It’s another big day in the title race as Aberdeen visit Firhill. Partick Thistle’s form has been up and down recently, losing to Hearts and Dundee United, beating St Johnstone home and away, winning and losing against Motherwell, all in their last six games. They have not won or lost by more than two goals win or defeat since November.
Aberdeen’s games since the turn of the year have also been tight, a 3-1 defeat at Inverness last month is the only occasion there has been more than a single goal in any of their games. It’s likely to be tight tonight.
A win would put Thistle into the top six, is it too much to ask…….
Natural justice would suggest that Rangers liquidators, BDO, should be allowed to appeal to the Supreme Court on the club’s creditors’ behalf (they were granted permission to appeal this morning). Rangers won the initial decision on a number of their players EBTs, and then the first appeal, so it’s clear there are finer points of law at play.
With Rangers now in liquidation, creditors may wonder why BDO are spending their (diminishing) pot of money on what is sure to be extravagant legal fees, especially as HMRC is the most influential creditor. Liquidators have a responsibility to the creditors to dismiss any claims on creditors’ funds which cannot be substantiated. If the liquidator wins at the Supreme Court, all creditors apart from HMRC will receive a higher payout.
I don’t imagine Supreme Court hearings and written judgements are arranged in a hurry, so put this one on the back burner for a while, but there remains a lot at play here. I’ve tried to steer clear of the issue for a while now, as it’s little more than a distraction, but that’ll change should HMRC win in London.
Good luck to Thistle tonight.
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*An Gorta Mor Quiz Night*
As part of our fundraising to build a permanent memorial to those who perished or were affected by The Great Hunger, we’re holding a quiz night on Friday 11th March (this Friday) in The Squirrel Bar in the Barras, starting at 7pm.
Entry is £5/person and live Irish music will follow the quiz.
Play your part in remembering.
hamiltontim88@yahoo.co.uk
Mr Pastry 6.16
You think that Celtic fans would raise £5million to fund a spurious case against The Rangers.
I don’t think I have ever read such utter nonsense on here.
Hallucinogenic CSC.
TT
TT,
Agreed, £5M would put buy a seat on the board and voice to demand the board act :)
For those like me on freeview tvs tonight, R Madrid v Roma appears to be available on BT Showcase. I’m multi-tasking here now; typing and switching off Radio Scotland simultaneously.
i’vehadtochangemyname on 8th March 2016 7:13 pm ‘Rangers liquidators’ was usedon the beeb
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They always stop short of telling the full truth. Earlier they said today’s action would have no effect on the current owners of Rangers FC.
The Mermaid .
The Mermaid Bar was in James Street.
A delightful place.Occasionally went there to buy ” blues ” for the dancing .10 for a Pound…
17 years on it is time the SFA came out with something similar.
STATEMENT
Monday, 08 March 1999
The Scottish Football Association advises that, following the suspension on full pay of its Chief Executive, Mr. James Farry, the decision has been taken to dismiss Mr. Farry immediately for gross misconduct.
Pending the appointment of a new Chief Executive/Secretary, the President of the Association, Mr. Jack McGinn, has been appointed Acting Chief Executive.
A detailed report from the SFA’s external lawyers was received by the Association last Thursday, 4th March. The Report related to matters arising from the recent arbitration with Celtic FC, relating to the registration of Jorge Cadete.
The Emergency Committee, comprising the SFA’s Office Bearers, considered the report on Friday, 5th March, and decided to request the views of the Executive Committee, given the policy issues involved. The Executive Committee, after detailed consideration of the report and having received further legal advice, unanimously recommended that Mr. Farry be dismissed from the SFA immediately. The Emergency Committee effected the recommendation on Friday evening.
Council was appraised today of the situation, viewed the report, and detailed discusssion took place.
The reasons for Mr. Farry’s dismissal result from his acts and omissions during the Cadete affair, including his conduct during:
(i) the period of the investigation of the registration by an SFA sub-committee; (ii) the preparation of the SFA’s case for the arbitration;
(iii) his testimony during the arbitration; and
(iv) the period since his suspension on 26th February.
The SFA does not intend to make further comment on the reasons for Mr. Farry’s dismissal for reasons of confidentiality.
In relation to the Cadete affair itself, approximately 110 documents were produced by the SFA and Celtic, 13 witnesses in total would have given evidence, and there had already been five days of evidence, which was scheduled to last at least a further three days with legal submissions to follow.
The SFA has made the most strenuous efforts to keep matters confidential throughout, first to comply with the rules of confidentiality in the arbitration, and thereafter in fairness to Mr. Farry. The SFA wishes to make the following additional comments.
(i) The SFA decided to settle the arbitration prior to the conclusion of Mr. Farry’s evidence, following very strong advice and recommendations from its external legal team;
(ii) Mr. Farry was immediately advised of the decision to settle and, indeed, agreed with the decision. He did not, however, agree with the terms of the letter of apology to Celtic;
(iii) Attempts were made by the SFA’s legal team to have Mr. Cadete testify on their behalf. However, Mr. Cadete refused to come to Glasgow.
In light of recent events, the SFA will, of course, undertake a thorough review of its registration procedures. For information, the SFA processes around 47,000 player registrations per year at all levels of football, and this has been an isolated case.
It has been a very difficult period for the Association and the recent events should not be allowed to cloud the work which Mr. Farry has undertaken on behalf of the Association and indeed Scottish football. There are many positive things which can be attributed to Mr. Farry over these years which should not be forgotten.
Sot,
How much were brown bombers ?
TERJE VIGEN -I believe the guy who investigated Farry 3 times was none other than George Peat,we should have taken him down too. HH
Lennon’s Passion: thanks for that. Any chance you could post a link?
Looking at the Hull pitch tonight it’s in a lot better condition than Celtic Park and considering they play rugby league on it as well. Don’t think I’ve seen our pitch in as bad a condition in a long time. Has anyone commented on it? John Hayes used to win awards for the condition of the pitch at CP
Cambhoy,
The pitch was relaid for the commonwealth flames, then relaid after the games, hence we played at murrayfield. It never got the chance to bed in before games were played and still hasn’t.
It will probably be relaid for the new season again.
Mrs bhoys3 running a charity night in aid of Marys Meals.Hall will be full and looking to make loads of money for this very special cause.Does anyone know if it would be worthwhile contacting Celtic with the view to donating a prize for raffle.Cheers hail hail
Cambhoy
Been banging on about the state of the pitch for a while..it’s a disgrace..spoke to some ex celts at the weekend and they agree it’s the worst they’ve seen.
On another note the amount of texts, messages n calls re “any chance you can get tickets for the semi final?” I have been responding “we’re you at the quarters?” Stops them in their tracks.
Kikinthenakas
CAMBHOY on 8TH MARCH 2016 7:50 PM
Ronny mentioned it recently, he said the weather has been so bad for the last couple of months there’s been no chance for it to recover.
nil nil 12 mins
Traditionalist 88,
I think I’ll wait till I hear from Paul67, all the same thank you, as it’s his blog and his rules.
Terje Vigen,
Reading about Jim Farry; it makes you wonder what could have done and hushed up, in the pre-internet era.
CANAMALAR.
There was no need to buy them. Drs dished them out like sweeties to depressed / overweight housewifes.
Would be a laugh if UEFA decided if the EFA can’t respect the broadcasting agreements they are banned from competing for a year or two.
SoT,
I used to hear my uncles talking about popping them and blues, then they had the cheek to pull me up when I was a bit older for having a puff, bloodey hypocrites :)
Regarding the arsenal game, is there a chance they have wangled their way around any sanction from uefa by kicking off so early?
I remember we played a league game on a cl night but it was done and dusted by kick off.
HH
Canamalar is of course correct in that the terminology should be cheese’n’toast or in this case Cheeses’n’toast.
Anyway, sometimes I get other things wrong and the new design of Bridgeton was NOT to do with the Commonwealth games, but a proposal for the New Celtic Museum (to replace the London Road School), Celtic Way, ClydeVista and London Road approach from Bridgeton.
So having remembered that I traced it back to 4 years ago….This was my suggestions…..I still think it has possibilities.
https://goo.gl/CYs7ku
Hail Hail
Matt
SOUTH OF TUNIS on 8TH MARCH 2016 7:37 PM….Delightful was not an adjective I ever heard to describe that place. I had a big hun mate who lived right at the cross. I went in with him one evening but couldn’t wait to get out. Unnerving for a tim…..Btw, I once saw a beautiful mermaid (no I was not on acid). What a figure. Her vitals were- 36-28-£i.50 a kg…..(sorry)
jeez if ya think this blog is full of ads you should see ff – thread on there about moyes to replace deila btw
Matt,
Must say looks splendid and a first class idea, are those designs original, has an Italian feel to it
WeeBoBBYCollins (note the proper spelling, this time!)
A beautiful mermaid! Which plaice did you see her?
Sorry, made that pun just for the halibut.
International Womens’Day & The 1916 Rising.
http://www.todayfm.com/1916-mural-marks-International-Womens-Day
Just a hop, skip and a jump from the Bad Ass Cafe in Temple Bar which shows all Celtic matches.
Off down to Craobh Chiaráin to make some final arrangements for our Rhebel Session on Easter Saturday
Scotland women 1-0 Spain women
Canamalar,
I may have been influenced by the Sophia Loren school of curvature and etchings. :)
Hail Hail
Matt
Dharma Bam on 8th March 2016 8:16 pm…It was salmon chanted evening at the Barrowland.
Just spent a fantastic couple of hours there finally watching ‘Brian Clough: I Believe In Miracles’ which I recorded a few weeks ago. The impact that Mr Clough had in such a short period was unbelievable, taking Forest from mid-table in the 2nd division to league Champions straight after promotion and then 2 European Cups in the following 2 seasons.
Think the film was only made in the last 2 or 3 years and so it was very interesting to hear a few of the contributors that nowadays it would be impossible to get promoted and then win the Premiership. Come on Leicester!
Good input throughout the programme from St Martin and John Roberston among others. Definitely worth seeking out – available on DVD etc at all good outlets and a few rubbish ones as well.
MATT STEWART on 8TH MARCH 2016 8:09 PM
:))
Jobo
Loved it. Watched it a few weeks ago. Players all seemed to love him.
Another documentary on after Hull Arsenal game about Ali. Got great reviews.
HH
Kikinthenakas
H.T.
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Kickinthenakas –
Thanks for the heads up – recording now set. Might be another 3 weeks before it’s my turn for the TV again but hopefully worth the wait.
weebobbycollins, great to hear from you. Keeping well, thanks, hope you are too.
Was thinking about you last week when the other Bobby Collins was mentioned….
Blantyrekev I went to school Sacred Heart School ln Brigton,quite a few pupils came from Reid St .I’m 72 season t/holder maybe know your father,my grand parents came from Finnart St,and yes there were plenty of Tim’s from Brigton,
Matt Stuart
Brilliant.
You have single handedly restored my faith in CQN after one of its darkest days.
Gave me the best laugh of the day.