A line has hopefully been drawn under the stress Neil Lennon has lived under during the last two years with the conviction of two men found guilty of sending bombs in the post. In a statement, Neil said: This has been a very stressful and difficult time for myself and my family and clearly I am glad that it is over”, before adding, “I will forever be thankful to the Police for the way in which they have handled this matter.”
Celtic chief executive, Peter Lawwell, added: “No one could imagine the pressure [Neil Lennon] has been under during the past two years. He has coped with this particular episode, last year’s assault and the, at times, seemingly unrelenting attacks from many quarters.
“In my opinion, no-one in Scottish footballing history has had to contend with this level of pressure whilst trying to do their job. Neil Lennon is someone who has shown tremendous character and resilience, and we will continue to support Neil in any way we can.”
This month has been made all the more difficult for Neil Lennon by the sudden death of Paul McBride, also a target of the bombing campaign. Neil Lennon said, “Finally, I would like to mention my good friend Paul McBride. His sad passing remains very raw to those close to him, we continue to miss him dearly and my thoughts remain very much with Paul’s family.”
The SFA have written to Neil Lennon three times since the start of the trial earlier this month to capitalise on perceived transgressions by the Celtic manager while yesterday a former referee used his newspaper column to undermine Neil’s position at Celtic.
These people really do need to get a grip.
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antrimkev on 31 March, 2012 at 14:29 said:
I agree, these administrators really need to be checked, after all the assurances that they’d survive the season and the non-redundancies, they’ve raised more questions about themselves than there is about Rangers.
NatKnow – “We welcome the paper-chase…” on 31 March, 2012 at 13:42 said:
All these ex refs will,say what they like to the papers to get a few bucks.
And all there after dinner speeches at the lodge on how they helped the Huns
But when they made countless wrong decision when in charge of games they disappear up a sewer pipe to hide rather than explain their crazy decision.
Jam67
Mccall’s 6 games against them have finished 1-2, 0-6, 0-5, 0-3, 0-3 & 1-2. Embarassing.
God bless N.L. & family,and the same to Stan The Man & his,too.
Well…that’ll teach me to watch a Rankers ‘game’…..I could hardly believe the smile & applause from MuckAll when MythGregor made a save.
Brines is another mib with Swastika Eyes and der hun in his soul.
Anyway…like I said..that’ll teach me. I need to take a shower in holy water to get the feeling of uncleanliness off me after enduring that bucket of s***e.
Radio Snyder ….. ” It’s amazing that ranker’s are in this mess, when you see the result today ” …. Honest, they actually said that …….. And they’re totally depressed …. All good stuff
Did the huns win the league today? Just that is the way they are acting.
Nice to see they now measure success by how many weeks they can delay our title party.
HH
“Kayal33 on 31 March, 2012 at 14:29 said:
The league could be won by next saturday. Win tomorrow and st mirren get a draw at poundland. ”
The league will be won before the huns play st. mirren. Celtic play killie before that game kicks off.
Congratulations to U19’s on another title.
HH
67 heaven
I sit in south stand very close to dugout and the abuse not only the players but Neil Lennon has taken at times is disgusting . That was the reason for my comment, too many criticise n moan n abuse week in week out then are happy to celebrate what this young team and manager are about to achieve. With constant media and opposition hatred to deal with it saddens me when it comes from our own although it is a minority. I understand most will disagree and that’s completely fine, the main is we WILL be champions.
Tomorrow will be another step closer to GLORY for Neil Francis Lennon,his bhoys & us, It may take a few more steps than we had hoped for but GLORY it will be for sure.
The day he hoists the league trophy above his proud, unbowed & unbroken body will be one of the best days of my life.
So enjoy EVERY step and be patient we have waited this long a few more steps aint much, IN the meantime we have the slow painful death of the Orcs to watch & help us pass the time.
patiencecsc HAIL HAIL
I don’t recall ANY of the Scottish succulent lamb brigade putting together such a damning indictement of Rankers as Alex Thomson did in 5 minutes to last night.
Yes,I want ‘them’ dead & gone,buried,incognito,forgotten…..not in a footballing sense- they’ve never played football anyway,just ‘murderball’- but because they have long been a fascist criminal organisation. Well,they can no longer claim The Nuremberg Defence,and they should not have threatened A.T. They may get away with that kind of guff on their own turf,i.e. parts of Scotland.
These days Rankers represent the worst of the Loyalist tendency. They have spread their bigoted Shankhill Butcher ethos to a whole new generation of Orange illiterates in Scotland,where they think they have fertile ground to perpetuate their thuggery.
It’s evident in every aspect of Rankers,from the boardroom to their ill-educated shock troops–-their twisted version of fans.
And,like many of us,I won’t be content until I can look upon their remains and feel safe that they won’t rise again.
I can’t apologise for repeating myself because I feel SO strongly about the above.
Given that Ross County have asked to borrow ICT’s ground for the purposes of complying with the 31st March deadline for compliance with SPL rules, can we look forward to Rangers asking to borrow Motherwell’s Accounts for the same purpose?
Get ready for Ross County not getting into the league based on their stadium to allow another company a place
The death of Rangers reminds me of that Japanese soldier who didn’t know the war had ended.
Their fans are still in raptures, the players are all still there with Coisty leading them, the new owners will be in place next week (or was that meant to be last week?) and the MSM continues to do the three wise monkey act.
When will reality kick in?
Why are espn saying the fat one is ‘dignified’?
Is there another way a football manager usually acts if a club has ran themselves into administration and under several investigations and court cases?
Is there a precedent in how to act?
Does his dignity single him out from the club given the undignified way the club has ran its affairs?
Will the dignified McCoist publicly apologise to the taxpayers of the UK if his club lose their precarious appeal given how dignified he is?
Has he publicly apologized for his club bringing the game into disrepute?
Is Ally McCoist setting the benchmark for managers whom are part of clubs who fall foul of the taxman with his behaviour?
Perhaps an award for dignity should be established especially if you’ve not won anything else.
miki67 on 31 March, 2012 at 14:44 said:
A very powerful post, and one obviously from the heart. I don’t necessarily want thme to disappear, but if it happens due to their own negligence fair enough.
What I do want is them punished to the full extent of the rules for their wrongdoing, but I think even this is too much to hope for given the self interest that will rule the minds of most SPL boards. The only hope is (if they liquidate and have to reapply to the SPL as a Newco) that Romanov will vote against them getting back into the SPL, and their Fighting Fund seem to have almightily p!ssed off Dundee United.
Jam67 –
Agree. This is why publishing of their reports of the key decisions they make in each game is important. Right now all we have is the occasional comment if they choose to do so. Mandatory reporting would mean that they would have to explain their decision-making. Over a period of time, these decisions can be analysed and some assessment made as to how consistent or otherwise they have been. Without published reports this is not possible – it’s all heresay.
I wouldn’t expect mandatory reporting will lead to every decision being correct – there will always be human error. But it would at least allow some kind of analysis to be applied after enough data had been collected.
It would also make them acutely aware that their performance would be scrutinised. We’re not exactly setting a high bar here – in what is a multi-million pounds industry, this kind of performance management is the MINIMUM we should expect from those who have such a responsibility.
I really hope Dundee Unt get their act together and overtake the M’Well Huns for the CL spot.
Starting today: Dundee Unt V DUNGfermline
C’Mon the Arabs!
Anyways, party tomorrow, and next week, and the following week, and the week after, and…
JCGE, Sixtaeseven
At least someone doesn’t think the windae licker sally is so dignified..
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RT @Boju85: Ally has been the biggest benefactor from Rangers going into admin. A manager out his depth becomes a hero in hard times
Well said that man, the huns are so stupid they can’t see what a disaster their fat pieman is, only in Scotland would this clown be praised…
Starry who supports the Champions Of Scotland…
Starry,
I’m pretty sure Mr McNally is a prominent CQN’r..could be wrong but seem to remember it from a few years ago…
When is someone going to tell these radio pundits that rfcia have actually been cheating Scottish Football for at least 15 years of cheating…… Hunbelievable …….
It was annoying to see Cha played as an orthodox fullback last week when he is clearly made for 4-3-3. It’s disappointing that both he and Victor are out, but there’s still scope for Neil to make significant changes to the side.
Hooper and Samaras don’t have as good a record as Stokes and Hooper, but they’ve been played in the more difficult games. The midfield performance v Dunfermline at CP of Brown, Ki and Ledley, with Commons given a free role, remains the best I’ve seen under Neil Lennon, while Izzy surely deserves a start after last weekend. Zaluska for psittacophiles:
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Matthews :::::::::::: Rogne ::::::::::::::::: Mulgrew ::::::::: Izaguirre
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The SPL accepted the proposal. To be fair, Ross County’s ground will meet the minimum requirement in time for the start of the new season, so they won’t be groundsharing at all, but they needed to demonstrate that they had a compliant ground to play in for their SPL license application by the 31st March deadline, hence the ‘groundshare’ is effectively simply an expedient to fulfil the license requirements rather than a practical suggestion.
The Prince of Goalkeepers on 31 March, 2012 at 14:50 said:
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Aye…their 'fighting fund'…where's the dosh from THAT going? Into whose Loyalist pockets? And where's the money from their legneds 'charity' match gone? Even financially,legally and morally discredited as they are,they're STILL scamming,and scamming their own thick 'fans' at that. Despicable,violent cretins.
Brian McNally used to post here many moons ago as Sean South. The moderate, pinko-liberal personality of CQN didn’t suit his style tho…
sixtaeseven
“I really hope Dundee Unt get their act together and overtake the M’Well Huns for the CL spot.”
So do Motherwell get a CL spot whether they come 2nd or 3rd?
TBB
Didn’t he promise to buy us all a pint if we won the league one particular season?
The Battered Bunnet,
Right enough that’s who it was! For some reason I had another “controversial” CQN’r in mind but wasn’t sure enough to post it. Glad now I haven’t incurred his wrath :)
Off for a compensatory kip after the horror-show of Rankers,and wake up in good mood again in the knowledge that they truly are a dead rat in the gutter.
By the way…..standing ovation for Stiliyan Petrov! Hail ! Hail ! To A Legendary Bhoy!
In the event that the top and bottom six in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League is determined on Saturday, it is our intention to publish the post-split fixtures next week, once live TV selections for rounds 34-38 have been confirmed.
On the final weekend of the season (May 12/13), the bottom six clubs will play on Saturday and the top six on Sunday.
From the SPL site.
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EXCLUSIVE – ‘Assault and Bittery club’ plan for the future
As the wailing and gnashing of teeth echoing around the cloisters of despair mingle with the sniggers and guffaws from the hallowed halls of mirth, responsible investigative unpretentious journalists such as ‘moi’ have ignored the thrust and parry of schadenfreude and disbelief. Instead I and a few other ‘news bloodhounds’ have sniffed out the TOP SECRET moves to rebuild Rangers as a new club, with a new stadium.
Even more I can reveal exclusively that ‘FOR EYES ONLY’ emails have been exchanged and with money shorter than an Arctic Boaby, agreement has finally been reached with the Commonwealth Games committee who have financed the digging of the foundations and the laying of their new pitch.
Rangers supporters will undoubtedly be stunned (but modestly delighted) to find out that the new home for the next 140 years will stand shoulder to shoulder with that of Scotland’s most successful club and hysterical ….sorry I mean ‘historical’ ……great friends.
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An application has been submitted to UEFA to keep their five * status.
Hail Hail
Estadio
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Today is March 31st, as you all know.
Can anyone shed light on the status of Rangers’ fully audited accounts being lodged at Hampden?
I believe they are due today to ensure they are granted a license to compete in Europe next season and also in the SPHell.
Does anyone in the know, know?
‘GG
Lifted from RTC.
Please take time to read this as it clearly defines what Rangers are all about, with reference to their masonic connections.
Older readers may remember me posting about the Ibrox pariah, Ralph Brand.
It’s not enough just to know our history, but we have to understand theirs.
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The reason Glasgow Rangers are still “fighting” is that they have connections. This short excerpt from a 62 page report into Sectarianism is helpful as it shows that Glasgow Rangers were connected to the Freemasons in 1912 by John Ure Primrose, and along with Bill Struth Rangers scouted the area of people who were ‘more than Protestants.’ That association has served Rangers well but has been to the utter detriment to Scottish Football and the antithesis of Glasgow Celtic.
As Celtic fans, we know this, and while following the cash and the receipts one might catch normal corruption, this brand of corruption is much harder to prove, because this corruption is done on the shake of a hand. To many it is too simplistic, but my expertise is on the history and background of this group since the days of Adam, when they were known by a different name.
Please take a few minutes to read and understand, that THIS is a key factual account of why Rangers have this impenetrable factor around them. Silence is the key. If no-one speaks, no-one knows.
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Glasgow Rangers Football Club and Sectarianism in Scottish Football
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Glasgow Rangers Football Club was formed in 1872. Their name came from an English rugby club and is devoid of political and religious connotations. For Esplin, the team was Protestant but only in the sense that, like many Scottish clubs of the time, they were made up of Protestant players, as well as having strong links to the world of shipbuilding. As Bill Murray1 points out, the geographical proximity to the shipyards of the Clyde makes it a reasonable assumption that the club attracted a large number of shipyard workers as supporters. This adds to the Protestant ethic at the club as Protestant workers mainly occupied the docks at that time.
After the formation of their great rivals, Glasgow Celtic, in 1888, Rangers found themselves lagging behind the new side as Celtic took the Scottish footballing world by storm and for Esplin:
“Given the anti-Catholic feeling at the time, it is no surprise that Celtic’s success was not well received. Scottish society demanded a Protestant team to redress the balance and it was Rangers who emerged as suitable candidates.”2
At the time, the local nature of Rangers Protestantism was supplemented by wider religious tension that increasingly permeated Scottish society. The issue of Irish Home Rule across the Irish Sea brought many Scottish-based Ulster Protestants to the streets to protest, the Irish Catholic community leading counter protests.
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The arrival of the Belfast shipbuilders, Harland and Wolff and their notoriously sectarian employment policy in Glasgow, compounded political agendas.
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1912 was to prove to be a very significant year for Protestants both in Scotland and Ulster. In 1912 James Craig and Edward Carson established the Ulster Volunteer Force in Ulster3. Willie Malley, in ‘The Story of Celtic,’ reports of there being no serious trouble between
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Rangers and Celtic prior to 1912, suggesting that the arrival of the shipbuilders had a
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significant effect on social relations in Glasgow.
It was also the year John Ure Primrose became president of Rangers.
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Primrose was an outspoken anti-Catholic and publicly pledged Rangers to the Masonic cause
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His predecessor, James Henderson, had been respected in the Catholic communities, but Primrose became an active West of Scotland Unionist, publicly voicing anti-Catholic sentiments. He recognised that a rivalry with Celtic would bring financial returns and through clearer religious lines, that rivalry could be sharpened and all this could be done under significant moral justification.
For Finn4, the Unionist sympathies of Rangers did not begin with the formation of Celtic, citing the involvement of Rangers in the formation of Clydebank as support for this point. As Rangers were formed at a time when anti-Catholic feelings were strong in Scotland, it is a reasonable assumption that they were indeed a Protestant club, but it is a little unfair to label them Unionist at this early stage.
It was not until the 1960’s that the burning issue of sectarianism reared its ugly head at Ibrox. A former player, Ralph Brand, made the sectarian policy at Rangers public knowledge and around this time the behaviour of Rangers fans was a real problem for the club. In 1963, Rangers fans jeered during the minute’s silence for assassinated Catholic U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Then, in 1967, then vice Chairman Matt Taylor was questioned about Rangers no Catholics policy and he stated that he felt that they policy was
“part of our tradition….we were formed in 1873 as a Protestant boys club. To change now would lose us considerable support.”5
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