After writing a piece on our European season for the forthcoming CQN Magazine I read the excellent contribution from SFTB this morning. It is only natural that we live in the moment but for the last 70 years of the 20th century Celtic fans, more than anyone else, viewed each day in its historical context.
Older generations would have had little choice but to keep their history alive during the lost decades between the mid-20s and mid-60s. 7-1 and the Coronation Cup, each magnificent and modest in their own way, were the highlights, while the legend of Jimmy McGrory more than anyone established what was known as the Celtic Way.
Then came Lisbon. In an instant, all that history was eclipsed. New heroes, one of whom recalled to me he was told Celtic would amount to nothing with him in the team by a ‘fan’ a few years earlier, changed everything, but for this most historical of clubs, the inheritance was not all positive.
If Jimmy McGrory established Celtic as a remarkable goal-scoring team, the incessant attacking that afternoon in Lisbon cast an unattainable shadow. It proved Celtic could win the European Cup by playing fabulous football but set a template we were cursed to attempt to follow.
The rules of the off-field game have changed often since those days, no more so than this season, when Celtic grew from a team who were penned into their own penalty box by HJK Helsinki, who needed a goal to knock us out of Europe in August, from a team the Turin media were joyous when Juventus beat home and away. Thoughts of ‘Maybe we could win this” have since emerged in Turin.
I’ve loved every minute of this season, from the last minute header in Moscow to the last minute header in Dingwall. Adding context to it is a joy for one of our tomorrows.
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Clashcitybhoy
22:28 on
12 March, 2013
true , mi amigo (in honour of Barca)
methinks the MSM are tying themselves in knots to simultaneously big them up while knocking us down . I think we could effectively have a ‘2nd’ team working it’s way through the conference while the ‘3rds’ (colts) played in SFL 2/3 .
PS Was hoping you’d ask who Vincent is – was quite proud of that one .
Sanna
Agree Googybhoy, it’s absolutely ridiculous what these Tories are imposing on us working classes. 50 years ago, the Gorbals was a classic example of major overcrowding, and as a result, Glasgow Corporation brought in housing legislation to eradicate it.
The Tories are trying to take us back to those days.
I really feel for people like your sister, they deserve better. Just dont trust the Tories!!
They haven’t forgotten what we thought of Maggie!
HH
googy
also depending on when her mother passed there is a 52week excemption
bt
Big Andy drinks Bac & coke like milk btw
Looking at a piece about the election of the new Pope earlier. They highlighted 12 possible candidates including one Cardinal Timothy Dolan from New York. Wouldn’t put any money on him mind ye, but wouldn’t it be some laugh to officially have a Tim as the Pope.
I agree Messi is a phenomenon, however some saskatcha sarsparill septa septuagenarians think Roy Aitken was the bees knees
BT
Need to meet up for a Friday Sherborne soon!
MWD
jude
know hin now….o))
blantyretim
22:41 on 12 March, 2013
googy
working in KSC Saturday/sundays so only make midweek matches..
Ok will be at the match next week. Have linked up with a few Bhoys.
Need to check out the gazebo.
Oops!
Should read sherbet and be posted from my own nomede’
MWD
MWD
yes , after your cycle and before I am hospitalised..
lionel messi wouldnt get good press if he played for celtic
Sannabhoy,
Quien es Vincent ?
blantyretim
22:45 on
12 March, 2013
googy
also depending on when her mother passed there is a 52week excemption
Thank you
She only passed away two weeks ago.
Thank you.
So who has the best league? Turkey or Scotland? Discuss?
Please no comments about Chinese colonization of Africa or Genghis McKhan invasions of Asia Minor.
This is purely about football. Like galactic taser eye.
Thanks
SFTB….
Where,O Where….Does One Begin..
Yolk Of The British…. ;-)
The San People (Bushmen) Were The Original Inhabitants Of Southern Africa..
They Are Actually A Separate Racial Group From The Bantu Negroes(Blacks)..
The Latter Originated In The Rain Forests Of Western Africa…And Migrated Eastward To The Great Lakes Region….
Further Waves Of Migration In The 1400s Saw Them Move Southwards,Along The East Coast….Waging Genocide On The San People Along The Way…..
By The Time The Dutch Colonised The Cape In 1550,(Replacing A Portuguese
Settlement That Had Existed For Decades)….The Bantu Negroes Were Invading Down The Eastern South African Coastline…..
The Western Half Of S.A. Had Only Scanty Populations Of San People….
Between The Dutch Cape…..And The Limpopo River In The North…
Which Is The Present Day Border With Namibia…..
At That Stage Of History,The Bantu Negros Had Not Penetrated The Western Half Of S.A.
So The Bantu Negros Were Invaders And Colonisers….
In Precisely The Same Way As Were The Dutch…….
The Former Came By Shanks’s Pony….
Liquidating The Indigenous San Population As They Invaded…..
The Latter Came By Sea……
Population South Africa 1900 :-
Whites……………………….1.8 Million
Blacks & San Peoples……1.5 Million..
Of Course,All This Material Used To Be In Our History Books At School…
Before The Leftie NUS Got To Work In The ’60s……
Airbrushing The Historical Records…..
To Suit Their Own Narrative….
Anthropological Studies Have Revealed That The San People Are As Racially Distinct From The Bantu Negro Invaders..
As They Are From The Other Races Of The Planet…..
More Recent Genetic Studies Have Only Reinforced This Impression……
With Analysis Of The ‘Y’ Chromosome Of San Men Suggesting That There Had Been Insignificant Contact Between The Bantu Negro And San Populations….
For More Than 50,000 Years…..
i.e. About The Same Time That The Oirish Left Africa..?
You’re Welcome..!!
S.F.T.B.
At work.
Will reply later.
BT
When is back op?
MWD
That was a great night tonight….brought back all the great Celtic CL nights this season …..pity I didn’t bet on the result, but I don’t gamble …..LOL
margaret mcgill
22:53 on 12 March, 2013
Are you on the Vodka again the night……
MWD
April 22nd….leg break then 6/8 weeks non weight bearing… o((
jinkybhoy
see you Friday morning. You’ll be there to see us off! Your never away fae el paradiso.
MWD
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
22:56 on 12 March, 2013
yes and you?
Clashcitybhoy
22:53 on
12 March, 2013
I thought you’d never ask !!
Vincent = Vincent Van Gogh = Hacking Painter = Ian Black
the boy jinky
22:51 on
12 March, 2013
They’d just speculate incessantly on when he would be signing for sevco…
googybhoy ♥ Celtic
22:53 on
12 March, 2013
If you are going to be around before the game text me, I’ll be around and will come along for a chat, can’t make after the game now, circumstances.
Will DM my mobile number on FB.
TSD
We are all Africans if you go back far enough.
There are no separate racial groups anymore. We are all mongrels. including Ampleforthians.
Said as much as you in fewer lines.
You can win back the title of Mr. Verbose
margaret mcgill
22:58 on 12 March, 2013
Barcajuice …..LOL
BT
Wooof! That sounds like fun.
So what was the diagnosis? I thought it was your back?
MWD
doc is neil lennon
22:59 on
12 March, 2013
googybhoy ♥ Celtic
22:53 on
12 March, 2013
If you are going to be around before the game text me, I’ll be around and will come along for a chat, can’t make after the game now, circumstances.
Will DM my mobile number on FB.
Cheers. Doc.
MWD
knee, old war wound causing back problems] re aline my leg by breaiking it again
SFTB
Just went back and read The Swinging Deceptive (first time in years too)
Glad I did. Your reply was superb!!! Gutting myself.
MWD :-)
If I didn’t know better I’d take you for some form of psycho analyst!!! ;-)
BT
Cheers for the advice.
Is it not wrong and sad that this Govt are throwing people out if their houses of 20 years within 52 weeks of their mothers death. Lovely anniversary.
Tory bast…….,
BT
Hope it does the job!
I’m on an every 2nd Friday rota since me and the good lady seperated in January.
So I’m free every 2nd Friday from 29th Mar.
MWD
Night all……looking forward to the Aberdeen game on Saturday already…… Grandson gracing Paradise with his presence also….
googybhoy
I know how you feel, I have nearly 200 to help for bedroom tax alone
MWD
I think he is beyond professional help.
The fascist minded are always looking for a strong man to put the world to rights. It’s a form of sublimated homo-eroticism.
TSD is Ernst Rohm mistaking Kojo for a German housepainter :-)
I knew a camel breeder called Sandl Humphries