It took until 5th October but Celtic are top of the Scottish Premiership for the first time. The valiant stand by the Highlanders went the way of Culloden but whereas the competition for first place us over for the season, the league has a promising look to it.
The SPL suffered for many years not exclusively because Celtic and Rangers dominated but because those teams who should have been snapping at their heels – the city clubs – were hugely underachieving.
Motherwell have done enormously well finishing ‘best of the rest’ for three years but they are inhibited by being the third best supported team in Motherwell (population 30,311). Their coaching and scouting infrastructure would provide a completely different platform if they were one of the top-flight clubs from Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen.
Below Celtic sit Motherwell, and the other very well run SPFL club, Inverness, but behind them are Aberdeen and Dundee United, who for once sit above the detritus (sorry, Kilmarnock, but you are a terribly run football club) and plucky upstarts (Ross County, from Dingwall, population 5,026). Even Hibs are rallying. They will return to the top half of the table if they beat Partick Thistle tonight.
Of the big city clubs, only Hearts (in Administration) are off the pace, and even their league status is bound to be rescued when Kilmarnock’s name is inevitably written with the accompanying parenthesis.
As we’ve noted here often before, when the Daily Record finally acknowledges the reality Celtic websites have long explained about the Rangers group of clubs, you know it’s too late to do anything about it. Today’s piece in the newspaper confirms what we’ve known for a long time, the white flag has been raised. If they were more circumspect before declaring the unquestionable business acumen of the Ibrox key-holder, at any point over the last 15 years, the spivs would have been unable to fill their boots.
All those fawning pieces simply enabled the misdeeds.
While we are on the topic of enablers, what is the price of loyalty? £825k, apparently.
Congratulations to all who participated in the Great Scottish Run for 1254125. It turned into a great Celtic day with participants ranging from the dedicated athletes to those on the high side of 20st who grabbed the chance to make a different to their own lives, as well as others.
It’s happening again next year, so you have plenty time to get ready. The sooner you start preparing the better.
My sincere thanks to the many people who contributed to the 1254125 MyDonate page I put up on Friday. It now sits at an incredible £935, I’ll leave it up for a few days more to see if we can break into four figures.
Thanks for all your help.
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Good evening all.
BT
How are you keeping now. Hope your injury has well and truly healed.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
BSR-VP has a pair of deck shoes like that…
Good thanks weefra.
On the mend..
TBJ
I think 10 inches would be far too big for her, she only has small hands ;-)
Thanks for your help finbar, right aff oot tae dae ma research.
Cheers again.
HH PC67
canman
I think we have know that for some time now.
Still bemused at what we gain from it.
Mathews could have landed on his head, broken his neck, what would the club have said then, it was a fair challenged ???
HH
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Hankray
Keanes assault on Halland was typical of the man, it had been boiling up in him for some time, and he done yer man, he did his time.
No saying we should do the same, but retribution has to be metted out imo.
HH
CORKCELT
The post from HUNSKELPER is a very strong sentiment indeed.
However,a message needs to be sent. We do not put eleven men onto the pitch to have their livelihoods threatened.
Enough is enough.
The irony is that Adam Matthews has got more fitba in his collarbone than Lasley has in his entire body.
We should be pressurising the SFA to get to the referees on this.
Going right through the man to get to the ball is either yellow or red. In Lasleys case , red.
Or maybe the the SFA take the same line as the two choobs on Sportscene last night……….
it’s a fair tackle, he got plenty of the ball, it’s a contact sport after all blah,bnlah, blah.
Disgrace, the lot of them.
charles kickham 21:05:
Sorry mate still not got it and not in my junk. Just got Bada Bings and replied.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
bournesouprecipe
Great photograph! I notice it is Bob Kelly that is sitting next to the Captain, with Jimmy McGrory at the back, along with the rest of the Bhoys.
Eurochamps67
A nest?
Lennybhoy-Cheers,well done again.HH
Evening Guys,
I have not read back and do not know if this has been posted before but it is very funny and worth a watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAvxqGnVO2w&feature=youtu.be
I normally hate international week however this one present an ideal opportunity for Peter Lawwell to conclude a deal with top scorer Anthony Stokes.
In 2010 after the pain of the Mowbray era (PL no. 1 choice) we signed two prolific strikers in Hooper & Stokes which helped Neil Lennon to create a championship challenging side from the shambles left by Mowbray.
It could be added that after the folly of 2010 January transfer window (when the club changed an entire team in mid season) Lennon came to PL rescue.
Subsequently Stokes has came to the rescue of Neil Lennon meaning the Mowbray period was quickly forgotten about. I’m sure Lawwell was delighted about that.
Stokes overall has performed consistently well since signing for the club unlike all the more expensive strikers signed since. And would guaranteed a 100 goals and countless assists if he stayed for another 5 seasons.
Going on the clubs poor record of signing strikers it is vital that Stokes is signed up for another few years.
If Lawwell can’t sign Stokes should he go also?
Celtic Mac
Bobby Evans in the middle
bournesouprecipe
Lone sevconian, brilliant.
Hail! Hail!
BT
Very interesting, will have a look at that option.
Thanks again
HH PC67
charles kickham:
All lower case mate lennybhoycfc@gmail.com
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Bada
Wouldn’t be surprised if they all bump about with them on, in the Vogue
Trendy CSC
HT&TBJ
Do you think the new Hudl sold in Tesco will go down well wi the turds? Me neither. Lmfao. (TBJ)
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers forza oscar and mackenzie
21:12 on 7 October, 2013
Just fed up watching clowns like lasley boot our team off the park and nothing getting done about it and lasley has previous against us the guys a scumbag who needs sorted HH
TET
“Mathews could have landed on his head, broken his neck, what would the club have said then, it was a fair challenged ???”
Why not? The challenge hasn’t changed.
Bada
I’ll deck you,ya big bass.
Bhoys
I think we’re getting carried away with the reaction to the tackle. Anyone tackling a celtic player inappropriately is savagely punished by the authorities as can be seen here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqpAyyugB58
What’s the score with Mr Mathews…?
Has anyone seen any press outlet that thinks Celtic should have got a penalty on Sat?
I have seen sportscene, Record , Sun & Scotsman all claim it was a fair challenge.
Funniest description must go to The Scotsman who described it as a “TANGLE”
HA HA HA
bournesouprecipe
And was that not our very own wee Bobby Collins behind Bob Kelly?
Brogan,
Cheers for that. Tres funny.
Lay off Lasley,there’s a line round the block of hun types waiting to say…”he’s
not that type of player”
VP-made me laugh there..:}
My wee tuppence worth re earlier posts on The Greg and Ruchazie.
I didn’t go to St.Greg’s (Mungo Bhoy)
Grew up in Borthwick Street.Moved to Glenraith Road Craigend in 1970.
Member of Ruchazie No.1 from the start.
My old Dad Matt was President of the bus and I was treasurer
The Kerrs were really decent folks among many decent people from those days on that mad bus
Hail Hail
medtim
Jackie Mac
I’ll see your heally and raise ye a lafferty on hinkel.
Celtic Mac
Yes, next to Charlie Tully
Geordie Munro
Are you saying it was a fair challenge ?
You know what I was getting at, Adam is out for a few months, could have had his career ended, it’s allowed in scotland, especially if it’s the hoops on the receiving end.
HH
Thanks to the thoughtful CQNr who posted the brief highlights of Saturday’s match.
Thought both goals were superbly taken.
Watched Norwich a few times and no sign of Gary Hooper, wonder is he enjoying life on the bench.
Southampton are doing nicely with four Celtic past pupils in the lineup.
hun skelper
21:18 on
7 October, 2013
We could do with a Roy Aitkin in the side and that would sort these guys oot……….
I see smudgers sneaked a job on SSB. Is he not in liquidation or administration?
Re The Greg. I went to the New The Greg when the old The Greg became St.Andrews. Now know from various posts that The The Greg that I learned at wasn’t The Greg at all…jeez…any of you ghuys remember Joe Doc from Thecrazy (Cranhillian for Ruchazie)?
HH
charles kickham:
Third time lucky, sent you details.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!