It’s not like we didn’t warn them. Charles Green, with his ‘blame it on bigotry’ and ‘Rangersitis’ nonsense was an even more transparent charlatan than wee Craig Whyte. Green moved in, fed them the nonsense they were oh so willing to swallow, and made off with their millions. All carried out in broad daylight.
The financial realities were self-evident from day one of Newco’s existence. For a while you had to wonder if any of vast number of fans, journalists and fan-journalists with computers had a spreadsheet between them. But, a more powerful force than Rangersitis had taken hold – vanity. The kind of vanity only those afflicted by a notion of supremacy are susceptible to.
Their club was liquidated, a newco was formed. It adopted Rangers’ name while the original club was still an SFA member (and granting permission for their players to turn out for was for the time known as ‘Sevco Scotland’.
Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. This isn’t an easy pill to swallow. Around these parts people invest the kind of sentiment in their football team which goes into nationalism elsewhere, occasionally causing wars. It’s a primitive but natural part of all of us, so perhaps we should have been more respectful of the feelings of others at the time. Cough.
If someone was able to chart the world’s Cognitive Dissonance harvest it would have been off the chart for the last two years, brought about when a degrading reality met a supremacists vanity. The subsequent scarcity of Armageddon (biff), Celtic’s flourishing Champions League action (bang), the new New Firm (whallop) were all late blows which none of the Jokers at Ibrox anticipated. Even Kilmarnock managed to sort themselves out without collapsing into administration.
Without the ability to accept credit or debit cards, or with the bank’s authority to allow fans to automatically renew season tickets, the signs are written as tall as Ibrox’ Club Deck. I can’t see more than a few thousand being prepared to throw their money into a landfill site.
Season ticket renewal deadline has been moved to a week before when next month’s wages are due. Right now the directors have a reasonable aspiration that tens of thousands of fans will renew but on 17 May, the day after the deadline, reality should crystallise. If there was a spread bet available, I’d put my money on administration in the days to follow.
Money talks, it don’t sing and dance and it don’t do walking away….
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Any links to the goals from today?
tom molach
Aye, broonie had a great game also, in fact we never had a failure. The ones I named just caught my eye. But I see where you are coming from. :-))
Weefra HH supporting and praying for Wee Oscar.
Neganon, more and more you sound like a hun vote yes
Which player are we talking about?
A Receptionist – that can’t speak English are you mad?
Sorry,above post for Ernie regarding the Scottish player playing for Ireland.
off message
http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/Irish-Famine-victims-finally-receive-proper-burial-on-Staten-Island-.html
jc2
19:06 on 27 April, 2014
Well done mate, my bet saved my weekend…) I got 19/10 with Betfair.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
James_Oregon
18:54 on 27 April, 2014
LOL! That’ll be that unseen fenian hand at work again…
TCR
“Thought that talk about Frankie Bhoy might have surfaced.!
What did it say on the banner?”
I could not read it all from my position but it’s message seemed to be. A Celt needs to behave both on and off the field. otherwise, what is the point?”.
Someone might have a pic of the full message to render it more accurately.
jc2
19:06 on 27 April, 2014
My line yesterday: Middlesbrough, Preston, Peterborough and Fulham. Took Fulham as they had something to play for only problem is their defence forgot that.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Shareholders calling in the police. I don’t know how much more dignity my old heart can stand up to.
IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY
Peter Johnstone of Celtic and George McLay of Raith Rovers faced each other as opponents on the football field and both fell dead on the battle field aged 28 two years later fighting a common foe.
How tragic.
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1914-04-29%3A+Celtic+2-1+Raith+Rovers%2C+League+Division+1
The psychology of selling Celtic season books
deadclydeside.wordpress.com/
SFTB,
Yes that was the drift of the message with an adjoining flag saying Refugees welcome.
EC67
Big cup winners
Of course you can ask a question
I would also say to others is it quite easy to take things out of context and attempt to capitalise on it, particularly a response to an abuse when one is trying to get back at an individual.
Easiest thing in the world to do. Ask Ernie
a man must be a celt on and off the field otherwise he is of no value to this club
H.H
Stephbhoy
Totally agree
I cant make every game but will renew my ST
By the way
The MSM telling us we cant do without Dead Co
I will not attend these games as I hate the bile from them…nothing to do with ‘celtic fans are missing them’
Thats bollocks IMO
Stephbhoy
It would be better for a one kick off. Got back here at 6.30 and thats against just sunday traffic. Well still time for a red wine:)
Never mind the yessers and the noers.
Where is Mort?
Long time no read.
HH
I like this banner … is there any mair toast..
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/v/t34.0-12/10312008_694275360637548_116908262_n.jpg?oh=923d55984de2f2bf05aba79d77a5d494&oe=535F58F9&__gda__=1398770063_0b938fb6cf4ddd2260ae387de9771289
H.H
Leigh Griffiths being compared to Macca ????
Really ???????
Honest to god cross my heart ???
Hope to die ??????????
With brown sauce on it ?
HH
joe millers shorts
Very good article
HH
hello Tom ….a wee poem for you,I am sure you will know it …. a braw wee rhyme it is …
regards from the braes …my thoughts are with you and yours …
The Republic of Fife
Higher than the craw-stepped
gables of our institutes – chess-clubs,
fanciers, reels & Strathspeys –
the old kingdom of lum, with crowns agley.
All birds will be citizens: banners
of starlings; Jacobin crows – also:
Sonny Jim Aitken, Special P.C.
whose red face closed in polis cars
utters terrible, ridiculous
at his brogher and sister citizens
but we’re no feart, not of anyone
with a tartan nameplate screwed to his door.
Citizen also: the tall fellow I watched
lash his yurt to the leafy earth,
who lifted his chin
to my greeting, roared AYE!
as in YES! FOREVER! MYSELF!
The very woods where my friend Isabel
once saw a fairy, blue as a gas flame
dancing on trees. All this
close to the motorway
where a citizen has dangled.
maybe with a friend clutching
his/her ankles to spray
PAY NO POLL TAX on a flyover
near to Abernethy, in whose tea rooms
old Scots kings and bishops in mitres
supped wi a lang spoon. Citizens:
our spires and doocoots
institutes and tinkies’ benders,
old Scots kings and dancing fairies
give strength to my house
on whose roof we can balance,
carefully stand and see
clear to the far off mountains,
cities, rigs and gardens,
Europe, Africa, the Forth and Tay bridges,
even dare let go, lift our hands
and wave to the waving citizens
of all those other countries.
Awe naw,
Why? What’s the issue comparing both players?
If Griffiths is a consistent starter he wiil score goals galore next season.
It is Neil Lennon’s aim to add more pace to his side.
To this end, he has already added Johansen and Griffiths to his side.
I think Pukki can thrive in this set up.
Stokes showed today what he has to do to stay involved and look out Kris!
tricoloured ribbon
No problems comparing players. I am regularly compared to Henrik.
HH
I can only talk for myself, but I missed today’s game.
Not through disinterest, lack of competition or apathy.
Bad planning, simple as that.
Having twin daughters, with no interest if Football, born during the season, and they needed a Chef de Barbecue, and insisted I be that Chef.
Oh and CRC, the sales of the beautiful Green badges are doing just fine thanks:-)
john o’neil
17:48 on 27 April, 2014
HT,
I am guessing that it is a different HT who sometimes posts about the Irish peace process etc? Nothing to do with football either. Take your own advice. HH.
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I was talking about the number of non Celtic/football posts DURING the game.
If we were in any doubt I thing we saw where some, including your own, priorities are.
Big Nan
19:27 on 27 April, 2014
IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY
Peter Johnstone of Celtic and George McLay of Raith Rovers faced each other as opponents on the football field and both fell dead on the battle field aged 28 two years later fighting a common foe.
How tragic.
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1914-04-29%3A+Celtic+2-1+Raith+Rovers%2C+League+Division+1
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Big Nan
I believe a memorial garden is planned for Peter Johnstome in Glencraig, from where he came
Frustrating day with car problems on A9 and having to turn back till forced to stop in a layby and call the AA. Smoking rear wheel .Brake sticking. Missed 6 goal demolition …..!
RWE,
Can you repost your appeal from Friday ?
I know you over achieved in terms of money goals and walk is over but I am sure a few would appreciate your story as a lot would have missed it given the timing of your
Message.
As before you pictures with grand kids was superb.
jc2.. Hail hail
HT
At least the IRA were getting a rest, I think he hears Celtic fans singing 70’s ditties
in his sleep.
Doc
19:52 on 27 April, 2014
Aye managed to offload one today for you. They were blind mind :-)
HH
CRC
I take it that PL & Co.,we’re quite happy ,about the banners today aimed at LG.IMO it is good that the support show their dislike for any form of racism and. sectarianism.
Will the board support any form of the same if we have the misfortune of Sevco ,visiting our ground.?
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo
19:50 on 27 April, 2014
tricoloured ribbon
No problems comparing players. I am regularly compared to Henrik.
HH
No need for that.
Just in from the game, met a few CQNers outside the pools office. Great to meet you all, Dena how you manage to keep comming over game after game is truely wonderful a real fan that puts some of us to shame.
Really enjoyed today’s football, it looked like we could have scored at will in the second half. Took my daughters boyfriend with me today as I wanted to spend some time with him away from the daughter, seems like a good guy. He hadn’t been to a game for a few years and seemed to really enjoy himself, I think his next visit wont be far off as he was asking if I’m going to the Aberdeen game.
Anyway great to be a Tim just now and roll on 10 in a row.
bobbyrussell
18:50 on 27 April, 2014
Whit’s that?