Those of you with a ticket for Sunday can wish for an Aberdeen win tonight all you like, but be ready with contingency party arrangements, just in case. I know it’s six-in-a-row, I know this isn’t 1998, the towns and villages of Lanarkshire will not be adorned in green and white, but don’t switch your phone on after leaving a cinema tonight to hear than an hour earlier Celtic became Premiership champions, season 2016-17.
Winning the title without watching Celtic play is far from ideal. Winning the title away from Celtic Park has always involved more stress than I thought is absolutely necessary, but I’m as excited today as any of you will be with your match tickets in hand on Sunday morning.
In 10 hours we could be champions again! Get ready for it.
Wee Shay’s Green Army
Lennybhoy and TommyTwistsTommyTurns are looking for volunteers to distribute fliers for Wee Shay’s Green Army Raffle (which will be drawn on Thursday 25th May 2017 at Celtic Park).
They are looking for volunteers to distribute fliers advertising the raffle ahead of the Partick Thistle game at Celtic Park on 5 April. If anyone can help, please email walkwithshay@yahoo.com .
Thank you.
Enjoy yourself tonight, I have a feeling……….
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Good morning CQN from a cool, clear and dry East Devon.
Hail! Hail!
STAYINGUPLATE on 1ST APRIL 2017 5:34 AM
Timmy Cahill
Yes. Three / four years ago .
Riley Mc Gree
Yes. Now.
The downside for Celtic ? There isn`t one.
The downside for Riley ?
There isn`t one.
The upside for Aussie Tims.
Merr exposure.
Publicity wise.
Nowurriesmate.
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/hearts/ian-cathro-craig-levein-won-t-be-in-dressing-room-against-celtic-1-4408999
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/03/31/mark-warburton-defy-anyone-say-wasnt-successful-rangers/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw
Good morning friends from a cloudy, calm but dry East Kilbride. Looks like a pretty perfect morning for a wee 5K ParkRun.
Recorded today 1957
Slim Dusty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cKPchRDaVM
You little beauty.
All the very best to Davidopous and the future Mrs DavidO
Hope you have many many years of happiness ahead and a wee title victory tomorrow
Hail Hail
Best wishes to the punmiester today, hope all goes well for you and your good lady.
And.
Happy birthday to number one son of mine,
30 today Lee congratulations.
Ok, here we go, one final push…….
***GOALS FOR SHAY2*** **STILL A FEW HOURS TO ENTER!!**
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Have you heard about our brand new competition, “Goals For Shay 2” which commences THIS WEEKEND?
Simply pick 1 single unique team each week for the remainder of the league season and the entrant with the highest aggregate goals scored will take the top prize (roughly 90% of the total prizepot). And this time, to keep everyone fully involved, there will be a separate prize (about 10% of the total prize money) for the entrant who does best over the final 3 rounds. So even if you get off to a disappointing start, there’ll still be everything to play for as the weeks go on.
The cost of entry is £10 per team entered and this gets you one free joker which, when played, will double your score that week. You can also buy one additional joker for £5.
The prizepot (currently estimated as being almost £600) will consist of 50% of the entry free, with 50% going to support Walk With Shay. All monies from the additional jokers will also go to help Shay.
Really, really simple to take part and all you need to do for now is just register your interest by sending a “can I play please” email to cqnpredictor@gmail.com . If you have a moniker or nickname that we can use to identify you once the competition starts then please tell us that. We’ll get back to THIS MORNING with full details.
And please feel free to tell your family and friends, share on Facebook, involve your work colleagues, etc. We are a competition Open to All.
Thank you for Walking With Shay.
Celticrollercoaster and Jobo
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 1ST APRIL 2017 4:56 AM
check what the date is today.enough bears in glasgow.
Today’s CQN Coupon –
BMCUWP – Wycombe
Jobo Baldie – St. Mirren
Gerryfaethebrig – Sheffield Wednesday
The Exiled Tim – East Fife
Lennybhoy – Fleetwood
Awalkacrosstherooftops – St. Johnstone
Pogmathonyahun – Watford
JOEFH and GLORIA…I know that you will both be strong.
DAVIDOPOLOUS and new bride…Best Wishes to the happy couple.
Now I detest that Tory hypocrite Ruth Davidson, and there a photo going around online of her looking very like the North Korea leader nutter….so funny. The resemblance is uncanny.
Like Thatcher and May, Davidson makes me reach for the OFF Button on my TV.
At least Thatcher ( as much as I hated her), was intelligent, and knew exactly what she was doing in destroying lives and communities, as for May and Davidson ?….Thicko’s !
Hearing no Dembele or Griffiths tomorrow due to injury. Not sure how true that is but still confident we’ll take the 3 points necessary.
Árd Macha
Now we will see the campaign to turn Aberdeen into a mighty force . So mighty that the R@ngers were just unlucky to be up against them in their comeback season.
This same Aberdeen team will crash and burn in European qualifiers and be predicted by all to trail in behind Pedro and the Power Rangers
Enjoy your day everyone. HH
Wife’s dad’s 20 yrs dead today.
Conicidentally she got a Facebook post of a band singing The Town I Loved So Well last night.
It was George’s song, set her off.
God Bless you Geordie.
Árd Macha
Must run…..
muchmorepreferrablethanpaintingCSC
Gooooood morning CQN
Hopefully just another day to wait :-)
Play James Forrest through middle with Paddy and Sincy on the wings ?
Or will it be Armstrong up front with Nir back into midfield ?
No matter we’ll soon be champions :-) mind you we still are the champions
Now Gloria and JFH, thoughts and prayers with you both, I know you both have faith, a powerful assistance
Very best to DavidO and his new bride today – enjoy
Hail Hail
CQN Saturday Naps Competition
Lads, for those in the CQN Naps Competition, please post your selection here :
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/arthur-willie-and-albert-kidd/comment-page-10/#comments
All the best, fleagle1888
–NZ Auckland CSC–
Best wishes to Davidopous and his soon-to-be wife. Funnily enough I got engaged on 1st April 1961 which was also a Saturday and a ‘big’ game day.. Scottish Cup .
JFH and wife Gloria: Will call in to St Winin’s when in the town today and offer up up a few prayers (inc. Glory be..) for a good outcome.KTF.
FAVOURITE UNCLE on 1ST APRIL 2017 8:30 AM
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 1ST APRIL 2017 4:56 AM
check what the date is today.enough bears in glasgow.
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Thought I`d made my cynicism obvious .
:-)
” MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 1ST APRIL 2017 4:56 AM
Oh , aye ? “
JOBO BALDIE on 1ST APRIL 2017 8:13 AM
Ok, here we go, one final push…….
***GOALS FOR SHAY2*** **STILL A FEW HOURS TO ENTER!!**
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Sent an email this morning mate but I cant find it in my ‘sent ‘ box did you get it?
H.H
Just wondering has the news that Moussa & Griff are injured got anything to do with the old April the 1st shite, anyway even if it’s on the level we have plenty of resources to cope, there are plenty of goalscorers in our squad.
All the best to cqns punmeister and his first bride to be today
J.F.H and Gloria whatever decision is made, hope the outcome is good .
No one walks alone
Best wishes to DavidO and his girl who are getting hitched today.
If it wasn’t for marriage, men and women would have to fight with complete strangers
ChicMurrayCSC
Some good April 1st laughs on Celtic news now.
Video Celts almost had me about Billy Gilmour until he mentioned they would be happy in a new house in Coatbridge, even i wisnae buying that.
Liked the one about the stripes as well.
The Evening Times: An Apology
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2017/04/01/the-evening-times-an-apology/
Good Morning all.
I spent last night just trying to catch up on days worth of posts and failed miserably.
JFH every best wish and lots of prayers for yourself and Gloria.
Tony Donnelly — sorry to hear about the loss of your mum – thoughts and prayers with her and yourself and your family.
LISBON STUFF
I spent a few e-mails out between midnight and three am about the meal in Lisbon on the 24th of May so can people check their inboxes.
Anyone who is tuning in and who is interested in the event can you please e-mail me at jjoe88@hotmail.co.uk.
I will need to finalise numbers within the next couple of weeks so anyone interested should contact me ASAP.
Also, I have tried to find the big Lisbon List I put up on the blog a couple of years ago but for some reason only half of it has been saved. If anyone has access to that can you repost it for me please so that it can be updated.
Much more later on this championship weekend.
HH
BRTH
Just off to the airport for a wee Easter vacation. Delighted Aberdeen won last night. Now I can enjoy my first full day in the sun watching the magnificent Glasgow Celtic win their sixth consecutive league title in an Iberian bar. Life could get little better.
Eurochamps67
Best wishes to DavidO on your impending nuptials.
50 Shades of Green
Nothing in Scottish football should surprise you!
That April Fools article is closer to the truth than you might believe.
The boy’s dad is a celtic supporter, the other side of the family are not. His mum’s dad wanted him to wear their jersey at least once but he’s definitely for the off and there is once club in Scotland that have been making strong representations to sign him.
It seems likely that we have missed out though although there is a way to go.
I was talking to a scout last weekend (he is in the know on this) about this boy and he was comparing this situation with the young Dembele, it is going to be hard to keep him at Celtic. He was saying both boys have amazing potential at this stage but it remains a gamble whether that will continue over the next number of years.
The player has three decent offers, two from down south.
Winning Captains.
I knew about the boys family being kind of split in thier support for senior clubs, think thats why I nearly bought it, as you say nothing would surprise me though.
As for young Kaddy, I have a wee bit of inside info on him also, I know he loves it here and has said he wants to stay at Celtic, but I fear as he gets older his head will be turned, would be nice to see him break into the first team before he departs though.
H.H
I wasn’t sure the Gilmour story was an April Fool,not at first. The last paragraph tipped me off though.
“Seeing their pride and joy playing in Champions League qualifiers for Celtic will be a bitter pill for Ibrox fans to swallow but that will be cushioned by a massive cash injection coming in from from wealthy Arab owners scheduled for mid July.”
David O – Best wishes to you and your bride to be on your big day.
JFH – Thoughts and prayers for Gloria and yourself at this difficult time.
HH
UEFA TO HONOUR REAL MADRID AND RANGERS AS WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUBS…
http://www.scotzine.com/2017/04/uefa-to-honour-real-madrid-and-rangers-as-worlds-most-successful-clubs/
Ard Macha/ Corkcelt
From The Telegraph.
Brendan Rodgers hails winter break as Celtic’s players ready themselves for finishing line
There will be nor rest for Celtic’s weary players until after their double header against Rangers in the final Old Firm league derby of the season and the William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final at the end of April. The Scottish Premier Football League have revealed that the Scottish Premiership collision between the pair at Ibrox will kick off at noon on Saturday, April 29, six days after the pair meet at Hampden in the cup.
Last Sunday Celtic provided half of the Scotland team who kept the Tartan Army’s hopes of World Cup qualification alive with a dramatic 1-0 win over Slovenia, a victory which the Hoops manager, Brendan Rodgers, partly attributed to the rest period afforded by the winter shutdown.
“It is an absolute bonus and so important that you have the mid-season break,” Rodgers said. “If there is ever need for a cause for having it that is the proof of it. Imagine we never had that.
“A break won’t be in the next month. We won’t have any rest over that period, but after that we may be able to have a look at it.”
Rodgers will speak to Strachan soon about his squad’s availability
The Parkhead contingent in Gordon Strachan’s squad would all be automatic selections for the vital qualifier against England at Hampden on June 10. Rodgers confirmed that he would discuss their availability with Strachan over the next few weeks.
“There will be some dialogue I am sure,” he said. “I am proud that so many players were in the Scotland team. That is where you want them to be.
They are footballers for a very short period.
“I am not one who is going to stop any player playing for his country. Thankfully, all the Scottish boys here love playing for their country and want to go.
“My responsibility is for Celtic. This is the club that is paying their wages and paying them good wages. I need to make sure that that availability is right for us, but I respect that these guys are international players.
“That is where they should want to go in their careers – to represent their country. If I can help them and assist that on and off the field, I will happily do that. It has been nice for them to get the win, to play with a really good aggression and a really good tempo and energy.”
Of Scott Brown, who retired from international football at the start of the season but returned to play for his country during the qualifiers – and has yet to reveal his intentions in respect of the clash with England – Rodgers said: “We had a good chat, which will be private, and on one or two other things within that, but it’s a big game, this, and it could be a real defining game.
“If he’s played against England away and he’s played against Slovenia it’s difficult not to play in the other ones. It’s about helping him, giving him the confidence that is OK to play in it, but this is how it’s going to look before and after.”
Any temptation to let his players have some immediate time off has been stymied by the relentless timetable of the fixture list.
“We have got Hearts on Sunday and Partick Thistle during the week,” said Rodgers. “Say they played against Partick and then you maybe gave them a rest for Kilmarnock and Ross County, thinking you are doing them a favour. You have then got the Rangers games after that. The timeline is too great.”
Moussa Dembélé was injured against Dundee two weeks ago.
More immediately, wear and tear has deprived Rodgers of his two strikers for the game against Hearts at Tynecastle. Moussa Dembélé was injured against Dundee two weeks ago and Leigh Griffiths suffered a back injury while leading the Scottish line against Slovenia.
“Leigh did well in the Scotland game so getting the wee knock was obviously frustrating for him, but hopefully within the next week he will be back.
“Moussa won’t play at Tynecastle but he should be okay for next week. Towards the end of the Dundee game he struggled. He didn’t think it was anything afterwards but when we got the scan it showed a little tweak of his hamstring.
“He has responded well. He has been fine. He has been out on the pitch, but I am not going to risk it for the weekend.”
In the absence of the two regulars, Scott Sinclair could feature as the Celtic spearhead at Tynecastle. “It is a possibility,” said Rodgers. “When he first came in to me at Chelsea he was a striker. When we took him from Bristol Rovers he was a centre-forward.”
I just logged on for one last wee post as a single man and saw the nice messages above. I’m really touched you all remembered this April fool. Thank you all.
I’ll be on later to give min by min updates of the action from the ceremony (a la Fan-a-tic).
Spoiler alert: Nir Bitton is in for some stick ;)
DAVIDOPOULOS
Thumbs up,as a much-missed poster was known to say…