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
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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.
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PRESTONPANS BHOYS on 25TH APRIL 2018 10:20 PM
They had the full “Rangers end” and sometimes a wee bit more.
KTF
PB – yes about a quarter of front stand and a quarter of The Jungle, I have watched us in the old enclosure and Govan Stand at Ibrox, in our allocated areas back in the day.
I remember one of my early hun games in the jungle about 75/76 and there was huns in the jungle, some bottle throwing too if I remember correctly, when they had the full rangers end and scored I used to be sick looking up there, like a can of angry ugly unspeakable worms:(((
!!BADA BING!! on 25TH APRIL 2018 10:29 PM,
There was no probs with them in the KEVJ Jungle at that time (Whit’s Kev Daein Tom? Whit’s He Daein??? …
Well, Kev was ‘Posted Missing’ that day but, surprise surprise….
The huns filled the rangers end and a quarter of the main stand. I can’t ever remember them in the jungle. Some told me they were.
Given the turnstile arrangements for the jungle it’s difficult to see how it could have worked.
Going to go to the Hun blogs and ask.
If there were no huns there, The Torch and The Spur provided the ‘entertainment’ in the ole Jungle…
Bada,
yeah I do have vague memories of the main stand and there was something in my head about the jungle but I thought it was my memory playing tricks…..
‘There is nothing special out there’ – Nevin unimpressed by Real
“How do they do it?” said BBC Radio 5 live football analyst and former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin.
“They weren’t brilliant – they have some incredible individual players. But you watch some other teams and you are blown away by them as a collective.
“But for Real there is nothing spectacularly special out there apart from Cristiano Ronaldo, maybe Marcelo, and the rest of them are very good players playing quite well.
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Double UCL Champions, on course for a 3rd in a row and a team full of superstars and world cup winners etc but wee Pat Nevin in his commentary box has it sussed.
CT
I only have Clydebank cooncil telly. Waiting for the highlights on STV at 11.
Kate and Bernadette send their love. They thought you were a perfect host, and Bar67 a perfect venue for a pair of Dalmuir publicans. Crackin sisters.
St Stivs,
They were in the last section near their own end of the Jungle – small section, nowhere near, half, quarter or even a fifth of the Jungle. The day, what’s his name, Alex Miller, scored the winner in the last minute for their first win in years…
That was the last they ever appeared in the Jungle – still not KevJ’s
Judith in her burgundy leather away strip.
Yip presenter of the year.
Poty
DD,
Tell Kate & Bernadette – Hail Hail, one does what one does…. :-)))
CU at the departure lounge or Sunday night if yer about…:-)))
SS- She was quite magnificent tonight…:))
Calton.
That was the first time I saw the huns beat us. Got a clear memory of windy miller last seconds goal from a Willie Johnston thrown in. I was in 2-3 Celtic end looking right at it and can’t recall huns in the jungle.
Going to search more.
Keep it lit
CT
Their bar takings boom when Celtic play in Europe on tv in their pub. Celtic are good business for the Dalmuir economy.
See you at departures lounge. First to the bar is on the Guinness. ????????
SAINT STIVS on 25TH APRIL 2018 10:50 PM,
They were there that day, no problems even after they scored but, they were there.
I think it was a bit like our fans being in ‘The Derry’ at Ibrox.
Can remember my Da, who was teetotal, explaining how the Celtic & Huns fans were enchanging swally over the polis line to their pals.
Maybe some of the Older (Tontine Tim or HebCelt) can remember this?
Now, the huns end was different.
DELANEYS DUNKY on 25TH APRIL 2018 10:58 PM
DD, Cannae waitCSC
DD-SS – The Miller goal , was when Davie Provan stood in front of Johnston, who usually put a long shy into the box, but threw it 20 yards square and he got lucky
Saint Stivs
I am in the canny see what you see in Judith camp. Seems like a collective madness to me. I see her as quite Witch like. I wonder if she has cast a spell on her CQN lovers here.
Lucy Verasamy is my dream date.
!!BADA BING!! on 25TH APRIL 2018 11:04 PM,
Yes, right in front of me/us in the Jungle….
Was a belter of a strike right enough….
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Match Pictures | Matches: 1980 – 1981 | 1980-81 Pictures
Trivia
First Glasgow derby game since the riot Cup Final in May
Rangers first ever Premier Division win at Parkhead – their second would not come until 1989. This was their first Parkhead win since 1974.
First time Tom McAdam plays against brother Colin in an Old Firm game.
Controversy surrounds disallowed Murdo MacLeod goal in the second half which would have given Celric a 2-1 lead. Linesman flagged McGarvey offside who was not interfering with play.
On the same day Celtic defeated Rangers 3-0 in a Reserve League match at Ibrox, The Celtic team was Latchford, McStay, Donaldson, Conroy, Duffy, Casey, Doyle, Weir, Davidson, Halpin. Subs Crainie and Moyes. The Celtic scorers were Davidson 2 and Doyle.
On the Monday after this game Celtic defeated Dundee Utd 2-1 at Celtic Park in the second leg of the Reserve League Cup Final to win 6-5 on aggregate. The Celtic team was Latchford, McStay, Reid, Casey, McDonald, Duffy, Davidson, Weir, Nicholas, Craig, Halpin. Subs Crainie (Weir), Donaldson. The Dundee Utd team was Graham, Kopel, Murray, Leslie, Smith, Holt, Reilly, Philip, Dodds, Kerr, Craig. Subs Cochrane and Lorimer. The Celtic scorers were McDonald and Nicholas.
1980 Celtic v Rangers 1980-08-23: Celtic 1-2 Rangers, Premier League – Ticket
Review
Celtic did not deserve to lose this game. In the first half bad finishing had cost them dearly and in the second Murdo MacLeod had a fine goal controversially disallowed which would have given Celtic a 2-1 lead and this incident was covered in the media for weeks after.
With time running out Alex Miller scored the winner with a spectacular looping shot over Bonner.
Teams
Celtic:
Bonner, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, McAdam, MacLeod, Provan, Sullivan, McGarvey, Burns, McCluskey Subs: MacDonald Nicholas
Celtic scorer: Burns (47)
Rangers:
McCloy, Jardine, Miller, Forsyth, Jackson, Bett, MacDonald, (Cooper) Russell (Johnstone), McAdam Redford, Johnston
Rangers scorers: Bett (61), Miller (89)
Ref: E Pringle
Att: 58,000
St Stivs
20-11-2016, 17:11
Sat in the main stand at parkheed many a time against that mob, even stood in our section of the jungle once
portoron
20-11-2016, 17:14
Remember rangers fans in the jungle around 1976 we had about a quarter of it only ever seen this once we had won the league on the sat and this game was a Tuesday night finished nil nill
From an orc blog…
CALTON TONGUES
You are correct! i remember it distinctly as a young lhad and being extremely
miffed at the fact they let huns anywhere near our sacred jungle.
The stickys end or the main stand didn’t matter to us but the jungle was ours.
And there was a bit of bother in the second half and the usual sight of them
being led away with arms up their backs.
H.H Mick
tommy burns scores,
note the segregation in the top right corner of the jungle, zoom in, if you can stomach the ugliness.
http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/L1VNfblqVq6JUE1njDx-uw821121/GW479H657
tb scores.
http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/UlcA5TZhTDP4o4-iHpmk5A900620/GW440H594
The Huns (Cos Sevco hadn’t been invented then) used to congregate between the Huns end and the first exit to head under the Jungle.
That was it till the above mentioned game…
WhowastoknowCSC
FORMER Scotland boss Ally MacLeod wanted the team to play under the Union Flag, commentator Archie Macpherson claims.
The gaffer — who led the team to the 1978 World Cup — was asked which flag should represent them at the tournament.
From The Hun…..
MELBOURNE MICK on 25TH APRIL 2018 11:12 PM,
From what I can remember there wasn’t any probs until that game they won.
NotKevJCSC
Close examination of this Celtic Wiki Jungle 1960’s photo would suggest some huns in the Jungle. They used to get 50% of the South enclosure in front of the main stand.
https://postimg.cc/image/3rxa85tjr/
DD
Always knew you had excellent taste G. Lucy Versamy and as mentioned on here earlier, the incomparable Lorraine Pasquale. Wouldn’t even care if her cooking was shite. Wonder if they support the Tic.
Hope the job going well G.
HH
Yeah they got some of the Jungle and main stand.
The pics above dont show them in the Jungle though?, other than those in cop uniforms, so retty much all of the boys in blue would have been them back then.
tommy burns 8 mins in scores.
huge amount of huns that day, official attendance 58000. capacity 67,000. not a space in the ground.
look at the disalllowed murdo goal.
see huns in main stand,
millers goal in my mind was wide left outside the box, it was not.
celtic the better team, left bewildered, a day of hunnery and mibbery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qeg1GC_ExDQ
CALTONTONGUES
Since i wrote that post about the usual sight of stickys being led away
i keep humming a wee song which was a big hit back in the day….
The’re coming to take you away ha ha… The’re coming to take you away ho ho.
Think i first heard it at debtdome when Celtic were running amok but no idea
who sang it.
H.H Mick
MELBOURNE MICK on 25TH APRIL 2018 11:32 PM,
Was it not ‘Dig A Hole and Bury Him’
ArArCSC
Gearoid
So far so good. The purpose for getting out of bed in the morning is as good as the financial uplift fae buroo money. Catchye on your pitch soon mi amigo. I will never forget the love and support shown to me by you and many other friends on CQN. Than you all X
CALTONTONGUES
He he, that was when a sticky got injured.
H.H Mick
BIG PACKY – from earlier…
In The Plains, my dad and the other ‘gentlemen’ of the village sung almost the same version as you remember. My recollection (from when I was wee), which we still use, was:
“…So we’re off to Dublin in the green in the green, in the green, where the helmets glisten in the sun. Where bayonets slash the Orange Sash, to the echo of a Thompson Gun…”
The positioning of our wee Tim enclave of The Plains, surrounded as we have long been by the orange holes of Caldercruix, Clarkston (booooooo) and Airdrie perhaps lend an extra edge of bitterness to the lyrics we (to this day) use.
HH
BGFC
I was in the Jungle mid 70s,it was a Saturday a few huns came in from the hun end about hhalf an hour before k.o. Mahem ensued before the polis piled in and and moved them on so to speak.Wis only wee so dont know if any actually remained there but I doubt it.
HH