After a tenacious win in Paisley on Friday Celtic were back in the groove last night. Passing was swift and accurate, movement – perpetual. It was a quiet game for Kris Commons, which at an earlier time would have meant a game with few chances for Celtic, but the prodding of Johansen, Armstrong and Mackay-Steven ensured Thistle played much of the game trying to chase shadows.
The return from injury of two of our three right backs, Adam Matthews and Darnell Fisher, has given the team better balance, although Adam still looks to be finding his sharpness.
John Guidetti established his early season reputation against Thistle with a League Cup hat trick but that seemed like a lifetime ago last night. The striker had the odd chance but the terror he inspired in defenders a few months ago has gone.
Enormous thanks to winning bidder for our Open Golf Championship Hospitality competition, which finished a moment ago raising £2050 for our School Kitchen project for Mary’s Meals in Malawi. Thanks to Eden Mill Distillery and Brewery in St Andrews and all who participated.
It was a stunning effort and the money is now in place to complete the fourth CQN school kitchen! Well done to all who played their part.
Celtic sponsor, Magners, who have helped from the beginning of this recent school kitchen project, have a competition to play at Lennoxtown and Celtic Park. You can enter your 7-a-side team into the Magnificent 7s competition before 5pm Wednesday 15th. It would be good to see CQN represented. Qualifying round takes place at Lennoxtown on Sunday 26 April with the finals at Celtic Park.
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Burgashoops……a big pal o mine wants tae kin wit bit oh where ye are and meet up …
obviously we are hoping your in Bulgaria …he has been a lurker for ages…and he is a very good pal of the brawse….I just left the braes and he was off…who is this Burgashoops said he ?
I said he has to be he has to be as braw as your good self!
an awfy braw bhoy…
hope thats no intruding …
braw
What about that Sevco score?
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Have a gid day Bhoys .
Ma sisters wedding today.
Lovely day for it!!
Weefra….. Delighted to see you back posting, this dear green place ain’t the same without u!
Hail Hail
Good morning bhoys
Did you know that on this day in 2003, Celtic drew 1-1 with Boavista
Match Report, courtesy of Celtic Mad.
Henrik Larsson squandered a late penalty kick as Celtic’s bid to reach their first European final for 33 years remains in the balance.
Boavista goalkeeper Ricardo, after Eder had handled an Alan Thompson shot, superbly saved Larsson’s 76th-minute kick.
The Swedish striker had earlier struck the equaliser for Celtic who had fallen behind early in the second half to an own goal from Joos Valgaeren.
Boavista defended in depth but also looked dangerous on the break in a keenly fought contest that saw four of their players booked in a torrid 15-minute spell in the second half.
The Portuguese were much the happier with the draw but Celtic have already proved in the UEFA Cup that they can produce unlikely results away from Glasgow.
Celtic stamped their authority on the game from the start and John Hartson fed Larsson with an intelligent through ball but the angle was too tight and the chance was lost.
The Scottish champions had two strong penalty claims turned down in the first quarter of an hour when the ball struck the hands of Filipe Anunciacao and then Fernando Avalos, but the Belgian referee Frank De Bleeckere was unimpressed.
For all their possession, Celtic did not trouble Ricardo in the Boavista goal in the first half and too often the final cross into the area was poor.
The Portuguese side had a couple of chances themselves with Brazilian striker Duda shooting against Bobo Balde from good position and Luiz Claudio trying his luck from distance.
Celtic Park was stunned three minutes after the break when Boavista snatched the lead when Anunciacao crossed and Valgaeren touched the ball past his own goalkeeper.
Celtic’s response was immediate with Petrov cushioning a Neil Lennon cross into the path of Larsson who drilled the ball past Ricardo.
The game opened up after that and Robert Douglas produced fine diving save to keep out a 20-yard free-kick from Luis Pedrosa after Lennon had given away a free-kick.
Hartson should have scored after 73 minutes but Ricardo brilliantly saved his low shot from six yards.
Then came Larsson’s penalty miss and Hartson was unfortunate not to give Celtic a victory when his 85th-minute shot was blocked on the line by Paulo Turra.
Celtic reveal £2million cut-price season ticket reward for fans as Bhoys pledge giveaway for third year running http://t.co/7jmQHEHdTl
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
09:25 on 10 April, 2015
Hahahaha….brilliant …!!!
bada bing!!
09:34 on 10 April, 2015
Well done Celtic …..!!!!!!!!
67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar…… Ipox belongs to the creditors
09:19 on
10 April, 2015
I know we all presume that, but until I’ve seen some concrete evidence for that, I’m going on the basis that it’s still owned by the club. The mysterious outgoing £278k may be for something else – what I don’t know – but as far as I’m aware nobody has shown in black and white that it’s rental.
A very belated good morning Bhoys and Ghirls from a very sunny, bright and definitely dry East Kilbride (and it’s the same where Jobo is too, only a lot warmer).
I’ve been up for ages, honest guv, just forgot to post.
burghbhoy
09:33 on 10 April, 2015
….but she said she was gonnae marry me ….:) …….. Congratulations and best wishes to the young couple…!!!!
Rangers 5 game unbeaten run came to an end last night. In other news Stuart McCall has only gained 9 points from a possible 18.
Celtic meanwhile have only been beaten twice this calendar year.
SFTB
My core point was twofold, firstly that DD may well have justification in thinking that individuals using the term Radio Shortbread may well be having a dig at Scotland per se. Granted the term itself, in isolation, doesn’t in itself inflict major insult but it depends in what context it is used when read in conjunction with the rest of the post in which it was embedded.
Who is qualified to determine another’s right to inference?
On a wee aside I recall Paul67 in one of his articles telling us that he did not like the term ‘the best wee country in the world’. He found it insulting. Likewise, as above, as words in isolation it could easily be interpreted as a compliment but most often than not the diametrical is the case. Sometimes I found it insulting whilst the same term being used by another, on another day, I found to be quite depressing, but fair, criticism.
Secondly when micro-analysing a post the micro-analyser has no right to conclude in the plural, no matter who he is or what name he posts under. An opinion is just an opinion but when it is expanded to include the inference of the meaning, or meanings, of others thoughts, well I think that crosses the border into mentalist country.
Although unrelated to my original post, one thing I do find off putting to the point of abandoning these pages, and again it crept into discussion last night, is the continual sniping back and forth between the Yes and the No wings. We boast a democratic country, the people voted, the votes were counted and the result declared. End of. Understandably it was a very emotive period of time in Scotland’s history and people were on major highs or lows depending on their personal vote preference, but that’s democracy, live with it. I have no time for the yes/no card being nastily, and repeatedly, played into issues which predate the vote by a century or more and I’ve no time for posters using the result as a weapon when trying to point score of others on unrelated subjects, whether said poster does so under the guise of humour or not. I find it rather disturbing and possibly a sad barometer of what the near future holds for Scottish society in general. Democracy is good as long as the vote goes my way???
This is a football blog, I really don’t see any relevance to the outcome of the vote and issues pertaining to the Celtic world.
weeminger
09:36 on 10 April, 2015
“but as far as I’m aware nobody has shown in black and white that it’s rental.” …..if ipox WAS owned by the club, believe me, the deeds would have been ‘produced’ by now …….the ongoing investigations are the attempts to wrestle the deeds from Green or White ……. Always remember that Michael was prevented from gaining ipox as security for one of his loans because the ownership was being contested in court ….. There’s more to come out on this one…….
Burghbhoy…..give that man your best smile …
braw
!!bada bing!!
09:34 on 10 April, 2015
An interesting spin on a price rise.
We should be reducing prices and trying to encourage more to attend games. The half empty stadium for almost every game suggests the current pricing is wrong.
!BADA BING!
Surprised at the wording of that,given the source. I genuinely thought the DR would have highlighted the increase from this season rather than a reduction on 2011 prices.
Good way to look at it is that the saving over the past three seasons is half of the ticket cost for 2011. So mustn’t grumble. The tickets are still being discounted whichever way we look at it.
Antipodean Red.
Hello again mate,
yes work gets in the road of all our more important things we
need to do, maybe next time, when you say Col the jambo
from my parish do you mean in Oz or Scotia.
H.H Mick
G67-BobbyM-yes,surprised at the DR spin on it,i think most are going up £50 .HH
I have often thought that Ibrox was part of an onerous contract.
Buy shares get Ibrox get a rental income through onerous contracts in return for your outlay.
Green is not as mental as he sounds when he’s appearing in hospital beds and saying he will be back.
I can’t see the news of Celtic website and I ain’t giving the record a click
67Heaven/Neustadt Braw
Thanks Lhads.
I’m just wondering how many times my Dad can work Celtic into his speech ?
Certain that the hoops will be mentioned!!
HH
Shortbread
I use this term in reference to BBC Radio Scotland. Primarily it’s a dig at their poor coverage of Scottish football and their often narrow viewpoints and range of pundits. There are some diamonds amongst the glaur: Jim Spence and Richard Gordon provide balance, knowledge and integrity in sharp contrast to the comedic figures of Chic Young and Kenny McIntyre. It’s still my port of call for Scottish football though as I gave up on the commercial channels long ago.
Somewhere in my befuddled brain though I’m having a dig at Robbie Shepherd and his Highland music/dance show.Travelling home from Aberdeen or Dundee on the supporters bus, the day’s enjoyment was compromised for a few minutes at the back of six when the football finished and the opening torturous screeches of some Highland jig attacked our ears…quickly followed by a ‘polite’ instruction to the convener to, “Get that sh*** aff!”
No big political point from me and I’m sure a fanzine used it years ago anyway.
HH
Neustadt-Braw
i’ve just came back down to Turkiye mate for the summer, Burgas home is a holiday home although i use it more now than i have been using it over the last 7 yrs.
If, and it’s a big IF, i stay all summer here i’ll be back in Burgas end of October if i get totally fed up here i’ll be back August this yr.
You can tell yir pal he’s welcome anytime as long as he’s a Tim -)
My home in BG is 10 mile from the city centre about 5 mins walk to the beach.
Burghbhoy
Have a great day and remember early start for Celtic tomorrow
Pass on our regards to the young couple
KTF
Make that 10 Kilometers -)))
melbourne mick,
Here in Oz, says he played football against you here.
AR
Richie Benaud
Reminds me of long, lazy school holidays watching snatches of the cricket and being guided through it by a real expert. RIP.
SFTB
Symbology explained (without a Dan Brown book)
;-))
this is not masonic….
breaking down the symbol
first it comes across the page rather than down so to get the best understanding rotate 90 degrees to the right.
the first… ; represents a pair of eyes with the right eye winking
the second… – represents the nose
the third… ) represents a smiling mouth
the fourth… ) can represent a second mouth meaning big smile or a double chin.
When used together it indicates that the writer is being humourous and not entirely serious.
;-))
CQN Shortbread Public Information Broadcast CSC ;-))
HH (this symbology means hail hail)
BT
Thanks mate.
Reckon I’ll be watching the game feeling a bit fragile!!
HH
Turkeybhoy
Glorious sunshine, but again gale force wind.
Killed my 1st mossy last night …………………this is their place of birth doon here !!!!!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCN3lqNUgAAWPy5.jpg:large
from Twitter
MichaelyouhavetakenmeawayCSC
I bet the ole Sevco are feeling a bit crestfallen this beautiful morning…
HH
67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar…… Ipox belongs to the creditors
22:47 on 9 April, 2015
Right, what the heck has happened to RES 12 ?…… The last we heard, it was progressing….that was ages ago, and I get the distinct impression it’s being brushed under the same carpet as BDO and the HMRC appeal ……what is going on, CELTIC Board ?….I can understand that you are charged with managing CELTIC, and not with going to war with the Scottish Football authorities and / or sevco….BUT……you did take Auldheid, Canamalar etc into your confidence , stating that you were dealing…..THAT was a year ago…..!!??
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Morning….fellow eejit:)
Hail Hail
It’s like this….anybody who, allows themselves to be ‘sucked-in’ by the Celtic board…deserves all the shafting that they get…imho
Ye could talk to the celtic board till the coo’s come home…and…nothing…
Ye see, Celtic FC are leading a charmed existence, or rather, the board are…imho
Ye see, the Celtic board brought in a new manager and, charged him with the responsibility of, getting the club into the CL group stages…he failed…twice!!
Where I would cut RD some slack….Celtic’s biggest weapon for getting into the CL…a packed Celtic Park…roaring the team over the line…imho
RD, was denied the use of the biggest weapon coz…the Celtic board…prostituted the stadium that, you and I paid for and built…to be used for the British Establishment’s Commonwhealth Games…all for £5 million with the Celtic fans being fecked aboot…trying to get to Murrayfield in time for the game…but, the board blew the chance of £20 million CL-money coz of their greed…who took the fall for that?…..nobody did…know why?…coz, Celtic PLC are a rudderless-ship…run by absentee toffs…Thatchers children run Celtic FC….they arent…inept / incompetent…no, they are…B#STARD’s…of the highest order.
Anybody who cant see through the Celtic board….if there’s a God?…I hope he loves you.
……oot.
So that’s a £50 rise on season books or roughly 12.5% with the spin that we have been getting a ‘discount’.
This (£100 discount) has ‘cost’ about £4m a year, so the rise should generate a further £2m (about the cost of the Board and the CEO).
Hey ho……..
Antipodean Red.
Unless he plays for my grandsons team and i played against
him at training but i think it’s another tricky Mickey he knows
but hey, the more Mick’s the merrier.
H.H Mick
Aintree:
Nicky Henderson’s Snake Eyes in the 1st race today.
insideinfo.com?
BBC shortbread is an insult to a tasty wee cookie and a very concise and accurate nod towards the corrupt institution that is BBC Scotland. I will continue to use it. Anyone who equates it with racisim is a ‘daftie’
HH
Not easily offended so radio shortbread references don’t bother me.
However, it is a dig at the station being twee/kitch/parochial, and an insult shortbread (mines is amazing).
Can someone copy n paste daily ranker article re st costs for next season
I posted on here earlier on in the week that prices would increase