I’m a bit disappointed RIFC were not in a position to advise their shareholders the results of the votes this morning. Doing so would not have added 10 minutes to proceedings. My expectation is that the board would win both votes, giving them a resounding platform this weekend to sell tickets for lower league football. Perhaps there’s more going on than I thought.
You have to wonder what that expensive legal business in London and Edinburgh yesterday was all about? Many details of Sports Direct’s deal with Newco are public knowledge, and the void of missing details is filled with pretty stark speculation. It struck me that counsel for Sports Direct noted the chronology of the new board being appointed, the subsequent leaks and that Newco had not denied they were the source of the leak. All now on record, in court. Confidentiality is, of course, a condition of the agreement, which could now be argued is in breach. That would be a source of regret. For some.
More on Dave King over the weekend. He can’t help himself.
You have to admire those who work to expose the absurdity of the Offensive Behaviour Act, designed by the SNP government to “equalise” non criminal offenses with criminal offenses. Unfortunately, the campaigners are wasting their time, the Act is here to stay, anyone in doubt should read the news this morning that 80% of people surveyed support it. Ask the average person in the street if they support a law against Offensive Behaviour and they’re hardly likely to say ‘no’. This type of survey is manipulative nonsense. Police with guns on the streets and politically motivated laws are a by-product of blind populism. This is an offensive law and I am horrified.
Robert King is one of the Angola 3, who were incarcerated in solitary confinement in the Louisiana town of that name, and who have become causes célèbres for miscarriage of justice campaigners and prison reformers alike. King spent 30 years in solitary before having his conviction overturned. If you don’t know about the Angola 3, go find out.
He pitched up on CNN yesterday dressed in distinctive attire (below).
My relationship with Celtic is different to King’s. I’m a Celtic fan because that’s the way I was brought up, but I’m pretty sure King’s roots don’t reach back to the Emerald Isle. Chances are, I’d be a Celtic fan whether we were a club with a social mission or not. For others, for King, the reasons they wear a shirt on TV, buy a season ticket, or simply share in our joy on occasion, are different.
We are the club of the underdog, a beacon for the downtrodden, a place where they will find a welcome. No one can plan for this, it either survives over the decades or it doesn’t, so it’s worthwhile telling this part of our story now and again, to set ourselves a core target: Remain the most ethical football club in the world.
To deliver on this you and I need to step forward, this is not a job that can be outsourced to the club, it takes all of us. You can start here by signing up for the Great Scottish Run for the Foundation. I know at least 30 runners who read this, sign up before I see you in person!
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Ernie I’m sure Fidel predicted it as you said as you foresaw the demise of the Labour party in Scotland.
It’s late so I don’t expect many of you will watch it tonight, however, if you want the most comprehensive insight into the troubled but incredible mind of Shane McGowan then this is it.
It’s brilliant.
http://youtu.be/Rey44lqQFJE
The blue oyster bar
;))
HH
Good evening Timland,just been out forra chinky with the wife & neighbours & a wee bit inebriated..Hope you are all well.
DD.Terry Smitrh & his good woman Grace are coming out tae visit us in September wi a view to buyin a villa oot here.
He was askin for ye.
HH.
Ernie lynch
Castro quote
Can you prove he said it?
Simon And Garfunkel – The Boxer – 45 RPM ORIGINAL MONO MIX
https://youtu.be/w7Yrvnnt6S0
Alasdair
That is a very kind offer and will suit my sis, who is a lovely lass and would accept a piece at any door. Haha.
Good music for a Friday night.
https://youtu.be/NHsmkpWi20I
Clogher
TiS
Magic. Tell Terry that Garry would love to talk about the rare auld times in Knightswood! Teenage Kicks! :)
Good night all
Thank you for being here,
I’m just waiting up for that call from Camelot
Ah’ve changed ma name tae Paul Simon…but you can call me Al
How ye doin Clogher long time no talk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA
Gordybhoy64, i need to learn how to put the smiley face at the end of my posts. I’m an IT dunderheid.
Crazy Braezy is my favourite name for a gang.
Talking of pansies, on the BBC Dave Allen show many years ago, part of the show was using anagrams of famous/infamous people’s names.
Rev Ian Paisley was vile IRA pansey. My dad was in hysterics at that one. Big Ian from Belfast city wasn’t one of his favourite people.
Hamoltim,
Think I’ve seen this one before – but Shane is and has been one of the biggest musical influences on my life – post 1984 since I first heard his voice at a party at the old mill in Strathpeffer.
The song that came on was “The Greenland Whale Fisheries”; as song I knew off by heart from the Dubliners since I was 12.
I remember turning round and saying, “Who the f is that?”
Absolutely loved him ever since.
Long story about the Capitol in Aberdeen about 4 years later – another time!
The Doors – Light My Fire – 45 RPM – ORIGINAL MONO MIX – First Pressing
https://youtu.be/VxMaE8dPfQs
the_huddle…
A great link to Christopher Lee, what a life he led, cheers for the knowledge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ZsbEpEqRY
Red Haired Mary.
Not a great fan of the honours system but was struck by this from the BBC Scotland website on the now Sir James MacMillan…..
Dr MacMillan, who wrote a new choral piece which was sung when Pope Benedict XVI conducted mass at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow in 2010, is being knighted for services to music.
The 55-year-old composer, who was born in Kilwinning in North Ayrshire, has previously described the high point of his career as “writing a piece for the unveiling of a statue of the founder of Celtic FC”.
The Bears will not like us Tims being given such awards from Auld Lizzie!
Delaneys Dunky,
For reference – just ask Tony Dingwall about the cabin at the roundabout!
Dusty Springfield – Son-Of-A Preacher Man – 45 RPM Original Mono Mix
https://youtu.be/_Cq10KS1KO4
timbhoy in spain
23:19 on 12 June, 2015
‘Good evening Timland,just been out forra chinky with the wife & neighbours & a wee bit inebriated.’
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Come back when you’re sober.
delaneys dunky
23:21 on 12 June, 2015
Alasdair
That is a very kind offer and will suit my sis, who is a lovely lass and would accept a piece at any door. Haha.
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Jeezo dude, I hope the only Magnum she takes to the game is an ice cream!
FeelLuckyPunkCSC
HH jamesgang
Kelvinbhoy If James MacMillan accepted such an honour it would make him an utter hypocryte.
Alisdair MacLean, Shane MacGowan is a very underrated singer and songwriter.
The Pogues concerts , especially the one after the St Patrick’s Day massacre, at the Barras, were something else.
Rainy night in Soho is one of Shane’s finest. A Pair of Brown Eyes and Turkish Song of the Damned are fantastic songs also.
Shane’s vocals on the Pogues version of Eric Bogle’s, Waltzing Mathilda, really do the song justice.
Delaneys,Aye yer a sound man.
Been talkin a lot tae Alco( Mc culloch)
& he’s the same as yersel.
Wan o the hardest men ah’ve met is Alex.
We got kicked oot a pub doon in England right on the bell
An me him & wee Terry sey aboot the bouncers.
Sorted them right oot.
Fuds.
Hamiltontim,
Sinead O Connor doing a song with no name……the only piece I can do word perfect no matter how drunk….
As Charles Kennedy said, ask OHITS – he knows….
Alasdair
Cheers. Will do thanks. :)
Will be up to Dingwall myself. Will look you up Al.
Hail Hail
Ernie am back(mibbe no sober)
Up the Celts.What else matters?
thomthethim for Oscar OK 23:09
The ole classic Celt Maryhill bhoy
timbhoy,
I am great, good to hear from you.
I will drop you an e mail over the weekend.
Missing Spain, but enjoying Ireland.
The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby – 45 RPM
https://youtu.be/E4ZsNqNUu2Q
Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas,
In a way, because Shane sang all the classic folk songs, for me, so well – they kinda became the landmark – no-one sings them better than he.
Exceptions….Roddy McCorley – my Dad did it better!
Gordon64……not disagreeing with that mate but the sentiment was not lost on me. The Crown recognising a guy who’s greatest achievement was to compose a piece on our founder. There’s an irony in that for me……anyway,hope you and your wingman are well.
Shane is a genius, no doubt about it.
He doesn’t enjoy singing anymore which is a shame. I’d like him to write, paint, anything other than bevvying and drugging 24/7.
TiS
Alco, Terry and I were Tims in a hun scheme. We were never bullied. Impossible. ;))
the huddle
Mr Davis does Bojangles
Kelvinbhoy all good amigo. Fed up with so called men of the labour people now called Lord this and Sir that . HH
Clogher Bhoy great tae hear from your good self.
Still lovin it here but me & the wife are gonnae try real hard to get over to Dublin next year..
BSR( ma hero) I’ve got scarves fae the 50’s & the 60’s .
Ma heritage.
HH