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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67heaven
I want to get me one of those Chuckles calculators for doing my tax return!
HH
corkcelt
21:41 on 4 March, 2013
‘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.’
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I was there.
They weren’t local plod. They were some kind of riot squad who were in town because of the demonstrations that had been held in protest at the restrictions placed on the local fishing fleet being confined to harbour because of an oil spillage.
67heaven
Must be all weans and freebies inside ipox!
HH
dixiebhoy69
21:49 on
4 March, 2013
They’re in short supply ……. Most of them work accurately….HE HE
I was there too Ernie, they were a fairly nasty bunch, where ever they came from. Not sure what kicked it off, I was just sitting eating a sandwich and suddenly all Hell broke loose.
Greenlion2.
I’ve had a few drinks with him before and he’s quick to go into his pocket, so no problem there.
saltires en sevilla
21:28 on
4 March, 2013
SEN
myself and three Swindon bhoys heading over without tickets. If you hear of any going can you email Paul at celticquicknews@gmail.com who can pass the message onto me.
Celtic tickets only of course. Willing to take the chance of getting in.
Safe trip
Celtfish
Seeing as all the real estate that thems got for knock down has suddenly mushroomed in price.Would BDO calling looking for a realistic return on those self same assets be enough to tip them over the edge
oldtim67
21:57 on 4 March, 2013
Quick into his pocket…slow out of it…
STV SPECIAL PROGRAMME CHANGE……………………………..Where now for the Catholic Church in Scotland?
AnywhereButScotlandTheyWant CSC
ITV NEWS AT TEN ……………………………………………..Oh The Queen she is soooooo fit
Threesie?
Clink\o/
BDO are not interested in sevco, or anything to do with sevco.
They are after oldco’s directors, it will not come as a shock, that they won’t get any, but the show is on the road, and they look to be doing something.
All fair in love and business.
HH
“I admit to being hyper-sensitive about deliberate agendas as, when I joined the BBC more than four decades ago, I found myself in a departmental anti-Catholic, anti-Celtic ethos which I had to fight against…”
Archie McPherson
Big cup winners
Aye mate – arriving Lyon around 09:00 tomorrow morning.
Meant overnight there Tuesday nite and into Turin Wed lunchtime.
Lashing of Cucumber sandwiches and Earl Grey tea should sustain us ok.
Maybe a wee glass of Chablis at some point tomorrow afternoon for the more adventurous ;-)
Is it true the bbc never employed catholics up till 1970?
Celtic three down from first leg, and Juventus have to open an extra section for visiting fans in Turin.
celtfish
22:00 on 4 March, 2013
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We are down 11 tickets here. If you go to the Juventus.com site you can register with their agents and buy tickets online – the sections 214 & 215 are available with odd tickets at 85 euro. Get to a printer and print them off.
HH
ah, her maj in red…..same colour as her ring……if you get my drift.
tommysbhoy
22:12 on 4 March, 2013
‘Is it true the bbc never employed catholics up till 1970?’
Not sure of the date but BBC Scotland certainly were very late in the day in employing Catholics but they weren’t alone in that regard. The Glasgow Herald wasn’t exactly first off the blocks.
It’s a Scottish thing.
Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares C4……………………….Wonder if he’ll swear, shout call the owners lazy, and tell them to change the menu?
TET
Cheers mate my bad -driving overnight to Lyon arriving around 10 ishh Tuesday morning.
Overnight stay is Tuesday
HH
Doc is Neil Lennon
21:32 on
4 March, 2013
That’s not a surprise, some ugly CQNers about :-)
HH
CRC
saltires en sevilla
Bring us back a win.
HH
GL2
Ill burst you !
Off topic .. Good to see the Blood n bandages getting back on winning ways against An Dun in the allianz. Oh oh oh to be oh to be a REBEL. Ps to all our Bhoys traveling to Turin the toilet ! Enjoy yer trip lads stay safe and focused ! That Juve mob are a nasty nasty outfit and their Feds ask no questions. So keep your wits about ye HAIL HAIL !
Quite surprised that manure are outsiders for their game against Real tomorrow.
Utd are 21/10…Real 13/10…or there abouts, brit bookies as well.
I can’t see past a draw, we will see.
saltires en sevilla
Fantastic, a road trip to Europe.
Haven’t been to a game by bus for ages. Best way to go in a lot of ways.
Remember going to the Partizan game, which was played in Mostar many moons ago. Left right after a St Mirren game at Love street, on The Downcraig CSC. Pretty sure it took us the best part of two days.
Always remember the bus got lost somewhere after Split when we came across two hitch-hiking Tims who were holidaying in Dubrovnik. Lucky guys indeed, holiday on the Adriaticin Dubrovnik and still managing to get the 46 bus to the game.
Doucha Bhoy, Toffee Tim.
Ernie lynch
thanks for that..i may have read about it in here some time ago..shocking realy
TET
Madrid are playing well ….Utd not doing too badly but the EPL isn’t la liga
No EPL teams in the last 8 …my prediction
T/Over of £9.5m and a loss of £7m…..that really takes hard work to achieve!!
They really do not learn from their mistakes of living beyond their means!
What is interesting is that whilst they have £21m in the bank at 31 Dec that includes deferred income of £8m. So in simple terms this is cash up front for season tickets for the fans still to enjoy the benefits (really?), but with costs still to pay!!! So deduct this as non income and a further £1m per month loss to the end of May and the cash is already down to £8m.
We need to watch out for a reconstruction which escalates them through the divisions.
This business model in it’s current form is doomed!
HH
CRC
Is Patrick Harvie Green MSP …a secularist or an anti catholic bigot …
Pat Mc Shannon worked for the BBC in the sixties and did for 30 years
Yeh good luck to all the bhoys travelling to turin..the images of 81? Still haunt me..guys slashed and stabed ..pics all over the daily retard…have a safe trip and be smart over there h.h
I’m still miffed that mrs. miki and I are not on the cycling for oscar list published regularly here.
Saddened, hurt, and close to tears.
bsr
You keep the ball now. <:0)
Got to laugh. Both English and Spiers on Shortbread say that the vast majority at Sevco would have no problem in signing John Daly.
Wonder what Jimmy Bell would say?