I’m sure many of you will remember the home game against Dundee in April 2001. We needed a win to be able to secure the title the following week, at home, against St Mirren. After the game Martin O’Neill sounded irritated at the anxiety in the crowd, oblivious to the fact that the loss of a late goal would have denied many of us the opportunity to be there when the title was won.
If you’ve been there for the highs (Aberdeen) and lows (Kilmarnock) of the league season you’ve earned a ticket to the party. Let’s hope the SPL deliver a home game next, as reported.
Apologies for the extended downtime yesterday. Plans are afoot for five new servers to load-balance CQN (which sounds a lot right now but we’ve had similar thoughts before).
Let the record show that the death of Margaret Thatcher brought CQN down longer than when Rangers did the decent thing. Was hearing the news a ‘JFK moment’? I was in the wee room at the time, a treat for all the senses, so I’m not sure how my memory will handle the situation…. mostly audio.
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So no Saturday games for the remainder of the season …
TMWTL
So have Durrant & McDowell been kicked oot?
Burghbhoy
SPL / Sfl different rules. Cheerio.
Chortles Verdi had to be given a police escort when he left Sheffield Utd.
HistoryRepeatsItself? CSC
Burgh
Sevco will get 15 points the next time.
Stewart Regan to make a statement on Sevco, lies, audio tapes and Charles Green’s fitness and properness and personness?
Come off it, Coisty.
On the SFA website, the last statement from the chief executive was on April 24, 2012. Any perceived link between Stewart Regan drawing his salary and showing a modicum of leadership in Scottish football is purely coincidental.
Bournesouprecipe
Given the Huns propensity for violence Chuckles better get plastic surgery and be offski toute de suite
pod i
If your from that area we might know each other. I used to work in the fullarton park hotel. Worked there for years, if you ever frequented the establishment.
hendrix67 @ 18:01
can you get my email from Paul – i’ve provisionally booked that night just in case you want it
P
Crivvens… jings… help ma boab
Looks like mr Charles Greens pants are on fire
Yet again the average Sevconian has slept walked into farce.
Does their stupidness ever end ?
It will really do my head in If they decide on a minutes applause for Thatcher- what would you do?
Stairheedrammy
Wait outside til its over
So, probably the most momentous year ever in Scottish football and the chief executive of the SFA has nothing to say.
What is the point in these spaniels?
hendrix67
Use the Sandmyle for food of an evening but the bar had too many unfriendlies for my liking
P
Stairheedrammy
Put a magnet in each hand!
17-year-old Paris Brown steps down as youth commissioner for Kent Police over inappropriate comments she made when she was younger.
Racist Charles Green still in situ.
Has Campbell Ogilvie announced an SFA investigation into the allegations and counter allegations surrounding the associate member club?
Sorry, Paul, I’ve no idea what came over me there. Of course, I mean ‘racist’ Charles Green.
Stewart Regan needs to be put on a bus and sent packing, who pays this clowns wages, he’s a total Jim Goodwin..
It will be the only minutes applause to be roundly met by a minutes silence.
Have the stupid huns worked out that Challs and Craigy Bhoy killed their Club,by ensuring the CVA didn’t go through?
starry plough
18:15
I suppose it’s possible he thinks nothing has been worthy of comment since April 24, 2012.
Stairheedrammy,
can’t help thinking about the puffs of ‘outrage’ when the SFA failed to cancel a game after the People’s Princess (copywright ack’d) met her maker.
Will they be similarly out of step again?
What a week this is turning out to be…keep hearing the Soap theme tune again…was it the opening or closing credits when the narrator asked a series of questions about how the characters would fare next episode…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSaNWYHmUvI
Anyone have a link to the latest fun and games pls?
Paul67 et al
Speaking for contempt for the football supporter, the FA have just announced that there will be a minute’s silence at the Cup semi-finals at the weekend. A minutes silence for a politician who despised football, and who was Prime Minister during and after the Hillsborough Disaster. Will the SFA follow suit?
Rangers going into liquidation.
Sevco sneaking into Scottish football with his collusion.
Sevco pretending to be Rangers.
Craig Levein pretenting to be a national team manager.
Craig Levein being mutually consented.
Wee Strach taking over.
Celtic beating Barcelona.
The proposals for restructuring and what they mean.
What the point of David Longmuir is.
St Mirren winning a cup.
A Scottish club disgracing itself in England.
Naw? Nothing? Is he in hibernation?
Craigey and his tapes – just had to post this:
http://youtu.be/MA2KmJMKFrQ
Hope it was a less obvious device!
:-)
!!Bada Bing!!
We did try to tell them!!!
HohohoCSC
Celtic Mac,
a minute’s silence at a Millwall game at Wembley?
Pah
Former HBOS chief executive Sir James Crosby has asked for his knighthood to be removed.
He will also forgo 30% of his £580,000-a-year pension following last week’s critical report into the bank’s collapse during the financial crisis.
Are you listening Sir David?
HH
Driving car, laughing at SSB doing their best to avoid Sevco chat..
STV Green, brilliant. Fair play to channel. Perhaps they read the tweets etc..
The minutes silence will allow fans to show their appreciation as they chose.
I’m sure she would have appreciated people being given the choice.
Paul 67
Can you give me pod I’s email please?
Cheers
celtic mac
18:20 on 9 April, 2013
Paul67 et al
Speaking for contempt for the football supporter, the FA have just announced that there will be a minute’s silence at the Cup semi-finals at the weekend. A minutes silence for a politician who despised football, and who was Prime Minister during and after the Hillsborough Disaster. Will the SFA follow suit?
……
The SFA may think they can set a trap for us by doing so. I hope they do. Another red card display.
Cannot see Man City fans staying quiet in their Semi.
2 MSPs replied on police enquiry so far:
Thank you for writing to me regarding the policing of the Celtic fan protest on Saturday 16th March.
I am opposed to heavy handed policing in relation to peaceful protest. The Scottish Green Party values the right to peaceful public protest as a vital part of a democratic society, and is strongly opposed to measures which hamper or discourage it, including the kettling of large groups. I have participated in protests which have been inappropriately policed, including through the use of covert surveillance, intimidation and attempted bribery by police officers, kettling and arrests of non-violent demonstrators. I would welcome an inquiry into the use of such tactics in general, but I would not support restricting the scope of such an inquiry to the recent football-related incidents alone.
It is important that the police and local authorities work to facilitate the public’s right to peaceful protest, as well as ensuring that wider public safety is not undermined. However protesters also have a responsibility in this, and I would urge anyone staging a protest to enter into dialogue with the police and local authorities well in advance, to ensure the safety of the public is in no way compromised. Impromptu marches and street demonstrations in particular can have an unpredictable impact on traffic management, including the movement of emergency vehicles. To me, the term peaceful protest strongly implies a thoughtful and proactive consideration for the safety of others.
I would also like to comment on the underlying tensions which have led to the recent protests. There is a great deal of anger from fans and others in relation to the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act. I thought this was a flawed piece of legislation, and put forward a number of amendments to try and deal with what I saw as the worst aspects of the bill. These gained support from other opposition parties, but were defeated by the Scottish Government. I voted against the bill as a whole. You can read my contribution to the debate here.
In light of recent events, I have asked the Scottish Government to consider bringing forward a report on the operation of the new offences (I have copied my written question below). The report, which was a requirement of the Act, does not need to be published for another two and a half years. However, there is nothing to prevent them from doing this earlier. If they agree they will need to consult on the report, which would include taking the views of fans into account. I will let you know what response I receive from the Minister.
Yours sincerely,
Patrick Harvie
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in light of current concerns, it will bring forward a report on the operation of offences under section 11 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, in advance of the completion of the review period.
Dear Captainmoonlight
Thank you for your email concerning the unauthorised march of Celtic supporters on 16th March in the Gallowgate, and the police response to that march.
For information, I have written to Strathclyde Police Authority requesting them to examine the incident in question. I will let you know what response I receive.
Thank you once again for being in touch.
Yours sincerely,
Ruth Davidson MSP
Glasgow Region
Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
HH
pod i
I agree regarding the clientele, however a job was a job. Left there 5 years ago. Worked there for 5 years as well. Worked in the restaurant as well as the bar. Especially at the weekend.
Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan says former prime minister Margaret Thatcher is ‘owed’ a minute’s silence before the weekend’s FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.
Owed for what? The decimation of the mining industry in Lancashire and especially the Wigan and Leigh area.
Anyone interested in American basketball. The epic 1984 – 7 game final between the Boston Celtic’s and the LA Lakers. Great read.
http://www.celticslife.com/2013/04/debunking-myths-of-1984-finals-how.html?