St Johnstone have been a managerial proving ground in recent seasons. Owen Coyle did a great deal of good work without achieving promotion to the SPL, but his two years there managed to sufficiently impress Burnley that they tempted him south. The people of Burnley were probably as surprised as the rest of us when Own led them to the FA Premier League but five months into the season he jumped ship to Bolton Wanderers.
Coyle kept Bolton up in 2010 and again in 2011 but they slipped from the league last summer. Poor form in the Championship soon turned sentiment against the manger and he was relieved of his duties in October.
Derek McInnes followed Coyle at St Johnstone and brought them into the SPL in his first full season but 15 months ago, after being touted for several jobs in England, he left for Bristol City, who, bottom of the Championship, sacked him today.
Steve Lomas is St Johnstone’s current manager and the latest to impress clubs south of the border offering larger pay-packets. He would be foolish to accept a job from a struggling club who have sacked their manager mid-season. As we have said several times before, managers receive a great deal of credit or blame but the success of a football club is infinitely more dependent on the entire structure of the club.
St Johnstone’s structure is just fine. The same is true of Inverness, where Terry Butcher decided to stay this week, as well as Ross County and Motherwell. The city clubs, Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts, Dundee United and Dundee all churn through seasons as compulsive underachievers. If they were able to do something about this fact our league would be the envy of most.
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Seville, Flew to Malaga, stayed in Benemadena and bussed up. So many memories, had tickets ok, the crowd singing “We’re Celtic Supporters” after the final whistle. The next day sitting in a pub, about 2 dozen Celts there every one a bit down chatting quietly, when a wee rotund Celt with a grin from one ear to the other skips in singing “Have you seen a sun burned Hun, No-Oh No-Oh, suddenly the whole atmosphere changed and the craic started. Rushing back to the Hotel with my nephew to catch the bus to the Airport, waylaid by 2 Scottish Lads, we formed a Huddle and sang The Soldiers Song as the bus we just missed sailed past. Luckily a crowd with their own bus took us on board and we made the flight.
dena29
Meant to say a raffle would be fine if that suits the blog.
Weefra HH
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Jinks.. Wee Fra..
Thanks for the Info Bhoys..
Summa
The Seville ticket saga……..
Remember calling Mrs Burghbhoy for days to ask if the letter was there from Celtic Park
On day 4 she confirmed it was there and asked if I wanted her to open it.No chance said I , ill take a half day.
Swiftly got home and the gut wrenching feeling of being declined, walking into the garden, choking back the tears, going to the game at the weekend and being chuffed for the Bhoys who got them and utterly jealous as well.
The hunt was on….. All contacts , no matter who tenuous, didn’t realise I knew so many people.Nae luck but!!
Last resort, a week before the game and suddenly remembered a work meeting and speaking to an acquaintance called Chris who had acquired some tickets from the Uefa website for the Final months before on the off chance. Surely he wouldn’t have any left? The call was placed, he registered his surprise that I hadn’t secured a brief and confirmed he had 1 left that he was happy to sell me!!
Euphoria oh Euphoria!!
Said ticket dispatched registered mail to the office and a lap of honour from 1 happy Burghbhoy.
The joy of Celtic!!
voguepunter that suits me G64 might be a bit miffed
Weefrathe Tim I know where your coming from not the spriteliest myself but doing a bit at the bucket collection was a very proud moment in my tim lifetime.
Good night timland bringing daughter out
HH
Summa
How are you keeping? Hope to hell you are nowhere near those fires. :((
Weefra HH
Seville – day of the game – trying to meet up with my brother-in-law – mobile phone service poor, poor, poor. Needing a pee. Ducks into a bar. Comes back out to meet 4 ML3ers at bar. Younger bhoys, a bit brash and headstrong. No tickets – talking up going to the stadium and charging the queues.
I tries to calm them down, saying the security will be mental, probably wont get near the stadium.
Anyway…
Gets to the stadium, was like a trip to the park – me and my mate James meets the Lisbon Lions heading into the stadium – THE LISBON LIONS!!!!!!!!! – photos taken.
Gets into stadium – watches folk scrunching up their tickets and launching them to their mates outside – who duly pick them up and enter the stadium – all watched by the polizia.
Amazing.
Me and Mr Corrie were four beers in, watching all this enrapt, before we realised we were supping alcohol free beer.
I could write a book about my days travelling to Seville. And after.
Because I went up to Steve Walford, weeks later, in Sainbury’s car park in ML3. Shook his hand and said ‘Could you just tell everyone, thank you for one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Honestly. Would not change one single thing.’
‘Maybe the score though?’
‘Steve, if we’d won I might still be in Seville…’
U
Seville………?y
More than a football team,
…..more than a football competition…..
And we all knew it. Ever one of us.
Seville
Day before, flew to Jerez, stayed in Puerto de Santa Maria, at night took my 11yr old son & 10 yr old daughter up to team hotel. Got in, met team, team sheet signed & a few pics. Day of game, train to Seville, accident on rail line, transfered to bus. Arrive in Seville, walk about, met friends & family. Up to game, had 3 tickets for me & kids. My son in floods of tears at Henrik’s 1st goal(lifelong memory). Quiet bus back to hotel, home next day. Loved it all, except result. Still never watched game.
I remember going to Celtic Park to apply for my Seville ticket. I opted for postal delivery, but then some so-called friend scared me saying the postman might steal it and that it would be worth doing time for. And I thought about it and I realised that yes, I would be prepared to go to jail for a ticket to a european final. So I called the ticket office and pleaded with them to find my application and put it in the ‘collect from ticket office’ pile. They did, I think it was a lady called jeanette who called me to tell me it was ready for collection. I took her a bunch of flowers.
Wee fra
Summa is so hot the undergrowth combusts when he drives by ;)))
2 cover versions that are no bad before I go
I can hear music Kathy Troccoli and Beach Boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICAsimtEsU8
Paint it black cover: Vanessa carlton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGfw0Qr-A3k
the boy jinky
NOW THAT I CAN BELIEVE :)))
Weefra HH
Wee fra
Btw … Some gesture to raffle that souvenir ….
Are you oldtim in disguise ;)
Last one <<<<< blagger of seville
OWN UP WHIT WAN OF YOUS IS THIS :))
Last one <<<<< blagger of seville
OWN UP WHIT WAN OF YOUS IS THIS :))
DOOOOOOOOOOH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh7HPEgIdVg
Hello this is WEE BGFC. Sleeping on the couch tonight after being dissapointed after the ticket office being shut today so my dad is going to get the juventus and st mirren at hampden on monday so i have to remind him about it before he goes to work. The good thing is we are season ticket holders so if we dont get our tickets it wont be a full house at Celtic park.
WEE BGFC
Anyone reading AlexT’s tweets re Belfast?
A string of tweets criticising the police then this
alex thomson @alextomo
#belfast #c4news PSNI reacted fast when wrongfooted and regained control with commendable restraint
I can imagine someone standing over him telling him what to write…..
the boy jinky
It is for the wee mhan. :)))
Weefra HH
Just been watching some of the Barca game…….there is no doubt we, the support, contributed greatly to the victory…….we need to match, somehow improve, that ‘atmosphere’ against Juve…..if we do, we will beat them….
Wee BGFC
Don’t be too hard on your auld da buddy, I’m sure he will get them Monday.
Hail Hail to u
sparklegirl
Funny, my thoughts exactly.
Weefra HH
Weefra…..
Fantastic gesture ma mhan!
Thanks lads, it’s no big deal for me, but it has to be driven and approved by Paul67 as it is his site. I just hope, if it’s a goer, we can raise another good amount for oor wee lhaddie.
Weefra HH
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Wee Fra..
All is Guid Down-Under.. Re; Fires Melbourne has got Off Lightly.. So Far..
Planning a Road trip in a Weeks time so Will be Praying for Kööl weather..:-)
Jinks..
Hot.. You mean Hoat.. The days of Having 3 Sheila’s All with the Same Name are in the Past.. Ha Ha.. (Thank Feck)..:-(
Summa
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
22:33 on
12 January, 2013
Just been watching some of the Barca game…….there is no doubt we, the support, contributed greatly to the victory…….we need to match, somehow improve, that ‘atmosphere’ against Juve…..if we do, we will beat them….
I was in Belfast Celtic shop last week and they are selling prints of the display on the Barca night my sister asked (toungue in cheek) if the GB were getting any money from the sales as the display was theirs and the assistant s reply “of course not” wtf
they really should be given something towards the next display. come on Celtic the 12th mhann cant keep givingand you keep taking there has to be some give and take.
HH
PSNI responsible for diversion
@EavanMurray: @alextomo Alex I have a video of the bridge that might interest you http://t.co/Q3aOZYwx
•-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-•
I believe if AT is being coerced in any way he will put the record straight when he can.
hopefully
HH
Seville great experience. Left Buchanan St bus station overnight to Heathrow, flew to Alicante, bus to Benidorm. After a day in the bar my son then 15 asks his rather drunk dad can I go next door for a tatoo. No probs wee mhan on you go with yer uncle Jim.
12 of us eventually get on the bus convoy to Seville. What a sight as we came into Seville Hoops everywhere. Goes to meet the guy with my tickets he was from Clydebank. Still waiting on they tickets so we ends up at the fan park could not see anything with sun on screen. Heads back to bar me, my son my best mate Tam and my bro in law and a few others. Goes through the rollercoaster that was the game.
10 years ago amazing how time flies. Sadly my best mate Tam died last year the day before thems went into administration. At his funeral his family( his wife is my cousin) asked me to do a speech from the altar about Tam. 25 years friendship what do you say, well I spoke about the time we went to Seville, we had be to other away games in Europe but nothing compared with the whole Seville experience.
Like other I cried when we got to Seville as I write this I am crying for Tam.
HH
Just watching MOTD. Scottish football will NEVER progress until we get commentators like the EPL have. I DON’T BELIEVE IT, I DON’T BELIEVE IT (at the top of his voice) when a goal is scored. What do we get, and that was a tap in for Hooper. EPL=HOOPEEEEEEEEEEER or SAMMMMAAAARRRRAAAAASSSS. Think about it. Or am I just dreaming?
Weefra HH
MT
Respect bro
Summa .. Lovin .. Had you a blast
Summa .. Lovin .. All in the past :)
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Seville..
Banned from Leaving Australia..;0(
Summa of SubpoenasCSC
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Jinks..
Your Gettin it..
I have Feelings Ye No..(Somewhere)..
Summa of ColdFeetCSC
Summa
You gonna be posing in a soft top? Nah too auld for that. :)))
Weefra HH
Luvin the Seville memoirs ! Funniest and most inspirational memory was in the queue ! Met two lovely young nurse ladies who worked in the hossy near Govan.I knew them from a working capacity and was delighted to bump into them ! They were very merry as was I and the craic was flowing . We noticed two fellas staggering with a big eff off banner in front of us and the ghirls
Seville 2003
Went with family and friends some with tickets some without…..I had no ticket so went to stadium only to buy programme with 2 pals….met a good guy I knew who had his ticket taken off him suspect forgery by the Spanish police….tried to get it back for him and demanded to speak to el capitano/generale…….annoyed them so much that the police gaffer asked me how many tickets had been confiscated so I brassed it and said 4…….got the door of us in for nought…..what memories
Seville,
Watched the Boavista game in Tyneside Irish Centre – what a night!
Flew from Newcastle to london to Madrid the day before the game. I had a ticket but my mate didn’t. Trying everywhere to get one for him without success. The airport taxi arrived and my mate got a call from his brother – he’d got a ticket. He burst out greetin and so did I just about!
Meeting a few tims in Newcastle airport. Meeting a few more in Gatwick/Heathrow(?) and singing a few Celtic songs. Not rebel songs. Somebody must’ve complained as armed police turned up, took one look at us and then left!
The scheduled flight to Madrid and the hostesses scowling at us as we ordered the Freixenet as our comp drinks. Singing Celtic songs as the plane landed – as somebody joked “they can’t turn the plane round now!”
I rememer meeting up with my other pal late that night about 11pm and being amazed at how busy Madrid was. The high speed train down to Seville was fantastic – the bar cleaned out by 11am and the guys who got on at Toledo (one of them had unkowingly got off with a tranny and was taking pelters for it!)
Touring the cathedral and taking the time to say a prayer. Climbing the Giralda and taking loads of photos incuding the stadium with a panoramic camera I got a loan of. Realising the film (aye film!) wasn’t winding on AAAARRRGGHH! Queuing to get in and seeing 4 massive coloured guys all with Balde strips on and the spontaneous chant of “4 Bobo Baldes, there’s only 4 Bobo Baldes” starting. The game. I can’t even talk about the game.
Realising that wearing a kilt and being a true Scotsman in 42 degrees gives you nothing but severe chafinRealising that wearing a kilt and being a true Scotsman in 42 degrees gives you nothing but severe chafinRealising that wearing a kilt and being a true Scotsman in 42 degrees gives you nothing but severe chafinRealising that wearing a kilt and being a true Scotsman in 42 degrees gives you nothing but severe chafing!
And I’ve not even mentioned sing the whole way walking to the game and the Sevilla sup