I am sure you have many great Scottish Cup final memories. For me the best was Airdrieonians, twice. My earliest memory of attending a final was the 1975 win, Kenny Dalglish, Paul Wilson and Pat McCluskey. Watched big Billy and Jinky emerge from Hampden with the trophy after the game.
Then, of course, there was that huge final in 1995. Six years without a trophy, Celtic were at their lowest point in decades and had already lost a final to Raith Rovers that season. Beating Airdrieonians in that final is one of the most important victories in Celtic history.
By any measure, apart from Scottish Cups, Hibs are the fifth biggest team in Scotland, yet they haven’t won the Cup in 110 years. Since then the Wright brothers headed to Kitty Hawk and tried to get ‘Flyer’ off the ground for the first time in history and Teddy Rosevelt made history by becoming the first US president to ride in a motor car.
If they can pull a good 90 minutes together today, Hibs might become the first club in Scottish footballs’ rebirth. They have reclaimed thousands of fans in recent weeks and are proof that there is life outside Glasgow.
Good luck to them.
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Oh DD….??????????????????????????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-vzmtQnNOc&feature=related
G’Night
I wonder if Findlay had an EBT.
Margaret McGill
I am not, and never have, advocated that Celtic, in any way, shape or form, do anything to aid the continuation of Rangers. I am as opposed to that notion as much as anyone, including yourself. The longevity of Rangers is not a Celtic issue and we should not make it one either. If rules are broken, or bent, to assist Rangers at the expense of sporting integrity and the worth of other clubs, then I think Celtic, and every other concerned individual and organisation should employ every and all means available to obstruct such a miscarriage.
Not to do so encourages anarchy.
Ray Lamontagne – Empty (In memory of Mary Surratt who was denied all justice)
Kiitalba
It wouldn’t surprise me one biit if DF did, oh and a few other high profile huns connected with the club did too. Hopefully it will all come out my friend :0)
Pablo
Well I looked my demons in the eyes,
laid bare my chest, said “Do your best, destroy me.
You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times,
I must admit you kind of bore me.”
There’s a lot of things that can kill a man,
there’s a lot of ways to die,
listen, some already did that walked beside me.
There’s a lot of things I don’t understand,
why so many people lie.
Its the hurt I hide that fuels the fire inside me.
Will I always feel this way?
So empty, so estranged.
Good morning friends from a dry, cloudy but fairly bright looking East Kilbride. Looks like a lovley morning for an ole game of golf.
Jobo
Drizzle in little ole Jersey and just getting ready to take Mrs G to her sponsored walk. La Roque to Corbiere for those that know the Geography of the Island.
Dear all,
good morning to everyone. Are the BBC already predicting the aftermath of Mark Daly’s documentary – “Timmy Time” is just about to start!
Bashi 8-)
Have I broken the blog or is it just because I am mentioned a cbeebies programme?
Bashi
Maybe its means I’ve got B.O.?
Bashi
or you’ve all heard me singing…….!?
Bashi
Maybe you broke it and have BO!
Good morning mate!
……or you were there when I told one of my jokes ?!?
Bashi
The Herald has an article on Celtic fans favourite dessert
http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/food-drink/jelly-good-show.17535697
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! on 20 May, 2012 at 08:31 said:
Maybe you broke it and have BO!
Good morning mate!
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I guess you must know me then!
Bashi
Whither the cash strapped scrofulous Hillbillies the day?
lionroars67 on 20 May, 2012 at 08:31 said:
The Herald has an article on Celtic fans favourite dessert
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sadly, my wife wont let us talk about Jelly and Ice Cream anymore. Think I’ll leave this article lying around.
Bashi
DBBIA…..
……getting ready for church?
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! on 20 May, 2012 at 08:37 said:
DBBIA…..
……getting ready for church?
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I’m glad to say that your jokes are funny!
LOL
Bashi
Bashi….
……they aint always!
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! on 20 May, 2012 at 08:40 said:
Bashi….
……they aint always!
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I’d settle for that!
Bashi
Morning all. Blue skies in Morayshire. Work till 2 then golfing at 4.
Are they dead yet?
HH
SIALF
Are they dead yet?
…how will we kno?
Morning all from a lovely North Ayrshire. Is this thems last week?
Bad day yesterday for football. Blackpool and Bayern were both the better teams.
Dontbrattbakkinanger on 20 May, 2012 at 09:06 said:
Are they dead yet?
…how will we kno?
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I know what you mean. Normally the smell of a dead body is the clue you’re looking for, but obviously in this case…………………….
Maybe a wooden farmhouse will suddenly drop from the sky right on top of “the big hoose”?
Or suddenly people in Manchester, Newcastle, Barcelona, Wolverhampton etc will suddenly have a feeling of peace wash over them,
Bashi
That’s twice Bayern have been mugged in finals against English teams -they should have beaten Man U.
Good morning from a.cloudy but dry Manchester.
Chelsea were no advert for football last night.
English commentators saying this shows how good the EPL is at the same time saying Bayern were the better team.
Lazy EPL apologists.
or maybe, when we get up and leave our “tents” each morning the ground will be covered in jelly and ice-cream?
or maybe SDM will just be plain DM, prisoner number…….
Bashi
Dontbrattbakkinanger on 20 May, 2012 at 09:20 said:
That’s twice Bayern have been mugged in finals against English teams -they should have beaten Man U.
They also lost the league and cup in Germany dame as in 99.
Kitalba @ 6.35 – sensational article which lays bare a few myths. Thanks for sharing.
Anti English Bigotry
By GARETH ROSE
A CONTROVERSIAL new law designed to tackle bigotry and disorder in football will be powerless against anti-English racism and violence during this summer’s European Championships.
Fans of the Auld Enemy who are abused while watching games in Scotland will not be protected by the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act, which came into force earlier this year.
Instead, police responding to incidents will have to resort to breach of the peace common law, which was deemed insufficient to root sectarianism out of the Scottish game.
The Crown Office always insisted the new law was not just about tackling sectarianism. In his guidelines, issued in February, the Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland said: “The offence is not restricted to behaviour which is ‘sectarian’ but applies to all offensive behaviour related to football that is likely to lead to public disorder.”
However, the act, which he wrote, says the offence has to be attached to a game played in Scotland or involving a Scottish team abroad. That includes fans in the stadium, travelling to a match or watching it in a public place.
But it will not cover the European Championships, which Scotland is neither hosting nor competing in.
In recent years, major tournaments have brought a rise in anti-English sentiments, with attacks on people wearing England shirts in Scotland.
Eddie Bone, chairman of the Campaign for an English Parliament, believes the Offensive Behaviour at Football legislation represents a missed opportunity, as a law is needed to deal with anti-English bigotry. I think new laws are needed to tackle it,” he said.
“Either you produce a piece of legislation to deal with the problem or you don’t bother. I remember an incident in Scotland where a disabled man was dragged out of his car, because it had England flags on, and savagely beaten.
“It seems to me there is a genuine problem and if you have a problem you address it – you don’t just use a sticking plaster.”
Last week, Mulholland was clear that anti-English bigotry in pubs which leads to disorder during the European Championships will not be tolerated, even if it is not covered by the act.
In a message to fans, he said: “Enjoy football in the pub, but bear in mind the law is there to protect everyone.
“People watching and enjoying football in the pub have always got to bear that in mind.”
Opposition politicians said the loophole showed the law is flawed. Lewis Macdonald, Scottish Labour justice spokesman, said: “It exposes to ridicule the nature of the legislation.
“If you go into a pub and it is showing Scotland playing in Paris, for example, and fans in the pub indulge in inappropriate behaviour, then that is covered.
“But if you go in the same pub the next day, and it’s England-Germany, and the same fans indulge in the same behaviour, then it is not. It should be treated in the same way.
“If the SNP has failed to make that the case then it is an even poorer piece of legislation than we thought.
“The anomaly that it does not apply to the same people in the same circumstances, because a different team is playing, is extraordinary.”
Anyone please advise me of the date and time of the Rangers programme on BBC this week.?
Any internet bampots been getting their teeth into the subject of a certain Charlotte 18 bank account in the virgin islands? See Ian Frasers blog on HBOS .
http://www.ianfraser.org/a-brief-history-of-halifax-bank-of-scotland/
Wonder who could have a bank account with a name like that?
I think it’s Wed night Paddy G.
It’s on the comedy channel
Kitalba at 0635
Hard hitting piece.
Thanks for bringing it to the blog.
Should be more widely publicised.
HH
SIALF
Paddy Gallagher on 20 May, 2012 at 09:31 said:
Anyone please advise me of the date and time of the Rangers programme on BBC this week.?
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8pm Wednesday 23rd, BBC1
Paddy galladgher… bbc scotland and northern ireland wednesday at 8pm
The Celtic name across the world.
My mate ( Ton Che Dans) sister her man and they’re wee daughter Layla, who are all English (TCD’s sister may say she’s a Scot) were in a Thai restaurant last Sunday, the wean was wearing the hoops and the Thai waitress came running over Celtic, Celtic, we love the Thai Tims! Needless to say a generous discount was offered and accepted :>)
Hail Hail the Celts are Here.
Blackpools Green and White.