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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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  1. Marrakesh Express on

    Phyllis

     

     

    yes, its a bit of a shame that the likes of Cushley, Charlie Gallagher and even The Bear (check out his astonishing goals tally) get somewhat overlooked due to the 11 Lions’ achievement v Inter. And none more so than the great Joe McBride, second only to KoK as a goalscorer in my book.

  2. swordfish on

    Trying to download songs from YouTube to my iPod,can’t seem to get it right,anyone point me in the right direction.Thanks in advance for any help,hh

  4. 'crushed nuts?' 'Naw, Layringitis!' on

    swordfish

     

     

    00:13 on 3 August, 2013

     

    &&&&&

     

    Flash get!!!!:-)

  5. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Marrakesh Express

     

     

    Was there 2 years ago. Saltmines AFTER Birkenau & Auschwitz. Unforgettable.

     

     

    Our taxi driver was late picking us up to get return flight, then she crashed into back of some crap driver in front of her. She raced us to the airport on time by the minute for check-in, but as we tried to give her all our remaining Zloty as a tip (twice the fair, but we had no need for it), she wouldn’t take it without 5 minutes of insistance from us, leading to another nervy hour in the airport :))))

     

     

    Krakov some city – lot of poverty though :(

  9. Burghbhoy on

    So some zombies seem to be acknowledging that unless there is a board change there is a realistic prospect of administration again.

     

     

    Clark Kent couldn’t save that car crash of a club.

  10. Taranis on

    ElDiegoBhoy

     

     

     

    From way, way earlier.

     

     

    Thanks for the info re the bus outisde of the Dumbarton CSC tomorrow (probably should say today ?). Appreciated. Take it easy

  11. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Marrakesh Express

     

     

    …let me rephrase that (am losing the ability to be coherent as years go on :(((

     

     

    She was held up picking us up, but did her damndest to get us to the airport in time, despite being in a crash, and then refused to take a tip, which was little cash to us due to the exchange rate etc.

     

     

    A lot of good good people in Poland – that was just one experience.

  13. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    BCW, aye I know and I’m kidding about going there and torching the dump. I went in there after a game with colours on under my jacket. Me and an equally suicidal buddy. Quickest pint I ever downed in my life. I was sweating like a janitor in a girls school.

     

     

    Never again. It’s a blot on the landscape of Glasgow. I’ll have a look to see which buses are parking there and give them the heads up. But I’d be surprised if bus loads of out of town tims were not aware of the bigoted midden.

     

     

    Maybe they want their buses torched for the insurance money and are merely upping their chances.

  15. Taranis on

    tommysbhoy

     

     

     

    21:58

     

    Cheers mate. Do you think I will get on the bus ? Will probably re-post in the morning as a bit late…..

  18. Phyllis Dietrichson on

    Marrakesh -Joe McBride (RIP), big Yogi, and Charlie G all got to wear the green blazer because they all played at some point in the qualifying rounds.

     

     

    Cushley didn’t get the call for those games, but when big Jock wanted to tell the Inter Milan bench that they had occupied the wrong seats in Lisbon who did he ask to make the polite request?

     

     

    The man is an unsung legend.

  21. Marrakesh Express on

    Ffm

     

     

    The difference I noticed is the street beggars were mostly older 60 plus people whereas Glasgow its half that age.

     

    Having said that, the next minute it could be Paris or Milan with woman dressed stunningly in what looked like high fashion. I sensed a dignity among those people. Everywhere I went it was service with a genuine smile. And the average wage is £600 a month(at longer hours)

     

    The Saltmines are an incredible feat and the mind boggles as to how they achieved it over 700 years.

  24. jeez_I_thought_blinker_was_pants on

    Marrakesh

     

     

    I remember “doing” the salt mines in 1993 (Krakow has changed a lot since then!!!) my boys highlight was gettin the miners’ lift back up to the surface, are they still doing that?

     

     

    I used to think my favourite city was either Lisbon or Rome, but Krakow just pips them.

     

     

    HH

  27. Marrakesh Express on

    Phyllis

     

     

    thats exactly what the older guys in my pub say about John Cushley. An intellectual man he was too.

  30. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    I had a sneaky peak onto hun media earlier and they’re running a vote on how welcome Paul Murray is on his return to the red brick hovel. The vote is very much against his return, but that’s not my point.

     

     

    After a couple of hundred deid heids have voted and commented not a single one of the brainless twerps has even raised the question of his legal eligibility to be on the board of the sevcotronians. That strikes me as a classic hun heid up the arse type of attitude!

     

     

    Anyway, on the eve of the new season it’s great to see them in utter turmoil once more. I really hope the fair town of Forfar is left intact tomorrow after their rampaging hoard have visited. Fat boy useless will probably spend his time outside the ground sampling the world famous bridies, They’ve baked a whole tray just to sate his unbridled gluttony.

  31. kikinthenakas on

    Doc

     

    Tried to make a contribution yesterday to your run….don’t know if it appeared…

     

    Kikinthenakas

  32. the_huddle on

    Yep best live, Pixies sound better live than on CD :o) don’t know why but the sound.

     

     

    Same with the White Stripes, the sound

  36. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Marrakesh Express

     

     

    Needless to say, Auschwitz will never leave us.

     

     

    Said it here before, and to friends, you spend the whole time refusing to cry while you’re being toured around, but something will get you eventually. For me it was the initialled suitcases and glasses. For the good friend I was with, it was the very end of the tour that hit him.

     

     

    But yep. A lot to admire about Krajov, and a lot to worry about – like any city…

     

     

    Saltmines was stunning. Never seen anything like that in my life. Despite being intimidated by the long stairway down….and down…….and down……I was perfectly comfortable :))

     

     

    How did you find the elevator trip back up ? :))

  38. Marrakesh Express on

    Jeez

     

     

    Aye..they pack 9 into a lift sardine like and whiz you to the top…140 mtrs in about 30 seconds..

     

    Ive done a few city breaks now.

     

    Obviously Paris tops for architecture but 8 euro a beer kind of spoils it. So far my fav two are Krakow and Dusseldorf.

     

    Not counting London and I also think Berlin will win it next year.

     

    Not been to Rome or Lisbon.

  40. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Taranis, watch your lads face as he sees the inside of paradise for the first time and cherish that moment for the rest of your life. It’s a special moment in time.

     

     

    Hail Hail

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