Before we get down to less important matters, let me know, did you buy Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?
There are so many reasons to be cynical about football people (players, directors and fans alike) in the modern era it is scarcely worth listing them but occasionally a pillar of strength comes along and changes all the rules.
This morning’s headlines that Georgios Samaras has attracted interest from an English slumbering giant is reason enough to highlight the dedication of this model professional. Georgios arrived at Celtic on loan in January 2008 and was instrumental in the historic league win that year. When he completed his permanent transfer from Manchester City he took an enormous cut in wages because he wanted to be a Celtic player.
Thanks for the great support for the CQN Annual. You can order online here, time is running out for shipping before Christmas!
His talent and effectiveness has meandered, a bit like those looping runs he would go on with the ball, since then and for a while he was subject to considerable abuse from ‘supporters’. At one point he had the chance to leave but his message to Celtic was simple, ‘If you want me to stay, I’ll stay and fight for my place. This is my club’.
The story of the rebirth of Celtic is also the story of the rebirth of Georgios Samaras. He is the epitome of the modern footballer: strong, skilful and intelligent, he would get into any top squad in Europe.
There is no chance of him going to England, Celtic will not sell him and even if they accepted a bid, the player shows no inclination of wanting to leave. He is currently prime candidate for Player of the Year and is our most feared player in the Champions League.
You have six days to buy Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in support of Celtic Charity and Teenage Cancer. This is what we’re all about, don’t talk to me about football until I hear from you on the subject that really matters.
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WTF is that stupid woman doing
Oh and of course a big Happy Birthday shout out to MWD.
Kilbowie Kelt
19:51 on
10 December, 2012
ST. STIVS,
Did you get the post I made answering your question to me ?
RE. the place name Kilbowie.
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i didnt, go fot it.
jobo
pay and display I think…
go passed the station and turn right at roundabout, then right again..
HT
Of course it would, but the boy has already intimated he’s not signing a new contract at the Dons, so if he’s gonna sign for someone else when his current deal expires then why not us?
Another two rights and yer back where you started, what a waste of time and energy that was, well hear you say
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New sevco board
canamalar
he is from EK so no probs with roundabouts o))
DJBEE
Brilliant! :)
St. Stivs, ( Whenever you are about)
I was interested in your post yesterday suggesting Kilbowie Kelt might possibly have been more correctly, Cillbowie Celt. The local place names have been of interest to me all my days.
Here is the best I can do for you.
All the land in this area belonged to the Church, with the Abbot of Paisley controlling it.
After the Reformation the land was given to the Hamiltons of Cochno.
Kilbowie
A’ Chùilt Bhuidhe
the yellow nook
cùilt ~ nook, back; buidhe ~ yellow
I can only guess that the ‘yellow’ would be from a proliferation of broom, which in summer is a mass of yellow flower. Glasgow’s Broomielaw gets its name for the same reason. Below are some references for the area going back to the 12th century.
Culbrit………………….1182 & 1189 AD
Cuiltebut……………….1182&1199
Cultbuche………………1222 & 1250
Cultensuthe…………….1222 & 1250
Terram de Cultbuthe…..1237
Cultbovy…………………1273
Kilbwy…………………….1579
Culboyis………………….1621
Cwlbie……………………..1634
Culbowie………………….1642
Coulbuy……………………1654
Kilboyes…………………..1676
Killbuy…………………….. 1777
Kilbowie……………………1865.
So you pay your money & take your pick, Stivs.
My use of Kelt rather than the soft C sound, is simply because that was the style in which Bro. Walfrid ALWAYS chose to speak his team’s name.
If it was good enough for him,…………
I am also fond of alliteration. :¬)))
Good Luck.
jungle jim
my granddaughter is the 12th, does she count?
KK,
No accepting your reason for the hard K which was an invention of Glasgow university after the turn of the century
TimHorton, you asked the other day if I was from Dundee, I did reply but much later, so if you missed the reply, no I’m not from Dundee.
Henke’s Flowing Locks
19:58 on
10 December, 2012
Wasn’t just referring to the boy at Aberdeen but at a host of names that have been mentioned.
If he’s refusing a new contract then he would certainly be worth a look at.
Sorry, Canamalar, but Willie Maley’s autobiography tells us that our founder NEVER spoke about Celtic ( soft C ) , but always used the name KELTIC.
That is good enough for me.
Good luck.
I assume Arbroath don’t have undersoil heating. Has anything been said regarding Wednesday’s game?
BT – thanks. Might just go for street parking (near The Moorings maybe) assuming there are no restrictions with that. 14 hours pay and display might be a tad expensive!
MWD-HB-HH
KK,
If that’s the case why are we no called Keltic then ?
Ziggy-SSNews reporting today with covers on pitch.
jobo
you could park at Btyre or Newton and get train over to Motherwell from there.
train run just after 6am
HT
Sorry mate, I was only talking about the boy Fraser as he’s turned down a new deal at the Dons, he looks a right good prospect and would rather see him pitch up at Parkhead than disappear to some mob at the bottom of the Premiership.
Sorry Paul to fart at the canonisation of Sammi where all are prostrate at the prospect of his omnipotence but – “He is the epitome of the modern footballer: strong, skilful and intelligent, he would get into any top squad in Europe”. Seriously?? Barca? Man Utd? Back at Man City?
Why no bids for him then?
BT – I’ll bear that option in mind, thanks.
Stirling Albion have just confirmed that all the coins thrown at their fans on saturday were Euros.
Not like the sevconians would have needed them anytime soon ;)
timgreen,
How do you know there have not been any offers ?
!!bada bing!!
20:14 on
10 December, 2012
Ziggy-SSNews reporting today with covers on pitch.
bada bing, thanks. Here’s hoping its on.
JJ
How long will our journey to the sunny climes of Arbroath take mate??
Watching the Sporting v Benfica game, the commentator said that Benfica have 14 million fans worldwide.
No even close to the huns 500 million, amatures :>)
Did that Mo before her cr@p poem
say it took her 7 years to get an o level in Finance ?
Fulham go 1 up against the Magpies. Bit like Broonie’s but with a deflection.
Sorry, Canamalar, YOU will have to tell me the answer to that
Happy Birthday, MWD.
You are now eligible to attend the CQN pensioners’ club annual raves.
Old Tim is the social convener.
A heartfelt ‘Get Well Soon’ to Nelson Mandela, the GREATEST living human being.
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Time out….
KK,
There is only one correct spelling, pronunciation is a different matter
Back In The Day…..
When I Was A Tender Youth….
And It Was Beer And ‘Butties’ In Downing Street……
And Incontinent Malodious Oafs On Each Side Of The Table…..
Both Red Lie-bor And Their Marxist Union Pals…..
And We Had The Three-Day Week……
Household Waste Lying Uncollected In The Streets….
The Recently Deceased Remaining Unburied….
Bars Of Cadbury’s Daily Milk Costing 5p More Than They Did The Previous Week..
The Kremlin’s Own Energy Secretary….
Wedgewood Benn…..
Having Just Agreed A Disgraceful Deal With The Oil Companies Exploiting The North Sea……
That Revenues From The Black Gold That Had Just Begun To Flow In Significant Quantities…..
Would Not Be Received By The UK Exchequer…..
For A Further FOUR Years…..Or Until All The Cost Of The Oil Companies’ Investment In Exploration And Infrastructure…..
Had Been Reimbursed….
Thereby Ensuring That Our Economy Declined Further…
And More Of Our Industry Went To The Wall….
And The Ogres Of The Kremiln….
Gave ‘High Fives’……
As The Most Incompetent US President..
Until The Present Incumbent……
Put The Free World In Peril…..
With His Disastrous Foreign Policy….
And Peanut Farmer Economics…..
JINGS…CRIVVENS….HELP M’BHOAB…!!!!
I Think We Need A Dictator……
A ‘Benevolent’ Dictator……
To Get My Dear Green Sceptred Isles Back On Track…..
I Mused… With A Furrowed Brow…..
Stroking My Lustrous Golden Locks….
That Would Be The Envy Of Even The Young Robert Plant……
My Prayers Were Answered…….
(And Them Some…!)
By A ‘Vision In Blue’….
With The Shape-liest Of Ankles……
‘Rejoice..! Rejoice..!’
Our Latter-Day Boadicea…..
And Her American Compadre…..
Would Thwart The Marxists’ Odious Schemes……
Smash The Treacherous Unions…..
And Tell The Oil Companies That We WILL Have Our Revenues From NOW…..
And At A Higher Margin Than Had Been Negotiated By Perfidious ‘Kremlin Benn’…..
And So We Moved To The Glorious Sunlit Uplands…..
Europe Was Conquered By Our Football Teams……
And There Was Once Again Merriment And Good Cheer…..
On Our Enchanted Sceptred Isles…
THOSE WERE OUR FINEST DAYS….
My Friends In Celtic…..
JJ @ 19.59
It’s my buffday on the 12th. 12/12/12. Erryarr.
HH
missed reply doc.
thanks anyway there must be someone from dundee on here.
Who let the dogs out
As Paul67 is always saying we are more than a football club.
My first great grand child was born on Friday afternoon…a beautiful wee lassie….on Saturday afternoon we received news that she wasn’t well.
On Saturday night she was rushed into Yorkhill.
Today we received the wonderful news that she was strong enough to be transferred back to Wishaw General.
Prior to her leaving, three of our players took time to speak to my grand-daughter and wish her and the baby well.
Kelvin Wilson, Beram Kayal and Lassad NouiouI – if any of you look into CQN….Thank you so much……
Nothing can beat the Celtic family.