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Heavy rain in EK
tommysbhoy
07:19 on 28 July, 2013
We tried that last season mate, Alloa I think.
Didn’t work.
bazzabhoy
just a thought
ernie lynch
07:39 on 28 July, 2013
nally81
02:08 on
28 July, 2013
Remind me.
You’re one of the individuals on here who has such a sound grasp of matters Celtic that you think the Club is in better fettle now than when we won the European Cup.
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I wasn’t around at the time. I am sure, however, that on October 5th 1967, there may have been some who were less than happy with the club and the fettle it was in? Big cup or no big cup.
We are doing no bad just now, whatever way you want to cut it.
tommysbhoy
08:03 on
28 July, 2013
ernie lynch
is that on the park or off it?two extremes from from 67 imho
Absolutely contrast Man Utd making the most as a club with Alex Ferguson as manager, with Celtic’s downward spiral after the wonderful Jock Stein left Celtic the ole boards treatment of Jock was embarrassing, the boards handling of the club affairs was shambolic culminating in the story below, people who forget deserve a slap……………………
club was hours from extinction — hurtling towards financial oblivion.
The bank was set to pull the plug and shut the door on stricken Celtic.
The problems ran so deep that the easy option was to let them go under.
But, for once, businessman Fergus McCann let his heart rule his head.
Why? For him, liquidation meant humiliation and that’s something he couldn’t have lived with.
So he bailed Celtic out with a big cheque and began rebuilding the club.
It’s a decision McCann has NEVER regretted.
“The balance sheet turned out to be negative — insolvent.
“Other liabilities — even a big tax claim regarding Paul Elliott — had to be met.
“It would’ve cost less, and left the previous owners with nothing, to go into liquidation.
“But it would also be humiliating for Celtic. So we paid all the bills.”
Good Morning Timland?
Lets hope for a positive day on cqn……..maybe I’m
just a mug punter for Celtic PLC,but imho I think the
club is on the right road………..having said that I would
like Lenny to get some cash to help improve the squad.
lionroars67
08:21 on
28 July, 2013
And of course paying the bills allowed us to retain our history.
Because our history was worth saving.
We’ve never again reached the heights we reached back then and probably never will. That’s maybe why people like to crow about the balance sheet.
Lionroars
The difference between the biggest clubs in glasgow. .. one has dignity the other is dead
ernie lynch
08:25 on
28 July, 2013
Glad you agree Ernie, how was that slap………..
The Boy Jinky
08:27 on
28 July, 2013
Lionroars
The difference between the biggest clubs in glasgow. .. one has dignity the other is dead
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No want to pick a fight on a Sunday morning……..but a think
Partick Thistle are alive and well.
The Boy Jinky
08:27 on
28 July, 2013
Following one of Ernies tangent when hes losing the debate, thought you were better than that TBJ
lionroars67
08:21 on
28 July, 2013
‘Absolutely contrast Man Utd making the most as a club with Alex Ferguson as manager, with Celtic’s downward spiral after the wonderful Jock Stein left Celtic’
Why offer that as a comparison?
It’s not relevant.
And conveniently ignores the fact that Man U were relegated at the end of the 73/74 season, in the aftermath of Busby’s tenure. That’s a far more relevant comparison.
Valentines day
Just like your good self… im a lover not a fighter … on a sunday :)
I would have to concede that thistle are the second biggest spl club based on league position.
However … oldco were indeed up there for 139 years and im sure the sfa will ensure sevco get there in some reincarnated state eventually.
Many happy returns to ole Subterranean, now mainly a lapsed lurker on here.
Ole jobo @8.12, similar soaking in shangri la.
Summer is here at last !
The Boy Jinky
08:36 on
‘However … oldco were indeed up there for 139 years and im sure the sfa will ensure sevco get there in some reincarnated state eventually.’
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That’s certainly what The Great Desmondo wants.
“Rangers are a fantastic club with a great history. They will, in not too long a time, be back in the SPL. I have no doubt about that.
And they’re needed for Scottish football because of their following, the size of the club and especially their history. We certainly would like to contest with them every week. We believe we have a better team and management structure.
For us, it’s disappointing that they are not there but that’s decisions by the various clubs and leagues and we accept those.
Rangers are one of the great clubs in Britain and we have to acknowledge that.
They are a motivation for us to go along and beat them in every Old Firm match, so we miss that opportunity.”
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And The Great Desmondo must be right , because he’s got lots of money. Thems the rules.
Ernie
Not doubting you… but whats the source of that quote mate
Morning,
I would take the official denials of bids for players with a pinch of salt seeing as Neil described the Balde story as fantasy 2 days before signing him.
Ernesto, no one on here really has a sound grasp on matters Celtic, it’ s just a bunch of mainly middle aged mainly male bhoys bumping their gums
And I expect this is how it’s been since 1888
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Tbj
Wasn’t all that long ago DD made that statement, I remember crying into my cornflakes as I read it.
TnT
If that’s the clubs opinion too…my support will be gone .
Sounds more like a desperate zombie plan. It is not Celtic so why would I ever support it?
A Trojan horse in green-and-white hoops is
trundling its way unnoticed towards the
heart of English football.
Carlisle-based Celtic Nation currently plays
before crowds of around 50 people in
division one of the Northern League, the
eighth tier of English football. But the
Observer can reveal that an audacious
master plan is afoot which could in effect
see an English version of the famous
Scottish club, Celtic FC, participating in the
Premier League.
For 16 years of its 18-year existence, Celtic
Nation was known as Gilford Park, until a
chance meeting between some of its
supporters and a US-based Glaswegian
millionaire on a lay-by in north-west
England. Frank Lynch, a 73-year-old
diehard supporter of the current Scottish
champions, helped to shape the career of
Billy Connolly when he ran Glasgow’s
Apollo Theatre concert venue.
He was seeking a small and unknown
English club to launch his dream when he
stopped to help some supporters of Gilford
Park whose bus had broken down. They
persuaded Lynch to come and watch their
local heroes and, within a year, the club’s
name had been changed to Celtic Nation.
They now play in the green-and-white
hoops made famous by the Glasgow team
and have adopted a new club crest which
bears an uncanny resemblance to that of
Celtic FC.
Already Celtic Nation have begun to build a
squad of players designed to propel them
through the feeder divisions of the English
Football League. Last week they were able
to outbid several senior Scottish clubs to
sign Greenock Morton striker Colin
McMenamin .
In an interview with the Daily Record
yesterday , Lynch said: “There are 92 clubs
in England, but none of them caters
specifically for the Scottish and Irish
communities in their midst. I want to
establish a club that has a Celtic identity
and would like to encourage people of
Scottish and Irish heritage to come and
watch us play. Celtic Nation have a ground
with security of tenure and they’re going
somewhere. My project is like climbing
Everest – but we’ve got past the stage of
establishing our base camp, and word of
mouth will take us from the bottom of the
game’s pyramid to somewhere higher.”
Although Celtic FC have no official
connection with Celtic Nation, there has
been intense speculation within the Carlisle
online community that this may eventually
become a vehicle for the Scottish
champions to invade England.
One supporter commented on a fan site last
week: “Is this really Celtic FC getting a
foothold in English football? Glasgow-born
owner, new team colours to match the
famous hoops – think this could be worth
watching as they develop.”
For a decade or so, it has been one of Celtic
FC’s stated aims to secure entry to the
English Football League system. They were
the first British club to lift the European
Cup and have a global supporter base
rooted in the Scottish and Irish diasporas
that is thought to number several million.
Although it is generally accepted that they
have long outgrown Scottish football,
previous overtures to England about joining
its league have been rebuffed. Uefa,
European football’s governing body, also
takes a dim view of cross-border league
arrangements. Meanwhile, Celtic supporters
have looked on with envy as what they
consider to be boutique clubs such as
Chelsea have developed pretensions of
European grandeur.
The fate of their fierce city rivals, Glasgow
Rangers, who went into financial
liquidation last year and are currently
trying to fight their way back to the top
through Scotland’s lower divisions, has left
Celtic marooned. They are participating in a
league which is not fit for its primary
purpose – of providing competition. They
are also a cash-rich club which has already
banked around ÂŁ40m this year from player
sales and participation in last season’s
Champions League. Possessing such riches,
though, is no fun if you can only spend it in
the local supermarket.
Last night a source close to Lynch said: “All
the significant people associated with this
project are committed supporters of Celtic
FC. We have all become deeply frustrated
that Celtic will never develop its full
potential in Scotland, where the game is
dying. Celtic Nation will take the best
attributes of Celtic FC and bring them into
English football. Our location will be
important for attracting support from Scots,
Irish and English fans who have an affinity
for Celtic.”
The Boy Jinky
08:44 on
28 July, 2013
‘Ernie
Not doubting you… but whats the source of that quote mate’
Google it. You’ll find it in the Record, Sun, Stv etc.
It was the talk of the steamie at the time.
Might even have been mentioned on here.
“We wish the new Rangers Football Club every good fortune.”- Walter Smith 19/6/2012
Maybe Sevco should have The Great Desmondo as Chairman…… Such a lot of subterfuge has been spoken and quoted re the deid/new club.
Morning
You can talk of Messi and whoever but this guy was just a wonderful footballer— really exciting to watch and skill by the bucket.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Arb7XPG-jw
ASonOfDan
08:53 on
28 July, 2013
According to someone on KDS, David Low is also ‘involved’, whatever that means.
DD was interviewed on shortbread, so the conversation quickly turned to events at minds morgul.
Good luck to the wee Rovers today in the ole Ramsdens, although part of me wants Mr Creosote to remain at the helm of the hillbillies for as long as possible.
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New Melbourne Underbelly tonight..‘Squizzy’..
Interesting Reference in the Trailer of How Organised Crime use the Media and Journalists to Plant stories and How they Pay off Judges and Jury’s..Hmmm..
Summa
Sunday Mail doing its bit for Scottish Football. Maybe they will run a story on how much it costs Sevco to participate in Division 2 with prize money of ÂŁ60,000.
MOTHERWELL and St Johnstone both face making brutal losses from the next round of Europa League qualifiers.
Our two remaining representatives in the tournament will rack up massive bills trekking to Eastern Europe to face Russians Kuban Krasnodar and FC Minsk of Belarus.
Well’s charter flight alone to the remote Russian outpost beyond the far end of Ukraine will cost the Fir Park club £180,000.
Although the flight is shorter for Saints, MailSport understands they are having to pay a packet to keep tiny Grodno Airport open after their game to allow them to fly home.
And the Perth club will have to shell out more than ÂŁ4500 to fast-track visas through for players and staff to allow them into Belarus in the first place.
With the prize money in the qualifiers only around ÂŁ86,000 per round, both teams stand to lose a fortune from a competition they fight all year to qualify for.
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Oops..Trailer..
http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/
Summa
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-chief-dermot-desmond-wants-1359461
The spin continues. From today’s Sunday Mail –
“… Rangers’ demotion to Division Three …”
From as far back as I can remember from the age of five-six standing on an electrical box outside The Granite City ( now The Brazen Head) being held up by my brother cheering my little heart for my heroes had won the Corination Cup against all odds, this is the team I have supported for 60 years, good times bad times, good players average players, good owners bad owners, long before the Timternet , in my opinion this is the best time I have ever had as a Tim, (ruling out 67 and 9 in a row of course) moan? Well we all moan about, the team, the players, the board, but what I will say that season which has not even started yet, is I have never seen so much negatively given out to a Celtic team, Manager, and Board in all my years, after the season we had last year it beggars believe, I said it through the week and I will say it again, there are to many Huns in this site, and to many Tims dancing to there tune, and you know who you are, Hail-Hail.
Pretty sure I read similar crap last year, as a matter of fact was it not his excuse for having the second highest wage bill in Scotland that they wanted to win everything.
McCoist said: “I wouldn’t say I wasn’t interested in the cups last year – of course I was. But the best way of putting it is that I got over the disappointment a lot quicker than I usually would.
“This year will be different. The disappointment would be far greater because we have a better squad than last year.
“The boys we’ve signed have that winning mentality – they wanted to get to finals with their previous clubs. Cammy won the League Cup with Kilmarnock and Jon won the Scottish Cup with United.
“I’d like to think they believe we have the kind of squad capable of going on a run.
“I’d hope we are now in the position of the rest of the clubs in the top flight – apart from Celtic. St Mirren won a cup last year which was fantastic.
I sympathise with the residents of Almondvale today having the massed hordes inflicted on them today.
Heard the owners of Airdrieonans stadium (not Ballantyne) demanded a 6 figure sum to lease this to Rovers, who told him to sling his hook and went to Livingston instead- for a fraction of the price.
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Kano 1000
08:54 on
28 July, 2013
Morning
You can talk of Messi and whoever but this guy was just a wonderful footballer— really exciting to watch and skill by the bucket.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Arb7XPG-jw
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Good morning BRTH and all.
He was a wonderful player. Not sure if the memory is playing tricks on me but I seem to recall after one particular El Clasico playing away from home the Madrid fans actually applauded his performance it was that good. Think Barca won by 2 goals to nil.Will have to google that one to confirm.
Dan
Bangura stating his head is all over the place and he missed a penalty yesterday. I reckon Neil knew he was not mentally strong and it would be easy to put him off his game.
As if we needed clarification but DD’s recent comments should now confirm our complicity in the corruption that is Oldco, Newco and the SFA. Turns my stomach but we are guilty of turning the other cheek on a decade/s of being cheated.