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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Joe Filippis Haircut .
It is not fair to say that all of Andre Blackman’s coming and goings are down to him being ” a troublemaker ”
He is also someone who has been described as being a bad timekeeper/ a poor trainer / inattentive/ easily distracted etc.
His history is littered with people who thought he really could play football but possibly lacked the mindset / the self discipline / the maturity etc..
Maybe he has sorted himself out. ?.
philvisreturns says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:25
Does he happen to have any Celtic minded fhokls to twitter?
Joe Filippis Haircut says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:20
Wot? You mean sometimes people tell fibs?
:-)
Clever article Paul. With a brick-like subtlety :-)
I’m sure it will find the right heid.
One’s Shorthouse and the other is short ar*e.
voguepunter – Kris Commons is on there.
Also a parody account in the name of Ki. (thumbsup)
In seeing me oul fella this afternoon and this latest debacle gets a bit of an airing,
oul fella is 81 still goes to every home game, he has as you can imagine seen a few things in his time following Celtic…including the tail end of a Polis horse during the Janefield Street attack, (and yes it was an attack)
anyways he shakes his head this am regarding this latest nonsense and says,
” its a bit like the old Easter Road isnt it?”
Im looking a wee bit puzzled and he adds
“that wizny a F****** level playing field either”
Head shakes again and he goes back to his racing post.
Hes a clever old git my father.
philvis
You could be right, there are too many twats on twitter but I’m thinking of changing my Avatar to Tom Cruise or another masculine magnet.
philvis,
quite the eclectic mix from Mr Shorthouse there……
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Philvis…..
Birds of a feather I suppose….
but, ‘GrandmasterSuck’ – WTF???
Fhokls = fholks :o(
Update – looks like either Twitter is having technical problems, or Rob Shorthouse just made all his tweets and associations private (!)
If the latter, what does he have to hide I wonder?
http://twitter.com/#!/robshorthouse (thumbsup)
bankiebhoy1 – Yep.
Could Mr Shorthouse’s association with Grandmaster Suck be the reason he just deleted / hid all his tweets and Twitter friends? (thumbsup)
philvisreturns says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:30
I got them all saved. Dinny worry
Hail Hail
South of Tunis He is a risk but might be worth it if he has sorted himself out.H.H.
bournesouprecipe – It doesn’t get more macho than Stephen Fry. (thumbsup)
http://www.rangers.co.uk/articles/20110710/gers-enjoy-state-visit_2254024_2389803
They’re everywhere !!
Che says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:29
It’s a pity ,you don’t take after him :O)
Cliftoncelt says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:33
Wow – a real life hunnish hun.
Nip out to a meeting, come back to work and there’s a car covered in daisy stickers nicked my parking space.
philvisreturns says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:30
Looks like our £85k pa “Director of Communications” could do with some basic training i.e Facebook / Twitter for DUMMIES
HH
bournesouprecipe says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:38
Is ‘daisy stickers’ rhyming slang?
philvisreturns at 3.30pm
perhaps he is a CQN lurker and occasional poster?
Perhaps he too is tired of lazy journalism
Then again maybe not if he has just created all this week’s obfuscation and water muddying.
voguepunter says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:33
that was quite hurtful, and being a sensitive soul it cut deep
CaltonTongues was right about you
philvis
Tweeting is for Burds.
p.s. I used to like Stephen Fry till I heard he’s not a keenyin on Paddy McCourt’s Feenyins
Dharma Bam – I wouldn’t be surprised. Shorthouse seems to have a lot of time on his hands.
Hopefully he will soon have a lot more free time. (thumbsup)
bournesouprecipe – Stephen Fry is the thinking man’s anti-Catholic bigot. (thumbsup)
Che
Oh I widnae believe a word that CT says :)
Cliftoncelt says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:33
The Prime Minister is the equivalent of Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond and was thrilled to take time out of his busy schedule to travel from Hannover to meet and chat with the squad.
Love how they ranked Alex Salmon and Scotland 0)))))))
Che says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:44
Apologies,for hurt feelings.The wife right again,I can be a tad insensitive.
All this bad publicity and these trumped up charges are all to deflect from the real story in Scottish football.
Expect more of the same and, probably even worse, over the coming weeks and months as the twitches and spasms develop in the death throes of our neighbours.
The real story will have to be told one day but probably not until ranger mortis has set in.
Or words to those effect (heartless B)
Voguepunter
Your missus sounds an astute cookie :))
http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/articles/20111116/salary-update_2241384_2517740?
Salary update
16.11.2011
Hearts has confirmed that November senior player salaries will be paid in the near future.
A club spokesperson said: “We expect salaries to be paid into the senior players’ accounts at the earliest opportunity and have informed the players of this today.
“The club is experiencing an income shortfall due to lower than expected transfer monies. Our future funding is secure but requires time to be organised.
“The club also unfortunately failed to reach agreement with HMRC which would have allowed it time to pay a tax bill in excess of £1million, that was settled in full yesterday.
“As such we are currently looking at options to identify new income opportunities and obtain funding for the players’ salaries.”
GerrygUK7—off, are we? Imagine because that nice Mr Shorthouse was Di. Comm at the SFA–riddled with sectarianism–and is now Dir.Comm with Strathclyde polis. Imagine he’s a rabid Ranger’s supporter, with a list of friends on facebook that would do the Camorra or the Mafia proud. Imagine that,eh? Now imagine that given all that background he had it in his power to do down some Scottish football team whose name escapes me–do you think he would do it? I don’t hate anyone, as hate is a disfigurement of the soul, but I do have the capacity for contempt. Those two individuals in the photograph have a big proportion of mine.
The Vogue Rogue
It’s good to see you’re behaving yourself as usual, on the Bllog.
You do need to remember that your not the most important bhoy in this classroom.
This is a Celtic Site (copyright Paul67)
Naughtiness will cause me to row Z your a*se
hamiltontim says:
16 November, 2011 at 15:49
aye yir right half the lies he tells aint true.
Che
Lol
How do you know the wee man?
voguepunter
i think he’s maybe adding his twitter tag line…
“i have some very good friend that are catholics”…ahemmmm.