Do you remember the early days of Celtic Quick News when one wit suggested this was a blog for accountants? Our early years did a great deal to bring a wider understanding of accounts and finance to Celtic fans – which was a good thing.
Today your fan of Scottish football needs to know about more than the game and amortisation, a semester or two in law school is an enormous advantage. We touch on legal matters here but last night I enjoyed reading the forensic analysis on the wonderful Duff and Phelps on the Web 3D Law blog. It’s worth 10 minutes of your day, each day, the most recent blog especially. I also assume you are all keeping an eye on the substantial thoughts on Paul McConville’s blog. If not, I want to know why.
So much for accounts and the law, today I want to discuss philosophy with you.
When football-types talk about morality and hypocrisy they are usually worth listening to, if only for comedic value. Anyone experiencing the Scottish media will not doubt that morality is subjective and chameleon in nature. This question has exercised great minds for centuries, if only they had the benefit of our effervescent radio luminaries.
Despite being metaphorically surrounded by morally opportunistic hypocrites, Ally McCoist felt so secure in his demands for Rangers that he didn’t dodge the issue yesterday.
When asked if Rangers should be kicked out of the SPL he accepted it “might be the right thing to do morally and people will have their own opinions on it, with differences far and varied.
“There’s an argument the right thing to do is for Rangers to go down to the Third Division and that might be the case if it’s a Newco after liquidation.
“But is it the correct thing to do for Scottish football? Probably not. Everybody’s got a dilemma and that’s why there are so many opinions on it.
“Whether people like it or not, Rangers and Celtic are different because of the size and magnitude of the two clubs.
“Supporters of other clubs and some Old Firm supporters say you can’t have rules for some clubs and not for others.
“In an ideal world, that would be 100 per cent correct. I would absolutely and totally agree with that.
“But the fact of the matter is we’re asking if it would be good for the rest of the SPL if Rangers went down to the Third Division? The answer has to be no.
“I don’t envy the people who have to make that decision. I can understand the hypocrisy of it but Rangers and Celtic are different.”
Rangers are different – no dispute about that, Ally. Celtic are different again, but if it is hypocritical and morally wrong to provide support for these clubs which has never been extended to a smaller club, we cannot subvert our sport – and remember, the word SPORT implies that outcomes are determined on a level playing field – Rangers must be treated no differently than Gretna.
And just one correction for Ally: liquidation-and-phoenix would not see Rangers drop to the Third Division. A Newco in the Third Division would not have dropped from anywhere, it would be a new company and new football team. Rangers would, in these circumstances, go pop!
One* team in Glasgow,
There’s only one team in Glasgow.
One team in Glasgow,
There’s only one team in Glasgow.
*excluding, juniors, youths, lower leagues, amateurs and Celtic Ladies.
Pop! And they’re gone!
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BMCUW
Erich Schaedler – read about the guy, espec. after his sad demise, obviously.
What kind of player was he? Speedy, tough, good reader of the game e.g.?
roy croppie on 28 April, 2012 at 19:30 said:
Ha Ha! They really are Stupid Huns.
Hail Hail
World Soccer is very influential, as yet they haven’t reported much on the mess that RFC have created in Scottish football. For those who wish, their affable and very fair editor can be tweeted at GavinHamilton@WorldSoccerEd.
Well worth asking this fine magazine to get involved
Their corruption merits worldwide coverage
TJ
Dan on 28 April, 2012 at 19:24 said:
Fantastic, sir.
pigalle
stairheidrammy,
No real idea but I imagine it developed out of the prevailing mind-set at Park Gardens, i.e. the SFA and thems were essentailly the same; Scottish football was run by and for thems, just look at the career of that moron Jardine, who only got caps because he played for thems and Danny McGrain, probably the only World Class player in the team, with the possible exception of Kenny Dalglish, was forced to play out of position to accomodate him.
By the bye, I have only just read your post. I had to go out for a bit.
Their corruption merits worldwide condemnation!!
Wonder if ole Duff & Phelps were on the march today with Sally’s army.
roy croppie on 28 April, 2012 at 19:30 said:
I wonder how many arrests were made for sectarian singing today? I’m sure the cells must be full in Aitkenhead Rd tonight.
Heard they were shouting abuse at…wait for it…William Hill’s!
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To be fair ,that’s 5,000 customers Willie
Hill have lost to the guy weighing sausages in brigton butchers.
Well Saturdays night of Sobriaty has just been blown, just cracked open a bottle of Corona. Kind of looking forward to the game tomorrow, but got a horrible feeling the refs got his orders just like the ipox game. The way the hvns are at the minute NO ref for fear of reprisal will do anything to upset them.
I hope we don’t give even him a 50% chance to send any of our players off, because he will, (Sending offs at ipox anf last min penalty for hertz).
They will miss Davis with most threats coming from aluko and wallace with elbows doing what he does best.
I think we will be too strong, but watch this ref.
Stay safe after the game bhoys and ghirls
HH
H T
Wd that be the segton she past?
3/1 a Penalty tomorrow!
I know there is a great deal of focus on the game and the plight of the club from over Govan way, but can I just ask everyone to remember Niamh Curry.
Hers is a real fight for life. No PR Gurus, no scripted interviews, no pre prepared soundbites, no on cue nostalgia, no inflamatory words or calls to arms, no sensationalist drama churned out for effect.
The wee girl has a disease which will kill her.
If you don’t know what Neuroblastoma is and how it affects ordinary everyday families in a devastating fashion, and how sending these kids to America makes a difference, then please read this!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2097155/Neuroblastoma–Toddler-Lilly-MacGlashan-riddled-cancer-tumours-remission-pioneering-treatment-U-S.html
You can give something to Niamh’s appeal by texting CURE50 £x to 70070
Or you can give on her just giving page here: http://www.justgiving.com/NiamhsNextStep
The price of a pint or two, a packet of fags, a love film, a DVD or whatever will make a difference.
If everyone going to Celtic Park tomorrow gives £5 this wee girl hits her target and she gets a season ticket for……. a lot of tomorrows hopefully.
Cheers
Brogan
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HamiltonTim..
Oscar Wildes is The Best Pub in Berlin and the Best Guinness for a Long Mile get in Early for a Great Breakfast..
Summa
Tommy Joad
cheers captain !
yeh
used to read that mag about 10yrs back
always enjoyed how they covered so
many football nations, a little bit
from each continent
been a long time since i’ve seen it
5-0 the morra, hopefully
a thai tims special
:)
Dan @ 19.24
Pinched their seats as well.
vp
lol. That Brigton butcher got his fingers in a few pies.
TOOTING TIM 1931
IMO,he played left-back like Danny played right-back.
Let your brain do the work for you,then bomb up the park.
Hibs had a marvellous team at that time-Turnbull was in charge,and he had previously threatened at Aberdeen.
They lacked the finesse of Jock’s Celtic,the overall picture was nowhere near,but they were good to watch.
It has been mentioned elsewhere,but certain players with their multitude of caps instead of those who deserved them,well,I hope they are proud of every one of them.
Erich Schaedler. A one cap wonder.
Nearly as bad as Bertie and his three.
Or the buzz-bomb,thirteen.
Jinky,twenty-two and all grudged?
Beggars belief,it really does.
And ask Kenny Dalglish why he never broke the record for consecutive Scotland appearances.
Sausages are the BHOYS!
roy croppie on 28 April, 2012 at 19:44 said:
Don’t go there:O)
Away to wash my hands for the fifth time.
Caeser67
No mate it was just before the lights at Mount Vernon.
Summa
I ain’t going to Germany, I’ll be in paradise. Thanks though.
Paddy Gallagher on 28 April, 2012 at 19:45
Paddy G,how you doing?No trips to sunny climes planned?
Have news for you mate ,you are in fekn
sunny climes:O)
Hail hail
It is just over a year now since Paisley troubadour Gerry Rafferty sadly left us.
He gives us more than a hint of his football allegiances 90 seconds into this version of that well known song…………….”Get outta ma life Rangers!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6301RFVWsI
HT
Hamiltoncsc was asking earlier..
Sos
is still trying to get used to the time difference… o))
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
K.D made a few mistakes in life like all others, but I will never understand why he played for Scotland again after being dropped to break his record. A one minute substitute appearance would have been suffice.
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OldTim..
Having Pre-Match Drinkies in BB’s..at 4pm..If You want to Meet earlier for Lunch (Solids or Liquid) just give me a Yell..
BlantyreTim will have My Number..
001Bhoy
According to BBC radio news at one o’ clock, they were marching to, “highlight Rangers’ plight”.
I don’t think they’d have liked that characterisation.
Rangers don’t have a plight. They inflict plights on others.
They are the people.
BRT&H 1941
Could you please repost the link to the petition that you sent on Wednesday-ish?
I copied and pasted in an e-mail to my works address,which I duly forwarded to “ALL” early Thursday morning.
With a heart-rending explanation as to why this was important and worth acting upon.
It was late last night before I noticed the flood of replies pointing out that I had cocked up the link!
Eeeeeeeeeeeejit…….
So if I can once again beg your indulgence,I promise to get it right this time.
voguepunter on 28 April, 2012 at 19:48 said:
Paddy Gallagher on 28 April, 2012 at 19:45.
Peeing down with high winds at the moment big pal, got the cruising bug now and booking up for February so Glesga for a pit stop! Love it :-))
Sail for a friggin living as well.
hello sailor…..
Capitano Gallagher to you 1st. Mate :-))
yes sir…..
BT
You swapped shifts with TB2,doesn’t
mean you have be as annoying:O)
Great to see the Thai Tims all scarffed up in tropical Glasgow!
http://bit.ly/JhUXip If you scroll down to the picture of the great Sandy giving his mouthpiece speech, the sign underneath aptly describes him and his club. A bit of a PR boo boo there!!!!
VP
I’m telling vmhan you are picking on me…. 8-))
roy croppie on 28 April, 2012 at 19:30 said:
I wonder how many arrests were made for sectarian singing today? I’m sure the cells must be full in Aitkenhead Rd tonight.
Heard they were shouting abuse at…wait for it…William Hill’s!
Stupid Huns.
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when you have no real targets, no place to lay ‘blame’ but you feel angry and have to ‘blame’ someone, even though the ‘blame’ lies with yourself then people will just blame anyone!
William Hills indeed.
I bet they’d prefer to have a go at Paddy Power!
If McCoist didn’t know who was on the panel, why not?Rangers had a representative at the inquest
If he did know , the more likely,then he was deliberately mischief making.
Ask the question journo’s.Did he know who was on the panel before he did the TV interview.If so what were his motives for calling for their identifies
Id love to see him squirm through that .
BMCUP
Here is the link to the petition:
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/42787.html
As Gerry Rafferty would say– Get it right next time lol
There are football teams and there are great football teams. Then there are football teams that make a difference…. and after that?
There is Celtic