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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I never saw the Tommy Boyd interview but, judging by the poster that’s upset, I reckon Tommy must have been talking sense.
Tom mc,
Plus one.
Personally, and I’m sorry to say this to you, I was genuinely hoping the completely impartial Campbell would get the job and move out of the SFA before he can be relied on to do any more favours for his fellow sevconians!
*No me…..he could just be effectual there against us as dallarse us with the refs we keep getting.
Italiabhoy,
I can’t see uefa enforcing this.
Lots of teams place cross border.
mighty tim supporting wee Oscar
sorry for late reply J,not great news about the wife .
we are good here,will be up for astra game and also the killie game
so if you are around and free maybe a pint or two?
HH
Kev,
Do you subscribe to celtic TV?
“Right,we wull invade Sports Direct an aw rat,oan Seturday.Aw right Berz.Lets show that Ashley fud,we want the King boy in,no him.Nae messin,right.
“Is the parkin no a wee bit ae a problem oan a Seturday”
“Aye,it kin be murder man.Dont bring yer motur,get a bus man”
But ah live in Bridgeton man,ah wid need tae get two buses”
Aw right.Enybudy thit his tae get two buses or mer,wull be gied the dosh back fae the auld fightin fund.
“Wull we need tae keep the tickets as proof,man.”
“If ma Da droaps me aff,wull he get petrol money”
“How,wer dae ye live”
“Easterhoose”.
rwe
19:29 on 8 October, 2014
Great sensible readable post.
HH to you Sir! Or indeed Madam?
Jamesgang
CanajunBhoy
16:56 on
8 October, 2014
Hrvatski jim
Good luck with your canadian trip. A wee bit of caution about bringing in the square sausage. Our customs people frown on any meat products coming into the country. They have dogs. trained to sniff for agricultural products in suitcases…..no kidding! Hefty fine if your caught.
*having just retired from the airport 2 year ago its no just the butcher meat either….chocolate which is made of a dairy product is also high on the list……..I’m 39+ years here and prior to 911 I had a suitcase full of back hame goodies….sausage, beef ham…sweeties etc…no noo…incidentally the importers are having a hard time bringing brit stuff in now….irn bru is high on their hit list.
I’m guessing Mike Ashley’s set for a dose of ranjursitis then……?
Break out the hazmat suits…………..
Hartson joins an extremely long list of ex pros taking the coin from MSM
If anyone thinks Hartson sits at his laptop and actually writes that then they are very naive.
He will be lucky to have the final edit.
Place=play
Speaking of typos….
Bt from earlier.
I think you are confusing yer Justin currys with yer Stevie nicks;)
If they have to spend a WHOLE day in sports direct then I might finally come round to the notion that they have ‘suffered enough’….
Actually…..naw…..
That said they’ll be able to move with ninja stealth through the shell suit and crappy polo shirt sections.
Perfect low life cammo.
Like a scene from Predator as the alien life forms blend into the backdrop…..with only drops of dayglow yellow blood leaving a track behind them…
HH jamesgang
If my memory serves me correctly, the use of the word Pravda to describe the Celtic View, was first coined by a former employee of Beaverbrook, Maxwell and Murdoch
My friends in Celtic,
While it maybe true to some extent that multinational ‘domestic’ leagues are authorised by Uefa, Fifa and the EU, this is dependant on the good will of the various countries.
It would be incomprehensible that this would happen in a messy acrimonious split, which would certainly be the case in Spain.
HH.
Turkeybhoy
It really is one of the most bizzare ideas for a protest Ive ever heard, even for them.
Beggars belief
Mike in Toronto
A thoughtful post.
If I can sum it up. “If ever there was a time to try something different to combat the constraints Celtic work under then that time is now”
Skint former Bhoys will always be easy meat / succulent lamb
for scoddish hacks……
Ashley better watch himself huns launch their own leeeeeeezure gear.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3537/3405691932_8e19ccbf33.jpg
Notthebus,
If anyone thinks Hartson sits at his laptop and actually writes that then they are very naive.
He will be lucky to have the final edit.
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You are almost certainly correct in that view.
However, not all columnists use a ghost writer.
I find it amusing when columnists are caught, as happens regularly, by not being aware of what is in their own column.
Jamesgang @ 2011.
I’ve now got an image of innocent staff members making their way to the bicycle section to escape the horrible hoards….
And a wee manager rolling about shouting….”get to the choppers!!!”
Coming from thems………….with their blue-eyed laptop loyal cover, where every day is The Twalf Of July…….
the Pravda jibe is right up there with ‘paranoia’……….
Tontime Tim
Was Ronny put in charge of Canadian food import policy?
Thanks for the advice. Looks like you have saved me from a fine/criminal record/execution.
Turkeybhoy (Murkey Bhoy according to my predictive text)
Very funny summation .
Margaret McGill
Res12. Proceeding in a forward manner.
For an idea of the problem of making progress with SFA read latest tsfm.
http://www.tsfm.scot/harper-macleod-and-lns/
Jamesgang
A country ruled by an inherently conservative religious clique whose henchmen beat and intimidate those who oppose the theocracy….while all the while turning a blind eye to the transfer of funds to neighbouring states to finance terrorist operations…
…..after leaving Scotland Mr Lennon went on to become the manager of Saudi Arabia’s national team.
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Brilliant, :-)
Good tae meet ye on Sunday…….
And I telt ye didn’t I :-)
James Wade with a 9 darter
Nae diet in that game
roberttressell
19:48 on 8 October, 2014
One short comment:
It appears that politics is allowed in football as long as it establishment politics or the establishment that talks about it or organises it.Challenge the status Quo and it’s send in the stormtroopers.No joke – we do not live in a democracy. We live in a plutocracy.The commodification of football and sport generally continues. never mind access to English sports markets. We should be arguing for the end of Sky, BT, et al money. We should be looking for fan ownership and collective ownership – not piggy backing on the bloated, immorality that is the EPL.
Good post mate.
Sky want their big sellin hate firm game back.,and we are goin to get a tsunami of kack sellin it.
HH
We’re just finishing off the new CQN book which is titled Caesar and The Assassin. Here’s the wording on the sleeve notes for those interested…
‘Caesar and The Assassin’ provides a compelling and fascinating insight into life as a Celtic manager for two of the club’s true giants.
During an extraordinary, tension-laden thirteen-year period, following in the legendary footsteps of Jock Stein, Billy McNeill and Davie Hay were the individuals entrusted to continue the unique tradition of one of the world’s most famous and romantic football clubs.
There were spectacular highs and heartbreaking lows throughout a remarkable and turbulent period in the club’s history. Unforgettable League Championship triumphs and dramatic near misses, breathtaking Cup Final successes laced with suspense and controversy, European nights that, for better or worse, which will live long in the memory banks.
This is the vivid diary describing the delight and the despair of managing Celtic, the club that was always closest to the hearts of Billy McNeill and Davie Hay.
The suspense on the field was often matched by the strain off it during a tumultuous, pressurised thirteen-year span for the two leading characters.
‘Caesar and The Assassin’ is published by CQN and is essential reading for Celtic supporters.
The book will be published at the end of October and Davie Hay has agreed to come on CQN at that time – just need to clear it with Doc!
No apologies if posted previously. Lovely article by Bill Heaney on Johnny Divers.
http://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2014/10/08/512055-remembering-hoops-hero-johnny-divers–who-only-scored-110-goals/
A true Celt if there ever was one, both in football and in REAL life. I don’t seem to recall Johnny ever slagging Celtic, our fans or our manager in the Daily Record.
Winning Captains, timing in life is everything:-)
You are good to go.
Let me know the date, other than natural disaster I’ll be there.
W.C.
Not Cesar and The Assassin?
Tom Molach
Thanks for the Johnny Divers link. A nice tribute to a good man.
The pic of Bobby Lennox that accompanied it made me smile, as JD would laugh at it himself.
HH
pedrocaravanachio67
You did tell me.and you didn’t lie!
But we’re ok, it’ll be hours till he wakes up, comes out of his lair and comes on here!!
HH jamesgang
Downfall – the real one on BBC4 now.
Cannae wait for the alternative subtitles!
rwe
21:02 on 8 October, 2014
Thanks.
The really important thing is the picture is of the Glasgow Derby.
Two legends tell the truth about DEILA.Slowly this complete Muppet is getting found out.
tom molach
21:06 on 8 October, 2014
…unless it is Motherwell :-)
Tom Molach
You’re a very naughty bhoy…
You’ll be forced to resign now, just saying like..
:o)