SPFL chief executive, Neil Doncaster, is clear on the subject of offensive singing at football games: “It remains the SPFL’s position that if it can be established that clubs have done everything required in overall management of the event pre-match, during the game and post-match then they have no case to answer”.
This may be the case, but if clubs fail to communicate appropriate instructions to fans after one transgression, which is quickly followed by a second transgression, Doncaster’s defence is moot. The club has failed to do “everything required” pre-match and post-match, and is guilty under the rules, if applied.
Doncaster has employed a rhetorical technique. When faced with a difficult scenario, make a statement which is in itself true, but the parameters of which do not match the scenario.
The chief executive of the Scottish Professional Football League’s comments this morning appear like an attempt to protect a member club from the League’s own rules. He is paid to ensure rules are applied, not negated.
It is no business of his to defer responsibility to the police, or the Justice Ministry, which concocted this inept Offensive Behaviour Act in order to “equalise” criminality, where it didn’t exist, but will not lift a finger on this issue.
What do you know about Andy McAtee? He signed for Celtic from Mossend Hibs in 1910 and left in 1924, having played 438 games on the right wing, scoring 75 goals. He won six league titles and four Scottish Cups and was one of the earliest Celtic heroes. During the Great War he fought in the Alps, and in Haig’s bloody field in the Somme.
When he, and other members of our first genuinely great team, retired, Celtic found it impossible to replace them. We didn’t win another six titles until Inter manager, Helenio Herrera, watched our title win in May 1967.
The Celtic Graves Society mark his final resting place at Kilsyth Cemetery (G5 0TA) at 12:00 on Saturday 28 February. After a graveside blessing, there will be a Q&A with Jim Craig, Tom Boyd and Pat McCluskey, at The Curling Stone pub, High Craigends, Kilsyth. If you can make it along and support the great work of the Society, get there.
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Squealing for half time after 34 minutes….:}
Man City getting caned here …
!!bada bing!!
Cannot recommend it highly enough..
If you plan to go book your table well in advance.
Lovely interplay Neymar and Messi. Hart saves.
Bada bing
Heard that too ….:-))
Toure makes Citeh play,when he feels like it…..
Eh, we beat that Barcelona……no bad, eh..?
Remember, Barca ain’t the team they were…
©English commentators/Presenters
Genoa /Samodoria – 1 -1.Game played @ 18 30 to avoid clashing with The Champions League.
Inter now 8th in Serie A .10 points off 3rd place.
PJBhoynyc-Thanks again HH
Sandman
No a double in San Siro for Virgil? :))
Alves bumped of the ball by silva
Seen it all now
neustadt-braw
Can Rent Soiled.
What beautiful football they play
Ball just hit Milner ….didn’t realise he was playing
EPL best league in the world????
My arse.
‘ but would Messi score against Burnley,on a wet December night…..’
Gem from Lee Dixon there…..
“In super slo mo it doesn’t look like its going that fast”
Delaneys Dunky
20:25 on 24 February, 2015
Sandman
No a double in San Siro for Virgil? :))
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Just checked – 100/1 with PP. tempted ;))
Cannot wait to hear the City fans lift their team.
Sandman
Got to do it ..l
I am
Googybhoy
Think if you go to park now you may get a few hires
Missed the Virgil double against Hearts in December after talking about it in pub pre-match- 75/1 on PP that day. Felt like I’d missed Xmas when the big lunk zipped his 2nd in.
Matte
Just like Lee’s brain!
Suarez 1st goal was lucky………apparently
EPL, best in the world ma hairy erse.
….pfayr supports weeoscar
20:18 on 24 February, 2015
Mick TT
Late tonight to “ensure ” an early finish on Thursday :-))
₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩₩
I shall be waiting
HH
Full back runs the length of the pitch and almost chips the keeper, reminds me of my own playing days
Walter MITTY cfc
Alves crossbar.
Commentator……………Git it in the boax desperation
At least there are only 2 Englishman on the park 8)
Sandman
20:18 on
24 February, 2015
I’m no hater of the EPl but there’s something particularly amusing and satisfying about watching an over-hyped, over-financed, over-rated English giant of a club get royally pumped, played off the park and out the competition.
Couldn’t have put it better myself, in fact a wee left footer Argentinian made a move in 19 minutes that got me to think ” he could get a game for Celtic”
HH
Daft set up by Pellegrini …two up front who didn’t see the ball …..they couldn’t win the ball in midfield
I think in fairness to the Englanders their league has been ruined by all them foreign immigrants coming in and taking their jobs. They need to give young english players a chance. Then we could show those dodgy Spanish gits how the bulldog breed can play. We’ll fight them on the beaches, don’t panic don’t panic Mr Mainwaring. They don’t like it up em
MattE, another gem from that nugget, Lee Dixon, about ten minutes ago.
‘Messi has great feet, sorry, one magical one’.
Lionel has scored over fifty goals with his right foot. Lampard, the best English player of the last ten years, out of his last seventy premiership goals, only one has been with his left foot.
It winds me up, daft I know, how much the English media say Messi is all left foot and never uses his right foot or his head. His goal scoring stats say different.
I hope the yellow wall get something from the horrible Rubentus.
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
20:29 on 24 February, 2015
Googybhoy
Think if you go to park now you may get a few hires
You could be right. Lol
The Barca underdog crap jars with me, additionally they are up to all sorts of dodgy dealings but it ain’t half funny to see them wiping the floor with the Citeh chumps.
Maybe we should sign a left fitted Argentine, could get away with singing some songs about the brits
las Malvinas son argentinas.
Bada Bing in your toon…..”a celt diner son”
braw