President of La Liga in Spain has stepped into the Catalonian independence referendum debate by saying if Catalonia became independent clubs from that region, notably Barcelona and Espanyol, would have to leave the Spanish league and compete within their new domestic boundaries.
This claim is without foundation as multinational ‘domestic’ leagues are authorised by Uefa, Fifa and the EU, while Spanish clubs are able to compete with foreign clubs in European competition, but this intervention is likely to be one of the more emotive topics in the Catalonian debate. Would Barcelona fans vote for Catalan independence if it required them to withdraw from the Spanish league and hand back their status as one of the game’s world powers? Some would, some wouldn’t.
Football is the key cultural touchstone of European nations. Those who want to preserve the Spanish nation know this. Excluding Scottish clubs from the England and Wales football market has an enormous commercial impact on top-flight clubs here. It also means that our key cultural touchstone is Scottish.
Those who want to build a cohesive UK would be more productive by working to end the exclusion of Scottish clubs from the England and Wales league than telling nationalists they would be wrong to hold another referendum.
Popcorn and ginger on hand for the latest Newco Rangers episode. Flash mobs and EGMs, all destined to further tear the club apart. As we’ve said here for years, internecine strife is the only thing that can really damage a club. That lot seem to have a infinite supply of the stuff.
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Say what you like about Chris Sutton the pundit but CS the player would not miss some of the impostors on show now at our club.
My niece is a dietician………… I had a wee conversion with her last weekend at a 70th party
A lot of what I asked her was because of our apparent obsession lately with diet..
She was sort of laughing cos I had a pint of Guinness in my hand at the time…
To cut a long story short…….her jist was most things are OK in small amounts and not too regularly…..
So chips fine as long as not too often ……cakes I mentioned… cos am partial……..she said sugar was a big no no ……worse than crisps !!!!……which shocked me…
Anyway….too much bad…a little OK…
Ma ears are burnin’
South Of Tunis
14:14 on 8 October, 2014
Favorite vegan band ?
Soy Division..
Off oot to buy a John Dory.
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I prefer the toFu Fighters…
The other thing about Sutton is….nobody from the MON team should be lecturing on diet and fitness.
Think about all the late collapses in big games: Lyon away, Bayern Munich away, AC Milan away, Lovenkrands in extra time….helicopter Sunday. They were the squad who couldn’t handle playing in four competitions and ended up winning nuffin. A Rangers team managed by bloody Big Eck won a treble.
But aye. Chips are no bad!
Ah the old British league. Probably just in time for the high-speed rail link to reach Scotland. Wonder if Patrick Kluivert will still be Ross Co manager…..
“You won’t find another fule like me”
The New Attention Seekers
timaloy29
Chris Sutton scored a last minute winner against Rangers at Celtic Park is he absolved from blame?
The season we lost in Seville the players were burnt out going for 4 tournaments when we should have focused on the UEFA cup. We can win the league anytime but the UEFA cup was a once in a generation opportunity.
LB
Been waiting on this one coming up
Cheltenham Town v Bristol City Johnstone’s Paint Trophy 2nd Round19:45
Sky Sports 2 / Sky Sports 2 HD
I’d imagine that those in charge of football operations at Celtic assign roles on the basis of performance/talent rather than where a player comes from
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I’m fairly certain we have signed players at least in part because their acquistion opens the club up to new markets, especially in far east Asia.
BSR-You may be some time……:)
Kano’s Ghirl gubbed! :-(
If Celtic do eventually join a European League, i am assuming it will be home one week away the next.
Will we suffer from a “European Hangover” every second week and play badly at home?
If not, why not?
Surprise visit from ole Johann Murdoch. Always nice to get a wake up call in the middle of the afternoon.
Thanks R..
Ear chips are from cauliflower potatoes.
I’ve been told Mister Whiteside has a great chance at Kempton 2nd race tonight….by someone who was told by someone else, etc… :-)
Mighty Tim….
Shocking!
Have had a word with BT?
He’s been in that hospital long enough now to have some meaningful connections.
Seriously, that is terrible for your good lady, especially if she was worried in the run up to the op.
Now she could be stressed until January!!
I wish her a speedy recovery!
BT, out tomorrow 4 sure?
Anyone wanting a weather update from Grenada at 9.45 in the morning ?
Bloody roasting, 30 +, as I watch the boat go out with the scuba divers :-)
BT sounds like you are improving, nice
Parkheadcumsalford and Bawsman, sad that you have or will be giving up season tickets, my 2 will also be given serious consideration next season, as will my mhate who I sit with and his 2
Really don’t understand Celtic strategy with fans, why are they constantly chasing us away ? What is their motive behind some of the decisions being made ?
I can’t work this one out, but, chase us away they are and continue to do
Hail Hail
Mighty Tim
Call the ward back, ask for contact details for Clinical Service Manager, get him/her on the phone and lodge a complaint, IF theres been a medical emergency then fair enough, that happens and they will take the list forward on clinical need at the time, on the other hand if its been bad planning then somebody needs to explain that to Mrs MT
Supersutton
Feeling not so super today?
:o)
Richie….
Any odds on that one please?
on cold light of day and some reflection I would like to apologise to manager and for an outburst the other day about team after hamilton game.
Have forced myself to watch the highlights again and while Hamilton should have had 2 more (mainly because we were pressing so much) we had 7 clear cut no debate should have been a goal opportunities and had score been 7-2 with same performance I would not have been on here moaning. So to save being a hypocrite I come out now to say i was wrong, however, games like this happen, but one or 2 a year, we’ve had to many so far.
but onwards and upwards, win our game in hand and lets move on united.
MT
Nothing worse than being set up for an op and to have it postponed…
Not jyst the physical but the worry you go through every time you go through a procedure.
Freddie Sutton
– evilgenius CSC
@LiviBhoy
The reality is that over the course of MON’s time we lost quite a few important games in late goals because we were puffed.
Sutton certainly isn’t absolved of blame. When Strachan came in and got the players fitter, he didn’t want anything to do with it and left.
I know somebody involved with the club who told me that during MON’s last season the team were lazy. MON was working part-time (who can blame him of course) and didn’t become involved with training much at all. The team were out of the league until Craig Bellamy dragged them back into it and in the end they still lost it.
The wages those guys were picking up. Sutton was great when he was in his pomp for Celtic but he is in no position to talk about fitness and management. He was a player who didn’t look after his fitness enough and a failed manager.
Richie.
Although as Mighty Tim said things can change in the NHS ..
Philbhoy
3/1 currently on skybet
Cheers BT!
Cannot understand the obsession about getting David Hay back on board in some capacity.
David Hay was a marvellous player and a good servant to the club,but time has past him by
It’s a young mans game that moves on with new ideas,stand still and you are moving backwards.
Philbhoy cheers.
Che I got the impression that the beds were the problem. Level 10 in the western. What annoyed me was that the consultant she seen and who put her forward as “this needs done soon” wasn’t the young lady that made the call this morning.
Pisses you off when people have to take time off work or in wife’s case other teachers to take her classes. She had to get another teacher to attend a PT’s meeting in the southside this morning.
scotlands shame
We have all been guilty of that. On Sunday I was.
Let me associate myself with your sentiment.
Nice touch from you.
Hope it catches on.
timaloy29
Are we allowed to criticise MON?
LB
Armed forces day at Ibrox soon – prepare for asian men being beaten to an inch of their lives that night.
fanadpatriot
I agree there to be honest. I reckon Ronny would walk if anyone came in above him in a DOF role or similar.
LB
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29527389
This has got me worried that our very own completely impartial Campbell Ogilvie now has some competition for the FIFA job! Figured he was a shoe in and was hoping he gets it and then leaves his post at the SFA. Not sure how many members of the craft are on the FIFA board though!
MT
Your most likely bang on the button, and it is one of the challenges we are currently facing on a daily basis, that being said it does not detract from the fact Mrs MT should have been afforded an explanation, if we cant communicate effectively with the patient and family at a time when they need it most then were potentially making matters worse,
The FY2 or whomever has been on rounds has been given the jaggy end of the stick, all part of their learning experience.
coolmore mafia
Poppy debate imminent.
LB
BT-delighted to pop in-always good for a wee natter on things Celtic and yer leg!!-take care and get well soon HH
[hope you didnt bet Richies nags!!-like me grrrr:)]