There’s something not right about a free weekend in early March; we should still have been in the Cup. Congratulations are therefore due to the five managers who remain in the competition, who have each shown remarkable abilities and are truly invaluable resources to their respective clubs – worth contract extensions all round.
Congratulations are also due to the 40,000 Aberdeen fans who will pack Celtic Park next weekend for the League Cup Final. Opponents, Inverness, have shifted only 7,000 of their 20,000 allocation, although I hear there is a brisk trade in tickets this morning, many of which will end up in the hands of Aberdeen supporters.
40,000 Aberdeen fans at a game may be unprecedented, despite the 147,365 attendance at their 1937 Scottish Cup Final against Celtic. No one was to know demand would be so buoyant from Aberdeen, but now the SPFL do know, they need to ensure the spare circa 13,000 tickets are sold to Aberdeen fans in a controlled manner.
Many thanks to everyone who donated to Mary’s Meals since the MyDonate link went up on Friday. We are more than halfway there to funding the second school kitchen, at St Joseph’s Primary School in Kasungu, Malawi. Stunned at the response. You can get involved here.
Seville, The Celtic Movement, launches this month.
“It might not happen anytime soon but sometime down the line I’d like to think we could get there again. Maybe even go that extra mile and win the Cup. Henrik Larsson was our hero in this outstanding run and we’d probably need to look at finding another Henrik to get us there again! Remember that Celtic recently finished ahead of Benfica in Champions League Group stages and they dropped into the Europa Cup, reached the final and were very unlucky not to win it.”
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Bearsden Bob.
Driving in Palermo is not for the faint hearted or those who believe that there is a highway code.
Much calmer in Siracusa but still a long way from the Canniesburn Road . There is a semi pro team in Siracusa –S C Siracusa – they play in the Eccelenza Sicilia league . Stadium holds @ 7k –average crowd @ 2k — some real thing Ultras . A better team than Albion Rovers . Stadium is near the bridge between Siracusa and Ortigia.
I really like Ortigia
bournesouprecipe
15:11 on 10 March, 2014
No Rafael Shite in the top 3, very surprising :-) HH
Jude2005
Are Ye soiten?
Man, that is Jist Terrible News..
Nir, wiz Jist getting intae his Stride.
Calamitous?
Ya Betcha.. n.. . Nir’s Injury, is awe doon tae His Playin in wan of they..’
Meaningless.. Uniteresting.. n.. BORIN’…. International Games.
Ah Jist Hate…
INTERNATIONALS..
In Kojo’s Opinion..
Awe Fitba’ Games Between Countries.. is ..
MEANINGLESS..
Who Cares if Scotland Wins.. or No..??
NO ME!
Ah kin serve oanly Wan Master,
N..
Celtic Fitba’ Club is MINE.
Ah worry aboot How Celtic ur daein.. Naebuddy Else..
n… well..
That’s Awe She Wrote!
Kojo
Baresi was also the inspiration for one of my favourite Greavsie lines – he said that the defender had caused more scar tissue than Harefield Hospital.
I would like to see Henderson getting hame time as he seems very talented.
Chalana
Eusebio
Coluna
And I agree with Kojo regarding internationals – first time for everything. ..;-P
Praecepta
My big brother would start to commentate when we played football as kids in an effort to put me off.
Gentilli was his favourite name to intimidate me with!
Zidane
Platini
Giresse
hame-some. And I can’t blame an iphone as I have a Samsung. :-(
Gaetano Scirea was possibly the best defender I ever saw play for Italy. Pure class.
Country————Clubs————————Population——————-Approx GDP(Billion)
Denmark———–Copenhagen—————5.6m————————–314
Brondby
Sweden————Gothenburg—————-9.5m—————————527
Malmo
Norway————Rosenborg——————5m—————————–500
Finland————-Helsinki———————-5.4m————————–250
Belgium————Liege————————-11m—————————480
Bruge
Anderlecht
Locheren
Holland————-Ajax————————–16m—————————750
Feyenoord
PSV
Twente
Vitesse
Scotland———–Celtic————————–5.3m————————–220
Aberdeen
Austria————-Red Bull———————-6.4m————————–400
Rapid Vienna
Austria Vienna
Total population – 60 m +
GDP – 3 trillion +
How about this for a competitive league? Higher population than England and GDP. Every team on list faces slow death. Champions of domestic leagues play off for 3 promotion places, so pyramid structure for every country. Thought hard about including Austria Hitler, but what the hell.
Could these countries not start talking to each other?
Natural for mediterranean countries to play each other, eastern euro play each other etc.
Personally i never want to play huns again but they’ll be there eventually in some ghastly form
Xavi
Iniesta
Ramos
Years ago I worked with a bloke who played for Villa in the 60s, he got transferred to Canada and eventually ended up playing for NY Cosmos in the 70’s. He played along side Pele. Him and his team mates always wondered about Pele’s claim to have scored so many goals. They worked out he would have had to have scored well over 60 goals every season since he started as a pro (he averaged about 35 a season with Santos, so he would have to be scoring the same amount for Brazil at the same time). They chinned him about it and asked him to prove his stats. Turned out he was claiming goals that he scored as a boy in the under 12’s, friendlies, testimonials etc.
Disny make him a bad player right enough but his stats are a bit iffy.
Maradona stood on his doorstep taking pot shots at the press so he wins in the integrity stakes at least.
GlasgowDave
What I’m taking from Winning Captains observations whichI have also observed, is that even when we do not perform to our best, the opposition have required a referee’s decision to get the result.
Over 38 league games we perform at our best more often and even where we do not the result is rarely fatal to ultimate objective.
However in the cup, if that happens to be a day when we are not at our best,and that happens to all teams, the refereeing is the deciding factor.
The instances WC quotes back that up.
hun skelper
Duped
Again..
Neil, should ..
THINK OOTA BOX!
He should Ankle in..
Young Fisher.. tae the Mid Field Spot.. Noo that Biton ,has become Unavailable.
We Know ..awe aboot.. Whit Mulgrew is Capable..
n.. We Know Fine well..
How.. Much..
Kayal, is .. INCAPABLE!
Whit we wanny find oot.. is
Well..
Is Fisher, Capable…. of Filling In ..In ( Wow!,,A Twoser!) the Mid-Field???
Shucks!.. Finding That oot.. Is A Good Thing tae..well.. Be… Findin’ Oot!
Right???
But, wull Neil, try it?
Widya YOU think, Folks???
Kojo.
Still,Laughin’
Platini
Zidane
Henry
Beckenbauer
Muller
Netzer
International football ended John Kennedys career !!
Broadfoot
Fleck, J.
Clelland
South of Tunis
Thanks for the further information.
My wife, who has done most of the arrangements advises me that we will be using public transport to get around the first week when we are in Palermo. Given the size of the island she tells me that a car is a must for the second week when we are in Siracusa to see all of the sights we (she) wants to see. Looking forward to it, apart from the driving.
To add my tuppence worth to the three best Italian players I have seen:
Rivera
Baresi
Maldini
Moshni
McCulloch
Faure
Charlton
Moore
Robson
Beckenbauer
Overath
Muller
Adelina
Gisella
and
Concetta.
Mind you I was only in Rimini for a fortnight.
monteblanco
Pele’s stats are in his book. Santos played a lot of friendly and exhibition matches in order to keep Pele and the other Brazil stars of the time.
His stats are a bit dodgy in that respect but they are genuine. The guy was top drawer. he is for me the greatest player of all time. Not sure he will ever be bettered in that respect.
Won his first world cup at 17 and was instrumental in the greatest ever world cup team of all time in 1970.
He could play anywhere. He was also a very good goal keeper. His book is a decent read. I would recommend it.
LB
Best
O’neill
Lennon
Is Kirk Broadfoot still a ‘professional footballer’?
Cattenach
Gorman
McLaughlin
Kojo
I would have liked to see Kayal back and have Biton beside him to see if they dovetailed.
Not gonna happen this season now by the looks of things.
Bearsden Bob
Good road heading west from Siracusa ———-use it if you are intending to visit Noto, Ragusa Ibla and Modica. If you are intending to go to Agrigento take the bypass which avoids Gela. Driving in Gela is to be avoided.
Off oot -to Punta Secca
Jock Stein actually thought Di Stefano was the best ever. I wouldnt argue with big Stein but I’m just too young to comment on Di Stefano anyway.
JohnnyClash
Never recovered from being scalded by yon exploding egg.
LiviBhoy
Can’t deny he was up there but only the second best for me behind Maradona.
Maradona could keep it up with a golf ball. Pele needs viagra. :)
Thunder Road
Claudio Gentille .v. Maradona
http://youtu.be/Uk1iRg4Xt-M
Rumour has it that it penned the expression: “he man-marked in the toilet at half-time”.
:-)
thunder road
Franco Baresi was a class act.
He had everything imo.
As good as the Kaiser.
..and as good as our own Kaiser – George Connelly!
He and his older brother Beppe who played for Inter were orphaned at an early age when their parents died in a car crash.
HH!!
Always thot the sevco scorer yesterday was ugly!! But now he’s a cheatin ugly hun!!!
Johnnyclash
Glad you abreviated that!
Im pretty sure hes at Blackpool but they may be using him on the beach more than the park.