if we did bring in a minimum attendence rate of say 80%, i wonder if it would also apply to corporate season tickets or just us peasants.
i reckon it wouldnt.
but looks a workable system that leeds have.
ordinary joe on
Controversial mibbery decisions mean nothing if you are managed by a PLC puppet like Rodgers, whilst he’s pretending not to be a puppet. Eye!
Rodgers defence of Lawwell vs real unscripted questions from the one and only Non puppet fan, Joe McHugh @AGM, for example, but yeah, Rodgers only questions mibbery decisions that effect him personally, not maimed or injured players, just mibbery decisions that smear his pampered polished image making an arse of his tippy tappy, Paracetamol inducing, neo-bally dancing extravaganza pish.
Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on
Liverpool hanging on here.
They look flat.
bognorbhoy on
Babble babble babble babble babble babble babble
ordinary joe on
If you want to remedy the game of football in Scotland….
1. Split gate receipts 50 – 50 at every game.
2. Split tickets 50 – 50 for every game. If one set of fans don’t want all of their allocation then offer them to opposition fans.
3. This will help to remove all of the empty seats at Celtic away games.
4. This would bring an end to the Murray / Souness originated All season ticket power grab scam which was disguised as cutting Celtic fans visiting allocation when at Ibrox, so it was gushingly approved by the pro Murray / Souness media.
Fergus McCann jumped into bed with Murray and Souness and copied the Ibrox formula security state by the back door.
Fegus used to say ….
[ “IF YOU DON’T GET A SEASON BOOK YOU WON’T GET ACCESS TO THE 2 HOME OLD FIRM GAMES.” ]
But, but, but, but…..what the season ticket era scam does, it really does remove fans power and ensures that the board have you by the balls. Season ticket waiting list gun at your head.
And fans would start to realise that the Hillsborough / Taylor Report was a government scam, as every dog on every street knows that, 97 Liverpool fans were sacrificed on that fatal day at Hillsborough in 1989, by Thatchers cop goons to create a media generated climate were fans would be tricked into going along with all seated stadiums.
So, Thatcher couldny handle English International football hooligans so. So then Thatcher deployed the Dragnet approach, and football became a security state full of back doors for the government who shouldn’t know the name etc, of any fan attending a football game, wtf does it have to do with them?
Thatchers goons created the Hillsborough disaster to bring in a security state solution, with a database file on every fan without your knowledge, and as we all know Celtic PLC will bend the knee when the Establishment want your addresses and will throw you to the wolves to get themselves onto the Establishments good books Eye, details which they should not have in the first place with the government etc knowing the names, addresses, bank accounts, work places, email addresses, phone numbers, blah blah, yadda yadda, etc etc.
All seating has ensured that the fans are all split up into wee cliques rather than being a force which would terrify the PLC.
Honesty, straight talk, and fans who can get over themselves are the crucial ingredients to get any movement off of the ground.
So we’re fkd!
Tictastic on
OK oj….maybe bed time for you..
jackiemac on
spurs ahead against man u – could give ange a lifeline
Compare and contrast the decision to award R2ngers a 95th minute penalty with today’s refusal to award Hearts a penalty for a much more blatant infringement.
VAR and all, the Scottish ref hasn’t gone away, you know.
jackiemac on
imagine if it was in the other penalty box fritzsong – defo awarded
Greenpinata on
Play the games at a decent time sllowing for fans travel arrangement and then think about bringing in compulsory attendance.
How on earth can you compel Season Ticket holders to attend when the times of kick off change Willy nilly.
Prioritise attending fans and not TV.
HH.
The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on
I went out at HT today and therefore switched from the tellybox to the tranny whilst driving. Even through the airwaves you could sense Beaton’s influence in the game was growing. You know it’s bad when even Derek Fergusson is questioning free kicks awarded against Hertz.
As I was walking up to Murrayfield I could hear the noise from Tyncastle, then it went quiet. I looked at my phone to see McCart had scored another og.
Don’t forget, but for Craig Gordon pulling off an excellent save he would have had a hatrick today😂😂
mursheen on
OJ give your mind and the blog a rest, you will feel better for it son.all the pish running around your head, it’s not good for you
TexasTim on
There may some context before the event but looking at Lint’s X posting, in what world is that not a penalty, all day, all week, all year long!
Come on Willie C – let’s hear your thoughts.
Looking the game stats – if that pen had been scored, Hearts would have been favorites to win that game.
Astonishing.
Celtic Mac on
Well done Ange and Spurs 1-0 victory at home.
Yet another EPL defeat for “Sir” Jim (tax dodger in exile) Petro China all stars. Long may it continue
Aipple on
Gene on
Celtic mac
Absolutely
An Tearmann on
Ach wee racist joe,i will get ye a ticket for Celtic Park,if you like,’fraid i cant cover yir pass out of Blant’urr
Greenpinata on
My friends in Celtic,
Looking forward to Tuesday night.
Lets go for it. Nothing to lose.
If we defend , we will probably lose about 1-0 and go out with a wimper.
Lets go for it and see what happens. We may just shock them and surprise everyone.
If it backfires and we lose heavily, Cest la vie, nothing lost.
I believe its all about mentality.
Real Madrid excel in the European arena. They are a great team, bur they have the necessary winning mentality. They keep winning it for a reason.
Arguably PSG have been the best team i have witnessed at Parkhead. But they have never won the big cup.
Mentality is as valuable as skill.
COYBIG.
glendalystonsils on
TexasTim on 16th February 2025 6:32 pm
if that pen had been scored, Hearts would have been favorites to win that game.
#############################
And that’s why it wasn’t given . Beaton knew that and decided to intervene .
clunks on
!!Bada Bing!! posted a decent link to the non penalty/cheating earlier
be interesting to see wee willie winkies var show AND listen to the Var discuss this
If there is no discussion, it was never looked at
That ^^^ is the likely response to this
With wee willie winkie saying it should have been looked at….
TinyTim on
Ordinary Joe
If Celtic were ever to give 50% of my season ticket money to benefit other clubs .
I would not renew my season ticket .
I want Celtic to grow , not our opponents .
This is not communist China .
🍀TT
garygillespieshamstring on
OJ
So you would want to give the Huns the cash equivalent of a full gate at Celtic Park once a season?
I wouldn’t be having that.
Burnley78 on
Glass half full
I understand your point re Ferencvaros and it being unlikely we catch them in coeff points.
The wider point of will some of the bigger teams who are likely to be seeded above us now begin to motor domestically as we get to the key part of the season is interesting.
Good results for us this weekend in Croatia ( Rejika won today ) , Hungary (Puskas won in 95th min and Ferencvaros lost to the Nuclear team PAK ) , Denmark (Midtyland won ). No change in Greece but 2 huge games in next 3 weeks for Olympiakos v AEK and PAOK.
Overall some massive games in next 3 weeks could go a long way to determining if we qualify for next years CL. Or at least if our chances will be good to do so.
Red Star / Olympiakos / Zagreb / BODO mid season and Copenhagen are much tougher than Quarbag / Maccabi / Malmo / Sturm G / Slovan.
Burnley78 on
Sutton is a disgrace of an individual. Not a surprise to see him dismiss any debate re the hearts penalty. He did similar at dens.
If it suits his money grabbing agenda then fine. If not don’t bother. Just as he showed us in the final year once KOK departed. Downed tools as soon as MON was not around as much and cost us the league.
Today’s penalty was a stonewall as you could get. Yet it took Brian McLaughlin or the other guy the journo to pursue it.
Burnley78 on
I see Kyogo not starting for Rennes again.
Zero minutes last week either.
Something not right about this deal.
The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on
Act in haste, repent at leisure?
Majestic Hartson on
Interesting comment B78.
I assume you done know anything about the ins and outs but what sort of things (can’t think of the right word) could be going on with this transfer?
Gene on
Didn’t Rennes change their manager after the transfer
clunks on
He just made a bad decision
Listened to his agent and his international manager
Crossed his fingers and hoped for the best
Sore one…..
Sayonara Kyogo
Majestic Hartson on
Gene – that’s the answer there 👍🏻
Never know, we might be able to buy him back for a fraction of the sale price.
This could be our new business model 😀
jackiemac on
not many leave celtic and flourish
Majestic Hartson on
The Banter Years
2011/12
13th February 2012: Rangers announce their intention to go into Administration.
14th February 2012: Rangers go into Administration and are docked 10 points, ending any hope a title bid. Fans gather outside the gates of Ibrox demanding answers, and one declares to the news cameras that ‘the big hoose must stay open!’, regardless of what happens next.
16th February 2012: Manager Ally McCoist is interviewed from his car window, defiantly stating that ‘we don’t do walking away.’
18th February 2012: The fans pack Ibrox to the rafters, looking to send a defiant message to the rest of Scottish football. Kilmarnock beat them 1-0.
3rd March 2012: Rumours surface that Rangers will not be granted a licence to compete in Europe next season, owing to accounts from 2011 not being submitted to UEFA. Little do they realise that, where they’re heading, they won’t be needing to worry about qualifying for European football any time soon.
5th April 2012: Rangers’ debts are estimated to be some £134m, including just shy of £100m owed to HMRC.
7th April 2012: There is a full stadium display at Ibrox, whereby fans are encouraged to ‘show a red card to liquidation’. Who can forget this hilarious Union Bears display?
13th May 2012: A consortium – led by Charles Green – agrees to buy the club from Craig Whyte, confident of securing a CVA with HMRC in order to ‘preserve the club’s history’.
Majestic Hartson on
2012/13
12th June 2012: Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (yes, the same Her Majesty who Rangers fans sing their praises of) announce that they will reject the Company Voluntary Agreement that would’ve spared Rangers from being liquidated.
4th July 2012: Newco Rangers are refused entry into the SPL. The hope is that they will be admitted into the SFL’s top tier, Division 1, allowing a swift return to the top flight.
13th July 2012: Rangers instead are ordered to start life in the 3rd Division, at that time the lowest tier of the Scottish football pyramid.
29th July 2012: Rangers need extra time to beat Brechin in the first round of the Ramsdens Cup. The ball also gets stuck on top of the famous Glebe Park hedge.
7th August 2012: Kevin Kyle signs, he later recalls: ‘I sat down with the manager and he asked what I was looking for. I just said a crazy figure and almost got what I wanted’.
11th August 2012: Rangers’ first game in the 3rd Division ends in a 2-2 draw at Peterhead. They need a last minute equaliser from Andy Little to rescue them from defeat.
18th September 2012: Rangers are knocked out of the Ramsdens Cup on penalties at home to Queen of the South.
6th October 2012: Rangers lose to Stirling Albion, who are not only bottom of the table at the time, but also without a manager for the day, as Greig McDonald is busy getting married. After seven games, Rangers’ Third Division record reads played 7, won 3, drawn 3 and lost 1.
23rd November 2012: Elgin City vs Rangers is postponed, after Elgin sell too many tickets and have to call off the game on safety grounds.
2nd December 2012: Rangers beat Elgin 3-0 in the Scottish Cup Fourth Round, but a dancing fan in the away end steals the limelight.
26th December 2012: Clyde fans unveil a banner at Ibrox, wishing Rangers a happy first Christmas. Both in the stadium and after the game, it goes down well.
29th December 2012: Some 30,000 Rangers fans travel to Hampden to play Queens Park. They require a 91st minute winner against ten (amateur) men. Meanwhile, future multi-million pound player Andy Robertson plays a full 90 minutes at left back for Queens Park and escapes the notice of the Rangers scouts.
16th January 2013: Ally McCoist beams proudly, standing with the single greatest bar chart ever produced.
2nd February 2013: Rangers draw Dundee United away in the Scottish Cup fifth round, and the board declares a boycott of Tannadice. 365 Rangers fans turn up anyway and watch United dismantle them 3-0.
3rd April 2013: Francisco Sandaza is sacked after falling for a prank call from a Celtic fan masquerading as an agent, in which he expressed his desire to leave the club.
Burnley78 on
Kyogo on with 16 mins left and literally a minute later they are down to 10 men and Lille score to win the game.
Not seeming to be much fun for the wee guy.
Majestic Hartson on
2013/14
24th July 2013: Rangers lose 1-0 in a friendly at Hillsborough. They unveil the worst banner ever seen, congratulating Prince William and Kate Middleton on having a baby.
3rd August 2013: Nicky Law’s claims that Rangers can win the quadruple are extinguished by Forfar Athletic’s extra-time victory in the League Cup.
12th September 2013: Ian Black is suspended for 10 games by the SFA after admitting to placing bets on football matches.
22nd September 2013: Rangers exact revenge on Forfar in the league with a 1-0 win. Ally McCoist blames the wind for Rangers not scoring more.
14th December 2013: Stenhousemuir vs Rangers is postponed, it is mistakenly thought at first to have been high winds that caused a burger van blows into a temporary stand at Ochilview.
4th January 2014: Ally McCoist goes to the media and complains about a fixture pile up of 4 games in 11 days, despite his side being 14 points clear at the top and having a wage bill at least 10 times the size of anyone else’s in League One.
22nd February 2014: A rare slip up for Rangers in the league as they draw 3-3 at home to Stenhousemuir. Sean Higgins’ late equaliser from the penalty spot – and his subsequent celebration – sends Rangers TV commentator Tom Miller into meltdown.
6th April 2014: This can arguably be termed the first big loss of the Banter Years. Rangers, who had players talking up the possibilities of quadruples at the start of this season, lose the Challenge Cup final in extra time against Raith Rovers.
7th April 2014: Furious backlash as Rangers’ staff party goes ahead as scheduled. Ally McCoist is caught doing karaoke just hours after loss to Raith.
12th April 2014: Despite being handed home advantage in a Scottish Cup semi final, Rangers lose 3-1 to Dundee United. Simonsen’s gift for United’s third sums it up.
*RESULTS FROM GAME #41 CELTIC 3 DUNDEE UNITED 0 (McGREGOR, JOTA, IDAH)*
Good evening, friends.
A very comfortable, never in doubt home league game against an opposition who never really threatened our goal at all. Their sole take away from this game was winning the toss and forcing Celtic to play the wrong way round!
A game where pretty much every player did well enough and where many of the fans’ thoughts were already drifting to Munich. 3 very good goals were the main highlights, supplemented by Schlupp’s piledriver off the post. And we ended our weekend by extending our lead at the top by 1 goal! We are 13 points clear with just 12 games left. Man of the Match will be revealed shortly, but the worst performer on the pitch was never in doubt, our referee Nick Walsh.
We have now played 41 games this season, winning 30, drawing 7 and losing 4. We have scored 114 and conceded 35 (domestically it’s 100-19 and in Europe it’s 14-16).
Thank you so much to the 72 who voted this time around. The total votes cast for each player are as follows, with my own nominations asterisked.
Schmeichel: 0
Ralston: 10
Carter-Vickers: 3
Trusty: 1
Schlupp: 45
McGregor*: 64
McCowan*: 13
Hatate: 2
Yang: 1
Idah: 12
Jota*: 65
Maeda: 0
Engels: 0
Taylor: 0
Kuhn: 0
Kenny: 0
And so, the players receiving POINTS for the game against Dundee United –
Jota – 5 points
McGregor – 4 points
Schlupp – 3 points
McCowan – 2 points
Idah – 1 point
And the overall positions after 41 games played are –
In just under 47 hours it’ll be kick off in Germany as Celtic try to overturn the 1-2 deficit from the first leg against Bayern Munich. Kick off is 8.00pm.
And a wee incentive for anyone who reads this far. So far this season I’ve received 2,996 emails with your nominations. Be quick after Tuesday’s game and it could be the ”3000 Podium” for you!
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if we did bring in a minimum attendence rate of say 80%, i wonder if it would also apply to corporate season tickets or just us peasants.
i reckon it wouldnt.
but looks a workable system that leeds have.
Controversial mibbery decisions mean nothing if you are managed by a PLC puppet like Rodgers, whilst he’s pretending not to be a puppet. Eye!
Rodgers defence of Lawwell vs real unscripted questions from the one and only Non puppet fan, Joe McHugh @AGM, for example, but yeah, Rodgers only questions mibbery decisions that effect him personally, not maimed or injured players, just mibbery decisions that smear his pampered polished image making an arse of his tippy tappy, Paracetamol inducing, neo-bally dancing extravaganza pish.
Liverpool hanging on here.
They look flat.
Babble babble babble babble babble babble babble
If you want to remedy the game of football in Scotland….
1. Split gate receipts 50 – 50 at every game.
2. Split tickets 50 – 50 for every game. If one set of fans don’t want all of their allocation then offer them to opposition fans.
3. This will help to remove all of the empty seats at Celtic away games.
4. This would bring an end to the Murray / Souness originated All season ticket power grab scam which was disguised as cutting Celtic fans visiting allocation when at Ibrox, so it was gushingly approved by the pro Murray / Souness media.
Fergus McCann jumped into bed with Murray and Souness and copied the Ibrox formula security state by the back door.
Fegus used to say ….
[ “IF YOU DON’T GET A SEASON BOOK YOU WON’T GET ACCESS TO THE 2 HOME OLD FIRM GAMES.” ]
But, but, but, but…..what the season ticket era scam does, it really does remove fans power and ensures that the board have you by the balls. Season ticket waiting list gun at your head.
And fans would start to realise that the Hillsborough / Taylor Report was a government scam, as every dog on every street knows that, 97 Liverpool fans were sacrificed on that fatal day at Hillsborough in 1989, by Thatchers cop goons to create a media generated climate were fans would be tricked into going along with all seated stadiums.
So, Thatcher couldny handle English International football hooligans so. So then Thatcher deployed the Dragnet approach, and football became a security state full of back doors for the government who shouldn’t know the name etc, of any fan attending a football game, wtf does it have to do with them?
Thatchers goons created the Hillsborough disaster to bring in a security state solution, with a database file on every fan without your knowledge, and as we all know Celtic PLC will bend the knee when the Establishment want your addresses and will throw you to the wolves to get themselves onto the Establishments good books Eye, details which they should not have in the first place with the government etc knowing the names, addresses, bank accounts, work places, email addresses, phone numbers, blah blah, yadda yadda, etc etc.
All seating has ensured that the fans are all split up into wee cliques rather than being a force which would terrify the PLC.
Honesty, straight talk, and fans who can get over themselves are the crucial ingredients to get any movement off of the ground.
So we’re fkd!
OK oj….maybe bed time for you..
spurs ahead against man u – could give ange a lifeline
Compare and contrast the decision to award R2ngers a 95th minute penalty with today’s refusal to award Hearts a penalty for a much more blatant infringement.
VAR and all, the Scottish ref hasn’t gone away, you know.
imagine if it was in the other penalty box fritzsong – defo awarded
Play the games at a decent time sllowing for fans travel arrangement and then think about bringing in compulsory attendance.
How on earth can you compel Season Ticket holders to attend when the times of kick off change Willy nilly.
Prioritise attending fans and not TV.
HH.
I went out at HT today and therefore switched from the tellybox to the tranny whilst driving. Even through the airwaves you could sense Beaton’s influence in the game was growing. You know it’s bad when even Derek Fergusson is questioning free kicks awarded against Hertz.
As I was walking up to Murrayfield I could hear the noise from Tyncastle, then it went quiet. I looked at my phone to see McCart had scored another og.
Don’t forget, but for Craig Gordon pulling off an excellent save he would have had a hatrick today😂😂
OJ give your mind and the blog a rest, you will feel better for it son.all the pish running around your head, it’s not good for you
There may some context before the event but looking at Lint’s X posting, in what world is that not a penalty, all day, all week, all year long!
Come on Willie C – let’s hear your thoughts.
Looking the game stats – if that pen had been scored, Hearts would have been favorites to win that game.
Astonishing.
Well done Ange and Spurs 1-0 victory at home.
Yet another EPL defeat for “Sir” Jim (tax dodger in exile) Petro China all stars. Long may it continue
Celtic mac
Absolutely
Ach wee racist joe,i will get ye a ticket for Celtic Park,if you like,’fraid i cant cover yir pass out of Blant’urr
My friends in Celtic,
Looking forward to Tuesday night.
Lets go for it. Nothing to lose.
If we defend , we will probably lose about 1-0 and go out with a wimper.
Lets go for it and see what happens. We may just shock them and surprise everyone.
If it backfires and we lose heavily, Cest la vie, nothing lost.
I believe its all about mentality.
Real Madrid excel in the European arena. They are a great team, bur they have the necessary winning mentality. They keep winning it for a reason.
Arguably PSG have been the best team i have witnessed at Parkhead. But they have never won the big cup.
Mentality is as valuable as skill.
COYBIG.
TexasTim on 16th February 2025 6:32 pm
if that pen had been scored, Hearts would have been favorites to win that game.
#############################
And that’s why it wasn’t given . Beaton knew that and decided to intervene .
!!Bada Bing!! posted a decent link to the non penalty/cheating earlier
https://x.com/zeshankenzo/status/1891117524177080830?s=48
Why was it not reviewed
be interesting to see wee willie winkies var show AND listen to the Var discuss this
If there is no discussion, it was never looked at
That ^^^ is the likely response to this
With wee willie winkie saying it should have been looked at….
Ordinary Joe
If Celtic were ever to give 50% of my season ticket money to benefit other clubs .
I would not renew my season ticket .
I want Celtic to grow , not our opponents .
This is not communist China .
🍀TT
OJ
So you would want to give the Huns the cash equivalent of a full gate at Celtic Park once a season?
I wouldn’t be having that.
Glass half full
I understand your point re Ferencvaros and it being unlikely we catch them in coeff points.
The wider point of will some of the bigger teams who are likely to be seeded above us now begin to motor domestically as we get to the key part of the season is interesting.
Good results for us this weekend in Croatia ( Rejika won today ) , Hungary (Puskas won in 95th min and Ferencvaros lost to the Nuclear team PAK ) , Denmark (Midtyland won ). No change in Greece but 2 huge games in next 3 weeks for Olympiakos v AEK and PAOK.
Overall some massive games in next 3 weeks could go a long way to determining if we qualify for next years CL. Or at least if our chances will be good to do so.
Red Star / Olympiakos / Zagreb / BODO mid season and Copenhagen are much tougher than Quarbag / Maccabi / Malmo / Sturm G / Slovan.
Sutton is a disgrace of an individual. Not a surprise to see him dismiss any debate re the hearts penalty. He did similar at dens.
If it suits his money grabbing agenda then fine. If not don’t bother. Just as he showed us in the final year once KOK departed. Downed tools as soon as MON was not around as much and cost us the league.
Today’s penalty was a stonewall as you could get. Yet it took Brian McLaughlin or the other guy the journo to pursue it.
I see Kyogo not starting for Rennes again.
Zero minutes last week either.
Something not right about this deal.
Act in haste, repent at leisure?
Interesting comment B78.
I assume you done know anything about the ins and outs but what sort of things (can’t think of the right word) could be going on with this transfer?
Didn’t Rennes change their manager after the transfer
He just made a bad decision
Listened to his agent and his international manager
Crossed his fingers and hoped for the best
Sore one…..
Sayonara Kyogo
Gene – that’s the answer there 👍🏻
Never know, we might be able to buy him back for a fraction of the sale price.
This could be our new business model 😀
not many leave celtic and flourish
The Banter Years
2011/12
13th February 2012: Rangers announce their intention to go into Administration.
14th February 2012: Rangers go into Administration and are docked 10 points, ending any hope a title bid. Fans gather outside the gates of Ibrox demanding answers, and one declares to the news cameras that ‘the big hoose must stay open!’, regardless of what happens next.
16th February 2012: Manager Ally McCoist is interviewed from his car window, defiantly stating that ‘we don’t do walking away.’
18th February 2012: The fans pack Ibrox to the rafters, looking to send a defiant message to the rest of Scottish football. Kilmarnock beat them 1-0.
3rd March 2012: Rumours surface that Rangers will not be granted a licence to compete in Europe next season, owing to accounts from 2011 not being submitted to UEFA. Little do they realise that, where they’re heading, they won’t be needing to worry about qualifying for European football any time soon.
5th April 2012: Rangers’ debts are estimated to be some £134m, including just shy of £100m owed to HMRC.
7th April 2012: There is a full stadium display at Ibrox, whereby fans are encouraged to ‘show a red card to liquidation’. Who can forget this hilarious Union Bears display?
13th May 2012: A consortium – led by Charles Green – agrees to buy the club from Craig Whyte, confident of securing a CVA with HMRC in order to ‘preserve the club’s history’.
2012/13
12th June 2012: Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (yes, the same Her Majesty who Rangers fans sing their praises of) announce that they will reject the Company Voluntary Agreement that would’ve spared Rangers from being liquidated.
4th July 2012: Newco Rangers are refused entry into the SPL. The hope is that they will be admitted into the SFL’s top tier, Division 1, allowing a swift return to the top flight.
13th July 2012: Rangers instead are ordered to start life in the 3rd Division, at that time the lowest tier of the Scottish football pyramid.
29th July 2012: Rangers need extra time to beat Brechin in the first round of the Ramsdens Cup. The ball also gets stuck on top of the famous Glebe Park hedge.
7th August 2012: Kevin Kyle signs, he later recalls: ‘I sat down with the manager and he asked what I was looking for. I just said a crazy figure and almost got what I wanted’.
11th August 2012: Rangers’ first game in the 3rd Division ends in a 2-2 draw at Peterhead. They need a last minute equaliser from Andy Little to rescue them from defeat.
18th September 2012: Rangers are knocked out of the Ramsdens Cup on penalties at home to Queen of the South.
6th October 2012: Rangers lose to Stirling Albion, who are not only bottom of the table at the time, but also without a manager for the day, as Greig McDonald is busy getting married. After seven games, Rangers’ Third Division record reads played 7, won 3, drawn 3 and lost 1.
23rd November 2012: Elgin City vs Rangers is postponed, after Elgin sell too many tickets and have to call off the game on safety grounds.
2nd December 2012: Rangers beat Elgin 3-0 in the Scottish Cup Fourth Round, but a dancing fan in the away end steals the limelight.
26th December 2012: Clyde fans unveil a banner at Ibrox, wishing Rangers a happy first Christmas. Both in the stadium and after the game, it goes down well.
29th December 2012: Some 30,000 Rangers fans travel to Hampden to play Queens Park. They require a 91st minute winner against ten (amateur) men. Meanwhile, future multi-million pound player Andy Robertson plays a full 90 minutes at left back for Queens Park and escapes the notice of the Rangers scouts.
16th January 2013: Ally McCoist beams proudly, standing with the single greatest bar chart ever produced.
2nd February 2013: Rangers draw Dundee United away in the Scottish Cup fifth round, and the board declares a boycott of Tannadice. 365 Rangers fans turn up anyway and watch United dismantle them 3-0.
3rd April 2013: Francisco Sandaza is sacked after falling for a prank call from a Celtic fan masquerading as an agent, in which he expressed his desire to leave the club.
Kyogo on with 16 mins left and literally a minute later they are down to 10 men and Lille score to win the game.
Not seeming to be much fun for the wee guy.
2013/14
24th July 2013: Rangers lose 1-0 in a friendly at Hillsborough. They unveil the worst banner ever seen, congratulating Prince William and Kate Middleton on having a baby.
3rd August 2013: Nicky Law’s claims that Rangers can win the quadruple are extinguished by Forfar Athletic’s extra-time victory in the League Cup.
12th September 2013: Ian Black is suspended for 10 games by the SFA after admitting to placing bets on football matches.
22nd September 2013: Rangers exact revenge on Forfar in the league with a 1-0 win. Ally McCoist blames the wind for Rangers not scoring more.
14th December 2013: Stenhousemuir vs Rangers is postponed, it is mistakenly thought at first to have been high winds that caused a burger van blows into a temporary stand at Ochilview.
4th January 2014: Ally McCoist goes to the media and complains about a fixture pile up of 4 games in 11 days, despite his side being 14 points clear at the top and having a wage bill at least 10 times the size of anyone else’s in League One.
22nd February 2014: A rare slip up for Rangers in the league as they draw 3-3 at home to Stenhousemuir. Sean Higgins’ late equaliser from the penalty spot – and his subsequent celebration – sends Rangers TV commentator Tom Miller into meltdown.
6th April 2014: This can arguably be termed the first big loss of the Banter Years. Rangers, who had players talking up the possibilities of quadruples at the start of this season, lose the Challenge Cup final in extra time against Raith Rovers.
7th April 2014: Furious backlash as Rangers’ staff party goes ahead as scheduled. Ally McCoist is caught doing karaoke just hours after loss to Raith.
12th April 2014: Despite being handed home advantage in a Scottish Cup semi final, Rangers lose 3-1 to Dundee United. Simonsen’s gift for United’s third sums it up.
Courtesy of https://forum.pieandbovril.com/topic/249121-the-chronicles-of-the-banter-years-2012-%E2%88%9E/
Kyogos shoulder gone again for Rennes
From jobo
*SENTINEL CELTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024-25*
*RESULTS FROM GAME #41 CELTIC 3 DUNDEE UNITED 0 (McGREGOR, JOTA, IDAH)*
Good evening, friends.
A very comfortable, never in doubt home league game against an opposition who never really threatened our goal at all. Their sole take away from this game was winning the toss and forcing Celtic to play the wrong way round!
A game where pretty much every player did well enough and where many of the fans’ thoughts were already drifting to Munich. 3 very good goals were the main highlights, supplemented by Schlupp’s piledriver off the post. And we ended our weekend by extending our lead at the top by 1 goal! We are 13 points clear with just 12 games left. Man of the Match will be revealed shortly, but the worst performer on the pitch was never in doubt, our referee Nick Walsh.
We have now played 41 games this season, winning 30, drawing 7 and losing 4. We have scored 114 and conceded 35 (domestically it’s 100-19 and in Europe it’s 14-16).
Thank you so much to the 72 who voted this time around. The total votes cast for each player are as follows, with my own nominations asterisked.
Schmeichel: 0
Ralston: 10
Carter-Vickers: 3
Trusty: 1
Schlupp: 45
McGregor*: 64
McCowan*: 13
Hatate: 2
Yang: 1
Idah: 12
Jota*: 65
Maeda: 0
Engels: 0
Taylor: 0
Kuhn: 0
Kenny: 0
And so, the players receiving POINTS for the game against Dundee United –
Jota – 5 points
McGregor – 4 points
Schlupp – 3 points
McCowan – 2 points
Idah – 1 point
And the overall positions after 41 games played are –
64 points – Maeda
58 points – Kuhn
51 points – Engels
48 points – Hatate, McGregor
47 points – Schmeichel
41 points – Bernardo, Scales
32 points – Trusty
29 points – McCowan
26 points – Johnston A
24 points – Kyogo
23 points – Carter-Vickers
21 points – Taylor
19 points – Valle
15 points – Idah
11 points – Jota
7 points – O’Riley, Yang
4 points – Forrest
3 points – Schlupp, Welsh
2 points – Murray
0 points – Cummings, Holm, Johnston M., Kenny, Nawrocki, Palma, Ralston, Turley
In just under 47 hours it’ll be kick off in Germany as Celtic try to overturn the 1-2 deficit from the first leg against Bayern Munich. Kick off is 8.00pm.
And a wee incentive for anyone who reads this far. So far this season I’ve received 2,996 emails with your nominations. Be quick after Tuesday’s game and it could be the ”3000 Podium” for you!
Hail Hail!