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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socrates
My apologiess then for my response to you. I didn’t detect any sarcasm.
great post Paul67
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HAIL! HAIL!
Token
minx1888
Would you challenge some of the dafties who were abusing the Swedish women?
My guess is if she had challenged the abusers she herself would have been subjected to the same sexism.
Life On Mars:
Oh man! look at those cavemen go, it’s the freakiest show.
finbar42 is Neil Lennon .thanks for that ,got me crying again!!!!
minx1888
12:39 on
2 August, 2013
It was pretty clear from the tv coverage that some fans were making comments to them, and while I admit that nothing could be heard, the body language was clear and indicative that they weren’t offering advice on the treatments required.
I have to say if I was a woman I doubt I’d be confronting somebody that I’ve just seen being offensive to another woman. Her chosen route is stimulating some much needed debate on the issue.
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Paul67..
Great to see Language Violation has been brought back from it’s Loan Spell in Sweden..
Summa
We need a sarcasm font.
Summa- sharin’ the ole hot tub with amortisation?
@Stoofer. I’ve emailed the SPFL website this morning as well asking them why they have given the founding date of 1872 to the club called rangersfc.
I’ve given them the dead club’s company number and the new one’s number as well and told them to check with Companies House.
I’ve asked them to get back to me with an answer.
@Henr1k. I’ve contacted the email address with regards to SayNoToTheSameClub and I can hopefully attend the meeting.
I’m not up to date with the SevcoFC compaints about Hearts going into administration.
Any chance of a recap from someone with the relevant info?
~SPF~
What’s wrong with the font for sarcasm?
-splitters
RRC:
12:33 on
2 August, 2013
19LisbonBhoy67
Must have missed this…
Possibility of Ibrox being closed?
What’s the story there, Bud?
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The natives on sevcomedia are reporting that sections of the ground will be closed with there friendly game against Newcastle utd,this gives credence to the reports of roof repairs being needed,when a sevoconian mentioned this was doing the rounds on twitter it was put down as a timmy conspiracy
http://news.stv.tv/west-central/234830-former-chief-charles-green-returns-to-rangers-in-consultant-role/
Finbar,
Great read from Estadio, as usual… Where is he? He’s missed
Chuck obviously feels that he can sqeeze a bit more out of the gullible
If you are a beginner in sarcasm:
you can do it like this.
then once you are a pro you can drop the tags.
TNT,
The genuine Seville programme is easy to spot owing to being heavily tear stained….sniff, oh, and beer stained!
All the reprints will be in mint condition.
Malarkey – That may have been the case, but she could then have wrote how she asked the culprits to refrain, asked the stewards to intervene and nothing was done about it. Instead lets generalise lets say there where hundreds of crude comments, how many did she actually hear?
DBBIA – It was for most of us in 406 as well! I thought they were for me :-)
oh the html tags didnt come out
Agree with previous posts being unhappy with Paul’s headline ‘Celtic poisoning Scottish football‘ Maybe he has used this emotive word as part an ongoing campaign to get Celtic into another league.
When you consider the damage done to Scottish football by Rangers and now Sevco that is a word more apt to them
Squeeze em till the pips squeak… Unless they’re jaffas of course
TTT, if you are still looking for an extra member for the 8, e-mail me. I still have a UK bank account so transferring the losses would not be a problem ;-)
Hail! Hail! PMTYH
We’ve won the league again – fly the flag – fly the flag
We’ve won the league again – fly the flag – fly the flag
Saturday Night CSC
minx1888
Maybe ideally she would. I suspect she would have got dogs abuse though.
I also think that just because someone is not confident enough to confront lots of people at the time doesn’t disallow them from criticising loutish behaviour later.
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minx1888
12:39 on
2 August, 2013
Summa of Sammi….
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I Posted that on the Nightshift..I Actually at first thought it was a Guy who Posted it..Not that it Makes much Difference..
I Did think the Response to Article on CQN was Good..
On a Lighter Note..
In My Hitch-Hiking days..More than Once Peeps.. mentioned they Picked me up as they thought a was Swedish and a Ghirl..Feckin 80’s and Big Hair..Ha
Summa of CantBelievelHaveAdmittedThatCSC
Pogmathonyahun,
Am I correct in thinking from your moniker that you were one of the FBS’ members?
And live in Germany……and we have a common acquaintance who hails from Shotts?
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Billy Bhoy
How was The Bill ?
tomtheleedstim
12:57 on 2 August, 2013
Old Chuckles playing them for the fools that they are.
Sevconians- Every spiv’s dream as a customer base, their loyal unquestioning acceptance of every piece of garbage that comes out of Ibrox has got them where they are today.
Even now.
Staggeringly stupid.
TTT, that’ll be moi.
Summa,
hahahahahahahahah how disappointed were they when you opened that mouth and your gruff broad bellshill dulcet tones accent poured forth
:-)
Brilliant!!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Pogmathonyahun,
I’ll be in touch soon!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Rare vintage pic of Summa of Svenska
Apricale
12:46 on
2 August, 2013
‘Sorry Socrates, that’s just women doing their job, and going about their daily lives. They shouldn’t have to feel threatened by sexual references any more that I shouldn’t have had to take “Fenian B..” shouts when I was going home from school.’
At least its summer now and you’ll have a bit of respite for a few more weeks;)
HH
Totally agree with those who want to stamp out the sexist comments that were made against the the Swedish physios.
Sitting in the south stand I never heard any singing but could hear the general noise being generated and suspected that morons were at work
One would hope that all groups associated with the club – starting with the club itself and then the supporters groups – should come out and state categorically that this type of behaviour has no place at CP
It took me back to the bad old days when the girls who worked in the catering outlets had to endure abuse when they walked round the track in the 1970s and 1980s!
It wasn’t funny then and it’s not funny nor smart now
On the football my mole in the inside at CP ( no names no pack drill ) – tells me we will sign a goal scorer – unfortunately he or she wouldn’t come up with a name!
On Mr Mather – God loves a trier!
On zombies it seems not only do they not do walking away (except when they’re getting horsed ) – it seems that they just can’t get enough ! ( of unadulterated garbage ) !
These “people” deserve everything that comes their way!
Hopefully another administration and liquidation!
HH
So chuckles is back(he was never away) “let the fun begin”
He was upset that they were spending “His money” while he hid in the background(allegedly).
Have the sevco season tickets been sold:)).
Tick Tock
Australia 392-5 at lunch.
TTT, cheers mate.
Off oot, ma Bhoys are looking for me to go and buy some thirst quenchers of the alcofrolic variety. 33*C here at the moment.