Rumours circulated last week that is was Sepp Blatter who leaked the million or so emails to The Sunday Times, allowing them to uncover previously hidden payments between Fifa delegates at the time of the Qatar 2022 vote. That looks fanciful in the face of Blatters tub-thumping, that criticism of the voting process is motivated by racism.
The motivation behind The Sunday Times is irrelevant, Fifa is either corrupt or not. Blatter is indulging in the ancient art of Ad hominem, rejecting a claim not on its own merits, but on an irrelevant facet of the person making the claim. Sony, Adidas and others have led the way is asking for proper oversight of Fifa to protect their brands being damaged by association. This is all very well but by postponing any disclosure until after the forthcoming World Cup, Fifa have years to allow sponsor angst to dissipate. Expect nothing to change.
What a fascinating wee story that the SFA are considering leaving Hampden to Queens Park to maintain and ‘fill’ with a few hundred spectators each game. If this is a bargaining position to force Queens into cutting a generous deal, fair enough.
In the event the SFA decide to move away from Hampden, it’s worth keeping an eye on the stadium. Those who appear intent on driving Newco Rangers into liquidation could do with a spare stadium in Glasgow, just in case the current owners of Ibrox do not succumb to manipulation.
On the subject of that lot, Dundee United’s Stephen Thompson’s playing a blinder. Not only is he cherry-picking their youth talent but he’s also raised the inconvenient fact – Newco Rangers is a two year old football club. Follow the money on this one.
Well done to BBC Alba and Alex O’Henley for the outstanding Jock Stein documentary last night. It’s difficult to add much to the Stein story after all these years but they managed to do so. The level of detail contained therein was remarkable, and it was nothing short of astonishing that we heard first-hand testimony on Jock playing for Blantyre Vics.
If you’re short of a Father’s Day gift, Tommy Gemmell, Bertie Auld and John Hughes will be signing copies of their books at the Celtic Store in Argyle St from 1pm until 4pm on Saturday. Three Lions, one venue, bring your camera.
It’s also an enormous privilege to announce that after we hosted a live chat session with Willie Wallace last year and Tommy Gemmell last month, Bertie Auld will be live on CQN from 1pm this Friday. Bertie is the strong silent type, so you’ll need to prepare a few questions to bring him out of his shell.
Visit the CQN Bookstore to get Tommy Gemmell to sign your personal copy of his tome, All the Best, freshly signed by the man himself this morning.
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Ernie Lynch
Thanks for that mate.
BSR
To whom?
GM
It would look good on ole Sporran Ivanisevic.
The bonnie wee Skye terrier is’today the most endangered of the Vulnerable Native Breeds of the U.K.’
So imminent extinction is something else it’s got in common with Sevco.
Greyfriars Bobby
Number of theories.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2021906/Greyfriars-Bobby-hoax-Dog-kept-vigil-masters-grave-publicity-stunt.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14424513
http://metro.co.uk/2011/08/04/greyfriars-bobby-part-of-victorian-money-making-hoax-reveals-historian-102163/
Make up your own mind. It would appear to me that you believe what you want to believe.
LB
Burghbhoy
Whenever it comes out the LNS investigation was misled from the outset, deliberately in my opinion for reasons that will appear on TSFM as a new blog or a post.
The urgency to get the investigation was also to preclude any dependency in the Terms of Reference of the Commission to either Rangers administration ( announced the week before) or the FTT result some months later.
LNS was a sham before it got underway, an affront to the rule of football and so our game and those responsible at the SPL ( and it was NOT Celtic) should be removed, along with their partners in crime at the SFA.
By” it” I mean the UTT decision.
An ole money making hoax?
Wee G.B is gettin’ more Sevconian by the minute.
its time customers just accepted we are not fans and got on with purchasing.
The day of the fan has gone. You’re all customers. Every one of you!
So stick that in your daft stoopid lookin tartan tap on a Monday evening at 8 o’clock ahving just been told of the rearangement 48 hours earlier.
fans me erchie! happy clappers are us.
MWD says AYE
LiviBhoy
11:02 on 11 June, 2014
Seems the original Grey Friars Bobby was replaced by a new one but because it was commercially expedient everyone pretended it was the same dug.
And the name is synonymous with turd.
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
‘The Scots Dumpy is a breed of chicken from Scotland. The moniker dumpy, meaning short and stout, refers the breed’s thick-set appearance and extremely short legs. Through history they have been known under a host of names such as: Bakies, Stumpies, Dadlies, Hoodies, or Creepies. They are classed as an endangered breed by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’
I’m sorry i must have missed the part where it became compulsory to buy every new kit we brought out, i always thought we had a choice.
bournesouprecipe
10:55 on 11 June, 2014
NatKnow
Snoop Dog is a wannabe dug
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Surely that Iggy and The Stooges?
Ghuys a wee request, if you enjoyed the BBC Alba documentary about Jock Stein could you sent amessage to BBC Scotland Sports Dept FAO Ewan Angus telling him how much you enjoyed it. Big up BBC Alba if you like he will not like that, BBC Scotland Sports Dept is as you probably know full of Sevconians whilst BBC Alba is more disposed to another Glasgow team but always scruptiously even handed. Thanks Hail Hail Hebcelt
HT
The peepul, you know the ones that call you a rebel and tell you to go home?
Celtic are more Scottish than haggis * with a rich proud Irish heritage *
The more tartan fettered :-) teams the better then we could have a Clash of the Tartans in the Gazebo.
Mon the Hoops
I always have a smile when people talk about being exploited by the club when it comes to merchandise. If a product released by the club is too expensive/boggin’ then don’t buy it. It’s that simple.
Natknow
Sounds too young for me
*goes away to google them*
Moonbeams WD. Wee Oscar’s our Bhoy and Kano’s our mhan.
11:05 on 11 June, 2014
its time customers just accepted we are not fans and got on with purchasing.
The day of the fan has gone. You’re all customers. Every one of you!
So stick that in your daft stoopid lookin tartan tap on a Monday evening at 8 o’clock ahving just been told of the rearangement 48 hours earlier.
fans me erchie! happy clappers are us.
MWD says AYE
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Just to be clear – if we buy a Celtic tap then we’re not Celtic fans?
BSR –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJIqnXTqg8I&feature=kp
:-)
Ernie / Livi
“everyone pretended it was the same dug”
The Edinburgh version of Tracy Barlow.
weeminger
11:17 on 11 June, 2014
I always have a smile when people talk about being exploited by the club when it comes to merchandise. If a product released by the club is too expensive/boggin’ then don’t buy it. It’s that simple.
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What you trying to do – cause an outbreak of sanity?
Entryist!! :-)
Ernie Lynch
If it goes against HMRC an appeal is likely.
If HMRC win Rangers will stand accused of defrauding the UK tax payer of around £70million and even if the smsm try to ignore it would be a UK national scandal that raises very serious questions about the SFA and SPL ‘ s governance of Scottish football, not only in missing the significance of ebts and side letters for over 10 years but then not acting to put a stop to it before it reached the sums it has. Sums btw which precludes the £2.8m tax evaded aka the wee tax case when the SFA failed to uphold fair play and possibly the £14M unpaid VAT and PAYE ( I’m not sure without checking if that £14M is in the £70m).
The parallels between miss governance by an independent organisation left to its own devices and a Society that plays along in the cover up, and a country wanting to govern unencumbered are not lost on my good self, although folk will argue football has nothing to do with politics.
I would argue that people are people, society reflects their thinking and consequent behaviour and attitudes and the signs of dishonesty should not be ignored.
Discuss :)
The best way to buy merchandise is wait til they bring out a new Top etc, then go an buy the old one at a fraction of the cost ;-)
AlwaysoutofFashionCFC.
Morning/afternoon all.
Can I just say that I do not particularly like the new away strip?
But I love THE CELTIC!
HH!!
ACGR,
Whisky glasses and lassies’ asses, have made fools of many a man!: > )
crc
A modest proposal for the Thursday night 5s.
Rather than use those stupid modern monstrosities, the coloured bib, to distinguish both sides, could we not have one team playing in the stylishly dark tartan of the Celtic 3rd strip while the other team plays in the lightness of the green & white hoops.
I am confident that the likes of MWD will not mind which team selection he is assigned to play for :-)
BSR
Fair point I never really thought of it like that.
What’s the chances of one of the golfing Gazebonians adorning the new tartan in their troosers :-)
NatKnow
Ooooffft – that is raw power
Better still dig out a 10 year old top an start telling everyone, its a classic ‘retro’ ;-)
SFTB
I’d prefer something with stripes and black.
Lokking Thin CSC
Geordie Munro- hell hath no fury like a vengeful Tracy Barlow
– you might need to sleep with one eye open
Women just love to see fat bald middle aged men wearing fitba tops…fact.
HT
The sartorially elegant but Battered Bunnet is probably already onto it.
He’ll go for the full sharp suited look, whereas non golfing DBBIA’s kilt will be blowing free in the wind, with no restrictive city slickers.
Sevco share issue?……..Dave King and Richard Gough not returning calls
New article?
I see ole Lenny Murdoch’s updated Kenny Missers wiki – 2014 The Rangers.
Flounced?
bournesouprecipe
11:38 on 11 June, 2014
‘Sevco share issue?……..Dave King and Richard Gough not returning calls’
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The campaign to starve them of revenue seems to have been counter productive as it looks like it will allow the existing shareholders to increase their control of the club.
Nat Know
It is however rather apt that someone who sells fantasies to children is playing to that very same audience who like to be kept adult children looked after by their big brother in England.
I wonder if the media will attack her like they did the Weirs or fawn all over her as they did with Bowie delivered third hand through an ageing model?
BBC Scotland doubtless heading out for a week of pro-Union interviews as we speak.
At least YES have Alastair Gray, James Kelman, Liz Lochead, Irvine Welsh and until very recently the great Iain Banks- you know real writers, not genre writers for children.
Put it this way it’s rather apt that someone immersed in a fantasy world who makes their living writing about it is giving money to an organization living in a fantasy world with a title of mass self delusion.