Over 70 CQN’ers gathered in Aberdour, Fife, on Friday for our eighth annual charity golf day. As before, the day was hugely successful. Both those there on the day, and hundreds more who contributed beforehand, raised over £6,000 since we kicked off the summer’s fundraising activity in May.
This year LIvingston manager and former Celtic player, John Hughes, gave his time to entertain us with a mixture of great anecdotes and outrageous anecdotes. The big man spoke warmly of his time at Celtic, the joy of signing and working for Tommy Burns, that goal at Ibrox, and how he still benefits from his time learning from Tommy.
Many sincere thanks to Taggsy, BlantyreKev, Jonnybhoy, Barassiebhoy for organising an excellent event yet again. A special mention for Oldtim, for more than I am prepared to tell you, and to everyone who contributed to an excellent Celtic occasion.
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Well done to all the golfers and especially the organising team, led by the great Taggsybhoy.
Sevco want the medal ribbon from last night’s 10000 metres winner.
They say its “The Sash Mo Farah wore”
Her indoors, commenting on the alledged sexploits in the Olympics athletes village said “aye, they’ve even shipped in 150,000 anaphylactics….!”
Shocker! :-)
T4
bsr
Hahahahahahahaaa …Thats a belter.
estorilbhoy, tal, not at all. jist wondering. curently banned from the admiral due to my jonah like propensity to visit defeat on all the games I’ve watched there. ignore the fact that I only watch away euro games there and there might be some causality.
been using the rhindsdale as a backup but have only witnessed the sion 3-0 game there!
sannabhoy
oldtim, get in touch
The Quiet Man on 5 August, 2012 at 19:21 said:
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Good post thanks,identical to my sentiments but only came to the fore when I stumbled across this great blog. SSB is drivel and does nothing to add to the Scottish football product, in fact it undermines it. Hopefully listening figures will drop and will eventually be scrapped.
The red tops in the paper media ( a medium just one step up from papyrus I believe, how they have moved with the times :)) ) are a set of dinosaurs who have little or no knowledge of our great game and spout nonsense at every opportunity.
Hail ! Hail!
tommytwiststommyturns,
That’s a shocker
Gordon_J : which is precisely what I responded to her!
Looking forward to seeing your gowf photies.
T4
Hi everyone
Request
Apparently there is a spoof of agent Craig in the hold up at Amorone
Anyone got a link would be appreciated.
Thnx
sannabhoy on 5 August, 2012 at 19:34 said:
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Cheers good man. Not really a pub man but have had the occasional beer in rhinsdales ( even in it when it was called mcgills and Dixie deans had it ). Pop in occasionally to the thistle and usually cross the other side of the road when passing the Circle bar. I’m nearer the Clachan in spam valley. :))
Hoops
I have read somewhere this week that the oldco had a record of 1 victory in there last 35 european games.
Can anyone confirm?
HH
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! on 5 August, 2012 at 16:21 said:
Wonderful Andy Murray!
Mark hately is a f*nny and I really wish we wouldn’t mention the f*d on this blessed blog!
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Mark Hately says being a f*nny and getitng mentioned as a f*d on CQN is like, free publicity. Man.
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Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon on 5 August, 2012 at 16:37 said:
Andy Murray – gold medalist. If that doesn’t give him the confidence to go on and win a major then nothing will.
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Steady on, GJ. The boy’s just reached the top in tennis and you’re having him take up golf now! ;)
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Re: 48,000.
An attendance most clubs in most leagues in the world would kill for.
And I’m sure our board does not financially plan for filling CP to 58k every fortnight.
Unlike the astute planning of the Hun illuminati over the past 20 years where 100k superstadia/golf/hotel/casino resorts were the projections of choice.
tommytwiststommyturns on 5 August, 2012 at 19:30:
Well, London 2012 is the Games of the XXX Olympiad.
Sandman
Just had a look on DEADclubmedia only 20k sold for tues disgusted with each other PENNIES STARTING TO DROP :)))))
Re: Double contracts, etc, etc
If the SPL/SFA are incapable of making a decision, cut out the independent commission crap.
Give it to UEFA, if you are too scraed to make a decision.
Just give it to Uefa, and give us peace!
posting safely from ML4 tonight on bros laptop its a sensitive wee soul.
Sandman,
Getting my majors and grand slams mixed up a bit it seems …
Adam Gemili, about to go now. Gold medal in the smile stakes
barcabhoy
you mention the clubs like basle and anderlecht re comparison
but you dont mention INCOME do they have average of 45k season tickets paying circa £500 do they sell the amount of replica strips x 3 that we do on yearly basis
we have shed circa £100k in wages we have brought in 1.6m from Europa league we have brought in circa £1m+ on Juarez Rasmussan and Hoovield bonus
as many people on here have stated to stand still just is like waiting for the newco to catch up to show ambition NOW would give us chance of getting to CL group
at moment imho we have 30% max chance of getting there whereas a new centre back and striker might give us 50%+ chance
however if club do not see CL qualification as priority then be honest and tell people that we arent really serious and our plan is if we get there great but if we dont it doesnt matter
they cant keep speaking about ambition when there actions or should i say inactions point to something else
TCC – I like that! :-)
T4
Barcabhoy on 5 August, 2012 at 17:03 said:
Just reading back. Excellent post! Very concise and sensible. We cannot gamble £5M on fee and salary on a result on Wednesday. Get through to group stages and it’s a different ball game.
For the SPL we have young Marcus Stewart at CB and Tony Watt up front. They’d get a game anywhere else in SPL along with Philip Twardzik. Give youth a chance!
90 years old Fholks….
Gordon_J
When’s the gowf photies getting posted?
SwanseaBhoy
# Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the scottish football league
They come from bonnie Scotland, they come from county Cork,
They come from dear old Donegal and even from New York,
From every street in Glasgow they proudly make their way,
To a place called dear old paradise and this is what they say.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the scottish football league.
Well,.. there’s Fallon, Young and Gemmell who proudly wear the green,
There’s Clark, McNeill and Kennedy the best there;s ever been,
Jim Johnstone, Murdoch, Chalmers, Johnny Divers and John Hughes,
And a hundred thousand Celtic fans who proudly shout the news.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the scottish football league. #
tyrehoops on 5 August, 2012 at 19:41 said:
Hoops
I have read somewhere this week that the oldco had a record of 1 victory in there last 35 european games.
Last game won was 2007/08 against Sporting 2-0, did not win another game in their next 25 games. Can never win another game of course because they no longer exist :)
leftclicktic on 5 August, 2012 at 19:53
My wife was telling me that two sevco fans at work were high five-ing each other about how brilliant the future was for sevco, as if they’d pulled off a coup. After chatting about how it was all going to play out for a few mins they started arguing and within a couple of more mins they were at each other throats.
They no longer talk to each other. :))))
Books
SwanseaBhoy,
Will be tomorrow, hopefully before lunch
Does anybody know what time games starts on Wednesday?tommytwiststommyturns,thank Mrs tttt for making me laugh out loud tonight,shocking:-)))
theglasgowcelticway on 5 August, 2012 at 20:24 said:
Does anybody know what time games starts on Wednesday?tommytwiststommyturns,thank Mrs tttt for making me laugh out loud tonight,shocking:-)))
I thinks it’s 6.00
just reading back and i noticed a few commens that seem strange.
40k season ticket sales are going to be things of the past. i agree that season ticket levels have dropped over the last 5 years, but there is no analysis which indicates this will forever be the case, i think to put some context onto that drop would be fairer i.e. we are in the worst economic downturn in 70 odd years, people have less income and the price of going to a football match has never been higher for adults. doom and gloom around scottish football for last 2 season, perceived lack of ambition from the club etc have all lead to the situation we are in at this time.
i dont think celtic have been smart with regards all aspects of the signing policy. celtic have brought in young players who can be sold for significantly more than they were bought for. however, no players of value have been sold which had created a problem for the club in that we cannot spend because we have not sold. without new players coming in many supporters become disinterested or disheartened. football is meant to be fun, a laugh and escape from reality, but it has become more serious and more stressful than life itself.
if for example the board kept a positive spin on things, sold a ki or an izzy in january for 7 million, told everyone that its great news because we can spend money or we have a good young player in thw wings etc… and bought in a 3/4 million pound player in june pre-season ticket sales, IMO, supporters would be interested, heartened and excited about the new season, that is what puts bums on seats, football is meant to entertain, its meant to be something we enjoy and look forward to.
ask any supporter whats important to them and you’ll get lots of different answers
some will say there’s nothing like a young player coming from the academy
others will say signing a quality young/ older players
none will say signing an avarage player who hardly play but will take 10k a week wages
so it seems simply promote from within, sign the best young players we can get our hands on, try to sign a couple of ready made quality player and never signed a player simply to beef up the squad. when a very good bid come in move players on and make sure that supporters see new blood paraded at celtic park, avoid all the negative stuff and whereever possible give the fans a cheap day out i.e. if you get into the CL or the EL ask fans to pay 20/ 25 pounds a game, let them fill out the stadium and keep scouting, keep promoting, keep signing and keep selling.
FLY THE FLAG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlLfk4ixgw0
The bould b`hoys….. Tá ár lá anois..!!! on 5 August, 2012 at 20:17
Here you go— I posted this a few days ago!
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Kano 1000 on 31 July, 2012 at 21:08 said:
Good Evening,
Luck– everyone in life needs a little luck. Sometimes you do not recognise luck when it comes a knocking– sometimes it seems like bad luck yet turns out to be good. Sometimes it is another persons luck that ultimately benefits you and turns out to be that his or her luck becomes your luck.
Any Student of history will tell you that there was very little luck on offer when the allied forces attempted a landing at Galliploli during the great war. Not only was the planned landing a failure, but it is now thought that it was always doomed to failure– even before it started.
Whilst the Dardanelles campaign is perhaps most famous for being the first major military action undertaken by ANZAC troops, it is little realised that there were many many others there as well.
Eric Bogle’s song “And the band played waltzing matilda” describes the horror and the aftermath of the Turkish onslaught of the allied troops. Dum Dum Turkish bullets ripped through the flesh and bought death to thousands.
An estimated 120,000 men ultimately perished These included more than 80,000 Turkish soldiers and 44,000 British and French soldiers, including over 8,500 Australians. Among the dead were 2,721 New Zealanders, about a quarter of those who had landed on the peninsula. Overall there were in excess of 500,000 casualties.
Beside this, general conditions were terrible with blazing heat by day, and months later sub zero temperature by night. Dysentery, Diarreha and Enteric fever were widespread affecting 145,000 troops. There was not a lot of luck about— and it seemed that luck had deserted one young soldier when his shoulder was ripped to shreds by the dreaded dum dums.
Yet for this man, Lady Luck was present– and indeed would remain present for ever more really. He did not die, and was shipped home instead– or at least he was shipped away from Gallipoli— eventually returning to his homeland— but not before a series of operations and a long convalescence in another land— Scotland!
In between Hospital treatments the young man would be allowed to leave hospital, and found himself going to Celtic Park to follow Glasgow Celtic. He took in what he saw, the atmosphere, the crowd, the play and the ethos of the club. He drank it in and kept it with him– even after he went home.
The young man married, had a family, went into politics in his home town and even went on to become Mayor– twice. He is long dead now and has a street named after him in his home town.
His name? John Fallon. Former Mayor of Sligo, War Veteran, husband, father, and Celtic fan.
So it came to be that a young Sean Fallon grew up in Sligo and came to hear about the famous Glasgow Celtic. His father told him of the club with the big heart, which helped people out, which played great football and had this huge support.
The marist educated Fallon was already a Celtic fan by the time Lady Luck appeared for the benefit of the Fallon family for a second time.
The story goes that the young Sean’s sister, Lilly, got into trouble in the waters of Lough Gill and was in danger of drowning. Fortunately, a young man jumped into the water and saved Lilly, and as a reward and an appreciation, was invited back to the Fallon household.
This young man’s name was Joe McMenemy the son of Celtic legend Jimmy McMenemy. Obviously the topic of Celtic came up and when Joe returned to Scotland he made a point of sending young Sean a Celtic shirt and a copy of Willie Maley’s book “The story of Celtic”.
It is from that background that Sean Fallon would later admit that he would have played for Celtic for nothing had they asked.
I have no intention of going through Sean’s stats as a player or even an assisstant coach. He would probably agree with my fathers description od Sean as a player– which is meant to be complimentary. The ould fella describes Fallon the player as ” All blood and snotters– but as hard as nails!”
However, it is Fallon’s attributes away from the Field of play that are worthy of the absolute highest praise. My impression is that Sean Fallon is the personification of a unique quiet dignity, a presence that speaks volumes without words or dramatic action.
It was Sean Fallon who decided to make Jock Stein– someone who was seen as a makeshift, washed up, stand in at Celtic park his Vice Captain– perhaps to the astonishment of certain team mates including his best friend at the time- Bertie Peacock.
That action was to be reciprocated years later when it was Stein and not Fallon who was named as successor to Jimmy McGrory. Fallon seemed to be the heir apparent, but gracefully stood aside to allow the legend that was to become “Big Jock” take control. Fallon could have stormed out, taken the huff or whetever, but instead was more than happy to remain serving the club that he loved so much in any capacity offered.
I have heard him interviewed and at times this elderly man just reeks of unintentional phrases that shout Celtic FC. He talks about the loyalty of the fans, even through the lean 50′s and describes how it was “most important” that they got rewards like a day of “Hampden in the sun”.
Similarly, it was “most important” that Stein’s team gave the next generation of fans “something to dream about” in Lisbon. It is also ” most important” that everyone at the club remembers that it was founded by a Marist Bother and that the club is meant to do good things for people who are not so fortunate in life!
It was Fallon who persuaded Ronnie Simpson to come to Celtic, and who had to swiftly persuade a young David Hay and his dad to leave a hotel and come with him to sign for Celtic instead of waiting for the man they had intended to meet– another Celt called Tommy Docherty who was trying to get young Hay to sign a contract that very day…….. with Chelsea.
Any number of players will testify to Fallon’s gentle and dignified way of persuading them to come to Celtic Park– not least Danny McGrain and Kenny Dalglish.
However perhaps the story that most emphasises the idea of “Lucky Sean” rubbing off on someone else is the one where he took a walk through Bellahouston Park.
It is said that he came upon a Sunday football game where jackets were being used for posts. A Bounce game between a group of young men, a bunch of friends if you will.
One young player is said to have caught his eye, and eventually the young man was called over by the genial Irishman and asked if he would be interested in trying out for Celtic? Within weeks, the young man had signed to play for Celtic,signing for manager McGrory on January 7th 1965.
His name was Jim Craig.
We are often told of the ills of Scotland. We have recently been reminded of alledged bigotry in football even between club officials. Sean is living testimony as to why that does not need to be. If you ever get the chance ask him how he became a member of Pollock Golf Club? He was proposed by someone he considered one of his closest friends— deedle dawdle– Willie Waddell– whom he refers to as simply “Deedle”. Opponent on the park, close friend off it!
One time Sean’s luck failed him== that was when he failed to sign Johan Cruyff for….. Dumbarton….. but as he says himself you have to give the fans something to dream about! You had to try!
Luck– everyone needs a little luck and sometimes someone else’s luck becomes your luck.
There may have seemed nothing lucky about a bullet in the shoulder in 1916, but that bullet brought a man to Glasgow who would later tell his son about a football team called Glasgow Celtic– and that son proved hellish lucky for Celtic– for Jock Stein, Danny McGrain, Davie Hay, Kenny Dalglish, Jim Craig and everyone who has worn a green and white scarf or stood on the terracings from the 50′s onwards.
Sean Fallon is 90 today and still lives in the south side of Galsgow.
Stay lucky Sean!
http://t.co/BZ3u94vd
I was on holiday last week in rural France a few miles from Avignon.
The wife and daughter and I took a stroll into the village near our quarters one evening to enjoy the annual festival. Free wine available, warm friendship offered to all, a very pleasant way to live. Anyway, we turned a corner in the medieval streets to see and hear a band getting warmed up for their contribution… strum strum… sound check un, deux… un deux and then the guy belts out… “we slip and slide la la falling in love and I just can’t seem to get enough…”
What a wonderful world.
Walk on at the start of the game seems to be dying a death latley. Are scarfs not wore as much in modern day football.
Reading back Wedensday game is win at all costs.
Bookies Pen for a Button on a Blazer on 5 August, 2012 at 20:21
:)) they will Rip the carcass to shreds just to outdo one another
HAIL HAIL
Gordon_J
Look forward to seeing them.
SwanseaBhoy
Brogan, Rogan, Trevino and Hogan supports Kano 1000 at 20:25
I was consciously teasing you out for a Sean Fallon Story. Unaware you had penned this fine piece, I am truly humbled. Absolutely First Class. I am truly grateful.
I was born in 77, Dany McGrain as my first ever Celtic hero [can still picture the rosette pinned to the breast of my hoops]. My dad was the first Celtic man in the family. His mother and her 11 siblings came from Sligo. The Johnstones.
Until recently I didnt really know much about Sean. Says it all about the man how important he has been throughout the years and yet never seems to get the recognition he deserves.
That piece had me on the verge of tears sir. You truly are a wonderous talent. Thank you. Thank you. Thank You.
Hail hail
have a good night ghuys am offskie
hail hail