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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Percy Vere,
without having a particular view on the gay marriage subject,
do you know if it was part of the SNP manifesto for the last election,
its ok saying they were democratically elected but surely they should
follow the policies they had in their manifesto
Surely Gordon Smith can help smooth things over at Hampden tonight?
….”no, I didn’t see the flag…I wasn’t aware…er..it was nothing to do with me…um..er…and anyway what about Celtic’s flags and them Catholic schools?”
Last night at CP was a total disgrace!!!
Playing Achy Braky Heart at half-time is a new low.
Sack DJ Pedro
Flippin eck, I hope they play the right anthem.
sftb
It was Don’t Sell McCourt :-)
Midfield Maestro
Are u sure he’s no playing instead of Wilson?
HH
CRC
Next time Scotland play in Pyongyang they are going to display the English flag. That’ll teach us.
20.50 KO ,about 200 at Hampden,whole thing is an embarassment but I am sure Regan would be there as SFA rep,couldn’t run a bath that mob.
Not content with wrecking Scottish football, I see the SFA are determined to cause a diplomatic incident with a nuclear-armed totalitarian dictatorship.
Nice.
Pantaloon
That probably wouldn’t be a problem.
I’ve just noticed that Kiryat Shmona beat Zilina. Does this affect the draw for the next round (should Celtic get through) like the Dudelange result last night? Also, Dinamo Zagreb are losing at the moment, any boffins know what the effect of this is on the Play Off round?
wrrong FUPPIN flag, you could nt make it up LOL
”1Offensive behaviour at regulated football matches
(1)A person commits an offence if, in relation to a regulated football match—
(a)the person engages in behaviour of a kind described in subsection (2), and
(b)the behaviour—
(i)is likely to incite public disorder, or
(ii)would be likely to incite public disorder.
(2)The behaviour is—……………….
(e)other behaviour that a reasonable person would be likely to consider offensive…….
(4)The things referred to in subsection (2)(a)(iii) are—…………
(c)nationality (including citizenship),
(d)ethnic or national origins”
Looks like there’s been a crime committed at Hamdump.
Charges to follow.
SFTB
Do you want your CQN badges after I have kicked you about on Sat morn at 5s?
HH
CRC
3mRangers Tax-Case@rangerstaxcase
Waiting for FTT decision before title stripping will be fine, but just to establish legality. SFA & SPL have all the facts needed.
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6mRangers Tax-Case@rangerstaxcase
Given “anonymised” nature of published findings, how will SFA/SPL know who did what?
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7mRangers Tax-Case@rangerstaxcase
If rumours are true that SFA/SPL will wait for FTT result before pursuing title stripping (contd)
Is that the crowd in for a Queens Park v Sevco Div 3 game at Hampden?
http://rangerstaxcase.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/the-last-drink-in-the-last-chance-saloon/comment-page-118/#comment-136615
They’ll be more at Brechin on Sunday…………well maybe not…..
North Korean ICBM in skies above Mount Florida just now.
Easy mistake to make. Who knows what the North Korean flag looks like anyway? Nothing to see here, Kimmy.
This must be Seoul destroying.
hamiltontim on 25 July, 2012 at 20:35 said:
Percy Vere on 25 July, 2012 at 20:30
Who said it was anti Catholic?
ASonOfDan did, in his/her post that I pasted above my response!
Could have been worse. Imagine Regan had watched “Team America” to get a feel for North Korean customs in advance of game…
Anthem: “I’m so roan-reee”
Followed by..
“AMERICA! **** YEAH!”
ItaliaBhoy on 25 July, 2012 at 20:40 said:
Smeone promised Green SevCo wouldn’t be playing in Div3, didn’t they? Maybe this is the last ditch attempt to stop it.
SFA lackey looking through flag hamper,ten union
flags ,two King Billy on white charger and one
all seeing eye later,cannae find a fekn North Korean wan.
neil canamalar etc @ 13:48…
The cost of admission to the terracing at Celtic Park for season 1966/67 was 4/- (20 new pence).
The average weekly wage then appears to have been £21 7shillings and 6d.
The Scottish League operated a minimum pricing policy at the time and Celtic had just voted against raising the cost of entry to League games.
Celtic’s first competitive fixture of that season was a League Cup section match at Tynecastle and Hearts decided to increase the cost from 4/- to 5/- which caused some controversy. Particularly as Hearts had also increased the cost in a similar fashion the previous march when they drew Celtic in the quarter final of the Scottish Cup.
That match ended in a draw 3-3 (I recall a scary crush outside the turnstiles at the Gorgie Road end).
Celtic did not increase the admission price (4/-) for the replay (we won 3-1) which was watched by a crowd of 72000.
In 1967 the Celtic View cost 4d, the new Celtic EP record featuring “Follow Follow we will follow Celtic! cost 7/3d and a packet of 20 Celtic cigarettes cost 4/7d.
An average ticket for the final in Lisbon cost 35 escudos (about 8/-) and a charetr flight to Lisbon cost £32 (maybe cheaper now with EasyJet).
crc
I will bring some money with me on Saturday morning for the badges if that is ok with Bundoran Bhoy.
Bloke 109
The GB were singing “Don’t Sell McCourt” but that’s no excuse for the CP DJ to play the original Billy Bob Cyrus affront to music
DBBIA
Naw they belong to a Greggs patron.
She didn’t sing the national anthem loud enough.I wouldn’t go home if I were you.
Kim Jong-un: “I demand to know who was responsible for this. Who are these people?”
SPL and SFA don’t need to wait for the result of the big tax case, they only need to decide if the second letters/contracts were not registered with them
Just seen the North Korean line up are numbers 2,5 10, 7 huns ? No that braw…do you know a handsome hun?
Headtheball – excellent.
And we’re off. Better be a good game after all this.
BBC3 wtf is her hair all about ;-))
Im all for blaming the SFA but was the Olympic committee not in charge of flags?
Was it not them who had to be asked if we could fly our national flag at our own home stadium?
OSN has abandoned coverage of this game, has it started yet?
celticrollercoaster supporting wee Oscar on 25 July, 2012 at 20:38 said:
At 88 he would give Wilson a run for his money. :-)
Get in toch re badges, been manic since coming home from holibags.
The Korean Flag Incident made me curious,on BBC watching highlights of earlier games,absolute playground pash,the only thing worse is the obligatory cliched commentator.Total waste of Licence fee money altogether.