The heat was suffocating, it was 35° and city was heaving. On the long walk out of town some enterprising locals were selling water or cola to the increasingly dehydrated caravan of people. I passed a few, not willing to succumb to extortionate opportunism, but soon gave in.
I walked into an orange tree earlier that day. Caught between taking directions from a policeman and setting off in a new direction I’d overlooked the towering obstacle a yard in front of me. There’d been a spring in my step, I must have bounced into the bark. Trees are hard. I fell.
The return journey was made in the cool of the night. For the first few miles we were a uniformed flow of humanity but eventually the crowd thinned. We walked through residential streets with locals at their doors and windows. They applauded as we passed. Few of us are ever part of something substantial enough that uninvolved observers openly applaud you. Such memories endure.
I’d an early rise and a long drive with a full car ahead the next day. The bedroom was packed, floor space was given over to spare bedding, the hotels must have shipped mattresses in from a hundred kilometres radius, so with the others in the bar, I took myself off for a shower.
I met a German couple in the elevator. “Are you disappointed?” the woman asked. “No, we played well and were beaten by a good team.” It was the perfect answer. These people must have been horrified when they noticed the throng which would dominate their trip, but they’d become part of the story, part of the throng. The answer was honestly given, although disappointment would come later. I went on, “We lost a minor cup final nine years ago, that was real disappointment”.
I surprised myself by what my memory spontaneously threw up when asked about disappointment. Looking back now, that minor cup final is no more than a touchstone, and indicator of where we were before the Generation of Domination got underway. It’s lost its power to inflict negative emotion. If I met the German couple once more I could again tell them I wasn’t disappointed with that day in the blistering heat. It’s one of my proudest memories, and we soon learned we were beaten, narrowly, by a great team.
This, my friends in Celtic, is what you call a journey.
I spoke to fan liaison manager John Paul Taylor yesterday and mentioned I’d not renewed my season ticket yet. I promised him I would today and that I’d pass the message on. Deadline is tomorrow, after that people can ask for a move into your seat. Consider yourself reminded! We walk the next mile of the journey soon, with hope in our hearts, as always.
Many thanks to those who donated to Mary’s Meals yesterday, and to Magners. The money raised in one day alone will feed over 30 of the world’s poorest school children for a year.
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On the one hand the internet has brought us cqn
on the it’s brought us this chap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko
Good to see wee Bertie handing out the trophy and medals, the young lads were a mirror image of how I believe Ronny wants the senior team to play. H H Hebcelt
How sad the yoots can’t celebrate in front of a crowd.
Matthewl1888
21:20 on 21 May, 2015
FT
5-2
HH
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lets talk about y weer so sievelike( I before e MIT sic )
logicalspoofCSC
Well done the young Celts.
There is a gulf in class at all levels.
:o)
craigellachie10
I believe the kerrydale opens at 1030
Pmarsh22 good one should have thought of that yes defo two mirror images out there tonight. H H Hebcelt
Nice to see the boys celebrating, on Sunday they get to do it all over again with the big team :)
Happy days !!!
Craigellachie
Martybhoy59 is correct, oops sorry :)
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H.H.
Thanks for answers re KDS opening time just wondered as it was a 12:30 ko. Probably best get there early!
B bak ;-))
H.H.
I got shat on by a seagull earlier today in aberdeen, so finishing the day watching the huns being thrashed by our bhoys has fair cheered me up.
I hate seagulls even more than huns noo.
Evening all.
Just saw a couple of the goals there. The lhads played some lovely football. Long may it continue.
Well done the young Celts. Thanks for the links, ghuys.
WeeBGFC: Hope you can make it to CQN corner on Sunday. I have a little gift for you to reward you for your wonderful support of the the best club on the planet.
3 more sleeps!
Championees
Richard Wilson, BBC Scotland at Hampden
“Rangers had players with first-team experience in their line-up, with Fraser Aird, Tom Walsh and Ryan Hardie starting, but their play lacked coherence.”
Aul’ tricky dicky must have wrote that with gritted teeth
Hell mend him
Ha ha
Who’s there on Sunday then ?
Paul you removed Shamrock Hoops last night and quite rightly so, what about this whalloper??
‘i’m dave king and i’m going to rip yoos a new wan!’
???????
craigellachie10
Deffo !!
enjoy :)
Me, given some help ;-))
H.H.
A ceilar gone of rust….Man i Hate Seagulls..Bitches have bombed me 3 or 4 times in Glasgow last few years…Fkin hate them…orange beaks, There aw huns a tell yi…
Could this SPFL you tube channel be the way forward if it meant going back to Saturday 3pm kick offs ? The feed quality was excellent and if allowed us to go back to traditional times I would pay for it and dump Sky etc…
Well done Stevie & the young bhoys
Richard Wilson on BIased BC equating Rangers & Celtic same re youths !!!!
Ffs
They are f****** sh***
This is why I dont want them back
BTW
Like Biscuits on SSB
GOOD GUY
i’vehadtochangemyname at 21:28 on 21 May, 2015 –
Actually, I really enjoyed that! Could think of a few more things he could blend!
The name of the Richard commentator was Callum Patterson.
In relation to the penalty apparently Sevco hard done by because “the ball was going away from the goal”.
Where do they get these people from.
Filler
H.H.
Acgr
The last time a bird shat on you
you were bragging about it,
Has her stiletto heel marks cleared up
:)
See you on Sunday :)
A Ceiler Gonof Rust @ 21:35
A driver deliberately hit two huge gulls at different spots on the same stretch of road the other day. They were stunned and lying on the road. I took them off and put them in a safe place until they were fit enough to fly again.
Has nobody ever told you it is considered lucky to be shat on by birds. It’s not something I would to encourage you to expand your horizons on though.
Bang goes the daily ranger 4 page pullout tomorrow
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
21:35 on
21 May, 2015
I got shat on by a seagull earlier today in aberdeen, so finishing the day watching the huns being thrashed by our bhoys has fair cheered me up.
I hate seagulls even more than huns noo.
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wrap fish guts roond a stone and throw it up at them ….they fa fae the sky….so am told …
but Marsapa seems to know your good self rather more intimately …hahaha
braw
West end of East end had the same thought myself,any of techie guys know if this would be a goer? I think technically yes, might be legal/football obstacles though. H H Hebcelt
Hope the idea of the SPFL broadcasting games takes off. I would ditch SKY immediately. Hopefully, too, games would go back to 3 PM Saturday kick offs.
Morrisey the 23rd..I Dont get That..Aint Being Funny but they have dive bombed myself , its scary..if it were rats something would be done, coz its birds nothing gets done, If you can explain i will listen..
s p & B H
Ta for the link H H
Have they not suffered enough
marspapa
21:43 on 21 May, 20
HaHa…now that wouldn’t surprise me when acgr is involved.
the lurking tim @2104
Eh? Gies a clue. :-))) Hope you’re well buddy.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Marspapa, are you following me?
It was all the colours of the rainbow with some sand and grit for good measure. Aye, lucky as feck so it was. The acgrmobile takes a pounding fae them durty birdies.
Huns wi wings they ur.