The first time I met Tommy Gemmell was back in the 90s. I made a comment that some recent goal was “a great goal”. Tommy replied, “Every goal is a great goal.
“It didn’t matter who I scored against or how inconsequential the goal was, every time I put the ball in the net was a great moment.”
Tommy couldn’t hide the joy he got from doing what he did.
Some tremendous photos surfaced online yesterday, including this one (above), taken 49 years and 11 months ago, a moment after Celtic’s 0-0 draw away to Dukla Prague in the second leg of the European Cup semi-final, a result that saw Celtic progress to the final 3-1 on aggregate.
This photo took pride of place on Tommy’s memento wall at his Dunblane home. It was framed but had clearly fallen, as there was a crack in the glass. But still, its prominence outranked images from Lisbon.
For Tommy, this image captured some of the things he treasured most. His face displays sheer joy; the team have already achieved more than any other British side in reaching the final of the Continent’s top tournament.
He’s carrying his great pal, Jimmy Johnstone, like a child, on his hip. It defines their achievement, friendship and an unfettered happiness. If you ever had a photo like this of yourself, it would be on your wall too.
I’m pleased our next game is at Celtic Park. Many of us want to be there.
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Good luck to the Celts today. Heading to the Kerrydale for a coffee and bacon roll soon and looking forward to the game.
A fantastic photograph of two Lions on this article.
I will be emailing the Scottish FA’s referee developing officer today to gather his thoughts on Beaton’s performance yesterday.
Video replays will be on the agenda.
John.fleming@scottishfa.co.uk
Hopefully , not too many changes in the team toay.
I would like to see Griff , Christian and Liam starting with Eboue Kouassi on the bench and getting some game time in the second half.
A poignant day for us with Tommy passing away and the news of Big Billy’s dementia breaking over the past week.
Dontbrattbakinanger , congratulations on becoming a grandad. Patrick Joseph has a nice ring to it. I think that is young Roberts’ names plus my grandad was Patrick and my dad Joseph.
Malorbhoy it will be a poignant day for many reasons, I will raise my glass to Jim and Tommy, enjoy. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Brendan Rodgers will not accept the cheating in games involving us, despite the board and club accepting it for years.
Work finished for the day, 2 rollsnsquare on ,dug walked and then
Paradise here i come, bus at hawf 11 so a bit of clock watching to do.
As for the team, strong as possible today and rest them next week ( ask me next week what I think of that lol).
P.s stick your establishment baubles were the sun dont shine ( naw I dont mean East Kilbride).
Pps well done the toffee man last night.
The cheating is what it is and we all buy into it. Unless our club as the biggest and most professional in Scotland does something to stop it, and at least attempts to bring the other 9 or 29 clubs with them on ot then corruption will be forever a % cost of our season book money. I’m guilty! I pay to watch it and I accept that ‘It is what it is’.
But…
I always laugh when I remember back to a midweek game between Killie and Stupid FC when for the only time in my lifetime an honest ref was to card and red card Huns giving a pen against them and they got beat. I remember how Spew Keevins and all Sports Media were shocked to file ruin while giving a couple of weeks of hard hitting coverage to poor Walter and his players. It was funny in it’s sheer pale faced Masonic manipulation.
Then compare that to us at Dundee Utd with Dougie Dougie.
So we are where we are and it is what it is.
There is only one action that could ever stop it!
We all know what that is?
MWD
50SHADESOFGREEN
Eff off wi yer rolls n skwerr,ya sod!
I’ll have to settle for a liquid breakfast of Guinness shortly.
Weird thing is,I can get half-decent skwerr down here-but I cannae find a roll worthy of the name!!
And the co has stopped selling plain breid…
SnofairCSC
CQN’s been a nightmare for ages on my laptop at home.
Just switched to Google Chrome with Adblocker Plus and Hey Presto!
Site loads quickly! Nae ads! Every letter I type appears in the wee boax! Nae freezing up my computer, therefore reboot not required. Pages turn quickly!
Also a wee box with an “X” in it that floated about the right hand side of the screen which I had to delete, which could take ages, before I could type or turn a page has completely disappeared!
Am I getting the hang of modern technology, at last?
BMCUWP
Best wishes to your wee sis Lorna!
Hope she has a great birthday!
O is 17 tomorrow.
She had a party at home last night and C and me were told to disappear from the hoose from 7 ’til midnight at the earliest.
Spent a very pleasant evening in Linlithgow.
The Four Mary’s, The Star and Garter, then Delhi’s Winter for a curry. Sooooperb!
Hope you remembered to get a card for Lorna!
Gramme penis great sporting triumphs on sky sports 3 now.
Wonder if he’ll mention ebt’s and iffy contracts! .
Na me neither.
HENR1K at 9.49 am
Taking my cue from your posts I emailed the said John Fleming asking for “advice??”on the correct decisions which a referee should give re a goalkeeper deliberately handling the ball outside the area and a player kung-foo ficking an oppponent
In the unlikely even of a reply I shall post it on receipt. If Mr. Fleming were to receive emails from supporters of all clubs we might see Beaton downgraded pour decourager les autres.
Off now to cheer on the bhoys. HH
It’s not a managers’ job to call out the refs.
That only offers themselves up for a fine.
The responsibility lies further up the ladder……..in the boardroom.
MOONBEAMSWD
If we refused to buy season tickets,the cheating wouldn’t stop. You know it and I know it.
It would only damage our club.
Maybe refusing to buy tickets for cup games would work,but do we form a picket line outside?
I’m battering my head off the same brick wall that you are,mate. I can’t think of a workable answer,short of complaining about everything. Which wouldn’t work either!
Strange,innit? We get labelled as paranoid for decades. Then when we are proven right,we get call obsessed in a quest for fairness and justice. The Hillsborough campaigners were praised-rightly-for similar. People said they had no chance,but they prevailed.
Not the same thing? Course not. But truth will out. In time.
“Fu”, of course. Autocorrect in Beaton mode.
PHILBHOY
Ya madman,leaving the house to a buncha teenagers. I’ll bet there were holes in the wall and everything when you got back(!)
Tell O to check on here for her birthday wish in the morning.
HH
Malorbhoy
He’ll be there in spirit bud, he’ll be there.
Hail Hail.
Sean
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS.
Sorry for late reply my fingers were awe grease from the sausages lol.
Guinness, you had 2 go and mention bloody Guinness I was just thinking it was 2 early for a pint as well, subliminal cqn strikes again.
Dbbia, congratulations on your families new arrival, have you got the wee mhans name down for a north curve ticket yet.
GORDON64 on 5TH MARCH 2017 8:03 AM
“Good stuff by John James today.”
*****
Indeed. A scathing early-morning synopsis of the farce that is Scottish football.
https://johnjamessite.com/2017/03/05/will-the-corrupt-inherit-the-earth/#comments
Remember, he writes for adults.
50SHADES OF GREEN
Never too early when you work nights,mate.
That’s my excuse anyway.
BEATBHOY
He deleted another article yesterday. That one might not last too long either.
These things even themselves out, don’t they.
Keeper uses his hands outside the box, diving on the ball to prevent a clear goalscoring opportunity, a Red card every day of the week. Severe consequences for his team though, so best ignore it.
Player, inside the box, attempts to break the caramel in his back pocket. Decision is whether to wave play on, or stop play and book the player for simulation. Nah, save the lad the embarrassment and a award penalty kick.
Player boots an opponent. What a wallop. What a walloper. It’s a straight red card for violent conduct. Except, if he gets booked then he stays on the pitch and the incident can’t be referred to the Compliance Officer for review. Result!
All of this in the one game.
The evening out process may take some time…
BMCUWP
Aye! There was a hole in the wall!
But thankfully no other damage!
BMCUWP
O will keep an eye out for them!
Cheers!
PHILBHOY
I suspect a hole in yer wallet anaw!!!
BMCUWP
No tooooo bad!
MARSPAPA
Tried to phone you.
Sent you an email!
Hope you are well!
Bobby Murdoch. The first step in tackling institutional racism is to call it out at every turn. Embarrass the offenders. You will, as we are, met with a barrage of dehumanisation attempts. You will be called mentally ill. You will be told you bring. It on yourself.
But the act of calling it out makes it harder and harder for the perpetrators. Eventually change is forced when the indefensible can’t be justified and those who hold high office are forced to confront their own prejudices.
But the thing is, we won’t even call it out. Disgracefully paul67 and the Celtic board want to use the Celtic support to fight these dirty battles as they see it. Witness Paul being the face of the Celtic support for the return of the old firm. Did Paul take the opportunity to call out the lies. No. Instead it was a nice welcoming back to the racism.
The Celtic board haven’t just been silent here. They have been complicit. They helped the 5 way agreement along and have said nothing about cheating and corruption. Nothing. It’s just too good for business it seems.
So when you say giving up the season books will only harm Celtic the point is solely to get our club to speak out. If they did the racists may howl against it but change will come.
At the moment they are happy to be cheated and for the racists to do their will.
And they do that in our name.
BMCUW
Was it not on the same topic, though?
Saw it was up, and went back later to have a look, but thought it had been subsumed by the ‘ Going For 55 ‘ Redux article.
The only anti dote to ‘ the cheating ‘ is to support Celtic, supporting Celtic killed old Rangers, by definition we made Celtic stronger and better.
It shouldn’t take a long time for Sevco to go down in a similar way.
They have a First Division squad struggling in the SPL and the John Beaton’s of Scotland are plentiful and necessary for Sevco as little Albion Rovers found out at the start of the journey.
Support Celtic enjoy our GOD csc
Moonbeams, the hun v Killie game you mentioned , earlier, the ref , Steve Conroy , was absolutely slaughtered by the media after that game.
He sent off Mendes, rightly booked 8 players and sent that legned of dignity to the stand.
The legned was seen mouthing b@@@@@d at Conroy. The legned also had a go at someone sitting in the seat he wanted to sit.
Our first game against the now defunct club at Celtic Park that season, was the one Conroy never sent off Lafferty and wrongly disallowed a Fortune goal.
I may be wrong here(what’s new I hear some say) but Conroy probably was still affected by the level of grief he got after that killie v Huns game and decided no decisions against what was Rangers.
I think he chucked reffing a year or so later as he was always getting lower league games and when he asked why, he was not given any answers.
Good morning from a mild St Andrew’s, off to St James’. Keeping a lookout for a talkative man wearing cowboy boots, if my infrequent reading g of the blog the last few days is right!
AN TEACH SOLAIS on 5TH MARCH 2017 10:12 AM
Well done buddy.
Let’s hope others do the same.
Re the boxing’- the best scouser versus a one legged opponent since Paul McCartneys divorce battle with Heather Mills.
BSR
Sorry, it’s not enough sometimes. Without the threat not to renew season tickets back in 2012 by supporters of various clubs, Sevco would’ve been placed in the top tier, an event that would have ended support, for good, for thousands.
Fans are not helpless in the face of cheating.
As I said yesterday, everyone has their tipping point.
The Bhoys e-mailing the SFA re Beaton are on the right track. I also agree with the first point of Neg’s post that the only way to stop the cheating is to call it out and make a huge issue of it all over the MSM & Social Media.
Beaton yesterday was a throwback to the real dark days. The real bad decision was the first one. Keeper deliberately fouled to prevent a goal, straight red.
Scores level at that stage, a red for the Hun keeper, Accies would probably have won.
Re our team today, I don’t expect widespread changes, I noted that Ebouie did not play for Dev Squad on Friday, if he is not injured I’d expect him to be on bench today & get some game time if game put to bed early.
St. Mirren totally outplayed Hibs midweek, if we were playing Hibs we would probably be a bit more cautious,
Whilst I do expect a comfortable win, I have experienced too many sickeners in my sporting life to be complacent. I’ll not relax today unless & until we’re 2 up.
Corkcelt
No, it was difficult to see,according to Michael Stewart on ‘Sport’scene, due to the colour clash of the yellow ball, the yellow jersey of the ‘keeper, and of course, the yellow referee.