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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The H\o/ly St\o/ne \o/f Cl\o/nrichert is Neil Lenn\o/n,
You know as well as everyone who has been on here for years that – THAT IS AN ECUMENICAL QUESTION :-)
sftb
Ha, gotcha now, but now begs another question, which half, the boarding school or the tranny ???
Maggie has been getting it tight for a few days, but she is well capable, must be the hormones or something similar >}
HH
Get in touch with ur local MP and let him know how you feel about this bedroom tax. Only the stinking rich torys cld dream this one up!!!
Pinkety..?
Home-Time Now…
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I’m sure that was the line ET used when the mothership arrived.
AoW
yes I heard that at a meeting with Council WRO today
googybhoy
pilots have shown direct payments are going to increase arrears….
people getting evicted for rent arrears will have to be housed somewhere…
north of England are first for PiP and UC
HT
I have never used that line >}
caltontongues
haha. That’s what it has been all along.
Nite all.
Take care and god bless Timland.
HH
KTF
The H\o/ly St\o/ne \o/f Cl\o/nrichert is Neil Lenn\o/n,
Yer welcome.
Need to log off now as the Mad Mental Ecumenical hamiltontim has logged on:-)
Nite All
CT
God protect you my little Paul Daniels lookalike.
That is the third time Barca have played during a papal conclave….winning 4-0 every time!
onTwittersoMustbetrue
TET
Naw you’re THEE ET not merely ET!
And besides we all knew ET was a hun just by……
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.”
The great Nelson Mandela
blantyretim
23:38 on 12 March, 2013
AoW
yes I heard that at a meeting with Council WRO today
Not so much ” get on your bikes”‘ as get on your wheelchairs.
Appalling.
700?
Goodnight Bhoys.
Anyone got a spare roomCSC
Loud-Mouthed Leftie Mongrel Eddie Izzard….
Has Recently Had A Two-Part Programme On Al-Beeb….
Called “Meet The Izzards”……
Which Purtains To Trace His Genetic Origins Back 50,000 Years…..
Following Both Paternal And Maternal Lineages….
From Information Gained From His Own DNA Analysis…..
People Who Still Believe In Garden Fairys And Santa Clause…..
May Be Taken In By The Fable That Is Spun….
Just The Latest In A Series Of Programmes Featuring Eddie Izzard…
Made By Al-Beeb Over The Last 20 Years,.
To Soften Us Up For Even More Third World Immigration…..
In Keeping With ‘Common Purpose’
And The ‘Frankfurt School ‘ Ideology..
By Planting The Notion That We Are All ‘Mongrels’…..
On The Contrary,The Population Of These Islands Is Incredibly Ancient…..
With DNA Studies Revealing That 85% Of Our Genetic. Heritage Comes From Folk Who Settled These Sceptred Isles More Than 9 Thousand Years Ago……
There Was No ‘Celtic Invasion’…..
The Saxons Made Little Contribution….
And Did Not Displace Preexisting Settled Populations…..
The Norman Conquest Merely Replaced One Ruling Hierarchy…Saxon….With A Norman One……
Only An Addition Of 2,000 To The Population,Less Than 1% Of The Preexisting Population Of England……
Most Of The Norman Army Were Tribes Who Paid Fealty To The Normans….
And Were Shipped Back To France ….After Hastings
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/stephenoppenheimer/origins_of_the_british.php.
Sometimes the greatest truths are revealed by taking the proverbial.
http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/stockbridge-we-will-put-a-player-on-mars-by-2016-with-thanks-to-kds-website/
Cosmic!
“I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and to see realised. But my Lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
The Great Nelson Mandela.
TSD @ 00.01
I can see why those facts would cause you distress. They must interfere with some of your cherished tenets. Much better to stick your fingers in your ears and sing “LaLaLa” loudly.
As a socialist, I’d love Lamarckian inheritance to have been true. Unfortunately, the evidence pile is as low as your credibility.
Where Mandela Is Concerned…
Words Come Cheap……
He NEVER Fought Against Black Domination….
When He Took Power….Or When He Handed Over To His Successor….
This Is The Charge Laid Against Him….
And He Wasn’t A Feeble 90y Old In 1994
So Let’s Not Make The ‘Old Man Excuse’ For His Grievous Inadequacies…..
He Was Winnie’s ‘Glove Puppet’…..
And As He Mentions In His Autobiography….
His Tribe Invaded And Colonised Their Area Of Southern Africa…..
Dispossessing The Noble ‘San’ Hunter-Gatherer Race……
Who Anthropologists Think Are More Closely Related To Modern Chinese…..
Than Any Other Race On Earth…..
With Their Distinctive Oriental Features…..
And Their Yellow Skin Tones….
We stole countries! That’s how you build an empire. We stole countries with the cunning use of flags! Just sail halfway around the world, stick a flag in. “I claim India for Britain.” And they’re going, “You can’t claim us. We live here! There’s five hundred million of us.” “Do you have a flag?” “We don’t need a bloody flag, this is our country you b******d!” “No flag, no country! You can’t have one. That’s the rules… that… I’ve just made up! And I’m backing it up with this gun… that was lent from the National Rifle Association.”
Share this quote
Eddie Izzard
Kojo/TSD- whoever is at reception tonight…..
I saw the Eddie Iz program you mentioned.
“To soften us up for more Third World Immigration.”
Muppet.
So Africa wisnae the starting point of civilization?
There was a wee community in Broughty Ferry that preceded them then, eh?
Muppet.
Is it becoz they is black them Africans?
Fanny.
I suppose you have an idea where blue eyes come from? Am intrigued!
Ps. In case I forgot to say….fanny!
“I am also issuing guidance to local authorities emphasising that Discretionary Housing Payments remain available for other priority groups including the needs of people whose homes have had significant disability adaptations and those with long-term medical conditions that create difficulties in sharing a bedroom”
ok as long as there is nae shagging us Tories are ok w/it
This is now getting repetitious.
Bring your A game next time!
Or read some books outwith your comfort zone. Avoid those that incestuously reference each others publications and those with the editorial standards that would shame Fox.
Goodnight CQN.
Do you have blacks, too?” –to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001
George W Bush
Margaret – it’s gonna be window tax next……
Guy who pretends to be lots of guys
Why don’t you just say you don’t like black people? Would save a lot of pixels.
And now, up to wooden hill to me scratcher.
setting free the bears
00:10 on
13 March, 2013
” as a socialist ”
Mate.
Where did it work?
Seriously.
Beautiful in theory,but where did it work?
The theory conflicts with human nature.
Surely time to move on.
Once we all get micro chipped then we’ll be sorted.
Well well
the things you learn on here
Eddie Izzard is a mongrel
and black people don’t come from Africa.
Everyday an education eh.
Clink\o/ – pygmy mongrel if you don’t mind …some people have a short fuse…
Dead and Loving it
00:20 on
13 March, 2013
The man who ” claimed India for Britain ” was an Irishman.
And don’t forget that Mandella fella
Not a nice man at all
Sure we all remember that
……..Don’t we?
macjay1 for neil lennon
00:43 on
Tell it to Eddie
When The British Came To India,They Rescued The Hindu,Sikh And Buddhist Populations From Muslim Tyranny And Slavery…..
The Muslim Invasion Of India…..
Over Three Centuries……
Is The Bloodiest Chapter In Human History…..
With Some Historians Estimating That Up To 50 Million Hindus ,Sikhs And Buddhist Killed In This Period…..
Entire Cities,With Populations Of Up To 100,000…..Slaughtered…..
Large Sections Of The Population Taken As Slaves….
The Name ‘Hindu Kush’ Given To The Mountain Chain….
Literally Means ‘Hindu Grief’…..
So Named Because The Enslaved Hindus Could Only Look Back With Sadness…..
As They Were Led Across The Mountains To Central Asia…And Cruel Bondage
And The Flowering Of Indian Culture…
Was Crushed…When Their Universities And Libraries Were Burnt To The Ground…
By The Invaders Who Saw Nothing Of Value In Their Culture…
The British Brought Peace And Stability To India….
And Modern Administration And Transport Infrastructure….
Railway Networks And Shipping…
Canal And Dam Projects……..
Some Indians Are Genuinely Grateful For The Enlightened And Just Contribution Of The British……
But Sadly,Not Enough Of Their Number…
Remember…The Population Of India In 1948 Was The Same As That Of USA Today……300Million…
From Babylon to Babylon-don.
Inanutshellcsc.
No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than it’s opposite.”
The Great Nelson Mandela