So you have money left at the end of the month? Enough for a holiday, for Christmas? Chances are if you are a season ticket holder at a UK football club you do. Even if this is the case, and if you have a full time wage coming into the house, you’ll have noticed the cost of living a normal, socially-connected, life in the UK is not cheap.
Housing, travel, energy are all expensive. If you want to get or keep a job, a mobile phone is increasingly necessary. If the only wage coming into the house is low, or if you are bringing up a family, or if you are unwaged, or on your own with kids, you’re struggling. The heating will be rationed, Christmas is an annual worry you save for 11 months of the year, holidays are something other families talk about.
Life is miserable for many families, demeaningly so.
I heard a politician last week suggest food banks have burgeoned in recent years due to them being better advertised. I respectfully disagree. Food poverty exists across the UK, alongside heating and housing poverty. People eat toast, a tin of beans or a plate of chips as their main daily meal. Sometimes this is not even an option.
If you’re on a limited wage or keeping a family together on benefits your money will be gone before the next payment is in the bank, pretty much every week or month. You put the heating up during the cold spell last month and have now paid the bill. There’s will be no money for several days and there’s no food in the house. What do you do?
Fortunately food banks exist, not because they are a well marketed business success story, because hundreds of thousands of people in towns and cities across the country have no food before the next tranche of money arrives.
The Penny Dinners Brother Walfrid provided to kids in the east end of Glasgow, which Celtic were started to fund, resonate today. This is why today, on the 100th anniversary of Walfrid’s death, you are asked to bring a bag of provisions along to Celtic Park. That food is your way of paying into the social fund that gave you Celtic. There is a possibility that collectively, you will achieve something magnificent for some of the poorest families in Scotland.
While you’re in a listening mood, CQN’er Tommy Melly, an integral part of TeamOscar, is running the Great Edinburgh Run on Sunday for Neuroblastoma Children’s Cancer Alliance. He’s also doing the Glasgow 10k in June and the Great Scottish Run in October, all for NCCA. You can do your bit in memory of Oscar, and for those kids who fight on, here.
Have a great day at the football, I hear the banners on the stadium at the top of Celtic Way will be worth photographing.
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“Geordie – I find it odd that you find it odd (etc etc).”
Neganon,
Cop out.
There is a collection tonight and as much promotion for it as possible is a great thing.
I cannot comprehend why you want to deviate from it.
the green man
13:52 on 15 April, 2015
16 roads
I will repeat….Karl Marx never killed anyone, no matter what he said.
Its a well established fact.
Show me where, what source, where’s your evidence that Marx killed anyone?
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Incitement.
Get it?
Do you want me to start quoting the words of Marx and Engels?
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16 roads
I think you are confusing Marx with the Bolsheviks.
If you don’t know the difference, im not going to waste my time
One man’s £100 reduction is another man’s £50 increase.
Just about to head out from work for an hour, need to buy some desperately needed essentials for people less fortunate than most of us
Hail Hail to all Celtic fans
I can see the attraction of communisim to the down-trodden starving masses.
Overthrow the wealthy elite and create a system where everyone has an equal chance.
Not too different from Christs teachings.
I know in practice it didnt work out but maybe with some tweaking a more humane version could.
I’m more of a McCartney Lennonist myself.
hebcelt
13:53 on
15 April, 2015
Well it could be both but since it’s algebraic in nature as we can’t know how many points a given team will actually win, I’d hedge closer to mathematically rather than arithmetically.
a-b>3x is the formula
I’ve excluded the possibilty of a-b>=3x due to the completely unfathomable calculation of possible goal differences.
the green man
13:57 on 15 April, 2015
16 roads
I think you are confusing Marx with the Bolsheviks.
If you don’t know the difference, im not going to waste my time
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I’m not confusing Marx with anyone.
Are you stating that the Bolsheviks weren’t inspired by the words of Karl Marx?
Bolshevism /Communism – indistinguishable.
Do you want me to quote some of his words?
16 roads
You can quote who you like….Marx, Engels, the Wizard of Oz.
That proves nothing.
My point is simple….Marx never killed anyone.
And nothing you can say, will change that fact.
Good afternoon bhoys and ghirls from a beautifully sunny, dry but not Mediterranean_warm East Kilbride. Very late post due to grand weans staying over for school hols and one appearing at 5am needing to boak! Dont you just love them, especially when he is now running around like an eejit while this eejit is knackered.
When oh when is the illustrious Jobo back?
“My point is simple….Marx never killed anyone”
Tgm,
Yeah but by going by that line of logic neither has Thatcher, Obama or timmy mallet.
weeminger thanks for that I,ve always thought that eg team is 10 points behind 3 games left total points up for grabs is 9 ergo arithmetically impossible to get them.Is my logic flawed? H H Hebcelt
the green man
14:02 on 15 April, 2015
16 roads
You can quote who you like….Marx, Engels, the Wizard of Oz.
That proves nothing.
My point is simple….Marx never killed anyone.
And nothing you can say, will change that fact.
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The ideology that he conjured up led to the mass murder of over 100million people.
I can quote you his own words, not my words – and then perhaps you can begin to understand the carnage that he was indirectly responsible for.
Now you think about that for a wee minute.
I hope this isn’t true
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/15/bradford-fire-stafford-heginbotham-martin-fletcher
Geordie Munro
Im talking about personal responsibility.
How can you possibly blame Marx, for the nefarious doings of the Bolsheviks.
Come on now.
That cant be right.
Four of Celtic’s last five league fixtures are live on Sky Sports including Aberdeen on May 10th.
Something has to change they pay SPL clubs a pittance and the Celtic supporters at the game are being ripped off, to create an atmosphere for SKY audiences, which includes a worldwide Celtic fan base.
Where are the leaders of our club, what are they doing about this?
Paul67
Thank you :)
HH
hebcelt
14:09 on
15 April, 2015
It’s semantics. At that point you know all the numbers so yes it’s arithmetically impossible. Before that it’s a mathematical theory.
Mostly I’m just doing what I normally do and that’s being a smartarse.
bamboo
14:00 on 15 April, 2015
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It didn’t work out because, for a start – the leaders actually detested the worker and the peasantry – the very poor people that they pretended to side with.
I can quote them all, here and now.
HH.
Geordie – ok then let me put it another way. I think its great that Celtic are helping out with these collections and it absolutely should get publicity in this manner (across all celtic sites). However isnt Paul’s normal approach to discuss something significant around the club or scottish football and then make reference to the collection or charitable cause etc?
I think Celtic’s approach to season books, which many of us believe is linked to the return of the hun, is certainly newsworthy and important. But its also very very controversial and avoiding it all together seems exceedingly odd to me. Ducking issues isnt a very clever thing to do for a blog whos lifeblood is debate.
Weeminger I get the whole discount approach that celtic employed here. But everyone sees through it and to cling onto it in the pathetic manner that celtic have is just embarressing. Its 101 marketing but marketeers will tell you that you need to be sincere in what you say, the lack of sincerity from Celtic is breathtaking. I’m lucky that the increase, if I was renewing, wouldnt really mean much to me. But many are not so lucky. Paul put a story out around the profit we have made since the demise of Rangers. So tell me why increase now?
Lets face it its a bigot pound increase. They think we will be slabbering all over the return of good old fashioned sectarianism.
And all this guff about investing it in the team…..yeah right. Every penny will be invested in the team which quickly changed to club and even that is a lie – as we are saving up (probably for Peter’s extra non contractual bonus).
As ever when the board look around the stadium all the say is grazing cash cows.
glasstwothirdsfull-sorry mate didnae read it fully,was this years play offs i was on about…
Leftclicktic
Cheers. Just curious as to whether it’s really a Hibs motion, or if they are just the “acceptable face”……
weeminger chapeau doffed sir. H H Hebcelt
The past really was a foreign country… an absolutely incredible story.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/15/bradford-fire-stafford-heginbotham-martin-fletcher
Bada Bing
Aye, but Hibs were in the play-offs LAST year and seemed happy enough with the deal.
Any teams who WEREN’T in the play-offs last year and might be needing a bit more money….?????
16 roads – Celtic über alles…
14:14 on 15 April, 2015
‘I can quote them all, here and now.’
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So you keep saying. You seem to be desperate to let us all have the benefit of your erudition.
Before you start though, tell me this.
Your quotations. Did you garner them yourself through your extensive reading of the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin , Trotsky etc, or are they from The Big Book of Nasty Commie Quotes published by the CIA ?
If it’s the former it would be more worthwhile, because then we can discuss context and nuance. If it’s the latter don’t bother yourself.
Shurely not! or Hunbeleiveable??
http://videocelts.com/2015/04/blogs/latest-news/spfl-hand-sevco-play-off-advantage-by-putting-their-final-match-back-24-hours
I have often disagreed and debated with a great many many fellow tims on here about the whys and the wherefors of Celtic players, board and the club in general.
I must say however that the charitable work, effort and contributions by so many fholks on this site and others like it on the timternet is truly humbling…
The fans are everything about Celtic and everything that is Celtic. Those that think they own the club only have shares in the assets, not the spirit..
God Bless
ernie lynch
13:51 on 15 April, 2015
16 roads – Celtic über alles…
13:43 on 15 April, 2015
‘The objective was always to attempt to slaughter as many Christians as possible.’
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I’d like to think you’re joking, but I suspect you really are that blinkered and deluded.
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No. All the evidence is there.It’s easy enough to find find, you just have to make the effort.
I can’t post any of the many videos made with regard to the subject – because they are gruesome.
What I can do however, is recommend literature, or post quotes from the leadership.
HH.
EmeraldBee\o/ still proud to be an internet bampot
14:27 on
15 April, 2015
Shurely not! or Hunbeleiveable??
http://videocelts.com/2015/04/blogs/latest-news/spfl-hand-sevco-play-off-advantage-by-putting-their-final-match-back-24-hours
How often do I have to repeat it.
The play offs are meaning less.
Should THEY fail to qualify, there will be immediate League reconstruction, and DD and PL will be leading the re constructers.
NegAnon2
14:16 on
15 April, 2015
The whys for the decrease in reduction is a different story, and I agree that it looks linked to return of the Rangers entity. Whether it is or not (imo it is).
It hedging bets. If they do get promoted I’m confident the £50 reduction will not continue. If they don’t it’ll last for as long as they look like staying below. Or until costs increase to the point where it’s demanded.
I don’t accept your logic. 3 years ago my ticket cost £550 (or thereabouts). I could afford that then and I can’t afford £500 now it’s academic whether you call it a rise or a discount I’d still be unable to afford the ticket at the cost I once paid for it.
I agree that it’s a slightly different story for any new ticket holders but once again it’s not wholly Celtic’s fault if people ignore the statements about the full price of the ticket and the discount.
To use an other analogy. Let’s say every year the club gave early renewers a 10% discount and for years you only paid £495 instead of £550. One year the club stop the discount. Has the price of your ticket risen? No. The cost to you has though.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/15/bradford-fire-stafford-heginbotham-martin-fletcher
Not sure how to do the linky thing but this is on the front page of today’s Guardian. Shocking stuff. Bradford Chairman at time of the fire in the stand had no money to pay the next month’s wages and had fires at 18 other businesses he owned.
ernie lynch
14:27 on 15 April, 2015
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It’s always the fault of the Americans. Perhaps?
Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution.
A decent read to begin with, immediately highlights the hypocrisy.
edit: 8 fires
Bawsman
13:05 on
15 April, 2015
What is the Scottish Governments strategy to reduce the need for foodbanks in the country?
They have ruled for what? 7 years?
Rich people get free prescriptions, free travel, free TV licences, free education for their kids, cold weather fuel allowances? They could tax high value home owners more?
Easier to blame others though eh? Canny go risking losing votes now.
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Thought you had banned politics Bawsman? Or is it just nationalist politics you banned?
16 roads
I will continue to expose the rank hypocrisy of Communism each and every time that the opportunity presents itself.
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I’m up for this wee game yir playing.
Have you ever lived in a communist country?
Have you 1st hand knowledge of how communists live from day to day?