Neil Lennon’s suggestion that fostering Fraser Forster from a lower-league loaner to an England international is “one of the best things [he’s] been involved with as a manager” is difficult to dispute, despite his various trophies and Champions League exploits.
Owen Hargreaves earned an England cap before he made an appearance in either of England’s top two divisions, although he was playing with European champions, Bayern Munich at the time. Hargreaves and Lanarkshire’s Joe Baker are the only two to have been capped for England without playing in any of the country’s four leagues. I’ve no idea if there are any others to have earned a cap without having played in the top two division but there must be precious few.
In short, Fraser’s appearance between the sticks on Friday was exceptional. We can now help fulfil the international ambitions of English players, just as long as we continue to compete in the Champions League.
Playing to the galleries
There’s a great line in the movie, Wall St, when Martin Sheen says, “If you live long enough you get to see everything”. Today we got to see the incredible sight of Craig Whyte’s former PR, who represented him before and during his Outstanding Contribution to Scotland, who in fact, represented him well before this, when Whyte was stalking STV as they teetered on the brink of oblivion, use Twitter to turn on another member of the Whyte coterie, for being a part of the Whyte coterie.
It reads like playing to the gallery, which the Daily Record, is a particularly useful punch bag for. No one cares what you say about the Daily Record, so exploit a common enemy and pile on. Tub thumping like this is embarrassing.
Puppet master
It will be interesting to see if the Record investigate who first suggested Whyte turned his attention to Rangers, after his STV ambitions ended….
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St Patricks day 1956 , welcome. Are you a …. ?
Jeez , you wait weeks for new posters and then they come along like buses .
Sanna (madhouse csc)
BMCUW Hebcelt here SURPRISE SURPRISE you thought you,d have to be content with just a photo of the Hebridean delicacy. Well SURPRISE SURPRISE get me your details and I,ve got a feeling something can be arranged so that you can personally meet (and eat) it.dreamscancome true csc. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Winning Captains,
Glad to say the CQN Annual has reached outer Gourock.
Looks a belter and think my wife is in for a few quietush evenings.
Thanks to all who contributed.
*That awkward moment when you’re posting away merrily on the old article*
ST PATRICKS DAY 1956
Welcome aboard,it’s a rough and exhilarating ride!
Can you please explain the significance of the date-apart from maybe backing the winner of The Gold Cup?
Just received my CQN annual…wow
To all concerned…that is fantastic work,….just having a quick glance through, and seriously…im very impressed:)
Tell you what….the kids will absolutely love it
A Celtic annual put together by Celtic supporters…..Fantastic
HH
the moon bhoys
13:22 on 18 November, 2013
Can’t believe Neil said that…….what the
The bol’ Frank McGarvey was born on St Pat’s Day in 1956.
You’re not, are you … ?
praecepta-steinreignedsupreme-Willie Haughey was on SSB a few years ago and put Keevins very firmly in his place when he trotted out the “minutes from closure” line.
Super sleuthing.
Can I just express my admiration for those poor Royal Mail posties who are tasked with delivering the CQN Annual,my copy just crashed thro` my letter box!now I`m left trying to coax the wife down from the curtains and the cat from under the bed before I can start reading it.
HH
HEBCELT
You really are a star,mate.
Tell ya what,we’ll settle for a beer or six next time I am home.
As soon as you said it was better grilled,I knew you were casting pearls before swine.
It deserves better than the funeral I would give it.
But the beers? They deserve all they get!
SHUGGIEBHOY
Leave them where they are and you can have some peace and quiet.
RelateCSC
Not a lot of fholk know this but..
Attach a CQN annual to an old roller skate, and voila!… your own CQN skateboard.
Chancer67 & St Patricks day 1956
Welcome aboard to both of yous, new posters are like buses you wait ages then two appear :))
the moon bhoys
13:22 on 18 November, 2013
….and you are NOT in the minority……. I will never ever enter ANY stadium where their tribute act (version 3, 4 or 44) is present….I have already decided that, if I cannot purchase an Investor Club SB, discounted to reflect non-attendance to sevco games of ANY nature, then I won’t be renewing……I’m getting really worried about comments like this from our custodians….
Winning captains
The CQN annual hasnt reached the outer depths of Cumbernauld yet………any idea when that is likely to occur.
Hx2
Bobby murdock’s curled up winkle pickers backs resolution 12.
Thanks for the welcome.
It’s my birthday.
And I am anything but a Hun.
SPD 1956
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors 12:29 on 18 November, 2013
“You’re winding us up, aren’t you …..He surely didn’t say: “Cos the other clubs blocked the CVA.”
That is an exact quote.
And the impact of it was greater because he had totally disarmed me with the Murray stuff a couple of minutes before that.
Shuggiebhoy67
Can I also lambast the very same posties for failling to deliver my Annual again this morning, No excuses, I only have 5 weeks left to read it before passing it on, as a xmas gift.
mcgrory1888 13:38 on 18 November, 2013
Winning captains
The CQN annual hasnt reached the outer depths of Cumbernauld yet………any idea when that is likely to occur.
Hx2
Probably when they deliver the giros to Abronhill………….. :-)
TBM
steinreignedsupreme
13:40 on 18 November, 2013
Incredible …. LOL
folly folly
No, I am a Bathgate Bhoy.
Hebcelt…just been searching for the Blackpudding online ,there seem to be 2 butchers selling ,one a Macdonald the other a Campbell……any advice …..
IamhopingitstheMacdonaldcfc ….cheers ….
Winning captains
Apologies, almost literally 2 minutes after my previous post guess what dropped through the letter box…………yes my electricity bill. lol.
Seriously it was the fantastic annual.
cheers
Hx2
Guys all CQN Annuals ordered have been posted. As I said last week the Annual is first class but the postage isn’t! Think there will be a big number dropping through letter boxes tomorrow.
If you haven’t ordered yet we would be most grateful if you do decide to – excellent quality and it supports CQN
Deja vu..
the sight last night of multiple Olympic medallist wee Beccy Adlington settin’ fire to her lady things gave me several unpleasant, if vivid ,flashbacks to the ‘ladies’ torlet in the oooooooooollllllle Burbns Howff.
barcamole
glad I dont live in Abronhill then. Is that where you live.
Hx2
Daily Record ——– El Shaarawy
On the day that El Shaarawy ” told ” the Record that ———-
” his team’s super strikers will destroy Celtic ”
” Celtic are too weak to cope with the Milan attacking power ”
” Celtic will buckle ”
Having allegedly said that [ and more ] he found the time to speak to La Gazzetta Dello Sport { Italy’s biggest selling /most read newspaper} He restricted himself to saying this ————–
” I think Celtic are a strong side. They beat Barcelona but so did we . Let’s wait and see what happens “
!!Bada Bing!!
Keevins fine well knows the facts – after all he was one of the ‘chosen’ who was regularly briefed by the Rhebel Group. He even got his ‘exclusive snippets’ for his 7:30am SSB reports direct from his C-for-C neighbours on a regular basis.
NEUSTADT-BRAW
Let them fight it out amongst themselves and steal the spoils while they are in hospital.
mcgrory1888 13:46 on 18 November, 2013
barcamole
glad I dont live in Abronhill then. Is that where you live.
Hx2
Naw, I’m just an honorary resident/member :-)
TBM
Why is anyone from Celtic commenting on the died club.
Starve the new entity of publicity. They play in the lower reaches of Scottish football, and the vast majority of us have NO interest whatsoever.
Do i detect a charm offensive from CP after the comments on Friday ?
ST PATRICKS DAY 1956
Show off!
So you didnae back the winner of The Gold Cup that day?
Excellent-join us on the naps table. You’ll be starting at the bottom-but there are a lot of us stuck there!
hahahaha a cunning plan ………….braw…
The one hope that I take from comments, like those of Neil re the deid club, is that they do not reflect his true thoughts (obviously apart from missing competition and big games from whatever source).
If the Celtic Board and management expect Sevco to expire just as the original one did, then it is best they say little in the way of aggravatory comment, and let their second suicide proceed on its way.
If they campaign and overtly obstruct them, the new Ibrox club will cry out that “it was Celtic that killed them off to gain commercial advantage” and our supporters and club will be less safe. If however, they expire at their own hand through their own sanctioned overspend, they will convince nobody with that blame narrative.
However, if any of our club spokespeople were genuinely regretful and wanted them back in their original form, then they have gravely misjudged a sizeable section of our support (whether its a majority or not, I could not possibly state). There are many faults with these Celtic men but stupidity is not one of them and I continue to respect their right to silence or platitude in order to preserve a quiet life.
If they are wrong, a lot of us are going to feel very bad about life in general and our club custodians in particular.
I hope and I think that it will not come to that
Wanted!!!!!!!!!
‘Chief executive that can over rule the Insolvencies Act 1986’