I suspect we have not seen the best of Daryl Murphy, who has proven to be a solid Championship and fleeting Premier League player in England but has been unable to retain a place in the SPL, but his hamstring injury, suffered after the long flight to Pennsylvania, will be a blow on two levels for Celtic. They are denied a squad player for the crucial Champions League play-off round against Helsingborgs and are likely to unable to loan him out, easing more pressure from payroll.
Daryl was singled out for credit (here) for the way he changed the shape of Celtic in our opening league game of the season against Aberdeen. He would have been useful to Neil Lennon this coming week.
News that Helsingborgs have lost their top striker is welcome but is not quite ‘like signing a new player’ for Celtic. Let’s hope they haven’t lost their Kenny Miller only to find their Jordan Rhodes.
There can seldom have been more financially important games to the club than the Helsingborgs tie. Celtic accounts are usually released mid-August (16th last year) but I don’t anticipate any rush to publish this year. Last season’s accounts could well see the largest loss in our history as the club chased their first league win in four years (insert standard lecture on financial responsibility program, avoid urge to run legacy Sir David Murray malware).
I expect the figures to show Celtic are operating with a Champions League budget (and that’s without evading tax). Football finance lessons are clear, if you have a Champions League budget you need Champions League income. Time for this team to step up to the challenge. Get along and pack the place out on the 29th.
No regrets this time.
Bed early tonight if you are off to Dingwall in the morning. I hope we see a few of the young lads.
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Vogue
I have been self medicating for 30 years.
So I went out and bought me a leisure suit. I jingle my change, but I’m still kinda cute Got a job doing radio promo and none of the jocks can even tell I’m a homo
HH
1Which future Celtic defender played against the Hoops for Stuggart in the UEFA Cup in 2003?
Andreas Hinkel.
2:Which Celt scored 4 in a Cup winners cup game in 1989, but we still got knocked out?
Djekanowski.
3: Which stadium hosted the 1970 European Cup final held?
San Siro, Milan.
4:Which Celt finished joint top scorer in the European Cup in season 1971-72?
Harry Hood.
5: Who knocked the Hoops out in the UEFA Cup QF in 2003/04?
Villarreal.
6: Who were Celtic scorers in the 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup?
Henrik Larsson. Jackie Macnamara.
7: Who played in goals for Celtic in the 1970 European Cup final?
Evan Williams.
CRC=BASSA, don’t care if you do a lot for charity(no as much as Bundoran)
Taranis
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Never bought a programme then, was at the Sporting Game as a 15 year old, used to skip the train, then the 62 bus then sneak in, knew the cost of nothing.
always had money for a Casey Jones in the Central Station on the way home.
HH
70p?
1 Hinkl
2. Jackie
3. Milan
4.
5.
6. McNamara
7 Williams
1Which future Celtic defender played against the Hoops for Stuggart in the UEFA Cup in 2003? Andreas Hinkel
2:Which Celt scored 4 in a Cup winners cup game in 1989, but we still got knocked out?Jackie Dziekanowski
3: Which stadium hosted the 1970 European Cup final held?San siro
4:Which Celt finished joint top scorer in the European Cup in season 1971-72? Lou Macari
5: Who knocked the Hoops out in the UEFA Cup QF in 2003/04?Villarael
6: Who were Celtic scorers in the 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup?McNAMARA,DONNELLY
7: Who played in goals for Celtic in the 1970 European Cup final?Evan Williams
Estadio
What a guy!
Keep well amigo.
If you happen upon the Royal Infirmary nightshift this weekend then that wee lassie you met in Dumbarton will be patching you up.
Stitching you up might have been more appropriate:o)
EDB
I read that piece earlier. I thought it was good, but a bit long.
1Which future Celtic defender played against the Hoops for Stuggart in the UEFA Cup in 2003? Andy Hinkel
2:Which Celt scored 4 in a Cup winners cup game in 1989, but we still got knocked out? Jackie Dziekanowski
3: Which stadium hosted the 1970 European Cup final held? San Siro
4:Which Celt finished joint top scorer in the European Cup in season 1971-72?
Harry Hood
5: Who knocked the Hoops out in the UEFA Cup QF in 2003/04?
Villareal
6: Who were Celtic scorers in the 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup? Jackie Mac & Larsson
7: Who played in goals for Celtic in the 1970 European Cup final?
Evan Williams
Hinkel, Dariusz Paweł Dziekanowski, San Siro, Lennox, Donnelly, Jackie MacNamara, Evan Williams
1. Andreas Hinkel
2. Dariusz Dzackenowski
3. San Siro (Guiseppe Meazza)
4. Bobby Lennox
5. Villareal
6. Burley and McNamara
7. Evan Williams
1.andres hinkel
2.jackie
3.hampden???
4.dixie deans
5.
6.jackie mac &stubbs?
7.john fallon
Round 1 of 5: If you know your Celtic European History?
(2pts if you are first to answer Q correctly, 1pt if correct but not first. One submission only per round )
1Which future Celtic defender played against the Hoops for Stuggart in the UEFA Cup in 2003?
HINKEL
2:Which Celt scored 4 in a Cup winners cup game in 1989, but we still got knocked out?
DZIEKANOWSKI
3: Which stadium hosted the 1970 European Cup final held?
SAN SIRO aka GUISEPPE MEAZZA, MILAN
4:Which Celt finished joint top scorer in the European Cup in season 1971-72?
DIXIE DEANS
5: Who knocked the Hoops out in the UEFA Cup QF in 2003/04?
VILLAREAL
6: Who were Celtic scorers in the 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup?
DONNELLY, McNAMARA
7: Who played in goals for Celtic in the 1970 European Cup final?
SEAN FALLON
Googybhoy
Sounds like a plan !!
I will drop you an email, would be good to meet up next time you are in town.
Palacio 67, the 62 bus ! – were you heading Faifley way ? As a 12 year old, I never bought the programme but can tell you 40p !!
1Which future Celtic defender played against the Hoops for Stuggart in the UEFA Cup in 2003? Hinkel
2:Which Celt scored 4 in a Cup winners cup game in 1989, but we still got knocked out? Jackie
3: Which stadium hosted the 1970 European Cup final held? San Siro
4:Which Celt finished joint top scorer in the European Cup in season 1971-72? macari
5: Who knocked the Hoops out in the UEFA Cup QF in 2003/04? villareal
6: Who were Celtic scorers in the 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup? jackie mac and simon d
7: Who played in goals for Celtic in the 1970 European Cup final? williams
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo
Watching you now, you’re going down
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
Have you told the missus?:O)
Answers to round 1
Andreas Hinkel
Jackie Dziekanowski
San Siro, Milan
Lou Macari
Villareal
Jackie McNamara & Simon Donnelly
Evan Williams
1 Andy Hinkel
2 Jackie
3 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
4 harry hood
5 Villareal
6 jackie and henrik
7Evan willimas
McCoist added: “As for the fans, well I may not be the best judge of character in the world, but make no bones about it, they have been absholutely magnificent…it is totally, totally, understandable that they wanted to wait and see after the exploits of the last owner. They wanted a little bit of trust and belief back and make no bones about it they wanted to see what was happening before they spent their hard-earned giro money, which I find totally, totally understandable.
“They wanted to see what league we would be in, they wanted to see if anyboby else with more money would come in and spend stupid money again…because at the end of the day for the fans its all about who we’re going to buy. They very quickly forget that’s how we got into this mess in the first place. But that’s what makes them a unique set of fans. They question nothing. They accept anything you tell them…but once Mr Green came out and pandered to the lowest common denominator of the fan base by ranting and raving about bigotry and stoking up the siege mindset…I just knew he would have hero status in no time. That’s the kind of fans they are: act like a thug and they’ll accept you as one of them…its like when a Baboon smears himself in faeces and then is accepted into the mad monkey tribe.
“There were a lot of questions that were needing answered before they could give us their support…make no bones about it I demanded to know who was asking those questions and who was giving out the answers and not all the questions have been answered but as Gertrude Stein said: .”What is the answer?” [ I was silent ] “In that case, what is the question?” So let me tell you this: I will keep questioning the questions to the answers every time an answerer makes a question.”
I’d like to repost this from earlier, I hope AweNaw dizny mind,
but I think every supporters association of every team in Scotland should read this
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
17:20 on
17 August, 2012
AllroadsleadtoRegan
Is there a factory somewhere in England where they churn out detestable trumpets like Regan, Doncaster and Green?
JOHN GIRVAN 17/08/2012 – 15:17 – Follow me in VAVEL
The most remarkable thing, for me, about Stewart Regan’s catastrophic tenure as the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association is that he’s managed to make it this far, and last this long, whilst completely lacking any discernible spinal column. I can only surmise that he leaves the coat hangers inside all his coats and shirts just to enable him to assume an upright position. The man has been a spineless, useless, clueless, bumbling, stuttering excuse for a chief executive of our governing body since the day he first arrived at the Hampden school for performing clowns and dark arts in July 2010. He clearly bottled the ‘Dougie, Dougie’ farce – a farce which should have seen Hugh Dallas’ conspiring head roll, there and then. Regan’s spinelessness over that shameful episode then led directly to the men who masquerade as Referees in this country going on strike. The ‘strike’, incidentally, was only called because referees were absolutely outraged that their long-standing – SFA sanctioned -anti-Celtic agenda had finally been exposed before the eyes and ears of sports fans across the world. Needless to say, the Regan rolled over on that one too, although he happily allowed George Peat (then President of the SFA) to portray Celtic as being the bad guys and the cause of those poor bitter referees having to take strike action. That the ‘spite-strike’ was nothing more than a wilful act of pure rage was wonderfully highlighted and exposed when neither the men-in-black themselves nor any of their vacuous spokespeople could even begin to explain exactly why they were actually going on strike. Who knows, maybe they wanted parity of esteem?No. Cowardly, snivelling referees and match officials, ably backed by a discredited FA -through bitter balloons such as George Peat and Campbell Ogilvie – brought the Scottish game into disrepute by their shameless actions after being caught red handed trying to cheat and lie and conspire their way out of a totally innocuous non-penalty decision which just happened to involve Celtic. Forget the later Dallas-gate fiasco, which eventually saw Hugh Dallas lose his job over a crass, bigoted, email, because had Regan been in possession of a spine he would have handed Dallas his jotters for the major role he played in that earlier ‘Dougie-Dougie’ conspiracy. That was Regan’s first real test and, not only did he fail it in spectacular fashion, he actually managed to exacerbate things and allowed his weakness to then be exploited by a refereeing fraternity which had, at that point, been fatally holed below the water line. As sure as Succulent lamb is followed by a big helping of dignity pudding, the rats in the Scottish media; press, tv and radio, tried their level best to whip up an anti-Celtic frenzy – although when the laptop loyal close ranks and begin their squealing and squawking the collective term to accurately describe them is; Hurricane Hurting-Fanny. Now, whilst this may be old news I am using it to demonstrate Stewart Regan’s previous spineless behaviour in his position as Chief Executive of the SFA. By simply looking at his previous record when faced with a major dilemma or problem, it was not really too difficult to predict how he would react when faced with similar problems in the future. And, his every action and utterance and act of procrastination since the club formerly known as Rangers slithered into its grave has only underlined his penchant for spineless incompetence and his complete inability to grasp at the last straw of reality left in the box. The man has no redeeming features. None. He’s barely literate or comprehensible in print and manages to limbo dance his way under the bar marked; stuttering, inarticulate and gormless when attempting to speak on camera or into a microphone. He squirmed like a worm on a hook when Channel 4′s Alex Thomson asked him a few straightforward questions during an interview earlier this year. Mr Thomson had this fools card marked from the beginning, and he was not alone. He was far from alone… But hey, if you don’t like Regan’s opinion, or, more likely, you can’t understand what his opinion actually is on any given subject or question that is put to him, then just hang around for a bit, because he’ll soon flip-flop and pretend he actually held a differing and contradictory opinion all along. Honest guv. Either that or he’ll tell you that it was actually everyone else who picked him up wrongly and that he is really just a misunderstood captain of industry. Perhaps the biggest indictment against Regan is that he manages to make the SPL’s equally repugnant Neil Doncaster appear positively statesman like by comparison. A minor miracle in itself. Seriously, is there a factory somewhere in England where they churn out detestable trumpets like Regan, Doncaster and Green?Perhaps there are three English village councils currently offering rewards for the safe return of their village idiots? Although I’ll wager the villagers themselves will be offering even larger rewards for them not to be returned. Embarrassment and ridicule, in equal measure, follow Regan around like a circus clown with a stink bomb stuck to the sole of one of his big clown shoes. Yet his complete lack of self-awareness combined with a staggering level of arrogance and self-importance has him believing that he’s actually done a good job and that he should also be allowed to continue with his ‘great work’. Which, quite frankly, is a self-deluding bag of bollocks. His inherent weakness, indecision, deflection, procrastination and general roll-over-ability was patently self-evident long before he launched his own personal save-the-gers campaign – a campaign which itself consisted entirely of lies, intimidation, scare tactics, exaggeration and blatant deceit. Heck, even when the dregs of the Sevco Zombies ( McCoist, Green, Murray, Jardine and Brown ) were systematically taking it in turns to stick two fingers up at him and spit directly in his face, Regan’s spineless nature meant that he just kept backing off and allowed these Sevco cowards to repeatedly undermine him, and his plans to ‘save’ them, at every turn. Talk about the Ungrateful Dead?Lets not forget that the only reason Regan is still in office is down to Rangers shareholder and SFL president Jim Ballantyne blocking a move by the chairmen of the SFL clubs to hold a vote of no-confidence in him. The thing is, this isn’t a nightmare where the dreamer is perpetually stuck inside The Eagles song Hotel California – this beast CAN be killed. In fact, this particular beast should have been killed off – for good – at the end of last season. The Zombie beast in question hasn’t been given so much as a minor flesh wound far less been stabbed repeatedly with steely knives from the SFA staff canteen. Although I hear Campbell Ogilvie ordered that all the steely knives be removed and placed in the bottom drawer of his desk for safe-keeping. The bottom line at the big Hampden hoose is that all of this – absolutely all of it – is the direct fault of the spineless Stewart Regan. Had Regan simply applied the SFA’s own rules – without fear or favour, as he said he would – Sevco and Green’s deal would never have happened, or if it had still gone ahead they would now be plying their trade in one of Scotland’s junior leagues. Just like any other new club with absolutely no history and no accounts for the previous three year qualifying period would have been forced to do. Campbell Ogilvie – he of EBT and apartheid signing policy fame during his time at the football club formerly known as Rangers -still being allowed to hold the position of, and also collect the salary of, president of the Scottish Football Association, and all with Chief Exec Regan’s full backing and conspiratorial blessing. Sevco, an entirely new company and football club, being given an unprecedented temporary licence that they were neither eligible nor fit to be granted. Don’t be shy. Step forward, Stewart. Sevco being allowed to transfer the membership of a liquidated company and football club to an entirely new company and football club – against every rule and article of association, not to mention common bloody decency. Yes, it’s multiple award winner Regan taking yet another gong. A transfer embargo that was staggeringly then un embargoed so that Sevco ( who had, and still do have, outstanding football debts both at home and abroad ) could give unsustainable contracts and wages to a bunch of new players. Our Stewart is a real card. Isn’t he?Honest football clubs who play by all the rules and pay both their debts and taxes being bent over and shafted by both the liquidated club and then by the entirely new club – all dreamed up, supervised and then signed off by Hampden’s very own rubber man himself, Stewart Regan. All actions and punishments against the Liquidated Rangers, and misconduct charges against McCoist, Green etc. being conveniently put into some kind of SFA suspended animation, as well as Sevco being able to do and say and get away with anything with total impunity. Okay, there must be two Stewart Regan’s, because even I am doubtful that one man could have created such an unmitigated cluster-feck of this scale and scope. Stewart Regan has single handedly subverted and perverted Scottish Football whilst simultaneously blowing bubbles up the collective bums of every club and football supporter in this country. The biggest problem for him is that he fooled absolutely no-one. Unless you count his own reflection. However, what Regan and Ogilvie really have to worry about is the desperate, flailing arms of David Murray, because that man knows where each and every skeleton is buried and he will take everyone and anyone who was involved in the EBT scam ( amongst other things ) down with him. And the SFA have had a long list of “everyone’s” and “anyone’s” in their direct employment over the years. Oh Noes…
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Scores after round 1
Celtic_First 12
awalkacrosstherooftops 10
Art of War 8
Kayal33 6
Lostinbonnybridge is Neil Lennon. Get well Stan Petrov 6
SFTB 6
tarrant 6
Magnificent Seven 5
galbhoy75 3
Have to say, I am a little concerned that Daryl Murphy, and his injury, are getting too much focus. There are better, more important strikers and players at the club. We should have more than enough to beat Helsingborgs, and I think we do. Normally I would be happy with a run in the europa cup, (think it still offers more co-efficient points?), but with the choice between us or Helsingborgs for champions league footie, thats got to be us. And if after the tie, its not, there will be a need to answer some strong questions, and I really hope the answer isnt that we missed Daryl Murphy. I mean no offence to him, and wish him a speedy recovery, and hope he plays some games this season and does well, but, he surlely cannot be integral to our plans, for either champions league qualification, or winning the spl again. As he has not shown enough when he has been in the team, to merit that kind of importance to the squad as a whole.
Round 2 of 5: Name the 7 missing players from the Hoops line up
1980 ECQF First Leg Celtic 2 Real Madrid 0
(2pts if you are first to answer Q correctly, 1pt if correct but not first. One submission only per round )
GK
DEF Sneddon
DEF
DEF McDonald
DEF McAdam
MID
MID MacLeod
MID Provan
MID
FOR
FOR Lennox
SUB (GK)
SUB Lynch
SUB Davidson
SUB Casey
SUB
1 Andy Hinkel
2 Jaki Dziekanowski
3 San Siro
4 Lou Macari
5 Villareal
6 McNamara Larsson
7 Evan Williams
Oh my god,excitement off my debut quiz jist looked at ma answer 2 q3 again..ma da wis there
Hangmyheidinshamecsc
Latchford McGrain McCluskey Doyle Aitken Tommy Burns
Latchford
Aitken
Doyle
GK Latchford
DEF McGrain
MID Aitken
MID Doyle
FOR McCluskey
SUB (GK) Bonner
SUB Conroy
Latchford, Aitken, Doyle, Conroy McGarvey, McCluskey
Latchford,McGrain,Aitken,Doyle,George McCluskey…Subs Bonner,Burns
Burns
GK Latchford
DEF Sneddon
DEF McGrain
DEF McDonald
DEF McAdam
MID Aitken
MID MacLeod
MID Provan
MID McCluskey
FOR Doyle
FOR Lennox
SUB (GK)
SUB Lynch
SUB Davidson
SUB Casey
SUB Burns
Forgot Packie
Sub GK Packie Bonner
GK Latchford
DEF Sneddon
DEF McGrain
DEF McDonald
DEF McAdam
MID Aitken
MID MacLeod
MID Provan
MID Doyle
FOR Mcluskey
FOR Lennox
got a feeling some bhoys are cheating…I’m oooot
Why on the BBC Webpage under Sport-Football-SPL do Rangers News items appear there.
A strongly worded missive methinks