecepta
8 Stringer Bell
6 joe_joe_john_bobby_teddy
5 the long wait is over
3 Doc is Neil Lennon
Break time. Start back 9:50 for final 2 rounds
HH
CRC
Sorry I will have to bow out -work calls unfortunately -thanks for your efforts once again
Within touching distance;-)
Ralston Row, can I buy your history for a pound?
Doc
That’ll get you arrested mate
CRC, that’s me on 13!
CB Mick are you really celticrollercoaster? ;-)
CRC that was a sneaky one – BO’N in no.9 shorts at Pittodrie?
Che, touching distance or buying history?
Both?
mwd
if and when you move give me a shout …men and vans at the ready.
been there.!!!!!!
hope to see you at the shinndig.
hail hail
Ralston Row do you work beside Coatbrig-Mick by any chance
stephbhoy
21:09 on
26 April, 2013
RobertTressell
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Loose change for Dermot. He could quite conceivably finance the hotel and a couple of bars/restaurants independently of the PLC. The hotel could be priced correctly with serious discount for SB holders. Visiting fans would stay at the hotel, which could provide a shuttle service into the city centre at a modest cost, if not free. A good example is Pacific Quay in Glasgow, curry house, chinese restaurant, Italian restaurant, Ben and Jerry’s, Nandos, etc. Get the city council on board promoting it as regeneration of the area.