The news yesterday from Glasgow City Council that Celtic’s planning application for the areas outside the stadium had been approved will do more than deliver shrubbery to a currently derelict landscape; your match day experience is about to be transformed.
Unless your ticket is for the executive lounges, your match day will involve turning up to a cold stadium (not a lot Celtic or the Council can do about the weather) and wait for the game to start, with rudimentary access to toilets (get in early if you want a hand towel), burgers and pies.
Celtic have been buying up land around their perimeter for years and with permission to remove the derelict London Road School, they are now in a position to provide restaurants, bars, pre and post-match entertainment. They will also be able to bring the many thousands of artefacts which tell the story of Celtic into a dedicated museum space.
Celtic Park will become a working, 7-day-a-week, tourist destination. It’s going to be phenomenal.
Plans have been before the Council for years but although they ticked all the boxes and made enormous economic sense for an area of the city badly in need of a boost, I hear one SNP councillor spoke against plans to move the superstore from its current location to a larger area, as he felt the need to protect the interests of local Asda and Tesco superstores!
Not everyone was happy to see the club, or the area, progress.
The new edition of CQN Magazine is out and packed with great articles for and by the Celtic support. You can flick through the magazine in the graphic below but it you want to actually read it, click on the double-headed arrow at the bottom right of the graphic.
Here we go………
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vmhan
Good luck to him …………..if he’s a Tim :0)
Anyway bob paisley 3 european cups in 4 years…
Swallex 2 in 26 years and countless millions to waste
Hope they enjoy his minutes applause in the 98th min. at the weekend…Jock Stein Reigned Supreme !!!!h.h
Tontine Tim and Celtic_First…
“Celtic Beat Handicapped Rangers in Glasgow Cup”
30 April 1965
Celtic …2 Rangers…1
In theory 11 fit men should be capable of trouncing 9 on the football field, but Celtic had the greatest difficulty in even establishing a lead against a crippled Rangers side in the Glasgow Cup tie last night at Celtic Park before a crowd of 41000.
In the closing minutes of the first half Hynd was carried off with an ankle injury, Martin was given attention for a damaged left hand and McLean was seen to be nursing a hand.
Thus Rangers turned out after the interval with nine men. Provan was in goal, Hynd and McLean were missing and Martin, his hand bandaged, wore Provan’s number 2 jersey but played as a forward.
Although McLean resumed after 61 minutes the scene seemed set for slaughter, but with Wilson repeating at left back the great performance he gave against England two years ago when Caldow’s leg was broken at Wembley, and McKinnon blocking the route through the centre, Celtic were unable to pierce Rangers’ defensive barrier until 15 minutes from time when Provan allowed to slip through his fingers a shot from Auld which a regular goalkeeper would have clutched.
At that stage of the game however, Celtic were worried, for 10 minutes earlier Wilson sent Henderson speeding up the left wing. The outside right suddenly veering to the right, tricked two opponents, whose eyes were on Martin, and with his left foot hit the ball past Fallon from within the penalty area.
Thereafter Celtic applied heavy pressure and it was no more than their due when Chalmers in 79 minutes put them in the lead when he collected the rebound off a ball which Gemmell had driven against a post.
But this was not a convincing Celtic side in attack. All forwards were guilty of rash thinking in open positions; perhaps when they thought it was only a matter of time until Rangers’ defence crumbled, but that, as everyone knows, will be the day.
Celtic will now meet Clyde in the semi-final on Monday night. Queens Park are already in the Final.
Celtic : Fallon, Young and Gemmell, Murdoch McNeill and Clark, Chalmers, Gallagher, Hughes Lennox and Auld.
Rangers : Martin, Provan and Caldow, Hynd McKinnon and Greig, Henderson, Wood, McLean Brand and Wilson”.
The reporter sounds as if he was hurting don’t you think!
As Tontine Tim posted earlier, Celtic beat Dunfermline to win the Scottish Cup the previous Saturday and lost 5-1 at Dunfermline in the League the previous Tuesday.
This was Jock’s first game as Celtic manager against Rangers and he struck a psychological blow before a ball was kicked when he had the Celtic players pose for a team photograph with the Scottish Cup of course before the match started.
Celtic went on to win the Glasgow Cup at Hampden beating Queens Park 5-0 and wearing the all green strip for the first time.
if Moyes signs the contract with Man U i wish him well unless, of course, they’re playing us.
googybhoy ♥ Celtic
20:37 on 8 May, 2013
!!bada bing!!
I live in Manchester and the Quiet shhhhh word is Coyle to Man Utd.
Get a few quid on.
Nurse this shirt is too tight.
Got to go to take my meds now and go to bed.
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The story up here is Fergie has stepped down as ManU are poaching the Queen of the
South manager.Swiftly followed by the signing of Higdon and that wee baldy striker
guy from Hibs.
Dharma Bam \o/ stands up for Neil Lennon
22:12 on
8 May, 2013
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muchos gracias amigo!
HH
Vmhan
Well done to Martin!! Maybe see him in the famous green blazier one day? The Masters one btw.
gallagher
Aye, I just hope the right people pick up on it.
The wheels of justice turn so feckin slow, but turn they do, and once started, they are very hard to stop.
HH
tommysbhoy – it’s amazing how many people overlook Bob Paisley’s achievements, preferring to say that he just picked up the pieces from Shanks.
Both Paisley and Ferguson deserve to be mentioned among the greats of the game.
Of course, we’ll always say that Jock was the best…that’s a given!
HH
TTTT
Vmhan
Mucho congrats to your nephew.
HH
Late birthday wishes to vhman.
Mouldy thats an amazing schedule Good luck.
Ferguson. More Good than bad.
His Aberdeen teams were a highlight of My football supporting life. They beat us often. But they humiliated the original huns.
Anyone know when alex thomson/O.G.’s big story is breaking?
Papa john , mail received .cheers
Are you going on Friday ? If so, I’ll see you there- save you going out of your way. I’ll be in Coventry until bout 3 and then heading up the road . Will be in Blantyre about 9 .
Sanna
Tttt
to me its down to your resources and and that makes you a great manager..its how you utilise and motivate..your tactics and how you perceive the game to be played..great hard working class men who knew how to play the beatiful game…too much of a love fest for the guy. On here imho..h.h
Saint Stivs
23:18 on
8 May, 2013,
Re Fergie and Aberdeen, great competitive games.
But, while Fergie was in charge at Pittoddrie WE won the league more times that he did!
OldFirmDominanceMYRssss
Vogue he is indeed old bhoy!
Got tae go “Game of Thrones” o, later amigos.
HH
Saint Stivs – always remember, when Fergie started ranting at officials, our fans singing “Fergie Fergie shut yer mooth….”!
Masters of raconteur and wit….! :-)
T4
Emdae know where the Admirals Bar is in Glasgow? Kim Richie on next Tuesday fantastic C/W singer!!
Good Evening All.
Somewhat facetiously, I sent a tweet to Graeme Spiers earlier in response to his message sending out the article reproduced above.
It read– Oh dear– Hart, Smart, Mart, Tart and Fart. Sorry to disagree but Rangers will get the Chairman that Zeus says is good for them!
I think Graeme Spiers is a well intentioned journalist, a decent fella, and his article screams that what he is seeking is to find the best way to settle The Rangers Football Club down for the best of reasons.
However, with the greatest of respect to Mr Spiers he seems oblivious to the fact that what any– or at least many– decent folk would want to happen over at Ibrox will just not come to pass because that is not the way it is meant to be.
I am sure that Mr Hart and Mr Smart are decent men with good business backgrounds who can bring various talents, experiences and contracts to a business boardroom. They may well be the kind of men who would be seen to be an asset to any business.
With the greatest respect to Paul Murray, I am less convinced as to his credentials. To be clear, I also think that Paul Murray comes over as a decent man, someone who publicly espouses many good things and who has a deep attachment to his chosen team. However, perhaps that attachment somewhat blunted his objectivity in the past as there is an argument that he did far too little in the past to warn fellow Rangers Shareholders of the financial car crash that was taking place under the stewardship of Sir David Murray.
To be fair, much of the worst of that regime may well have been kept from him. If that is so, then he should say so as to remain silently loyal to those who were in charge of that administration is naive.
I’m afraid Martin Bain was at the very heart of a completely flawed Rangers Administration. He was there for a prolonged number of years and in an executive position which bears the responsibility for all of the workings of the club. The failure in registrations, the flawed finances, the disastrous decision to go down the EBT route, the repeated losses over successive years, and the failure to timeously deal with the HMRC enquiries ( in so far as they related to Rangers PLC ) are all business disasters which can be plainly said to have been the responsibility of the former CEO.
The fact that Bain was literally no more than a SDM puppet does not excuse any of this. It merely shows a lack of independent thinking and a lack of balls on his part.
Further, his penchant for shredding important but potentially embarrassing documents should not be forgotten or overlooked.
Irrespective of all of that, the position is that until things change dramatically at Ibrox none of these men will be bringing stability to Edmiston Drive. Neither Smart nor Hart has sufficient power or influence. Further, Graeme’s article ignores those facts which are plain for all to see.
Rangers– whether it be the club or the company or the International Company or a whole series of companies— is an entity which is controlled by…………………….?
Well we don’t know who it is controlled by,who it is governed by or who it is owned by.
What we do know is that Smith has no power, Murray has no power, Hart and Smart have no Power, and if Craig Whyte is correct Charlie Green has no power– even if Whyte is wrong we still wouldn’t know if Green has any power as he was always acting on behalf of “His consortium”– whoever they are.
Rangers the football club, the company, the entity or whatever, has been hijacked by the money lenders, the finance merchants, and the wheelers and dealers. Until you get those guys out of there, The Harts and Smarts of this world are impotent.
They are Farting against Thunder.
By the way– Zeus was the God of Thunder.
Watching sky 1. Utd 4 city 3. Bellamy scoring two. What a player.
Calton.
During those years i got taken to pittodrie often and it tool tenth visti to see a win. 1-0 i think charlie.
Watching this again.
Superb stuff, even if you are not into football, the social history is gripping.
You will need a few hours, but well worth it.
http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2011/12/hugh-mcilvanneys-arena-classic-busby-shankly-and-stein-the-football-men/
Jude, waterloo street. Just along from central station. Good TIM bar. Another I’m barred from for being a Jonah
TTTT, I’m going to break my silence on the subject so far and acknowledge, the phrase most associated by the departing manager is “Fergie, Fergis, shut your mouth”.
This is not meant to be disrespectful, it is simply a matter of fact.
I hate this htc phone
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/.
Waterloo Street, nearer M8 end than Hope Street,
Tttt.
Aye. In between a couple of mentalists attacking strachan
Ta Bhoys. Can take the train and sample some nice malts and great music. Perfect-ohhhh!!
Just emailed Celtic Joe of KDS’s piece to Private Eye, who have been keeping an eye on the Sevco IPO.
Saint Stivs
23:32 on
8 May, 2013,
I hate this htc phone.
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Saint Stivs,
I know what you meant :-)
God bless wee chesney…never forget his wee face and his heartfelt emmotions when Tommy Burns passed..would have loved him in a Celtic jersey..alang wi T.B h.h
Paul67
23:32 on
8 May, 2013;
Did you have a slight lisp as a wean?
I’m with T4 on this one :-))))
TET
That shld be a great watch.
CT – it must be his loose wallies….he’s getting on a bit now! ;-)
T4
Paulsatim is neil lennon
just my oppinion…i think the news thats gonna break on sevco is all to do with the IPO…city of london police..aim etc..the Tommy from glasgow windup earlier says it all for me…and if it turns out to be so then it will make up for some of what they got away with…more icecream?get me a shovel h.h
CaltonTongues, naw, I’m using Google Translate.
Offski.
Keep it lit.
T4,
As BB would say VG -:)))
TTTT
your fergie chant is what i remember…i hope i dont need to go up into the loft for auld tapes..am a bottle of cabernet to the good h.h