I was asked a cracking question last night: ‘Everyone knows Rangers went into administration on 14 February 2012, but do you know what date they came out of administration?’
Can anyone guess? This is the material Cognitive Dissonance is made of.
Duff and Phelps did an incredible job. Had they stuck to Whyte’s plan, put a fait accompli to the SPL, with a matter of days to decide, ‘Our Hero’ would still own the ground, the club and would still be exalted by those who initially crowned him ‘Our Hero’, before the term became a weapon of irony.
We got a further glimpse into the goings-on at Cardiff before popular and successful manager, Malky Mackay, was sacked. Chief exec, Simon Lim, while commenting on the £30m loss the club made last season, as a Championship club, spoke of the signing of 20-year-old striker Andreas Cornelius for £7.5m, from Copenhagen, with a £45k per week, 5 year contract, somewhat more than the £6k he was previously coping with in Denmark.
Earlier this month Malky said, “What I said at the time still stands. £7.5m was our record transfer at the time but a hit-the-ground-running centre-forward in the Premier League costs two or three times that and every team in the Premier League are striving for someone like that.”
There you have it, £7.5m is not enough to buy a hit-the-ground-running centre-forward, you’ll need two or three times that! In England, reality really is a different country (this is not me getting involved in the referendum debate, before the nationalists start trolling me again).
English football is broken in ways it is increasingly difficult to fathom. Only the persistent annual losses and ballooning debt figures offer a glimpse into what the future may hold.
Our namesakes, Belfast Celtic, withdrew from league football shortly after their players were attacked by a mob following the final whistle at game against Linfield on Boxing Day 1948. Star man, Jimmy Jones, died yesterday. The then 20-year-old was thrown over a wall and out of the stadium, breaking his leg in the process.
That was the end for Belfast Celtic but Jimmy recovered and is the Irish League’s all-time top goalscorer.
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Eddie/64
it was gordon_j who had the launch last night
Reggina-espanyol
dumbarton-B Dortmund
Feyenored-Barca
Aberdeen-killie
southampton-bournmouth
Regina Celtic espanyol
Dumbarton Celtic Borrussia Dortmund
Hibs, Celtic ?
Aberdeen, Celtic, Kilmarnock
Southampton, Celtic ?
Ulrik Laursen, shit, i just glaned at his name and read Herik. What a plonka
hibs and some danish mob, cant remember who though
Regina and espanyol, Dumbarton and Dortmund, hibs and Odense, Aberdeen and Kilmarnock, Southampton and bournemouth
Regina espanol, Dumbarton, dortmund, hibs, haddington athletic, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Southampton, Bournemouth
b. dumbartons/ BDortmund
d. Aberdeen/ killie
c. chibs/
a./ yokahama
gordybhoy64
21:35 on
I appear to be making a few mistakes the night mate lol
Oh Ballotelli
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joe_joe_john_bobby_teddy
TIC-TOC…..having a go at Q4 ?
Answer Q4
a)Reginna – Espanyol
b) Dumbarton – Borrussia Dortmund
c) Hibernian – Odense
d) Aberdeen – Kilmarnock
e) Southampton – Bournemouth
Did you know that St Valentine was actually beaten, stoned then hung and quartered?
What they huns like eh, can’t take a joke.
Q5 Sleekit question round:
The Empire Exhibition cup triumph in 1938. Who did the Celtic play in their 4 games on the way to winning the trophy ? (2 points if you can name the opponents in each game).
Sunderland, hearts, Everton
Was there a fourth? Thought it was3
Pat Nevin Pah! WTF! Wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.
MWD
Everton
Hibs
Hearts
Leeds
Sunderland 2
Hearts
Everton
Sunderland Sunderland Hearts Everton
hibs spurs shefield and Wolves.
Wild guessing
Kayal33
Sleekit question……..4 games opponents in each ?
Hearts semi, Everton final
Sunderland twice( replay after first game 0-0, Hertz, Everton
BCW
Got ye
Bankiebhoy1 – a collective CQN decision to play it like we did. Issue isn’t dead – it was a maroon elephant not a blue one BTW.
I’m sure the guy who scored in the finale, Divers was a school teacher of mine in St Pat’s Dumbarton. Remember him talking about this game.
There was never a sleekit question round in crc’s day!
That was a real real sleekit question. Just popped in too late for quiz. Jeepers with questions like that maybe I was lucky.
glasgowbhoy
There’s been two tonight……spoiling you !
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CFC
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Cowiebhoy supporting the Celtic to 3 in a row
Still playing ?
Lol!
… Enduring post valentines dinner and some tv …. Didn’t realise blue bloods was so Irish catholic ?
Answer Q5:
Sunderland were defeated 3-1 after a 0-0 draw ! (4 points if you answered Sunderland twice); Hearts were beaten 1-0 and the Bhoys dispensed with Everton in the
final by a 1-0 score line.
WC
:))))
Aye, ah ken………….
A rose by any other name wud smell as sweet tho’, eh!
Keep on keepin’ on……………………………………………………………..
HH
Every round was sleek it in CRC’s day!!!!!
glasgowbhoy
21:57 on
14 February, 2014
Ha, ha that’s a myth!!
HH
CRC