The Celtic Supporters Association Rally in the Kerrydale Suite last night was a complete joy. On the way out I remarked that the club was in good hands with the Association. This was their 64th annual rally, over generations they have protected and cultured the unique spirit of our football club.
For me, it was the third opportunity in a week to hear the Thai Tims, who performed an excellent set. Paul Lennon of the Good Child Foundation is a real inspiration and example to us all.
It was also a great opportunity to spend a few hours with many from the CQN community, always a treat. I know one CQN’er who is going to think twice before digging up Tom (“get your facts right”) Boyd on the blog again, just in case our former treble winning captain reads it and goes looking for him on a night out.
To continue the spirit of what we are all about, on Saturday 19th May there is a charity dinner in Glasgow for The Andrea Kearney Fund, which supports women who are diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy. The fund in memory of Andrea, who was diagnosed while expecting her fifth child and died in 2008, aged 41.
It promises to be a great night for an important cause, I hope you can support it. You can book tickets here. I look forward to seeing you there.
You can buy a hard copy of the new issue of CQN Magazine via Magcloud here.
The graphic below is just for a flick through, to read the magazine go here to it’s dedicated site.
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the glorious balance sheet on 5 May, 2012 at 20:01 said:
I read your earlier post and what is needed is the price of integrity compared to the price of losing it.
If I saw am honest attempt at quantification of costs I might be open to persuasion but all I hear is claptrap from idiots who know nothing.
I phoned Clyde tonight about 5:50.
http://www.clyde1.com/on-air/ssb-listen-again/
and fast forward to 40:25
My wife listened and biased as she is she said they had no answer to my points. They did not give me the right of reply, so I sent this to Jim Delahunt (who already knew the licensing point – cos I sent him it- and he gave me the chance to elaborate) and then forwarded it to Alex Thomson. There is a battle for the soul of football being fought and Scotland is the battle front.
Alex
I phoned Radio Clyde to make a number of points about
a) the business folly of ignoring sporting integrity ,
b) the clubs who will vote a Newco into the SPL will not vote to close an escape route they themselves can use withourt sanctions,
c) Celtic will have to oppose a Newco in SPL without sanctions as it will cost them support:
d) that the TV deal as it is presented with Celtic having to play Rangers 4 times is damaging to sporting integrity and the SFA should say so and finally that
e) the SFA can halt a Newco by refusing a club license and will need UEFA approval to grant one.
The panel’s response is covered in this follow up e mail to Jim Delahunt at Radio Clyde who knows all about the licensing because I briefed him and he is a good guy surrounded by pundits who cannot see the bigger picture.
I hope this gives you some ideas for an article. You can see why UEFA would not want to get involved on licencing as it would put serious questions against Platini’s sporting integrity/fair play strategy if they were to exceptionally approve a Newco in the SPL. The club license process is clearly documented and leaves no wriggle room for the SFA who say SPL clubs are licensed under UEFA rules.
It is football’s version of pass the parcel.
Auldheid
—– Original Message —–
From: Auldheid
To: Delahunt, Jim
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 6:41 PM
Subject: SFA and Club Licensing
Jim
I seem not to have had the right of reply to the point that the SFA would do what they can to get an exception. I agree with that, but my reading of UEFA rules is that it cannot be done ot without UEFA approval and that is where commercial rubber hits integrity road and where UEFA risk damaging FFP. If it comes to that who is going to win?
On the point that the SPL can do what they like on the TV contract, I would dispute that if such a contract means Rangers (or Celtic) cannot be relegated. since both events are unlikely there is no need for Sky to insist in that in the contract. Sky should take their football chances like everyone else does.
Does nobody see the risks to the long term future of our game if integrity is sacrificed? I suspect they do but no one really cares.
Save Rangers and kill our game.
Auldheid
Lennybhoy
Unfortunately all you need to do is read the first couple of pages of this article to witness how evident the splits are! Any huns looking in must be pissin’ themselves at how their crisis is splitting our support.
I am not ANGRY.
What I am is hurt & disappointed.
I was born in the lovely country that is Scotland & would not choose to be ANYWHERE else on earth.
I love where I was born.
No matter.
My mother & my father were born in Donegal, & I have the same respect for them & for THAT lovely land.
My first school was in Donegal, driven there by the Clydebank Blitz.
So, why am I angry ?
Because this beautiful country that I am so happy to have been brought up in does not recognise me as being an EQUAL.
I have no desire to be better than any of my neighbours, but I will INSIST on being given EQUAL treatment with each of them.
I make NO demands of my country.
I simply ask to be treated like everybody else.
I am a Donegal bred Glasgow man.
I am a proud Glasgow man.
I am proud of my Donegal heritage.
theweegreenman
Big tow truck !! :-)))
miki
You would think they would be shameful
for the way their club has behaved.
Not a jot.
In fact they blame others for their predicament.
Surreal stuff if it wasnae in dear old Scotia.
HT 20.26
Don’t worry it’ll pass unlike the huns they’re busy splittin the atom.
HH
Kilbowie Kelt
Powerful and poignant – my respect and friendship to you from another son of Donegal.
Paddy Gallagher
Could certainly come in handy for towing away all those vehicles in the Albion car park (and former Rfc training ground) not displaying road tax discs. Oh wait a minute, I forgot, Rangers supporters don’t believe in paying taxes. Taxes are what other people pay!
Been out all day………………..can’t beleive Shortbread is still repeating this ‘incubator’ fantasy with regards to the former club, formerly known as ranjurs……
Must drop ‘Ally’ Lamont a wee note.
hamiltontim on 5 May, 2012 at 20:26:
I think I started at Page 4 or 5 mate, don’t tend to read from Page 1 if I join a thread that has a few pages, personal choice. I definitely wont read back on this one.
Hope you are well.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Lennybhoy
I am good my friend, will I see you at Tannadice tomorrow?
Ladsany idea when fat boy will be called up in front of the SFA ?
No laughing now.
I repeat : the gang of 10 are blinkered in their selfish greed. If Kanker F.C. connive & contrive to slither back unscathed,then attendances will drop like a stone. And many of them will go under within a couple of seasons.
Cankers are a blight.
Talk about ‘tainted’? Scottish football will be a hollow,corrupt shell ; impotent and laughable. Damaged beyond all repair by the cuckoo in the nest…and it’s diseased an’all.
Let them return,and the WHOLE football WORLD will see the corrupt laughing stock that the spl has become.
All that for a gang of bigots? All that for corruption run riot? All that for outright criminality?
I don’t think so.
But then,I could be wrong.
Maybe that’s okay coz The O.O. say so.
My God!!just heard the Rangers Motherwell score.How bad are the current M’well squad when they canny even score an og for their manager?
KK
Always look out for your posts, that was another cracker.
HT
OK. I know how to sort it.
Everybody agree with me on every single issue I ever think or comment about and that’ll be that.
Sorted.
There you have it.
Or are you still in the boot of the metaphoric bus (just in case any dummy thought the bus was literal like).
So manny Doh’s! I’ve no goat time tae type them.
MWD
hamiltontim on 5 May, 2012 at 20:38:
Alas, not tomorrow mate, family commitments. I will have to make do with watching on T.V.
Enjoy and give a Glasgow’s green and white chant from me.
Thinking positive thoughts about all things CFC 1888 and the liquidation of rfc (ia)…as always.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Celtic Mac
Heard a joke about a Traffic Wardens funeral the other day
As the coffin is lowered into the ground a voice from inside screams.”I am not dead”!. .”I am not dead”!. Let me out, the priest smiles and says “Sorry, the paper work is already done”!!
Upside Moonbeams
You are completely right
and then again totally wrong.
What a topsayturvey world we live in.
HT
I’ll see you at Tannadice.
Could be my second last game for a few years.
Kin yae believe a half time walkout has been muted.
Oh wit tae dae?
MWD
TGCW
Surely you’re not implying that the Motherwell manager is a horrible, spiteful, bitter, bigoted wee bastard who would prefer to see his own team lose at the expense of a hun victory???
I met him years ago in The Horseshoe with your mate Frank. One of McCall’s entourage had on a UVF sovereign ring. One of my biggest regrets is that I didn’t blooter the wee pwick!!
Is that Espanyol goalie wearing our new away strip?
Gordon64
I think I’m more wrong than I’m right but I’ll tell you something.
My last statement was as wrong as right can be.
MWD
Lennybhoy
Have a good day my friend hope to catch up soon.
HT
Your sounding agitated buddy.
Language!!!
Teachers. Eh!
MWD
Glasgow’s Green and White
Come on you bhoys in Green !
Kilbowie Kelt
Always look out for your posts, and that post just reminded me exactly why. Glasgow is Green and White!
MWD
Everyone’s entitled to their opinion I have never had a problem with that. My point was that my biggest fear was that that a crisis, not of our making, was going to result in a split amongst our support. According to CQN that is what is happening.
hamiltontim
The only split is whether to just laugh at them or piss yerself laughing at them :-))
Auldheid
Just listned to you on snyde there.
Straight and to the point to which they had no answer.
They should just has said feck the rules, it’s ragers we are talking about.
Sad, sad state of affairs mi amigo.
Paddy Gallagher
Hope the HMRC have got the same attitude!
My wee Ma was telling me a story about a couple of guys working at the Linn Crematorium. One of the guys had a really bad toothache and had Asked his boss for the afternoon off. the boss said he couldn’t as they were quite busy but was willing to let him away early to go to the dentist.
At the last funeral of the day as the coffin was disappearing behind the curtain he shouted out
“that’s me away noo…”
Moonbeams
You maybe right !
You maybe wrong !
The SP.
Paul67 et al
Gotta go. Gotta catch that Magic Bus!
hamiltontim on 5 May, 2012 at 20:52 said:
It’s not the crisis that could cause a split, it’s how the Celtic Board chose to react to the crisis.
Auldheid 20.26:
I listened to your call, completely agree that Hannah and Dalziel sidestepped your point.
I heard Dalziel on the radio earlier today saying that if Rangers Newco was not admitted to the SPL then SPL clubs would have to go part time due to the lost revenue and that the quality of football in Scotland would go down the pan.
A sweeping prediction from Dalziel, but not one that is supported with evidence. Shamrock Rovers had an average attendance last season of 4,032 which is almost identical to Kilmarnock`s 2011/2012 average attendance for games not involving Celtic and Rangers.
The fact is that with gate sizes similar to those of Kilmarnock, and without any Sky TV deal(and also without playing in a league that features any living or zombified version of Rangers), Shamrock Rovers managed to qualify for the Europa League group stages, a feat that no Scottish club outwith Celtic has managed.
Shamrock Rovers put up a better display against Spurs than Hearts managed in the same season.
The financial and sporting problems of the SPL gang of 10 will not be solved by leeching off the bigoted pound of fans of Rangers Newco or whatever its called.
Its time for guys like Johnston to take responsibility for the financial viability and performance of their own clubs without obsessing over Rangers.
Clubs in other countries can turn a profit and get further in Europe while existing on similar gates. They dont need no cheating Rangers and neither does the SPL.
So much to do, and so little time. Bill MIller and Duff etc are in for a busy, and costly week if the plan is to get the deal done by Friday 11th.
I will try to help them by pointing out some of the “challenges” they will need to overcome to complete the “Switcheroo”.
Part 1 – the players.
http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/rangers-and-the-incubator-part-1-can-the-players-walk-away-for-nothing/
Paddy G
The missus just asked what would I do if I were to boycott away games, I’d need to stay at home.
I’ve said that of next season I’ll be following Celtic and Albion Rovers away from home :