No disrespect to Falkirk, but I was delighted Hibs overturned the three goal deficit on Saturday’s Scottish Cup semi-final. It was almost a miraculous victory for a team in bad need of a miracle. Things were not always this way.
Celtic and Hibernian meet in next month’s Scottish Cup final sixty years and six days after the teams met in the Coronation Cup final. Back then Hibs were hot favourites. Celtic had won only two leagues in the previous quarter century whereas Hibs, with their Famous Five forward-line, won three leagues in the previous six seasons, losing a fourth on goal average.
These were hard times to be a Celtic fan. Two league titles in the 20s, two in the 30s and one in the 50s (a double winning team in 1954), ensured that a couple of generations of fans survived on little more than folklore. So the team who won the Coronation Cup in 1953, before securing that double a year later, had a significant impact on fans then, which you’ll easily learn if you speak to one.
Charlie Tully, Bobby Evans, Bobby Collins, Bertie Peacock and Willie Fernie all played in the Coronation Cup final, as did Neily Mochan and a man called Stein, the captain. A 117,000 crowd of Celtic and Hibs fans ensured Hampden was covered in banners of green.
Apparently Hibs were by far the stronger team but Neily Mochan scored a cracker in the first half and Johnny Bonnar played the game of his life in goal before Jimmy Walsh scored a late second.
“Said Phillip to Liz watch the Celts don’t step in…….”
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Hearts chief executive David Southern continued:
“There’s been compromise for the last seven months, even up to the very last minute today. There was quite a significant compromise made by Celtic to try to get this over the finishing line.
“However, when it got down to whites of the eyes time, there were certain clubs who were not prepared to make that move.”
If Celtic were left with the casting vote on sevco being parachuted into the top division, just how would such a vote be cast? My money would be on Yes.
ROW Z – Let Celtic Flourish By The Cleansing Of The ‘Den!
14:27 on
15 April, 2013
Thanks for the clarification.
Lennybhoy thoughts and prayers with you bhoy
HH
So Gilmour has been outed it was not the 11-1 vote he was against like he has been telling anyone that would listen.
FourGreenFields and ASonOfDan @14:28 you can’t both be right.
I’d like an SPL2 with no relegation to, or promotion from, the SFL. A completely separate league.
FourGreenFields
14:28 on
15 April, 2013
corkcelt
14:19 on
15 April, 2013
30,00Sevco Shares dumped for 61p before lunch. Chickens & Roost comes to mind. If there is any talk at all re Sevco being parachuted into an SPL2 it will be take to the streets time.
Spot on mate , we need to fight this all the way .
HH
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Hope i am wrong but if the powers that be want Sevco in the second tier that is what will happen. The Scottish spring will not be allowed to happen again. The wishes of the fans will be ignored. That is unless of course Sevco FC 2012 are placed in administration before SPL2 can be formed.
ParanoidwhomeCSC
Aberdeen chairman #StuartMilne accuses #StMirren of putting the rest of Scottish football in jeopardy because of their “selfish interests”
I can see Celtic leaving a statement till later in the week, lots of bloodletting in the next 24 hours
NTASSOOLLA
CORRECT
Who amongst us spent more than eight hours-and that at a push-between leaving and returning for school?
I have regular 12hour shifts but I am not a child and I can take breaks when I feel like it
Kids can’t
Poor sods,and I include my niece in that, as she is subject to the new curriculum.
She has far too much homework for a 14yo,but the teachers have to set it as they haven’t a clue what will be in the exam!
Madness.
I’ll just have to take her mind off it when I am home.
Tell her to show me how to work this blinking phone…..
I see the applauding of St Mirren onto the park never worked
Nice try though
Can we not just have a 11-1 vote to boot St Mirren out the league?
quonno
I would be very surprised if Celtic would vote for Rangers getting into the top league or even an SPL2 if it came to that. What in the past year would have changed their minds?
If they are worried about falling attendances and think having a strong Rangers in the SPL will help with this, then we as a support have to shoulder some of the blame for not turning up in sufficient numbers.
Mort
It might actually be better this way. With 12-12-18 they would have argued (however ridiculously) that it was unfair for them not to get promoted. With an SPL 2 with invitations it will be 100% clear that they are favouring them for no other reason than they are them.
Won’t be back in paisley
Why are Ross County not getting any of the flack?
Post Split game at Ross County ……hmmmmmmm
Time for another breakaway. Take the 10 that voted yes along with the top 9 in Div 1 & QOS as Div 2 champions and go 2 leagues of 10. Let St Mirren and Ross County rot in the lower leagues with the zombies. No trickle down money, all cash stays with top 20.
joe_joe_john_bobby_teddy
14:41 on 15 April, 2013
‘Won’t be back in paisley’
Not even to go shopping?
Lennybhoy
Thoughts and prayers of the CQN family are with you
Is Charles Green in possession of photographs showing Gilmour in farmyard delicto?
DBBIA
Is ‘in farmyard delicto’ a D and G thang?
Mort
14:40 on
15 April, 2013
Our declining support to blame ? That may be an unpalatable truth, but truth, nevertheless.
Gordon_J,
I disagree, simply because some clubs will cherry pick what they want, others will do likewise, therefore there would never be agreement. Which parts are important and need to go through now, and which can wait.
It was all or nothing for good reason.
I think Gilmour wanted the pic and mix option, that is where problems began.
It will be a long time before consensus such as we had in January will be seen again.
ernie lynch
14:43 on 15 April, 2013
Why are Ross County not getting any of the flack?
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Agreed
Kind of wishing I’d bought some Sevco shares.
Just so I could sell them in batches.
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Aren’t there play offs in the lower leagues, which must be due to start pretty soon. The window for agreeing anything to start next season is pretty damned small.
You would hope there is a contingency plan from the majority given that it was obvious from the public utterances that there was a good chance of two clubs voting against….
HH
Phil MacGiollaBhain @Pmacgiollabhain 3m It looks like the #SaveSevcoCampaign is well under way #BuddyCanYouSpareaDime
Seems that Celtic were giving most up. Approx. £1m per season, change in voting structure from 11-1 to 9-3. What was in it for us??
Celtic vote for Sevco FC in the top league! The board would consider self immolation or seppuku as preferable to facing the wrath of the Celtic support if they even considered such a thing. They may not be able to prevent it but happening but should at the very least be seen by the Celtic support as doing their upmost to foil it.
Attendance figures for these two games could be interesting:
Ross County V Celtic on the 5th of May;
St Mirren V Aberdeen on the 11th of May. Will the respective Chairmen do a Chuckles and ask their fans to boycott the games in question?
JJ
Screw them all
No agreement so we now act out of self interest in conjunction with those who agree with our view
Time for the tail to stop wagging the dog
C1st- certainement pas.
More one of the many ole Ayrshire enthusiasms.
With thanks to Manila
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Not convinced Celtic wanted this reconstruction model to go ahead. Well chosen words by Mr Lawwell at the weekend.
maybe the fact that Ross Co. didn’t renege on what they said they would do is saving them from the early flack.
Not enough though to save them from a boycott, post split, if the away support have the heart for it.
BMCUWP – more like the ole dangle berries rather than the tail per se.