Let’s be clear about this, there are Celtic fans who believe we need a club called Rangers to survive in the manner which we’ve all become accustomed to over the last couple of decades. That without them, we will wither on the vine.
Some of this is correct. In the years following the liquidation of Rangers we lost TV, commercial, mechanise and season ticket income. We play in a league with significantly less competition, which blunts players’ edge and makes Celtic Park a less attractive place to play or be a spectator.
The important question for Celtic fans is what do they actually want from their club? I’ll cope when we were only a few points ahead of Aberdeen, or getting knocked out of the League Cup by Ross County, while being eliminated from Europe by increasingly obscure teams. I’ll still be there supporting my team.
I accept that not everyone will, some of us want the edge of your seat tension – and that’s all right. But I’d ask anyone who pines for the old days to consider the omnishambles of a football team we glimpsed over the weekend. There was no wonder era in the past when we benefited from a great rivalry without destructive contagion.
They were never good for us. Whatever about Celtic is dependent on them is not worth having.
This afternoon we welcome our new manager, Brendan Rodgers, to Celtic Park for the first time. This morning I recalled Ricky Fulton’s words in the video clip below, “It only remains for me to welcome you to the club, Brendan.” A different club, of course, but there’s a morality tale within.
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Welcome Brendan to the generation of domination.
Congratulations to Celtic TV and Celtic PR for a very professional job today.
When will our first home game be confirmed with league and TV … ?
Cheaper flights means more games
Where is magic hat.
Very disrespetful of the Russ abbot goon faced lookalikey small shouldered twat not to be around. Congratulating Hibs.
What’s that Skippy ?
Taken off in the red Mercedes.
Anyone kind enough to give me a wee update on our managerial situation, how the Final went and have things been quietened down,now the close season is here ?
hola
mark mcghee was appointed today, warmly met by a crowd of KenJ and a dug,
the 2nd rangers won the cup after hibs has stokes and mcginn sent off in the 1st minute for taking kick off in a feniany manner, they won 1-0 with a 89th minute penalty.
the rangers fans celebrated their culture with a sing song praised by the scottish government. then invaded the pitch and celebrated further by burning an effigy of neil lennon.
mark warbuton has now been nominated for a knighthood.
a glorious treble.
dave king has also accepted a position on the scottish league ethics commitee.
other than that, its quiet
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Proudbhoy
Unsure of dates but looking forward to you getting over and meeting you at Paradise.
HH
Would be great if Yogi Hughes was Brendan’s assistant but I’ll accept the latter judgement on backroom staff appointments :-)
Fixtures out June 17
Weekend of August 6th for the first game
http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/start-date-for-201617-league-season/
CELTIC40ME on 23RD MAY 2016 11:38 PM
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Better hold off to find out if we are home or away .
DD
Likewise , I’ll be over few times next season hopefully.. Trying for first home game..flag day .
Bada Bing
Thanks for that, not to far away to find out.
PROUDBHOY
Bound to be at home,mate. Small matter of a flag.
Always home first game
Talking of SPFL fixtures I will make the following predictions
Sevco’s initial home fixtures will be against teams in the top 6.
Their initial away games will be at teams in the bottom six.
Their first game against us will be at the asbestos Dome.
This will ensure they have two home gates against us.
BMCUWP 1145pm: CCB and Mrs CCB safely arrived in Spain. Remember exam today tomorrow for niece. Apologies to other CQNrs but phone acting up.
Barton’s remit will be to wind opponents up. Decent player and not a bad coup for a four-year -old club targeting 55 points in their first season in the top league.
Wouldn’t want him at CP.
Now we know why they want Barton
Its time to up the ante they are up to their knees and it is not Fenian blood this time its debt
With them it always has to have an edge since the Johnstone signing they have always looked for someone who respects nothing when the price is right
Nacho remember
Bring it on I say our honest fivers against their stolen tenners
Desmond will face all their pathetic challenges with another tax paid ace
Their story has turned nasty and for them more truths are on the way they best get used to it
To be the people you have to represent the people
So pay yer dues like the people
And then we can call it quits
HH
Hello again all you young rebels.
Just wakened here in Oz put on Celtic tv as usual, and there it
was in all its beautiful glory, thousands of bhoys and ghirls
singing to our new manager and him singing ynwa back to them
what an inspired appointment this was by our much maligned
board, it has united us all and I’m not afraid to say i was greetin
like a wean watching it all and so envious of you all who were
there, can’t wait for the wee mhan to get back from school today
to show him, hell be champin at the bit to see it, better get a couple
boxes of tissues ready.
TEARSAREUSCTV
H.H Mick
We’ve won the league
No matter who sevco bring Brendan
Without any signings
Has won the league
If we make any new signings
We will be group stages
Rangers ‘ultras’ group the Vanguard Bears launch fundraiser to help Gers fans arrested after Hampden violence
21:30, 23 MAY 2016 UPDATED 21:31, 23 MAY 2016
BY DAVID TAYLOR
THE group stated: “We fully believe every Rangers fan who defended their club’s players and supporters from attack by screaming, hate-filled hordes deserve our backing and full support.
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Just Giving page set up by the Vanguard Bears
A GROUP of Rangers fans are attempting to raise cash for thugs who invaded Hampden at the weekend.
Rangers “ultras” group, the Vanguard Bears, launched a Just Giving page which they say is to help any ‘Rangers fan with legal fees or fines following arrest at Hampden Park on Saturday 21st May.’
By this afternoon over half of the target of £1,690 – a reference to the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, a key part of Orange Order folklore in which some Rangers fans revel – had been met.
Later in the day, the target was increased to £1,872 – the year the Ibrox club was formed (1872).
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The page on the crowd funding website said: “We fully believe every Rangers fan who defended their Club’s players and supporters from attack by screaming, hate-filled hordes at Hampden Park on Saturday, deserve our backing and full support.
“No football club or support wishes to see fans fighting on the field of play or terraces, but on this occasion, we feel the Rangers support had no choice but to stand up and be counted.”
Read more: Watch moment blazer kicks out at celebrating Hibs fan as violence mars Scottish Cup Final
It also features a photo of what appears to be a Rangers fan on the ground being booted by Hibs supporters.
The nation was left stunned following Hibs Scottish Cup final victory, which saw thousands of their supporters invade the pitch following the Championship side’s injury time winner.
Horrific scenes unfolded which saw fans battles each other, as stewards and mounted police on horseback struggled to regain control of the situation.
Although the Hibs fans were the first on the pitch, they were joined by a number of Rangers supporters who saw their idols being swamped by a sea of green and white.
Read more: Rangers fan who kicked young Hibs supporter in head as violence flared at end of Scottish Cup final is named
We reported earlier how claims that every single member of the Rangers team had been either assaulted or spat upon during the fracas.
The Vanguard Bears added: “Let’s be very clear here, the Rangers supporters who defended their players and fellow fans did the job of the police and stewards who stood idly by and watched our players being attacked, and our support taunted and subjected to attacks in person and by missiles.”
Read more at http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rangers-ultras-group-vanguard-bears-8035137#ZrSIlbwKECj2KMCE.99
Bobby
Goodman , never realised that.
Can only manage a 1night stay so will probably need to wait until tv confirm before booking flights.
Should be 3pm on Saturday for all teams the first weekend.
I have mentioned a few times on CQN Regan mentioning social unrest. I had a hunch that was a more a political statement than an SFA one.
It did not make sense in a sport that should essentially be apolitical
I was surprised that statement got so little debate time then not so surprised when you think Rangers are a national scandal
Lets be Frank for a mo ghuys
If this was any other business who left unpaid bills for hundreds of millions of pounds to the general public
I doubt we be would be giving them jobs in the media
HH
On joey Barton
Spoke with mate few weeks ago who went to burnley match , he does bit of football reporting.
Said joey was head and shoulders the best player on the park.
Think I read he won their player of the year award this season, he might not be good enough for premiership and maybe he knows it himself so doesn’t fancy chasing shadows for a full season.
But I do think he will be a very good signing for them , not his biggest fan but he’s a better footballer than Scott brown sadly.
PROUDBHOY on 24TH MAY 2016 12:46 AM
Glad Brendan does not share your views on Broony.Or any other manager for that matter.
Heard a few crackers today………THE game should be replayed…….CS gas should have been turned on against the Hibs fans……HIBS should be banned and their place taken by the loosers………sectarian songs flares and ripped out seats thrown at hibs fans celebrating their cup victory……..loosers dont have much going for them…….especially if its been captured on film
Turkey bhoy
And you know Brendan’s views ? And every other manager.
I’m a fan of brown but his talent has always been pretty limited sadly.. But his drive and energy makes him a great player to have. Past few months he’s been very poor, hopefully recovers and we get another couple of seasons out of him.
It took a pitch invasion for Gordon Smith to appear from the darkness and back into the media spotlight
What’s that saying every dark cloud has a silver lining
HH
Lionsroar67, thanks for the link bud. Been working all day and couldn’t tune into the live events:_(
HH for that bruv.
On the lobotomised bears crowd fund, Yep, I’m right up for that. I hope I get a certificate I can put up next to my £300’000 worth of shares in Charles Green’s new club effort. I’ll put that right next to the Renoir I have on my garage wall, beside my collection of Faberge eggs and old springs.
Huns don’t do crowd funding, they let their previous club die.
Trumpets………toot toot toot:_)
Thindimebhoy, auld smithy was never the same after he drunk the monkey spunk oota the luvin cup a few years ago. I think it was when the motherwell billionaire was their boss. Maybe Craigy put something dodgy in it…………………………..:_(((
e never know wi that lot.
Maybe WE should be signing the erudite chap who sent these tweets.
He’s not going to go down very well in Zombieland with these sentiments…
Great header that… #stokes
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Not a fitting end but a lot worse going on if you switch on the news.
Football fans emotional. It happens.
Alan Stubbs has done a great job at Hibernian. Good to see.
Proper football man. #Evertonian
It’s important to have a broad horizon on people, cultures, ideas and language.
Also they should pass freely between nations.
The days of empire and island life are long gone. The Internet has made the world closer.
We have to keep moving with the times.
Blog broke
Seeing as the Sevconians are so forthright in their statement that those ‘few’ stout souls ran onto the park purely to protect their loyal blue players, I am sure they have personally identified and contacted each and every one of them to confirm that this was in fact their only motivation.
And of course, being such guardians of all that is right, they will have forwarded on to the police the name and address of each and every one of these brave protectors.
I’m sure that the video evidence will also clearly show how these brave souls formed a protective chain around the players to protect them from the onslaught raining down on them.
No?
No evidence at all?
Zero?
I am shocked.
Surely, having taken the time to carefully craft that official statement, there must be at least a little evidence to back it up.
Time the other clubs in Scotland stood up and told these lunatics that their bully-boy tactics should have been buried with their old club and will no longer be tolerated.
If not, we can look forward to the same scenes on a weekly basis next season.
On a day when we should be focused on Celtic, we still have this obsession about Rangers.
Incidentally, could someone please remind me what the corrupt Labour Party did to combat sectarianism? Didn’t they do hee haw?
Ha ha, for the ultimate in irony Mr beefhearts post above will take some beating.
Always whinging and berating about the blog discussing the huns. Raises it in a very forthright first sentence telling the world what to discuss and then goes on to discuss pfffttt…………………politics.
What a Cock!!!
Beefy, schoolboy error there old chap.
Anyway, enjoy your day.
HH
I guess Celtic fans in the diaspora are too busy watching replays of today’s celebrations on Celtic TV.
Apart from the estimate 12k in the stadium, there were over 9k subscribed to the Celtic YouTube channel.
A great coup for the Celtic PR, Celtic media teams.
I hope our new found boldness extends to future press conferences with a sceptical media. Nae combatative.
In Braveheart the Scots facing the English raised their kilts and displayed their bare, unshaven rear ends to the enemy.
The French used to chop the first two fingers off English archers, which of course has led to the V sign as the archers raised two fingers to their enemies.
So showing contempt and derision for your enemy is an ancient practice and taking pleasure in their demise is to be encouraged.
Did someone say “Schadenfreude?”
Swing low sweet Carnlough
Brendans here for 10 in a row.
Hope all tims are smiling
We are Celtic
Hope tims who managed along had a great day.
Great to see so many young hoops about the ground
Je suis Brendan
Hail hail
May the football flow like the waters of the glens
Nearly missed this.
Glad I didn`t.
JAMES FORREST on 23RD MAY 2016 12:57 PM
http://www.onfieldsofgreen.com/sevco-statements-charlie-cheswicks-cigarettes/
HRVATSKI JIM on 23RD MAY 2016 9:09 PM
I renewed as planned today. Lady indicated that it had been very quiet but had picked up a lot since Friday. Let’s hope that she is kept busy from here on.
Brendan likes a small squad with backup from the youths. Music to my ears.
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Brendan was brought in because the season tickets wurny selling.
The mad rush will cover Brendan’s £2 million a year salary.
Where will he get the money for players ?
No CL-money pot to come in ?
No EL-money pot to come in ?
Brendan dizny like big squads ie: Brendan will have to sell before he can buy, just like MO’N had to v’s a £100 million Rangers squad – backed by ebt’s.
Having said that, Jim McLean won the league in 1983 with a squad of 13 players so, might be a guid wee sign there ? Hopefully.
Brendan would become an instant Legend if he won Domestically with the same players, probably getting rid of some along the way.
Brendan will be facing a huns klub that looks like it is ready to fall over the cliff so, no need to spend £millions.
A huns klub that could find itself facing relegation unless, the kowtowing Celtic hierarchy have already made sure that, relegation won’t happen ? Hmmmmm…..check Neil McCann in the Sly sports studio after the SCF on Saturday where he said that Hibs will have a goal of trying to get back to the SPFL, either by promotion or, by league reconstruction – Big Eck and, WGS looked at him in a way that suggested McCann had already said too much ? WGS – “Reconstruct the leagues so that R*ngers are in the same league as Celtic.”….5 way agreement ? Did Celtic / PL sign up to this ? I canny do link things but check it yerselve’s and ye’ll see what I mean.
Having been told that PL was not involved in the selection process of Brendan, why then did Brendan ‘gush’ about PL’s persuasiveness ?
When I seen PL and snake-eyes Bankier flanking Brendan today I thought – is this more smoke n mirrors to try to suggest that the entire club is on the same page ?
Does Brendan really know how sleekit-deceitful-devious-traitors that the Celtic-PLC-Hierarchy really are ?
Are the hierarchy hoping that he’ll be a ‘trusting’ sort like, Tommy Burns ?
Why has Lawwell not been sacked yet ? At least £60 million CL-money blown under his watch and he still troosers a £1 million + bonuses for each year of failure ?
Hopefully, Brendan is streetwise-savvy enough not to be duped by these chancers.
DD shouldny be getting any praise at all for the arrival of Brendan – it’s you who are buying the season tickets who are paying for it all – only ‘you’ will put any money into Celtic.
Not being a killjoy but, the 12,000 who were there last night were probably the same ones who were doing the huddle inside Celtic Park as, the huns paraded they’re 3rd title in a row round Rugby Park back in the day.
Brendan keeps flagging up Tommy Burns, hopefully Brendan means Tommy the person and, not Tommy the manager.
And, bear in mind ‘every’ Celtic manager has been cheated, not just Tommy Burns.
Voices at the back of my nut still saying that Brendan will be easily mugged.
Oh and, Brendan get Big McGhee in as your assistant, he’ll show ye how to play Jungle-pleasing fitba, without getting easily mugged, when he’s got the players under his watch for ye.
Please, silence those cranium voices Brendan – just please.
…….oot…….