We are two games away from the league split. Celtic are due to face the three clubs immediately below them: Newco and Hearts and Aberdeen away from home. We will face fifth place St Mirren at home, but sixth place is still up for grabs.
Hibs have a single point advantage over Livingston, so it could go either way. We have already played both twice at Celtic Park on league duty this season, whomever we meet, will have to travel to Celtic Park for a third time. Livi and Hibs have both proven to be difficult venues for Celtic, so no hardship limiting our visits to the Lothians.
Today we hear from John Sweeney, who is part of the Road to Seville team that plan to cycle from Celtic Park to Seville next month, 20 years after he first visited the city on a Celtic pilgrimage. John is a season ticket holder from Croydon, talks about his Celtic life and why the Foundation is an essential part of his Celtic life.
You can support the great work of your Foundation as well as encouraging John and the other cyclists here. Thank you, it is enormously appreciated.
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By Mark Simpson
BBC News NI correspondent
A Northern Ireland football supporters’ group says it is not in favour of tournament matches being hosted at a rebuilt Casement Park stadium in west Belfast.
The proposed new stadium has been included in a bid by the UK and Ireland to stage the Euro 2028 tournament.
Northern Ireland currently play at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park in south Belfast.
Its capacity is 18,500 which is well below the minimum 30,000 requirement.
The proposed stadium at Casement Park is set to replace the current Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ground and is due to have a capacity of 34,500.
Casement Park is only two miles from Windsor Park but the Amalgamation of Official Northern Ireland Supporters’ Clubs (AONISC) does not believe a GAA ground is a suitable location for tournament matches.
A spokesperson said: “It is our view, and indeed our preference, that football tournaments should be hosted by football stadia.
“The Irish Football Association are aware of our position in relation to this matter.”
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Surprised?…………………………………..
Expression: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Pronunciation: [plu sa sha(n)zh plu say la mem shoz]
Meaning: the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Literal translation: more it changes, more it’s the same thing.
Don’t know who posted the link to the CCV interview as a 20 year old …
… but thank you.
Great footballer.
Rounded, very pleasant young man.
Clearly well brought up.
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President Biden sat at the small desk designed for Britain’s late Queen Elizabeth when she did the honours during her historic visit in 2011. (Probably just as well nobody told Joe this.)
And then, after a suitable period of rest – the two presidents are both into double digits in dog years – they went outside so Joe could plant an oak tree in the grounds beside trees planted by Queen Elizabeth and Barack Obama, but not at the same time.
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Sleep tight, all Celtic supporters.
HH
Take care Scullybhoy
Good night you absolute rascals.
burnley78
But at which point in the game did Alan Thompson miss the penalty against Killie back in 2003?
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Never gets old
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Never goes out of date
A BUSINESS expert who was detained during a doomed Rangers fraud probe is planning to take his multi-million-pound compensation claim to Britain’s highest court.
David Grier, 60, told on Wednesday of how he is instructing his lawyers to go to the UK Supreme Court to continue his long-running legal battle against Scottish prosecutors.
He is seeking compensation from the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC because he believes the prosecution against him was malicious and has damaged his ability to make a living.
On Wednesday, his advocate Roddy Dunlop KC failed to persuade appeal judges at Edinburgh’s Court of Session to grant him permission to proceed to the Supreme Court.
However, Mr Grier’s lawyers plan to approach the UK Supreme Court directly in the next few months.
Mr Grier, who comes from Barrhead, Renfrewshire, said: “I’m unfortunately not surprised that the Inner House have refused to allow us to appeal to the Supreme Court.
HeraldScotland
David Grier to take fight to Supreme Court over Rangers fraud probe
12th April
COURT
By James Mulholland
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David Grier, 60, told on Wednesday of how he is instructing his lawyers to go to the UK Supreme Court.
David Grier, 60, told on Wednesday of how he is instructing his lawyers to go to the UK Supreme Court.
A BUSINESS expert who was detained during a doomed Rangers fraud probe is planning to take his multi-million-pound compensation claim to Britain’s highest court.
David Grier, 60, told on Wednesday of how he is instructing his lawyers to go to the UK Supreme Court to continue his long-running legal battle against Scottish prosecutors.
He is seeking compensation from the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC because he believes the prosecution against him was malicious and has damaged his ability to make a living.
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On Wednesday, his advocate Roddy Dunlop KC failed to persuade appeal judges at Edinburgh’s Court of Session to grant him permission to proceed to the Supreme Court.
However, Mr Grier’s lawyers plan to approach the UK Supreme Court directly in the next few months.
Mr Grier, who comes from Barrhead, Renfrewshire, said: “I’m unfortunately not surprised that the Inner House have refused to allow us to appeal to the Supreme Court.
READ MORE: Key Rangers figure fails in £14m fight against prosecutors over failed fraud case
“However, we do intend to take the matter directly to the Supreme Court.”
The Court of Session has previously heard how Mr Grier was taken into custody during an investigation into alleged criminal wrongdoing at the club.
Detectives and prosecutors believed that the law had been broken during the time the club was sold to businessman Craig Whyte.
Prosecutors claimed that Mr Grier participated in a fraud with Mr Whyte. They claimed that Mr Whyte broke the law by using cash from a firm called Ticketus to acquire the finance to buy Rangers.
Mr Grier was prosecuted alongside other men who were said to be involved in the alleged wrongdoing. However, everybody arrested during the probe was acquitted of any wrongdoing.
This prompted Mr Grier to launch a £7 million compensation action against the police and Crown Office, claiming his arrest had affected his ability to maintain his job in financial services.
Prosecutors previously admitted David Whitehouse and Paul Clark were wrongfully arrested and prosecuted – and the two men settled their action with both the Crown Office and Police Scotland with each of them receiving £10.3 million each – their legal bills, thought to be worth £3 million each, were also paid for.
Mr Grier’s lawyers told judge Lord Tyre at the Court of Session that both law enforcement agencies had acted maliciously against him, entitling him to compensation.
Lord Tyre also heard claims that the police officer leading the investigation – Detective Chief Inspector Jim Robertson – had acted inappropriately during the investigation.
Nevertheless, Lord Tyre ruled that Mr Grier’s lawyers hadn’t shown that the prosecution service had acted maliciously.
However, he said some of DCI Robertson’s evidence was “evasive” and “unreliable” and that some of his actions during the probe were “reprehensible”.
This prompted lawyers for Mr Grier to appeal to the Inner House of the Court of Session.
On Wednesday, Mr Grier’s lawyer Roddy Dunlop KC told civil appeal judges that the legal tests needed for the Court of Session to allow cases to go to the Supreme Court had been passed.
He told Lord Carloway Lord Pentland and Lord Woolman: “There is a genuine need for someone who has been caught up in such a scandal to have effective public remedy.
“There are good grounds available in this case to allow it to proceed.”
The Lord Advocate’s lawyer Gerry Moynihan KC said that he disagreed that the legal tests needed had been passed.
He added: “The question is whether there was an ulterior motive in prosecuting Mr Grier. The answer is that there is none. The prosecution was conducted in the reasonable belief that there was a reasonable belief that there was evidence available.
“Your lordships should not grant permission to proceed.”
Lord Carloway and his colleagues concluded that the tests needed for the case to proceed to the UK Supreme Court had not been passed
Hh
Apologies in edit of that post
My friends in Celtic,
So the EPL is to begin banning gambling shirt sponsors on the front of their shirts..
Absolute woke nonsense and further evidence of the current cancel culture.
Perfect timing as the nation will be tuned into the Grand National.
That institution will also be under threat from the woke , cancel culture fascists.
Scottish football will inevitable follow suit. So how will this affect Celtic sponsorship going forward.
Dafabet: Cancelled
Magners: Cancelled. Alcohol is already under attack.
Intelligent Car Leasing : Cancelled. Cars are bad for the environment and anyway won’t be required in 15 minute cities.
Adidas : Cancelled: Association with child labour.
William Hill : Cancelled, self explanatory.
Cadbury: Cancelled Obesity lobby .
Coca-Cola: Cancelled, fizzy drinks are bad
Forbes on the square : Cancelled, raw materials for fashion is associated with exploitation.
Be Cordial Hotels : Cancelled, flying is bad for the environment, unless you are part of the elite.
All part of the control culture. The control culture that was very evident when the masses were controlled while the elites broke rules with impunity and partied the night ( and day ) away.
If anyone thinks the above is fanciful nonsense, then you have not been listening.
Be wary, be very wary.
HH.
Hey MOD is it a FOOL MOON tonight? He’s oot again!!!
My advice, as a layman, please see a doctor
Good morning all from Govanhill.
ON THIS DAY:
1900: Celtic defeat Queen’s Park 4-3 in the Scottish Cup final.
14th April 1900 Scottish Cup Final Celtic 4 Queen’s Park 3
The last season of the decade of the 1890s – 1899/1900 – was a mixture of the disappointing and the successful.
The league campaign had gone badly, Celtic winning only 9 of 18 matches to finish second. By contrast, the winners, Rangers, won 15 of theirs. Celtic also lost out to the Light Blues in the final of both the Glasgow Cup (0-1 at Cathkin) and the Charity Cup (1-5 at Hampden). However, in the Scottish Cup, the side showed how well it could play, powering its way in goal-scoring form through the early rounds;-
In the final, played on this day in 1900, a disappointing crowd of 15,000 turned up at Ibrox, when the Spiders of Queen’s Park were the opponents. Celtic won the toss and chose to play with the wind at their backs in the first half but it was Queen’s Park who took the lead early in the match. That merely pushed Celtic to raise their game and they did so, getting three goals from inside-left Sandy MacMahon, centre-forward John Divers and outside-left John Bell just before half-time.
Early in the second half, Divers scored again to make it 4-1 and although Queen’s Park pulled two goals back, the final score of 4-3 gave Celtic their 3rd Scottish Cup success.
Trivia:
Game marked the successful transition from the old amateur (shamateur?) days to the professional game
Key to highlight Celtic’s successful progression whilst others floundered.
Queen’s Park last Scottish Cup final
Match played at Ibrox Park.
The end of the original Glasgow derby; in the early days it was Queen’s Park and not Rangers who were the establishment club, although Celtic & Rangers had by this point long surpassed Queen’s Park.
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Good morning all from a lovely sunny morning in the Garngad.
Stroll on Sunday to we pump Kilmasonic.
D :)
Celtic Mac
Thompson missed the penalty at Kilmarnock in 2003 when we were 4-0 up for sure and with about 10 mins to go I seem to recall ?
Celtic Mac
It was the 80th minute when he missed the penalty but it was 3-0 at the time. Stan got the 4th in the 83rd minute.
scullybhoy on 13th April 2023 10:56 pm
The IFA though are entirely behind this project and are happy to use Casement.
So while there’s clearly an unrecoverable bigot element to the NI support, the IFA itself are making efforts in leading from the front. They don’t pander to the bigots within their support like perhaps some Clubs south of the clyde do.
Time for a leisurely stroll around Queens Park on this sunny Glasgow morning.
GREENPINATA
My friends in Celtic,
So the EPL is to begin banning gambling shirt sponsors on the front of their shirts..
Absolute woke nonsense and further evidence of the current cancel culture.
Perfect timing as the nation will be tuned into the Grand National.
That institution will also be under threat from the woke , cancel culture fascists.
With all due respect, you don’t know what you are talking about.
Nobody is suggesting that gambling should be banned. It’s the marketing of gambling companies that is the target. Celtic and other clubs will have no problem attracting shirt sponsorship from products outwith the betting sector.
Gambling is a serious problem for many people and by definition families, including children.
Growing up, I and my brothers suffered through the gambling of my late father. He often came home at the end of the week with no wages after spending the afternoon in the betting shop. When he was late home on payday, I saw my mother kneeling on the floor with her rosary beads, praying that he would not gamble his wages. A sorry sight that is embedded in my memory.
Often my mother had to go to family and borrow money and it is to her eternal credit that I and my brothers never went hungry, although I know she certainly did.
I also had a close friend who committed suicide because of his gambling addiction. He had twin daughters aged 3.
I do enjoy a bet on the football and to me it’s part of the fun of going to the game or watching on TV. I never bet on horses because I don’t follow them and have no idea what to bet. Yesterday I placedca £10 bet on a player to win the World Snooker which starts tomorrow. As I say, it’s just a bit of fun as I will follow the tournament on TV. If I can’t afford a bet, I leave it alone, but there are thousands of problem gamblers out there who can’t leave it alone. They are addicted. It is an illness.
It really annoys me when I see gambling companies advertising on TV, especially during live TV games, and on football shirts. It’s not necessary.
You can shout all you like about WOKE –whatever that means — and CANCEL CULTURE. Gambling companies make billions each year out of people’s misery. Do they really need to advertise for more billions, especially on the Celtic shirt?
I think not.
GP- agree,though the new rules will mean you can still have gambling sponsors on the sleeves……
An Dún on 14th April 2023 9:48 am
scullybhoy on 13th April 2023 10:56 pm
The IFA though are entirely behind this project and are happy to use Casement.
So while there’s clearly an unrecoverable bigot element to the NI support, the IFA itself are making efforts in leading from the front. They don’t pander to the bigots within their support like perhaps some Clubs south of the clyde do.
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Fair point.
Tom McLaughlin
Re Gambling
My wife suffered similar to you through my late father n law. Her vivid memory of this still haunts her.
I think you are correct that it is the messaging they are focused on and that does make sense. Likewise for my own industry alcohol. It should about responsible messaging. It isn’t woke but the industries fear it it the thin end of a wedge and cite tobacco as their evidence.
I am not so sure attracting sponsors to replace the value is as easy as you suggest at Scottish clubs. We know even in a season of peak interest in our game 2002/3 it went to the wire and a December 2002 deadline when Carling agreed for 2003/6 initially. Maybe more innovative and creative thought might solve the problem, or create and opportunity from it though.
BURNLEY78
If Celtic cannot find a shirt sponsor outside the drink or gambling sector, then I’d prefer they go without a shirt sponsor.
Can we bring back CR Smith?
Where is BIG JIMMY today?
Re advertising,I think that the SPFL said they wouldn’t do what the EPL have signed up to…..
Personally, I think there’s an air of snobbery about how gambling and drink sponsorship is viewed.
There’s nothing wrong with having a few pints and betting on your team.
Like most things, moderation is key.
Where we sponsored by a financial institution for example, would that be fine ? Despite the huge damage to millions of people these organisations have inflicted with their vast levels of greed and risk taking?
What about being sponsored by the fossil fuel sector, would that be OK?
Inspired by an article on The Celtic Star on Wednesday about the unveiling of Willie Maley statue in Newry this weekend, a Celtic Star reader send in some additional information about Andy Donaldson, specifically a copy of his Celtic contract which is signed by both Willie Maley and James Kelly and a wartime media that the then former Celtic player won and we have images of these to share with you today.
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GREENPINATA 6.22.
HI GP AM IN CAPITALS
My friends in Celtic,
So the EPL is to begin banning gambling shirt sponsors on the front of their shirts..
GOOD THING.STOPPING THE MASSIVE TRANSFERS OF WEALTH FROM POOR TO RICH.
Absolute woke nonsense and further evidence of the current cancel culture.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY WOKE? ITS AS THO IT IS SOME MYSTERIOUS WORD THAT IS AIMED TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE BY ITS ALL ENCOMPAASING SHITE SWIPE
WOKE-WOKE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING OF?
Perfect timing as the nation will be tuned into the Grand National.
PAY ATTENTION GREENPINATA YOUR ABILITY TO PUNT ON HORSES IS NOT AFFECTED DO POINT OUT WHERE? YOUR ADDING TO THE WOKE SHOIT BY CONFLATING HORSE RACING
WITH FOOTBALL(when you can easily bet on both-do tell where your being stopped
That institution will also be under threat from the woke , cancel culture fascists.
SO NOW NOT CONTENT WITH WRONGLY CONFLATING HORSE AND FOOTBALL GAMBLING
BOTH NOT IMPEDED.I ASK AGAIN WHAT IS WOKE? WHAT DO YOU GP MEAN
“CANCEL CULTURE FASCISTS.’
SO AM I A FASCIST FOR ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE WEALTH TRANSFER FROM POOR TO rich.
I GUESS YOU AND YOUR NEW FOUND FREEMARKETEER APPROACH WONT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO HEROIN,,COCAINE ETC WHAT WOULD YOU CANCEL? IS THAT “WOKE’?
Scottish football will inevitable follow suit. So how will this affect Celtic sponsorship going forward.
SIMPLE AS ….THEY FIND ANOTHER SPONSOR.
MY PREFERENCE NOT ONE THAT TRANSFERS WEALTH FROM POOR TO RICH
Dafabet: Cancelled
DAFABET REPLACED SIMPLE AS
Magners: Cancelled. Alcohol is already under attack.
QUITE RIGHT.NOTHING MORE SORDID THAN A WEAN RUNNING BOUT ADVERTISING ALCOHOL FREELY
Intelligent Car Leasing : Cancelled. Cars are bad for the environment and anyway won’t be required in 15 minute cities.
WHERE HAVE CELTIC STOP USING ICL?
WHAT IS A 15 MINUTE CITY?
Adidas : Cancelled: Association with child labour.
QUITE RIGHT TOO.YOU FAKE SOCIALISTS USED TO BE BIG ON THE DESPERATE PLIGHT AGENDA UNTIL YOU GOT SWEPT UP IN RIGHT WING PISH BOUT WOKE AND CANCEL CULTURE
William Hill : Cancelled, self explanatory.
STOPPING EXPOSURE TO INCOME TRANSFERRING FROM POOR TO RICH IS A GOOD THING
Cadbury: Cancelled Obesity lobby .
UTTER MINCE.
Coca-Cola: Cancelled, fizzy drinks are bad
I THHINK DIABETES AND DIET SUGAR CONTENT ARE
Forbes on the square : Cancelled, raw materials for fashion is associated with exploitation.
Be Cordial Hotels : Cancelled, flying is bad for the environment, unless you are part of the elite.
All part of the control culture. The control culture that was very evident when the masses were controlled while the elites broke rules with impunity and partied the night ( and day ) away.
If anyone thinks the above is fanciful nonsense, then you have not been listening.
Be wary, be very wary.
HH.
Missed out the rest of your woke nonsense Gp
Is this what like keev and the fake left have to bring.
HH
Be wary of so called working class doing the freemarkets spade work.