There comes a time during any endeavour when you have to ask, is this worth all the hassle? News revealed by Phil MacGiollabhain last week and swiftly picked up by the newspapers today that an SFA executive has had his life threatened for what some regard as holding a firm line on application of the game’s rules, are one of these occasions.
This is sport, it is not the struggle against apartheid. It really, really, isn’t worth putting your life on the line for.
The SFA executive who received the threat has not been named but he will hopefully find a degree of fortitude in the face of such intimidation. We have called for resignations from the SFA but not under these circumstances. If the recipient of the threat continues to work as normal they should be commended for their bravery.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to put football back on solid ground but whatever our game looks like in future, it must take on a different face. Ordinary football fans want their sport back, a sport where honesty and endeavour can be rewarded by success on the field.
That will have consequences for us. Celtic are far too powerful for any other club in Scotland to genuinely compete. 35 of our 41 clubs figured out they can do without Rangers and 34 of them know they can do without Celtic too.
They should remind Sevco rules are there for a reason and tell Celtic to stop mumbling about finding another league to play in and go do something about it. I could not be more convinced that every other club in Scotland would be better off if Celtic Park and Ibrox didn’t exist.
Question is, do the rest of the clubs have the balls to do something about it? Is the ‘Arab Spring in Scottish football’ over, or does it still have another chapter?
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gordybhoy64 on 25 July, 2012 at 19:53 said:
Telegraph.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/celtic/9427210/Southampton-look-to-sign-Celtic-midfielder-Beram-Kayal.html
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 25 July, 2012 at 19:52 said:
CG is the only guy that I know that is more skint than me…maybe I can help it out then again maybe not!
I wonder if there’s a lot of tension before kick off in women’s fitba with them all wearing the same outfit?
vizcsc
If there is to be no punishment for SevCo for the sins of Rangers, then i presume there will be no ‘history’ attached to SevCo. They will start with zero trophies to their name?
Sitting in front of the telly waiting for the game between the women of the Glorious People’s Republic of Korea and the women of Colombia, ko 7.45. There are about 50 fans at Hampden and no sign of any players.
Perhaps the women of the Glorious People’s Republic of Korea have all defected…
kayal33,
cheers pal,thought it was made up stuff from
one of the Scottish rags
Thanks guys.
More than a club…
I see the Greek athlete Voula Papachristou has been
thrown off the team,now if she is stuck for things to do i
would’nt mind volunteering to show her the sights,;-))
and i am only being light hearted,don’t condone
racism in any way
All 50 fans trying to keep themselves amused by doing a Mexican wave. Doesn’t really work.
TenMen
You’d have thunk, but I’m not holiding my breath that the moral case has the correct result.
Midfield Maestro
Fantastic. I will have to tune in now ;-)
Gorbalstam,
Think about it. I can always email Paul67 and set up a rigged competition that he will win… And if you pay for the beer when your catching that game in Germany, I might even save some money ; -)
HH
Aren’t we confusing the punishment of RFC(IA, soon to be IL) and Sevco?
Is it over simplistic to state that Sevco are essentially a new entity applying for League recognition and “legally” (morally is a whole different box o frogs) have no ties to RFC(IA/IL).
RFC (IA/IL), however, rather like any historical criminal can’t hide behind death as an excuse to avoid future punishment/castigation? Last time I looked “A big boy dun it, an ran away” is not leaglly watertight as a defence case.
Or have I missed something?
Don’t sell Kayal.
Has livibhoy melted into a babbling emotional gangster rappa getting his stroll on yet ?
HH
PantaloonDuck
To be fair, they’ve delayed the kick-off to let the crowd in.
Rioskorrie
We know that, not sure the SFA, CG and Sevco’s support accept it (hence delay today I’d think).
Southampton GTF
HH
Boos ringing round Hampden.
The Fat Helmsman Ally Mccoist has demanded to know the names of the 50 fans at Hampden tonight.
‘delay due to an issue behind the scenes’ according to the PA, met with boos again.
Incomprehensible announcement at Hampden fails to placate the crowd.
MM
Wonderful news!
Best wishes to your Dad!
Bloke – how on earth did you understand that?
Bloke109 on 25 July, 2012 at 20:06 said:
Boos ringing round Hampden.
Is that peek-a-boos – cause the crowd are hiding? :-)
Perhaps North Korean ladies team at are Ibrokes as someone thought they asked for an asylum ….
Hat Coat Taxi CSC
Lennon n Mc….Mjallby on 25 July, 2012 at 19:56 said:
I thought that was funny, my wife didn’t;-)
Bloke
Told you,there’s only 2 outfits for 20 women.
Southampton are believed to want to deploy
Celtic enforcer Beram Kayal alongside
former Rangers and Northern Ireland
playmaker Steven Davis in the heart of their
midfield as they prepare for their return to
the top flight after a seven-year absence.
Manager Nigel Adkins, who is also keen to
be reunited with Celtic’s top scorer, Gary
Hooper, after working with the striker at
Scunthorpe United, is an admirer of the
Israeli international and could persuade the
SPL champions to part with the 24 year-old
by making an offer of £5 million.
With uncertainty surrounding the intentions
of broadcast partners Sky to continue their
involvement with the SPL following the
decision to instal Rangers newco in the Third
Division, the transfer market north of the
border has been stagnant.
However, Celtic manager Neil Lennon, who
signed Kayal from Maccabi Haifa for an
undisclosed fee in July, 2010, would be able
to utilise the fee from any sale to finance
other transfers.
With international players Joe Ledley, Scott
Brown, Victor Wanyama, Ki Sung Yeung,
James Forrest and Kris Commons, midfield
is the strongest area of the Celtic squad.
Kayal signed an extended and improved
contract last October which ties him to
Parkhead until 2015, and that will allow
Celtic to exact maximum value from his
transfer.
Ten Kims in Hampden, there’s only 10 Kims in Hampden…
Just back from picking up a puppy in a place called Plean- it was stepping back to a time when rankers were alive- every second person was wearing a retro rankers top and many of the houses flew union jacks, NI flags and even some strange orange ones. I had to shower when I got home and I cant see me sleeping tonight, thinking now that zombies are true
OSN Middle East Sports Channel
‘Its no surprise given whats going on in Scottish football, its unconfirmed but its likely rangers fc one of Scotlands biggest clubs will start as a new company in div 3’
Kim Jong-un making multi-won bid for Sevco?
OSN
‘Apart from rangers & their support the biggest problem in this (rangers scandal) has been the SFA, the owners of this stadium’
Stairheedrammy…
…….whit kinda dug wisit???!!!!
Doc
Tell your lovely wife I’m only kiddlin’,I take the ladies football seriously…..no seriously.
an orange one -))))
Pantalonio- he ticks a lot of the boxes.
Someone at Hampden has displayed the wrong flag. They’ve put up the South Korean flag instead of the North Korean.
Crass mistake.
Cue, diplomatic incident, and Fat Boy pointing missiles at us