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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Moonbeams WD. Rooting for Wee Oscar. Voting ‘YES’ on the 18th of September. Kano’s yer man.
15:20 on 10 May, 2014
C&P from the Record’s site. I believe they lifted the quote from a BBC interview.
Interesting that you would rather question me than the views expressed by The Great Desmondo.
pintaguinness
15:55 on 10 May, 2014
Sorry to disappoint you but I drove past a sign outside a pub saying that only yesterday. I had no idea what it meant and had forgotten about it until you mentioned it.
corkcelt
15:18 on 10 May, 2014
Unless he’s about seven foot tall that’s quite an achievement.
Mind you, getting up to 20 stone is an achievement in itself.
Earnie
I’ll need to find a new angle. A wife’s crèche!
Paul67 –
“*occasional use of the word “Rangers”, “Airdrieoneans” or “Elvis” without the prefix “Newco” or suffix “Costello” does not infer…..etc.”
True. The use of any word cannot INFER anything – it can only IMPLY something.
I blame the schools! ;-)
Corkcelt
Well done. So what weight is he now?
Oh and I have said it a few times now. Buy Anya. Sell Derk
We don’t have a reliable winger and what an out ball he would be
ipaddy mccourt
15:43 on 10 May, 2014
Went to the Hibs game today as Easter Road isn’t too far from where I live. By Christ, they are rank rotten.
No quality, no fight, no nothing.
Big demo outside the main entrance straight after the final whistle. Butcher and Petrie getting absolute dogs abuse.
Not much sunshine on leith at the moment….
Bet you Butcher comes out of this unscathed from the SMSM
OnceahunCSC
pintaguiness
Good call, qbut we have Feel on a very lengthy contract. What mug would buy him?
We’re stuck with him unless we pay him off. Same goes for Pukki.
Re Hibs – no sure the boul’ Terence should cop for all the blame really.
Q) How long should it take to rebuild a team?
Personally, I think they got rid of pat too soon. I think Rod the mod gambled on Tel giving them an immediate lift.
…….but then, I know nowt about fitba.
HH
what’s happened to TD? What have a missed?
HH
Corkcelt,
Congrats to your son.
Feel is Derk autocorrected!
Rod Petrie must be in a reflective mood….?
To all those at the BMCUW Hootenanny, apologies I could not stop and meet you. After I picked up some exotic vinyl from BMCUW at Blane Valley, I had to return to Edinburgh immediately but it looks like it’s gonna be some night! Have a good one fellas!
….oh, and Tel ain’t a hun imo –
On the topic of youth… Surely we can lend some out to Hibs or Hamilton next year..?
Hope you all have a good day out bhoys……….
Had the pleasure of talking to ACGR yesterday, another one of lifes good ghuys, hope the head doesn’t hurt to much tomorrow.
Bma
Corkcelt congrats to the bhoy I got cramp just reading your post & enjoy the hootenanny all
mayanman
16:42 on
10 May, 2014
what’s happened to TD? What have a missed?
HH
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TD decided that this place was way far too intelligent for him. He decided to take his nasty wee shit style of `debating` to somewhere it would be appreciated. He looked far and wide, and eventually opted for a website spearheaded by a Mr M Dingwall. He`s happy there, but though he`s not renewing his CFC season ticket, he`s still undecided which camp he`s in with his new friends. He won`t be missed.
For all those at the hootenanny,I’ll be at the pools
office the morra from 11:45 handing oot paracetamol
and tut tuts.
The Celtic Way
TD posts p#sh and loves Celtic…..jist like maself.
..turns out wee davie has managed to palm his goods off while keepin’ it in the family.
……Well I never, eh!?
There’s something of the Knight about him, eh?
Aye.
Hootenanny just warming up.
Long night ahead.
Smashin’!
HH!!
Good afternoon friends.
Just heard that I’ve made the cut for this year’s CQN Open, woo-hoo! Disappointed to be missing the ole Hootenanny but my fans at the 6.00 Vigil would have been devestated had their Rick Wakeman tribute act failed to turn up. ;-)
Looking forwar to talking very loudly to some of them pre-match tomorrow.
79 caps
Joe Thomson is from the leafy southside of Glasgow. A Williamwood High school bhoy who left Deidco at an early age when he seen the light.
I just pop in now and again to keep up as to what’s going on, and get up to date scoops on the hoops, I leave the rest of the blog for nice guys like this and his friends who don’t know me. HH
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the celtic way
16:54 on 10 May, 2014
mayanman
16:42 on
10 May, 2014
what’s happened to TD? What have a missed?
HH
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TD decided that this place was way far too intelligent for him. He decided to take his nasty wee shit style of `debating` to somewhere it would be appreciated. He looked far and wide, and eventually opted for a website spearheaded by a Mr M Dingwall. He`s happy there, but though he`s not renewing his CFC season ticket, he`s still undecided which camp he`s in with his new friends. He won`t be missed.
The Celtic Way,
Totally out of order, unless you are TD and are having one of your wee jokes.
Well done Celtic U17s.
Qualified for the U19 Cup Final, even though many of their squad are in Malta with the Scottish U17s.
Just browsed the SMSM sites and am still none the wiser…
Who do Hibs meet in the play-offs?
I am a wee bit out of touch due to being an exile.
Is the answer so obvious that it’s not worth saying, or is it not known yet?
Sometimes I dispair…
Insert “confused smilie” here.
Corkcelt
Well done to the big mhan. Wouldnt think of even doing the land based stages in a taxi.(could you imagine what VP might charge you for that, at least 20 weeks pocket money).
Flying in for the game tomorrow so no time for gazebo. Anybody about after game? have an hour before heading back to airport. Most will probably be sore of forehead after BMCUWPs hootenjimgoodwin (close)
Be good bhoys HH
Is mo na cumann e
To the lhads who sent good wishes to my son, thanks a lot, I appreciate it. To answer quantum he is about 16 stone, well he was the last time I saw him but after his efforts today maybe a little less now. Re Clonakilty, smashing wee place my maternal grandmother hailed from there.
Falkirk 3:1,,,2 mins to go.
sixtaeseven….Hamilton v Falkirk, the winner v Hibs.
sixtaeseven
17:22 on 10 May, 2014
Winner of QOTS-Falkirk tie plays Hamilton over 2 legs
Winner of that tie plays Hibs over 2 legs
Doesn’t seem particularly fair that either QOTS or Falkirk need to play 6 games where Hibs need play only two.
TD67
as i said before, don’t let the Buggers get to you. There’s a bit of venom on the Blog every now and then EH, free speech M.A.
HH
Anyone interested in Bundesliga?
Hamburg lost again, two teams below them both lost today when a win could have kept them up
They are now condemned to relegation play off v probably our old friends Greuther Furth.
Bad year for the Hun all round
From http://www.bbc.co.uk news
Take That indeed
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10 May 2014 Last updated at 16:35
Take That stars could face tax bill of millions after court
Three members of the band Take That may have to pay back millions of pounds in tax after a tribunal ruling.
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen – along with manager Jonathan Wild – were among about 1,000 people who put money into schemes purportedly supporting the music industry.
But tribunal Judge Colin Bishopp ruled the partnerships had actually been set up for tax avoidance purposes.
HM Revenue and Customs said they would not “tolerate abuse of the system”.
The Take That stars and their manager invested money through a company called Icebreaker.
Since March 2010, the four men have been directors of Larkdale LLP – one of 50 partnerships that Icebreaker arranged to harness tax reliefs that the government had intended would support those in creative industries.
The tribunal found that shortly after money was put in to Larkdale LLP, it reported huge losses of more than £25m.
Those losses could then be offset against tax, reducing the men’s tax bills.
The BBC’s Andrew Verity said that while Barlow, Donald, Owen and Wild could face repaying millions of pounds between them for the tax relief applied to the losses, the exact amount was not known.
While tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is not a criminal activity, he added.
HMRC said that following Judge Bishopp’s decision, those involved would receive letters outlining how much tax they had to repay.
An HMRC spokesman told the BBC that “anyone using a scheme that HMRC deems to be against the rules owes them money”.
‘Dodging tax obligations’
Judge Bishopp said in his ruling: “The underlying, and fundamental, conclusion we have reached is that the Icebreaker scheme is, and was known and understood by all concerned to be, a tax avoidance scheme.”
In total, the Icebreaker partnerships generated losses of £336m.
HMRC pursued the issue through the courts after the Times newspaper first exposed Icebreaker in 2012.
In a statement, they said: “HMRC has put in place generous reliefs to support genuine business investment and our tax reliefs for the creative industries work well, enabling the UK’s world-class film, television and video production companies to compete on the global stage.
“But we will not tolerate abuse of the system by people trying to dodge their tax obligations.
“HMRC will continue to challenge in the courts anyone who engages in tax avoidance schemes… [Such people] risk not only the high cost of these schemes but also lay themselves open to penalties and, potentially, prosecution.”
The members of the scheme have until 2 July to decide whether they want to appeal. HMRC said it would be seeking payment of the tax in the meantime.
The other members of Take That were not involved in the scheme.