Issuing an angry statement ahead of a big game is not a bad strategy. Angry statements resonate with the lowest common denominator, who are often the ones most likely to cause custodians of the club aggravation.
It is a subliminal way to say “We are just like you, we share your hopes and frustrations.” It is almost as though they anticipate a difficult time coming up soon. Throw in the mandatory patronising phrase, like, “supporters who have repeatedly proven themselves to be the most loyal in the country” and you are sorted.
Football fans occupying areas further up the food chain, however, will roll their eyes when reading drivel like, “this decision, which beggars belief.”
What struck me most about Newco’s statement last night is that a chink of self-awareness seemed to be dawning, “clubs the length and breadth of the country….. benefitted financially from the presence of our fans.”
This reaches the heart of the matter. Newco are profitable for every club they play. They open their wallets and dump a caravan of cash wherever they go, which is good for P&Ls from Kilmarnock to Dingwall. It’s just, Newco are not actually profitable.
The model works for everyone else, just not for a club who want more success on the field than their income can buy. They are a cash cow. But while they can do wonders for the profitability of smaller clubs, they are impotent when it comes to fixing their own profitability problems.
Don’t resent that smaller clubs get a boost when you visit, do what Celtic do – feel good that you can help the rest of the league. Be generous in spirit and maybe others will reciprocate.
The solution is not to howl at the moon, adept at it, though Newco are, it is to bring spending into alignment with income. Beat Hibernian at their own £5m football budget game and respect will follow.
Raffle to play in an 11-a-side game at Celtic Park
An incredible opportunity to play on the hallowed turf at Celtic Park around the end of the current season 2017-18, in Club sponsor Intelligent Car Leasing’s match.
You will be provided with complimentary Celtic kit and receive the full match-day experience including arrival through the front door, access to the dressing room and proudly walking down the tunnel to enter the famous field of play.
Both squads will be managed by a former Celtic player. The game will take place on 16 May, kick off 11:00. All monies raised will be donated to Celtic FC Foundation, a registered Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (number SC024648).
To enter the raffle, make a minimum donation of £5 to the Foundation at this MyDonate page. Then send your donation confirmation email to this address: celticquicknews@gmail.com
The opportunity to play on Celtic Park is just beyond words. I did it a few years ago, the memories will live forever, as will the photographs. The experience of preparing in the dressing room, as so many greats have done before, was fabulous.
You can enter for yourself, or gift the prize to someone you know aged 18 or over. Competition closes at 15:00 this Friday, 27th.
Good luck!
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MIT,
Season book renewal time, kite flying.
Ref the statement – is there a case for the Compliance officer to get involved ? the veiled threats to hibs.
DBHOY
Me too :-)
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SOT
thought may be of interest, I believe opens 8th june though could have date wrong
https://www.lavazza.co.uk/en/about-us/media-centre/condividere-by-lavazza.html
Glasgow’s Pink n White?
Anyway, anyone joining me on looking forward to Scottish Football’s first ever Hextuple….
… or are yooz awe stuck wi the clumsy “Double Treble” description?
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Mike in Toronto
I mentioned Warnock being a perfect fit for them a couple of months ago. Listen to him on Talksport and he has a holiday home up here, regularly attended games when he was out of work. Always talks up their “traditions” and the “passion” of their support.
He is a horrible individual, almost universally disliked, with a style of football to match. A career history of lumping his way to promotion only to resign / be sacked at the first opportunity.
Seems a logical Hun type appointment to me, then fill team with more Championship standard cloggers who happen to be out of contract and once supported them. Ego trip for Warnock. 8/10 Probability for me
No guarantee Cardiff will make automatic spot with Fulham carrying all momentum into last 2 games
St. Stivs ….
statement reads like it was written in crayon .. juvenile … pandering … but is it a breach? I think probably not…
HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE on 25TH APRIL 2018 3:07 PM
Anyway, anyone joining me on looking forward to Scottish Football’s first ever Hextuple….
… or are yooz awe stuck wi the clumsy “Double Treble” description?
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I might prefer sextuple. It sounds….sexier….
Hextuple, Sextuple, it’s either or from me.
I just hate Double Treble. It’s like buying 12 rolls by asking, “ Could ah have two half dozen rolls please?”
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just saw a news thing… (the technical term ) …
in the last 3 years, 20 year old Dylan McWilliams (i) was bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking in Utah, (i) a year later was attacked and bitten on the head by a bear while he (Dylan, not the bear) was hiking in Colorado, and (ii) was recently bitten by a tiger shark while surfing in Hawaii.
the odds of all three happening to one person are 893 Quadrillion to 1!
I cant decide if he is the unluckiest person ever (for all three to happen), or the luckiest person ever (to have survived all three).
HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE on 25TH APRIL 2018 3:21 PM
Hextuple, Sextuple, it’s either or from me.
I just hate Double Treble. It’s like buying 12 rolls by asking, “ Could ah have two half dozen rolls please?”
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It’s six and half a dozen to me :-)
Anyway – 12 rolls? That’s some breakfast!
MIKE IN TORONTO
Does he wear a Sevco top while out and about:))
Timhorton,,the hallion would put you off your club with his ways ,, smokes like a train and drinks a different drink every time he goes to the bar,,could never understand that so I think its best if you enjoy your club without him. In saying that hes a pensioner and I believe has calmed down. Probably knows that club, ill find out.
Jimbob,,my ma says the early 90’s. his surname is O Connor if that helps. Didint like football also which might have helped him stay under the radar, plus he tells me he was popular as he loved a joke. Still alive that grandfather.
Gearoid1888 if you ever had a pint in the Mc Dermotts during the 80s, 90,s and early 00’s my other grandfather signed you in?
Hail Hail
Just read on Evening Times Newsnow article that KT is vying with (among others)……wait for it……..Alfredo Morelos for PFA young player of the year!!!!!
if dylan asks you to go on holiday with him its a big no no from me
Starry …
that might explain why the bear and shark bit him, and then spat him back out…
I wonder if the snake died of food poisoning?
:)
Reading back, I saw some posters talking about the Strike that means that there is no decent video record of the 4-2, ten men won the league game in 1979. Two things I can add to that:
1) The Strike was announced before the game, and was reported as a technician’s Strike, that involved “in-studio” staff.
2) From our, at the time regular stance in the Jungle, if I looked above my left shoulder, I could see the camera gantry. The game was definitely filmed by the BBC, I could see operators on both cameras, and the red lights that indicated the cameras were recording coming on and off.
So, as this was in the pre-digital age, video tape of the game did, or perhaps still does, exist. The Strike only meant it couldn’t be broadcast later that night. It could have been shown, once the technician’s Strike was over, but it never has been seen in public
Now why do you think that might be? ?
Anyway BBC, it didny work wi’ me. That game is branded into my memory, never to be erased.
I did visit the Celtic Club in London Road, to watch the grainy black and white version, that has been seen in public. I think that was filmed by Social Club staff.
R.I.P. Wee John Doyle.
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Tenmenwontheleague CSC.
Paul67 (or anyone else)
Is there any way to know how many children are being fed via Mary’s Meals through the kitchens which CQN has fully funded or contributed to?
Even how many kitchens would be useful information if we don’t have the exact number of children.
Glendaly …. has Morelos (and I think Windass) not scored more league goals than any Celtic player this season?
On the evening of May 17th it’ll be easier to ask the barman for a Double Treble *insert spirit of choice* than for example a Hextuple whisky with ice please.
Serious question – are bartenders legally allowed to serve a customer a Double Treble? Asking for a friend obviously ;-)
KT was interviewed by Shanley from Sky , the interviewer kept trying to get KT to give Sevco some relevance however KT kept it about Celtic and the support that Celtic get at home, well done KT not easy when a camera is pointing at your face.
mit@.:46pm
that would not be hard, we have scored 41 less goals so far this year.
there in lies our problem.
MIKE IN TORONTO on 25TH APRIL 2018 3:21 PM
just saw a news thing…..
Or he uses BISTO for deodorant !!!
ADi …
ha! that might shorten the odds a bit!
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New orange strip out yet?
You wonder why Sevco promoted their under 20’s coach when they can attract top level(5) candidates like Steven Gerrard, Neil Warnock, Glenn Huddle, Frank de Bore, and Graham Harry Potter???
Hmmmmmmm
The Celtic Sextet is certainly causing ripples in the underworld:))
ref the KT interview, Broony did the same by not answering questions about “old firm” and instead inserted glasgow derby, or games versus rangers.
our bhoys are great
McGregor won’t be welcome at Poundland, Level 5 must do better…
Bada Bing … I think the zombies are getting so desperate about Celtic doing 10 in a row, they would overlook just about anything at the moment …. I think they would take McGregor back (although, not sure they could afford him) ….
hell, they would hire the Pope as the manager, if they thought it would help … or even worse, NFL!
MIT- The ST fake news pitch, gets funnier, and more desperate every year, as long as King and Jabba are running the show , the better HH
4-2 game I thought the story was that they were using new equipment and got it wrong
Still sounds like a tall story
SCF Info
The Fir Park side have been given an initial allocation of 12,700 tickets but will receive more if demand is there.
Motherwell have until Tuesday, May 8 to ask for more tickets from the SFA or the briefs will be handed over to Celtic.
Prices are £30 for adults and £15 concessions and tickets go on sale on Friday.
Jobo, ice?
Ya heathan………:_)
https://mobile.twitter.com/celticrumours/status/989160800312012801
Afternoon all
Re the 4-2 game in 79.
The strike was by STV technicians- the Scotland v N. Ireland game of 22 May was also not broadcast as a result of the same industrial action. I still have the Evening Times from that day and that strike was one of the stories. BBC did not cover the game at all.
I was in the Jungle that night and remember the mics which had been lowered from the gantry were pulled back up just before the game started. I did not know why until I got to a friends flat in Dennistoun with our ‘Kerry Oot’ to find the highlights were not being shown.
The game was recorded by the old Celtic Cine club using their new video recording camera in black and white and it is that footage which has appeared in various Celtic videos and DVDs. Whether any better footage exists I have my doubts.
Unlike the 7-1 game 22 years ago where the BBC excuses have never really held water I do not think the 4-2 game was not shown for any sinister reasons.
Jimbo67
GARY67 on 25TH APRIL 2018 4:56 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/celticrumours/status/989160800312012801
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Whoever runs that account isn’t in the loop. They’ve been wrong on many an occasion.
Sorry did not mean to break blog
Jimbo67
That Emmanuel Macron thing is one of the most dangerous people on the planet.
HH.