I’ve resisted temptation to comment on the comical over-reaction to another below-par league performance by Celtic. Most of us realise where we are as a club (champions, champions-elect, post-Christmas in Europe, perhaps Champions League knockout, improving young squad, improving young manager), so the troughs between the peaks are to be anticipated, even if you can’t enjoy them.
Not that I’ve any hostility towards those who cannot find joy in our current situation; football can be beautiful but it will always involve sweat and snotters. Stand up for the Snotters, but definitely not on the 12th minute, there is no 12th-man redeeming feature involved here!
Even if you cannot enjoy football if you’re not turning over Barcelona, you’ll enjoy this:
WeeOscar4Life Campaign Raises £27K at Race Night and Auction
On the evening of Saturday 17th November 2012, around 400 people descended on the Kerrydale Suite at Celtic Park to raise funds for the WeeOscar4Life campaign at an entertaining Race Night & Auction. The event was also attended by Wee Oscar’s dad Stephen Knox, and an astonishing £27,350.00 was raised to directly support Wee Oscar and his family during his continued treatment and fight against neuroblastoma.
This campaign was launched by supporters of Celtic Football Club (the Celtic Family) to raise money for Oscar Knox, a four year old boy who was diagnosed in November 2011 with high risk neuroblastoma – a rare form of cancer which mainly affects children.
On the race night, the campaign team were delighted to be joined by supporters of many other Clubs and Oscar’s dad Stephen flew over from Northern Ireland. Also in attendance we’re former Celtic Players Tom Boyd, Bobby Petta and Frank McAvennie as well as current Players partners and great supporters of the campaign Lisa Hague (Partner of Kris Commons and Patron of the WeeOscar4Life campaign), Ruby May Ridgeway (Partner of Joe Ledley) and Lucy Parmenter (Partner of Gary Hooper).
The evening’s entertainment included moving, yet truly inspiring videos of Wee Oscar and his incredibly brave family’s journey, which generated an energy and fun loving atmosphere comparable only to Wee Oscars outgoing and fun loving nature. There was a ‘buzz about the place’ and cheers went up as winning horses went over the finishing line.
The auction and raffle, strewn with kindly donated items, including a Celtic 125th Anniversary top signed by the entire first team kindly donated by Celtic FC, sparked a flood of generosity and excitement as friendly rivalry saw items being auctioned for literally thousands of pounds.
Wee Oscar’s dad Stephen commented: “What an amazing night! I am delighted that I was able to be here to support the event; there are just so many people to thank that I could be here all night! Oscars fight goes on and we will continue to take advice from Oscars Doctors regarding future treatment paths; we are delighted that Oscar came home from Hospital on Thursday and maybe we can get a little bit of normality into our lives at least for a while. Thank you all.”
Stephen was pleased to meet so many of the campaign team on the night: “It was fantastic to have the opportunity to come over to meet and personally thank the people who have been helping out so much with the WeeOscar4Life campaign. We will be eternally grateful to everyone involved for all their efforts!”
Oscars mum Leona was unable to travel and stayed at home to look after Oscar and Oscar’s little sister Izzie however, through Twitter Leona said “I’m short of words, for once! What you have done for my family can never be repaid, saying thanks just isn’t enough.”
Wee Oscar and his family flew to Philadelphia on the 6th October 2012 to start Wee Oscar’s potentially lifesaving Immunotherapy treatment, but unfortunately due to health complications, Wee Oscar was rushed into Intensive Care. It appears that these complications have shattered the prospect of him receiving this immunotherapy treatment in Philadelphia.
Thankfully, Wee Oscar is a fighter and he gained enough strength to return home on Saturday 27th October 2012. However, the events of the last couple of months – and the news that it could cost an enormous £400,000 for the treatment Oscar had while he was in hospital in Philadelphia – have strengthened the WeeOscar4Life Campaign’s resolve to ensure maximum support for Wee Oscar and his family throughout Oscar’s on-going treatment.
Lisa Hague who works so hard to promote the cause (despite being heavily pregnant) commented on the race night: “What an amazing selection of people, brought together for one reason: to continue the support for Wee Oscar. This is just another event that confirms what the Celtic family is all about; kindness, support and generosity. I thought the night was so well organised and a credit to the whole WeeOscar4Life team! My personal reward was speaking on the phone to Wee Oscar on the night. It is a pleasure to be Patron and a pleasure to be part of the Celtic family.”
Tom Boyd was asked “How proud do you feel being regarded as a legend amongst the Celtic fans?” he replied “Myself and other Celtic greats won trophies and medals, but it’s on a night like tonight that you realise what a real legend is….. Wee Oscar is a true legend.”
Future planned events include: Glasgow to Belfast Cycle Ride
WeeOscar4Life organisers are planning a cycle from Glasgow to Belfast for St Patrick’s weekend in March 2013 and will be looking for cyclists to take part in this event. Interested parties should email weeoscar4life@gmail.com quoting ‘Cycle’ in the subject field and the organisers will get back to you with more details.
For more information please contact the WeeOscar4Life campaign team by emailing WeeOscar4Life@gmail.com. Alternatively contact the WeeOscar4Life team on: 07595015203.
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Some call it a comical over-reaction to a below par performance while i would call it justifiable concern.
This was not a one off but a continuation of the same tactical approach at home in the spl that has been a failure this season.
The fans who showed dissent are rightly concerned.
A system that puts a premium on possession with no strategy to score the goals that win matches.
Our coach has been a resounding success in Europe to date with a defensive and counter attacking style.
This is well implemented and we keep our shape well and capitalise on opponents losing
possession.
There is not a lot of creativity in this system.
In spl our shape is the same but our opponents also hold shape hence the dreary football matches we are subjected to at Celtic park.
A lot of sideways and backwards possession allows our opponents to set in very comfortably in a defensive stance and wait for our poor crosses to our outmanned strikers.
Unless we start to commit men to more positive areas the games we have seen so far will be the normal.
Our coaches need to remove the defensive shackles a little and let our skillful players show some creative expression.
you’ll never squalk alone.
St Stivs…. ” and who was than badit that scored for dunfermline when we stopped the 10″
Craig Falcounbridge.
He just delayed the party so more of us saw it live;)
Mary Doll on Clyde More bothered about what the Huns are thinking than the lackadaisical performances that are becoming a concern for the more tactically aware Celtic Supporter
Lennon n Mc….Mjallby
A feather in your cap Sir.
Burghbhoy, agree totally.
Even the great Dons team of the early 90’s weren’t selling out every Saturday.
60,000 was never going to be sustainable
Paul67 et al
Just read that, if Aberdeen beat Inverness tonight they will top the top division for the first time since 1993-4, a season when if memory serves me well the Dons could have won the league at Ibrox on the last day of the season. In theory. By 1993 of course Murray’s borrowed millions were starting to have their effect, and despite the Dons’ best efforts, (finishing runners-up five times of nine) they have suffered since. Even so, despite postponing the construction of a new stadium for a year, things are looking better for the granite city, with billions due to be invested in the area over the next ten years or so. That said if the Dons do win then we will need to win to go back to the top. At Tynecastle too!
Mar Doll? Is she that secretary bird?
Systems ? What about ,at home,we adopt the long ball,push the opposition back and out of their comfort zone.,for the first 15 mins.,Cause confusion in their and their managers minds.
This pussy footing at home is getting on my wick.
Another 5 hours and we’ll hear from the midnight owlers.
One of my favourite French teams……….wrens
So Anthony Stokes is to be condemned but David Healy wasn’t when he was pictured with a UVF top man hmmmm. http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=picture%20david%20healy%20with%20uvf%20head%20man&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDgQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalworld.org%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D11024&ei=EAO1UKa_H8SS0QXI_oGwCw&usg=AFQjCNEKHf7Hv65ofqw_YFSB1ruQwCWo-g …
Albertross Kidd & HouseMartin Oneil
I’ll leave it to the experts I think.
Craig Brown on Reporting Scotland looking
like the guy from the old Milk tray ads
Full moon in the UK tonight. Don’t think I’ll bother lurking on the nightshift.
You have been warned.
Hail! Hail!
What do you call a guy wearing a sevco top?
……a blue tit.
Did sumbudy mention Frank?
“Canary budy tell me, where’s the burdz?”
“Bagga money? Whit bagga money? Oh, that bagga money! Oh aye, that’s for the treasure hunt!”
“Late for training? No’ me, I take the chopper to Barrowfield!”
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/McAvennie,+Frank
I know it’s a bit early but here goes.
Will post the link again later when the (midnight) moon howlers have all congregated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGVGFfj7POA
HH!!
A fine piece of Journalism calling out big companies and there morally repugnant tax avoiding schemes err sorry its from the newspaper who lauded tax evaders as Winners and the cowardly HMRC who tried to get the public its money back
Pick your share of the big bucks
17 Oct 2012 00:01
IN this time of austerity, the fact a major corporation is managing to avoid paying tax cannot be ignored.
Starbucks
LIKE a cold cup of coffee, the tax dodging of Starbucks leaves a bitter taste.
The coffee house giants haven’t paid a bean to the UK taxman for the last three years.
Starbucks UK’s figures show they have paid only £8million in corporation tax to HMRC since they arrived in the UK in 1998, despite sales of £3billion.
The best barista in town couldn’t make this outrage any easier to swallow.
When the average person in the UK is being told to accept swingeing cuts, a corporate giant like Starbucks are using sleight of hand to avoid paying up.
The company who trade on their “ethical” stance might be rolling in it but morally they’re bankrupt.
And while they are acting within the law, their greed is indefensible.
They have paid almost no UK tax on coffees, cakes and sandwiches bought by the British public for the past decade.
Their millions of customers will be choking on their muffins at that news.
Starbucks have marketed themselves as the good guys for years.
They boast of “working for the communities we serve” but big business tax dodges rob those same communities
of desperately needed investment in hospitals and schools.
Last month, Starbucks threatened to dock staff pay when they take lunch under a cost-cutting drive across all 735 UK outlets. So much for ethics.
Other global companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Vodafone have employed similarly legal accounting to avoid big tax bills in Britain.
Left to their own devices, these companies would carry on avoiding tax,
so any loopholes should be closed.
In the meantime, we should use little independent cafes and change our search engine.
While HMRC appear helpless against the might of the corporate giant, customers have the most effective tool of all – spending power.
Shameless
Shameless you better believe it
Sixtaeseven
Gullty as charged
EBT Puzzle Part 305
Just re-reading the statement from MIH regarding the leaked EBT info :
“Importantly, Rangers Football Club plc did not have access to all of the material covered in the programme and letters.”
Didn’t Murray and ANSJ tell us that the SPL were wrong to investigate the EBT payments as they had given them all the info via the RFC accounts?
This would obviously be very difficult if RFC did not have all the info.
Watching The One Show there,embdae see the handshake shared by Willie Haughey and James Mortimer?
Just had a quick look back at the thread, don’t know what kicked off the birds frenzy, I don’t want to throw the cat amongst the pigeons but I thought the perpetrators might like to know that there is a chap called Matt Sparrow playing for Brighton, don’t know how good he is but he might be a good squad player for the team.
corkcelt
or a good squab player.
Early warning.
http://youtu.be/Ej5n2oieXYo
Good to see Willie Haughey and James Mortimer on BBC One Show. Glasgow’s business elite creating jobs for young people. That will help money circulate around society!
Anyone remind me what the prices were for Tynecastle last season my ticket for tomorrow night is £30 I may be wrong but I don’t think they were as expensive last time round
Let The Peacocks Sing
Has anybody read Leggo’s blog today, interesting stuff if he is correct ???
Does anyone else think that Dundee Utd have reaped the most benefits from Zombie FC being put in Div 3? – I know we all reaped benefits of thems being gone!!
Thompson knew that he had to go with the fans wishes, but i truly believe he would have prefered them in the SPL.
With Dundee being promoted in place, then that negates any loss in revenue as he then has 3 or 4 derbies this year. If Dundee get relegated i think he will want them (Zombie FC) back up ASAP regardless of what the fans want.
I would like to think he would be against any fast-track (if that was what the topic of discussions were) for Sevco, but i think the majority will want them in a reconstructed league one way or the other!!
Just my opinion.
HH
carfin..,
buying money :o)
hail hail
Predictable response from DM he probably has the influence in this country for it to go ahead at the taxpayers expense
The majority being club Chairmen – Not fans!!!
Ah Bada, That puts me in mind of the late great Bertie.
It was the fans’ reaction in the main that stopped them coming back into the SPL.
The fans can act again.
Only the Hibs chairman came out against re-admission from the start. Maybe the Hibs board are more scared of their fans than ours is.
Siciliabhoy
Sounds wonderful…Nero d’avola…my fav..superb stuff..
I’m told the ” home brew” is real rocket fuel
If you ever think about selling some give me a call …always willing to try something different
Just thought I’d mention another lad who had an outstanding career in League of Ireland, a chap called Glen Crowe, played with Bohs & Shelbourne. I think he got a couple of Irish Caps, would be in his late thirties now but could still do a job for the team.
Rubicon-Did you clock the handshake? Greig and Wharton has nothing on those two.