Alcohol, poor facilities and dignity at Ibrox

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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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  1. My boyhood memory (and the urban dictionary) confirms that the term the Reviled One is trying to redefine is Ning Nong rather than Nig Nog. Disingenuous or what?

  2. Squire Danaher,

     

     

    I am in good form. Thank you.

     

     

    I am managing to fiddle the beer money out of the punting & that, for me, is more than enough. I can’t remember the last time I had a ‘serious’ bet. My form always seems to be better when I keep it moderate.

     

     

    Good Luck, whatever you are doing.

  3. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Self righteous indignation from the “me too” bullies.

     

    Not a word of protest about the disgusting language being used by some of Kojo`s detractors.

     

    And we have a laugh at the standards on F.F.

     

     

    Hypocrisy writ large.

  4. My dear,dear,dear,friend.. the Singing Detective.

     

     

    Ye dinna need tae tell me.. aboot the Joe McCarthy Deal..

     

     

     

    remember.. Ah wiz in Hollywood ,fur Years..

     

     

     

    Ah know that . ..Hollywood ,is still a Nest of .. Commies….

     

     

    It is rampant…

     

     

     

    Obama, who is no a Kick in the back side away from being a Card Carrying RED..

     

     

    ( His early life he was Schooled.. by auld time Commies… yes..they still exist..in the good old U.S…only. noo .. they hiv a Sympathizer.. in the big white hoose in Pennsylvania Avenue)

     

     

    Hollywood is Corrupt from the Bottom tae the top. but

     

     

    Maistly.. at the Bottum..if .. ye know whit Ah mean?

     

     

    Joe was right..

     

     

    But, naturally, as the U.S. press is in the Commin Camp..

     

     

    Joe is portrayed as a Bumbler and a Fool..

     

     

     

    There is No help fur that..

     

     

    They Control .. the Horizontal and the Vertical…

     

     

    Look…pal..

     

     

    Ah see the Good Old U.S. going intae the Dumpster..

     

     

    The American Folk.. The New Americans… here hiv Loast Thur Moral Compass..

     

     

    aided and abetted by Hollywood and the Media..

     

     

    of course..

     

     

    Yes.. America as Ah knew it..in the Sixties..Is slowly dying..

     

    and

     

     

    It is being replaced by a Bunch o’ Mixed up Kids… who don’t realize that

     

     

    Hedonism,is no the Light and the Way…

     

     

     

    Nowadays… it is . if it feel good .. DAE..IT

     

     

    IF wanna Kill A baby?

     

     

    Why go Ahead..

     

     

    Obama wull even.. Praise ye.. as well as Pey fur the Murder..

     

     

     

    that is only Hauf of whit is going oan here..

     

     

    Yep.. America..is doomed Ah tell ye..

     

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Still.. Laughin, though…

  5. Googy, if Kojo and TSD were different people one could follow the other, but they are one person talking to themselves, so…..

     

    Leave him to it.

     

     

    Follow is a good show though, scary.

  6. Just came in from a good night out,I wish I didn’t .my family 60 odds are in England for my grandsons christening on Sunday,I hope and pray it will be a great day,then I come on and read the filth that has been on here tonight,I despair,we are Celtic people ,bigots you know who you are GTF.

  7. Magnus

     

    00:00 on

     

    Ning Nong

     

     

    surely Spike Milligan.

     

     

    down where the ning nang, ning nong, bing bong ,

     

     

     

     

    and so on etc etc etc

  8. Magnus

     

     

    No way pal

     

     

    A NIG NOG is an old English SlangWord..

     

     

    It has No.. Derogatory Connatations to oor African Brothers..

     

     

    Sorry Pal…. but ye are jist wrang..

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Still…Laughin;

  9. Kojo

     

    Go and post on Hun sites where you belong.

     

    You will never know the truth of being a Celtic supporter.

  10. Crackin day/night today so, in the… aw feck it…

     

     

    A we singalong, everyone join in…..

     

     

    Kojo’s the Captain of our ship

     

    of our ship,

     

     

    Kojo’s the Captain of our ship

     

    of our ship,

     

     

    If the ship is a tanker then..

     

     

    Kojo is a…….Name that tune in one? ar ar ar!

     

     

    HowmanyblogsCSC

  11. Doc

     

     

    You are the Bigot pal..

     

     

    No Me..

     

     

    Ah am the sould of Tolerance..

     

     

     

    Look.

     

     

    Ye kin write wit ye like… Have a different opinion tae Me..

     

     

    HATE..yer Coffee wi’ Mulk..

     

     

    And..

     

     

    Ah still say…

     

     

    Go Ahead ,pal..

     

     

    Say, think, and Drink wit ye like

     

     

    A wullnae stoap Ye…

     

     

     

    Noo..

     

     

    Kin ye say the same things aboot yersel..

     

     

    No…sorry tae say..

     

     

    You jist Canny…

     

     

    Ergo.. Pal.

     

     

    YOU ARE THE BIGOT..oan here..

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Still.. Laughin

  12. Kojo….

     

     

    Isn’t It Great How Your Accusers….

     

     

    Are Constantly Dragging Up Ancient History……

     

     

    To Make Their Point …..Yet AGAIN….

     

     

    Livia’s Willing ‘Chorus Line’ Gals…..

     

     

    Whoopin’ It Up For A “Hootenanny Lynchin’ “….

     

     

    If Ah’m Not Mistaken…..

     

     

    I Must Say….I’ve Never Previously Heard Of This Term….NigNog…..

     

     

    Is It An Americanism….?

  13. Saint Stivs, That video of the 95 Final was brilliant. the pure emotion of the players is something you rarely see nowadays. Really really enjoyed it brought back fond memories, shed a few tears myself watching it and not all cos of the Football. Anyhow tomorrow is another day and another match. Looking forward to it now.

  14. To all the cqnrs who had a fantastic day and night. ..

     

     

    I loved your company. .. your spirit. . Your celticness ;)

     

     

    Met some new faces… old faces … and well Kent faces

     

    Each and every one a real celt and someone I would stand up for

     

     

    Im proud to stand with you all … let the people sing… ignore the dross… our day will come

  15. doc is neil lennon

     

     

     

     

    I do not believe they are the same person but they may as well be.

     

     

    You are right I normally scroll by. I have asked Kojo questions in the past he has rarely answered.

     

     

    No more no Nae never Nae more.

  16. Fanadpatriot

     

     

    Pal.. you keep pittin them up.

     

     

    And

     

     

     

    Ah wull Keep Knocking them Doon

     

     

    Fur

     

     

    It is YOU who are the Bigot..

     

     

    Fur Godot’s Sake.. read WHIT ye hiv jist written aboot Me!

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Still…Laughin

  17. MooooonTheHoops on

    Kojo 00:02 on 28 April, 2013

     

     

    IF wanna Kill A baby?

     

     

    Why go Ahead..

     

     

    Obama wull even.. Praise ye.. as well as Pey fur the Murder..

     

    ______________________________________________________

     

     

    So you’re saying that President Obama is complicit in murdering children now?!

     

    You are out of your mind.

  18. The only thin that whatshisusername ever done to me was repetitve damage to my scrolling finger. Been on here for years and scrolled past everry single one of his posts.No time for them.

  19. Gordon64

     

     

    It must be great..

     

     

    Accusing a guy of Being a Racist…

     

     

     

    How do you come by that accusation..

     

     

    Enlighten Me

     

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Still Laughin

  20. corkcelt

     

    00:09 on

     

    28 April, 2013

     

     

     

    i like your honesty bud, about why your a celtic fan, and even in ireland its hard to be so.

     

    that memory of 95 was brilliant, your parents. that desperation of being yourself alone.

     

    sinn fein ,

     

    if i may.

  21. Wow, Kojo makes a post, TSD backs him up, schockeerooni,

     

    We used to chat about football, they were interesting chats, then I watched and realised there wasn’t only you, there was you and others, but they were you.

     

    Calling me a bigot doesn’t make it so, your posts show you are, jog on chief, you’re boring me.

  22. kojo

     

     

    00:06 on 28 April, 2013

     

    Magnus

     

     

    No way pal

     

     

    A NIG NOG is an old English SlangWord..

     

     

    It has No.. Derogatory Connatations to oor African Brothers..

     

     

    Sorry Pal…. but ye are jist wrang..

     

     

     

    Diligent research will persuade you that you yourself are “wrang”.

     

    But I expect you to continue in your “wrangness” nevertheless.

  23. I might be wrong, but I’ve got a feeling some people might have been drinking tonight, pmsl hilarious.

     

     

    Kojo, the fisherman has caught a few tonight.

  24. Me personally love the Celtic and love this site love people’s different views on life. Long may it continue. Politics are not for here, so if anyone wants to talk PIS# OOTSIDE noo. Offooot.pished.

  25. DJBEE

     

     

    Pal..

     

     

    Why dae ye feel the Ye hiv tae tell the World that Ye hiv no Time fur Ma Postings??

     

     

    Whit kinda Hang up is that?

     

     

    An am sure … Dr. Freud wid Know..

     

     

    But.. Ah kin tell ye that Ah sointenlyh dinnae..

     

     

     

    Listen

     

     

    Ah could go oan .. all day.. the morrow and fur the rest of Ma Life

     

     

    Withoout

     

     

    Takin gthe Time. oan Here.

     

     

    Tae Tell.. all and Sundry…

     

     

    that Ah dinna Like a Sointen Guy’s Postings..

     

     

    But..it seems that You hiv not the slightest of qualms in doing the very thing..

     

     

    Puzzling??

     

     

    Whit’s Ails ye ,pal.. Whit’s the Maitter??

     

     

    Wi ye..

     

     

    Ach..

     

     

    Ye wull never tell me..

     

     

    That..pal. is whit is Wrang wi ye..

     

     

    Ye jis wanna Hurt somebuddy..and well.. that is the wey ye go aboot it..

     

     

     

    And don’t argue.. ye are writing that stuff tae impose

     

     

    Hurt..

     

     

    My, My…

     

     

    Ah am the opposite.. Ah dinna want tae Hurt somebuddy..

     

     

     

    Ah jist tell the truth….

     

     

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Still..Laughin;

  26. Saint Stiv, well Sinn Fein stands for ourselves alone, joined there when I was 16. Its funny thinking back but there was very little outlets for meeting fellow Supporters back then. There were very few games on Telly over here, there was only Telefis Eireann and you weren’t even guaranteed they would show the Cup Final. That game marked a turning point in my Celtic Life and I remember the day as if it were yesterday.

  27. THE EXILED TIM, 19:44

     

    Just back.

     

    Good call.

     

    That is exactly what we are hoping for (though of course Craigy being Craigy we must wait and see)

  28. Kojo

     

    Read my post again,I never mention you by name,I said “bigots you know who you are GTF.”

     

    You have replied “read what you have written about me ” You have just admitted what you are.

     

    I do not wish to be associated with you in any way.

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