It’s one of those obscure football facts which appears more likely to be an urban myth, but when he jogs out onto Celtic Park on Sunday the proof will be there for all to see: Chelsea captain John Terry is a Celtic fan. I’ve heard many wide ranging reasons why people become attached to the club, not everyone was born into it as an accident of paternal heritage, some of us made our own way there.
I know one Ulsterman, from the loyalist tradition, who has lived in Scotland for decades, and, along with his friends, is a Celtic supporter. One season ticket holder told me he started shouting for Celtic as an infant, to tease his Rangers supporting father, but one day the teasing developed into the acquisition of a green jumper, an unusual occurrence in the family home. A bridge had been crossed, soon posters were on the bedroom wall, a Celtic Subbutteo team was bought and after a few years, a Celtic top made its appearance.
There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of great stories like these.
Sunday’s #19 Legenda’ game will be a chance for some of us to reminisce about the days when Pierre, Lubo, Jorge, Bobo, Tommy Boyd, the man himself, Stiliyan Petrov and, of course, the Swede, graced Celtic Park every week. It will be a rare chance to see Martin O’Neill on the on the touchline, perhaps without bouncing up and down. Well done to Carlos Cuellar for pitching up, even if he has to play the inevitable pantomime villain.
Monies raised will go towards Stiliyan’s Foundation and to stock a food bank, which will open in Glasgow this month with the aim of alleviating food poverty. Which takes us back to where we started.
Enjoy your day.
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Corkcelt
Davy Fitz Speach (Complete) – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FeWEweg_no
This serious stuff
If the Bannermen are fired up on Sunday then you’ll know Davy was in this kind of form
Bada Bing
Thanks for your response. The reason I asked was Hately no longer has a column in The Record since Charlotte revealed he was getting paid £25000 a year off the deed club. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or not.
As Celtic Urnae playing…
What is really goin’ on. The Most Marvellous Marvin Gaye.
Obama & Bush are puppets unwilling and subversive, they have a real fear of dying, whilst killing millions. Total vampires, the antitheses of Christ and his teachings.
What is going on?
lawrenzo- That Nakamura goal just gets better and better.
That was some night.
Hi Fellow Celtic Fans!
I’ve been trying to make arrangements for a Business trip back up to Glasgow in October. The conversation went along the lines of “Tuesday 1st or Tuesday 22nd October would be ideal for me!” :-)
Yours in Celtic,
TB&F.
I Stan Petrov has seen something in,and found friendship with, JT and Carlos C then that’s good enough for me. Welcome to Celtic Park guys.
petec – Oscar BraveO – God Bless. 15:42 on 6 September, 2013
As Celtic Urnae playing…
What is really goin’ on. The Most Marvellous Marvin Gaye.
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I always use weekends when Celtic are not playing to catch up on music and films. Dug out a selection of albums last night – looking forward to playing some of the old stuff again.
BOBBY – 15:28,
The Liverpool CARE plan is just a new name for something dreadful, IMO.
Esoteric sh*t at its most blatant. What is it going to be like in 3 years Time when there is even less Money for the peoples Health but Wars are booming all over the place.
21 Dec 2012 really was a turning point. The new Golden age of Paganism.
Sevco complaining because bbc journo reports accurately
As opposed to keeping with the pretence promulgated by all sympathisers
Read the five way agreement ya bangers
Celtic FC Tickets @CelticFCTickets 4m
Tickets for the Petrov match are now sold out!
TBaF…business trip return for me also. October looking good.
Steinreignedsupreme
15:49 on 6 September, 2013
Be sure to post the olde Albums because, well, just because.
Burgas Hoops
13:09 on
6 September, 2013
Turkeybhoy
Very good to know John Terry is a hoops fan.Then again,why would he be volunteering his services?.One of the great CHs I have seen.Hope everyone gets a great reception.Thank god for BT Sports.Can watch the game on the terrace with a litre of Turkeys finest in front of me..Second only to being there.Hail Hail the legends.
There is a few of us on here knew you wouldn’t be attending Sunday.
Too many “Irish Twats & Plastic Paddy’s” for you i assume.
Think I have got a wee idea what you are trying to imply with this wee not so sly dig.Hard for me to attend as I am in Turkey,but thats not what you were getting at,is it?.Yes,I have met many”Irish twats”,and many “Plastic Paddys”in my life.As have we all,unless of course,you live in a wee bubble with constant repeats of the “Quiet man”being played,where people walk about all day wiggling their thumbs at their sides,singing “Too ra loo ra loo ra”the Hollywood version.Of course there are people from Ireland who are twats.Go into any Celtic pub and you will find a good few “Plastic Paddys”sorry if the truth offends you,but I am not on here to pander to your likes and dislikes.
I will stand by my statement that after the most cringeworthy speech ever,since the huns died,by DD,that I and many others think he is a “Twat”,and because he was born in Ireland,then that makes him an “Irish twat”.Or do you want to act like a hun and deny facts?.
Just watched last 20mins of Groningen/Ajax 1-1.. assume it was recent as Boban was on for last 10.
Keeper dodgy and spilled ball for equaliser.
Not seen anything to be overly concerned about…
CQN Predictor Bhoys-Are this weekend’s fixtures just for the wee diddy team’s qualifiers :} ? Or does everyone fill it in? Ta
Turkeybhoy
Regardless of your opinion of DD why highlight his nationality, irrelevant is it not?
And if DD is an ‘Irish twat’ doesn’t that make you a Turkey, Turkeybhoy?!
As for the plastic paddy remark your views will find more favour among the huns – why don’t you go have a lie down and reconsider your entire belief system because you really do appear to be supporting the wrong team with comments like that.
SOT
Weeminger
Stein
One of the loudest gigs I have been to was Sunno)))). Superb but not helped my hearing…
goldstar10
15:35 on 6 September, 2013
‘From newclub.co.uk website. Boohoo!!
Once again Rangers Football Club has been inundated with complaints from supporters angered by a comment made on a BBC Scotland Sportsound programme.’
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If the old Club didn’t die how come TUPE applied to the players’ contracts?
Hospital Food
Ma auld Mammy was in Ayr Hospital recently and said it was like a five star hotel.
She’s never actually been in a five star hotel but she enjoyed the grub anyway.
Turkeybhoy,
Surely you can see that being Irish is, at best, irrelevant and, at worst,seen by you as adding to DD`s shortcomings?
Unless, of course, you always mention a person`s nationality when criticising them???
JJ
BMCUW, what about those labels they use for envelopes and a pen to recognize each other! just a thought, i only met a few at 5 a sides and i still don’t know them all, except that SFTB because he put me out of action with one of his cannonballs :-)))
petec – Oscar BraveO – God Bless.15:55 on 6 September, 2013
New stuff;
Ty Segall – Sleeper
Nadine Shah – Love You Dum and Mad
From the archives;
Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
House of Love – House of Love
Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
Yuck – Yuck
Another artists are available.
Ernie-If the old Club didn’t die how come TUPE applied to the players’ contracts?
Why are the Bond Holders not being honoured this season ?
Plenty of ways of exposing the lie.Hopefully a list to follow :}
Celtic_First
15:35 on
6 September, 2013
IstanbulCelt
Jim Spence had the temerity to suggest on Radio Scotland that Rangers might have died.
A lot of deady bears lashed out on Twitter. Perhaps they were upset that no one had mentioned this to them before. Then again …
Can you imagine this ever going to a court of law?.I have no idea what the huns defence team would call”Liquidation”.Absolute nonsense propagated by huns in denial,but more shamefully supported by the media in all forms.
yorkbhoy 16:06 on 6 September, 2013
SOT
Weeminger
Stein
“One of the loudest gigs I have been to was Sunno)))). Superb but not helped my hearing…”
I had a lucky escape with My Bloody Valentine – when they played for the first time in years about 2008.
I ignored the offer of earplugs because I had been to loads of loud gigs including MBV over the years. I was deaf in one ear for about two weeks. Lesson learned.
I had the ole earplugs in when I went to see them earlier this year. It was easy to spot the people who didn’t have them – most of them were duking in and out every 15 minutes.
Keep seeing references to Stan’s game being on BT Sports.
Went to set up recording but game not showing in listings.
Does anyone know if it’s in BT1 or 2.
Cheers and welcome home, Stan.
Steinreignedsupreme
16:11
I thank You. I’m off oot to shoot a few people in the CS:GO game, the squad is still @ 2 members, me and the wee man, but I am sure this CQN crew will happen sometime, although we are more likely to chat than shoot at others in the actual game. ;))
Biton.CSC
jimmci
16:18 on 6 September, 2013
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It’s on BT2 414 on Sky, its on the planner.
Good evening from sunny Amsterdam.
Just a few weeks before the party begins!
WHITEDOGHUNCH
Sadly,too many meals are having to be prepared at the same time.
A grey vista on a plate isnae gonna perk you up,more likely give you a relapse.
There is no need for a hot cooked meal for short stays,these would be better dealt with by sandwiches,etc.
Save the difficult stuff for patients with genuine nutritional needs.
Steinreignedsupreme
16:11 on
6 September, 2013
petec – Oscar BraveO – God Bless.15:55 on 6 September, 2013
New stuff;
Ty Segall – Sleeper
Nadine Shah – Love You Dum and Mad
From the archives;
Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
House of Love – House of Love
Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
Yuck – Yuck
Another artists are available.
Haven’t listened to House of Love for about 15 years. Must look out my cassette. Then my cassette player.
Was playing through come vinyl last night and came across a bunch of Fall 45’s from a while back (Fiery Jack, It’s The New Thing, etc.) which I I hadn’t listened to for a while. Amazing how music can transport you back in time.
On the subject of which, anyone seen or heard from JTitor recently?
jimmci-BT Sport 2 @ 1.30pm
“When you look at the competition in there and you see the likes of Formartine United – that’s when you absolutely realise what the Ramsdens Cup is absolutely all about.”
Sevo manager Billy Bunter looks forward to trying to win his first cup.
PAOLOSBOOTS
I know,I seriously considered that.
Two problems being that a lot of people did know each other already,so we would have looked like a school outing.
And I couldnae find anywhere to hire a stepladder from to pin the name tags on The Rutherglen Massive.
We’ll manage fine,expect an e-mail with directions on how to avoid kettling on the march from CP to GG!
Jungle Jim
16:10 on
6 September, 2013
Turkeybhoy,
Surely you can see that being Irish is, at best, irrelevant and, at worst,seen by you as adding to DD`s shortcomings?
Unless, of course, you always mention a person`s nationality when criticising them???
Probably.If he was German then I would have called him a “German twat”Or whatever nationality he was.Says nothing against the country,so stop trying to make something out of nothing.I have been called a “Jock twat”too many times,probably true on occasions,not a dig at my nationality,only me.FFS lighten up.
steinreignedsupreme
16:29 on 6 September, 2013
“When you look at the competition in there and you see the likes of Formartine United – that’s when you absolutely realise what the Ramsdens Cup is absolutely all about.”
Sevo manager Billy Bunter looks forward to trying to win his first cup.
The main reason sevco need to win the pawnbrokers cup is purely that. After the party, they will be down at the govan branch the next pawning the silver to pay for done bakery bill or other.
NatKnow – Supporting Wee Oscar 16:24 on 6 September, 2013
Classic singles. I’m a big fan of the Fall – once you realise one in every three albums is going to hit the spot you get full worth. They have to be the most productive band in the world.
I spent a night in Mark E. Smith’s company many years ago. The man’s an eejit. But it was a very educational experience.
Done =some
InthepubtooearlyCSC