Football can be a primitive sport on occasions but before kick off at Cardiff tonight the Wales and Scotland players will acknowledge the nation’s thoughts for a family in distress. The game provides many of us with opportunities to remember we are members of a complex and caring society. The The Wee Oscar 4 Life team have asked me to invite you to next month’s race night at Celtic Park. This is from them:
Be a hero for Wee Oscar and come along and join us for the WeeOscar4Life Race Night and Auction on 17th November in the Kerrydale Suite at Celtic Park!
Wee Oscar and his family flew to Philadelphia on the 6th October to start Wee Oscar’s potentially lifesaving Immunotherapy treatment, unfortunately due to health complications Wee Oscar was rushed into Intensive Care and it appears that these complications have shattered the prospect of receiving this immunotherapy treatment in Philadelphia. The events from the last few days have strengthened the WeeOscar4Life Campaign’s resolve to ensure maximum support for Wee Oscar and his family throughout Wee Oscar’s treatment. Set-backs such as this mean that it’s now more important than ever to raise additional funds.
The WeeOscar4Life campaign are proud to continue our fundraising for Oscar and his family during his treatment; Lisa Hague, Patron of the campaign, and Partner of Celtic’s Kris Commons says ‘This is the next stage of fundraising which will directly support Oscar and his family throughout the treatment and we implore the Celtic Family to continue supporting this incredibly worthwhile appeal. The Race Night and Auction is going to be a wonderful night and I can’t wait for the fun!”
Tom Boyd, the captain who stopped 10, said, “It will be my pleasure to support the WeeOscar4Life campaign by attending the race night next month. The backing shown by the Celtic Family already has been nothing short of extraordinary, and has inspired many of us to get involved and help this family through such an abysmal time.”
10 WeeOscar4Life Corporate tables, seating 10 people, are available on a first come first served basis offering preferential seating, drinks package, snacks, free entry and company advertising/printed logos. Early booking is advised as advanced reservations mean there is limited availability.
WeeOscar4Life seats are available and can be purchased individually or as groups at £7 per ticket. Again these seats will be sold on a first come first served basis. Snacks will be available on each table. Tables seat 10 people.
On the night there will be 8 races a raffle and an auction.
Race sponsorship is also available at £250 per race.
Jockey and Owner sponsorship is also available at £5 per Jockey or Owner. Each winning Jockey and Owner will receive a prize.
To reserve tickets or request further information please contact the team at here WeeOscar4Life@gmail.com.
The event flyer can be found here.
The full press release can be found here.
1,423 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- ...
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- »
Estorlbhoy.
Your right with your prognosis and the handshakers will never let it happen.
Just enjoy their demise,for it will take them years to crawl back,while we can only get stronger.hail hail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MhpFF1vv0&feature=related
Cults,
Thanks for the reply – was keen to hear your thoughts.
If I was to tell you there’s an 11-12yr old boy in Elrick, who was scouted when 9, but financial situation meant the young fella couldn’d try his dream out, at the time living in west of Aberdeen, and he stopped playing afterwards, except on the street….But he still has a bundle of talent, and the frustration of not playing is taking its toll on him….
A genuinely gifted lad. But without the financial backing to get him to training facilities. So worthy of a trial to keep him playing imo – cracking wee football player, control and pace. His family doesn’t have a lot of money for too many away trips…let me know your thoughts. (PS Apols for springing this on you – but be it sport or music, these things can make a kid’s life for them imo)
Ghuys & Ghirls
Wee Oscar needs you to pray like you’ve never prayed before tonight.
MWD
macjay1 for neil lennon
My post addressed his comments about deaths .
Real people.
The thumbs up is a signature of sorts.
As we all know now.
Sleep tight.
Saint Stivs @ 00:58
Great post amigo.
Where’s Fred C???
That video should be played daily.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2NlXagj-l8&feature=related
Fortune
My email is mmarkiebhoy@aol.com
It’s amazing how exclusive football has become at youth level. I’m running a team of 10 x 10yr olds. Excluding travel costs it is costing £250/child/ year.
That doesn’t even cover boots or training gear.
I am very fortunate to have oil company sponsor.
If a lad is keen and wants to go a level up from boy’s club it takes traing x 2 / week, national travel at weekends by parents,hotel bills, etc.
It is now becoming out of the reach of many ordinary families.
If you think I can help the lad you mention drop me a line.
MWD
Just assembled the family for a quiet prayer and positive thoughts.
Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Champions. C’mon Wee Oscar.
01:08 on 14 October, 2012
Ghuys & Ghirls
Wee Oscar needs you to pray like you’ve never prayed before tonight.
MWD
________________________________________________________
My advice would be to give God his proper place and get that Jedi false idol oot the way (kick it to the kerb). ;))
The thoughts are with the wee man and if the Biggest decides he can overcome every odds imaginable then it will definitely happen.
Who knows it may indeed depend on just 1 person becoming a believer in The Lord who didn’t believe before.
The Prodigal Son so to speak.
Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Champions. C’mon Wee Oscar.
01:08 on
14 October, 2012
Ghuys & Ghirls
Wee Oscar needs you to pray like you’ve never prayed before tonight.
MWD
————————————
in my thoughts all the time for weeks now, i want this little man to win , the pictures of oscar with him mum earlier today has me so humbled and worried.
please let him get better.
x
Fiant aures tuæ intendentes
in vocem deprecationis meæ.
Oh.
Think I just sobered up for the first time in a long while there !
Thoughts with the wee man…..
Cults, thanks for that, much appreciated, have taken a note of that. Am up there in a couple of weeks, so will see if I can sort things out and will get in touch with you re getting him to a training session or whatever you suggest.
Petec.
If Wee Oscar truly needs one person to turn to The Lord to survive. Then I’m sorry. In that case this world is fucked.
MWD
Pigalle
Hear Hear
:-)
Ad deum qui laetificat juventutem meum.
Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Champions. C’mon Wee Oscar.
set to ignore bud, and lets focus on whats needed tonight.
@Wee_Oscar: @MarkGaze not good news Mark, docs working desperately hard on his collapsed lung… http://t.co/GQkEyyOU
St Stivs
Petec is a goodin. I just happen to disagree with most of his beliefs, Celtic apart. I know he means good and kindness.
MWD
http://oscarknox.blogspot.co.uk/
Moonbeams
I agree with your colourful language on this occasion. The World is indeed that way.
Apologies if you thought I was asking you personally to start believing. There must be at least 10 times the amount of lurkers than posters on this site and the Holy Spirit is always at work. ;)).
Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Champions. C’mon Wee Oscar.
01:52 on 14 October, 2012
Thank You, I really appreciate that comment.
Just logged in….some talk earlier before about Eddie Gray ..Eddie never went to the “Maggies”……….his brothers Davie and Fankie did though.
Just saying
HH
Saint Stivs
Heartbreaking stuff. C’mon wee Oscar.
A beautiful song and it puts into perspective that we all have problems to deal with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAM2-hg7xJs
One thing I do know is, if Oscar makes a full recovery he will spend all his life Helping others.
Saint Stivs 00:44 on 14 October, 2012
It’s Pablo’s handle right enough and in his style.
God bless him and his kids.
Petec
Apologies buddy.
My stupidity.
Just a wee bit angry at the world tonight. Not angry at you.
Your heart is gold.
MWD
I cant beleive this. I’ve just posted the complete works of Billy Nowell after scouring the net and I’ve had a reply back saying “Your comment is awaiting moderation”
All these vids have been posted at one time or another on here, just neve together. Well maybe the mods will pass it through, maybe not.
Billy is a hero for his constant and up to the minute work over the time of the hun demise.
HH all Celtic men and wummin.
In the mean time here’s my own favorite.
Stadium of Silence by Billy Nowell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylucI-soxJ4
Just the way it should be…………………………………………..Nice:-)
Vmhan
Good morning to you.
Mid arvo in sunny Sydney.
Wee barbie with a quick splash of red.
Bleak in Blackpool? Good song title.
C’mon wee Oscar, keep fighting wee man
Macjay1
:>)
.
The Sting..
G’Day Fae a Absolouter el Scorchio day Down-Under..
I am Restoring a First Gen 1974′ Toyota Hi Ace.. Instead of Putting a Bed in it I decided to go for a Hammock.. So Today was Hammock installation day..
Howevvvvvva..
The One I bought is the Size of a Queen size Bed.. Ha..
Tho l was Going to use Hammock inside and Outdoors on Hot nights.. So Drove thee Olde Van in the Front Garden and Slung it from a Tree to Van..
Lay on it and Put the Music on in the Front Porch and Got a Chilled Kopperberg..
Thought this is the Life.. and ” Oohh The Serenity” from ‘The Castle’ (Aussie Movie)..
Well that Lasted all of Half a Frickin Minute.. Looked up and there were Bees everywhere.. WTF..?
Having recently put Speakers on the Roof of the Front Porch I Looked up..
WTF..
Ive Got a Bees Nest in one of the Frikin Speakers..:0).. No it Wisnae The Bee Gees I was Listening too..
So l decided to be Bumblebee Bhoy..
Big Mistake..
I am Now Sitting Indoors with the Ice from the Kopperberg on My Big Toe and Have a Ice Cube Stuck to my Erchie with Ductape….
No I’m Not Listening to ‘Sting’.. Ha..
Embdy got a Guid Bee Sting Remedy ..?or Know how to Get rid of a Hornets Nest..
Summa of You OnlyStingWhenYourWhingingCSC
Thoughts and prayers with wee Oscar .. C,mon wee fella!
Vmhan
06:46 on 14 October, 2012
Stoater.
Never met you,but I know you are.
Ca` canny,pal.
.
.
God bless Wee Oscar..
My Wee Ghirl is Off to Church soon will ask Her to Light a Candle and Pray for that Wee Bhoy in Philidelphia and His Family..
Moonbeams mentioned.. Pray Like you have Never Prayed before.. In a Earlier post..
A Couple of Days ago I Used the same Term in a Story of another Very Sick Child..Who Won her Battle..
The Wee man can Win his Battle also..great Fighters Win battles.. We know he is a Fighter..
001Bhoy
Summa of Sammi….
06:57 on 14 October, 2012
We drove one of those to Italy,late `77.
All the band gear in the back.
Blow out at a fair rate of knots on a French “route” on the way hame.
Luckily,I was driving.:-)
Remedy? Grog….the omniremedy.
Published on Sunday 14 October 2012 03:05
JUST OVER a week ago, at a meeting of the various supporters’ groups at Ibrox, the Rangers hierarchy sold a vision of the future that must have looked so extraordinarily bright that some in the room may have been tempted to reach for the credit card there and then in order to get aboard the Charles Green Express.
From the top table, a vista was created where the global reach of Rangers amounted to 500 million people; 500 million people being about seven per cent of the world’s population. Green imagined how good it would be if these 500 million Bears just threw in a couple of quid every week to watch their team play live on their mobile phones and their tablets from far-flung places on the planet. He concluded that Rangers could generate £100 million in media rights every year. We’ll say that again; £100m. That’s £39.4m more than Manchester City made from Sky Sports when winning the English Premiership last season. That’s still £10.1m more than City would make even if they won the league again when the new and eye-watering £3bn Sky Sports/BT deal kicks in next year.
Is £100m do-able? Of course… for the likes of Manchester United. When Sir Alex Ferguson’s team won the Premiership in 2010-11 they also won seven Champions League matches out of nine, drawing the other two, on their way to the final at Wembley against Barcelona. Their television revenue for the season amounted to something approaching £119m, so there you go. It can be done. But Rangers aren’t Manchester United. They don’t play in the Premiership.
They’re not even in the SPL, never mind the Champions League. Green reckons he can rival the big guns down south in terms of media rights by live streaming their games, the example he cited on the night he met the fans’ groups being Rangers’ Third Division clash with East Stirlingshire which is being sold to web viewers online in the UK and abroad. This is the future, says Green. Let’s see how many of the 500 million buy into it.
Oscar Wilde once said: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Maybe Green is looking at the stars and who could blame him? Selling a vision of what Rangers might become is great. That’s what chief executives are supposed to do, but the plan has to have some semblance in reality to have meaning and Green’s presentation lacks meaning. Five hundred million Rangers fans watching live streams and, get this, live interaction during games with non-participating players as well as with the management? How does that work? “Ally, before you make that substitution can you answer a question here from Joe in Cumbernauld?”
Green spoke about Rangers one day having an annual turnover of £100m plus another £100m on top of that from new technologies. He stated that the group stages of the Champions League should be the club’s minimum expectation every year, with Rangers making the quarter-finals every other year and, in a particularly good season, maybe even the semi-finals. They will do all of this, of course, without entering the SPL and winning the title that allows them entry to the Champions League in the first place. Quite how Green intends to make the Champions League every year while maintaining his stance of having nothing at all to do with the SPL is something he hasn’t explained beyond making a prediction that the SPL will die and that Rangers will soon be playing their bread-and-butter football in some kind of pan-European competition instead. Watched by their 500 million fans worldwide, no doubt.
This is what Green is brilliant at. He plays on the supporters’ love for their club and their view that they have been done in to a scandalous degree by the media and the footballing authorities for too long and that now it’s time to fight back.
Green feeds off that stuff. Recently, he told a story about a meeting he had in Geneva with delegates from other European clubs. Many of the delegates, he said, were shocked and appalled at the way Rangers have been treated. He said he couldn’t name names, but revealed that one delegate had admitted his own club had bribed referees and hadn’t received as harsh a punishment as Rangers. If you were a Rangers fan listening to that it could only serve to reinforce the sense of anger you have towards the domestic game as well as convincing you even further that Green is the Messiah who will put things right.
But the Messiah needs watching. There is no doubting his skills as a salesman. In the space of two or three weeks, Green went from being a pariah among the Rangers support to being a great Redeemer and protector of Bears everywhere. It was a tactical masterstroke achieved by telling the fans everything they want to hear, from the jealousy and vengeance and bigotry of some of their SPL rivals, to the shady practices of the SFA and SPL, to the bitterness of the media. It was a smorgasbord of things, all of which resulted in Green going from persona non grata among the Ibrox masses to some kind of hero to whom they seem ready to part with their cash ahead of the floating of the club on the stock exchange.
Some Rangers fans are asking questions of Green. Some still believe that he’s just too good to be true. Their cynicism is well-placed. Green’s explanation of what he intends to do with the money they invest in shares in the club – minimum price of £500 per investor – was paper-thin and demanded challenging.
The crowd-pleasing line was that he would spend some of it on strengthening the team, but Rangers folk have heard that from him before. In the summer he said he had 19 signing targets of whom five were playing in Euro 2012, which was taking place when he made the comment. None of the five arrived. Indeed, Ally McCoist said publicly during the transfer window that he needed about half a dozen new players and he got nowhere near that amount.
When Green dangles the carrot of new players coming to the club, supporters shouldn’t forget what he said in the past just because they like what he says in the present. He hasn’t delivered.
There are many, many questions to ask of Green and the people behind him and where the money has come from, where it’s going and what kind of state Rangers will be in when the Green years are at an end and he’s “retired in France”.
For a support that feels persecuted it’s easy to believe in a guy who tells you everything you want to hear. Scepticism is a useful trait in football. Never more so than now.
Summa / 001bhoy …
Did you not have the celtic bumble bee shirt on :)
Funnily enough .. I washed your sacred hoops last night
blantyretim
21:57 on 13 October, 2012
zombieheadhunter
WDH goes to Finlays, stays just around the corner..
—————————————————————————————————–
I know.
He was supposed to be in our quiz team but called off at the last minute.