Is the club safe with Sir David, Dave King and Paul Murray? Is Craig Whyte a worthy successor? Is Charles Green trustworthy? Is Ally McCoist a great manager? For the PR hired hands at Ibrox, the questions were always the same, it was just the answers that changed.
Few have the gall to deliver the PR messages which flow out of Ibrox, and that group of clubs have depended on PR spin for decades. Short of the communication of formal issues, like Annual Accounts and sensitive Stock Market issues, Celtic don’t utilise external PR services.
Celtic have in-house PR to facilitate media inquiries and the output of club message, but there’s no perceived need to bring in an external spin doctor to reframe reality. This is the way it should be, of course, you’ll never win a battle in the gutter with a guttersnipe, but there are costs.
We have had paid professionals successfully briefing against our club for decades, millions of people read and listen to these messages daily. This is a battle we will never win but the consequences for a football club trying to go about their business in an orderly manner are significant. The club, its directors, manager, players and supporters are variously painted as money-obsessed, anger-filled, flops and a rabble who hate the country their forefathers fought for.
We don’t indulge in PR excesses because Celtic have nothing to spin. They pay the taxes required to support their nation’s services, run an orderly business and are a remarkably well-respected and successful collection of fans, players, coaches and administrators. There are always unpopular decisions but the club face them down.
An eagle-eyed reader noticed an interesting aggregation in the two schools in Malawi we are assisting. Saturday’s article noted the pupil numbers at Kholoni Primary School in Mchinji as 1221 and St Josephs’ Primary School in Kasungu as 746. Go on, add the figures and see how many pupils will benefit from Celtic fans building kitchens. The spirit of ’67 is alive and kicking.
If you are driving to, or being driven to, CQteN on Friday, don’t think you can just nip along London Road and into Celtic Park. There is no access to the stadium from London Road. Access is via Janefield St, which, if you are coming from the east, means driving underneath the stadium. Make sure your taxi driver is aware.
There was a tremendous response to the whisky auction, which closes on Friday at noon, the current highest bid stands at £225. We have bottle No. 1 of a limited edition (291 in total) Craigallachie Telford’s Bridge, in a wooden box and presentation cardboard tube, whit an authentication certificate.
Bids are by email only to auction@celticquicknews.co.uk. This is a rare and valuable bottle. Shipping within UK and Ireland is included. Please include contact details and your bid amount.
Many thanks for all the kind wishes to the family yesterday, they were enormously appreciated.
Seville, The Celtic Movement, launches on Friday! Copies have landed and I hear…. it’s pretty decent.
“We are in the Estadio Do Besso on the 24th April 2003. We are far into the 78th minute of the 2nd leg of a UEFA Cup Semi-Final. The first leg in Glasgow, a fortnight earlier had seen Celtic obtain a 1:1 draw with Boavista, a relative minnow in Portuguese terms who had won their first ever top league title in season 2000/01, having only been 2nd on 2 previous occasions in their history.”
Order yours below:
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voguepunter
Taking the Bhoy (19); meet you in Kerrydale at half six but if your out earlier I’m in.
HH
roy c
Will give you a buzz mhate.
vp
cheers pal
HH
tobagostreet
https://twitter.com/celticfc
Good night all
VP yer on the bell for buying me a cola on Friday:))
“best pint of lager ever” still makes me smile when I think of it:))
Suppose you had to be there and see the timing.
Embarassing “celebrations”at Poundland on SSN.
For any irish viewers lenny is on rte2 now
B-)
Lefty
Yir on to plums…..I refuse to buy soft drinks ,,achhh see as it’s you ,and I kinda like you,ok then,
Ps help
Wife went and bought new ink for Kodak printer but no matter what she tries with “drivers”
Computer say “printer not detected” :((
NFL on rte2 right now!
Winnings Captains!
H.H.
VP
could be worse did ye see the price of the water :)))
Lefty
Turn off and on or bang side.
Hope helpful :O)
tobagostreet
http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/topic/9020710/14/
http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/topic/9020710/14/
Leftclick
Turn everything off unplug and wait for a minute then turn back on
To all the lurking ex rankers…You want to celebrate THAT??!!! Hahahahahahaha…..
Is lenny wearin brown brogues?!
Lenny sayin he doesnt miss ‘rangers’
B-)
Good man Neil on rte
Sol Campbell on newsnight now. He was a colossal player in his day.
!!bada bing!!
22:40 on 12 March, 2014
The Huns are just embarrassing, full stop mate HH
Richard Wilson’s BBC report of the sevco victory tonight is truly embarrassing.
a 56 and counting banner is unveiled at Ibrox in a nod to how many chief executives the club has had since 2011
!!bada bing!!
23:05 on 12 March, 2014
My my hahahahahahaha you couldn’t give them a ridneck with a blowtorch
Lenny doin himself and our club proud…again
A true celtic legend
Craigielachie
Thought that too,penned by a 7 year old.
I like the cut of that big Ciftci at Dundee Utd. Seeing as how Jon D is tainted!!
!!Bada Bing!!
23:05 on
12 March, 2014
a 56 and counting banner is unveiled at Ibrox in a nod to how many chief executives the club has had since 2011
:)
Maybe its pounds that they have left?
hrvatski jim
Just seen your earlier message happy to share a taxi from briggs
Hahah Sky Sports showing Rangers historical stats since liquidation #2titles pic.twitter.com/VkD3ZJfIX2
https://twitter.com/DavidDornan/status/443871515596316672/photo/1
Good night this time
CQteN is only two sleeps away, have you pre-ordered your CQteN badge?
Have a look….
http://twitpic.com/dxmg0w
http://twitpic.com/dxmg20
£5 each, all profits to Mary’s Meals.
cqnbadges@gmail.com
Moonhowlers and those living abroad, we can post them all over the world.
Cheers for the links lhads, just what I was looking for.
SOAL . . . I wish! I don’t live on Tobago Street anymore.
Now in Canada.
There is a Glasgow bus that goes by my house mind you,
but it’s only to Glasgow Street here is Kitchener.
More importantly, I just received a phone call from Germany.
A mate of mine noticed my name on the blog and phoned me up.
Mostly to rub it in that he will be arriving in Glasgow tomorrow while I’m
still shoveling out my drive.
Seriously though, an overdue re-acquaintance. Tims in Ohio, your the man.
See you this summer in the good old U S of A!
T
Tobagostreet, it was great to catch up and I look forward to welcoming you to the Ohio version of Paradise my friend
Could the 56 and counting refer to pens they have been given this season?
leftclicktic we are all neil lennon
23:21 on 12 March, 2014Hahah Sky Sports showing Rangers historical stats since liquidation #2titles pic.twitter.com/VkD3ZJfIX2https://twitter.com/DavidDornan/status/443871515596316672/photo/1Good night this time
Has Union Jack Irvine been chased from Sky too?
Was it a FOOL house at ipox tonight?
blantyretim is praying for the Knox family
21:31 on
12 March, 2014
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don’t think their defence is good enough..
If I remember right,someone on here said after the draw that Man City would run the Barca defence ragged.They had no chance.Too many people writing off Neymar.The boy is the hero of Brazil.Not something that comes to even great players.We keep being told on here it takes time to settle.Not a concept many on here giving to Neymar.
Just watch him light up the World Cup.
praecepta-seen your post this morning mate,glad you got it sorted.HH
praecepta
41000.