Comments from Duff and Phelps yesterday that they were not in favour of changing the SPL voting system were intriguing. Kilmarnock chairman, Michael Johnston, was pretty blatant about his agenda when speaking to the BBC on Saturday, suggesting the actions of the Gang of 10 was a “pro-democracy movement” similar to the Arab Spring, saying:
“It might make it easier for the [Rangers] administrators to get whatever they are going to try to achieve whether it is a CVA or new company to be informed and re-joining the SPL and SFA.
“The support of the 10 clubs might be needed at some point.”
Too right the support of the other 10 clubs might be needed at some point if a new company is to join (not re-join, for goodness sake!) the SPL and SFA.
Back in October last year we predicted Rangers would be liquidated, a Newco would be formed and would be voted straight into the SPL, with only Celtic arguing the need to maintain sporting integrity. Everything we have heard since has reinforced this view.
The debate among the Gang of 10 has matured so far they see no issue in openly offering to support a Newco’s entry into the league in return for money (which we predicted earlier this month), mostly generated from Celtic fans, as it happens.
We await Johnston responding by sticking to his high-minded principles and telling any Newco they will not enjoy Kilmarnock’s support.
Duff and Phelps still have an enormous amount to achieve before they will even be in a position to apply for entry to the SPL on behalf of a Newco but if they do, they will surely offer the Gang of 10 a take-it-or-leave-it proposition. The Gang of 10 will take it. This debate is not about democracy, it’s about directors at clubs like Kilmarnock, who I believe now have debts of over £10m, finding a way to deal with their years of unchecked overspend.
The debate around St Mirren director, Ken McGeoch, would surely outrage sensibilities in any country in the world so I’m pleased his fellow directors have called for his resignation. In November last year McGeoch invited Rangers company secretary Gary Withey to a meeting at the St Mirren boardroom where he revealed player contract details.
St Mirren are up for sale and could be purchased for what previously amounted loose change at Ibrox; McGeoch met Withey to discuss him purchasing the club from his fellow directors and shareholders.
For a Rangers director, influence like that should be impossible to acquire.
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joke champs footie…
as much as I love Italian defenders. they bore me with their negatve crap…
See “Game of Thrones II” starts this Monday on Sky AtlantIc. Superb series.
CRC gonnae stop daeing that, I’m dying to go……. its the wee yins birthday on Sunday, I’m told to go to the game but I think she’d draw the line at me staying in Glasgow after the game :¬)
V
50 strips in a day good going!
Paddy G ? dinnae think so.
V
Glenbuck
You said
” the case of Cleveland, you are wrong. I would advise you read the facts re: Cleveland before reaching a Thugs and Thieves conclusion. At least differentiate between Pediatricians and social workers.”
Can you explain your thugs and thieves conclusion.Is it what I think it is.that because I disagree with you I am to be dismissed as no better than someone who accepts tabloid nonsense as truth.If so thats very insulting
BSR
mind we used to beat teams like Barca
seems a lifetime ago
Serge, that is good! Have you tried other sites like Celticminded or the likes?
V
serge
any kids in Jordon called Monica? if not she aint given them away…
BT still trying… o))
Neil, why do you bother replying/ engaging with Hun tubes on twitter?
Just block/ ignore them and if racist or sectarian comments are aimed at you then make sure they are referred to the authorities. Celtic employ tons of people who can assist you with that.
They are trying to bait you and you only feed the hun by engaging with them.
Neil they will never be happy untill they drive you away.
Keep the head up and remember we are the champions my friend.
They are scum, they are cheats and they have no dignity.
Once they go into liquidation they will lose all history, that company is dead and I for one will celebrate like there’s no tomorrow when they are gone.
GBNL.
CRC
would love to join you bhoys …too much work on Monday :¬(
PF
Alan Thompson’s goal – what a night.
Barca have done everything but score tonight, don’t think Milan can hold out. Penalty denial was Worthy of Collum.
The EPL has been mentioned for no reason as usual.
leftclicktic, 17:54
The Regan interview tomorrow isn’t directly linked to the email
BT
haha, No worries mate good on her.
The fact she’s putting up a fight to keep it means i can’t accept them now. HH
Yorkston
Published: 07 February 2005
ANOTHER war of words between
Dunfermline Athletic and Celtic broke
out yesterday when the East End Park
club’s chairman John Yorkston
unwisely labelled Parkhead defender
Bobo Balde the cause of more injuries
this season than Dunfermline’s
artificial pitch. His comment was
made on a radio programme aired
before yesterday’s Scottish Cup
encounter between the sides but was
relayed to Celtic manager Martin
O’Neill after the game.
O’Neill was indignant at the “crass”
Yorkston, and although the
Dunfermline chairman later
apologised for any offence caused –
“it was meant to be a joke”, he
explained – the Celtic manager
demanded that he is charged by the
SFA. Yorkston had been driven by ire
into making the statement he later
dismissed as being obviously an
attempt at humour. O’Neill last week
very publicly stated that new-signing
Craig Bellamy would not be selected
in the squad for yesterday’s game due
to concerns that the East End Park
surface might impact on his already
suspect knees. It was the latest in a
series of criticisms of Dunfermline’s
UEFA-sponsored synthetic pitch, with
O’Neill consistent in his judgment that
the surface is not conducive to
playing football. Following his further
outburst yesterday O’Neill could not
be accused of sour grapes, with Celtic
having already swept Dunfermline
aside to reach the quarter-finals of
the Scottish Cup.
Yorkston’s statement on radio was
meant to be a response to the bad
press, but only earned the
Dunfermline chairman some more.
“It’s a disgraceful comment for a
chairman to make about an
opposition player,” said O’Neill, with
regard to Yorkston’s citing of Balde.
“It’s a crassly ignorant comment
from someone who’s made one or
two ignorant comments in the past.”
O’Neill revealed that no player had
been informed of the comment before
the game, and suggested this was just
as well since fury has a habit of
provoking rash behaviour. He said it
would be surprising if Balde and his
team-mates reacted with “anything
other than horror” when they learn of
what Yorkston had said.
It is a further deterioration in a
relationship between the clubs that
soured most dramatically in May
2003, when Celtic striker Chris Sutton
accused Dunfermline of lying down
to Rangers on that tension-filled last
day when Celtic lost the
championship on goal difference to
their Ibrox rivals. Yorkston was
incensed, and pounded at Celtic’s
door for a personal apology from the
player. Sutton had initially apologised
for the comment through his agent.
In October 2002 Yorkston accused
Celtic of damaging Dunfermline’s
chances of signing the Nigerian
player Taribo West by themselves
declaring an interest. This was
something O’Neill vehemently denied
at the time, commenting that there
was more chance of him signing
“that boy John West from the salmon
people”.
This latest incident was regarded as
too serious to be treated with humour
by O’Neill, who launched into a long
narrative which swung between
making biting criticisms of the
Dunfermline chairman and heaping
further abuse on the East End Park
pitch. First under the cosh was
Yorkston. “I don’t think we have ever
met, but a couple of years ago I
remember him accusing me of
messing up their attempts to sign
Taribo West,” said O’Neill. “I had
never even spoken to Taribo West. His
latest comments are just disgraceful.
The [Dunfermline] chairman was
demanding his pound of flesh from
Chris Sutton in terms of an apology
[two seasons ago]. There is no doubt
we want one now from him.”
O’Neill later got it when Yorkston
presented himself to the press
although the Dunfermline chairman’s
claim that it was said only in jest is
unlikely to satisfy the Celtic manager.
“Anyone who’d been listening to the
radio will have taken it as tongue-in-
cheek,” said Yorkston. “Anyone who’d
heard it will have taken it as a joke.
If Celtic] have taken it the wrong way
then I am sorry. It depends how it
was put to Martin. But it was said as a
joke – simple as that.”
The reason for all this consternation
is Dunfermline’s little-liked pitch, and
though it is being ripped up at the
end of this season Yorkston
confirmed that another synthetic
surface is being put in. “This has
been non-stop hassle, but no one said
it would be perfect,” said Yorkston. “It
is a step in the right direction and
there will be improvements.”
It is unlikely that O’Neill will be
convinced, however. “If I was just a
lone voice, then it would not matter,”
said the Celtic manager. “But there is
not one visiting side that wants to
play here. I am not certain, but I
don’t think even the Dunfermline
players want to play on it. Every
visiting manager has mentioned it. It
might be UEFA-backed but the irony
is that the Icelandic team
[Hafnarfjordur] refused to play on it
in the UEFA Cup. I mean, let’s get
real.”
PF Ayr
And I remember playing AC in the San Siro to extra time for a CL quarter-final berth with the “worst team in Celtic history”, according to many CQNrs
I’m away to watch the second half
O.G. Rafferty
Grateful thanks for sharing with us what you can.
What’s your take on how Regan is conducting himself? Mind you much depends on his job description I suppose.
O G Rafferty
was there anything further on C4 this evening
#damned forgot about it
CRC
I think MattE of GTP fame will toddle along on Sunday
Glenbuck
Cleveland
The Inquiry examined the cases involving 121 children where sexual abuse was alleged to have been identified using the anal dilation test and the actions of the paediatricians and social workers involved. Of these 121 cases where sexual abuse of the children was alleged, the Courts subsequently dismissed the proceedings involving 96 of the children, i.e. over 80% were found to be false accusations. There are some social workers and medical professionals who have found difficulty in accepting the findings of the Courts and are `in denial’ that they were wrong in their allegations. They have sought to use the findings of a medical panel which claimed that, on the basis of an examination of cases involving 29 of the children, 75% of the children had been sexually abused. Medical opinion is not, of course, proven fact, whereas opinions and supportive evidence given in courts can be challenged and tested under cross-examination as to their validity and veracity.
One of the major findings of the Butler-Sloss Inquiry was that children had been removed precipitately by social workers who had failed to seek corroborative evidence to support the allegations of the paediatricians and had failed to carry out comprehensive assessments of the children and their families. Consequently a requirement was introduced that social workers should not act solely on the basis of medical opinion.
OG
Can you confirm the time the programme will be aired I can’t see it on the planner.
Neil they are trying to get you punished so you will stuff questioning the corrupt referees.
Keep up the pressure on them, corrupt officials and a corrupt league.
Says it all really Neil, only in Scotland my friend.
GBNL.
….PFayr on 28 March, 2012 at 20:39 said:
Remember it’s an early kick off, so you are more than welcome to join us for a few beers?
Vmhan-sorry!!!!
HH
CRC
SmashingMilkBottles on 28 March, 2012 at 20:43 said:
Sent you an email. Will you pass on details to Matt_E
HH
CRC
https://www.eticketing.co.uk/celtic/details/event.aspx?itemref=5369
only 260 seats left.
come and join the other 60,300 boys for a great day out.
Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston has
reignited their feud with Celtic ahead of
their opening-day clash at East End Park by
blaming Chris Sutton for the shameful
actions of their supporters.
His neighbour chased fans away from his
house with a garden spade while goalkeeper
Derek Stillie received a death threat
following the 6-1 defeat at Rangers which
snatched the title from Celtic’s grasp.
But the outspoken Dunfermline chief
believes those incidents would not have
happened had Sutton taken the
disappointment gracefully.
“It all swings back to the Chris Sutton thing,”
Yorkston said.
“He accused us of cheating and he got all
their fans jumping on the bandwagon.”
Yorkston is also secretly incensed that
Sutton and the Parkhead club have not
apologised directly to them.
In the heat of the moment, the English
striker accused Dunfermline of “lying down”
at Ibrox on the final day of the season.
That prompted his agent John Viola and
manager Martin O’Neill to say sorry on his
behalf.
But Yorkston is far from satisfied with that to
leaves the row still raging before they kick-
off the new campaign on August 9.
He explained: “If he did apologise it was
through his agent and he just said he was
sorry if he upset somebody.
“Then we demanded a full apology from
him, but we have never heard anything from
their club or their manager.
“They’ve never issued anything saying that
the player was wrong and we regret that one
of our players said that.
“You’ve got to draw your own conclusions
on their thoughts.
“If it had been one of our players then I
would have phoned them up and
apologised on behalf of the club and then
issued a statement saying that it wasn’t the
views of the club.
“I was kind of hoping it had been cleared up
and settled down and that was the end of it.
“Comments after the game says a lot about
you when you win, but more what you say
when you lose.
“I don’t think they will apologise. If they
were going to make an apology then I think
they would have done it by now.”
Yorkston earlier revealed that he too was an
intended target of angry Celtic fans at the
end of last season.
The group were furious with the way that
Rangers won the championship and drove to
Yorkston’s house seeking revenge.
But, fortunately, he was in Spain with Jimmy
Calderwood and the rest of the players and
his neighbour was left to approach the Celtic
fans and chase them away with a garden
spade.
He said: “There were other incidents that I
didn’t hear about until later, which we
haven’t highlighted.
“A car load of Celtic fans turned up at my
street after the game and I went off to
Magaluf immediately after the Rangers
game, but one of my neighbours had a fight.
“I wish I was joking about this, but he had
to chase them off with a garden spade.”
Dunfermline goalkeeper Stillie was also
targeted and police are investigating a death
threat he received through the post.
The anonymous letter also threatened his
family and Yorkston admits the player
cannot block the incident out of his mind.
He added: “We thought it had been swept
under the carpet, but this latest letter just
keeps the thing going
“The letter was handed over to the police,
but it is scary when it mentions your family.”
Fife Police have confirmed they are
investigating the death threat to Stillie.
“I can confirm that we are investigating a
certain letter in respect of Dunfermline,” a
spokesman said.
“Enquiries are at a very early stage.”
Paddy
Classic!
Serge – stick your found a penny photo on mate – brilliant!!! :-)
Sparkleghirl:
That misshapen morose puser vaguely traumatised me with its jowly “big grey man of Ben Macdui” look- can’t believe you sullied my life with that link. Still shaking a little. Yer man Williams is obviously burdened with a terminal forty quid a day skag bag habit. You can see the strain of the monkey on the tired lines of his jaded jib & the crabby crotch of his diseased mind. Its a Bonobo on his back.
All is forgiven.
Posted those stories to show Yorkston is not doing anything for the good of his club, just to put the boot into Celtic.
Get it on bud, I am a numpty with commputers like many things
Robinho – wimp.
Serge
find a monica and she will give it away..p))
wonkyradar on 28 March, 2012 at 20:50 said:
The man is a disgrace. And to think that the herald was my newspaper of choice in scotland. No more.
ElDiegoBhoy, 20:42 said:
Thanks.
Regan, I think he is an anxious man.
.PFayr on 28 March, 20:43
theweegreenman, 20:44
No. Been a big day for the lawyers in London and Glasgow.
Will go on Friday.
Vogue punter 17:32
Thanks for your reply , hope you are right , we need to take this all the way this time.
Also think Celtic should be holding talks with all supporters groups / representatives etc regarding how we proceed if / when the rest of Scottish football shaft us .
Personally I would rather give Celtic my season ticket money and watch the team train than put any more money into this sectarian sh*thole.
theweegreenman on 28 March, 2012 at 20:31 said:
See “Game of Thrones II” starts this Monday on Sky AtlantIc. Superb series.
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The short chap (Peter Dinklage) is fantastic.