At the start of this month I look at the fixture list; three away games, at Inverness in the Scottish Cup and both Edinburgh grounds in the league, sounded a tall order. Before the Inverness game I wrote that it was games like that which often brought a promising treble run to a halt, while Hibs and Hearts had already taken points from us this season.
‘The record shows’, we’re in the next round of the cup and hit an incredible nine goals over two visits to Edinburgh without reply.
We’ve scored 21 goals away from home since the last goal conceded (at Udinese) and have scored 26 in domestic away games since Motherwell took the lead against Celtic on 6 November last year. In that time Dunfermline Kilmarnock and Dundee United have scored at Celtic Park, while Falkirk managed a goal at Hampden in the League Cup semi-final, but I don’t remember such an imperious Celtic team away from home.
I remember throwing a troublesome away stat at Gordon Strachan’s team. Despite winning the league Gordon’s team went over 15 months in all competitions without keeping a clean sheet away from home. Celtic were the best team in the land, indisputable winners, but no matter how lowly the opposition, there was a fragility about the team.
These great times need to be placed in a suitable historical frame.
The signed Celtic jersey we were auctioning on eBay raised £5000 on Saturday. I get to see a lot of Celtic fans, so should know your nature well enough by now, but you continue to raise the bar higher.
Stunned.
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MWD, yes, impressive.
SFFS, It was away to Dundee United, Barry Robson hit the crossbar for them or the run would have continued, Bobo was brought back from the cold.
When the huns go belly up nothing will change from the palptalk loyal in fact the hunguffery will go into overdrive. That’s their audience. FollyFolly readers.
If it happens… Please note the if ….I will ONLY believe it when I scan the league tables and dont see their name …then you can be rest assured that all underhand tactics wilk be quadrupled.
Bring it on
HH
Seven Fishes Four Steaks at 13:18
Yeah I knew it was Bobo but pretty sure it was also Mark Brown. Will need to check it out.
Mort
Henrik’s Golden Boot (13:18), can we assume that for every £5 Celtic and their fans donate, Rangers and theirs will donate a tenner?
Clyde Super Scoreboard – 25th July 2011
Caller: Joe Walker
Panel : Hugh Keevins, Sheila McLaren, Jim Duffy
Caller: I fully expect Celtic to win the league by 12-15 points.
Keevins: No chance whatsoever.
Several months later (before Naiskill’s injury):
Chris Sutton: I still think Celtic will win the league.
Hugh Keevins (the next day when Sutton is not in the studio): I don’t believe a single word he said.
SFFS
yeah it was Mark Brown
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7158972.stm
Mort
Ernie Lynch…
While I am at it, there was a debate a few weeks ago about Scottish independence….
Subsequent statements from the (dis)hunerable First Minister have vindicated your point.
Mair humble pie…jist as well it goes wae jelly & ice cream…
HH
brucecassavetes at 13:21
Caller: I fully expect Celtic to win the league by 12-15 points.
Keevins: No chance whatsoever.
Keevins quite correct. It will be more like 22-25 :-)
Mort
Paul67,
I will be in Scotland on the 1st of May for a week. My Thai wife is willing to help in any way she can pass it on.
HH
HECTOR – Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. says:
20 February, 2012 at 12:38
Got the news about Smashin…from CRC…LOL…
Cannae be his age, I too did the conga, no Stookie and Crutches when rangers die from me…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Half Time Tombola –
I knew Alec and believe he was the longest-serving ‘civilian’ on the Celtic Park payroll. He was quite the chanter and used to lead the singing of the hymns in our parish of St Ignatius, Wishaw. One of his sons, David, died recently and was buried last week. RIP
WG
From FF – oh how they make it so easy to laugh at them.
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Giving out jelly and ice cream to the schoolkids on their lunch break.
Good to see a few wise young bears telling them they won’t be back in their shop.
Any Bears in the area would do well to spend your money elsewhere
Half Time Tombola @ 13:12
Re:Weirs
They used to have a “Careers Convention” in Holyrood/Kingspark Secondaries on alternate years.
All the big employers (local + National) had stands, including Weirs.
No-one approached from oor school (Holyrood) as it was widely known to be a waste of time.
Even the Army/Polis stands had more interest.
Funnily enough 10 years ago met a guy in Sorrento who was the token tim in his dept in Weirs, felt sorry for the guy, especially when he told me what he had to put up with during a visit from Auld Lizzie.
Paul67: “I don’t remember such an imperious Celtic team away from home.”
On the 4th of October 2003 our team of Seville vintage Bhoys beat Rangers 1-0 at Ibrox in the SPL. Their next five SPL results were…
Celtic 5 Hearts 0
Celtic 4 Aberdeen 0
Kilmarnock 0 Celtic 5
Celtic 5 Dunfermline 0
Dundee Utd 1 Celtic 5
They went on to win the following 13 SPL games (scoring 43 goals and conceding 9) to complete a run of 25 consecutive SPL victories. This truly imperious run is what our 2012 vintage are currently striving to beat.
óglach,
Fair enough. Lets just agree to eat lots of jelly and ice cream.
HH
Henricks golden boot thats great news about the Thai Tims
Japanese Bhoy The Thai Tims
ROGUE LEADER
Re arrange this saying about Leckie – At straws desperately clutching. It just makes it all the more enjoyable watching the old journos squirm rather than eat their own words. Their outbursts are becoming more and more bizarre. I wonder did he have anything to say about the hunfest behaviour on Saturday?
Chick young, another belter, says on the radio that he stands by his story that David Murray was a visionary, So I can only guess it’s not just the rangers season ticket holders who don’t yet “know all about their troubles”. He went onto explain that despite taking the club into more than 80 million quids worth of debt, Murray repaired the damage before he left. I wonder who it was that left the EBTs then? A big bhoy must have done it and ran away probably:-0
It’s quite ironic that the same press who were calling for Lhennys head when he went 15 points behind, are now supporting Ally who has managed to turn that lead into a 7 point deficit. Ach well – I do agree with the huns that ally is just super. A 22 point swing! Long may he reign over them. If it wasn’t admin now for the huns I don’t think he would have lasted the season. Anything from the leckie fullah on that topic?
Ice cream, Jelly in ma belly, hip hip hip hooray !
Mort says:
20 February, 2012 at 13:24
brucecassavetes at 13:21
Caller: I fully expect Celtic to win the league by 12-15 points.
Keevins: No chance whatsoever.
Keevins quite correct. It will be more like 22-25 :-)
Mort
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Does anyone know if John ever got to reply to Keevins and co??
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Hail hail
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Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo says:
20 February, 2012 at 13:25
Paul67,
I will be in Scotland on the 1st of May for a week. My Thai wife is willing to help in any way she can pass it on.
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Awe Naw ,did you get travel papers sorted ok?
i am delighted to see Leckie is hurting as bad as he is.
what makes the stumbling ballooning dailly embarrassing huns mess
more laughable to me is that all these nuggets now are making a fool of themselves to
try make us look like them…and everyone knows it will never happen.
i will be even more delighted when his undignified club to to the wall…but i want it to be drawn
out a wee while longer because its so much fun and even the phones ins are worth listening to.
a slow lingering death to the scumbags…i cant remember a better time.
ill be having a conga when him and his ilk are all out of a job. scumbags ra lot o them.
Evening Times feel 90 minutes of bile and Sectarian singing is something to be praised as celebrated.
One Nation…
ALLY McCoist added just one player to his squad last month due to financial ills which have now pushed Rangers to the edge of the abyss.
And even that solitary acquisition, Swedish Under-21 cap Mervan Celik, did precious little, if anything, to strengthen his resources. Yet, McCoist can always rely on a 12th man, one who is available every week for free, to assist the on and off-field fortunes of the Ibrox club.
To say the Light Blues faithful has rallied around their club in the darkest hour in its 140-year history is an understatement. The red, white and blue-clad hordes flocked to the Govan home of their heroes in huge numbers at the weekend in a very public display of their undying support.
The crowd of 50,268 was the club’s highest home attendance of the campaign, even beating the turnout for the Old Firm game back in September.
Young and old, male and female, lifelong season ticket holder and occasional attendee; they all united as one to show the world they will stand shoulder to shoulder with their club in its time of need.
“We don’t do walking away,” declared Rangers legend McCoist last week after the club was plunged dramatically into administration. Too true. The size and volume of the crowd for the Kilmarnock game on Saturday highlighted that Gers supporters will meet the crisis engulfing the Glasgow giants head on.
Heck, even the visiting manager, Kenny Shiels, was taken aback. He said: “The Rangers fans came out to show solidarity. They were absolutely magnificent.”
Timabhouy 20 February, 2012 at 13:40:
I don’t want them to pay back every penny.
I want them to pay the consequences for decades of cheating. I want them gone.
The following Thai Tims Neil Lennon ttribute makes me so proud Thai Tims say God Bless Neil Lennon
Vogue
For Ireland yes. Scotland still waiting but dont expect a hitch.
HH
Until we meet again…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
ibleedgreenandwhite1 says:
20 February, 2012 at 13:33
Don’t seem to remember an immediate reply but I think he’s been on several times since.
Regardless, Keevins & King (at this point) both adamant the league was done and dusted by then.
winningemmell
Sad to hear about Alec’s son – only met his family briefly at Alec’s own funeral at St Ignatius – may they both RIP.
I think Alec got a wee presentation for his length of service to the club although I don’t think he was happy about having to leave and those in charge could have handled it better.
A good man, a formidable man (for his relatively small physical stature) and a great, great Celtic man. “Translated” all the old playing positions (inside-right, half back etc) into more familiar positions for me while he had a hauf’n’hauf in the London Road club after the games. It was listening to him and his like that cemented my love for Celtic and I’ll always be grateful for that.
Hail Hail
Tombola
ibleedgreenandwhite1 says: 20 February, 2012 at 13:33
This what you were talking about?
Ned Flanders at his best
Afternoon Bhoys.
Can someone please direct me to what Leckie has had to say? Thanks
The emotional side to the RFC PLC (in administration) story – http://forthewaywelivetoday.blogspot.com/2012/02/rangers-in-unbridled-elation.html
Awe naw
Sawatdee ,dee maak.
Have a Thai sister in law,that’s my wack Thai wise.
Whits thai for Hail hail?
Mick says:
20 February, 2012 at 13:44
ibleedgreenandwhite1 says: 20 February, 2012 at 13:33
This what you were talking about?
Ned Flanders at his best
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Thats the one
Hail hail
BigChipsUK – This is just the beginning… says:
20 February, 2012 at 13:21
Henrik’s Golden Boot (13:18), can we assume that for every £5 Celtic and their fans donate, Rangers and theirs will donate a tenner?
I think we all know the answer to that one !!
Teuchter ár lá says:
20 February, 2012 at 12:53
Hope you don’t mind me asking, but, who’s the guy on the left as we look, white top. looks like an old pal.
HH
Vogue,
More than me.
Tonal languages for the tone deaf not a good idea.
Makes you feel stupid.
My wife and I speak German with one another.
Nightmare when I come home as in awe naw translate this joke ..naw this ones funnier etc.
HH
Mort, Mark Brown it was then
Paul, correct although I forgot about Robson hitting the bar. I remember now though!
SffS
Police are investigating claims that Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson has been threatened by a Rangers fan on a social networking site.
Mr Thompson is also alleged to have been subjected to sectarian comments and abusive remarks about his late father and predecessor, Eddie Thompson.
It is understood Tayside Police visited the United chairman after concerns for his safety were raised.
Rangers owe the Dundee club ticket money from a recent Scottish Cup tie.
The debt from the game, which was played in Glasgow, is thought to amount to almost £100,000.
However, Dundee United officials and fans are concerned the club will not receive the money after Rangers went into administration last week.
Referring to the alleged Twitter threats, a spokeswoman for Tayside Police said: “We can confirm we are aware of the matter and are investigating it.”