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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21.5.79
My greatest ever moment as a Celtic supporter. Love Street in ’86 comes second. Winning in Seville would have went to the top of the list, but alas it was not to be
If the Gods are with us, we will make another Euro final in my lifetime, and this time we will win it!
Snake
Hope you are ok pal. Unfortunately there are idiots in every corner of the globe. I’m sure it hasn’t put you off living in Slovakia
South Of Tunis on 21 May, 2012 at 10:48 said:
I never feel that guilty as I think of the money I have spent on music, if you can turn a wee profit good for you…
Being unwaged these last three years my digging is mostly online now although I did find a Duke Pearson album in Basel last week, The Phantom, cracker..
StillmySanctuaryCSC
I need to take my laptop with me this year on holiday to Spain.
Whats the best way to connect online. Is there a Spanish “dongle” I can buy either before or once I get there? por certo…
Ten men. Ah love st 86
Think every Celtic fan I know has said they were there
The real story is the ground was only 2/3 full that day as many fans thought we had no chance
I was there though :))
Guy called shug from the university bus was beside me under the roof, listening to his radio ” they scored he screamed ” and the rest is history :))))))
Kitbala
I never said you did (and btw I’ve believe what you said to be correct), but I thought you might be able to provide something to back it up.
:-)
What happened to snake???
Congratulations to Marc Crosas and his Santos Laguna teammates. Championees!
Santos clinch Mexican championshipReuters, Monday May 21 2012
May 21 (Reuters) – Santos Laguna won the Mexican championship with a 2-1 home victory over Monterrey in the second leg of the Clausura final.
Santos, runners-up in the Apertura in December, won 3-2 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw in Thursdays first leg at Monterrey.
Midfielder Daniel Luduena put Santos ahead after five minutes and striker Oribe Peralta scored the decisive second in the 64th, with Jesus de Nigris pulling one back 12 minutes from time in Sundays match at the Corona in the city of Torreon.
Peralta has been the key for Santos, scoring the two late goals that gave them victory over Apertura winners Tigres UANL in the second leg of their semi-final last weekend and also finding the net in both legs of the final.
“Im now at the most important stage in my career (but) I have a lot of dreams still to fulfil, the 28-year-old told reporters.
“I still have a contract here for several years and I hope to stay on,” added the former Monterrey player when asked about interest from other clubs.
It was Monterrey coach Victor Vucetich’s first defeat in 13 finals. He steered his team to the CONCACAF Champions League title this season.
Santos became the first team since 2007 to win the championship, decided in an eight-team knockout phase, having finished top of the 17-match league stage.
VOGUEPUNTER 1101
Big wooss?
That’s a bit rich comin’ fae a Perroni drinker,haha!
Btw,seeing FRANKEL in the flesh on Saturday made up for backing a serious series of losers. Out of jail card was MINCE backed online at11/2 overnight.
Some horse….
SydneyTim on 21 May, 2012 at 11:03 said:
Who’s on the list of CBs he wants?
Been reading CQN for a while, but not posted till now. Live down South and the news down here is remarkably thin. Last week’s appeal decision did not even get a mention on the morning radio sports bulletins. Luckily I knew where to look.
This may have been pointed out before- sorry if I am repeating:
Many have commented that they have not had the decency to admit fault and simply say they are sorry.
But wouldn’t that amount to an “act of contrition”?
Sydney Tim
looking at the footage, the Celtic sections at Love St that day were full and there were Celtic fans in the St Mirren end too, certainly looked pretty full!
HH
kitalba on 21 May, 2012 at 11:00 said:
It’s in one of the Campbell and Woods books. My memory has now deteriorated to the extent that I can no longer provide a verbatim quote off the top of my head.
The bottom line though is that the claim about the reason why the name Celtic was chosen is supposition. There is no evidence to support it.
I prefer truth to myth and am suspicious of those who don’t.
myboysnowatim:
Cheers mate, I enjoy them too and often when I come across bits and pieces that I think others might enjoy, I copy and past them. In doing so I don’t endorse the veraity of what is written. I just enjoy reading them.
as he states anoyingly : god bless her majesty
s , revenue & customs
SFFS @ 1021
Superb poster that is , I’m in it too , sticking out like a sore thumb. Should get royalties for all the memorabilia it’s used on .
SydneyTim on 21 May, 2012 at 11:09 said:
What happened to snake???
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He was attacked by some bampot. Not seriously hurt, thankfully. I think his post is on page 9 or thereabouts.
SydneyTim on 21 May, 2012 at 11:08 said:
Ten men. Ah love st 86
Think every Celtic fan I know has said they were there
The real story is the ground was only 2/3 full that day as many fans thought we had no chance
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That’s correct ST,left a few mates in the pub that day.
I of course still give them pelters.
Afternoon bhoys, still cool and damp, but hun free as ever.
Bored, bored, bored.
The withdrawal symptoms are in full flow,
Two months of no Celtic, how will I/we cope ????
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Big Swee
Kits are the easy way to start, just open the tin, add some sugar and yeast and the water and wait………
Brewing with malted barley is slightly harder, but the beer will taste soooo much better, well worth the effort.
Been away for long enough, but any home brew shop will see you right.
You could try and make your own champange, get a small bucket full of elderflower heads, cover them in boiling water, when the water has cooled, add a champagne yeast, a bag of sugar, make up to a couple of gallons with warm water, wait a couple of weeks and bottle,
Always check with a hydromiter tho, don’t want to bottle too early.
I really don’t know how exacltly we came to have the name Celtic but couldnt think of a better name in world football. I love the fact that we dont have Town, United, City etc etc in our name. We are bigger than that. Oh and we won’t ever have to change our name, due to cheating our way to winning titles and trophys.
Pablo
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 21 May, 2012 at 11:10 said:
Thank’s for that ,could go a bottle ,now:O)
Mince was a cert on Saturday,yet I still bet against it on my line.
Not paying attention.
Sydney Tim
I was at the game ,it looked pretty full to me,still room for dancing at the end right enough.
Celtic ?
I was in a place called The Celtic Bar in Lecce [ a few years back ]
Decorated with the usual tat —- Guinness stuff, Younger’s beer stuff, whisky adverts/ Stag’s heads, tartan stuff, spinning wheels, Braveheart stuff, Loch Ness Monster stuff and a big framed picture of Brian Laudrup in a Rangers strip..
Couldn’t resist asking the Albanian behind the bar —– Why the Laudrup photo ?
” Rangers are Irish -no ?”
Ernie, I have no problem with that but you must admit you do have a tendency to lean heavy on the cynical. Can I take it from your reply that you did indeed make a statement of fact that you can neither prove nor disprove but you ridiculed anyway?
Also, I am now curious, do you mind defining for me my ‘prejudices’ that you referred to earlier?
Just a genuine curiosity.
LOYAL Rangers fans raised nearly £70,000 today for the Fighting Fund when they took part in the 1872 Walk around Ibrox.
Led by former manager Walter Smith, Barcelona 72 legends Colin Stein and Alfie Conn, nine in a row hero Mark Hateley and fans’ favourite Nacho Novo they created a party atmosphere in the Glasgow sunshine.
Nearly 600 supporters walked twice around the perimeter of the stadium starting outside Argyle House and then entered the ground through the Copland Road gates and made their way around the track before finishing at the tunnel.
Wow 600 bears walking in the sunshine including Alfie Conn??/?;
Brother walfrid picked the name celtic
as it had both irish and scottish conections
SydneyTim@11:08
I remember making the short hop to Paisley on the supporters bus that used to leave from the Stanley Bar in Kinning Park. Nobody on the bus thought we would win the league that day. Aside from us winning (which everyone knew we would) it was the fact Hearts not only had to lose but we had to win by 3 clear goals. Myself and my pals were up near the segregation fence and it was absolute chaos as we raced into a 4 goal lead by half time. As time wore on we started making our way towards the exit and stood by the floodlight pylon closest to the Celtic end for the last 10mins. A guy in front of us had a small transistor radio and he just started screaming yes,yes,yes!! Suddenly the whole ground started going ballistic. Remember ex Hun goalie Jim Stewart just standing with the ball looking around, wondering WTF was going on?
Great memories and a special, special day
SYDNEYTIM 1108
Most Celtic fans thought we had no chance,eh?
I thought I was the only one!
We had won the league four times in twelve years prior to that,and although I had been to the majority of games that season-and always liked a fair few in Stringfellows-I just couldnae take one more glorious failure.
Just as well-I’d probably have jinxed that an’ a’!
600 under a 1/3 of what they asked for, can’t wait for the share issue, its going to be huge :)))
por cierto.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 21 May, 2012 at 11:19 said:
You mean to say ,you were not at the game?
Ya bi woose :O)
ernie lynch on 21 May, 2012 at 10:01 said:
Imatim and so is Neil Lennon on 21 May, 2012 at 03:31 said:
”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.”
The myth that the name Celtic was chosen because it encompassed both Ireland and Scotland is just that – a myth. There’s no evidence to support the claim and the evidence that is put forward is wrong (in the 19th century the word Celtic was generally used to mean Irish, not Scottish , and the name Celtic had been used previously by other clubs).
It was a piece of supposition by Brian Wilson (and possibly also Gerry McNee, I don’t recall). It of course suited the agenda at the time of Wilson’s book, which should have been a warning sign for the critically alert.
Brother Walfrid may have been a visionary, though the fact he was sidelined at the earliest opportunity by the money men at Celtic suggests otherwise, but it’s wrong to try to assume that he had the same outlook and preoccupations that we curently have.
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2010 Never Again
So from what you are suggesting Ernie….Brother Walfrid in choosing the name Celtic did so without there being any real significance to it….other than a probable Irish connection?
Por Cierto @ 11:07
you can buy a ‘pay-as-you-go’ dongle at any vodafone shop. I got one last year whilst working in Santander, from memory it was around 30 euros with a months interweb subscription, although I think there is also a 14 day option. You should be able to find the price plans on the Spanish vodafone website.
Hail Hail
ballabhoy
Haven’t seen any mention of the orange band providing the music at the Hun walk yesterday. Funny that!
So a few hundred Huns turn up to help their club, to me that is further proof that most of them don’t support their club, they support the “culture” and hatred of Catholic/Irish.
If that was Celtic yesterday we would have had thousands turning up as we don’t expect favours the way they do. What we have wasn’t handed to us.
Ten men indeed
I had a date that night
I remembered the next day
Regarding the crowd. Think it was 15,000. Behind the goal at love st end it was not full. You could see the terracing barriers
I was at the love st end one night in 1980 where there was 27,000 in the ground.
St
Frank De Boer rejects the chance to manage Liverpool
TMWTL
I’m alright. It could happen in Glasgow or anywhere else.
Clowns who want a fight or to deck someone will do it anywhere.
It won’t put me off.
so, are we right in thinking that the SPL are looking at the double contracts today ?
anyone know ?
Love St 86 –
the Greenock Shammy busses went as usual, as we had all season, I think 3 bus on the day. The official attendance was 16,000. Mostly Tims.
Near end of match lots of people were coming in the ground.
I take it that was the pub goers.
Por Cierto
They are all saving up for the big issue :>)))