The sun shone, McStay’s Maestro’s ‘Celtic’ won from being two goals down and 25,000 people contributed to War Child, Unicef and the Rio Ferdinand Foundation. Yesterday was another defining yardstick on the Celtic journey.
Getting the balance of these games right, in order to provide an actual ‘match’, is difficult, but the two sides managed it. There were fewer Directioners there to see Louis Tomlinson than last year, but their contribution to the causes was still welcome.
Frank McAvennie scored a classic Macca goal. Hollywood A-lister James McAvoy converted a penalty kick and looked as happy as you or I would in the circumstances. We’re going to struggle when Tom Boyd retired from the Legends game. Simon Donnelly and Bobby Petta looked like they could still do a job in the pro game, but special mention has to go to Gary Tank Commander (Greg McHugh). The words “Nice, Lubo”, left my lips as I mistook Greg for someone else after a deft piece of skill. Don’t ask me to explain.
It wasn’t football as you know it, but it was Celtic supporters doing what they do best – helping those in need.
All this came a day after the Paradise to Cardenden Cycle 2014, when a group of fans cycled from Celtic Park to John Thomson’s grave for the Celtic FC Foundation.
The Foundation is not the club, it is you, me and thousands like us who believe Celtic is something greater. It works in four arenas:
Health
Equality
Learning
Poverty
There’s no obligation for Celtic fans to get involved, or to cherish any of the above, but I know many of us get a whole lot more out of Celtic by anchoring to these principles.
There’s a sense that we’ll see a new Celtic on Saturday. Looking forward to it immensely.
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I see Luton Airport has just reopened. :-)
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
ernie lynch
18:59 on 8 September, 2014
GerryBhoy
18:57 on 8 September, 2014
Dear Fred…
Yours for Scotland
Alex Salmond
$$$$$$
and that’s supposed to be an answer to the many questions I have put to you? ‘fraid not.
Weefra,
Me tae.HH
leftclicktic
18:41 on
8 September, 2014
Neustadt-Braw
https://twitter.com/dreurovision/status/509001390254206977/photo/1
:)))
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thankyou for relieving my consternation! ….braw
Me tae!!
Me Tae
Thanks guys I passed the info over
HH
MWD
Is it a choice of the lesser of two evils?
Bail out in case there is another crash or stick with bus and try and steer it to a more stable environment?
I was interested in how Iceland has coped with the crash in 2008 in case there were lessons to be learned there.
I came across this article
http://m.spiegel.de/international/europe/a-942387.html#spRedirectedFrom=www&referrrer=
which suggests Iceland is rather unique but if you like fish and f’ing it’s the way to go.
Neustadt-Braw
19:05 on
8 September, 2014
leftclicktic
18:41 on
8 September, 2014
Neustadt-Braw
https://twitter.com/dreurovision/status/509001390254206977/photo/1
:)))
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thankyou for relieving my consternation! ….braw
The auld wans are the best. Did she give him her real name?
whitedoghunch,
Could you post the link?
I’m amazed there are actual Celtic Supporters on this blog. Hahahahaha Only kiddin’. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
dis a bridie coont Weefra? …….a “metae” triangular pastry delight!
braw
Ernie- knew you’d say something like that! ;-)
The Scottish people will decide the timescale. His “once in a lifetime” quote is merely conveying the enormity of the occasion.
Quick thought- if Gordon Brown was delivering a speech in favour of Independence you would be on here wetting yourself with the amount of ammunition you could use against him and separation.
But the boot is on the other foot here, Ernie. You worried?
Dexter
19:03 on 8 September, 2014
‘salmon will avoid Scottish rivers as they swim to the rest of the Empire.’
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I’m not a fisherman but I occasionally drink with some who are, and according to them salmon already ‘avoid’ rivers on the western seaboard, apparently because of the sea lice they’re infested with on their migratory route which takes them past the fish farms on the west coast.
They blame Salmond for failing to control the fish farm industry.
Just sayin’.
WeefratheTim
19:11 on
8 September, 2014
I’m amazed there are actual Celtic Supporters on this blog. Hahahahaha Only kiddin’. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Nevee knew an Irish family that didn’t enjoy a good arguement.
WeefratheTim
19:11 on
8 September, 2014
I’m amazed there are actual Celtic Supporters on this blog. Hahahahaha Only kiddin’. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Never knew an Irish family that didn’t enjoy a good arguement.
Weefra
Lookin forward to seein the Weefra young team :))
Then the Celtic team on Saturday.
Weefra
Me tae
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Awe Naw
I’m think it’s 13 letters max per line but not certain
braw
Your as daft as a brush. :-) There’s only wan pieman in in our treasured land. :-))))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Art of War
19:11 on 8 September, 2014
‘Ernie- knew you’d say something like that! ;-)
The Scottish people will decide the timescale. His “once in a lifetime” quote is merely conveying the enormity of the occasion.’
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Ah, right. Is that what it is?
I suppose it will be a bit like his ‘ah huv, goat a legal opinion saying we’ll stay in the eu, no A’m no showing you it, beat it’ quote which turned out he’d only said ‘in terms of the debate.’
And wasn’t actually true at all.
Was it?
Come all of you workers who toil night and day
By hand and by brain to earn your pay
Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread
Have bled for your countries and counted your dead
In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
We’ve often been told to keep up with the times
For our skills are not needed, they’ve streamlined the job
And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed
But when the sky darkens and the prospect is war
Who’s given a gun and then pushed to the fore
And expected to die for the land of our birth
When we’ve never owned one handful of earth?
We’re the first ones to starve the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
And always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat’s about
All of these things the worker has done
From tilling the fields to carrying the gun
We’ve been yoked to the plough since time first began
And always expected to carry the can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrdl4ijru8o&list=RDnrdl4ijru8o#t=0
quonno
Me neither. An empty hoose springs to mind. Lol.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Me tae in Italian is “anch’io.”
!!!!!
HH!!
DD
Wooooohooooo, the sooner the friggin better. Soooooo looking forward to all meeting up again. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Sipsini, hope all goes well for the young fella tomorrow. Tell him I said to get wired in.
HH
Senga from the scheme on bbc1.
Quick tune in.
She will be going to the ice cream van soon
tallybhoy
Every day’s a school day on this, supposed, Celtic blog. :-) Cheers for that. :-)
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Roch the win i the clear day’s dawin
Blaws the clouds heilster-gowdie owre the bay
But thair’s mair nor a roch win blawin
Thro the Great Glen o the warl the day
It’s a thocht that wad gar our rottans
Aa thae rogues that gang gallus fresh an gay
Tak the road an seek ither loanins
Wi thair ill-ploys tae sport an play
Nae mair will our bonnie callants
Merch tae war whan our braggarts crousely craw
Nor wee weans frae pitheid an clachan
Murn the ships sailin doun the Broomielaw
Broken faimilies in launs we’ve hairriet
Will curse ‘Scotlan the Brave’ nae mair, nae mair
Black an white ane-til-ither mairriet
Mak the vile barracks o thair maisters bare
Sae come aa ye at hame wi freedom
Never heed whit the houdies croak for Doom
In yer hous aa the bairns o Aidam
Will fin breid, barley-bree an paintit room
Whan MacLean meets wi’s friens in Springburn
Aa thae roses an geeans will turn tae blume
An a black laud frae yont Nyanga
Dings the fell gallows o the burghers doun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nLGKFTH5sw
Roch the win i the clear day’s dawin
Blaws the clouds heilster-gowdie owre the bay
But thair’s mair nor a roch win blawin
Thro the Great Glen o the warl the day
It’s a rough wind in the clear day’s dawning
Blows the clouds head-over-heels across the bay
But there’s more than a rough wind blowing
Through the Great Glen of the world today
the Great Glen is the rift valley which runs diagonally across Scotland, roughly separating Highland and Lowland Scotland, and is used here as a symbol of division, inequality, racism, exploitation and prejudice
It’s a thocht that wad gar our rottans
It’s a thought that would make our rodents,
in this context “rottans” can also be interpreted as “vermin”; it is a reference to opportunists, exploiters
Aa thae rogues that gang gallus fresh an gay
Tak the road an seek ither loanins
Wi thair ill-ploys tae sport an play
All those rogues who strut and swagger,
Take the road and seek other pastures
To carry out their wicked schemes
Nae mair will our bonnie callants
Merch tae war whan our braggarts crousely craw
No more will our fine young men
March to war at the behest of jingoists and imperialists
“crousely craw” has echoes of the carrion crow, the scavenger; these two lines are refering to the number of young Scots who joined the British Army out of dire economic necessity and were sent to colonised nations to do unto them what had previously been done unto us
Nor wee weans frae pitheid an clachan
Murn the ships sailin doun the Broomielaw
Nor will young children from mining communities and rural hamlets
Mourn the ships sailing off down the River Clyde
this reference to “ships sailing” carries a double image, that of the emigrant ships and also of warships. The images of mining and rural communities are used to bring together industrial and rural Scotland as one.
Broken faimilies in launs we’ve hairriet
Will curse “Scotlan the Brave” nae mair, nae mair
Broken families in lands we’ve helped to oppress
will never again have reason to curse the sound of advancing Scots
here “Scotland the Brave” refers to the sound of bagpipes announcing the arrival of Scots troops, a sound which came to be feared throughout the British Empire
Black an white ane-til-ither mairriet
Mak the vile barracks o thair maisters bare
Black and white, united in friendship and marriage,
Will result in the military garrisons being adandoned and empty
i.e., will bring an end to Imperialism.
Sae come aa ye at hame wi freedom
So come all you who love freedom
“at hame wi”, literally “at home with” can have several meanings in this context – who live with, who love, who already have
Never heed whit the houdies croak for Doom
Pay no attention to the prophets of doom
the “houdie” is another reference to the carrion crow
In yer hous aa the bairns o Aidam
Will fin breid, barley-bree an paintit room
In your house all the children of Adam
Will be welcomed with food, drink and hospitality
the unwritten laws of hospitality are historically sacred to the Scots
Whan MacLean meets wi’s friens in Springburn
When the spirit of John MacLean returns to his people
John MacLean, Glasgow schoolteacher and anti-imperialist
Aa thae roses an geeans will turn tae blume
An a black laud frae yont Nyanga
Dings the fell gallows o the burghers doun.
All the flowers will blossom
And black Africa will bring crashing down
All Imperialism’s dreadful apparatus of oppression
“dings doun”, literally “tears down”
All this YES/NO nonsense and us with another breadsnapper to keep.
Anyone any news on Kris Commons contract talks?
ernie lynch
You do realise how desperate you are becoming…………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDNtqy0zjJA
Me tae. See yae Seterday
Awerabest PJ
me tae
Aint it great to be talking about Celtic again? Answers on a postca…. Naw, oan here. :-))))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
papa
Yip, so looking forward to it. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Weefra………….may the rain fall gently on your fields ……..regards to the boss :)
braw
big time
The prime minister of great Britain can’t defend his union, sends up Gordon Brown – haw haw haw.
Vote Yes.
The other mob are a joke