Relieved to get last night’s game out of the way. Ross County limited us to few chances. The opening goal was a shot which Erik Sviatchenko didn’t connect cleanly with, a defender tried to block but failed to make contact, only succeeding in blocking his keeper’s view, before the ball found the corner of the goal.
When the added two minutes at the end of the first half were announced, County visibly pulled tighter, waiting on the break. That was a mistake. In the most composed moment of the game, Stuart Armstrong twisted this way, then that, before carving an opening he took with aplomb.
We now have two days to recuperate ahead of the final game before the midseason break; our ninth game of what will be an exhausting month. We’ll talk more about this game tomorrow, it will be far from easy, so please don’t be misled by the 5-1 win over Newco earlier in the season. They are shambles of a football team, but this is a different challenge.
Thanks to everyone who supported our Mary’s Meals appeal for the Sean Devereux Primary School in Liberia this week, we’ve already achieved great things there.
Walfrid’s Wish
Our Foundation’s big project for 2017, Walfrid’s Wish, launched last night. It’s an opportunity for each of us to join the Foundation in a formal capacity – to be one of its Champions.
I think this is a key strategy for the future of Celtic. We’ve done so much in recent years to bring our founding sentiment back to the forefront of the club. The challenge remains to push the boundaries further, and to keep them there.
To achieve this, for years and decades to come, we need to organise. We need to keep telling ourselves what Celtic is all about, to encourage each other share and live our common values, and – hopefully – make participation in the Foundation an everyday part of being a Celtic supporter for 100% of our community.
On its simplest level, Walfrid’s Wish is a membership scheme. You become a member of the Foundation Champions community. It’ll cost you £3 per month.
I suspect we’re 40% of the way along the road of where we could be as a community, much of that progress has been achieved within the last five years, but we need innovative ways to spread the message. This has an excellent chance of reinvigorating the sentiment that those who gathered in St Mary’s church hall all those years ago.
You can sign up here, go for it.
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PHILBHOY
Condolences to you all on your sad loss.
R I P,Big Mo.
In post WW2 years our biggest victory at Ibrox was 3:0 in April 2001
Last night was, I think, the first home match we have played this season whilst Sevco played at the same time. And thank goodness for that. In front of me, behind me, to the side of me, there were constant updates on their scoreline. Depressing stuff.
DOC
I hope everything goes as well as possible on Saturday.
A sad occasion,but a grand life to celebrate too.
Philbhoy and Doc, I will remember your loved ones at Mass tomorrow. Yesterday was the 9th anniversary of the death of one of my nephews. I always feel that Christmas is a tough time for his mum and dad. Yet during the Christmas Dinner this year we talked about the lad and spoke only of the good times, especially the many funny stories about his life.
Time eases the pain and the good memories always come to the fore. I hope you will both experience this in the times ahead. In the meantime you know you have all the CQNers thinking about you and their goodness will give you courage. R.I.P.
I did not hear a single sevco update in my section.
Nobody gives a fluk
Video of that 3:0 win
Spot the tackle wee Bazza gets a YC for around 2 mins.
Another wild tackle by Bazza at 5min 30 secs
BMCUWP’s, I’m sure it’s going to be tough, the formal part of the day anyway, but I’m determined to give him a grand send off.
Doc
I do indeed sit om 26 of that row You will have had to put up with my ill informed drivel then. Be good to say hello in the new year.
Jim
Goodnight Timland
just two more sleeps
be good to each other ………we’re all Tims
HH
Never heard an update in FS2 either last night.HT score came up on LL screen.
Magic!!!!
KLV
JNP
Thanks for the research. Different team I know, but time for us to set a new record for the venue methinks :)
Jim, cool stuff, will see you next home game.
Caught you out of the corner of my eye a couple of times, was just not sure enough.
SFTB’s Bazza’s first tackle was a straight red, Ricksens forearm smash on Thommo was also a straight red.
Heyho, refs, what ye gonna do?
CallthemoutascheatsoraretheyjustincompetentCSC
Jim Craig on the Hun support. ” They really are the most horrible people”.
Philbhoy,
Sorry to read about your brother in law.
Doc,
I hope Saturday goes as well as possible given the circumstances.
SFTB,
Let’s hope Saturday goes well.
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Club 1872 aren’t a supporters group they are a Bernie Madoff type pyramid scheme looking for the blue half of the ‘Old Firm’ franchise to pay and upfront fee and to sign monthly direct debits.
Their structure as per Wiki,
Structure of Club 1872,
Entity Responsi
Rangers First , Shareholding vehicle through which new shares are purchased
Rangers Supporters Trust, Club themed projects which members have backed
Club 1872 Limited, Owner of organisations assets except shares or monies donated for projects
Supporters Voice Limited, Communication of member views to club and media
Rangers Supporters clubs, Liaison and support the network of supporter groups.
From ‘Club1872(website)’…’Where the money goes’?
“By default, funds contributed will be split as below:
47.5% – to purchase shares in RIFC. This may be through share purchases from existing shareholders, as part of future share offerings initiated by RIFC or through the provision of loans which are converted to equity.
47.5% – Club 1872 projects identified by contributors following a vote. It should be noted that this will always include the option of the funds being allocated to purchase shares if that is what the membership decide. Setting funds aside in this way gives the members more flexibility to decide how they are spent. It is not envisaged that these funds would be provided to Rangers for general working capital purposes but rather they would be provided for defined purposes laid out and voted on by the members. The use of these funds would be subject to members’ vote at all times.
5% – Club 1872 administration costs. This will include the funding of support roles to improve response time for membership queries and improve member interaction with Club 1872. The board of Club 1872 will oversee this spending and provide a full breakdown to members on an annual basis. Over time and with growth in numbers it is hoped that the 5% set aside for administration can gradually be reduced.”
SFTB @ 10:37 7 10:41…
Tony, I know it was only a Glasgow cup tie however we beat them 4-0 at Ibrox in 1966. The Beatles had just released “Yellow Submarine” at the time and both sets of supporters had their own version.
We of course lived in a GREEN submarine whilst they plumbed the depths in an ORANGE vessel!
Great headline the following day….”Rangers torpedoed”
PS those Rangers (in liquidation) home games in November 1978 and May 1979 were played at Hampden due to construction work at Ibrox.
Video of old huns 0 Celtic 3.
Surely a Celtic high point.
Lubo and Henrik. World class
I think even sfa influence aside, Celtic will be too strong. They have been trying to derail us all season against better teams than that poor sevco team. Also the form really does go out the window as we have no form against sevco in govan. New fixture is it not?
The oldco cheated with the sfa on side and the bank. but those days are gone. Form will count.
KLV
GORDON on 29TH DECEMBER 2016 11:11 PM
SFTB @ 10:37 7 10:41…
Tony, I know it was only a Glasgow cup tie however we beat them 4-0 at Ibrox in 1966. The Beatles had just released “Yellow Submarine” at the time and both sets of supporters had their own version.
We of course lived in a GREEN submarine whilst they plumbed the depths in an ORANGE vessel!
*absolutely correct Gordon, they also had an add on of eff Jock Stein, couldnae help themselves.
St Stivs
I recently read an account of our 0-4 humping of the auld hun at Ibrox i
Apparently jock had identified that Orjan Persson would be desperate to repeat his Cup Final goal scoring achievement
The Celts were told to keep playing into space
They did to dramatic effect and in 90 minutes the hun never worked out what the bhoys had sussed out!!
Sorry
Saint Stivs… afore ye go radio rental :-)
Just caught Warbo on Sky Sports News, deluded doesn’t cover it. My confidence has just went through the roof.
Saint Stivs
It was kai johansen who left the acres of space
But it was 0-4 to the hoops at Ibrox ;-)
MacJay,
I hope you are well.
Your point about ‘tomorrow’s chip paper’ is well made. The point was about Darlington Nagbe and the leak of his apparently failed transfer in a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch.
You know the daily tabloid where. on 17 April 2015, The Sun’s columnist Katie Hopkins called migrants to Britain “cockroaches” and “feral humans” and said they were “spreading like the norovirus”
Sadly he, (PL) has a recent history of talking to that ‘publication’.
Happy New Year, when it comes.
Gordon.
Of course we should count the Glasgow Cup from that era.
It counted for something back then.
JMCCORMICK on 29TH DECEMBER 2016 9:33 PM
Apologies but we’ve got guests so my time on here is limited tonight. I’ll only have a problem on Saturday if the Celtic support sing sectarian or racist songs. They won’t.
I do worry that the Celtic support will be targeted for political songs and that some time down the line doors will be rattled as a consequence. I have no problem with those songs but I do have a major issue with the potitical policing of this.
I do hope that if there’s a minute silence that those who oppose it remain outside or in the concourse until it’s over.
S n s.
Your right.
Glasgow cup
HT
Celtic support could sing grace for the full 90.
I would love it, love it…
If we went a goal down at Poundland in 85mins ( yes, i know…)
Then Moussa 90 with a cut in from the left and angled shot.
90+2 Griff with a 25 yard free-kick.
Why?
Because, it’s the hope that kills them.
Either way feel we will win by the odd goal in 3.
I’m always getting mixed up – was it the sevconian people front, or the people’s front of sevconia that had the poppy money “resting” in their account?
Connairre12, Clogher Celt, thank you.
Southside
Front of the Sevconian People
Shurely….;-)
Doc just reading back
Your Dad sounds like so many of our Dads
God Rest him
Philbhoy – sorry for your loss buddy!
Absolutely delighted for the Knox family .
Philbhoy . Condolences to you and your family . Take care.
That 1872 mobs statement……an abundant lack of self awareness .
Embarrassing . Fuds .
Stivs
Grace, as you’ll know my friend, is a political song about a man who was executed by the British establishment because he was a militant Irish Republican.
Under the Act this will be deemed offensive. Give it time.
And a 1916 political song.
Sing it non stop.
Take a lot of spin to diss this