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Don’t book travel to Edinburgh, lobby for league merger

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If you are missing your competitive football fix you’ll have devoured the fixture list this morning but it’s still over seven weeks until the first league game of the season, when the league flag will fly before we face Ross County (we will have played a Champions League qualifier five weeks from today).

Thereafter, due to the postponement of a home game to allow for a financially lucrative friendly, Celtic are on the road six times in nine league fixtures, so if our away form is anything like it was for much of last season, it’s likely we will be in the mix, instead of clear leaders, come the end of October.

After an absence of some time, Celtic have a local derby to look forward to.  They meet Partick Thistle at Firhill on 26th October with the return game at Celtic Park set for New Year’s Day.  We are scheduled for two trips to the Capital within a month but don’t go booking your flights for the Hearts game in September, just in case…..

Curious news today that Celtic director and BT chief executive, Ian Livingston, will leave the telecoms company after five years at the top to become Minister for Trade and Investment in the coalition government.  Livingston will serve from the House of Lords.  How about boosting the ailing Scottish football industry by lobbying for a merger with a neighbouring league?

Have you bought a ticket for Firday night’s Lions Roar event?  Join hundreds of Celtic fans and the Lisbon Lions to watch the Lisbon game and for a Q&A afterwards.

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  1. Steinreignedsupreme on

    valentinesday 18:12 on 19 June, 2013

     

     

    “Salmond….. I was on the terrace’s in the seventies when we celebrated the centenary”

     

     

    That was all he had to celebrate in the 70s – Hertz didn’t come remotely close to winning any trophies.

  3. valentinesday on

    Steinreignedsupreme

     

     

    They did lift trophies in the noughties…..and we

     

    know how.

  5. Stairheedrammy on

    Masty- didnt know that bud- though there are a few missing from the ranks of the Soo side brigade from my time there- Tootsy, Tam Coll and Steph MacDonald to name a few

  9. Celtic_First on

    The Absolutely team have reunited for 30 minutes only and are in a sketch show on Radio 4 right now.

  11. valentinesday on

    Never mind the diet’s if I don’t back a winner

     

    soon I’ll be in administration…..thank God

     

    the ST is already bought.

  12. jmccormick on

    long time since I posted , thank feck say most of you, just been very busy and to be honest a bit fed up with post season nonsense.

     

    I have been keeping an eye on things here and was delighted to see the success of all the fund raising activity championed on this site, more power to you all.

     

    The Hertz liquidation, which is what it will be will come as the biggest “so what” or “told you so” to a lot of us. Despite having enjoyed some great days at Swinecastle , I hold no affection for the club or the patrons of the main stand enclosure in particular.

     

    My main reason for posting is to ask for some help, after a period of hard graft I am off to Oban this weekend with Mrs McC , every cloud etc…

     

    I was a frequent visitor there many years ago and love the place, my last visit was at the end of a fund raisng cycle run 3 years ago on a very wet April evening. It was a pretty dour place and looked in need of a refit. I struggled to find a decent boozer that would come up to the Mrs standards.

     

    I am after good bar, bit of food perhaps and some live traditional music with hopefully no police involvemant at closing time.

     

    Any CQN posters able to give me a steer ?

     

    Hail! Hail!

  13. Steinreignedsupreme on

    valentinesday 18:27 on 19 June, 2013

     

     

    “They did lift trophies in the noughties…..and we know how.”

     

     

    They certainly did – and like their Glasgow brethren – soon those memories are all they will have.

  14. Gincher67 on

    Tim Tanium

     

    17:35 on

     

    19 June, 2013

     

     

    I’m sure our intellectually challenged friend enjoyed your advice ;-)

     

     

    Thanks for the tip!

  18. Celtic_First on

    Celtic_First

     

    18:35

     

     

    Absolutely not very good, really.

     

     

    I remember liking it at the time, whenever the time was.

     

     

    Last night, Radio 4 played a show by a very funny young woman from Hull named Lucy Beaumont. That was much better.

  19. adi_dasler on

    Jmccormick

     

     

    There is a seafood restaurant which is fab. Cant remember the name right now but should be googliable !.

     

    Also believe there is a cfc pub

  20. jmccormick on

    adi_dasler

     

    thanks , no problems with restaurant recommendations , just some local knowledge on a decent boozer would be good.

     

    Cheers

  21. scullybhoy on

    I was just watching the highlights of Celtic v Leeds 1970 (one of my favourite childhood memories) on TalkCeltic and I have often wondered why is it not possible to buy a copy of this match (first Leg also). Does anyone know the explanation for this?

  24. Kayal33 on

    soukous

     

    19:12 on

     

    19 June, 2013

     

     

    To be expected from the newspaper equivalent of the EDL. By English Nationalists for English Nationalists.

  27. Auldheid on

    googybhoy ♥ Celtic

     

    17:13 on

     

    19 June, 2013

     

    @CelticNewsNow: SFA urged to tighten up licensing http://t.co/Ik5gnGYyyM #Celtic @videocelts

     

     

    Well said Jackie MCNamara. Is he Auldheid?

     

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    Naw he just read an article from 2 years ago on Celtic Underground :)

     

     

    On his point though

     

     

    Here is an angle that occured to me reading Jackie MacNamara’s article saying the SFA had to take some responsibility for what is happening to Scottish football because of their failure to apply club licensing properly.

     

     

    This is a view that I think will take on a momentum from new kids on the block like Jackie.

     

     

    But here is the angle: what if none or very few clubs would have been granted a club licence had the SFA been as strict as required? What if CO had been doing lots of clubs favours by not shutting them down or at least making licences conditional on a series of agreed steps to make them sustainable?

     

     

    What if lots of clubs are indebted to CO and he has their names?

     

     

    I think we are going to have to start thinking amnesty if we are ever going to get at the truth and create the conditions for meaningful change.

  29. Gincher67 on

    valentinesday

     

     

    my mistake

     

     

    ‘leisure facility recommendation’ rather than ‘tip’ ;-)

  31. Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles on

    Good evening from a wild Nordrhein Westfalen. I have heard of hailstones the size of golf balls but until tonight had not witnessed them. My car and my wife’s car a covered in dents and so are all the neighbour’s cars. Body shops will be raking it in over the next few weeks.

     

    Starry if you are on I hope this is not heading down your way, stay in and stay safe.

     

    Filmed about 15 minutes ago from my window.

     

     

    Hail! Hail!

  33. tommysbhoy on

    Brazil v mehiho comin on itv4 soon..amid huge protests from the angry brazillian public..30,000 blocking the ruit to the stadium..castelao,fortaleza….ah naw wee paaaaaaaaat is in the studio..oh good the simpsons on ch4 lol

  34. lilys grandpa on

    Celtic first 18.55

     

    I thought they were quite funny! “That you Adele?” had me in knots, and heard the lassie from Hull last night ,she was good,

     

    HH

  36. Gincher67 on

    My view on the hertz situation is moulded by a certain lisbon lion, who had an eventful 1967 cup final. tynecastle was his least favourite ground due to the proximity of the hertz support to the pitch and their methods of abuse. ‘worse than ibrox?’ says i ‘oh yes, much worse’ says he….flats hopefully.

  38. starry plough on

    Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles

     

     

    Still 30 degrees here Mate, I seen some big ‘uns here tho’ oh er Missus!!

     

     

    It’s supposed to change tomorrow let’s hope it’s not gross haggle as I have to go across the valley!!

     

     

    We live in strange times…

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