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Let’s be clear on the rules, football has been granted special status and operate within different Covid guidelines to the rest of us.  This is why players could travel to and from the UK for international duty this month without having to isolate.   Players were permitted into Scotland this week who in the last two weeks have been to countries where they would normally have to isolate on landing here.

Nicola Sturgeon made a personal intervention into Celtic’s season when Boli Bolingoli broke isolation rules.  Celtic were not allowed to play for two weeks after this event.  I was so angry at Bolingoli I did not complain.  Rules were changed on the hoof to punish Celtic but there was culpability, so fair enough.

Ryan Christie is healthy.  He has been told to isolate at the whim of the same First Minister.  Kieran Tierney, who is also healthy, is also subject to political whim.  But not by a government that has kettled Arsenal fans in the manner this government kettled Celtic fans.

I grew out of political fantasies years ago.  Politicians are not your friend, they are not even good friends to those they share a rosette with.  My colours are green and white only, and we will win tomorrow despite the whim of the First Minister.

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  3. Cornelius on

    Excathedra44

     

     

    I remember the semi against St Mirren altho I wasn’t in attendance.

     

     

    3-1 FT is what I recall but those were the days of the gripping live teleprinter results show.

     

    When the thing would stop fir 30 secs halfway through a result & coupon checkers across the nation held their breath.

     

     

    The rest of you post concurs exactly with my recollection.

     

     

    https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/kenny-macaskill-eight-years-on-from-the-summit-on-footballs-problems-following-rangers-and-celtics-shame-game-not-much-has-changed/

     

     

    Maybe there’s just too many shame games to go round.

     

     

    Time for correct & unique labelling.

  4. Fritzsong on

    WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 16TH OCTOBER 2020 7:15 PM

     

    Excathedra…that was a Willie Fernie led St isMirren, of course…well gubbed we were.

     

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    I remember that well. It was disgrace heaped on defeat. The thing is, we hadn’t beaten them 5-1 at Love Street on the Monday night that week. I think.

  5. david17 on

    Jullien didn’t train today so unlikely to play. So either Welsh in a back 3 or play a flat 4. Frimpong will struggle in a flat 4 and we’ve nobody to play in front of him. The midfield 3 picks itself, Brown, Ntcham and McGregor. Apart from that it’s all up in the air.

  10. Cornelius on

    Putting things into perspective moment…

     

     

    French teacher decapitated in Paris by enraged parent after he shows pupils cartoons of Mohammed in free speech class. Police shoot parent who refused to surrender.

     

     

    FFS CSC

  12. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    Not so ‘Old Firm’ fan-dabby-dozy, as the State prevents a perfectly fit, covid tested, young athlete from earning his corn.

     

     

    Be careful what you wish for.

     

     

    Jimmy Krankie is ruling your life.

  15. fourstonecoppi on

    THE BLOGGER FORMERLY KNOWN AS GM on 16TH OCTOBER 2020 9:26 PM

     

     

    Jimmy Krankie is ruling your life……..?????

     

     

    Behave

  18. Jobo Baldie on

    If I were Neil….

     

     

    BARKAS

     

    WELSH*, DUFFY, AJER

     

    FRIMPONG, BROWN, McGREGOR, NTCHAM, LAXALT/ELYOUNOUSSI

     

    AJETI, GRIFFITHS/EDOUARD/KLIMALA

     

     

    * – if Jullien fails to make it

  20. Parkheadcumsalford on

    I was at that semi-final at Ibrox against St Mirren when we invaded the pitch to try and have the game abandoned. I was also at the semi-final at Hampden where they also beat us. We had some fine games against them at that time. They had the likes of Tommy Bryceland and Gerry Baker , who, I think, played for the USA.

  21. Drambowiecelt on

    It always thrills me ,,the memory bank of the team on here..

     

    i cannae remember feck all of games gone past…

     

    So that said ..My first game was away to Killie sometime christmas 59

     

    If anyone got details of that gemme i would be eternal grateful”’

     

    We got beat……My cousin told me i was unlucky and couldn’t go to a game again”bassa”

     

    i was 7 …i recovered…And now looking for TIK TOK TEN

  23. weebobbycollins on

    Re the St Mirren semi-final at ibrox…the invasion that day was a deliberate attempt to get the game abandoned. If my memory serves me at all, I think there was a game somewhere, possibly the week before, that was abandoned and ordered to be replayed…this apparently encouraged the invading element of our support…though the game was eventually played to a conclusion. However, Bob Kelly stated after the game that had it been abandoned Celtic would have conceded defeat.

  26. Celtic Mac on

    cornelius

     

     

    I was at the shame game. At Celtic Park.

     

    You mentioned one at Ibrox, that’s the one I asked you about.

     

    The “Summit” followed the Scottish Cup replay.

     

    Celtic FC took part.

     

    Shame about that.

  30. Cornelius on

    Celtic Mac

     

     

    In my last post I said

     

     

    “But it was game after the infamous summit to which I refer.” at Ibrox.

     

     

    I also said “Maybe there are too many shame games to go round.”

     

     

    Hence my remark that our recollections coincide.

  31. Henry Joy on

    CORNELIUS on 16TH OCTOBER 2020 9:21 PM

     

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    Depressing to say the least.

  32. Saint Stivs on

    angst levels ?

     

     

    thank fluck its Neil Francis that leads us rather that the precious on CQN.

     

     

    Neil and Scott go do what you always do, skelp the huns.

     

     

    we might lose a battle, but I think we won the last 9 wars.

     

     

    grow a pair , get stripped, stop frettin, ffs,

     

     

    If I linded up in a tunnel with both those guys, it must fill you with confidence,

  37. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

    Iniquitous

     

     

    No doubt – their side is convinced they’ll turn us over.

     

     

    There will be few sweeter times to beat them.

     

     

    We have a battered team selection but they are missing a few too.

     

     

    Shame about Jullien but this is a chance for Stephen Welsh to prove how steady he is.

     

     

     

    Barkas

     

     

    Welsh Duffy Ajer

     

     

    Frimpong Brown Ntcham McGregor + Laxalt or Elyounoussi

     

     

    Griffiths Ajeti

     

     

    5 subs to use :- Klimala, Rogic, Turnbull, Dembele, Soro or Taylor

  38. Saint Stivs on

    something that gets on my tits for ever.

     

     

    speculation about the team,

     

     

    total waste of everybodies time

  41. Henry Joy on

    SAINT STIVS on 16TH OCTOBER 2020 10:48 PM

     

    btw,

     

    I saw Julian today, he was walking fine,

     

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    Thank God he’s not lost any pace.

  42. Tontine Tim on

    FRITZSONG on 16TH OCTOBER 2020 8:45 PM

     

    TONTINE TIM on 16TH OCTOBER 2020 5:01 PM

     

     

    Thank you so much for a quite excellent post. I remember a lot of it. I think you mentioned the 0-4 defeat to the foe malign in a Cup replay of 1961?? It was played on a Wednesday afternoon.

     

     

    *naw it was back in 1955 and the reason I mentioned it was tae indicate how fickle the game used tae be.

     

     

    The one you’re talking about I was still in primary at the time, it was the semis of the SC and you’re correct we had a credible 1-1 draw on the Saturday where we led for a huge portion of the game after a Stevie header which from photies posted at the time he was on the edge of the penalty box, shades of James Edward.

     

     

    In the replay we went in at the interval 1-1 but seemingly collapsed in the 2nd half even though deidco were down tae 10 men for the last quarter of an hour. The Jinky game your thinking of was in 1963, same scenario though, commendable first game with a humiliation in the replay.

     

     

    That Wednesday evening I was playing fitba and after the game was in the church hall getting changed when we heard the score, obviously we were all downbeat until our wee curate in an effort tae console us suggested that in a couple of years when that wee bhoy Johnstone is a bit older we will win trophies again.

     

     

    Before coming down tae Balloch he been at St Michael’s in Parkhead, his name was Father Francis O’Rourke and he originally hail hailed fae Dalmuir.

     

     

    I wasn’t at the St Mirren game either as I was playing in a 2nd replay at the neutral venue of St Patrick’s in Dumbarton, my high school at the time.

     

     

    On the Monday night we had gone tae Love Street winning 5-0, a few class mates were at the game and raving about it on the Tuesday morning.

     

     

    So come Saturday and we were “up for the cup”, in fact the smsm that morning predicted a Celtic/Motherwell Final as this was the best 2 footballing sides in the country. Unfortunately it would be a Buddies/Deidco one.

     

     

    This being March our replay had a 2:00 ko, it had all the elements tae, 4 seasons in one, sunshine, hail, sleet and back tae sunshine, we lost aet.

     

     

    Walking down Cardross Road tae Dalreoch Station a lhad I knew came walking up complete with Celtic scarf. This was indeed a WTF moment especially when he told us he had left at 0-3 when the game had been stopped as our support once more disgraced the club.

     

     

    My da was livid when I got home; not just at losing but at the “mugs” on the terracing trying tae get the game stopped. That he said is why I don’t let you go tae games yourself.

     

     

    It’s been mentioned on here that there were players in the black and white that should have been wearing the hoops, Gerry Baker (who like Bruce Springsteen was “born in the USA”), Tommy Bryceland (whose older brother was on our books) and the Juggler Willie Fernie who scored the opener come tae mind.

     

     

    St Mirren also had a player that afternoon who had also wore the hoops but only as an amateur in the reserves. His name was Tommy Henderson and we had got him from Leeds who let him go due to being homesick.

     

     

    This was during the 1959/60 season and I had a family member who preferred Jock’s reserves at that time, and he raved about him.

     

     

    Unfortunately he widnae sign full time for us, mibbees coming fae larkhaw coupled with Jock leaving for East End Park might have something tae dae with it, and eventually went tae tynecastle only lasting one season before signing for the Buddies. He was quite successful there with Don Revie bringing him back tae Elland Road.

     

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