Neil Lennon was in no mood to pull his punches on the subject or Rangers alleged tax evasion for a period stretching over a decade at his press conference yesterday. Asked if winning this season’s SPL by less than Rangers 10 point penalty would devalue the achievement he said, “If we do win it and people want to throw that at me, I will have plenty to say about devalued titles over the years”.
Peter Lawwell strongly rebuffed suggestions that Celtic were in a mood to show solidarity with Rangers should they lose their tax tribunal early this week and Celtic marked the card of Rangers’ political schemer, Alex Salmond, who tried to tell the world how Celtic fans felt about the issue.
While Neil Lennon was keen to focus on tomorrow’s important SPL game against Hibernian, he dealt with questions on Rangers without flintching. Asked about “financial doping” he said, “doping is a sporting term for cheating”
Adding, “In athletics, if you are caught doping you are banned. Alberto Contador got stripped of his Tour de France win in 2010, so there are precedents.
“It’s all hearsay and hot air at the minute. I don’t want to comment on it until all the results and all the findings are out. But if it has had a direct effect on me in my playing days, I will come out and say something at that time. As it is now, it hasn’t been proved.
“They are in administration for a reason and I am sure you guys will get to the bottom of it. It’s not my business, not our club’s business, but it will be my business if it has affected me as a player, or previous managers, and has denied us titles and trophies in the past.”
Conspiracy theorists who have tried to convince the world that Celtic and Rangers have been involved in some mutual preservation pact in recent years will be forced to reflect on the accuracy and consequences of their confounded allegations. As always, our club will only prosper with unity. Persistent attempts to rip it apart will only cause further damage.
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starry plough says:
18 February, 2012 at 16:53
bucket collection must have delayed kick off.
FT HA HA
starry plough
They’re 300 years behind everyone else
Celtic Fans Don’t Walk Away We Conga –
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Are the rangers fans actually singing ‘God Save Our Queen’?
Should it not be ‘God Pay Our Queen’ cos were not gonna!
6 hr turnaround in Wishy General for the re stiching of sides.
Lovin’ it !
Just checking in to see how things went at the Govan wake.
Oh dear.
Big Nan, leftclicktic, and crushed nuts thanks for the tips earlier on how to hide my Timmy-ness on going into deepest darkest Larkhall.
Seriously Bhoys if this keeps up I’ll have to pretend I’m a Doctor Who fan!
By my reckoning it’ll cost about £84million to save the queen
Aberdeen fan on Shortbread giving it to them, most enjoyable.
Any calls for Alistairs head yet…
Top 4 in SPL: Celtic, Rangers, Motherwell, Hearts. Read backwards its HMRC!!!
Well that was the flattest rally ever ;-) my liver and stomach can’t take much more. It’s like every day of the week is a Carlsberg day lol
My song for the orcs: I give you – ha ha your dead! (awe-naw surprised you missed this!)
How do you get your sleep at night?
How did you get your noose so tight?
Like chewing on tinfoil, it’s so much fun
Gonna be dead before your gone
Cause look how things have gotten
And I’ll be happy so I won’t pretend
And I’ll be cheering that you’re going down
And I’ll be laughing, I’ll be laughing
How many feelings can you steal?
Gotta be part of your appeal
I can see through you cause you’re wearing thin
Like chewing on tinfoil once again
Cause look how things have gotten
And I’ll be happy so I won’t pretend
And I’ll be cheering that you’re going down
And I’ll be laughing
Ha Ha you’re dead
And I’m so happy
In loving memory
Of your demise
When your ship is going down
I’ll go out and paint the town
Ha Ha you’re dead
Ha Ha you’re dead
Ha Ha you’re dead
(ha ha ha)
Ha Ha you’re dead
And I’m so happy
In loving memory
Of your demise
When your ship is going down
I’ll go out and paint the town
Ha Ha you’re dead
Ha Ha you’re dead
Ha Ha you’re dead
Ha Ha you’re dead
The joke is over
You were an asshole
And now you’re gone
As your ship is going down
I’ll stand by and watch you drown
Ha Ha you’re dead
You’re gonna be dead
Just remember what I said
Ha Ha you’re dead
Ha Ha you’re dead
Ha Ha you’re dead
Saves them paying a win bonus I suppose!
Good spot by Scottish footie correspondent on Final Score:
“Reading upwards, the the first letter of the top 4 teams in the SPL reads ………..H, M, R C !
Keeps getting better and better.
new article posted.
Top four in the SPL reads H-R-M and of course C you couldnt make it up
Hi chaps did anything interesting happen today????????
:D
lol lol ha ha ha ha ha ha
Hail hail
Kilmarnock 1 DeadBeats 0
And Little Audrey,
Laughed and Laughed!!!
Kojo
Still Laughin’
wondering about the town this afternoon expecting a more vocal hun support that usual
nothing…was toon was dead. few huns i did see looked very sombre.
Great point someone said that there was more vocal protest when petit merde signed in ’89
Anyway what a week awaits us. hopefully 3 wins before they play again ( if ever)
More of the story unravelling
liquidation
oh my
What was the score at IPOX? Really, well I never… oh wait a minute I had Killie at 8/1
well that calls for a celebration or perhapps a wee giggle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HAD1fcPDOM
gsu
traynor trying to stir it by paraphrasing Lennon press conference yesterday.
Lennon whats titles stripped ( not quite what he said)
Also mccoist sounds ill…
For a club that constantly decries DIGNITY whenever they speak ,when is one of them going to show the slightest bit of dignity and say they deserve everything and more that is coming to them .
We are now told that the SPL rules will be changed to allow them a route back in
Dignity my erse
hail hail
i always thought rangers hated us… they are really trying to cling on to us now as if we are dead without each other. pathetic
blow that feckin’whistle, ref
Wooh, Jabba!
The Big House…….. Of Pain!
Bizarre, I actually didn’t care if they won or lost. Luckily, they lost.
Is this real life?
Got to be dreaming…
The alarm clock must ring soon.
NO?
I’m 31 years old and been suppporting our great club as long as my oldest memories.
I always felt hard done by , being born after the greatest and most successful period in Celtic’s history.
Somebody’s making it up to me.