We put an inordinate amount of goals past Partick Thistle in the League Cup in October, but Thistle responded well to that reversal, losing only once (by a single goal to Aberdeen) since. They are a better team than John Guidetti made them look.
As for Celtic, this is another opportunity to build on good recent performances. The speed and accuracy we passed against both Salzburg (despite the result) and Hearts was perceivably better than in previous games, but there is still work to do. Salzburg were better, Hearts imploded, but Thistle will defend deep and made life difficult.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the ticket competition yesterday, and who donated £1 or more to the Mary’s Meals school kitchen appeal. Thanks also to Magners for making it possible.
Congratulations to the Youths who won 1-6 at Murray Park last night. No doubt about it, that’s going to hurt.
Thanks to the reader who emailed a copy of the European Commission ruling from June 2002 on multiple ownership of football clubs. Then owners of shares in (then) Rangers, ENIC, took Uefa to the EC Competition Commissioner, Mario Monti (whatever happened to him?), ruled that the Uefa prohibition on multiple ownership was legal and necessary to avoid clubs being “tempted to rig matches”, and to “ensure that sporting competitions are fair and honest”.
Anyone wanting to clip Mike Ashley’s wings could do worse than involve Uefa sooner.
If you’re in Belfast, check out Mouldy67’s Twitter page. Cyclists for neuroblastoma are looking for some help on Mondy.
The 2015 CQN Annual is through design and ready to ship next week. You can pre-order yours now.
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new article posted.
Uefa know the history
http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=sco/news/newsid=2190411.html
Edinburgh Anti-Glasgow?
Edinburgh Anti-Irish?
Edinburgh Anti-Celtic?
Edinburgh Anti-Catholic?
Edinburgh Anti-Roman Protestants?
Edinburgh Anti-Roman Agnostics?
Edinburgh Anti-Happy People?
Edinburgh Hurting?
Edinburgh Juries?
Edinburgh Burning?
Edinburgh green with envy?
Been to Tynecastle on various occasions and every time witnessed vandalism ( seats being broken and hoisted like trophies ).
I welcome Anne Budges statement ( she does mention both sets of supporters ). She is looking after her affairs.
Maybe our custodians, should be less meely mouthed and look after ours….
It’s not her fault regarding incidents that have happened in our ground.
We would be delighted with a statement like that from Peter Lawell.
Ann Budge has crafted a pretty effective statement which, because it reproaches Hearts fans first of all, seems even-handed.
However, the majority of the statement focuses on our support and this will be the way the media will represent it. It is difficult to blame Ms. Budge for the predelictions of the media and she should be answerable only for her own words.
Whilst she mentions, in passing, that there were arrests for sectarian offences, her focus is firmly on vandalism, graffiti and coin throwing. These are behaviours which should not be defended in any support and we can only be responsible for our own. If this behaviour escalates or becomes commonplace then the vandals in every team’s support will raise the cost of football match attending for every supporter. They will also justify Police Scotland’s desire to charge higher costs to our club and they will justify it as a reason for the OBaF Act and for more harassment of fans by stewards and police.
For that reason, whataboutery is not a good enough response by Celtic.
For that reason, just paying up and not addressing the behaviour is not appropriate either. Some of the guys who did this are just saying “Pay The Bill, Celtic” and let us do it again at the next away ground. But it is you and me and other non-offending Celtic fans that will pay the price for their behaviour.
Sometimes, we have to look at our own behaviour honestly and squarely and say, “I don’t want that in my name.”
I will defend most of our singing to all who complain about it; there is nothing wrong at all with Republican songs or hymn singing.
But defending smashed seats, toilets or coin throwing because “they do it too”???
That is not good enough.
“Make me a channel of your peace!”
I watched a young Hearts supporter on Sunday in the stand opposite the Main Stand. She must have been about 10 years of age and she was crying. Not crocodile tears, really sobbing and she was petrified.
Minx and myself commented on the look of absolute terror on this child’s face. A steward pulled her aside and sheltered her to protect her from the chaos surrounding her.
The thing was it wasn’t the Celtic supporters that this girl was cowering from, it was thugs and neds wearing maroon. And yes they were shouting sectarian abuse but it wasn’t the kind that Mrs Budge is talking about.
“Fenian bastards!” was the most obvious one.
I used two separate toilets at Tynecastle on Sunday, both had Union Bears stickers on the walls and the toilet doors, I’m assuming that they’d been left up from the previous week’s game against the Huns.
It was mentioned on here last week about the huge metal constructions that are in place outside Tynecastle when Celtic visit. They’re strategically placed at the gate where the away support leave the ground and further along the road underneath a bridge that would connect to the main road.
These have been in place now for probably 3 years.
Why?
Was it because of a threat from the Celtic supporters leaving the ground that they would attack the home support?
No, these huge barricades are in place the keep the two sets of support apart and the main reason for this was because of the number of Celtic supporters who were being attacked after matches against Hearts. I know because I wrote and asked about 18 months ago.
Are the Celtic support full of angels? No, of course not but let’s get some perspective here.
I’m not saying an attitude of “Aye but they do it too!” is acceptable. However, despite drunkenness, drug use etc I didn’t witness any of the things that this lady is talking about.
Sad that so many are all too willing to swallow the seed of the Budgie.
Hamiltontim…”Sad that so many are all too willing to swallow the seed of the Budgie.”
What are you suggesting? Is she lying?
I haven’t read back so appols if posted already.
That statement for Ms Budge was an attack on our club, end of.
She was asked about attracting familys to the game, she had no need to mention anything else.
This sort of thing happens at every game every week, yet we are the only ones in the firing line.
Not condoning the vandalism.
Get the eff out of this sectarian ridden league Celtic, it’s killing us.
HH
Oh, and the club should have a photographer take pics at every ground before and after we visit.
HH
http://youtu.be/V_m8nXLr3u4
A great dive !