I remember when football was all about what happened on the park and the only subterfuge we needed to worry about wore a black shirt. Then came Jim Farry, Scottish Football League boss and then SFA boss.
Sure, the SFA tried to hammer Celtic for flying the Irish flag in 1952 and they promoted referees from a well-curated list, but that was the end of it. Farry was a visionary. He understood his predecessors in charge at the SFA were not thinking clearly enough. Farry would change that.
Celtic signed Jorge Cadete from Sporting Lisbon in February 1996 but Jim Farry delayed processing the registration. The player was not able to make his Celtic debut until April, missing crucial league games and a Scottish Cup semi-final against Rangers. Celtic complained, Farry was sacked, and we got to see what many of us knew all along. The shock was the sacking.
Football has come a long way in the subsequent 25 years. The real power in the game now rest with the SPFL, who consumed the Scottish Football League and see more control sit with top tier clubs. For 12 years, the SPFL has been led by a former solicitor from Devon with no skin in the parochial nature of Scottish football. Neil Doncaster supports Norwich, although he’s not even that bothered about them.
SPFL board meetings are chaired by former media executive, Murdoch MacLennan. The curious thing about MacLennan and Doncaster is that neither favoured either Oldco or Newco versions of Rangers. This irritates Newco no end, who would like both removed from office.
With 10 of the 12 Premiership clubs asking for games to be postponed instead of proceeding behind closed doors, we should be grateful for a firm hand on the executive tiller. The executive will seek to implement the wish of the majority of affected clubs. Power in our game was not always impartial and may not be so again one day.
Let’s hope for a positive result on and off the park today.
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FWIW ….
a sample of Scottish venues below …
…. and what the impact on them would be
…. if they had the same 0.8% capacity constraint inflicted upon them …
…. that the Scorrish Government deemed appropriate for Celtic Park.
Tynecastle – 159 spectators
The Hydro – 114
Victoria Park (Ross County) – 52
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – 20
The Garage Nightclub – 6
(Actually 5.6 but some underage for sure)
Hhmm.
Fairness and equality indeed.
Tough on St.Mirren but Celtic have to be Professional, win the game first & foremost and if the opportunity arises to score 6,7 or 8 then go for it, Huns will and if it ends up neck & neck goal difference could be important.
Radio Scotland doing it’s level best to undermine Celtic once again, in people attending events. Firstly, the commentator mentioned the Final on Sunday, completely overlooking the match on Saturday which had an even bigger attendance; then it was twice mentioned that there were games tonight allowing supporters to attend. The only game that was mentioned by name just happened to be the one involving us. Radio Scotland took it as read that anyone attending is irresponsible.
If rumour is true Bada then Ange could go stronger tonight with the starting line up.
From an old school friend..
An appeal for Bethlehem..
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
I hope this does not break any blog rules.
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I first visited the Nour center for children with special needs there 3 years ago and have maintained contact since.
The corona virus has badly affected the refugee camp and they really need our help.
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PARK THE BUS 442 LONG BALL on 22ND DECEMBER 2021 5:40 PM
Is he in favour of banning driven grouse shooting?
Yesterday the Scottish Government had the chance to impose restrictions from then, Swinney is responsible for Covid recovery here, that will be fun, he is as all over the place as Johnston and that is saying something.
Big Jimmy
I wasnt suggesting Kyogo does help them up as you say they will cause a rammy, just that he does as he is sporting.
Sky News, Omicron 2/3 rds less virulent than Delta….
Tough on Saints – but it goes ahead. Let’s start putting the chances away tonight – things could move to our advantage in January…..let’s hope so!!
!!BADA BING!! on 22ND DECEMBER 2021 5:57 PM
Sky News, Omicron 2/3 rds less virulent than Delta….
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How infectious is Omicron compared to Delta?
PARK THE BUS 442 LONG BALL on 22ND DECEMBER 2021 5:40 PM
Is he in favour of banning driven grouse shooting?
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Ernie, if its a cruel ‘sport’ that wastes public revenue, or puts the public in any kind of danger, I would imagine so.
Maybe he’ll find a way to introduce safe rat shooting, staring at hollybrood. 👍
starting at hollybrood 👍 🎅
ERNIE LYNCH
More infectious, less severe seems to be the word over her.
the virus in Scotland is rife thanks to the 5 way agreement
Kilted Klown Klan….. cowering wee beasties.
Maureen Johnson (@Maureen6Johnson) Tweeted:
Everyone is feart of wee Nic’la. Scotland a once proud joint, has been brought down by a screeching banshee. https://twitter.com/Maureen6Johnson/status/1473677383668490244?s=20
ERNIE LYNCH on 22ND DECEMBER 2021 6:04 PM
!!BADA BING!! on 22ND DECEMBER 2021 5:57 PM
Sky News, Omicron 2/3 rds less virulent than Delta….
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How infectious is Omicron compared to Delta?
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Ernie Lynch = Victor Meldrew
For the deluded badly needing a shake dreamers.
Wake the fk up!
Dave Kerr (@LiveInBpool) Tweeted:
@georgegalloway is definitely worth a follow ! https://twitter.com/LiveInBpool/status/1473696631040135168?s=20
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 22ND DECEMBER 2021 6:13 PM
More Mr Thorpe than Victor Meldrew.
Less virulent + more infectious = same demand for ICU beds.
Have the Rainjurz made a statement yet?
EL
I hear you.
Three more sleeps to see if I can go for my Christmas dinner.
PARK THE BUS 442 LONG BALL on 22ND DECEMBER 2021 6:05 PM
His chumminess with Old Etonian shooting enthusiast Jamie Blackett doesn’t lead me to believe he’d be in favour of banning driven grouse shooting.
Perhaps you could ask him.
Thank you Brexit for saving us from this unelected bankers bullsh*t!
@PoliticsForAlI
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They are the peepul alright no doubt about it.
Guys going into my mates for game and going to try a fire stick for the game, does anyone use them now (I used to have 1 years ago).
If so what time does programme start is it the same as if it was the PPV channel about 10 mins before?
Thanks in advance
D :)
Talking of Christmas dinner reminds me I haven’t seen any posts recently from the Board’s resident gourmet, Whitedoghunch (sp).
I hope he’s OK.
@Celtic line up v St Mirren ……
Bain, Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Welsh, Scales, Bitton, McGregor, Rogic, Johnston, Moffat, Abada
Subs: Hazard, Taylor, McCarthy, Juranovic, Shaw, Montgomery, Henderson,
MOFFAT STARTS.
St Mirren have put an experienced, strong, side out tonight.
The call to play looks entirely justified.
BADA
Do you have any confidence in the winter break rumour?
Smurf city up front.
St Mirren are closer to their starting 11 than we are ! Absolute chancers.
live updates up
A very lightweight front 3. Hopefully they can retain possession.
RC on 22ND DECEMBER 2021 4:49 PM
St. Mirren v Celtic
cinch Premiership
22/12/2021 7:45pm The SMiSA Stadium
Referee:David Munro
AR1
Ralph Gordon
AR2
Jonathan Bell
Fourth Official
Lloyd Wilson
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That Fourth Official needs the watching. Complete tube.
After the Inverness semi-final non-penalty he met up with his Lanarkshire refereeing chums at their weekly training and all had a good laugh about it. Told me this straight to my face.
Don’t know how much damage a 4th official can do, but if he’s climbed up the greasy pole to this extent then that’s a worry.
Hi guys . Need some help from the Belfast bhoys , my brother is over to spend time with his family at Christmas . Any information on the game tonight is there anyway to watch it on a laptop .
Funny
The Rangers have today contacted St. Mirren to offer them two of otheir penalties on loan for the game against Celtic tonight. Clubs must help each other out at times like this.
🤣🤣🤣
Ernie, Jamie Blackett the leader of, All For Unity, George Galloway’s other party, which was gerrymandered out, along with Alex Salmond’s party, Alba, in Scottish elections last May, where SNP again failed to get an outright majority, so they’re “gaming the system” by bring the ‘list’ elected Scottish Green Party, into govt, after decrying both Galloway and Salmond of trying to get elected from the list?
As George Galloway said,….
“Its not the voters who’ll decide the outcome of an election, its the carefully planted vote counters, who’ll decide.”
….as GG found out again 2 months later were his Workers Party GB, in their first election of any kind, took 22% of the vote, putting them ahead of Libdems, and videos of dozens of vans appearing after the votes had been counted, but no announcement made, and appearing to terrify the corrupt Labour council of, Batley & Spen, dozens of vans stuffed with black bin liners full of “other” votes and there is a case going on through GG’s lawyers, and new evidence has appeared of quite a lot of Labour MP’s breaching ‘phone banking’ restrictions, all to keep a non craft MP out of Parliament, that’s all it will take, they just need to be lucky once, just one unscripted, uppity, socialist, working class, MP to torch the entire fake Labour & Conservatives, and SNP £250,000+ expenses fat liars kidding mugs on that they support Independance Eye, and they’ll just walk away from a quarter of a million per year expenses, to give kilted klowns indy2 Eye like f they will, red & blue, UK & USA, lobbied by apartheid groups from the desert, sewer of warmongering, end times preaching, mass murdering, elected bureaucrats, and their house of illuminati cards crashing down on their ugly heids!
One by election, and the Parliament’s fat cats will be ruthlessly exposed!
https://twitter.com/Jamie_Blackett/status/1473695247125430288?s=20