Spinning Struth, high integrity and some great Celtic fans

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It will make little difference to those who really should be paying attention.  Malcolm Murray left the Rangers International board yesterday with a statement to fans unlike anything previously heard from a departing director of a Scottish football club.  His warning is loud and clear, “Events of the last year have seen behaviour that would make the late, great, Bill Struth spin in his grave (no, he doesn’t mean the fact that all faiths are now employed at Ibrox)”.

It’ll make little difference because the groundwork has already been laid to ignore anything Malcolm Murray says by those who in previous years did the bidding of David Murray, Craig Whyte and Charles Green.  Notions of having a club “run by men of the highest integrity” don’t fit the narrative, talk of “mysterious individuals” will not be heard.

We’re now watching the equivalent of the opening scenes of Police Academy 4, the same farce will unfold with increasingly less interest from the wider world.

I know lots of good Celtic fans, lots and lots of them. Respect today to those who buy Overseas Season Tickets, meaning they can attend five games per season, but they buy tickets to 16 games for underprivileged supporters.

We are part of a genuinely incredible body of people. Stories like this simply don’t happen elsewhere. If you’re part of ‘the programme’, well done.

Just checked, Police Academy 4 was subtitled ‘Citizens on Patrol’. If only!!
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  1. masty is neil lennon on

    m express

     

     

    the ninja know’s exactly were I am going…unlike you…there is no way R would let you aff the leash..

  2. Wanyama quote from Kenya.

     

     

    ‘I wish to thank everyone who has made this

     

    deal happen. Obviously, there are many clubs

     

    that have inquired about my services over the

     

    past season, but its Southampton who kept on

     

    trying to acquire my services, and that trust is

     

    very important.’

  3. tricoloured ribbon15:06 on 11 July, 2013They really have reached the lowest of the low.A desecrated 3ft statue of Our Lady placed on a bonfire in the Shankill.Front page of today’s Irish News.Any link to that piece, my wee gran will be spinning in her grave, disgusting..

     

     

    On second thoughts never mind, don’t have to read about it, the picture in my head is enough…

     

     

    May God have mercy on them…

     

     

    HH

  4. !!Bada Bing!! on

    masty-totally agree but selling 3 or 4 is obviously detrimental to team building.The Hooper situation is a distraction we can do without IMO.

  5. Who would go to the trouble of either stealing or buying a 3ft statue of Our Lady with the sole purpose of burning it atop a pyre?!

     

     

    Their hatred and idiocy are indeed boundless.

  6. Celtic_First on

    HT

     

     

    When wicked men blaspheme thee, I’ll love and bless thy name.

     

     

     

     

    Our Lady can handle it, of course.

  7. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Whatever happened to the Victor Wanyama money? Neil will be lucky to get £3 mil of it.

  8. Stairheedrammy on

    I see few of the MSM outlets- if any- are identifying the polis as being one of a group of Rangers supporters wrecking CP’s toilets- rather associating him with the polis or “old firm” . He was off duty at the time but several of his colleagues were clearly seen doing their level best to ignore the vandalism- in fact the only other person arrested was the guy who filmed it

  9. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    BB

     

     

    Neil gets 3 million quid

     

     

    Good on hymn

     

     

    away back out the back

  10. Celtic_First

     

     

    Not for the first time your compassion has restored some inner calm in myself.

  11. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    micktt,

     

    I can’t get the link anyway,access to The Irish News is by subscription only.

     

     

    hamiltontim,

     

    The article suggests they stole it from a garden.

  12. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    So the Polis up at court was one of the visiting fans, displaying their usual dignity and culture.

     

    Is this the same incident that was captured on you-tube, with Police officers (on duty this time) standing idly by as the Bears (and other colleagues )wrecked the toilets.

  13. Scotland must be very peaceful now, I see you have sent all your pond life over here for a few days. Shame on you

     

     

    Lurgan57

  14. The new hotel could be called The Four Sea SONS OF DONEGAL

     

    or maybe The Mandarin Orien TAL

     

    or maybe The Celtic Resort Hotel and Casi NO TO NEWCO

     

    or for Kojo maybe The TropicaNAKAMURA

     

    I’m gony plump for Caeser’s Palace.

     

     

    Now all we need is a right good courtesy bus.

  15. “The ole OO claim to be bringing ‘Christian music’ to the streets.”

     

     

    Not only that, but they’re also quite literally bringing streams of pish to the street. Taking a short cut through a lane in Glasgow City Centre with my two (under 12 daughters) last Saturday – in order to avoid their ‘triumphant’ parade on the neighbouring street – we were met with more than a dozen of the cheerleaders pishing against a wall, and in one case walking along the middle of the lane towards us, smiling and pishing-on-the-go.

     

     

    It’s tradition, innet?

  16. Has the fat lady sung for a second time down Govan way? Has the bell tolled for sevco too? I have been trying to make sense of Phil and Paul67’s musings. Have I added 1 and 1 and made 10?

  17. ‘ll sing a hymn to Mary,

     

    The Mother of my God,

     

    The Virgin of all virgins,

     

    Of David’s royal blood.

     

    O teach me, Holy Mary,

     

    A loving song to frame,

     

    When wicked men blaspheme thee,

     

    To love and bless thy name.

     

     

    O Lily of the Valley,

     

    O Mystic Rose, what tree,

     

    Or flower, e’en the fairest,

     

    Is half so fair as thee?

     

    O let me, tho’ so lowly

     

    Recite my Mother’s fame.

     

    When wicked men blaspheme thee,

     

    I’ll love and bless thy name.

     

     

    O noble Tower of David,

     

    Of gold and ivory.

     

    The ark of God’s own promise,

     

    The gate of Heav’n to me.

     

    To live and not to love thee

     

    Would fill my soul with shame.

     

    When wicked men blaspheme thee,

     

    I’ll love and bless thy name.

  18. !!Bada Bing!! on

    parkheadcumsalford-the fighting fund (sic) money might be going on a Power Card according to the ex Chairman

  19. Marrakesh Express on

    They truly are a blight on Scottish society, but even worse in NI. God only knows what goes on in their tiny bigoted minds.

  20. tommytwiststommyturns on

    L57 – unfortunately, you’re experiencing the return leg of a “reciprocal agreement” that involved all sorts of vermin visiting Scotland last weekend.

     

    Enjoy! :-)

     

     

    T4

  21. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    Marrakesh Express

     

    17:33 on

     

    11 July, 2013

     

    They truly are a blight on Scottish society, but even worse in NI. God only knows what goes on in their tiny bigoted minds.

     

     

    What is the most bizarre thing is they are the majority (until recently) in the Six Counties. Here too, if you include other corrupt and bigoted groups.

  22. Dontbrattbakkinanger on

    The ole Queen must take some comfort as they exercise their right to not only walk on her streets but also push on them.

  23. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    greendreamz

     

     

    He made no plea or declaration when he appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court and was granted bail with the special condition not to enter Celtic Park.

     

     

    No real

  24. Murdochbhoy, yermanfromMK on

    The Singing Dectective……

     

     

    I see your SAS sniper soldier mate got his just deserts again, guilty for a second time..

     

     

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/10/sas-sniper-danny-nightingale-pistol?INTCMP=SRCH

     

     

    Kojo,

     

     

    Efe Ambrose is an accident waiting to happen as his performance against Benefica illustrated,he got away it on the excuse he was tired, from what I’ve seen he must be awful tired on a lot of occasions.

     

     

    He’s not the answer, if anything teaming the more cultured Rogic with Virgil is the way forward, the thinking mans football is coming to Parkhead.

  25. Edwardburns5 on

    Murdochboy yernanfrommk. it took a me a while to catch on. if the subject thinks he/she is two different people then treat each as an individual even if personalities share the sscommon trait of being an utter twat

  26. tommytwiststommyturns on

    L57 – smart move mate. Hope the weather stays good for you.

     

     

    HH

     

    TTTT

  27. Murdochbhoy

     

     

    I presume your ‘critique’ of Efe Ambrose surrounds the Juventus game, considering Efe played well, in both legs against Benfica?

     

     

    NFL reflected that he shouldn’t have selected Efe due to fatigue.

     

     

    Fine player BTW – very happy to have the Nigerian automatic pick, available for selection

     

    at Celtic, think he’ll do well in season 2.