The Fifa Executive Committee meet in Zurich today and tomorrow but it is unclear if the allegations of corruption concerning the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar will be on the agenda. The world body are no strangers to allegations of corruption, it seems to be an internal part of the fabric of the game at the top level, they are also extremely experienced at stonewalling such allegations.
The International Trades Union Congress, who are calling for the 2022 vote to be re-run, have called for fans attending games this weekend to turn their back on the field at the 22nd minute, to build awareness of what is going on with Fifa and the Qatari preparations.
When you get corruption at the top of an organisation it tends to undermine process all the way down. A clean and alert Fifa would give us a far better game. It’s time we were all asking questions about this.
Congratulations to Mrs Jobo Balde, who won at £50 voucher to spend at Cail Bruich, 725 Great Western Road. Jobo, drop me and email……….
Photos are in from CQteN, great work by Geo, as usual. Click on the photo to see hi-res. More to come:
Seville, The Celtic Movement, is selling like the proverbial……
“I decided to go to the train station only to be told that there were no more trains to Malaga that night and so I was now truly stranded. By chance I met an old man who asked me if I knew where the train station was. “It’s no good mate they are all off—all the trains have gone!”
“The old man laughed and explained that he wasn’t looking to get a train, but just needed to find the station as that is where he had parked his car while he and his wife went to the game.
“We spoke for a few minutes about what had happened to me and then he said if I could get him to the station he would drive me to Malaga as they were staying twenty minutes outside Malaga for the rest of the week!
“I was delighted and accepted the lift and we got to the airport just as the last call went out for my flight. I rushed on board and guess who was there? None other than my mate Jim. I owe that old man and his wife so much for their help.”
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Ennisbhoy
That looks awesome !!
V and marsapa…thanks for all your keek suggestions ….am jus gonna run like the blazes
if am no back in half an hour phone ambulance.hh
Cheers Vmhan
Just had a look at the CQteN pic
Lovely looking ladies
Oh and Peter Kaye ;))))
HH
Hey all y’all,
First time on the blog since the 10. Great night, great Craic.
On a seperate note, anyone know of a good, reasonably priced, stockist of 2nd hand\ reconned iPads?
The girlfriend got me one for my birthday a couple of years ago, but has just found out that she didn’t and can’t buy it as her lease agreement doesn’t allow for this.
Whilst I have no doubt that PC world glossed over this detail in store, it is up front in the documentation. Bugger!
VP
I thought you’d be used to it being rainey every day.
Is the vogue or chapmans between you and the shops …you’ve goat history ye know lol
Just read a post from a sevconion there posting..”Thompson should be charged with bringing the game into disrepute” the sure as feck don’t do irony, I had to read it twice, honestly :(
TBB
Very good ….no heard that fae skool :O)
Theboywithmcgrainonhisside
Here yi go mate
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=reconditioned+ipad&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari
voguepunter
12:56 on 20 March, 2014
V and marsapa…thanks for all your keek suggestions ….am jus gonna run like the blazes
if am no back in half an hour phone ambulance.hh
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It’s 700yds ye said earlier, if you’re naw back in half an hour even a wee tortoise will be laughing at ye!
Is thi VP going to the shops
http://youtu.be/SZ24YLB5cPc
HH
Paul67
We can sort FIFA out once we have sevco out of the way…..!!!
voguepunter
12:19 on 20 March, 2014Blimey ‘O’ Reilly, it’s peeing doon oot there today..need to get to shops(a good 700yds away).What to do? Ole parka (green) fae skool daze chipped oot weeks ago,man Brolly in car(I swear I have never used this before)which beloved has taken to work.Don’t want spoil my CQteN hairdo fae Friday……..any ideas fholks?
Phone a taxi ? :)
The ole “wait and return job” yer favourite.
marspapa
12:57 on 20 March, 2014
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Your welcome.
Re the photo LOL
Deary me ” Have you seen a handsome Tim”?
YoungfitandhandsomeasfeckCSC
Weet Weet Weet
Some wonderfull memories came flooding back there
Ma crimpolene troosirs an ma two-tone platform shoes never looked the same efter a reinacted that wee dance in the puddled streets ae Easterhoose lol
Clippedroonriheedcsc
Is this April 1st !?! From Evening Times:
“Rangers boss Ally McCoist has revealed he has already spoken to two players as he eyes up signings for next season”
Thursday night fitba–
Europa League –Fiorentina v Rubentus ( first leg 1-1)
Might be a rewarding watch.-
2 clubs which hate each other.
2 Managers who dont get on
2 sets of supporters who really dont get on
Fiorentina play beautiful football but struggle with defending .
I tend to be neutral ———-I dont care who beats Rube..
Lovely ,sunny day ,way down south , hot enough to get a tan !
Paul Brennan for FIFA President!
OneMalloy
Parkheadcumsalford
12:33 on
20 March, 2014
Has anyone seen the Celts in Seville? Hoping to go next Monday.
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A review on The Shamrock
http://theshamrockglasgow.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/review-the-celts-in-seville-2014-by-tony-roper/
Savo01
Paul Brennan for SFA president !!
Handsome bunch in the photo at my tables, but no me!!!!!!!!!!
Booo
AwaybacktaeworkinthehuffCSC
:-)
Cheers tonyd
Zombie computers?
The attack that could disrupt the whole Internet.
http://wimp.com/disruptinternet/
thebhoywithmcgraininhisside
13:32 on 20 March, 2014
Cheers tonyd
No problem mate, HH
Prestonpans
No season book renewal time
Evening Tines doing their ( grand) masters work
Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton
A quick look at the quality of the gals and quality of the guys I’m that pic tells me most of you guys married yer childhood sweethearts. :)
#punchingaboveyerweight
Sannabhoy
Table is either the Railway Tavern or Navan Taverns…looking forward to it.
Kikinthenakas
Bom dia.
Last night’s Libertadores matches (I’ll put up a preview of tonight’s final 4th round games in a wee whiley):-
Atlético-MG (Bra) 1 Nacional (Par) 1
A bit of a shock result this one.
Galo came out at a 100mph pace and within the first 18mins had won two penalties. Ronaldinho missed the first, but didn’t make the same mistake twice.
For their part it was obvious that Nacional had come to park the bus and that’s exactly what they did. Game turned when Galo lost Fernandinho and Nacional scored a free kick (Riveros) soon after.
To be fair to Ronaldinho, he put a full box to box shift in and was the only one who looked capable of breaking down Nacional on the night.
Galo now lead this group with eight points, Nacional are second with five.
Peñarol (Urg) 2 Arsenal (Arg) 1
Penarol celebrated this victory, like they’d won the Cup and it’ll be interesting to see if this is the result that turns their season – I doubt it, though.
A nervy match, where Arsenal took the lead thru poor keeping. Penarol then scored two very good goals, with the winner coming from that man, Jonathan Rodrigues.
Match highlights here:
Penarol 2 Arsenal 1
León (Mex) 3 Emelec (Ecu) 0
Before this match I thought that Léon may have had enough to steal a point. They didn’t.
Turning point of this game was the red carding of Emelec midfielder, Osvaldo Lastra, just before half time. Game was poised at 1-0 at that stage, with Emelec making a decent fist of things. The roof fell in for them after that.
Thereafter, Emelec defended poorly against a fast moving Leon and paid the price. Leon’s goals coming from Britos, Vazquez (pen) and Carlos Pena.
Newell’s Old Boys (Arg) 1 Gremio (Bra) 1
Think I said beforehandhad the hallmarks of a squeaky bum. It was!
It took Gremio took until the 46th minute of the second half to equalize through a cavalry charge up the pitch by centre half Rhodolfo.
Maxi Rodrigues had earlier put the NOB’s in the lead in a good, closely balanced, game with both teams having good scoring chances.
However, plaudits must go to both keepers who were outstanding. Especially, Gremio’s Marcello Grohe who pulled off a few “how’d he manage that?” stops
Bolivar (Bol) 1 Flamengo (Bra) 0
Flamengo’s current weakness is their centre defence and it only took Bolivar 4mins to exploit this. Some schoolboy defending from centre back, Samid giving away a penalty, which Arcé converted for Bolivar.
Bolivar pressed without luck the rest of the match and were denied several time by ‘mengo’s MOTM, keeper Felipe.
Flamengo, now in bottom place, face a real six pointer in their next away game, to Emelec.
Coincidentally, part of Felipe’s prematch preparation is to lay his Rosary beads out behind the goal line. Wonder if he prays that ‘mengo never have to play at the Asbestdosdome??
afternoon from a very warm and sunny Lower Saxony ….I complained to the BBC about the non existence of Sportsound 15th March episode on iplayer …all other days were there but not conveniently the episode when the St Mirren Huntertainer went off on one …on air …. this was there reply which is of course just Hunnish..
Dear Mr Neustadt Braw
Reference CAS-2618851-BVM2G3
Thank you for contacting us about ?Sportsound?, broadcast on 15 March 2014.
The majority of BBC television and radio programmes are made available on BBC iPlayer but due to rights, some content is unavailable. In addition to this, we may experience a difficulty in making a programme available; BBC iPlayer is vastly complex, providing services on multiple platforms and if one of its many components (technical, data or operational) fails then an issue could arise. Most issues are spotted and rectified quickly and we advise that you try to access the programme at a later time.
Also, programmes that were broadcasted live (or close to live) can take longer to appear.
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Please note that in general, with exception of news content, programmes are available for up to seven days after their original broadcast. For more information on this please refer to the following FAQ:
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….PFayr supports WeeOscar
13:40 on 20 March, 2014
Of Course forgot about that….. now our ST demands will be out in the next two months, although that’s paid via East Lothian council having two “free” months however I’ll need to find another £100 on top of that :(
Now I have it on very good authority that this guy comes in here every night after midnight, but as I’m sworn to secrecy I can not divulge this persons name, the only hint I can give you is he is on the GB committee, allegedly?
Neil Degrasse Tyson is hilarious when slowed down.
http://wimp.com/sloweddown/
This is really well put together, and fun to show your kids, or grand kids.
Superman with a GoPro.
http://wimp.com/supermangopro/
Doc
You are in photo …at the back with your arms in air……like King Louis fae jungle book.
I don’t believe there is a snowballs chance in hell that FIFA will withdraw the world cup from Qatar. No matter how many people die in the hurried construction of the stadia and infrastructure, the tournament will go ahead there.
Too much money has changed hands and would need to be paid back in full or the Qatari’s will blow the whistle.
Neck, blow torch and couldny scratch come to mind.
You really pizz yourself at this one, I couldent stop playing it,lol, the guys on the right hand side of the stage as your looking at it.
Man sneezes into his trombone during concert.
http://wimp.com/sneezestrombone/