Something remarkable starts today. A few hours ago, members of the Tyneside No. 1 Celtic Supporters’ Club, and others, started walking in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales. They plan to walk all the way to Celtic Park between now and 22 October.
The day they are scheduled to arrive at Paradise will be the first anniversary of the passing of Jonathan Thomas (above), a former member of the Tyneside CSC who died aged 30, after a battle with that most indiscriminate of illnesses.
Jonathan arrived in Newcastle 10 years ago from his native Wales, where he had been coached by a Celtic fan from Belfast. He joined the club and started making the pilgrimage north each home game to see Celtic.
While we all do the odd thing to mark the founding spirit of our club, Jonathan did far more than most. Alongside other Tyneside No. 1 CSC members, he walked from Newcastle to Celtic Park, then cycled from Swansea to the same destination, and completed the West Highland Way, all for Celtic charities.
Then he was taken from his family, friends and wife Sian, who he married a day before he lost his battle.
I don’t fancy walking from Merthyr Tydfil to Celtic Park, there are easier things to do in life, but when you learn what Jonathan did to raise money to help others, it seems like a reasonable undertaking in his name.
Sian, Iain McGovern (a good friend of mine), and the others will have left Merthyr already. They face an incredible journey, but two weeks from now they will walk up the Celtic Way and know they’ve lived up to the spirit of Jonathan, as well as our common 128-year heritage.
Money raised is going to the Celtic FC Foundation and Crohn’s & Colitis UK (despite what he did for our good causes, Jonathan also suffered from Colitis, a debilitating condition). This is a great Celtic supporters’ story. We’re so lucky to have people like this stand with us each week. If you can help their efforts, here, please do so.
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Macjay
GCHQ Cheltenham watch every CCTV image in Big Brother Brittania.
There’s always someone lookin/listenin in.
DELANEYS DUNKY on 9TH OCTOBER 2016 1:41 AM
Macjay
Frankly I don`t really have much of a problem with that.
Obey the law and you SHOULD have nothing to fear.
Believe me , I have a jaundiced view of the constabulary but at the same time prevention of terrorist attacks is now the prime mover , I would think , in these routine observations.
The future.
Identity cards and routine D.N.A. testing at birth.
The latter may well now be in operation.
Macjay
Me neither. As mama said, What’s for you, won’t miss you.
Nothing to hide here. :)
DELANEYS DUNKY on 9TH OCTOBER 2016 1:52 AM
Macjay
Me neither. As mama said, What’s for you, won’t miss you.
Nothing to hide here. :)
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“Methinks he doth protest too much”
The Bard CSC.
Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris-“The New Soft Shoe” from “GP”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MzU_TeBdLo
Michael Nesmith – Two Different Roads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYI15ZKIzzU
Celtic Quick News.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ajHs8tCWew
Yegottylaff.CSC
BHOYJOEBELFAST,
Late getting back to you sorry.
Your wee quiz question has got me stumped ?
Okay, I’m assuming its a trick question so my answer is, The SUBBUETTO Challenge Cup ??
IMO, the Scotland result was just about fair.
Lithuania deserved a point and for those who will call for GS head, that’s football sometimes results don’t go the way you want ?
Not that I’m too bothered, but if GS was sacked tmorra, would the SFA plead with McLeish to come back ? IMO…probably ?
Then again McCoist may waiting for the call up ?
Good morning friends from a dry, bright and cloudlessly beautiful East Kilbride.
Word of The Day
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Origin of variorum
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FAC the Act
KTF
Morning Bhoys from a sunny Central Scotland watching Scotland last night was painfull they are a poor side I honestly cant see us getting to the World cup finals but whats new ? H.H.
Queen of the South v Linfield today Sunday @ 1.00 ko.
Are the good people of Dumfries about to be subjected to yet another orangefest on their doorsteps ?
No doubt fans of Sevco will descend upon the town.
To the ” good” people of Dumfries, lock your doors and windows…..oh and lock up your toilets !
Believe me I’ve tried, but I just can’t built up any enthusiasm for the national team.
I want Wee Gordon to do well, but I’ve always associated the Scottish team with rubbish Oldco players getting a game before our heroes.
The I hear about how wee Jimmy was treated and Davie Hay and probably others.
Just switches me off.
My Dad , God rest his soul, would say ….’ if they were playing in the back garden, I wouldn’t open the curtains to watch them’
Says it all really.
One team
HH
As the Polis appear to be having a great deal of trouble identifying and arresting the Sevco fans who wrecked the toilets at Celtic Park,may I suggest assistance ?
All the Polis have to do is call in the CSA…..the Child Support Agency.
No doubt the CSA will nail the culprits in no time !
Simples.
If GS was sacked, may I suggest the perfect managerial partnership that would bring the utmost professionalism to the Scotland post, along with the tactical football nous and free flowing entertaining football of the highest order to the Scottish national team?
Bhoys and Ghirls, I give you, Ally McCoist and Chris Kamara. After all they do a sterling job in punditry oh and enticing people to lose money at the bookies !
Whit a double act they are….” Pure FA*#ies” !
I need the love ( or lust) of a good woman ,
Or even a “bad” wan would suffice !
Right I’m away to try and pick some winning gee gees ?
I was unlucky yesterday, “Three horses f##ked me for a ” Treble” !
BIG JIMMY
Maybe the polis are worried that they might find some of their own off-duty colleagues indulging in the toilets misdemenours . As happened in the previous hun toilet shennanigans.
I saw a remarkable thing myself on Friday. Was in Icmeler in Turkey, and as it was my last day I decided to go on a boat trip. Stopped off at a few spots for swimming, lunch etc, final stop was in a place called Turunc, where we got off the boat for an hour or so. Was walking about looking for a bar, as you do, when I noticed one that had butchers aprons and other white flags with red cross draped outside. I thought they were English flags, until I noticed a red hand on them. Place was hoaching with huns, mainly from the North of Ireland by the sound of it. Walked past it and up the road a bit, On my way back down I heard Tina Turners`Simply the best` coming from it. Then they all came outside to give it GSTQ. The usual horde of fat ugly twisted faced peepul.
And that was just the wummin, and i`m not kidding! Anyway, I went into a bar across the road for a beer, but wasn`t enjoying it due to their horrible sounds and their usual song book. Was checking up on the latest from CQN when the air turned nasty, shouts of f##king this and f##ing that coming from them now. I looked up from my ipad to see what was going on. It was a guy standing outside the open air bar with a big Celtic flag waving it at them and giving it pelters. Turns out one of the shops nearby was selling the Celtic flag and the guy asked to see it, took it outside and went up to show them what nice flags look like. Talk about red rag to a bull!! Anyway, although they were shouting the usual obscenities and threatening, the guy stood his ground (as the shopkeeper retrieved his flag). Balls of steel the guy had, and though mob handed none of them approached him, the guy then started walking away as they continued their abuse. He stopped, turned round and blessed himself repeatedly. Cue frothing at mouths, threats but still they remained outside their pub. I caught up with him and said well done, mate, that was very brave (I also told him he was a mad bastard!). He replied, they want to wave their flags, what harm am I doing waving mine. Had a good wee chat with the guy, he was a really nice bloke. He lives in Leeds but is a season ticket holder (standing section) and still goes to all the games. I asked him where he came from, and he told me Rutherglen, his name is John Wilson. Maybe some of you guys will know him. If any of you go to the games with him tell him I said hello. Would love to buy him a beer.
VFR800A8 on 9TH OCTOBER 2016 8:21 AM
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BOBBY RUSSELL on 9TH OCTOBER 2016 8:58 AM
Great story.
VFR
There used to a Variorum in the Greenock Telegraph – wee snippets of news , like ‘Do hut fire in Gibshill’ or ‘handsome Hun spotted in Burtons’ – was the best bit of the paper.
PS – the Handsome Hun bit was later outed as a work of fiction!
Doo Hut even
Lily’s Grampa
Sorry I missed your post last night just catching up, latest on Wullie is that he is still on life support they are trying to bring him round today, but it is a real worrying time for Irene and the boys
A commemoration plaque to honour the legendary Bobby Murdoch will be unveiled at Rutherglen town hall on Friday 14th October at 10.00am. Archie ‘wooft’ MacPhearson will be saying a few words.
Funny story Bobby russell
Hello, Gordon, ma big CESC substitute you`re up early! Do you know the guy in my previous post?
Attention all/any tree lovers!
I have two mountain ash/rowan trees in large pots that have grown to big for my garden (one’s about 10′, one about 8′). I’m looking for a new home for them, no cash to change hands, but you would have to arrange to pick them up yourself. I’m in south-side East Kilbride.
If anyone is interested drop me an email at emeraldbee67@gmail.com
Theres is one other stand-out candidate for the Scotland gig should GS step down.
I give you the new reformed and repentant………. Barry…….. (the Bazza ) Fergiehun!
Looking in from the outside, I find the treatment of Wayne Rooney particularly shocking. Scapegoated at club level and now with England. Booing your own player at home to Malta takes a special kind of class.
Bobby I know a John Wilson who used to work behind the bar in the Vogue. Smashing guy. Hh
JOBO BALDIE @ 12:00 AM,
Well I’ve got to agree…
Well actually, firstly I’ll disagree.
You are the ghuy who everyone reads and respects. You are the archetypal CQNer… Celtic supporter… we need more of this.
Now, that Scotland performance… abject..?
But you know what, I had this feeling of doom during the Malta Game…
Sure we won it, we got great goal difference but against Malta who didn’t expect “ye olde lang ball into the box”
This retro-play totally failed against a mediocre Baltic side.
The body language of the Scottish Coaches was apalling… Mark McGhee… Hands in pockets… was actually rolling his eyes when WGS was talking to him.
The formation, tactics, player selection was totally ill conceived. That’s assuming there was a formation or tactics.
Don’t get me wrong, the odd timr when we did try to pass and move often we looked good… and I think in Oliver Burke Scotland have a player. Though why anyone gave him the instruction to play the decapitated chicken role is beyond me.
The result was for me, particularly galling…
Firstly Lithuania were a poor side, who seemed to think leading into a tackle with a forearm smash was quite legitimate…
Wouldn’t have been so bad if they hadn’t been such drama queens… the made James Mac Arthur look like he was made of the same stuff of the fantastic fours Thing…
Then we had Griff on the bench… if we played him from the start we’d have won.
Very poor, very poor indeed.
Hail Hail
Praise The Lord for short masses!
backootinthesunCSC
Big Jimmy;The answer is Quizball introduced by David Vine.The Celtic team consisted of Jim Craig,Willie Wallace and Big Billy with guest John Cairney.
Lovely morning here….today will definitely be a lazy Sunday. The work was all done in the garden yesterday, just a wee 5K then on with the dinner.
Spinach and ham cannelloni for the Sunday lunch, nice bottle of Fiano to washin down.
no need to worry about the Scotland score, we will fluke a win on Tuesday, I just hope one of our bhoys are injured. Our October play list is heavy looking.
enjoy the day everyone
EK,wham ne’er a town surpasses
For honest men and short sweet masses
Sorry, I did mean “none of our bhoys “
CHAIRBHOY
The body language of the Scottish Coaches was apalling… Mark McGhee… Hands in pockets… was actually rolling his eyes when WGS was talking to him.
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That was MM being “cute” ;))