I never met Jimmy McGrory, who died an elderly man when I was 15. I don’t if he was around Celtic Park much in the years immediately beforehand, but I never even saw him. We have many genuine greats but he is one of a handful of those who could put a claim on being our greatest ever.
I was fortunate enough to meet Jinky several times and have yet to meet Kenny Dalglish or Henrik but the Tier-1 Celtic great I’ve met most is Billy McNeill. Billy’s achievements as a player are legendary, his managerial achievements were none too shabby either, but the way he has represented himself, his family and our clu,b for over half a century, is incredible He must have shared thoughts and memories with well over 100,000 Celtic fans on a one-to-one basis.
Like many of the Lions, and unlike to many less decorated heroes, they never make you feel like you are imposing on them when you’re soaking up the rays of history which flow from them.
The renovations outside Celtic Park are nearing completion and the area will be opened by Billy at 13:00 this Saturday, before the Aberdeen game. While the façade of the stadium has changed greatly since Billy first stood out front as a fan, the school, car park and Kerrydale Street changed only by aging gradually, and the occasional resurfacing.
This renovation will change the way future Celtic fans view the ground in the decades ahead. As a club, we are privileged to have someone of the calibre of Billy McNeill there to celebrate our present and future.
Get along early to support him – and bring a camera.
We are holding a Four Lions CQN Night at the Greenock Celtic Supporters’ Club on Friday 6 June. Willie Wallace is back from Australia for the Lisbon final so we’ve nabbed him for a night, to join Bertie Auld, John Hughes and the one and only Tommy Gemmell. Tickets are genuinely scarce after a lot of local update, if you want to be there, this will be your first and last day to respond…..
The 70th Anniversary Supporters Association Dinner is THIS Friday at the Kerrydale Suite. Dinner, music (step away from the mic. Anthony) and entertainment among hundreds of friends. Tickets cost a mere £30. With the event being on Friday, and Fridays being synonimous with statements these days, I wonder if we’ll have another jelly and ice cream sweet. What a memorable CSA Rally that would be. See you there.
If you would like to attend either event, email me, celticquicknews@gmail.com
FYI, with the Big Cup final returning to Lisbon this month, CQN will be wallowing in unapologetic nostalgia for the next 31 days and beyond. We forget how lucky we are sometimes. Billy, Willie, John, Bertie and Big Tam, celebrate the way only Celtic fans can. Fill your boots.
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Don’t know if it happens all over, but for some reason the Chinese just don’t get my accent.
Anyways was courting a Marlow Girl… A bit posh is Marlow, there was a new Chinese Restaurant open – had taken over from an exclusive French Restaurant, the decor and ambience was the same (very up market Cafe Rouge) with a great reputation. Well I was out to impress.
So went in and got settled down and asked for the menus, she could you ask for an ash tray when the waiter comes back (it was a while ago).
When he came back with the menus I asked.
Waiter: No not now.
She looked at me oddly, thought I’ll assert myself.
Me: No we would like it before we order the meal
Waiter: No – after meal
Folk are turning round looking at us now – so no backing down.
Excuse me, we are the customers and we want it now.
Waiter: Okay, okay
Guy comes back with a bowl of Ice Cream.
Well they say make them laff and your half way there, she was in hysterics, a few years later we were Married.
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
17:27 on 1 May, 2014
Googybhoy
flying from Manchester end of June, any good hotels for parking the car for the week?
Will mail you.
cadizzy
17:59 on 1 May, 2014
googybhoy ♥ we are all Neil Lennon
17:57 on 1 May, 2014
ah but would you recognise any of the Scottish names if they did put up the Scottish team?
Andy Goram still playing???
Did Jimmy McGrory take us to our first European semi-final? in 1964 – in cup winners Icup against MTK Budapest when we threw away a 3-0 first leg win because Robert Kelly declared that we would keep to the Celtic style of open play and not adopt the ‘foreign’ way of being ultra-defensive ? We were naive in those days.
Ron Bacardi
Big Yogi has a chapter on this game in Yogi Bare – we throw it away and the Budapest team could not believe their luck. We also lost a semi Final to Liverpool due to a Belgian referee making a massive blunder – that should have been two additional European Finals for Celtic!
Ron Bacardi
yes won first leg april 15 and lost away on 29th..
We had two goals ruled out for offside in the return leg, wee jinky and big yogi..
Just happened to have Celtic companion sitting beside me on the table..8)
Cheers googy..
Is George on alcohol ?
If there was ever an example in microcosm of the difference in Celtic fans and followers of the clubs playing out of Ibrox its on a thread entitled ‘next game against them’ on Rangersmedia website.
Any media outside Scotland might want to have a look at the mentality of who are rightfully known as huns,the Scottish media know all about it but do choose to do their profession a disservice.
Ps if your in Kirkcaldy don’t drive cos George is.
Loving the stories guys. Keep me coming. All mine are not publishable of a family site such as this!
Big Yogi`s book also arrived at mine today. Signed, To Bobby Russell (Not A Hun)
John `Yogi` Hughes
Tr
love it, it’s like woody allen asking for a mag in bananas ? annie hall ?
An irish district court, regarding a trivial matter, somewhere, sometime, in the dim and distant past…….
Accused: “Before the formal commencement of the proceedings, i’d like it placed on the record that i do not recognise this court.”
Judge: “Why is that.”
Accused: “It’s been painted since i was last here.”
Might as well let another embarrassing moment out.
I fell on a slide that i had made one winter and hit the ground with my two front teeth.
I was in primary 5 or 6 so i reckon i was about 10 or 11 years old.
The smashed remains were removed and i was fitted with a denture.
The dentist was always a terrifying place and i would only go when it was needed so by the time i had left school and was at college…..i actually still had the same denture despite being about twice the size.
Anyway, while i was at college there was a health/fitness awareness day going on and in the foyer of the college there was this machine about the size of a small van which measured lung capacity if someone blew into it.
I guess you already know what is coming.
A group of us from my class were standing watching various students blowing into this machine and then getting their score from the guy who was doing the demonstration.
There was quite a crowd watching but a gap came when there were no longer any volunteers.
A few of my classmates knew i played football and shoved me forward out of interest to see my score.
I took a big breath and blew into this tube and you guessed it…..my teeth flew down the tube and into the machine.
Nobody knew what had happened except that i had got a crap score and so i was then getting egged on to have another go.
I had to explain to the guy that my teeth had came out and had shot down the tube into his machine, which he then opened up in an effort to find them as everyone watched curiously as to what had went wrong.
On their retrieval i quickly left the scene in absolute horror and embarrassment at what had just happened!
Got to laugh about it now though.
PS
The same thing would happen when i was at a match and got over excited…..teeth would shoot out and i would be crawling about between everyone’s legs in The Jungle of all places trying to find them before someone stood on them or peed on them.
tonydonnelly67
10:23 on
I feel it my duty to advise you some a###hole is signing your name to inane and stupid posts.
Please don’t feel the need to reply as I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.
Some really funny stories today and tears running down my cheeks with laughter
I must add that on their retrieval they were put in a pocket until i could give em a damn good scrub!
Honest!
Winning Captains – Yogi book delivered today, signed as requested. Many thanks, that’s my Bank Holiday sorted.
Summer 1982, I was 16, down in Streatham, from the Port , working on building site my my faither. Bill.
On route to work in morning he pulls up the car at newsagents,
“gone get is, 20 regal , a box o vestas and get yirsel a mars bar ”
in shop ……….. proper asian guy behind counter
“here mate, gies 20 regal, a boax a vestas an a mars bar”
sorry dont understand can you say again please.
Bill comes in and says “git a paper as well”
shop keeper “oh hello Billy (wtf) , do you know this fella, I cant understand whats he is wanting ?
Bill(y), (wtf)
sounding like a cockney wide bhoy
“yea, twenty regal kings please, and a box of swan vestas, a mars bar for the kid, and a daily mirror please”
left the shop sat in the car in stunned silence ……..
finally broken by
“och, sumtimes you just huv tae talk like them or you wullny get served”.
Guy stuck it to the GB on SSB absolute quality, need more of this.
For those out in Johnstone tonight don’t venture into the County bar an establishment whose clientele are famous for supporting the dark side,a pub which resembles the one depicted in the film An American Werewolf I London;)
and up pops an honest hun to condemn the union bears and tears them apart and accepts the trouble was done by rangers fans.
meanwhile someone sticks the boot to the GB for trouble at a game they wurny even at.
eejit
Jimmy hates everybody
I fear for his wean.
Then the Hun sticks it to LG, funny old world eh?
And he wasent in the pub.
Richie.
Are you going to the game on Saturday.
tonydonnelly67
18:41 on 1 May, 2014
Guy stuck it to the GB on SSB absolute quality, need more of this.
We need more criticism of our fellow supporters?????
We are all Celtic.
Oldtim
forgot to tell you celticmac was asking about you last night..
Tony D
No you dont !
* eddieinkirkmichael
18:29 on 1 May, 2014
tonydonnelly67
10:23 on
I feel it my duty to advise you some a###hole is signing your name to inane and stupid posts.
Please don’t feel the need to reply as I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.
************
Hey! I used that line the other night re. same poster.
To add to the true stories…
I was working in Houston, Texas in 1998, and was driving to work about 3:30 am for the 4 am start. I saw a hitchhiker carrying a fuel can so I stopped and gave him a lift towards where he was going. As we came near to dropping him off he started harassing me for ” a few bucks”. I said I didn’t have much money with me but he kept on at me and I was starting to get worried. I stopped the car and asked him to get out, saying are you not happy I gave you a lift. He asked again for money, and I shouted at him ” all I have got is a piece in my pocket ” and he jumped oot the car and was away like Usain Bolt. Then it dawned on me, he thought I was going to shoot him, ” my piece” my cheese sandwiches had scared the life out of him. I still laugh thinking about that.
Good to see happy posters.
HH
Just posting my opinions from now on,
Good to see happy posters.
HH
Maybe I spoke too soon.
tonydonnelly67
18:57 on 1 May, 2014
Just posting my opinions from now on,
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That is what we all do with the greatest respect.
Murdochauldandhay
“The Slaughtered Lamb”
Blantyretim.
I’ve been going to my bed around 9.00pm,and he usually give me a call around that time,so he’s maybe called me and I haven’t heard the ring.
I’m coming into Glasgow tomorrow to pick up my season ticket, meeting Ronnie around 1.30pm in the Blane Valley,so probably have a few drinks in there before I head home again,when are you available for a wee swally?.