Thoroughly delighted for Lille on winning Ligue 1 against one of the world’s most prominent petro-dollar clubs. Lille have a structural commercial income less than Celtic’s, but have traded like a barrow boy for a barren decade since 2011, when they won their first trophies in over half a century.
In 2018, they escaped relegation by a single point; it wasn’t that they did not have talent, but the resources they had were not spread evenly enough to fill a squad. In 2019, the For Sale signs went up; Lille sold their four most valuable assets for a combined total in excess of €150m. They rebuilt and a year later finished second behind PSG.
Again, their best assets were sold, two players bringing in €100m; again, they improved. The margin of victory in this season’s title was the same as the margin they remained in Ligue 1 three years ago, but what a victory.
Celtic’s draw in Lille and win at Celtic Park in this season’s Europa League give an unsatisfactory insight into what might have been for us. Talent like David Turnbull and Ismaila Soro were vegetating in the stands until being released in the 3-2 win over Lille in Glasgow. Others could raise their game, for occasions.
Farewell, Kilmarnock, 9 years after their abstention when the SPL voted to invite Sevco Scotland into the Premier League. 10 clubs voted against the proposal, only Killie, and Rangers – who voted to admit Sevco, broke ranks. Welcome back to the top flight, ‘Club 12’.
The BBC show a Mark Walter documentary on racism tonight. Walters joined Rangers in the 80s and shamefully had a banana thrown at him at Celtic Park. ‘The most famous banana in history’ has that status because of its rarity. It happened, the support self-policed and the incident is still remembered because it was the last incident of note. Without self-policing, nothing ever changes.
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” same old Alloa……………”
:)
Ernie
Sadly, I suspect you’re correct.
Another day of retro posts, birthday wishes and weather reports I suppose.
All while ignoring the conspicuous absence of our next management team.
I guess there’s plenty of time for that.
Uncle Jimmy
Good morning from a bright and sunny North Staffs
Best wishes to anyone with a birthday or anniversary etc
I’m sure there would have been a few hangovers this time in 67.
All points covered 🤭
And where’s the bloody manager
Off for a 10 mile walk
Back later
I was at the “Mark Walters” game and still find it a source of embarrassment to our club…I recall my mate and I talking 2 guys about 20 years old around to putting their bananas on the ground of the terrracing of the jungle ,which they did whilst looking suitably remorseful .I also remember Celtic playing Man Utd in a friendly in 1986 and some arsehole making monkey noises everytime Paul McGrath touched the ball,I pointed out to this neanderthal that McGrath was Irish and with his racist actions he would be better off at Ibrox which resulted in a pushing and shoving match. Thankfully after the Walters incident the overwhelming bulk of Celtic fans were appalled by the actions of the banana throwers. The Rangers fans taking the moral high ground was laughable considering their behaviour before and since.Its great now to see the Green Brigade’s anti racist banners and all we need now is to ensure that the cringeworthy “cheer up” song is never sung again so that “whataboutery” has no legitimacy.
It’s all fair and well calling out racist behaviour and talking about your experiences but without reflecting on your own racism it all becomes a little hollow.
Perhaps when he was singing he was up to his knees in fenian blood it was just a bit of banter. The guys in the stands would perhaps argue the same. Both were driven by intolerance and hate but only one was highlighted, why?
Is anti irish, catholic sentiment is still ok and acceptable? All stats would say that group remains marginalised by in large I.e. profession, employment, poverty, criminal activity etc
Its hypocritical to call out racism toward your own group only to then racially abuse another minority group. Walter’s should never have been racially abuse and I cringe when I see supporters do shite like that, by the same token he should never have indulged in racial abuse towards others either. Two wrongs do not make a right.
HH
I don’t spend much time on the blog these days but I did read back this morning and apart from the school teacher and the sectarian hatred specialist it was a great read with many great memories being shared. Shows we have more in common than divides us.
Anyway busy morning, a bit of work and then off on the bike, no moor this morning going for a longer easier ride into town and down the canal to Bowling and maybe even Balloch if time allows.
Have a good day CQN don’t let the usual suspects drag the site down.
THE HAND OF GOD on 26TH MAY 2021 8:38 AM
‘ensure that the cringeworthy “cheer up” song is never sung again so that “whataboutery” has no legitimacy.’
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Would it be OK to sing it about their high profile PR chief, former DUP councillor and ‘senior Orangeman’, David Graham?
Gene
Brilliant!! Well played, sir
(2 thumbsup)
TIMMY7_NOTED on 26TH MAY 2021 8:42 AM
The best post yesterday was TinyTim’s.
Too much groupthink on here from the usual suspects.
Stephbhoy67 on 26th May 2021 8:40 am
Good post. I agree.
The constant division and sectarian hatred that a very small minority on here push every day is so very disappointing and IMO not the Celtic way. Bigotry and hypocrisy in equal measure. We should rise above it.
SIONNAIGH on 26TH MAY 2021 12:30 AM
Exceptional post worthy of the highest regard.
TIMMY7_NOTED on 26TH MAY 2021 8:49 AM
Stephbhoy67 on 26th May 2021 8:40 am
‘The constant division and sectarian hatred that a very small minority on here push every day’
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Highlighting the bigotry and sectarianism and anti Irish Catholic racism that occurs in Scotland is not pushing division and sectarian hatred.
Just in the same way that the BLM movement is not pushing racism.
If EVER there was an institution that deserved opprobrioum heaped on thum, well past thur knees it’s thems…………….
For what they have visited on Scottish society and fomented within the brass-necked mouth-breathers for over a hundred years – that horrible mob deserve to be called oooot for thur oranj tainted bile.
Correctly identify thum for wot they ur.
The huns have defined themselves by thur ain aktions.
Aye
HHH
The delay in getting a manager in place is doing my head in!!!!!
MARSPAPA on 26TH MAY 2021 8:11 AM
DREW1967 on 25TH MAY 2021 10:24 PM
Apologies but..If mark walters was an honest chap he’d tell us he faced much worse racism from within his own club(sevco) cos we all know that they bstrds cant hide it
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MARSPAPA on 26TH MAY 2021 8:11 AM
DREW1967 on 25TH MAY 2021 10:24 PM
Apologies but..If mark walters was an honest chap he’d tell us he faced much worse racism from within his own club(sevco) cos we all know that they bstrds cant hide
In his interview, Mark Walters BLM he says he got no back up from his own players for the abuse he received
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Mate i was unaware of that so im glad to hear he has spoke out about it.He must have felt pretty isolated and unsupported.
HH
I wouldn’t be surprised if we are nowhere near the record for the number of days a top team has gone without a manager .
It just feels like a record.
BIG GEORGE
What you fretting about.
Didn’t you know that we always appoint managers late.
Lawwell has everything under control
Dominic Cummings…” Putting the Boot into Boris and some of the PMs Cronies” ..including the Health Secretary ( Hancock, who….according to Cummings SHOULD have been sacked ?
Boris Johnson was regarding COVID…as a scare story…
Some Union Tory v Union Tory …ACTION going on…
LOL
Sad to see the Masonic brotherhood suppressing Justice for the Hillsborough victims. 2 bent coppers and a bent solicitor acquitted.
Cummings claims in Inquiry and LIVE on TV that Boris was happy to be Injected with Covid…to show that Covid wasnt as serious as was being made oot ?
GARNGAD TO CROY on 26TH MAY 2021 11:08 AM
Sad to see the Masonic brotherhood suppressing Justice for the Hillsborough victims. 2 bent coppers and a bent solicitor acquitted.
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I saw that also…a DISGRACE of the highest order !
HH.
DREW1967 on 26TH MAY 2021 9:56 AM
He definitely sounded disappointed in his fellow pros.
I’ll post the interview later.
Mention of the bananas being thrown at Mark Walters reminded me of the debut of Milhiljenko (sp) and his compatriot at Celtic Park. I was in my usual place in the Hayshed and this young guy next to me started chanting “get tae f… you orange commie bastards”. I said to him he would be better chanting “get tae f… you commie catholic bastards”, as they were from the Ukraine. To say he was a bit confused is putting it mildly.
Big Jimmy,
A long list of critical mistakes by the Unionist buffoon,in No.10.Mistakes that cost thousands of lives.His latest,not stopping the Indian flights for 17 days,has led to the current crisis.The problem is,do people care.Tory ministers were confident about that during the refurbishing scandal,and were proved right by election results.Boris and Hancock,idiots beyond belief.
new article posted.