As you know, Celtic have won six consecutive trophies. This had been achieved three times before in Scottish football, by Celtic in 1905-09, Rangers in 1963-65 and again by Rangers in 1992-94. On the latter occasion, Rangers established a new record of seven consecutive domestic trophies.
Win on Sunday and we match Rangers’ record from the (painful) 90s, but that would set up this season’s League title as a new record decider.
The 1909 Scottish Cup was withheld after crowd trouble after the Celtic-Rangers final reply ended in a draw. Celtic missed out on making it seven trophies in a row when Dundee won the 1910 Scottish Cup five days before Celtic secured the league title.
Those dark days in the 90s were hard. Celtic were an afterthought for most fo the country, a sporting irrelevance. Sunday is a chance to exorcise those dark days.
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The huns will get fined £100,000……suspended till hell freezes over…..
DBhoy
Haha
One To Another is definitely my favourite song by The Charlatans.
YNWA
My father always saw a connection between the ‘right to buy’ scheme by Thatcher and a diminuation in the power of the unions. The working class folk became mortgage holders instead of council rent payers. Also responsible for repairs and maintenance. Some might even have aspirations towards middle class status.
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 28TH NOVEMBER 2018 9:35
The ability of tenants to buy the council houses they lived in.
Often at bargain prices.
Did that work ?
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No it didn’t. That was the start of the housing and homeless crisis in the UK. The invisibles are literally dying on the streets of Glasgow thanks to that policy. This is one hobby horse you don’t want me to get on!
KTF
How many council tenants had house insurance? There are lots of financial burdens owning your home, which is fine. But would you be inclined to strike they way folk were in 70s?
If anyone wants to tinker around the fringes of the benefits of selling off council housing stock I am more than willing to meet up to disabuse them of that opinion. It’s was and still is the most divisive and destructive housing policy ever introduced to this country.
Ask the countless veterans and young people who are homeless; those who have no access to socially rented housing; those stuck in the private rented sector; those struggling to meet the payments on their mortgage.
Simple question – what have we replaced social responsibility with?
KTF
Tony Rome I’m still working on that one!
KTF
JJ – when for Coias?
KTF
The right to buy was all political. A sea change by Thatcher. Its hard to believe that after the war especially in the 1960s the Tories and Labour tried to outdo each other in election promises. ‘We will ensure 1 million new council houses’ v ‘we will build 1 and a quarter million new council houses’. How were we able to afford that then, but cant now? Mind you, that was back in the day when a company director might have earned about 20x the average wage in his firm. Today? try 200x plus.
Hard to believe nowadays. As has been said we wonder why their is so much homelessness.
VFR
My dad was a Red Clydeside Man.
He predicted the housing crisis, homelessness and a huge growing army of folk in the city centre in sleeping bags. They will soon be mortuary body bags Frank. I need to help them but there are too many for me to help.
First World Problems
Good to see Klopp calling out PSG for cheating and time wasting.
DD I used to lecture in housing in the ‘90s. I told those working fir the council that within 19 years or so council owned housing would disappear. They laughed out loud. They are not laughing now. Neither am I!
KTF
Sorry, that should read 10 years or more.
KTF
VFR
The solution to the housing crisis ?
Local authorities to build more social and affordable housing surely ???
it can be done
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/remembering-herbert-simms-the-man-who-rebuilt-dublin-1.3447370
WITS one of the tragedies of the sale of council housing was that the receipts from the sales were unable to be used to provide more housing stock.
Morally reprehensible and a scourge to the working classes and the aspiring middle classes.
KTF
I own the Amazon Firestick. Have done for a while.
With me spending so much time in bed recently, I’ve had the opportunity to explore some of its facilities. And up pops YouTube.
I am now watching the 5-1 game from April 2017 in full screen HD.
And Griffiths has just scored a beauty to make it 2-0.
COYBIG
VFR
Did you know Douglas Robertson?
He lectured in that area.
The sad thing is council housing was not a drain on councils, it was profitable!
For round figures, say £100 pw for 48 weeks per year = 4,800 pa. Times 40 years (min) tenancy = £192000. Cost to build? £70k? (Remember I’m talking COST)
VFR
So after selling off council housing stock,the councils found themselves unable to provide more/replacement houses to the next generation and effectively stopped doing so.
I still maintain that the problem is not necessarily the selling off of housing stock but the lack of replacement stock.
That to me (the lack of replacement/new houses) is an idelogical issue and not a financial issue.
We live in a very prosperous society.Money can be found to build houses if the political will is there.
I saw a wee bit of the Spurs win earlier.
They have a beast of a midfielder who broke forward to set up their goal.
He is obviously keeping Wanyama out the side. What a player.
Anyone know who he is?
Loving Weezer’s new single more I listen.
“Die Die You Zombie Bastards!”
YNWA
Jimthetim
We have a situation here (in the republic of southern eire) where government funding is paid directly to private landlords to assist renters who cant afford to rent privately and who havent got access to council houses.
This costs the government multiple millions yearly.If they invested in building council houses it would make much more economic sense.
Its right wing ideology thats the problem
VFR
Proud my dad would never buy his Knightswood cooncil hoose. He saw danger and it is happening today.
YNWA
WHAT IS THE STARS on 29TH NOVEMBER 2018 12:07 AM
VFR
The solution to the housing crisis ?
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Reduce the demand.
AND reduce the queues for the medic.
AND cater FIRST for those who have paid taxes for precisely those benefits.
Some over many years.
Would that not be fair . Reasonable. Decent ?
WIST, Private landlords, the world over are known to be a scourge on society on so many levels. At least with council housing the public had scrutiny and a vote every 4 years or so.
Sorry, WITS
Bewildering.
Where did your left wing ideology which has been around since Marx actually work ?
Give me a list.
OK
Give me one example.
I`ll give you twenty where it didn`t.
I would love if we did some song around one of my favourite ever songs, Forest by The Cure. For James.
Again and again running.
YNWA
Jimthetim
There is a place in society for private landlords. They aren’t all evil monsters who prey on defenceless widows and orphans, but an over dependence on them is not good.
In my humble opinion the state has a duty of care towards its citizens and providing basic necessities like education health care and housing are surely the foundation for building a healthy and prosperous society.
Failing that we should buy children from parents who cant afford to look after them and turn them into gourmet burgers which could be sold to Russian oligarchs and Saudi princes in 5 star restaurants at exorbitant prices.
The children of immigrants especially, that would teach them!!!
Macjay, your argument would only start to stand up if all benefit claimants were cheating workshy lazy bassas. That isn’t the case.
I worked all my life. I paid Income Tax, NI, VAT, Duty, council Tax. I know I will never receive all that back even allowing for common benefits like defence.
The NHS for all its limitations is the envy of the world because of its ideology. Unlike yours.
Hi,
Looking forward to seeing the Bhoys tomorrow night and looking forward to a victory. . ?? HH
Jimthemtim
Wait until Boris Johnson, Rees Mogg and Farage get a hold of the reins.
Thats when the fun will start.
MacJay
Every morning on my way to work, I pass 6 street sleepers wrapped in sleeping bags and silver foil. Why???
Macjay, I like you, I really do. But on this one, you are way off the mark. Reduce the demand? Cater for those who have paid? What about the ill and disabled? Euthanasia?
What about those from the armed forces who have paid with their sanity?
You are wrong in this my friend and this isn’t about differing political views. It’s about basic humanity.
And after all that, how are you doing?
SFTB I knew him many years ago. A nice fella!
KTF
JIMTHETIM53 on 29TH NOVEMBER 2018 12:44 AM
Macjay, your argument would only start to stand up if all benefit claimants were cheating workshy lazy bassas. That isn’t the case.
I worked all my life. I paid Income Tax, NI, VAT, Duty, council Tax. I know I will never receive all that back even allowing for common benefits like defence.
The NHS for all its limitations is the envy of the world because of its ideology. Unlike yours.
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Benefits ? I didn`t mention benefits .
I worked in the NHS.
You`re right about the limitations. Dead right.
” Envy of the world ” You think ?
Medical care delayed is medical care denied.
Weefra
Enjoyed our craic on phone earlier.
I know you have never bet, but I am gonnae back your Rosenberg 0 Celtic 2 prediction.
Got a score on a Celtic Villarreal double tomorrow.
YNWA
? on 29TH NOVEMBER 2018 12:51 AM
Macjay, I like you, I really do. But on this one, you are way off the mark. Reduce the demand? Cater for those who have paid? What about the ill and disabled? Euthanasia?
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A basic right.
If I pay my taxes for something then I am entitled to receive what I have paid for.
Before someone who hasn`t.
Is that reasonable ? Fair ? Just ?
Immigration , mate.
Uncontrolled immigration.
IMHO The prime motivator for Brexiteers.