Uefa yesterday signalled a route for top-flight leagues to be ‘called’, ensuring an access route to the Champions and Europa Leagues for qualifying teams. Their official line – everyone’s official line, including Celtic’s – remains that leagues should be completed where possible, but that outcome remains highly unlikely.
When parties conflict during negotiations or a dispute, one will often have a deadline working against them. Having taken the null and void outcome off the table, the SPFL have given themselves time, unlike their principle protagonists, who have deadlines looming.
If I was Neil Doncaster, I would wait until the final possible moment before the Premiership is called. If the SPFL board called the league on Friday, it would be too late to provide prize money to cover April wages, but it is likely several of the league’s cash-impaired clubs will need this money to be released by the middle of next month.
I would be happy to wait until early June, when every theoretical possibility is exhausted. Do the right thing and be seen to do the right thing. Make Celtic wait, give football every possible chance, there is no hurry. If the SPFL waits, their preparedness in providing for the lower leagues and patience over the Premiership will be unimpeachable.
Maybe Budge and Park could apply to the League for a loan? Just an ideal, to help them through the period without prize money.
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A letter into an Irish newspaper
Pub Closures
Sir,- For God’s sake, open ther pubs again before we all become alcoholics.
-Yours, etc.
TOM McGRATH,
Wicklow.
There’s that phrase again:’sporting integrity’.
This time it’s being used by the new Aberdeen chairman within the context of wishing to see the league played out.
I agree. Nothing would make me happier than to see play resumed and Celtic spank everyone in the remaining games.
Interesting choice of phrase, though. His predecessor, ‘we should all move along’ Milne was happy turn a blind eye to years of cheating and corruption.
Now, suddenly, they want sporting integrity to be upheld.
Gosh.
Leo Varadkar is saying we are on track to start opening up Economy starting May 8th. It will be a gradual process, social distancing is here for the foreseeable future and the very last thing that will be opened are mass gatherings.
It will be August at the earliest before that can be contemplated and everything will be dependent on keeping the virus under control.
However there appears to be a prospect that spectator sport could reopen here in some form come August/September.
P.S, Heard from a good source that the Irish Golfing Union are in negotiations with Government to reopen Golf Courses on May 12th next,
Corkcelt- hope you and yours are well, I left a reply for you earlier.
WHITEDOGHUNCH on 22ND APRIL 2020 5:33 PM
Disappointing to hear that .
Heard same thing about Miles Davis at the Apollo .
PictureThis Scotland
@74frankfurt
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Celtic FC – Champions of Europe. (1967) Pic: Getty Images.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWMgwNdVcAA7x9x?format=jpg&name=900×900
Governments lying to folk with relatives in care homes, re Covid testing, is as low as it gets.
https://twitter.com/jimspencesport/status/1252891210496311297?s=12
Friends of mine went to see Dylan in concert a couple of years ago. He came on stage, said nothing, launched into his performance, said nothing between songs, walked off at the end without a word.
up the cut
PictureThis Scotland
@74frankfurt
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Apr 21
Jon Morrison and Billy Connolly star in The Elephants Graveyard. BBC1 ‘Play for Today’ on 12 October 1976.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWIBozEXQAAqG64?format=jpg&name=small
Yep Bada, About the Friars Walk Tavern. Haven’t been there in years. I no longer live in Cork, I don’t get back there too often, just have a sister left, she is eighty, the two of us are the last of the Mohicians.
Great Pub though watched a good few games there over the years,
By the way we have no date for pub openings yet, I reckon that could be a couple of months down the road,
Tribute to King Billy (thanks to Friesdorfer for supplying).
https://streamable.com/davqxh
After watching the latest RT report on the potential litigation against the NHS from families of staff and patients who died because of lack of proper PPE, I’ve reassessed my conspiracy theory on both why the torys ignored early calls for action and late response.
This works perfectly for bankrupting the NHS a well as their cull strategy.
bhoysart
@bhoysart
This is the latest painting from the talented Chrismark Gascon.
This piece celebrates one of the finest artists that Glasgow has produced and a proud fellow hoops fan.
This one is called “Get your hoops on honey”
I hope like it Four leaf cloverGreen heartFour leaf cloverMusical score
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWC1s9_WsAIFPRB?format=jpg&name=900×900
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWOZtgjWoAI976B?format=jpg&name=large
Log
In
Corkcelt- the plan over here,is there is no plan.Chief medical guy said today, social distancing probably here for the rest of the year, guy who owns my local,said he heard pubs will be closed until December…..the cinic in me says ,they are putting it out there now,so if they open up earlier, will be a psychological victory, and less will complain. As we know, the stats need to support any relaxation of current lockdown.
Ibet if the camera had not been there Big Billy would have stiffened butcher
https://twitter.com/i/status/1252862200387039234
Always in…………..Easy Peasy……………
https://twitter.com/oldfirmfacts1/status/1252938414003027969?s=12
Another on the banned list
Saint stivs
Callum must have got that king billy tattoo really young
Show a little faith there’s magic in the night
You ain’t a beauty but hey you’re alright
Oh that’s alright with me
One of the recent articles stated that a return to ‘normal operations’ with full attendance at football games etc… is likely to be many months away, possibly not until next year.
The longer social distancing restrictions continue, even Celtic might be forced to sell some of their players.
Just one wee problem with that statement…. as Sevco have found to their cost, in order to sell, you must first find a buyer. By the time Celtic are forced into such a situation it is highly likely that many clubs will already have gone to the wall, forcing many players onto the dole.
So, who is going to buy?
Players will be forced to take massive and permanent wage cuts. Deferring payments will not suffice when the very future of the game is at stake. The days of players being paid many 1000s per week must surely be at an end.
TV contracts and sponsorship will be very hard to come by when these companies themselves face existential threat.
Restructuring the league is likely to become restructuring the game as a whole.
Must admit not a Dylan fan – wouldn’t listen to some of his stuff with a razor blade handy.
GENE on 22ND APRIL 2020 7:26 PM
Saint stivs
Callum must have got that king billy tattoo really young
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tattoo cludo
scott broon, in the dressing room, with indian ink
That tribute to Big Billy had me in tears. I will always believe that THAT goal to win the Cup against Dunfermilne is THE most important goal in my 60 odd years of watching Celtic. Thank God for Charlie Gallagher too who repeated the feat especially against Vojvodina.
Linden Arden stole the HIghlights
With one hand tied behind his back
Loved the morning sun and whisky
Ran like water in his veins
Jim Spence
@JimSpenceSport
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‘Born in Dundee, Brother Dorotheus’ real name was Henry Currie. He trained as a pupil teacher under the Brothers for three years at St. Mary’s Forebank in his home City’…primary school for my mum&dad as well as my brother and both sisters. Next to the old Hilltown Celtic club
RON BACARDI on 22ND APRIL 2020 6:45 PM
Friends of mine went to see Dylan in concert a couple of years ago. He came on stage, said nothing, launched into his performance, said nothing between songs, walked off at the end without a word.
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Been there, bought the tickets, saw exactly the same about 25 years ago.
I love a lot of his stuff but would never pay to see him again after that.
I went to see Dylan in Glasgow in the 60`s ( around 1966 , I would guess) and his electic stuff was not too well received. This comment from Wikipedia probably sums it up quite well:
“Because Dylan was now playing “electric”, he was being constantly heckled by folkniks or angry fans throughout the second, electric half of a concert. Even the press began to go along with the dissent of his fans. A review in the magazine Melody Maker of the May 5, 1966 concert in Dublin, Ireland stated that “It was unbelievable to see a hip-swinging [sic] Dylan trying to look and sound like Mick Jagger. For most it was the night of the big let-down.”
I have to say , though, that he had dropped his Jagger impression by the ( if it ever existed) and replaced it with a laconic version of a rather bored singer doing a job. Even so, I enjoyed the show and his drawled , dry humour.
`electric` in case anyone thinks it was `eclectic` !!
Re the season ticket renewal.
I’m sure a large number of ST holders will hold back on renewing until we know what the next season may look like.
If matches are behind closed doors why not include Celtic TV to all supporters who renew?
Just a thought.
….and `then` instead of `the` before the brackets open.
Pedants-R-Us.
CELTIC MAC on 22ND APRIL 2020 7:57 PM
Linden Arden stole the HIghlights
👍👍
Almore.
I haven`t renewed yet and don`t know when I am going to.
Any good reason why Celtic shouldn`t ask for a deposit now to safeguard the seat and balance to be paid when we know what is happening?
bognorbhoy
A bone fide gem from Van
I saw Bob Dylan in Glasgow in the late 80s. He was terrible. An acoustic set. Never seen such an inactive, unengaged Glesga crowd. He was a worse singer than me and that’s saying something! I was so disappointed cos I loved him.
Franz Ferdinand c. 2004 at Barrowland on the other hand, breathtaking