If Celtic overcome Armenian champions Alashkert in the Champions League first qualifying round, they will face either Icelanders, Valur, or our old pals, Rosenborg, from Norway. The Norwegians and Celtic will be overwhelming favourites to progress from the opening round.
Rosenborg gave Celtic a fright a year ago when they took a 0-0 draw from Celtic Park in the Champions League third qualification round. A James Forrest goal settled the return in Celtic’s favour.
Rosenborg went on to eliminate Ajax from the Europa League, winning home and away, before finishing third in their Europa League group behind Zenit St Petersburg and Real Sociedad. Norwegian teams play through the summer, so Rosenborg have played 27 games since their winter recess. This will be a stiff test for Celtic, should the first round go to form.
CQN Golf Annual Charity Open
This year’s CQN Open is set for Friday 29 June at the first class Aberdour Golf Club once again. It is a day of sport, entertainment, Celtic chat and is always good fun.
After the golf, we head up the road to the CQN friendly Woodside Hotel for our evening meal. We’ve the usual round up of all things Celtic by Paul67, and our very funny after dinner speaker is Willie Allan. Then musical entertainment from Scoogz, who you may have seen if you’ve been to Celtic Park entertainment nights. Plus all the usual prizes and charity fundraising, for the Petrov Foundation this year. Cost is £40 night only and £80 all day including golf. Please contact cqnopen2018@outlook.com if you’d like to attend this fun event.
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REGULATORS have brought fresh legal action over the failure by Rangers chairman Dave King to make a judge-ordered £11 million bid for most of the club’s shares.
It has emerged that representatives of the Takeover Panel were in the Court of Session on Tuesday in a private session in front of Lord Doherty as the impasse over the issue continues.
Last month the Takeover Panel was granted a court order which forbid any attempt by Mr King’s South African-based Laird Investments (Proprietary) Limited from making the mandatory offer to thousands of shareholders without a third party confirming that the funds to support it are there.
It has emerged that representatives of the Takeover Panel were in the Court of Session on Tuesday in a private session in front of Lord Doherty as the impasse over the issue continues.
Last month the Takeover Panel was granted a court order which forbid any attempt by Mr King’s South African-based Laird Investments (Proprietary) Limited from making the mandatory offer to thousands of shareholders without a third party confirming that the funds to support it are there.
The Rangers chief who says he has the funds in South Africa rather than the UK has since accused the Takeover Panel of “bullying” while confirming the club hoped to raise £6 million of fresh capital from a share issue “before June”.
The Rangers chief has already been told that he is in breach of takeover rules by failing to make the shares bid by a deadline of April 26.
Rangers International Football Club plc stated in early May that it understood that the funds for the offer are there and that Laird was seeking South African government approval to allow the money for the offer to be transferred to the UK.
Lord Carloway at the Court of Session dismissed an appeal in March forcing a bid for 70 per cent of the shares to be made after agreeing that Mr King and others acted together to force their way into the Ibrox boardroom three years ago and ousting a board of directors said to be allied to Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley.
It has emerged that representatives of the Takeover Panel were in the Court of Session on Tuesday in a private session in front of Lord Doherty as the impasse over the issue continues.
Last month the Takeover Panel was granted a court order which forbid any attempt by Mr King’s South African-based Laird Investments (Proprietary) Limited from making the mandatory offer to thousands of shareholders without a third party confirming that the funds to support it are there.
The Rangers chief who says he has the funds in South Africa rather than the UK has since accused the Takeover Panel of “bullying” while confirming the club hoped to raise £6 million of fresh capital from a share issue “before June”.
The Rangers chief has already been told that he is in breach of takeover rules by failing to make the shares bid by a deadline of April 26.
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Rangers International Football Club plc stated in early May that it understood that the funds for the offer are there and that Laird was seeking South African government approval to allow the money for the offer to be transferred to the UK.
Lord Carloway at the Court of Session dismissed an appeal in March forcing a bid for 70 per cent of the shares to be made after agreeing that Mr King and others acted together to force their way into the Ibrox boardroom three years ago and ousting a board of directors said to be allied to Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley.
That meant under the code of takeovers and mergers, an offer should be make to all other shareholders at the highest price paid in the 12 months before the offer was announced.
It came after the Takeover Panel originally decided that a formal takeover should have been triggered after the Three Bears group led by Mr King secured more than 30 per cent of the voting rights in Rangers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44544950
32Red hit with £2M fine for allowing a customer to deposit £758,000 with the firm with no money laundering or social responsibility checks.
I’m sitting here thinking… does this provide shelter for when the tax man cometh?
#hmrcebtescapology
Going through some old videos while on the choo choo. Just noticed something simple but brilliant from Edouard. When the cross comes in on 82 mins it is cleared, the first touch and pass to Dembele from Eddy is pure class and it enables the counter attack. Just think how many players would have swung a leg at that ball instead. Just shows how little things can make a difference.
https://youtu.be/zs0UBBJ6Q8g
Word of The Day
Exigent (ek-si-juh nt)
adjective
1. requiring immediate action or aid.
2. requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable.
3. urgent; pressing
4. exacting; demanding
Derived Forms exigently, adverb
Word Origin and History for exigent
adj.
1660s, “urgent,” a back-formation from exigency or else from Latin exigentem (nominative exigens), present participle of exigere “to demand” (see exact (v.)
KTF
WITS, if you fancy a bit of fluff (!) reading, try the Lennox books by Craig Russell. A snapshot of post war to late 50s criminals in Glasgow. There are 4, or 5, books in the series, available on Kindle. Passed a few boring air journeys away. HH
I think the capture of a dead ball expert is an exigency, if we wish to smooth our passage to the Champions League Group stage.
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BBC Scotland schools broadcasting may be in trouble with the Blue-Order folk…. :) :)
http://alturl.com/qrhj6
Hail Hail
Matt
DAVID17
The speed of Eddy as well after the pass to get up and support the attack:))
Happy days that we’ve signed him!
HH
Tomorrow is the longest day of the year… make something happen Peter, no excuses.
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Will Rogic, Lustig & Boyata return to the squad as soon as their WC is complete?
Will they need a break given they’ve all missed a large chunk of last season with injury so should be relatively fresh?
Even if they take a couple of weeks break they wont have lost any match sharpness and be ready to go straight into qualifiers.
Given Australia will probably be out by next week, possibly Sweden as well, Rogic and Lustig should be available for 2nd round qualifiers, possibly 1st round.
Boyata will probably be there until closer to the end of the tournament so may not be back until after 2nd round ties.
Hunderbirds are Gone on 20th June 2018 9:21 am
Practicing free kicks and corners would be a start!
HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE on 20TH JUNE 2018 9:21 AM
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KTF
Just checked price of flights to Armenia from here2 hour flight, £230,hotel in centre £30,per night.Have to get up to Istanbul,which is a pain.Seriously considering.
Please,can we have less of the fretting over Rosenborg.People just going by the name.They have won 2 from 4 so far in their league.Barring injuries,we are a far superior team to the one last year that faced them.This time we have Moussa and Edourd,Ntcham.Massive difference.
HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE on 20TH JUNE 2018 9:31 AM
Tomorrow is the longest day of the year… make something happen Peter, no excuses.
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This is a myth; like every other day, 21st June is 24 hours long: no less, no more.
However, tomorrow the sun rises at 04:31 and sets at 22:06 giving us 15 hours, 35 minutes and 1 second of daylight, 3 seconds more than today. This compares with 6 hours, 58 minutes and 51 seconds of daylight on 21st December this year. This is a difference of 8 hours, 36 minutes and 10 seconds of daylight.
Both days remain 24 hours in duration.
HTH. ?
closeseasonpedantryCSC
KTF
Your choon of the day –
Junior Soul – Super Love . . King Tubby on the dub
https://youtu.be/Z39zdTT39nA
A gem from 74 . Bought in London on the way home from Olympiakos 2 – Celtic 0 . A night Celtic simply weren’t at the races . Bobby Lennox sent off …
Black sky / hot n sweaty -. Gonna be a biblical storm -way down south . Just like yesterday !!!
FFS ? @ 10:05 am
Those are some serious numbers …
VIP
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GARY67 @ 8:06 AM,
It never ceases to amaze how Mr King is allowed to operate the way he does.
My guess is the accusation of bullying against the takeover panel and further accusing them of not giving him enough time (3years!?) to comply brought him some more time.
We also have the situation of the £6M share issue before June, why aren’t questions being asked!?
All we have is the MSSM slabbering over the Gerrard revolution.
I’m not sure what yesterday’s Court Hearing was all about, we can only presume, having given DCK ample time, that they intend to take enforcement action.
Is he hoping he is forced out? Taking credit for putting the Club in the right direction and leaving someone else to pick up the huge issues… I don’t know but with much of DCK’s actions, it’s a bit of a head scratcher.
I noticed another piece in the Herald yesterday, regarding the insolvency practitioners stuffing the poor Rangers creditors.
Including 6,000 Rangers supporters out of their debenture money.
Wasn’t it SDM that promised these guys a seat for life? Wasn’t it his Rangers that got the money? Wasn’t it his recklessness that brought the Club to insolvency?
I’ll guess we can expect to see more on the big bad insolvency practitioners and silence on the Real Rangers Men.
Hail Hail
Jungle VIP, he had to be corrected; I’m now away to watch the rest of the title winning game …………
fifaworldcupispishCSC
KTF
Original version of the choon at 10.09 .
Give Me Your Love
https://youtu.be/jUdwa309aSo
Off oot to check that all is ready for the storm to come .
CHAIRBHOY
Agreed, it’s hugely frustrating to see crooks like King seemingly strut their stuff without penalty.
Let’s hope the old adage is true:
“The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.”
If anyone deserves a slap down it’s this fooligan King!
HH
Storm started — Pitch black / 28 degrees / thunder /lightning and hailstones the size of chick peas . Dogs whining with fear .
Bless The Weather-
https://youtu.be/ofPpzAdhIOU
S o T
Weather lovely up north here!
Also 28 degrees, very muggy.
Need to go for a paddle soon!
Saluti e buona giornata!
HH!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgB7mXlUwAA_txb.jpg
smiley how is the weather thing
Braw
Saor Alba
Friesdorfer
WITS, if you fancy a bit of fluff (!) reading, try the Lennox books by Craig Russell. A snapshot of post war to late 50s criminals in Glasgow. There are 4, or 5, books in the series, available on Kindle. Passed a few boring air journeys away. HH
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Thanks for that
I think he was recommended on here before .I enjoy those type of books
Have you ever read Allan Massie Bordeaux Triology ( Death in Bordeaux,Dark Summer in Bordeaux and Cold Winter in Bordeaux) …Set as you might have gathered in Bordeaux during the German Occupation,the main character is a police detective and veteran of WW1 who now finds himself acting for the Nazi administraton.He tries to convince himself that he is just a policeman doing his job but his loyalties are conflicted especially as his son gets involved with the resistance.Light enough but enjoyable whodunnit type of yarns
STARRY PLOUGH @ 10:29 AM
Well, ToP really can’t ignore this situation, it could set a precedent.
My understanding was the next steps were to cold shoulder DCK and by extension Sevco or to to seek a contempt of court order – potentially leading to gaol time.
I’m sure giving the Clubs “Institutional” status, it’s a step neither ToP or the Court can take lightly… DCK has been playing on this but surely his time must be up.
The way he’s been trying to intimidate the SPFL and SFA just makes it more galling…
Hail Hail
Anybody know where in Spain Soft Loans Co. training camp is?
Heading out to Costa Del Sol tomorrow.
Almore
They are staying in an Air B & B in a disused industrial estate on the outskirts of Marbella
Of course as Earth’s rotation slows, days will become longer in the future. When Earth and the other planets were formed around 4.5 to 5 million years ago, scientists estimate that an Earth day would only have been around six hours long.
Pleasestartthefootballagain CSC
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… that’s planets in our solar system, of course.
Pedantryprotected CSC ?
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WHAT IS THE STARS
Book Club ?
HHhH – Laurent Binet — a mighty fine novel re the assassination of Heydrich
The Noise Of Time -Julian Barnes — a mighty fine novel re the paranoia / angst and terror of Shostakovich as he attempts to have a career,be true to himself and avoid upsetting Stalin
The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead -wonderful — escaping slavery in the Deep South .
The House of Government -Yuri Sleskine — a saga of the Russian Revolution – An absolute masterwork , All 950 plus pages of it .
Non Fiction—
Always Magic In The Air – Ken Emerson. – The Brill Building and those who worked there .
Hunderbirds
How can this be? I swear my life is getting faster …
VIP
SOT
I read that HHHH
Very good indeed
Hunderbirds….millions? I think you meant billions?
WHAT IS THE STARS _
This one -too
Walter Kempowski –All For Nothing .
Life at the end of the Reich . . A new author for me – I’d never heard of him . really good -so good I’ve started sourcing his other stuff
WBC
Yes I did. Thanks.
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SOT
Just had a look at that Kempowski guy ,seems interesting .I will order a couple of his books
Here is an interesting read that covers some of the same ground
https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Land-Journeys-Ghosts-Prussia/dp/0374533563
Music –
I rarely buy anything new -too busy trying to buy that 45 from 62 for less than 100 quid .
Mrs S of T buys new stuff -sometimes I like it –
Natalie Prass
https://youtu.be/0pv7rN-_IWU
TraceyAnne and Danny-
https://youtu.be/ObMBhXJl_lU
Don’t know about Danny but TraceyAnne hails fom Glasgow -she was in a band called Camera Obscura
Lost a gold crown (in ma mooth) last night. Emergency appointment at the Dentist this afternoon. I am about to get graphic confirmation that there are things in this life that are more valuable than gold. Like Dentist’s hourly rates, for example.
Insulttoinjury CSC