Anchoring to a distant geographical base is not intuitively how you would expect a football club to recruit but Celtic are clearly working their contacts in Israel these days. Beram Kayal has worked out well in the two and a half years since joining from Maccabi Haifa, as has Nigeria international, Efe Ambrose, who joined from Israeli club Ashdod in the summer.
Neil Lennon recently mentioned he needed cover for left back (despite right-footed Adam Matthews performing heroics there against Barcelona), so it is no surprise that Israel international Rami Gershon is in town today. Gershon has played less than a dozen games for Standard Liege since leaving Israel three years ago, although he was a regular pick for loan club Kortrijk. Should he sign he will be a low-risk addition to the squad but he has almost certainly received commendation from the same sources who recommended Kayal and Ambrose.
Best of luck to Rabiu Ibrahim, who left for Kilmarnock after promising much but delivering little as a prodigy at Sporting and PSV Eindhoven. He was the low-risk addition of last January. You’ve got to kiss a lot of frogs……
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Rangers fans are being urged to sign up to a set of values that includes
“Standards – Appropriate Behaviour
It is important to acknowledge the need for mutual respect and the requirement to avoid conduct that offends others. The Club wishes to take this opportunity to re-iterate our dislike for sectarian singing or the posting online of opinions that are patently offensive.
The Club acknowledges that for many years, the dominant anthem sung by Rangers fans was ‘The Billy Boys’ and that this and other fans favourites have now been outlawed. The singing of such could render the individual liable to criminal prosecution and the club liable to footballing sanctions and punishments.
The Club will endeavour to negotiate with the authorities to reach a fair and amicable agreement on wording that will allow these much loved anthems to return, in a style that is both legal and fully in accordance with our values and standards.”
So they want to sing their songs and show others respect.
“Respect for others should be a hallmark of Rangers Football Club and it means there is no place for prejudice or favouritism. Like loyalty, respect should be a fundamental principle, particularly when dealing with fellow fans or Club employees. The Club’s motto ‘Ready’ can only have meaning if there is equality of treatment and opportunity.
Respect for others also extends to those we defeat. We should be magnanimous in victory. Clapping our opponents from the pitch is a polite and appropriate ‘thank you for the game’. Without opponents, we have no game.”
Cannot wait. Well maybe I can.
Googybhoy
Mrs Trout and I are down in Manchester for the day on Wednesday. (One of the Troutlets is recording an episode of Countdown. Just thought I’d drop that in.)
We will have the whole day to explore the town and/or surrounding area. Any tips on where to go/what to see?
stairheedrammy
08:16 on
5 January, 2013
Morning folks- I have Uni at 10- does anyone know which room its in?
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It’s the medical room you need on Saturday morning methinks :-)
HH
Good morning friends from a still dark-ish, grey and gloomy looking East Kilbride.
And, yes, I’m in a great mood….
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blantyretim
14:43 on
4 January, 2013
Henrik on Sky arguing that we miss the orcs….
I Knew it was Not just Me..:-)
Summa of LookingForwardToTheNeoFirmGameCSC
One for you but maybe not Mrs Trout National Football Museum at the Urbis in City Centre.
Where is Countdown filmed at Granada or Media City?
If Media City then Old Trafford is across the canal. Utd museum and tours.
Northern Imperial War Museum (free) if you like that sort of thing. Near Media City.
Media City does a tour of BBC studios.
City Centre shops in Arndale. Same as most City Centre shops.
City centre bars and restaurants based inside in Printworks eg Hard Rock Cafe or along Deansgate.
Or at Trafford Centre huge complex of shops and cinema 2 miles from Media City.
Museums and Art Galleries in City Centre.
Trout
Wheres the studio.. is it salford quays.
If so its very close to old trafford and thats worth a visit.
The lawry gallery is close by too.
Jump a tram into town .. Mrs trout will enjoy the arndale centre at piccadilly. And go for a walk up canal street where the c and s have been erased from the sign ;)
Googlybhoy
Forgot about printworks … Great choice of food n drink
I used to live in stretford and still go down monthly with my job. 30th jan next trip.
We stay at the trafford centre premier west. Good golf range and skydive centre there and as you say the tc has plenty of shops cinema and bars
The Zombies are hurting so much, the pain must be indescribable.
They really did convince themselves that Scottish football was going to die if they could not be shoehorned into the Premier League. It didn’t happen and everything is just grand without these scumbags, who change clubs more than they change their underwear.
Now they are playing the victim card. But no one cares. They have burned their bridges with virtually every club in Scotland. Hell mend them.
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Why is there No Games for 2 Weeks..?
Is it The Glesga (Derby) Fair..?
Summa
read phil’s latest
personally, dont believe its that bad a piece
those who think he the new AT – get a grip
Summa
Winter break ….unfortunately it’s more like autumn here …no doubt the bad weather will return in time for the league starting again
Summatimesammi
Its no fair ( copyright A. McCoist)
googybhoy/The Boy Jinky
Thanks.
It’s at Media City. We’ve been down before when it was at Granada.
I’ve been to Old Trafford, very impressive, but any more footie stuff this time will be frowned upon.
Looking for more cultural stuff this time, apparently.
I’d prefer a bit of walking too. Maybe somewhere outside the town, but not too far.
Just about to start googling.
The Boy Jinky.
Using the word ‘canal’ in any sign is asking for trouble.
I believe the road sign going into Kirkintilloch that describes it as the ‘Canal Capital of Scotland’ attracts regular attention from the white paint brigade!
There’s a street near us called Carse View. You could never see the ‘C’ on that one for more than a day until they moved the sign 15ft up the pole.
the boy jinky
09:14 on
5 January, 2013
I live in North Manchester, Blackley.
Drive a taxi in the Prestwich area but all over.
Trout
Thats cruelty to poles ;)
Pity your not down in the summer … Theres a big walk through the city centre around july ;)))
Googly
Is there a fitness first in prestwich .. I used to go to one out bury way
kilgore trout
09:35 on 5 January, 2013
Plenty of places for walking as Peak District is on our doorstep. Glossop not far.
Hollingsworth Lake is about 8 miles along the M60 and M62. Couple of miles stroll round Lake or further in surrounding countryside. Couple of half decent pubs for food.
Heston Park near me is the biggest Municipal Park in Europe. Plenty of walks round there of about 3 or 4 miles.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/hugh-adam.19831988?
Is the above for real? If so who wrote it? I thought an obituary was not normally seen as an opportunity to excuse others of wrong doing and more to celebrate the life of the subject. His family must be raging.
Winter break means no game for us today – hate Saturdays with only diddy teams playing. Still, 3rd round of the FA Cup down south which is usually good for a shock or two.
The derogatory piece on Hugh Adam – disguised as an obituary by some hurting Hun – speaks volumes for the scumbag who was responsible for it.
These attempts at rewriting history are hilarious. Shame on what-passes-as-a-newspaper for allowing that to be published. An absolute disgrace.
The Hearald has become the slop bucket of Scottish journalism, dreadful piece…
Cannae get access to the Adam piece …could someone cut and paste it … Please
Robert McElroy wrote that piece on Hugh Adams. never heard of the fella.
Ryan McGowan transferring to China until November then Rangers want to look at him. Usual smell fermenting from Ibrox.
Pf
Hugh Adam
Robert McElroy
Football director and businessman;
Born: September 1925; Died: December 29, 2012.
HUGH Adam, who has died at the age of 87, ran the highly-successful Rangers Pools and its successor, Rangers Lotteries, for more than 30 years, and was a former director of the football club.
Rugby union was his first love and throughout his life the oval ball game remained his main sporting interest whilst in football his loyalties lay with Hamilton Academical.
The Rangers Pools had been founded in 1964 – run by David Hope – and from its inception was an outstanding success, raising funds for the Rangers Development Fund, responsible for the redevelopment and upkeep of Ibrox Stadium. Mr Adam was appointed to run the pools in 1971. which over the next 30 years raised in the region of £18m – a substantial contribution to the redevelopment of Ibrox Stadium into the ultra-modern arena of today.
Whilst undoubtedly a shrewd operator, it was perhaps an indication of his lack of football knoweldge that at a time when Jock Wallace was leading Rangers to two trebles in three years he expressed a desire to see reserve team coach Joe Mason appointed as manager.
Mr Adam was co-opted on to the board of directors of Rangers Football Club in 1986 in recognition of his work with the Development Fund following the Lawrence Construction acquisition of the club the previous year.
The David Murray takeover in November 1988 would change the club forever, but the Edinburgh-based businessman, who had experience in sport with the Murray International Metals’ basketball sponsorship, did not have control of the Rangers Pools or Development Fund, both of which were independent companies run by a separate board of directors of which Mr Adam was chairman.
It was an indication of the measure of Hugh Adam’s shrewd business acumen that he was effectively untouchable in his post with a cast-iron contract that at any time allowed him a 12-month notice of termination, that was in any case extremely unlikely provided he retained the confidence of his own board.
Under Sir David Murray – who was knighted in 2007 – Mr Adam continued to serve on the football club board, but his relationship with Sir David was strained to say the least, the Ibrox chairman deeply resentful of his inability to acquire control of the Development Fund.
Changes in the law and the introduction of the National Lottery resulted in Rangers Pools no longer enjoying the turnover it once had, although Rangers Lotteries continues to this day.
The undercurrent of ill-feeling between the two men came to a head in June 1992 when Mr Adam refused Sir David’s request to resign from the Rangers Board. A bitterly-contested Extraordinary General Meeting was called at which Sir David forced through Mr Adam’s removal despite the opposition of many shareholders.
To general surprise Mr Adam returned to the Ibrox board 18 months later following a rapprochement with Sir David and would remain in charge of the Development Fund until retiring at the age of 70 in April 1996, although he remained on the football club board until September 2000.
He remained a critic of Sir David. The two men had never got on – and by 2002 the former Development Fund boss had sold his shares in the club and publicly denounced the Rangers owner, criticising his tenure of the club as reckless and a dictatorship, allegations he substantially repeated some seven years later. It had become clear that the relationship between the two men had become untenable. Many with some justification accused Mr Adam of having his own agenda. There was no doubt that the club’s level of liabilities was at times at an uncomfortable level – but it was the collapse of the banking world, something wholly outwith Sir David Murray’s control, and the merger firstly between the Bank of Scotland and the Halifax Building Society and later between HBOS and Lloyds Banking Group that created the real problems for Sir David and Rangers.
By the time of the slide into administration in February 2012 Sir David had sold the club – disastrously – to Craig Whyte. Mr Adam later gace a newspaper interview in which he accused Sir David of operating a dual contracts system in regard to employee benefit trust (EBT) payments to players and other employees.
Mr Adam offered no proof over his accusations – his opening comment to his interviewers of “my memory’s not what it used to be” perhaps saying it all.
Mr Adam is survived by his wife Jean, to whom he was married for 60 years, and daughter Elizabeth.
The Jinky Bhoy
Be thankful you only have one of them to contend with! Could think of a good use for a 15ft pole at that event.
googybhoy
Many thanks. I’ll check those out.
Mullet
Given that they are banned from signing players …does that ban extend to tying up deals for when the ban ends
Seems unfair that they can circumvent the ban by actively engaging in the transfer market
Re McGowan .he has previously rejected them…was any indication given for such a change of heart …. Or is it media BS
mullet and co
09:48 on
5 January, 2013
That is simply horrendous
mullet- That obituary is a shameful piece and looks to have been written by a very bitter Orc under the guiding hand of David Murray.
Lostinbonnybridge
Thanks
In short: Hugh Adam did some things. But he didn’t like David Murray. And David Murray didn’t like him. David Murray is great so he is. But the banks shafted David Murray. Then David Murray sold up to Craig Whyte; that didn’t go well.
And Hugh Adam? He made up some bad stuff abut David Murray. It wasn’t true. No sir it wasn’t. Then he died.
That obituary is beneath contempt.
Robert McElroy, you are a disgrace.
Mullet-Very poor “tribute”to a man who was very creative in financing a football club.Murrays poodles have no shame.
Trout,
Wherever you end up down here I’m sure you’ll have a belter. Remember, ‘on the 5th day, god created Man…Chester!
Manihoop
PFayr, I thought McGowan had previously said he was far too good looking to join them. McCoist is actively tapping players up and I suspect Rangers are at it in any way to circumvent the transfer embargo.
Rangers cannot register players until September the 1st that means they have effectively only been banned from signing players in one transfer window.
Lostinbonnybridge is Neil Lennon. Get well Stan Petrov 10:02 on 5 January, 2013
“Robert McElroy wrote that piece on Hugh Adams. never heard of the fella.”
A Hun historian – who is obviously a half-wit revisionist.