It’s just another story of a player sitting in the stands at Dundee before moving to the bench at Hibs and then a four year contract at Celtic. All in less than four months. Scott Bain is 26 years old and were it not for a personal issue with Neil McCann would still be at Dens Park.
Instead, he will see out his 20s as a Celtic goalkeeper. He is 11 years younger than Dorus de Vries (37) and 9 younger than Craig Gordon (35). He caught Brendan Rodgers eye and is now a development project for the manager. The future is his, if he can grasp it.
Congratulations on your new contract, Scott.
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WHATISTHESTARS
MACJAY probably misses you anaw,bud. Nothing better than bouncing abrasive opinions off people when you know there is no chance of it leading to a fall-out.
That’s what friends,even cyber-friends,are for.
Big Packy
Angel is fine pal
She went to groomers last week and looks smashing
How are your 2 Frankie and Benny.
And more importantly how is your wife after last weeks incident
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS, good job i did not leave that box of marlborough at the air balloon for you.smiley thing.hh.
Bobby
I agree.
We could argue all night vehemently about left wing right wing politics and then end by agreeing with each other that Paddy Roberts has to play next game etc
I remember Edward Ursus a genuine man,I honestly can’t remember him being hunted from the blog.
Back in those days everyone was friendly to one and another,Normally we would stick up for each other,and if Edward was being baited by someone, others would have stuck up for him.
I thought he just left under his own accord, it wasn’t that kind of blog back then,if it was I would have called it a day pretty quickly,Now this blog has gone downhill and it’s quite hard to come on here and post now a days, He was a genuine Rangers man.
If Pablo met him I would probably have met him,because Pablo and I were always going to the games together.
My memory is quite bad now and I can’t remember what I had for breakfast this morning so maybe I didn’t meet him but I wish I had.
WHAT IS THE STARS. we are all fine pal thanks for asking .hh.
WHATISTHESTARS
I was in hospital for over a week,never felt the need for a smoke. Bearing in mind why I was in there,and the effort put in on my behalf by the doctors,nurses,porters,et al,it would have been plain ignorant not to have at least tried to give up,having that as a start.
Cleaned out all my baccy products on my release. That means that if I want a smoke,I need to get dressed and go over to the nearest shop or garage. Which isn’t likely.
But,blinking flip,I still get twitchy for a smoke. Often.
OLDTIM67, how are pal nice to see you posting.hh.
That big No 4 for Dundee United – Mark Durnan – is possibly the worst professional footballer I have ever seen,
Poor touch, poor decision making, poor positioning, poor passing, poor haircut – an all-round big, rotten lump of wood.
Makes Bilel Mohsni look like Franz Beckenbauer.
HH
BGFC
ComeOnTheDundeeHibernianCSC
It’s the anniversary today of the Bradford fire tragedy.
56 dead, 265 people injured. Those are the cold stats, but anyone who was there that day will have to bear the appalling scenes they witnessed forever.
No one should have to see that. No-one.
I worked for the Bradford newspaper, the Telegraph & Argus, joined it a year after the tragedy.
I soon learned that Bradford’s way of dealing with it was with quiet dignity. It still is. So I won’t go on about it.
My wife was at the game. She and her dad were near the front of the stand and managed to get on to the pitch to get away from the flames.
“Flames” isn’t the right word though – it sounds cosy and warm.
In one of the very, very few times she has spoken about it, she said: “We got out over the wall and I ran with my dad to the other side of the pitch, and even there the heat was so bad my eyebrows and my hair started singeing, then burning.
“It was just so sudden, so fast. It went up so fast. Somebody put the flames on my head out, put a T-shirt or something over my head, and we got out.”
If I could ask for a wee prayer, from them as believes, for the victims living and dead, I am sure it wouldn’t go amiss.
BIG GEORGES FAN CLUB – HAIL, HAIL, WEE OSCAR. can you get off the fence.smiley thing.hh.
Greenbingley
Shocking
Thank God your wife made it out safe
Gents,
Totally agree. The common denominator for all of us ( well nearly all of us ) is Celtic. Apart from that, we may have much in common, however we may not. It shouldn’t matter providing common civility is displayed and the blogs few rules are observed
It’s amazing how time clouds our recollection.though. Imo 2013 and 2014 were the most raucous I can remember on the blog.
HH.
Old posters who have left or just gone, this from 2008 –
Ulysses McGhee COMMENT-DATE:28/04/2008, 16:53 COMMENT-BODY:Serpent’s tongue – great post and sadly, relentlessly, true.
Their goalie (one in particular) acted with impunity, both on and off the field. McGregor himself is trying to build a certain hero mystique about himself…
And yet Artur Bowritz (If the press and commentators are to be believed) is vilified. Because there’s a bigger undertow at work here. He is the pinnacle, the fullest representation of the new immigrant flow the ‘peepul’ have to rail against. He is the bogeyman for their deluded fears re them people, them catholic people, coming over here and stealing our jobs.
He is big and powerful and successful and does not like them and is not afraid to show it and reminds them that we live in a time where their ideas of tolerance are not the measuring stick or the guidelines by which people should behave.
The nation’s – and I strongly italic nation – response to him has been nothing short of unforgivable and dark and twisted.
He holds up the crack’d looking glass and they hate what they see yet are too rooted in their hatred to change and find the easiest route from introspection is vocal and optical asault.
Abba Adonai
My favourite post from ‘a right good bluenose’ Edward Ursus’ was his pic of his two lovely Grand kids
bouncing on their trampoline in their new Celtic tops :O)
Eddie Ursus …a good guy.hh
Looking forward to a great end to the season – League Champions Sunday, Cup Final Saturday followed by Broonie Sunday.
I hope Dundee United win tonight. I have family in Broughty Ferry and know many decent Utd fans from there.
HH
…….and God Bless Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit. Loved your music Scott – RIP.
GREENINBINGLEYINOSLO, me and joan watched it on the tv, she was in tears. prayers said.ktf.
WITS
Had a couple of chats with Edward Ursus on the blog. Real gentleman. Surpassed himself at the time of wee Jinky’s passing (yes that long ago). A credit to himself and what HE represented and never ever a Hun.
Edward if you lurk you would be welcomed back (I hope).
BIG GEORGES,
Football was so simpler when most teams had lumps of wood in defence in particular.
AR , on his performance for united tonight will not be our right back , poor defensivly and rash tackling ,not a good combination.
Quite interesting to look at the RH sidebar. Five archived blogs,and around 15000 posts between them.
Not that long ago either,maybe four,five,years or so ago. I wonder who or what happened round about then that so many people gave up.
Genuine question. Did they give up on the blog or did they give up on Celtic? Were they p’d off with how the blog was going,or with how they viewed Celtic’s aquiescence to a Newco?
GREENBINGLEYINOSLO
Wee prayer said here too!
C’mon the next pub team wi fireman/woman defenders who play on long grass.
What’ll it be this week, “we’ve had a tiring season!” ?
Who would win a fight between…..
The 1994 Celts For Change Jungle Rebels ?
Or,……
The 2018 Soul Searching Schophantic Suck Ups ?
The Game, The Game Is Over,…….The Rebels Have Gone!
Nurse, nurse……CSC
Woof! Woof!
……oot.
Big Packy.
I’ve renewed my season ticket so that’s a sign that I’m getting better,whether I’ll use it is another matter.
I feel better at the moment but illness can return very quickly,I’m getting a bit past it now,78 years and ten months,at times I wish it would finish me off but other times I feel great especially just before I go to bed,after my smoke.
SFTB, my caveat re Ian banker is that I do not agree with all their decisions or stances; though I recognise there are good elements in what they do.
I do realise it was tongue in cheek, but I better get my defence in before eThe Madmhan comes after me again!
KTF
and this……
COMMENT-AUTHOR: Benjy Bhoy COMMENT-DATE:28/04/2008, 20:11 COMMENT-BODY:My understanding of ‘bouncy bouncy’ is that it imitates the actions of loyalist thugs that killed a guy during the troubles by stamping on his head? Is this true? ——– COMMENT-AUTHOR: canamalar COMMENT-DATE:28/04/2008, 20:14 COMMENT-BODY:blog broke again ?? ——– COMMENT-AUTHOR: Mymum’scousin COMMENT-DATE:28/04/2008, 20:14 COMMENT-BODY:Hmmmm, not so sure about all this. I know I’m going to annoy a few fellow fans here, but i am pretty uncomfortable with the t-shirt, and indeed, singing pretty foul songs about Nacho Novo’s premature demise to the tune of a favourite hymn of mine.
I’d rather keep religion out of it altogether. Otherwise, we lower ourselves to that lot’s heinously low level.
I’ve also had a bit of an issue with Artur blessing himself on occasion in front of them the way he has done a few times. I know he always does it and has every right to do so. I just think, if we’re being 100% honest here, he uses it a bit against the FODs. At mass on Sunday, the priest (Father Speedy Gonzalez at St Ninians, Knightswood 30 mins guaranteed btw!) said the 2 most important commandments are love the lord your god, and love your enemy. Some of this doesn’t fit somehow.
Hell, even as I write this I can feel the replies coming. I’m genuinely not trying to wind anyone up – yesterday was a great confidence boost and victory. Just before half-time I would have done anything to stop that bl00dy bouncy nonsense. We did just that in the best way possible – on the park. Sent them homewards to think again. But I do think Artur uses his (and my) religion as a weapon to counter the bile he receives each week. I think if Alexander did have a t-shirt saying ‘God save the Queen’ (or God save The Moderator to be precise!) there would be serious repercussions from us. I hate to think what might have happened if we lost and he did that.
We do suffer from racism, we do suffer from sectarianism. I just think there is a way of dealing with it that shouldn’t involve using religious figures, symbols, songs or whatever. We have UEFA, we have Brussels (and we’ve so far come out rather well with those bodies in my opinion – the tides are changing – of course a lot of this bile still exists (I wouldn’t deny that for one nano-second) I’m just saying we have a part to play in it all as well.
Some of that comes from what is perceived to be our lack of willingness to let go of our Irish foundations. I am very proud that all my grandparents are Irish, but I also want to be part of a progressive Scottish society. People move on, times move on, and yes, we should never lose that part of our identity. But perhaps we have a bigger part to play in all this than we think? It’s time to use the head. Use examples, not to cry wolf at absolutely everything, pick our moment, and make strong, strong arguements that are impossible to argue against. E.g Back Tartan Day in New York, and then say we’re looking forward to all the Glaswegian/Scottish politicians from across the spectrum coming out for St Patrick’s Day for the many thousand people of Irish descent in this our (relatively new) home.
Remember, we are not a Roman Catholic club, we are a club for ALL religions or those with no religion. (Only one club had a religious issue for so long, let’s keep it that way.)
To the game – 3 points. 9 more please. Paul, you’ve read my mind a cupla times over the past week. First was to point out the apostrophe mistake in that Rankers banner. Corker. Second was the ‘second-hand’ celebrations of non goal-scoring players of late. I actually noticed it a week before the Skippy one you aluded to. I think it was the Aberdeen game. Bobo, Wilson, Mick (obviously), Hartley (obviously) and one or 2 others punched the air like it REALLY meant something to them. For me, that has been the most significant shift over the past while. It’s like our players are beginning to ‘get it’ what it takes and what it means to play in the hoops.
Finally, to that McGrory banner – told the old dear, she was delighted!
There’s too much bile out there people, let’s keep a bit of perspective. They are our biggest rivals and probably always will be, so by all means have a right good pop at them, and support anyone playing against them, but let’s do it in the spirit of the great club we love, and keep religion out of it.
Forza Firenze! Mon the Hibs! Mon the Doonhammers!
Well done to all those who kept supporting the players and manager during the recent monthus horribulus, when we were sinking a bit. Keep up the good work fellas.
(Almost bought some old media today for the first time in 2 years. Almost.)
Good grief. What a feckin’ bore.
GREENINBINGLEY
As I mentioned earlier,I’ve seen the video. It’s incredible how quickly things went from a lick of flame to an inferno.
Your wife and her Dad will never forget that,their trauma will be forever. But they can count their blessings that they got out of it.
That awkward moment when you hear a commentator saying Bilel Mohsni.
Dearie me. Whoever wins this, I can’t see either of them getting through a play off.
OLDTIM67
You and my Dad are the oldest fellas on here,I believe. He loves having someone to compare notes with,so don’t you dare leave him without a back-up!!!
We have 9 for The Champions Breakfast in Coias on Sunday at 10:30; one more seat at the table (or 3 if we make it a table of 12).
Anyone interested, let me know.
Also looking to see if anyone fancies a catchup and grub before the Cup Final – grub in Coias and a Hackney to Hamdump.
KTF
https://www.celticdayone.com/
Looks like KEVJ is overloading again
DD: Go and renew your ticket. You know you want to. Thanks for your kind offer last night, btw. I don’t believe there’s a waiting lhist either.
?:-) I’m going to wait on an offer from the club as I’ll pay for it via an AICSC payment scheme which is better than the normal payment scheme.
If I don’t get offered a ticket I’ll plague the bhlog with requests:-). Always happy to pay the going rate for a ticket.
OLDTIM67-your only 8months older than my dad?We renewed our season tickets last week.Hopefully you get to as many games next season as possible ?
I’m intrigued what constitutes a hun and a bluenose. To many if not most Scottish football supporters there is no difference. Hun is just a collective term . It is only derogatory to those who wish to be offended.
To date there are numerous theories where the term originated from and imo none are conclusive. Even some journalists have used it for goodness sake.
I realise we all have differing opinions on terminology, but to the best of my knowledge that’s all they are: opinions.
HH.
Supersammi was a prolific, if short lived hun poster, one of few whose account was adjourned sine die.
BMCUWP
“Isn’t that what friends are for” by Bruce Cockburn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnakJFBsB3g
Fine song with a beautiful chorus.
For EdUrsus, Pablophanque, the BarcaMole & so many others.
HH