The exceptional Celtic Movement

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When this publishes, I should be a few kilometres into the Great Scottish Run.  These events can be humbling.  You see people there with messages on their shirts.  ‘The big C’ gets a lot of mentions, in many of its forms, as does heart disease and conditions most of us will, fortunately, be less familiar with.  Some simply have a loved one’s smiling photograph on their back.  Their former feeling of helplessness matured into purposeful action.

I’m running for Celtic Charity’s 1254125 campaign.  This is not something controlled or even organised by the club, but it is fundamental to what Celtic Football Club is.  The Celtic Movement was called together in a church hall in November 1887 to alleviate the distress of poverty in those unable to feed themselves.  It is different from other clubs because it started differently and has since walked unfamiliar roads.

The spirit to help others has been increasingly self-evident in recent years but I am sure the commitment has become more embedded as a result of 1254125.  It is now part of our routine, what we know to expect from ourselves.

We will only stay different if you and I continue to insist we walk (or run) unfamiliar roads.  We all worry about where our club is going.  There is little we can do about many potential dangers but we can make sure Celtic remains anchored to the spirit which founded it.  You can support 1254125 through the MyDonate page I setup to convince me I shouldn’t give up halfway through this run.  Your support is appreciated.

Yesterday we lost Cllr George Ryan, or St John Doyle, as he was known on these pages.  George touched the lives of hundreds of people but unless you were in direct contact, you would not know what he did for the people of Glasgow, for Celtic supporters in difficulty, or even for the Thai Tims.  He was an exceptional Celtic man who lived the way exceptional Celtic people have ever since that meeting in St Mary’s Hall.
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  1. VP KO'd by fearless Oscar Knox on

    ACGR

     

     

    You will find that Quasimodo’s sister had a different Da ,a right good looking

     

    ghuy.

  2. Right guys and gals,

     

     

    Off to bed to allow me to attend to non laying chooks, ducks and geese in the mo. Wtf am I doing? It’s called being a farmer, we all suffer at some point in the seasons. My babies will come back and supply all the CQNrs who visit the farm with the best eggs available on the planet. Imho of course. :))

     

     

    Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.

  3. #Fearless Wee Oscar is on a Celticrollercoaster on

    Lennybhoy

     

     

    Well done for doing this my friend.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  4. Was in asda coatbridge tonite….long qs decided to chance these pay at the till thingys….think thats what they are called…..just my luck tenner gets stuck in the m/c ….calls over big attendant guy , who says “something funny about these machines”…they dont like tenners with facial expressions……..so its jist no stoksies da….. “

  5. ACGR Supporting Big Nan's Reveal the Masonic Judge Petition on

    VP, a big chap from Rutherglen by any chance?

     

     

    Nah only joking. It was good gassin with you last Saturday but you’re body guarding style is pretty relaxed. Your shift seemed to finish around 6PM?

     

     

    Buck up your ideas big fella and less of the abusing us fenian bassa’s wi hangovers outside our humble abodes.

  6. lennybhoy

     

     

    Get my email from HT or TBJ. Will contribute. :))

     

     

    Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.

  7. #Fearless Wee Oscar is on a Celticrollercoaster on

    I wonder if Sportscene will focus on the Lasley assault on Adam Matthews.

     

     

    Horrible animal.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  8. Lennybhoy,

     

     

    Brilliant effort and thanks for taking on this responsibility

     

     

    HT, special thanks to you, if you can pull this off, what a very special Tim you are ( & Minx)

     

     

    Hail Hail

  9. Margaret McGill on

    WeefratheTim

     

     

    22:34 on 6 October, 2013

     

    Thanks. CQN is an eggjoocation as always.

  10. VP KO'd by fearless Oscar Knox on

    ACGR

     

     

    Good to see you ghuys on Saturday,not too good to see you lot on Sunday

     

    all continental drinking ootside whilst I was working…….then you go and rub

     

    it in….do you want a coffee or something? bassa ..you know it was the something :o)

  11. ACGR Supporting Big Nan's Reveal the Masonic Judge Petition on

    Well done to the runners today and especially jobo baldie coming in with a pretty quick time. There’s nae end to the mans talents. When I golfed with him at Aberdour I knew he’d be a star, blah blah ………………………..Jobo:-)

     

     

    ACGR will donate one hundred pounds to the first cqn’r who ran today, to email me at:

     

     

    acgr@hotmail.co.uk

     

     

     

    A brilliant effort all round.

     

     

     

    Hail Hail

  12. TBJ Praying for Oscar Knox on

    Its no basketball btw … canny hold keef responsible for a broken collar bone

  13. TBJ Praying for Oscar Knox on

    Estoril

     

     

    Seriously. .. you thought a pundit might call foul.

     

     

    Only one I think might have on that show would be Barry Robson

  14. If we are still looking for donations to buy tickets count me in,i go on holiday Friday and am fairly busy this week but I can post money to anyone who is organising,a few CQN bhoys have my e mail if anyone needs to get in touch

  15. evening all , havent been on all day and just read about St John Doyle

     

    condolences to all his family.

     

    I wanted to put a shout out to the person who left behind a number(more than 10) of programmes after yesterdays game, I lifted them and waited a while to see if they returned for them but had to leave to catch bus. I have brought them home and will be back for Ajax game if anyone knows who they belong to I’ll keep popping ion here to see if anyone responds.problem is I was using the inside of the stadium to get from section 412 to the jock stein exits so I only know I got them at near half way line in upper north stand .

  16. margaret mcgill

     

     

    You truly are a seer with your assumptions, but, wtf, hens are hens, no much more you can say about them. If you can elaborate, I would welcome it. :)))

     

     

    Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.

  17. McDowellcelt god bless wee oscar on

    Great tackle on Matthews?? Same great tackle that elbows done on kayal a few years ago! Bunch a cheating hurtin bas*****.. Why do I even watch sportscene.

  18. #Fearless Wee Oscar is on a Celticrollercoaster on

    gordybhoy64

     

     

    22:59 on 6 October, 2013

     

     

    Were are you off to and are you taking VP with you? :-)

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  19. #Fearless Wee Oscar is on a Celticrollercoaster on

    estorilbhoy

     

     

    22:56 on 6 October, 2013

     

     

    Hoop u r well? Celtfish eventually sent me a copy of the pic from the first ever Thursday CQN 5s. Will send you a pic as an inspiration for a comeback :-)

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  20. It might be a while before we ever have to face the hun again.People forgetting their finances.They will get through this season,just.Next season,who knows.What we do know is they cannot operate in the same way.No cash flow.Its admin or drastic downsizing.Admin will mean no league for them next year,maybe even the next.Downsizing to the dross they had in their 1st season wont win them the Championship.

     

    I think we are ok for a wee while yet.In fact,I am sure of it.

  21. margaret mcgill

     

     

    How many signatures do you require now? Hope I brought it down to a normal dozen? :))

     

     

    Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.

  22. Tbj,

     

     

    Ano should know better but it was such a bad tackle I couldn’t believe anyone could defend it. Even for the sake of discussion ( apart from the obvious ) why not question it or discuss it??

     

     

    Shocking stuff! Should have asked Thompson or Stewart if they would have accepted that tackle on them as acceptable, well a good honest journalist would.