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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Big gas meter was at the Celtic night last night in rothsey…
dd
said to paolosboots that I may have asked mysekf to ease the pain..
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Peter Latchford
HH
Delaney’s, if my memory serves me well, Peter, made his loan debut v the jolly jags at Celtic Park.
The jags went two nil up, their left back, Danny Kelleher, took a free kick, Peter went up for it and the ball brushed his hands and ended up in the onion bag for Thistle to go two up.
We pulled it back in the second half then were given a free kick just outside the box. Harry Hood stepped up and curled it into the top corner. Before the free kick was taken, there was a lot of jostling in the wall. The one and only, magnificent and best commentator, Arthur Montford, mentioned the word, stramash on Scotsport the following day
RC
You don’t realise how emotional that game is to me now.
The last game my dad and I watched together.
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clash of goalie tops…
HH
DD
Kellachan. From Blantyre, brother worked with me in dhss.
Delaneys Dunky
hopefully a good memory now mhate
HH
Dallas
Was at that Jags game. Felt sorry for Big Gas Meter and decided to support him.
Roy c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auc24woqB2o
Another goodie from Lloyd.
BT
Which one are you ?
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HH
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Big Peter denies Jackson
HH
VP nice one :)
Two little known things about big Peter Latchford,
1. He lives/lived in in Mauchline, which, for a high profile ex Celt is the equivalent of Ian Paisley moving to the Vatican.
2. He is an authority on Tolkien.
winning captains
19:52 on
12 October, 2014
Ryecatcher
Can I ask you a question seeming since you reckon so many of our players wouldn’t get in a side at the bottom of the English second tier?
My question is – when was the last time you saw Celtic play? (Not on TV, actually at the match).
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C’mon that’s a trick question :O)
RC
Wonderful, perfect memory. We had a great hug when the baw hit the net. :)
Blantyre, your right, the Thistle left back’s surname was Kellachan.
I got the surname mixed up with Fiacre Kellecher who plays for our youth team.
How’s your leg and heartburn?
Roy Croppie, the hoops in the picture when we won the league for Tommy, shine so bright in that picture of Jan’s goal v the Arabs.
Colin Jackson scored more goals for us than Jimmy Bone & Mo Bangura combined.
W.C.
He’s incapable of truthfully answering that question.
I posted earlier that I’ve never been at a CQN hootenanny where I had a bad time. Maybe because clowns like him and his ilk don’t show up. Funny that.
Tolkien or token ?
H&
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Talking Heads
Psycho Killer
Dallas Dallas…Spot on, on both :))
HH
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Championeees
HH
Dallas Dallas
bought gaviscon today…8))
Sure the guinness provided by VP will help..
tet
1st one…
EDB
I dread to think if I had turned up >}
HH
ElDiegoBhoy. I would love to attend a CQN hootenanny but due to age and poor health it just cant be.So fella dont knock folks who cant attend but rejoice in the fact that you are able to attend and enjoy yourself with fellow Celts. h.h.
BT
Thot so, they are coming next >}
HH
Bolton team that got beat by Bournemouth –
Lonergan
Herd
Mills
Ream
Dervitte
Spearing
Davies
Dann
Lee Chung Yong
Beckford
Davies
Rye catcher – which of the above would get a game for us?
The Korean lad maybe…..
TET
I’d love to meet up mate. I’m sure we’d get on famously.
Hope the cave is ready for winter.
roy croppie
20:13 on
12 October, 2014
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Championeees
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Fantastic night in Dundee………touch of sadness see ma big Sammi there :O( sob….
JC2, you must have enjoyed getting into Peter’s house as it was being built.
He was a real popular player with our support. His character wouldn’t be allowed to be displayed in our sanitised game now.
Another ex-player who never bad mouths us.
Ryecatcher
We seemed to do not too badly against those teams although I only have a vague recollection of playing Coventry.
Not sure what you mean by Glasgow? When was that? Which stadium?
Bolton are a basket case of a club – we may have problems at Celtic but no Celtic supporter would agree with you I am afraid re their superiority over our players.
EDB
I’m sure we would, hopefully some day, the invite is always open mi amigo.
Sure is, have all the free wood in, no looking to lighting the fire for some time yet tho.
Take care and god bless
HH
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Loved this
HH
DD
Re Deila ….you didnae ask me :-))
TET
I will get there I promise. The wee dugster is the stumbling block.
Take care.
Efe, Izzy and Johansen are all current internationals. Bolton would bite yer hand off for them.
Guidetti and Commons would get in easy.
That Bolton team is a joke. Get real
Mills at Bolton was a useful centre half when he was at Bolton.
Roy, thanks.
Your team group photo is weird to look at as our squad has changed so much in the six years since that game. Broonie’s the only palyer still with us.
Paul Caddis, Bobo, Massimo Donati, Marks Brown & Wilson, a clean shaven Sammi, Aiden, Gary Caldwell and big Mick, Paul Hatley, Barry Robson, Aiden,
Mills was a useful centre half when he was at Doncaster & Reading, I meant to type.
roy croppie
20:24 on
12 October, 2014
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Loved this’
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The two guys at end of row ?ratcatcher n Kev jungle takin notes for Shug.