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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Auldheid
11:41 on
7 October, 2013
I genuinely believe that at one point Sir David thought his conglomerate was bigger than the bank (or at least they were dependent on him, not the other way round) and he could do as he pleased.
Of course he found that that wasn’t the case.
chairbhoy
11:50 on 7 October, 2013
Yes Micktt ~ I got that.
Gid ; )
HH
Badger Tanglefoot
philbhoy-I left the Greg in ’77,was a pretty good school with decent facilities.Surprised they bulldozed it when they did.HH
I think some are being to hard on KJ,after all he has an SVQ in sports journalism.
HH
The words Sale & leaseback are
Like garlic and silver bullet to huns :))
Have a great day all
weeminger
11:54 on 7 October, 2013
Auldheid
11:41 on
7 October, 2013
I genuinely believe that at one point Sir David thought his conglomerate was bigger than the bank (or at least they were dependent on him, not the other way round) and he could do as he pleased.
Of course he found that that wasn’t the case.
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BRTH tells a great story of the day SDM found that out. Not sure if he has committed it to paper but both interesting and amusing.
Ohhhhh
For Jangle Jangle
See setanta live on air studio show with his wee best friend David Edgar .
I rest my case
chairbhoy
11:50 on 7 October, 2013
Yes Micktt ~ I got that.Thanks for posting, don’t often read DR articles, especially ones that bad, but it was so contorted and contrived as to be a must read.Hail Hail
It’s the timing of it, it’s now ok to write certain articles, articles the likes of KJ will get away with. Now that the penny is dropping. When we going to get a true piece of journalism…… liquidation and what it really means..
HH
I left the ‘Greg’ in 88 and it was ready for falling down by then.
leftclicktic-you got a link to those 2 clowns mate?
Who was this guy – sat behind PL at the game on Saturday.
@vagelisgeo
bournesouprecipe,
Ol’ Rod the Mod is looking a bit weather beaten these days
Oh what I’d give for that lot to cease to exist.
KINGLuBO
kinglubo- Setanta say they don’t exist …..:)
BSR
Somebody posted the other day asking if that was Kojo.
The piece by Keith Jackson is illuminating only in so far as taking what he says at absolute face value.
Of Course there is no mention of David Murray being responsible for any of the ills that befell the business down at Ibrox. Of course it was Lloyds that introduced Craig Whyte and his advisers and who allowed Murray to sell Rangers PLC for a pound.
Of course it was.
Forget for the moment that Jackson presumably checks his copy with others before printing it ( we know Jim Traynor used to do that ) and forget for the moment that his analysis of Craig Whyte’s business status was hopeless ( even he admits that ) and forget that we know for a fact that the Rangers press machine is primed to ensure that papers like the Record only print the versions of the story they want printed as suggested and directed by the like of Jack Irvine ( we also know that this is admitted ).
Take it at face value that this story is approved by Ibrox, approved by Murray and approved by everyone that seeks the Record’s protection, then engage your brain and go and read it again.
You are being told, as if you didn’t know it already, that by the time Whyte appeared out of nowehere, Murray was a busted flush and that the bank were running the show.
Remember when the Rangers PLC steering committee or whatever it was called published their view that the sale to Whyte was dodgy, that Whyte’s source of income was iffy, and that they recommend that the sale not proceed?
Do you recall Murray replying ” Too late, it is already done”?
That is because by that time Lloyds had told Murray he was a busted flush. he literally couldn’t go to the loo without putting his hand up and asking permission…… not that you would read that anywhere in the newspapers.
I am told that Lloyds spoke to Murray from a very senior level and told him that they had no idea how or why he had been able to borrow such much money….. never mind borrow it on the terms that he did.
I was also told that Lloyds made it plain that not only would he be getting no more money and that they were realising assets to get the money back in the door, but that they also wanted a full investigation as to just how he got the loans and that if necessary that investigation would involve the Police.
Now, join the dots here:
Why has no one ever sacked Donald Muir about the EBT’s or the wee tax case?
And when you think about it, it is quite clear that most if not all of the old Rangers Board were completely oblivious as to just how Donald Ducked Murray’s business was in financial and control terms, and just how jiggered Rangers PLC were at the same time.
Paul Murray ( a clown of a nodding dog of a Director ) says he never knew about the non disclosure of side letters and so on. Well did he know about side letters at all, and when there was a warrant for the discovery of documents and those documents were discovered, why in God’s earth did he not ask just what the hell was going on? Same with every other director?
Jackson’s article places the focus on the actings of Donald Muir…… fair enough, it is a one sided and slanted story.
However, just why was a guy from the bank allowed to rope in a guy like Whyte as per Jackson’s version of events and force through a sale?
Maybe it was because Lloyds knew that the last thing that David Murray would want… or could afford….. was a spotlight being shone on just how he had ran his businesses ( including Rangers ) and the consequences of that becoming public.
No matter what way to consider that article it tells you the same thing over and over again….. Murray had got it so wrong, had played so fast and loose with the bank, the business and the authorities that anyone……. absolutely anyone and anything……. was considered a far better bet in business terms than David Murray.
jimmci 10:36 on 7 October, 2013
Were we not breathlessly told by Keech of luminaries like Bill Miller, Mr Ng, the blue nights, Brian Kennedy…..so how was this a closed shop without offers invited?
Do they never ever read their pap back to themselves and realise they’re writing garbage?
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Spot on. Miller was given preferred bidder status. Ran away when he realised it was a total mess, surviving on CL money.
Clink\o/ 10:54
However consider the consequences had Craigie boy paid his taxes.
The whole charade would have ground to a halt mid season.
Not exactly the blip that is now being portrayed that has happened. The old club/same club argument would have a totally different dynamic.
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They all blame Whyte for not paying taxes causing them to go into administration. None of them has yet offered an alternative version of what THEY would have done to keep the club running without CL money. Paul Murray on shortbread a couple of weeks ago being the latest.
Tributes as council stalwart dies
TRIBUTES have been paid to one of Labour’s most respected and experienced Glasgow politicians.
Monday 07/10/2013
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Councillor George Ryan died, aged 51, after a suspected heart attack.
The father-of-three passed away suddenly on Saturday.
Councillor Ryan was elected to Glasgow City Council in 1995 and represented the Shettleston ward.
He was praised for his work within the city council, including helping to introduce the Living Wage and Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative.
Leader of Glasgow City Council, Councillor Gordon Matheson, today led tributes to Councillor Ryan.
He said: “This is devastating and unexpected news. We are still trying to take it in.
“I can only imagine how his family, especially his wife Linda, and his children, Christoper, Deborah and Sophie, are feeling.
“Our thoughts and our prayers are with them at this awful time.”
During his political career, Councillor Ryan held a number of high-profile roles, including executive member for business and the economy.
Councillor Matheson added: “George was a highly respected and experienced Labour councillor and trade union activist, as well as holding down a professional career in health and safety.
“He was astute, warm and popular, and a big and influencial figure in the City Chambers.
“His political background made him ideally suited to laterally lead on personnel matters within the council.
“He held many senior positions over the years, including being in charge of economic development at the time we introduced the Living Wage and Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative.
“These projects demonstrated his socialist values.
“The people of Shettleston have lost a powerful champion and the city has lost a fighter for social justice.”
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MickTT @ 12:05,
“It’s the timing of it, it’s now ok to write certain articles, articles the likes of KJ will get away with. Now that the penny is dropping. When we going to get a true piece of journalism…… liquidation and what it really means.”
Yes, there is no way you would have seen such a negative piece from the likes of KJ in the last couple of years.
The accounts have laid bare what every IB knew.
Reading between the lines of this piece, the Blue Knights are the only ones that don’t get tarred.
Guess that he sees these guys as the Saviours or maybe the least worse option…
As they don’t have the necessary shareholding, are not prepared to put in the money and have not produced a viable business plan KJ follows the standard MO and Character assasinates everyone else.
His approach seems to be – anyones better than those guys.
As far as the truth about the liquidation, it seems no-one in the MSM has any motivation to go near it.
It Will be quite sometime and alot of dust Will settle before that Will be contemplated.
Hail Hail
And of course, Jackson becomes the latest discredited journo to join the ranks of the beeb…what is it about football journalism/journalists in this country? Being spoon fed information by the likes of Ramsay Smith at media house, Jabba at hunland and the usual suspects amongst gossiping agents and players in our game (OUR game? Not so sure about that anymore).T’is a cozy clique where no one wants to rock the boat nor shoogle the gravy train…and you never know, you might get some extra shifts at the bbc or Clyde…shameless lot!
Phil, Bada Bing, MWD, TBB- Cheers Bhoys for you messages, it was not the biggest shock I was ever going to get but life goes on, need to roll out Plan B.
HH
Philboy
I went to the greg around the same time as you. I left in 1965
Hx2