The mind is a remarkable thing. If you ask around, you’ll find Celtic fans tell you we played Boavista in the Uefa Cup semi-final in Porto on the Thursday night, before going to Ibrox on the Saturday (it was the Sunday).
Similarly, Barry Ferguson is mumping his gums without restrain today, complaining about Rangers fixtures in May 2008. Rangers were due to play a ridiculous number of games in May due to qualifying for the Scottish Cup and Uefa Cup finals, while catching up on postponed fixtures.
The SPL decided to accommodate them by extending the league programme until two days before the Scottish Cup final. This final was on the last possible date before clubs were ordered to release players for that year’s Uefa European Championships, which started 14 days later.
This season has echoes of 2008 but nothing more. Whereas clubs would have been forbidden from using certain players after the date of the Scottish Cup final in 2008, under current proposals for this year, the second bottom club from the Premiership and qualifier from the Championship will need to retain a number of players beyond their contract end date of 31 May.
Retaining players beyond 31 May will cost clubs money, and players could theoretically refuse to extend their season by a few days, which is this season’s problem. 2008’s problem was a hard deadline imposed by Uefa with no extensions possible. The decision was out of the SPL’s hands.
Great article on the club site today marking Br. Walfrid’s passing and the struggles faced by our forefathers in the late 19th Century. The news that the Foundation are feeding 500 of Glasgow’s homeless today continues the momentum from Wednesday night. Well done to all involved.
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Neustadt-Braw from one true gent to another thanks for the kind words. Hail Hail Hebcelt
NegAnon2
17:11 on
17 April, 2015
Tradiomalst1888 have you heard of the phrase “honest mistakes”?
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Yeah, thats the only way they’ll even make the final.
HH
Geordie Munro
17:12 on
17 April, 2015
Trad88
Luvit.
Wee skippy banging in two late on to cuff them out :))
Karma csc
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The script is written…
HH
proudbhoy 3rd plays 4th home and away winner plays 2nd home and away winner plays 2nd bottom from Premiership home and away. winner is in the Premiership, easy peasy. Hail Hail Hebcelt
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If Sevco are losing any game it will continue until they equalise.
If it is a draw Campbell Ogilvie will decide the winner.
south of tunis-the boat refugees getting a lot of coverage over here,tragic stuff.
Would that it was the former Hebcelt. Bloody iPad! Apple have singlehamdedly destroyed everyone’s grammer…….
Looking at Live Web Cam in Georges Square and there appears to be a very impressive crowd gathered. If this is as I assume a vigil for Karen Buckley then it is a credit to Glasgow. God Bless everyone there.
Neg ..
Latest Scottish constituency polling
Friday, 17 April, 2015 in Marginal seats
http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2015/04/latest-scottish-constituency-polling/
Have a good weekend :)
Trad88,
It won’t make up for 2003 but it would be awfy funny :)
HH
Geordie the videos have been destroyed for all of our sake……..
2005
Doh
If I was a cynical betting man..Id say its a cert that,..the honest mistake shenanigans of the sash loyal, AKA Bobby Madhun and The Craig Thompson Show, will get ra tribute berrs back to the big league.
You think you have seen cheating, you aint seen nothing yet.
Honest Mistakes….wooft, here they come.
Should be a laugh watching them try every dirty trick in the book.
HH
Only For Those with a Sense of Humour….Latest Ashcroft Polls Showing SNP taking Cambridge, Narnia, Saturn and Yir Maw………..
.I find It Funny Anyway
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Careful with that tax. Good old Lord Ashcroft eh. Well scotland will get what she deserves and all those morningside curtain twitchers can’t wait to make everything illegal.
I wonder if the police will be able to legally cosh people in the new scottish police state that will be introduced.
Should be fun.
BGX are you still a member of the flat earth society?
NegAnon2
17:26 on
17 April, 2015
Careful with that tax. Good old Lord Ashcroft eh. Well scotland will get what she deserves and all those morningside curtain twitchers can’t wait to make everything illegal.
I wonder if the police will be able to legally cosh people in the new scottish police state that will be introduced.
Should be fun.
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Very short-sighted comment. Some of us have venetian blinds…
Neganon2…No im not…But if you fancy proposing Me, fine…But No Goats ..Brother…
Natknow “curtain” in this context was being used as a description for all forms of window coverings………
Besides professional morningside curtain twitchers would never have such a common window covering :)
!! bada bing !!
Sicilian Coastguard’ s official death statistics for 2014 = 3568. ( men / women / children .)
Projected figure for 2015 is @ 5000..
BGX that was almost clever. You should think about helping out at the SFA and SPFL.nthey are very clever fellas like you.
Natknow,
Do you know how to make a Venetian blind?
Oldyins csc
NegAnon2
17:33 on
17 April, 2015
Natknow “curtain” in this context was being used as a description for all forms of window coverings………
Besides professional morningside curtain twitchers would never have such a common window covering :)
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:-)))
The wee guy who installed my blinds had a big 1690 tattoo. He was there for over an hour and I really, really enjoyed talking football with him while he worked. Coupla times he dropped his drill. :-)
Awe this skill plus he could eat an apple through a letterbox,marvelous.
http://youtu.be/BpAbhmGfMQ4
HH
Table booked for comedy night in paradise tonight. Should be a good night.
Geordie Munro
17:35 on
17 April, 2015
Natknow,
Do you know how to make a Venetian blind?
Oldyins csc
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Probably, but go on….? :-)
Celtic have a Scottish Cup semi-final this weekend and CQN is discussing the Championship play-offs.
I am hoping Ronny gives Griffiths a start on Sunday. Wouldn’t put it past him to bag another hat-trick.
Nat Know
I was not citing hebcelt as someone who was easy to wind up about politics.
I was referring to the tendency only to call out intruding politics when it was a political statement from someone not on your side.
I am sure hebcelt remains a lovely gentleman but the blog deserves a better fate than to be used for Yes/No baiting.
I am off oot to the Friday night 5s to enjoy a kick at crc as compensation
Neganon2..I Bow to your expertise in the Field of Almost Clever..And with that i bid you ..Adieu..
Yeah, that call for SFA transparency.
They should just admit they are huns, and want sevco promoted.
That would be a lot easier.
Whats next, Dave King and Paul Murray for a Knighthood.
It wouldn’t surprise me.
Snakes.
HH
setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
17:40 on
17 April, 2015
Nat Know
I was not citing hebcelt as someone who was easy to wind up about politics.
I was referring to the tendency only to call out intruding politics when it was a political statement from someone not on your side.
I am sure hebcelt remains a lovely gentleman but the blog deserves a better fate than to be used for Yes/No baiting.
I am off oot to the Friday night 5s to enjoy a kick at crc as compensation
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Me?? What did I say? I’m talking about window furnishing in the Labour stronghold of Edinburgh South!
What about pandas instead of goats ?
Maybe the last remaining unionist MP can inseminate Ching Ching ..
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/milipanda2-433330.jpg
Jakit!
Natknow,
Poke his eyes out. :)
Some excellent highbrow political debate on this site. Careful with that tax leading the way……
Scotland is safe in their hands everyone. Rest easy.
Geordie Munro
17:46 on
17 April, 2015
Natknow,
Poke his eyes out. :)
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Anyone posted the chupacabra video for us yet??
Glass2thirds – aye, that’s correct. It was a largely self inflicted fixture backlog including at least one game postponed due to a supposed 5 star stadium having a crap pitch and a tactical manoeuvre to have another game called off. Barry bawbag also fails to mention the loads of games that season that they played extra time, a couple of replayed cup games they couldn’t win first time round…..
And that the season WAS extended to suit them despite all of that! The sporting integrity of the competition that year was already undermined by his own club failing to set aside money to pay taxes, splurging in the transfer market the year before with money they didn’t have to spend and I may be wrong but there were players still there being paid through dubious methods.
Inconvenient truths eh?
Have you noticed that all the political plants previously on here failed to re-emerge for the General Election?
tailbetweentheirlegsCSC
W/c,
There’s a few from both sides missing….fortunately ;)
If the Honest Mistakes were so clever, how come Hearts and not Sevco have won the title at a canter?
If the Honest Mistakes were so clever, why aren’t Sevco well clear in second place?
If the Honest Mistakes were so clever, why have Sevco failed to win a single trophy?
Not very clever these honest mistakes are they?