I see several “fans’ groups” are engaged on the subject of our old friend, Juninho, who played around 13 games for Celtic eight years ago and benefited from an Employee Benefit Trust before and during his time at the club.
Can you believe this is where their focus is?
As Sir David Murray and a gaggle of his former directors will tell you, there is nothing illegal in EBTs, it’s the undeclared second contracts the football authorities have a problem with. Juninho’s EBT was not subject to any contract or side letter whatsoever. Moreover, our then chairman, Brian Quinn, regarded EBTs with suspicion and instructed the club to declare Juninho’s to the Revenue. Celtic even paid tax on money paid to the EBT.
The SFA and SPL, and every journalist in Scotland interested in getting a story right, are fully aware of the facts.
I suppose running with this beats looking at links between Green and Whyte. Keep up the good work, guys!
And for the record, stripping titles is not the ultimate sanction, not by the length of Argyle St.
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i see the daily hun is in full denial mode the day
what a bunch of soup takers
murray said this coisy says that
they are irrelevant
the grieving for the death of a loved one continues
Some people were asking where the hillbillies are today.
Here
miki67 said
“Why, I even spotted one their lardbucket types on the pavements of Bournemouth the other day,waddling fearfully along a back street.”
Ah, the forbidding, dangerous back streets of Bournemouth. Not a place to dawdle or waddle…. though if waddling is as fast as a lardbucket type can go…then possibly even more bad luck awaitin’ the supporters (though not financially) of the cash strapped pork bellies.
Anybody watching the olympics? 110m hurdles? Two fell at the first (one didn’t make it that far) and I think anothe fell later on…..Bizarre
Bought at coffee from a burger van at the gazebo on Saturday didn’t look at the change, but I’ve just noticed the FIver was Bank of Ireland!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*storms away in huff CSC*
-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on 7 August, 2012 at 10:50 said:
“Anybody watching the olympics? 110m hurdles? Two fell at the first (one didn’t make it that far) and I think anothe fell later on…..Bizarre”
Are the hurdles all 110 metres high? That would explain it.
Headtheball on 7 August, 2012 at 10:47 said:
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pmsl !
miki67 on 7 August, 2012 at 10:42 said:
You’ve too much to say for yirself,I liked it better
when you had the steam powered gizmo.:O)
Bourne that’s £6 in you’re money :>)
Shrek McKeech and Doubler Dodds say….. ” A big lawyer boy did it and ran away”.
Shrek maintains that naebuddy’s takin’ his medals even though they’ll be worthless pieces of metal after the titles have been stripped.
Still he could always find a use for them. Christmas tree decorations maybe?
Hope the ole Celts get over the Helsinki hurdle.
Just watching the Men’s Hurdles..
And the Aussie Comentator said: He runs Gazelle like..
He has Obviously never Watched The Ole #9 Enigma Skipping over Der H^n (BA)..(Before Administration) Defence on Route to Goal in The Sammi Game @ iPox (BCOCD) Before closure of club Deck..
Summa of OleEnigmasCSC
PS.. Note of Caution.. Have you ever seen a Gazelle score a Penalty..??
Do the math..
………………Forster…..…
Matthews..Wilson….mulgrew…izzy
…………Brown…Vic…Super Joe…….
Forrest……………………………..Commons
……………….hooper
KDCs team for Wed ;o)
cadizzy on 7 August, 2012 at 10:25 said:
thats about believable as (S)DM’s statement!!
cadizzy on 7 August, 2012 at 10:50 said:
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You’d be surprised by the actualité of violent backstreets in backwaters like Bournemouth. I have been shocked on occasion by the wayward lurchings of crazies,high on candy-floss I assume,as they terrorize the unwary. I kid you not.
However,it is ultra rare to witness one of those witless huns in full blue regalia and faux gold accessories à la chunky munky style. Y’know the type : bellicose belligerent white lightnin’ alcoholic with an air of wearrapeepil pomposity about the cretin until he realises that there’s a giant Tim approaching, laughing. I did laugh. Couldn’t help it. The blue fella was exactly that….so depressed. I hope I ruined his day.
The Battered Bunnet
was there years ago and watched game in the irish centre in a pub on the 1st floor (right hand side if that helps) cant mind the name im afraid, sorry. Stay away from the ground floor on the left as bit of a sevco shop!!!
Apologies if already asked.
Can anyone confirm if the draw for the next round of CL Qualifying takes place this Friday?
miki67
you find somewhere for the game last week in the end?
HH
Hello….?
CQN getting Bhoycotted or something?
Weird
I logged in and last comment showing was 45 minutes ago.
Som mes que un club
yes.
Spartans offering half price STs for anyone who has bought a ST for any SPL or SFL club as a thank you for supporting Scottish football.
Spartans
ASonofDan
Noticed that aswell. When I’m logged out, I can only see the first post on the last page and when I log in, viola, all the rest appear.
Mort
Cash at the gate tonight. I wonder what the official attendance will be considering they will have to pay East Fife almost half.
I wonder how those Polish roofers are getting on as well…
A Son of Dan
Thank you.
How about the mints outburst yesterday?
10 days ago we had the sevco leader appealing to the lowest common denominator.( Everyone is a bigot, apart from sevco)
Yesterday we had the mint appealing to the lowest common denominator again (this has nothing to do with integrity he claims!)
Well they should know that we expect the guilty to be punished and NOTHING has been done about it yet.
The old huns never got relegated, they folded
The old huns never got flung out of Europe, they folded
The old huns had a fine, which they never paid, they folded
The new huns players walked away after the old huns folded
The new huns have had a transfer embargo which starts after they have signed their new players
The new huns expected to “drop the debt” and carry on regardless the following day. They got their stadium back (well kind of) for a pittance, probably because it has a 28 million quid security over it.
Twist the knife? I don’t even think they have been punished at all.
They spent their time hating Neil Lennon while they were going bankrupt
They are spending their time shouting about the titles of a folded club while they are on the verge of administration yet again
They will never learn. I blame the skools.
But we are getting an insight into the type of WATP thinking that has held this country back and its not just the ten a penny huns fans who involved either.
Anyone heard of this plan to get as many Celtic fans along to Starks Park as possible on Saturday as we dont have a game.
from Wikipedia (so it’s possibly true)
“Avenues and Alleyways” is a 1972 single recorded by Tony Christie as the theme song for the television series The Protectors. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, and was thought to be about the dangerous backstreets of Bournemouth, which at the time was a battleground for competing gangs dealing in illicit, barely rinsed shellfood to feed their candy floss habits. Known locally as the Razor Clam gangs, they gradually diversified their activities and now prey on unsuspecting waddling lardbuckets too stricken with grief to notice that someone is stealing their Buckfast.”
“In the Avenues and Alleyways:
Where the soul of a man is easy to buy.
Everybody’s wheeling, everybody’s stealing,
all the low are living a high.
Every city’s got ’em.
Can we ever stop ’em?.
Some of us are gonna try.”
Good morning CHAMPIONS
Weefra HH
Somebody earlier referred to McCourt’s style as ‘the Celtic way’.
I seriously hope it is not. To succeed in modern football, you need strength, power, pace and athleticism. the sport is now played by athletes, supported by good sports science teams as backup.
McCourt is possibly the least athletic player i have seen this century in a Hoops jersey.
He is undoubtedly talented, and offers that X-factor that can be very useful against tiring defences etc, but as a 90 minute player, he is a disgrace. I have no idea how someone like that can be tolerated in a professional environment – he should be working like a madman in the gym, on a strict diet, and doing extra strength, endurance, power sessions etc in order to bring himself up to the level required to play top-end pro football.
I am no fan of the epl, but a player like him would never be tolerated at a serious epl club – and this shows the difference between the regime at Celtic, and those ‘down south’. No wonder we continually lose to teams like swansea, norwich (x2) sunderland, wolves etc. They field guys from 1-11 who work, press, tackle, and run. Guys who have prepared themselves properly for professional sport, are strong enough not to be knocked off the ball. We have several lightweight sand dancers, who often show no signs of wanting to improve themselves physically.
It is no coincidence that the richest clubs in the UK are looking at Wanyama – football has moved on dramatically, and players like Victor are exactly what is needed. MON knew this, adn Neil played under MON for long enough that he should know it too.
McCourt needs to shape up and act like a professional – so that he can showcase his undoubted talent. The days of a Jimmy Johnstone-esque player are long gone – sad, but a fact of life.
traditionalist88 on 7 August, 2012 at 11:11 said:
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Yes….I did. The Shamrock Sports Bar in central Bournemouth.
But…..my good wife needed a roadie/sound desk mixer kinda gofer,and I couldn’t deny her as she means more to me than anything else in life,and has been hugely supportive of me.
So,I avoided the score successfully and watched it via CelticTV @ midnight.
Not ideal,but better than nothing.
And I had a great time with my missus, btw!
HH !
I have absolutely no recollection of The Protectors. Was it any good?
DBBIA
No.
“The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long – making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn (of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. fame) as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter (The Forsyte Saga) as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt (Space: 1999, Howard’s Way) as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.
Three inexplicably affluent international private detectives/troubleshooters are charged with ensuring the protection of innocents. They belong to an organization called The Protectors, based in London. Harry leads the group. The Contessa lives in Italy (when she is not working with Harry). She runs her own detective agency, which specializes in exposing art frauds and recovering stolen art. Paul Buchet works out of Paris, and is the group’s researcher and gadget specialist. Adventures range from simple kidnapping to convoluted cases of international intrigue. These characters are all very wealthy and drive exotic cars of the era, such as the Citroën SM and Jensen Interceptor.”
Cadizzy
That worms the Cockles of my heart!
Had a great time at Aberdour- you should try it one year, you don’t have to play golf…………I don’t!
Enjoy your wind down to hols.
Forster
Matthews, Mulgrew, Wanyama, Ledley
Forrest, Brown, Kayal, Samaras
Commons
Hooper.
miki67
good stuff buddy:)
Whats this about SPL deal with you tube:
SPL announce YouTube partnership
The Scottish Premier League (SPL) today announced a partnership with YouTube, the world’s number one video sharing website, which will see match highlights and exclusive content available for YouTube viewers in the UK and around the world for the next three seasons.
The groundbreaking deal is a first for league football in the UK and will see the SPL’s official YouTube channel, ‘splofficial’ screen highlights from every Clydesdale Bank Premier League match. From season 2012-13 ‘splofficial’ will be the place to catch all the goals, skills, best saves and top tackles from the top tier of Scottish football, while being a platform for supporters to share their own videos and experiences as they follow their club throughout the season.
The ‘splofficial’ channel will also cover pre and post match reaction from players and managers, as well as exclusive behind-the-scenes features, representing an exciting new means through which fans can engage with their club.
The ‘splofficial’ channel can be accessed via http://www.youtube.com/splofficial. Match highlights will be available for supporters in the UK to view from 6pm on Sundays.
Stuart MacPhee, SPL Commercial Manager, said: “Launching the ‘splofficial’ channel represents a new chapter in online fan engagement for our league. Making Clydesdale Bank Premier League content available on YouTube will allow fans to access all the best action, on and off the pitch, whenever they want and wherever they are, be it at home on the laptop or on their smartphone on the bus to work.”
Stephen Nuttall, Senior Director, Sports for YouTube Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “Football fans worldwide naturally go to YouTube to catch up on goals and highlights. Our partnership with The Scottish Premier League will give the global YouTube audience access to all aspects of Scottish football from the best on-field action to exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.”
Notes to editor
Match highlights for every match will be available for viewing on the ‘splofficial’ channel as per UEFA Holdback Restrictions:
UK and Ireland
– For matches held on Saturdays, match footage will be viewable from 18.00 on Sunday following the match; and
– For matches on all other days, match footage will be viewable from midnight on the day of the match
Outwith the UK and Ireland
– For matches held on Saturdays, match footage will be viewable from 22.00 on the evening of the match; and
– For matches on all other days, match footage will be viewable from midnight on the day of the match.
West Brom sign Bremen striker Markus Rosenburg. Simon Cox to us?? We were supposedly interested in him.
‘Three inexplicably affluent international private detectives/troubleshooters are charged with ensuring the protection of innocents’- so no chance of Harry , Tony and the wee Contessa joinin’ ole Cee Lo’s list of mystery investors, as the Horribles are guilty as sin.