Apparently, time for Rangers fans to step forward to save their club has passed. For the want of £500k any one or collection of them could have bought an exclusive period as preferred bidder and worked on a rescue but no one stepped forward.
It is perhaps worthwhile reflecting on our hour of need 18 years ago. Celtic had exceeded their agreed overdraft limit and the Bank of Scotland informed the club that unless the account was brought back into agreed limits that day, it would go to court to appoint an administrator.
Back then there were no transfer windows, so players could, and would, have been sold by the administrator the next day. Celtic would have been left with an unwanted shell of a squad.
Word of the impending doom spread around the Celtic business community and John Keane decided to act. He withdrew £1m from his account and paid it straight into Celtic’s account at the Bank of Scotland.
John did this in the hope that he could buy time for the Celtic Movement to pull a rescue together. The bank could still have withdrawn the overdraft the same day, which would have made him an unsecured creditor with no chance of a return. There was also no agreement signed to secure the transfer of the club from the old board, each member of whom would later be dealt with on an individual basis, as shares were sold, or in the case of Kevin Kelly, pledged behind Fergus McCann’s consortium.
John kept his money in Celtic and received a seat on the new board, which he retains. He declined to appear in the publicity photos on the steps of Celtic Park when the club was rescued and although he attends the AGM every year, he remains a quiet and largely unknown figure. He has since invested more in Celtic, money he will never see back, but which has ensured his family can block a Glazier-style takeover of Celtic.
I have spoken to him once or twice, although he doesn’t know who I am, but I have often thought he deserves a standing ovation at the AGM for what he did all those years ago. Maybe this year.
We can only wonder why there was not a John Keane across the city.
Very well done to the Daily Record for their excellent story about CQN’er Tony Conway today. Tony, who now lives in the United States, suffers from motor neuron disease and made the trip back to Celtic Park last year with his Dad, John, and brother, Martin. They spent time with Jinky’s son James and met a host of people at the club, including Neil Lennon and Billy McNeill.
Read it, it’s a great story.
Remember to keep an eye on the signed Celtic shirt being auctioned for Wellburn Care Home, it ends Monday.
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BABA, ‘sup.
Laying 10/1 on, you’ve not heard of this mob.
Laying as sure as the sun rises tomorrow, you like em.
http://youtu.be/HiWAK9sGYoE
I see there was a couple of ex celts scoring last night
Sno got (2)
And n’guemo for bordeaux
Ignored in life; forgotten in death.
A fate that awaits a certain type of man.
PS
Tommy Burns & fascism don’t seem to go in the same sentence. Tommy would have made the worst fascist in history.
tarrant,
Forget when the sun rises,they had me after 13 seconds.This blog is a magical place.I respond with a qualified classic,Cream – I Feel Free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fLn9Z1G_LE
BABASONICOS71
I have learned more about music than Celtic on this blog. And I would have always thought I knew more about music than Celtic.
But way better, I have had confirmed all the things I always thought were great about supporting our club – perseverance, gallows humour, tolerance, diversity, kinship, willingness to seek and embrace the commonality that supporting Celtic confers on otherwise very different people.
And on that thoughtful note, I’m away to my bed. Love to the Celtic family everywhere.
http://youtu.be/MRHeTIcgwH8
For Shatner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0VAe1C6GAk
Wishin’ I was skinny
Wishin’ that the whole world knew my name
Wishin’ I was thrillin’, that I would never be to blame
Wishin’ I was kissin’ a girl with lips smooth as pearl
Wishin’ I was pretty
Wish that I could twist the world ’round my finger
Wishin’ I had money, wishin’ for the time to spend it all
Wishin’ I was pretty
Wish that I could twist the world ’round my finger
But I would always love you
I guess that would never change
I’m off to watch Cisse’s goals.Thanks to everyone on here,even those who ignore me,for a great place to spend time.The Celtic diaspora is a wonderful world.
G’night fholks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aZmmSpuTiI
CHAMPIONS12
Is it Neds Atomic Dustbin?
Is it?
Answer to Number 4.
Bet it is.
And just for the hat-trick?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu0hO3BpFpg
EN,
Damn you. ;-)))
BABASONICOS71 01:08
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
That the first points Ibve won in this thing.
Thanks.
Whats the Capital of Peru?
EN
Lads, still looking for a contact for Sydneytim. If anyone can help, much appreciated.
Just saw this again, amazing when you watch it again, mike mccurry at his best…
Foul, stand up to foul, red card to the non rangers man.
Sorry for playing a rangers anthem, But.
WalkAwayCSC
I thought i’d watch Cisse’s goals then head to bed but having now witnessed them i had to post about it before hitting the sack.
The first was absolute class,a thing of great beauty,poise and clinical finishing.
The second made the first look lame.Wow,wow and wow again.Has a player ever scored a brace of better efforts.
The second was astonishing.
Bye, cheery bye bye, ayeeee, see yeeee ye, get to France, adiós,
وداعاtot ziens,
Sağ olun,
да пабачэння,
ভাল বিদায়,
довиждане,
再见,
zbogom,
rozloučenou,
farvel,
magandang bye,
näkemiin,
კარგი bye,
Abschied,
αντίο, ,
להתראותअलविदा अच्छा
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Paul McStaaaay
Thats all I can do for now on the ‘Bye Bye translations;
Cheerie Bye Bye.
YES.
rangers are dying.
YES
Thats all we need to know, them and their years of absolute muck are on their way Out.
Its all we need to know.
YES.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T6e3GJCjow
Ive giggled at East Kilbride before………… But.
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
The dream helps you forget you ain’t never danced a step
You were never fleet of foot, hippy.
All the pathos you can keep for the children in the street
For the vision I have had is sweeping
– New broom, this room, sweep it clean
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
High kickin’ dandy, fine figure fine cut a fine figure fine oh yeah ;
Long legged candy, fine figure fine cut a fine figure fine oh yeah ;
Now my rhythm ain’t so hot, but it’s the only friend I’ve got
I’m the king of rock’n roll completely
All the pretty birds have flown now I’m dancing on my own
I’m the king of rock’n roll completely
– Up from, suede shoes to my baby blues
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
High kickin’ dandy, fine figure fine cut a fine figure fine oh yeah ;
Long legged candy, fine figure fine cut a fine figure fine oh yeah ;
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
From Westwood to Hollywood
One of The Greatest Lines in EK music.
Bad day at the bookies,West Belfast.
Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer
Celtic_First on 2 May, 2012 at 23:15 said:
Dublinbhoy
Your use of “definitely” is unmerited there. Let me assure you I know Opus Dei people who are very far from being fascist or right wing.
In fact, an Opus Dei sympathiser is a greatly venerated Celt, and rightly so, and no one could fairly label him with either of your epithets, even without the “definitely”.
——————————
I don’t really want to get too deeply into this but my opinions on Opus Dei are based on years of personal experience. Not a nice organisation.
Hail Hail
CQN Logic Re Real Madrid. The Spanish huns.
Spanish are Catholics therefore cannot be huns
The fact that they have fascists tendencies were supported by Nazis is acceptable cause Stalin supported the other side therefore they cannot be huns.
Thats Hun logic.
How can anybody compare real Madrid, multi European Cup Winners to the wee daft huns?
real Madrid should not be mentioned in the same week as the muck.
To me hun means more than rangers. Its a despicable coalescence of
bigotry, racism, ignorance, a lack of education and a malignant personality
thats attracted to thuggery, intimidation, violence and their symbols.
In Scotland huns means rangers
Hitler and Mussolini were huns. They were both also catholics and both supported Franco,another catholic, who was seminal in the corruption that is Real Madrid today? Next?
The game is being shown on OSN again….
Chico Muldini?
Wow?
Chico Muldini?
He is living a dream and doing it so Very Very well.
Well done Charles Mulgrew, you utter utter Legend.
Watching that game again…
20 minutes McCabe and Aluko line up to take a free kick for rangers and hit the wall.
The patheticness of that is beautiful, absolutely Beautiful.
I sometimes despair at the extreme left-wing ramblings of the majority on here.
So,the great Real Madrid are hun-like now,are they?
The same Madrid of Di Stefano and Puskas fame eh? Where Jimmy Johnstone was greeted like a footballing God.
One of the greatest,if not the greatest football clubs on this earth.
CATCH YERSELVES ON FFS.
Sixteen roads to Golgotha 03:28
To clarify my point I was trying to say the muck and non Big Cup winners should not be mentioned in the same sentence as the pretenders. Im sure you knew that.
Who were Glasgow rangers?
Who were they?
Did they do anythjing of note?
EN
Sixteen roads to Golgotha 03:28
To clarify further, I and others didnt mention the muck in the same vein as European Cup Winners like Cetic and real Madrid, but see your point they shouldnt be mentioned in the same week as Real Winners.
EN
Sound familiar? Now read on you Real Madrid lovers……..
Franco put large amounts of state reserves into Real Madrid, as the name means “Royal Madrid” strangeley enough, in order to allow them to be better than any other side, particularly Barca who, as a Catalan club, did not want to be part of Franco’s regime and were in direct opposition to everything he stood for.
When Franco’s fascist forces finally prevailed over the Republicans in 1939,
Barça, who had narrowly survived the Civil War, came in for a pounding.
Real Madrid – Franco’s team – was to be deified. Officially.
State-controlled Spanish television continually showed highlights
of Real’s matches and very little of Barça’s, thus generating the notion
among the populace that Real were Spain’s team, whilst also allowing Real
to take a far larger share of revenue.
A Franco stooge Barça president managed to ‘lose’ Alfredo Di Stefano to their
arch rivals when they’d already signed him. Di Stefano went on to lead Real
to five successive European Cup victories.
The Spanish referees were also got at in a regime of terror. Not only did they
favour Real in any encounter with Barça, the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s were also littered with bizarre – and obviously biased – refereeing decisions in other matches involving Barça which cost them championships and Cups. The decisions were so appalling that eventually even a puppet Barça president had the temerity to complain to the Spanish College of Referees. He was ignored.”
Jimmy Johnstone was treated as a “footballing god” only because it was Di Strefano’s testimonial and a friendly. The true Spanish respect for Jimmy Johnstone occurred a few years later when Atletico Madrid visited Parkhead and one Ruben Ayala reminded all us Tims..oh aye.. I remember noo..not so friendly
On a completely unrelated topic…
I noticed Gary Parker conspicuous by his absence in the Thai Tim performances. Away having a last minute gander before the transfer windows opens are we Gary? Wonder on what fair shores he finds himself?
And on another unrelated topic the hun hordes were simultaneously smashing toilets. Dearie me.
any more spanish drivel oot there?
Real=Royal=money grabbing inbreds. End of.
Franco did what he had to do.
Margaret McGill 03:39
Aye, Paella without rabbit.
Theres Spanish drival for ye.
EN
Maggie
Apparently,there was a laughable offer that Di Stefano be shared between the clubs on a weekabout basis.
Barca,understandably,declined.
Affoot,masel.