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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!!Bada Bing!!
See my post from 22:34
BBC (I know ) reporting “Craig Mather and finance director Brian Stockbridge have held discussions in South Africa with Dave King over the club’s future”.
Did Dave King not invest money in the huns before?Something like £20 million.All over the papers at the time with his pal Moonbeams.Sure it turned out he got something like £30 million back in a short period of time,leading to some scurrilous rumors that they had visited the establishment of a certain Mr Papadopoulis in Londons East End.You know the one?.Where Dot Cotton used to take in “Bag washes”.
Seen on TSFM
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Reminder – our late friend Corsica posted on RTC last year that CW, CG, Ellis and King all met in Zurich last summer for some odd reason…………wonder if the plan is now kicking in…………..
Edited to add
adieu @corsica1968 14m
Going to have to dig out all those old posts on RTC by Corsica now, aren’t I? Return of the King; will MSM now investigate links with CW?
TIgerTim @asmallteaser 8m
@corsica1968 It just keeps going round in circles, not one of them care about Rangers, The Blue Knights should return next or Bill NG
adieu @corsica1968 5m
@asmallteaser Based on everything Corsica said, this is the end-game
TURKEYBHOY
With taxes paid to the appropriate local authorities. Clean as a whistle.
leftclicktic-i seen it mate just after i posted
Mn celt
Your correct about stokes being down injured …. as a result of a studs up tackle in the box by ……… !!!!!!!!
Any one want to hazard a rough guess at the identify of the studs up tackler ?
Summa
Your incorrect .. malice intended by him
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS forza Oscar and Mackenzie
Dont you just love it though?.Another convicted,proven spiv,who going by his past dealings,is really a major league player in spivdom,riding in to the rescue.All crap I would think,but looking like another throw of the dice from the wee spivs under pressure.
Another ray of hope for those doomed to eternal darkness.Hot right enough.
Looked like intent by Lasley…imho,
the guy has previous.
Tbj “as a result of a studs up tackle in the box by ……… !!!!!!!!”
Whit?
Steady noo.
TURKEYBHOY
I kinda sympathised wi genuine fans the first time they got screwed.
Gonna make up for that mistake this time,though!
Lasley is a thug – no other. Skill to his game – sent out by ex Hun mullet for no other purpose
Lasley’s not that type of player say the bbc plants and MSM http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7590395/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/celtic/8529150/Scottish-Cup-final-2011-Scott-Brown-slams-Keith-Lasleys-disgusting-tackle-on-Celtics-Glenn-Loovens.html
He has a few other straight reds too
King & Sevco is a marriage made in Heaven.
They must be near death to approach this guy , who with his own dubious record, has openly criticised the Sevco board.
As I say, a marriage made in hell!!!
Geordie
forgot all about laffatme on hinkel, appalling
Jackie m
The only one I can remember that didn’t result in a ‘bad injury’ was the one on brown in Europe 3 or 4 years ago.
BSR’s photo of the Celtic team on the Queen Mary, was taken en route to America, in 1951.
We had just beaten M’well 1-0 in the Cup Final, with John “Big Hookie” Mc.Phail scoring the goal.
I remember being taken down to the Central Station to see the team off to Southampto, where they boarded the QM.
The station was absolutely mobbed.
allouryesterdayscsc.
Don’t forget to order your Celtic Belts from TET, in time for Christmas.
Only one worse. Doh
Geordie
Watch the lead up to stokes goal. … anton attempts a shot with right foot. .. lasley tackles with studs up and stokes goes down. .. ball breaks out and across the box… is knocked into the area again where izzy challenges keeper and goalie flaps just as anton is getting back to his feet
He controls the ball onto his left and scores
My point. . Lasley fouled stokes in lead up
Commons goal … kc runs from own half leaving … yup.. lasley in his wake
Nutmegs mcmanus ..lasley tries to pull him back on edge of box but kc scores
Evening Bhoys & Ghirls
Apologies for delay, but hoopfully will get predictor update out tomorrow night,
HH
CRC
John higgins, mcphail, Evans, Collins, Tully, all in picture.
Great picture.
Dave King….The Animal House is nearly complete……come on Craigy Bhoy….you know you want to. :)
I remember a game a few years ago where the orcs were struggling against ICT. Naismith bursts into penalty area and is challenged by Tokely (a thug) Naismith does his usual and throws his arms in the air goes down and wins a penalty even though Tokely won the ball. Never a penalty in a million years. Its the talk of the steamie on forums and phone-ins all weekend. (they got an even dodgier one later in the game) Cue Stuart Dougal coming on to SSB to tell everyone that the ref got the decision correct, that even though Tokely won the ball he also committed a foul by fouling Naismith in the follow through. The same Stuart Dougal who said in the infamous “Dougiegate” game that the Dundee Utd keeper got a touch on the ball even though he ploughed through Gary Hooper to do it. A two faced git who it didn’t surprise me in the least that himself and Dallas get corporate hospitality at Stalag Hun as Charlotte revealed.
BTW the ref in the ICT game was Euan Norris.
Bosco
Are you implying the refs are bent or just huns ;)
I have a line that Keith Jackson can use for free.
Rangers are about to be saved by Dave King, a man who has wealth which is off the radar.
Well, it’s off the South African Tax Authorities’ radar, anyway!
TBJ Praying for Oscar Knox.
Both. The description of the tackle on Adam Mathews (I haven’t seen the incident yet BTW) reminded me of that snake Stuart Dougal.
Sftb
Mibbees so… but dodgy dave the second would pass the sfas fit and proper person assessment
Tbj
I have watched. Several times. It was a 50/50 block tackle imo.
Both players boot the ball at the same time. Always looks a right ‘dull yin’ but perfectly fair.
With king on his way back to ibrokes then it must be near admin for sevco.craigy will get some dosh for selling ra deeds but who will be the major shareholder..will king buy out chukles and go toe to toe with the easdales or will they all cash in before december and leave king to start sevco 2?all good fun ahead by the looks of it..no doubt the sevco heed up the lum brigade will see king as a saviour haaa and the sfa will give him clearance to deal with the rotten carcase thats left..after chukles and craigie getting in..king will be a shoe in fit and proper
Sftb
Boom boom ;)
Bosco
The lasley tackle is bad enough on its own … but given his all round performance its a disgrace
But…
What really gets me… is scott brown being pilloried 4 days earlier for a wee petulant swipe at greg loganis brazilian cousin .. who rolled about as if his back was broken but managed to recover and outpace the celtic defence in injury time.
One tackle caused no harm but was a red card 35 yards from goal
The other resulted in a broken collar bone and was on the bye line in the box but no foul or card
Btw … did anyone see lasley go over to adam after the tackle or when on the stretcher… I musta missed that ;)
LIST SO FAR FOR INCLUSION IN CQN ANNUAL 2014
Any doublers will be removed, will add more names to the list tomorrow evening so post tomorrow on CQN and be in the new CQN Annual. Sorry if I missed anyone tonight. Shortened some names too (GBWO) and also haven’t used the H word. Been a while since we had a list!
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Geordie
I really disagree… lasley flew into the sliding tackle .. from an angle. And btw.. watch their left back push Adam too
Winning captains
I would prefer my name to be exluded … plenty good guys on the list but a couple I wouldnt want associated with in any shape or form
Thanks in advance ;)
TBJ
I agree about the Scott Brown incident although sometimes players get injured in what are just unfortunate incidents. I remember Paul Lambert putting in a block tackle years ago on a young Motherwell player and that player (cant mind his name) got a really bad injury.
winning captains
Haven’t read back….what’s this about?
Winning captains
Don’t forget about St John Doyle.
HH
CRC
Tbj,
I’m talking about the one on stokes.
But yer right. Hammil nudges into Adam just before lasley slides in.
I think the challenge is fair enough but the rules are different now and you canny go through the man to win the ball, ergo penalty and card.
But if I’m honest I’m more frustrated at losing one of more consistent performers than the tackle itself.
Oh and remember king has had a £15m payback not that long ago so maybe he’l take the sale to lease option till he can squeez some more dosh from the stupid stupid duped duped peepil