Rangers won three consecutive Scottish Cups in the 60s and Aberdeen repeated the feat in the 80s, however, Celtic have never won the Cup more than twice in succession.
The closest we came to three in a row was the 1990 final, when Sunday’s opponents, Aberdeen, won the trophy on penalties after the game ended 0-0. The double was achieved in the Centenary Season, before Joe Miller’s famous winner in 1989, but we were a busted flush by season 89-90.
A last 16 win over Rangers at Celtic Park was illusory. That season, Celtic finished fifth in the league; ahead of Motherwell and Hibs only on goal difference (Celtic had a goal diff. of zero). We were four points ahead of second bottom St Mirren.
29 years on, it is hard to explain how much we thought we needed to win that Cup in 1990. After a cataclysmic season, there was a chance to celebrate with an historic third successive Scottish Cup. Instead, we walked out of Hampden that afternoon telling ourselves a Cup win would have papered over the cracks, and that medicine of defeat would be a more effective tonic.
That was rubbish. Defeat is not a wake-up call, then it was a portent of what was to come throughout the 90s.
No Celtic fan who walks into Hampden on Sunday will have the sheer desperation to beat Aberdeen that we had at that 1990 final. But, unlike then, this time, we can look each other in the eye and say we deserve to join the three-in-a-row Scottish Cup winners’ club.
We have planned for our current success. Form outside the competition supports the ambition. If we win this Scottish Cup, we have earned it. 29 years is a long time to wait for compensation, but I firmly believe that without the pain of defeat, we cannot experience the full jobs of triumph. I want this for my May 1990 self. I needed a break that day.
15th Annual CQN Open Golf Day
This year’s CQN Open will take place once again at Aberdour Golf Club on Friday 21 June. The usual successful format and costs are £80 for the golf and evening event, £40 golf only and £40 night time only.
Please contact john@thewoodsidehotel.co.uk if you would like to come along. Speakers and charitable beneficiaries to be announced. Anyone seeking overnight accommodation, please contact John at The Woodside Hotel. John has an attractive package including a game at Burntisland Golf Club the day before the CQN Open, should you wish to hone your skills on the Fife Riviera!
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TIMALOY29 @ 10 33 .
Monchi left Roma in consequence of the support being mightily annoyed by 3 things —
His habit of loudly declaring that player X/Y/Z wasn’t for sale and then selling him .
His record of selling well and buying badly .
His macho man temper tantrum / I’ll see you one at a time response to being abused by angry Ultras at Rome Airport .. Film of it made the national tv news . . The American money men were embarassed – Ciao Ciao Monchi !
What does a DOF actually do.? The only time I see a DOF being appointed at Parkhead is if we signed an inexperienced or obscure manager. Then I would imagine the DOF would be the face that would encourage mega rich clubs to trust us with their fringe players.
HH.
TIMALOY29 @ 10 33 .
Monchi left Roma in consequence of the support being mightily annoyed by 3 things —
His habit of loudly declaring that player X/Y/Z wasn’t for sale and then selling him .
His record of selling well and buying badly .
His macho man temper tantrum / I’ll see you one at a time response to being abused by angry Ultras at Rome Airport .. Film of it made the national tv news . . The American money men were embarassed – Ciao Ciao Monchi !
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Happy to defer to your knowledge on all things Italian.
He was highly thought of at Sevilla (so much so they brought him back) and beyond. The fact that he failed at Roma shows to me that a DOF does not take away the human element.
You can bring in a DOF with a great reputation and all indications that he’s the right man but he falls flat on his face. Just like managers.
You can have a successful DOF who’s a success and is then poached by a team higher up the food chain.
To me, I don’t see it as adding much stability. It’s just more about assigning resources/time. If Neil Lennon is the right man and is willing to put in Alex Ferguson/Pep Guardiola type hours then a DOF isn’t really required.
If the board don’t see that in Lennon then maybe they want to lighten the load.
” Wev’e got millions of wingers ” © you know who
Forrest
Shved
Sinclair
Johnston
Morgan
Hayes
Arzani
Pogmathon
“Greetings from Young and Jackson’s pub in Melbourne”
Did they not play for the dead team in the 70’s? Does Melbourne have hun pubs? :-)
Highlights from the reserves vs Ross County
Very excited by the interplay between Dembele, Johnston, Okoflex and Henderson.
Celtic score recently from a corner
SEINFELD – The Show About Nothing
SEVCO – The Club About Nothing.
TIMALOY29
Either way, we don’t know what happened and Lee Congerton was allegedly a BR pick, but the scout
seems to choose watertight contracts if his record is anything to go buy, we don’t know if he can be attributed to any of the successful signings as the transfer ‘committee’ at Celtic work in the background.
BR is on record as saying he was happy with having the ‘final say’ on signings, which makes his decision to jump ship all the more hard to understand or take, for the fans. He has also said the transfer signings system was identical to Liverpool.
We arguably will need at least two centre backs one of whom at least should be from the multi million pound bracket the kind I keep banging on about, the players that no one else in Scotland can or ever will be able to afford.
In the meantime there is another game to be won.
New Article CSC
TIMALLOY29 ..
” knowledge ” is way too flattering . It’s brain fluff which arrives and mysteriously sticks in the the ole mouldy bonce by osmosis .Most recent example being last night’s Arsenal Napoli game and seeing Ancelotti mouthing ” shit ” in response to Arsenal’s first goal and ” wretched ” in response to their second . Summed up Napoli’s first half performance ( and the 2 chances they created and missed ). . My brain has now filed the game. as being a game where Napoli were wretched and shit
BSR @ 11:29 AM,
” Wev’e got millions of wingers ” © you know who
Think it was just a figure of speech… you forgot Mr Burke and Timo can play on the wing at a push, as can Callum..;)
On the Lee Congerton thing, Lee didn’t come in at the beginning of Brendan’s tenure and was on different contract arrangements.
He was Sporting Director for PL’s mate Martin Bain at Sunderland so maybe got the nod there…
Hail Hail
new article posted.
Surprises me the number of posters who assume Scott Sinclair is either:
Being pushed out by Neil Lennon
Being sold to cut the wage bill
We have an option on his contract for another year that we have to exercise even if we want to sell him to get any value for him at all.
Still a player who has scored 17 goals this season in a team that if we are honest has under performed for the whole season. Only Edouard and Forrest have scored more.
Celtic made their worst start to a season for 20 years or so as we were constantly reminded by the hacks yet we are still comfortable in the league and in with a shout of a historic treble treble.
Exercise the option and let the new manager decide on not only Sinclair quite a few others already mentioned on here. Some are guaranteed to leave like Gamboa, De Vries but let the new coaching team decide.
3.35 Ayr
Beware The Bear
Best of luck to all
Cheers GFTB
Crosshue Boy 3:35 Ayr.
Good morning all,BEWARE THE BEAR 3.35 Ayr,good luck.
Needing snookers so going for South Seas in the 3:15 at Newbury. Maybe today’s the day… or maybe not but good luck all HH
Think Beware the bear non runner guys?
My nap
Brian Borhana
Scottish National Gl
Vintage Clouds 3 35. Ayr.
15:35 Ayr
Chidswell
HH.
Harbour Breeze 5.35 Newbury
Good luck to all
HH
Mam transna 5.20 ayr
Newbury 315 Chief of Chiefs
Good luck everyone
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 28 results (Mar 2nd)
WINNERS:
Bull67 (San Benedetto) @11/1
Fastbhoy (Royal Birth) @6/5
LOSERS:
16 roads (Mustadun)
21-5-79 (Joe Farrell)
BMCUWP (No Selection)
Cathal (No Selection)
Cosy Corner Bhoy (No Selection)
fleagle1888 (Foreign Legion)
GFTB (Sosian)
Graffitionthewall (Gembari)
green T (Rockys Treasure)
Gweedore Celt (Outlaw Torn)
leftclicktic (Le Torrent)
Nye Bevans RS (War Sound)
Onemalloy (Abolitionist)
Rockon (Brian Boranha)
Som mes que un club (Looking Well)
twists n turns (Dustin de Motte)
voguepunter (Pharoh Jake)
Zihuatanejo (Dolos)
Hyperlinks to Week 28 selections:
https://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/levein-culpable-for-hearts-red-card-keeping-toljan-on-his-toes/comment-page-10/#comments
Cheers, fleagle1888
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 29 results (Mar 9th)
WINNERS:
Gweedore Celt (Malaya) @7/1
voguepunter (Commodore) @3/1
Fastbhoy (Ex Patriot) @9/4
LOSERS:
16 roads (Hackbridge)
21-5-79 (Vinnie Lewis)
BMCUWP (No Selection)
Bull67 (Saint Leo)
Cathal (No Selection)
Cosy Corner Bhoy (No Selection)
fleagle1888 (Favorito Bucks)
GFTB (One for Rosie)
Graffitionthewall (No Selection)
green T (Silver Forever)
leftclicktic (Choice Encounter)
Nye Bevans RS (Extra Mag)
Onemalloy (Smackwater Jack)
Rockon (Before Midnight)
Som mes que un club (Saintemillion)
twists n turns (Russian Hawk)
Zihuatanejo (Speredek)
Hyperlinks to Week 29 selections:
https://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/derek-mcinnes-gave-neil-lennon-anticlimactic-end-to-first-tenure/comment-page-5/#comments
Cheers, fleagle1888
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 30 results (Mar 16th)
WINNERS:
Gweedore Celt (Fabriana) @7/4
Fastbhoy (Burning Ambition) @10/11
LOSERS:
16 roads (Treasure Me)
21-5-79 (Folsom Blue)
BMCUWP (No Selection)
Bull67 (Arthurs Gift)
Cathal (No Selection)
Cosy Corner Bhoy (Back to the Thatch)
fleagle1888 (Kayf Moss)
GFTB (Jammin Masters)
Graffitionthewall (No Selection)
green T (Hill Sixteen)
leftclicktic (Aqua Libre)
Nye Bevans RS (Tara Flow)
Onemalloy (No Selection)
Rockon (No Selection)
Som mes que un club (Dali Mail)
twists n turns (Ballydine)
voguepunter (Arthurs Gift)
Zihuatanejo (Buckthorn Timothy)
Hyperlinks to Week 30 selections:
https://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/appoint-another-mercenary-who-wins-all-before-him/comment-page-6/#comments
Cheers, fleagle1888
Beware the Bear :))) Scottish national
thanks as always fleagle
Nap – Chidswell Scottish National
fleagle1888
George of Hearts 3.15 Newbury
With Beware the Bear a non runner cheers for heads up Twists
Skipthecuddles 3.35 Ayr
Beware the bear non runner will go with CHIDSWELL In the scottish national.
15:35 @ Ayr – Impulsive Star – NAP!
Good luck everybody. ? ?
South seas was a non runner so going for Nebo to cause an upset at big odds in the 4:00 at Naas please
Vintage Clouds SGN
NEW Direction in the naas 5:45 for me
Good luck to all
Hail hail
Non runner earlier… will try Bernies boy 6.00 Wolverhampton