If you’re going to stage a protest it’s better to make sure that it registers where it counts. Turning up at a Sports Direct till with a pile of tracksuits, then only offering £1 for their purchase, might echo the transaction Mike Ashley completed for the naming rights of Ibrox, but if the tycoon even gets to hear about the so-called flashmob protest he’s likely to pity the forsaken attempt to undermine him.
Ashley has invested around a couple of million in Newco Rangers but it’s pin money for him, which he can easily afford to gamble with. He is also not afflicted with any emotional attachment to Newco, or pretty much anything else, it seems. In short, this is a guy ‘Rangers’ fans can’t lay a glove on. They would be far better to figure this out and start to deal with the reality than provoke an unwelcome response.
Neither Ashley nor the Easdale brothers strike me as people who will be easily cowed or bullied into forgoing the rights they have purchased, while others, including thousands of fans, kept their hands in their pockets. The many genuine fans who are distraught at the humiliating mess Newco has become have been led up the garden path by would-be sages.
Africa
The world is paying a little more attention than usual to the many problems in Africa at the moment but I heard one authoritative voice last week suggest that ebloa is only around the third or fourth most severe problem the continent faces.
But, things are getting better in large swathes of the continent, thanks to improving governance in some areas, better infrastructure, more widely available healthcare, and more children, especially girls, given access to education.
20 people from Celtic Foundation are in Malawi building classrooms and toilets at the moment, while CQN’ers built three school kitchens there this year (more on the soon), but sometimes these many parallel developments conflict.
One such occasion is the John Bande Foundation School in Blantyre, Malawi, which through Mary’s Meals is supported by the Noreen Davies Hikers & Bikers, a group of people from Lanarkshire and Glasgow. The Hikers and Bikers support a feeding programme at the school, which makes it possible for kids to attempt the school, instead of working for food. It’s a mature project but the recent building of a motorway right on the edge of the school property has made the building dangerous; learning and feeding is no longer possible.
The Noreen Davies people are raising money to erect three new buildings. You can read more of the story here, with pictures of the school and road. If you can give them a £1 or two, do so here.
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Ulcry
happy birthday
Congrats Cowiebhoy and missus have a good day.
Cowie 30 years married? Just to highlight your age i was only 13 when you go married when to my first ever Old firm derby, had been smoking for 2 years and was 1 year away from time my dad bought me my first pint.
Like UKIP I hanker for the old days. :-)
Happy Curly day Ulcyr ;-)
MWD said AYE
Happy Birthday curly.
Enjoy
Congratulations to CowieBhoy and his (much) better half.
Lurcy, Hoooopy Brithday.
Pedrocaravanichio and Che mistaken for one another?
LennyBhoy are you blind:-)
One is a bent and twisted old mhan! The other is a handsome debonair dude.
Which one is which I can’t remember:-)
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
10:26 on 12 October, 2014
Td67
wifes aunt and couple of cousins at 30th anniv dance last night in Bramalie..
looks like they had a good night…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yes I noticed that, I seen a few pictures on FB this morning. They party at that club that’s for sure
Tom Molach,
Makes sense. I didn’t think it would be Spain
It was the Bramalea CSC 30th anniversary last night, I was at the original one, and a founder member to this very day, a great bunch of guys.
So Che is a handsome debonair dude then ? :-)
Off to the square.
HH PC67
Pedrocaravanichio, he wishes.
Doc
Ye wir missed yesterday Sir :)))
JC2, sorry for not replying sooner.
I’ll keep an eye out for you.
Cowie, congrats to you and your wife.
When is our AGM, as I have a feeling it will be another groundhog day.
Winning Captains is onto something about having an ex-player, who is capable and can offer advice to the board.
Bayern have ex-player, Mattias Sammer liaising with Pep, he even has a seat on the bench and Rumenigge is one of the head honchos. I know Hoeness has been done for tax evasion but it shows it can be done having former players as part of the club’s managemant structure.
Even Ajax an ex player, Van De Saar, in charge of their marketing.
Leftclick, thanks, unavoidable, and the right thing to do.
I was gutted I couldn’t go, next time.
There was a big Doc-shaped hole in my day yesterday. :-(
HH jamesgang
MWD. England Thistle. Good one.
I have been thinking along the lines of Settled Will UK Scotlandshire Section.
Roll on the Tic now playing in the Englandshire Section leagues.
After all we’re all together now and better for it aren’t we?
Had a great night, thoroughly enjoyed the company of fantastic CQNrs thanks to BMCUW for organising,
Is this a new thing, signing in every time you come back,? That’s four times for me this morning? Never had that before.
Good morning everybody.
Mixed reports on here about Andrew Robertson. What concerns me is that we rejected him, as well as James McCarthy, because of his height/build. I had hoped that our youth coaches were wiser.
tonydonnelly67
It’s fine this side sir .
till later all thats my lift here
Robertson had not to bad a game, he’s not the end all and be all of full backs, the thing is we can’t sign every one who is not a bad player, where you talking about McArthy or McArther?
Morning Tony.
I was talking about James McCarthy who was in our youth system.
all the best to mrs and mr Cowiebhoy..
curly hoopy birthday to you
HH
do you know EUGENE CARNEY.
FAVOURITE UNCLE
12:02 on
12 October, 2014
do you know EUGENE CARNEY.
TONY D that was for you.
Captain beef heart
Good morning, Hamilton Accies, more or less said he would be playing first team football very early, celtic on the other hand, said he would be knocking at the door for first team football, later than that, IE his choice was HA.
Favourite uncle
I know the name yes, but I can’t picture a face mate?
I thought Celtic released him Tony. Anyway, happy to be corrected if wrong.
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles time.
Good Morning
Thanks for the best wishes Bhoys, much appreciated
Seems a good day was had by all yesterday :-)
And Hoopy birthday Curly
Hail Hail
Cowiebhoy
congrats to you and yours, sir. It’s been a great couple of weeks for you.
Mwd and the rest of it
You live in Germany, don’t you? I remember you made a big fuss about getting married once. How does the wife feel about your big ex-pat political thing?
Paul’s article the other day mentioned the inspiring Mary’s Meals charity. 93% of revenue goes to the people who need it. Compare that with the charity industry in general which wastes millions.
i know its the daily mail, but the comments are quite funny.
flashmob of about 30 lol.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2789354/furious-rangers-fans-staged-angry-protest-against-mike-ashley-s-increasing-influence-sports-direct-stores.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
Any reports on the condition of Ipox – internal and external? It looked ok albeit on tv,any eyewitness observations? Hail Hail Hebcelt
b-c-w
It’s not over yet, Dhaughter no.2 off to Australia, the week we get back
thanks
Cowieboy congrats to you and Mrs C quite painless after all these years!! Hail Hail Hebcelt
hoopdoggydog.
Thanks for the reply, just back from our new Celtic club and my throat
is sore debating all the rights and wrongs at our club and just like C.Q.N.
everybody has an opinion which they think is the right one but at the end
of the night we were all singing Hail.hail and thats what makes us the
Celtic.
H/H Mick
George square mobbed…..
Superb.
YES.
hebcelt
12:23 on
12 October, 2014
Any reports on the condition of Ipox – internal and external? It looked ok albeit on tv,any eyewitness observations? Hail Hail Hebcelt
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heb,
i pass it often, never inside but the external skin of the 3 stands is deteriorating fast.
and the edwardian toilet block, is well, looking like an edwardian toilet block.
the gates are rusty an awe.