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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It was a great day yesterday, what we’re all about.
Only thing missing was the Glasgow Green huddle.
Fantastic athletic performanace by JoBo yesterday worthy of great recognition as is his fundraising efforts, almost on a par with Paul 67’s.
A case for the Mo-Jo to be renamed the JoBo?!
Doubts remain however whether performance-enhancing substances were involved – alleged 51 minute “target” to a sub-43 minute finish a little suspicious.
Methinks them Celtic Park pies were definitely spiked.
beatmeby3minsyabassaCSC
ernie lynch,
Possibly.
I worked out that WID meant would, but have no idea what YID represents here
The Battered Bunnet
13:00 on 7 October, 2013
‘Ernie
You overlooked the Greggs vouchers’
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Talking of which, I see on KDS that a Celtic fan has posted a photograph of himself retaliating in kind to the ‘knife to the throat’ photograph.
micktt- Cheers mate, appreciate you words
Philbhoy- Indeed! This is a new experience for me, left school in ’78 and been in work ever since. I don’t finish until December so time to get a few feelers out.
I’m interested/experienced in Frontline Sales, Technical Customer Service and Health & Safety or a combination of all. If anyone is aware of anything going I can get your contact details via Paul.
WALFRID88
Suggestions of performance-enhancing substances are wide of the mark!
You should be asking where VOGUEPUNTER was at the time,in his taxi….
Well done Paul67, a really enjoyable day yesterday. Walking by Glasgow across after the run, another Celtic Supporter walked up to me shook my hand and we congratulated each other’s achievement, week done that mhan too.
I will be back next year.
I’ve made a few bob for the Charity too, if anyone would like to donate, link below.
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/johndocherty1?currentPage=1&update=new#donationSummary
And THANKYOU to all who have donated, very much appreciated, you made me proud to be one of you.
goldstar10
Good luck!
Take care too!
Did I really just read Jangle Jackson booting Fat Sally in the hee-haws by outing him as the man who validated Green to the zombies.
Oh my…
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS forza Oscar and Mackenzie
Did Voguepunter fail to participate? I know VP from a previous Celtic gathering in the Pavilion – a fine upstanding chap!
I demand to know Ally’s address!
petec – oscar braveo – god bless.
12:53 on 7 October, 2013Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon12:49 on 7 October, 2013petec – Oscar BraveO – God Bless,“If you were genuinely sincere and Asked The Lord to help you, He definitely WID, not YID”I’m not sure what “WID not YID” means?Are you suggesting that everyone who has mental illness could be cured by prayer? And that “The Lord” could simply remove all illness but chooses not to unless we ask really nicely?_________________________________________________________Mos Definitely.My Sons Mum was suicidal because of bad prognosis, You will be happy to know that the only thing that stopped her from Taking her Life, was her Catholic Faith.
I can relate to that personally..
HH
philboy
I went to the greg around the same time as you. I left in 1965.
Hx2
Goldstar10- sorry for your troubles.
I’m sure you will get fixed up with something.
The Battered Bunnet
13:02 on 7 October, 2013
Petec
I’m pleased for you that you have a strong belief, but you ought to be aware that you are sailing uncomfortably close to Glenn Hoddle territory.
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I’ll see you when
I thought the defensive side of our spine did wonderfully well on Saturday having sold the previous version……
I wonder if anyone wil buy legoland and its history once the court case finishes…
St.John Doyle.always a worthy read on here,
prayers offered for his family.R.I.P George Ryan
………..You will never walk alone……
WALFRID88
I was scurrilously suggesting that VP was driving people around the course.
Totally untrue,of course.
It was MICKYBHOY1888
Paul67
The question is what can be done to prevent a repeat of further enabling at msm and governing levels?
The bampots might take care of the msm but what of the SFA? The whole construct of that organisation needs dismantling and rebuilt.
Glenn Loovens territory is worser.
Ok ghuys and ghals. I hereby claim a de facto podium as first person to see big VVD walking through Riyal Exchange Square today!!!
I’m a 6’4” ex rugby player so I’m not exactly wee. But let me tell you he is one seriously cool big so and so when he strides along like a colossus of timdom!
I found myself forgiving the man clutch (that’s a wee handbag for you non metrosexual types from Lanarkshire!!!!) and Alice band though I suspect it’s not a look I could myself carry off!!!!
HH from an unfeasibly sunny Glasgow.
JamesGang
mcgrory1888
I lived in Garthamlock at the time, Binns road.
Left school after 6 years.
Wish I’d studied a bit harder though.
Who did you know?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP, many thanks.
bournesouprecipe, too true.
GlassTwoThirdsFull, ha!!
time for change, thank you.
ernie lynch, how tardy of me, thanks for the reminder.
Chairbhoy, not sure what the final straw was. The ‘on business’ plan seemed to say nothing we didn’t already know.
Doc, fantastic. Well done.
Auldheid, the sooner we are away from them the better.
jamesgang
Which city is Riyal Exchange Square in
Love
Auldheid 13.25
Exactly. The SFA will allow them to do and say as they please. This is a quote from Regan from 31st July last year:
“The Scottish FA needed to be satisfied that the people involved at Rangers Football Club were going to act in the best interest of the club, the best interests of the fans and the best interest of the other stakeholders in the game, the leagues and the clubs,” he said.
“We needed information. Pieces of that information, financial information, we didn’t get until during the last week and consequently we weren’t able to make our decision until we had every piece of the jigsaw in place.
Wonder how that is panning out…..?
DBBIA- Cheers mate. Meant to say the medical cure for Rangersitis you proffered last week made me laugh heartily, was travelling so didn’t get the chance to acknowledge!
Keep them coming! HH
Sftb 11.21. re the irony of protest at Somerset.
Very true about the knock back of Murray.I seem to recall reading at the time Ayr Utd had an accountancy firm who done the due diligence,as they were in charge of a shareholding block…..just thinking that would be a great wee report to get a hold of :-))
TSOAL
Foreign currency market in Saudi Arabia?
Spirit – apols! ‘Twas the unseasonal heat in the toon and the pesky iPhone predictive text! Or maybe a new sponsorship deal by a far eastern monarchy with a dubious human rights record?!?!
I think the Ibrox club mishandled the salary reduction for McCoist.
All that his club had to do was offer him a new contract because he never reads them ….. or so he would have us believe.
philboy
I lived in Ruchazie at the time. I too did 6 years (sounds like a sentence when put like that) not very good at remembering names, but I rememger a few of the teachers. Mr McGettrick was maths, Jack Porter (woodwork teacher who lost most of his fingers in a band saw accident) Martin assistant head. Tom McNab PE (he went on to big things with the Scottish athletics association.
I played footie with jimmy smith, tony green and junior glavin. Won a couple of medals. Do you remember John Sim school captain (the guy most likely to succeed) he did that ok, got done for robbery and murder of a policeman in the Alison st shootout.
Hx2
McGRORY1888
Tony Green,what a player! Plagued by-knee?-injuries,sadly. Him Smith was no slouch either. I’m sure I remember him being nailed on for a move to Celtic before injury did for him too.
For those interested in the Scottish Cup 3rd round draw
Forfar Athletic v East Fife
Culter v Berwick Rangers
Elgin City v Dunfermline Athletic
Stranraer v Auchinleck Talbot
Alloa Athletic v Inverurie Loco Works
Ayr United v Queen’s Park or Preston Athletic
Rangers v Airdrieonians
Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath
Arbroath v Brechin City
Stenhousemuir v Buckie Thistle or Annan Athletic
Edinburgh City or Fraserburgh v Montrose
Turiff United v Stirling Albion or Whitehill Welfare
East Stirlingshire v Raith Rovers
Albion Rovers v Deveronvale or Linlithgow Rose
Clyde v Brora Rangers or Cove Rangers
Queen of the South v Hamilton Academical
Him =Jim.
Tut tut….
PS. Murray was the headie (none of the hun versions)
RANGERS v AIRDRIE.
Hmmmm
Wouldn’t it be funny if they declined to hand over their share of the gate money and Airdrie applied for a winding-up order?
Rang##s v Airdrieonians in the Zombie Bowl.
Scottish Cup draw brings two kid on teams together:
Not Rangers v Clydebank rebadged as Airdrionians