So how about this scenario, Celtic Youths are trailing in their league with 10 games to go when they register three new players, but someone’s ‘at it’. The players are all over-age but the date of birth on their registration forms have been incorrectly completed, so the players are registered and become eligible to play the remaining games. Celtic Youths win their remaining games and win the league.
At the end of the season the deception is uncovered. The people responsible for filling the forms out incorrectly are criticised but one is president of the Scottish Football Association, who give evidence to an inquiry that as the Association registered the players, the results must stand.
Time to “draw a line under it” is the line from the SFA chief executive, hoping with all his might that no one mentions the Scottish Youth Cup games the players also played in, which would invoke a parallel punishment to the one recently imposed on Spartans Youths for exactly the same offence in the same competition. The chief exec also dismisses attempts to call those criticised by the inquiry to account as scapegoating.
Ridiculous? Of course, but this is what we’ve just experienced, with another club, of course.
Challenging the verdict, if possible, is a worthwhile endeavour but it will only treat one symptom of the many issues facing Scottish Premier League clubs, who could be forgiven for losing the will to compete within the rules. Fans of several SPL clubs now believe their best interests are served by playing in an environment beyond Scotland – for a whole range of reasons.
We have to work with fans of other clubs to make the case for the SPL, as a unit, to leave Scottish football (I see cross-club initiatives are already underway).
On a completely unrelated question, if you had £21m in the bank late last year, and you were burning cash at £1m per month, which year would you run out of money?
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Good Evening.
Miki67
If you are reading this– should you come across this in the wee small hours and are tempted to post just like you did last night—- then here is something that I hope will bring you cheer and a smile of contentment.
I have long held the view that this is one of the best and most powerful pieces of poetry recitation and it should be listened to again and again.
And so my friend— do not go gentle into that good night:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xh66ne_do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night-richard-burton_creation#.UTUKFaJQAsQ
Oh and if you have longer to listen then there is of course the vocal masterpiece that is to be found here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xg1hm4_dylan-thomas-under-milk-wood-1-12_creation#.UTUO0qJQAsQ
Beyond that thoughts, prayers and God’s blessings upon you my friend.
BRTH
shieldmuir celtic
17:35 on
4 March, 2013
I hope that our club gets the other S.P.L. clubs to rally round and challenge the nonsense of the Lord Nimmo judgement on the following grounds –
– That they gained no ‘football’ benefits from the non- disclosure of the dual contracts ;
– The continued participation of Campbell Ogilvie in S.F.A. affairs after the judge’s condemnation of the activities of the Ranger’s Board of Directors,
of which he was a prominent member;
– The breaches of S.P.L./S.F.A. rules and regulations;
– The need to change the ludicrous S.F.A. regulations on registration:
– The breach of U.E.F.A’s regulations in European matches.
I think that this provides an adequate agenda which should gain the interest and support of other clubs. I would imagine the help of an eagle-eyed lawyer of the style of the late Paul McBride woud be vey helpful.
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i am confident the Celtic Board will be very carefully reviewing all this with our lawyers (including greengo’s ongoing, unchallenged, rants)………. I’m beginning to ask myself why we need to remain silent, now that the collusion / agenda is becoming so obvious….. We await developments with interest…….it really is getting silly now …….. Celtic may be awaiting the big BDO / UTT (asset / tax) decisions……
My opinion……we should ‘go for the jugular’ at the strategically ‘right time’ ……they will not keep us timmies down …..we destroyed their favoured team, and we will destroy any attempt to carry on any ‘cheating’ moving forward…..
67heaven, how are you bhoy? You at the lions do on Friday?
Cork
Looking at it on a sausage here in Germany…
Wish I was there!
New stadium is less than 1km from my house in Dublin :-(
che
21:16 on
4 March, 2013
To be fair, he needs the money to pay for the christmas presents…
Voguepunter etc,
Don’t know if youse have noticed, but the Beeb is playing its ignoble part in this saga, too. Their recent “reports” have included a spokesman from Stonewall, the gay lobby group, who could fairly enough comment on their own issues but have nothing to do with The Church. The same reports have referred to “a crisis engulfing the Church in Scotland”: a crisis there certainly is, but “engulfing is gross exaggeration. Of course, as Pogmathyonhun says, the worst feature is that the faithfull have been let down by those whom they trusted – but as one of the Edinburgh church-goers remarked, we believe in God & not in bishops.
PS apologies to not-Catholic readers for hanging out dirty washing which may not be relevant to them.
dixiebhoy69
21:22 on 4 March, 2013
No, you never invited me, ya wee shoite…..LOL
Like the look of Setanta Scores, Sligo Rovers (Bro. Walfrid territory leading 5 nil. Shamrock Rovers (who I don’t particularly like) leading Linfield (who I detest) 4-1 and finally Cork City (Who I Love, but not as much as I love Celtic) leading 2 nil and 3 nil on agregate.
So this ‘precedence’ in registration of players……
Could sion take UEFA to the court of arbitration signalling this earth shattering precedence?
big-cup-winners
21:15 on 4 March, 2013
4-1 to Rovers.
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Didn’t know sevco were playing tonight…..
Good evening fellow Celts -dry & traffic clear on A20
En route to Turin.
Bus arriving at Dover shortly – overnight in Lyon.
Early goal for bhoys and game on!
HH
What are they going to call the big derelict hoose………’ipox direct’, go straight to jail, do not pass go…. Hehe
67heaven
Sorry, thought you were going anyway! Two little bhoys on the way in July by the way, me and Mrs Dixiebhoy found out on Thursday!
HH
Miki67
Today I’ve been deleting my old files. When I write long post I sometimes use Word as spellchecker for English. See that we had first exchange on opinions long time ago. One of us is or both of us are hooligans. Keep it going, Sir.
On something tonight?
I might be on Prosack the beard.
67heaven
I’m not very good at maths but what is 38000 x £258?
dixiebhoy69
We’ll need to have a wee Celtic night out soon………
For the CQNers at table39 on Friday night, CFC emailed me today to tell me you broke the camera!
corkcelt/EBM
At least the guards will have no bother getting the linfield supporters out of Tallaght tonight.
I was at the game in Inchicore a few seasons ago against them, took the guards ages to get them all on to their buses, kept us in the ground for over an hour.
Oldtim67
We’ll get someone to give us a lift. I’ll phone him this week and get something organised.
Sevco want to talk to Daly?
lol!
That Chuck ‘trimming’ the wage bill?
Crass publicity stunt.
67 heaven , i agree time for Celtic to say enough is enough and rip the LNS report to shreds highliting the SFA mans role in it. I think we will be on our own but we canot let this pass without a fight.
Over to you Peter
A kick in the arse off ten mill.
67heaven
I’m not very good at accounts but where would 38000 x £258 (min) appear on a companies accounts? And where would 7000 x £16 also appear on said same accounts?
saltires en sevilla
21:28 on
4 March, 2013
Always good to hear bhoys on the road but take care in Turin and come back with a victory:)
dixiebhoy69
21:30 on 4 March, 2013
67heaven
I’m not very good at maths but what is 38000 x £258?
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£22m…..and, in the next accounts, it will be £957, 351,690…….lthis will allow themto buy 9 or 10 ROI players, with the remainder being used to restore the stadium for BDO……LOL
However the picture will be available in a couple of days;-)
I’ll email and Facebook the link to all you goodlookin’ Tims.
prestonpans bhoys
21:35 on
4 March, 2013
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We will
&
We will
HH
oldtim67
21:08 on 4 March, 2013
PFayr.
It’s a freebie, and you have plenty of time to consider it. Game’s on the 16th,plenty time before your holidays.
The old CQN clique at it again….. Haha… Oldtim try getting him to buy a drink
Just reminds me what a special person Richard Burton was.
Don’t doubt he made many mistakes in his life, few of us don’t, but we were poorer for his departure.
HH Miki.
dougc
21:34 on 4 March, 2013
..and the entire Celtic family would get RIGHT behind Celtic, as we always have……. There’s a storm brewing…….we beat them into liquidation, and we will now beat their would- be benefactors….bring it on !!!!!!!
saltires en sevilla
Your a long way from your kip then !
Good luck on your travels.
TET They are a really nasty shower, was at a Cork/Linfield game many many moons ago in Dublin and they attacked our buses. There were rocks raining through the windows, lucky no one was seriously injured or killed.
P.S. Talking about attacks were any CQN’ers in the airport in Vigo after the Celtic v Celta Vigo game, when the local polis waded into us with their batons. It had been a great trip, we were welcomed with open arms by the locals, never forget the sight of a huge tricolour being hung from the top of a high apartment block, it must have reached down about 10 stories. However the locals and the local polis were entirely different animals.
saltires en sevilla
Over morning in Lyon….it’s about 500 miles to Lyon from Dover……
Enjoy anyways.
HH
dixiebhoy69
21:34 on 4 March, 2013
Your not very good at accounts….aye, right……LOL
GL2
What kinda craic is that ??
I’m always at the bar….with the kitty money?
dixiebhoy69
21:29 on 4 March, 2013
67heaven
Sorry, thought you were going anyway! Two little bhoys on the way in July by the way, me and Mrs Dixiebhoy found out on Thursday!
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i told you not to ‘find out’ ……..hahahahahahaha….absolutely brilliant…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miki67……. Just read your post 2.06. Thanks for the moving life perspective fella. Please accept my offer of prayers at daily mass. God bless and Hail Hail .
doc is neil lennon
21:36 on 4 March, 2013
However the picture will be available in a couple of days;-)
I’ll email and Facebook the link to all you goodlookin’ Tims.
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Cheers doc;-))