It is enormously sad news that our friend Kano, Martin Kane, succumbed to his illness this morning. Kano was an ever-present on CQN for four years, on occasion writing our match reports, until illness struck in 2008. He was left completely paralysed, eventually only able to communicate through a machine, requiring round the clock care.
He was isolated in hospital in his home city of Perth, Western Australia, lonely for him and difficult for his wife Carolyn and their family, with no realistic chance of recovery. On hearing this news, CQN reacted in an incredible way. Our also now-departed friend, Pablophanque, wrote, “We need to get this guy home”, and a campaign started to raise the tens of thousands of pounds required to transform part of his home into an appropriate care facility.
As the campaign got underway I remember being concerned, it was going to take at least £60k and I thought we had no chance of getting close to this. Pablo (memorably) didn’t want to head the campaign he started but others soon stepped in and the Bring Martin Home got underway in earnest. Those behind it moved heaven and earth, and within a few months, the money was in place and Kano was back living at home with his family.
The Kano Foundation, a remarkable self-funded organisation which takes kids groups and charities to Celtic games, was established by those running the Bring Martin Home campaign, to harness the expertise and goodwill for on-going good, in Martin’s name.
When I first met Kano’s dad, Matt, who himself is no longer with us, six years ago, I was caught off-guard when he talked about Kano’s life expectancy. Unable to move he was enormously vulnerable to any prosaic infection. He suffered a few health scares but fought through them for far longer than many anticipated.
We got him back on the blog briefly, sharing some of his gratitude for the work done and his humour, but he explained the hours it took to compose his few sentences. He continued to watch Celtic, of course.
This morning our thoughts go to Carolyn and the kids, as well as to his good pal Ramie and those who cared for Martin. Those who decided to get off their arses and change the world for one family back in 2008 should be very proud of what they did, and the years at home they gave Kano.
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Lennybhoy can you give BSR the bad news,feel terrible…
bournesouprecipe
Just emailed you his e-mail addy, posted to you both to send me your respective moby numbers
lennybhoycfc@gmail.com
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
BTW im not moaning too much about the sheep winning either given they were my LMS pick!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
When Shaun went to Wigan, they put him on a programme that made him look stronger and leaner. He looked like a rugby scrum half.
When they won the FA Cup, 18 months ago, the Independent described him as the best player in the bottom 6 in the EPL.
I was surprised nobody in the Premiership went in for him when Wigan were relegated. However, he’s had more injury problems so as Alan Sugar about a candidate he likes but is firing would say ‘Shaun, it’s with regret…’.
!!bada bing!!
17:06 on 10 January, 2015
He knows mate.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Evening Timland from a soon to be very cold hun free mountain valley.
BadaB
Many thanks for your info re Clyde, saw the post @ haf time, looked @ how the game was going on the betting site, it was all Berwick, score was 0-0, took them @ 7/4
Muchas Gracious, it’s paid the leccy bill :)
HH
Aberdeen have won 8 on the bounce with 8 clean sheets. That’s an impressive run.
An absolute joke that we didn’t play our fixture. Whose bright idea was it though, the football or the business department?
TET-Glad i have been of help to someone today,feel terrible re PN tickets for BSR HH
The best team ultimately wins the title.
As impressive as the Aberdeen stats are, we will wait and see when that fat lady sings.
I would certainly welcome Sean Maloney back. We need more players with the skill to go one on one with defenders and create openings.
BSR/BADA
Check out Gumtree Glasgow, a few going as an hour ago
Wee bit pricey me thinks
HH
minceyheidman
17:19 on 10 January, 201
I was under the impression you could cheat your way to a title
minceyheidman
I think we’ll win the league but Aberdeen’s recent run is impressive.
So remember to all those LMS3 standing teams that were liquidated today, for a cost of £10 you can kid on that this did not happen, erasing any evidence of failure.
Your history will be in tact and both Jobo and CRC media services will simply airbrush over the whole thing. Rest assured your History is intact :-)
HH
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Aberdeen will bottle it as they always do
HT 17.13
Yes .
They are due much more consideration than many of our support are giving them.
Whilst we downsize and waste what advantage we have had in previous seasons.
There is very little between their first 13 and ours.
TT
rummybhoy
17:22 on 10 January, 2015
I would certainly welcome Sean Maloney back. We need more players with the skill to go one on one with defenders and create openings.
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Shaun has stated he wants to stay down south, he was only to be a board appeasment for Kris getting shown the door anyway.
Mickybhoy,
You might have had your tongue in your cheek writing your post, but by feck, you’re spot on in the way a lot of supporters feel at the moment.
I’m not long of the phone to my wee mate that has a table in the number 7, he feels he’s flushing money away with the way the games are getting shifted about.
3.00 Saturday, Celtic address it.
butsybhoy
17:22 on 10 January, 2015
BSR/BADA
Check out Gumtree Glasgow, a few going as an hour ago
Wee bit pricey me thinks
HH
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Is this a contribution to the Maloney debate or the Nutini scramble!
Moi?
I’m a big fan of both and would like to see them perform in Glasgow.
HH jamesgang
joe filippis haircut
16:40 on 10 January, 2015
I have to agree selling Kris Commons and buying Shaun Maloney is just plain daft I dont know if this is Ronys idea but if it is hes just for me shown he is struggling with the Celtic job.H.H.
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Rumours, rumours, rumours ….we are, after all in the transfer window ….incidentally, I would bring Shaun back in a minute….!!!!!!!!
We will not countenance paying the salary Shaun Maloney earns ,unless we get 2 players off the wage bill .
TT
mickbhoy1888,
Sorry, thats better.HH
mickbhoy1888
17:28 on 10 January, 2015
minceyheidman
17:19 on 10 January, 201
I was under the impression you could cheat your way to a title
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No not possible …………..really?
Not this year anyway.
Atmosphere inside Crystal Palace’s ground tremendous as usual.
H.T and T.T. I agree.
I think a lot of our fans have been dismissive of Aberdeen.
They are not world beaters, by any stretch of the imagination, but they have improved enough to beat most of the other teams in the league. Do I think we will win the league? Yes. But it might be closer than people think.
Captain Beefheart 17:14 on 10 January, 2015
An absolute joke that we didn’t play our fixture. Whose bright idea was it though, the football or the business department?
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You have to remember that the football department is now a sub-section of the business department. We are slowly but surely being turned into the footballing equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters.The bottom line is all that matters these days.
tom mclaughlin 15:34
Sorry for delay in replying, this weather obviously affecting me so have just spent last hour or so getting a holiday booked.
GMS splits opinion and to my mind he can look very good on occasion and flatter to deceive on others so I agree we could do better in this window and I’d much rather we focused on quality versus quantity.
Re being Celtic class, that’s an interesting point, how would you/ we define Celtic class and how many of our first team squad would meet that criteria?
HH
PSG quick news will be in total meltdown
HH
Hamiltontim
No doubt Aberdeen are on a good run. Would be interesting to see what would happen if teams played 10 behind the ball like they do against Celtic.
Aberdeen counter attacked St. Mirren today. A team bottom of the league.
Says it all to me.
We are foolish to dismiss Aberdeen
They have the bit between their teeth and getting results
We’re not a good side …
Handing them advantages like today is stupid …we should be pressurising them …
HT
Aberdeen’s run is impressive but not as impressive as the sun kissed bodies on our treatment table!!
Anybody fancy our chances of keeping eight clean sheets on the bounce
Colour blind bhoy
Here’s a few who shouldn’t be playing at Celtic:
Ambrose
Matthews
Stokes
McGregor
Berget
Wakaso
Mulgrew
Doubts over Guidetti.
guernica
14:25 on 10 January, 2015
What I learned from today –
Biton can’t carry the responsibility of being the main man.
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Funny old game.
Craig Gordon commentating on Celtic TV agreed with me that Bitton was our man of the match.
chrisvancoupon
I didn’t see their game so can’t comment on their style of play.
What I do know is that they won….again and their current run is impressive.
Supersutton
Bitton needs to man up. The number of tackles he shirked against Kilmarnock was cringeworthy.
I fear Celtic are a soft touch these days.
Midfield tackler definitely required.
Before anyone says it, Brown isn’t a midfield tackler.
Pfayr.
That made me laugh, yet it shouldn’t have.
I can’t see us ever keeping 8 clean sheets in a row, playing the formation Ronny plays.
pedrocaravanachio67
17:48 on
10 January, 2015
Hang on, Wee Shaun will not be pleased if there is not sole and exclusive rights to the table
HH
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