The Celtic FC Foundation are holding a golf day in April to raise funds for autism in Scotland, the first such day the Foundation have organised. When planning for the event, Leftybhoy, Brogan Rogan, Harry Brady, Tyneside No.1, me, Thomas and Jane from the Foundation, and Foundation chief exec, Tony Hamilton, wondered if and how we would be able to get winning Ryder Cup player, Stephen Gallacher, to help out.
Over two meetings we discussed strategy on how to get to Stephen, how to hone our pitch, explain the autism work, so that we might be able to get a pin flag signed, or something like that. Two meetings!
Tony Hamilton was a Firhill last night when a Celtic fan spoke to him:
Celtic fan: “Are you the guy organising the golf day?”
Tony (thinking he’s about to sell a ticket): “Aye”.
Celtic fan: “I’m a golf pro, I might be able to help out with auction stuff.”
Tony (now worried about that ticket sale): “Great. Which course are you pro at?”
Celtic fan: “No course, I’m on the European tour. I’ll leave stuff with Stevie.”
Tony (confused what that means and wondering why this guy doesn’t have a regular job in a golf shop): “That’s very kind of you.”
After the game Tony checks his phone and sees a message from Tyneside No.1:
“Ryder Cup winner Stephen Gallacher in stand tonight. Have you rugby tackled him re our Golf Day yet?”
Tony’s been staring at a wall ever since.
Information on the golf day, complete with gratefully received supporting items from Stephen Gallacher, available here.
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delaneys dunky
Is that my flight?
DD
You lot have no chance of that happening….some lurkin Huns on here will have security primed…..
Yip yeez are awe gettin strip searched.
See below.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dYslhL71k1M
Hail! Hail!
:-))))))))))
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=enSae4tVYis
MWD said AYE
Gordybhoy, congratulations on your granda-hood.
DD
Head for St Matthews,
Lady Mac behind the bar and the neice doing the best pub grub in Belfast
Seven screens including one in the beer garden
Hope to see you there
Macnb
Pedro
A thorough strip search is DD’s main reason for going :-)
macanbheatha oscar abú
You coming out on the Saturday?
a ceiler gonof rust
I was planning on heading up west later on depending where you lot ended up
Remember the hilarious Sevco “State Aid” case? Well it’s officially done … with the predictable result.
http://thecelticblog.com/2015/02/news/sevco-state-aid-case-ends-with-a-whimper
Gordybhoy
Whooooooohoooooo. Brilliant news. Welcome RORY. Ye cannie beat having a new addition to the family. Well done. KTF.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
HT
You flying with Caltontongues?
All you Belfast Hootenannyers, enjoy and behave! Jealous as can be. Will have to make do with the match at Perth (almost a home game for me, by distance anyway) together with the wife of course as it is Valentine’s Day, followed by a fish tea and Equi’s ice cream at Marini’s in Perth – can’t be all that bad! I’m just an old romantic at heart. ..
HH
James Forrest. 21.01.
Thank you for that link
Never a doubt but always good to know.
I wonder if MSM will give it any coverage.
Macanb
Sounds right up my street sir! Taxi for Saint Matthew’s it is. Thank you.
From RM:
B1872, on 10 Feb 2015 – 7:19 PM, said:
For every £10 spent on Rangers merchandise Ranfers only get 75p and Sports Direct get the rest, no?
Don’t forget that is pre tax, after corperation tax, it is actually 60p
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I know its cruel but….you have to laugh!
HH
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
20:34 on
12 February, 2015
Oldtim
Where you off to in Spain ?
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El Puerto De Santa Maria, Cadiz
Cultsbhoy,
Great to hear that your boy and his teammates more than held their own against such a strong team! It does the reputation of North-East schools the world of good! I’m sure the experience will benefit the boys greatly and give them motivation to go even further next year.
School football can often be overshadowed and looked down upon by boys clubs etc but I still think it’s a great platform to nurture talent (in a pressure-free environment) while promoting respect and fair play.
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
20:24 on
12 February, 2015
pedrocaravanachio67
The main stand was pretty empty. But they seem to reserve it for Jags fans.
I was in that stand at the clincher last season. Their support kicked up a stink at our presence afterwards. They can’t see the wood for the trees. 3,000 x £25 is all that should matter really. Instead the on-line route to buy tickets has been closed.
Point I’m making is how difficult is it for Thistle to attract another 2 or 3000 Celtic supporters from the 30,000 regulars at Parkhead.
BCW
Not just a failing of Thistle, Celtic’s allocation at every ground is significantly reduced from when I was a regular away fan. Hibs is another visible example, great Stadium half empty because they only allocate us the Dunbar End and then make it almost impossible for a “neutral” to buy a ticket for the home sections. We use to get half the main stand plus half the main terracing in the good old days.
Can’t see why games are all ticket, pay at the gate would have sold out Firhill last night. Remember Tannadice regularly having lock-outs for midweek cup matches.
Hello again all you young rebels.
Seems Ronnie’s got most of us onside now and full of expectation
i well remember the last manager who changed the whole setup of
the club and gave us hope.
So maybe time for some of my gibberish, need to get it out there
before the rest of my auld memory cells die of whisky poisoning.
How many of you auld codgers were at this game?
Sunderland v Celtic Roker Park 1965.
Celtic had been in the doldrums for a number of years but big Jock
had arrived and worked his magic and the support were getting
excited, the club had arranged a friendly against Sunderland down
in England and me and my mates decided we had to be there.
My wee da had taken me to away games in Scotland the furthest i
had been was Dundee when we had to push the big clapped out
double decker up the icy hill somewhere near perth with our usual
two priests the only ones still sitting on it drinking their Red Biddy.
But this was the big one as far as we were concerned .
My da’s eyesight had been failing and he was not going to many
away games now and with me being a young naive teenager i did
not think he would let me go, so i said ” da,my mates faithers are
letting them go on the bus to Sunderland , can i go? ” expecting an
emphatic no, but he surprised me and said ” ok but one condition
any trouble and you get off your mark ”
” o.k da a promise ”
Unknown to me he had already arranged for his mates to keep an eye
on me on the trip, not that they made a very good job of it as you’ll see.
Ecstatic we made our way over to get our bus in the Gorbals and there
was only one place we would sit and that was up beside the battle
hardened Cumbie bhoys ( wonder if TD67 was there ” ) and sit looking
at them like wee groupies.
Latterly my da had let me sip at a can of sweet stout on the away trips
and i had one with me to share with my pals, as i took it out a big ghuy
says ” haw wee man pit that pash away and hiv this ” and handed us a
bottle of Lanliq, well we were made up, the leader off of the Cumbie had
just given us a drink, we were real Celtic men now and there was no way
we would refuse it.
Needless to say we were rat ersed before we even left Glasgow and i slept
all the way down and only woke up to stamping feet and hail..hail as the bus
rolled into Sunderland.
The walk along to the park was surreal as both sets of supporters were
mixed and waving tricolours and i later discovered from talking to one that
there was loads of Irishmen working in the shipyards down there and they
supported both teams.
Big Jock always the showman when it came to his team had them out half
an hour before the game playing one touch footy which i’d never seen before
even wee Jinky who liked to beat a man or two, and then came off to a great
reception from both sets of fans.
The game itself was a stroll in the park and the bhoys should have won by
more than the four they scored, the only two players to cause us any bother
was future celt Harry Hood and the late great Jim Baxter imo a wonderfully
gifted player who should have graced the hoops but ended up with the
cluggers , a travesty.
As usual after the game the cops got us out of town as quick as they could
nobody had any supplies except plenty of bottles of wine and everyone
was ravenous, we cut off the main roads for a pit stop beside a big field full
of cauliflowers and a budding Heston Blumental decided you could eat them
raw and pulled one out and took it on the bus, so then everybody had to have
one and it was bizarre as they all crunched on caulie. followed by a slug of
Lanliq, needs must, i suppose it was a kind of Glesga cauliflower soup.
It wasn’t long till bits of it were being thrown at one another up and down the
bus with some narrowly missing the driver who just gave a wry smile as he
still had to get the bunnet passed round for his tips, eventually
the poor bus looked as though it had been through a hailstorm with the
windows open.
When i finally arrived home rather dishevelled my da said ” look at ye have
you been drinking?
” No da look, and i pulled out my bashed but still unopened can of stout ”
” ok son ” he knew.
” whit aboot the Celtic then eh?
” awe da they were brilliant a think we’re gonne win everything wi big Jock ”
and do you know what?
I was right.
H.H Mick
Gordybhoy
Congratulations to your families addition with Rory
:-)
Hail hail
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Dallas Dallas
Did Bobby Carroll go onto play for Dundee? Might be wrong tho:-)
HH
Hope Spain is better than Florida – never been so cold on holiday before – 50s and 60s with rain the past two weeks – can’t wait to get home. February? Never again
Tontine Tim
You mentioned a player called Johnny Kelly whom you dont recall. He was a wee bit before my time but I did once see him play.
The occasion was an Old Crocks match against Rangers c1969.
Ok ghuys, got a mega busy day tomorrow, so a big, Night Night Timland. KTF.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
DD
Email me for mob no
smacanbheatha@hot mail.co.uk
This what the feckin predictive text kept throwing up
Smacking heat hash it mail.co.uk
Richie #TeamOscarForever
That’s good it’s on the coast mate. Was over nearer Malaga last week, warm enough at the Med but frozen and major snow falls further north.
Enjoy your trip.
Melbourne mick
Remember my dad telling me he went to that game.
Baxter made his Sunderland debut and got annahilated!
Pedro
Had last night’s game been played at 3pm on a warm Saturday, the ground would have sold out. Sky tv on a cold winter midweek, killed the attendance.
Freisdorfer
Will be in pub pre and post Inter game and hope to catch you then.my mate is over from Galway and last time we were sipping’coffee’ til 6am in the Casino:-)..well he had an early flight lol.hope alls good with you
HH
Did someone on a previous thread say that Griffiths would be fit for Saturday? Was this confirmed by Ronny? If so, on recent form he deserves to be among the starting XI again however I wonder if Ronny will give Guidetti another chance to end his goal drought (before Inter come to town).
WeeFra afore ye go
Saw this on Facebook and naturally thought of you :-)
http://www.thehappyegg.co.uk/happytrail
Burghbhoy
How’s it gaun?
Venue for Sevco EGM?
Sorry pressed send in error
The venue was Adamslie Park in Kirkintilloch. He gave the Rangers left back a real roasting in a 5-5 draw. Rolando Ugolini was our goalie and was the only other player I can remember . Bobby Shearer and one George Niven were in their team
Jimbo67
DD Naw he’s flying with me!! :-)
DD
Aye but it’s gettin that combination at the same time….a 3pm KO and a warm Saturday.
Parkheadcumsalford
19:46 on
12 February, 2015
Loathe as I am to nay say anything Mr Stein said, I would have to say that you might well win the European Cup if you have not 11 but 1 Harry Hood or Charlie Gallagher in your team.
*I agree loved both of them “we don’t need yer colin stein”…..but as Jock said you do need some dig in the side….looking back if we had played Neilly and Bertie P against the Pars we could probably have won that cup and no had to wait another 4 years.
Saint Stivs if you go on the KDS site and look into the old Celtic photies section you’ll find the posting I was talking about….the rest is just from memory.
Teuchter
Doing well buddy.
Love that photo
Lovin it
macanbheatha oscar abú
21:23 on 12 February, 2015
WeeFra afore ye go
Saw this on Facebook and naturally thought of you :-)
http://www.thehappyegg.co.uk/happytrail
Very good, nane of our hens are laying, this weather diznae agree with them. Should start laying noo. :-))))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Night.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.