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Weebobbycollins…..parralax ….multiversum….there is brawness in every SNP…single nucleotide polymorphism…..
Me I love things …and Celtic is up there with ….a good pot of hough on a cold morning….
Smiley thing ….
Oor family used to count on such wee braw things …
Braw .
TOSB
An air thief?
Saint stivs
Would start with Packie Bonner before McKnight ;-)
9CountyprovinceCSC
Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh,Derry Tyrone,Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan –
celtic 11 to follow
Just listening to 4 green fields ?
NEUSTADT ( from ages ago )
Sorry went offline, missed your post.
Big season for Stuart and we’ll see, especially now that SS is in, you’d reckon he’d be wide left more often
than not. I can’t see evidence of Stuart breaking into the side anywhere else.
But a debate for another time.
i was just pu;;img legs with the mcknight , waiting on a response, suprised you bit first
My weekend pleasure is complete.
Reading back CQN on my deck, listening to a C&W station in the Keys, drinking a beer.
Wife has been experimenting in kitchen and brings me out delicious zucchini fritte.
After more than 50 years she still manages to surprise and inspire me.
She’s a keeper.
Bourne soup recipe…..
Another time would be good….hahahahahaha…
A wish I could post pics like your good self….
Please give us a wee green reminder ….please please ..
Braw
When I see you Celtic
I go out of my head
I just can’t get enough
I just can’t get enough
My wifi is dead slow
My wifi is dead slow
I want you all to know
I want you all to know.
The original bridie bhoy.
I feeling a wee bit lagged ma self………something in the watter no doubt….
Braw..
NEUSTADT-BRAW on 7TH AUGUST 2016 11:38 PM…
Aye, me too until I became vegetarian…
aweelaughingthingy…
Re Ulstermen that have played for Celtic, don’t forget Pat Bonner from one of Ulster’s 9 counties.
Good night ghirls and bhoys …..hope you have a braw day the morra …
I,m going to listen to my Roy Croppie collection…
That bhoys knows a good song …
Aye …
Braw
GG
Keevins is worse than an air thief. He is a Renegade Tim who has abused his privileged position. However, what we really need to know is, is your wife a Plains girl?
Neustedt- braw
Just braw, my good friend. I love your braw posts! :-))
The Hearts midfielder said: “I knocked the ball on and I’ve seen him [Tierney] coming out the corner of my eye and felt contact so I went down…
Walker must have really big eyes…
Smiley thing ……
Am no wrang am I…
Tis a braw braw place ….
To the bhoys behind the blog …thankyou for keeping our place free …
Brawness wins …..full Millars
Braw
I am now in KILKENNY .
Matt the Millars….
A better pub I have yet to be thrown oot of ….go go Big Ray…
Braw
weebobbycollins @ 9:56 pm
Sorry, just caught your post.
Tickets were a whopping £60 but it was a , relatively, small capacity venue.
I got in early enough to get a central position near the back. Sight lines were good except for those who were on the wide outside of the arc of seating, which is where the drunk dancers were- very funny watching the women in the red dress trying to jive to the time signature of “The Way Young Lovers Do”. Plenty of beer and food available throughout the concert, even had usherettes with popcorn.
Sound system was excellent and Van’s band was very tight and in control.
My next gig is the Saw Doctors in Inversneckie
TOSB
Whiterigg.
There’s a huge difference, as Bernie would say.
So one game played in the SPFL and 4 in CL qualifiers.
Anyone want to rush into a few predictions?
Title by 20 points.
CL group stages.
Main challengers Aberdeen and Hearts.
Rash I know but I’m riding a wave of confidence.
SFTB…thanks for that, just sorry I missed it…next time maybe…
ulster celts 11.
1, Bonnar
2.
3, Rogan
4. Peacock
5.
6, Lennon
7. Patsy Gallagher
8. McCourt
9. Sheridan, Cillian
10, Niall McGinn
11, Tully
SAINT STIVS –
Billy Cook?
quite brilliant.
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Sunny Jim
Personal
Fullname: James Young
aka: Jim Young, Sunny Jim
Born: 10 January 1882
Died: 4 Sep 1922
Birthplace: Kilmarnock, Scotland
Signed: 1 May 1903 (released free by Bristol Rovers in 1903)
Left: 12 May 1917 (retired)
Position: Defender/Midfield
Debut: Celtic 0-0 Hibernian, Charity Cup, 16 May 1903
Internationals: Scotland
International Caps: 1
International Goals: 0
BiogYoung, James ‘Sunny Jim’ – The Celtic Wiki
James ‘Sunny Jim’ Young is one of the greatest names in the rich history of Celtic FC, and one of the most successful players in the club’s history.
Born in Kilmarnock the dour faced but big hearted half-back joined Celtic in May 1903 on a free transfer from Bristol Rovers and began a love affair with the club which was to last 14 incredible, trophy-laden years. He is said to have not come from a Celtic background, so continues the curious irony of great Celts with a non-Celtic background (e.g. Alec McNair etc).
As for the nickname of “Sunny Jim”, it came from a cheesy advertisement for a breakfast cereal!
Prior to becoming a Bhoy, Young had been a self-confessed football mercenary quite prepared to play for any club which paid him a decent wage. But from the moment of his arrival at Parkhead, Young developed an amazing affinity with a club in which he previously had no links with. It was to be a relationship which Celtic supporters would treasure forever.
Young made his debut in a goalless Charity Cup tie with Hibernian on May 16th 1903 and although originally played in defence he was soon moved to midfield from where he would orchestrate numerous wonderful Celtic successes for more than a decade.
Immensely hard working and tough tackling Young was to forge the perfect link between defence and attack and he was both the heartbeat and lungs of the Celtic side. His tireless running and battling runs were simply the inspiration for success after success.
A natural born leader it was no surprise when Willie Maley appointed Sunny Jim captain in 1911. He would roar his team-mates on to victory and his pride in wearing the Hoops was obvious every second he was on the pitch. He also was the great man who helped to bring along many of our future greats, such as Alec McNair.
With Young in the side Celtic won an amazing ten league championships and five Scottish Cups and no player contributed more to that glory than Sunny Jim. He may not have possessed the skills of some of his contemporaries but there was no one in the game who offered the effort and commitment of Young. Bizarrely he only received one international cap!
If anyone is to question his ability, then they should note that he was our captain through many of the game in the 66 games unbeaten in the league from Nov 1915 – Apr 1917. An incredible achievement. After one incident at work where he injured his hand which put him out for three games, he lamented (likely with some humour): “Ye dinnae play fitba’ wi yer hand!”
He also reiterated his respect for the support and his duty to repay. In the 1913-14 season, Celtic were to play Motherwell away in the Cup, and due to the then extortionate prices, many Celtic fans said that if they had to pay that ticket price then they couldn’t afford the train ticket so walked down from Glasgow to the game. Sunny Jim so impressed and humbled by this gesture by supporters would point out to his fellow players as they passed the supporters:
“Look at that! Walkin’ a the way fae Glesca! We’ve tae mak sure that they get guid performances fae us! They deserve it!”
During the war, as like many other Celts he remained at home and was working as an iron turner in an iron foundry (as he had done previously). This was a serious role, and heavy work plus he had family. Difficult for him was hearing of his old friends and Celtic colleagues who lost their lives in the fighting.
What must be added about Sunny Jim Young is also that regardless of being non-Irish or Catholic etc he was as loved by the club, support and management as he himself did. There were a number of others prior to him but he set in stone from early on what the club preached. It was the man and not any creed that matterred, and likely his success at Celtic paved the way for others (such as Alec McNair) to never need to further question ever coming to Celtic. Socially, his impact on the Celtic support was greater than we in these different times can truly understand.
Back in those days, religion and politics were entwined, especially due to the Irish independence issue. Sunny Jim was though a Celtic man to us first, and a Scots Protestant from Ayrshire somewhere after that. People like him helped to make our club and ethos. World War One had really heightened tensions amongst communities in Scotland, and Sunny Jim is likely to have felt the impact too.
As a measure of the high-esteem he was held in for by all at Celtic, there is strong evidence that he was being possibly primed to be the next manager by Willie Maley. His length of service, success, and on-field leadership skills were skills that can’t be bought and so marked him rightly for the future slot. Wilie Maley had touted a role for Sunny Jim as a trainer once his time on the field was ended, which was likely a stepping stone in time for the daunting task of taking over as manager.
However, his playing role was ended early when he sustained a serious knee injury in Sep 1916 which he couldn’t shake off and so curtailed and ended his time at Celtic. A sad loss.
He was to eventually retire in 1917 due to the injury but not before playing 443 games for his now beloved Celtic and scoring 13 goals. During his time at Parkhead Celtic enjoyed a level of success they were not to witness again until the arrival of Jock Stein as manager. It was no coincidence that Young’s departure saw a dramatic dip in Celtic’s fortunes after 1917.
Sadly, his commitment led to long term personal cost as the knee injury that ended his career led him to require to use a walking stick. After seeing him in full flow, this was a sore point for all his admirers. He pushed himself hard for the club beyond what any of us could ever ask for.
Passing Away
Tragically the magnificent James Young was to die prematurely on 4th September 1922 at the age of just 40 following a motorcycle accident involving a bike on which he was the passenger. It led to great despair and mourning at Celtic.
He was much loved, and a true Celt who loved the club possibly more than any other whilst on the field. His loss was to be well felt.
Willie Maley in particular was said to have been hit hard by Young’s early passing.
His life will forever be cherished by the supporters of Celtic and in many ways he has a fair argument to be referred to as our greatest ever Celt. His place in the pantheon of Celtic greats must be referenced more often too.
JIM YOUNG
By David Potter (from KeepTheFaith website)
“Oh, Sunny Jim
Oh, how I envy him”
“Vigour, Vim, Perfect Trim
That’s what made him – Sunny Jim”
Sadly, there is no-one left alive who saw Sunny Jim play. He was born in Kilmarnock in 1882, and like many an early Celt, had no Catholic or Irish connection. Like many an early (and later) Celt however, he ended up with his heart no place other than at Celtic Park , having imbibed the Maley ethos of the way that the game is to be played and the way that one’s life is to be led.
His career was foundering at Bristol Rovers after he had gone south from Ayrshire, and it was by pure chance that he joined Celtic. Scout Mick Dunbar was in Bristol in 1903, on Maley’s instructions, trying to lure Bobby Muir, an outside right, to join Celtic, and Young “happened to be nearby and overheard” and volunteered his services as well. Muir said that Young was good, Dunbar took him at his word and the result was that the two of them played in the 1904 Scottish Cup Final where Celtic beat Rangers 3-2 and launched the greatest team yet seen on earth.
Jim, Jimmy, Jamie or Sunny (so called because of an advertisement for a breakfast cereal) started off as a centre half. He was the first centre half to wear the Hoops on August 15th 1903, but by spring of 1904, the mighty half-back line of Young, Loney and Hay assembled. There were no equals to that stranglehold of a half back line then, and one doubts where there have been since.
Six consecutive League titles followed between 1905 and 1910, and in two of these years (1907 and 1908) the Scottish Cup was won as well. Only the Hampden riot of 1909 prevented another. The Glasgow Cup, much sought after in Edwardian times – indeed older and possibly more prestigious than the Scottish Cup itself – was annexed five times, and the Charity Cup twice.
Sunny’s contribution was immense in the vital area of right half. Those of us who saw Bobby Murdoch in his prime may perhaps have some idea of how vital Sunny Jim was to that team of all the talents.
If there was a down side to Sunny’s play it was perhaps that he dished out the raw meat rather too freely and could lose his temper. This was particularly true of the 1905-06 season when he was suspended for kicking a Partick Thistle player, but such was his relationship with Manager Willie Maley (who convinced him that he was far too good a player to be sitting in the stand) that Sunny very soon learned to keep on the right side of the law.
It was probably his abrasive nature that prevented him being capped for Scotland as often as he should have been – only once against Ireland in Dublin in 1906 – but this gave him more time to dedicate himself to the cause that he now loved to distraction – that of the green and white.
After 1910, the Club re-grouped as Maley’s first brilliant side aged simultaneously, but Sunny was still there winning Scottish Cup medals in 1911 and 1912 and nourishing and developing the precocious talent of the young Patsy Gallacher.
By 1911, when Jim Hay went to Newcastle United, Sunny Jim was made captain and what an inspiration he turned out to be! By 1914 another great team had emerged with the Double winning team of 1914 possibly set to equal the achievements of the previous one – but for the beginning of the First World War. This meant that the 1914 Scottish Cup was Sunny’s last, even though the League and the Glasgow Cup continued.
Celtic won the League in 1915, 1916 and 1917, but the 1917 Championship was won without Sunny, who had injured his knee in a game against Hearts on September 30th 1916, was in hospital for a long time after that and was never able to don the green and white Hoops again.
Pictures of the great man show a rugged, determined look with short fair hair – something that made him instantly recognisable – until 1914 when there is a picture of him with the team holding the Scottish Cup. The determination is still there, but the hair has turned blacker! It was the fair hair that was the attraction on Celtic’s many European tours of that era. Germans and Norwegians claimed him for their own. Perhaps it was the fear of looking German that made Sunny dye his hair in 1914? Or perhaps it turned that way naturally.
As with Stein’s team of the late 1960’s, it is often invidious and unfair to single anyone out, but Sunny Jim was a permanent fixture at a time of unparalleled and sustained success in which even the bad years were good ones. In fact there was only one season – 1913 – when no national tournament was won, and even then the Glasgow Charity Cup was annexed in the last game of the season. Jimmy Young could not let his beloved Celtic not win anything!
Some Celtic historians, notably the venerable Eugene MacBride in his ‘Alphabet Of The Celtic’, have no hesitation in naming him as the greatest Celt of them all. That is an ambitious claim, but 10 League Championships and 5 Scottish Cup medals are cogent arguments. And which supporter has not heard of Young, Loney and Hay?
On a personal note, pupils at a Fife school one day must have been puzzled when their Latin teacher (not normally prone to eccentricity and normally not bothered where his pupils sat) insisted that Carol Loney had to sit between Ian Young and Jennifer Hay! The said Ian Young was even more puzzled to hear his teacher call him “Sunny”!
Like many great Celts, Sunny’s end came suddenly only a few years after injury had forced him out of the game. He died on September 4th 1922 in a motorcycle accident at Wellington Bridge between Hurlford and Kilmarnock, not far from his home in Ayrshire. He had only turned 40, and newspapers described him as “Sunny Jim of the Celtic”. He would have loved that!
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The General
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Fullname: James Hay
aka: Jimmy Hay, The General, Jimmy Dun Hay
Born: 09 Feb 1881
Died: 4 April 1940
Birthplace: Woodside, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Signed: 3 May 1900 (trial); 19 Mar 1903 (full)
Left:27 July 1911 (to Newcastle Utd)
Position: Defender, Half-back, left-half
Debut: Celtic 2-1 Partick Thistle, League, 15 Aug 1903
Internationals: Scotland
International Caps: 11 caps (3x as captain)
International Goals: 0
BiogJimmy Hay
The magnificent James ‘Jimmy’ Hay is among the finest players to ever pull on the Hoops.
The Ayrshire born left half combined immense strength with subtle skill as a stalwart of Willie Maley’s legendary side which won six league championships in a row between 1905 and 1910.
Hay signed for the Bhoys for a fee of £50 from English side Glossop in March 1903 and he made his senior competitive debut in a 2-1 home league victory over Partick Thistle on August.15th that year.
His play was characterised by a vigorous energy and his driving runs and rapid passes would quickly convert defence into attack. Strong in the tackle and comfortable on the ball Hay was among the most accomplished and respected players of his generation.
His playing abilities were combined with obvious leadership qualities which saw him skipper Celtic between 1906 and 1911. In 1910 he was also made captain of Scotland and led the team out at Goodison in 1911 for the clash with England. He was capped 11 times for his countries, 3 times as captain.
He would leave Celtic Park in July that same year after a benefit game when the Celtic board refused to meet his demands for an improved contract. His departure to Newcastle United came after 255 appearances and 17 goals.
It was a rather sad end to his Parkhead career but in his 8 years in Paradise, Jimmy Hay showed time and time again that he was a great player, a great leader and a great Celt.
He later had a spell in management at former club Ayr United where he was appointed in June 1924. The club were relegated from the First Division in his first season as manager. He left the club in January 1926 after accusing Ayr United director Tom Steen of trying to bribe a referee. Hay was banned indefinitely by the Scottish Football Association after he refused to apologise and later had a career as an insurance agent until his death in April 1940
As a Board Basher and in particular a CEO critic of the highest order- I think today vindicated the views I share with others.
Today we played a strong and well organised Hearts away led by a quality manager with a three known quality players added to the team.
Consequently we emerge with 3 points.
Had we taken this approach when Lenny departed I honestly believe we would have not suffered the European flops of the last two seasons and Celtic Park would have been a bouncy place of positivity rather than the half empty pit of pessimism it was last season.
The value of a good manager – a box office name if you like, and a few guys who have cut it at a Higher level can not be underestimated.
Great to see a proper manager managing again at Celtic..
#keeplawwellinhisbox.csc
Cultsbhoy
Do I detect a back handed compliment to our board, CEO and chairman?
What are your hopes and predictions for this season?
i get Paid Over £80 per hour working from home with 2 kids at house. I never thought I would be able to do it but my best friend earns over £9185 a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I’ve been doing,…… http://www.BuzzMom80.com
Great result today.
The team showed tenacity and bravery. Qualities it was hard to spot in Ronny Deila’s team, yet most of the starting eleven were also available to Ronny.
Scott Sinclair’s cameo appearance bodes well for the future. Pace, allied to control, are potent weapons for any team, and he seems to have both qualities.
It is only one game, but much to be positive about
Hail Hail
CultsBhoy – sees right through Lawwell and the Board on 8th August 2016 12:45 am
Normally, I ignore your boy’s club generallisimo rants. It so happens I’m watching the Murrays and read the above. Today vindicated no such thing. Take a pause to find out how Ronny’s teams for two years left Tynecastle.
Would any Celt ever call Celtic Park a pit? Of course they wouldn’t.
I’ve noticed recently that our fairer sex posters seem to have fallen by the wayside. With the exception of the recently-returned DENA29,they all appear to have disappeared!!!
Strange,I thought. But then I realised that they’ve all moved on to better things,and earning £9185 per month into the bargain!
N-I-c-e…
GG
No hidden compliment. Although better late than never. I attribute the wiser investment to two things:
1. necessity – the fans really had had enough.. No fans no club
2. DD seeing with his own eyes the state of Celtic in the semi final.
However to my hopes and expectations
League by 10 points is my guess
At least 1 cup – if love both
Europe getting in to 32 of CL probable and realistic. I don’t think it’s realistic to expect last 16.
In terms of signings – I d like to see a new Goalie, a centre half and a creative centre mid.
I suspect BR is using a template that is close to MO’N but is financially more responsible.
I’d like to see 10 departures for the best of reasons.. Firstly to improve the team.Secondly to created capacity (financial and dressing room space)for new arrivals thirdly to give players a chance to develop
Their careers in a way it isn’t going to happen at Celtic. It will
Also create space for emerging homegrown talent.
Lastly the cherry on the cake – a new CEO. :-)
Cultsbhoy
How many times did we get 3 points at Tynecastle after Neil left?
Was today’s achievement, enjoyable as it was, really that unusual or unexpected?
Are you suggesting Celtic were thriving under Ronny?
My take is that Hearts are improving and Celtic were not .. I doubt last season’s team would have played as well as The refreshed team we saw today led by BR…
But hey – it’s all about opinions..
Incidentally I was also watching Zmurray Bros in doubles..
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SFTB
This may not be a popular view but despite N Wilsons bitter post match comments ( I actually like bad losers) I think he is a decent manager in the making. That Hearts team will be 2nd this year.
I think he can go on to better things..