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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I have to say folks, I have only managed to pull myself up off the floor after a long and arduous fall on the floor.
I read that Rangers are retiring the number 12 jersey in honour of their fans – the same fans who have been totally absent in any rescue attempt, in fact the same support who have been absent inside Ibrox on matchday recently!!
That kind of comedy is not for the faint hearted folks I swear to god
For you guys who will renew season books but bhoycott away grounds of those teams who aid thems back into the spl. What about Our club? If our board are complicit in this big swindle, will it be business as usual for you all?
HT
I disagree.
There will not be a split in the Celtic support.
The Celtic support will still be there. Albeit, possibly smaller. But still there none the less.
MWD
NO TO NEWCO IN SPL
SPL CHAIRMAN BEWARE OF POTENTIAL HUGE BHOYCOTT FROM CELTIC FANS, SPORTING INTEGRITY FIRST (PLEASE RT)
#NONEWCOSPL
hamiltontim on 5 May, 2012 at 20:49:
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˙sʇɹɐʍ ǝɥʇ ǝɹoubı ˙suoıdɯɐɥɔ ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐ ǝʍ ˙ɔɟ ɔıʇןǝɔ ןıǝu /o\ ouɐʞ ˙pʍ sɯɐǝquooɯ on 5 May, 2012 at 20:45:
You both enjoy the game tomorrow and stay safe, especially MWD if you walk out…could I suggest either the 12th minute (the year in which they will be liquidated) or the 72nd minute (recognising the year the bigoted club was founded).
Glasgow’s green and white…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
ernie
You’re correct of course but if battle lines are being drawn then I’ve already chosen my position I can only hope that view is respected.
hamiltontim on 5 May, 2012 at 20:52:
“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.”
Not sure there is a split in the support. We have a few people getting worked up over what may or may not happen, and then getting hysterical when someone offers an opinion that differs from their own.
In one case a poster has been given the opportunity to confront a member of the board directly – he appears to be reluctant to do so despite his apparent concerns.
bashi-bazouks
While I agree that not much will happen until the FTT rules, everybody seems to be missing the point.
The FTT is an appeal, the hun have been found to have acted unlawfully, used dual contracts to gain an advantage over all the other clubs.
The sfa/spl have NO need to wait for the FTT to rule.
As it stands the hun have cheated.
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TET, I am sorry for the tardy re
Bill ‘i love trucking ‘ miller
‘My wee pal Craigie says it’s a sure thing.
They love car racing in Glazgou’
The Raengerz. Are they a nascar team ?
Celtic are much more than the decisions of board members, whether they are the correct or incorrect decisions.I respect all positions on this matter as they are from the heart.
MWD
Actually you’re right and I didn’t express myself properly. There is a split amongst the support on CQN, I don’t believe that there is a split amongst the Celtic support in the wider world.
lorbobo,
The Celtic board are not complicit, bizarre to suggest so.
TJ
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 5 May, 2012 at 20:26 said:
Listened in to your call, and completely agree that they did not answer your points or give the right of reply – I’ve taken some time to go over the Uefa rules and again completely agree with the points you raise – as far as adhering to these rules, and the possibility of an exception being granted all I can say I’d like to see the case that the SFA will make to Uefa on this – it would be an interesting read.
As has been said on here before, if you ignore the non-payment of tax, the non-payment of transfer fees, the dual contracts, the non-submission of accounts, the lack of auditing, the lack of sound governance in general throughout the executive of the club, what, exactly, have these guys done wrong ?
If Uefa grant somehow grant an exception based on a submission by the SFA, I would be truly astounded. If they throw the book at the SFA, I wouldnt be.
As for the pundits on Clyde, and the rest, it would appear that whenever a reference is made to documentation which is in the public domain, and for which they are being put forward to comment on in some sort of professional capacity, it’s totally obvious they just haven’t bothered to read it – ridiculous.
Will look forward to you posting any further responses you can get from the media and/or “authorities”… best of luck… and… keep on truckin’ !
Tommy Joad on 5 May, 2012 at 21:10 said:
”lorbobo,
The Celtic board are not complicit, bizarre to suggest so.”
None of us know if that’s true or not. Time will tell.
HT
What do you mean there is a split among the Celtic support.
No there is not
Oh yes there is.
I’m undecided.
Who posted chanel 903 for the FA cup ?? a pressed 903 mrs gaz1888 was less than impressed on what popped up on the screen :~{ needless to say now in the bad books haha
Steinreignedsupreme on 5 May, 2012 at 21:04 said:
I was being slightly facetious, my bus will be full going to every away game next season.
After the statement from the Killie chairman that money is his god perhaps there should be some investigation of the last game of the last season – where his team were 3 goals down inside 7 minutes!
CFC should be thinking about suing the SPL and SFA for loss of European earnings for all the seasons that the huns won the league by cheating with ineligible players.
Players known to have had EBTs and known by SFA and SPL personnel to have had these illegal payments
What could happen to CFC?
UEFA could hardly take action against us if they themselves have failed to act on this matter
HH
C B Vote against and the rest vote for. What then???
Papa John – the large Pepperoni Plus was brilliant and thanks for the £10 off voucher!
Instead of taking about Celtic dropping down to SFL1 or SFL3, we should be talking about what the support can organise now. Our board will always curry favour with Sky as they believe that maximises our potential, but we could organise a mass bhoycott of Sky subscriptions. Bin Sky Sports and ESPN and see how they react to that.
The away support need to do some serious soul-searching and start discussing away bhoycots. The team will just have to cope without the vocal support at away venues.
We need to withdraw the green pound from everyone except the club.
TTTT
G64
Ya pedant!!
Thank you for making me laugh :-)
Kilbowie Kelt @ 20:29
Well said, that man.
Keeping your blitz reference going, I think it fair to say that we’re still in a phoney war situation here:
The Huns ain’t dead yet (well, not officially, at least) and our board and the SPL have still to declare their respective hands.
And, of course, the FTT decision, the likely wrong registration of players and some other trifling issues, like the Ticketus and floating charge fiascos, remain to be resolved, presenting us with a rather confusing (and daunting) picture.
For what it’s worth, it seems fair to say we can still only make guesses at how this sorry mess will eventually pan out.
In these internet-driven times we’re going to have debate and argument about who should do what and when: so it goes.
To revisit something I said earlier: for the SPL to allow admittance for a Newco RFC in will be wrong, wrong, wrong.
The Celtic board will know this.
They have legal authority to deal with this situation as they see fit.
But they have a moral responsibility, too.
For any football club (and arguably more so for a club like Celtic), the latter makes our board’s role much more complicated than that of the board of a plc.
We’re not mere customers or clients any more than they are mere directors.
To most fans of our great club, our board members’ responsibilities are hugely affected by their overarching role as custodians of the club’s great heritage, a heritage that would be massively and indelibly sullied by allowing a Newco RFC to escape the penalties its misdemeanors surely deserve …
FF
Our end – split ends, their end, it’s the end!!
Gordon64 on 5 May, 2012 at 21:13 said:
It is in the nature of the Celtic support to be disputatious.
The notion that there would be unanimity on this of all issues is delusional.
Please bear with me but can I just set a scenario that could happen in the not too distant future and liken it to the logic behind letting a newco in because the SPL teams cannot afford to be without them (excl us).
It’s the final game of season 2012/13 and Newco are on the verge of relegation from the SPL. They are playing Kille (or one of the other gang of ten) and Newco need to win to stay in the SPL.
Based on the fact the logic applied to allowing Newco into the SPL next season is based on financial implications, then Killie ( or one of the other gang of ten ) would be expected to ‘throw’ the match, to ensure that Newco remain in the SPL together with associated TV and finance deals.
That being the case ‘the baws burst’.
PS what do we call Newco Hun fans, maybe P67 should start a wee competition :) Something to remind them of their debt to society and shame on our beautiful game.
Tommy Joad on 5 May, 2012 at 21:10 said:
lorbobo,
The Celtic board are not complicit, bizarre to suggest so.
I am not claiming this as a fact. I am just asking the question. James forrest posted earlier with a claim that PL was briefing fans towards Celtic accepting thems cheating and reinstatement without a fight. If our club sit back and accept thems cheating and thems getting off scot free then I can see trouble for Celtic.
But unlike JF I don’t see Celtic lying down on this one. We will fight this.
Long shot chaps………….
Anyone help get tickets for Ireland Spain game?
the glorious balance sheet on 5 May, 2012 at 20:57 said:
Cheers
Question. Was the Killie Chairman’s statement a Ratner one?
bashi-bazouks
While I agree that not much will happen until the FTT rules, everybody seems to be missing the point.
The FTT is an appeal, the hun have been found to have acted unlawfully, used dual contracts to gain an advantage over all the other clubs.
The sfa/spl have NO need to wait for the FTT to rule.
As it stands the hun have cheated.
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TET , I apologise for tardy reply ( had to get the kids to bed ). Also for messing up my reply 2 mins ago. Lastly, I apologise if I don’t get the whole thing ( I try and follow the details of everything that is happening , but lacking legal and accountancy qualifications I really do struggle with it all. However, and I may very well be wrong here, but although Rangers were found guilty by HMRC I thought that the purpose of the appeal from their point of view was to establish that they weren’t guilty? In which we case we have to wait for FTT to confirm guilt ( which I reay do believe is what will happen ).
I am very sad about how things are panning out for a lot of our fans. I really don’t know what is for the best here. I am persuaded by arguments for and against giving up season tickets. People on both sides seem to be right. Eitherway, Celtic and Scottish football lose.
Bashi
hamiltontim on 5 May, 2012 at 21:15 said:
If there’s a newco huns in the SPL next season would you object to being called an old firm fan?
Apparently Wild Bill’s new love, Becky Willard, starred in a film funded by him. It is called Shining Water. Scroll down the linked page to the Taglines, just below Storyline, and see what it says, ;-) :
Shining Water
estorilbhoy on 5 May, 2012 at 21:17 said:
Agreed. made the same point earlier
The commercial camp are playing a blinder for the integrity team.
My tuppenceworth..
Any ‘split’ will be overcome by us PUMPING teams (including Huns or not) for the next 5 years..
Moral and football superiority will be a unifying force..
ernie
I’m a Celtic supporter.
Sack the board
Oh hold on Back the board
Naw Sack the board
Jeez im confused !
I wuz right the first time Support the team.
lorbobo on 5 May, 2012 at 21:18 said:
”James forrest posted earlier with a claim that PL was briefing fans towards Celtic accepting thems cheating and reinstatement without a fight.”
Am I the only one who is sceptical that any such briefing took place?
T4
Rather than no away support, have the GB there, plenty of vocal support, the home club still have the cost to police them, they will lose money for sure.
It’s all academic anyways, there will be no boycott.
Support CELTIC, the department doesn’t matter.