Close to 100 people agreed to participate in the Scottish FA’s disciplinary panel, as Neil Lennon put it yesterday, “for the love of the game”. Processes were established and although panel members would meet and be introduced to club officials who were subject to their decisions, they were granted freedom from publicity in order for them to hand out punishments free of intimidation.
This freedom has now gone.
Such was the reaction to Ally McCoist’s public demand to know the names of the panel members who judged the actions of his club the SFA felt it prudent to select panellists who were happy to expose themselves and their places of employment to the outcry the original panellists endured. IF they uphold of increase the penalties.
On Wednesday evening we should find out whether intimidation of the SFA works.
The biggest scandal of all is that despite the consequences of McCoist’s actions, the SFA have taken no disciplinary action against him. Rangers officials are free to react to the appeal judgement in the same manner as the original without fear of consequence.
Other managers who are pursued for more prosaic matters might consider the SFA panel have something personal against them.
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This is not a time for lamenting, wringing of hands and tearing garments asunder.
Today we celebrate.
We have come through a long three season winter of discontent and dashed hopes, to the sweet silver light of the dawn.
We have gone from black in white to colour.
Any bumps on the road will be of the thickness of a coat of paint.
Meanwhile there’s a nuclear winter downriver.
Don’t you feel sorry for them?
Altogether now “NOT A BIT.”
‘GG
PS Best wishes to MWB. With the help of friends and family you will prevail
Teuchter ár lá on 13 May, 2012 at 04:06 said:
The very one.Cheers mate.
Loved when the few times he did score – the celebration – put that in yer effin’ papers!! :)
Mogga was like Ardiles at Spurs – 5 up front!! There is the Celtic way,but he took it to extremes.
I will say this though – that was the worst cheating that i have ever witnessed in my life,so blatant – it was as if the SFA/SPL knew that if the huns didn’t win it – they were down the swanny.Lenny’s 1st season as well – they knew all along the cants – anyway it was just delaying tactics,delaying the inevitable.
They were at it,they were at it all along,cheating they were.
But the brave Neil Lennon took a stand,and i am almost certain that the main Bhoys gave Lenny the go ahead.
A couple attending an art exhibition at the National Gallery in Sydney were staring at a portrait that had them totally confused. The painting depicted three black men totally naked, sitting on a park bench. Two of the men had black penises, but the one seated in the middle, had a pink penis.
The curator of the gallery realized the confused couple were having trouble with interpreting the painting and offered his assessment. He went on and on for nearly half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of African-Americans in a predominantly white, patriarchal society. “In fact”, he pointed out, “some serious critics believe that the pink penis reflects the cultural and sociological oppression expressed by gay men in a contemporary society”.
After the curator left, a Scotsman approached the couple and said, “Would you like to know what the painting is really about?”
“Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of the Gallery?” asked the couple.
“Because I’m the guy who painted it,” he replied. “In fact, there is no African-American representation at all. They’re just three Scottish coal-miners. The guy in the middle went home for lunch.”
Maggie
I was gonnae leave this as I have no intention of disrupting the blog but sadly my big mouth (fingers) have dictated otherwise :-)
I love CQN, I really do, but I have said before that it is is not a true reflection of the Celtic support and by that I mean folk who attend Celtic games and purchase season tickets, week after week and year after year.
What Paul has created is a medium for Tims the world over to keep in contact and to air their views. That is what you’re doing now as is your right, you get the opportunity to predict, pontificate and prevaricate, that is fine.
However, amidst your rhettoric is an underlying criticism of us, the Celtic support. It has always been there and again as a Tim you have that right to express your opinions.
What I won’t accept is a guy who rarely goes to watch Celtic making predictions as to what the Celtic support will do should a newco be accepted into the SPL based on what he thinks are our views.
I’ve already posted, my supporter’s bus will be full next season, home and away. What happens across the river will not determine whether we follow Celtic or not.
Respectfully, please don’t preach from America or wherever it is you reside about what Celtic supporters will do in the future until you’ve walking in their shoes.
Yes 3.8m for fortune
1m in for robson
Over 1 mi for Caldwell
3m for McDonald.
He brought in more than he spent
Please don’t give the myth out that because our board have not spent 100m like Huns, they are wonderfull
Fact is teams that have less income than us go further in Europe because they invest and recoup the money from European income
We just gamble we will “get away with it” by having no center half
Our club has lost that gamble more often than not
Maggie
The first paragraph of your gets worse the more I read it.
I need to go to bed now because I’m going to watch Celtic tomorrow. I hope that when someone texts or emails or tweets you the score later today it makes you smile at least.
God bless.
hamiltontim on 13 May, 2012 at 04:39 said:
Ok. I have to eat a bit of humble pie. You are correct. I love Celtic from afar like so many millions of others. I cannot compete with your proximity. I used to be able to. I really love all Celtic supporters like you and Celtic. The details of how to organize our future we may differ on. Thats for more discussion.
Margaret McGill
I share you’re concern’s re: The board’s mind-set with hun-newco.
I think that, so far the bored have said nothing because the goal posts keep moving and, like everyone else confusion seems to be the order of the day.
But, when Doncaster announced the delay to the 30th May…..I automatically thought about, 18th May….SB renewal deadline ?
I’m only guessing but, I wouldn’t rule out Celtic having asked for a delay also, just to see how many SB’s they could shift in that time ?
I haven’t trusted the Celtic hierarchy for many years and, I have a beef with you as, I booed Fergus when he put up the league flag and, I’ll tell you why.
The Celtic support waited for 9 years to get a manager who could win us the league. In 1998, Wim and Murdo delivered the flag….only to find that, they were going to be removed in preference to, the retention of the despised Jock Brown as General manager ?
So for me….I won’t allow myself to be fooled by the re-writers of history.
Fergus was DESERVEDLY booed! IMO!
Hail Hail
Margaret McGill
I believe I would be correct in saying that, the GB have made it public knowledge that they won’t be renewing their SB’s until they see what way the bored will swing ?
Mmmmmmmmmm Interesting times….
hamiltontim on 13 May, 2012 at 04:39 said:
Yer a lucky man HT.
Good squad heading over from Beal Feirste the mara,67 is where ya wanna be.
The Spirit of Freedom.
MB will be looking down on yous all.
Unbowed,unbroken.
Slan.
KevJungle – “1st Flag on the JUNGLE roof for LENNON’S LION’S” on 13 May, 2012 at 04:47
Kev if it wasnt for Fergus McCann there would be no Celtic!
Fergus was Celtic’s safety net unlike this bunch.
Kev Fergus undertook a £5 million over-draught and was demonized in the Scottish media. So much so Celtic fans ultimately booed him (the thick third). The huns are at least £134m plus more to the tune of £200m and everybody is bending over backwards to bail them out! fergus must be saying “did I have BO or something?”.
Fergus
Fergus
Fergus
Fergus
Fergus
Fergus
Fergus
Fergus
Fergus
sixteen roads
Mogga playin’ 5 up front………Jeezo, I remember he played 9 up front against St. Mirren:( Bang on about MAF’s goal celebrations – especially that wan up in Perth.
A wee antrim song fur ye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slu23kGEw48
Teuchter
Fergus to unfurl the flag..if that ever happened I may even go back to chapel
SydneyTim on 13 May, 2012 at 04:39 said:
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I’ve seen loads of our fans on here paint you as Mr. Grumpy
I will tell you that you’re a realist.
Like yourself, I think……..I wouldn’t trust ‘our’ bored as far as I could throw them!
The rott starts at the top of the club imo.
Don’t rule out them trying to present some reason why the huns have to stay in the SPL!
Hail Hail
Kev. My sources say that for every list that Neil has given to PL
He is always given the bottom
If the list due to financial issues
Kelvin Wilson and Daryl murphy are prime examples if that
I hate wasted money
Bottom if the list signings 99% turn out to be wasted
Margaret McGill on 13 May, 2012 at 04:56 said:
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You’re absolutely wrong about Fergus.
He was tyrant who….brought in a trainee manager TB, to stop the hun-juggernaut and, to bully him re: dragging his erse when it came to signing players.
Fergus sacked Farry but, left ALL of Farry’s hench-men in office to, come back and get their revenge on us.
Who put the most cash into Celtic FC….Fergus, or us ?
Brian Dempsey and, the rest of the Rebels wanted to sell their shares back to the fans for, LESS than they bought them for as they insisted it was, the FANS club!
Fergus back-tracked from that deal. Strange that ?
Teuchter ár lá on 13 May, 2012 at 04:57 said:
Ah mate,far far far too much class!!! :)
Parfal! (powerful)
One day the Saffrons shall lift the McCarthy Cup. Antrim to win the all-Ireland hurling,or Celtic to win the CL? Now there’s a question!
Celts have already been there sure… :p
SydneyTim on 13 May, 2012 at 05:09 said:
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I know this isn’t the day for this but, if the huns had won 4 iar(thank feck they didny) well, I think THAT would have been the requird medicine to, shake the deluded section of our fans into seeing what is going-on and, eventually realising that….the people who run ‘OUR’ club aren’t fit to run it. Despite what the balance-sheet says!
To cut a long story short……
PL has been driving’OUR’ club towards a slow car-crash since 2003!
Hail Hail
KevJungle – “1st Flag on the JUNGLE roof for LENNON’S LION’S” on 13 May, 2012 at 05:10
The SFA sacked Farry not Fergus. Anyway Farry was just a Patsy for Celtic as the hun SFA machinery only used it as an excuse to fire him which they had been wanting to do 2 years previously after the princess Diana murder. Scotland were supposed to play Belarus that day and Rangers players Ally McCoist, Andy Goram and Gordon Durie had refused to play in the match if it had been played on the day of the funeral being royal huns that they are. Farry was forced to stand down and the match was rescheduled at the huns dictate and it wasnt until the Cadete registration issue that surfaced 2 years later that the SFA and huns got rid of their tinpot who must have had a long lie in the day of Diana’s murder to keep up with up to date hunnery. So what I am trying to say in a nice way is..naw yer wrang!
Margaret McGill on 13 May, 2012 at 04:57 said:
If you want to go to chapel,then go to chapel…and if ya don’t,well don’t.
Yer makin’ a complete clown outta yerself.Yer intentions may be good,but the more i read your tripe,the less convinced i am.
See the way i speak/write,all over the shop it is.
More James Joyce than Oscar Wilde,so to speak.
In yer own time Maggie May,in yer own time.
Sixteen roads to Golgotha on 13 May, 2012 at 05:28 said
Thanks. yer right. Probably wont!
Margaret McGill on 13 May, 2012 at 05:21 said:
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“the huns sacked Farry ?” WTF
I don’t remember the huns complaining too much about Farry when, his jiggery-pockery kept Cadete out of TWO hun games ?
Fergus didny get rid of Farry because of his part in, historical anti-Celtic practices…..Fergus was more concerned about the money he was paying Cadete and, not getting to use him on the park and, the SFA shafted Fergus/Celtic with their, through the roof rent-fees for Hampden!
What annoys me about the, re-writers of history re: Fergus built the stadium…..who put in the most money ?
The Celtic support or Fergus ?
KevJungle – “1st Flag on the JUNGLE roof for LENNON’S LION’S” on 13 May, 2012 at 05:31
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Celtic+Park+-+Construction+Plans+%26+Timetable
Mark Hateley before he played for the Huns….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hURfS6b3wVo&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Goodnight all
Away for some kip before……….
“We’ve Won The League Again, Fly The Flag!”
Happy Hoopy Day
Adios CQN
Hail Hail
laters…..
Margaret McGill on 13 May, 2012 at 05:40 said:
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And……?
Hail Hail
I love how Glasgow folk speak as well,it’s kind of poetry in motion,do ye understand?
It could well be that Irish influence,who knows?
Everything is back-to-front.Like Joyce,the English language wasn’t enough for him…so he turned it upside-down,and dropped it on it’s head.
A wee story – text messages – ya get millions of them,throughout your life…but seldom few do you remember.
To cut a long story short…i was friendly with this wee bird,she was from the Gorbals,in Glesga…and we were textin’ away,and i was tryin’ to be the big shot romeo(as ya do)…gonna do this that & the other thing,blah blah blah.
She sent me this: “Yer awfy sure ae yersel,are ye no?”
Just laughed and thought,what can ya say to that??
It is often said,that an Irish man,always answers a question,with a question…but there is nothing on God’s earth that can beat that Glasgow,let’s just say…gtf ya buck eejit ye!
Some city.
Slan.
Eer ald ‘up. Whurs Victori……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVrZJaN1IU
Heh heh.
MWD
I will give u a big man hug today when I meet u…
U are a great bhoy with a heart of gold…
Champion Fresh Crisp Morning Here in the Chilterns…
A clean sheet today will mean the best defensive record for a decade, since the Fortress Martin Days.
Historic Day in Scottish Football.
The end of an Era
&
The beginning of an Epoch
SuperCelicgoBallisticExeuntUrsusOdious.
Teuchter ár lá on 13 May, 2012 at 03:53 said:
Not as much as I’d like to now.
Before my enforced retirement we spent our vacations in the Keys.
Absolute paradise down there. Nothing to do but relax and watch the grand children play on the beach, fish and kayak in the ocean and watch the sun arc across the sky accompanied by a couple of cold beers. With a PC of course to keep up with CQN.
If the housing market and business improves then we plan to eventually move permanently to the Tampa area, so we’ve been down to scout areas.
The pieces are starting to fall into place.
Depending on family visas 2 years is our timetable for now.
knoxy
hope you get to see the game today mate…
god bless…i’ll be at the chuck wagon next to pools office with a few oldtims today if anyone is passing by..sober btw, I hate these early kick offs….
Any news on new signings?
I would sell Hooper(upwards of £5Mill) and Stokes (not good enough for Europe) and bring in 2 quality strikers. 1 of them a target man and the other a striker with excellent movement.
For me the above were far too inconsistent this season. If Hooper is performing well most weeks it would be a no brainer but he has been a Jekyll and Hyde all season.
An experienced dominant Centre Half as well and we won’t be too far away from having a good chance to get into the CL group stages.
Top of the morning to you all from a blustery Fife where rain clouds in the West bode ill for the game today.
Still it doesn’t matter about the weather as long as we’re together and celebrating another championship for the bhoys.
And what joy to read the papers. The notes on Rangers’ SFA punishment didn’t miss them did they?
Nor did D & P miss Kennedy and the BK.
Great reading as we see all sorts of journalists now finding a sense of objectivity that for years has been suppressed. Hell mend them.
When everything is Zip a Dee Dooh Dah there is one sad aspect of this whole affair and I can’t shrug off the nagging doubt that some of the bad things they are saying about Craigy boy are true.
He is a prankster, and maybe the Clip-Art invoices were just his wee joke?
I still can’t see any real badness in him… the wee scamp, you just can’t help but love him.
Big Nan
those bhoys from the Jock Mearns in Methil are on the razz from 8 this morning.. tut tut..
blantyretim on 13 May, 2012 at 06:34 said:
Big Nan
those bhoys from the Jock Mearns in Methil are on the razz from 8 this morning.. tut tut..
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Good on them and I hope they have a great day.
Back in the day I used to go on the Methil bus.
Big Benny Callaghan a miner was in charge. Hands like shovels so you didn’t mess on that bus.
God bless them all. Benny wouldn’t go to the OF games.
Margaret McGill on 13 May, 2012 at 04:30 said:
Brilliant satire.
Speaks volumes.
Rankers ole board hired a private detective to get the dirt on our hero craigy bhoy, oh the irony on that idea
Mark Daly got the info from Johnston and Bain to do his big expose on Whyte, then took all the credit! you gotta laugh at BBC Scotland, no real journalists in that sports department huns and soup takers et all
Talked with the match referee who is refereeing the last match ever for Rankers, took the wind ups well
My 8 soon to be 9 next month yr old nephew to Celtic park yesterday got some good photos of him and the thai tims alongside photos of the players coming out from paradise, he loved it, puts it all into perspective for me