Reason to enjoy Wednesday night number 67: Victor Wanyama didn’t get booked.
21-year-old Victor is a fabulous talent but he has also been a tad rash in his earlier Champions League outings this season. One more yellow card will bring a suspension but his timing, and more importantly, his concentration, on Wednesday was excellent. This is a player maturing; more to come.
The 1254125 charity cycle left Lurgan this morning for Belfast port where they caught a ferry to Cairnryan. After they set wheel on Scotland they have a 37 mile cycle to Maybole, 7 miles of which is uphill, one of the most difficult parts of the endeavour.
They are people with the spirit of this club pumping through their veins right now. Check out their everyclick page for more information.
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Sea Cucumber,
No something you’ll be qualified to comment on eh
Being a brainless spineless bottom feeder
Only gettin to celebrate wednesday night now. I love celtic
B-)
Dan
Wonderful post.
You are a lucky man.
Thank you Philbhoy.
I just hope sharing the post might help some of the fine folks on here who are feeling a bit down.
Dan
How dare betfred be accurate
Which part of liquidation do these idiots not understand
my gf recently booked a holiday in portugal to celbrate our anniversary how lucky am i? we arrive in the algarve on the 30th.pity i never met her two weeke earlier……if its a 0-0 in lisbonwho has the advantage?and if we bothe end up exactly the same(ie gd and points=)toss of a coin? again
new series to watch
Lillehammer.
very very funny, and scary at the same time.
charles kickham
Illegal immigrants????????so much for the best education in the world.
Vmhan
Your Dad sounds just like all our Dad’s.
They brought us up right, took us to the games, taught us the history.
Made us what we are.
You will go through your life with the happy memories of a great man and a wonderful father.
Your Dad, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers tonight.
God bless.
Mal from Ayr being shot down in flames by frank on 5live….
Superb
Vmhan.. YNWA.
Go on Robbie, go on frank
PFayr,
Also noticed sky no longer have a special place for them, just another div 3 team only issue left is they still refer to them by the oldco name, but that should change soon :o)
Wonder if anyone has complained to companies house yet
Vmhan.
Thoughts and prayers with you and your dad.
Dan
My dad passed 10 years ago, aged 87, so he had seen a lot.
He was a great dad and a devout catholic and I owe him so much.
I think about him every day and know how much he would have enjoyed the game on Wednesday.
I treasure the time we spent at games together and laterly when we watched on tv at his house.
Lovely, lovely memories of a great man.
Sorely missed.
Spootiemad
Dicey Reillys commercial centre.
Puerto Rico .
About €10-15 in a taxi
to get there.
Taxi will stop right
outside the pub.
It will be worth every
cent you spend on
the night ..
and there will be a
right good Irish sing song
after the game ..
That’s me watched the game 4 times now……and it gets bettervEVERY time…
Gary Neville, John Collins and Jamie Rednapp were ‘brilliant’ / knowledgeable studio panellists and the guy who chaired it all is a real ‘character’ ………. He really ‘gets you going’ with his enthusiasm ……. The whole ‘experience’ was just incredible…..
hell on wheels and copper worth a watch
Vmhan
Warmest condolences
A67
Philbhoy
I hope my daughter has such fond memories of me when I am gone.
Speaks volumes of your auld man
A67
Vmhan
18:52 on
10 November, 2012
My mum suffers from the same; truly a horrible disease
Years ago, when she’d be berating one of her three boys, we used to joke with her about putting her in a home. We thought we could joke, because we thought we would never allow that to happen.
I think I fought tooth and nail to prevent it, but there’s always a doubt and a guilt I carry every day. She lived with us for a while, but needed 24 hour attention, not just for personal care, but to prevent her wandering. With the two of us working, the Doctors were adamant that the risk was too great – she needed 24 hour care. I priced it for keeping her at home, but it was way out of our league.
She still had her lucid moments the day we put her in the care home, which made it all the more cruel.
However, the priorities needed to be addressed – she’s safe, and has the personal care she needs. The family take care of the rest.
This has possibly made things worse – I hope not.
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning!
Yes I am blessed that they enjoy relatively good health at the moment, but as I read some of the posts on here, I realise more and more how fortunate I am and make more time to see them and spend time with them.
Thoughts and prayers with Vhman, I had posted before I read back.
My folks are devout, at mass nearly everyday as well.
It’s the memories of the good times that should be cherished. Our family are very fortunate in the love we receive from our parents and the wisdom, humour and knowledge they have shared.
And of course one of the greatest gift of all passed on to us, the Celtic Football club and family. :0)
HH Dan
Sorry if posted already. This news about J Mc Guinness is big news over here.
He is highly regarded as an inspirational presence in any group. I talked to my daughters boyfriend today, he attended one of Mc Guinness’s motivational talks last year and he was very impressed with the man’s integrity, honesty, astute reading of game situations.
I predict Mc Guinness will ultimately manage Celtic – when Neil moves upstairs of course.
BB Season 5 anyone?
Like most, i have watched the
game against Barcelona more
than once,
and i am still getting butterflys
in me old tummy ..
Won’t, and can’t see me deleting
it for a wee while,
Happy Celticing
Friends in Celtic, good evening !
In the years to come, an inordinate number of tales will be told, forgotten, embellished, wept over and celebrated when we discuss the 7th November 2012. For those who have the patience and interest I have recorded my experiences below, for I know many will empathise. There are hundreds of thousands of stories that resemble the paragraphs to follow, but this is how I experienced the greatest Celtic result in my living memory and I can think of no better place to recount it than Celtic Quick News, where I have learned, mourned and celebrated in equal measure over the last few years.
Feel free to scroll past, I may take more than my fair share of blog space here and I don’t mean to clutter the site…….
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The date has been in the diary since the draw was made and I have arranged to take some time off work to get some afternoon tapas and wine with a Celtic supporting work mate before heading to Paradise for the game. As October draws to a close, a glance at my annual leave card indicates a surplus of holidays – after protracted negotiations with Mrs Joad, I take Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in anticipation of a special week.
Finishing work on Monday with a click of my heels and a spring in my step I go to see the journalist Graham Hunter preview the game at a venue in Glasgow along with Martin Greig who has co- written the Road to Lisbon novel. As an appetiser for the main event it under promises and over delivers – one of the best evenings of my year. This is partially because I bumped into an old school friend and caught up on old times but primarily due to the fact I got an hour to myself with the author at the end of the night with my aforementioned school buddy and a few chilled Peroni’s for company.
Here are some of Graham Hunters points of note from Monday evening:
This Barca team is the best there has ever been
Paul George will surpass anything Tony Watt achieves (and in his opinion Tony Watt will be brilliant)
Gerard Pique is mental, truly mental for practical jokes and tomfoolery, but harbours an intense desire to emulate his grandfather and become the president of Barcelona.
Marc Crosas supports Celtic as keenly as anyone he has ever known and would love to return to Paradise
The match of the day pundits are embarrassing, Gary Neville a breath of fresh air.
Scottish journalists keep an artificial lid on football reporting while the Scottish public, in the main, thirst for insight, analysis and detail.
One sports editor could have been a good journalist but morphed into a horrible bully
Barca directors wish to secure first option on Victor Wanyama
The evening ends, Hunter signs my book and seems to genuinely wish Celtic all the best for Wednesday. His love for Barca appears enormous, as does he, 6ft and 15 stone I would say. So impressed with that guy.
Tuesday passed with nothing of note except that I put my car in for an MOT and I suppose you all wanted to know that. It fails and will likely cost me a fortune
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I partake of no liquor all day Tuesday because I know what Wednesday is. Like so many I rise, early and enthusiastic, like a bairn on Christmas morn. It is ludicrous a grown man should be so excited, so unbalanced and giddy, but that is how it is.
Now for the serious, emotional part. Like Rod Stewart you should have handkerchiefs at the ready.
I cannot be calm on big matchdays until I have spoken to, or seen my dad, which is unusual because we have rarely attended games together, either due to me playing or his illnesses. A phone call normally suffices but I am off today so I decide I will go to and visit. Something draws me to mass and I don’t know why because I haven’t nurtured my faith in the way I should over the years but I walk to my father’s parish to meet him. We retire to my parental home and the warmth of the most comforting council house where he makes breakfast rolls and we read the papers and talk.
Like so many on CQN I owe my love of Celtic to my dad, what a gift. I have read many of you comment that if only your dad could be here for this or that and with this in my mind, I spend time with him, joking optimistically about our chances. He is 72 and an incredible guy. I leave, happy and satisfied, come what may.
The next few hours go like this:
Meet colleagues – buy new scarf – beers in Princes Sq – into Merchant City to sample the fanzone – into the Gallowgate for a couple more and then into my seat.
What an atmosphere! Generally, I have an outer body experience when Celtic score and this holds true when Wanyama bullets his header home, but when the young bull races away to seal the points I don’t move , I am numb, like Lubo when he scored in the 5-1 game.
Final whistle, party starts.
I recently wrote an article for the CQN magazine about how Celtic reasserted itself in front of a UK wide audience when they defeated Blackburn ten years ago. But on Wednesday the world witnessed an outstanding young manager lead a gifted group of young players to victory over, arguably, the best team in history. The fans, as everyone witnessed, were beyond belief. Tributes continue to pour in from Barca, down south and all over Europe. The twelfth man. Stelling, Redknapp and Neville were fulsome in their praise.
And that is how I saw it, one of a million stories, on an evening when even people uninterested in football looked at the footage and said I wish I was there, what a celebration.
I’m still on cloud nine but the truly ridiculous thing is that I think this team with this manager, can go on to do better.
Hail hail folks, TJ
JimmyQuinnsBits
Sorry to hear about your Mum.
I’m sure you have made the right decision for her.
Thoughts and prayers my friend.
Vmhan
Sorry that I never wad your original post.
I was going by others comments ,and thought that your Dad has passed away.
I hope that I have not caused you any offence.
Hail! Hail!
A67
Dan.
Read your post and felt like I was in your dads living room watching the game with your ma n da and yourself.
Hail hail
Now watched the Celtic v Barca spectacle 5 times.
It was just fantastic.
Thank you Lenny.
Thank you bhoys.
Thank you Green Brigade, an absolute pleasure to be part of your display.
We, the crowd were also awesome.
EC67
DJBEE
20:32 on
10 November, 2012
BB Season 5 anyone?
DJBEE
I replied to you earlier
HH
Philbhoy
thanks
Vmhan
May God go with you and your family in the time’s ahead mate.
Dan
Magic post thanks for sharing.
sipsini
Thank you. I think we were all united in spirit wherever we were on Wednesday.
Dan
Any links (Good Quality) of the whole match against Barca. I never record games, goes back to the 80s and betamax tapes and we always lost.
Thanks in advance
HH
Thanks HT.
Dan
JQB
I believe that what’s important is that we do what we think is best and right. It may not always work that way but so long as we are sincere in our reasons.
I’m sure you have mate.
Right Ghuys get over it ,it was just a champs league game,it was at home,we got three
points ,big wowser,when we win it ..that’s when I will celebrate ,bit of perspective,please.