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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garcia lorca,
there was one wee sentence you seem to be missing the importance of,
Celtic voted against the price increase, the crux of my argument all day.
Today a quarter of the stadium is taken up by corporate money, not who the game needs IMO
GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
N.Korea
Wanup.
what price was she for first goal scorer
Bundoran
There’s a picture on the Green Brigade site of the 3 statues outside Parkhead last night with the sun setting behind them.
I don’t know how to copy it but if you do then give me a shout and I’ll give you my log in if you don’t have one.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 25 July, 2012 at 21:21 said:
That’s the BBC using hun talk for: Strathclyde police are investigating rangers for fraud and have told the SFA to back off in case it prejudices their case.
:)
Book
bigphil47 on 25 July, 2012 at 21:31 said:
what price was she for first goal scorer
Who? Bang-Wan-In?
prestonpan bhoys
North, South, male, female, right anthem, wrong anthem, right boot left foot, the Olympics, it is a lot to take in!
praecepta on 25 July, 2012 at 21:32 said:
no her sister Wang
Kayal 33-Huddesfield boss Simon Grayson was in Directors Box last night,I wonder if NL at Rugby Park? We won’t pay the money for Rhodes imo.HH
tgcw
You got mobile with you?
!!Bada Bing!! on 25 July, 2012 at 21:33 said:
swap deal with Daryl Murphy
bundoranbhoy-You got mail.
Sevco 1690 cannot have any titles stripped because to date they have won hee haw! TFPLG needs to realise that the huns are pan bread and get on with his 1st and last season as Sevco manager. Now the RFC(IL) are a different matter.
Just had a look at der bombers twitter,nothing for 10 days,
either he has been told to shut up or the guy that writes it
for him is away for fair fortnight
Hamiltontim
No.
!!Bada Bing!! on 25 July, 2012 at 21:33 said:
Was NL not over watching HJK?
Books
HT -You got mail.
Korean no 11 looks like beardsley
kayal33,
so the Rangers FC Plc license to play football in Scotland, a license Rangers FC Plc dont qualify to hold. Will be transferred to newco scotland, a real estate companly who use football players to keep the seagulls off the grass, that recently were granted an associate membership for the sfa, which requires 6 years according to the written rule, to gain full membership, which enables an application to play professional Football in Scotland.
So its sorted then
Any signs NK are going to park the bus in the ole Demilitarised Zone?
Neil canamalar etc @ 21:12….
your too kind.
garcia lorca @ 21:17…
the patient in the Western Infirmary has made very good progress today.
Arty…
I think the “Willie Wallace” game to which you refer was the League game at Tynecastle in January ’66 when Wille scored twice in a 3-2 Hearts win.
Celtic had just returned from playing Dinamo Kiev in Tblisi in the 2nd leg of the European Cup Winners Cup and their flight had been subject to delays and diversions with the team arriiving in Glasgow at around 10:00 pm on the Friday evening. Jock took them to Celtic Park and put them through a training session at 11:30!
There was much talk of the Tynacastle game being postponed however it went ahead and ten man Hearts won 3-2.
The other game, the cup-tie in March at Tynecastle, was “over-crowded”, and as I posted earlier the crush outside the Gorgie Road end was scary.
You will no doubt remember the sign above that entrance “BEWARE OF PICKPOCKETS” which was very apt given the fact that Hearts had increased the admission price from 4/1 to 5/-.
Incidentally, Joe did score in both those Tynecastle games.
Finally, on the subject of North Korea, one for the CQN book club.
“Nothing to Envy – Real Lives in North Korea” by Barbara Demick.
…” an utterly compelling account of life in this most reclusvie of societies”
I can recommend it.
South Korea’s first game (with Ki in the squad) is v Mexico tomorrow at 2.30pm on BBC Olympic Channel 2
so southhampton want kayal 5 million and hooper 6 million, blackpool want mccourt 750k and QPR want Ki 7 million. Just under 19 million for 4 players. for me kayal is worth more than 5 million so we should, if we wish, get something like 22 million for 4 players. ki yes, paddy yes, hooper maybe, kayal no way. murphy, radumssion, bangurra, thompson, wilson in a heartbeat.
why are the club allowing the media to suggest that we need to sell due to loss of rangers. we lose about 2 million if no t.v deal is done which is unlikely and £40 x 35000 for two old firm games. we have moved on loovens, danny, o’dea, wilson, du ria, chavi, mcginn, juarez, hooivel, towell etc… if at all possible murphy, radumssion, bangurra, thompson, wilson should be moved on asap and i suspect ki will go as well, but spare me the we need to sell and balancing the books, when the wages have clearly been substancially reduced over the last 2 years.
1.Wrang flag flew at the Mount Florida ludge= Head(s) will roll as eyes of world looking on
2. Industrial cheating & financial doping over 15 years with some people in positions of power turning a blind (alledgedly) = we will talk about this later once we have “Rosemarys baby” up and running.
Whas like us.
ItaliaBhoy no your not alone seen one up looking in Ramsdens window in coatbridge main st told him they would give him nothing for a deadclub retro top :)
CRC sent you email about advice on badge payment. fae yer computer numpty client.
HAIL HAIL
Dillon Panthers on now.
Bada
Received and replied mate.
HT-Cant do linky thing mate…..
stephbhoy,
are you still paying attention to the media :oD)))))))))))))
Well, in two days Britain has managed to insult anyone who speaks arabic and now we’ve gone one step further and insulted a madman.
It’s all very funny but in all seriousness if a spectator turned up with a can of pepsi or an 8 piece kfc bargain bucket he’d probably be stuck in prison for five years.
“Rosemarys baby” huge belly laugh
Kayal 33-Murphy as bad a player I have seen in the Hoops,I know guys will reply and say he does his best but,how did he get to CP Jeezo.
Celtic Mac on 25 July, 2012 at 21:33 said
Ki is better looking than the players I indicated before!!!
nopci’llgetmycoat.cfc
Celtic have no power over what the media print providing it is not slanderous or libellous. And as regards what the media print why does anybody pay any attention to their drivel?
i can’t get on me laptop for love nor money now as me son has discovered Minecraft, but got on tonight, God i miss the blog , so effin funny
Just in.
What’s this flag stooshie? Another SFA PR disaster?
Did they also suggest “North men, South men comrades all” for the Korean national anthem?
Gordon
You’ve got me looking for my memory up my rear orifice, Gordon :))
My wage was take home £15 one week and £14. 10/- the next because they rounded the wages up or down to the nearest 10/-. Couldn’t have told you what a bank looked like. Fags, a couple of pints, bus fairs and it was gone – oh after giving mother a few quid too. Those were the days – mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!! Mind I got to the games then. Not so lucky now – Ah well. Celtic TV!
H H
Philboy at 20.13
Its a Bedlington Terrier- I saved it from a life in a zombie village