You and I have been in some dark places. While we remember winning nine-in-a-row by brilliant scouting, tactics and athletic endeavour, we also remember when that proud achievement was violated in 1997 by a considerably less wholesome achievement.
At the end of season 1995-96 Celtic finished second but lost only one game. I convinced myself that our world was about to be put right. Tommy Burns’ team would go one step further and win the league in 1997; it had to happen.
It didn’t.
Today I don’t want to talk about the reasons why we didn’t win the league in 1997, we will discuss that in the weeks ahead, but that season taught us the lesson that simply wanting something to happen doesn’t make it likely.
I thought of those dark days yesterday when I hear Ally McCoist’s rallying call:
“We’re going to march right through it
“I’m as positive today as I have been in a long time.
“This institution has been around for 140 years and I want it to be here for another 140 years.
“You’ll see what Rangers mean to so many people. We are really looking forward to the game.
“We have the best fans in the world.
McCoist loves his club the same way his good friend Tommy Burns loved his, but irrespective of the challenge he faces in the league from Neil Lennon’s awesome team, there is nothing McCoist can do to ensure his club survives until the end of the season.
When you’re on the wrong end of history there is nothing you can do about it.
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My dad always said that if Ally was chocolate he would eat himself. Now he looks like he has ate his body weight in chocolate.
James79
Oh well!
Maybe we should leave the Fergus thing until after the Rangers die:)
TAL
Why rangers should die, summed up in 1 post.
Today, 19:03
berkshiretrueblue
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Re: The cloud of poison around Scotland just now
Unfortunately you reap what you sow and I include myself in this. Far too many Rangers fans turn teh other cheek, far too many of us were giving them jobs in teh 1970’s despite being warned by our elders and in hindsight our betters, that if you give one an opening then they are like a cancer and they spread like a disease.
Sadly I fear it is too late to reverse this.
I am disgusted
Paul67
Today I have read a few posts with f words.
On Friday morning I lost a good post that had nothing offensive in it to anyone.
Very annoying and irritating.
I presume there is no filter if its missing the f word and that there are technical issues thats ditching posts unnecessarily.
HH
Teuchter
Yeah I know, but I’m bloody impatient!!! Lol
Hail hail
Jay Dubya
Dangerous nonsense.
Posted by our esteemed leader from a post on here:
Paul Brennan @CQN
When we get all our stolen titles back – should we unfurl the flags all at once or spread them out a bit
See reply from Stephane Bonnes subject of a quiz question last night!(Is it him or a fake?)
Stephane Bonnes @StephaneBonnes
@CQN We should have a different title presentation each home game at half time. Bring back all the old players to lift their trophies
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! says:
18 February, 2012 at 20:55
Paddy Gallagher
Sir minty sold for a pound.
Think he knew too!!!
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Their exit door has been spitting them out like a vegetarian on oxo cubes!
For people who don’t walk (Ha Ha) there has been a few ‘farewell parties’.
Only parties they do now. 5 Star bolters! :-)
Jay Dubya says:
18 February, 2012 at 20:58
Why rangers should die, summed up in 1 post.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I’ll second that
Rico
prestonpans bhoys says:
18 February, 2012 at 20:55
I know the feeling…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Gordon, think I’ll chuck wandering through the dark
Corridors of FF. not good for the health. Sickening stuff
Just caught up with the Archie Macpherson article:
“Then a comet struck in the late 1960’s. They named it Stein”
How good is that?
It’s as if a Bhoy wrote it.
Archie is one of the good bad guys
Ooops, sorry, didn’t know.
Celticghirlanew
I take it “jelly and ice cream when you get home” is a euphemism:>)
There’ll be jelly and ice crem and cremola foam ….jelly and ice crem and cremola foam
sparkleghirl says:
18 February, 2012 at 21:02
:)))))))))))
Rico
Rico
That was my thoughts as well, Brines was fair today, incompitent but fair, even the linos were fair, it was a strange feeling watching the hun and scottish officials, it was like a level playing field.
Lets just pause for a moment and give a thought to all the Celtic players that played their hearts out whilst not knowing the ODDS were stacked against them and we gave them pelters not knowing the ODDS were stacked against our beloved CELTIC.
Get them stinking stars off their manky tops!!!
Sparkleghirl:
You stretched the page, here is your link using link creator:
Sparkleghirl link 21:02
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
TET
Yes, isn’t it funny how suddenly nobody, even the refs, wants to be associaed with corruption.
listened to 5live, Celtic fan ‘we’re like two escaped prisoners chained together, where they go we go’
No, no, no no,no!!!!!!
Do Kilmarnock, Motherwell or Hearts need a strong ranjurz?
Everyone of the MSM believed that ranjurz would cuff Killie based on the ‘sell out’
‘The crowd will suck the ball into the net’ was how one impartial BBC commentator put it.
The crowd sucked!!!!
Killie were very comfortable today, they had lots more chances than ranjurz, they contained ranjurz to wide areas and long shots. Shawnie O’Loooko was a shadow of the world beater he was at Dunfermline. Elbows was anonymous, Healy, who had, according to the LL, rediscovered his Norn Irn form in recent weeks, appeared to just be arriving on the pitch when he was substituted. Papac did the ‘giving my all for the cause’ by getting sent off for possibly the most theatrical two-footer since Willy ‘long-dong’ Plumber.
Flatfoot got a dead leg. Goian got ‘injured’ and had to be subbed. ‘We don’t do walking away’ naw, we limp aff in a highly theatrical way!
Killie should have scored more goals than Coisty has chins.
Keevins: ‘If Celtic don’t win the title by more than ten points then ranjurz will feel that they are the moral victors’
Don’t look above you Hugh…Look behind you!!!!
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo says:
18 February, 2012 at 20:59
Im going to mail you through facebook on a technical issue if thats ok?
Lennybhoy…Supporting Neil Lennon and CFC until I die says:
18 February, 2012 at 21:07
Sparkleghirl: You stretched the page, here is your link using link creator:
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Hey, sorry & thanks. (Didn’t stretch for me – chrome?)
…They really, really hate it……….
southbhoy says:
18 February, 2012 at 19:47
sides are splittin!!
Hail Hail!!
Now this deserves a reposting! Absolutely brilliant!
HH
Lennybhoy…Supporting Neil Lennon and CFC until I die
Ya big gentleman you, Smoothie FC,:-)
soz forgot the link
https://audioboo.fm/boos/672782-cheapy-cheapy-cheap-skates#t=0m3s
Is that true about the package being being sent to Lenny? Can anyone confirm?
Shocking.
Jay D
No hatred required.
HH
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
Very true. How much has their cheating affected our players professionally and personally over the years. Let them die.
Greenlion2
Shoot
HH
jelly..empty contents of satchet in a bowl, add 500ml of boiling water. stir until disolved, then add 500ml of cold water. stir and let set in fridge. eat with ice cream and enjoy. hail hail
Also £42 for Ibrox and £25? for the cup final.
I’ve already arranged to sell one of the children!!
neveralone says:
18 February, 2012 at 21:05
Just caught up with the Archie Macpherson article:
“Then a comet struck in the late 1960′s. They named it Stein”
How good is that?
It’s as if a Bhoy wrote it.
Archie is one of the good bad guys
MacPherson’s biography of Jock is superb – I’d thoroughly recommend it. It gets right to the heart of why Jock loathed RFC – he disliked them the way only someone who was brought up to love them could. Some shocking stuff about the way his family and friends treated him when he joined Celtic.
Reading it you can’t help thinking that Alex Ferguson has essentially decided to base his entire career on the Big Man.
Sally is a the typical hun who knows his place
FFS – if Our Hero hadn’t called him since Monday – what do you think a real man would have done?
Been straight round to knock nine-in-a-row bells out of him – thats what!
Instead Sally waits for his masters voice! – as pathetic as their European record – you know the competitions they played in where there were no “honest mistakes”!
HH
I’ve stopped arguing with huns about their demise; about 90% of them are just plain thick and talk mince.
There’s no fun in it anymore its like fishing with a grenade………..
Neil Lennon@OfficialNeilReply
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@Fergiee18 bigot
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You should see the comment this is in response to. These people, their stupidity knows no bounds.
Hail Hail Neil Lennon
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That’s not the Celtic way.