We’ve been trailing the Ukraine-Russia Joint League plans, which was due to commence early next year, since they were first mooted in 2012. Political will, met commercial money, and a football desire to put the merger of two large national leagues into the schedule.
Needless to say, these plans are off the agenda, although it’s easy to look back now and see why the political will was so forthcoming. Note to Westminster, if you want to indulge in a bit of togetherness, put your shoulder behind building a relevant nationwide sporting infrastructure.
Instead of a Joint League, what the football authorities in Russia, Ukraine and Zurich are left with is a bit of a mess. Crimean clubs, Sevastopli and Tavriya are midway through a season in the Ukrainian Premier League. Russian minister for Sport, Vitaly Mutko, said, “From the beginning of next season Sevastopol and Tavria wiil join the Russian Premier League”, which will expand to accommodate them.
He told Russian media he had received assurances from Fifa that they would accommodate the change, adding, “We want a friendly relationship with Ukraine and do not want to disrupt their current championship. When the season finishes in May we will be back in discussions to formulate the way forward.”
The Russian media report that Ukrainian FA are less interested in maintaining friendly relations with their eastern neighbours and have written to Fifa and Uefa asking them to ban Russian football if they take clubs from the Ukrainian FA without permission. This claim has not been mentioned in the Ukrainian press, or on the Ukraine FA website – despite this being cited as the source in Russia, so it cannot be verified.
Clubs moving between national associations is a common occurrence, happening every year somewhere in the world, but I’m unaware of it happening without the approval of both FAs. Notwithstanding that, there is zero chance Uefa or Fifa will block this transfer. Two member clubs are in a problematic situation, they have a league which wants to take them. Uefa will approve.
Conspiracy theorists everywhere were confounded this morning when one of Europe’s most connected clubs, Bayern Munich, were issued with a partial stadium closure for their home Champions League quarter final against Manchester United, after fans displayed an offensive banner against Arsenal in the last round. Homophobia was their offence of choice.
Seville – The Celtic Movement:
“After the game I asked a policeman the way to the station and he just pointed ahead…walked on to find myself in Porto Bus area…walked back – asked another Policeman and he pointed other way”.
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Celts,
I’ve watched this video a few times and posted it on FB, it’s a choir from Wisconsin spontaneously singing in a cracking pub in my favourite city of Derry, it’s awesome.
Click and enjoy amigos!
http://youtu.be/zcJagerw8cM
V
So if we win the title this week, who do we send away for an early break? Or, put another way, what would we imagine our basic team to be after securing the title?
Oh, and will the BBC refer to us as `Champions` as often as they do with the Third tier Divisional winners?
JJ
TD67
At least we can agree on something >}
HH
Oh aye
The pub in the Town I Love So Well is
Peadar O’Donnell’s,
V
Magic for dogs.
http://wimp.com/magicdogs/
TET
There is merit in that, especially Barca. Though Real have a more cynical type of defender.
Our back five “collectively” not individually is arguably the best in Celtic history IMHO
the exiled tim
17:41 on 24 March, 2014
TD67
At least we can agree on something >}
HH
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Well I can’t be right all the time :)
It’s as good a back five I’ve seen, and I have seen many my friend, yes I have to say it’s up there with the best.
Agree with TET and our mhan in the brazen
vmhan
I love it when those kind of things happen. Did you notice the CelticFC emblem?
JJ
kitalba
07:47 on
23 March, 2014
An Tearmann:
Thanks for wee nod, I could have posted ten times the amount I did but somebody has to pay for every word written on here and I didn’t want to take too much of a liberty with Paul67′s generosity.
What do you know about Pope Pius XII and the X Report? Not trying to be smart or to put you on the spot, just wondering if you’d ever heard about it, or if anybody had heard about it for that matter.
Hi kit my reading into PiusXll was prompted by watching a documentary made in 1995 by the BBC reputations series
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0939655/.
i recall at the time it raised a lot of debate within/outwith the church
Thanks also for the De Valera material,good reading.
HH An T
Zaluska
Fisher Fraser Mulgrew ?
Kayal Henderson Biton Twardjik
Griffiths Stokes
Vmhan – YNWA Wee Oscar
I was messing about on you tube the other night and came across that song being sung at the graveside of Liam Clancys funeral.
I cried, dont know why but I did.
Good to meet you at CQTEN Sir
Liam Clancy Funeral – Graveside Reverie
Paul67 et al
I am guessing but as long as Gazprom is sponsoring UEFA, and whoever else, then there has been no crime in Crimea, or at least none to worry Michel or Sepp unduly. Puts paid to the Ukraine-Russia model mind you. Then again borders in that part of the world have a habit of moving, in this or that direction, and that includes both the German and Polish borders, over two hundred miles of them. Could go to extra time before it is all over!
Sorry BSR, you know the ol’ hearing goes with age, also the numerous shouts of bj bj in section 404 makes it difficult for me to distinguish that of a true love;) – ye should’ve came over young man
hh
bj
Vmhan – YNWA Wee Oscar
17:42 on
24 March, 2014
Oh aye
The pub in the Town I Love So Well is
Peadar O’Donnell’s,
V
Geez i bet that skinned ye getting all them a drink my friend :-))
Class.
HH
hamiltontim is praying for oscar
13:42 on 24 March, 2014
On the look out for any spare tickets for Wednesday night at Firhill folks, my bus is desperately short. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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As your bus is desperately short, have you,thought about putting on a roof rack to accommodate more passengers.
justaweejokeCSC
vmhan – ynwa wee oscar
17:40 on 24 March, 2014
One of my favourite songs – beautiful thanks for sharing.
LeftClickTic – someone posted that on here years ago, had the same affect on me. – I had my parting glass a few years back, I’m now on my new life ;)
Jungle Jim
17:49 on 24 March, 2014
Zaluska
Fisher Fraser Mulgrew BARR??
Kayal Henderson Biton Twardjik
Griffiths Stokes
I would hath come hither to yon balcony
but thinketh I’ll see him sooneth as
Championeth.
KeepethWarmeth CSC
Ha thought you CQN’ers would enjoy that.
Leftclicktic to short pal, see ye next time at BMCUW hoopsannanay!
V
Paul67
I have been surprised that the state of Scottish football under independent governance has not been used by the Better Together campaigners to suggest this is what happens when a small population is restricted ( by choice) from joining with a larger population and market right on its doorstep, for the benefit for all.
Of course the problem the Better Together campaign has is that staying together does absolutely nothing to help those trapped in the independent football nation state in Scotland that already exists.
Now that could be addressed by Better Together supporters saying that the anomaly of an independent football nation state within an otherwise united market will be addressed by a UK government post referendum, if the vote is to remain a United Kingdom.
The fact that the deterioration in Scottish football and the link to its independent government has not been made a political football ( see what I did there) by Better Together fills me with no more confidence at continuing rule from Westminster than does the prospect of a national Scottish Government whose advocates thought the Offensive Behaviour at Football legislation was a good thing.
So on the politics a plague on both their houses.
On self interest I am part of the ageing Scottish demographic as anyone 55 years and over will be in 10 years when I understand that, unless there is a few right bad winters, (black humour), the number of codgers requiring support will be greater than now. So no thanks.
On a Celtic level we would be doomed to be a big plant in a small pot with insufficient nourishment to reach our higher potential and aspirations if Scottish Government, like the SFA became independent.
Philosophically I think the idea of independence is an illusion anyway. We all depend on each other at some point or other and we either have cooperation or conflict. Separation encourages the illusion of independence and makes conflict more likely than cooperation, especially if the divorce is not amicable.
an tearmann
17:57 on 24 March, 2014
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I would have if I was lucky enough to be there :>)
V
billy bhoy 05
15:02 on 24 March, 2014
Weeminger
You will have show me that in context. Also I stand by what I said. Aiden was born brought up in Glasgow and he is Scottish, therefore IMHO he should play for Scotland. It would be different if he wasn’t getting that opportunity but I don’t think that was the case.
No one will convince me otherwise and I don’t see why I should be castigated for my Scottishness. Particularly when most of are Scottish
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hamiltontim is praying for oscar
15:17 on 24 March, 2014
billy bhoy 05
15:02 on 24 March, 2014
Aiden saw himself as Irish that’s what matters.
No offence but what right have you or anyone else got to dictate to any individual what ethnic group they feel they belong to?
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OK, let’s not have any rewriting of history where Aiden is concerned. The reason he chose to play for Ireland is quite simple.
When playing for Celtic boys club he was not allowed to play for his school team. The SFA had a policy at that time to only pick boys for the Scottish schoolboys team if they actually played for their school. So Aiden was not selected.
Ireland did not have such a policy and as he was eligible, they did pick Aiden.
When it came time to decide whether to play for the senior Scottish team or the Irish team he chose the team that chose him.
Also, Aiden does have deep connections with Ireland having spent many summer holidays there with his family and Scottish friends.
Serie A .
Wee trip to Catania yesterday for –
Catania 0–Rubentus 1.
Went to see Pirlo ( maybe for the last time ) He was great ..
Brutal game. Catania tried to turn it into a kicking match but to their credit, Rube did not retaliate . Big Rube support , Rube clubs across Sicily and the south of Italy well represented .Fighting before ,during and after the game. The Rube team bus was attacked with rocks and fireworks .Some Catania fans saw fit to chant —” Thanks Liverpool ” and ” Heysel, Heysel, its a wonderful memory “( to the tune of New York , New York )
AC Milan now 12th in Serie A . Media not slow to point out that the last thing a shambles of a team needed was a new Manager who has been late for training 4 times in 2 months..
Sunny day,clear blue sky and a bitterly cold wind-way down south
My Condolences To Gold Coast Tom….
On The Loss Of His Brother….
Trad88
Cheers but to be honest I think they’d last about 2 minutes in the home end!!
Supersutton
CaltonTongues could go on that, good thinking :-)
jungle jim
17:47 on 24 March, 2014
vmhan
I love it when those kind of things happen. Did you notice the CelticFC emblem?
JJ.
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Aye there’s a few Celtic badges etc including a repatriated big orange drum with a sash round it (thumbs up), I’ve watched more than a few Celtic games in there, it’s where the Paul McStay CSC Doire are run from.
V
bjmac
18:00 on 24 March, 2014
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Very welcome amigo!
turkeybhoy
14:29 on 24 March, 2014
“…A nation that
has ,raped,pillaged,murdered,decima
ted races of people,stole the wealth
of many countries,was at the
forefront of the slave trade,and who
for 800 years has acted with
barbarity in Ireland.The English
nation that is.A blot on civilized
society for so long,it would be
impossible to catalogue their many
sins.
Before the enforced(on the common
people)Union Of The Crowns,we as a
nations only concern was defending
ourselves from the monster on our
doorstep.We invaded no one.We
traded with everyone.We got on well
with everyone
Now if I were to chose which Nation I
would like to be a member of,I would
not think twice.Shame of association
would be enough to sway my vote.
But thats just me,a Celtic fan for over
50 years who thought he knew his
fellow Celtic fans.There you
go.Nothing certain in this life.
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Hmmm….
‘TurkeyBhoy’…..
“A Nation That Has Raped,Pillaged,Murdered,Decimated
Races Of People,Stole Wealth Of Many Countries,Was At The Forefront Of The Slave Trade..”
Are You Not Getting A Wee Bit Confused Here…..?
Surely The Nation You Had In Mind Was The Ruthless,Parasitical Ottoman Empire And The ‘ Glorious Caliphate’..
The Greatest Enslavers In The History Of My Dear Blue Planet….
And Responsible For The Death Of 250 Million Non-Believers….
(Including 50-80 Million Hindus And Buddhists)
How Many Irish Coleens Were Taken Into Slavery In Ottoman Turkey,Via The Vikings..?
How Many Irish Collens Were Plucked From Irish Villages…..
By The Barbary Pirates/Ottoman Corsairs From North Africa In The 17th Century……?
Two Million European Christians Enslaved By Them…….
Until Napoleon Invaded North Africa And Cleaned Out This Nest Of Vipers In 1811…?
The British Put An End To 1400 Years Of Arab Slavery In Africa……
Which Involved 3-4 Times Greater
Number Of People Than Were Involved In The Transatlantic Slave Trade….
How Do You Reckon That The Christian Folk Of The Balkans Came To Be Referred To As Slavs/Slaves…….?
Talk About BRASS NECK,Palomine….!!!!
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Ottoman_Empire
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_pirates
Up The Hoops !
10,9,8,7,6,5…
Whau-r-r-r-s Francie ??
Tiny Tim
The Scotsman newspaper. That bastion of right wing democracy. Aye Right!
Polis Scotland confirm U 20 game between Celtic and Sevco will be at Minty Park and not Poundland.Rumour was Sevco couldn’t afford Polis costs.
Ur you no Francie?
Anyway Mike & Bernie Winters might be more apt?
Francie & Josie could do funny.
Do you have a large hairy dog or just the regulation pitbull?
Good evening friends. 4 more points and should be a maximum of 5 sleeps till we are Champions yet again.
vmhan – ynwa wee oscar
17:40 on 24 March, 2014
WOW!!!
Tenthe anniversary of Celtic knocking out Barcelona tomorrow night !!!
John Kennedy. David Marshall. Stephen Pearson. Sean Maloney and others. We even had a few home grown Scots in the squad.