It’s heartening to see Celtic linked with a raft of players over the weekend and encouraging for many but I’d ignore everything you read about a Celtic target this far out from the transfer window opening. All an agent needs to do is post a DVD to Lennoxtown to be able to legitimately link his player to Celtic. The club will also scout up to 100 players a season, enough to keep you busy on the stats sites for hours, but even Ronny doesn’t know who he will be signing at this stage of the season.
After 11 wins in 13 league games Aberdeen’s title challenge inevitably slipped. They’ve won once since February, coming from behind against Motherwell at Pittodrie, as Celtic, Dundee and Partick Thistle have taken points from them. We are at the stage of the season when injuries, suspensions and fatigue kick in. Whereas Celtic were able to add quality to their squad in January, Aberdeen have to work on a tighter budget. That the gap at the top is only seven points, with Celtic having a game in hand, says a lot for the direction of travel at Aberdeen.
If Ronny gets his treble wish, this season’s title will be a lot tighter than the last treble, won at a canter by Martin O’Neill. It was a weaker league back then, Aberdeen were rubbish.
Talking about direction of travel, have you been watching the ebay auction for Hospitality for four for a day at this year’s Open Golf Championship at St Andrews? This is a unique prize and has attracted some incredible support.
The auction is in aid of the Celtic Quick News appeal to build a fourth school kitchen in Malawi for Mary’s Meals. Shuttle transport for the five minute journey to and from the golf course as needed, with beer, Gin and Whisky tastings throughout the day with the master distiller.
You also have the chance to create a unique CQN single malt whisky cask worth potentially £5000 for future CQN charities, and you will receive a bottle of this very special single malt whisky to commemorate the great day when it is bottled in several years.
Eden Mill is Scotland’s newest and most innovative distillery and brewery incorporated in February 2012! Located just 2 miles from the famous Old Course itself it provides a perfect base for hospitality for yourself and 3 friends on a day of your choosing at the forthcoming open golf championship on July 16th to 19th.
But this is so much more than just a day’s hospitality at the home of golf. Before taking to the course to watch, you will enjoy a breakfast roll or two and discuss your perfect single malt whisky with the master distiller.
Whilst you and your friends are enjoying the golf he will seek to surpass your favourite whisky by using the best barley to create the right wash and recommending the right type of barrels for our very own unique CQN 1/4 cask of single malt. A cask which will mature and provide over £5000 of future funding for our charities in a few years’ time.
You will return to the distillery by shuttle bus for lunch and an optional beer tasting and then for afternoon tea with a tutored gin and whisky tasting with the owner capping off a memorable, unique and very special day for your group and for CQN.
My thanks to Eden Mill for their incredible support. You can bid on the auction here.
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“I also take this opportunity to confirm to all Rangers supporters and shareholders that, despite the ill-informed commentary on the subject, the loss of the AIM listing was all to do with the prior Rangers Board and nothing to do with the current Board.
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Would that be the “ill-informed commentary” from Paul Murray…..???
weet weet weet(GBWO)
18:57 on
7 April, 2015
In common with other arms of the media, The Telegraph squeals to the high heavens at any suggestion of regulation.
It does not help when a newspaper publishes lies leaked by a government department, and a former minister of that department shrugs his shoulders with the comment that,these things happen at eleciton times.
Good Evening.
Forgive me for pointing out the bleeding obvious but we have been here before.
The news that Mr David Cinninghame King has been cleared to become a Director of Rangers International Football Club Ltd should not come as a surprise to anyone.
The reason that it should not come as a surprise is because there was NEVER any legal impedimant to his becoming a company director.
Most people reading this could become a company director in the space of 5 minutes if they put their mind to it. All you have to do if fill in the online forms, press the buttons on the computer and hey presto it is a done deal.
Obviously we have yet to see the reasonong behind the decision that was made by the Lord Ordinary sitying in judgement but I will venture that the argument that was presented was along the following lines.
I am Dave King.
There is a company called Rangers International Football Club PLC and I want to become a Director of that company and the rest of the board are willing to approve my appointment.
There was once a company called Rangers PLC that I was a director of but that has gone into Liquidation and has nothing to do with RIFC PLC.
Can I become a Director?
At this juncture the judge will say yes and look down from the bench at whoever is presenting this pile of trip and say ” Of course! Are you mad? Why wouldn’t Mr King be able to become a Director?”
Now that might be answered in many ways but here are a few sample answers:
1. Because Mr King has been convicted of over counts of tax evasion in South Africa, was fined and given an alternative jail sentence.
Well, you see that doesn’t prevent you becoming a director of anything. If other people want to make a convicted tax felon a director of their company then they can — if they are that stupid because obviously the banks and the tax authorities might take an interest in that when determining if a company run by such a guy is likely to be able to record its accounts and tax affairs properly.
2. Oh well how about the fact that this might be a Phoenix company when viewed against the “Old” Rangers?
“Are you asking me to rule whether it is or is not a Phoenix?”
” Certainly not!”
” Well that is a matter for the another day? Of course the revenue might successfully argue that this is a Phoenix and there would be consequences – but that is not what I am being asked to rule on today, is it?”
“Naw”
3. The SFA might try and say that Mr King is not a fit and proper person?
” A fit and proper person to do what? Run a football club? Run a Pub? Hold a casino licence? fly a plane? Drive a taxi? Deal in scrap metal? what?”
The point is, a person can be a director of a company and if he has been convicted of drink driving a couple of times he will be deemed as not fit a proper to hold a taxi licence by the licensing board. If the same person has operated a pub that has been caught repeatedly selling drink to minors or selling drink out of hours he will be deemed as not fit and proper to hold a drinks licence – by the licensing board.
If he can’t fly a plane, then just because he is a company director he won’t get a pilot’s licence by the CAA, and if he doesn’t have a demonstrable big wad of cash, suitable premises and all sorts of other things you don’t get to operate a casino — by the gaming board.
But what about football clubs?
Well you see there is the thing — RIFC PLC doesn’t operate a football club. It owns a subsidiary that does but……. well Dave King hasn’t been appointed a director of that one has he?
So that is a busted flush right there but even if he had been then why would the judge declare him fit and proper in terms of the SFA rules in the Court of Session?
The answer is — he wouldn’t and he didn’t?
Were the SFA there? No
Have the SFA ever been saked to rule on King? NO
Would the judge make a decision on the SFA rules at this stage? NO
Because the SFA rules are for the SFA to deal with — otherwise we would have footballers turning up every monday saying ” Hey Judge gonny rule that I didny dive?”
No, ladies and gentlemen, today we have returned to the good old days of RTC, the Gers and the MSM.
A court case called for the first time today and sweet fanny adams happened.
You read it here first.
It is clear to me that the AIM regulator simply lost patience with the embarrassment that the company has been to AIM since it was listed.
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And yet you had a new one “all lined up”……..???
TBJ.
I don’t know about Arnold but the way the hit list is looking, there will eventually be more tims than huns in there…;)))
And yes ther were more Tpyo’s in that post that you can shak a stik at!
My condolences to Derbyshire and Turnbull Huuton’s families.
Good guys always seem to leave us sooner. The loss of the two Pauls, McBride and McConville repsectively, has been a great loss to their families first and foremost but also to ordinary people for being able to decipher the legalese to help us understand.
Paul McBride encouraged the OB act but he should be remembered for the way he took on the SFA when they were out to get Neil for anything.
Going by Brogan’s earlier post, today’s court of session decision may have little effect on what is happening at Ibrox but as Jackson has already deliberately misinformed people, the propaganda war will be stepped up, stating the obvious.
I was on a wee session this afternoon so I’m a little bit maith go leor, so I’ll confine my contribution to just one post. If I sober up I might post again before bedtime.
Anyhow scrolling back I spotted Awe Naws post about doing something a little more positive than just posting RIP on site for our departed friend Derbyshire Bhoy. I think that is an excellent idea, unfortunately the post got a bit lost with the fit and proper news about the Glib & Shameless but I just want to say if a plan gets off the ground and someone is raising a few shekels, I’m in.
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma
19:21 on
7 April, 2015
And yes ther were more Tpyo’s in that post that you can shak a stik at!
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Spellers of the world untie -))
Good post BRTH
mike in Toronto @ 15.36
One day we will all meet on the corner. Lads from the northeast singing about CQN corner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYPBF4s8m_Y
South of Tunis @ 16.17
And we wouldn’t eat anything from a van except single nougats. (The double nougats and oysters are like fast wummin – just to much to handle)
An Tearmann
When Castlemilk was a real scheme there was none of this arcade business. Crolla’s ice cream vans, and wee Neil’s blue Ford van. Nae schools (for Tims anyway), and for a while nae shops either. There was a moonscape across from our close for ages including strange alien craft. Then I realized that they were just about to build more flats across form us and the alien craft were just loads of upturned baths left there by the builder for at least 3 months.
HH
Is the Villa v QPR game live on TV folks?
Four Green Fields, its good to hear you and your son had a great time in Dortmund.
Your post about your time before during and after the game was too short in my mind.
Would it be possible for you do an article about your trip on CQN magazine if winning captain’s is willing?
I’m watching ITV 4’s Bundesliga highlights programme from last night. A tremedous show to watch with no sky style syciphants involved.
BTW poor old Rod Clements is having the mother of all bad hair days.
Like a ginger Billy Connolly on hair steroids.
As for Billy Nowell on the big drum…
tremedeous = tremendous syciphants = sycophants and I slag my son for his spelling
rwe…
Don’t take it the wrong way… What age are you?
Fourgreenfields
Good wee post about your weekend trip to Dortmund. Glad you both had a great time.
Well the latest court of session stuff is designed to put pressure on the SFA but the SFA will still need to explain the following if they let him in
(h) he has been convicted within the last 10 years of (i) an offence liable to imprisonment of two years or more, (ii) corruption or (iii) fraud;
(j) he has been a director of a club in membership of any National Association within the 5-year period preceding such club having undergone an insolvency event;(h)
now the first one here is pretty unambiguous is it not? I wonder how they will get round that one. And the second one? Well that one seems unambiguous as well unless the try and pull a club clumany type situation. Of course Paul Murray gets one on this one two but as ever the SFA are saying nothing.
If both Murray and King are allowed to be directors then the game is again a bogey. Directly ignoring their own regulations eh. Who’d have thunk it??
Isn’t it tomorrow that we find out whether the SFA will make up rules to punish a celtic player for saying either Huns or telling the truth about th huns being dead??
Ah it’s a funny old world in racist Scotland no??
It is all about keeping the hun show on the road until ST sale time. 4 weeks.
HH
Hamiltontim, Sky don’t have tonight’s EPL on but those who have sky sports, second leg of the Fiorentina Rubentus cup tie is on. Fiorentina won 2 1 away in Turin.
Dortmund v Hoffenheim is on ESPN, thirteen minutes gone nil nil.
My wife’s out, my son’s training isn’t on so a football night on the telly for me.
Motherwell v St Mirren on BT also.
Hamiltontim
http://www.live-footballontv.com/
Dallas/dontpatmadug
Cheers lads.
Rwe
St Margaret Mary’s. ….. and St. Dominic’s primary … :)
The Looking Glass in Castlemilk arcade, now that was a great shoap. Remember queueing for bread wan cold winter in the arcade.
memories CSC
H H
Neganon
Correct me if I am wrong but RIFC does not hold a licence from the SFA to run a football club.
It is the holding company is it not.
A subsidiary is the “Football” company and Dave the King of Tax Returns is not a Director of that company!
I understand that the gsl and Murray are going to change their names by deed poll to mr fit and mr proper
sorted
Dortmund 1 nil up v Hoffenheim in the German Cup.
Great atmosphere in the Westfalen/signal iduna stadium.
1-0 Murderwell
1 nil Motherwell
St Mirren defending very poor in comparison to last Friday night.
dortmund 1 hoffenheim 1
I won’t update the Dortmund score in case anyone is recording it.
How about a brick for Derbyshire bhoy or a paving stone on the Celtic way
Or how about a few in honour of our dearly departed cqnrs
dallas dallas where the heck is dallas
Thanks mate .
I have never written an article as such , would be a challenge if nothing else :-)
Just put the motherwell v St Mirren game on…some on the park look older than oldtim.
dallas dallas where the heck is dallas
You sure you have the correct poster??? :O)
hamiltontim
Might need some help with an article soon :-))
captainmoonlight….
Mind the looking glass well, my wee mates ma worked in it.
Just as a matter of interest how many that post on here lived in Castlemilk?
sipsini
I moved from Dennistoun to Dunagoil Terrace in 1957, when I was 6. I am 64 now.
67 heaven
Ah when we got our schools. I remember the celebrations. Never figured out why we had a church called St Martins and a school called St Dominics.
I spent the first 18 months being bussed to St Bonaventures in Polmadie. Mr Smith was my teacher there in my second year, Miss Henratty/Hanratty in my first year.
I was a St Dominics bhoy, MissGraham was my teacher.
Mr Kelly the Janie and the football team. Only ever made the reserves.
sipsini
Proud to say I have never lived in Castlemanky.
YOUNG GLEN YA BASS!!
Would suggest the MIB has had his instructions on ensuring a Motherwell victory here….wonder why..?