Celtic box clever again, and the SFA know it. Aleks Tonev, who has a strong east-European accent and limited English, denies uttering racist comments against Aberdeen. Did he? He might well have, for all I know, but, with only one person contradicting Tonev, the SFA have no idea either.
When this issue first raised its head I don’t think anyone on CQN made a character reference for Aleks, but we concluded this issue was destined to remain unresolved, as there is simply not enough information to consider the matter. The SFA know this and know that the Court of Arbitration for Sport will find in favour of the player if they persist in trying to ban him for 7 games without collaboration.
Don’t let Barry Hearn fool you, it’s the SFA which is unfit for purpose, not the professional clubs or the SPFL.
It was great to see our very own Mouldy67 on the big screens on Wednesday for his Cycling Santa Appeal. He left London yesterday morning before resting up for the night in Birmingham. All going to plan, he’ll reach Glasgow on Monday.
Mouldy (Paul) is running to raise funds and awareness for Neuroblastoma Childrens’ Cancer Alliance in memory of Wee Oscar. It’s an incredible undertaking and a living example of the Celtic spirit brought to life.
You can follow his journey here, if you’re on Twitter, send him a good luck message, I know it will make a difference. More importantly, you keep tabs on his fundraising here.
I don’t get the notion, apparently widely held and reported by The Scotsman today, that Rangers (sic) cannot afford to sack Alloa McCoist (© Jobo). He’s on a contract which the club can continue to pay, while promoting Gordon Durie to first-team duties for little or no extra cash. They may even have a case to curtail their outlays to him. I can’t see how sacking him costs money in the short term, and let’s face it, that’s all this lot need to worry about.
Knowing where the bodies are buried
Super Alloa has seen the current directors, and all previous regimes right back to Murray, operating up close and personal. He knows which cupboards have skeletons lurking, while all of them will be aware of his contract negotiations, and what he has, or has not, been prepared to do for the club. It’s a classic co-dependency situation. You don’t sack the guy who knows what you don’t want revealed.
There is also the small matter of management priorities. Would the captain of the Titanic have sacked the chef for a lousy meal after they’d hit an iceberg?
If you’ve not been involved with the Celtic Foundation before there’s a great opportunity coming up next week. They’re looking for bucketeers ahead of the St Mirren game on Sunday, 14 December, to help raise money for the Christmas Appeal.
One of the beneficiaries of the Christmas Appeal is Glasgow City Mission, who provide emergency accommodation for the homeless, a dedicated Foodbank and an evening drop-in service that feeds those who are impoverished and in need of a proper meal, for, on average, 130 men and women each evening.
Graham Steven of the Mission said, “We are extremely grateful to Celtic FC Foundation and Celtic supporters for their continued generosity.
“Their much-needed financial contributions make the work of Glasgow City Mission possible. In particular, by funding our Older Men’s lunch club, you are providing a safe space for people to come and enjoy lunch and social companionship.
“Loneliness and isolation are significant factors in many of our clients’ lives – you are helping to turn that around, improving lives and strengthening communities – thank you!”
So next week, you can turn up to Celtic Park a wee bit earlier, get to meet hundreds of cheery Celtic fans, get a ticket to the game, and help to feed, shelter and provide companionship for the city’s homeless.
I spent most of the year not doing this kind of work, so I think I need to be there with a bucket next week. You are cordially invited to pick up your own bucket, email cfcfoundation@celticfc.co.uk or call here 0141 551 4291 now, before you forget about it. More info here. We’re lucky to be on the right side of the bucket campaign.
CQN Annual 2015 will be coming off the presses next week, order yours here in time for Christmas. There’s tons more on CQNBookstore.
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Jamesgang
didn’t think you where coming in. I was meant to buy you a drink from marspapa but obviously didn’t get the chance to.
Yes it was getting messy when i left…
take care big man.
BT
Got delayed. Glad I came into town for a wee bit of normality.
PS you know it’s been bad when CQN bevvies = normality!
HH jamesgang
Morning all. Thanks to PF Ayr for organising yesterday’s bash at the BV.
Good company was in abundance.
Let’s hope the players had some target practice & passing drills yesterday at Lennoxtown. Improvement required.
Hope your team wins. HH.
horrid henry
05:44 on 6 December, 2014
SFA will NOT change Tonev verdict.
Having had ample time since the ‘sentence’ and with no evidence save for ‘he said/he said’, why on earth would another two weeks be required
SFA know if they change the verdict, they are calling Logan a liar – is that better than calling Tonev a racist?
The original complaint should have been thrown out due to lack of evidence.
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It is not beyond the bounds of possibility if not probability that Logan misheard Tonev and that what Tonev said was not racist although possibly not complimentary.
It is entirely possible for two people to hear or see the same event and give it a different meaning according to a number of factors in their experience not discounting eyesight or hearing.
So to say a verdict of not proven or Tonev innocent makes Logan a liar is simply not accurate and he should be given the same benefit of any doubt that Tonev might get.
Tom
Winchburgh & District CSC
Doesn’t that ither Darryl work for the Blazers still ?
On message AND on The Journey.
Hmmmmmm.
Kit. In the pleasant company of Estadio at present drinking tennents lager
Heading to cheers later to watch game :)
I’ve no doubt that Fir Park will, as usual, have the appearance of a billiard table, conducive to silky football.
Consistently, that pitch provides the clearest visual evidence as to why we should be playing outwith this shit league
That nice Naismith gets awfully nice coverage when playing for Scotland doesn’t he !?
Guid job he’s a guid player, but wait a minute…………..
In Ireland its random breath testing as well.Shortly after they dropped the limit, they had an absolute blitz, I presume “to get the message across. In the space of a couple of weeks, one night my son was stopped and breathalysed twice in a journey of 2 kilometres. On another night my daughter who was 8 and a bit months pregnant was also breathalysed. The message lhads is take no chances whatever. particularly between now and end of January.
CQN Saturday Naps Competition
Lads, for those who are in the CQN Saturday Naps competition, please go back and post today’s selection at the end of the previous article :
“Dirty battle between SFA and SPFL”
All the best, fleagle1888
Great day at the BV yesterday…got home eventually…rough as this morning…nice to meet Mr N Mrs Jamesgang…
Kikinthenakas
Morning and feeling fine after the night before, great day yesterday and even greater company. Think I left in the nick of time, one more and I’d have been stewed, no driving today for me I think.
Nice of jamesgang and his beautiful wife to drop in, was good to see ye big man, keep smiling, it’s the way forward….
Ayrshire is Green and White
Sutton at it again today.Telling us all why VVD should leave.In January !!!!!!.WTF.
VVD is with Celtic for now.He has the chance of two cup finals,a league medal,a Europa league run,possibly,something he will never get a sniff off by going to the likes of Liverpool.
He tells us of the joys of playing in the EPL.Maybe so,but only if you play with a team who are winning regularly.Watching Liverpool,can anyone see great joy in the faces of Skirtl,Gerrard,when they are getting humped.When teams,quite a few are battling relegation,worrying about their future,is that enjoyable?.
We may not be the best league in the world,but another 6 months playing for Celtic,would give the big guy the prizes,the chance to enhance his reputation more,so one of the top clubs might be more interested in him.He is still young.
Sutton forgets the where he was playing in the wonderful EPL.Branded a flop,struggling to get a game,when Celtic rescued him from Chelsea.
Only comment on new law, pile of nonsense, 6% of fatalities caused by eejits who are drunk and certainly not the morning after. You now need a calculator to work out if you are ok to drive.
Anyway off to asda since I’m ok, or at least I think so………
greenpinata
20:46 on 5 December, 2014
Great post mhate.
I haven’t been on here much in the last few days, that post reminded me what I love about this place.
Very well said.
SydneyTim
:-)
Kikinthenakas, I have seen pictorial evidence, carnage does not cover it.
I’m on my way to Fir Park.
I have 2 spare tickets for sale.
Any interested parties call me on
07779888834.
TT
Well im surprised to see some supporters think we will run over Motherwell this afternoon ? I dont see it that way Motherwell is always a difficult place to go and I dont see it being any different today they have a care taker manager out to show there fans and there board that he should get the job permanently and they always raise there game against the hoops add to that we are struggling to put teams away ,It for me it adds up to a tight game ans I hope a narrow Celtic win. H.H.
Sutton is making a few quid for himself on the back of his Celtic career – as is his right. I will ignore everything the man says or writes – that is my right also.
tom mclaughlin
09:31 on 6 December, 2014
Just been to pick up my son from his girlfriend’s. Was stopped at a police checkpoint a mile from home on the way back and I was breathalysed. Haven’t had a drink since pre-game Wednesday so was all good.
RWE –
You say you are “not aware” of any powers the police have to randomly breath test. That is pretty obvious to me, but the next time you are stopped at a checkpoint and asked to take a breath test, try telling him you are not aware of him having such powers.
I repeat . . . At roadside checkpoints, where the police are randomly stopping multiple drivers, they can demand a breath test and do not need to provide a reason.
Are we to believe that millions of drivers have been randomly breathalysed at police checkpoints all over the UK for decades and not once has a lawyer challenged it in court as being unlawful?
You can keep repeating that you are “not aware” of such powers, but it doesn’t make it so.
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I have reasonable cause to suspect that you have alcohol on your breath and in terms of section 6 of the RTA 1988 I require you to provide a sample of breath for a road side breath test…
Demand….?
Reasonable cause….!
Ayrshire is Green and White
The Live Updates article will be up at 12:15, could someone leave a note here?
Thanks.
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
09:53 on 6 December, 2014
Nice day to murder the managerless Motherwell. What’s the odds on Matthews and Mulgrew getting on the score sheet today?
Corald
Mulgrew 1st 16/1
anytime 6/1
Mattews
1st 40/1
anytime 16/1
winning captains
09:27 on 6 December, 2014
With the chat in here recently you might be better selling a range of breathalyzers in the CQN shop – it’s plain – know the needs of your customers
corals:(((
leftclicktic,
Thanks. 16/1 seems a bit stingy for Adam given he scores about one a season.
ffm – i’m the only conspiracy theorist in the village)
09:33 on 6 December, 2014
Where will all the people who are injured by drunk drivers go..?
celtic end main stand tickets on sale from the motherwell ticket office. beats that trek round the other end.
Doc
There was pictures? Oh dear…
Kikinthenakas
breathalyzers
Family friend has bought a few
settled on one from Costo cash & carry £49
Sensitive but he needs it to be good for his job
He swears by it.
Not taking a pint was not an option(it is now) says he but has phoned a taxi on occasion,
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
16/1
anytime in 90mins
Pictures….awe naw, I got criticised for not smiling, the facts behind it are, the photographer was pointing the camera for about a quarter of an hour prior to taking the picture, my face got fed up waiting…
Ayrshire is Green and White
Want to cut road deaths?
Close the A9. Simples!
A guid wee read
http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/12/06/what-is-neil-doncaster-for/
I see Jimmy Nicholl has already conceded defeat to his masters…
Nice one Jimmy you’re a brick…
Saw a woollen cardigan lying on the settee this morning with ANIMAL emblazoned right across the front of it…. So I asked my wife what I thought was a reasonable question ” are you buying a sevconian a Xmas present…?”..
She just looked at me ………. Hahahahahahaha
Congratulations to Jobo on, not only coining a new phrase, but getting it used in a CQN leader and HEADLINE!
Is there no end to the weather reporter’s talents?
EC67