Had a great time at the Celtic Supporters Association Rally last night. It was a great celebration of all that is good about our club, with thousands of pounds raised for the John Hartson Foundation. Neil Lennon spoke warmly of John, about his courage and ability. As well as recognising the great achievements of this season, CSA Player of the Year, Kris Commons, could not hide his disappointment that we are not going for a treble next week. Hibs will have their hands full with him at Hampden next week.
I’ve never heard a footballer talk as John Hartson did. He was clearly emotional as he took the microphone from the manager but soon go into his flow. He told us about the three hours spent in the car before telling his family the diagnosis of his illness. His achievements as a footballer are remarkable and John is very proud of them. His absence through injury in Seville clearly hurt. Did it pass a crucial advantage to Porto? John thinks so.
His own failings were put out there with the disarming confidence that only someone who has climbed a few personal mountains can do. The ‘hangers-on’, who filled his days a few years ago, had their cards marked.
Reamonn Gormley’s parents, Jim and Ann, were also guests of the Association. Jim asked me to pass on a thank you from him and Ann to all Celtic fans for what they have done for them and the Thai Tims in the last two years. Their world will never be the same again but the support they have received from the Celtic Family has overwhelmed them. Your community has done very well, but there is nothing new in that.
With supporters like we have our club is in good hands. Well done to all who carry out the thankless tasks running busses, organising fundraisers and keeping the moral compass pointing in the right direction.
Have you ordered your Willie Wallace autobiography yet? Signed copies available if you do so now……
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Remembering Celtics first XI
http://celticgraves.com/single/?p=8158566&t=9883222
And there we have it, the question answered, can supporters sue the authorities
http://lawtop20.blogspot.com/2012/11/can-football-supporters-challenge.html
Just need to organise now and begin proceedings
Rebel bhoy
A lot of Hibs fans hate us. Do not be misled in any way because they wear green. I’ve recently bee told by them that we are
Terrorist loving B’s
If it wasn’t for them we’d be supporting the Huns
Our history is based on stealing things from them and been called some names which I wouldn’t want to repeat on this hallowed blog.
They also went to great lengths to point out that any Celtic supporter who thinks that there is a special bond between the two clubs is deluded. The Huns and Celtic are “two cheeks of the same erse”. We are sectarian etc.
One of them actually threatened that if their were any Celtic supporters sitting near him at the Cup Final then “they would be sorry”.
I found that they are a thoroughly unpleasant lot which is a shame because I have happy memories of mixing with Hibs fans from the 1960s and 1970s.
I was hoping for a close, high scoring final with Celtic winning, of course, but the more I think about it, I hope we skeleton them and pour on the agony in the way that their Edinburgh rivals did to them last season.
Rebelbhoy I work with a few hibs fans and they are no fans of us,they really don’t like us,i wouldn’t chance it with a kid.
Skeleton????? = skelp. Bloody iPad. (Dazzle, frazzle, dazzle, hee, hee, hee) in Muttley style.
10500 attendance at pittodrie for meaningless end of season match
Holy armageddon ;)?
Congratulations to Rangers on winning yet another league title…well done Cove Rangers!
Penny (or is that £1) finally dropping at SSB ….. ” Season books on sale, but NO endorsement from walturd or sally” ……. dark days at the dark dome looming, as the dark clouds engulf, and intensify, the dark shareholder ‘opportunist raiders’ of the ipox assets ….. get in there BDO, before they beat you to the creditors money………luving all this…..
67HEAVEN 1636
I think I was luckier than you,tbh-I somehow got out alive!
Did similar a few years earlier-best bud and I in hun end-supporting the huns cos they were pash-v Aberdeen when Paterson clearly handled in the box.
Spot the knob who stood up and shouted…..
“PENALTY,REF!”
Oooooops,that would be me,then!
http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/charlotte-fakes-red-herrings-for-rangers-or-smoking-guns-for-green-and-whyte/
Soal
Cove rangers have mucho more history than The rangers
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
16:58 on 18 May, 2013
Hahahahahaha…..!!!!!!!!
My father told me of a game he was at, against Them, at CP, in 1938.
He arrived at the ground early entered at Their end, intending to make his way round to his usual spot.
However, he was hailed by a lad that he had worked beside recently, so he stopped for a chat.
They talked about the usual things; where are you working now. do you ever see so and so. That kind of stuff.
As they chatted, the ground started filling up, so, as the other guy and his mates seemed decent enough, he decided to watch the game from there.
A young Willie Woodburn was playing that day.
Anyway, Celtic had a field day and eventually won 6-2.
However, as each goal went in, he felt a push on his back. Each dunt getting stronger as the goals piled up.
It got to the stage that he was watching the game with one eye over his shoulder sd sure enough, he caught the arm coming out again.
It was his so called ex workmate.
My normally mild mannered father exploded at the liberty and caught a hold of the guy’s Frank Nitty( think Eliot Ness suits) lapels and drew him on to his advancing forehead.
He stopped long enough to see the crimson cascade and avoiding swinging boots in his direction, got lost in the crowd.
He knew that this guy lived in Cambuslang, so any time he and his mate went out there for the dancing, they left their coats handy for a quick getaway, as he hadn’t finished with the chancer.
(Un) fortunately, he never saw him again.
Moral of the story?
Stick to your own at the fitba’.
LIONROARS67
I got more out of what PMcC deliberately avoided saying than I have from anything else so far!
Quite excellent analysis IMO,and a red rag to any journalist with moral fibre.
Aye,I know…..
Bmcuw
Went to celtic v oldco at celtic park in the late 70s … my brother in law had a spare for his end…
We won 3-1 … not celebrating our goals wasnt so bad. .. being amongst them when they celebrated was murrrrder
It would appear from the Charlotte documents that Whyte owns everything hence the reason that Cardigan man and Pieman are not pushing the sales of SBs since all the monies would have to eventually go to agent Craigy………..really the end.
never encountered any problems with hibs fans over the years…..its known as football rivalry…..do you expect other fans to receive us with open arms, when this team and that teams are all huns…dundee,airdrie,well,killie,herts etc….one thing about them theyve got a poor travelling support…..the same support who offered to take the GB banner from the celtic fans as it was passed round the stadium last game
pete jenson @petejenson 16 May
If u were designing programme for Madrid derby Spanish Cup final who would u put on cover? Falcao & Ronaldo maybe?
https://twitter.com/JLSanchez78/status/335107743415422977/photo/1
SSB getting it tight from a few Celtic fans ……LLLLOOOOLLLL ………!!!!!!!!
Billy bhoy
It’s up a fairly stiff climb over 1000 feet …then down a stone path …took us less than an hour
We were in the zone at that time and battering on
Re Rowardenen to Inveranan ….you may be better doing Rowardenen to Tyndrum and stopping at Beinglas farm …overnight …it’s only 12m from there to Tyndrum
After Rowardenen there is a new forest road which isn’t very taxing ….we went the old lochside course …if you use the forest road it’s about 1 hr or so quicker and much less taxing
You can get the train from Tyndrum too ….get a lift to Rowardenen ..train home
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
17:08 on
18 May, 2013
You missed a good night at the Kerrydale last night, you would have enjoyed it
The MSM can’t ignore Charlotte much longer ? can they
Keevins struggling, reverting to type…..music to my ears ….hahahahahahaha (that caller was BRILLIANT)
Delahunt surprisingly on the money tonight. David – If you’re from these parts – Well done. You made Keevins look like the fool that he is.
Thomthethim
Who’d have thought that …given your gentle disposition :-))
I can quite imagine my mild mannered grandfather behaving in a similar fashion …
Hibs end will be a scary place once we go 6-0 up…
HH
I stopped listening but it’s great to know SSB being put in its place. It’s a despicable station peddling myths..
HH
“Is this really important” ..the very existence of RFC ?
No Mark, obviously not
What a clown
LIONROARS7
If I still lived in Kilwinning I would be at as many of these affairs as possible-beats the alternative,haha!
As for MSM ignoring it,I posted overnight that they have till next Sunday to print what they know-as damage limitation-or lose control of the story to REAL journos from a Sunday broadsheet.
It is now too big to be contained as a minor affair in a local backwater.
This is major fraud and conspiracy to defraud against the City of London,HMRC,and various others.
It involves international administrators from Day One.
Spin yer way outa that lot by ignoring it,I dare you…..
THE BOY JINKY
Naw,the worst part was the smella them putting me off my pie!
SSB is absolutely brilliant tonight….ghuy says “If oldco are still in existence, why did mcgregor and co leave for nothing”…….. Another ghuy asked them to look up the dictionary and see what LIQUIDATION means…..pundits struggling bigtime ……. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha….!!!!!!
Resorting to sarcasm now……keevins saying the rest of the world must think we are duwally .,,, hey, Hugh, you all re duwally …..hahahahahaha…again, I’m luving this…!!!!!!!!
@celticinfo just posted on twitter, Celtic preparing a bid of around £100000 for Leigh Griffiths from Wolves.
Weefra HH
67HEAVEN
I reckon the fella on the controls who filters the callers is gonna get it in the neck!
….pfayr
17:26 on 18 May, 2013
Thomthethim
Who’d have thought that …given your gentle disposition :-))
I can quite imagine my mild mannered grandfather behaving in a similar fashion …
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I take after my mother’s side!
I guess it was just his inbuilt, Celtic supporters sense of fair play and decency, that caused him to seperate the guy’s nostrils.
I was in orc end at a now defunk glasgow derby with my older brother.the game roberts took over in goal..
Anyway we scored a goal and I jumped up only to shout thats offside etc..it was so we got away with it. Looked at older brother rather sheepishly happy to have got away with it.
Five minutes later mcstay to morris cut back for macca yehaaaa.
We walked downstairs just before haltime to torrens of abuse and a couple if guys telling the others to leave us alone as we where only young bhoys.early 20’s.
We met someone dowbstairs and there was spare seats in ftont of hum so second half safer.. only problem was it waz fr towey so language was curtailed…
Can’t stop laughing @corsica1968 4h
@ChrisGraham76 @alanbissett So you condone actions of D&P, RCF trustees, RFC(IA) & Sevco in stealing money from charity & misleading people?
Chris Graham @ChrisGraham76 4h
@corsica1968 Brave accusations from behind anonymity. Wonder if you’d be so bold in your own name? I doubt it. #ticktock #keepdigging
Careful what you ask for Chris
WEEFRATHETIM
I can assure you he would not get in my team-Neil Lennon
bmcuw
Only passing the info on kiddo :))
Weefra HH
OG RAFFERTY
Chris Graham should be asking himself just why people prefer not to use their own names exposing this stuff.