The momentum for a confederated regional league in Eastern Europe continues to gather pace with clubs from Belarus keen to join. With a population of around 10m, Belarus is sandwiched between Russia, Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states, but their league has been rendered uncompetitive by the domination of Bate Borisov, who are on their way to eight-in-a-row titles.
Bate, who are now Champions League regulars, have no opportunity to progress while the rest of the league do not have the resources to compete with them. A regional league would solve all their problems.
Russian and Ukrainian clubs are aiming to have a confederated league in place by the start of 2014, with sponsors thought to be keen to step forward and underwrite whatever is necessary to smooth the way, but the Ukrainian FA suggest 2016 is a more viable date.
Scottish football stands to gain more from regionalisation than anywhere else on the planet. We need to have this debate before blindly stumbling into another Management of Decline while legislators in Minsk leave us behind!
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Every mother and her son selling our best players for us…even the muppets on the likes of TalkSport who couldn’t give a monkey’s about Celtic want to get in on the act.
They’ll go when & if they go, and if they do, so what? We’ll get gazillions for them, we can buy at will, and we’ve got plenty of talent waiting in the wings, champing at the bit to get tore in.
We are on the up right now.
All these negative, doom-laden prognostications from a msm with a patently orc-driven agenda is balderdash and piffle.
We are Celtic F.C. ffs. They can get tae. We do our thing, our way. We sell, we sell. We buy, we buy.
We win, they lose.
Ten Men -I hope he takes it the whole road,and takes down Dallas Jr and anyone else who may have lied.
Gordon J
I thought the target was £20M from the share issue
len brennan
15:58 on 18 December, 2012
LOL……..!!!!!!!!
miki67
You’re mincing your words again :))
Weefra HH
Gene’s a Bhoys name,
The targets were £10M from fans and £17M from institutional investors.
Some grumpy,ole,semi retired, curmudgeons wi nothing better to do than complain about tea pure gets oan ma goat.
Wait til the night shift!!
They are all at it on there.
EC67
I’m sure the Share Issue will be a roaring success ,when all the guys who got the tax free “loans” invest in their club….
Getting very misty down ml10. Take care driving lhads and lhassies.
Weefra HH
The answer to the tea scandal (for that is what it is) is to get back to loose tea. I shudder to think what’s hidden in these tea bags.
Oh aye, and forget yer Baristas, ….employ grannies tae serve it up, nice and strong.
Celtic step in to replace presents stolen from kids’ hospital
By: Paul Cuddihy on 18 Dec, 2012 10:02CELTIC have today said they will replace Christmas presents that were stolen from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Police had been called to the hospital on Monday after up to 20 wrapped presents meant for sick children in an intensive care unit had been stolen. Now Celtic will replace the presents for the children. A club spokesperson said: “I’m sure everyone will have been shocked by the news that these presents were stolen from Great Ormond Street Hospital, and we are only too happy to help where we can in replacing these presents for the children. “Great Ormond Street Hospital is renowned throughout the world for helping many, many children. Celtic’s charitable roots have meant the club has always tried to help those most in need, and like everyone else, we’re delighted to support the fantastic work the hospital do. “Only last week our players visited Yorkhill Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow, and they were delighted to meet the children and their families and, of course, the wonderful staff who do such great work there.” The club, through Celtic Charity, is involved in a whole range of charitable activities throughout the year. In recent weeks, as well as the hospital visit to Yorkhill, there was a special Christmas party organised at the stadium for 150 pupils from schools in the East End of Glasgow, while a group of Celtic supporters will travel to Kenya early in the New Year to do voluntary work in one of the worst slum areas in the world. And most recently, Celtic Charity was also involved in supporting Rod Stewart’s charity single, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, which is raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Speaking today, Fraser Forster said: “Everyone at the club read the story. It’s really shocking that this has happened and the club is delighted to step in and replace the presents. Charity is such an important part of Celtic, and it’s something the club wanted to do.”
I went on the hunt for ‘nooz’ about ye olde begging scam and this is the absolute best I could find on the whole wide internet (oh, apart from reading about how much Fat Sally has spent [lost] on the deal) :
“Rangers fans are not expected to meet £10m share issue target set by Rangers chief Charles Green.”
Soooo…..it’s gone from £20million “at least” from ra fans urra berrz, to hopefully half of that, and likely to be a fifth of that…..mibbe. But, now, galloping out of the wings (Chunkles’ imagination) coes the ‘institutional investors’ (money launderers) with the requisite moolah to make up the shortfall. For ‘institutional’, read ‘institutionalised’, because you’d have to be crazy.
Nae wonder nooz is hard to come by.
Chunkles and Jabba must be deep in confab wi’ a litre of Grouse as they try to find the perfect spin for this wobbly edifice.
Wonder what they’ll come up with?
Celtic say they will replace the toys stolen from Gt Ormond st
Sevco say they will return the toys stolen from Gt Ormond st.
weefrathetim16:28 on 18 December, 2012miki67
You’re mincing your words again :))
>>>>>
Burgered once more…
: > )
Monies raised from the share issue will likely be matched by an equal and opposite reduction in season ticket direct debit payments. IMO.
miki67
‘institutionalised’ Brilliant
Weefra HH
The news, at least down here in Inghurlaand, of Celtic & Gt. Ormond St. was on 5Live this morning. No one else saw fit to report it. Not that it really matters.
Only inasmuch if there was a negative story to be trumpeted then you’d hear it, loud and clear.
Just checked Aim website cash collection target was £27m not £20m
I wonder if the two members from the Kilwinning A-team would be able to see the joke if the packages had been delivered to THEIR homes – I don’t think so!
I can see them walking though – this is Scotland after all.
Some news outlets were suggesting “Lord” Sugar’s co were to replace the toys. I promptly corrected them
” Wonder what they’ll come up with? ”
>>>>>>>>
ach….i’ll just answer that masel’. nuthin’ better to do anyway.
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” Giant Turkey Commits Suicide As Xmas Approaches “
Have Sevoc raised enough to cover the costs of their share issue yet?
Must have cost them a fortune to send out all those prospectus to potential investors and advertise in the rags.
LB
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning!
14:21 on
18 December, 2012
Paddy Turner
I’ve only seen Bo’ness mentioned once on the CQN mailing list.
I’ll let you read mine when I’m finished with it.
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Now now Philbhoy………remember you’r a newcomer to the Toon….
Had to wait until the day is out just in case Chuckie needed my investment……I pledged £300K………on easy peasy terms anaw…
Needless to say, he didnae need it…tells me everything is looking rosie in the garden….
Just in case, as a fall back, I gave him your address…..I ken your good for it mate…..
Anyhow…..Ryan’s CQN Annual was ordered 2 weeks ago…..frecken £3.50 for postage anaw…….I’ll email you the receipt as proof..
Did I tell you that Ryans mither, my youngest, has been a ST holder for the last 2 years…….she has a P&C ST, which means we occasionally have a spare child ticket if interested.!!!
I’m giving up my 2nd job after xmas…3 days in Teesside is enough. The wifes heading in for another knee replacement….so the time off will suit…..
Me n Ryan still never missed a home game this season….some no very enjoyable either…but it’s not putting him (or me) off….
Apart from above, all’s well at my end of Bo’ness….hopefully same at yours.
Take care, God Bless and seasons greetings.
Paddy T….not to be mixed up with the Paddy McCourt fella….mind you, in ma day.
£27m to £20m to £10m to……
YoHoHo!
It’s turning into a Dutch auction.
: > ))
Good evening friends.
Headtheball
During the trial charges against the two Kilwinning conspirators were reduced from attempted murder to assault !!!
Which was an absolute joke
If claiming that the accused were merely trying to make it look like a ‘viable device’ ,the question we would all ask them was why then would they purchase actual substances that would be used in a real device?
Consider this : I have no knowledge how to make a real device but if I wanted to make a ‘mock’ device to cause real alarm I reckon all I would need would be the following items.
One box of candles (cut off top)
Wrap each candle in brown paper
One small clock or watch,
Different coloured electrical wires,
Attach wires to clock , stick into inside of candles
Brown tape to hold it all together.
A disposal guy would laugh at the amateur attempt … however if you ,or I, received this in the post your first reaction would be one of terror !
The fact that these guys acquired actual ingredients …. shows their initial intent was to prepare a device that would main or kill.
Quote from Royal Navy disposal expert Chief Petty Officer Lee Yates told the High Court in Glasgow that the liquid inside a plastic bottle within the package tested “positive for the explosive substance tri-acetone tri-peroxide (TATP).
He said the liquid would normally be ignited with a power source such as a battery, but said it could have been triggered by light energy as the envelope was pulled open”
The reality is that once they had the ingredients they realised they did not have the knowledge ( no surprise there)
However the initial intent and conspiracy should still be part of the charge.
I am surprised they did not add a note to Neil asking that he assemble it himself as they were too stupid
The Onlooker
Gordon J
Thanks it was £20M for the club and £7M for chuckles and his pals
Chunkles:
” Who will take this poisoned chalice from my burned and withered hands? Anyone?Please?”
Livibhoy- bhoy posted last night and reckoned Green’s costs to get this far might be £1.5 mil.
Working with a sevconian as I post..when I asked it about the share issue it said..doesn’t matter anyway as those who buy £500 worth of shares or whatever would have.no say in the running of the club anyway so may as well let the major investors buy them….
HELP ME.
Delahunt on twitter saying nearly 5 million . . .
Afternoon all, the real target for the share issue over at ole Sevco was
“as much as we can get out of the stupid, stupid Huns”
But the failure raises a couple of questions.
First one, are they much more intelligent than we give them credit for?
We all know the answer to that one.
Second, are they still waiting for someone to save the zombie club for them?
Think I know the answer to that one too.
It is their right to have the zombie club saved, Her Majesty will order it so.
Well she might, as soon as they pay the tax owed.
Snyde saying £22 mil with £5 mil from stupid huns……
I remember drinking the ole ‘Whitehill Breakfast Brew’ by the bucket load, always available specially if you offered to make it yourself.
Loose leaf on special order, Ceylon Orange Pekoe was on the banned list for some reason but every order carefully strained so that you never, ended up with a gobful of bits.
deniabhoy
17:01 on 18 December, 2012
If Chuckles is right and worldwide there are 500million of them that is 1p each to invest.
Rangers raising money by themselves, my how we roared!!
Less than 5 million, that will pay Goian’s contract for the rest of the season :)
Fans then, fans now, fans in the future.
That might get him his 500,000,000.
That, a medium, and a science fiction writer.
It all equates with his patter thus far.