Well done to the Daily Record for revealing that SFA referee, Eddie Smith, was the policeman who reported Celtic fans to Uefa for singing offensive songs against Rennes last month. Smith was one of the referees who declined to make his services available as referees went on strike last season while Celtic took-on the SFA amid accusations of lies, bullying, sectarian behaviour and cover-ups among referees at the association. He is no longer on the Grade 1 list.
Following the strike the SFA Head of Referee Administration was removed from his post and referee, Dougie MacDonald, who was accused of lying to Celtic manager, Neil Lennon, resigned, prompting then-Celtic chairman, Dr John Reid, to say the club felt vindicated in raising their concerns.
Vindicated, no doubt, but with more than a few feeling bitter towards the club.
While the Daily Record can reflect on some good work today, bizarrely, the Scotsman newspaper accused Celtic fans of sectarian chanting at the Rennes game, something even police-gossip, Eddie Smith, didn’t accuse them of.
Why stop at accusations of sectarian behaviour? If the Scotsman are going to be ridiculous, why not accused Celtic fans of genocide and treason? Better still, just say lots of them have funny names, go to strange schools but will never ascent to the British throne.
Celtic have 123-years of non-sectarian history, it is downright offensive to suggest otherwise.
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Morning bhoys, warm and hun free as usual.
How’s about a compromise. Re the IRA add ons.
We are never going to agree are we, the establishment will not give up on their attacks against the club, they are offended by US and will always be offended by US so give them something to be offended about.
Instead of singing……. Ooh Ah up the Ra…..Ooh Ah up the Ra
We change it to
Ooh Ah Pay you Tax…Ooh Ah Pay your Tax…..
Now that would offend them.
Would we be reported for offending them for singing that. I would very much doubt it.
Everybody in the Celtic camp happy.
Ooh Ah Pay you Tax…Ooh Ah Pay your Tax….as suggested by The Fu99ie Dew
Ooh And Resign Celtic
Maybe this is just a wee taster of what life will be like when Rangers are gone.
How else will anyone ever sell a paper?
We were told that the Tax Tribunal would conclude in November with the decision 12 weeks or so later. If it is to continue in January, does that mean that the decision won’t now be known until April?
And what’s taking them so bloody long to hear evidence anyway?
MadMitch says:
15 November, 2011 at 10:01
Bamboo @ 9.50
Rennes game – “Ooh ah up the Ra” got an airing very early on from the GB.
Consequently it is still on their roster.
Needs to stop – childish in the extreme.
Grange Hill quality football chant.
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Naw it didnae!
I was in Section 111 and can assure you that you are either mistaken or peddling an untruth for some reason.
I understand the song which has attracted the attention of UEFA is the Celtic Symphony, made popular by the Wolfetones.
The song is available to purchase on Amazon and on iTunes. Now surely if it is illegal then 2 of the world’s largest companies would not be selling it on their websites ? I note that the Famine Song is not available on any of these sites, but then we know that it is illegal. Neither are there any offensive songs available about Jock Stein, you can however buy a sanitised version of the Billy Boys with certain words removed.
Offensive is different , some people find Eminem offensive, others find the X Factor offensive, but those songs don’t see 17 year old kids dragged from their houses as though they were terrorists, and don’t attract from publicity seeking political changelings like Paul McBride.
JohnnyClash says:
15 November, 2011 at 11:09
My morning experience here in Barcelona kind of echoes your concerns out width Scotland.
Kit..,
sorry to hear about you loss.
I have thought long and hard about this, his constant vilification of the green brigade was bad enough, the fact that he quite happily sat back and enjoyed the illegal abuse of Celtic supporters at Celtic park every hun home game.
Sanctioned heavy handed abuse of Celtic supporters by the polis. The final straw for me is his censureship of political songs to appease the most overt sectarian racist country in the western world. This appeasement is directly responsible for the current action and vilification of the Celtic support and as far as I’m concerned is fully supported by him and the board. His threats to hound Celtic supporters out of Celtic park for mentioning a legitimate force for good, who now share power as a result of their action. He is taking us back to the 70’s. The hunmeeja are now justified to print anything they dream up because of spineless SCUM like him have announced they are in step with the sectarian racist agenda.
Sorry pal this is beyond caring about my reputation there is no bigger message I want out there than this.
lawwell is SCUM
Scrolled back quite a few pages…..god it got boring…..
Suppose I just like reading about fitba……rather than all this hearsay…..and political angst…..regurgitated by so many posters……
Most of us sing from the same hymn sheet…we all know they have got it in for us….
Getting to sound a bit like drunks in a pub shouting over each other…..
Let’s see how it all comes out in the wash….
Here’s to a big win Saturday…keep the winning memento going….
Hail Hail
Bontybhoy 1012
Your latest post was a real disappointment to me,more so than usual.
I was SO sure you were gonna flounce this time.
Time to ban “The Flower of Scotland”.
I find “who ate all the pies” offensive and I may have ate them in an illicit manner!!
Gordon J
That is probably the worst possible news for The Odd Nugget. He now needs to find the dough to keep Rangers going through to April, maybe later – there’s no guarantee that the case won’t be continued after the January session either.
If his gamble was that Rangers might win the Tax Case, it’s just cost him another 4 months of running costs at +£3M per month. That surely is an ante upped.
Of course, there is little evidence that he has that kind of money, and plenty that suggests he doesn’t. Having given a Fixed Charge over Ibrox to Close Bros in exchange for some cash flow support last month, I’d say the odds on a Rangers insolvency just increased substantially.
TBB
Malceye from much earlier
My post was a response to the article posted much earlier and not yours, I was anticipating a backlash because of what he had said, I wasn’t respondi g to yours. I’m afraid I only had 5 minutes to read the blog this morning and didn’t see your post. I bow to your greater knowledge of paul Mcbride but stand by the importance of needing to hear dissenting comment from influential people
BM’s @ 11.17
Does that mean you were in the middle of all the singing?
I was far enough away to here what the GB were singing and it was “Ooh Ah Up the Ra”.
I cannot comment on what you or the people next to you were singing but that is what I heard.
If the plan is “Ooh Ah Up the Celts” then fair enough.
However you need to make sure everyone knows about it.
Please note I commented about this straight after the Rennes game – MMcG joke included – and no-one took me to task about getting it wrong.
Consequently I fear too many on here are suffering from selective amnesia or worse.
Finally interesting that the GB has stopped singing about the “Ra” in that chant.
Can I ask why and when did the change take place?
The Battered Bunnet says:
15 November, 2011 at 11:28
At last ,a bit of news to brighten up my day.
The Battered Bunnet,
Thanks for that. So the January fire sale is likely to go ahead? That would explain why they are looking at so many cheap players right now.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS says:
15 November, 2011 at 11:23
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2010 Never Again
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Cardiffbhoy @ 11.19
That is why the bill is called “offensive behaviour at football” – it enables Celtic supporters specifically to be targeted.
In my opinion, Paul McBride is slavering for this act against Celtic to become law. He’s a typical lawyer. They don’t see justice, they see pound signs. He’s not that good either. There are young solicitors here in Belfast who would eat him in a court. He’s certainly no Celtic man. Celtic men and women have at their heart an understanding of justice, honesty, and fair play. It’s why John Reid wasn’t universally liked. Peter Lawell is overpaid and in the grip of DD, and he doesn’t understand justice either. Justice and the Law are two different things, as we discovered in N.Ireland since Partition. No-one (in authority) cares about it (justice). You have to seek it for itself and for your neighbors and friends. These things need to be challenged by the club, in court if needs be, and by a better man than Paul McBride QC.
bamboo says:
15 November, 2011 at 11:07
I think McBride would have been shocked by the backlash against him for his support of Neil Lennon and Celtic .
He now knows what he is up against in Scotland and is back-pedalling and trying to get back in the establishments good-books.
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Don’t think so it is political and my bet is he is going for the treble. Labour, Tory, SNP and he has been promised the big job. Lord Advocate or Solicitor General.
Who knows he may even enter politics and stand for SNP?
TBB @ 11.28
Fire sale of players in Jan will generate the cash to see them through.
They are playing for time.
What happens if they file for administration after the last league game?
When would the 10 point penalty apply?
Next season?
whyte,
told us when he took over that the case would be settled in March, from that I took it that he could not delay the outcome any longer, this has been his plan from day one, why are so many surprised to find a liquidation specialist would make a plan to carpetbag the assetes and know how to timetable the process to the minute.
lawwell is SCUM
TBB
I agree. It will be interesting to read some lengthy analysis of this on RTC and here.
I have no information as to why another delay is in the pipeline, but I cannot dismiss a fanciful thought from my mind that a certain knight of the realm benefits by not being the bad guy. The Motherwell-born billionaire will be the one without a chair when the music stops.
Cui bono? Well, his first name is Moonbeams.
MADMITCH 1131
I was three seats to their right,and I think that’s close enough to make them out.
We’ll agree to differ,and to listen harder.
BUT the ground would be like a morgue if the Green Brigade were disbanded. They lifted that team after about 15 minutes.
Not a pretty scenario for the future without them.
MadMitch
Why does Whyte want time?
He just wants money. He makes money when they suffer the insolvency event. But he wanted that to be because of the big tax bill, which didn’t happen on his watch and he tried his best to prevent the club from going bust, honest he did gov.
To take them into insolvency before the big tax case hits blows his cover.
Some caveats ——
I don’t live in Scotland .
I haven’t set foot in Celtic Park since just before Dr John Reid got the gig .[ that really offended me ]
I left Scotland for many reasons —- one of those reasons was my concern that The SNP would end up in power — I was frightened by the prospect
The Songs Debate ?
I am all for the singing of Political Songs ——– sing them on the streets , sing them in the boozer , sing them where you want , when you want. Do it -engage in a political act and then deal with the consequences of your actions — Real Politics .
Sing Political Songs at Celtic Park and Celtic have to deal with the consequences . If Celtic ask you to stop are you willing to act in accordance with Celtic’s wishes? —– What if Celtic chose to eject / ban people for singing certain songs ?—— Do you accept that Celtic have that right ? ——- What are you going to do about it ? ——-Politics
Maybe those who object to some of the songs at Celtic Park could volubly express their displeasure . It’s hard for a few hundred voices to be heard if 30 thousand people are shouting /singing something else . That too is a political act . That is real politics ..
Do it yourself -if you don’t do it for yourself the likes of UEFA / The Celtic Board / The Establishment will do it for you..
Get up -stand up etc.
Re Moonbeams – there’s every chance he sneak out from behind the rock he’s cowering under once this process is complete.
Someone posted this at the weekend, but i think many may have misssed it. Scandalous stuff, especially when you consider how the residents of Dalmarnock were treated by Glasgow Council.
From the Sun:
Murray in £5m games deal probe
By PAUL DRURY
Published: 14 Nov 2011
FORMER Rangers chief Sir David Murray is facing calls for a probe over a Commonwealth Games land deal which made his firm almost £5million.
The tycoon’s property business paid just £375,000 for the site in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, in 2005.
But just four years later the same land was valued at a massive £7.3million before being sold to quango Clyde Gateway for £5.1million of taxpayers’ cash. Nats MSP James Dornan said: “I want an inquiry into the incredible upturn in this land’s value.
“When property values were falling in the recession, these valuers believed this site had increased in value by 20 times. I intend to write to Audit Scotland asking them to investigate.”
Clyde Gateway has a £150million budget to help Glasgow make the most of hosting the 2014 Games. Officials were urged to buy the site so it would not become “a highly-visible reminder of another era”.
A spokesman for Clyde Gateway said: “The sum paid was less than the independent valuation.”
Jestyn Davies, boss of the firm owned by Sir David, left, added: “We were able to achieve a sale and move on.”
Is there a fund to help pay for the defence of the bhoy who was dreagged out of bed and wrongfully imprisoned ???
Neil C @ 11.39
You have managed to do what others thought would be impossible …
PL is many things –
A bean counter who majors in property.
He is overpaid and under performing.
He is useless as a CEO.
He has too much on-field influence.
However I can be sure of one thing.
He is not scum and will never be scum.
Consequently away and bile yer heid ya rocket.
We getting targetted from all sides just now maybe we should turn the tables on the old media. Who wants to bet on the “dead pool”. Which member of the old media will get the first death threat when The Huns under and can we all agree they brung it on themselves as was their mantra during last season reference Neil. Anybody want to start the odds? Of course this whole rant is meant as satire as one journalist said reference TFS.
It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me,
He wouldnt set me free,
So he kept me soul for ransom.
Chorus 1
na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na.
I’m a sailor man from Glasgow town,
I’ve roamed this world round and round,
Hes the meanest thing that I have found,
In all mydays of wander.
Chorus 1
But I could see his evil eyes,
Twas then he took me by surprise,
Take me to your paradise,
Lyrics http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/wolfe_tones/
I want to see the Jungle.
Chorus 1
Chorus 2
Here we go again,
We’re on the road again,
We’re on the road again,
We’re on our way to Paradise,
We love the jungilty,
That’s where the lion sleeps, (yeeeaaaaahhhh)
For in those evil eyes,
They have no place in Paradise.
Chorus 3
Grafitti on the walls just as the sun was going down,
I seen graffitti on the walls( Of the CELTS, Of the CELTS),
Graffitti on the walls that says we’re Magic, We’re Magic,
Graffiti on the walls…….Graffiti on the walls……..
And it said…………..
Ooh ah up the Ra, say ooh ah up the Ra (x6).
We went to each jungle deep,
For the Paradise that we did seek,
Was noted for the weak,
There was some with the natives.
Chorus 1
From the Amazon to Borneo,
From Africa to Tokyo,
To the darkest jungles of the world,
But nowhere could i lose him.
Chorus 1
Around in circles every way,
He turned to me and he did say,
I think your leading me astary,
I want your soul me boyo!
Is this good news for Stuart Cosgrove
In other countries, however, women outnumber men.
Glasgow was recently dubbed the British capital of female singletons, with the highest number of single women compared to single men anywhere in the UK.
According to research on the British singles scene, the city has almost 40,000 more single women than men.
Edinburgh isn’t far behind, with 25,000 more unattached women than men.
Ooh Ah Pay you Tax…Ooh Ah Pay your Tax…..
Fortunes Favour Mibbes says:
15 November, 2011 at 11:43
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No offence my Great Amigo but, why don’t we forget all about the huns and concentrate on why we have a team who haven’t won the league for 3/4 years ?
The hun tax-case will now run to April if earlier posts are to be believed ?
Dark – Art’s FC will survive as long as, Scotland is hun-land! IMO
Darth Vader once said…”Never underestimate the POWER of the Dark – Side!”
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire says:
15 November, 2011 at 11:43
Is there a fund to help pay for the defence of the bhoy who was dreagged out of bed and wrongfully imprisoned ???
Jeanette Findlay mentioned a legal fighting fund at the FAC meeting on Saturday, they are struggling for funding
MadMitch,
bite my banger ya bawbag,
the SCUM is lower than a snakes belly, his god is amon and he will do anything to appease that god.
THE EXILED TIM says:
15 November, 2011 at 11:48
Ooh Ah Pay you Tax…Ooh Ah Pay your Tax…..
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Way To Go! IMO!
Surely UEFA won’t ban us for that ?
Lionroars
Aye they will all be single sitting on their laptops until their husbands log off reading football forums!