Fans Against Criminalisation campaign steps up

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Fans Against Criminalisation (FAC) are closer than ever to achieving their goal of having the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act repealed. While the majority in the Scottish Parliament are on their side, the Scottish Government have gone deaf to the voice of the Scottish people in the hope they can successfully distract attention from the issue.

FAC would like you to join their campaign by emailing your MSP. The Celtic Trust have made the process easy with a link to ‘Find my MSP’ and an email template here.

Good luck to all who join the campaign.

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  1. Very quick reply from John Scott.

     

     

    Dear RobinBhoy

     

     

    Thanks for your email. I voted against the introduction of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act when it first came to Parliament and will certainly be voting for its repeal when that proposal reaches the Chamber.

     

     

    Kind regards,

     

     

    John

  2. Somebody add me to Delaney’s list please , as for OBAF act i’ve only had 3 replies out of 8 but all 3 in favour of repealing

  3. DESSYBHOY

     

    Erik when he was first signed by Delia seemed positive and surefooted.

     

    No idea what happened when Brendan arrived but injuries and some absolute stinkers seemed to make up coaches mind he was not for him.

     

    For me he is decent but not sure what position suits him?

     

    He is to error prone for a central defender due to his tendencies to dive in and overpersue.

     

    His passing out from back is also erratic.

     

    Hope he succeeds wherever he goes as he seems a good Celtic man and a nice individual.

  4. There was a few comments about Loan (temporary transfers) earlier. I took this from the SPFL rules and regulations section on website

     

     

    https://spfl.co.uk/docs/067_324__therulesofthescottishprofessionalfootballleagueasat24july201_1502440056.pdf

     

     

    Restrictions on Temporary Transfers

     

    59. Subject to Regulations 64, a Club shall not:-

     

    (i) at any time have an aggregate of more than four Players Scottish FA

     

    Registered with it on the basis of Standard Temporary Transfers and

     

    Emergency Temporary Transfers combined;

     

    (ii) at any time have Scottish FA Registered with it on the basis of Standard

     

    Temporary Transfers and Emergency Temporary Transfers combined more

     

    than one Player who is not be an Under 23 Player;

     

    (iii) in any period of twelve months from 1 July in any one calendar year to 30

     

    June (inclusive) in the next, Play in all Competitions more than two Players

     

    Scottish FA Registered with it on the basis of Standard Temporary Transfers

     

    and Emergency Temporary Transfers combined who are/were not Under 23

     

    Players;

     

    (iv) at any time have more than one Player Scottish FA Registered with it on the

     

    basis of Standard Temporary Transfers and Emergency Temporary Transfers

     

    combined from any one Club for the time being eligible to participate in the

     

    same Division as itself;

     

    (v) at any time have more than two Players Scottish FA Registered with it on the

     

    basis of Standard Temporary Transfers and Emergency Temporary Transfers

     

    combined from any one Club for the time being eligible to participate in

     

    another Division from itself; and

     

    (vi) at any time have more than three Players Scottish FA Registered with it on

     

    the basis of Standard Temporary Transfers, Emergency Temporary Transfers

     

    and Development Temporary Transfers combined from any one Club.

     

    123

     

    60. Subject to Regulation 64, if a Club shall, in any period of twelve months from 1 July

     

    in any one calendar year to 30 June (inclusive) in the next:-

     

    (i) have more than one Player Scottish FA Registered with it on the basis of

     

    Standard Temporary Transfer(s) and/or Emergency temporary Transfer(s)

     

    combined from a Club eligible to participate in the same Division as itself;

     

    and/or

     

    (ii) two or more Players Scottish FA Registered with it on the basis of Standard

     

    Temporary Transfer(s) and/or Emergency Temporary Transfer(s) combined

     

    from another Club for the time being eligible to participate in another

     

    Division from itself,

     

    the Scottish FA Registration(s) of the Player(s) most recently Scottish FA Registered

     

    with it shall immediately terminate such that there shall be the minimum number

     

    of terminations of Scottish FA Registrations required to secure compliance with

     

    these Regulations and any Player(s) whose Registration(s) are so terminated shall

     

    be dealt with in accordance with Regulation 67.

     

    61. Subject to these Regulations, the maximum permitted number of Players permitted

     

    to become Scottish FA Registered to a Club on the basis of Standard Temporary

     

    Transfers and Emergency Temporary Transfers combined during the period from 1st

     

    July in any calendar year to 30th June (inclusive) in the following calendar year is

     

    five.

     

    62. A Club shall not apply so as to have Scottish FA Registered with it more than four

     

    Players on the basis of Development Temporary Transfers at any one time.

     

    International Temporary Transfers

     

    63. Nothing in these Regulations shall have the effect of imposing any limit on the

     

    number of Players a Club shall be permitted to have Scottish FA Registered and/or

     

    League Registered with that Club at any time or over any period of time on the

     

    basis of a temporary transfer where such temporary transfer has required, in order

     

    for it to take place, the issue of an International Transfer Certificate in accordance

     

    124

     

    with the FIFA Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players for the time being

     

    and all such Players for whom such certificate was so required shall not count

     

    towards any of the limits specified in these Regulations on the numbers of Players

     

    who may be Scottish FA Registered and/or Registered with a Club on the basis of a

     

    temporary transfer at any time or over any period of time.

  5. BMCUWP @ 3:13,

     

     

    hahaha Im sure there would have been a few more “f” words in there pal.

     

    Im doing well thanks.

     

     

    How’s you???

     

    Maybe, just maybe, I’ll manage to make the next (in)Famous Hootenany and we can catch up over a pint of the Good Stuff!

     

     

    HAIL! HAIL!

     

    Token

  6. BGFC @ 3:25pm,

     

     

    that is almost word for word the reply I received from Richard Lyle!

     

    So, the SNP already decided upon a stock answer for those of who who email them then?

     

     

    Cant say that surprises me.

     

     

    HAIL! HAIL!

     

    Token

  7. Fan -a-tic

     

    He was a very approachable pleasant guy that night, like you the coaches see him daily and seem to have deemed him not to be what is required, so on we go.

  8. The Token Tim BGFC

     

    Just to confirm, I received same Email from Rhonda Mackay SNP kast week.

     

    Awerabest PJ

  9. BGFC

     

    I have not posted for years, but just wanted to say that the reply you got

     

    from your SNP ,MSP is exactly the same as I received from James Dornan

     

    my SNP ,MSP the other two replies that I received from both Labour and

     

    Tory MSPs said they would be supporting James Kelly’s repeal bill.

     

    HH

  10. itscalledthemalvinas on

    As a middle-aged man who is a bit of a dum-dum when it comes to the technical side of life of copying and pasting (ie don’t know how) could someone put me on the Delaney’s Dunky list. Read all his posts and he is Celtic to the core.

  11. HT

     

    Good man yourself for your efforts on here to gaib=n support for the repeal of this very silly Bill (!)..

     

     

    JJ

     

     

    PS I haven`t had any replies so I think I better have another go.

  12. Repost from previous article………

     

     

    williefernie on 15th January 2018 1:31 pm

     

    My own take on the club from Govan is that they will not be allowed to die.Same as 2012.

     

     

    However,if the best case scenario eventuated,what would happen?Seriously!What would happen?50k people who attended a match every fortnight would do what?Seriously!Any thoughts? Yes, a few would support their local team, a few would give the game away,but what of the rest–30k? Thoughts,please. HH.

     

     

    They will follow team playing Celtic……..??

  13. Big Georges Fan Club - Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on

    Having dealt regularly with the Scottish Government through work, guaranteed that the SNP stock answer will have been penned by a Civil Servant in St Andrew’s House.

     

     

    Quote the data sources that suit your argument, seems to be the approach, and ignore all other opinion or evidence.

     

     

    Selective use of out-of-context quotations is also a common, and very useful tool in the Civil Servant arsenal.

     

     

    HH

     

    BGFC

  14. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    Got to say this quote from Alex Neil,

     

    “removing the requirement to prove it would cause fear and alarm to a reasonable person.”

     

    Should concern everyone, the introduction of conviction without proof.

  15. Canamalar

     

    And this also from Alex Neil :

     

     

    ” Victim Support Scotland said it “is opposed to the repeal of the 2012 Act unless there is a viable alternative to support victims of threatening communication and religious prejudice.”

     

     

    Is he saying that, before this Act, there was nothing in Law to prevent` threatening communication and religious prejudice.` ? Really?

     

     

    I feel many people voted for the SNP because they, those voters, feel quite patriotic and felt voting SNP meant making Scotland more Scottish. This Bill alone might lead to them reconsidering their choice of Government in Scotland.

     

     

    JJ

     

     

    JJ

  16. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    received the letter from SNP MSP Clare Haughey

     

     

    Disgrace and was of money when an email costs nothing

     

     

    Did SNP post 15000 letters out?

     

    Good use of resources?

  17. Interesting story from the weekend, West Brom v Brighton. An alleged racial comment from one player to another. No witnesses to speak of as far as I’m aware. Reported to the FA. Lets see how they deal with it. It’s very similar to the Tonev case.

  18. BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 15TH JANUARY 2018 3:37 PM

     

    If you reckon it’s high time DELANEYSDUNKY got his bahookey on here to say hello,copy and paste the list and add yer moniker.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    As it stands

     

     

    LEFTCLICKTIC

     

    BMCUWP (and my lurking sisters.)

     

    PHILBHOY

     

    Corkcelt

     

    Tobago Street

     

    What is the stars ( along with his Butler,Chauffer,assorted maids and groundstaff)*

     

    DESSYBHOY

     

    MIKEINTORONTO

     

    TEUCHTERARLA

     

    OLDTIM67

     

    COSYCORNERBHOY

     

    Connaire12

  19. Still awaiting a reply from the local MSP, who is SNP. Almost since first contacting him in 2014, I have received the party line printed reply. It does not surprise me that others are now receiving the same treatment from their local SNP representatives.

  20. What surprises me is that CQN’ers are surprised by the response of our elected SNP representatives.

     

     

    Individual thinking is simply not tolerated.

     

     

    HH.

  21. BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 15TH JANUARY 2018 3:37 PM

     

     

    If you reckon it’s high time DELANEYSDUNKY got his bahookey on here to say hello,copy and paste the list and add yer moniker.

     

    As it stands

     

     

     

    LEFTCLICKTIC

     

     

    BMCUWP (and my lurking sisters.)

     

     

    PHILBHOY

     

     

    Corkcelt

     

     

    Tobago Street

     

     

    What is the stars ( along with his Butler,Chauffer,assorted maids and groundstaff)*

     

     

    DESSYBHOY

     

     

    MIKEINTORONTO

     

     

    TEUCHTERARLA

     

     

    OLDTIM67

     

     

    COSYCORNERBHOY

     

     

    Connaire12

     

     

    Pogmathonyahun

  22. LEFTCLICKTIC

     

     

     

     

    BMCUWP (and my lurking sisters.)

     

     

    PHILBHOY

     

     

    Corkcelt

     

     

    Tobago Street

     

     

    What is the stars ( along with his Butler,Chauffer,assorted maids and groundstaff)*

     

     

    DESSYBHOY

     

     

    MIKEINTORONTO

     

     

    TEUCHTERARLA

     

     

    OLDTIM67

     

     

    COSYCORNERBHOY

     

     

    Connaire12

     

     

    FRANNYB67

     

     

    ITSCALLEDTHEMALVINAS

     

     

    POGMATHONYAHUN AKA LAIRD OF THE SMILES

     

     

    OneMalloy

  23. JANUARY 2018 3:37 PM

     

     

     

    If you reckon it’s high time DELANEYSDUNKY got his bahookey on here to say hello,copy and paste the list and add yer moniker.

     

     

    As it stands

     

     

     

     

    LEFTCLICKTIC

     

     

     

    BMCUWP (and my lurking sisters.)

     

     

     

    PHILBHOY

     

     

     

    Corkcelt

     

     

     

    Tobago Street

     

     

     

    What is the stars ( along with his Butler,Chauffer,assorted maids and groundstaff)*

     

     

     

    DESSYBHOY

     

     

     

    MIKEINTORONTO

     

     

     

    TEUCHTERARLA

     

     

     

    OLDTIM67

     

     

     

    COSYCORNERBHOY

     

     

     

    Connaire12

     

     

     

    Pogmathonyahun

     

     

    Bognorbhoy

  24. RIP big Cyril Regis – great powerhouse of a striker; early memories of watching him smash Man U at Old Trafford on Match of the Day.

  25. LEFTCLICKTIC

     

     

    BMCUWP (and my lurking sisters.)

     

     

    PHILBHOY

     

     

    Corkcelt

     

     

    Tobago Street

     

     

    What is the stars ( along with his Butler,Chauffer,assorted maids and groundstaff)*

     

     

    DESSYBHOY

     

     

    MIKEINTORONTO

     

     

    TEUCHTERARLA

     

     

    OLDTIM67

     

     

    COSYCORNERBHOY

     

     

    Connaire12

     

     

    Pog

     

    Bada Bing

     

     

    #getddback

  26. LEFTCLICKTIC

     

     

    BMCUWP (and my lurking sisters.)

     

     

    PHILBHOY

     

     

    Corkcelt

     

     

    Tobago Street

     

     

    What is the stars ( along with his Butler,Chauffer,assorted maids and groundstaff)*

     

     

    DESSYBHOY

     

     

    MIKEINTORONTO

     

     

    TEUCHTERARLA

     

     

    OLDTIM67

     

     

    COSYCORNERBHOY

     

     

    Connaire12

     

     

    Pog

     

     

    Bada Bing

     

     

    #getddback

     

     

    big packy