Newco have cut Celtic’s ticket allocation at Ibrox from 7,000 to 800 tickets per game next season. I understand their thinking. There have been four games between the clubs at Ibrox, Celtic winning each: the first, coming from behind, the second, free-wheeling by a couple of goals, the third – scoring five, and the fourth – twice coming from behind, then winning with 10 men.
It is a litany of humiliation, played out while 7,000 have a party in a stadium, the rest of which is near-empty well before full time. Can you imagine having to sit through this, season after season? Of course they want to reduce our headcount and garner whatever competitive advantage possible.
There are problems. League rules state a “reasonable number of visiting supporters” must be admitted. This number should be agreed in advance with the visiting club, or else the SPFL board will adjudicate.
Then there is the small matter of the Ibrox safety certificate, which Dave King previously said depended on Celtic fans being given the Broomloan Stand. The police insist each set of fans have distinct and separate approaches to stadiums at high-risk games.
Celtic will be happy to reduce the number of Newco fans they have to accommodate – it should shelve talk of having to put prison-grade toilet facilities in areas they visit. Each away team will suffer a competitive disadvantage, but making visits to Ibrox trickier will do our European preparations no harm.
Whatever the police and SPFL say, Dave King has more to worry about.
He still has to get £11m out of South Africa and into a UK bank account.
He needs to satisfy the Takeover Panel before he can start a share issue.
He needs to satisfy the Court of Session over his failure to comply with Takeover Panel instructions.
He needs to satisfy loans due by 1 July (Oh you thought they were all going to be converted to shares, did you? Wait for this one).
He needs to fund a trading shortfall for next season.
He needs to find enough cash to keep the management team on-side before the transfer window closes.
And he needs to convince Uefa they satisfy Financial Fair Play regulations. Straightforward if you have lots of cash, don’t need to use it to buy-out other shareholders at 20p/share, repay loans or fund a football team.
There is simply too much to do. Better to circle the wagons by throwing some crumbs to the easily-deluded. You know how this story ends.
It’s the 25th May. It is also the weekend. You have permission to wallow in nostalgia for 24 hours. Enjoy it.
You can also participate in Green Day: donate £5 (see below) to the Foundation. You’ll enjoy this too.
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Last night on CQN was a throwback to the good old/bad old Saturday night carnage on the blog. The one thing we all have in common is our love for Celtic but apart from that we share very different views. I get that but what mystifies me is why a person would join a social media forum and pretend to be someone you’re not. Understandably those individuals deserve our sympathy and support. Hh
All these Liam and Noel comments remind me of going down for breakfast at my hotel and being asked if I would like the”Oasis” breakfast? What’s that says I? “You get a roll with it” !!!!!! Hail Hail Hebcelt
Lennybhoy and GUISEPPE67,
Sorted Bhoys. Thanks to both.
Hello again all you young rebels.
Phew! that was a tough read back, seems the trolls have been creating
bad feelings again, ah well, they always get found out in the end.
Anyway here’s whats been happening in our wee part of this big Celtic
world.
Our young team here in Oz have fought there way to the top of their
league and great credit must go to the Celtic academy coaches who came
here and taught us various training drills which we apply rigorously.
And as we are a relatively new club with mainly immigrant roots the
established hierarchy don’t like it one bit, hopefully we can hang in there
and get our first trophy.
Our Csc down in rebel town is going strong but no Big Celtic day for another
three weeks yet, feels a bit like the close season for us with no games on.
Paddymac our pressy, has been looking at ideas to get everyone together
in between time so he’s came up with hiring a bus for the members and
going on a brewery tour where you can have lunch overlooking a beautiful
lake and next doors winery.
Not sure it’s a good idea, they don’t sell Guinness 8-)))))))
H.H Mick
Watching Royal Cousins At War on PBS America, good documentary.
All those parasites were/are related to each other.
Even Der Kaiser’s mother was English, believe it or not.
Mad.
HH.
SID1888 on 27TH MAY 2018 9:24 PM
Great post about Liverpool, well said.
HH
I think the very needy BP has had his account pulled..
16 roads. on 28th May 2018 1:11 am
Watching Royal Cousins At War on PBS America, good documentary.
All those parasites were/are related to each other.
Even Der Kaiser’s mother was English, believe it or not.
Mad.
HH.
…………………………………………..
I woke up and watched a bit of it.
I agree that PBS does put decent stuff out there.
I missed their Jerusalem Series, I know the little I seen was Good. I mean’t to record it.
No problemo – just play yer Demo.
Who wants it? Who wants a REWIND?
Are Frankie & Benny still allowed to post? ?
Big Packy & Joan, all the best HH
WEEBAWBABBITY, lurking is the best Amigo HH
No trophies will be stripped, Brendan the same club fudge has got the PLC aff the hook, the fans urny cute enough, the Rebels have Gone, Old Firm FC is the name of the game, the £49ers are the future, heaven help us!
Chuck a grenade in, then git oot CSC
…..Oot.
Five
Keith Jackson and Robertson going off message big style in the Record today. ‘A chaotic backdrop of internal squabbling, uncontrollable egos and personal agendas……Overseen by a PR machine that belongs to Soviet Russia’. And ‘Former Rangers stars face £24m EBT bill as taxman’s payback deadline looms’.
“Keef” not at all bothered about his informants inside Ibrox now outside Ibrox por cierto.
So the kaiser’s mother was English Das Boot al get ma coat
Beautiful day here in the capital of the republic of southern eire aka West Brit Central.
Looking forward to some cucumber sandwiches on the village green while watching the cricket
I love this guy, but he’s gonna come a cropper at some stage – there must a ned or two in Aberdeen who’s going to cross his path
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gj0SRKUFG0
Just read an article on Sky Sports website about Sviatchenko leaving.
They have a picture of Bitton.
Rank amateurs.
Glad I cancelled Sky.
Good morning good ghuys and ghirls from another gloriously sunny day in the Garngad
I don’t know if I can handle another day in the sun, my pale skin is already burnt, used cream of course.
Good reading on the blog yesterday, regarding BP I don’t know what he was, I always take people at face value until they cross me, I do have a good sense of judgement but not seeing someone face to face can be harder to judge.
I did find it strange when he posted something and no one answered he seemed to throw his dummy out of the pram, that said I just scrolled by.
Have a good day all
HH
D. :)
Hector wants his cash back on Thursday from the ebt gang bet auld Watty’s memory has just got worse Whits an ebt son is that a new sports channel don’t know what you’re talking about.
Morning all
Car won’t start and now reaching point where it may have to be scrapped. Well I have had the old jalopy since just before Craig Bellamy was missing title clinching opportunities.
More serious bad news was learning that the wife of a very close friend – and brother of a much missed former contributor to this blog- has breast cancer. Hopefully the treatment will be successful but the travails of Liverpool’s goalie seemed awfully small on Saturday evening.
A bit disappointed that Erik has left. Thought he had the makings of a more than decent, proper centre half but he never looked comfortable after Brendan took over.
Vale Erik
Jimbo67
My thoughts on the Liverpool “red Huns” carry on
I wanted the reds to win for a few reasons
Andy Robertson cos he’s a Tim and cos he’s a good lad
Can’t really take to CR7 and Ramos?
Where do you start
The big reason though is that a lot of guys who post on here -or did- were at the 2:0 game on the Seville journey and the home fans wished them well and said they hoped we would win it
They know good players when they see them
And we probably would have got a good few quid from the VVD transfer if they won
Pedro csc
Mint toffee treats on 28th May 2018 9:37 am
That is an interesting post — care to expand?
On another note, many of you now that I have a tendency for late night radio listening.
I know it is not everyone’s cup of tea but attached is a link to a full radio adaptation of Sean O’Casey’s masterful Juno and the Paycock which i last saw in the Citizens Theatre many years ago now.
Honestly, if you have never tried it, simply sit down later tonight or whatever and let your mind and imagination wander.
It is absolutely terrific.
BRTH
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04p5202
I’ve been having problems accessing the comments section in the Scotsman.
Tried different browser’s, clearing of cache etc without any luck.
Any clever Techy help would be appreciated, thanks. HH
BRTH
Juno and the Paycock one of my favourite
Boyle: An’, as it blowed an’ blowed, I ofen looked up at the sky an’ assed meself the question — what is the stars, what is the stars?
…
Joxer: Ah, that’s the question, that’s the question — what is the stars?
Boyle: An’ then, I’d have another look, an’ I’d ass meself — what is the moon?
Joxer: Ah, that’s the question — what is the moon, what is the moon?
“Juno and the Paycock”, Seán O’Casey (1924)
Lots of love and thanks to Erik.
BRTH –
Juno and The Paycock .
A mighty fine play !
There is a Hitchcock film . A clunky early talkie with a slightly quirky take on the characters . . Worth a watch if you haven’t seen it . It was called the Shame of Mary Boyle in the States . Juno and The Paycock was considered to be too ” arty ” for the American market
“A treble is difficult enough – we did it back in 2001 – and then to do it twice is unbelievable. I take my hat off to everybody who is involved with the team.”
Mint tofffe
What’s the source re hmrc – we were told several times last year the the brown envelopes would be landing on the mats – seems like a ‘nessie’ type story (smiley thing)
What is the Stars on 28th May 2018 10:33 am
You will love this. It is really well done with an Irish cast with great characterisations. As will South of Tunis.
In the late 70’s early 80’s I went through a somewhat strange rebellious phrase. We were at the height of the Troubles and I found myself being a privately educated schoolbhoy and later student whose friends were mainly drawn from an Irish Catholic West of Scotland background.
Some of my friends parents, despite having clearly Irish backgrounds, were none too keen to focus on or even acknowledge their Irish connection and anything associated with Ireland.
The Troubles, The Politics, The Gerrymandering of elections, Civil rights, music, and yes even Celtic and football in general because of the “Celtic/Rangers thing” were somewhat suppressed. Almost distasteful.
Somemof these people were clearly snobs and up their own arse types. Others were just parents trying to steer their kids towards a lifetsyle which was away from prejudice, bigotry, conflict and controversy.
I despised the former and simply didn’t agree with the latter.
My father was a mad Celtic fan — he thought the club was the greatest thing since sliced bread and my mother was not far behind.
However, my dad always stressed the importance of Irish literature and Culture in association with politics and social comment and so in those late 70’s years I threw myself into O’Casey, Behan, Kavanagh, Yeates, Wilde, O’Nolan, Frank O’Connor, Patrick Pearse, Synge, Shaw, Friel, Stephens, Liam O’Flaherty, Louis Mac Neice and loads more.
I spent a lot of time as a student in the Tron Theatre (and Bar) on the Trongate and at the Citizens and whenever I got the chance I would deliberately steer the conversation towards the great literary culture and music of Ireland when faced with someone who I thought wanted to forget that their forebears came from the Emerald Isle.
No doubt I bored the arse of everyone but fairly often, once you chipped away at the surface, sure enough you would find that deep down there was a lingering desire to recognise Irish roots, Irish tradition and most of all Irish achievement – and it could never be questioned, doubted or debated that over a prolonged period of time the islane of Ireland had produced a far greater percentage of the greatest writers and songwriters than any place of comparable size and that Irish literature had influenced many others the world over.
Of course, some folk were none to keen on my stance and, I am told, there is the odd wedding I was not invited to for fear that I would sing the odd Irish song which might not go down well if asked to do a turn.
Many years on, “Irish Culture” is widely accepted though often depicted through the the number of Irish pubs we now have in Scotland. Some of these are rubbish, others are very good but many still pay homage on their walls to the great Irish writers of the past though there are many terrific Irish talents emerging today in all areas of the arts.
The BBC carry many Irish plays and audio books and now, for some, those old Irish roots are almost trendy!
An Gorta Mor is something to take great outrage at instead of something to be ashamed of or swept under the carpet, and being a Scottish Irishman is not considered to be some kind of dirty underclass unless you are one of those extreme bigots and idiots.
I love to hear productions of the Irish Classics and not long ago the BBC also produced a stunning version of Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa and the even more riveting Translations both of which hit home because of my Donegal roots.
Sorry to prattle on but in Scotland, for many (mostly halfwits) Irishness or Irish Culture is never defined beyond football, religion and pubs and there is so much more to us than that.
BRTH
BRTH
well said as always
First performed in 1980, the play Translations, about the arrival of British army mapmakers in 1830s Donegal, has earned the status of a modern classic. Now, London’s National Theatre is boldly reviving the drama with Irish stars Colin Morgan and Ciaran Hinds, at a time when the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic is again very much a hot and contentious issue.
Hinds remembers his first encounter with the work of the playwright Brian Friel, when he was a teenager in Belfast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44140208
Some betters from the great unwashed and deluded today.
On Jackson’s article.
He is only saying what we have all been saying,but we have a right to say it.He can GTF.
On the SEEDINGS for Europa,
Hammer whoever we get in the 1st round,that will send a few shock waves around Europe.
Would not mind Seville in the 2nd round.All their players will be tired after the World Cup.
We don’t want Seville.No way worried about them,but its a sh..t..le.
Could be quite difficult to reach the group stages.
ROLL ON THE SUMMER.
Will not miss BPs endless questions to GFTB,about Coatbridge in a bygone age.
Is that Apothecary that did the Leeches still there.I think it was across from the Blacksmiths,next to the Roof Thatchers.Just a bit up from the Gallows.Used to love going about there.
God bless and take care of Neale Cooper.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-44278758
Any link to the HMRC story ?
TURKEYBHOY
If the huns get drawn against Sevilla,I hope the authorities install machine gun nests around their sites of historical or religious significance.
Though they’re welcome to pick the fruit from the local trees-let them experience a bitter orange basturt for a change…
MORAVCIK
It is in the DR. I get pelters linking to it,sorry.
No problem.
Had a few txts about it, but no link.
So to summarise ………
HMRC will now go after the players for tax due on their EBT.
The players will claim that ‘the club’ should be paying this tax.
Will Sevco now claim it was the liquidated club who are responsible ?