We have a lot of football to play between now and our visit to Ibrox in just over two weeks, but perhaps the most important game of the month comes immediately after that match, in Brussels against Anderlecht. Moussa Dembele declaring himself ready to face a team he spent last season punishing in ruthless fashion is welcome, but without being disrespectful to our domestic opponents, a point in Brussels is far more valuable than a win at Ibrox.
Three games, against Hamilton Accies, Ross County and Dundee, stand out as opportunities to get Moussa and Odsonne Edouard match-fit Brussels. We have the opportunity to bury a weak-willed performance there in 2003, when Larsson, Sutton, Hartson etc. went down meekly to 10 men.
The PSG game will take care of itself. We have a punchers chance against an outrageously (and, some allege, illegally) acquired football team. I’ll take our chances against anyone at home, but if we can’t perform in Brussels, nothing we do against PSG will matter.
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A buffet then half a dozen drinks plus match ticket……….. 300 quid thank you very much jeez ouch
DEMAND for tickets has been phenomenal as the Bhoys prepare to get their UEFA Champions League group stage campaign underway.
As a result, a special matchday hospitality package is available to book now for Celtic v Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, September 12.
Priced £285 + VAT per person, this special off-site package allows supporters to enjoy a delicious pre-match buffet at St Luke’s Bar & Kitchen before travelling to Paradise to watch the Bhoys in action.
There’s a welcome drink on arrival at St Luke’s, plus four additional drinks, before your coach transfer brings you to Celtic Park for kick-off at 7:45pm.
You’ll then take your VIP seat in the North Stand to hear the famous Champions League music ring-out around Paradise ahead of 90 minutes of exciting action under the Celtic Park floodlights.
Don’t miss the chance to be part of the action as the Bhoys get their group-stage campaign underway and book your matchday hospitality today.
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St Lukes,Bar and Kitchen does not sound very 5 star to me.Far too expensive.
AULDHEID on 7TH SEPTEMBER 2017 10:21 AM
Re Res12 it’s still smokin.
Res12 has done a great job keeping the whole issue alive
Celtic now need Kim Jong-un to fire a smoking inter galactic report over Japan back to Geneva that will smoke out the SFA
£100 for adult and child general sale , if you can afford it. Wow.
I know some will buy them, but there will be many who cant afford neither a season book or a single game at that cost.
I find it a bit of naked greed, pricing the poorer off out of supporting celtic.
Quite sad that we can find a happy medium in these wonderful times.
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DUE to UEFA and tournament partner returns, a limited number of tickets for Celtic v Paris Saint-Germain are now available on general sale. These are limited to two tickets per person.
It’s a 7:45pm kick-off on Tuesday, September 12 with the French Ligue 1 side the visitors to Celtic Park for what promises to be an exciting 90 minutes as the group stage gets underway.
Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of another legendary European night at Paradise and take this opportunity to secure a seat for Celtic v Paris Saint-Germain.
The last remaining tickets are available to buy now on general sale, maximum of two per person, priced £55 for adults and £45 for concessions.
Please be aware that there are only a limited number of tickets available in selected areas of the stadium and these will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
There are a number of easy ways to buy:
Online – visit eticketing.co.uk/celtic*
By phone – Call the sales line on 0871 226 1888* – lines are open Monday to Friday from 8am – 8pm.
Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of another legendary European night at Paradise and take this opportunity to secure a seat now for Celtic v Paris Saint-Germain.
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C/L 38 quid a ticket for season ticket holders
50 quid ticket for ordinary punters
300 quid low level corporate
is this what it means to be Celtic ?
TWISTS N TURNS on 7TH SEPTEMBER 2017 9:30 AM
Celtic Wiki agrees with you , but I`m sure there`s a different account in ” The Celtic Story ” video.
More logical for a Celtic manager to be advising his player.
John Thomson bemoaning on being called a “Fenian Bastard” by an opposition player (despite being a church going Protestant)
Jimmy McGrory: “John, I get called that every game I play.”
John Thomson: “I know. It’s all right for you. You are one!”
Banter between the great John Thomson & Jimmy McGrory
and on checking online, looks like they are sold out allready.
Hi Bhoys, this is a long shot but the bright sparks at the ticket office who had me on the HTS and provided tickets for the qualifiers and took the money from my account have took me off the scheme as I never originally ticked the box. I assumed i’d get the £38 taken for the PSG game like they did for Rosenborg and Astana but they removed me from it and I never bought my package before the Saturday deadline and now it’s sold out!
A spare for Tuesday would be heavy appreciated
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/celtic-press-sfa-for-inquiry-into-rangers-financial-saga-1-4553444
Someone is shaking the bushes?
State Aid and Tax Evasion,by the experts.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/sep/07/how-the-aristocracy-preserved-their-power
https://thecelticblog.com/2017/09/blogs/the-leak-of-celtics-2012-letter-to-the-sfa-is-the-last-warning-the-association-is-going-to-get/
Chris Sutton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Egy50mTtg
JUNGLE VIP on 7TH SEPTEMBER 2017 9:10 AM
lionroars67 on 7th September 2017 8:45 am
Referencing: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/celtic-still-pressing-sfa-for-inquiry-8p25q8wbb
Yeah, I saw that piece in The Times this morning.
I’m still puzzling over who is most likely to be pushing this story and why now … ?
VIP
Well VIP you now have your answer courtesy James Forrest
Taken from Filth Filth moments ago.
Re Peter Lawwells letter…they have some posters ranting about doing “55”….they just don’t get it.
They have posters who completely ignore the crook that is Dave King….they just don’t want to get that either.
What an absolute shower…their hurt brings much JOY !
………….
DG Bear said: ↑
There are no depths that mob will not stoop to in trying to damage our club, yet we just let them do what they like.
Stop making excuses and give them the minimum number of tickets when they come to Ibrox – and make Liewell sit with them. He should not be allowed in the main door.
And if it’s acceptable for him to write letters to the SFA demanding action against us, it’s time we did the same to them. There’s a hell of a lot more under their carpet than under ours.
There is nothing under “our” carpet. Every thing that has been held against the club has been dealt with.
It is just that they want to punish the club again and again and…………
Tim Hunter, 57 minutes ago.
…………………….
Easily the MOST DELUSIONAL Chumps on this planet belong to The Deid Club.
HH
TD67
Someone shaking the bushes.
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What else can you do when your national association, who are directly accountable to you as a member, refuse to be brought to account?
Cat 2 or 3 on the hurricane scale with potential to become a 5.
As I mentioned before the Judicial Panel that sat in April 2012 did not look at the behaviour of Rangers before 6th May 2011 only at their and Craig Whyte’s behaviour after then.
For some reason non payment of the wtc liability was not amongst the charges levied at either Rangers or CW, possibly because the description HMRC applied ie fraud might have meant the JP having to look at the issue from 1999 where evidence of dishonesty was apparent.
It would also have meant the UEFA licence of 2011 granted to Rangers coming under scrutiny in 2012 rather than from 2013 so best buried.
Thar she blows.
James Forrest,
Very interesting indeed.And your right, the fact the leak was to a London heavy speaks volumes.
HH.
I am sure the “aye but you are one” comment was attributed to
Billy Mcphail….( 7-1 )
Sure i saw it on some Celtic video maybe centenary season or the likes
James Forrest
Going public was always the next step.
A reformed SFA should be the outcome, but I might have said that before :) .
I do wonder if PL now being in a position to of influence on the ECA, where the sporting integrity angle can be more effectively put across, is serendipity.
It might explain Celtic’s desire to keep away from UEFA in the past, something that was always puzzling.
But hey ho it’s good to see visible signs of activity emerging.
BIG JIMMY,
Thats it ,get the “Chumps”back into your posts.Had not heard that word for donkeys until you started posting.Luv it.
They are worse on Monkey Media.On today about how Hearts were let away with murder during their Admin,while the SFA,SPL,were crucifying them,!!!!!!!!!!!!.
There are no words left to describe how thick,and stupid they are.
Will someone please keep THE GREEN MAN and NEGANON2 in the loop please.
That should cheer them up.
Well….mibbe a wee bit.
:-)
Has there been any correspondence from Celtic that challenges the same club lie?
Does anyone know?
GREENPINATA on 7TH SEPTEMBER 2017 11:41 AM
James Forrest,
Very interesting indeed.And your right, the fact the leak was to a London heavy speaks volumes.
HH.
The “London heavy”printing it,I think ,says a lot more,as to who gave the story to who.
Anyone else think this letter was possibly given to the Scottish press ( aye a know) first and it was ignored by them?????.
Well. There we have it.
So much for the years of the Celtic CQN ” faithful ” confidently asserting that Celtic in general and P.L. in particular have been ignoring this issue in part because they wanted the return of Rangers to help fill the coffers.
The P.L. heated driveway screamers.
Can we now expect a line up of ” mea culpas ” from our own coterie of permanently disgruntled punters who feel that attacking and dividing our own is the noble thing to do?
Well. We could have good reason to expect it , but I`ll bet you that we`re not going to get it.
TD’s Scotsman link:
“In a letter sent on May 25th 2012”
Nice date, Pistol Pete.
There you go,
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Hearts being run with money from proceeds of crime it would seem?
Also being allowed to stay in the SPL a year longer than they should have and collecting all prize money for that season which was then used to win the championship when Rangers were in it.
Potentially Rangers were cheated out of a place in the SPL and maybe European income by this. I know we finished 3rd that season but had Hearts been put into admin and forced to play in the championship a year earlier which should have happened things might have been very different.
I hope he is still taking the stupid pills,because being a Hun,the ugly ones were a success.
JC2 on 7TH SEPTEMBER 2017 11:55 AM
Billy Mc Phail. That rings a bell .
Perhaps about the goalie before Dick Beattie.
TURKEYBHOY on 7TH SEPTEMBER 2017 11:57 AM
BIG JIMMY,
Thats it ,get the “Chumps”back into your posts.Had not heard that word for donkeys until you started posting.Luv it.
They are worse on Monkey Media.On today about how Hearts were let away with murder during their Admin,while the SFA,SPL,were crucifying them,!!!!!!!!!!!!.
There are no words left to describe how thick,and stupid they are.
………………………………..
Cheers TURKEYBHOY,
I freely admit that during my long life I have been a “Chump” often when it has came down to women and drink….just to give one example of how I am different from the Hun Chumps…..” I ADMIT it ” !
Their pain is such a Joy to behold…and hopefully the truth is out there about their cheating etc….and they will be even bigger Chumps with their delusional denials of ANY wrongdoing !
God Bless the Res 12 Bhoys, Mr Lawwell and ALL the other Bhoys who have worked so hard in hopefully having JUSTICE finally served on THEM CHUMPS !
HH
Next weekend, Celtic will be asking the support to rally together in support of The Invisibles and Glasgow NE Foodbank among other charities.
This week the club is pushing £100 tickets for this and £1,000 packages for that, all in connection to the Champions League extravaganza.
The difference is too stark for me and I don’t like the slick compartmentalisation of the corporate thinking – “..if this is October, let’s start a Christmas campaign.”
I guess I’d be happy to hear the club has invited representatives of the charities benefiting from the Ross County activities to enjoy a night as its guests at the PSG game. Don’t think that’s asking a lot.
JC2 on 7TH SEPTEMBER 2017 11:55 AM
This is where I first heard that story.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ca51325
Now that the “London Heavy” has lit the blue ( no pun intended ) touchpaper…..I wonder when we can we expect the SMSM to at least report on the story in The Times ?
I won’t hold my breath.
HH
new article posted.
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 7TH SEPTEMBER 2017 12:03 PM
Well. There we have it.
So much for the years of the Celtic CQN ” faithful ” confidently asserting that Celtic in general and P.L. in particular have been ignoring this issue in part because they wanted the return of Rangers to help fill the coffers.
The P.L. heated driveway screamers.
Can we now expect a line up of ” mea culpas ” from our own coterie of permanently disgruntled punters who feel that attacking and dividing our own is the noble thing to do?
Well. We could have good reason to expect it , but I`ll bet you that we`re not going to get it.
Well there is your answer.They will find something else.
ERNIE LYNCH on 7TH SEPTEMBER 2017 11:59 AM
Has there been any correspondence from Celtic that challenges the same club lie?
Does anyone know?
From the Celtic Blog – Perhaps Peter Lawwell and the Board deserve our appreciation?
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The Times of London has today reproduced a quite incredible document.
It is a letter Celtic sent to the SFA in 2012, demanding a judicial review of what had gone on at Ibrox and Hampden in the preceding years.
This should answer every question every supporter of our club has about our so-called “collusion” with the SFA over the survival of a club calling itself Rangers.
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Of all the conspiracy theories out there, this is one of the worst; that Celtic refused to press this issue because it was in our best interests that there was a strong Ibrox club. The number of people – Celtic fans and those of the two teams which have played out of that ground – who believe this garbage is staggering.
Before I get to the point let me address that theory.
Celtic has never been idle in these affairs.
We have always been busy behind the scenes.
We have always been working on them, but some refuse to believe that. They think we were keen to rebuild the “Old Firm” brand and were willing to look the other way on a decade of cheating to facilitate good relations with Ibrox and Hampden.
There are Sevco fans – and Celtic fans – who still believe that there will come a time when we’ll “throw” a league race just to keep things interesting, and to keep the fans coming through the turnstiles. This is such a stupid notion that anyone who believes it should have themselves checked in somewhere before they start feeding the fairies at the bottom of the garden.
Celtic is a club that plays by the rules.
Over the years when the first Ibrox club was doping itself on a cocktail of bank debts and EBT’s we suffered. We lost trophies. We lost leagues. We lost money, tens of millions. Our shareholders were disenfranchised, our fans cheated. And a lot of people in our support, not fully understanding that Rangers was busily priming a time-bomb under its own foundations, turned their anger on our board, and Peter Lawwell in particular.
As I’ve found out many times on here, it’s bad enough to get hate mail and abuse from the Ibrox horde. It’s a whole other matter getting it from fellow Celtic fans. It’s not the nicest feeling in the world and whenever it happens I pretty much feel like chucking it.
Those who say “well, you’ve not got a heated driveway to fund” are missing the point …
Our directors essentially did nothing wrong, except that they refused to put our club in jeopardy chasing Rangers’ in the fantasy football years. They have eaten some amount of dirt for it, and I’ll bet every one of them considered abandoning their post many times over the years.
I wrote some of the articles that slagged them.
In short, our board took a lot of stick at a time when it was doing the job well.
The 2012 letter shows us that they always have been.
Celtic’s concerns over what was going on inside Hampden are not new. Nor were they left sitting on the shelf. As I reported here some weeks ago, Celtic has formally asked for an independent review of Scottish football governance, which the SFA has been trying to pretend isn’t there.
And today the 2012 letter is in the papers.
Please note that this was not a leak to a Scottish tabloid, but a London broadsheet.
We are through playing games with the idiot children up here.
Celtic wants this story to have a national audience, one outside of Scotland, one which will take it seriously.
Where do you reckon the leak came from?
The SFA itself?
They have no reason to let that document into the public domain.
This is a warning shot across their bow; Celtic is not so subtly letting the world know that its position on this has hardened and we want answers.
Our formal request is waiting to be acknowledged.
If it’s not the next step will be to get legal.
The SFA has no choice whatsoever here; they are compelled to take this seriously, because frankly it is serious.
Celtic wants answers, and not from the talking heads at Hampden.
The club will not accept anything less than an independent inquiry with the necessary powers of investigation and punishment, and which will change the structure of our game.
At this point it’s probably right to point out that Celtic has never seen this matter as being one about title stripping or even completely about Rangers; this ceased to be our concern quite some time ago. This is about how officialdom acted in relation to those matters.
With an independent review, free to impose sanctions, title stripping will come as a matter of course; it’s like a nearly inevitable effect of a robust inquiry.
But it’s not what our club is after here and it never was.
We want to know how the Ibrox club was ever able to cheat the game for so many years and Celtic does not believe that all the responsibility lies inside Ibrox itself.
Part of the leaked 2012 letter reads thus:
“The interests of fairness and Scottish football now demand that the SFA act decisively. The initial inquiry should now be reconvened or a new independent panel led by a judge or senior lawyer should be formed to investigate and report upon the Rangers EBT issues and consider whether there has been any further breach of the Association’s rules, including those on disrepute.
“The roles of individuals (past and present) subject to the jurisdiction of the Association should also be examined. This should take place as quickly as possible, irrespective of the SPL’s own investigations.”
This could not be clearer.
Celtic did not want this handled only at the SPL level.
We never believed this matter would be properly pursued if left in the hands of the football authorities themselves, with a remit set by them.
We feared cover-up.
We knew that disrepute was an issue as well as the illegal registration of footballers.
We knew this was about “individuals past and present” and although the letter doesn’t openly state that we know some of them were at Hampden as well as Ibrox it’s clearly implied.
Celtic’s official request for an independent investigation into all of this has been submitted.
It is in the system.
It cannot be ignored.
Regan and his cohort at Hampden – and some of them, including him, might already be preparing to cut and run, as I said the other day – know this.
They know this has to be dealt with.
They know where Celtic will send it next.
If it looks like we’re delaying that’s probably because Celtic still wants to see people do the right thing; it might sound incredible, but that’s how we do business. We’re giving these people every chance to act with honour and with some measure of integrity as we get towards the endgame.
If they will not do it, they will be compelled to.
The problem with sticking your head in the sand is that it leaves your arse twitching in the wind. If that hasn’t dawned on Regan yet it better start to.
Celtic is done asking nicely.
This is a warning. I strongly suspect it is the last warning.
Just in case Regan was playing for time to stop further enquiry by a time bar, he would have to ignore this UEFA Rule.
Article 10 UEFA’s Disciplinary Regulations contains a statue of limitations.
It reads: ‘There is a statute of limitations on prosecution, which is time-barred after:
a. one year for offences committed on the field of play or in its immediate vicinity;
b. ten years for doping offences;
c. five years for all other offences.
Match-fixing, bribery and corruption are not subject to a statute of limitations.’
http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/UEFACompDisCases/02/37/00/86/2370086_DOWNLOAD.pdf
Given that corruption is in evidence it would seem that bolt hole does not exist.