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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quonno
14:52 on 8 September, 2014
Richie #TeamOscarForever
14:51 on
8 September, 2014
Too many cheeky b’s around.
If you can’t say something to someone’s face than don’t say it on a blog. Especially if you’re not even using your real name.
It’s not big or clever.
Physician heal thyself.
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I use that phrase (cheeky b) all the time
Davidopoulos
I wouldn’t bet on anything you read in here. God…a banana?
If the debate is about the NHS in Scotland, you need to understand the mechanism of the Barnett formula, and the impact on Scottish Government funding of changes to spending in England and the UK more widely, particularly in the age of “Austerity”.
If the debate is about NHS in England, you need to understand the new operating framework introduced by the Health & Social Care Act 2012, particularly the launch of local CCGs, and the advent of the AQP era.
The intention of the latter (H&SCA) is to introduce more cost competition in the NHS in England, thus reducing (in principle) the budget draw. This is compounded by a statutory requirement for CCGs to operate at a surplus – that is, not spend all the budget they get.
There are those who posit that if H&SCA works, NHS England will have a reduced budget (because services are commissioned at a reduced cost), which combined with other budget reductions across UK generally (cf Austerity) will have a direct impact on Scottish Government funding via Barnett.
In any event, the Scottish Government’s budget is fixed under Barnett as a proportion of the UK budget as a whole, and since NHS Scotland is funded entirely Scottish Government, UK spending places a limit on what is available to be spent on any given service, NHS or otherwise.
Of course, you don’t need to understand any of this to get a good bit of gum bumping action on the blog. In fact, when it comes to gum bumping, forget the above and get with the gums.
quonno
“Physician heal thyself.”
The Glasgow version is:-
“Stitch that, Doc!”
Ernie
are your script writers trying to come up with something?
C’mon man. answer a question.
Are bananas straight?
there’s an easy one for you.
MWD says AYE
Are bananas gay?
Celtic woman didn’t do too well :-(
Scottish Women’s Premier League
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Lennoxtown
Celtic 0
Rangers 4
ALTHOUGH the game was fairly evenly balanced in terms of possession and chances created, it was Celtic who were left disappointed at the end of the game, having conceded four goals without reply.
The away side started very brightly, pushing forward with quick passing movements and forced Celtic back towards their own goal. However, solid, unflustered defensive work by Rafferty and Craig at the heart of the Hoops defence and tireless, intelligent interventions by Clark in front of them prevented any threatening attempts at goal.
As the game settled into a pattern, Celtic began to have more of the ball, with Arthur looking lively on the left wing, while Grant – regaining her fitness by the week – kept the Rangers central defenders fully occupied. On the other side, Harrison was always willing to run with the ball, but was well-policed by the defenders.
Neither keeper was particularly troubled for the first half hour, although one shot from Arthur from outside the box stung Ramsay’s hands before flying to safety.
During this time Rangers had a slight edge in possession, with Sneddon and Ross prominent and effective in linking Rangers’ midfield. Just before the interval Rangers found the net when Cunningham drove home a shot after a fine save by keeper Fay.
When the teams resumed for the second period, no-one could have confidently predicted the winner, but this all changed within minutes of the restart when Mulvey eluded the Celtic defence to put her team into a more comfortable lead with a lofted shot into the far corner. Fay did get a hand to it but was unable to steer the ball clear.
With 20 minutes left Mulvey put the game beyond Celtic when a loose ball sat up kindly for her and her searing shot hit the net in a flash. The scoring was completed by Cuthbert in 75 minutes.
Despite the scoreline, Celtic’s best players were in defence, although, as always, Richards, Grant and Harrison worked extremely hard to turn things in the Hoops’ favour. However most of Celtic’s attacking moves were solo runs and the Rangers defenders were not fully tested.
CELTIC: Fay, Jones (McBrearty 38), Rafferty (O’Neill 63), Craig, Sjoman, Brownlie, Clark, Richards, Harrison (Sinclair 75), Grant (McManus 75), Arthur. Sub not used Hamilton
How will the Barnett fomula impact on baldies and those who wear wigs?
Syd Negakev
14:49 on 8 September, 2014
This site is just one small section of a small section of the Scottish people so I wouldn’t base any forecasts on what goes on in here.
It surely is a divisive issue though. Sooner it’s all over the better.
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Oh, so now I should dismantle my banana shrine?
I just can’t keep up.
Syd Negakev
Wrong post of yours I quoted but you know what I mean.
ernie lynch
13:49 on 8 September, 2014
I think if I was going to quote an economist to support my case I wouldn’t choose Paul Krugman given his track record on predictions.
On the Euro
– April 29, 2010: “Is the euro itself in danger? In a word, yes. If European leaders don’t start acting much more forcefully, providing Greece with enough help to avoid the worst, a chain reaction that starts with a Greek default and ends up wreaking much wider havoc looks all too possible.”
– May 6, 2010: “Many observers now expect the Greek tragedy to end in default; I’m increasingly convinced that they’re too optimistic, that default will be accompanied or followed by departure from the euro.”
– September 11, 2011: “the euro is now at risk of collapse. … the common European currency itself is under existential threat.”
– October 23, 2011: “[the] monetary system … has turned into a deadly trap. … it’s looking more and more as if the euro system is doomed.”
– November 10, 2011: “This is the way the euro ends … Not long ago, European leaders were insisting that Greece could and should stay on the euro while paying its debts in full. Now, with Italy falling off a cliff, it’s hard to see how the euro can survive at all.”
– March 11, 2012: “Greece and Ireland … had and have no good alternatives short of leaving the euro, an extreme step that, realistically, their leaders cannot take until all other options have failed – a state of affairs that, if you ask me, Greece is rapidly approaching.”
– April 15, 2012: “What is the alternative? … Exit from the euro, and restoration of national currencies. You may say that this is inconceivable, and it would indeed be a hugely disruptive event both economically and politically. But continuing on the present course, imposing ever-harsher austerity on countries that are already suffering Depression-era unemployment, is what’s truly inconceivable.”
– May 6, 2012: “One answer – an answer that makes more sense than almost anyone in Europe is willing to admit – would be to break up the euro, Europe’s common currency. Europe wouldn’t be in this fix if Greece still had its drachma, Spain its peseta, Ireland its punt, and so on, because Greece and Spain would have what they now lack: a quick way to restore cost-competitiveness and boost exports, namely devaluation.”
– May 17, 2012: “Apocalypse Fairly Soon … Suddenly, it has become easy to see how the euro – that grand, flawed experiment in monetary union without political union – could come apart at the seams. We’re not talking about a distant prospect, either. Things could fall apart with stunning speed, in a matter of months.”
-June 10, 2012: “utter catastrophe may be just around the corner.”
– July 29, 2012: “Will the euro really be saved? That remains very much in doubt.”
On how to get America out of the post dot net bubble recession:
– August 2, 2002: “To fight this recession the Fed needs…soaring household spending to offset moribund business investment. Alan Greenspan needs to create a housing bubble to replace the Nasdaq bubble.”
Mystic Meg he ain’t, and I think you will find many people believe Krugman lies and has been caught doing so.
Richie.
I took your recommendation and booked the Mercure,I’ve never seen that hotel before and I’m forever looking at Hotels for games with evening kick-offs,looks quite a nice place. also Cancelled my visit to the Carlton George.
Moonbeams WD. Wee Oscar’s our Bhoy and Kano’s our mhan.
14:48 on 8 September, 2014
‘Has the increase in the English NHS been a real term increase or not. ie. has the increase covered the increased costs of running the NHS year on year this last 3 years?’
I don’t know what you mean by ‘the increased costs of running the NHS’
Do you mean the rate of inflation?
There’s various facts and figures kicked around here.
http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-scotlands-nhs-threat-westminster/18821
None of it suggests the Tories are going to abolish the NHS. They might change how the service is delivered, to bring it more into line with the way the GP service works, but the budget is safe.
And I don’t see any evidence of a clamour by the English public to abolish the service.
As for this
‘I take your silence to mean you are not able to provide information or knowledge of a single benefit to the Scottish people that is better than that we have now or of equal benefit to anything offerred to us if we vote Yes.’
I can’t answer it, because I’ve no idea what you’re asking. It’s unintelligible.
A royal baby
Who gives a schite
Royal correspondents
really get on my tits
Telling fairytale style storys
Richie
Was waiting on that!!
Sheik Yerbouti
15:08 on 8 September, 2014
A royal baby
Who gives a schite
Royal correspondents
really get on my tits
Telling fairytale style storys
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*Davidopoulos clicks his fingers and says “Yeah” as if at a beatnik poetry reading*
Another Royalist beggar on the way.???
Baldies will be better off, but the new tax on Toupé transfers will be a blow to the Wig Industry.
Will there ever be a time when CQN posters can post about Glasgow Celtic? You know that football team that plays in the East End of Glasgow :<(
The Battered Bunnet
15:00 on 8 September, 2014
Is it a bit simplistic to say that the NHS reforms in England are intended to make the entire NHS run on the same basis as the GP service has been run all along?
nctim
15:13 on 8 September, 2014
Will there ever be a time when CQN posters can post about Glasgow Celtic? You know that football team that plays in the East End of Glasgow :<(
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Who? What now?
Ritchie
I was hoping Ernie’s script writers would come up with that. You ruined it for them :(
MWD says AYE :-)))
Cheers Por Cierto. Tough to find your reply amongst the spam. I fear some seeking football-related chat may be taking a break.
I see what you’re saying. Although with a less attractive (!) product on the pitch, what will happen to attendances… hence income… hence the affordability question once again.
Oh well, we’ll just have to wait & see. Rather them than us.
Syd Negakev
Talking about Fyffedom etc
Charlotte based Chiquita Bananas are in talks with Fyffes of Ireland and an unknown Brazilian banana mob…
..To buy them out/merge…
Need to say Haw Chiquita instead of Haw Hen soon..
Finance Trivia CSC
Richie #TeamOscarForever
So, what do you say about a YES vote removing Scotland from the EU?
TBB
what is technique for a swallowed tongue.
I am my boys 1st aider this year and cant remember that one.
Looked in my notes nothing.
Not enjoying it as the last guy did it for years was very good at it
but as usual when I said I would do it if nobody else did I was
as good as sealed in the job.
Did I ever tell you about the time Joe Miller was standing in an offside position on the touchline, I shouted to him to get back onside & I’m sure he heard me. The he got the ball, crossed & Gerry Creaney scored? I’m claiming an assist for that one.
Ernie
thank you for your attempt at answering there.
I’ll try and simplify.
Increased costs = energy bills, pay rises for nurses, doctors, executives, paying private medical firms to provide servies etc. etc. etc.
Your script writes are not very good.
But can you substantiate whether the increase spend you keep pushing is in REAL terms or NOT?
I’m not looking for a link for me to rattle about through. I am asking you a specific question and it would be nice if you could substantiate it.
MWD
Had Scotland won last night, presumably a Yes vote would now be a foregone conclusion ?
jc2
15:17 on 8 September, 2014
TBB
what is technique for a swallowed tongue.
I am my boys 1st aider this year and cant remember that one.
Looked in my notes nothing.
Not enjoying it as the last guy did it for years was very good at it
but as usual when I said I would do it if nobody else did I was
as good as sealed in the job.
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jc2 is actually a paramedic attending an emergency right now, so if someone could answer sharpish that would be good… ;)
RWE
Brazilian banana mobs bring it all on themselves.
Was beaten up by a banana once..actually it was a bunch of them.
Did Edgar davids use the Barnet formula to decide his latest club?
Tom Molach
“I think if I was going to quote an economist to support my case I wouldn’t choose Paul Krugman given his track record on predictions.”
“Mystic Meg he ain’t, and I think you will find many people believe Krugman lies and has been caught doing so.”
Have you seen Alex Salmond’s record on Euro yes/no? And his recommendation on who’s financial templates Scotland should follow?
He’d fess up to this being a fine upstanding purveyor of truth………of course.
Paul 67
Hope they have a charity game like that every year.
Great day out yesterday.
Bawsman
14:30 on 8 September, 2014
Bawsman 1430
If Scotland had been independent during the banking crash, what would have been the outcome?
The banking crash was largely caused by greedy bankers in the City of London, along with their co-conspirators in New York, who oversold unaffordable mortgages to working-class people aspiring to better themselves, with the sole aim of increasing their already over-inflated profits.
Stability x2
The Barnett Formula is E = mc²
where E = English basturks, and m= moaning and c is constant
The Scots invented quantum Physics but the English stole it.
Friesdorfer………………I’m aware of the cause (though the cause was more USA than London IMO)……..but my question was……. If Scotland had been independent during the banking crash, what would have been the outcome?
stevietar
What game was that??