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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ACGR Supporting Big Nan’s Reveal the Masonic Judge Petition
00:42 on 7 October, 2013
Goodnight Glasgow. I’m a brainwashed person and I say the Devil is dead.
Hail Hail brothers and sister in Celtic.
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I think you have been BRAINWASHED to not Believe.
HH bro.
Ship’s a’Going Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGf017hBa4k
petec@ 00:33,
No like you with the lazy link creation…tut tut old Bhoy :O))).
Pete, Alistair McCoist should be sprinkled in holy water and dragged through a garlic patch. If the wee fat prick spontaneously combusts then fine, we’ve all been right and he’s not beelzebub.
The search continues.
Fred C. Dobbs
Efe and Virgil are the exceptional Celts…. I think Kojo is a fine Celtic supporter, TSD is still noising up people the wrong way, as 16 roads says, he is bang on the money….
I think of Jesus heading in there on a Donkey.
CelticFirst and many others are really concerned about Secularism.
What a Tremendous Story the Almighty has let us participate in.
Celtic
petec,
I’m on safe ground with Efe & Virgil…
We have Virgil & Parker…Thunderbirds are go!
Fred C. Dobbs
01:11 on 7 October, 2013
petec,
I’m on safe ground with Efe & Virgil…
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Efe is an incredible fitba player, Neil trusted him to play, well…..
Celtic is a Story.
God Bless Bro.
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors said:
23:26 on 6 October, 2013
Pundits on Sportscene calling lasley’s tackle a good one…..he went right through Adam, throwing him into the air ……I don’t know why i still get angry at these barstewards, after all these years of the same old bigoted shoite from them, but I do….
That is just symptomatic of what is wrong with the game in Scotland and to a lesser extent England, from grass roots right up to the highest level.
When a defender goes sliding in really hard and sends the opponent flying into the air, as long as he got part of the ball, it’s deemed to be great defending.
I remember just such a tackle by Terry Butcher playing for the dead club against Hamilton Accies at Ibrox in the mid 80s. I can’t remember the name of the Accies player but Butcher skidded about 10 yards past him after sending him flying into a complete somersault. The poor guy came out with a broken leg and was lucky not to have sustained a broken neck the way he landed. But the ball had gone out for a throw in to Accies, so it was deemed to be a “great tackle”. Not even a yellow card, and not even a free-kick.
It was a horrendous tackle which was cheered to the rafters by the animals and was later praised on the radio as “no-nonsense defending”.
In Britain, if you go in hard and get the ball as well as the man, then that is all fine and dandy and if the victim ends up with a serious injury then tough. It’s just part of the game.
Dario Franchitti was a
lucky bhoytoday.
Fred
Was there no a Scott and an Adam too?
Just thinking…It wisnae Adam – it wiz Alan, used tae hing aboot in the space station – Thunderbird 5. But Broonie wiz in there for sure – he used tae hae a fly kick at them Galacticos guys.
Tom McLaughlin
01:18 on 7 October, 2013
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors said:
23:26 on 6 October, 2013
Pundits on Sportscene calling lasley’s tackle a good one…..he went right through Adam, throwing him into the air ……I don’t know why i still get angry at these barstewards, after all these years of the same old bigoted shoite from them, but I do….
That is just symptomatic of what is wrong with the game in Scotland and to a lesser extent England, from grass roots right up to the highest level.
When a defender goes sliding in really hard and sends the opponent flying into the air, as long as he got part of the ball, it’s deemed to be great defending.
I remember just such a tackle by Terry Butcher playing for the dead club against Hamilton Accies at Ibrox in the mid 80s. I can’t remember the name of the Accies player but Butcher skidded about 10 yards past him after sending him flying into a complete somersault. The poor guy came out with a broken leg and was lucky not to have sustained a broken neck the way he landed. But the ball had gone out for a throw in to Accies, so it was deemed to be a “great tackle”. Not even a yellow card, and not even a free-kick.
It was a horrendous tackle which was cheered to the rafters by the animals and was later praised on the radio as “no-nonsense defending”.
In Britain, if you go in hard and get the ball as well as the man, then that is all fine and dandy and if the victim ends up with a serious injury then tough. It’s just part of the game.
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Spanish games have a default of 5 or 6 bookings a game, usually mair.
Celtic have the best fouls against the oppo usually just because Neil has built a Team in his Image. This kind of stat is never published…. Neil was one of the least booked players? because he read the game so well.
My son helped Whitehill Welfare to a very creditable 2-2 draw with Stirling Albion in the Scottish Cup 2nd round at Forthbank on Saturday.
The replay is next Saturday at Welfare’s Ferguson Park home.
He is obviously hoping for a win but more than that, he is desperate to be in the 3rd round draw and to be paired with his heros Celtic, preferably at Celtic Park.
One can but dream :-)
Played most sports,but I don’t miss any of them.I regret this one though:
Sporting combatants playing for love not money, with only helmets for protection, clash with ash sticks while trying to catch a ball consisting of cork wrapped in thick leather flying through the air at a terrifying velocity. Welcome to the ancient Irish game of hurling, arguably the fastest contact sport played on grass. Last weekend, 82,000 people wearing the red and white of Cork or the yellow and blue of Clare watched their heroes play out what many regard as the greatest All-Ireland hurling final. Hopefully the Gaelic Athletic Association will do all sports fans everywhere a massive favour and produce DVD copies of this memorable game, where Clare emerged victorious. As Premier League soccer is again soiled with prima donna antics – see the scratch-and-send-off controversy of Torres at Spurs at the weekend – the hand-eye co-ordination and the courage and commitment of Cork and Clare were a shining example of sportsmanship.
Tom McLaughlin
04:03 on 7 October, 2013
My son helped Whitehill Welfare to a very creditable 2-2 draw with Stirling Albion in the Scottish Cup 2nd round at Forthbank on Saturday.
The replay is next Saturday at Welfare’s Ferguson Park home.
He is obviously hoping for a win but more than that, he is desperate to be in the 3rd round draw and to be paired with his heros Celtic, preferably at Celtic Park.
One can but dream :-)
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Fingers crossed then the Hoops get WW.
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16 Roads, I am with you and totally sickened by the dishonesty in the game of fitba. Celtic is a Light that Must be put on a pedestal in these Dark Times, you know about a Biblical Generation and also the significance of 70 years.
Even if we dinnae win it in the next 5 years (I say 3 years), as long as we are showing up the greedy barstewards and making the moneymade teams a laughing stock, I will be over the moon.
The Quality Street team may well be 5 years away, 2018.
Good morning Timland,
Thanks to all for their support including ideas and emails for George. Especially: TBJ, Sannabhoy, Cowiebhoy, CRC, Hamiltontim, Minx1888, P67 and morrissey the 23rd.
Timescale is tight but please have patience with me. I will provide details of how to donate asap.
Off to work, which is for the organisation that George represented Constituents. I expect we will get an email at some point today to let us know of our loss.
My email addy again lennybhoycfc@gmail.com
Love you all Celtic, CQN both are much more than a Club and a Blog, they are our Family.
God Bless you all.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Morning bhoys from a dreich G1 , soon to be CV4 .
Hail Hail to our intrepid reporter Jobo for his sterling efforts yesterday. Also to Doc for his 1/2 marathon efforts . Obv both are having a long lie . Finally to Paul67 who is presumably having a duvet day (from about lunch time yesterday , no doubt !)
Tom McLaughlin , HH to yer bhoy – unfortunately he’ll need to get through this round and the 3rd before the chance of meeting the hoops – i understand we don’t enter until the 4th round .
Sanna
Good morning friends from a rather drizzly and grey East Kilbride.
Big nan.
I’m sure it was tried a few years ago for judges to say wether they belonged to Masonic or secret societies.
They threatened to go on strike rather than declare if they were masons or not.
The government gave in.
I think the same will happen.
In an ideal world if they did refuse and threatened to strike then they’re bluff should be called.
Throw them out and elect non ludge judges.
The weather Report frae Dumbarton….
rather grizzly and they forgot about Dre… Straight outa Compton.
newradbhoy
07:18 on 7 October, 2013
Big nan.
I’m sure it was tried a few years ago for judges to say wether they belonged to Masonic or secret societies.
They threatened to go on strike rather than declare if they were masons or not.
The government gave in.
I think the same will happen.
In an ideal world if they did refuse and threatened to strike then they’re bluff should be called.
Throw them out and elect non ludge judges.
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In an Ideal World
Petec – Nil desperandum.
You are one strong Bhoy and an absolute credit.
Jobo – We are all proud of ye.
BE SEEN IN GREEN – WE ARE THE CELTS!
LegendsCSC.
Over & out.
The First Earth Summit, the Drivers, the consequences?
I love idealism but Man is a TERRIBLE sinner, even the finest Man. The old Perry Masons only have one real goal.. Perfect Man….. the latest lunatic comments frae Templar Smith (I bet he is popular, up the Order) are Brilliant. Smithy has a slot denigrating Catholicism and Celtic at the Sunday Post.
Maurice Stro?????
Good morning from the Chilterns, a sheet of chilled dew over the ground, fresh and slightly breezy…
My Heart felt condolences to St John Doyle, a great contibutor to the blog, by the sounds of it an even greater contributor to life, may his Soul RIP.
Well done to all the runners over the weekend, especially the CQNers who raised funds for the Charities.
Special Hi-5! to Jobo great time…
Well done to Lenny and the bhoys, didn’t see the game but thanks to CQN for updates/overview.
Sounds to me that young Adams Will have his soaring fledgling career stalled by the usual thuggery, ignored by a complacent/complicit Referee.
We need someone in a Director of Football role, someone with real weight within Football, and I don’t meam Scottish Football – not particularly to interefere with team affairs but to get involved in the Clubs Football affairs, someone who can call the Lasley assult for what it is, embarass the Referee and Motherwell.
It’s a tough ask but someones got to do it.
BTW Did anyone apologise?
Hail Hail
16 roads – Wee Oscar the Celtic warrior.
07:31 on 7 October, 2013
Petec – Nil desperandum.
You are one strong Bhoy and an absolute credit.
Jobo – We are all proud of ye.
BE SEEN IN GREEN – WE ARE THE CELTS!
LegendsCSC.
Over & out.
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I’m sorry for not having an encore with you m8, I need to support my Son at this moment more than ever.
Gorbi and Rocke are the reason wages globally will be Edward Woodward.
Petec – Not a bother mo chara.
Every day is like Sunday.
Sorry I don’t know how to post songs with the phone.
Respect the bold Morrissey!
Def away now.
Globalism, Protectionism, its the Drug of the ????
TV is terrible Dr Ug.
16 Roads, I have never cuddled many CQNers, yet. Time is essential but what is Time?
Good morning CQNers,
Reading the many tributes to St John Doyle it is evident he was someone someone special. Although I never had the opportunity to meet the man nor exchange posts with him it is clear he’ll be sadly missed by the Celtic family and even more so by his family.
RIP St John Doyle.
Newradbhoy @ 07:18,
“I’m sure it was tried a few years ago for judges to say wether they belonged to Masonic or secret societies…”
New Labour made a big thing of this before the ’97 election.
When they got into power they had two initiatives, one led by Jack Straw one by John Prescott.
As senior members of the Government they would jipn the Privy Council.
Within two years all initiatives were dropped..
Hail Hail
Murdochbhoy supporting Fearless Oscar
08:06 on 7 October, 2013
Good morning CQNers,
Reading the many tributes to St John Doyle it is evident he was someone someone special. Although I never had the opportunity to meet the man nor exchange posts with him it is clear he’ll be sadly missed by the Celtic family and even more so by his family.
RIP St John Doyle.
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I was in his vicinity last week, The Lord has taken home one of his finest. I remember a wee boy who was run over by a Car, I was in St Petes, Bellsmyre. I always remember they were classed as a very Religious family.
Remember? I will never forget.
Good morning from cloudy Manchester.
RIP St John Doyle
Top of the morning to you all from a grey Fife where the rosy dawn peeped out for a quick look then was smothered by rain-filled clouds coming in fast from the west.
I didn’t know George Ryan but it is obvious from the tributes paid to him on this site and elsewhere he was a gem, a rare thing these days a politician with conviction and bravery, not afraid to put his head above the parapet and take the flak that goes with being outspoken.
George was outspokenly critical in his criticism of the police in their handling of the Green Brigade.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21832701
And in that he and I had something in common. The horrific scenes of police officers bent on provocation and intimidation that I saw on television prompted me (hardly a young demo groupie at age 68) to attend the demonstration in George Square that followed. I wanted to record on film any repeat.
In the event there was none and thanks to the protestations of George and others in the mass demonstration that day the police sitting in vans in side streets did not engage with the thousands who attended the rally and we stepped back from the brink of a Fascist state that sunny afternoon.
My disgust at the “kettling” of the Celtic fans by the FoCUS police had not abated however and I volunteered to help Thomas Rannaghan, the Independent (Axe The Act) candidate in the Govan council election. And that is where I was on Saturday, and then, like George, watched the game before travelling home. Sadly as we know George never made it home.
When I heard the news of George’s death the name rang a bell in more ways than in connection with the police “kettling” incident and yesterday I checked the signatories to my petition calling for judges to register of secret society membership one of the first to sign was a George Ryan.
In the petition roll of supporters (now numbering 1,490) coming in at number 26, when only the hardy, such as the Celtic Trust officers were stepping forward to put their names on the line there is one George Ryan.
Of course I have no way of knowing that it was CQN’s St John Doyle, but I’d rather like to think that it was. From what I read and what I recall of his posts it was the sort of thing he would do.
R.I.P. George Ryan.
Petec – I honestly don’t know my friend.
But the only person on God’s earth that can do yer own head in,is yerself…
You seem to have the weight of the world on your shoulders,it’s too heavy a burden for one person to carry.
Maybe you are a prophet,but a restless mind can know no peace.
Slan.
Morning all. Dark, grey and wet down here at the moment.
Just saw Lasley’s “tackle”. He quite obviously took Adam Mathews out first. Stonewall penalty. I hope Brines never refs another of our matches; not that that is going to happen.
16 roads,
The Lord does not let us deal with anything we cannae handle.
@ night you hear, Laurent Garnier..Not Danish Bacon