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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Moonbeams WD. Wee Oscar’s our Bhoy and Kano’s our mhan.
15:17 on 8 September, 2014
Let’s cut to the chase.
The nats tell us the Tories will abolish the NHS.
To save the NHS in Scotland we must leave the UK.
Since they’ve been in office the Tories, who the nats tell us are intent on abolishing the NHS, have increased spending on it.
The English public rely on the NHS.
Just like people in Scotland.
They won’t elect a party that is going to abolish the NHS.
They wouldn’t re elect a party that did abolish the NHS.
Your nat scare story is a piece of nonsense.
International weeks stink the place out.
Roll on Saturday.
Friesdorfer
15:23 on 8 September, 2014
Bawsman
14:30 on 8 September, 2014
‘The banking crash was largely caused by greedy bankers in the City of London, along with their co-conspirators in New York,’
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Fred the Shred not involved then?
last day even lurking for me. What a bore fest !!!!!!
Good afternoon all
Sorry if posted earlier…………………..
@CelticNewsNow: #Celtic Fans Set For Panic As New Signing John Guidetti Suffers Training Injury http://t.co/12riBAgPs1 #TalkingBaws
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Ernie
Dunno dear fellow. The act serves to make NHS service provision more accessible to private providers, such provision commissioned by GP led CCGs. GPs, being essentially private sector, could be identified as trail blazers in this respect as you suggest.
The motivation for opening access to private sector providers is not explicit, but seems bound up in the apparent reality that there’s money to be made, combined with the equally apparent reality that health care costs are unsustainable given population demographics.
Is the current GP service model a good one for GP services?
Does the answer to that make it applicable/inapplicable to Ophthalmology or Obstetrics?
Beats me.
mrs j’s cousin a good Celtic man past away last night. A few years ago he took his daughter to her first game and at h/t he went to the toilet on the way back he saw his daughters face on the big screen. She’d just won 5 thou on the raffle..
RIP Davie!!! YNWA
jc2
You need a refresher course!!!
Burgas Hoops
15:32 on 8 September, 2014
last day even lurking for me. What a bore fest !!!!!!
Be fair.
It’s a once in a lifetime event.
ernie lynch
14:38 on 8 September, 2014
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Thank you for at least attempting to answer the question.
I think that what you’re trying to say is that the budgets have increased year on year but by less than inflation.
The NHS Budget may have increased year on year, but that is not translated into service delivery at the point of need. It is simply transferred into profit for the Primary Care Trusts who “buy-in targetted services” and only deliver to the lowest common denominator. And, as has already been said, any surplus will be clawed-back to central government leading in turn to reduced future budgets and even worse service delivery. Not for me, thanks.
weefrathetim
15:33 on 8 September, 2014
Good afternoon all
Sorry if posted earlier…………………..
@CelticNewsNow: #Celtic Fans Set For Panic As New Signing John Guidetti Suffers Training Injury http://t.co/12riBAgPs1 #TalkingBaws
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
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Apparently, if Scotland votes yes then Guidetti’s ankle is broken. Really badly.
jude
RIP Davie. So sad.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
David Somers, Graham Wallace, Norman Crichton, Philip Nash, James Easdale and Sandy Easdale have six weeks to save Rangers and Scottish football. (Daily Record)
To save scottish football !!!!!
This is on the bbc website today
Wow !!
Dexter
I liked that one lol.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
ernie lynch
15:29 on
8 September, 2014
Some would argue that by removing responsibility for providing a health service from the Government that it’s been abolished already.
That it’s no longer a sovereign industry and is fully open to free marketeering under TTIP is also causing alarm. Not least among people currently working in the NHS.
I would no more guarantee that it’ll be fully privatised in England than I would that voting Yes will ensure that it isn’t here. However the foundations are in place for the former, and even if there’s no guarantee of with the latter, it’s a better starting point.
WeefratheTim
15:33 on
8 September, 2014
Good afternoon all
Sorry if posted earlier…………………..
@CelticNewsNow: #Celtic Fans Set For Panic As New Signing John Guidetti Suffers Training Injury http://t.co/12riBAgPs1 #TalkingBaws
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Hmm, strange how new players often start off with an injury of some sort. Being cynical, I would think it’s to give them a little time to organise affairs etc.
Hope it isn’t serious anyway. Looking forward to seeing him and the other new guys.
This place has gone totally nuts.
Ive just read a self proclaimed socialist championing the tories as gaurdians of the NHS.
Bonkers
Bawsman
15:28 on 8 September, 2014
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?
ernie lynch
15:31 on 8 September, 2014
Friesdorfer
15:23 on 8 September, 2014
Bawsman
14:30 on 8 September, 2014
‘The banking crash was largely caused by greedy bankers in the City of London, along with their co-conspirators in New York,’
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Fred the Shred not involved then?
Bawsman
The point is moot. We were not independent then, so it doesn’t arise. If it happens in the future, well that is another question entirely – to which I don’t necessarily have the answer.
Ernie
The banks were controlled by the City of London, regardless of Fred the Shred.
Right, I’m so bored of this now that I’m going to do my work’s online Code of Conduct training (4 days before the deadline for doing it!!!)
Do you see what you are all doing to me?
Friesdorfer
15:36 on 8 September, 2014
And when do you predict the budgets will start to decline, because it hasn’t happened yet.
And how long do you think it will be before the NHS in England is destroyed?
Because I tell you what worries me.
There’s a yes vote.
The NHS in England is destroyed.
Then 60 million of them. 60 MILLION English basturts move up here just to go to hospital.
And don’t try to tell me it won’t happen. It will. You know it will. There’ll be English basturts everywhere.
syd
Me too. I meant to apologise for posting about football on a referendum blog. : -))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Clink
He proclaimed to be a Socialist thats the difference??
WeefratheTim
I’m sure your apology will be accepted as long as you promise not to do it again. :-)
Ernie
Aye, one of your better responses I must say!
5-10 years.
It won’t matter, as Milliband will be in power…, there will be border guards and they wullnae get in.
Clink\o/
15:45 on 8 September, 2014
‘This place has gone totally nuts.
Ive just read a self proclaimed socialist championing the tories as gaurdians of the NHS.
Bonkers’
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The Tories won’t abolish the NHS because it would be political suicide for them to try to do so.
No one. Not even those English basturts would vote for them.
That’s why the budget has been maintained.
That’s the point.
I’m sorry it went over your head.
TBB
Head tilt Chin lift ??
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/……..
Some irrelevant league game vs Aberdeen, way back in the sack-the-board / jungle days. If memory serves me well, which it invariably doesn’t. I *do* remember standing pitch-side & hearing the leather of the ball smack of the players’ boots – the thunder was most definately missing, but I wasn’t.
And I’m sorry to hear of your loss.
What’s that? Another royal on the way?
Dig deeper fholks.
jc2
That’s the one. Quite an odd experience doing it ‘live’ for the first time. Remarkably straight forward and effective. Happily.
Afternoon all,
Anybody tell me what time the Celtic chat starts?
Friesdorfer
We were asked by the yes to say ONE thing that the Union offered that an Independent Scotland couldn’t offer.
I (along with others) stated STABILITY, citing the fact that if we had an independent Scotland at the time of the crash we would have been wistfully dreaming about having a financial situation experienced in Iceland and Ireland as something to aim for on the way up from the bowels of doom.
“The point is moot. We were not independent then” is a very poor comeback mate.
If it were based on my heart and the campaigns run I would vote Aye… But as I’m voting with my big massive brainy heid.. It’s a NAW from me..!
jungle parrot
15:38 on 8 September, 2014
‘David Somers, Graham Wallace, Norman Crichton, Philip Nash, James Easdale and Sandy Easdale have six weeks to save Rangers and Scottish football. (Daily Record)’
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Cultural hegemony, innit?
Where the interests of one class( the ruling class) are regarded as the interests of society as a whole.
Just substitute huns for ruling class and Scottish football for society as a whole and it explains it.
fieldofdrams
15:56 on
8 September, 2014
Afternoon all,
Anybody tell me what time the Celtic chat starts?
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I’ve twice suggested a politics truce……………..as one of the guilty protagonists I would 100% abide by a truce if the YES guys do likewise, I only rise to challenge their guff :-)
Paul 67
Can you stop posting off topic articles on CQN … No Celtic or football – Referendum posts only
stevietar
Ta for that. Them were the days eh? The days when you cld take a decent carry oot in?
H H
Jude
I thought the Proclaimers were voting yes
Looks like John Guidetti will make the same kind of instant impact as Tonev
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