The Daily Record won credit for scooping the off-field story of the week, multiple investigations into singing by Celtic fans, but others are beginning to ask who gave the newspaper details of a police investigation.
The stories broke in an unusual manner, with SFA referee and policeman, Eddie Smith, named as the person who reported Celtic fans to Uefa and the SPL. The officer made what looks like an inexplicable decision after some confrontations inside Celtic Park, without mentioning a word of his concerns to the Celtic security people during the game – the normal procedure for such incidents.
Smith, who has Celtic supporting credentials, was named, providing the perfect foil to deflect accusations that this was some sort of Masonic conspiracy, which it was not. The entire episode is a classic internecine dispute among Celtic supporters, but with the comments made to Uefa, the story was parcelled up for the Record by a Strathclyde Police spokesman.
The Daily Record reported, “A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said: “For Eddie [Smith] to speak to the delegate after the match is nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, it is standard practice””. This is completely irrelevant.
Celtic’s retort in the same article got to the heart of the issue – why the police are speaking to Uefa and the media but not speaking to the club: “This is quite unprecedented as no issues were raised to the club during the match and the police didn’t inform us directly about their concerns.”
Control over media communications from Strathclyde Police falls to Director of Communications, Rob Shorthouse, (pictured on the left). Shorthouse, whose own favourite team have taken a reputational battering from Uefa in recent seasons, despite silence from the police, should be concerned that the force have given newspapers material for three days of screaming headlines instead of addressing the key concern about departure from established procedure. This has only inflamed a volatile situation between Celtic fans and officers on the ground. Shorthouse, who held a similar position at the SFA until two years ago, will be familiar with the sensitivities of football issues.
Perhaps a Freedom of Information request will reveal who leaked a story that laid out details which reflected so badly on Celtic. All we want is equal treatment, as a former chairman once commented.
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I have just registered with paddy power and was looking to place that 20 quid discussed earlier for the rankers certain to be penalty kick for the HUN v the Saints on Sunday…..
The choices are:
1. Rankers to score penalty….. 10/3
2. Rankers to miss Penalty…… 10/1
What about a price for the…..”Rankers to get a Penalty”…..?
Or is that a Hunguffery Certainty..?
TLJD
Bundoran
Thanks mate.
An open letter to Celtic from the WOLF TONES.
MWD
Gents – has anyone written to the somewhat schizophrenic Campbell Corrigen asking why he praised widespread sectarian singing at the LCF by Rangers fans and no complaint was made to the SPL – while the newly made up and not illegal offence of illicit singing of political songs was?
Or indeed why Rangers have never been reported by the rozzers?
I see the King James bible is out. Where the hell did he get the time to write it wae all them battles and that??
hamiltontim says:
16 November, 2011 at 22:23
Pleasure mate
HH
THE EXILED TIM
You have mail.
seanbhoy69
You’re doing my heid in:o)
S69
Not as yet.
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ says:
“I see the King James bible is out. Where the hell did he get the time to write it wae all them battles and that??”
He scanned the original and then used Google translate, s’easy.
iki
Aye very funny. lol
Price £16.90???
Seanbhoy
Would you mind forwarding on to me?
hamiltontim@hotmail.co.uk
Aye S69 pass it on please…. o)))
Thought earlier post by Bournesouprecipe was just excellent.
Really interested to read the ‘new’ guidelines from the Lord Advocate on the OBAFTC Bill. Reason being, I downloaded the guidelines when he issued them on the 14th September and I quote the relevant passage below:
Scope of the offence
A person commits an offence if a person engages in behaviour of the kind listed below in relation to a regulated football match and which is likely to incite public disorder:
Expressing hatred of, or stirring up hatred against an individual or group of persons based on their membership (or presumed membership) of a religious group, a social or cultural group with a perceived religious affiliation, a group defined by reference to colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability;
Behaviour that is motivated (wholly or partly) by hatred of such a group;
behaviour that is threatening; or
other behaviour that a reasonable person would consider offensive including, but not limited to, sectarian songs or chants.
That is the full extent of the relevant passage. It is effectively a hate crimes Bill as described above.
Not so now.
THE EXILED TIM
Mail returned not sent.
Check follow follow from around 9.30am this morning if you can bare it.
:)
It is easy to speculate given that there are 3 of them and they are employees.
I will refrain from doing so but if there is a story it will come out when it suits the paper which has it.
Has the fact John Reid has just left got anything to do with the timing of the ‘attack Celtic’ campaign?
Would he A; Have had inside information beforehand, or B; Had enough support in weight behind the scenes those orchestrating it wouldnt have had the balls.
Or has it got nothing to do with it whatsoever?
Anyone any ideas – or facts?
Sean
If as you say the hun are privy such info then next stop Jabba.
So best spill the beans so we might be appraised and form
Opinions before the DR invokes an exclusive hunsplash in multi
Paged denigration the (still) lawful right to
praticise Catholisim within these narrow isles.
HH
iki
Forewarned is forearmed…
S69
Barred from FF, told one of their gurus he was a numptie, and he is/was, they sure don’t like the truth.
Had a few probs with my account in the last few weeks, I don’t know if it’s me but the hun word in the addy seems to offend some out there, or I could just be paranoid :>)
nohunshere@hotmail.com
Doubtless we’ll still have a club to suppport following this exclusive.
I have to say I’ve now had it with football in this country. There’s no attraction in participating in a competiition whereby only one team/one bigotted “superior” organisation are permitted to vomit over other good minded groups or individuals.
What are they taught in their schools and homes?
If the huns have the info, Celtic will know and will have taken legal and PR advice.
They may be able to stop publication.
So it would be a shame if their efforts were in vain because a misguided fan put the story out.
THE EXILED TIM
Mail returned again mate.
Maybe its an `illicit` email address.
:)
Ernie
Maybe you should have a little more faith in your fellow Celtic supporters.
seanbhoy69
is story anything to do wi GB?
S69
Now I am getting paranoid
UTLR
No mate.
seanbhoy69
thanks
Boring.
They dish the dirt on us we reciprocate.
Primary school stuff.
Get a life here guys.
seanbhoy/TET – maybe something to do with containing an attachment in the mail? Try without as a test
how to confuse huns, police, press,that wee soup taking creep Nevin in one easy lesson, sing this GB!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6tVMtM-Ik4&feature=related
Nite all. B4 I go.
UTLR????
Sorry seanbhoy69 , bit to familiar there ha
Lads how can i get this info to my email from 1 of you kind gents.
Seanbhoy, I saw 3 pics on a rangers forum earlier. Are these the pics? In a Dublin pub?
SffS
seanbhoy69 says:
16 November, 2011 at 22:55
‘UTLR
No mate.’
Do the pictures show players practising corners?
Because that WOULD be a shock.
Paul67
Can you delete at 23.01
notthebus
I didn`t mean to post it I was meaning to email and posted in error.
UTLR
I read the statement by your group earlier.
Well expressed scepticism I thought.
Question that hangs is….
… Is the group going to knock the Ra stuff on the head anytime soon?
Now I ask this having been advised by Vmhan earlier this week that you don’t actually sing the original line of the Graffiti chorus.
Problem I have with that is that it doesn’t square with what I hear at the game.
I would like to hear that Vmhan is correct, and that it is not your group singing that chorus.
I have of course asked before, and appreciate you have no need to answer to any bugger, least of me, but out of common interest, can you let us know?
Respect.
TBB