Some weeks ago I received a painting of Neil Lennon in the post from US based artist, Joseph Gormley. We put it onto eBay this week to get our launch our 2012 charity fundraising efforts. As well as a couple of local charities we will again donate to the Martin Chambers Ecuador Trust and Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. After so many Celtic fans have been touched by three kids, Oscar, Niamh and Vanessa, this year we added The Neuroblastoma Alliance who do research work into the childhood cancer.
The auction raised an incredible £5000. When I contacted the winning bidder and discussed some of the stories behind the beneficiaries I had to insist he took the painting, he was so affected he wanted to return it for another auction to raise more money. Joseph Gormley was so inspired by the success of the auction he has already offered to paint other subjects for us and I have a jersey signed by the Seville team in the pipeline.
So, if you were one of those who bid an incredible amount but were pipped at the post (and there were a few in this category), there will be another chance soon.
Running this blog gives me the privilege of witnessing so many great works, most of which come with the request of anonymity. It’s a real honour.
Well done and thank you.
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Paul67
Brilliant effort from the Celtic family once again. You’re too modest to highlight your own part in this but it’s little wonder that Martin42 speaks with such pride when talking about his Bhoy.
goldstar10 on 21 April, 2012 at 13:14 said:
Liam McMonagle@lmcmonagleReply
there was another yesterday called Timmies Gone.
wishful thinking on their part.
tal
can anyone help please ?
computer query
i have a load of mkv files i want to play
but they run for a few seconds then stop
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Snake Plissken on 21 April, 2012 at 13:15 said:
Well said, sir.
Martin42
Sorry for not answering your kind message last night.
Please keep me posted of your visit; we’ll be delighted to welcome you and your good lady.
And the other lot couldn’t even raise £500,000 to keep their bigoted institution in business!!
You have to laugh at them.
tyrebhoy
I’m sure we could come up with better colours than that!!
Brown would be my preference :-)
Son of Warsaw on 21 April, 2012 at 13:16 said:
1305 BBC Scotland’s Alasdair Lamont “Paul Murray confirms to BBC Scotland that he and his Blue Knights are working over the weekend to ensure they have a bid for Rangers on the table by Monday.”
“working over the weekend”
Are they all getting double time at Tesco to try and up their bid?
Saint Stivs- Ha ha!!
Unlike them, we are still here.
Fashion trends experts have majored on green as the colour of choice for spring-summer 2013. It will be a green summer.
That’s true, by the way.
Snake Plissken 13.15
Fantastic post!!!!! well said sir.
Big Jock still slaying huns to the present day :)))))
HAIL HAIL
Good to hear Lasley is suspended for the Lanarkshire Huns tomorrow
Our players ankles will feel that little bit safer
Jabba saying on Radio Scotland there that ‘Craig Whyte will not make a profit’ from his shares, and he will be glad to get rid of them and any ties to Ticketus…. Obv doesn’t know much about oor Craigy bhoy…
OK….found it.
Here we are for the doubting Thomases or Voguepunters.
Written when the huns were lauding the arrival of PLG this is a tale of me, CQN, Paul Le Guen, Tenerife, Mystery, Deviousness, love, my underwear, a Henrik Larsson Lilo. and a scurrilous CQN poster who used unbecoming tactics to steal the love of the woman who was my destiny.
An unconventional convention
Remember …inside my head, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!
Hail hail
Estadio
Snake
Great post.
I’ve long thought that the banner made by the Jungle Bhoys, I think, with the image of Big Jock and the silhouette of his shadow above the words ‘Is it cold in his shadow’, to be the most accurate depiction of our 2 clubs differences.
Snake Plissken
For You
http://i56.tinypic.com/6ql91h.jpg
HAIL HAIL
Snake Plissken,
An excellent post. Thank you.
Lubo.
Snake- a superb post.
Forever cold in his shadow.
Paul67’s family,
You sacrafice so much by your husband, father and son doing so much for everyone especially us.
A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
HH
Kitalba, indeed.
Jobo Baldie, indeed.
Gordon_J, an extraordinary achievement.
Paddy Gallagher, Valley Exile, I think it’s congratulations to the readers.
Token Tim, agree.
Son of Gabriel, proud indeed.
SwanseaBhoy, CQN is a joy.
Bhoy67, it’s a real privileged position to be able to click that Publish button, one I appreciate.
Pantaloon Duck, cheers.
Hamiltontim, aye, Martin42 sure enjoys CQN.
I have just chipped a tooth eating a steak bake from Greggs. How could this happen?
CQN
Thanks for being CQN, you have no ikea how much this site has made made my life better, Thanks.
ENA
Snake Plissken
I thought your comments were bang on.I have always claimed that everything Murray done at Greyskull was for the acclaim of David Murray and any benefit the hun fans shared was purely a by product of his extreme hubris.The attempt by Rangers and certain persons in the media to equate their achievements to ours have always come across as biased and embarrassing.One of my favourite comments came from the legend that is Bertie Auld.When looking at a poll in the newspaper comparing the Rangers team of 93 and the Lisbon Lions,(Rangers coming out top player for player) Bertie remarked that,”if the two teams met it would be a very close game,after all,some of us are in our 60’s now.” God bless him!!
http://www.celticminded.com/forums/showthread.php?t=860418
The Big Jock ” Is it cold in his shadow” banner is on this page.
HAIL HAIL
theglasgowcelticway, leftclicktic, Pantaloon duck, Lubo, Goldstar 10 and anyone I;ve missed.
Thank you for kind words.
This is why we love Celtic.
Big sout out for Kirkintilloch Emerald who are celebrating their 25th anniv with a dance this evening..
Bigjie from said club is the bhoy who posts the game highlights for our oversees fans….
good lock tonight bhoys/ghirls
Well done to Kirkintilloch Emerald.
HH
Giggs
It has always been the litmus test of Scottish sports pundits when asked “which was the best 9 in a row team?”, they to a man and woman baulk it and meekly proffer “both were equally as good”.
A cursory glance at their respective European records says everything.
Cowards, one and all.
Kitalba
Enjoyed the Ibrahim video. Would be great to see him play in the remaining games along with McGeough & Watt. HH
…Islam who
I posted this not long after Rangers went into Administration. I’m re-posting just in case Alex Thomson might notice it !
Justice for Ally and Robert !
Should Rangers (IA) be found guilty of fielding ineligible players and have all their titles stripped from them since the start of the decade, we should start a campaign to acknowledge the phenomenal achievement of Ally McCoist and Robert Duvall who will have then led the plucky underdogs of Kinlockie to a retrospective Scottish Cup victory over the mighty Glasgow Rangers in the film A Shot at Glory. Although most of the ‘Rangers’ players were actors, the team did actually include Claudio Reyna (EBT).
Could someone in the CQN community get a message to Mr Duvall (a good, good pal of Jinky) for a comment ? He’s a big fan of ‘soccer’ (http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/2010/02/08/unlikely-hollywoodfootball-relationship-revealed/) and it would be good to get his take on things as it must have been one of the major disappointments in his life. Also, we need to take this to a wider audience – SCANDAL OF HOLLYWOOD STAR CHEATED OUT OF AWARD. Could we get an ‘ I love the smell of jelly and ice cream in the morning’ quote ? Or even a comment from Ally ?
Could pressure be put on the film’s distributors to amend the closing credits to something along the lines of “In 2012, Glasgow Rangers were found to have fielded ineligible players in the cup final and the record books now show that Kinlockie were Scottish Cup winners in 2001. ‘Up the Knockies’”.
As well as Ally, Owen Coyle, Andy Smith and Peter Hetherston were also cheated out of medals.
Incidentally, some of John Rowbotham’s decisions in the final…dearie me !
“Justice for the Knockies” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ax8T7RPMs
TVBB
toomuchtimeonmyhandstoday.csc
goldstar10
I remember that clown John Lambie (must have been eating pidgeon food) doing a piece in the papers about how Rangers 9iar team were actually better that the Celtic team.
That’s a piece I wish someone still had so we could get a good laugh.
Stick to Partick Thistle John. It’s where you belong.
leftclicktic on 21 April, 2012 at 13:40 said
them pictures of jock playing and training are brilliant, hadnt seen them before, cheers for the link.
snake,
pretty damn great peace there cheers.
I hope the banner makes a return next week.
Norris sends Sandaza off for nothing in particular …handbags
this guy really is a poor referee …not a happy combination with him being a manky mob sympathiser to boot
these inept trumpets are overpaid biased pretenders
Good Afternoon,
That is as good and as importnat an editorial as you will ever read on this blog.
Bugger all else that is happening elsewhere is as important as the spirit and the actions Paul has pointed out in this article.
Celtic Football Club…… making a difference since 1888.
Did any1 actually see why dorris sent off sandancer?
Pfayr
Norris in other SPL games is inept.
In Celtic games it’s personal and cheating.
BRTH
Thank you again for highlighting the plight of young Niamh, a heart rending tale.
Serge:
They said they were going to chase a points total, that is their prerogative. Me, I’d like to see those you mention, and a few others too, given a chance to shine. Paddy deserves a chance and others too. Who knows, give them the chance and they might deliver that points total which does not win us any more prizes.