There was some misunderstanding that Charles ‘Emerald’ Green’s suggestion that he was hoping to “invest in the playing side right away” might not play well with major creditor HMRC. Capital introduced to the company after a CVA has nothing to do with a creditor’s assessment of the offer and, if anything, would offer comfort to HMRC that the company would be able to maintain future payments.
The comments are more of a challenge for the football authorities. The independent SFA appellant panel will today assess whether to increase, reduce of remove Rangers 12 month player registration embargo. Rangers narrative for the last two weeks is that this embargo could put them out of business. Apparently, they need to spend MORE money in future to ensure survival.
It remains to be seen if playing victim does them any good at appeal but Green has brushed this away, Rangers now plan to put a team on the field to win the league and reach the Champions League. Maybe not the wisest PR move.
John O’Hara, the Celtic secretary, had been unable to lure Kelly. Glass, however, was indefatigable and said he had ‘camped on his doorstep’. The 22-year-old was talked into taking part in Celtic’s first ever match, a 5-2 win over Rangers. ‘No Kelly, no Keltic’ became a catch phrase summary of the towering centre half’s significance. ‘I knew that if I could get Kelly, the rest would follow’, said Glass.
From Celtic: A Biography in Nine Lives, by Kevin McCarra.
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2pts…
1 – goin for Germany for the cup at a price of 3/1
2 – big Sammy mibbe playin in
opening game v Poland on 8th
I’d gladly have had THG in Seville. I think there’s a decent chance we might even have won had he been there.
Evening Bhoys, hot and hun free.
Brogan etc.
Loved your golfing post.
A few years ago, we were having a heated discussion in the pub about who was the best golfer of all time, we all had a different answer.
A couple of the younger blokes plumped for the Tiger, us older ones Hogan, Nicklaus etc.
Anyways, we decided to have a round playing with our new clubs, and also play with clubs that Hogan would have played with.
I went round in 74 with my own clubs.
I went round in 93 playing with the old clubs, and old balls
The other bloke went round in 69 with his own clubs
He went round in 97 with the old clubs and balls.
He accepted that the Tiger wasn’t anywhere close to the best..
Clashcitybhoy on 16 May, 2012 at 19:31 said:
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I’ve always thought that
Seville could have been different if, MO’N had employed the tactics that he did a couple of weeks previous @ibrokes on our return from Boavista ?
Boabby P couldn’t lace Naka’s boots. Naka wiz a big game player and he wiz also consistent. He wiz……a STAR.
Gerry
hamiltontim:
Ma Da always says Di Canio was a better player than Lubo. Definitely disagree with him. Lubo was more a team player. A better all round player.
Genius is an overused word- but he was it. I think Laurent Blanc that said he was one of the best player he ever played with. I remember Zidane saying something about him being the greatest he played against at his time in France & how he expected him to join him in a big move to Italy. Makes you wonder how he went largely undetected for so long- but then he was a big family guy, down to earth, who maybe didn’t want the limelight or uproot his family.
Just a pity we didn’t get him earlier.
mighty tim on 16 May, 2012 at 19:25 said:
kevjungle Petta or Naka, sorry mate not in the same league. Naka far superior player.
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What I would say is that they both had ONE good game v’s the huns.
Naka was one of the most gifted players I have had the pleasure of watching at Celtic.
After hero Whyte, and now Green what is ole Lex Gold up to these days?
Naka is the best since Lubo.
I liked Bobby Petta- thought he was frozen out by O’Neill for some reason- but he was no way in the same class as Naka.
Anybody made a (relatively) recent pilgramage to the Estadio Nacional in Lisbon? I was there when we played Benfica under WGS in the Champs League a few years ago. Went straight there from the airport on a harry Hynds bus, so all organised etc….there were a good few hundred Celtcs there at the time.
My mate goes tomorrow however, just him and his wife, and they’re trying to find out how to visit it etc….is it possible to book? I remember it being pretty secure at the time – but not secure enough to keep hundreds of Celts out….it was like visitors were not encouraged….so my mate might struggle.
Grateful for any help, cheers.
tully
*Favourite youtube is Naka and the Bus*
Lubo or Naka?
Lubo all day long!
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!..Truth and Justice will always prevail on 16 May, 2012 at 19:34 said:
thomthethim CQN (genuine) Badge Wearer on 16 May, 2012 at 19:28 said:
Absolutely …. Incidentally, how do I qualify for a CQN badge……. Do I need to stop talking shoite first …..!!!!?
*******
How could you possibly be accused of talking “shoite”, when you agree with me.
As for the badge,
I think that celticrollercoaster is the authorised agent for the badges.
I understand from Paul, that they will be a second edition, or Newbadge, as he may or may not have called it.
However, it will still possess most of the original qualities of the “original”,as per my modified log in.
Whether the Newba will gain you access to the Gazebo, will be down to DBBIA and Bournesouprecipe.
Hope that helps.:>)
wonkyradar on 16 May, 2012 at 19:42 said
Totally agree mate. Di Canio or Lubo?
The Slovak, every day of the week.
Exiled Tim:
When I saw the best ever Celtic team published a few years ago it made me wonder about guys playing before the modern age: Patsy Gallagher. Jimmy McGrory, Jimmy Quinn, McMenemy, Bobby Evans etc.
What would McGrory’s goalscoring be like playing with a modern ball? How skillful would Patsy Gallagher or Charlie Tully ( who scored two consecutive corners in the same game, with those heavy “stoneage” boots) if they had more modern gear- or even better protection from neanderthal defenders?
Tully wi’ a pair o’ rubber-rimmed predators on – the stuff dreams are made of.
In fact, Dariusz Wdowczyk wi the same would have been immense.
In actual fact, Dariusz Wdowczyk without them was immense.
::corner@Tynecastle::
CQN’rs accessing Celtic Park via Kerrydale Street, passing London Rd School (Future Celtic Museum) in the heart of the Celtic Triangle may be initiated into the
Gazebo, upon production of a Celtic Ticket (preferably seasonally adjusted).
Whereupon they may be allowed to look at, but not touch thomthethim’s sacred title trophy winning season Shawl (from Donegal).
Ole DBBIA will likely still be ambling from Babbity Bowster’s on his way to mingle with his noisy chums, in the modern Green Brigade section.
Young thomthethim will erstwhile be in Sharkey’s having somehow parked his magic bike high on Duffy’s gable end.
Hail Hail
tully57 on 16 May, 2012 at 19:46 said:
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Done the trip 4 years ago, train to Quebrada? station, a nice wee walk to the stadium, you can see the floodlights above the trees. There was a couple of Security guards on, they know the score, just slip them 20 euros , and they’ll let you in. There are a few security cameras around, but if I could’nt talk my way in, I would go over the wall.
New to Newclub
HH
wonkyradar on 16 May, 2012 at 19:53 said:
A wee thought on McGrory.
Over a period of fifteen seasons he scored one in every three Celtic goals scored.
Impressive as the above may seem, it becomes truly remarkable when you realise that due to injury his actual games only amounted to the equivalent of ten seasons played.
He is the one Celtic player that I truly wish I had actually seen.
what do the cqn badges look like nowadays?…………i got one a few years ago
Palacio67 on 16 May, 2012 at 20:03 said:
Many thanks my bhoy……
It’s a scorcher there today, so it will be…In The Heat Of Lisbon…..
Turkish Cup final, Busaspor 3-0 down to Fenerbache but their fans with green and white scarves held in ‘you’ll never walk alone’ fashion singing away. Nicely done.
( They have now just burst into the Victor Wanyama chant. Though they may be singing different words.)
tully57
I went two years ago and posted soon afterwards, all misty-eyed and emotional, on here. We were in the Algarve and drove to Lisbon to spend an afternoon and come back the following day. We were delayed on the motorway though and didn’t get to Lisbon until 5ish – not recommended :-)
Anyhoo, wife and daughter decide to go shopping and I jumped in a taxi to the EN. It was 30 minutes drive from where we were, and I couldn’t be bothered planning everything on public transport – it looks a bit of a ‘mare to do it that way.
The sun was beating down and I thought about the Lions travelling by bus, eventually down a tree-lined avenue to approach the stadium. I negotiated with the driver (bizarrely, me speaking English and Italian and him speaking only Portuguese) that he could wait on me while I went to the stadium, to possibly take me back to the hotel. He did, and I wandered up to the stadium, starting, frankly, to fill up a bit. There was no sign of an entrance being attended to – maybe I was too late, maybe it’s just not open. I saw a gap with a bush and scraped past (literally – I grazed my thigh), but I was in the stadium. There had been some kind of athletics meet on recently and there were some flags and litter on one side, but I strolled onto the park. Of course I recreated the goals and the celebrations – not a soul around. I then scaled the part where Billy lifted the Cup – a bit of a high step, but easy enough, lifted an imaginary Cup (a Celtic t-shirt I had brought along in some kind of romantic notion of leaving it there or passing it to a local). I spend another five minutes up there and on the park and hot-footed it back to the taxi.
I was a bit emotional, didn’t think I would be, and sat in the front passenger seat watching the video I had of the game on my iPod. I started to try and communicate it to the driver and managed a conversation. He was there! He went along as a neutral and fell in love with Celtic. He had been 12 or 13 and was astounded when I showed him the highlights – he was wowed by it. He asked if I’d like to visit other stadia, and he drove me to those – just past them, not into them. He was a proud Benfica fan, what he called the ‘workers’ team’ and didn’t like Sporting, although we had a fractured joke about hoops. I got back to the hotel just loving the city that I had seen and of course I gave him my t-shirt and he put it on straight away. The fare should have been 55, I counted it out and he only accepted 30, and drove away sounding his horn and shouting ‘Celtic’ out the cab.
Beautiful day. I probably didn’t help your mate there, suffice to say it’s not easy to get into the stadium (someone on here had suggested I might have to try and bribe or cajole a guard, but I didn’t see anyone) and it’s a distance outside the city. Others will tell you it’s easy, but I wouldn’t swap my experience for anything. Absolutely loved Lisbon, and the stadium.
fourstonecoppi
The CQN Badge
Was at Lubo dinner a couple years back. He was asked if he was left or right footed. After some deliberation he decided he wasn’t sure!
He scored 35 goals for us. 16 with his left foot, 16 with his right and 3 with his head, noo that’s balanced!!
Loved watching Naka too, another great talent who gave us top moments, Lubo wins it for me though.
Petta showed up twice.
Bobby Charlton played for Celtic
someone mentioned it today – and I just like posting the pic
tully57 on 16 May, 2012 at 20:08 said:
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Forgot to say, the train ride further on by Quebrada along the Lisbon coast to Estoril and Cascais is a must.
No to Newclub
HH
MattE
And there’s a bonus point if you can name the three opponents Lubo scored headers against :-)
bournesouprecipe
Where was the badge ? got distracted .
El Madrigal on 16 May, 2012 at 20:09 said:
Went to Istanbul last summer and visited the stadiums. I was nauseated to see that in the Fenerbahçe shop you can buy t-shirts with the chairman’s face on them (he was at that time languishing in jail on corruption charges). While I can imagine a place for a Fergus t-shirt, I don’t really think it’s a good thing in general.
Far better was Besiktas, quaint little stadium, real old style floodlights and I got right on to the pitch :)
Naka,fantastically gifted player but tended to slow the game down.Di Canio,brilliant but more individual than team player.Lubo,skill to match any I’ve seen in football and a team player to boot.
Naka
fantastic first touch, often a pass
Lubo
rarely fewer than two touches but seldom one wasted
VertWolf
Maley 75
Welcome!!! Are you a hun?
What happened with the Huns appeal.
Bloke109 is Neil Lennon on 16 May, 2012 at 20:13 said:
First one was against Oldco