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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Serves the commentators right..LOL
2-1 Barca :-))))))
Bada Bing
Lesscot was interfering in my opinion but ref did not give.
But linesman did well not to flag goal scorer who was onside.
Iniesta plays like he was in the school yard.
No fuss no panic
G
I’ll pop in tomorrow for a shabdy with you and Danny bhoy…
blane valley where our resident barfly oldtim will be waiting…
“Better up a gear then” – barca.
“Harsh on man city”. – Danny Mills.
Citeh oot
We walk a million miles for one of your goals (actually we scored 3 v Barca).
City spent a billion pounds for one of their goals – and still got pumped!
Man City quote kev – “aff oot”.
A shabdy is a drink I first tasted last year in Morocco, I kid you not….
well, maybe a little
Commentator thinks the 2 English teams are out because they didn’t qualify in 1st place from their groups, rather than the fact that the other teams were simply a lot better than the representatives of the greatest league in the world.
fan-a-tic
21:35 on 12 March, 2014
Bada Bing
Lesscot was interfering in my opinion but ref did not give.
But linesman did well not to flag goal scorer who was onside.
Maybe the ref was enjoying having being interfered with by a EPL player.
Great game, though……
blantyretim
Are you on they shabdy things on Friday night :-)
Parkheadcumsalford,
That’s not quite what he said :)
Natknow – yes there is!
Quickly
Doors open 6.30pm
Welcome 7pm
Song – 7.05pm
Sit down for dinner 7.15pm
Match kicks off 7.45pm
Irish Dancers 8.30pm
Second half 8.45pm
15 break then
Introductions &thanks BRTH / dream team/ Seville/ Mary’s meals /auction/ raffle / last Celtic goal comp winner and Paul speech – from 9.45- 1045pm
Then Cabaret 90mins
Then Irish singer then last orders…
Lots in between…
Funny watching Barca as they do have weaknesses despite their brilliance.
But Messi is worth the admission money on his own.
He could make the Huns look like a football team and fat Salary a coach.
Neymar looks like a guy who got off at the wrong station though.
Blantyretim
Was your Your barman called Mustafa Shabdi?
winning captains
21:41 on
12 March, 2014
Natknow – yes there is!
Quickly……..
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Could you go through that again,please?
‘This programme is brought to you by Gazprom. New owners of Ukraine.”
LostTheColdWarWonThePeaceCSC
HH jamesgang
FGF
depends how many I drink tomorrow
Kompany is good enough to play for Celtic. Aim high. Train hard young man. Your day will come.
HH jamesgang
Nephew in city centre has just asked they couldn’t be having a party tonight in a celebration of their historic league win, could they?
A well know nightclub/bar already full of Sevconians at 8pm. He denied entry, bouncers advised, ” there going bonkers the noo, wait to the team comes in.”
TheirdeedandtheyknowtheyareCSC
Fair play to new Ragers,they’ve won league 1 ,that £22 million wasn’t wasted after all.
Geordie Munro, it may not be word for word what he said but he certainly implied it. The English commentators, especially those on SKY, have to build up the EPL at every opportunity. They seem to be amazed when other teams beat their heroes.
blantyretim
Enjoy your day tomorrow , looking forward to catching up on Friday afternoon / night .
HH
voguepunter
21:47 on 12 March, 2014
No way did that share issue raise £22m….nnno way
BT, Topman. Looking forward to seeing you and your Dad this week.
BT
Is there a rendezvous venue before the gig on Friday?
Malorbhoy
Thanks for getting back. I wouldn’t last beyond 8.00 if I started in the afternoon, so I will take a rain check! No doubt will meet up later on.
HH
67Heaven
They sure did,saw it oan the Times finnnnnneeeeeeeelll box ootside central.
voguepunter
21:47 on 12 March, 2014
Fair play to new Ragers,they’ve won league 1 ,that £22 million wasn’t wasted after all.
They could show chelski/ man city/ PSG/ Monaco a trick or two on how to do it without breaking FFP.
MyaccountantismylawyerismyalibiCSC
Raymac at 21:19, Thanks again downloaded CCleaner and now have an extra 300Mb
we love ya sally
we do
we love ya sally
we do
winning captains
21:41 on
12 March, 2014…
Cheers WC!
Richie
oldtim staying in town tomorrow so he is meeting a few in your local tomorrow and Friday afternoon.
For much of the game, Barca made ManC look clumsy.
The speed, crispness and weight of their passes had the oppo chasing shadows.
Ref very poor and indulged Kompany for far too long, even though Vincent is a top player.
If he was smart, he should try and get a move to Barca. They need each other.
Neymar doesn’t belong in that team. Messi does everything that he does, only much better.
Whose left? Chelsea?
Barca should offer city a straight swap – Neymar for Kompany.