It was a fantastic result from Celtic Park last night for Scotland’s poor who are dependent on food aid. Fans arrived in droves before kick off with bags full of provisions to restock food banks across the region.
I can sympathise with the SPFL to an extent. Without a sponsor, they are even more dependent on satisfying television, and satisfying television often involves making unpopular decisions, but the mess they’ve made of scheduling the final Championship fixtures of the season is deeply embarrassing for our game.
Our game is looking more and more like it’s being run like a Banana Republic. Generalissimo Doncaster has a case to answer.
I’m pretty sure no one at Celtic considered Leigh Griffiths as their number one striker when he signed a year ago. That he has become so, is as much a result of his forward competition failing to deliver as much as his own talents, but there’s no denying Leigh’s ability. He’s turned into a vibrant, productive striker who scores all types of goals.
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Sorry if I sound a bit thick.
Why do sevco 5088 have to playoff against hearts ?
If hearts are already winners AND promoted ?
dont want to get pedantic,
but,
the collection got £30,000 worth of food.
thats got to be more than 1900 meals.
that would work out at £15 a meal, thats no right.
Anyway will lookin atomorrow bitpissed and goodnight
newradbhoy
01:15 on
17 April, 2015
its the final round of league fixtures.
to get to the play offs.
NEWRADBHOY
The Hearts game is the last scheduled game of their 36. Play-offs after that.
newradbhoy
They don’t mhate.
It’s the final game of the regular league season. But results on that day will determine who is where in the play off positions.
HH jamesgang
Bit of light relief(!)
New Irn-Bru ad.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/watch-new-irn-bru-advert-5529129
Tontine tim
Dunfermline ’68, what a crowd.
I recall money being thrown on to the park so the weans would run onto collect the coins and lose their space – it was that full.There was a guy from govan who fell from the roof to his death that night. They say that over 50,000 travelled from Glasgow for the game – with the league already won.
Pesky bobbio gets podium!
Night timdom.
HH jamesgang
JAMESGANG
Alright,bud?
Nowt wrong wi yer name,good Scots name. As is Smellie. You might just have cause for redress at Deed Poll then…
JAMESGANG
Oul’ BOGNORBHOY beat me to it again,hence my follow-up…
NAE BALANCE
unveil the new kits with an elaborate advert at the velodrome
http://www.glescapals.com/celtic/celticphotos1.htm
I’m fine bobbio.
Feel like I haven’t seen you in forever.
Need a Weedgie hootenanny some time soon!
Night pal
HH jamesgang
saint stivs
01:16 on 17 April, 2015
dont want to get pedantic,
but,
the collection got £30,000 worth of food.
thats got to be more than 1900 meals.
that would work out at £15 a meal, thats no right.
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The tweet was from one food bank mate. The donations were spread across many different food banks, is my understanding.
Teuchter ár lá
01:19 on
17 April, 2015
hello bud, was it your good self who gave me info about paddy higgins in the port ?
JAMESGANG
I can feel a wee hoot coming on,but looks like Autumn for me.
I’m sure the troops will help you out meantime,maybe a jaunt to Blane Valley CSC
St Stivs
No me mate.
My pal Gerto tells me about a “Higgy” – but is that no you?
HH bro
if its Berto Gerto, then aye probably.
keep it lit
Paddymacoz
Whits wrang auld yin nobody talking tae ye?
Well i will no stop gabbing on Sunday, long as
you’ve got my Guinness all lined up.
H.H Mick
MELBOURNEMICK
Clearly yer drying out spell has worked.
Like,worked up a thirst!
PADDYMACOZ
Buy this man a beer,sounds like he needs one.
Billy McNeill
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f3g5Nwuy5NY
BMCUW
Fought my way through the heebie jeebies now feeling
like a good sesh, so hope Paddymac has plenty dosh.
Neil lennon & McCartney
I’ve already expressed my concern on here that we will
lose more than Asia if we don’t make an effort to show
Celtic in more high profile way, my thought was by leasing
shops in the big shopping malls in the main cities but i’m
sure the retail people who earn the big bucks can better
that.
H.H Mick
They are Zombies
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RoyxOVUF17c
There was a wee bit of chat about the capalta the other day
https://youtu.be/qrmWwe6Ep1M
Catalpa….jeeezo
Celtic Chief Executive Peter Lawwell said: “This week as we remember our Founding Father, Brother Walfrid, 100 years after his death, we are marking it in the best way possible. The collection for the Foodbanks at last night’s match was a fitting tribute to his memory.
“Our charitable work is hugely important to us and we are delighted to carry on the ethos of Brother Walfrid through Celtic FC Foundation. We are enormously proud of what the supporters, the Club and the Foundation have done. This is a special club with very special supporters.”
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peter , heated driveways mansion,
£1m a year. pay and bonus,
thank god we have him in place to lead and set an example for the charitable heritage of the supporters.
I would prefer to see Celticcarryikng out our ethos through the plc. Do we contribute the 5% of our profits to charity or do we just try to ? Are we contributing to food poverty by paying the minimum wage or are we still in a tizzy about it ?
HH
bmcuw @ melbourne mick
I feel all nice and fuzzy now I’ve had a couple of people talk to me,thanks .My concentration span isn’t the best and reading all the posts leaves me bamboozled at times.I suppose I’ve got a good excuse,the amount of times i’ve been belted.Mick the Guinness is on tap now in ‘the bay’ .We have negotiated a discount for our members.So keep in with me son and your pension money might last you longer.Take care HH
PADDYMACOZ
Aye,it can take a bit of bedding in,the CQN membership.
Well done on the discounted Guinness. I’m hoping my local keeps it at £2 a pop till hell freezes over. Still canny put any weight on though that may change during my summer week off.
Saint Stivs,
God is in control of everything. If Peter Lawwell is being honest about everything, he doesn’t have anything to worry about, I appreciate that PL disnae work for God and who knows, he may not even believe in God now, or ever.
I’ve heard many people Broadcasting, that it is ok to tell small lies, just little ones, to protect what?
Telling the Truth should always be promoted, especially by people Listened to, Radio DJ’s.
No laughing at the front please.
I’m a lot of fun at family events. ;))
:D
Santagetsitregularly.csc
As leftclicktic would say, who needs information?
Feck sake, olde Nicolas certainly played the Divide and Conquer card tonight.
The SNP have a Leader that is really treacherous, IMO.
Herald Scotland
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John Hughes keeps poker face during nine holes with John Collins
Published on 17 April 2015
Alasdair Fraser
AS OMENS go, it wasn’t the greatest for John Hughes.
There was his friend John Collins, the Celtic assistant manager, clattering a 30-yard approach shot through the green, bang off a concrete boundary wall and back to within 10 feet of the pin.
Collins being Collins, as the Caley Thistle manager put it, then shamelessly holed the putt.
The pair, acquaintances in youth and at Celtic onwards, remain very close and shared a round after Celtic drew 1-1 in Inverness in the league on Saturday, prelude to Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final showdown at Hampden Park.
Hughes will hope for that kind of luck falling sweetly on his own side when the real contest unfolds in the national stadium. While the game of golf was competitive enough, thoughts of the coming weekend kept bubbling to the surface.
“After Saturday’s match I spent a wee nine holes with Collins on Monday and that guy plays poker with his cards up his jumper,” Hughes observed. “It was like a war of attrition with each of us trying to pick the other’s brains [about their plans for semi-final].
“Eventually we just gave up and shook hands and said see you Sunday. We got a half, but the luck that guy gets is unbelievable.”
Fortune favours the brave, they say, and if Hughes’ team is to miss out on a first Scottish Cup final in it’s history – it is a decade now since back-to-back semi-final appearances – it will not be through timidity.
The Caley Thistle manager believes his team is primed to have a right go at Celtic and insists all the pressure is on Ronny Deila and his men, given their much-trumpeted tilt at the treble.
None of that should be interpreted as a lack of respect for the champions-elect, though: Hughes waxes lyrical about Deila, Collins and his team and points to his own players’ SPFL player of the year nominations as proof of how highly they regard Celtic.
“Last Saturday’s draw won’t have any bearing on the semi-final,” Hughes said. “The pitch will be a lot quicker and slicker. It will suit Celtic because it’s like a second home to them.
“They were there last month for the League Cup final and our fans will be outnumbered four to one. The Celtic fans are the best supporters in the world. They are non-stop and our boys have to recognise that’s the case. We need to get settled as quickly as possible, not be fazed, and keep that back door shut as long as we can. But the pitch and occasion will also suit us.
“I think the pressure is on Celtic because they are going for the treble, but they have the best individual players. When you look at who our guys are voting in the PFA awards, it’s mainly Celtic players. So that’s what my players think of them – they recognise how good a team they are and the wonderful football they play.”
Hughes’ own regard for Deila will be drawn from his acquaintance with Collins lending insight into how the Norwegian operates, but also, perhaps, from the similarities in style between Inverness and Celtic.
From infinitely more modest means, Hughes, like Deila, has his players playing slick passing and possession-orientated football which, at it’s best, is pleasing on the eye.
“I’ve got great respect for the job Ronny and John have done,” the 50-year-old said. “They got off to a slow start but when they go for it, Celtic, they really are at it.
“When the Scottish Cup semi-final draw was approaching I looked at three of my former clubs in the hat and said to myself if we were going to win it we were going to have to beat Celtic. If we do, I fancy our chances of winning it.
“Psychologically, the result last Saturday tells our players something positive and it’s my job now to make sure that come Sunday we go out and express ourselves. We can’t afford to feel inferior to Celtic. When we express ourselves, that’s when we are at our best.”
Caley Thistle, Hughes muses, could finish the season tomorrow and be proud of the high endeavour that has taken them 90 minutes from a second major final and to the brink of European football.
The icing on the cake, as he sees it, is there for the taking and the remaining challenges there to enjoy.
“If the season was to finish tomorrow I would say to these boys it has been absolutely outstanding, given the way they’ve taken everything onboard and adapted,” he said. “The way they train and the demands they put on themselves, the standards they set, are wonderful.
“But now we have got here, near the end of the season when the prizes get handed out, we’ve earned the right to be there. So there’s no fear whatsoever. You need a mind tool, with no trepidation, to be able to express yourself.
“There will be times when, if you have great belief in your own ability, you can come out on top in the one v one battles. Nine times out of 10, if you are doing that, there’s a real chance you’ll win.
“That’s what we need to happen to beat Celtic. I have so much respect for Celtic but if you punch them on the nose, they bleed – and we need to give it a right good go.”
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PETEC
Howzitgaun,bud? Pleased to confirm yer a lot of fun at CQN events too.
I didnae watch the debate as telly bores me and I know who I’m voting for anyway. I gather Farage got handed his dinner though,so all is well.
AWE NAW
‘The Caley Thistle manager believes his team is primed to have a right go at Celtic’
Aye,they had a right go at us last weekend too. 40% possession and one shot on target.
At home.
It was great to watch,that. Real edge-of-the-seat stuff.
BMCUWP,
I am surprised that BT and SKY still do coverage. I think losing that TV deal would do wonders for our game.
HH
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
04:47 on 17 April, 2015
PETEC
Howzitgaun,bud? Pleased to confirm yer a lot of fun at CQN events too.
I didnae watch the debate as telly bores me and I know who I’m voting for anyway. I gather Farage got handed his dinner though,so all is well.
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I’d rather go for a drink with Nigel than the 3 stooges, Milliband is trying too hard to be Statesman like, I’ve decided not to vote.
;))
How can you vote for something you have NO BELIEF in?
I’m a bit of a pervert that way, I watch these debates and look for the Lies, yet to be determined.