Delighted for the Celtic Youths, who won the Under-20 league for the fifth successive season. Youth football is not skewed in favour of the wealthier clubs in the way first team football is. Celtic will be able to afford better coaches and scouts, but wage levels at this age are broadly consistent across the board, so that five year stretch is an indication that we’re doing a lot of things right at development level.
Greg Dyke’s review of English football this week drew an incredible level of condemnation but it’s central thrust, how to translate 18-year-old talent into first team stars, remains a challenge. Especially at clubs competing who recruit to compete at the very top of the European game. Celtic chose to send many of their top Youths out on loan this season, one of the suggestions Dyke’s report made. We’ll see how productive this proves.
The final week of the season saw the Youths need two wins, against Rangers* and Dundee United Youths to deny the boys from Sir David Murray Park snatching what would have been a significant title. While progress has been patchy for their first team, Youths boss, Gordon Durie, has narrowed the gap at the top better than the other Murray Park coaches. If and when they can afford to get rid of McCoist, don’t be surprised to see Durie step up, I hear he’s impressed for all the right reasons.
*occasional use of the word “Rangers”, “Airdrieoneans” or “Elvis” without the prefix “Newco” or suffix “Costello” does not infer that the original entities to bear those names are currently in existence. Both football clubs were liquidated, Sevco Scotland changed their registered name to Rangers after administrators of the old club changed and released their name. Clydebank changed their name to Airdrie United, and then to Airdrieoneans.
Pump it up.
Hope everyone one attending the Hootenanny this afternoon has a great day. My chances of getting there and remaining intact is diminishing by the minute.
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the proclaimers/500 miles – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0sTNtWDiI
Timbhoy
What? Skin up. Or. Get rid of your wife. Or both? ;))
Delaney ‘s…
Me and Mrs Rye will never divorce as none of us want custody of the weans haha
LucozadeOrangeisgreatCSC
Delaney,
Actually both sounds quite enticing lol
Delaney’s….
Last time I had some weed was about 20 odd years ago at a Paul Weller gig in London.
Big black guy sold me a couple of ready rolled j’s full of some type of seeds.
Cannae remember a thing about the concert and I love Oor Paul….
Frightened the shoite outta me the next day….
Benson and Hedges is about the strongest thing I puff these days.
Ryecatcher
ah ran away fae mine about 20 years ago.
Ma boys that is.
Timbhoy
About to do the former with some Clydebank grown Cheese. Loverley ;)
Oh dear…I can hear the Bride awake upstairs…..think she might be rummaging aboot looking for something…..
Aff oot……back soon!!
DD, Ah didnae realise you had the right climate .
Still there´s aye green hooses.
Ryecatcher,it´s probably you she´s rummagin fur.
Oh dear
Timbhoy
Aye,Clydeside hydroponics :)
Delaney,right ah need tae go tae ma bed.
Ah´m donald ducked.
Dae ye know James Clark fae Maryhill ?
Timbhoy
Aye, I do know James and his family. Ma mammy is fae Maryhill.
GNGB
Rye, you mentioned Floyd earlier which brought to mind a night in the blocks when in 1980 an English screw who was on night guard placed a record player in between our wing and the one acjent to us and played The Wall. This was I think about 11-30pm(we had no watches ) and of course everyone was blown away be by the music especially as the acoustics and the surroundings added to the effect.
Anyway the screw (who was renowned for having a liking for weed)went off and left the record player ..well playing.., and as us auld hands know when certain of the old record players came to the end of a disc they just went back to the begining of the record and started again. This went on until about 5 oclock in the morning when the screw sobered up and knocked it off
I know every word of every track of that effin album to this day
But funnily enough I love it
Home at last! Great time at the hootenanny..I think? Was a pleasure meeting all the names/faces from the CQN family. Hail Hail. Need to get my arse in gear for the title party later on.
Well it´s a small world Delaney isn´t it.
Ah´m big friends wi James & his wife Anne & son & daughter.
Anne comes oot here tae visit us every year.
Ah love them aw tae bits,
I’ve counted them all out (the kids) and now I’ve counted them all in
Oiche mhaith
Frantic
Ryan loves ye!
Great afternoon bro! :))
Timbhoy in spain
If the East Kilbride Frews who live in Canada are any relation, it’s a good thing Stephen got yer dad’s strip.
Delaneys dunky, Ryan’s got good taste!
Teuchter ár lá,
ah´m no too sure aboot that but ma sister´s man was a serious cream bun
& so was Stephen & his brother who still is but Stephen seen the light one day & telt me ” Uncle Brian Ah´m supportin Celtic noo cos ma Grandad played for them & noo he is a fanatical Tim.
Frantic
Impeccable taste like his da. We baith love Celtic too! :))
Soaked tae the feckin skin and garage had nae Lucozade Orange.
Wonder if Mrs Rye will be able to tell the difference,in her sleepy state,from Lucozade Orange to Diet Pepsi.
Tell ye whit the Garage did have tho…….Tunnocks Caramel Wafers and I’m slavering at the thought of eating a couple of them.
Hail Hail to Archie Tunnock
Timbhoy in spain
When I landed here in the mid nineties we all used to drink in the same boozer
Auld Hughie and his wife Grace – both sadly passed now.
sons Gordie and Alan were visited regularly by McCoist.
What is the friggin point of Facebook?
Is it Social Media for the cerebrally challenged?
I mean people telling the world the whole family are on holiday, as the local junkie burglar rubs his hands at the thought of easy money.
Am I missing something?
If somebody was to start an AffyerFacebook…..Now yer talking….I’m in!!
Oh dear….
I have been summoned by text to explain why Lucozade Orange now looks like Lucozade Black and tastes very like Diet Pepsi.
Better guys than me have turned water into wine and fed thousands of people from a few slices of bread and a wee bit of fish.
Maybe the Bride will understand the concept of Transubstantiation better now.
Delaney’s Dunkey got divorced over a bottle of Lucozade,so please wish me luck……
She can have half of everything apart from Henrik the Dug……hands off he’s mine!!
Ha Ha…..Billy MacBilly fae Brechin…..get it Roon ye!!
A RAGING Rangers fan is caught in an odds war with the bookies after backing his heroes to go unbeaten in the league.
Offshore worker Billy Hamilton bet £40 at 33-1 on the Gers playing the League One season without losing. He thought he stood to win almost £1400.
He planned to take wife Linda to Bali with the winnings to celebrate his 50th birthday.
But after taking his bet, the bookies called him – to tell him they’d got the odds wrong and should only have given him 14-1.
That would mean a payout of just £600, and Billy’s refusing to take it lying down.
He’s taken his case to experts in London to demand the full £1360 he says he’s due.
Dad-of-three Billy, of Brechin, told the Record: “I laid the bet in good faith.
“The bookmaker looked up the odds and came back with 33-1. I even got him to write it on my slip.”
Billy placed the bet at 4.26pm last August 26, after Rangers’ third game, at LoganBet in his home town. He then went offshore for a fortnight.
He said: “I didn’t hear anything for about 12 or 14 games, when Rangers were knocking teams over.
“Then the manager contacted me. He said the original odds were wrong and it should only have been 14-1.
“I wasn’t having any of it. It’s not on. It’s the same as shortening the odds of a horse when it’s leading by 20 lengths down the home straight.
“I put the bet on early so I’d get good odds. Another punter made the same bet at 33-1 and LoganBet honoured it.”
LoganBet owner Bert Logan insisted Billy was told about the mistake within days of it being made.
He said: “Mr Hamilton was given the wrong odds of 33-1 and was quite clearly advised four days later of the fact.
“He was given the chance to cancel the bet or take the reduced price. If a mistake has been made, a bookmaker is quite within his rights to offer the correct odds.”
Paul ReidBilly’s slip shows odds of 33-1
Bert admitted paying out to another punter at 33-1, but said staff failed to inform the man of the mistake at the time.
Billy has now taken his case to the Independent Betting Adjudication Service, who rule on 4500 disputes a year.
IBAS boss Richard Hayler told us: “The practice of correcting erroneous odds is well used but it’s open to dispute and degrees of error.
“We’ll deal with Mr Hamilton’s complaint in the same way as all others we receive.”
The Record’s Mr Fixit reckons Billy will get a good deal – win or lose. He said: “It’s always disappointing when a bookie refuses to honour a price but 33-1 was clearly wrong.
“But even 14-1 is much bigger than anywhere else at the start of the season.
“So if I was the punter I’d jump at that, then take my business elsewhere.”
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : Week 39/10th May results & standings
voguepunter (Gabrials Lad @12/1) was the solitary winner this week.
As we enter the final furlong, it’s neck and neck at the top, can PF Ayr hold on ?
+£13.60 PF Ayr (11)
+£12.88 Rockon Neil Lennon (9)
+£12.38 BMCUWP (7)
+£11.50 tommytwiststommyturns (4)
+£ 6.50 valentinesday (8)
+£ 1.00 leftclicktic (7)
-£ 1.63 Som mes que un club (6)
-£ 3.50 Bada Bing (5)
-£ 3.75 16 roads (4)
-£ 6.75 green T (7)
-£11.50 Cathal (4)
-£13.00 What is the Stars (3)
-£13.20 unionbearBhind (4)
-£13.80 voguepunter (3)
-£14.75 El Madrigal (4)
-£15.00 BULL67 (4)
-£15.00 fleagle1888 (4)
-£18.20 Sponsored by Cheetah (4)
-£21.75 Kilbowie Kelt (4)
-£25.50 twists n turns (2)
-£29.25 Che (2)
-£31.75 MHARK67 (2)
-£33.94 Burgas Hoops (2)
*No selections (wk 39) : Burgas Hoops, Che, El Madrigal, Sponsored by Cheetah, twists n turns, What is the Stars.
*Non-Runners : (wk ) :
Cheers, fleagle1888
Up with the lark this morning.
Big Celtic days always get me like that.
It will be an emotional occasion today but I’m sure more than most.
The support will remember wee Oscar.
The support will also thank Sammi and Johan for their efforts for us.
Then Big John and Stan will present the trophy , no doubt holding back the tears as they realise how lucky they are to be on the earthly version of Paradise.
I expect to be drained at the end of it all .
CELTIC……. More than a club
My Scotland – Only In Scotland …..
Being Scottish is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.
And the most Scottish thing of all? Suspicion of all things foreign!
Only in My Scotland can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. Only in Scotland do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in My Sotland do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke. Only in Scotland do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
Only in My Scotland do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
Only in My Scotland do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won’t miss a call from someone we didn’t want to talk to in the first place.
Only in My Scotland are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink.
NOT TO MENTION..
3 Scots die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. 142 Scots were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
58 Scots are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers. 31 Scots have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
19 Scots have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate. Scottish Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after Xmas cracker-pulling accidents.
18 Scots had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth. A massive 543 Scots were admitted to A&E in the last two years after trying to open bottles of beer with their teeth.
5 Scots were injured last year in accidents involving out-of-control Scalextric cars.
and finally…
In 2000 eight Scots were admitted to hospital with fractured skulls incurred whilst throwing up into the toilet.
HH
The Billy McNeill Story
Celtic 3 Dunfermilne 2 1965 SCF
Top of the morning to you all from a bright and fair Fife.
Hope the weather says fair and doesn’t break down as forecast.
“We’ll be there to give the bhoys a cheer, when the league flag flies”……….
Well actually I won’t be there, but will be there in spirit, as will a host who have gone before us, including wee Oscar Knox.
H.H.
Morning all! it’s bright but clouding over in Dundee with a few spots of rain about but who cares about the weather? We’re on our way to Paradise, we shall not be moved yee-hah, God Bless the Celtic, I love them
I have been looking for this for years and years, and today I found it.
The Lisbon Lions and the Celtic double winning team of 1988 on ‘Hearts of Gold’
To all Hootenanyers
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
MORNING :))
Get up get out of bed.
Cant wait for todays proceedings.
Up fed and watered, off to Paradise for 10 to help out .
Then im on hangover lookout :)))))).
16 roads will text yon BMCUWs fhella later to be more specific but i’m stationed at the north stand today.
Did I tell you I feel as fresh as a daisy :)))).
Let the People Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhkdy0AOpaM
Ohhh forgive my manners Kitalba thank you for being you my friend,
When they all appear later can you tell them I was up like a lark and feeling MAAAAAAAAAAAGIC :)))))
Blow Away the Blues – The Jungle’s Last Stand – Celtic
Kitalba, thanks for posting all these clips – great start to the day here in North Cyprus.
Gonnae stop shouting leftclick!
On my 2nd cup of tea now and starting to feel a bit better.
Ach…it was worth it though :)