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.
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On a night when the loonies were threatening to take over the asylum, JimmyQuinnsBits brought a wee bit of sense & some great contributions.
Mary Brooksbank, Seamus Heaney & Maya Angelou were the perfect antidote to the ranting of some of our space cadets.
Thanks, JQB.
Buona Domenica tutti ——–
Warm and sunny – for now —— monsoon forecast for later —–way down south .
Saw the wee flurry of posts re Leeds . They provoked a memory —–
Italian football newspaper asks Helenio Herrera to predict who will win the 1970 European Cup [ the semi finals have yet to be played ]
He said ——–
Feyenoord will beat Legia .
Celtic will beat Leeds .
Feyenoord will beat Celtic.
CG’s latest ‘vision’ has just about wiped out UEFA and the Champions League.
Stirling Albion CSC
Listening to Steve Wrights Sunday Love Songs.
He’s just played James Taylors beautiful “You’ve Got a Friend.”
I immediately thought of CQN.
Thanks bhoys and ghirls.
bsr
Ha indeed! I tend to think this one will be true mind you
Quite a lot of the clubs throughout the divisions are deeply unhappy with him regards his ‘plan’ for SevCo.
If only they would extend their unhappiness to the President’s position, we would all be smiling
C 1st
Your visitor from Bastia is en route.
She has been entertained lavishly and is expecting the same from you. Lemon cake chestnut sponge and poulet roti featured very largely in her texts. Best leave the Horrible Stink in the pantry , I reckon.
Are the Firstettes excited?
Fear ripples through the Belgian camp as Don Cowie is called up into the Scotland squad in place of Broonie
Story about uncle tommy (maley).
He never used to tell people about his famous grandfather.
However his brother in law was over from spain and tommy, my dad and the brother in-law were passing celtic park. Brother in law joe says he wants to get a tour of the stadium. They go inside main entrance and are told they will need to book. Joe is going home he next day so this isnt an option.
Uncle tommy spots a photo of willie maley on the wall and they all go over and stands beside it. Tommy asks one of the staff if he will take a picture of him with his grandfather….the guy does a double take of tommy and the photo….and he penny drops
Joe got his tour of he stadium ……
A high profile Zombie tweeter!
How low can they get?
maleys bhoy
Lovely story!
maleys bhoy
I saw Willy Maleys’s 1936 Scottish Cup Winner’s medal was auctioned a couple of weeks ago. It was a thing of beauty.
RIP to your uncle
BSR
Are they current creditors .?
‘Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs’?!
GGRRRRR.
A sad day for the ole bhlog when that gash rates a mench.
somebody was asking last night why we played Leeds at Hampden in 1970.
It was not because of work on the main stand, it was because of work on the Rangers end. I know because my dad was the site agent on that job. On a few occasions, he took me to work with him. I got a tour of the trophy room and got to meet Jimmy McGrory! He also managed to get me and my cousins tickets for the Leeds game……..and a scoreless Scotland/England game which was less exciting.
For anybody who hasn’t listened yet to “Big Jock” on 5 live, it’s still on iplayer.
Dontbrattbakkinanger
Try this mix from Starry Plough
http://www.mixcloud.com/gerri1love/peacenik/
Steve Wright ……….bad
Steven Wright…..good
“All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.
OK, so what’s the speed of dark?
How do you tell when you’re out of invisible ink?”
From “The Ottawa Citizen” :-
How I became an Irish Zionist
Monday, June 18, 2012
By Nicky Larkin
Summer 2012 — An Israeli flag proudly
flies outside the front of a Dublin city
centre pub. An insignificant event
perhaps in other parts of the world —
but not in Ireland. Six months
previously Dublin city council allowed a
day-long enactment of mock
executions of “Israelis” by
“Palestinians” on our main shopping
thoroughfare, organized by the Ireland
Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Being anti-Israel has somehow become
part of our Irish national identity — the
same way we are supposed to resent
the English.
I was no different. My interest in the
Israeli-Arab conflict had been sparked
by Operation Cast Lead. I posed in the
striped scarf of the Palestinian
Liberation Organisation for an art show
catalogue, in a gesture of solidarity.
While I never had any notions of
“Throwing The Jew Down The Well,” as
Borat might have it, I had definite
opinions on Israeli foreign policy. The
Irish papers were full of stories of Israeli
aggression every day that summer —
between flotillas and bombings it didn’t
look good. You can’t polish a turd.
But I wanted to go and see for myself. I
wanted to see just how nasty these
Israeli’s actually were. I wanted proof
that I was right.
Several months later, I arrived in Ben
Gurion Airport expecting all sorts of
security checks. We were Irish, and we
were filmmakers — therefore we were
not to be trusted. Thankfully, we
cleared security without the
involvement of latex gloves or free
prostate exams.
But suspicion followed us everywhere
we went in that first week in Israel.
Once we told people we were Irish it
was harder to get interviews, and
people were more reluctant to speak on
camera. I understood why.
After that first week in Israel we crossed
over into the West Bank. Being Irish
wasn’t a problem on this side of the
divide. Everyone was our friend. IRA
graffiti adorned The Wall; tiny German
flags affixed to car number-plates.
Bethlehem was Las Vegas for Jesus-
freaks, the neon crucifixes punctuated
only by posters of martyrs.
I was confused by the constant
Palestinian repetition of the mantra of
“non-violent resistance.” Why put up
all the posters of martyrs, if you
advocate non-violent resistance? I was
supposed to understand all this
somehow because I’m Irish. But even
the IRA didn’t blow themselves up … at
least not on purpose.
I was also frustrated by the
unquestioning attitude of the foreign
activists. Anything seemed acceptable
in the name of the Palestinian cause.
No questions asked. But would these
war-tourists apply this same liberal
attitude if it was happening at home in
their own country? If buses were
exploding in their own home cities? If
they weren’t out here on holidays in
their summer playground?
My opinions didn’t change overnight. I
spent seven weeks in the area, the
time divided equally between Israel and
the West Bank. Then I spent several
months trawling through hundreds of
hours of the interviews we’d filmed. I’d
spoken to everyone from Ultra-
Orthodox Settlers to Marxist
Palestinians. Everybody had an opinion,
and everybody was sure that their
opinion was right.
The problem began when I resolved to
come back with a film that showed
both sides of the coin. Actually there
are many more than two. Which is why
my film is called Forty Shades of Grey.
But only one side was wanted back in
Dublin. My peers expected me to come
back with an attack on Israel. No grey
areas were acceptable.
Beginning in March I published a series
of articles in The Sunday Independent,
Ireland’s most widely circulated Sunday
paper, detailing my political shift.
The fallout from the articles has been
quite spectacular. I’ve been called
everything from a Protestant to an
agent of Mossad. Letters to the editor
have been flying in every Sunday
since, like rockets from the Strip.
But unlike the rockets from Gaza, not
all the letters have been sent with
spleen.
I expected hate mail. And I got it. But I
didn’t expect the support from a
largely silent group of people — Irish
people. It seems there are true liberals
out there. People prepared to listen to
both sides of the story.
Since my initial article in March, a
multitude of other Irish writers have
been questioning our automatic anti-
Israel bias in several national
newspapers. For the first time ever Irish
people are starting to think about the
Israel issue in a rational light. There is a
genuine sea-change taking place.
I opened a previously closed debate,
and I would like to think that the Israeli
flag now flying in Dublin city centre has
more than a little bit to do with me.
Nicky Larkin will be presenting his film,
Forty Shades of Grey, and answering
questions Monday at Library & Archives
at 7 p.m. (freethinkingfilms.com).
“Forty Shades Of Grey” (Trailer)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en-GB&client=mv-tmobile-uk&v=roKGlgSAsR8&fulldescription=1
Are there any Perth Glory “fans” out there?
When I watch them, I keep telling myself, “that’s what you get with 2 huns as coach & assistant coach”.
What a load of Scheidt!
DBBIA
I hope you are not trying to instigate a “Love Songs” debate.
(The songs were great by the way!)
Zombie Tweeter never recovered from the disastrous PR move of having them open for Runrig at The Ole Burns Howff…
Its funny to hear huns talk about “whit Ally did for the club over the summer”,a serious question,what did he do or am I missing something?
As we all know the huns see themselves as victims in all this,utterly pathetic because had Murray took any one of them into the boardroom and explained “Were in trouble,especially with O’Neill coming to the scene but weve got a way of competing which will involve a (boab) Malcolm X approach,as a fan do you back us?”
Any and I mean any and most wouldve backed him simply because it was us that wouldve had the advantage which is unacceptable to the superiority complex so they are not (the hoardes) the victims and did not need anybody to “stand up” for the club during their demise through self infliction.
Its laughable,cringeworthy and pitiful that adult football fans take such a stance,Ive said before its because deep down they are mortified they’ve been caught cheating and world football can see it.
Fat Sally,Useless,LeCoist has done the square root of nothing for them except drag them to the grave with his managerial performance,I would like one of them to explain what exactly he did for them during the summer except deflect natural embarrassment and turn it into childish spite and anger.
They are Scotlands shame.
I usually scroll past the through the night -the woodwork creaks and out comes the freaks – guff -but this caught my eye ——-
” Crowley stalks every corridor “.
Wow !.
Drove past his place at Thelema recently ——big graffito on the wall —-.
” Uncle Fester lived here “
cadizzy
Are the ole elite scarecrows out standing in their fields?
South Of Tunis
pmsl
Every time I think of Charlie Greens waffle to the duped of 500million worldwide bears waiting to donate :))).
THIS ARTICLE COMES TO MIND.
http://www.ntvcelticfanzine.com/hackwatching/hacks%20100%20adam.htm
PF
Yes, I reckon so, there’s a guy tweeting one from the list everyday so that all Zombie creditors are tweeted the same, as regular Live creditors.
GooooooooooooooooooooooooooD
…………… Afternoon………………………..
C…….……..Q……………N
BiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiG joeindaaaaaaaaaaHOUSE
South of Tunis,
Did Feijenoord not beat A C Milan in the other semi. I have it imprinted on my soul, watching it in Holland. Big Wim van Hanegem, one of the best left midfielders I have had the pleasure to watch regularly, destroyed them singlehandedly (wee bit of an exaggeration there, obviously, but what a player).
From the Guardian…..not surprising but still depressing
“US presidential candidate Mitt Romney has hailed Margaret Thatcher as a “tower of strength in the cause of liberty” as a tribute to the former prime minister on her 87th birthday……..
Writing on Twitter, Romney – the Republican challenger engaged in a close fight with Democrat Barack Obama for the White House in next month’s election – said: “The US is blessed with courageous friends.
“Happy Birthday to the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher – a tower of strength in the cause of liberty.”
Andy Murray one game away from wining
BSR
0-;)
ESPECIALLY THIS BIT :)))
“When I was there we did an exercise which involved asking 50,000 supporters on a database to recommend a friend or a relative abroad. A big response was expected – some were even talking about getting 100,000 names. We got back 2,800 names and three quarters of them didn’t even know they had been nominated. Despite the claims of international appeal Rangers are essentially a west of Scotland club.
With the assertion that 25 Scottish journalists have been intimidated / threatened by the supporters of their erstwhile favoured / now defunct zombies, have we been a wee bit over-critical of them …..? ………..no, because they should have been reporting, instead of adopting a ‘silence of the (succulent) lamb’ strategy………think we can be confident there was no need for the bhuns to criticise keevins, even though he was a contributor to their downfall over the years…….!!!!!!!!
Just back from the mass. Said prayers 4 Oscar and his family. Having tough times at my work but this can not be compared to wee big fella ‘ fight. Oscar’ pic will be hung 2mora on the wall in my office. I think he is strong enough to do it.
‘Satan is Real’ by the ole Louvin Bros.
THAT’S what I call a ‘Sunday Love Song’.
Match point for Murray
Steve Wright has never played
“This is not a love song” by Public Image Ltd
on Sunday love songs
Murray let’s match point slip