If you were in any doubt about what we’re up against when it comes to developing Scottish football, former St Mirren chairman, Stewart Gilmour’s incoherent rant in one of today’s newspapers, that Peter Lawwell is running Scottish football, paints a clear picture for you.
Peter Lawwell’s club, your club, PAYS for Scottish football. Fans of this club pour millions into the bank accounts of others from Dingwall to Kilmarnock. Those same clubs earn TV money and trackside advertising to viewers who tune in to see that very same club play football.
Each SPFL and SFA member club has only one vote, and Peter Lawwell is out-voted and frustrated on many issues. What he brings to the table is experience of the game, business, commercial contracts, risk and strategy that no one else in our game has ever enjoyed.
He will be the person who brings evidence-based insight into the value of our game’s commercial properties. This is not because Peter Lawwell is some unassailable guru, he simply has experience of running a business which is greater in depth and scope than anyone else in the history of Scottish football. The fair-minded acknowledge this and are thankful for it.
If your skillset is more suited to a bowling club committee than a business turning over tens of millions of pounds, and you have an unfortunate attitude towards Celtic representatives, all this might rub you up the wrong way.
You may think the last person you want illuminating Scottish football is some educated ******. Believe me, these attitudes persist in our game.
Gilmour, you will remember, was in charge of St Mirren when Charles Green (then the darling of Ibrox), was invited to New St Mirren Park for a Celtic game. They all wanted a piece of Peter then, but there was no courtesy offered from the Celtic contingent on the day.
This is a call to arms by those who want to encourage clubs to obstruct Celtic in every way possible. Peter Lawwell is their bogeyman. They are still sore that they didn’t turnover Celtic (and the rest of Scottish football) in 2012, and they blame Peter for not getting what they wanted.
Now there is a fresh reality to worry about: Celtic making their own way in the world, with the consent of Scottish football. Others will find their place in the game, while one club would wither on the vine without Celtic to feed off.
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WDH – hail to the food expert I will be forever in your debt; next time I’m home we go to a restaurant of your choice……my treat.
MIT – I don’t need one of them new fangled gadgets I just bung mine in the oven; fresh ingredients and no crap gasoline by-products. The other night I made the wean a ham and pineapple (kids eh?) but I had a spicy Genoa Salami with wee bits of anchovy dotted around……Superb and cheap as chips;)
slainte
tony
Torontony …. salami and anchovies ….. sounds good! But, noodles and asahi next week …. pizza another time.
Mike
I’m cooking with gas cheers,
must be something in the air had a pint with bro’ in law last night and he was talking about pizza and a
radio scotland historicalish piece on the subject, get yourself one of these for a hoot and as a wee sideline for your downtime !
I made Celtic aware of it for the ground
http://www.letspizza.co.uk/home.html
Celtic’s Lisbon triumph gained minimum appreciation in the media.
Of course, as in Seville, there were the pre-match specials, based on selling papers and linking Glasgow’s double assault in Europe.
Within a couple of days, the focus turned towards the second leg of the Double.
Unfortunately for Scottish football (!) it never came to pass.
Thereafter, it was business as usual.
It didn’t help,of course, that we were dumped out in the First Round the following season.
A round we shouldn’t have been involved in.
After that, we were all expected to cheer the Red Devils towards their date with destiny!!
*** GOALS FOR SHAY – WEEK 2 ***
Good evening, friends.
A big thank you to the 74 (seventy four) bhoys and ghirls who have already sent in their selection for week 2. Allows us to spread the road of noting up all of the picks.
So 42 still to come in. I’d be very very grateful if at least half of those could be sent in tonight, leaving just 20-odd to come in on Friday. So if you’re reading this and haven;t yet sent your email please do it as soon as you can. I think the big problem this week might be selecting which of about half a dozen teams might be more likely to score 5 or 6 rather than “only” 3 or 4…
I posed a question to Gilmore via Twitter that McIntyre read out then changed into a question Gilmore was abe to answer.
I asked if SFA reform was needed (which Gilmore was suggesting) what mechanism would be needed to bring it about and who would lead the project?
It was turned into what changes would he like to see and he went on to the football rather than SFA.
That is what reformers are up against. It’s called stupidity.
A penny for for Big Billy’s thoughts before the game.
KevJ
That’s like taking the word of Hugh Keevins on Snyde.
Na. I’ll stick with my understanding from when la merde signed for us and UEFA and/or FIFA backed the club.
MWD
Is the six asterisk word in the article halfwit?
Hail Hail,
KevinBhoy.
Why is any credence given to a bigot, when none was given before, on continuing this bigot buck narrative ….oh wait a minute
Looking through Stewarty Gilmours eyes
No I don’t think so
A Ferguson on Sportsound???
Must be a “y” in the day of the week!
“Gary Gilmore’s Eyes” is a single by the punk rock band the Adverts.
Wiki CSC
SFA Reform 2017
– new rules Glasgow Underground staff strictly prohibited from phoning in sick when Sevco are at home
MARGARET MCGILL on 19TH JANUARY 2017 6:28 PM
Why is any credence given to a bigot, when none was given before, on continuing this bigot buck narrative ….oh wait a minute
Looking through Stewarty Gilmours eyes
No I don’t think so
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Never mind that,whit aboot the Adverts on CQN!!!
Who would win in a fight between Rangers and Sevco?
Small world.
Stewart Gilmour and Chick Young support the same club.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 19TH JANUARY 2017 6:40 PM
Who would win in a fight between Rangers and Sevco?
CELTIC.
BSR
SEVCO
Rangers are died.
MWD
Nye Bevans
The six asterisked word is dyscalculia
Gary Gimores Eyes. …The executioners song
Evening Celts
Donald Trumpton….Runnnn:)
Hitler wi a quiff.
Better dig oot the survival gear.
Dug-out in the Campsie’s, plenty of wee pools wi Brown Trout….loads of deer running aboot.
Sorted.
HH
MWD
the the the the Rangers
Gaye Advert my teenage dream girl:)))
Punk Memories CSC
Dickie Davies Eyes is a song by Hal Man Half Biscuit
Cripple fight
What time is the US presidential assassination on TV tomorow?
MWD
WHAT IS THE STARS
The executioners song,a movie which starred up and comer
Tommy Lee Jones.
In ‘shock new’ revelations Rod McKenzie of law firm Harper MacLeod reveals in Court of Session that Rangers were operating tax scams going back to 1989
Evening All.
Aye, JamesGang … right enough! Congratulations on snaring a blind wummin with neither taste in men nor any bloody sense!
Seriously, Greta news I hope you are both very happy.
Stewart Gilmour is an arse and I think even St Mirren fans see that.
Tony Donnelly — The Gilmour on the Celtic Charity Foundation committee is a completely different arse!
Finally this is the last night the signed Nir Bitton shirt will be made available purely to CQN’ers.
Remember this is a matchworn and signed Champions league shirt which can be framed and it is unique because it has the Foundation Logo on the chest as opposed to that of a sponsor.
All proceeds are going to be split between the foundation and Mary’s Meals who will feed the 265 kids of the VOA1 academy in Liberia.
This is for a really good cause folks so if you have £19:67 that you can spare please help.
http://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/matchworn-signed-celtic-shirt-with-celtic-charity-foundation-logo-nir-bitton-153619704.htm
Thanks.
BRTH
I think it sounds like sucker
MWD
Clearly Greta in the above post means Great.
Lots of Luv
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hansel
To BRTH, Cowiebhoy and all who are planning to go to Lisbon in May – an important message.
The Portuguese FA Cup Final is due to be played in the Estadio Nacional on 28th May so I asked John Paul Taylor if there would be any restrictions on visiting the stadium on the 25th. Below is the response he received:
Thank you very much for your e-mail.
On the 28th of May we will have at the stadium the final of the Taça de Portugal [Portugal Cup], the second most important football competition in Portugal and by far the main event at our stadium every year. On the 25th we will be in full process of preparing the site for receiving that event.
Therefore, a visit on the 25th will always be subject to limitations. It will be impossible then to step on the grass. The visit will nevertheless be possible, if well planned.
A precise time for the visit will have to be previously determined. Therefore, let us know the size of your group and at what time they plan to be here.
Best regards.
Jorge Sena e Silva
Técnico Superior
I’ve written to the contact email provided but I think it may be worthwhile setting expectations – I reckon our best strategy would be to propose to the stadium people a two-hour window when we can all get in and savour the day, rather than expecting them to be open all day then finding a lot of disappointed Hoops. What do you think?
I’ll post any reply I get here about the same time on Monday.
BSR
Who cares……they’re still Scotland’s Shame
Ballboy. https://youtu.be/X5xdXqbuSPg
HH
MWD,
a guy was in one of my shops today asking for odds on Trump to be shot/assasinated,
he was quite surprised that i couldnt give him a price for it
Gordybhoy64
I was going to say Trump thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt, but he probably doesnt know who that is:)
HH
Catch yees laters,back tae business here in Davos.
Phyllis Dietrichson on 19th January 2017 6:56 pm
Thanks for that.
As I understand it the final few hundred yards of the Roads to Lisbin Cycle is due to see the cycling party arrive at the stadium at 1pm on the 25th and I am pretty sure that the idea is to have as many fans at the stadium at that time.
There is a conference call in a couple of days about this and the celebrations later that day and night.
I know that there are those who are in touch with the stadium and we have one or two as yet untapped routes to consider.
Once we have more details I can update on here.
In the interim, apparently Blantyre Tim is down Partick somewhere shopping for Old Tim’s Union Jack Swimming Trunks for his dip in the Tagus!