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Police Scotland refuse to allow a game to proceed with 2,000 Napoli fans a few hours after the Queen’s body leaves for London.  It is only in recent years European games have been policed as though we were living under Martial Law.  Mini-vans full of officers, accompanied by impressively expensive hardware, now segregate our streets outside grounds.  The same is true when 700 Celtic fans visit Ibrox and in the corresponding game at Celtic Park.

No event proceeded the upgrade in spend, we went from peaceful, low-key policing, to what looks like a paramilitary occasion.  The overtime costs must be off the scale.  It solves a problem that never existed; in my decades attending Glasgow derbies and European games I witnessed countless occasions where rival fans walked away from games on either side of a street, with no police presence, never once did I see trouble.

There are real problems elsewhere.  This change did not make our streets any safer outside pubs and take-away venues, where, hours later, drunken flashpoints happen.  It also takes away the limited resources previously used for traffic duty, so fans are trapped in the area of the ground for much longer than before Mr Salmond’s policing reforms a few years ago.

Can we have the return of non-military policing, please?  Maybe then we will be able to cope with two low-key events happening at different times on the same day.  This is all a bit embarrassing.

Like you, I was keen for Premiership games go ahead on Saturday, as I expected Aberdeen to take points against Newco and for Celtic to beat Livingston.  Ultimately, I doubt the postponements will make any difference to the outcome of the title.

What may be more relevant is the unexpected gift of a free week ahead of the game against Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.  Shakhtar had an exhausting game against Chornomorets Odesa on Saturday.  Marian Shved equalised for them in the 74th minute before they scored a 96th minute winner against a team who have drawn two and lost two of their four games this season.

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  1. Philbhoy on

    There were a couple of links on here showing prince andy not stroking his daughters arse.

     

     

    They appear to have been deleted.

     

     

    If so, why?

  2. Philbhoy on

    There were a couple of links on here showing prince andy not stroking his daughters arse.

     

     

    They appear to have been deleted.

     

     

    If so, why?.

  4. Saint Stivs on

    Skully and Joe.

     

     

    Don’t turnup it’s a trap

     

     

    The security forces have decipher the code your using.

  5. Bhoyjoebelfast on

    LIONSROAR 67:

     

    And Good night to you.Stay safe.

     

    ZIGGYDOC1:

     

    Stand corrected…..got mixed up.Thank you.

  7. Philbhoy on

    JACKIEMAC

     

     

    I am excited by these two signings and can’t wait to see them in the HOOPS.

     

     

    In the last two seasons Abildgaard has been booked 18 times and sent off twice.

     

     

    The mibs are gonny love him more than us!

     

     

    0-(

  9. Bhoyjoebelfast on

    STIVS:

     

    On my late Mother and Father’s grave I had a feeling …after I made that’spy’ remark…a bit of banter would emerge.Look’s like a change of venue will have to be arranged,and numerous looks over the shoulder,before the contents of the bag (holdall replaced) is safely delivered to its new owner.Carnation or Rose on the lapel?

  12. Superannuated Fenian on

    LUIGI MCUPPITY – Great name. Answer: Don’t vote for the Tartan Tories. Don’t vote for independence. Don’t vote for Protestant supremacists who deny anti-Catholic racism and will pursue a subtle (?) policy of embedding the established Scottish ubermensch.

  15. Scaniel on

    PHILBHOY on 12TH SEPTEMBER 2022 7:27 PM

     

    There were a couple of links on here showing prince andy not stroking his daughters arse.

     

     

     

    They appear to have been deleted.

     

     

     

    If so, why?.

     

    ******************

     

    See SFTB’s post at 4:04

  16. Tom McLaughlin on

    AN TEARMANN

     

    Tam on backing up Tam

     

    Troll baiting troll

     

     

    Is that directed at me?

     

     

    If so, I don’t get it.

  18. An Tearmann on

    No Tom mc Laughlin it wasn’t.

     

    I would have addressed you like I did

     

    Tam and derivative Tam knows,

     

     

    HH

  19. celtic40me on

    JACKIEMAC on 12TH SEPTEMBER 2022 7:02 PM

     

    Any thoughts on Harry Kewell’s role or impact anybody? don’t know how it works mesel

     

     

    I think he was brought in to provide some champions league experience to the coaching staff. He’s won it at Liverpool, and someone said he’ll be able to give some important advice about what it takes to make the step up and compete.

     

     

    Also, Ange likes to keep things progressing, he’s said before that players react well to new faces and new ideas.

  22. celtic40me on

    It’s going to be very interesting where Kennedy goes from here. He’s obviously a very good coach, but he’d be foolish to take over from Ange in the unlikely event that he’s offered the job.

     

     

    He’s reaching the point where he’ll be seen just as a coach if he doesn’t get a managerial job soon

     

     

    If I were him I’d take a look at the route Graham Potter has taken, or even Broonie. Potter took a small Swedish club from the fourth tier into the top tier fir the first time, although he was helped by an owner who was illegally funneling millions of tax payers kroner into the club. Kennedy’s career could be over before it’s got going if he goes to the wrong Scottish club, which seems to be just about all of them these days

  23. celtic40me on

    No idea how Broonie’s getting on at Fleeteood Town. It would be interesting to know what sort of football he tries to play and how successful they are

  25. Tom McLaughlin on

    I think the Celtic squad and Ange will have learned a great deal from the game v Madrid. That allied to the cancellation of the weekend fixtures I believe will have afforded them time to concentrate on their game plan and tactics ahead of Wednesday.

     

     

    I am so confident of the ability and sheer competence of the team to adapt, that I foresee a victory in Warsaw and a valuable 3 points on the road.

     

     

    3-1 Celtic.

  26. celtic40me on

    TOM

     

     

    We’ll not be short of confidence. An early goal should help especially with the “home” support being so full of locals

     

     

    Hopefully any “controversy” about reaction to the Queens death won’t affect the team when they get back

  27. DalriadaBhoy on

    AULDHEID

     

     

    Great to see you posting on here.

     

     

    I have lurked on here for years and years.

     

     

    I was tempted when seeing the odious thing that was JHB patronising you on here some time ago.

     

     

    “May your luck rise up like a dragon”

     

    The Dragon is the imaginative and creative sign from the Japanese zodiac.

  32. Turkeybhoy on

    Kev J,( Under a new Lodgers name)

     

     

    As did every politician ,during,before,and will do so after her reign.

     

     

    Poor attempt at a Nat’s slur.Even Ernie would steer clear of that nonsense.

     

    Then again?.

  36. Celtic Mac on

    an tearmann

     

     

    Well we would not have been witness to the Oath signed by Elizabeth R in 1952-3 but those familiar with Acts of 1560 in Scotland, (and also the impact of the Restoration of 1660 on Scottish Presbytarianism), 1690 (the re-establishment of Presbytarianism in Scotland), the Act of Settlement of 1701, later incorporated into the Act of Union in 1707, would have been aware that the status of the (Presbytarian) Church of Scotland as the National Church of Scotland dates from 1690 and is guaranteed by the Act of Union. And as seen continues to this day. Less well known is the fact that in 1690, Presbytarianism was very much a minority position in Scotland, and barring “The Glorious Revolution of 1689 – Sir Lindsay Hoyle today) would not have been re-established. Not that Scotland had returned to Catholicism, by then a minority, but rather it did not see itself as a Calvinist Nation. They didn’t tell you that at school. Or since.

  37. Turkeybhoy on

    Sscullybbhoy,

     

     

    In your 10man. picture the lovely darker Tennant’s girl was an acquaintance of mine.Coatbridge,Sikeside,girl.

     

    On any more info,I am taking the 5th.

  38. bankiebhoy1 on

    How many monikers? How desperate?

     

     

    Nugget.

     

     

    And a big Howdy to the “grass is not greener” turn.

  41. scullybhoy on

    Turkeybhoy on 12th September 2022 9:52 pm

     

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

     

     

    Well, it is not only the football memories that can make us smile!

     

     

    HH

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