Celtic hammered Newco 5-1 home and away last season, knocked them out both cups, won one other game and conceded a late equaliser, allowing Newco their only moment of (cough) glory last season.
We finished 39 points ahead of Newco (who were 33 points from bottom). As we set off for the summer, glowing after the first invincible treble in history, chairman of Newco, that complete muppet Dave King, told the assembled media, “In footballing terms I don’t think Celtic are as far ahead as they could have been – certainly with our new signings.”
The two 5-1 defeats now look like Python’s Black Knight losing his legs one at a time, but protesting they were little more than flesh wounds. Except Python was a parody, this guy is being serious!
So, Brendan, Peter, Dermot, get the finger out. These people don’t believe 5-1 is a substantial enough winning margin. When we pitch up at Ibrox on the weekend of 23/24 September, ‘go Medieval on their ass’ to borrow from Quentin.
Take five minutes to update yourself on The Road to Lisbon cyclists, who traveled from Celtic Park to Estadio Nacional last month.
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Jimbo 67 Morecambe and Wise show…… I rest my case.
Maggie
Some of El Chapo’s cash?
In fact, hasn’t he arranged for a couple of his “players” to be in situ at the Hundome?
Maybe we could ask Delaneys Dunky if they are staying in Drumchapo? :-)
Canny believe I got deleted for reposting Gnats Bolloc post and pointing out to all and sundry what a p…k he is.
Possibly one of these days our mods will realise that certain people should just be barred from the site,as they only post utter oops I might get deleted again to noise us up while making it perfectly plain that they really think we stick to the bottom of their shoe
It’s your call,mods. I know you have a difficult job,but IMO you are making it more difficult for yourselves at the moment.
Maybe the best way is to say to any particular posterwho has been deleted a few times
GROW UP AND DONT F…..G INSULT US!!!!!
Just a thought…
Btw,loadsa CQNers are out having a great time at the moment,in great company. What a boon this site has been for so many of us. We literally have not met a knobend in all those years,a statistical improbability.
The knobends are too shy to show themselves,sadly.
Connaire/South of Tunis,
& Thanks to everyone else for the replies.
Re Adrain the IV (the only English Pope).
It is accepted as far as I am aware that every Monarch of England from the reign of Henry II, claimed the title Lord of Ireland.
This changed with Henry VIII, who with the Reformation, became ‘King of Ireland’ with the Crown of Ireland Act 1542. With the rejection of Rome by the English, their claim to Ireland lost the legitimacy conferred ‘allegedly’ by the Holy See.
Most academics agree that Adrain did issue some kind of a document which the English used as the basis of their presence here for 400 years.
The Christianity of St Patrick, St Brigid, St Columba and many others had been in existence since the 5th century. Pope Adrain came much later about 1150. In the intervening time much had happened including the 200 year period of the Vikings from approx the year 800 to 1000.
If the document was forged (or in some part a forgery) I don’t know if the Vatican renounced it during the 400 year period between Henry II and Henry VIII. (The period where it was relied upon.)
There was always a great divide between the Christianity of the Gael and the descendants of the Anglo Normans predominantly in the Pale.
This is why St Oliver Plunkett was such an inspired choice by Rome because it was felt he could unite the Catholics of the Gael and the Pale. Oliver’s Clan (The Plunketts) were pre Norman in origin and were connected throughout Ireland, including the Pale (Beaulieu, near Drogheda, ). Oliver’s family were based in Loughcrew, County Meath
Connaire, It would be interesting to read more on this topic…It isn’t often discussed any information would be appreciated.
(I don’t know if it is known if the English ever paid any fee to Rome in respect of their occupation here and the Vatican’s (alleged) support.)If I remember correctly there was talk of an annual payment type.
There was supposed to be a further Papal Bull issued in relation to Queen Mary in the mid 16th century.
In St Peter’s, Drogheda they have a lovely biography of Saint Oliver for sale. It’s written by a local man called Tommy Burn (I know.) If you would like a copy let me know.
CCB,
I hope you are well. I enjoyed the Updates from the holiday. Maybe this is why I’m touchy about Independence…
E finished his exams yesterday. I was informed by Mrs C that he is headed to Glasgow to study (I’ve already paid a deposit for accommodation and a SB apparently.)
I’ll tell him about The Duke.
BMCUWPs,
I got your text, thanks Sorry can’t reply only ROI calls/texts.
You should get yourself back here…everyone welcome SFTB would be especially welcome.
(Did I mention I’m off the fags three months too) :))
Enjoy the weekend. Headed to the beach…
Hail Hail
Clogher Celt
Many thanks for the invitation on top of two great posts on Irish history.
I will be trying hard to get across to Donegal for a brief visit in late July but I won’t manage a detour down to your part this time.
I have been on a sporting tour to nearby Dun Laoghaire and Dublin but I mostly saw the insides of sports halls and pubs while my wife got to see the Tourist Spots.
I also fancy a wee trip to Cork now that I have seen The Young offenders film :-)
CLOGHERCELT
Your fine young fella will be welcomed with open arms. Not,of course,by me in Swindon,but by EVERYONE who has reason to hold his Dad in high regard.
Them’s a fair few,bud.
I suspect E could dine out on your reputation,and I know he wouldn’t dream of it.
I’m proud to know you both,and I know my Dad is too,and what you taught me in two days in Clogherhead and it’s vicinity made me smile
So much…
Greetings from Windy Nook, Gateshead. Settling down for a cup of tea before I hit the hotel bar. The Pogues and Dirty Old Town was blaring away in the bar a few minutes ago. So I can see why this place gets 8.2 on Booking.com.
I’ve also had 3 separate young ladies give me a smile and say hello to me so I’m either in Newcastle’s red light district or in proximity to a home for young women with ocular problems.
The Mods on double time today?
CLOGHERCELT
The only thing that stops me from going back,taking a wee bit more time than last,is life.
It sucks.
Them’s the breaks.
Trust me,if something suddenly doesn’t suck,I’m there.
Your wee village is beautiful,your friends are wonderful,why would I not be there ?
was in local shop today guy in front getting served noticed his accent where you from mate mayo he says my team have a shamrock on their shirt glasgow celtic he says yes i then go on to tell him about the possible game with linfield oh my god he says there will be trouble there. he said i worked in jersey once there were 3 guys from linfield they would talk to the scottish guys english guys welsh guys but not to us he said i thought id left behind that shit but these morons hated us.
Hi Edmund,
Here’s a couple of photos from my recent trip to Lisbon. If you look closely at the first picture (of the terracing) you will see the granite interlocking stones on the ground.
I tell you this because I was rather emotional visiting the place which gave us our greatest ever day in the history of the greatest club in the world.
I thought of people, no longer with us, who were responsible for starting us off on the journey of supporting this great team.
I thought of your dad and what he did for me as a young boy, visiting Hampden in the sixties which helped kick off my fascination with Celtic.
I know he went to Milan – which ended in disappointment and how he wished he had made the trip to Lisbon three years earlier.
Lisbon has come to Tony 50 years after that great day, as when I was home visiting my now departed mother, I visited him in his place of rest and
pressed a piece of that granite into the soil at the head of his grave.
I’ll see you next Wednesday when I’m home.
God bless you Eddie.
Sconey
Sorry folks, that was supposed to be a personal Email.
Cosy Corner Boy @ 5.41
Sorry for delay in reply. I liked ( and still like) Eric and Ernie but their musical guests were unlikely to be cutting edge ( the Beatles excepted)
Jimbo67
Jim
I can’t believe I bought a starter and a mains and it came to £16.90 – fortunately my pint of Birra Moretti at £3.50 saved the day ;-) Scottish barmaid must be a plant.
Linfield are a horrible mob.
There will be racism, fans on the park, bigotry and more and they will get a ban or fine after it.
WTF should Celtic want to have any more to do with it than necessary?
The most important thing is that the security of the players etc is 100% solid.
Then get the players to do there jobs and get into the next round.
I do understand some guys who live in Ireland will be disappointed but I strongly feel that it isn’t worth the risk.
HH
JIMBO67
Oh,you are so lucky he is in transit from Croatia. He won’t read what you said.
Pog- get her to stick a bag of crisps on that…..
TAL, it was a beautiful e-mail, thanks for sharing even if it was an accident. God bless your dearly departed mum.
!!BADA BING!!, sorted, lol.
First time I got charged £3.10 for a pint and proffered a £20 note was the fist time I asked for a packet of crisps too.
I quite proud of that,actually….
BMCUWP
As long as he does not turn into Alfie Noakes or TSD he can say what he likes!
Jimbo67
Pog
Bought a big 2 litre Stein of beer just off Notre Dame cathedral in Paris – waitress brought me a tab for 16.90 euros. Told her to get me another….Expensive day :-)
I reckon it was the Mexican Chilli cheese nachos starter that caused the problem.
Gordon Waddell…. (Journo) on “off the ball” talking about Celtic and their potential qualifier in the 6 counties…… Celtic have boxed clever BUT UEFA should be called to account WHY should Celtic have to make the decision to not take tickects, Celtic are thinking about further UEFA punishments but the real question, should be, why are Linfield allowed in the competition if Celtic & their fans are at risk due to their perceived religion……. I paraphrase but well done Gordon Waddell he also went on to say what has the “marching season” got to do with football, I paraphrase again, like the cheating refs, embarrass them into making the correct decisions, like the “people” stuck in the 17th century embarrass them into the real world …..
Clogher Celt…… Am still learning, you should have been a teacher :-)
Having experienced your knowledge on these pages, and at first hand, I look forward to more learning :-)
A number of Sevconians on Twitter calling the Celtic support cowards and other such names for us not going to Belfast. They are without doubt sick as I’m sure a good few would have made the journey with the intention of causing trouble and attempting to drag our good name through the mud. Jealousy is a terrible thing….
TEUCHTER ÁR LÁ
Was that a Jock Stein you bought?
TAL, just off of Notre Dame – you’d think they would know better :-)))
Turkeybhoy, if you’re about I could use some advice. Mrs S and I have been coming to Turkey for 10 years now and the last 4 we’ve brought the whole family. We use the same firm for taxi, transport outings etc. Today one of the drivers, who we’ve got to know quite well, invited us to his house/ smallholding for tea tomorrow. What is the etiquette surrounding this invite? Do we bring a gift, if so what sort? We usually, nay always, give him a generous tip- would he be insulted if we did the same at his house or asked to buy something from him….olive oil or pomegranate juice for example?
Oh, and Coghercelt, add my name to the list of grateful CQNers who are now better informed and enlightened by your post and the message contained within.
I really do need edumacated……Clogher Celt from 7:18 and Nas Na Ri from 12:15. I can blame autocorrect for the latter and gin and tonic for the former, but no-one would believe me!
If we are in for Taylor the Leeds LB, we could be preparing for life without KT…
Tuechter Ar La
All the very best, didn’t post during the week, have the wee odd lurk (daily:-) but with Burghbhoy in your corner and all the good people on Cqn it will never ease no pain but as time goes on the smiles will soon replace the sadness
Gutted i missed Lisbon for MissGFTB’s communion, it sounded magic, even seeing BRTH on STv just rubbed salt into the wound, gutted I missed Seville because of….. Stuff that, hopefully share a beer with you & Burghbhoy when Brendan gets us to one of those Euro final things :-)
They might not be here but they never leave us
Watching Liam Gallagher – really poor – when did shouting become music
I’ve never really liked the Kaiser Chiefs I’ve always preferred Bloemfontein Celtic. I also dislike the BBC political department.
Jeremy Corbyn said he had been inspired by how many young people had got involved in politics as he addressed the crowd at the Glastonbury festival.
“Do you know, politics is actually about everyday life?” he asked the Pyramid Stage audience who had, moments earlier, been dancing to Craig David.
The Labour leader called for “a world of human rights, peace, justice and democracy all over the planet”.
The speech was watched by tens of thousands across the festival site.
At the Pyramid Stage, supporters and activists surged to the front of the crowd holding placards, and a chorus of “Oh, Jeremy Corbyn” – sung to the tune of Seven Nation Army by former Glastonbury headliners The White Stripes.
Mr Corbyn was not without his dissenters among the large crowd, with some boos heard during the speech and small pockets of the audience walking away towards the end.
But he received loud cheers for comments on equality (“We need to challenge sexism in our society, and homophobia, and any form of discrimination that goes on”) and refugees (“Let’s support them in their hour of need and not see them as a threat and danger”).
Mr Corbyn also commented on the recent election, which saw Prime Minister Theresa May’s majority cut in the House of Commons, following a vote in which the turnout among young people was reported to have increased dramatically.
“The elites got it wrong,” he said. “The politics that got out of the box is not going back in that box”.
He added that he was “inspired” by the number of young voters who got involved for the first time.
That the Labour leader was given a rock star welcome was, perhaps, unsurprising at the overwhelmingly left-leaning music festival.
Organiser Michael Eavis, who invited Mr Corbyn to appear, introduced him on stage, saying: “At last we have a leader to put in place all the issues we’ve been campaigning for for 40 years”.
The festival, which is run as a non-profit event, supports causes including Greenpeace, Oxfam and WaterAid.
Artists appearing at the festival have spoken of their support of Mr Corbyn’s politics, while Friday night’s headliners Radiohead commented during their set: “See you later, Theresa. Just shut the door on your way out.”
Rapper Dizzee Rascal told the BBC he was a fan: “He comes across quite genuine. It seems like he’s fought for a lot of good causes.”
“I don’t really want to get into politics,” added Mike Kerr of rock group Royal Blood, “but he seems like someone who speaks for, particularly, my generation of people. He seems like someone that represents us.”
But Simon Rix, bassist of the Kaiser Chiefs, added a bit of perspective when he said: “If he can’t win here, he’s really struggling
A strange comment as he was warmly cheered by the crowd, maybe it was Brian Rix
Watching Glastonbury I wonder what Neganon/Grumpy Cat made of Katy Perry.
Jimbo67
jimbo67 on 24th June 2017 8:18 pm
Watching Glastonbury I wonder what Neganon/Grumpy Cat made of Katy Perry.
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I’ve always wondered what the sound quality is like at Glastonbury, whenever they have reporters at the back of the crowd the bands sound awful.
I’ve been to a few stadium gigs and even they are poor compared to indoor venues, obvious I know but the stadium gigs were enough to put me off paying money again.
JimBo67
Good to see you posting, and enjoy watching our Brendan….. I don’t think there will be one more signing until the CL is guaranteed……which is not a cert, we love Celtic but but without the CL it’s hard for Breandan to entice players who don’t realise
Johnny Hayes for me ….. Great signing
Paul Hartkey, Barry Robson etc……. Johnny Hayes is a magic signing for me
Let the pre madonnas (Borrini) wait to see if we make the CL….
Brendan Rools :-)
The Huddle
Been to a few outdoor gigs in my time ( including a T in the Park at Strathclyde Park) and I know its all about the vibe but the sound was never that great. I fantasise about seeing my favourite musical acts ( the ones I have not seen live) from Satchmo through Thelonioious Monk, the Stones, Otis Redding and Zeppelin and I always imagine it in a small venue ( or Celtic Park) not a festival.
Jimbo67