Where to start on last night’s CQN11 St Patrick’s Dinner? We knocked it out the park. Hundreds came, thousands of pounds were raised, enough to help Mary’s Meals build a kitchen for a thousand more school kids in Malawi, and a £5,000 donation to Lisa Hague’s 30k Challenge for Marie Curie Challenge for Cancer Care.
My sincere thanks to everyone who came along and made the night so special, especially those who stepped forward and helped Mary’s Meals and Lisa’s Challenge. The night could not have happened without Phil Agnew’s experience, work and charm. He is a credit to everything good about the Celtic support.
Special thanks to Tom Boyd, John Hughes, Joe Miller and Tommy Coyne, who added range to the night at the Q&A session. Thanks to Stuart Armstrong, who dropped in to spend an hour with us, and share some of his undisguised joy at being a Celtic player.
Archie Macpherson spoke about the world Jock Stein blew apart when he arrived at Celtic 50 years ago this week. Archie’s range on Scottish football is peerless. He became a friend and confidant of Jock, and gave us an insight into the extraordinary man.
No St Patrick’s Night would be complete without great music and for that our thanks to Patricia Ferns and Liam McGrandles, and a special mention those who put their shoulder to the wheel on the night, especially Geo from Biglens and the great hospitality staff at Celtic.
I’ve many people to catch up with but I’m planning to sleep for the next several days. Cup Final apart.
If all weekends were like this weekend………
If all gatherings were like Celtic gatherings……….
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Last few days have been all about the wonderful CQN11 and the less wonderful reaction to a `news`paper writing a negative story about our Captain before a big game. Time now to concentrate on all the positives ( there are many) and generate a solid confidence which will transfer from the terraces (?) to the players. Come on you bhoys in Green!!
Cheerio for now.
JJ
JJ staying at the Marriott at Elviria been coming here for years for my birthday week, weather has been exceptional this time, let’s hope the Bhoys can deliver a final present this afternoon. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Burghbhoy
Sounds like a good plan, here’s hoping No 5 comes to fruition.
Mine is
1 Weetabix – Nae kitchen for a fortnight so it’s micro food and easy meals
2. A walk around Drumpellier country park
3 Coffee and a bowl of soup, in said park
4. Pop in see my mum on the way home.
5. Take my football loathing wife to her mother (who is Celtic daft)
6. Get back home and hopefully find a parking space
7 Iron my scarf (cup final tradition)
8 Walk down at meet my family at the Beechwood
9 Lift Trophy
10 Head over to Silverburn and pick up my better half- go see Celtic daft M.I.L
11 Back home for Poldark and bed – 1 drink if I’m lucky
HH
Looking forward 2 giving utd a good skelping. Alfie can’t agree. Broonies a machine and will be the difference today. Ur not a Hun but u remind me of the walkers mcavennies of the world. Ur a soup taker of the highest order. Tiocfaidh arla.
loved this tweet from barcabhoy
Barcabhoy @Barcabhoy1
Week 1
1 Appt Nomad✖️
2 Sell out 2 home games✖️ 30k unsold = – £600k from budget
3 Appt fan rep ✖️mega fail
4 new manager wins ✖️
Plan B ?
burghbhoy
06:42 on 15 March, 2015
Yer up early big fella!
3 and 6 are the only parts of your plan that might not happen…… just a few? ????
5 is a racing certainty, especially seen as we haven’t has a game all week. If the pitch has taken and knitted well at least 3-0 to Celtic today.
starry plough
22″14
Sorry missed ur post, thanks mucho for that,
memory banks , it fits in now, cheers
To you and all our support have a gr8 day and ENJOY
H H
alfie noakes
04:45 on 15 March, 2015
You’re not the full shilling ……. are you KevJ….?
As usual, I have woke up too early on a Cup Final morning….. breaking a 30 year rule of not going to an away ground, due to the bigotry encountered.(but, in my defence, going on CELTIC Hospitality package with my wife , son and friends.)… HAIL HAIL to all lucky enough to have been born a Tim……..prediction ….. 4-0 to the Celtic….
Must be getting old, since I still haven’t recovered from CQN11 …. :)
United gave us a game last week and I’m sure will make it tough for us today.
However, I think they’ll miss Ciftci and the inclusion of VVD for us will swing the balance well in our favour.
Celtic to win 2-0.
glasgowdave
07:16 on 15 March, 2015
SSB were in deep (palpable) distress / mourning after that result yesterday …. Hahahahahahaha….
…..the morning of the day of the final…..another trophy up for grabs….never underestimate the importance…
Morning and a happy mothers day to mothers everywhere.
Was just thinking that the Griff will be up for it today, he must need the win bonus by the time he sends flowers on his kids behalf to their mothers he must be a skint this week.
Anyway before we get to the cup final wee shades team have a game in Hamilton this fine morning, sunglasses and gloves needed me thinks (for me not him), then its off to the dump, can I ask that if you really must bring flares (I know I know ).That you don’t let them off till after the 3rd minutes applause, cheers.
If. Nir makes it then 4 nil the hoops, if not 3 v 1 the hoops.
VVD with the first.
Don’t buy the rag so haven’t read the article but, in my ignorance, does it say anywhere how much Broonie had to drink? Any pictures of him holding a drink / Downing a shot etc??
If not, how do we know he was intoxicated to a level that would affect performance 60 hours before a game ? Because he sat down?
Happy mother’s day kathy, taken by the lord 5 yrs ago to be with her one and only, hector.
Will love you always ma!.
Miss you.
Bitton and Commons starting would fill me with even greater confidence.
If Bitton doesn’t make it I’d prefer to see Henderson in the holding role beside Brown.
spiritof67
Have a brilliant day, this is the day for Celts to be heroes and bring the silver home..
Another thing, when We start a chorus of lets all do the Broony, does that mean I get to sit down for a change.
H.H
67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar / Neil Lennon.. Ipox belongs to the creditors
I never got to hear it, but can imagine their pain.. All their hero’s coming up short.
Life is good, and in 30 years time there will be young tims saying they wished they were around during the decies.
My question for today is, will KC and Jamsie both be in the starting 11?
HH
glasgowdave
Indeed sir, a fine plan. Hope it works out to every last detail.
Bazzabhoy
Obviously you are spot on bro, just kidding myself on that I mightn’t over indulge.
Need to keep the throat wet anyway as I fancy I might be in the box seat for a tune on the way back!!
HH
Morning all. Let’s all have a great day, whether we’re at the game, at home, in the pub or is some far flung corner of the globe. I hope Broony really sticks it to the media today.
burghbhoy
07:57 on 15 March, 2015
As always, I look forward to your unplugged version of Admiral William Brown.
Off out, won’t get back on until later tonight.
To Celts everywhere, have a good one.
HH
Easter in Dublin next year sounds like a cracking idea.
Do they still shut all the pubs on good Friday? .
Just had a vision of 40 or so lost souls stoating about Dublin trying to find the bus to the Guinness factory for the tour. :-)
Right thats me being telt to move it.
Mon the hoops lets do it.
H.H
Oh sit down, oh sit down.
Sit down next to me.
Scott Brown Brown Brown Brown
In sympathy
Estadio.
Are you in you’re native Sharkies today, or are you touring this great wild beautiful world, reason being left am going to Start Andrews Cathedral for 10 00 Mass, then ambling over to Hampden via your local,
afooot to that london town…
will i see the game? doubt it….
C.O.Y.B.I.G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkPmM2vdwZE
Good Morning CQN, ML6 is dry but dull.
KLV
Good morning friends and a Big Happy Cup Final Sunday from a dry, bright, not roasting East Kilbride.
We will rejoice – and be glad in it!
Ronny’s first of many.
accentuatethepositiveCSC
stan and stefan – sitting doon for scott broon
08:11 on 15 March, 2015
That’s no bad at all
To the Paddy McCourt tune
“Don’t slag Scott Brown ma Scotty Broon, I just dont think you understand, cause if you slag Scott Brown, ma Scotty Broon you’ll hav a riot on your hands”
Repeat as often as necessary
gerryfaethebrig
Great to meet you the other night sir, I’m glad you all had a smashing night!
50 shades of green
Still prohibition on Good Friday in Dublin. Only place I have had a pint is in the airport
We usually stock up and stay in
Morning timdom
I think we’ll win.
Amazing how (rightly) Bitton has become such a vital fulcrum.
Moi equipe c’est:
Gordon
Mathews jason VVD izzie
Bitton Broonie
Henderson Joe Hanson
KC
Griffo
HH jamesgang
Off to the first of 15 Cup Finals for Celtic this year until the end of the season.
15 huge games toward what would be a historic treble.
Big support needed to play put part.
We will be up against more than 11 on the other side if pitch each week.
No one, fans or support should be turning up and expecting to win.
Hail Hail.
hamiltontim
08:28 on 15 March, 2015
Likewise, it was a total pleasure and will be spoke about in years to come, a few of my mates who didn’t go mainly to keep money for today’s festivities are gutted as the ones that went hav been rubbing their noses in it
Yesterday at 2pm C Young on BBC radio. Rangers in hot pursuit of Hibs in 2nd place expecting a crowd well over Tuesdays 35000 at ibrox today.
Since when did 2 draws and now 3 in a row constitute hot pursuit. And the attendance was actually lower than Tuesday ?
This guy did of course previously say on air ibrox was going to be full today just before kick of v hearts on opening day. 40000 were there.
We pay a licence fee for this parody of a broadcaster.
Morning all CQNrs on LC Final Day! It will be the Ides of March for the East Coast today.
4-1 to the Champions. To all who are going, have a great day.
Will be watching on tele here in Germany.
COYBIG
HH
Gerry
Anything happening today bhoys?