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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EDB – keeping you in our thoughts and prayers hope you and the girls are ok
RogueLeader
16:30 on
2 August, 2013
Agree with you there, as I also worked in a bar when I was a student. Its a lot easier to boot out guys, who mostly accept it, than girls who would give me all sorts of problems……..
Awe_Naw
Thanks for that mate but it sure is hard going at times.
Good to see you posting again.
Asonofdan
No questions from the audience please. ;-)
They couldnae get that even if they could confer. ;-)
Campbell would ask for his lawyer.
OrangeB******mind CSC
minx1888
Thanks also. We’re all fine. It occurred to me just after replying to Awe_Naw how much harder it would be to deal with this if CQN didn’t exist.
It doesn’t bear thinking about.
Really confused here ghuys,was pretty sure that there was no tv coverage of wed nite…..but have noticed a few posters mentioning “tv coverage” of the sexual language thrown the physios way?? If it wasn’t on tv then how could anyone “hear it” on tv ?? Before anyone asks if I’m denying it happenned-no I’m not- as ghuys who were at the game heard it and were rightly disgusted,embarrassed and ashamed by it ! I know where I’d expect to hear that sort of abuse and its NOT Parkhead!!!
UTLR
EDB
I have no doubts about that mate. None
I keep posting if you do. Easy peasy
We need a few auld tims back
Kit and SFTB etc.
HH
Blue Knights hostile takeover of the huns!
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail.html?announcementId=11667151
Ah rarely Mak comment oan things.. G.A.
But.. Ah wull mak an exception.
The Reason the Li’l Green Man, has made a Surprise return tae the Scene of his Crimes..
is not really a Surprise tae Me.
fur..
He is worried..
He hiz bin Countin oan. making a Killin ,come December..
When he wid Unload awe o’ his Ill Begotten .. well. Gottens!
And.. as the S.P of the G.As Shares, Hiv Tumbled and are oan the Doon Swing ..
and..
Noo Hovering at 41 P..
He is Naturally worried .
Because…. If Something is No Done..and Quickly, tae Revive City Interest in His G.A. Holdings..
Come December.. His Holdings wull .. well. Be no worth Holding Oan Tae!
Green, Must Come up wi some Gimmick. some. Trick.. some.. sorta, Deus Ex Machina..
In order tae Save his Bacon.. and His Eggs..and,Possibly… His Buttered Toast,as well!
Things are looking Pretty Grim…
Perhaps, he may be able tae save his ..Toast..but.. Heck. Even THAT….
looks ,at this time.. Too Much of a Stretch!
Things are getting Pretty Damn Interesting.. fur .. a Rabid and Dedicated.. auld G.A. watcher like..Me.
Kojo
Still ,Laughin’
Sevco playing in the League Cup this week? I assume it is not at the rust dome?
Awe naw 17.04
They twa are a right pair o fannies.(:-)
TT
terry christian @terrychristian 6m
FA and Manchester City Council to ban The Poznan at the Etihad for Health & Safety reasons – breaks council’s insurance rules
awe_naw_
Sally still wants a goalkeeper before they go bust… lol!
Awe_Naw
Doesn’t Kit post with a different blog name? And agree that SFTB needs to get back on as does Estadio.
I’m surprised at the numbers defending the indefensible on this site.Those Swedish women were subjected to abuse pure and simple. It wasn’t banter. It was crude and nasty and it was specifically intended frighten and humiliate.
I thought we were supposed to better than that.
TT
LMFAO
But are they still game ? ;-)
HH
Graham Spiers @GrahamSpiers 16m
In The Herald tomorrow: SFA president Campbell Ogilvie tells me of his regret over his Rangers EBT, and the ‘sheer vitriol’ he has endured.
We all feel for Campbell……………………………………
Sevco share price dropped further on the news of Chuckles return, 40p a share now. pmsl
Until later ghirls and bhoys …taxi for the boss now
HH
Kojo
You are correct as to why he is back on the team sheet .
He has always been in the squad,he was never completely outta tha picture.
He will make a tidy profit because he only paid £1 per share.
He is back to maximise his profit ,but whether he came back or not ,he will be handsomely rewarded for his brass neck.
TT
Fifa provisionally suspend investigation proceedings in relation to former FIFA ExCo member Chuck Blazer until the end of 2013 at earliest
Blazers rule the fitba world
Celtic u17’s at Barrowfield today, 630pm KO v Clyde tonight
fritzsong
‘frighten and intimidate’
You don’t get out much, do you?
Trouble at mill……………………………
THE Board of Rangers confirms that, on 1 August 2013, it received a notice requisitioning a General Meeting of shareholders (the “Requisition”)
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.
The Board is verifying whether the Requisition is properly constituted and further announcements will be made as appropriate.
fritzong
those types of remarks may be many things, but they aint ‘abuse’.
“oi, ya fat ugly minger”. now thats abuse, but sayin things at people because u think they look GOOD is hardly abuse
as i said, there are many phrases to describe them so lets stick to whats correct
Challs is back to fleece the ither “500 million fanbase” he missed the first time round.
Awe naw.
Wan plays Volleyball, the other the victim.(:-)
I shouldn’t jest ,both will be back soon enough and give me my dumps!
TT
Fritzong
Don’t be surprised ,pal
Thur still ur a few Stout Men ..and Women ,tae
Who know how the World Is. .and
Refuse tae Be taken In by awe this..New?
Politically Correct Nonsense.
Men Wull Always Be Sexually Aggressive..and Women wull Always..
Secretly Like . a wee bit Rough Ribaldry.. Directed at them
noo too much,mind ye.. but they dae, Ah assure ye.
Kojo
Still..Laughin.
Fat Sally making demands again and our manager was pulled up for swearing. Then again maybe fritzsong reported Neil because the language made him feel humiliated and frightened…
Speaking ahead of Saturday’s Scottish League
Cup tie at Forfar, McCoist said: ‘I would echo
Craig’s statement which is effectively looking
for clarification on the issue.
‘I will be honest with you, I don’t really know
the full situation. I know we were fined
£50,000 and I think that was for going into
administration.
‘If that’s the case, you would find it strange
that it hasn’t happened to other clubs.
‘I don’t want that – far from it. I would rather
we had never been fined £50,000 the same as
the rest of the clubs.
‘I would wait to hear what the governing body
had to say about it because I would have to
say, from our point of view, and the
supporters’ point of view, it needs to be
clarified.’
Embdae think we should have Cheerleaders on the park pre-game entertainment? :)
EDB
Estadio is a genius.
TT
and another thing
i bet those physios didnt feel the slightest bit threatened, do u think they actually expected some fans to jump the wall and assault them?
i think some people on here want to go to dictionary.com before posting
Fritzsong
I’m definately not defending anyone who was responsible for that crap !!
UTLR
Chuckles appears and the Sevco civil war commences…
THE Board of Rangers confirms that, on 1
August 2013, it received a notice
requisitioning a General Meeting of
shareholders (the “Requisition”)
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.
The Board is verifying whether the Requisition
is properly constituted and further
announcements will be made as appropriate.
!!bada bing!!
And they end their routine to a stony silence in case we offend them. lol!
fritzsong
jeezo!……really hope that was tongue in cheek..a few dafties (and I mean a few) wolf whistle at a good looking girl, and even fewer shouting to get them out hardly warrants abuse,nothing I have never heard before,some people need to get out more, as for AH less said about that mixer the better.
asonofdan-HH.
!!Bada Bing!!
17:18 on
2 August, 2013
Embdae think we should have Cheerleaders on the park pre-game entertainment? :)
As long as they are either ugly or male, that shouldn’t be a problem.>)
Phil MacGiollaBhain @Pmacgiollabhain 1m
At this stage if the Sevco customer base were actually part of a psychological experiment the ethics committee would call a halt.
#Cruelty
OUCH