Tunnel closure echoes Leppings Lane

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On Sunday, I entered the Janefield St tunnel from the east at 11:38 (Google tracking to the minute), and reached my turnstile (T22), which is a few meters beyond the gates.  The gates were open at this time, approximately 15 minutes before kick-off.  The tunnel was busy but orderly and there was no crushing.

Reports suggest the gates were closed 10 minutes before kick-off.  Fans continued to walk towards their turnstile, not knowing the gates ahead were closed.  This caused crushing and distress, as fans were boxed in.

There was a slightly higher footfall in the tunnel than previous games against Newco, or others.  6,000 extra Celtic fans were situated at the east of the stadium than were there during previous games against Newco.  Some of them approached the stadium from the west.  The police stopped Celtic fans walking west-to-east along London Road, leaving the Janfield St tunnel as the only available route.

This scenario is reminiscent of what happened at the Hillsborough Disaster.  Fans entered the Leppings Lane terrace through a tunnel, unaware that ahead was a solid wall of people.  Fans walking through the tunnel had no way of knowing they were trapping people in front of them.  There was no escape to the side and police refused to open gates at the pitch side of the terrace.  96 people died.

No significant crushing injuries happened on Sunday probably because the police realised the consequence of closing the gates and opened them again within minutes, and the crowd remained calm.  Those trapped in the tunnel were lucky.

Tunnels are not inherently dangerous but become so when badly controlled.  It is permissible to block people from entering them, but it is negligent to create a blockage in a tunnel that becomes a crush-point, stopping people passing through, or leaving.

I was at a serious incident on Janefield St in 1985, when four mounted police created panic by charging through the back of a crowd leaving a Celtic-Rangers game.  That evening I witnessed a bottle fly out of the Rangers end and hit an officer on the head, causing him to collapse.  Then, after the game, I saw a Celtic fan throw an object at a mounted police officer, striking him on the face.

I am sure the subsequent charge through the crowd was some sort of indiscriminate retribution for the latter incident, on a day the police suffered at least two casualties.  The subsequent investigation and findings completely contradicted what I saw.

Before Sunday’s game serious mistakes were made.  Clear acknowledgment must be made this time.

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  1. Celtic should be protecting its players… remind PL these are assets/ he might say something then…. no other club cares they are RANGERS supporters first in the boardrooms of Scotland.. try listen to Well fans etc talk

  2. glendalystonsils on

    It doesn’t matter whether it’s 3 or 300 refs looking at video footage of McGregor deliberately kicking Ajer.

     

     

    Every one of them can plainly see that McGregor is deliberately kicking Ajer.

     

     

    Anyone who can’t see that is a cheating liar.

  3. He’s played 4 in the league , won only 1 , sits 7th and a loss against fellow bottom six strugglers Dundee could see him barking at his caravan – That is what they are deflecting from with this latest con !

  4. Celtic reached end of the line? Working behind scenes? Celtic do and say nothing about corruption. Behind the scenes is where masons do work… Only one person spoke out on corruption. tHe RR chairman. reform ? with all those masons in postions of power..never..of course Celtic voted Campbell Ogilvie back I his postion even after the financial blip at ibrox. PS Alan Shearer threatened never to play for England if he was banned for kicking NL in the head…thgey backed down.. Naismith and McGregor didi.t need to do that… and will get a pat on the back for tax dodger Mcleish

  5. Its at time like this wee drift back to 2012

     

     

    Jan 9 Rangers suspended from the Plus Stock Exchange for failing to file accounts

     

    Jan 16 Rangers £49m HMRC tax and penalties case resumes

     

    Jan 17 Rangers open ‘London Office’ and appoint Misha Sher as Global Partnerships Director

     

    Jan 18 HMRC £49m tax case against Rangers concludes

     

    Jan 20 Andrew Ellis appointed to Rangers board

     

    Jan 23 Jim Traynor of The Daily Record pleads for Rangers not to be hammered by the SFA

     

    Jan 30 Daily Record reports that Rangers have mortgaged future season ticket sales to finance Whyte takeover

     

    Feb 1 Rangers supporters raise concerns over deal to fund club using future season ticket sales

     

    Feb 7 Rangers chairman Craig Whyte rejects allegations he may have lied in court

     

    Feb 9 Daniel Cousin assures Rangers fans he ‘can win Coisty the title’

     

    Feb 10 Ex-Rangers owner David Murray seeks ‘clarification’ over finances since Whyte takeover

     

    Feb 13 HMRC lodge court application to put Rangers into Administration

     

    Feb 13 Rangers approach the Court of Session, stating that they intend to go into Administration

     

    Feb 14 Rangers go into Administration after failing to pay £9m tax since Whyte takeover, Duff and Phelps appointed administrators

     

    Feb 14 Craig Whyte exists Ibrox from a side door and heads directly to the airport

     

    Feb 16 First Minister claims Celtic ‘will not prosper’ if Rangers go under

     

    Feb 16 Daniel Cousin move terminated after Rangers fail to submit registration paperwork before Administration deadline

     

    Feb 16 Duff & Phelps assure fans and creditors that the ‘crisis will soon be over and Rangers FC will survive’

     

    Feb 17 Craig Whyte subject of SFA and police probes as he insists ‘no criminality’

     

    Feb 17 Craig Whyte steps down as rangers chairman

     

    Feb 17 SFA launch Investigation into Rangers going into admin

     

    Feb 18 Duff and Phelps looking to strike deal with HMRC

     

    Feb 21 Rangers owner Craig Whyte admits using £24m season ticket cash to fund takeover

     

    Feb 21 SFA appoint Lord William Nimmo-Smith to investigate the financial conduct of Rangers

     

    Feb 22 Rangers admit to selling of “Arsenal Shares”

     

    Feb 22 “saverangers” is launched asking fans how much they would be prepared to invest in the club, website has intentions of pledges totally £75m

     

    Feb 23 Gordon Smith and Ali Russell sacked by Rangers

     

    Feb 24 Rangers fail to pay match-day policing bills

     

    Feb 25 David Murray is quizzed by Duff & Phelps over the club’s tangled financial affairs

     

    Feb 27 Rangers fined £50,000 over Craig Whyte’s director ban

     

    Feb 29 Millions discovers in Collyer Bristow, Whytes lawyers account

     

    Mar 1 Rangers’ ‘best outcome’ is to find new owners says Ticketus

     

    Mar 2 Rangers Administrators seize £3.6m from Craig Whyte’s lawyers

     

    Mar 2 Talks ongoing between players and administrators on redundancies and paycuts

     

    Mar 5 Rangers players fail to reach agreement over ‘substantial’ pay cuts to save jobs

     

    Mar 5 Ranagers players make offer to Duff and Phelps on paycuts, this is rejected.

     

    Mar 6 “Tommy in Glasgow” speaks to Craig Whyte on the phone, both record the conversation

     

    Mar 6 Rangers warned they could be stripped of SPL titles if convicted of making illegal payments to players

     

    Mar 7 Rangers players accuse Duff and Phelps of lying

     

    Mar 7 Dave King says Liquidation is inevitable

     

    Mar 8 ‘No sign’ that Craig Whyte has paid any money into Rangers

     

    Mar 8 SFA charge Rangers with bringing the game into disrepute

     

    Mar 8 Rangers in court battle with Collyer Bristow over £3.6m to keep club afloat

     

    Mar 9 Rangers close ‘London Office’ and sack Global Parnerships Director, Misha Sher

     

    Mar 9 Ticketus are backing Paul Murrays Blue Knights bid to buy Rangers

     

    Mar 12 ‘Blue Knights’ consortium in talks with Rangers administrators over takeover

     

    Mar 13 Crisis-hit Rangers launch Rangers Fans Fighting Fund to help finance stricken club

     

    Mar 13 Duff and Phelps say Craig Whyte still has a big say in Rangers future

     

    Mar 14 US Company Fortress interested in buying rangers – allegedly

     

    Mar 14 Fans pay funds into account of professional clown Mr Custard after wrong email address gaffe

     

    Mar 14 David Murray denies existence of dual contracts and claims to have been ‘duped’ by Craig Whyte

     

    Mar 16 Three submit initial takeover bids for crisis-hit Rangers – believed to be Club9 Sports, The Blue Knights and Bill Ng

     

    Mar 17 Duff and Phelps extend deadline for offers

     

    Mar 20 Fourth bid received by administrators – believed to be from Brian Kennedy

     

    Mar 21 Rugby club owner Brian Kennedy at Ibrox for administrator talks

     

    Mar 23 Court rules that Ticketus deal stands as administrators fail to win legal guidance

     

    Mar 25 Fifth bidder for Rangers announced

     

    Mar 28 Duff and Phelps bill likely to top £3m for admin process

     

    Mar 29 Craig whyte says he’d rather Rangers were liquidated than go to TBK

     

    Mar 29 Martin Bain drops £1.3m legal case against Rangers

     

    Mar 29 Brian Kennedy ‘disappointed’ as Rangers bid is rejected

     

    Mar 30 Bill Miller brings out his incubator, another name for liquidation.

     

    Apr 3 Craig Whyte in new move to strengthen hold over Rangers

     

    Apr 3 Club9 Sports pulls out of Rangers bidding race

     

    Apr 4 Rangers administrators say they have received four ‘final’ bids for club

     

    Apr 5 Administrators drop financial bombshell, revealing club could owe up to £134m

     

    Apr 6 Rangers debt nightmare is revealed including unpaid bills to SPL clubs, European clubs, TicketUs, HMRC, and local businesses

     

    Apr 12 Andrew Ellis launches legal action against Craig Whyte for 24.9% of the club’s shares he claims he ‘is owed’

     

    Apr 13 Administrators claim three bidders still in running despite SPL plans

     

    Apr 16 Craig Whyte states ‘Rangers bidders will have to thrash out takeover with me’

     

    Apr 16 TBK Walk away from the bidding process

     

    Apr 18 Rangers administrators sue Craig Whyte’s company in £25m legal action

     

    Apr 19 TBK are back in the bidding process

     

    Apr 19 TBK’s latest bid for Rangers rejected by administrators, they walk away.

     

    Apr 20 American tow-truck businessman submits £11.2m bid for troubled Rangers

     

    Apr 20 Singapore group led by Bill Ng withdraws bid for club

     

    Apr 20 TBK are back in the bidding process

     

    Apr 20 Ally McCoist voices concern that Rangers may only have ‘five weeks to live’

     

    Apr 22 Bill Miller cuts deal with SPL

     

    Apr 23 Duff and Phelps extend deadline for bids, again.

     

    Apr 23 Rangers administrators set to announce preferred bidder for Ibrox club

     

    Apr 23 Rangers hammered by the SPL with a 12 month transfer embargo and fined £160,000

     

    Apr 23 Craig Whyte banned from Scottish football for life and fined, Whyte responds “good luck getting your money”

     

    Apr 24 Craig Whyte claims ‘I should have put Rangers into Administration in October’

     

    Apr 24 Rangers commence legal action against Craig Whyte and Gary Withey of Collyer Bristow

     

    Apr 24 Ally McCoist demands names of SPL panel members be made public – despite already knowing their identity

     

    Apr 25 Jim Traynor of The Daily Record pleads to “stop kicking Rangers to death”

     

    Apr 25 Members of SFA panel receive death threats after Rangers punishment decision

     

    Apr 26 Ally McCoist says he is ‘disgusted’ by the death threats received by the SFA panel he called to be publicly named

     

    Apr 27 Blue Knights and Brian Kennedy submit conditional bid for crisis-hit Rangers

     

    Apr 28 Rangers fans protest outside the Hampden Offices Of the SFA

     

    Apr 29 Rangers are soundly beaten 3-0 by a rampant Celtic in what could be the last Glasgow Derby ever

     

    May 2 Rangers fans wave anti-Miller protest banners at SPL home match v Dundee Utd

     

    May 2 RST spokesman Mark Dingwall encourages fans to email Bill Miller demanding answers

     

    May 3 Duff & Phelps announce Bill Miller given preferred bidder status

     

    May 5 Kilmarnock chairman Michael Johnson believes Rangers will be in the SPL next season

     

    May 7 Rangers Newco bid to SPL will be voted on by Clubs and not SPL board

     

    May 8 Bill Miller withdraws his offer citing financial difficulties and abusive conduct from fans as his reasons

     

    May 8 Craig Whyte agrees deal with “British Businessman”

     

    May 9 Duff & Phelps announce that there are 3 other interested bidders

     

    May 11 Blue Knights, Brian Kennedy, with Graeme Souness and Walter Smith issue Duff & Phelps with lunchtime deadline or bid will be withdrawn

     

    May 11 Duff & Phelps reject TBK & Brian Kennedy’s final offer

     

    May 12 Duff & Phelps announce that Charles Green is fronting a consortium that will be afforded preferred bidder status

     

    May 13 Charles Green, fronting a multi-national consortium buys Rangers in a £8.5m deal

     

    May 14 Charles Green states that Rangers will never again carry a debt-burden, but that he is not confident of gaining a CVA

     

    May 14 Charles Green fails to divulge the other members of his consortium, or reveal any figures

     

    May 15 SFA warn Charles Green he must divulge the names of those involved with his consortium

     

    May 16 Rangers attend their SFA appeal hearing at Hampden over transfer ban

     

    May 17 SFA reject Rangers appeal to overturn the 12 month transfer embargo imposed on them for financial mismanagement

     

    May 18 Charles Green admits that ‘only five or six’ investors have so far invested any cash in his £8.5m proposal to buy Rangers

     

    May 20 Dave King claims he has first refusal on Craig Whyte’s 85% shareholding in Rangers

     

    May 22 Manchester businessman Mike McDonald pulls out of Charles Green’s Rangers takeover consortium

     

    May 23 Duff and Phelps knew about ticketus deal before administration

     

    May 24 BBC screen damning documentary on the extent of EBT abuse at Rangers and conflicts of interest by Duff & Phelps

     

    May 25 Rangers apply to the Court Of Session to have the SFA transfer embargo overturned

     

    May 28 SPL grant Rangers a ‘period of good grace’ (until Fri 15th June) after the club misses deadline for filing financial documents.

     

    May 28 Deadline date for issuing a CVA proposal by Duff & Phelps to creditors

     

    May 29 Duff & Phelps issue formal CVA proposal to creditors, after failure to meet previous day’s deadline

     

    May 29 Rangers win Court Of Session appeal against SFA transfer embargo

     

    Jun 6 Dave King urges creditors to reject Green’s CVA and urges fans not to buy season tickets until Green names his backers

     

    Jun 8 Charles Green urges fans to buy season tickets

     

    Jun 9 Dave King announces legal challenge to block any attempted transfer of Craig Whyte’s 85% shareholding to Charles Green

     

    Jun 9 Green pledges to raise £30m within two months

     

    Jun 12 HMRC state they intend to reject Rangers CVA proposal, effectively liquidating the Ibrox club

     

    Jun 12 PFA tell Rangers players they have no obligation to stay

     

    Jun 14 Walter Smith, along with Douglas Park & Jim McColl unsuccessfully attempts to wrest control of the club with a late bid

     

    Jun 14 Rangers’ CVA meeting lasts just 9 minutes as angry creditors unanimously reject the club’s impoverished proposal

     

    Jun 14 Rangers Football Club are liquidated with immediate effect ending their 140-year-old history

     

    Jun 14 Charles Green buys the remnants of the former club and forms a new company (Sevco 5088 Limited)

     

    Jun 15 Malcolm Murray is appointed Chairman of the new Rangers club Sevco 5088

     

    Jun 15 Fans announce they will not buy season tickets for the new club unless Green sells to Walter Smith’s group

     

    Jun 17 SFL chairman Longmuir says Rangers must start in Division 3

     

    Jun 18 SFA say rangers have case to answer on dual contracts

     

    Jun 19 Walter Smith accepts defeat and announces his group will no longer attempt to purchase control of the new football club

     

    Jun 23 Hearts, Dundee Utd and Aberdeen indicate they will vote against admitting Sevco 5088 directly into the SPL

     

    Jun 23 McCoist says players should come out and say if they are leaving

     

    Jun 24 Steven Whittaker, Steven Naismith, Sone Aluko and Rhys McCabe refuse to transfer their contracts to the new club

     

    Jun 24 Naismith says Rangers no longer exist

     

    Jun 25 Hibs, ICT and St Johnstone join Hearts, Dundee Utd and Aberdeen in voting ‘No’ to admitting Sevco 5088 directly into the SPL

     

    Jun 25 The Crown Office asks Strathclyde Police to probe Craig Whyte’s purchase and subsequent financial management of old Rangers

     

    Jun 25 Rangers will need 22 Yes votes to be admitted into SFL

     

    Jun 25 Raith Rovers, Clyde and Falkirk state their opposition to Sevco 5088 joining the SFL First Division

     

    Jun 26 Steven Davis, Allan McGregor, Kyle Lafferty and Jamie Ness refuse to transfer their contracts to the new club

     

    Jun 27 John Brown urges fans not to give Green season ticket money and to invest in his own takeover bid

     

    Jun 27 Morton join Raith Rovers and Falkirk in stating their opposition to Sevco 5088 joining the SFL First Division

     

    Jun 27 Rangers fans protest outside Ibrox and hang suited effigies of David Murray and Craig Whyte, whilst John Brown makes a speech

     

    Jun 27 John Fleck and Juan Ortiz bring the total to ten players so far, who have refused to transfer their contracts to the new club

     

    Jun 28 Sevco 5088 resume training with just thirteen players in total showing up at Murray Park

     

    Jun 28 BBC says active discussion to drop Rangers into Div 1

     

    Jun 28 SPL plan breakaway second tier if Rangers not in Div 1 next season

     

    Jun 29 St Mirren join the six other clubs so far, who have stated their intentions to oppose a New Rangers entering directly into the SPL

     

    Jun 29 Charles Green criticices those individuals who ‘turn up, make a Braveheart speech and do little else’

     

    Jun 30 Kyle Lafferty signs for Swiss side Sion

     

    Jun 30 Steven Whittaker signs for Norwich City

     

    Jul 1 John Brown claims Malcolm Murray ‘cancelled a meeting to produce the paperwork which would show who owns Rangers’

     

    Jul 2 Charles Green claims he will clarify issues raised by fans over the Ibrox title deeds ‘over the next seven days’

     

    Jul 3 Stranraer and Stirling join Morton, Raith Rovers and Falkirk in stating their opposition to Sevco 5088 joining the SFL First Division

     

    Jul 3 Malcolm Murray offers a full and unreserved apology for the distress inflicted upon Scottish football by Rangers 1872

     

    Jul 3 Jamie Ness signs for Stoke City

     

    Jul 4 John Fleck signs for Coventry City

     

    Jul 4 Steven Naismith signs for Everton

     

    Jul 4 SPL clubs vote ‘overwhelmingly’ to reject the application by Sevco 5088 for membership of the top flight by 10 votes to 1

     

    Jul 4 Stewart Reagan SFA Chairman says there will be “social unrest” if Rangers not in Div 1 next season

     

    Jul 5 Dunfermline, Livingston, East Fife, Peterhead and Clyde all say they will vote no to Sevco 5088 joining the SFL First Division

     

    Jul 5 Partick Thistle became the 11th SFL club to say no to Sevcoco 5088 joining the SFL First Division

     

    Jul 6 Rangers announce they have sold just 250 season tickets, netting less than £100k in revenue

     

    Jul 6 Steven Davis signs for Southampton

     

    Jul 8 SFL Chairman Longmuir wants Rangers in Div 1 next season

     

    Jul 10 Allan McGregor signs for Turkish side Besiktas

     

    Jul 10 Juan Ortiz signs for Spanish side Granada

     

    Jul 12 Elgin City, Peterhead and Arbroath all say they will vote against Sevco 5088 joining the SFL First Division

     

    Jul 13 Friday 13th – bad luck for Sevco 5088 Ltd as they are unceremoniously dumped into the SPL Third Division with a 25-5 against vote

     

    Jul 13 Rangers claim they have been invited into SPL 2

     

    Jul 14 Dorin Goian announces he will not stay with Sevco 5088 Ltd to play football in the SPL Third Division

     

    Jul 16 Carlos Bocanegra announces he will not stay with Sevco 5088 Ltd to play football in the SPL Third Division

     

    Jul 16 Maurice Edu announces he will not stay with Sevco 5088 Ltd to play football in the SPL Third Division

     

    Jul 20 Sevco 5088 Ltd announce they will accept the SFA 12-month transfer embargo in order to secure a licence to play football in Scotland

     

    Jul 23 Brian Kennedy offers Green £5.6m for 51% share of Rangers

     

    Jul 25 First Rangers match, Bibs v non bibs

     

    Jul 25 Sone Aluko signs for Hull City

     

    Jul 26 Kenneth Mure QC named as the man who will rule on Rangers’ Big Tax Case along with Dr Heidi Poon and Scott Rae

     

    Jul 27 Sevco 5088 Ltd are given temporary conditional membership of the SFA

     

    Jul 28 Rhys McCabe signs for Sheffield Wednesday

     

    Jul 28 New Rangers sign Ian Black

     

    Jul 29 New Rangers play their first competative match, narrowly beating Brechin 2-1 in the Ramsdens Cup after extra time

     

    Jul 29 Charles Green claims the actions of SPL clubs are motivated by bigotry and jealousy

     

    Jul 31 New Rangers sign Dean Shiels

     

    Jul 31 Sky agrees a £63m deal with the SPL & SFL to continue its coverage of Scottish football for another five years

     

    Jul 31 Charles Green is ordered to explain his ‘bigotry’ comments by SFA compliance officer Vincent Lunny

     

    Aug 1 Salim Kerkar signs for Charlton Athletic

     

    Aug 2 The SPL appoint an independent commission to investigate illicit EBT payments at Rangers from the period 2000-2011

     

    Aug 6 David Murray issues a press release denying that any cheating took place during his stewardship of Rangers

     

    Aug 7 New Rangers sign Kevin Kyle, Edmilson Cribari and Francisco Sandaza

     

    Aug 7 New Rangers play their first ever home game against East Fife, in the Scottish Communities League Cup

     

    Aug 7 Mike Ashley to buy share in Rangers

     

    Aug 10 Alejandro Bedoya signs for Swedish side Helsingborgs

     

    Aug 11 Rangers to get £10m a year investment from Mike Ashley

     

    Aug 11 New Rangers scrape a 2-2 draw in the final minute with Peterhead on the opening day of the season in Division 3

     

    Aug 13 Green says Rangers have “paid all their debts”

     

    Aug 14 Charles Green publicly claims that the SPL have an agenda against New Rangers

     

    Aug 14 Charles Green claims that ‘Rangers do not owe anyone in Scottish football a single penny’

     

    Aug 15 Dundee United claim they are still owed £65,981 by Rangers

     

    Aug 17 Lord Nimmo Smith will chair the SPL independent commission investigating non-disclosed player payments at oldco Rangers

     

    Aug 21 McCoist has “learned to love” Charles Green

     

    Aug 22 Dorin Goian signs for Italian club Spezia

     

    Aug 24 Maurice Edu signs for Stoke City, becoming the 14th player to reject 3rd Division football with New Rangers

     

    Aug 24 Rangers announce that Arif Naqvi, CE of Abraaj Capital (Dubai), owns their largest shareholding at 18%, worth £2m

     

    Aug 29 Kirk Broadfoot terminates his contract with New Rangers

     

    Aug 29 Alistair McCoist & Charles Green are both found guilty by the SFA of bringing the game into disrepute

     

    Aug 31 Hearts reject a ‘derisory offer’ (totalling less than £1m) from New Rangers, for winger David Templeton and full-back Ryan McGowan

     

    Aug 31 Hearts reluctantly accept a ‘not completely satisfactory’ offer from New Rangers for David Templeton

     

    Aug 31 Carlos Bocanegra signs for Spanish club Racing Santander

     

    Sep 5 Kirk Broadfoot signs for Blackpool

     

    Sep 6 Rangers hope to float on Stock Exchange

     

    Sep 21 Rangers shares to be £500 a share

     

    Sep 21 Rangers director Imran Ahmed says they are close to agreeing deal with Adidas & Dallas Cowboys

     

    Sep 22 Charles Green is in USA to strike up interest in share issue

     

    Sep 23 Five way agreement is leaked

     

    Sep 28 Green & Ahmed in NI to strike up interest in Share issue

     

    Oct 9 Bill Miller warns Rangers could go bust again

     

    Oct 11 Rangers announce Share Issue

     

    Oct 22 Full list of rangers shareholders revealed

     

    Oct 24 leaked tapes of Craig whyte talking to Duff and Phelps leaked, not a good day for Kyle Bartley

     

    Oct 31 Charles Green invites Walter Smith on to Rangers board

     

    Oct 31 Rangers are officially liquidated

     

     

    The End

  6. If VAR is set to be introduced to football in the UK can the SFA refuse to cooperate and would a decision against sevco be honoured…..or would a decision be reversed an a appeal examined by the 3 officials….

  7. MARADOMINIC on 4TH SEPTEMBER 2018 4:08 PM

     

     

    Celtic voted Campbell Ogilvie back I his postion even after the financial blip at ibrox.

     

     

    *naw we didnae, we abstained, the rest of the craft allowed him tae stay.

  8. They (Sevco) say what they want and dae what the want and fek all is done about it. The reason being the minority of those in authority are either Huns or are shoite scared of them. So it was with Oldco and now it is with Sevco and it ain’t gonna change. So we just have to hump them on the football field and sicken the orange fekers. Hail Hail

  9. Maradominic,

     

    if there a re no other candidates nominated and nd you don’t want to vote for the only candidate then you abstain.

     

    Unless there’s some other course of action that can be taken but I don’t think there is one.

  10. Two weeks in a row McGregor has got away with it. I actually thought last week for worse.

     

    He was really sneaky and went down as if he had no option. He then jumped/dived over a couple of players torl reach the Motherwell player he wanted to do. I think it was Hartley, who he hit with a deliberate elbow. Absolutely no argument to that.

  11. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    If the Plc’s vote was not made to negate a vote for Ogilvie then it was a positive vote, the Plc voted for Ogilvie

  12. I understand that playing for one’s country should be a very special thing, and I get that, really do.

     

    However, Celtic players are paid by Celtic FC and as such must adhere to the terms of employment ad regulations passed down.

     

    So the club should inform the SFA they are no longer willing to provide players for international duty until an even playing field is in place and everyone plays by the same rules. Celtic at the same time should advise the players why they have taken that action, i’m sure they will be fully behind the club as it will not take long for the shit to hit the fan.

     

    KINGLuBO

  13. why try and defend celtic plc, the main shareholder is on record as say they are a great club only a tory thinking of money so does not care

  14. MARADOMINIC on 4TH SEPTEMBER 2018 2:42 PM

     

    At least it wasn’t a unanimous decision..one non mason on the panel!

     

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    Not necessarily so.

     

    By insisting on an unanimous verdict, the decision can be vetoed by one former colleague of the match referee who may or may not have been prone to honest mistakes.

  15. imo its demond who is to blame for not going after them not lawell desmond is more than likely a token mason

  16. IKI

     

    I can imagine three men wearing brown brogues with trouser leg rolled giving funny handshakes and asking whose turn is it to say naw.

     

     

    The same guys who gave a Celtic player a lengthy ban based on nothing more than the word of a liar and racist.

  17. i'vehadtochangemymind on

    Ryan Jack hasn’t learned has he? Shut gob! He gave us the one chance we needed because he lunged at a player when behind him was open . Open space they came not to leave because they were desperate for a draw. Jack should now know what class is because he was left for dead by TR. He thought they had us under pressure and jumped into TR. Don’t give the ref the chance Jackie. We destroyed you and that’s what should worry you.

  18. It will be interesting to see what happens to the first non Sevco player up for kicking an opponent off the ball.. esp if it’s one of our own

     

    HH

     

    Rich

  19. DBHOY on 3RD SEPT @ 7:09 AM,

     

     

    That’s very interesting piece on Huge Jackman, as westerners we seem to have become attached from our natural environs and spiritual well being.

     

     

    But like Huge Jackman experienced, when you’re in that “zone” you realise it’s mankind’s natural condition.

     

     

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    Interesting decision once again by the SFA.

     

     

    If it wasn’t before, it is now very obvious that this organisation is completely incapable of taking any necessary action against the Ibrox Clubs.

     

     

    Alan McGregors kick on Kris Ajer is the most blatant of fouls. Willie Collum was incapable of taking the proper decision and award a penalty and red card at the time.

     

     

    Normally he’d produce a yellow so if could not be dealt with after the fact, of course if he did that he would have to have given the obvious penalty.

     

     

    So he ignored it, leaving it for his colleagues to deal with later. It is of course so blatant, so obvious that you feel even Sevco will be given a red card on this occasion.

     

     

    However, like many of the SFA’s processes it is open to abuse. Firstly the ex-refs who sit on the disciplinary tribunals are anonymous, secondly it needs a unanimous not a majority decision.

     

     

    That means one anonymous cheat can circumvent the whole process. We know there more than enough of those around.

     

     

    The SFA is not fit for purpose, it needs most of it’s roles on governing Scottish Football striped from it and the remainder of the organisation needs to be totally reformed into a small, transparent and impartial administration organisation.

     

     

    Hail Hail

  20. Nye Bevans' rebel soldier on

    Not be the first time McGregor’s got off,it will continue until

     

    some on at Celtic can find a testicle sadly.

  21. pull all our players from the national team squad forthwith and let them get on with it ,enough is enough , we have to show them we mean business or they will continue to s*** ALL OVER US.

  22. “I don’t mump and moan about decisions”

     

    ©️ Daily Record…

     

     

     

    Eh?..Ryan, did you just not mump and moan about Wille Collum?

     

     

     

    RJ.. That wisnae me!

     

     

     

    Eh?..Did you not just mump and moan about an alleged foul when Tom Rogic brushed past you?

     

     

     

    RJ.. That wisnae me!

     

     

     

    Eh?..I think your talking pish Ryan!

     

     

     

    RJ.. This isnae fair, am gonnae appeal against this!

  23. saltires en sevilla on

    The only way to get a result in this country is to score more goals…keep blasting it into the net.

     

     

    Expect nothing in terms of fairness or an even application of the rules.

     

     

    Stop greeting about it….it will get worse…

     

     

    It’s always been the same!

     

     

    Nothing changed in 2012.

     

     

    Nothing!

     

     

    The Celtic Board accepted it. The overwhelming majority of Celtic fans have accepted it!

     

     

    All we have left is to keep banging in the goals.

     

     

    And

     

     

    Remembering when to grunt on cue…maybe one more season?!

     

     

    Then await our turn to groan.

     

     

     

    Signed up furrit CSC

  24. Does anyone reckon that, if Alan McGregor pulled a skean dhu out his sock, and stabbed Kris Ajer, he would stil have got away Scot free?

     

    Ludicrous question, I know.

     

    Of course he would.

  25. BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 4TH SEPTEMBER 2018 4:17 PM

     

     

     

    I love it when you put it all together

     

     

     

    Thank You

     

     

    HH

  26. Mahe the Madman on

    MurdochAuldandHay,

     

    its a take it or leave side blog just like the others and sure its not perfect sorry but Rome wasnt built in a day. The quiz still takes place on these pages to prove I aint stealing nothing. Hope youre well.

     

    Hail Hail

  27. evening ghuys been watching celtic since 1965, it was the same then as it is now, nothing changes, sorry to say my country is full of celtic hating masons and Orangemen, cant see it changing in my lifetime so feckin sad.hh.