A group of Celtic supporters ‘Kenyan Volunteers’, who volunteered to work with some of the most impoverished communities in Kenya, reunite at Celtic Park this afternoon after returning from Africa earlier this month. Volunteer, Robert Bogan, asked me to pass on a thank you from the group to all Celtic supporters who made the trip possible.
It’s difficult to comprehend the utter deprivation some people live with until you hear a first-hand experience. Robert and the others worked in a community with 20% HIV infection rates, 40% unemployment and where the average wage was around £1 per day. You can read more about the trip by visiting Robert’s EveryClick page.
Please also give your support to the Kano Foundation for a charity fundraiser at the Celtic Supporters Club on London Road tonight, where a group of hairy men are having their legs waxed. You can donate by Paypal to donate@thekanofoundation.com, at the gates at the east end of Janefield St before 14:15 today or later at the club.
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Blowing a gale in Bothwell just now. Off to the game soon, so lets have a good one bhoys. 2-0 will do me.
Mon ye Bhoys in Green.
Hail Hail
BurnbankBhoy
Parkhead
Lol I thought you were referring to the SNP!!
THE EXILED TIM says:
26 November, 2011 at 11:58
our board are sitting on info, that in the words of our past chairman, will bring scottish football to it’s knees
I must have missed that statement – when did that happen ?
I know a lot of people on here give Gordon Dalzell pelters but I heard him on Clyde last night defend Neil repeatedly against charges made by Keevins and callers.
Credit where credit is due.
South Of Tunis says:
Social unrest in euroland? Do you think it will come to conflict? Who would be involved in that?
67 Heaven…I am Meil Lennon..!! Tick Tock!! at 11:01
Just read back about your weight loss programme, Well done!
As an incentive to keep your ideal weight have a look at the ‘2012 Gold challenge’
My brother who lives in england got me involved, his wife and kids and me! are all part of our family team who have the challenge to walk, run, swim or cycle a total of 2012 km between us in the build up to the olympic games in london next summer.
There is a website which takes you through how to register and allows you to pick a charity to fundraise for whilst doing your exercise. Just google 2012 Gold challenge and you will find it.
We have chosen Dementia UK as a tribute to our mother who died in March as the hospital were saying she had the beginnings of Dementia.
Anyway give it a look it is a great incentive to keep up that exercise and keep the ‘ideal weight’ you have done so well to reach
Hail Hail
Apropos of hee haw at all, we have 13 defenders in the 1st team squad (including Blackman and Lustig), and 2 goalkeepers, 15 senior professional players in all.
Forster is here on Loan
Zaluska was a Bosman signing
Izaguirre cost £700,000
Matthews was a Bosman
Blackman was a Free
Cha was a Free
El Kaddouri is on loan
Mark Wilson cost £500,000 (6 years ago)
Majstorovic was Free
Kelvin Wilson was a Bosman
Charlie Mulgrew was a Bosman
Thomas Rogne cost Training Compo
Mikael Lustig was a Bosman
Lewis Toshney was a Youth Dev product
and Glenn Loovens cost £2M
15 players, providing 3 completely different back 4s, total outlay £3.2M, average cost £210K per player.
That’s got to be just about the cheapest defence in European football this season.
just me blue nose i iknow in town
he was telling me he had bumped into his mate – a bouncer in glasgow
wondered why he was working so early
seems that many of glasgows bouncers will be working at celtic park today
guessing they’ll be stewarding the green brigade
if true – a bloody disgrace
now before anyone pipes up – “aye but they are stewards employed by company x, blah blah blah”
these are guys who normally do not steward the games at celtic park.
some will have stereotypical bouncer mentality.
they will have been been drafted in for a reason
happy to have been misinformed
ItaliaBhoy says:
26 November, 2011 at 10:57
Are we to take from this that the BBC are using subsequent events (one of which I think has already been deemed worthy of no further action) to justify their commentators comments at the cup final? If so, this is a compete disgrace and would suggest they have no reasonable defence at all. Very Orwellian…
Exactly! I received the BBC PDFs and e-mailed a complaint about BBC Scotland using unrelated evidence after the fact and requested that it be removed.
Check out the Quiet Assassin’s excellent critique of the BBC’s position:
http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/topic/8588787/119/
hen1rik
No matter if they get transparency in the refereeing administration we are still in the same boat, the referees can still make calls how they see them.
You can not take the hun out of the hearts of the referees.
iki says:
26 November, 2011 at 12:02
IMO his bosses probably read the web regards his pro ragers bias earlier in the week and told him to stop making it so blindingly obvious .
Believe me his earlier weeks comments made BFDJ and Hateley sound like Tims
HAIL HAIL
Barcabhoy 4.07
Spot on…the Govan rag and bone operators are orchestrating this whole
shoddy affair as they shamble along the slow road to knacker’s yard oblivion.
Their parlousl condition is clearly terminal to all who have witnessed the comically
desperate obfuscatory and deflective attempts by the loathsome scottish sports
hacks to serve and protect by any underhand method at a perilous cost that as yet
has never been afforded any impartial analysis given the gravity of future repercussions.
In today’s Herald M.Lindsay leads with the sports front page headline …..”McCoist denies
Aluko paid bulk of compensation fee'” and quotes Sally as saying that only a tenth of that
was paid by the player and goes onto say that Aberdeen are a little bit upset by this!
Now why this would be the case is not explored by Matty who on a continuation piece on
page six now asserts in it’s headline..”Sone Aluko paid PART of the fee to facilitate his move…”
and again in the body of the piece reasserts this with the line..’Aluko’s decision to pay a SMALL
Percentage of the development fee….’
This is classic hun hack tactics…Allow McCiost to state the ‘Facts’ of any potentially adverse story
and then despite no attempts at follow up interrogation or analysis such
Utterings in the face of the player’s quoted statements plastered across previous day backpages.
When it comes to the Beggars their equally mendicant and mendacious pals in the scottish press are
prepared at the nod from Sally to erase from the public record any dissenting voices and replace them
with the one true one…their Master’
I would like to see the boy Blackman get a start today,,,this would allow Ledley to play on the left hand side of midfield,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Zaluska(i know it aint gonna happen),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Matthews,,,,,,,,,,,,,Dan,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Wanyama,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Blackman,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,Kayal,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Ki,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Ledley,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,Forrest,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Stokes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hooper,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
3 points today Celtic..lets finish them off quickly!!!!
Hail hail
iki- Keevins was just being his usual idiotic self critisising Neil Lennon (he wasn’t even at the game), any sane person would have spoken against his comments- not that I am inferring Dalziel is in any way sane btw.
Henriks Sombrero
After the dougie dougie thing when all the talk was about a dossier that Celtic were in posession of.
It does exist btw, and it contains doctored referee reports among other things, I seem to remember a blog from Paul at the time hinting that it exists.
oh the irony
Salmond is in the Herald today talking about anti racism march in Glasgow today – while he presides over the most racist piece of legislation in the western world.
He knows no shame
bournesouprecipe says:
26 November, 2011 at 11:36
Good team, the one I’d go for.
theweegreenman says:
26 November, 2011 at 11:41
The Russians have been quietly fuming about Libya etc but are not going to stand back for much longer I fear.
Russia retaliates
Hospitality in no 7 for 2nd game in a row.(sigh)
Gave beram his bott of champs on wed&told him I thought Vic was better..
He gave me a look that that said ‘I have no idea what you just said ya crazy drunken
nutter’
Or he gave me a look that was reserved for the dodgers (soap,tax etc)
So i’m now gonna celebrate xmas on the 28th. it’s only 3 days later & apparently
the bold JC was born round about Marchish so he won’t care..
I mean, how good is it gonna be,, Presents still to open,swally to be consumed,
Aluko busking outside..
Happy days
brimmer
theweegreenman@ 12 02 ,
Who knows – ?
All I know is that there are reports that The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has instructed UK Embassies to prepare for significant social unrest should The Euro collapse.
I can only speak for Italy ——- youth unemployment [ under 26] in parts of Italy is @ 60 %. Adult unemployment in parts of Italy is @ 40 %.
If the euro collapses there will be mass unemployment and consequent social unrest. If the euro collapses there will a spin off effect on people’s savings etc.
Italy is going down the plug —— Barring a miracle it is going to default . If Italy defaults the Euro is finished.
Things ain’t too good in Spain either . New Spanish Government needs to borrow a lot of money . It might be unable to raise it . It too might default. If Spain defaults the Euro is finished .
We’ll see . Off oot —- might have a big slice of Tiramisiu with my ristretto —- I feel the need for some comfort eating !
Need to batten down the hatches in the ole Gazebo today. Windier than a night on the guinness.
Quick question has anyone who ordered extra tickets for the huns game had their tickets yet? Can’t remember if one came and I lost it or whether I haven’t received one yet.
Cheers
SOT
From what I’ve heard, although its limited, Spain is more at risk of defaulting than Italy.
And in a similar vein does anyone know when the semi final (v Falkirk) tickets go on sale?
Jobo
We are in for a tough game today. Difficult playing conditions, swirling winds and a slippy surface, could see this becoming a day where Steven Thompson thrives but Ki and Stokes may not.
Should we use Sammi to add height to our team or rule him out because he favours “top of the ground” conditions?
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BT – Arbroath
PF – Leeds
GL2 – Shrewsbury
TTT – Southend
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Jobo – Cowdenbeath
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Don’t blame me…
Jobo
Interesting to see the chelsea manager being hassled about having an experienced mentor in the background
HT
Spain is not in a good place when it comes to money, the unemployment is as high as Italy’s.
I have no idea if Spain will default or Italy, and the social unrest would be bad here as well, we, my family would be in a slightly better position here than the brits if anything did kick off.
Phils latest
ibleedgreenandwhite1
I too am a member of the small dishevelled band of outcasts known as the Zaluska brotherhood, and I must take you to task.
Your phrase it ain’t gonna happen does a disservice Celtic’s true number 1 and allows the self-satisfied Forster followers to dismiss your calls as the ravings of a lunatic. Show no weakness! Take an extra swig from your dented hip flask, look them in the eye and punch those scrabble record breaking letters onto the top of the team, a pointed reminder to those who would accept mediocrity that you shall not be cowed!
TZL
Jobo Baldie says:
26 November, 2011 at 12:38
Mate if that comes in,they will just give you the keys to the bookies!
Personally i’m going outside to watch the gremlins v leprechaun cup final..
brimmer
TET
You can start charging for viewings of yer pool :)
Ghood luck to the bhoys today. Should be the shortest team team talk for lennie today. “Win and you cut the gap to 4 points” That should be enough motivation for the bhoys. Anything other than a win and the resultant pressure on fat moisty and the detestables is unthinkable. The cheating
mib will ensure it is hard for us but i think 3-1 the ghood ghuys. Come on ye celts lets do it today and see what happens tomorrow
hh lbb
Up over goal
What’s happened to your mom ratings?
I loved them.
brimmer
Hamiltontim / Parkheadcumsalfored.
Peter Robinson was speaking at the DUP conference where today he is expected to reinforce his support of integrated education.
I’m really enjoying watching him and his party squirm as they try to “cosy” up to the nationalist and Catholic communities. Their big fear – as discussed by Brian Feeney in the Irish News (articlle posted on here midweek by Ard Macha) is that they now realise that the Unionist community could in the foreseeable future become the minority community in NI. This support for integrsted education – laughable given the DUP’s and Robinson’s past – is just a part of their charm offensive.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees
BigjoepractacingforStokes3rdgoal
up_over_goal says:
26 November, 2011 at 12:46
ibleedgreenandwhite1
I too am a member of the small dishevelled band of outcasts known as the Zaluska brotherhood, and I must take you to task.
Your phrase it ain’t gonna happen does a disservice Celtic’s true number 1 and allows the self-satisfied Forster followers to dismiss your calls as the ravings of a lunatic. Show no weakness! Take an extra swig from your dented hip flask, look them in the eye and punch those scrabble record breaking letters onto the top of the team, a pointed reminder to those who would accept mediocrity that you shall not be cowed!
TZL
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:D LOL LOL :D
Hail hail
brimmer
You’re too kind. However, much like nights out at Nando’s, Armenian chest waxing and William Shatner’s singing, some things are rendered more desirable in small measures. My match ratings are following a similar path.
up over goal
“Your phrase it ain’t gonna happen does a disservice Celtic’s true number 1 and allows the self-satisfied Forster followers to dismiss your calls as the ravings of a lunatic. Show no weakness! Take an extra swig from your dented hip flask, look them in the eye and punch those scrabble record breaking letters onto the top of the team, a pointed reminder to those who would accept mediocrity that you shall not be cowed!”
Or you could continue to call for the replacement of a goalie who regularly makes two game-changing saves which seem to produce some collective amnesia in sections of our support in order to win a game of Fantasy Scrabble?
Maybe if Fraser blessed himself, we’d like him better.
Or were you just frightened by tall people as a child?
Gigantophobia can be cured. :-)