News that Southampton FC have nominated Mary’s Meals as their official international charity partner is a genuine great football story, and a significant landmark for the Scottish-based charity which now feeds over a millions children per day.
Mary’s Meals were in touch on Friday with news and photographs from the fourth school kitchen paid for by Celtic Quick News readers, in Chibwata, Malawi. Since the kitchen was built, school enrolment has increased by 34% to 1226 pupils. Each day over 4,000 pupils are fed in school kitchens built by CQN readers.
The school role has increased because of the availability of a daily meal, but as well as being better fed and healthier, hundreds of pupils are now getting an education who previously missed out. Benefits are not limited to food today, there are lifetime benefits of getting a primary education, which will help the pupils and the nation as a whole for decades.
Those of you who have put the occasional £1 into Appeal alongside the Magners’ competitions we run, or who have put significantly more than this on occasion, should be enormously proud of what you’ve achieved. It is a stunning testament to the Celtic support. Thanks for all your help.
Celtic have done enormous work with Mary’s Meals in the past through the Foundation but let’s hope this break into English football opens up many more opportunities for the charity.
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Thanks for the birthday wishes Bhoys and just for that, I might just be tempted out of quiz retirement to run a special pre Christmas CQN quiz
How does Friday 18th December suit you all? Same time, same place?
BMCUWP-It is a better day when I see you posting again
jamesgang- coal pit more like :-)
Have a fine and green and white day to you all
HH
CRC
Dallas
Fr Dunnachie will be well prayed for hope he gets through this
CRC many happy returns hope you have a great birthday
BMCUW – you never leave sometimes a wee break does the world of good
Hail Hail
Welcome home Bobby, now all we need is the weather forecast from Jobo, a few pics from Roy Croppie and a bit of sense from Old Tim.
Morning gossip, not politics.
SPFL unveils League Cup revamp
SPFL bosses have unveiled radical changes to the League Cup, with competitive football in July, group stages and the scrapping of extra time with drawn matches going straight to penalties.
The winter break will also return to Scottish football while Scottish clubs wuill share in an £8 million BT Sport TV deal lasting four years. (The Scotsman)
Lennon quits as Wasps boss
DANNY Lennon has unexpectedly quit as manager of Alloa, with the Wasps anchored to the foot of the Championship.
Having picked up just five points in 16 matches, Lennon has quit to give a new manager the chance to make changes in the January transfer window.
Formerly St Mirren manager, Lennon took over at Alloa last season and saved them from relegation. But the Wasps are currently six points behind Livingston, who have a game in hand. (BBC)
Rangers ‘spooked,’ claims Stubbs
HIBS boss Alan Stubbs claims Rangers are spooked by Hibs, with just three points between the two sides at the summit of the Championship.
Responding to claims from Ibrox that the Gers are focused on their own title race, Stubbs said: “You can deny things as much as you want.
“But if I was at the top and Rangers were this close to us, I would be well aware of them.” (Daily Record)
Stubbs has ‘unfinished business’ at Hibs
STUBBS also poured cold water on talk linking him with a return to England, insisting he has unfinished business at Hibs.
The former Celtic and Everton defender said: “I’m not going to lie, I want to manage at the top level.
“But this is a brilliant job at the moment and I haven’t achieved anything.” (Scottish Sun)
NEWS IN BRIEF
• Ajax ambassador Ronald de Boer has ruled out a return to Ibrox despite insisting ‘nowhere is the welcome warmer than at Rangers’
• Swansea City have made a £200k bid for Falkirk midfielder Ryan Blair. The Swans have already taken Jay Fulton, Botti Biabi and Stephen Kingsley from the Bairns
• Colin and Christine Weir were among investors who helped Partick clear their debt, it has been revealed
Read more: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rumour-mill-celtic-eye-kozak-and-grujic-hibs-want-mcgovern-league-cup-revamp-1-3969459#ixzz3ticgamND
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35 years ago today this genius was murdered in New York
http://youtu.be/m0uLfO2ksQQ
Instead if trying to re vamp the league cup should those clowns not be working on their cv
They should be out of a job soon
Happy birthday CRC
It’s all about Celtic, no politics.
Nir Bitton and the Phantom Quotes
Celtic midfielder Nir Bitton was splashed about the tabloids and Celtic Interweb yesterday as “quotes” from his agent surfaced about the players future.
As soon as I seen these comments and headlines I was more than a little skeptical about their origin. The player has just signed a long-term deal at the club so talk of him moving on so suddenly was definitely a strange one.
It turned out to be nothing more than tabloid gossip, feeling the need to quell this rumour Celtic issued a statement that read –
A spokesperson for Celtic said: “We were delighted to agree a new contract recently with Nir and very pleased that he has committed his long-term future to Celtic.
“We know nothing about these reports but as Nir himself has said, Celtic is where he wants to be.”
Rarely do Celtic comment on the speculation surrounding any of the players but on this occasion had to put the record straight.
However, while the club says he’s going nowhere that is also somewhat misleading. Celtic can’t predict the bids and teams that are going to come in for any of their top talents in January and the summer. If the right bid came in for Nir then I’m sure like many players before him he would be off.
What Celtic are saying is the quotes were fabricated, the midfielder is enjoying his football and right now there are no bids for the Israeli and he will remain a Celtic player.
Celticrollercoaster, have a very happy birthday. Had problems with PC so could not get on blog to thank you for asking about my health. Have had a couple of poor weeks. Missed two games, including Ajax. But getting there. Have a great day..
Is it today thems are in court? I was just wondering because, for some strange reason it’s normally a Friday I thought, someone said to me last night it was today, I wasent sure?
Is it any wonder they don’t like politics, thinking must be painful.
BMCUW-welcome back
“A winter break is a no brainer for me.”
A possible problem for this `no brainer` is that winter weather here is not quite so predictable as it is in the Scandinavian countries . We might know that we will have some bad weather between December and April but there is little certainty about which of these months would be best suited for a mid-season close down.
JJ
Morning Bhoys the weather is a wee bit better this morning TD67 I believe it is tomorrow Wednesday that they are in court.H.H.
Canamalar
Paul`s OCD comment is becoming an obsession with you. Are you a Tim?
JJ
TonyDonnelly 67 @ 9:14
“However, while the club says he’s going nowhere that is also somewhat misleading.”
I don`t know where that article came from but I did not think Celtic`s quote was `misleading` at all. Celtic did NOT say Nir was going nowhere. Only a small point, I know but I feel ,sometimes, Celtic supporters are too worried about being seen as fair minded.
JJ
PS I know you just posted the article for the benefit of CQN. Incidentally, I like these articles you post. Even those from the MSSM.
JOE FILIPPIS HAIRCUT on 8TH DECEMBER 2015 9:36 AM
Thank you.
Canamalar – thanks for your constructive comments. Trying hard to inject some positive thoughts. Truly hope you can do the same.
Sorry JJ that article came from…Celts Are Here…
Good Morning CQN
Big Hoopy Birthday CRC
Have a great day
Mt
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 8TH DECEMBER 2015 9:29 AM
Is it any wonder they don’t like politics, thinking must be painful.
Good morning CQN
Have a cracking birthday CRC, for a cracking CQN’er
Charlie Nic the thinking fans thinking pundit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZUIzPtWu_g
Has CQN really gone badly downhill? My recollection is that there have always been disputes, flounces, fall-outs, many non-Celtic related posts,posters leaving,language violations,intolerance etc. Life is not a constant and neither is CQN.
JJ
PS I do wish Jobo would hurry back, though. I used his weather post as my starting point each day 0:-)
From Video Celts.
BT are believed to be paying £2m a year to sponsor the new look competition with the current BBC £1.5m/year deal for radio, television and internet coverage of the SPFL and League Cup ending in May.
The current BBC Scotland League Cup deal allows the broadcaster one live match from each round of the competition with Celtic’s semi-final and final ties last season bringing in bumper audiences. This season the BBC chose to show live coverage of the Inverness Caley Thistle v Ross County match ahead of Hearts v Celtic.
Announcing the new deal Neil Doncaster said: “We are delighted to welcome BT Sport as our exclusive League Cup TV broadcast partner and to have their support for the new format. Our agreement with BT Sport delivers a huge increase in the number of games being shown live as well as providing increased competition prize money for clubs.
“The new format has also enabled the re-introduction of a winter break for Ladbrokes Premiership clubs. We are consulting with Ladbrokes Championship, League 1 and League 2 clubs to establish whether they also favour a winter break in their respective divisions.”
Simon Green, head of BT Sport, said: “BT Sport is thrilled to deepen its connection to Scottish football through this new long-term deal. Our team looks forward to bringing fans an exciting and innovative new competition from July 2016. Today’s agreement expands our summer programming line-up while also giving Scottish football fans an exciting new summer football competition.”
The new look tournament will make little difference to Celtic who along with all teams in European competitions will go straight into the last 16 of the competition which will be played as a straight knock out.
From July next year 40 clubs, including the winners of the Highland and Lowaland Leagues, will form eight groups of five playing each other once between July 16 and 30.
The eight group winners plus four runners up will be joined by the European representatives for the knock out stage.
It’s expected that the tournament will be completed in the autumn allowing the SPFL Premiership to enjoy a two week winter break in January.
Read more at http://videocelts.com/2015/12/blogs/latest-news/bbc-lose-out-in-new-league-cup-deal#gxfBZpOQhzFs4m8V.99
JJ – of course you are correct about the unpredictable winter weather. However safe to say July will be better.
Weather in Tain currently sunny, relatively calm and over 5 hours of daylight left to enjoy!
Thanks, Tony D67.
It is always good to know the source .
JJ
I try and avoid the MSM daily diet of moronic gossip to sell their fish and chip wrappers
I love the irony of those who slaughter opinions on Celtic players and management on CQN as in their opinion it is derived from the MSM………………….. then go OSD copying, pasting AND commenting on MSM articles on CQN
Just saying like
aff oot enjoy your day CQN
NEILBHOY
It bliddy wisnae this year!
I fell asleep one Saturday after a wee sesh and slept through our entire summer.
Neilbhoy
Good point re July. It is always a joy when we have some early season games in beautiful weather. I know there are not many but the Celtic Park experience is even better in good weather.
JJ
Lionroars67
I don`t think any irony is involved. There is a MASSIVE difference between having a laugh at the MSSM articles and in believing them.
JJ
LIONROARS67 on 8TH DECEMBER 2015 9:53 AM
I try and avoid the MSM daily diet of moronic gossip to sell their fish and chip wrappers
I love the irony of those who slaughter opinions on Celtic players and management on CQN as in their opinion it is derived from the MSM………………….. then go OSD copying, pasting AND commenting on MSM articles on CQN
Just saying like
aff oot enjoy your day CQN
– See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/feeding-the-thousands-from-celtic-to-southampton/comment-page-12/#comments
I take it as my morning entertainment of fun, taking anything serious from the SMSM is? Not a good road to go down, to believe the crap they print would be very, very silly, but to ignore it would be even More silly.
Amongst the outbreak of civility and welcoming back of BMCUW ( which I endorse) I liked this :
“CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 8TH DECEMBER 2015 7:56 AM
awe shit he’s back :) ”
Cheerio for now.
JJ
PS In case anyone thinks otherwise ( it has been known to happen!) , I genuinely did like Canamalar`s comment.
JJ
Touché
JJHS,
I cant think of another poster in the history of this blog that Paul67 has insulted, can you ?
Special treatment singled out for me when he couldn’t actually find anything to reprimand me about, I mean who gets reprimanded for posting too much ?
Is there a financial risk if too many words are used ?
Copy/paste has now got a limit, well that’s no true only I have a limit on what I can copy/paste or talk about.
A brand new rule invented for me. A sop to sate some greetin faced censors that couldn’t actually find a breach of any rules.
A reprimand to give the illusion of a semblance of balance for the trolls, keeping the trolls happy, That betrays a very partizan application of his own rules when he has to make new ones up.
Neilbhoy,
As long as Celtic supporters chase after squirrels and this is a squirrel make no mistake, the SMSM will use it as proof that its time to move and that on no one is interested in corruption.
Looks Like the winner of this year’s Turner Prize is a Mr. Flatpack Assemble
Aff oot
Couple decent bets available tonight
Real Madrid to win and not concede 4/5
Under 2.5 goals in united game decent aswel , hasn’t been more than couple goals in most of their games recently.
Morning Celts
Nae arguing bhoys.
Just accept everything.
The world outside CQN does not exist.
Get a grip. I don’t want to think too much.
Its not good for you:)
HH
Good to see you back on BMCUWP keep it fun . Tell Jobo to get back too as it’s killing me not knowing what the weather is doing to my folks who live just doon the road. How am I supposed to know what they are up to every day without the forecast. Hail hail.
JUNGLEJIM HS
As did I,bud.
Lippy sod,so he is. I wouldn’t have him any other way.