Five years ago when CQN’er Kano was confined to hospital with a debilitating illness Pablophanque was first to issue the call, “We need to raise the money to bring Kano home”. In the weeks which followed the Bring Martin Home campaign launched. The campaign succeeded and then some; the Kano Foundation is its lasting legacy.
While working in Holland in May 2011 Pablophanque took ill suddenly and died a few days later, leaving two young-adult children to deal with matters a long way from home. As the news filtered through of his death, the call went out in the comments section here to raise money to bring his remains home. One day later Pablo’s son was told the money was there and to confirm arrangements.
Pablo’s estate has recently been settled and his son and daughter wanted to repay the generosity shown to them when they needed it most. Mary’s Meals are now in receipt of £4500 from them towards our CQteN Malawi School Kitchen Appeal. It is an enormous gesture by two young people and shows the level of appreciation they have to those who helped them in 2011.
Raising money is hard and I remember telling Pablo his idea was ambitious, to say the least. There has never been a spontaneous movement like Bring Martin Home and the Kano Foundation. Many of those who made the call for Pablo were inspired by Bring Martin Home. The cumulative impact of this generosity is quite stunning.
My thanks to Pablo’s son, daughter and brother for this fantastic support, inspired, as it was, by the wider Celtic community. I never use the ‘Greatest fans in the world’ line, largely as I don’t think there is much competition, but the Celtic support are among the finest human beings you could hope to meet.
Thanks also to everyone who booked a seat or table for the CQteN St Patrick’s Day Party at the Kerrydale Suite on Friday 14 March, where we hoped to raise the bulk of the money for the school kitchen. If you want know what it’s all about, read Friday’s article.
SOLD OUT
All 470 tickets for the event have gone. Any applications received from now on will go to the waiting list.
Brilliant response. Many thanks.
There are just a few posting days left to order your CQN Annual in time for Christmas. £5 from every sale is going towards the Malawi appeal, get yours here:
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el maestro
13:25 on 16 December, 2013
Seriously??????
Tamrabam funnily enough he said that about you :)
!!Bada Bing!!
13:29 on
16 December, 2013
el maestro-PL will be far too busy trying to find more Scandanavian mugs to take Bangura on loan.
LOLOL, is he much worse than we have??
Hamiltontim AYE!!!
Awsome gesture by Stevies family. Humbling and Inspirational.
Hard to believe the Kano foundation started 5 years ago.
slan
Aldo
Chou de Bruxelles.
Pablo’s loved ones – even he would have struggled to find a song to reflect how he would have felt about your wonderful gift. This is for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umq6qFNVnxs
Okay Okay Hamiltontim maybe am a bit touchy this morning, am away to play Fifa 14 and attempt to sign a quality forward to take Celtic into division 5!!
kitalba
10:36 on
16 December, 2013
Thats the best post I’ve ever read on here – thanks a million
WHoossshhhhhhhht Aldo, how’s bedlam the day?
A lovely gesture by two lovely kids!
Pablo can indeed rest in peace knowing his kids are doing him proud.
el maestro
Sorry to hear you were twisted enough to try to point score on the back of this wonderful gesture.
Truly a low blow
Lovely article Paul, really amazing.
And on the day we remember Tommy Burns too.
Proud to be a Celtic supporter.
Amazing gesture by Pablo’s family
Respect
Pablo RIP
Absolutely brilliant article Paul, fantastic gesture from Pablo’s children.
Truly blessed to count myself as a Celtic supporter in the midst of such good .
Pity the suits don’t understand it!!!
CQN Annual have just been posted to the following destinations…
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Glasgow – various
Canterbury
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Carmunnock
Belfast
Gourock
Bradford
Hitchin
Lancaster
Newlands
Riddrie
Greenock
Dundee
Maynooth
Werribee, Australia
As Paul stated there are just a few posting days left to order your CQN Annual in time for Christmas. £5 from every sale is going towards the Malawi appeal. Order below Paul’s blog.
Fantastic gesture from Pablo’s family. He would be very proud of them.
Thanks for sharing Paul67.
Fantastic article today.
proudbhoy here’s one – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EilV9vgaEY.
Weeminger if that stands up it is truly astonishing stuff.
This list was largely compiled by another CQNer (I cant recall who)
Step forward and add to the list
Who are you?
who are you?
RFC
TRFC
RIFC
RFC(IA)
RFC(IL)
RFC (RIP)
RFC 2012 PLC
Rangers
Glasgow Rangers
The Rangers
The Rangers football club
Rangers Football Club Ltd
Rangers International Football Club PLC
Rangers Football Club PLC
Club12
Sevco
Sevco 5088
Sevco Scotland
Newco
Oldco
Whoco
Rangers Intergalactic
Rangers 3
Rosemary’s Baby
Tesco
Son of Rangers
I can’t believe it is not Rangers
The company that owns the company which bought the assets
The Rangers franchise
The Govan 5 stars
Scotland’s Shame
The Queen’s eleven
The Sevconites
The sevconians
The emperor’s new clothes FC
The deady berrs
Satan’s Spawn FC
The Rangers tribute act
Pretendygers
Charlie’s Ltd
Craig’s Retirement Fund United
Easdales Eagles
Sevco Rangers FC
The Honourable Society of Rioters and Window Kickers
Spivs Utd.
Crooks, conmen and liars PLC
Our Tangoed friends
Another FC
Neo-Rangers
Third Rangers
Trigger’s Broom FC
Flamingo Land FC
The Govan Taleban
Dignity FC
Basket Case FC
The self preservation society
A team in Rangers colours
Titanic FC
Rory Bremner FC
Sons of bielzebub
Satans disciples
frankenhuns
werder bremner
Them
Them with a big fancy bus
Them with no bus
Well done all the Reynoldses. Very heartwarming gesture indeed.
And great to hear from Aldo.
Glasgow Tigers
Paul , fantastic gesture by Jonathon and Sarah – only got to meet them the once and was struck by how much dignity they showed and the pride in their father .
He’ll be looking down with the same feeling of pride today.
HH
Sanna
tootingtim supports wee oscar
14:10 on 16 December, 2013
Fantastic article today.
proudbhoy here’s one – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EilV9vgaEY.
Weeminger if that stands up it is truly astonishing stuff.
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Cheers mate.
Bit long so it is for this time of night (oz) but i’ll keep it in mind.
Paul67, amazing acts of generosity, the Celtic faithful never cease to amaze and inspire me.
Regarding the corrupt uefa account publishing the draw yesterday – https://twitter.com/uefacorruption
It’s possible they put in every possible tie (256 I think), and then deleted the wrong ones.
tamrabam
loan rangers
orangers
Weeminger at 12.37
i have long complained of the harm that seeding and selective drawing is doing to football
the rich get richer and poor get further and further away.
just look at Englad too, the first time in a long time that they have had to face a few decent sides and they are crappin their wee lilywhites
i onder how the likes of barca would get on if they were unseeded in a group with another pot 1 team and a strong pot 2 team plus 1 other
it would be interesting (no slight on barca in particular, even theough they owe hundreds of millions) same comment applies to man city and man utd etc too
they get a 15 million quid walkover and a virtually guaranteed qualification
Enough!
I’m Neil Lennon (tamrabam),
Bjorn Again FC
Further to my last post, I’ve just been reminded it was 1st v 2nd not a straight draw, so there was only 64 possible ties.
I reckon it’s faked.
Whither the cash strapped scrofulous hillbillies on that ole list?
Ba$t&rd Offspring
Champions League.
Teams from the same country can’t play each other until the Quarter Finals
Bom Dia,
… as usual (sadly) no Celtic related news to report from Brasil, so mosey on by if you were hoping for a “Neymar second thoughts about Barca” story.
What follows is just a lot of guff about what’s happening here in Brasil today…………….
As is near always the case here, just when you thought it was all over …. last weekend the Serie A relegation spots were finalized (four go down) with two Rio teams – Vasco (44 pts) and Fluminense (46pts) amongst them. Amongst those escaping the drop on the final day were Portugesa (48 pts) and Flamengo (49 pts). However, it turns out that both Portugesa and Flamengo fielded ineligible players (not fully served their suspensions) for the final games. Now both, if found guilty, could stand to lose 4 pts. So depending on today’s tribunal it could all change – again.
The Tribunal (who have “guaranteed” the whole matter, including appeals, will be resolved before 2013 finishes) is set to sit at 17:00 tonight (Rio time) and the pitchforked mobs are assembling outside already. My (cynical view) is that it’ll be no surprise if some sort of dodgy quadrangular play-off is proposed as a solution. Whatever. Don’t be surprised to see more headlines of rioting in the streets of Rio tomorrow.
Meanwhile, at the top end of the table the format of next year’s Libertadores now looks a lot clearer. Botafogo and A.Paranã will have to play an eliminator round against Dep.Quito and Sporting Cristal respectively. Thereafter, the group stages will look:-
Group 1 – Velez Sarsfield, Bolivia 2nd (Strongest or San José), Peru winners (R. Garcilaso or Universitario) and Cristal / A.PARANÂ
Group 2 – U.Española, San Lorenzo, I José Teran and D.Quito / BOTAFOGO.
Group 3 – C.Porteño, O Higgins, D.Cali and Chile 3 (U.Catolica, U de Chile, Iquique or Palestino) / Guarani (PAR)
Group 4 – ATLETICO-MG, Nacional, Zamora and M.Norelia/Santa Fe
Group 5 – CRUZEIRO, Defensor, Peru 2 (R. Garcilaso or Universitario) and Carcas/Lanús
Group 6 – N.Old Boy’s, GREMIO, A.Nacional and O.Petroleo/Nacional
Group 7 – Bolivar, FLAMENGO, Emelec and León
Group 8 – Penãrol, Arsenal, D.Anzátegui and Santos Laguna.
Oh, and just to put things in perspective, after a further two fatalities on Saturday (there was an earlier fatal accident in March), work has been suspended on the Arena de Amazonas in Manaus. No indications for how long so far.
weeminger
is there really 256 permutations?
at this last 16 stage, can the english teams draw each other
can the spanish teams draw each other
can the german teams draw each other
justafan
13:10 on 16 December, 2013
Natknow…12.28
Lots of sympathy around re spending money on players, good money, who almost from first sight never look like making it – particularly forwards. Very disheartening.
On the other hand…Wanyama, Hooper, Ki, VVD, FF etc. Most of us never heard of them…
Guess in the financial range the club has decided to shop in (and that’s a separate issue) there will be hits and misses. I still harbour hopes for Baldie. When he’s played he’s either scored or seriously threatened to score. Pukki needs to show more, much less confidence about him.
The hesitation about signing from S Premiership….although they can see the targets week in and out I’d suggest there is a doubt about judging when the opposition is often weak. Perhaps players showing up well when they play us is a better indicator. From memory don’t remember Johnny R being prominent against Celtic. That said I think I would have gone for him at the price. If/once the like of DU, Aberdeen and maybe Hibs can create clear water from the rest and really push on and maybe get into the Europa proper it would be clearer to judge?
I think this also applies to our younger players…the test at youth level is not high enough which is why the Next Gen & YCL is so good for us.
The other thing is foreign leagues will almost always be judged stronger than the SP. If for example, Pukki was judged good enough for a punt in the Bundesl then that maybe sets a kind of standard? Evidence proves this judgement has its flaws…Loovens, Derk (probably) etc. But it is still not unreasonable to make the judgement.
As far as ST prices are concerned, I don’t much care since without it I would have to have given mine up after being in with the first batch when Fergus got Rod to open the new N Stand! I’m happy to believe the board did feel that the fans were entitled to something back while also being aware of the lower take up in the previous couple of years.
In the short term I want us in the CL annually and into the last 16. Beyond that I’d aim to WIN a group which to me would outstrip anything so far no matter what then followed in the last 16!
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I think there will always be hits and misses – no matter what financial range the club shops in – there are never any guarantees. At the end of the day, though, they are looking for value and if the scouts cannot sign up to £5M for a particular player then it won’t happen.What this comes down to is the judgement of a number of people in the club – there’s no way money gets spent without signoff from a number of parties re: different aspects of the decision. I too hope that Amido and Teemu both make it along with the others we recently signed.
You make a good point regarding players from Scotland and how they are judged. I agree with you there. I think there may be another point to that though – the style of the Scottish game and Celtic’s particular place in it are also factors. Generally we have to break down the defences of physical teams who have no qualms about kicking lumps out of us. There are more than one or two players who have looked to be excellent prospects but who were not suiter to either the environment or the style of play required.
It would be good to get the inside story on why we didn’t sign J. Russell. I’m no judge of player TBH but a lot of people seem to rate him.
Re: season tickets – perhaps I am stereotyping the Celtic board by now allowing that they may have let some drop of emotion into their reasoning!
I’m Neil Lennon (tamrabam)
14:28 on
16 December, 2013
No, see my later post plus there’s the teams from the same country thing, I reckon it’s something like 56 combos that were available.
I’m pretty certain it’s been faked.
DBBIA> Thanks, bedlam is running smoother now that I have the charge nurse position.
but it doesn’t stop the unpredictable bedlamability of the place taking up even more of my time.
Celticfirst> grand, hows yourself? I haven’t been posting much anywhere. but things are going well.
slan
aldo
Afternoon all
Just read the article. Well done to Sara and Jonathan. Tear to the eye as I remember my old friend Stephen.
Jimbo67 supporting Oscar Knox
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