You asked for it, many of you campaigned for it. All of you debated it, expressed a view on it and now your wish has been granted. The SPL voted 10-1 against parachuting Sevco into the league next season, with only Sevco itself voting for, and the Loyal Resisters abstaining.
Our fellow SPL clubs have spoken “unequivocally”, as have their fans. To be fair to fans of former club, Rangers, many of them wanted no part in this shoddy arrangement.
Having won the argument we must now win the future. As Celtic said in their statement yesterday:
“During Celtic’s long and illustrious 125-year history, there have been periods of difficulty. At these times, our supporters have always stood shoulder to shoulder with the Club. We need our supporters to be with us now, more than ever.
“We know our own supporters will be acutely aware of the significant challenges that lie ahead. We enter next season as Champions of Scotland and look ahead to retaining our title and to making an impact in a European context. We know how difficult this will be and we call on our supporters to join us in tackling these challenges, to take their place at Celtic Park, to invest in the Club and to continue to give us the kind of support for which they are renowned.”
The call has been made. Now, more than any time apart from when Fergus issued a similar call in 1994, you need to step forward and buy a season ticket for the champions and only club in Scotland who have played their entire history in top flight football.
The important debate isn’t about Newco anymore, it’s now about Celtic.
I’ve read the doom and scaremongering this morning, some of which is downright inappropriate. The grassroots fans who raised their voices and brought about this situation now have a responsibility to ensure our common future is successful.
There are many desperate for all or some of the 10 clubs who voted No yesterday to fail. We have to ensure all succeed. The forward plan for Celtic has to be a forward plan for Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hibs, Hearts, Motherwell and the rest.
All of these teams need a solution which allows them play competitive football in front of packed stadiums and to retain the talent they develop well into maturity. Any plan which does not aim for this will fail.
If we achieve this, yesterday’s vote will be the day foundations were laid for a stunning sporting achievement.
More later.
I don’t need to tell any of you about Oscar Knox, the three-year-old who is currently going through chemotherapy. We have all been touched by his photographs and TV appearance, while his dad has kept us up to date on the blog.
If you think our football club is worth stepping forward for, I make no apologies for asking you to dig deep twice today and remember why the entire Celtic project started. Take a read at Oscar’s blog and get involved.
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Bada if it’s a dry day,we may head up the west end,will text you
Sat morn if change of plan.
VP-ok mate.
I hope the SFL clubs reject Green’s company and stick to the rules of non-league teams having to apply for entry to div 3, which will throw it back to the SPL2 apologists and the mayhem that will cause
Couldn’t find any sevco prank calls on You Tube but found this catchy little tune.
The odd written swear word warning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzYvbwoJaMU
VP-A wee CQN Gazebo Clique Day in The Merchant City perhaps?
I love Neil Lennon-he is the embodyment of my idea of the perfect Celtic manager-
Very Intelligent
Eloquent
Not obsessed with looks (ie Beckham)
Braver than most
Kind
Charitable
Tells the truth
Shines in tv interviews
No sign of egotism
Good sense of humour(when given the chance)
Has a reservoir of experiences unique and rare
Dignified
respected WORLDWIDE
I love you Neil Lennon
Live long and prosper
So 10th July will be Ian Archer Day!
Tony McKelvie @TonyMcKelvie
Surely no one’s forgotten about this wee issue? http://files.stv.tv/img/sport/sfa-letter-1.jpg Stewart? Stewart?
Wakey wakey Stewarty…
Over..and…Over on 5 July, 2012 at 14:59
Type Rangers prank calls matey.
!!Bada Bing!! on 5 July, 2012 at 14:59 said:
VP-A wee CQN Gazebo Clique Day in The Merchant City perhaps?
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there’s too many in the clique to fit in the merchant city.
maybe now is the time to know what Fat Sally said to Neil that night
Celtic have announced a glamour pre season friendly against serie A giants Inter Milan.
Not to be out done Newco have announced a glamour friendly against bakery giants Inter Milanda. The game is dependent on Newco having 11 players who can stand upright and on a corporation pitch being available.
If You Love Football Do What is Right
There are a number of reasons for lovers of football and those who prize integrity above profit to be pleased today.
The least of those is the actual event of yesterday’s resounding NO to Newco in the SPL.
What lay behind that result is in truth the most significant element of this whole saga and perhaps the most encouraging note to cling to.
True football fans will be rejoicing principally at the effect that their voice has had on those who generally pay them no heed whilst they themselves probably are equally quite bewildered by the fact that they achieved such a result and warmed by the fact that they did what was right to achieve it.
For Celtic fans there is a realisation that perhaps we have misjudged the fans of other clubs in making a presumption that most were largely “huns without the bus fare.”
They have proved that that is not the case and I believe that the actions of these fans have created a massive opportunity for all to grasp to shape and determine the future of the game in Scotland. Whether fans of the ex Rangers Football Club can bury their hurt to see and grasp it we shall see. I sincerely hope that they do but with or without them fans of all clubs must not let this moment pass without building a better united future for all.
Latterly the comments and reactions of those SFL Clubs and fans that have spoken out suggest the prospect of a new dawn emerging from the darkness of the dire picture painted by those who are supposedly the games leaders and which was lain bare in the scandalous document sent to SFL Clubs and reinforced most recently by Stewart Regan the Chief Executive of the body responsible for good governance of the game in Scotland.
I find it still difficult to really believe that what I have read and heard is not all a bad dream from which I will shortly wake.
Can it be true that the game’s leaders are without shame suggesting that regardless of any moral or ethical considerations that by hook crook blackmail threats or otherwise the new SEVCO 5088 NEwco ‘The Rangers Re constituted or whatever name they conjure MUST be in the SPL in season 2013/14. Regardless of all and any known facts Mr Regan et al tells all they will make it happen.
It appears that the rationale behind the decision The SPL clubs are being asked to make next week is that Scottish Football cannot survive without the monies provided by Satellite TV and that these will not exist to the same extent from 2013/2014 without a Newco Rangers in the SPL. This it is suggested can be achieved by voting this Newco into SFL 1 for next season with a presumption that the rest will follow.
They are being asked then to commit their club and themselves to a rigged competition to guarantee a Rangers Newco entry to the SPL for season 2013/2014. The natural presumption must be that by whatever means necessary that return will be guaranteed if they vote Yes to this proposal. I must ask that you consider how that will be achieved? Will this be guaranteed by the corruption of referees? Will this be guaranteed by the bribing of opposition players?
Once committed to that path corruption is guaranteed since quite clearly they are being asked to commit to a corrupt proposal. Sadly they are being asked to become the moral arbiters of Scottish Football because those responsible for such have abdicated all responsibility for the sole protection one presumes of their positions and salaries.
This would be bad enough on its own but to suggest that if the SPL clubs do not vote for Rangers in SFL 1 that an SPL 2 will be created for the same purpose viz the NEWCO in the SPL 1 for 2013/2014 and that others will be cut adrift to achieve this is scandalous immoral and is akin to the actions of a Fascist Dictatorship. It cannot be allowed to stand.
I myself fell in love with Celtic, in my case 55 years ago.
They were not my first love however. That was the game of football itself and my early years were spent playing the game and watching my home town club, Dumbarton.
I have lived in England for 47 years.
My love for Celtic and for football remains.
In that regard I view the talk of financial Armageddon with disdain if not scorn.
It is self evident to anyone with a love of the game that those who love football find their enjoyment of the game at any level so whatever may happen the organisation and the level may change but those who love the game will still be there. They will re-organise and the game will survive. As such the banal threats to the SFL clubs will I am sure fall on the deaf ears of those who love the game.
Apart from the sheer arrogance of the suggestion I find it tactically quite inept.
Consider quite simply that you are one of the 20 or so Clubs who will be cut adrift if you do not comply. You are a “diddy club” a non entity. You will not ever in your wildest imaginings ever aspire to being what attracts TV and Sponsorship deals that allow the games so called leaders to earn their salaries and kudos but you have essentially what they appear to have forgotten – A love of the game.
So what would any of these do? Simply go away? Not on your nelly” What they should and will do is to combine form another Association. Let’s call it the Moral Scottish Football Association and invite others to join.
One wonders how long it will take UEFA and FIFA to become interested in affairs in the Scottish Backwater.
The SFL Clubs now have the soul of Scottish Football in their hands and the dreams of anyone who grew up loving the game. That is an unenviable position for them. I trust that they will come to the only honourable decision open to them.
What they need to know is that those who love the game will support what is right.
Great statement from Stranraer FC. An extract:
“There should not be a special case made for any club and we believe that the proper place for a phoenix club to restart life is at the lowest level. We believe it is right and proper than any club should have the right to apply for the resulting vacancy and we would then form a view on which club we would support for election to any vacancy based on the presentation case made by the applicants.”
http://www.stranraerfc.org/
starry plough@15:01
That is just astounding
Reagan has to be brought to task by the clubs. He is breaking every rule that exists in the current statutes
Reagan is effectively trying to rig the Scottish game
He must be stopped at all costs
Do we know which ‘Rangers’ the various hun groups regard as Rangers, even tho we all know that Rangers are dead come liquidation?
Gordon J,
I think this statement is especially brave considering their vicinity to the hoards soon to be migration to celebrate their sectarian racist philosophy
Just seen on SSN the SFL vote is next Friday 13th. Hope not a bad omen!!!
Weefra HH
canamalar,
I hadn’t thought of the geography – good point.
Do you think it’s beginning to sink into the huns (defunct) demented wee brains exactly just how much they are loathed…..everywhere?
It’s becoming apparent with every passing hour that the likelihood of them having a ‘club’ playing ANYWHERE is as elusive as the ‘God particle’?
Yes,they know the particle is there,but it still cannot be observed. Only its effect on everything around it.
The huns (defunct) need to learn a wee bit more about how the universe works. They are in the gravitational grip of a karmic black hole. Total annhilation beckons.
And they know it.
hen1rik
Cheers for the heads up matey.
However, personally I thought they were crap :(
Ron Bacardi on 5 July, 2012 at 15:05 said:
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I think everyone actually does know what was said,but until Neil Lennon comes out and tells us himself it’s probably best not to throw fuel on the bonfire engulfing the wailing psychos.
HH!
Ten Men Won The League on 5 July, 2012 at 15:14 said:
Yesterday was only round one of a long dirty battle to save the game, Regan understimates the Internet Bampots and the Supporters, he’s a loser by the simple fact that he is already standing with the losers and they have either pulled the wool over his eyes or he was put there for exactly this time.
The Gravy Train Lickers will not go quietly we must remain awake and active..
We have allies tho!!!
WeefratheTim on 5 July, 2012 at 15:19 said:
Just seen on SSN the SFL vote is next Friday
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why a vote about admitting one non-league team with no history or even any type of SFA membership?
When’s the CL qualifiers, hope the away one isn’t on the thursday before the CQN Golf day (3rd August)?
Victoria Azarenka
PERFECTION
RB
My thoughts exactly. I have been spouting there will be no Newtox playing anywhere this coming season.
Weefra HH
Buying a school kids Raith Rovers Season Ticket (£25) and giving it back to the club to use for local kids. Lets start a campaign of support for the SFL clubs.
This is a chance to re-baseline the whole of Scottish football and have football clubs who do not rely on debt, who live within their means and who prosper.
Our English Premiership neighbours will self-combust some time soon, so let’s get our act together now and start by easing the pressure on SFL clubs who will, hopefully, put Sevoc in Div 3.
‘Victoria Azarenka
PERFECTION ‘
Sheik, for a brief moment I thought that was our Champions League draw;)
HH
Super Delicious Irony:
Celtic announce glamour friendly with Inter vs. Hun tour of Germany cancelled.
Announced on the same day no less!
TT
traditionalist88
HAAHAHAAHA
Over..and…Over on 5 July, 2012 at 15:20 said:
hen1rik
Cheers for the heads up matey.
However, personally I thought they were crap :(
share on F’book or Twitter
LoL.
…Having googled her I wouldn’t mind if it was;)
HH
Get.
In.
There.
Paul67 you are way out in front of the pack, bravo!
ExcitingTim(e)sCSC
Glendalystonsils likes a mr whippy with his lime green jelly on 5 July, 2012 at 15:11 said:
Celtic have announced a glamour pre season friendly against serie A giants Inter Milan.
Not to be out done Newco have announced a glamour friendly against bakery giants Inter Milanda. The game is dependent on Newco having 11 players who can stand upright and on a corporation pitch being available.
share on F’book or Twitter
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inter Milan v Inter Nicene.
Looking for a safe way to travel and accommodation for myself , brother and 2 teenage daughters as I am trying to acquire tickets for the Aberdeen game on Aug 4th when I will be over on holidays.
Coming from Manchester and would maybe go by train and stay in hotel but need info so that girls will be safe.
Maybe pregame info and then Bairds or something to give them a real treat as I only make it back every few years.
Any information would be greatly appreciated as well as closer to the date if any CQNers meet up it would be great to put faces to names.
Thanks.
Mincey.
new article posted.
due to an unfortunate sister-in-law my brother-in-law is a northern irish orangeman living in Southampton, he refuses to wear green etc, so you can see where I’m coming from, he told me a few weeks ago he’d got us tickets to see Rangers against Southampton in a mini tournament when I visit next weekend, I told him then that Rangers are no longer, and since then Southampton have booted them out, hope he disnae get his money back