There are truisms in life. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, night follows day and Hibernian Football Club will not win the Scottish Cup. However, a failure to lift the trophy since Orville said to Wilbur, ‘I bet this thing gets off the ground’, does not guarantee subsequent failures. Hibs have already beaten Celtic this season and are perfectly capable of doing so again on Sunday.
Before this season Kilmarnock hadn’t won at Celtic Park since 1955, but it happened. St Johnstone, Motherwell, St Mirren, Inverness and Ross County beat us too. All these defeats were against the odds; no more so than Hibs are on Sunday.
Celtic need to get in touch with how they felt after their League Cup semi-final defeat to St Mirren, a day of so much regret. The 90 minutes will pass quickly, there’s no point leaving something in your locker for next week. Let’s get off to a flier.
Many thanks for sending over your Seville photographs, we are planning to pull photos and your comments on the event together into a special publication. If you have any more please send them in, celticquicknews@gmail.com.
Willie Wallace will be signing copies of his book at Waterstones on Sauchiehall St between 2pm and 4pm on Saturday, 25th May. Bet he knows what he was doing that very afternoon 46 years earlier. Get along to see him or order your own signed copy below. This is going to be a great weekend.
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Book early Bhoys Champuons League Final 2014 Berlin.
Good place to start and finish our season.
Europa Cup Warsaw
Take either right now.
FREE THE VEREMALEN ONE !!
the boy jinky
cheers, but being the youngest of nine i am used to a good slagging
oh dear….hearing that Owenie Coyle’s not hanging around theses parts for nothing……
In Celtic’s very first season -1888/89 they reached the SC Final but lost 1-2 to a now deid club – no, not them but Third Lanark.
Road to the final:
First round………….Shettleston(H)…5-1
Second round……..Cowlairs (H)……8-0
Third round…………St Bernard’s (A).4-1
Fourth round……….Clyde(H)…………9-2
QF……………………..E.Stirling(A)…….2-1
SF……………………..Dumbarton(A)….4-1.
Playing football ‘the Celtic Way’ right from the start!
Shame about the final!
HH!!
googybhoy
The 2014 CL final is in Lisbon if I am not mistaken?!
HH!!
Good afternoon all.
How is everyone today?
BT, hope you are progressing well. Haven’t noticed GSU on for a bit. Hope is recovering well also. In fact, I hope anyone with any ailments are on the road to recovery.
Weefra HH
31003
are you trying to ruin our day ? :)
HH
thanks for the replies to my fading memory of 75… Still got the programme..
Paul & TallyBhoy thanks.
We got a penalty???
Collum was not on that day..
Made me recall a previous final, on the TV..
Andy “Kipper” Lynch
( did I just make that kipper up or is it again Celtic history embedded in my brain?”)
left footed penalty .. 1-0 the hoops. Was it not BFDJ handling on the line?
Brilliant memories..
Helikaon @HelikaonHilkiah 4m
I think we must all be of the opinion now that something seriously weird has happened to Sevco’s share price? Suspended under a D notice?
67 Heaven– re your comments on the last thread re tickets– that is very kind of you and thank you for the sentiment.– I might take you up on that one day lol.
Winning Captain– an afternoon with Willie Wallace, Yourself and Paul 67? However add the word ” Beer” at the end and the whole package is sold as far as I am concerned.
WGS
If he is fit it’s a no brainer, great player, just the kind of centre half I like..
jake the snake @celticservant 5h
So @MarkWotte retired from professional football at 26 . Meaning, where does pride, desire and ambitions come in this picture?
HH
RE Thomas Vermaellen.. Did he not have a bad knee injury?
tallybhoy
13:24 on 23 May, 2013
googybhoy
The 2014 CL final is in Lisbon if I am not mistaken?!
HH!!
Must be 2015
I’ve got a feeling that Sunday will be the……
KRIS COMMONS SHOW
Hail Hail
31003- My biggest fear.A clown.
borgo67
Ruined my day :>(
We fra
Getting there buddy..
Gsu posted either Tuesday or yesterday. .
NAP time..zzzzzzzzz
With regards to Vermaelen…not a chance.
We wouldn’t pay 5m, we wouldn’t pay his wage (50k+/wk?), I wouldnt want Celtic to risk that cash on anyone, he wouldn’t play in Scotland. Etc.
A CONSORTIUM of Scandinavian
businessmen vying to take
control of Hearts have dispatched
a legal team to Lithuania to
thrash out a deal for the club.
The unnamed syndicate
comprised of six Norwegian
businessmen “with an
educational background from
Edinburgh”, first surfaced
several months ago.
However, their interest was
thought to have flagged until the
sudden release of a statement
through sports management
firm, Crest SportsGroup. Talks
between the group and rival
consortium Foundation of
Hearts had taken place back in
February but a second round of
discussions in regards a joint bid
never materialised.
The group have now made clear
their intentions with “a
comprehensive business case
and action plan” in place and “a
team working full time in
Kaunas” to monitor the
situation.
Their statement reads: “We have
made contact with the
appropriate authorities in
Lithuania and elsewhere to gain
access to the necessary
information, as well as make it
known that this group of
businessmen may be interested
in fielding a bid for the club.
“We currently have a team
working full-time in Kaunas to
monitor the situation and keep
contact with the appropriate
parties in relation to the
situation at Heart of Midlothian
FC. This team includes the
necessary local legal capacity to
field a bid for the club and
negotiate the terms of a
takeover, should a decision to
move ahead be taken.”
However the group have also
made it clear that they are
unwilling to take on any of the
club’s current £25 million debt.
The identities of the foreign
delegation remain under wraps
but the group reportedly come
from business backgrounds in
banking, oil engineering,
shipping and venture capitalism.
A spokesman for Crest
SportsGroup said: “Until
instructed to do so, we are
prevented by client
confidentiality to reveal the
identities of the group of
businessmen, and their decision
to step forward will be taken
entirely by themselves when
appropriate.
“We can confirm, though, that
most of them have educational
background from Edinburgh,
and they all consider themselves
supporters of Heart of
Midlothian FC.”
Edinburgh MP Ian Murray, who
represents the six key Hearts
fans’ groups – Federation of
Hearts Supporters’ Clubs,
Foundation of Hearts, Heart of
Midlothian Shareholders’
Association, Heart of Midlothian
Supporters’ Trust, Hearts Youth
Development Committee and
Save our Hearts – said of the
emergence of another bid:
“There has been no contact
between this group and the
Foundation of Hearts for some
time.
“It is clear that they are also
uncertain about matters in
Lithuania and are awaiting
clarity like ourselves. All we can
do is continue working on
establishing our own bid.
“We do not view this group as
rivals, as all we have is the best
interests of the club at heart as I
would hope they do also.
“If they wish to come and speak
to us about their bid then we
would be more than happy to
talk.”
In September 2011, a
sponsorship deal between Crest
SportsGroup, described as a
multi-international sports
consultancy, and city ice hockey
side Edinburgh Capitals collapsed
due to “difficult economic
conditions.”
BT
Sweet dreams. :))
Weefra HH
Appologies for wrong earlier post.
“Two beautiful venues for our finals for 2015,” UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said.
The timing could not have been better as far as Germany is concerned with an all-German Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund set for Wembley on Saturday.
The 2015 match, at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, will be the first European final in the German capital which hosted the Olympic Games in 1936 and the 2006 World Cup final.
Two German cities have previously been used as the venues for the Champions League final with Munich hosting it three times in 1993, 1997 and 2012 and Gelsenkirchen staging the 2004 final.
Dortmund and Hamburg have hosted the UEFA Cup, now the Europa League, final since it was switched to a single-match final in 1998.
Poland, which co-hosted Euro 2012 with Ukraine, has never staged a major European final, but Warsaw’s refurbished National Stadium staged the opening match of last year’s European Championship between Poland and Greece.
It also hosted the semi-final in which Italy beat Germany 2-1.
UEFA last year awarded the 2014 Champions League final to Lisbon and the Europa League final to Turin.
WeefratheTim
13:24 on 23 May, 2013
Doing well mate, Physio putting me through the ringer, no pain no gain and all that stuff :0
Will keep you posted
Cheers !
gsu
@OfficialNeil: Thrilled to be on the touchline for Sunday..Cup Final is always a special occasion
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Thrilled to be on the touchline for Sunday..Cup Final is always a special occasion
RWE…..From last night,
Panic over – My daughter took the shirt, thinking it was her husbands, and put it in her bag. He has the same one – at home.
I would prefer the hoops on Sunday though.
Thanks for your response.
Hail Hail
Teuchter
SOT – from earlier, you are correct, it was a lazy generalisation on my part. I did note however, that the last Rome derby resulted in six stabbings and quite a lot of violence.
Keep yer heid doon!
DBBIA – Wee Gillian has been a favourite of mine for many years, since I first discovered the X-Files. I’ve been most impressed by her cunning linguistics….she’s fluent in English AND American!
T4
GSU
Good news, keep the updates coming kiddo. :))
Weefra HH
BIG-CUP-WINNERS 12:24 on 23 May, 2013
Well I ain’t got tickets for me or the Bhoy for Sunday !
Unsuccessful in the ballot and no joy from family, friends and associates.
If anyone knows of a couple of tickets going, either in the Celtic areas or the Main stand, irrespective if it’s for the Celtic or Hibernian section, please consider letting me know.
I’ll be over at Hampden on Sunday in the hope that some become available at the last minute.
I’m going to Hampden without one as well.
I’m giving mine to my 13yo daughter.
Any thoughts on where you’ll be watching the game if you don’t get a ticket?
I’m not sure of the pubs around that area.
~SPF~
What’s a D notice?
T4
DBBIA
Gillian Anderson has also been a favourite of mine since the days of the X-Files – one of my all-time favourite TV series.
Not a ‘classical beauty’ but she certainly scrubs up well!
HH!!
Richard dunne available from villa wud do a job
blantyretim
12:27 on 23 May, 2013
Proudbhoy
He questions the ambition of Chris Commons, surely the sfa director would be aware of the recent problems the bhiy and his family has endured.
Another sfa clown
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You would think. Strange given strachen the national manager came out straight away saying he understood why kris made the decision.
I wonder if wotte has questioned lee wallace desire and ambition given his choice of club team.
.
Help..
I’m stuck in a Lift with 9 American Sailors..
Livibhoy,
My wife’s a Hibbee also…could be sleepin in the spare room…still waiting for Hibbee mate to get back to me re brief for Hibs end hospitality.
Glasgow and auld reekie r greennwhite!
Whilst looking for the answer to the CelticFC competition, I came across these facts regarding the 6-1 game in 1972.
The record 20th century Scottish Cup final score line.
Celtic also scored 6 goals in League Cup finals against Hibs, 6-2 in 1969 and 6-3 in 1974, where Dixie Deans also scored a hat-trick.
Dixie Deans became in the history books the first (and to time of writing the only) player to have scored hat-tricks in both a Scottish Cup and League Cup Final.
The final tally of arrests during and after the Scottish Cup Final was announced as 223.
Baillie Stewart Stevenson, Glasgow’s senior magistrate revealed that 150 had been for “miscellaneous offences,” mostly urinating. Sixty four supporters were arrested inside the ground and charged with breach of the peace.
Jock Stein:
“Let’s take stock of the season, we won the League championship and the Scottish Cup and we were in the final of the League Cup and were not beaten in any of the European Cup matches. I think we did all right.”
Jim Craig’s last game for Celtic after a marvellous career.
Lisbon Lion Bertie Auld was a Hibs’ substitute on the day.
Kenny Dalglish and Dixie Deans win their first Scottish Cup medals.
Celtic had now created a Scottish record of scoring 19 goals in one Scottish cup campaign.
Two jets flew in over 250 Celtic fans from Canada into Prestwick airport on the day before the match. They paid $370 for a four day trip to Scotland.
~SPF~
bhoylo83
13:51 on 23 May, 2013
Richard dunne available from villa wud do a job
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Alot would depend on his fitness and if he would take probably a 75% pay cut.
Only last year he was still excellant .
I loved big dunne but think we could do better looking at someone younger.
Shawcross at stoke ? Would he leave the lavish EPL relagation battle for a taste of champions league.
Probably not :-(