I looked into the world of Scottish football betting yesterday. Betting on Celtic to win the Scottish Premiership is less rewarding than putting your money in an interest bearing account, which, I suspect, is an approximation of what bookmakers will do with any such bets. In short, our league is not so much a sport as a secure investment.
Betting gets really interesting if you meander onto what is referred to as the Without Celtic market, or who will win the league if Celtic are taken out of the equation. Favourites are Aberdeen, closely followed by Motherwell and then Dundee United and Hibs (hmm….).
Can you imagine what a league title like this would do for these clubs? Aberdeen, Motherwell and United actually vying to become champions?
Some hold a notion that Celtic are the great benefactors of Scottish football, which is dependent on you and me for the occasional home game and TV money. This is rubbish. Celtic inhibits Scottish football more than we can imagine. We are a competitive poison making it impossible for historically significant football teams to thrive.
Keeping a clean sheet away from home is an achievement for any team. Doing so twice, in Europe, and winning both games, is outstanding for St Johnstone. Well done. I can only imagine their absence from the top of the Without Celtic betting chart is a result of bookmakers anticipating their run to the Europa League final in Turin will hinder their league challenge.
I have to express my sheer delight at yesterday’s pronouncement by the chief executive of Rangers International FC PLC, Craig Mather. We can be confident of this guy’s credentials and that he is worthy of following in the footsteps of Charles Green, Tommy Cooper and other comedic greats.
Mather issued a statement on the club’s web site noting punishments handed out to Hearts and Dunfermline for entering administration were different from the punishment handed out to Rangers International’s predecessor club (the player registrations and current penalties Newco Rangers were allowed to inherit) – for a completely different series of offences.
Those penalties were imposed for a variety of misdemeanours, including failure to declare the club appointed a director who had been struck off, failure to comply with stock market rules and multiple counts of bringing the game into disrepute. The SFA disciplinary panel responsible for the penalties found that “only match fixing in its various forms might be a more serious breach”.
Would you not feel a wee bit embarrassed by this? Mr Mather asks for clarification but I suggest we don’t trouble him by directing him to the aforementioned SFA panel’s ruling. Better that he operates in the version of reality he is most comfortable with, and that he keeps his followers away from looking into the real issues……..
To that effect, our thanks to all the media outlets who unquestioningly reported the Mather comments without hint of irony, apart from those pesky online types at STV, who had the temerity to address the question. Cease and desist immediately.
Flag Day tomorrow, another historic moment in Celtic history. Get in early, or late afternoon, as it happens. Hoping to see some of our new guys make their claim for a start in Sweden.
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ElDiegoBhoy
which one he has about 4 up today because of the shennanigans over at the hate factory ,and i will put it up before i go
Sally wants a cheque for 50k!! The Old Club never even paid the fine!!!!
EDB
Lol You and I both!
HH
Just in to ask….
Would I be right in saying – 3 tims in the SSB studio the night ?
Jim Delahunt – Hugh Keevins – Mark Guidi
EDB
http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/
Are we seeing a rerun of ole Balthazzar’s feast in Govan??
leftclicktic
They’re all worth putting up but this particular one was at 9.00 a.m.
KevJungle
Even if they have sold their soul ?
People on here and other Celtic sites have been crying out for us tae for once forget about the projects and sign an experienced player tae help bring the young bhoys on.
During the Kelly Kids initial era we brought the juggler back fae Middlesboro for that purpose, unfortunately it didn’t quite work out even though we did get tae a Cup Final only tae lose it in a replay.
BTW this was our team for the 1st game:
Haffey, Mackay and Kennedy, Crerand McNeill and Clark (club captain Bertie Peacock was injured), Gallagher, Fernie, Hughes, Chalmers and Byrne.
A very young Willie O’Neil replaced Jim Kennedy who had went down with appendicitis in the replay, meanwhile club captain Bertie was playing for NI the same night, once again Sir Bob had interfered with team selection.
12 months later the Juggler was back at Hampden in another losing final after helping the Buddies dispose of us in the semis.
He eventually returned under Big Jock tae coach the Quality Street kids.
A couple of years later and another Bertie returned, I wasn’t that enthused at the time myself but the rest is history, he was a calming effect to the grown up Kelly Kids.
That is how I see Kevin Doyle, a player who will be 30 next month can be of benefit tae our young emerging stars, Lenny’s Lhads.
Thanks.
leftclicktic 18:33:
I look forward it mate, I will be in Le Grand Arbre from about 13:00…glad to be back.
Hope you are well…
goingootthemorracfc
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
EDB
just for you sir :))
I hope you are well.
Ps Off oot this time
http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/craig-mather-shows-he-can-talk-as-much-rubbish-for-rangers-as-messrs-green-and-whyte/
kev- you have a wide definition of Tim
Nnnnnnnnnnineteenlisbon
£50k would buy swally aboot 50k steak bakes … lets have a whip round and let the wee fat whispering sneaky coward gorge himself to death
And before anyone criticises me for being cruel… its ok… he will rise from the grave and reinvent himself…. shedding 60lbs of blubber while maintaining history
leftclicktic
18:44 on 2 August, 2013
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:o))) – Hail Hail
The Requisition puts forward resolutions for the removal of Craig Mather, Brian Stockbridge and Bryan Smart as directors of the Company and the appointment of Paul Murray and Frank Blin as directors of the Company.
Surely not the Paul Murray from the Fly-By-Knights? The one who said the club was in great shape when Craig Whyte took over (“the debt was coming down”, etc)?
Oh dear!
Good evening all
Be good to see John Keane unfurl the flag tomorrow. And, just my tuppenceworth, I never heard any dicriminatory remarks against the two Swedish physios on wed night. Heard lots of whistling and when their sub wi the bun came on. In saying that, i am in the SS Rear so maybe wouldn’t have anyway.
Weefra HH
Kev
Dya reckn delahun is a tim….. ewwww .. I wouldn’t pee on him if he was on fire
While I would throw petrol on keevins in same situation
Weefra
Your in the SS !!!!!!! …. nazi chicken rustler eh ;)
TT
I was for a short time on Wednesday sitting beside Charlie and his pal the OHG.
I said to Charlie you were some player in your day. He replied, I hope you’re talking fitba cause I’m hopeless at golf.
And you know I wonder how those guys collectively feel about the huge riches they’ve missed out on as great football players.
As someone once said….It’s a funny old game.
saintandgreivsiecsc
Stairheedrammy
18:46 on 2 August, 2013
kev- you have a wide definition of Tim
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I know I know – I’d rather listen tae them than – BFSDJ / Wishart / McColl / etc….
or the Brown Brogue Corporation :)
HH
Fair crowd around Firhill just now. Both sets of supporters mingling and mixing well.
So, this is what Armageddon is about is it?
Lennybhoy
A worrying lack of texts from you this week:o)
TBJ
Keevins is def a Tim. I’m in a photie with him, Paul Mcstay, Andy Walker and Mick McCarthy in Lockerbie the year after the disaster.
Weefra HH
ElDiegoBhoy 18:53:
Don’t be worried mate, more to come but think it will be two to three weeks before the next one…
Hope your well…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
“Good willie was huge”. Courtesy of Billy Dodds EBT.
The Boy Jinky
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Your a bhad man :)
To settle all arguments – bring back Gerry McNee – EVERY Cellic boreds ‘Bogey-Man’ !!!
Now we’re talkin – CSC
HH
Weefra
I think your confusing ” is ” with ” was ”
Either that or your definition of a tim varies from mine
Anyhoo pal … hows the chooks
Weefra, Hugh Keevins is not a Celtic supporter now. He has denigrated our club for years.
Kev
Im an honest man …. so have to admit theres a wee green devil on one shoulder
But thats defo better than a blue devil
kevjungle
18:41 on 2 August, 2013
Just in to ask….
Would I be right in saying – 3 tims in the SSB studio the night ?
Jim Delahunt – Hugh Keevins – Mark Guidi
No tims no longer and they will find out when they get to the pearly gates.
Has the quiz started early tonight?
Here are my answers:
‘The juggler’ – Willie Fernie;
‘The losing Cup Final replay’ – v Dunfermline (managed by Big Jock) in 1961;
‘Charlie’ – Charlie Gallagher;
‘The OHG’ – John Fallon.
HH!!
“Good willie doesn’t come cheap”. Courtesy of Michael Grant. Coleman balls lives on.
Keevins, like McNee, like Walker and so on and on, have sold their Celtic souls to get a job in Scotland. I have no respect for any of them.
WeefratheTim
18:55 on 2 August, 2013
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I used tae speak tae Hugh on a Monday morn on the ‘hotline’ and back n furit on SSB.
Out of the ENTIRE SMSM – Hugh Keevins and David Currie are the ones within whom I can see a Cellic fan trying tae get oot !
Jim Delahunt ? Hmmm Mark Guidi – loved listening to him skelping BFSDJ aboot.
Only saying.
HH
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
I cancelled Sky Sports today, in favour of BT Sports ….. The guy asked me why and I said I had heard a rumour that craig burley would a commentator this season .. Reply “sorry, what do you mean ??”…..lhahahahahahahahahahahahaha….
I called BT and signed up for them about one hour ago.
I then called Sky because I got a txt from them saying because I was switching provider, I’d incur an early cancellation fee!
Phoned Sky and said I’d need to pay them till my yearly contract with them was time to be renewed in Jan!
I didn’t even know I was on a year to year contract with them.
Back onto the phone to cancel BT.
Sky to be cancelled in Jan!!
~SPF~
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just to clarify…..your contract with Sky has a minimum 1 year, and you can thereafter cancel with no penalty whatsoever…….
That’s a very interesting call on Clyde by some fan of that blue mob.
He seems clued up.
Someone shout panic.
sevconian on ssb now predicting possible new administration. ha ha ha i do hope he is right