I’m not going to tell you it’s right to post tickets by Special Delivery, or pass on a £7 charge, because I know many would, if given the choice, opt to take their chance on regular mail, with a lower (or zero) charge. The value of Special Delivery only really kicks in when your tickets have yet to arrive but all your pals have theirs. Which isn’t going to happen to all of us.
What I will draw to your attention is the gleeful rush to print an inaccurate story that the club gave fans no option to collect tickets in person, thereby forcing them to pay a Special Delivery charge, running in one of the country’s newspapers of Record yesterday.
There are probably upwards of 100 decisions made by Celtic each week. While clearly the club get most right, they absolutely get some wrong and others remain open to debate. If you are going to have a pop, at least pick on something they’ve actually done, not something you are fantasising about.
Or seriously upgrade your fantasies. Having to write, “Earlier we wrongly reported there was no option to collect from Celtic Park but you can in fact pick up from the club ticket office” is just demeaning.
Jupp Heynckes (72) looks like getting the job of preparing Bayern Munich for the Celtic doubleheader. There’s little Heynckes doesn’t know about the game, but despite his successes, he’s always struck me as an unlucky manager.
He was the man who ended Real Madrid’s wilderness decades when in 1998 he won their first Champions League since 1966, but was sacked days later. He exacted revenge over Real when at Bayern in the 2012 Champions League semi-final, but blew the final in the Allianze on penalties to Chelsea.
That defeat did for him, although Bayern took most of the following season before announcing he would be replaced by Pep Guardiola in the summer of 2013. Heynckes duly destroyed Guardiola’s Barcelona on the way to winning another Champions League, before the door hit him on his bum on the way out. Despite his glories, a vulnerability surrounds him. This is a Champions League winner you can look in the eye and sack, apparently.
I hope that vulnerability remains for a few weeks yet.
NEW CQN PODCAST FROM CELTIC PARK ON SATURDAY
Kevin Graham is back with a new CQN Podcast from Saturday. He talks to supporters on the bus on the way to Parkhead, interviews John Paul Taylor outside the ground and captures the atmosphere and action inside the ground before getting some more supporters’ views on the bus home after an eventful afternoon at Celtic Park.
Apologies for a few sweary words in this podcast near the end.
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Picture Book, Andy Pandy, The Wooden Tops, Bill and Ben!
Wonderful TV!
Emdy remember Twizzle?
Also Muffin the Mule. (no smart remarks)
Papajoe55….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh0xXKJqLXc
PHILBHOY o meant larry marshaLL GOOD TIM.
The Cisco Kid was my all time favourite because I met him in Glasgow, might have been a book launch, canny remember.
Also loved The Lone Ranger.
A wee bit later Cheyanne (Bodie-the wonderful Clint Walker, still alive at 90!)
Clint Walker is who I see when I’m imagining Jack Reacher (Lee Child), not the actor dwarf Tom Cruise.
Kris Boyd stuttering in a style Tanner would be proud of, embarassing on SSN
BiIG PACKY
Used to see him in the stand at games.
Lovely memories!
REBUS 67…
I enjoyed your post mate. A bit younger than your good self but I remember the blow up jinkys as well the Jinky key rings… reckon the other mob had Willie Henderson ones and by all accounts he was a stand up man.
I love the nostalgic stories on here, especially when the blog is quiet and you come across a gem. HH
Talking about songs there was a totally politically incorrect song written in the wake of the Celtic v Hearts Cup Semi.
The Pope had just died & the Jambos booed & hissed during minute’s silence, so much the Ref ended the minute’s silence after about 30 seconds.
Couldn’t post the words as the Moderator would go berserk , but I’ll chance the Chorus with abbreviations
it went
‘They ran away, they ran away’
‘The D**** O***** B******S ran away’
Just wondering if anyone heard of it or was it just an Irish thing.
PHILBHOY o WHAT ABOUT THE BRONCO KID. LARAMIE.ETC WAGON TRAIN .
Bada Bing
cut fat zombie some slack
Sure he has a few other things on his mind distracting him
Like a ??? 500,000 tax bill
CORKCELT
What does D O B stand for?
:-)
BIG PACKY
Every one of them was a must watch!
Don’t watch much tv now.
Those were the days!
Well Philbhoy if I answered that I could be joining the Roasters in permanent exile.
Bateen bhoy ….
I had thought about picking them as well, but I figured that might set off GFTB, and I already get enough grief from him about picking Sevco before, so I switched ….
hopefully now GFTB will start bothering you instead . …. although I dont think he has said anything to SFTB, in spite of SFTB’s admission that he picked Sevco in week 1, so there does seem inconsistency here. He may be afraid of SFTB, but not me … I have obviously been too easy going on here …I’m going to have to change that
:)
Hope you are dong well mate.
PHILBHOY on 5TH OCTOBER 2017 6:59 PM
‘Larry Marshall, Jimmy Nairn and Alistair Sim.’
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Charlie Sim, not Alistair Sim, apparently.
ERNIE LYNCH
Thanks!
My memory aint what it used to be.
PHILBHOY GLEN MICHEALS CAVALCADE.
The Rifleman starring Chuck Connors was a good series.
Not sure if it was screened over this side of the pond.
HH.
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS
Thanks for that link ,that’s the first time I heard that cheers again.HH
I didny watch Glen MIchael!
16 Roads
The Rifleman (Chuck Connors) was indeed shown here.
Brilliant!
16 ROADS – CELTIC ÜBER ALLES. IT SURE WAS. BRILLIANT THE LATE CHUCK CONNORS.
16 Roads …
Chuck Connor (the Rifleman) was an interesting character … a good Catholic boy who went to Seton Hall …
after college, he played basketball in the NBA for Boston Celtics, then played Major League Baseball with the Dodgers, and then was drafted by the NFL’s Chicago Bears (although he never played a game for them) …
then, he became an actor.
WHAT ABOUT IVANHOE. AND RICHARD GREENE IN ROBIN HOOD.
Don’t mean to change the subject but……
Enjoying a wee dram as this is a football night! (any excuse)
My tipple is –
HAIG CLUB CLUBMAN,Single Grain Scotch Whisky, 40% proof, matured in bourbon casks
£15.00 in Tesco’s.
LOVELY! (with a wee splash of water)
BIG PACKY
Richard Greene was my second most favourite Robin Hood.
Errol Flynn just edged him!
PHILBHOY o 4 BOTTLES OF MCEWANS CHAMPION.
Philboy …
although he is a turncoat, Sean Connery was my favourite Robin Hood … Robin and Marian (with the always lovely Audrey Hepburn) is one of my favourite films…
What about William Tell with Conrad Phillips and the late great Nigel Green (The Bear)
Canny remember who played Gesler!
MIKE IN TORONTO
Connery was a better actor away from the James Bond stuff. so I’ll let you off with that one!
;-)
MIKE IN TORONTO
I’m guessing you are a wee bit younger than BIG PACKY and me.
Hi Ho Siver away
HH
Mike,
Good to hear from you, and glad you’ve settled in back home.
It was a huge decision for me to pick the english to win, but i feel no guilt…..i have family, and good friends who are sassenachs, and when it comes to England, it really is banter….
Sevco is a different matter.
You deserve all the grief you got for picking them :-))))))
Did you consider that GFTB picked on you because you were so far away ?
Knowing what i know about your ‘acquaintances’, I’m happy for you to pick anyone you want, as often as you want ;-)
PHILBHOY. 736
Errol Flynn had the advantage of a huge sword-according to David Niven!!!
Thanks for the considered responses chaps.
Watched a brave few episodes over in America, hadn’t heard of the series until then.
Very good show.
Television is absolute rubbish nowadays.
HH.
BMCUWP
The ladies said that too!
Philboy … I may have been a bit younger than you once, but I feel like I might be catching up to you!
:)
Will these revelations impact on sevco?
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/oct/05/newcastle-united-investigated-abuse-tax-system