Leigh Griffiths has had plenty of uncomplimentary discourse written about him this season, most of it deserved, so it should be recorded that he was the first Hibs player to return applause in the direction of Celtic fans yesterday, closely followed by his team-mates.
This is the way football should be. For too long our game has been poisoned by the unique kind of rivalry you got in Scotland. More of the same, please.
You can contribute to the 1254125 1254125 call to ensure Celtic retain our affinity with our founding cause by buying a raffle ticket for a fabulous framed Celtic top, signed by the equally-fabulous Seville squad. Do it today.
Willie Wallace had a great time signing copies of his Heart of a Lion at Waterstons in East Kilbride and Falkirk this afternoon. East Kilbride was busier but the photos of stock Falkirk (below) before and after tells you all about his day. I hear our most recent treble winning captain came alone for a book at East Kilbride.
We’re at Waterstones, Stirling, on Thursday evening for late night shopping, will confirm times tomorrow. If you can’t make it along you can still order your signed copy below.
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Tallybhoy
19:56 on
27 May, 2013
ref Tony Watt.
Yes I noticed at the Lap of the ground,assumed I had missed but subsequent footage since he has not featured.
Dont know the reason but I hope nothing sinister.
Hopefully his Scotland call up would suggest all OK as WS and NL still speak and WS would not I hope intervene in this way if there was anything severe on the go.
All that said he should have been on the bench at least.
I didn’t have any problems with the Hibs fans yesterday, it’s just a shame for their club more than half of them won’t be at the first game at Easter Road next season.
WS?????????????????????
The cardigan???????????????????
Saint Stivs
Thanks for great Lubo story. Think I had a tear in my eye all the way through.
Sorry typo I of course meant GS.Gordon Strachan.
Any chance of Watt being in the crowd with his pals ?
Otherwise it doesn’t augur well for his future at CFC
I parked the car in Penman Ave yesterday and as I approched the car a young boy was walking his dog with a full hun kit on, top, shorts and socks. I thought to myself why would any parent let their kid out dressed like and not fear that some nutter would have a go at him.
Che ……. atthe end of this….
bournesouprecipe
19:45 on 27 May, 2013
Extended Highlights (without annoying commentary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EPknvzqGnY&feature=youtu.be
PFayr
Where was Victor??
Evening all.
PSG– what a team they were!! From the newly built north stand you had a great view of them shapeshifting!
They went from 442 through 433 to 424 in a jiffy– they were one of the most complete teams around at the time and they had just sold George Weah and David Ginola.
They well deserved their round of applause– even if their fans were bonkers.
Prosinecki! I remember folk saying he was washed up– years later we said the same thing about Seedorf– both times the so called has beens turned up in full cigar smoking form and delivered a masterclass.
Speaking of smokers– and seeing as my old Lubo/Venglos story has made a reappearance– here is another trip down memory lane in terms of an old post– and an old smoker!
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You called me—- Socrates!!!!!!
30
NOV
Since writing the article below I was told the following story:
The scene is a medical conference in a large London hotel. There was a heavy emphasis on social and sports medicine.
Now, I have no idea whether medical conferences are exciting or boring, but I suspect that like every other conference they can have their ups and downs, highs and lows.
Whatever the feeling for this conference, a group of doctors were gathered in the bar after a session having a drink, with one in particular guy holding court on his sporting– footballing — prowess.
The man concerned was telling story after story. If I recall correctly he was the Doctor for Arsenal,I think, or had some connection to Arsenal so he was regaling his audience with tales of Henry, Petit, Vieira, Bergkamp and so on.
He also talked away about his own footballing career with someone like Plymouth Argyle or Bournemouth AFC, where from time to time he got to play against some real stars of the game.He supplied various names and various stories which featured himself.
His audience were in raptures.
Pausing for breath, the doctor asked any of his audience if they had played any sport professionally?
None had, and made murmurs about playing some lower league stuff and so on, when a quiet voice from the back said ” I used to play a bit”.
Apparently the assembled audience turned to see a tall bearded man, holding a drink and smoking a cigarette. He was clearly a foreigner and was asked if he played here in England or “somewhere else”?
” Oh I never played in England” said the man
” Well did you play at a top level– for anyone we would have heard of?” said the original story teller
” Yes I played at a decent professional standard” said the man in prefect English
” Who for?”
” Well— I was the captain of Brazil– once or twice”
” Eh?– What’s your name?” said the unrecognising questioner
“They called me Socrates” came the unassuming reply
… and the man from Plymouth Argyle disappeared in the crowd.
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4 December, 2011 at 12:32
Good Afternoon,
When the management and players of Tadcaster Albion turned up at Garforth Town A.F.C for a Northern Premier League Division One North Match on 20th November 2004, they could not quite believe their ears……. or their eyes.
There had been rumours that Garfield Town ( formerly Garfield Miners ) had a new player coach, and that he was a “foreigner” but no one expected this. Matters were confirmed when the team sheets were handed out, and there among the list of substitutes was his name.
Socrates!!
Socrates Brasileiro Sampau de Souza Veirs de Oliveira was Captain of Brazil, played in two world cups, and may well be the oddest class footballer of modern times.
Between 1974-78 he appeared for Botafogo SP on 57 occasions scoring 24 goals before moving on to the famous Corinthians club where he would stay for 6 years. By the time he left there in 1984 he had pulled on their Jersey some 297 times and had scored an amazing 172 goals, which was astonishing for a midfielder. He then played with Fiorentina in Italy for a season making 25 appearances and scoring 6 goals before heading back to Brazil. By this time he was not far off finished with football and made 14 appearances for Flamengo and Santos over the next couple of years. That was it, until he suddenly turned up one day in the North of England and appeared from the bench for 13 minutes or so.
Socrates’ footballing abilities were in no doubt, and Pele named him as one of Brazil’s 100 leading footballers of all time. Anyone who saw him in the 1982 World Cup will recall him as the tall (6’4″) bearded captain with the curly hair and the occasional headband who was stick thin, immensely gifted and had an air of “cool” about him. Indeed he was declared the symbol of cool for a whole generation of football fans in Brazil.
But by the time he took the field for Garforth Town he was huge as the video below will show.
At his height, Socrates was known on the field of play for thrilling passes, great goals and for his trademark back heel passes that blindsided the opposition.
Off the field he was known for his politics ( he once had a whole Corinthian team wear shirts that said “Democracy” in protest at the Government ), for being a fully qualified Doctor– and for smoking like a lum and drinking like a fish!!
Indeed he delayed playing any type of football to study medicine and after his retiral he practised as a Doctor in Rebeiro Preto where he lived with his wife and six children. He was also a newspaper columnist on sport and politics, did punditry stints for the television and wrote books. However, he continued to smoke two packets of cigarettes a day and have a far from healthy alcohol intake which in turn caused ballooning weight and health problems.
In August of this year, he was admitted to Hospital with internal bleeding and placed in intensive care. Regrettably he died this morning at the age of just 56. The liver and other parts apparently had seen enough for one lifetime– maybe two.
He will be mourned in Brazil as a past player and as a political activist and a character. He will be mourned as a father, husband and friend.
I won’t pretend to ever understand a clearly bright, intelligent, professional athlete who abused his body with cigarettes and alcohol the way he did. He knew exactly what he was doing, was dedicated to medicine from an early age and yet seemingly did not give a toss and lived the way he wanted to.
He loved John Lennon, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and named one of his children Fidel! When his mother complained and said that this was a “harsh” name for a child he responded” Eh– You called me Socrates!”.
He was the captain of the greatest entertaining team to win absolutely nothing, and there was a suggestion that the national team’s general attitude could have been better if someone less laid back had been captain at the time!
After all, this was the guy who only took two steps when taking a penalty!
That may very well be– but Socrates was Socrates and you only get the good with the bad. Take it or leave it.
It was said that the longest he used to go without a cigarette was when he was sleeping or during the 90 minutes of a football match…. Or when making love!
Yet later in veterans exhibitions games, one ex pro talked of the unbelievable scene of the great man wandering to the side-lines and getting the occasional puff from a fan during the game!
There may well be a hell of a price to pay for being a chain smoking prince of cool as can be seen here in that last footballing appearance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJzp5BjixzE&feature=related
However, it would be unfair to leave with that image as a finale.
So if you have 5 minutes to spare, grab a cup of coffee ( a fag if you indulge ) and just watch football the way it should be played– even by a mad, philosophic, political, chain smoking Brazilian Doctor and his team of under achievers! As a boy this is what makes you want to kick a football!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZxvYy5-ekI
Socrates– more than just a name RIP
billy bhoy
20:13 on 27 May, 2013
Tony watt has had a kick up the a**e that he well deserved..
It’s up to him to play for celtic with pride.HH
We= was what.
I’m of it.
Paul67 et al
I still do not begrudge Hibs beating us in the Scottish Cup Final in 1902.
And that was at Celtic Park!
prestonpans
Maybe he was telling us what he was, as if we didn’t already know.
A suffering sevconian caught on camera CSC
jude2005
On the pitch.
67 cheers
Interesting just how many in the posh seats struggled to hide their disappointment.
jude, not sure of your point, Victor obviously was there, I must say I really think Tony Watt has a lot too offer and could go on to big things. I’d hate to see him walk at this stage, obviously sommething has gone on, how serious it is we can only guess. Hopefully it can be patched up.
Billy Bhoy
I am well aware that Tony Watt was not in the SC final squad.
Neither were Dylan McGeough and Adam Matthews, and others, but they made an appearance at the end of the game wearing their nice club suits and took part in the celebrations.
Tony Watt was nowhere to be seen.
How come?
HH!!
Lessons learned about the squad watching behind the scenes footage from Celtic TV.
Broony is Club Captain, but Sammi is Big Pappi.
EDB…
WS = Wee Strachan
anyone know what the season ticket sales are like?
Why wasn’t Samaras wearing a club suit?
Did Tony Watt play in any of the Cup games ?….if not, that will be the reason
Calm down
Tony Watt is in the plans
bsr
Where?
che
20:26 on 27 May, 2013
I sat in the posh seats the last game we beat hibs 3-0 in a final.
Knocked back a ticket to sit their yesterday as it bleeds out of their bones how much they want us to lose…
Sorry the link at the bottom of that post was broken so here is another
Brazil 1982– Falcao, Eder, Junior, Zico and the beardy chain smokin dude!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=Jeei3_chBJc
corkcelt
Obviously where??
Another: Not surprisingly Izzy a grinning, relaxed, dancing jester.
67Heaven
For someone who has been posting here for 5 minutes or slightly more you had a bloody cheek earlier to have a go at Kojo who has been posting here for several years.
And don’t give me the Wee Strachan pish either.
watt is a decent young player with power and pace, however, he still struggles to hold up the ball, his first touch can be very poor, be often struggles to play with his back to goal, he has a lot to learn, he may be part of Celtic’s future, he may not be. think sometimes his potential is exaggerated, am I the only one?
Benitez officially the new Napoli manager
EDB
I heard a story today that sammi practically lives in club attire …
EDB
Thats not a Glasgow disco btw
BRTH
PSG were exponents of holding a very high-line – their back 4 were excellent at playing the quickest forwards off-side.
Pretty sure it was Andy Thom caught off-side 2/3 times inside the centre circle – think there was also a phase of play where we were caught off-side about 4 times in a row all within minutes of one another.
jude, I saw him at the side of the pitch being posed with Ambrose for a photo with the Cup. Also there are a number of links on here of team traveling back to Celtic Park on the bus, if you access them you can see Vic in his suit again sitting with Ambrose & Izzy playing away with his smart phone.
Tony Watt played in the first game against Arbroath, and against Raith Rovers in this season’s SC.
He was an unused sub in the semi against DU.
HH!!
Master Watt for the off? C’mon lets get a grip. No way Lenny will allow that to happen. Lenny is a man manager par excellence.