I took a nasty Pavlovian reaction today when I heard the radio announce “Derby day” before realising the presenter was talking about the actual Derby. The last thing anyone planning a night out in Glasgow is the ‘Glasgow derby’, as it was known in its final few years.
As anyone walking the streets of Glasgow and beyond in peace tonight will testify, we don’t want it or miss it. I prefer my football, like my streets, without this nonsense.
Knights Templar sequestrated? Blame those “enemies”. George Peat, Campbell Ogilvie and Lex Gold forced through his appointment as SFA chief executive, despite him not meeting selection criteria. As every wise footballer knows, know your level.
The magnificent framed Lionel Messi top we are auctioning for 1254125 has less than two days to run, keep an eye on it here.
Copies of Willie Wallace’ autobiography, Heart of a Lion, have been flying off the shelf. The mail order fulfilment centre will have stock replenished on Monday after running out. Order your copy below – still time for Father’s Day.
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Hospital tomorrow Lennybhoy.
Hopefully begin rehabilitation and think about work early next month. Fingers crossed.
blantyretim:
Good stuff, Aberdour come too soon for you I guess.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Work time, until we meet agsin…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Lennybhoy
Myself PF and oldtim holding the fort whilst the golfers go for a little stroll.
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MickTT..
The Old Firm game l mentioned l was in Beside them..at Ibrox after about 10 Mins l seen some Guys who knew me..So walked down the The Fence that divided the Support told the Big Polis l was a Tim and would he let me into the Celtic end..Nut.. he said..
Couple of Mins later l seen a Younger Polis guard the Gate..Told him the Same story..Aye on You go mate..
As soon as He closed the Gate Rangers scored..Talk about lucky escape..Ha..
Ps..It was a New Year Day game..My Dad came to a Party and took about 20 Tims in His Van..Rangers Won..so he was the Only one singing on the Way back..:-(
Summa
Morning from the too early train to Bhm.
Was a wee bit hungover earlier but there’s a very pleasing on the eye sitting across from me and between that and Dire Straits on the old Podi, canny beat it.
Anyhow, is there any news on a bus to the gowf yet??
P
Did I say I love a wee tattoo on the feet – sexy!
But no mine!
blantyretim 07:13:
Just in Office, I will help defend the Fort as well…
Until we meet again…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
blantyretim 07:13 on 3 June, 2013
Lennybhoy
Myself PF and oldtim holding the fort whilst the golfers go for a little stroll.
blantyretim / PF Ayr / Oldtim –
Does that mean you three are in charge of the beer wagon? Will there be anything left for the ghuys who will be putting in a shift? The gowfers I mean.
Ulryc
Is Paul67 on strike?
Ally deserves to be told
Modern day Nasty Pavolvian Reactions are rubbish
blantyretim
07:13 on 3 June, 2013
Lennybhoy
Myself PF and oldtim holding the fort whilst the golfers go for a little stroll.
Spaceballs! There goes the planet…
Ulrcy.
Not sure if a buggy could take the weight..
Off the booze of course.
Thebhoywithmcgrain &lennybhoy.
The blind leading the blind me thinks
That’ll be of the booze not off the booze..o))
Good morning from a beautifully sunny north staffs
Bank(ie) Holidays………..
…cannae whack ’em!
You over for the golf this year bankiebhoy1.
Not even heard from your big brother
blantyretim
08:00 on 3 June, 2013
There are none so blind as those who still will tee…
Regarding the ASA verdict I posted the following on the Facebook article any thoughts from our more learned members???
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I think James Campbell is on the right track a sample draft letter by one of our own which could then be re written by the ppl who recieved letters and sent on
Does the letter have to be “snail mail “because of the requirement of a signature or would an email be ok?
That piece on ‘Edwardian Dad’…………………
* shakes heid wearily*
Googybhoy.
Can you direct me to cqn fb page. Seem to have lost it..
BT
The Gowf is not my cup of ‘tee’………………but a great tradition of this Dear Green Place.
………now if P67 was to organise a drink-fuelled topiary bash,
………. ah’m yer mhan!
HH.
Morning all. Dreich today after a beautiful day yesterday. Forecast is for good weather. So, hopefully things will improve by the time I get to Celtic Park, to see if I can get a new seat nearer the middle of the ground.
Morning,
Smith must be confident he will get another job with the SFA
“Now that my friends have been made aware through the media the responses and support I’ve received have been incredible. I haven’t moved on but you never know what’s going to come along. I’m hopeful I’ll turn things around.”
MHARK67
08:12 on
3 June, 2013
Regarding the ASA verdict I posted the following on the Facebook article any thoughts from our more learned members???
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I think James Campbell is on the right track a sample draft letter by one of our own which could then be re written by the ppl who recieved letters and sent on
Does the letter have to be “snail mail “because of the requirement of a signature or would an email be ok?
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We need a draught letter that will catch the Eye and force them onto contacting UEFA. I liked the jist of Auldheids post earlier quoting the UEFA articles. I do not know If Auldheid is one of the 78 who originally complained and will draft his own, but I am looking to sent in a letter of appeal in the next few days and would mind the help of CQN behind it.
HH
Palacio67
Exactly what I was thinking too I’ve got my replystuck to the message board( fridge door!!) count me in
Hail hail
I hope the carpets at Aberdour are up to scratch for the aul yin.
To paraphrase the ‘currant’ msm –
Celtic are braced to receive a bombardment of persuasive offers from clubs like Stoke …….(ffs)…………… for all of our saleable assets…….The inference is that we’ll be left weakened and vulnerable with no hope of securing adequate reinforcements……..oh aye and Kris Commons is ‘at it’……
While the tribute act are poised to swoop and seal deals for starlets, hitkids and various internationals apparently unblinkingly eager and unquestioning of the toxic asbestox environment.
One such recruit is a ‘goal machine’ and crucially part of a hunned – up dynasty – who’d probably have signed for the blazer, tie an’ brogues………..
parkheadcumsalford.
Could you let me know about the availability of seats in the north stand mate.
I can’t manage up until after three and hoping to get myself and my bhoy seats
together.HH
Is the ASA ruling in next weeks list of cases? It’s not on their site. I used to work there, a long time ago. If I can read the full ruling, I might be able to suggest whether the appeal is worthwhile. To be honest, I suspect not. Ads can be factually wrong, without being materially misleading in the eyes of the public and I suspect this is the case.
To be frank the vast majority of the public couldn’t care less about this issue and I’m afraid it’s all to easy to see how the complaint would be dismissed. Objectively I think I might recommend that too, had I been given the job of investigating it.
British FA could be the saviour of Scottish football
Published on 3 June 2013
Alan Campbell
IF Scotland votes against independence in next year’s referendum, will the time have arrived to wave goodbye to our football autonomy as well?It is a question which would have been unthinkable even five years ago, but recent events suggest that a “No” vote should cause us to consider whether we might also be Better Together within Fifa and Uefa. Scotland – along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland – has enjoyed a historical independence within these organisations thanks to our contribution to the evolution of organised football. But if there is no will for political separation in the first test of public opinion since the Acts of Union in 1707, should we really expect to hang on to privileges won by our pioneering predecessors?Morally, it’s questionable. On a practical level, too, it is becoming harder to justify. A British Football Association, for example, would enable Scottish clubs to compete in a new British league structure which would eliminate Uefa’s objections to cross-border competitions. It could also be argued we should jump before we are pushed. A “No” vote in September 2014 would play into the hands of disaffected Fifa nations. Already stirred by the double standards of British men’s and women’s teams competing at the London Olympics, they could, with some justification, point to a status quo referendum result as clinching evidence that there should be only one United Kingdom team. What would Scotland be hoping to preserve anyway? For the entire 20th century, being accorded independent nation status within Fifa was a win-win situation – cocooned politically inside the United Kingdom, but allowed to have our own football team competing in World Cups and European Championships. Our clubs, meanwhile, had their own leagues from which they could qualify for Uefa competitions. The first 12½ years of this century paint a very different picture. No major championship finals since 1998 and next year’s World Cup in Brazil already a lost cause. At club level the rare odd flourish by Celtic – and before their unforseen financial collapse Rangers – is balanced by our other teams being ritually and humiliatingly eliminated before the tournaments have properly begun. Should anyone have missed the point, Scottish football, once such a source of national pride and passion, has plunged to a depth those of us of a certain vintage could never have envisaged. The downgrading of the Scottish FA to regional status within a new British structure is a development many could live with. Last month high level representation by the SFA and Celtic discussed these very matters at an initial think tank lobby. Like the FA in England, it has been a reactionary and parochial organisation for much of its 140-year existence, declining, for example, to participate in the World Cup until 1954. While – we are told – recent streamlining has made the SFA more efficient, the organisation is still perceived as failing to provide the necessary vision and leadership as has been witnessed by Rangers’s demise. The Scottish Premier League, for its part, has been an unmitigated disaster in almost every respect, and not least in failing to provide the country with the better standard of footballer which is the only solution to our rapidly escalating problems. All these matters are related, and if it seems utterly unpalatable to relinquish our right to a separate Scotland side in the event of a “No” vote, what does the future actually hold? Results are palpably getting worse, to the extent that it’s reasonable to ask if the 16-year slump is cyclical or irreversible. Also undermining the case for a continued national team is the fact that more and more players selected for our squads are only tenuously Scottish. Taking advantage of lax international regulations is the option of many other countries, but most of the players we are importing are nowhere near good enough to be considered for the land of their birth. Do we need to prolong this embarrassment for much longer?Yet, if public opinion – and the never-ending thirst of the Tartan Army for international football –would probably be outraged at the prospect of Scotland losing its separate identity, it is increasingly arguable that a British FA may be the only solution to the financial woes besetting Scotland’s clubs. Even if they had been historically well run, it would still have been impossible for them to compete on level terms once satellite television and rich foreign owners altered the English financial landscape. The anomaly of Welsh clubs qualifying to play in England’s top flight only emphasises Scotland’s growing isolation. A British league would offer enticing prospects not just to Celtic and a revived Rangers, but other Scottish clubs also. If Campbell Ogilvie is attending such meetings and is considering disbandoning his own association then the situation for our national past time must be considered critical. The situation is mirrored in women’s football. If a “No” vote led to a British FA it would be a bitter blow for the Scotland side which, much against the national tide, is over-performing. As the Olympics demonstrated, probably only three or four Scots would get into a British squad which, inevitably, would be weighted in favour of English players. This despite Scotland having won and drawn the last two games between the countries. Yet, at club level, the arguments are as persuasive as the men’s. The FA is ploughing money into their Women’s Super League while the SFA has no such initiatives. They cannot even help Rangers or Hearts. Unless that changes, if Scottish women’s club football is to flourish it may have to be in a British context. For the sake alone of the womans game in Scotland alone it makes perfect sense. Better Together? The irony is that if the vast majority in Scotland still probably regard the prospect of a British FA as abhorrent, there would almost certainly be even fiercer resistance from within England. Apart from Gareth Bale, is there any reason why they would want a British football team at the expense of their own? And nor would their clubs be queuing up to embrace teams not just from Scotland, but Northern Ireland also, that is a must to maintain national equilbrium. Unless there is a rebellion within Fifa, and a demand to end the status of the four Home Nations, it’s unlikely that the outcome of the referendum will have much effect on how football is played out on these islands. A “No” vote will allow those of that persuasion, including the three recent Scotland managers who put their names to an advertisement opposing the break-up of the Union, to continue to have their cake and eat it; albeit one that is increasingly stale and unappetising. As things stand, the prospect of a “Yes” outcome is remote. Would it be a game changer? Given the inflated importance of football it’s difficult to envisage a resourced Edinburgh government sitting back while the Scottish game declines, but independence itself is no guarantee that the patient can be revived.
Morning Celts….
Apologies if this has already been posted(not read back yet)
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Could this defender transform Celtic?
Date: 2nd June 2013 at 7:39 pm
Written by: Joe McHugh
Over his time as Celtic manager there is no position that Neil Lennon has worked harder on than central defence.
It’s not difficult to rattle off ten or more players that have been tried in that position without ever looking like a long term solution.
A year ago Kelvin Wilson was virtually written off by most supporters but showed some class and composure in Europe without fully winning over his doubters.
For a few months Wilson’s partnership with Efe Ambrose showed lots of promise but the post African Nations Cup defender was barely recognisable from the somersaulting defender signed from FC Ashdod in August.
Down the years, like most Irish internationalists, Richard Dunne has been mentioned as a possible signing without anything concrete emerging.
While the goals of Robbie Keane powered Ireland to Euro 2012 the bravery, commitment and ability of Dunne at the other end of the park alongside Shay Given was just as vital.
Dunne’s bravery is legendary but after a year out with a variety of injuries he has been freed by Aston Villa. It would be easy for the 33-year-old to take a step back after a decade at the top with Everton annd Manchester City but the competitor in Dunne wouldn’t allow that to happen.
Throughout his time in charge Lennon has attempted to bring in experienced players from the Premiership but found the wages on offer down south more attractive than the glamour of playing for Celtic and the opportunity to play in Europe.
After missing the entire season at club level Dunne appeared as a substitute today for Ireland in the 4-0 friendly win over Georgia in Dublin.
Looking at his future he said: ““I want to go somewhere where I’m happy and my family is happy. It’s important I go somewhere I will play.
“It’s (Georgia match) a big occasion for me, I just want to play.. The biggest thing for me is I have to play a bit of match and see how I feel after it. Just to show that I can get through it and be fit.
“I think it’s to prove to myself because I don’t want to sign for a team and then spend next season in a gym again.
“Ideally I’d want to play a reserve game behind closed doors but this match is available and it’s brilliant that the manager has given me the opportunity to be in the squad — and hopefully on the pitch.
“It’s a friendly where it’s not as intense as the England game or the game against the Faroes on Friday, so hopefully it’s the ideal one.”
Dunne’s commitment and ability is beyond question- fully fit he’d be an awesome presence in the heart of the Celtic defence.
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The above from the Magnificent – Video Celts
Hail Hail – Off oot tae read back…..
If anyone is replying to the ASA, GordonJ did a really good article about them playing in the early rounds of the Scottish Cup. Might be worth using some of that, or even referencing the article:
http://gordonjohnston.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/livingstone-provide-proof-that-the-rangers-are-a-new-club/
weeminger
09:06 on
3 June, 2013
Is the ASA ruling in next weeks list of cases? It’s not on their site. I used to work there, a long time ago. If I can read the full ruling, I might be able to suggest whether the appeal is worthwhile. To be honest, I suspect not. Ads can be factually wrong, without being materially misleading in the eyes of the public and I suspect this is the case.
To be frank the vast majority of the public couldn’t care less about this issue and I’m afraid it’s all to easy to see how the complaint would be dismissed. Objectively I think I might recommend that too, had I been given the job of investigating it.
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According to my reply, it will be up on the website on Wednesday.
HH
Joe was sitting next to myself and oldtim at the q&a last month, nice lad.
Good grief, just what we need.
A 33 year old injury prone overpaid journeyman.
Dbbia.
Think he has a good goalscoring record. Only problem is they seem to be into his own net…
B/T- you’re not selling it…why don’t we just save Heid from his Championship hell?
blantyretim
08:19 on 3 June, 2013
Googybhoy.
Can you direct me to cqn fb page. Seem to have lost it..
Search for CQN/facebook