This is not a journey! Respect to the Celtic marketing guys who ran his headline on a story discussing the Champions League qualifying draw, which takes place on 22 July, the same day the players return to training after a short summer lay-off. You can tell when people enjoy their work.
Last week’s article, ‘We’ve missed them and now we want them back’, referring to the absence of Champions League nights, also had a delicious twist. That’s all we want back!
It’s been a good news day all round, with Peter Lawwell handing over a £10k cheque to Yorkhill Children’s Charity on your behalf. The iconic Glasgow children’s hospital closes tomorrow with services moving to the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
Delighted also that Celtic received a Platinum Award from the SFA for the standards of their facilities and governance. We have been awarded by more prestigious bodies but it’s good to be endorsed anyway.
Mike Ashley…….. five counsel to enforce a contract! It’s like going into a fist fight with a bazooka. There will be carnage in the weeks to come………..
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acgr
did you have a pint or two in inchture hotel.
ACGR……………….Forfar is the place to find right dafties …..Dundonians dinae come close ….and Carmylie ….well we won,t go there …I mean who does ? hahahaha
hows that braw topsoil doing ….?
brawq
saint stivs
20:56 on 10 June, 2015
person in embra,
sevco
move to declare as insolvent by a party owed moneLast nights news today
St Stivs
James Cosmo
Wiki
Cosmo is married to Annie Harris and they have two sons Findlay and Ethan. He is an ardent supporter of the football club Rangers and has attended several official functions at Ibrox Stadium.
forfar onion bridies……brilliant
ACGR :
Rangers Football Club is about to commence the next chapter of a remarkable 143-year-old story that has spanned the ages and inspired countless supporters over many generations. Our Club has a deep and rich history but Rangers is as much about its future as its past. It is in remembrance of past generations and my hope for future generations that I write to you today. I am immensely proud to be Chairman of this wonderful Scottish institution and I am mindful of the delicate situation the Club is in at this critical juncture in its history. It is absolutely vital that the board and fans join together to restore Rangers to its natural and more recognisable position – both in Scotland and internationally. Like all of you who read this letter, I have always taken pride in being a Rangers supporter. It is something I inherited from my father who, in turn, inherited the legacy from my grandfather. This is what Rangers fans do. We pass on our pride and belief in Rangers to our children. That is why Rangers truly is a Club for generations. Our unrelenting pride and belief in Rangers has helped us through the last few years, which have been the toughest for supporters in the Club’s long history.
The reality is that from the time of the Craig Whyte acquisition the Club has lurched from one crisis to another and it was ultimately the stamina and endurance of our supporters that led us towards the new era that began with the removal of the previous board on the 6th March 2015. I assure all supporters they now have a Board they can trust to restore the Club’s fortunes. It is a Board that will ensure sufficient funding will be in place for Rangers to compete for the Premiership in the coming seasons and the Board will do so in a manner that does not take the Club back to the financial precipice. This rebuilding process should have commenced three years ago but for reasons that we are all too familiar with, this didn’t happen and it is incredibly disappointing to us all that Rangers remains in the Championship. However, we must now turn that into an opportunity.
As a fan I was desperate for us to gain promotion to the Premiership but as a businessman I was alert to the risk that this entailed. The simple fact is that the Club is not yet ready to make a challenge for the Premiership title. Even with the economic gulf that Rangers enjoyed against those with whom it was competing we could not win the Championship.
We struggled throughout the season and, despite the best efforts of Stuart McCall we struggled, even in those play-off matches which we did win. We now find ourselves having to restructure both on and off the field and it must be clear to all fans that this could not be achieved easily in the little time we have before the commencement of pre-season training. Spending another season in the Championship is an undesirable reality and we have to start with rebuilding the footballing side so that we end this next season as champions of the Championship and ready to compete for the Premiership title. We must target players who have the quality and desire to play for Rangers. We must also ensure that the football structure we put in place provides a sustainable and successful future for the Club. However, even with new investment your Board cannot do this on its own. That is why I am asking you to take season ticket sales to a record level. The football you have watched over the last season does not justify the price you have paid but we want and need to do better. Our Club cannot, and must not, get to the point where we celebrate mediocrity. The Rangers Football Club has, for over a century, been the biggest Club in Scotland and will be again. That is a non-negotiable for me. Our Club stands at a crossroads and the next season is critical to our future.
This must be the last season we spend in the Championship and an intelligent and realistic strategy to drive Rangers back to the very top as quickly as possible is required. Over the last year I have witnessed just how much so many of you care for Rangers. The last several years have been anything but easy and it has been your unflinching support and love for our Club that has held it together. It has been the historical willingness of fans to back the team by purchasing season tickets and supporting the Club’s retail operations and creating new ventures (such as Rangers Pools, now Rangers Lotto) that ensured long-term success and domination in Scotland. It is not so long ago that Rangers had the second most profitable football brand in the UK. I will be engaging our retail partners to find a way forward to deal with the current concern of fans that purchasing replica kit and other merchandise does not support the Club to the extent that historically has been the case. I will make further comment on that topic in the coming weeks. Although my present focus is on new season tickets I also want to create a way for supporters to participate in the Club that goes beyond what we have seen in the past and creates a new legacy for future generations.
The Club will seek to innovate and grow in partnership with our supporters and more detail will be conveyed in the not too distant future. I ask you to buy season tickets for two important reasons. First, it is vital to the rebuilding of the Club that Rangers is restored to its natural economic power in Scottish football and internationally. As stated above, this is fundamentally derived from supporters attending games because investment from shareholders can make a difference when dealing with funding shortfalls but is not a long-term solution. The second reason is that I believe supporters are being presented with a unique once-in-a generation opportunity to acquire a season ticket and retain it in the family for future generations. The Club is presently at an all-time low but we are on the way back. This is a chance to watch a Championship winning team next season and to look back in the future with satisfaction at the part you played in rebuilding your beloved football team.
This is an opportunity your father never had and one that your children should be spared. There is nothing like watching Rangers playing and winning and it is our duty to make sure our children can experience and enjoy that special feeling without suffering as you have done. In addition to the need to rebuild the first team squad we must stop merely paying lip service to youth development. Auchenhowie must become the envy of all and it is equally important that Rangers recruiting systems are also fully restored after years of neglect.
All of this will require money and that is why I am urging every supporter to buy into what we are trying to achieve for Rangers. All season ticket proceeds will be fully invested in the footballing activities of the Club. The wrong types have been removed from the Club and for the first time in years there is hope. We can all be confident that there will be no more squandering of money. Hopefully we can share the vision to return Rangers to the pinnacle of the domestic game within two or three years and thus become European regulars again. We can and we must do that because our Club is too big to settle for anything less. So, the average price for a ticket for season 2015-16 is £411 representing a relatively modest 5% increase which is necessary if we are to generate the levels of finance required to achieve our immediate goals. I do not believe we should talk in exact numbers because we do not know precisely how much it will cost to rebuild and restore this wonderful Club.
The required funding for this new season alone could change significantly depending on how discussions with our retail partners are concluded. We have to spend immediately to rebuild the football staff at all levels but we can’t say for certain how much it will cost to forge a team to win the Championship. What I can say, however, is that if I, and other investors have to put in an extra £5m for this season that’s what we’ll do. If it requires more, for instance £10m, so be it.
The crucial point is this: We can only do this together. We must all invest in our Club’s future. This is the only way we will regain our pride, status, position and credibility. This is our Club, our time and we must make sure we succeed for the generations who have gone before and for those who will follow us.
Wits, ffs.
And him nearly handsome in a big brave heart Keltic looking way,
Was I being set up in my search for a handsome hun.
Synopsis : give me all your money – I have none of my own.
Its give me all your money, I need to pay taxes in suid afrika or I won’t see my farm again.
Kaffir
Saint Stivs
00:43 on
12 June, 2015
Its give me all your money, I need to pay taxes in suid afrika or I won’t see my farm again.
Kaffir
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He wants his cash back, eh? :-)))
timhorton
00:39 on
12 June, 2015
forfar onion bridies……brilliant
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aye braw grub that …………….pehs are good though ….Maclays 70 shillings and pehs saw me through studies in the Big City…
braw
Ticker on BBC News….
“Illegal buttocks surgeon jailed in US”
“Penis recipient to become father”
No mention of huns yet…
ACGR
There you have it pal. The letter. Like the pledge but with still fewer insincere promises.
Imagine the fuhreur has escaped the bunker in Berlin in 1945 and had gone on to inherit a new ‘football’ club. It’s this sort of letter he’d write….’
;-)
HH jamesgang
timhoton, I’ve only been there once for a 50th do, its Iike going away on holiday compared to where I live.
Mr Braw, I can confirm the soil I got from Station Park is rubbish. My grass is full of weeds and moss. I canny kick the baw as far as the crossbar I put up tae practice wif. Fat ally should have blamed that as well as the east coast wind.
NatKnow, wow. That is epic!!!…………………………Ha ha, it the way he tells them. Happy dramming bruv. Got a wee linkwood 1991 going at the minute, nice nice dram.
you know wits annoying ….it is the Womens World Cup ….and after every team they put the word Women……………..ffs we know that ….
getitsortedanddinaebesaedaftcfc
braw
jamesgang
00:55 on
12 June, 2015
ACGR
There you have it pal. The letter. Like the pledge but with still fewer insincere promises.
Imagine the fuhreur has escaped the bunker in Berlin in 1945 and had gone on to inherit a new ‘football’ club. It’s this sort of letter he’d write….’
;-)
HH jamesgang
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LOL! Not a bad analogy! :-) Tomorrow’s meeting may bring more cheer. :-)))
nb
your too young, pints of light and heavy in my day.
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
01:00 on
12 June, 2015
NatKnow, wow. That is epic!!!…………………………Ha ha, it the way he tells them. Happy dramming bruv. Got a wee linkwood 1991 going at the minute, nice nice dram.
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Possibly the longest begging letter ever written!
I’m off to the SMWS tomorrow night to imbibe. Been off all work week with a chest infection and just starting to get back to normal. Need a wee dram for medicinal purposes. :-)
ACGR tut tut tut …you have obviously been neglecting Mrs ACGR on the finer arts of gardening…..there are books I can send on to your good self ,so that you in turn can educate the poor woman …don,t like to repeat myself …but tut tut tut ..
yours most sincerely
Mr Braw
braw
Brilliant to see the photos of the Tartan Army getting posted from Dublin today
Looks like some party going on
Wish I was there
Only two more sleeps now
Jamesgang, I can see that becoming one of the pish takes from the bunker scene in Downfall.
You have to give him his due though, he’s taking the vast majority of them in just like the wee fuhrer did. Is he hypnotising the dummies. He’s like thon big snake in Jungle book with the spinning peepers.
Its just so funny to see this play out day after day. And, it’s Friday now and that’s the day they traditionally get another boot in the sack.
timhorton
01:02 on
12 June, 2015
nb
your too young, pints of light and heavy in my day.
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pale ale screw tops were braw …. smiley thing …but the pehs never changed ..
.Eddie Farrels rolls were awfy braw
braw
braw
ACGR
Got my months mixed up.
EGM on 12th. Swear I thought it was their wee special day they were going to get sacrificed on!
I was a month ahead. They’re 3 centuries behind.
UTLR bud.
Off now.
HH jamesgang
Dear Mr Braw, that was awfy awfy braw.
I’ll take that book:_)
ACGR …
.I will send you the smallest and roonded cornered one that I possess as I fear you may want to dip it in Linseed oil as a precaution on Mrs ACGR ultimate destination of said book .
faithfully yours
Mr Braw
braw
method of payment ….video of delivery or COD
braw
I posted earlier I was going to see Cambodia v Afghanistan in a world cup qualifier. So I had a look at the FIFA site about the game and the listed squads.
Afghanistan have one goalkeeper, two defenders, about fourteen midfielders and two strikers.
Cambodia have five goalies Why would they want five goalies. This is going to be a great laugh and an interesting game.
Cambodians are wee folk ,maybe they have to sort of shider up …wan onsie strip ..and gloves like Kenny Everrets pointy things …
braw
St Stivs @ 00:05
I don’t think I will ever sit in the pilots seat again efter the doing you gave to that guy.
Anyway nothing in the first half of the first game of the Copa America that suggests that we will looking to invest in to accumulate
neustadt-braw
01:01 on 12 June, 2015
Depends on your personal definition of a woman
How many Celts playing in the Copa
12 yr old Glenelgin tonight.
Not as good as ACGRs whiskys as only standard 40% but still excellent. Worm tubs is the boys.
Hun letter is ripe for Awe nawing.
My drunken bugbear tonight and apologies who those that don’t speak gibberish is,
The anglifaction of football and to a leaser extent sports in general on UK television.
I was watching BBC2 at about eight o clock this evening and an advert for a Claire balding s she featuring Gazza, Seamann and an other ex England international. I change it and the same show is starting on BTsport. We get Vauxhall or someone making a point of sponsoring England’s internationals on STV. I don’t even have to mention the inequality in the relative sports budgets and the way that anything English is national and Scottish sport is regional news. It’s the same in Rugby. warriors amazing victory is last weeks final barely got a mention but Sale pathetic sharks get UK wide coverage.
Fed up ranting so everyone vote wee Nicola and she’ll sort us oot.
good night all …braw time anytime to be a Tim……………but this era is sweet …aye and awfy braw
braw
ps loads of probs reloading tonight …are we under the cosh?
we always are and it disnae bother us a bit ….hehehehehehe
mary hopkins springs to mind
braw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3KEhWTnWvE
won,t name names but mickbhoy1888 is sounding a little mistyogenius ….not a place I ever was ,having 5 sisters …..but whit do I know …….
the floor is yours mickbhoy1888 ……
braw
Braw bhoy.
Loved that Those we the days. Old yet young memories. Could be an ABBA song.
I think it’s based on an old Russian melody. It could be the the Dave king song.
Lie lie lie lie lie lie
Lie. Lie lie lie lie lie
aye the policemans son has a curious habit of being economical with the truth…..you wonder why he bothers …he is either bitter about being fleeced from an idiot like Murray or he is just broke …a broken being ….never mind ….oor side of the coin is shiny bright ,wish as was having a nice dram like you and ACGR though…beer for me …
braw
Neustadt-Braw
01:01 on
12 June, 2015
you know wits annoying ….it is the Womens World Cup ….and after every team they put the word Women……………..ffs we know that ….
getitsortedanddinaebesaedaftcfc
braw
I noticed this as well, but on closer examination of the fixtures on Sporting Life and SkySports saw that the European teams were called ‘Ladies’ and the Rest of the World teams were called ‘women’. Not sure what or why the difference. Any ideas?
braw always has ideas ………..in this case they are in line with your own …they are twats ,and whoever is signing this off is a twat with a capital T ,but just towing the Twattery line …twats never change ….unless you drop laptops ,frequently on their heids..but wit do I know …
hail hail
braw