Issue 5 of CQN Magazine is out today with some exciting changes. We’re moving print production into the UK for this issue, which will be available after the game against Rangers, with 8 extra pages not included the online version, covering all the drama from next week’s game.
We have a couple of retrospective articles touching on the momentous events of 2011, including an interview with George Galloway, discussing his book about the life Neil Lennon has had to endure. As you would expect, George doesn’t shirk out of the tackle.
We also have an excellent interview with Elaine C Smith, talking about growing into her life as a Celtic fan, her work and tackling domestic violence. We cover the recent Football Bill and question the possible agendas behind a senior police officer, and recent striking referee, reporting Celtic fans to Uefa.
We stick our first toe in the short story water, a clarion call to Reclaim the colour Orange, tons of great fan memories, many of which you’ll share and plenty more, it’s all there, including typos and deliberate mistakes!
You can order now with credit/debit card or Paypal and buy direct from the UK for only £3.50 + £1.50 postage and packing. Shipping costs £2 to ROI, £3 to Europe and £4 to the rest of the known universe. Click on the link below to order.
Click here to view the new issue of CQN Magazine online for free. You can support the online edition by making a discretionary donation here.
Many thanks to those who have helped get the magazine off and flying this year. Everyone who has contributed (or even read) are invited to the Cathedral House Hotel in Glasgow on Friday evening for a Christmas drink. Target time is 20:30, see you there.
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Morning all from gay Paree, temps du jour: mild but overcast (12C max)
I used to have an American colleague who was fond of saying “Well, color me stupid!”.
Would that make her a stupid colored person?
I should mention that she was probably a lighter shade of pink than me…
;o)
Paul67 et al –
According to The Celtic Wiki
” In early December 1996 Celtic were the subject of an investigation by the Inland Revenue. The investigation was to do with tax paid on transfer dealings going back as far as 1989 carried out by the old Board ”
Anyone remember or know how this panned out ?
WG, ML2
Morning all,
Well done Paul on the new magazine, I hope the one I purchase talks about how we destroyed the hun on the 28th!
Probably been covered last night, but what about the Alkmar keeper getting stuck into the fan. If that happend in Scotland, the keeper would be still in jail awaiting trial this morning, and the fan claiming on a ‘no win no fee basis’
Especially in Edinburgh………
tomtheleedstim says:
22 December, 2011 at 09:03
‘Morning Ernie – why haven’t the NAACP changed their name then. You would think they would do so if they were offended by the term.’
Because in its context it’s self evidently not racist and not offensive.
I don’t think it’s that difficult to understand.
Jungle Jim @ 8:13
By my reckoning, this is the real 500th …
Hail, hail.
tomtheleedstim says:
22 December, 2011 at 09:03
Cf. ‘Paddy McCourt’s Fenian Army’.
“Because in its context it’s self evidently not racist and not offensive.”
Like the word “black” then? Context is indeed everything.
Black people have far more worthwhile reasons to be offended than the use of the word coloured in my opinion. None of my black friends find the word offensive. Passe maybe.
I think Carla (above) may be a better judge than me anyway.
I’ve just been reading that Newcastle United are looking at Victor Wanyama as a possible replacement for Tiote who they expect to sell for £20M. I’m just wondering how they intend to cover the balance.
Seriously, last season we thought Kayal and Izzy were quality signings but big Victor will outshine them both.
MJM
semantics ya bas
COME ON YOU BHOYS IN GREEN
Morning CQNer’s.
Was reading the record(I know I know) on the train on the way home from work this morning and, was alerted to a piece by sumdy called Billy Butler about, how things in Scotland have moved on from the days of the, racial-abuse dished out to, Mark Walters ???
Lucky for Billy Butler that, he didn’t have to put up with the, disgusting racial-abuse that one, Paul Wilson had to endure for almost a ‘DECADE’ at Celtic ???
Hail! Hail!
When I was born, I was black.
When I grew up, I was black.
When I get hot, I am black.
When I get cold, I am black.
When I am sick, I am black.
When I die, I am black.
When you were born, You were pink.
When you grew up, You were white.
When you get hot, You go red.
When you get cold, You go blue.
When you are sick, You go purple.
When you die, You go green.
AND YET YOU HAVE THE CHEEK TO CALL ME COLOURED.
by an Anonymous pupil of King Edward VI School, Birmingham, UK.
modern semantics are identical to good old semantics, they’ve always been rubbish, innit
:o)
Another grim, dismal, but mild morning here in North Ayrshire.
How’s the voting going for the orange away shirt?
garcia lorca says:
22 December, 2011 at 00:41
Thomthethim
At the Leeds second leg we set off from the Gorbals in a car kept getting diverted and ended up dumping it somewhere near Shawfield. Your experience was indeed surreal. I have/had been at plenty of full houses at Hampden but that night topped the lot.
When we heard that Feyenoord was going to be our opponents in Milan then to today’s generation I guess it would be the equivalent of meeting St Mirren in a Scottish Cup Final. Milan was going to be party time. A real lesson in complacency.
………
You took a car to get from THE GORBALS to Hampden??????????????
Its a 15 minute walk!!!
Vmhan, Kano 1000 – Supporting Lenny & the Green Brigada! says:
21 December, 2011 at 20:45
Evening Celts, Whits aw this about Naranja strips! You are joking of course.
You can stick yir orange stripe up yir jacksyCSC
V
So we’ll put you down as a, “don’t know”, then?
:-)
Who the ! would want to go to Newcastle? I will give them 3 year to complete their never-ending cycle of relegation.
See Larsson for how you go about being successful leaving Celtic.
jhilday says:
22 December, 2011 at 09:46
Another grim, dismal, but mild morning here in North Ayrshire.
How’s the voting going for the orange away shirt?
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You get my vote, with one condition…..the socks MUST be green & white hoops!!!
Hail! Hail!
Spurs stewards to wear headcams to target fans
Morning Celts from a sunny NW coast of engerlund.
Jhilday, ye can stick yir orange jersey up yir jacksie!
A nice wee walk down memory lane last night, thoroughly enjoyed it.
V
BlantyreKev – Hail Hail to the Kano Foundation says:
22 December, 2011 at 09:38
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Thumbs up.
Still think the term coloured still sounds less racist than black imo, thats what I would use.
I would use Asian to describe the folk from indian and chinese descent.
HH
If Black and Brown are considered racist, why is White not considered racist as well if used by somebody who is not White?
Jhilday ha! thought ye missed my post last night, it’s the hoops for me, just look how we’ve improved recently by wearing the hoops.
V
KevJungle and Vmhan,
I’m a bit alarmed that it’s become, “my” orange shirt!
I merely picked up on an idea floated by another poster.
Still think it’s a good one though.
They’d hate it.
I remember when I went to the Leeds game at Hampden,when we were trying to get into the north enclosure ther were dozens of supporters trying to get out,telling us there were no room on the terracing.Nevertheless we forced our way in and eventually found some space near the front,what a game,there must have been 150 000 there.
On the way back in the supporters bus we stopped for at a chip pie,and who walked in but John Fallon ,and then proceeded to tell us all,that he would had save Bremners shot,yes YJohn you would have,NOT.
greenjedi says:
22 December, 2011 at 10:01
It’s to do with where power lies.
jhilday says:
22 December, 2011 at 10:06
greenjedi says:
22 December, 2011 at 10:01
It’s to do with where power lies.
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Sounds like double standards. I don’t know why anybody has to mention colour at all?
A black or coloured person will know if you mean well or you’re racist, it’ll be in the tone of voice and the context in which you use it. Treat a black/ coloured person as an equal, that’s all they ask for, no need for barriers ask Labbe Siffre.
V
And CSKA Moscow may trump Celtic’s move for Maritimo’s Baba Diawara by making a £4m offer for the striker. (Express)
Hope this is not another player we should of, could of got and slipped through our fingers.
Jelavic injury scare during special derby day preparations
I remember when I was a wee boy at school, or not as the case was more often. I remember robbing my dentist of appointment cards and giving them out at school to all and sundry and months later my dentist taking revenge by experimenting on my gums with his drill. I remember walking along the new motorway, past Abbotsinch, to Glasgow airport. I remember looking up at the flicking board in the modest terminal building and seeing place names like Aberdeen, London, Manchester, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin… and I used to watch the planes depart and I would wonder. I loved wondering and I loved wandering in my head, I wondered what it was like in those places; how the people lived.
Around the same time I was lucky my dad would take me to the games and come season’s end we’d invariably find ourselves in a cup final or another. There were always homemade banners at those cup finals, The San Francisco Celtic Supporters, The New York Celtic Supporters, Melbourne Celtic Supporters, Munich Celtic Supporters, Sydney Celtic Supporters, and I was in awe and I used to wonder. I loved wondering and in my head I wandered; I wondered what life would be like in those places. How the people lived. I used to wonder too how those Supporters from such far flung places could possibly get their hands on a brief.
Now decades later, in isolation, I watch youtubes likethis, Green Brigade Fans Against Criminalisation Kill The Bill, I see place names like Windsor, Elgin, Grangemouth, Craigneuk, Preston, Castlemilk, Kilsyth and I wonder why I left and what – since then – has motivated the authorities to promote and legalise minority HATE. And I wonder why I don’t see banners in support from San Francisco, New York, Brisbane, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Wellington, Sydney.
I’ve figured out how all those Supporters from so far flung places get briefs, Supporters from home with hearts of gold give up their hard earned briefs so fond strangers can – just for a moment at least… live the life.
I support FAC and I hope other Supporters who don’t live in Scotland appreciate and communicate the repulsive discrimination that is going on in the country of their birth.How do those who promote the HATE live with themselves.
Gers target Kris Boydichenko is ‘being pursued by a host of Europe’s top clubs’ but STV sports desk understands he’s set to snub them all, for a return to Tarbolton
and he’s even willing to pay his own transfer fee.
this
Please excuse spelling etc., on previous comment.moved from laptop to iPad and seem to be making a lot of mistakes.Slan
The ole let’s link a Celtic player with a transfer routine.
Must be a potential humping in the horizon.
That awkward period at work, where it’s too near Christmas and you’ve still got loads of work to clear.
An Orange top for Celtic?
An Orange top for Celtic?
I found myself thinking of the old Peter Kay ‘Garlic bread’ routine there.
‘Garlic’ – on bread?
jhilday says:
22 December, 2011 at 10:04
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If the sight of the Celts in an Orange strip/jersey gets up their blue-noses then, so much the better! IMO!
HAVE to go !
Laters.
May God Bless ‘Every’ Celtic Fan.