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Big thanks ‘GG/bonfigli : didn’t see the match
PHILBOY, watch your blood pressure ,you are calling fellow celtic supporters scumbags, now I know you don’t mean it ,so just come on here or sentinel celts and apologise .
BIG PACKY!
I have no issues with my blood pressure.
Now why don’t you go and do one!
If you had any more brains would be……….a half wit.
mmmmmm sherry is very nice!
What was that darling?
Philbhoy…
Enjoy.
Dont understand why posters worry about other bloggs.
Room for everyone…but dont like fellow celts running back with stories.
Anyways….HH
A very comfortable 2:0 win today but that second half was a true borefest. Motherwell are veery organised and hard working but they did not help to create a spectacle today.
PHILBHOY-enjoy that sherry 😉
Disappointed with no Griffiths even on the bench today. Consequently any rotation or resting of players specifically excludes French Eddy. As a team is only as strong as its weakest link the striking department needs to be fixed in January. Lenny knows that and his position is stronger now than it was in summer. With 9 in a row at stake and the Sevs not ( so far) capitulating Lawell has no excuses this time around.
SFTB-yip,easy enough win but was sitting freezing wishing the ref would blow the final whistle after an hr❄️
PHILBHOY, you have many friends on sentinel celts,but this attitude you are showing is not helping your cause ,jimthetim or I have not slagged you off ,remember that, have a nice day.
some people just got to have last word.
Favourite Uncle 6.30pm
Last word :-)
Celtic have been imperious this season, loving the Neil Lennon effect
Remember Neil left Leicester for Celtic for less money 💰
Neil started this title(s) winning run … hopefully he keeps us all smiling :-)
GFTB on 10TH NOVEMBER 2019 6:37 PM
zactly.
philbhoy
If that is what is what drinking sherry does to your brain cells
I’ll stick with the Lanliq!
Professional job today without really hitting heights. Murderwell played well.
Take the 2-0 and move on. Hope our Scottish Bhoys all get a bug overnight 😉
Was having trouble logging in just now.
Thank you Celtic for a very important victory. I thought Motherwell played well, especially in the second half, ably abetted by some odd refereeing decisions.
3 points in the bag.
Fire lit, Chicken Chilli Masala and bottle of Merlot .
Mrs Rua delighted to see me home, safe.
There will be sad times, but this is not one.
This is what it’s like to be Celtic.
A Victory for Celtica is always to be enjoyed and celebrated.
:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
HH
Delighted with the 3 points, always tough after a Euro game.
disappointed the LG was not even selected for a place on the bench after hinting he was fit and able , what exactly is going on with him, also following his ‘knock’ bayo was last reported as having a scan and may be out for 6 weeks , that was to be confirmed the communication re injured players is deafening and where is kouassi , shevd and how far is jozo from getting back.
Madrarua 6.53pm
You better believe it, we reside in fabulous Celtic times … don’t let anyone tell you different
Enjoy your grub & Merlot :-)
GFTB
Cheers.
A Day of Remembrance
By: Newsroom Staff on 10 Nov, 2019 09:31
TODAY, on Remembrance Sunday, we remember all those who died in the First World War and in all other conflicts.
In 1918, at 11 minutes past 11 on the 11th day of the 11th month, the guns finally fell silent after four years of bloody fighting which claimed the lives of over 16million people.
It was a conflict which affected individuals, families, communities and organisations in every country caught up in the war, and Celtic Football Club was no different.
As the world was plunged into war in 1914, all aspects of life changed and as millions headed off to the Front, the Great War was to have its affect on Celtic and a number of its players.
As the war progressed the implications for the game were significant. Player salaries were reduced, employment in munitions factories on Saturdays resulted in a sharp fall in attendance, both by spectators and players and the pressure to complete the fixture card was significant.
Indeed, Celtic was forced to play two matches, against Raith Rovers and Motherwell, on the same day in 1916 in order to comply.
Football grounds were viewed as an ideal venue for recruitment drives and during one such event Celtic manager Willie Maley endorsed a mock trench warfare at Celtic Park designed to lure players and spectators alike to the Front.
Such drives had their successes and the supporters and officials of Hearts and Queen’s Park watched as their first team players enlisted almost en bloc. Whilst there wasn´t a mass exodus from Celtic, a number of players did enlist and sadly, some failed to return.
Willie Angus, John McLaughlin, Archie McMillan, Leigh Roose, Donnie McLeod, Robert Craig and Peter Johnstone all played on the field of Celtic Park and fought in the Great War and for their lives in the fields of France and Belguim.
The story of Willie Angus, a reserve team player at Celtic Park is quite astounding. Angus was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1915 for his incredible bravery in rescuing his wounded commanding officer.
Despite coming under heavy fire in ´no man´s land´ near Givenchy in France, Angus risked his own life and was wounded over 40 times in the process.
As a result of the injuries he sustained Angus lost one eye and was invalided out of the army. On his return he maintained a close affinity to the Club and his bravery was officially acknowledged when a street in Carluke was named in his honour.
Welsh International goalkeeper Leigh Richmond Roose came to Celtic Park on loan from Sunderland in March of 1910. Securing his services at Celtic was the result of a somewhat bizarre deal.
Roose had tended the goal for the Wales v Scotland International at Rugby Park the previous week in a match which led to Jimmy McMenemy being injured as a result of some nasty play by Welshman Llewellyn Davies.
Thus when Celtic keeper Davy Adams was floored with pneumonia for the Scottish Cup semi against Clyde, it made perfect sense to secure the services of Roose as a form of compensation.
Unfortunately Roose, who was a doctor of bacteriology, failed to keep a clean sheet for his one appearance and Celtic lost the tie 3-1.
Roose was an extremely wealthy man, and a gentleman. Indeed, he apparently ran the length of the pitch to congratulate and shake the hand of the Clyde player who had scored the third goal and ousted Celtic out of the Cup.
Roose went on to play for Aston Villa and Arsenal before joining the 9th Royal Fusiliers in 1914. His repeated bravery led to the Military Medal in 1914. Sadly during the Battle for Montauban where hundreds lost their lives, Roose was pronounced missing in action, presumed dead on the 7th of October 1917. A dedication to his memory is inscribed on the Thiepval memorial.
Donnie McLeod signed for Celtic from Stenhousemuir on May 10, 1902. McLeod, dubbed ´Slasher´ due to his sheer speed and ability was a two-footed full back who was an instant hit with the Celtic support.
McLeod was an integral part of the side who kick-started the club´s unprecedented feat of six Championships in a row from 1904, and during his six-and-a-half years with the Celts he made 155 appearances.
McLeod´s partnership with Jimmy Weir was invincible and when he was transferred to Middlesborough in 1910 Weir followed him South to form a duo described as ´the most dogged, dour and fearless pair of backs in England.´
McLeod was in the 466th Battery of the 65th Royal Field Artillery and died in Belgium from injuries sustained in action on the 6th of October 1917. He is buried in the Dozinghem military cemetery in Poperinge in Belgium.
When Robert Craig arrived at Celtic Park he was the butt of a practical joke initiated by his new team mates. Signed from Vale of Garnock Strollers on the 10th of May 1906, Craig was convinced by his team mates that a large signing on fee was available and all he had to do was ask the rather stern Willie Maley.
Maley must have liked him as his petulance was rewarded with the acceptance of his signature and a three-year career with the Celts.
Craig spent most of his period farmed out on loan but did the business when it was required and in 13 first team appearances conducted himself well. Craig was recruited to the 5th Battalion of the South Wales Borderers and was wounded during a German attack on the town of Messines in Belgium.
He died from the injuries he sustained eight days later on April 19, 1918. He is buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
Probably the best known Celt to have fallen in the Great War is centre-half and utility man, Peter Johnstone, who signed for Celtic on January 9, 1908. Johnstone made his debut in April the following year, the first appearance of 233 for the club. During this period Johnstone scored 19 goals.
Johnstone, a miner signed from Glencraig Celtic, was an idol of the Celtic faithful and was a deserved recipient of such accolade when he lifted his first Scottish Cup medal after the final with Clyde in 1912. In the same year he added another gong to his collection when Celtic met and beat Clyde in the Charity Cup final in an amazing tie that Celtic won by 7 corners to nil.
Johnstone was part of the side who contested for the ´missing´ Ferencvaros Cup in Budapest against Burnley in 1914.
The game ended in a draw and it was reluctantly agreed that a return would be played in Burnley. Celtic won and the trophy never materialised but compensation was afforded to Johnstone and his team mates when they secured the Double in 1914.
Johnstone was eager to transfer from the field of play to the field of War, and was recruited to firstly the 14th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1916 and latterly the 6th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders. He initiated this move in order to secure quicker passage to the Front. Whilst eager to defend his country.
Johnstone was also always willing to assist the Celts and during his army training he travelled overnight from England to help his team-mates oust Rangers from the Glasgow Cup on September 23, 1916.
To the absolute shock of the Celtic faithful Johnstone lost his life during the Battle of Arras which was fought on the 15-16th of May 1917. A Celtic Legend, Johnstone´s death was a huge loss to Celtic Football Club. A dedication to his memory is inscribed on Bay 8 of the Arras Memorial in the Fauborg d´Amiens Cemetery.
Celtic´s reserve side was also depleted due to the impact of the Great War and the following players also lost their lives. The list is not exhaustive.
Reserve team player John McLaughlin, whose previous career spanned periods with Mossend, Hibs and Renton was killed in action on May 10, 1917. McLaughlin, who served in the 11th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery.
Fellow reserve player Archie McMillan died of his injuries between the period of the 21st and the 23rd of November of the same year during an attempt to capture the village of Fontaine Notre-Dame in Northern France.
McMillan and eight of his regiment lost their lives in what was a successful mission. He is buried in the Rocquigny-Equancort Rd British Cemetery, Manancourt.
At this time, where pausing for reflection is the tradition, we should perhaps take a few moments to remember the Celtic legends who were so greatly affected by the horror of war.
Jobo
got me man of the match 3 in there.before I forgot and missed out again.
SFTB
More attritional in that 2nd half.:-) Good result now hopefully no injuries on international duties.
St Stivs
Thanks for that post mate
HH
St Stivs
A good reminder thank you.
HH
Supporters – Robert DownieThis is a featured page
Supporters Homepage | World War One
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Fullname: Robert Downie
aka: Sgt Robert Downie VC, MM (Victoria Cross, Military Medal)
Born: 12 Jan 1894
Died: 18 April 1968
Birthplace: Glasgow
Biog
Downie, Robert – PicRobert Downie never played for Celtic. However he earns his highly worthy place in Celtic annals through his connection with the club, firstly as a great supporter of the club, as an employee of the club working as a cashier on the turnstiles (post-war), and for his service during the First World War where he served gallantly for his people and country, earning the Military Medal and Victoria Cross (the highest military medal awarded for valour).
Forces
SGT Robert Downie VC MM was born on the 12th of January 1894 to Irish parents from Laurencetown, County Down. One of sixteen children he was educated at St. Aloysius Catholic, Springburn, Glasgow. He joined the army at 19 and was a regular with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at the start of the first world war. He was awarded a Military Medal, and then a Victoria Cross (the highest honour).
He was a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place during the Battle of the Somme, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery.
On 23 October 1916 east of Lesboeufs, France, when most of the officers had become casualties, Sergeant Downie, utterly regardless of personal danger and under very heavy fire, organised the attack which had been temporarily checked. At the critical moment he rushed forward shouting “Come on the Dubs!” which had an immediate response and the line rushed forward at this call. Sergeant Downie accounted for several of the enemy and in addition captured a machine-gun, killing the team. Although wounded early in the fight, he remained with his company, giving valuable assistance while the position was being consolidated.
On his homecoming, he arrived at Glasgow Central Station to be met by hundreds of people who carried him shoulder-high to a taxi. Springburn Road was decorated with flags and bunting and lined with hundreds more people, and his achievement was widely reported in the Glasgow press.
Post-War
He lived quietly in Carleston Street, Springburn, until his death in 1968. A modest man, he often played down his bravery, saying he won the medals for having ‘shot the cook’.
A Celtic fan through and through, football fans at Celtic Park regularly saw him on a Saturday as he worked as a cashier at the turnstiles.
Downie passed away in 1968, and has a grave/memorial at St. Kentigern’s Cemetery, Glasgow, Scotland (Section 21, Lair 506, with headstone).
His Victoria Cross medal remains with the family who still have the medal.
In 2016, he was honoured with a remembrance stone at the People’s Palace, a highly deserved honour.
A very notable Celtic supporter of whom we should all be very proud to be able to number as one of our own.
Painting of Robert Downie held at Celtic Park
This is a photo of an oil painting held in the Celtic store. It once hung in Willie Maley’s office along side one of Willie Angus V C
http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/ff74fafe6e2f320ee5508bde6d730c36/GW576H1024
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Supporters+-+Robert+Downie
Remembrance Sunday. 2 minutes silence observed at 11am. And no doubt it will be repeated at 11am tomorrow.
All correct and proper.
So why the need for a minutes silence at a football game? Any football game? Is there a minute silence before a theatre performance today? (I can answer that, no there wasn’t).
Sorry, I don’t get it.
Referee today. Rubbish.
Two full backs and Ntcham. Excellent.
Every other player, only very good.
SAINT STIVS on 10TH NOVEMBER 2019 7:14 PM
Mega thanks for that post. You could not get a more Celtic related post.
If you know your history.
HH.
Loving my time in the Gallowgate. Not as busy as a Saturday game but still meeting old friends.
Tomorrow our old subject, transport infrastructure to Celtic Park.
HH.
Poppy Debate … it’s been a while
Don’t let the Huns, the Tories or even Tony Blair hijack “remembrance” my own father was called up in 1943 when he turned 18… canny remember my dad ever “wearing” a poppy on every or any outfit …
Some actually lose sight of remembrance
Delighted Celtic are going into this international break top of two leagues
(apologies for non football part of this post)
As for the Celtic fans from the 6 counties am pretty sure they (& should) have a different view of the armed forces
Nearly every day I dip in and out of Ian McCallums books about the Glasgow Irish during the Great war from the prism of Celtic Football club.
Its fascinating stuff.
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SPORT14th November 2015
‘Some Celtic fans just do
n’t know their history when it comes to the Great War’
By Hugh MacDonald
Celtic fans who protest at the wearing of poppies are being disrespectful of their ancestors, says author Ian McCallum
IT is said more in frustration than anger.
“They sing about the history but if you question them they don’t know about it,” says Ian McCallum. A former soldier and a constant Celtic fan, McCallum is addressing those in the club’s supporting ranks who “boo the poppy”.
The 60-year-old has enlisted for substantial duty. He is writing a series of six books on the Glasgow Irish and the Great War. Its purpose is to celebrate a section of history that he believes has been “airbrushed” and to counter the myths and misconceptions of the 1914-18 and its participants.
“I was annoyed about the ‘bloodstained poppy’ protest by the Green Brigade in 2010,” he says. It led him to both investigate the past and illuminate it. “I was interested in both military and social history,” he says. He had been born and bred in Blackhill and became part of an “economic conscription”.
“I was 22, I was going nowhere. I was unemployed so I joined the army,” he says. It suited him. He remained for 22 years, serving with the Queen’s Own Highlanders and attaining the rank of regimental sergeant major. The impact of a parachute jump damaged two vertebrae and McCallum gave up his move to become a commissioned officer. He then dabbled in history and writing, compiling a short history of Gargunnock, the Stirlingshire village where he bought a home.
He also became accomplished at detailing family lineage and his expertise at research has been used both to fill his books and to settle arguments. “There was a guy at Celtic Park who sat beside me for years and I got into a heated discussion with him over the poppy demonstration by the Green Brigade. I didn’t realise he was so ill-informed. I asked him for details of his father, full name, birth date etc. I discovered that not only had his father served in the army in the Great War but had volunteered and wanted to sign up for an extra two years at the end of it. The guy arguing with me wasn’t best pleased.”
He adds of boos over the minute’s silence: “These fools are booing their own ancestors. If these guys had booed the silence at Parkhead right up until the 1960s they would have been lynched. But they would not have booed because supporters then knew they had relatives who had served or were serving the armed forces.”
He points out that 50,000 Irishmen were serving in the British Army at the outset of the Great War. “It is also forgotten just how the Glasgow Irish, basically a euphemism for Irish Roman Catholics, reacted to the outbreak of war.”
HeraldScotland:
Celtic fans make their point – but some have done so from a position of ignorance, argues McCallum
He points to the parish of St Roch’s in the Garngad which encompassed about 12 streets of tenements, largely filled with Roman Catholics of Irish descent. “Within six weeks of the war starting, the priests at St Roch’s were saying prayers for 300 parishioners who were at the front.” An appendix in the book lists parishes and the number of men who left for war from Sacred Heart at 600 through to St Joseph’s, Milngavie, at 22.
“The Celtic support diminished by about 5000 a match such was the scale of volunteering,” says McCallum. “Celtic as a club too were up to their knees in the Great War. In this, it reflected the community from which it drew its support. For example in 1915, at the annual sports day in August, lorries went around the park in a recruiting drive for the army. The Wee Green book (a Celtic handbook) also carried adverts for army recruitment into the 1960s.”
McCallum covers the more famous Celtic participants in the Great War such as Willie Angus, the Celtic player who won the Victoria Cross. He adds: “Willie Maley, the famous Celtic manager, also tried to join up but was turned down because of his age. He wrote a letter to the Glasgow Herald which was published under the heading ‘Too old at 40’.” Maley, of course, was the son of a soldier and his sons were served and wounded in the Great War.
HeraldScotland:
Ian McCallum, former soldier and author of a series of six books on the Glasgow Irish and the Great War
But McCallum has wider purpose rather than to namecheck or expand on the stories of famous Celts. This is the story of a community, a social history of how the Glasgow Irish rallied to a call to arms. “I use the months of the war to chart both the football land events and those in the war and on the streets in Glasgow. The war started at the start of a season so it has been quite manageable in terms of matching football to events on the front line. But I had to write The Gathering Storm, a sort of primer to the war, because it would save me explaining things as the conflict unfolds.”
The latest volume, The Storm Breaks, is a story both of the war and the 1914-15 season. It ended with Maley’s great Celtic team winning the league but there was controversy over that triumph. Six Hearts players served with the famous McCrae’s Battalion, a volunteer unit with strong links to the Gorgie club. Supporters believed their exertions diminished their ability to win the title but McCallum points out: “The Hearts players did military training certainly that season but the Celtic players had to return to reserved occupations. I believe the latter had the harder task. Believe me, I know about military training and it is not worse than doing a shift down an Edwardian pit.”
He also confirms in the book that Tom White, chairman of Celtic and vice-president of the SFA, travelled with a delegation of Scottish football officials to Whitehall to discover precisely what the Government wanted of football. “There was a lot of moral pressure that professional football should not be played during the war. White basically asked Ministers: ‘What do you want us to do? We will do anything to help the war effort’. It was decided that full internationals and the Scottish Cup be sacrificed but professional football should be continued though players’ wages were reduced to £1 and they had to return to starred [reserved] occupations,” he says.
The league was won with a team featuring such stars as James McColl, Patsy Gallacher and Joe Dodds. The triumph was toasted heartily in Glasgow but its aftermath rolled over the battlefields.
A Private Kelly, of the 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles was on the front line near Bois Grenier. He wrote home to tell how an impromptu concert had broken out when news of Celtic winning the championship reached France. Hearing the joyous clamour, the Germans joined in.
“We were only 90 yards from the German trenches, “ wrote Kelly, “and they shouted over to us in good English: ‘Good old Jimmy Quinn [famous Celtic centre-forward]. Roll on Cowcaddens! When are you going back to Glasgow, Jock?”
Many of those Jocks, of course, did not return home. Many, too, were Celtic supporters, lest we forget.
I made a call on here late summer that we should have made a move for Wayne Rooney.
Not many kind of agreed with me OR thought it was feasable.
Derby then went and got him…starts in january when US deal ends I believe.
Considering our European progress and potential title challenge with one top class striker he would have been a perfect fit and i am sure he would have come .
Now I have very little complaints about out our recruitment these past times.
Has been excellent.
However we are incredibly short up front.
Top quality striker required ASAP.
INFACT I think a ‘Robbie Keane’ style loan deal would be perfect instead of throwing another 2-3 million on a squad player or unknown .
GFTB
My old mhan never wore a poppy.
Born in the republic, living in Glasgow, he volunteered.
Not to defend queen and country.
To defend country!
Shot on D-Day plus four at Caen he was no longer able to fight, but wore the uniform until demobbed at the end of the war..
A great family man, a great soldier and a great tim.
He would have loved Lenny and today’s Celtic, but would never have slagged the huns.
Live and let live my Dad always said and love, never hate.
He’s been gone for 17 years but never forgotten.
I miss him still.
Second half was poor today but job done and always great to enjoy a victory in Paradise. Great meeting up with CQNers on plane, in Coias and at CP
On bus to Auld Reekie where I’ll catch an iron bird back to the Fair City Next visit just before Christmas.
Great to see fellow Dub, Jonny, get MOTM.
Philbhoy 8.03pm
Like everything in life I regret not asking my dad more about Celtic and the players he witnessed … for some reason (I have posted this on here before) he loved George Connolly (sic) he passed in 1995 so didn’t witness the cheating Huns liquidating but he always said … durty cheatin orange illegitimate … bams :-)
By the way … life is far too short enjoy every minute of this Celtic 🍀
GFTB
I’m enjoying every minute, magnified to the Nth degree by the optimism of delusional huns!
I know they are hurtin’!
Spfl, SFa, Smsm, mibs and the beeb!
I know I’ll sleep tonight and if I wake up in the morning………….I’ll know the truth.
These people look like zombies for a reason.
Philbhoy 8.25pm
Am not taking anything for granted .. BUT if there is one person I want leading our team is Neil Lennon.. he now plays the media at their own game
Embarrass the cheats into playing fair
Some people don’t know what they have till they don’t have it … Neil is determined and won’t let this chance slip away