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Criminalisation (FAC) are closer than ever to achieving their goal of having the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act repealed.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.

NEW CQN PODCAST OUT NOW FEATURING TOMMY SHERIDAN

A Celtic State of Mind presents its 30th instalment of insightful discussion around the culture of Celtic Football Club, the city of Glasgow, and fans of the reigning treble-winning Scottish champions.

Kevin Graham is joined by Scotty Alcroft to interview Scottish pro-independence politician, Tommy Sheridan, at The Penalty Spot in Glasgow.

The interview took place as part of A Celtic State of Mind’s first live event – Five-a-sides at The Penalty Spot – and, as such, there is some background noise (including mobile interference – apologies) from the audience.

The other voice you may hear throughout this episode is that of former Celtic striker, Frank McGarvey, who is a friend of Tommy’s, and who was also interviewed separately that day for a future show.

You are sure to enjoy Tommy’s eclectic input, as he discusses everything from Catalan independence to Coolio, with a constant undercurrent of that thing called Celtic.

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  1. WITS/CorkCelt: here, here ( or is it hear, hear?).

     

     

    Anyway, off to mo leaba. I’ve worked a week and a day and I’m knackered. Roll on the next holiday (in three weeks and four days:-)).

  2. Embdae know if we done any work on the new pitch in last couple of weeks? Last i heard , we done some work last summer,winter break, and finished at end of the season

  3. FAIRHILL BHOY

     

     

    Best wishes to your sister, I’ll say a wee prayer for her.

     

     

    KEEP THE FAITH

  4. i'vehadtochangemyname on

    Poor lucia joyce – rejected by beckett, developed schizophrenia – a terrible disease

  5. back in and want to say thank you all (too many to name individually)

     

     

    Me and B looking forward now to getting back to seeing the bhoys

     

     

    I know the winter break question has been debated ad infinitum but when you don’t follow any other football team other than Celtic its torture

     

     

    Roll on the 20th

     

     

    HH

  6. Finally found a quiet corner away from all the post post-Christmas shenanigans that still consume my waking hours. Family, eh?

     

    Much belated New Year’s felicitations to Paul and to all CQNers everywhere.

     

    Can I add Noel90 and Big Joe to the missing contributers whose posts were always a breath of fresh air. (Back in the day).

     

    Roll on the footie again to bring some sense of normality to the weekends.

     

    Hail Hail.

  7. I’vehadto @ 9.47

     

     

    All part of Sevco mythological football pariah club but SMSM have them as usual attracting big names busy in the transfer window.

     

     

    They couldn’t even appoint a proper manager and Murty is unproven at youth level never mind being handed a new club in the SPL. The loans are transparent for anybody that cares to look. its the only way they can ‘sign’ players.

     

     

    Celtic meanwhile are the only club in Scotland active in the transfer market spending money ( £1.5M ) Compper and Morgan, yet we observe SMSM create another notion that Celtic have been very quiet withholding our biscuit tin.

     

     

    How bizarre how bizarre CSC

  8. mike in toronto, update the police have traced the owner of the two dogs that attacked me and my two westies, she is a fifty 6 yearold says she was bending down tying her shoelace when we approached and the dogs lead slipped out of her hand, also the dogs are not pit bull which are banned but crossbreeds which are not, so forget my 6 stitches in my arm, what about the out of hours vet bill for frankie 5 teethmarks in his backside 2 innoculations 250 pounds, said owner is on benefits so cant pay towards the vet bill. hh.

  9. mike in toronto on

    Big Packy … not something that you normally hear a lawyer say, but, the money isn’t the most important thing … at the end of the day, you guys came through it okay … that’s most important.

     

     

    Magwai … how you doing? Noel 90? a name from the past… always liked his posts!

  10. Halfway through the transfer window,

     

    am i the only one totally underwhelmed by our business so far

  11. dena, bournesouprecipe, thanks but there is more important things going on especially you dena .hh.

  12. gordybhoy64 on 15th January 2018 10:38 pm

     

     

    No you are not alone

     

     

    but I’m an optimist so still hopeful

     

     

    HH

  13. embramike says ” Yer team’s deid…Beat it!” on

    Stuart Armstrong set for spell on sidelines after hernia operation

     

    Scotsman Published: 22:30 Monday 15 January 2018

     

     

    Celtic star Stuart Armstrong is set for a spell on the sidelines after undergoing a shock hernia operation. Armstrong went under the knife in Germany yesterday to cure his long-running injury after spending their recent winter break with Brendan Rodgers’ champions in Dubai.

     

     

    The 25-year-old, who signed a new two-year deal last August to tie him to the Hoops to 2019, has been troubled with the problem in recent weeks. The Parkhead club felt it was best he received surgery during the January lay-off as the Premiership leaders gear up for the second half of the season.

  14. Fairhill Bhoy

     

    Hopefully good news to come for your sister.

     

    HH

     

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    Been swatting up on people who suffer TIA’s, for the past few years we have been pulling our hair out trying to suss out what has been wrong with Mrs TET, it seems that she has been suffering from these, and they are getting worse and longer, no much that can be done either, took her to the hosie the other day, she got better and they sent her home, 2018 and they still haven’t managed to cure the common cold, well they have but there is no money in it, they make billions selling crap that doesn’t work, cancer is another one, thay could cure 90% of it the morra if they wanted, again no money in it for them, it’s all about prolonging things for a year or so, ach am no the happiest bhoy on the planet just now.

  15. big packy on 15th January 2018 10:43 pm

     

     

    Every aspect of our lives is important to us

     

     

    I’m glad you and your dogs are ok , but irresponsible pet owners annoy me

     

     

    HH

  16. Dena29,

     

    I too am an optimist,

     

    but i did think we would have had

     

    a couple of more signings in by now

  17. glendalystonsils on

    Re Stuart Armstrong’s hernia op……I often wonder when I see players form dip, just what injuries they might be carrying. Stuart’s hernia, Griff’s calf, Moussa’s hammy. ‘ Loss of form’ can sometimes be just too simplistic.

  18. GHORDYBHOY64 @10:56

     

     

    I did think we would have had a few more in by now

     

     

    but hoping by the end of transfer window the signings will be worth the wait

     

     

     

     

    happyclappersruscsc

     

     

    HH

  19. Hi Mike.

     

    Was following your Antigua trip.

     

    Hope you got some heat into the bones to keep you slightly warmed up for the winter.

     

    Jeez these mornings are a head-wrecker. If I hadn’t to feed and clothe some folk, I would not be for leaving the duvet ’till my stomach was looking for lunch.

     

     

    Notamorningperson.csc

  20. Wee update on fac

     

     

    I’ve had replies from

     

     

    Monica Lennon

     

    Elaine Smith

     

    Richard Leonard

     

    Mark Griffin

     

     

    Not a single reply from any snp or tory!!

     

     

    Says it all for me. If only Labour had supported independence. Ah well, in saying that… I wanted independence only so we could rid Scotland of tories, get the queen tf and have a Republic with no monarch… Probably would never have happened anyway.

     

     

    Can’t wait for the fitba to be back.

     

     

    Hail Hail

     

     

    Hai

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

    Glad to hear via Almore that DD is OK.

     

     

    Echo everyone else – hopefully some of the posters who have left get back on the blog.

     

     

    And hopefully civility can be maintained, lack of which seemed to be behind a number of people not posting.

     

     

    HH

     

    BGFC

     

     

    ItsNiceToBeNiceCSC

  22. mike in toronto on

    Magwai

     

     

    I seem to recall it was pretty warm in the BAC. You just need to be in there more often!

  23. Wonderful news Dena. Also good to hear DD is well though ‘flouncing’ :-)

     

     

    Interesting to see how many extra bodies sevco are acquiring. Will they have enough second hand training tops and strips to go round? Maybe it’s a pay as you play scenario – every time you pay, you play. One thing for sure it will end in tears again.