The sun is shining on Celtic Park as the Easter weekend gets underway, while Celtic face Motherwell tomorrow, who look like they have discovered the limits of Stuart McCall’s managerial abilities this spring.
After some difficult news this week, here’s a ‘Happy Birthday CQN’ message from Wee Oscar, which he recorded last month; an even bigger ray of sunshine than the one beating down on Scotland.
Enjoy the break, if you’re getting one.
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Charles Kickham…..
The Sun Hotel is definitely still there on Friargate,or at least it was when I drove past it last month.
The CSC,I have no idea if they are still there as the link is affiliated to the North American Celtic Supporters Association.
There are two contact names / mobile numbers and I’m sure the hotel reception would know if the CSC still runs from there.
Good luck mate.
Hail Hail
The History Channel: Good Friday
21.00: Great Mysteries Of Our Time – Whatever Happened To Fran Sandaza?
Steinreignedsupreme
16:58 on
18 April, 2014
The History Channel: Good Friday
21.00: Great Mysteries Of Our Time – Whatever Happened To Fran Sandaza?
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He was payed off, and told to shut it.
Sitting out in the back garden taking in the sun with a cooling and refreshing Magners whilst I watch Mrs Burghbhoy doing some weeding.
Don’t worry Bhoys I’ll tell her to finish up shortly as I’m starting to feel a bit peckish !!!
malechauvinistno1csc
As an impartial observer with no vote on the issue……
Tommy Sheridan must be like Manna from heaven to the No Campaign?
Burghbhoy
You clearly have your’s trained, get yerself roon
tae ma hoose
ryecatcher 17:11 on 18 April, 2014
it will only be a matter of time before the No Campaigns score their next own goal though.
Hmmmm….very interesting the percentage of Northern Irish Catholics wanting to remain as part of UK.First time I’ve read this and have to admit I’m surprised……
From the conversation on BBC NI Spotlight tonight there are challenges for all the political parties in the results of the polling by Ipsos Mori. But here are the reported results on the constitutional question.
Not surprisingly, more than 90% of those who identify themselves as Protestants told the pollsters they wanted to stay in the UK.
But on the other side of the religious divide, a substantial 38% of Catholics also favoured remaining within the UK – three percentage points more than the number who backed a united Ireland.
While only 5% of Protestants don’t intend to vote or haven’t decided which option they would pick, more than a quarter of Catholics are either undecided or not planning on voting.
As avowed believers in a united Ireland and the party running a border poll campaign, Sinn Fein might be surprised to learn that nearly a quarter of those who identified themselves as Sinn Fein voters – 23% – told the pollsters they would back the status quo in a border poll.
More than half of SDLP supporters – 56% – also said they would opt to stay in the UK if a poll was held tomorrow.
The results of the 2011 census, released in December last year, revealed that just over a fifth of the population considers itself “Northern Irish”.
That posed a political puzzle – in a border poll would these people tick a British or an Irish box? Well, those who identified themselves as “Northern Irish” for the BBC Spotlight poll back staying in the UK by a significant margin – 72% to just 7%.
For the details of the poll.
The poll was carried out for the BBC Spotlight programme by Ipsos Mori, whose researchers interviewed more than 1000 adults at 64 locations across Northern Ireland between 17 and 26 January.
The full details are available as a pdf, 897kb in size.
Burghbhoy……………..beware the ides of May….you know what happened to Castle “grant” ………….ed…………… braw
Valentinesday
I think she’s just not seen me!!!
neustadt Braw
Point taken!
SRS…..
I haven’t been close enough to it in order to work out their respective strategies.
I suspect most of both campaigns will involve trying to scare the shoite out of the gullible ‘undecided’.
Whoever throws most money at it will win……Simples
ryecatcher
17:22 on 18 April, 2014
There’s no great surprise there, not since the economy in the South collapsed anyway.
It would be interesting to know what percentage of people in the south favour the status quo.
Off to see The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with the grandson tonight ….doooo doooo ….!!!!
afternoon all from a lovely sunny NE scoltand
i have a couple of questions as i’m not really clued up in law or finances.
when oldco are finally liquidated (as i understand they are in the middle of this process still) what will be the outcome.?
its not as if they have a pot full of p*ss to pay any creditors or did CG’s 5.5 million go to oldco and still in the hands of the liquidators.?
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL :)
Wee Roddy the Hurting Hun speaks out…..
By Roddy Forsyth10:30PM BST 17 Apr 20147 Comments
We Scots can only watch passively and enviously as the Barclays Premier League title chase presses on to what could be a last-day battle between Liverpool and Chelsea. Of course, Scotland has had by far the lion’s share of championships that went to the wire in recent years – a consequence of the league division into top and bottom sixes for the final five fixtures – but, with our principal title race becalmed until the breeze of a proper competition gets up again, we will gaze south of the border and wish we were there.
That contrast was the prompt for some amongst the football media – and many more beyond its boundaries – to declare that the Scottish season was finished for all practical purposes when Celtic annexed their third successive title under Neil Lennon with their 5-1 romp at Firhill back on March 26.
But the stricture applied only to a single outcome and, even in the short space of time which has elapsed since then, there has been no protest from headline writers about enforced inactivity.
Rangers – of whom more later – were beaten in two knockout competitions, meaning that Ally McCoist has now had a tilt at eight domestic cups without bringing any silverware home to Ibrox. Three of those campaigns were truncated in successive seasons by Dundee United, as pub quiz compilers have noted already.
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Mind you, combined with Neil Lennon’s record since taking charge of Celtic in March 2010, the current Old Firm managers have won only two of the 17 cup tournaments available to them. What odds would have been given against that statistic?
Raith Rovers, meanwhile, are still groping their way through a euphoric haze, having added Rangers’ scalp to that of Celtic’s in cup finals 20 years apart. Jackie McNamara has the opportunity of a first trophy success as a manager and St Johnstone have the opportunity to bring a cup home to Perth for the first time in 130 years of existence.
In another of football’s delightful serendipities (and possibly an omen), the man who scored the two goals which saw off Aberdeen – and Derek McInnes’s chances of a trophy double – had May 17, the date of the Scottish Cup final, on the back of his shirt.
Then you have your Heart of Midlothian, whose events of note in the last fortnight include what? Oh, yes – being relegated for the first time in 32 years, followed by a narrow escape from liquidation and possible disappearance from the SPFL when their Lithuanian creditors at last agreed to hand over shareholdings and rights to Tynecastle.
While that was going on, an individual who has taken a lively interest in Hearts’ affairs was charged with disciplinary offences by the SFA on account of being captured on a mobile phone prior to last month’s Edinburgh derby – when will they ever learn? – singing partisan songs about the Jam Tarts’ possible demise and Rudi Skacel’s financial provenance.
It is safe to say that Leigh Griffiths would not have been attending the next meeting of Hibs and Hearts a week on Sunday even if Celtic did not also have an engagement at home to Motherwell on the same afternoon. As for events on the pitch at Easter Road, a fourth Hearts win from five meetings this season would suck Hibs perilously close to the play-off place and the possibility of competing in the Championship along with Hearts and Rangers.
Thanks to the league split, Hibs – with the worst run of form in the SPFL Premiership – are about to engage in a Mexican standoff with Kilmarnock, St Mirren, Ross County and Partick Thistle.
Nor should we forget about accountancy and stocktaking, dry arts which are transformed into burning controversies within the context of football, especially at Ibrox where Graham Wallace’s 120-day review has now been completed and is available, Telegraph Sport understands, for perusal in draft form by selected personnel within Rangers. It is due to be made public officially on April 25, although it will undoubtedly leak before then.
There was a commercial uptick at Ibrox this week, with the announcement of shirt sponsorship by online casino operators 32Red worth, as the Telegraph revealed, £600,000 per annum over two years with an option on a third year.
The word reaching me from within Ibrox is that the first year’s tranche is not quite sufficient to cover the chief executive’s annual salary plus 100 per cent performance bonus which is to be paid in August in cash, shares or both. I do not know if Graham Wallace is worth that or not – he will be judged on the contents of his review – but no doubt there will be a long queue of voluble supporters willing to venture an opinion.
And this is what passes for a quiet spell in Scottish football…
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17:44 on
18 April, 2014
afternoon all from a lovely sunny NE scoltand
…………………….
your best run down will be on TSFM…
but if I may be so braw …..enjoy your weekend with the living …… :) braw
ryecatcher 17:27 on 18 April, 2014
Like you, I don’t have a vote.
But I’ve been keeping an eye on events, and the No Campaign is using the favoured tactic of the Tory Party at every election – FEAR.
I’ve also been less than impressed by the scaremongering, which has bordered on threats (the favoured tactic of Zombies).
In my humble opinion, the above has turned a lot of people towards a Yes Vote. Speaking to people back home, that’s the impression I get.
Beatbhoy
Two things first.
I was in the shopping mall with my wife dithering over which white chocolate egg to get the grand wean. Given the eggs were all the frigging same my irritable bowel took over as I tried to establish your point on my phone.
Second: see above. :)
As to how I react to the ” back where we belong” stuff, I think of the Ben Kingsley character in Shutter Island dealing with the deluded Leonardo Di Caprio character and although it is not my job to heal the patient, it is in my best interests not to get caught up in his delusion.
Reality is what it is and the Rangers that cheated Scottish football for years have died. Raith Rovers proved that two weeks ago and no amount of pretending is going to change that.
With regard to the cheating; there was and is a continuing issue in that there are still folk in positions of influence, who were part of it from the beginning and allowed it for years, but even worse, continue to try and cover up their roles aided and abetted by their smsm partners in crime.
THAT is real and that really bugs me and I think it is that element that bugs everyone, not just Celtic supporters most.
However the battle for the truth is not over, the evidence of their cheating, including cheating in the testimony given to Lord Nimmo Smith is out there on TSFM and whilst it may take a bit longer for the true narrative to be written, be in no doubt that reality is writing it right now.
Happy Easter :)
Steinreignedsupreme
17:50 on 18 April, 2014
You know what I find odd about the whole thing?
There’s not one poster on here prepared to say they are a member or supporter of the SNP. Reminds me of all those football pundits who support provincial sides, but never the huns.
It’s a funny wee country.
ernie is not a Hunny bear ……surely
ernie lynch
18:02 on
18 April, 2014
Are you a member of the Labour party Ernie ?
Are you now or in the past held any positions of office in the Labour party
lionroars67
18:06 on 18 April, 2014
No.
and
No.
ernie lynch
18:09 on
18 April, 2014
Thanks Ernie
sweet mother – just got this news update on my phone
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/videos/news/weird/2014/04/18/7865409/
it’s time to change -up
anybody got paolo’s new cd ? any good ?
Auldheid………..I have been astounded at the way the guilty have been getting away with murder, Ogilvie in particular but Dallas and McDonald getting jobs in refereeing is particularly galling.
It seems that every time these characters seem banged to rights along comes a Bryson and/or a LNS to perform the unbelievable.
You have my hopes up with Res 12. BDO should be interesting, and the UTT result (although I think it will send the whole thing back to square 1) should keep us hopeful for quite a while that justice will finally be seen to be done.
Goodnight Timland.
Looks like it’s yes/no fannie time.
Basking in the Spring sunshine here, West Coast USA too.
Bleessed are you Wee Oscar, keep fighting. Looking forward to seeing you run out again on the green hallowed turf at Paradise.
Had a discussion with some English colleagues last night. After patiently enduring the usual condescension, my on-going CQN education from Paul and others, who share their knowledge willingly, came to the fore and I left them with a sense of disquiet over fair play, and the inevitable consequences of debt brought about by sugar daddies.
Personally, I have always considered the demise of the hunnish deidco to be a microcosm of what we see going on the world today: greed, vanity and arrogance of the few exploiting the masses, using their ignorant followers to lord over everyone else. And as with the demise of deidco, eventually those with the patience to resist them will endure.
Dearie me, philosophical Friday and the seasons not ever over yet…
which makes him an admirer of the ladies ankles and wrists ………………… braw
Auldheid
Why don’t you just admit it? You ate the grandwean’s egg, and that set YOU off! Sorry if I interrupted you during one of life’s great pleasures, Easter egg shopping on Good Friday. Sure the mall was very quiet!
Anyway, thanks for such a detailed reply, and for your good humour. You seem pretty confident that the cheats will be officially exposed and that the truth will eventually overwhelm them. Sure we all hope you’re right. You and your grandwean have a Happy Easter too!
Stop the bus. Wee Chick talking sense on Shortbread about the need to educate Leigh. I’m quick to criticise this guy but fair play there, no cheap point scoring.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlXTMRfCEAEQMlw.jpg:large
Legends
HH
beatbhoy ….Auldheid is no chocoholic ….he has as all braw men have ….Truthoholic..Braw……
“The essential components of addiction are intense craving for something, loss of control over the use of it, and continued use despite negative consequences. Studies have shown that people can exhibit all three of these components in relation to truth”
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Stadium front update
HH
ernie lynch 18:02 on 18 April, 2014
I can’t speak for anyone else on here, including the people I have met. I’m sure some folk are in political parties though.
But I have never been a member of any political party and I’m not a nationalist either.
I’ve lived in a few countries over the years, and I find when you scratch the surface most nationalists are petty, vindictive and xenophobic regardless of what flag they drape themselves in.
It’s a funny wee world.
He has to learn to take a deep breath and learn to walk away – who was lenny really talking about on stv news there
Neustadt-braw
Well, as you posted earlier, he also has plenty of patience, a handy quality if you believe ‘the Truth will out’.
Dear oh dear in Blackpool game
Bob FTP Malcolm – whit a thug
Good news !!
Lasley suspended for tomorrow.
Less injury risk