Well done to Hibernian fans for turning up in sufficient numbers to increase turnover to £8.0m from £6.9m the previous season, allowing the club to turn a profit in Armageddon season, despite some mediocre performances on the field. The challenge for chairman Rod Petrie is to ensure the elevated income level results in the club outperforming village clubs, who survive on a fraction of Hibs income.
Hibernian should tower over St Johnstone, Inverness, Ross County and Motherwell in the race for second place.
Debt remains high at £5.5m (if Celtic’s debt was a similar proportion to turnover it would be circa £40m) but with the wages to turnover ratio at 49% there is scope to both bring debt down and get better value for money on the field.
30 friends, family and supporters of the Tommy Burns Skin Cancer Trust will be leaving Celtic Park on tomorrow afternoon heading to Dingwall where they will start a 400 mile cycle round every Scottish Premiership ground returning to Celtic Park on Sunday 15th September at 3:30pm. Their goal is to raise £100k for Melanoma Action and Support Scotland (MasScot) who are looking to introduce Scotland’s first ever mobile skin cancer screening unit which is bound to save lives given the success rates when diagnosing melanoma in early stages.
You can follow the team @TommyBurnsSCT and on Facebook this week as they begin this amazing fundraising event. Please support the team if you can at MyDonate. Packie Bonner and Frank McGarvey are signed up and Bertie Auld is getting involved in the final day.
You can participate in the last hour of the cycle, from St Mirren to Celtic Park, leaving around 2:30 on the Sunday, by emailing scottmcgarvey@gmail.com. Scott will get you organised and help with a fundraising page.
Our thoughts to Jock Stein’s surviving family today, 28 years after his death, as another former Celtic manager prepares Scotland for a World Cup qualifier. Those old enough to remember his time have a gift which the young will never know.
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Setting free the bears
My sole point is that the SFA, though they are an impediment for us all, are not the National team. It is possible to support Scotland and want them to win without giving the SFA credit for it.
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I know what you are driving at here and can appreciate that you are able to see the team differently from the way you view the governing body.
For me it is too late to do that. I no longer have that ability. To me they are both intrinsically linked. From time to time there may seem to be less of an anti Celtic/ pro Rangers bias but sadly they tend to revert to type.
twotams
23:28 on 10 September, 2013
ourselves alone 23.21
the grays had a sister who had a mean left foot too.
remember her running riot in a ladies 5 a side tournament at the savings bank at cowglen
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So do I. I was thinking the same as I read the posts about the Grays.
Good evening all
We are going through a troubled time at the moment. So please excuse my absence from the blog for the near future. Mrsweefra and I just luv you all. A wee bit of patience please, and we will be, hopefully, back to normal. We are a very special family.
Now, off to bed, and goodnight to all my Family. :))
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar
I mind your dad. Mr T. Might be wrong though.
praecepta
Must have been his successor Eddie Tierney
HH
I’m off to bed too. Goodnight to all Tims wherever you are.
acgr
I compared but I did not equate. Much like I can compare myself with Pele.
Compared to Pele, I am sh%*
TET
We are not too far apart at all. I understand all the impediments and I feel them too. The modern Scotland fan is not anti-Celtic as much as anti-Celtic & Rangers.
There is still resentment of us and you may wish to separate yourself from that. You, as a resident of Spain, with a cracking pool, have already done that.
I, however, continue to live and raise a family here. I grew up supporting Scotland, I was severely tested in my affection for them but I still support them.
My affection for the national team comes a poor third to Celtic and Celtic reserves though.
My mothers maiden name is gray and also lived in castlemilk in the 50s. No relation to the footballing grays and her left foot was nothing great.
Her left hook was a different story
jeez
Name rings a bell – mind my uncle talking of him. Could be my uncle was deputy and took over from ET.
Lot of teachers in my family; aunts, uncles and 2 sisters!
Weefra
take care and keep the faith h.h
Enjoyed reading about the days gone by when posters were chatting about great players from Castlemilk who for some reason or other never made the grade.I also played in a cracking school team at St. Mungo’s and regularly contested cup finals at the Rosebury ground in the gorbals/Oatlands.
They were great days and to think of the talent I played with and against one wonders how more of them never made the grade.
I reckon a combination of bad luck, not being quoted and a lack of dedication were to blame.Great dats though. HH
sftb
No need to bring the pool into it >}
I am pained that I feel the way I do, it’s no right.
I honestly can’t think of another country on the planet that the support is divided like ours is.
I’m sure I will be corrected on this, but FFS, it’s 2013 and we are still arguing about whether we support our country or not.
That mi amigo is a very sad state of affairs.
Sleep beckons.
Take care and god bless Timland
HH
auldheid
i was at the bank between 71&80 and enjoyed the fitba competitions
i tried out for an 11 a side tournament a couple of times but never made the cut.
understandable when guys like brian ahearn, jim mckenna ,willie pettigrew etc were available
From the Scotsman:
BARCELONA forward Lionel Messi is due to appear in court – just days before he is due to line up to face Celtic in Glasgow in the Champions League.
Messi and his father will appear in court to answer charges of tax evasion on Friday, 27 September after a hearing scheduled for next week was postponed. Barcelona are due to face Celtic at Parkhead on Tuesday 1, October.
Maybe they’ll remand him in custody. :-)
Off to bed!
BBC complaint sent, these people want to rewrite history so that in ten year time it is seen as a change of ownership. Hope your coping well Spency.
goodnight guys enjoyed ma wee blether
Teuchter ar la – The memory test
I “scored” 20/20. Don’t know whether to be proud or ashamed. It certainly invokes some great memories. HH
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Messi and his father will appear in court to answer charges of tax evasion on Friday, 27 September after a hearing scheduled for next week was postponed. Barcelona are due to face Celtic at Parkhead on Tuesday 1, October.
EBT..Evading Barca Tax..:-)
Summa
Teemu Pukki’s goal v Georgia………..an honest mistake?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DqiUdM_wdQ&feature=player_embedded#t=6
hrvatski jim
23:21 on 10 September, 2013
corry & BM
Jim was aware of Jim Croce as in old enough….but been on Spotify and realise how top notch he is …now a favourite!!
Re your post ……stick your lyrics intermittently on here and they will pick up on it….
Jeez all positive stuff required to get this and all the Tic blogs off the effin Gers….
They are the equivalent of The Only Way is Essex….ie they are popular but trashy
We are equivalent of hanging with the HBO/Netflix guys ………not sure of the deal we are gonna do …but sure our many Personality friends…will influence…..
You can see it Celtic in Europe ….on Netflix and/or HBO …..and we will say..
Goodbye the old tainted world order….
This is not so far from now…..
The Stranglers Site @StranglersSite 1h
It’s official: the band are now in their 40th year. 39 years ago, the name The Stranglers was registered as a business. Happy anniversary!
Direct copy from US lyric site…think they missed the point …..ouch!!!
Is she tryin’ to get outta that clitares?
Liberation for women
Read more: Stranglers – Peaches Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Thats what i preach, preacher man
twotams, Auldheid,
I was at Cowglen between 67 and 73. Played CF and scored some goals in both Sat morning and afternoon teams! KD’s future wife was also there during that time.
Some great players in those teams and ‘team building’ at Joanna’s on a Monday night and White Elephant on a Thursday.
Ithinkitwastheniaroo CSC
The stranglers reach the big 40 ,seems like yes
i saw them for the first time at the Apollo ( 1977 b)
posting on mobile is crap
The raven
do most of my posting from phone. Hauf the time its only a passing resembalance to what i mean to post
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Kit..
Stay safe up there..Some weather for Spring..
Summa
re the walkabout on the Gallowgate by them.
You know, we seem to be doing ok right now in regards to negative media exposure.
Could we be falling into a trap the results of which the following day could be headlines using the phrase OLD FIRM (are we really as bad as each other ? ) Do the smart thing and watch it on the telly at supper time.
Worst comes to worst Mexico will play new Zealand in a play off and Uruguay Jordan.
So I suspect the usual suspects and Keyser Soze will be there.
The Raven
02:11 on 11 September, 2013
Can you fly straight with perfection?
and find me some new direction?
I triggered a debate about 4 nights ago about the new popular peoples affront the new government of Australia. Did anything happen?
Nasty weather in Australasia ?
Margaret McGill
03:26 on
11 September, 2013
You got a good laugh.
Ho! Summa & Sydney Tim….
How’s The Weather Down In Papua New Guinea Way…..?
Making Friends Amongst Your New Neighbours….?
Hardly Less ‘Civilized’ Than Bellshill….
I’d Expect…
Taki Theodoracopolos Magazine : Camp Of The Ain’ts…
http://takimag.com/article/australia_camp_of_the_aints_jim_goad
My Bad..?
Any serious minded person with a real interest in Australian domestic affairs may find this of interest.
Ideologically blinded screamers ,with respect,would probably be better to ignore.
Please.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/tarring-a-good-man-with-hatred-the-treatment-of-warren-mundine-is-a-disgrace/story-fni0cwl5-1226716887381
The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie
04:04 on
11 September, 2013
Ho! Summa & Sydney Tim….
Couple of things
Aust. pop. about 24 million.
Three of the original members of A.C/D.C.were Scottish.
Honest mistake, or not. Teemu’s goal was the strike of a forward oozing with confidence.
Can’t wait to see him in the Hoops.