Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 9-in-a-row CQN Charity Golf Day at Aberdour in Fife, yesterday. The event, auctions and raffles leading up to it raised £6000, the bulk of which will go to the 1254125 appeal, while some will go to Clic Sargent, who help families with children with that dreadful disease.
Lisbon Lion, Willie Wallace, and his wife Olive, were fantastic guests, who enjoyed spending a day with 70 or so friends. It doesn’t matter how far away Lisbon Lions live, you always find them the same way.
My sincere thanks to everyone who came along, bid of the auctions or bought a raffle ticket, all in aid of people you will never know. Thank you from all of us to John, Kevin and John, for their stressful work in pulling the event together, for the ninth year!
125 years ago a handful of people, living in a community devastated by hunger, destitution and TB, but who could make a difference, decided they would make a difference. As a result, Celtic was born. Celtic is not just something to brighten up your weekends, it’s not purely there to build friendships or to create common-interests across the generations, it is a movement you are required participate in.
The clarion call to all Celtic fans this year is to do more than just put your hand in your pocket, the spirit which gave birth to the concept of Celtic will only survive if those who can get involved, inspire a fresh generation by doing so.
Go register for 1254125, and commit to doing something to raise £125. It can be anything. You can walk a 1888 meters, go to the barbers and get a baldy to celebrate the signing of Amido Balde, it doesn’t need to be as ambitious as the 150 brave souls who right this very moment are atop Ben Nevis about to undertake the world’s highest huddle.
If you believe in this club, don’t leave it to someone else to take care of what’s important. The same goes for your season ticket. It has been over a century since we have been as close to the founding spirit of our club, but the sporting dramas which inspire us all are not achieved by new strikers, they are the fruits of tens of thousands fans buying season tickets.
Go stake your claim on Celtic.
You can buy Willie’s autobiography below:
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Adam Virgo you would think he would want to keep his gob shut about his ” Celtic Career”…
What a plum..
Who was the ref who’s well known to have boasted on the , ahem, “after dinner circuit” that he never officiated in a game that Rangers lost?
The long wait is over
Most of them
Foxy..,
I think you are being very naive
The plc board are legally responsible to protect ALL their shareholders interests, by refusing to take action on proven malfeasance they are condoning the fraud and working to the agenda of a minority of the shareholders to the detriment of all other shareholders. That’s the bottom line whether you like it or not. I think.
Irrespective of their “plans” they are incumbent to protect the rights and interests of every shareholder. They are quite obviously not doing that, else every shareholder would have a bigger dividend. Being cheated out of a minimum of £20M is no small matter except to a few and that few appear to be making the decisions that its not worth enquiring about.
BOBBYMURDOCH’S
From earlier. Like many on here it was always a mystery how many of the Lisbon Lions were moved out after 1970. I read an interview with Willie Wallace a couple of weeks back, think it was Tom English, where he gave his account of his going to Crystal Palace, in 1971 if I remember correctly. It is obvious now that the Celtic Board made that decision and not Jock Stein though it was Big Jock who put the proposition to him. Now, of course, players like Macari, Dalglish and Davidson were graduates by then, and as Jimbo67 pointed out Brian McLaughlin was beginning to get some game time, but even so the manner of his leaving was a disgrace.
Tallybhoy@ 19:53
Big Jock directed this comment at David Syme junior
The long wait is over.
Bobby Tait I think . Until his last game – Killie scored a breakaway goal at Ibrox in injury time. May 1998.
Jimbo
My Dear,Dear Friend….Kojo
Ah Look Forward In Anticipation…..
To Our Newly-Founded ‘Celtic Choir’….
Gracing The Slopes Of ‘Paradise-Oan-The
-Clyde’ Next Season…..
Singing With Joy & Gusto…..
In A Good-Natured Sporting Manner….
Devoid Of Any Political Overtones….
And Making Our ‘Turbulent’ Green Brigade……
With Their Embrace Of Unhealthy ‘Political Causes’…..
And Close Nexus With Extremist Anti- Democratic Organisations….
Who Wish To Destroy The Fabric And Culture…..
Of Our Ancient,Hardy Island Race…..
A Noisy And Embarrassing IRRELEVANCE..
..
Hopefully…..The Young And Vulnerable Brainwashed Youth…..
Inducted Into The Ranks Of The GB..
Can Escape The Clutches Of The Manipulative Marxist Political Agitators Who Lead The Group…
And Find Their True ‘Spiritual Home’….
Amongst The Honest Wholesome Folk..
Of “The Celtic Choir’….
Ditching Their PLO Flags…
Viva Cristo Rey….!
~~~~~~
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2013/06/palestinian-islamists-are-cleansing.html
Just watched some ole footage of ‘Stone the Crows’ and it got me thinkin’ about Taggart.
Clearly the eponymous hero is long gone to a better place, but they just carried on as if nothin’ had happened.
It reminded me for no good reason of a plucky cash strapped football team from the south of Glasgow.
Must be a Scottish thing
Dbbia/ Blythe Duff csc
The green brigade are kettled.
The Celtic choir will be singing kettled.
Tallybhoy @ 19:53…
It was the father and son duo of Willie and David Syme to whom Jock was referring when he made those comments after the 1977/78 League Cup Final.
Davidson, Syme and J R P Gordon all cut from the same cloth.
Burghbhoy @ 20:10…
I am sure that Rangers (1872/73 – 2012) name is not actually engraved on the Scottish Cup itself (on the plinth not the cup). They won it in 1903 and never saw it again until 1928.
Brazil 2-0 another cracker!
Burghbhoy
A depressingly accurate comment…
——
Jimbo67.
That’s the one.
How exquisite is it to think that all of his years of favouritism culminated in that match at Ibrox , which was his last ever game and which he specifically requested , which pretty much blew their quest for 10 in a row.
The only one of our records , the other being the Big Cup , of course , they ever had any chance of equalling.
Like the matchball………really round.
Crushed nuts.
I find it really hard not to respond to an msm non story, as in the Virgo one.
I hate the Scottish Msm. Not only have they aggravated the NL abuse, they stop at nothing in order to sell papers to the followers of those who have shamed and disgraced the country.
Foxy
The SFA and the SPL skullduggery us our skullduggery. That is why we are not speaking out and why we were compelled to state we were “surprised” at the SPL inquiry into side letters.
We are not asking any pertinent legitimate questions because we want to brush it under the carpet.
Thats the only conclusion I can come to.
HH
HH
Re: departures of various Lisbon Lions
Recently published Celtic: The Awakening is an excellent account of Celtic 1960-1980 and is heavily reliant on input from T Gemmell, B Auld and D Hay
Thoroughly recommended – I like to think I know my history but many fresh perspectives on events we are all pretty familiar with
Quite clear that many felt themselves eased towards the door shall we say.
J Hughes particularly scathing regarding his treatment
Us=is
Euro U21 – The Italians never fail to live up to their footballing stereotype
Author of Celtic: The Awakening is an Alex Gordon
My dear,dear,dear,friend..The Singing Detective
Hiya.. Pally?
Pleased tae Greet ye.
Much, as Ah am in Closer than.. well. Close…
in bein’, Pinkety Pinkety, wit Ye..in everything that ye Wrote in yer Ultimate Piece..
Ah Wull remain ..MUM..
Ah hiv chosen from Noo oan..
Tae ESCHEW.. particiapation oan any Political Discourse.
Fur..
The ..well. Simple… Reason
that the Present Climate of this Hallowed Site.. is
Avidly.. PRO ISLAM.
and,Wull Brook No Criticism of their Islamic Comrades.
So.. Ah know when Ah am Licked.. and Ah wull No Longer
Remind these Pro – Islamists oan here..
that.. Sooner, than ..well.. Soon… They wull Find Oot..
That They are Backing the Wrang Cuddy,in this race!
Ah wull jist stand Back..and watch. those Pro-ISlamists, oan
Here..
Stew in thur Ain Juice..
When.. their Friends in Islam
Begin thur.. Pre-and WELL.. Planned
Tak over of Thur Island.. That island Being ,of course..
The UNITED KINGDOM..
thru thur AIN British … Judicial System!!!
Nice Chatting Pal..
Kojo
Yer pal..wh likes ye bettah than No hivin a toothache.
Still..Laughin’
BURGHBHOY 2056
Possibly the finest one-liner in CQN history
Salut!!!!!!
The Long Wait is Over
I was in Edinburgh watching the scores coming through on the telly in Leerie’s In Edinburgh waiting for my beloved Jacqui to meet after shed been shopping. I was trying to be all cool and disinterested reading the sleeve notes of the CD I’d just bought . Cover blown as news of that goal came through.
Happy days.
Jimbo
Iran elects a “moderate” Cleric Rouhani as its new president
Said to be progressive,in favour of freeing political prisoners and rekindling relations with the west.
Surely good news
Any opinions
By the way he just tweeted that t”he rangers were sh~~e but there deed noo,”
Apparently he went to Uni in Glasgow and was often seen having a pint in the Sarry Heid
BMCUW
Salut, to u sir
Hail Hail
My Dear,Dear,Dear ….Kojo….
Never A Truer Word Spoken…..
Ah Kin See That Some Of Oor Esteemed Posters…..
Wull No Be Quite So Forward….
In Wavin’ Their Outsize Rainbow Flags…….
In The VeryNearFuture….!
Still….Laughin’
I don’t have ‘off the radar’ IQ, but I do know that the money being paid to both club directors and holding club directors is ridiculous. It’s also ridiculous that someone who was given shares at 1p a go is also being paid £750 000 per year – not including bonus for winning league with the second highest paid squad, by some distance, in the country and it would cost £1.4M to get him to sashay his fat can outta town.
CW had ‘£1BN under management’
CG opined that he had ‘3 billionaires’ keen to invest
SDM was going to build a casino, hotel, floating pitch and megastore whilst investing in basketball and ice hockey (similar to NUFC under the Sheppards)
CG was going to take them to England
CW had a £25M war chest for the gutbucket
SDM was only going to sell (reluctantly) to someone with the club’s(not the holding company’s) best interest at heart
CG never lied to anyone about anything
CW didn’t cook up the plan to get CG to front a scheme whereby CW was still the owner after the business went where it shouldn’t have gone according to CW
Prior is going to look under the hood…
JIMBO67
It was like someone’s front room and full of rugby types wi v-necks,ties and moustaches-I reckon they gave us the stuff to get rid of us!
The fella I was with was a great lad,I converted him from a Killie fan and Wee Free to Ubertim in no time.
Nothing worse-or better-than a convert…..
Squire Danaher
Did he not used to write for World Soccer and The Times. Will look out for the book. Aside from Ronnie, Yogi- who looked a lost soul in the 70-71 season – and, perhaps , Stevie Chalmers who’d never recovered properly from his leg break in Oct 69 all of the Lisbon era squad left early
Jimbo
BMCUWP
Rugby types were always a problem in Auld Reekie.
Jimbo
TLWIO,
Hope you are well, I cycled round Pollok Park today and was thinking of our footie games from a bygone age.
Anyway, check this band out:
http://publicservicebroadcasting.net/
A bigot talking to himself kidding on he is talking to another bigot.
Sad. Pathetic and sad.
Off Oooooooot.
Wife engrossed in stupid TV,so came on to site,but going back off,will leave the loony two to speak to themselves,or one to speak to himself,who knows.
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. The Singing Detective.
Did Ah evah tellya Aboot .
Yon Six- Legged. Giant Bunny.. that Ah chased, wan fine Day oan the Las Vegas tae Reno Inter-State?
Yep.. This Bunny wiz a real Fast Runner..
Ah am Talkin’ aboot.. a Giant Rabbit.. of course.. In case ye might hiv Thought ,otherwise..
Ach… Ah bettah No Tell ye.. aboot it..
Ah jist recalled that Ah hiv told that Story, afore.
Kojo
Still..Laughin’
The island is Great Britain.
The United Kingdom is one and a bit islands, a situation that some of the boys on here have an issue with.
Is Kojo talking about them Achill Island Islamists again
I was in the spur hotel Cumbernauld village with my late father, he had an accumulator on with 6/7 teams, all were up except Aberdeen who were 2-0 up at home to rankers, cue celebrations? we sat in front of tv counting winning’s every other game in Scotland posted results, must have been some injury time as about 10mins later final score came in 2-2 sure that was tait, needless to say a rather angry dad was poured into an unsuspecting mothers house, felt sorry for both. He was still going on about it till the day he past
Just like to make awee point aboot the Mib’s of the past…JRP Gordon…was banned by FIFA for taking bribes during the WCF’s in Argentina 1978.
The news of this was coverd-up by the ‘convenient’ scandal that broke re: Willie(Junky) Johnston taking drugs.
And, to think that we’ve been spun all the p@sh over the years that Scotland had THEE most incoruptable officials inthe game :):):)
Just thought I’d point that oot or – add it to the mix…
HH – Off oot.