A cursory look at our fellow pot 4 Champions League teams shows the extent of the challenge. Six of the eight teams lost: Steaua Bucharest (3-0), Austrian Vienna (0-1), Celtic (2-0), Real Sociedad (0-2), Plzen (0-3), Anderlecht (2-0).
Copenhagen got one of the better results of the night, a 1-1 draw at home to Italian champions, Juventus, while Napoli, who split Juve and Milan in the Italian league last season, but are still a pot 4 team, recorded the only bottom tier win, a 2-1 victory over last season’s finalists, Borussia Dortmund.
Napoli are in a different category than the rest but Celtic are in with a decent chance of out-performing others from pot 4.
Sociedad’s home reversal to Shakhter Donetsk, who are going through a rebuilding process was a shock, but Valencia’s 0-3 Europa League defeat to Swansea indicates a worrying scenario for Spanish football below the uber-indebted Barca and Real Madrid. As a general rule, anything which undermines one of the economically powerful football nations should be welcomed by those disenfranchised by the size of their TV market (that’s us).
Shakhtar Karagandy put in a credible performance before going down 2-1 in Greece, a far better showing than Elfsborg’s 4-0 collapse in Salzburg. Best of luck to the Kazaks.
I’ve been going to the football long enough to remember black players being booed whenever they touched the ball. The phenomenon seemed to arrive here in the late 70s and faded around a decade later, although such is human nature I don’t think complacency is appropriate. Homophobia is a different matter.
‘Out’ gay footballers are so rare I don’t know what the reaction would be at a match but the crowd-bullying phenomenon which can exist in the game makes any minority vulnerable. The first step is to explain to the hard-of-thinking what they are doing, and the error of their ways.
Can rainbow coloured laces change the world? Stonewall have distributed rainbow coloured laces to every player in the UK, asking them to wear them this weekend. We’ll not see the WAGs acronym become WAGSABAH overnight but it feels like an appropriate, colourful, first step.
Keep reaching for that rainbow, Celtic.
1254125 at The Great Scottish Run.
On Sunday 6 October there is a 10k and Half Marathon. If that is beyond you. There are family events taking place the day before. This is your club, remind the world of what really counts and get involved in 1254125.
The first thing you need to do is sign up for the Great Scottish Run, or here for one of the family events.
Once you’ve done that, you can register for the 1254125 campaign here.
Then you can create a donations page here. Click Start Fundraising, search for Celtic Charity, setup your My Donate account).
Email me and let me know if you are having trouble signing up or need any more help, celticquicknews@gmail.com.
To read the new issue of CQN Magazine click here (don’t try to read the graphic below).
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Good morning from the desert, 36 today and no rain…………….ever.
PMJS
CQN Saturday Naps Competition
Lads, for those who are in the CQN Saturday Naps competition, please go back and post today’s selection at the end of the previous article :
“Clues of Celtic plans are not hard to find”
All the best, fleagle1888
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : Week 6 results & standings
Rockon Neil Lennon was the solitary winner last week (Tac de Boistron @11/2) and he gallops to the top of the table…
+£16.00 Rockon Neil Lennon (3)
+£11.50 Bada Bing (2)
+£ 8.50 16 roads (2)
+£ 6.00 bonbhoy (2)
+£ 3.00 fleagle1888 (1)
+£ 3.00 valentinesday (2)
+£ 2.50 What is the Stars (1)
-£ 1.50 MHARK67 (1)
-£ 1.80 voguepunter (1)
-£ 2.25 Che (1)
-£ 2.50 BULL67 (1)
-£ 2.50 twists n turns (1)
-£ 3.00 BMCUWP (1)
-£ 3.50 PF Ayr (1)
-£ 4.19 Burgas Hoops (1)
-£ 4.20 Sponsored by Cheetah (1)
-£ 6.00 El Madrigal
-£ 6.00 gordybhoy64
-£ 6.00 green T
-£ 6.00 Kilbowie Kelt
-£ 6.00 leftclicktic
-£ 6.00 Magnificentseven
-£ 6.00 pedrocaravanachio67
-£ 6.00 petec
-£ 6.00 Som mes que un club
-£ 6.00 tommytwiststommyturns
-£ 6.00 unionbearBhind
*No selection (wk 6) : El Madrigal, Magnificentseven, pedrocaravanachio67
*Non-Runners :
Cheers, fleagle1888
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AStor..
I’m thinking of Getting a Cold Tub in my Back Garden for the Same Reason..
Would be Amazing on the Hot days.. If there is Any way of Making the Jets more powerfull that Would be my Dream..
Used to work on a Amazing Beach took 40 Mins to put out All the Boats..Canoes..Pedallos..then Dive straight in the Coiler the Water the Better..What hangover..;-)
Summa of ABeachOfALifeCSC
blantyretim is praying for the Knox family
18:11 on 20 September, 2013
Desertbhoy..
Sausages……. O))
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popped in pre golf an saw this.
ya bassa.. tried to meddle wi my heid and put me aff my gemme eh!!
Well, reverse psychology, it encouraged me to get round faster (hunger pains) and that enabled me to focus and have fewer strokes (not ticker wans).
‘Twas not a sausage course (difficult to find in the desert) but played well and soon to head for a lobster/seafood brunch, courtesy of my opponents who were astounded of forehead to be handing over the cash!!
Alas, not a skwerrr fry up but that’s gettin ever closer, 19 days an countin.
Lookin forward to 90 mins today from Pukki and Derk, possibly 45 each for Biton and Rogic… an you never know, might be a tune up for Balde (height for Barca gemme).
Fancy at least 3 today, with 2 for Pukki.
HH
A Stor Mo Chroi
6:20 on 21 September, 2013
Night Nurse doesn’t strain yer wuillie.
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depends who yer night nurse is!!
Glad to have been of assistance desertbhoy..
HH
Big Nan
06:14 on 21 September, 2013
Off out for a walk when it gets light and then buy Baynes’ rolls and home for a fried breakfast. Have got white-pudding today, which I also use to make bread with.
H.H.
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An top o’ the morning to you from an as ever hot an humid spot in the desert.
Enjoy yer walk, but the next part is no fair.. 19 days an countin down…
HH
From TSFM last night, apologies if already posted;
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>>>>>>>>> iceman63 says: September 20, 2013 at 3:54 pm
I have to say I agree with your viewpoint on the way the Scottish Football Association have handled this scandal.
And that’s what it is – it’s a scandal. But I would take it a bit further.
Not only have the Scottish Football Association responsible for proving without a shadow of a doubt, that they are not willing or not fit to govern the game in an impartial manner, without fear or favour – but by their own actions, they have allowed the mob to rule Scottish Football.
They have allowed lies like “holding companies” to be accepted as truth – they have allowed innuendo and confusion to take the place of truth and clarity.
And in doing so they have created a blue monster that bites at anyone who dares speak the truth about Rangers.
Now we are witnessing a situation where journalists are being attacked because they dared to say the truth about Rangers. It could all be sorted so easily if the Scottish Football Association stated, unequivocally – that in football terms,
• The club was the company and vice versa.
• Transferring a membership does not mean transferring a club.
• There was no holding company involved in the liquidation.
• Charles Green did not buy the “club”
When Charles Green said the SPL kicked them out, no-one in Scottish Football hit back to state the obvious – they weren’t kicked out. They went bust. Gone. Kaput.
They had a ridiculous situation at Tannadice in the Scottish Cup when Charles Green played the victim card by saying Dundee UTD treated his club badly “last time”. Er excuse me Charles, there was no last time for you – you just formed a new club, remember?
We have gone from a situation where everyone in Scottish football knew what was in store when a CVA was rejected – it meant the end of Rangers FC.
Now fast forward a year, we’ve had no explanation of the justification of how a club that began as Sevco could pretend to be a club that just went bust. And there will be none either.
Every football fan is simply being told by the Scottish Football Association:
“Forget truth, forget integrity, forget liquidation – this is what we’re doing – we watched a club overspend to the extent it went bust but we’re doing everything we can to pretend it never really happened.
We’re not telling you why we can justify this, we’re not telling you how many rules this goes against, it’s really none of your business anyway. We’re in charge and if we want to pretend Rangers never went bust then that’s what we’ll do.”
Except this would never have happened to Dunfermline or Hearts. It didn’t happen to Airdrie. There isn’t a hope in hell it would’ve happened to Celtic in 94.
Now why is this allowed to happen?
• Is it because the Scottish Football Association does not want to lose one of the biggest clubs in Scotland? So they’ll simply blag this for a few years until no-one is talking about it anymore?
• Is it because the Scottish Football Association are actually physically scared of the repercussions of telling the truth about Rangers? (they did go bust you know)
• Is it because there are too many “Rangers” men involved in or with the Scottish Football Association who are doing all they can to “protect the institution” even though it goes against every rule in the book?
Whatever the reason, like iceman, I could not justify giving one more penny to the corruption that is Scottish Football. And never will again as long as we are forced to accept lies just to keep the mob happy as well as the people in suits happy (and I include those in the Celtic boardroom)
The next time you hear a cry of “We are the people” from The Rangers fans – think about it for a minute – they might actually be right. Has the mob mentality won?
Because threats and intimidation from the mob and a complete disregard for rules, integrity and transparency (one of Stewart Regan’s favourite words) have combined to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt – Scottish football is rotten to the core.
Fans had the chance to change it – but the momentum has gone and Regan & Ogilvie are still in nice cushy jobs. Not to mention Doncaster – the man who said “same club, different owners”. Oh really Neil? Can we all do that trick – spend £100m and just let it disappear through liquidation but pretend it was the company, not the club?
And to think the SFA actually tried to bribe everyone into putting the new Rangers right into the SPL.
The next time there is a “Dougie Dougie” moment – where you have paid your money into the game and you watch the referee blatantly cheat – don’t complain. No really, don’t complain.
By paying into Scottish football now, you are accepting cheating on a much higher scale.
Rules are for mugs.
Threats, intimidation, lies & a total disregard for the actual rules are what Scottish Football is all about.
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smashingmilkbottles
05:10 on 21 September, 2013
A Stor Mo Chroi
Hopefully delivering msg you gave me later today via CRC
Tried Vmhan but no reply
Hail Hail and btw me n’ GtP heading back in March for his Da’s 65th and a trip to Melbourne for St Paddys ( so Summa can buy us a beer!!)
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Don’t know if You seen my post to You the Other Week.. Think you were in Sydney..I said if you come to Melbs..Bla Bla Bla.. Then you were Home..
I thought that’s another one that is Hiding from me.. Ha Ha..
Paddys Day in Melbourne is Grand.. Does your mates Dad live in Melbs..? EnyWhooo give me a Yel next time Your here..
001Bhoy
ACGR
Sorry after making my post last night I immediately fell asleep!
The arm is better thanks but still very restrictive.
I can now type with both hands for a while, but the effort is mighty and I still can’t rotate my right arm or let it bear anything heavier than a cup of tea.
Re next Saturday, you have lost me there. I know I am going out in the evening, but if there is a meet up somewhere during the day then I will happily attend and we can chat re the Whisky offer and any other damn thing.
The Railway, Sports Justice and What’s the bleeding time can be found again here:
http://wp.me/p1G95H-13S
Heading to the game today with any number of children in tow — hopefully they keep me out of trouble!
HH
BRTH
Mornin’ troops,
overcast in the Rebel County, but the predictions are excellent for today at least –
…the battlefield remains wide open……………….
border fortifications have been breached by the Hedge Cutting Brigade…
– a sortie of some sort is forecast with convulvolus ‘effinbasta’ the identified target.
We Press On!
Goooooood morning friends from a dry and bright East KIlbride where there’s just a slight hint of as breeze.
ParkRun #99 this morning and, later, a trip to The Park to see the Champions play. Life’s Good!
Jobo
Celtic v St Johnstone Anytime Goalscorer Betting Odds
Tony Watt6/4
Summa:
If smashinmilkbottles and the painter are coming out to Melbourne for St. Patrick’s day next year, and you’ll be there too, then wild, wild, horses mate.
Celtic v St Johnstone Anytime Goalscorer Betting Odds
William Hill
Tony Watt 6/4
Callum Mcgregor 7/2
4 bookies price up Tony. One of them make him odds on.
I’m a wee bit concerned that we haven’t had a post, in quite some time ,from the genius that is ESTADIO.
Does anyone know if ESTADIO is alive and well?
TT
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AStor..
Aye Ye better be here..Maybe a Wee Champoins League Quarter Final to really make it a Party..
Summa of SmashingBeerBottlesCSC
Big Nan – bread made from White Pudding? Please to explain…….
Summa
I did see your post – Ta
MattE of this parish is going to see his family who mainly reside in Tuggerah but his sis lives in Melb (seaford?)
Anyway St Paddys is a defo in Melb next year so I’ll hold ye tae the offer of beer!!
Good morning, Hoops
With my newly installed cold perfectly timed to ruin my weekend, whilst minimising the inconvenience to my bosses, I’ve come up with some more dots (don’t worry – they’re not contagious).
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Forster :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Lustig :::::::::::::::::::: Ambrose :::::::::::::::: Van Dijk ::::::::::::: Izaguirre
Commons :::::::::::::::: Brown :::::::::::::::::: Mulgrew :::::::::::: Boerrigter
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Balde :::::::::::::::::::: Stokes ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
With less than 72 hours since our CL game, and with the likes of Forrest, Ledley and Mouyokolo still out injured, it’ll be a challenge to get a fit Celtic team out there today. St Johnstone are a bit of a bogey team for us on these occasions, but surely the likes of Rogic, Balde and Pukki will want to stake more of a claim for a regular starting place?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ElnaAo9b8I
That is all…..
The Bottom Line 23.44
I’m sorry but you must not have been at the match Celtic park when played the Old Rnagers around 1989/90.Bananas were thrown at Mark Walters and terraced thousands made Monkey noises whenever he got the ball.
Thankfully , this was a one off occasion , but it should act as a reminder to us all not to let our standards slip.
TT
up_over_goal
08:27 on 21 September, 2013
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where is Pukki……………………………..??
tis a Braw sunny morning in Lower Saxony…..not a good day to be going to Celtic Park if your a St. Johnstone laddie/lassie…..Celtic are in a no messing mood with a squad of players out to prove themselves worthy of the jersey ! and that is totally totally Braw ….someone is going to thrashed today and the air will be full of song ! Braw! ………..5-0 the Celts…
TT
He sent me a text last week pleading for tickets for Amsterdam.
He also posts infrequently when able to do so.
Old tin Richie wdh and I popped into Sharkey’s last month and he came round for a few beers.
Up and down is best way to describe his plight.
Oldtim will be happy to see he is made of tin…
desertbhoy
I liked Balde’s performance in the Inverness game. His strength means he should be able to lay off chances for Stokes, who, tired or not, is in terrific form. I’d have Pukki on the bench. In all likelihood, he’ll be regular starter, but I can only go on what my eyes tell me, and 40 minutes of football isn’t enough to form much of an opinion.
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Gold Coast Celtic get together..June 2014..
Sick of seeing the pictures, Youtube clips, tweets and Facebook posts from the North American Convention in Las Vegas?
Well, so are we and as a result we have decided to have our own Antipodean gathering between Friday 6th & Sunday 8th June 2014.
The ‘get together’ has been held in several Oz cities before with only a day trip to Surfers being managed previously.
Our Plans
Friday:
For those arriving early and looking to fill their day we have arranged for some Golf at The Gold Coast Country Club. Numbers are limited so book early to avoid disappointment. One of our local Bhoys has arranged the the round of Golf (Buggy hire included), a platter of food and a beer for when you finish.
Saturday
The venue will be the home of Merrimac Soccer Club at the Gold Coast Italo Club.
Depending on numbers and ages of those who may be interested one or two games of ‘soccer’ will take place, If we get enough over 35‘s the opposition will be the Gold Coast Loyal Zombies.
At the conclusion of the football and when we have got rid of ‘them’ we will have live entertainment.
Brisbane Band Tullamore Tree have stated they would love to be part of our weekend and hopefully they will be signed up shortly.
Sunday
An afternoon Broadwater Cruise. 4 hours on board our privately hired boat with alcohol included in the price we can provide our own entertainment as we travel the canals with the back drop of Surfer’s Paradise.
http://www.gcceltic.com/
Summa
Turkeybhoy
13:03 on 20 September, 2013
turkeybhoy, liked the post. I just wonder how much ‘if we want to compete in the CL’ there is in the current model. Personally I don’t see how we can buy a pikku and know he will definitely perform well in the CL. Equally I understand we can’t buy Balotelli. This is why I got so upset about Balotelli’s triple toe lutzes and double salkos on Wednesday. He ‘s got more talent then all of our squad put together (maybe with the exception of kc) but pi**ed about looking for frees to win the match. So how much would buy a goal scorer who would guarantee goals in the CL. If you went to England – God knows – I don’t know enough about footie – 10 million + ? The board doesn’t want to spend that and can you imagine how much the fallout if a flo turned up (ahhh flo what lovely memories). So we don’t go to England we go to other markets who by definition are unproven. it’s a humdinger of a problem. Personally, I understand, with utterly shi* TV money, we have to be careful but do find myself fantasising ‘ could we not just make one 8-10 million purchase – then again, that’ll get you a journeyman in Engerland/Spain/Italy which is exactly what we hope Teemu isn’t. Have a nice day, mhan.
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Smashing..
Great..Seaford is 25 Mins down the Peninsula from Me..
l could Not believe how Big Paddys day was in Melbourne when l first came out..
Summa
Upmost respect to any Celtic player who wears rainbow laces today to show support to any gay team mates and Big Fraser…it might give them the strength to come out…
Morning,
Really looking forward to the game today.
Oh! Fat Sally says he is building for the future in the SPL. That explains why you give a 30 year old striker a 3 year contract.
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Smashing..
If You can wait and come for the Gold Coast meet up..I will make it My Mission to get a Certain Bare Footed runner on the Plane with You..
Summa of ZolaVinnyBuddCSC
Morning CQN
Anyone heard from Lennybhoy lately ?
Haven’t seen him posting
Just over 6hrs to the start of another adventure
Hail hail
I hope we wear orange laces for all the persecuted gingers next week.
Green for all the persecuted Celtic supporters the following week.
Black and Red in support of the murdered anti- fascist week after that.
Oh! Red and Yellow when Barca come to support the Catalan cause…
Cowiebhoy –
I hear from Lennybhoy regularly as he tends to be the one to gather together the ole CQN Couponeer picks.
Must run…
BT
Thanks for the info.
He can’t be all that bad if he is considering going to The Dam