I know and respect Canon Tom White, who was attacked and spat upon after Mass as an Orange Walk passed St Alphonsus at the Barras. Fr Tom is parish priest at St Marys’s, Calton, the church were Br Walfrid decided to form a football club in 1887. He minsters to an overwhelmingly underprivileged part of the city, just as it was when Celtic were formed. When you speak to the man, you appreciate the drive to use our great football club for the reasons it was first conceived – to help those in need.
Police Scotland initially described what happened, not as a crime, but as a “minor incident” until the Archdiocese drew attention to the matter, at which point they realised this could not be swept under the brogues. It is now recorded as a hate crime.
Tweets of support from politicians are useless if they do not address the key question: what level of assault is required on a priest before Police Scotland are prepared, under their own measures, to consider a crime has been committed?
Today we know that level is higher than it should be, and that is the issue politicians should address.
On Friday, lawyers for Sports Direct went to court to assert their rights to match “some or all” of a third party’s offer to sell Newco merchandise. These rights were acquired under a contract, signed by Newco under Dave King’s regime.
The court issued an interim injunction, stopping any Newco branded merchandise from being sold (including replica strips).
The initial contract Dave King agreed with Sports Direct, allowed the retailer to match whatever offer Newco could get from a third party. Sports Direct are, therefore, entitled to the retail profits from Newco merchandise for a period which has not been confirmed yet. These profits will be significant.
This clause should have been cash neutral for Newco. They simply needed to get a competitive bids from other retailers, then allow Sports Direct to pass or take whatever they wanted – on the same terms.
Now we are in a different space. Any contracts made with other retailers are legally enforceable by the retailer, but impossible for Newco to deliver without satisfying Sports Direct. Or, I suppose, committing Contempt of Court – you know Dave!
I suspect they simply forgot about the Sports Direct contract, which speaks of a competency you and I can scarcely comprehend. Rushing out a blabbering statement about the SPFL chairman on Saturday has to be the most transparent attempt to pull wool over their own supporters’ eye yet.
The worst (best) possible person campaigned to get control of Newco. He chased one of Europe’s richest men away. Each year he re-invents the same old garbage about having everything in place, while the only achievement he manages to record is the compliance of pet journalists and media organisations.
The entire club has reached an utterly brilliant level of dysfunction. You know how this ends.
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This one’s for DD
Canny wait for rangers to get liquidated again.
What could possibly go wrong?
Pog
In the words of they Del Amitri bhoys.
“Nothing ever happens.
The needle goes back to the start of the song.”
Gerry Bacon is someone I have always looked up to. Great man.
YNWA
DD
Cheers. Two birds with one stone, eh? They’re no’ as dumb as they look.
TOSB
I’m with Sky. There was no option to order or cancel by phone as I recall.
Maybe it’s changed this year.
DD, I ran into him last year in the Society Room in Glasgow he was along with Canon Eddie Cameron, who was PP at St Columba’s and a big Celtic Man.
Get the story out the world over. South America. Biggest catholic continent there is. Show Scotland up for what is it. The pen is mightier than the sword. Well done to the bhoys already on the case. God bless father canon
Pog
I was good friends with him and his brother Francis. His mum Mrs Bacon taught us all in Corpus Christi Knightswood. She never used the strap. Lovely Christian family.
Hunderbirds: Spinalonga- I did that trip with my then girlfriend, now wife, over thirty years ago. Never thought I’d see it mentioned here.
Turkeybhoy at 4.43pm
Sir, just want to say you are 100% correct.
What happens next is down to us.
We are all Canon Tom White.
SRTRC claim that Logan was racially abused at Celtic Park in the final game of the season. Where is their justification for that? They also state that those who claim “he brought it on himself” is not acceptable. Indeed, this would be the case if racial abuse was involved. However at no time during the game or after was he racially abused. True the support responded to his antics during and after the game but not in a racial sense. Will SRTC apologise to us for bending the truth to suit themselves? I am sure we will not hear from them. Incidentally when did they say all this?
Any Belfast Bhoys know where may be showing the match tomorrow evening?
Connaire12…This appeared today online Daily Record…
Show Racism the Red Card have called for a full investigation into racial abuse claims made by Aberdeen full-back Shay Logan.
The Dons star alleges he was taunted by some Celtic fans after being sent-off following Aberdeen’s victory at Parkhead on the concluding day of last season.
Logan insisted he now “expects” the abuse when his side visit Celtic. The defender reported former Celtic winger Aleksandar Tonev for a racist slur in 2014.
Connaire12,
They didn’t ask for a review for the abuse Scott Sinclair got at Ibrox and there was TV evidence of it. Also have they ever noticed the number of none whites in the squad, eejits
Wee poser:
When Celtic played red star away in 1968 Stevie Chalmers came off and made way for the first Celtic sub in an European game.Who is that player?
Shooie
That horrendous attack on Canon White and his parishoners is an attack on every priest and practising Catholic in this country
We are all Canon Tom White.
YNWA
Willie Wallace?
Regarding wee Logan, a Killie fan I work with told me Logan was really riling the home fans at Rugby Park a few weeks before we played the Dons on 135/18.
I wonder if wee Logan can tell us what sort of abuse he got from the Killie fans .
It was easy for the media accusing Neil Lennon saying the grief he got was because he wound opposition fans up, but unsurprisingly , no mention of Logan’s antics towards oppsition fans in the media.
Journalist , Neil Cameron has tweeted that show racism the red card’s statement stating Brendan said Logan brought it on himself , is a lot of mince . He would provide them with a recording of what Brendan said.
Dexter:
Felons are showing the game.
willie wallace
10iar or catholic schools ? lets have a poll
Prestonpans:
Yes.
Dexter:
Got the info,googled felons Belfast.
BhoyJoe
Go raibh mile maith agat
Whit a guess :0)
I see another of our resident wind up merchants is posing the same question he posed the other night that everybody ignored.
Sometimes if you’re fishing you need to change the bait ?
BhoyJoeBelfast
Is Cosgroves likely to be showing the game tomorrow. My mate is in Belfast tomorrow.
Told him black taxi to Felons, but he is a bit shy and knows Cosgroves and in Ibis across the street. ???
This is where the club should be standing up for their staff, in this case Brendan, the club should get their lawyer on to this and tell srtrc that they will sue the bollix of them unless they withdraw the lies and appologise, a journo has at least stuck up for Brendan, these anti Celtic scum really need to be stopped, but I won’t be holding my breath for any action from the club
Billy Singh is head of SRTRC in Scotland. They ignore the Elephant in the room. He is a ST holder at Bigotdome but he’s of Indian decscent so he can’t possibly be accused of bigotry. Can he? ?
Talk,complain,send petitions,rage among yourselves,nothing will be done about the attack.In a couple of days time,its forgotten.Would not be surprised if the Shay Logan crap was front page news tomorrow.
A few answering my post from earlier,coming away with the same old,same old excuses.Chapels all over Glasgow are subjected to sectarian abuse throughout the summer.Some physical,some just having morons banging away outside while Mass is on.Deliberate,and targeted.They are now walking in areas ,predominantly Catholic.If you sit back and accept it,no use complaining.No one will lift a finger to do anything.Seems that includes the offended,and victims.
TET
Brendan should have a wee discussion with MON. How many times did MON sue the rags and won every time?
Celterella,
WTF ARE YOU ON ABOUT.
Pog
Sadly there seems to be this air of don’t rock the boat surrounding the club these days.
Appeasement doesn’t work, it never has and it never will, it only brings more grief.
Just my opinion of course.
HH
Emu
WTF has being of asian decent got to do with being a bigot ? :-)
HH
Turkeybhoy
It’s not Belfast 1968.
Emusan,
That could perhaps explain my question earlier……
And I mean being a ST holder
BILLY SINGH,head of SRTRC,and a ST holder at Ibrox.
Got to be a wind up.At least the name.
Nobody mention,”Guarding Old Dehlis Walls”.Not permitted.
TET
Same argument used to defend Rev Mike McCurry. He was a man of the cloth so couldn’t possibly be accused of being a cheating hun! Could he? ???
Creepy Michael Jackson glove wearing bassas.
HH.
Good stuff from JAMES FORREST
https://thecelticblog.com/2018/07/blogs/show-racism-the-red-card-has-misquoted-our-manager-and-slandered-our-fans/