Yesterday was not a particularly good day for football. The Edinburgh cup final was played before a half empty Hampden long before the end and Chelsea’s revival of catenaccio secured the Champions League. If nothing else the latter proved that football at the very top level is not always great. Perhaps the reason why truly great teams are so celebrated.
There is an interesting dynamic to Rangers in administration. Creditors have a cash offer of around £8.5m to consider but eight players, Naismith, Bocanegra, McGregor, David, Whittaker, Goian, Lafferty and Edu cut release clause deals with Duff and Phelps for values greater than this.
Any CVA agreed next month (unlikely though it is) could be paid for by the departure of these players. Charles Green could potentially be the second person to buy Rangers for only £1.
It is, however, unlikely that other clubs will offer money for these players before a CVA is agreed as they will be available as free agents should the CVA fail and those in control of Ibrox attempt to form a Newco. Therefore, the chances of creditors getting their hands on any of these transfer fees are limited, no matter what happens to the company.
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Cults Bhoy
“Ok
WGS is great . I ke him.
( guilty of CQN thought crime) ”
Naw- but guilty of passive-aggressive whining when you have been caught out, maybe.
How about you do what you promised and post your evidence of anti-Celtic attitudes from WGS as a player. You stated clearly that you had read this. You were called out on it and have failed to deliver.
You are not being called out for having a different opinion but for stating as fact that which you have failed to provide evidence for.
Put up the evidence or retract the assertion.
You can keep whatever opinion you had of WGS just do not imagine you have any more reason for having it other than “I never took to the guy”
Hey, what’s worse?
CQN thought Crime?
or
CQN hun crime?
MmmmCSC
Saint Stivs on 21 May, 2012 at 00:29 said:
does he have an ebt.
ask him for a copy of the contract as the donation.
deep deep
tal
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I would no sooner ask for a copy of his work contract as I would ask for a copy of yours!!! (assuming you are lucky enough to have a job)
estoribhouy
Youre a comedian right !
Andy Cameron maybe ?
Timabhouy on 21 May, 2012 at 00:39 said:
estoribhouy
Youre a comedian right !
Andy Cameron maybe ?
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Is that a donought or a meringue? :)
estoril
I say you do it.
Its not that you are putting any funds their way. You are simply passing on a message or request, no more, no less
estorilbhoy
Yes, most of us are very different from most of them.
I just wouldnt want to see the wee lad going to a lot of trouble, expending a lot of energy, with his heart in the right place etc all for nothing. To try and raise 30 or 40 quid for the RFFF.
He’d be better just accepting that there is no way back.
Knoxy
estoril
is your brother in law a handsome hun.
do you love him.
Saint Stivs on 21 May, 2012 at 00:44 said:
estoril
is your brother in law a handsome hun.
do you love him.
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You really need to get out more :)
Saint Stivs on 21 May, 2012 at 00:44 said:
estoril
is your brother in law a handsome hun.
do you love him.
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LOL.
Does he have hooves instead of hands and feet???
(joke)
estorilbhouy
Is your brother in law John Greig ?
Reading back,my only thoughts on Gordon Strachan are that I wish Billy McNeil had waited a year and signed him for us,and not Aberdeen. Stevie Arcibald,too.
£70,000 the pair,as I remember…….
estoril
just name him.
ally wants to know
The of-course-legally-formed RFF has raised £560,000 according to one source I read. The full amount owed could amount to 100 times that. No coffee morning or walk around a stadium is going to save them.
BradfordBulls CSC
Aye, we deserve to know!!!!
We deserve to know who this person is!!!!!!!!!!
Sally
It’s jimmy crankie but don’t tell the meeja!!
Night guys. Thanks for the educated debate!!!!
Rangers Fans Fighting Fund
They just had to have a reference to fighting in there didnt they!
From the Daily Record site
According to one Celtic fan site, even comedian Jimmy Krankie is helping out. The entertainer has reportedly been encouraging family members to help out the Fighting Fund.
Good night!!!
Im away too.
Good luck
Knoxy
Mr X
Great stuff – as a veteran of four CL finals I enjoyed that.
Yea goodnight why dont you just contribute
your own money to help Rfc(ia) if it makes you
feel better
imagine having an ex hun player as your brother in law just now.
what last
Robin Gibb R.I.P.
Goodnight everyone
that includes creepy brother in laws
Timabhouy on 21 May, 2012 at 00:56 said:
Yea goodnight why dont you just contribute
your own money to help Rfc(ia) if it makes you
feel better
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Timabhouy.
look at my original post. I only asked for comments with no prejudice.
thats not prejudice thats advice !
Timabhouy on 21 May, 2012 at 01:04 said:
thats not prejudice thats advice !
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And may your god go with you :)
Ahh! so you are a comedian
RTC shortlisted for The Orwell prize.
So much for ‘internet bampots’,eh?
http://theorwellprize.co.uk/shortlists/rangers-tax-case/
Methinks the likes of Paul67 & Phil Mac deserve,at least,kudos from the msm.
Estorilbhoy
I would pass on your son’s pal’s request.
It shows your son that you are above bigotry and sectarianism.
If your brother in law contributes it will make not one whit of a difference.
Mr X loves having a “fly kick” on 20 May, 2012 at 23:42 said:
Loved it
Vicarious Tims R Us
Estorilbhoy
If you are serious then I think you know what to do.
If the kid is serious, and you feel some obligation then act on it.
What does your in law feel about the whole RFCIA shambles anyway?
Would he welcome your/the kid’s request?
He might even have donated something already, and as for writing, maybe he’s clueless like me and would rather run back to back marathons than write anything.
Kid’s trying to pass the monkey on his back onto you.
Don’t let him, cos it’s his monkey.
Mr X, nice story and thanks for sharing.
As for Gordon Strachan, he gave me lots of great Celtic memories, so thanks GS.
As for the other stuff, then when we start that nonsense where do we end up.
John Hartson nearly signing for them!
KD, Danny McGrain, Tommy Gemmell and countless other Celtic greats were them supporters as teenagers.
Give it a break.
Gordon’s record speaks for itself.
Gordon’s insistence that backroom and office staff should be on the pitch to share in league celebrations. I will never forget him escorting some fans out the seats at Kilmarnock when we won it there.
HH to all Tims and to those who wish they could be.
When we had Celtic,we had everything…
ernie lynch on 20 May, 2012 at 16:24 said:
Imatim and so is Neil Lennon on 20 May, 2012 at 15:08 said:
‘So what satisfactory evidence would you give to the contrary Ernie?’
That’s not how it works.
Is someone says Brother Walfrid (or anyone else, it’s a general point) did something for a particular reason it’s up to them to provide evidence to support their claim. You can’t say that the claim should be believed until it’s proved to be false. That’s Alice in Wonderland stuff.
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2010 Never Again
Sorry for the late reply I wasn’t online.
When we talk about Brother Walfrid we are talking about a visionary, a man of Faith. A man of God….are we not?
Is it so beyond the realms of critical thinking that what Brother Walfrid done was done for all the right reasons. Reasons being that he understood the need and the benefits of building a bridge between two at times conflicting and distinct cultures.
The naming of our world famous club as “Celtic” is a clear and important insight of his visionary thinking….and is sure testimony to his commitment in developing a cultural bridge.
A very smart and insightful man was our Brother Walfrid….please don’t sell him short.
Bloke109 is Neil Lennon on 21 May, 2012 at 00:49 said:
The of-course-legally-formed RFF has raised £560,000 according to one source I read. The full amount owed could amount to 100 times that. No coffee morning or walk around a stadium is going to save them.
BradfordBulls CSC
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2010 Never Again
Is there any truth the trustees of their fighting fund are getting EBT”s whilst administering it?
Imatim,
this book might prove interesting…
Celtic FC The Bould Bhoys
Scottish giants Celtic are a world-famous club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow. . Established in 1887, they played their first official game on 28 May, 1888 against Glasgow rivals, Rangers. Their home ground Celtic Park (Parkhead), has been their permanent residence since 1892, and is the biggest football stadium in Scotland with a capacity of just over 60,000. Together with Rangers, they form the Old Firm, one of the most famous and fierce rivalries in sport. The club’s traditional playing colours are green and white hooped shirts with white shorts and white socks. The club’s nicknames, “The Bhoys” dates from this era when the team were described as the “bold boys,” the additional “h” being added to phonetically represent the Irish pronunciation.
In 1967, Celtic became the first British team, and only Scottish team, to have won the European Cup. Their historic victory in Europe was a monumental achievement as incredibly, the whole team, who became known as ‘The Lisbon Lions’ were all born within a 30-mile radius of Parkhead.
In the 1880s, thousands of people were forced to emigrate to Glasgow due to the famine in Ireland, only to find that the streets were not paved with gold. Brother Walfrid (born Andrew Kerins in Ballymote, County Sligo), an Irish Marist brother, had been assigned to Sacred Heart School in the city’s East End to cater for the Irish communities spiritual and educational needs.
Brother Walfrid had two principle motivations; to feed the newcomers who were struggling to find work and to help a community often shunned because of their faith and nationality. His idea to raise money to feed the poor was through his fund raising charity, ‘The Poor Children’s Dinner Table’, and to help a community retain their dignity in the face of religious intolerance, the brother would turn to football.
On November 6 1887 he founded Celtic FC with the intention of attracting paying customers to help raise funds for the charity. Inspired by Hibernian, who were formed as a club by the immigrant Irish population in Edinburgh thirteen years earlier, Brother Walfrid suggested the club be named Celtic to reflect its Irish and Scottish origins.
Though the club was formed to aid the Catholic and Irish communities of the East End of Glasgow, he was keen that the club would also serve as a cultural bridge between Ireland and Scotland. The name was intrinsic to these values and the aims of the club in establishing an unquantifiable link between the indigenous Scots and the newcomers whose descendants would be born in Scotland.
Celtic Football Club was born from charity in exceptionally difficult times. These roots are still a great source of pride and the sentiments that sit behind Brother Walfrid’s ideals have taken hold and flourished. Today, countless thousands of Celtic supporters around the world consider these ideals to be at the heart of their club’s history.
Charity and community will always be the foundation of this great club and it continues to support worthy causes on a local, national and international level. The club is estimated to have a fan base of over nine million people, including one million in North America. In 2003, when Celtic reached the UEFA Cup Final in Seville, it is estimated that an incredible 80,000 supporters made the journey to the Spanish city just to be part of the occasion; an unprecedented number in the history of the European football.
‘Celtic, like Barcelona, are more than a football club. Our clubs are a symbol of a culture and community that has not always been made welcome in their respective countries.’
Xavi Hernandez, Barcelona FC.
‘A football club will be formed for the maintenance of dinner tables for the children and the unemployed’.
Brother Walfrid, 1887, The Poor Children’s Dinner Table, Celtic FC, Glasgow, Scotland, 1888
Iamtim @ 3:31
Indeeed Sir.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_a46WJ1viA
But… As a 21st Century expat. Other perspectives make sense…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNsZLtzF18&feature=related
Peace Brother.