Quick question for you. Which Scottish team has won their last four home games, scoring 13 goals in the process? St Mirren are on a run of form at home. One of those wins was against Second Division opposition, but remember, this season, Second Division teams are on a par with AC Milan in the early 90s.
Ross County scored four at St Mirren Park but St Mirren scored five, while Hearts were despatched 2-0. This is a team with good home form who kept their squad in place over the international break. My best advice to you is to avoid betting on this one.
Many clubs have trouble paying their bills but the problem with Hearts and their regular tardiness when it comes to wages, evident again this month, appears to be different. Hearts cash balances will have peaked weeks, possibly months, ago. From now on they will be eating into ‘reserves’, or more likely, accruing additional debt at their owner’s bank. The club have been here many times before and Vlad has dipped into the equivalent of his commercial pocket to avoid an insolvency event but I’ve always found it curious why he didn’t do so on time. It’s not as though anyone can be surprised pay day is coming.
As such, there appears to be a degree of control over late payment. The money is always provided but not before pain is passed down from owner to earners, which is a bit curious.
For all his faults, and they are many, Romanov and other shareholders in Ukio Bankas have ‘invested’ countless millions in Hearts, money they are unlikely to get back with the residential property market so depressed. They have also not exposed the club to outrageous fortune – the overwhelming majority of debt is owed to the bank itself, balances at HMRC and other creditors are low, and they pay their football debts. This means that if Hearts go into administration, the route back through a CVA would be clear. The only serious losers would be staff made redundant, while Ukio would face a write-off, perhaps already acknowledged internally.
I was surprised at the news Danny McGrain was appointed first team coach yesterday but also delighted. Danny’s was not a name mentioned for the position when Alan Thompson left the club but he is immersed in the fabric and culture of our club. ‘In the days of changing ways’ a strong thread of continuity is an invaluable asset in ensuring the new generations acquire the important elements of our identity.
We are a club in touch with all that is important.
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1) Signed in September 1978 from a fellow Scottish club for £120k Davie Provan
2) Signed in 1980 for £250k having never played a competitive game for his previous club Frank McGarvey
3) This Bhoy was indeed a Villian when we bought him in 1991 for £1.1m
4) He cost us £3.5m when we bought him in 1996 Alan Stubbs
5) He cost us £6m in 2000 and came to put them in their place
Neil LENNON
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Celtic/Celtic.htm
Provan
McGarvey
Cascarino
Thomas
Sutton
CRC
Picture 5 – Paul McGugan:
Ashamed to say I didn’t recognise him – nice lad!
In queue for main stand – umbrella up – carrying the wean (3-4 years old but now a sophisticated young woman). Paul taps me on shoulder – says follow me – lifts my daughter up and takes us through players gate.
Says – enjoy the game big man!
Always remember that and often remind her that a Celtic player once lifted her into the ground.
Djbee
Having a bit of trouble with yer tenses there auld pal :-))
5 is meant to be Thom
Snake Plissken @ 22.04,
Agreed (BTW I overlooked this post of yours when I commented on your later one). Alas, I’m on holiday & likely to be dragged out to dinner by friends at any time, so not sure when I’ll be on here, but my e-mail is gillansinverness@aol.com.
leftclicktic
22:20 on
19 October, 2012
Aye, but can you shine some floodlights on them :-)
HH
CRC
1 David Provan
2 Frank Mcgarvey
3 Tony Cascarino
4 Alan Stubbs
5 Chris Sutton
Provan, McGarvey, Cascarino, Thomas, Sutton
Invercelt nae bother.
You won’t be surprised to know mines is Snake Plissken and that’s the name you’ll see in your email.
See you pal.
MagnificentSeven @ 22.14,
No.
PFAyr,
it was easier said than done,
i had the bottle of wine in an old flames house along with plenty other drink,
knowing i was going to be sick i bolted for the front door but never managed to open it,
i therefore was sick all over the netting that covered the wee window,
i then fell in a stupor to the floor where i lay as the sick slid off the curtain and onto my head ,
simples
1) Signed in September 1978 from a fellow Scottish club for £120k:
2) Signed in 1980 for £250k having never played a competitive game for his previous club: Frank McGarvey.
3) This Bhoy was indeed a Villian when we bought him in 1991 for £1.1m: Cascerino
4) He cost us £3.5m when we bought him in 1996: Jorge Cadete
5) He cost us £6m in 2000 and came to put them in their place: Sutton
gordybhoy64
I fell asleep outside the church at Tynecastle drinking that gear
Missed the game and woke up with about 30 cans of beer and dozens of bottles of Buckie Thunderbird Volarie all around me ( ps most of them were empty)
1) Signed in September 1978 from a fellow Scottish club for £120k Davie Provan
2) Signed in 1980 for £250k having never played a competitive game for his previous club
3) This Bhoy was indeed a Villian when we bought him in 1991 for £1.1m
Cascarino
4) He cost us £3.5m when we bought him in 1996 Stubbs
5) He cost us £6m in 2000 and came to put them in their place
Sutton
Snake @ 22.24,
Look forward to that. BTW it’s 23.24 where I am & I’m not getting younger, so I’m off now.
Answers to round 4
Davie Provan
Frank McGarvey
Tony Cascarino
Alan Stubbs
Chris Sutton
Invercelt
22:24 on
19 October, 2012
MagnificentSeven @ 22.14,
No
I know read the post wrong as being 22.17…me a numpty
Provan
McGarvey
Cascarino
Sutton
Can we not extend the season for my last answers as we’re still in Europe please?
Scores after round 4
34 Setting Free the Bears
28 boab1888
25 The Spirit of Arthur Lee
22 Can I Have Raspberry On That Champions League Ice Cream
21 Lostinbonnybridge is Neil Lennon. Get well Stan Petrov
19 Celtic Soul Brother- Supporting Kano 1000
18 pracepta
16 jc2
9 DJBEE
9 The Boy Jinky
6 Tooting Tim
5 thetimrieper
2 Celtic_First
1 jamiebaby
Proven
Mc Garvey
Cascarino
Stubbs
Lennon
Gordybhoy
I had many an interesting night drinking Thunderbird while at Uni
Haven’t tried again since I joined the real world
Round 5
…..and of course to finish of we have “Hoops am I?” Remember You have 1 guess only, so up to you when you want to guess? Bonus 5 pts for the first correct guess.
Hoops am I?
Clue 1: Born in 1964, I signed for Celtic in July 1989 (20pts)
Double Clay Davis
The Boy Jinky.
Mateus Rose. had the same shape as Courvoisier Cognac, but not as long a neck.
Judas?
I remember at age 18 going into a wee shop along from the tinto firs hotel and asking for tennents. The guy had none left but offered me a new belgian beer at a bargain 3 for
a pounda…. I took a fivers worth … 15 cans of stella artois !!!!!
30 years on i still couldnt manage to drink that many ;)
Paul Elliot
Ian andrews
OT
currently enjoying a wee Janeau cognac in a similar shaped bottle
Going down far to easy
Ooops
paul elliot
I honestly think that with a little bit of sobriety I could make the top six one day.
Sorry! Just scrolled back.
Hoops am I?
Clue 1: Born in 1964, I signed for Celtic in July 1989
Clue 2: I eventually scored my first goal for Celtic nearly a year later and scored a double that day 12pts
Bloody iPad it looked like 88 not 89 or maybe it’s the vodka
the_huddle bathing in nostalgia watching my (other) the Kinks on BBC4.Went to see RayDavies last friday at the Royal Concert Hall -sold out the man is awesome.Hail Hail Hebcelt