The appointment of Neil Doncaster as chief executive of the newly formed Scottish Professional (sic) Football League was a forgone conclusion, No Surrender Longmuir was interviewed out of professional courtesy, and the clubs realised that the calibre of external candidates they would attract at the moment would be from the bottom of the corporate pile. Frankly, a heavy hitter would not apply.
Now that Doncaster is freed from his previous preoccupation – trying to parachute a new club into top flight football – he can worry about his key performance indicators, bringing commercial income into the league. If he can’t deliver a good deal, or scams a ‘Homecoming’-type deal, by pulling money already committed by a benefactor, like his pal along the corridor, we’re better off without him.
My thanks to Billy No’well for inviting me onto his podcast show, Desert Island Tims, available here. I had great fun choosing material for the show and even more fun talking about Celtic, and life, with Billy.
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Kojo,
What about education, should the govt be involved ?
scrap last post its not over yet
Tennis is sensational,Murray will need to up his game to win this tournament.
Potro is rocking.
6=6 in tie break in 4th set
Del Potro wins tie break its 2 sets all.
2 sets all,Del Potro was brilliant in that set,these guys never give in.
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Alternative to “The Final Whistle” photo.HH
They both have fine looking lassies cheering themon.
petec @ 17:06
Funnily enough, I am being serious.
I find it ironic to hear Scottish people say Ireland should be Irish but Scotland should be British. I don’t expect Utopia with an independent Scotland, yet I’m very likely to vote for it.
That was some 4th set of Tennis, 2 sets all now
HH
Final set. These tennis boys are fit. They don’t half skelp that ball
@CharlotteFakes 53m
Ecobhoy-Top marks all round. SPL board met on 4/11/11, Sky deal selected and Fan TV Dropped. Very sneaky indeed.
http://www.sfmonitor.org/2013/06/the-spfl-the-case-for-revolution-evolution-and-a-case-of-the-hamilton-whackies/comment-page-57/#comment-55030
Don’t remember seeing a better tennis match than this one.
@CharlotteFakes
BDO fact finding. No point in suing the wrong parties IF Craig Whyte claims stand up.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/151897900/BDO-Fact-Finding
Kojo @16:51
Your determined to get barred from the Gazebo fella :-)
Morrissey the 23rd
16:46 on 5 July, 2013
‘Why should Northern Ireland be free from British rule and not Scotland?’
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Because the people of Scotland want to remain as part of the UK.
Before Ireland was partitioned a majority of its people wanted to leave the UK.
Scotland’s position as a part of the UK has always been very different to that of Ireland’s.
I don’t understand why nats can’t understand this point. It seems glaringly obvious to me. Maybe they don’t don’t know much about Ireland.
Gotta Scram.. Sam
Seeya
Kojo
Still… Laughin’
Ernie…,
Disagree, I think it’s more better the devil you know, had the mats been less sectarian in their legislation and proposed schooling policy I expect they would have been on a winner, problem is they support sectarianism, and most Catholics fear their intentions,
PeteTheBeat
16:25 on 5 July, 2013
‘Personally, I blame Catholic schools and the bored (sic) for the decine in church attendances.’
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How many of those who attended Mass regularly, say 50 years ago, did so because they genuinely wanted to rather than because they fell compelled to?
canamalar1
17:21 on 5 July, 2013
You can disagree all you want. I know I’m right, so it follows you must be wrong.
To put it simply Ireland was a colony of the UK, Scotland wasn’t and isn’t.
There are 57 Orange Parades in Glasgow tomorrow.
Them two bums on centre court couldnt beat oor andy Murray
Ernie…,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha
FACT
KOJO.a staun corrected PALOMINE.bit a did say some other people no me.embdy whos been oot fur dinner wi ZA ZA n’ her sister tae has got ma utmost respect.noo wan thing ye furgote in that is that no everybody has goat the MALLUM that you huve goat in spadefulls.
Ernie
How many in China, Poland, Ukraine, Cuba, Lithuania would have gone to Mass 50 years ago but were prevented from doing so by persecution?
HH
BMCUW…
thanks for the good wishes.. I ll be fine Monday .. Midazolam,Pethidine and a wee trip for a few hrs..
Reading back, sorry for landing you in a melee after all I said was , I missed JP2 at Bella to go and see Queen & look at the flak.
Sorry, ha. I notice that about Queen..A bit like saying you like Abba! I don’t care, I m pushing 50, and I like a huge variety of music, but back in ’75, that was my first band ..
I remember being at school and some wise man in my class telling me Freddie Mercury was gay!
Comical now, and I blame a Catholic education ( being funny) but at the time I remember doubting the smart ass, who know doubt liked, Yes, Genesis,The Jam or Ferry & Bowie..
Aye – life seem so much easier now!
The CQN music review panel has been on good form today..
….and then I discovered Christy Moore…..no messin’ now!
HH to all CQNers , whatever your musical taste!
That’s 57 too many.
Towering football hero John Hartson was all smiles yesterday as he tackled the Duchess of Cornwall on the subject of her Celtic green outfit.
The 38-year-old met Camilla in his native Swansea and said he found her “attractive” as she toured the first Maggie’s cancer centre in Wales.
Football’s 6ft 2in former hardman was almost brought down for good by cancer three years ago after he was rushed to hospital.
Years of ignoring what was later diagnosed as testicular cancer meant it spread to his lungs and brain before action was taken.
After brain surgery and hours of treatment over gruelling months, he survived to set up a foundation to raise awareness of the illness.
As a top level professional footballer with an international career with Wales, Hartson played for Arsenal, Celtic, West Ham and others.
Today, he has a rising career as a sports broadcaster and is assistant manager of the Wales football team.
Camilla has been the president of Maggie’s since 2008 and has previously visited a number of the centres around the UK.
Dressed all in green today, she made a beeline for Hartson as she toured the cancer centre in the grounds of Singleton Hospital.
The father-of-four, who is raising cash for a second Maggie’s centre in Cardiff, turned out for the visit with wife Sarah and three-year-old daughter Stephanie.
“She looked at me and caught my eye and said ‘Celtic’,” Hartson explained afterwards.
“I replied ‘Yes. I can see that you have your Celtic clothes on today’, because she was dripping in green.”
He added: “She is a lovely lady. She made a right fuss of my youngest daughter, Stephanie. I was honoured to meet her. My first thought on seeing her was that she was very attractive.”
He also spoke with emotion about recently being given the all-clear from cancer, but said he recognised that it could always return.
“I am totally clear now and long may it remain so, but I feel blessed to still be alive and here to see my children grow up.”
He said that cancer had changed his life and made him a different person: “I feel very humbled by the fact that we are able to raise money for such a good cause.
“When people talked about John Hartson it used to be the footballer. Sometimes, now, it is the ‘inspirational cancer survivor’ and to me that is much more important than football.”
He also revealed he had recently been signed to work as a pundit on BBC1’s flagship Match Of The Day and Match Of The Day II programmes.
“If you had told me when I was 12 years old that I would be working on Match Of The Day I would never have believed you. Everyone watches Match Of The Day.
“It’s fair to say I am in a very good place in my life at the moment,” he added.
Herald
bournesouprecipe
That’s a lot of sticky crimpoline….
Yuch
Arranmlre…,
Got side tracked, all the best for your next procedure.
Hail Hail
Where is Ground Zero for the Zombies Breach of the Peace tomorrow?
Morrissey the 23rd
17:12 on 5 July, 2013
petec @ 17:06
Funnily enough, I am being serious.
I find it ironic to hear Scottish people say Ireland should be Irish but Scotland should be British. I don’t expect Utopia with an independent Scotland, yet I’m very likely to vote for it.
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That is good that you have made your position clear.
I believe in God, (the God of the Bible). I think the fact Ireland is seperate from the UK, landwise, is the most telling factor. Northern Ireland is all about Division.
The ole tower of Ryan Babel obviously seperated the tongues ;)) but there was a reason for that, the feckers were old age transhumanists.
Arranmore…,
You too :o)
Bada
You gonna predict the weather for the walk
Djokovich missed a couple of really easy points in that game. Is he cracking.
God bless Camilla.
How Good was Michael the Kilkie the 23rd?