Ask anyone at Celtic Park or Pittodrie what the consequences are when players at Scottish clubs are and they will tell you: games cancelled for two weeks by the Scottish Government, a “yellow card” issued by the First Minister herself.
At the time, Ms Sturgeon said, “We can’t have privileged football players just deciding that they are not going to bother. This can’t go on.”
There was, however, no grandstanding from Sturgeon yesterday when two Newco players were caught by police breaking Covid rules. Instead, the Scottish Government slipped out a statement COMMENDING Newco:
“Players maintain the sporting bubble by not compromising any of these things when away from the heavy regulated training or match environment, and we expect clubs and their staff and players to fulfil their responsibilities and apply all of these measures rigorously.
“We commend Rangers for taking such swift and decisive action in this instance, to protect the rest of their squad and wider public.”
One club is commended for doing that two others were punished for. I know how things work in Scotland. The SNP is far from popular among supporters at Ibrox, which remains an important political constituency, but turning a blind eye when the First Minister grabbed the opportunity to jump on Celtic is unworthy of the office.
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St.Stivs (few hours ago )
Pleased you have never encountered prejudice.( To your knowledge )
Never overlook the possibility,that perhaps some folk had your back without necessarily announcing the fact.
HH Stay safe.
mssed this, cmon the port celtic
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Eight teams awarded kits thanks to Celtic FC Foundation and adidas
By: Newsroom Staff on 03 Nov, 2020 13:41
CELTIC FC Foundation, in collaboration with Celtic’s official kit supplier adidas, is delighted to announce that eight local grassroots and amateur teams have been awarded a full set of adidas Teamwear kits.
The competition invited grassroots sides to share their stories with Celtic FC Foundation in order to be in with a chance of winning a kit bundle with 15 individual kit sets for their team.
We received over 75 diverse entries from up and down the country and further afield, with the winning sides being carefully selected by a small panel. Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter and congratulations to the winning teams:
– Beann Mhadaghain FC 2009
– Millennium Girls Stranraer
– Belvidere FC
– Eriskay FC
– Maryhill Milan
– Kickin’ On
– All Saints Secondary School
– Port Glasgow Celtic
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE FULL INITIATIVE FROM ADIDAS
adidas has now launched an initiative designed to help grassroots and amateur football teams across Europe with a provision of 150,000 free kits. The adidas Football Collective: For the Game experience will live through adidas.com and the adidas app.
In 2020, the future of football clubs across the world has been thrown into doubt more than at any other time in recent history. In Europe, whilst the top divisions at the elite level have largely returned to entertaining fans and playing in stadiums, there are significant challenges at lower levels of football.
Traditional revenue streams that maintain football have been severely affected and at the amateur level particularly, there is no safety net or support structure in place to keep clubs and teams going through this challenging time. One of the biggest financial considerations for a club or team at this level is the purchase of their kit, which not only has an important functional purpose but creates identity, belonging and connection.
To alleviate this concern for teams and clubs adidas have created the adidas Football Collective: For the Game initiative that will deliver 150,000 kits to over 10,000 teams across Europe throughout November with adult, women’s and youth sets being provided.
The largest ever support of its kind from the brand is live from today with teams or individuals being able to simply sign up to win a kit at adidas.com or the adidas app. The opportunity will close on November 9th at which point adidas will draw the winners at random and they will receive their kits latest mid-December.
The initiative will be amplified by adidas social channels, athletes and partners as well as by one of the world’s leading coaches, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who said; “The last few months have all been about bringing the professional game back, but let’s be honest – its football for a few. Without grassroots, there is no professional football. We have to support the amateur game as well. 150,000 football kits to 10,000 teams in Europe. That’s our pledge to amateur football.”
Christian Leiser, VP adidas Football Europe said; “Whilst it’s been amazing to see the game we love return to our screens, we know that football’s real power lies in its simplicity and universal appeal. Football kits are one of the few things you need to create a game and bring people together though sport. We hope that the adidas Football Collective: For the Game initiative will help footballers across Europe continue to enjoy the game they love.”
As well as provision of men’s, women’s and youth kits there will be a range of colourways and sizes available. The initiative will be open to footballers in the following countries; UK, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic.
Simply visit http://www.adidas.com/footballcollective, go through the adidas app or connect with participating local teamwear retailers.
The For the Game initiative has been created under the banner of the recently launched adidas Football Collective – a new movement and unique cooperative of individuals, clubs and communities who are united by the belief that through football, a positive change can be created. Building on its own history of utilising the power of sport to change lives, and bringing together its past, current and future initiative, adidas have committed to continue to work together with local trailblazers to help evolve and develop city-specific initiatives under the adidas Football Collective badge.
For further information please visit adidas.com/football or follow @adidasfootball on Instagram or twitter to join the conversation.
Not one comment coming from our club about the 2 Sevco players caught breaking the rules about Covid 19,why is that ,something stinks around Celtic Foo Club ,The Resulition 12 bhoys handed Our club all the evidence the needed to put Sevco out off the game ,but nothing happened,so I take its cowards that’s in charge off our club,also Traynor and Irvine have never been away ,another couple off dangerous and Horrible Hun People.
James Forrest has also just blogged on the “Arfield’s party” theme. Heavens to murgatroyd, this could become a bigger story than Abagails Party from 1977 !
Hi Bhoys
Rocky was a raccoon according to Lennon & Mc Cartney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDcDCZGcZj8
KEEP THE FAITH
EXCATHEDRA44 on 3RD NOVEMBER 2020 6:48 PM
St.Stivs (few hours ago )
Pleased you have never encountered prejudice.( To your knowledge )
ever overlook the possibility,that perhaps some folk had your back without necessarily announcing the fact.
HH Stay safe.
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Hola
I never said I never encountered prejudice, because I did encounter it.
From not getting an apprenticeship in the yards (and a full told to me story of why ) to regulalry told I was a FB by works managers or group leaders or fellow “higher up” employees who thought it was ok to say these
things, A punch in the gub at a night out often had them with a different moodset come the next working shift.
I also didnt get picked in football games and believe it was motivated by prejudice. Bizarely thought the Port Rangers manager was my neighbour and asked me to play for them which was never going to happen.
For sure in my working life I had the support of many many experienced great men who told me to go get educated and overtake them that way, it happened.
However that was nearly 40 years ago, and in my lifetime as I advanced my own education, career and well stood up for myslef and others , I feel we got somewhere.
The youngers in my family, when I tell them these stroies, and the same of The troubles look at me and sometimes dont believe it, they think I make some of it up, because in modern Scotland they dont feel threatened at all. The days of the big walks and whole districts locked down well it really is in the past, mostly.
It might still happen, if it does people should call it out not just say “Scotland is sectarian”,
Well done,you have done well.
For what it’s worth I’m in the “Call it out ” camp.
HH
Big Jimmy’s cat is getting so old he is thinking of changing his name….
To GrandPaw
Geddit?
Stop….No Stop….
No seriously…..
theydontwritethemlikethatanymorecsc
EXCATHEDRA44 on 3RD NOVEMBER 2020 7:27 PM
Well done,you have done well.
For what it’s worth I’m in the “Call it out ” camp.
HH
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as an aside, maybe working for a multi-national, even in the port and greenock, they had to be fair, not seen to be anything in anyway other than fair, the executive clique in IBM were absolutely out to make the business work and reward for themselves, I got as hard a time from “catholic” managers , some celtic supporters, as I did from the others, althoug a couple for sure looked after me as well.
I encounter many heads of business in this era, it is always pleasant to hear a scottish voice, and more often than not they went to a Saints school, not only St Als.
It is a modern world, I dont fear the future for minorities (are we really that ?) in an independent scotland.
Ivan Toney scores his 10th this season. Can’t help thinking we should have picked this lad up.
Monchengladbach win 6-0 away against Shakhtar in Champions League, only their second ever away CL victory. Commentator has to mention of course that their only other one was against us.
After independence Nicola will bail out! Cloud cuckoo land. Power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely! She shows no inclination to treat Catholics equally when the opportunity arises and on achieving the Promised Land will still expect to be in charge IMO.
Be careful what you wish for.
I ask again,
in Scotland today, where are CATHOLICS not being treated the same as everybody else ?
BREAKING: Football icon Diego Maradona to undergo emergency surgery in Argentina tonight to remove a blood clot on his brain. Seems a very serious situation
Ernie Lynch ( ages ago )
Cyril Horne? – if only
Center half Sergio Ramos scores 100th goal for Galacticos. Amazing record.
St Stivs
I’ll help with your answer, by FtSFA
Talking about FtSFA
So in past 2 weeks, the compliance officer has missed
A Columbian player, slapping out at Scott Brown & kicking out at Shane Duffy
An Aberdeen player, forearm smash on Albian Ajeti
Yet
They managed to review a Daily Rectum led review of an alleged Scott Brown incident
🤔🤔🤔
Not paranoid enough
Seen a message earlier from a Sheep fan
In last 9 games refereeing Sevco, Son of a bigot, has managed to award Sevco 9 penalties 🤔
SAINT STIVS on 3RD NOVEMBER 2020 7:56 PM
I ask again,
in Scotland today, where are CATHOLICS not being treated the same as everybody else ?
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Well according to that guy who writes for the Herald (McKenna?), in the SNP. He seems to think that holding traditional Catholic values are not an aid to preferment. At least I think that’s what he’s saying, I don’t pay too much attention.
Poor defending in Real v Inter game(we would be raging!) but Inter goal was lovely
SAINT STIVS on 3RD NOVEMBER 2020 7:56 PM
Everywhere
SAINT STIVS on 3RD NOVEMBER 2020 7:56 PM
I ask again, in Scotland today, where are CATHOLICS not being treated the same as everybody else ?
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Did the last crime figures published in Scotland not state that as a Catholic you are 3 times more likely to be a victim of a religiously aggravated assualt than any other denomination/religion?
I’m pretty sure that was highlighted on here by someone?
Happy to be corrected
Tough call on the US elections tonight given that ninety million have already voted in advance. UK pollsters pretty much called the General Election last December just after the doors closed, but not sure how easy that will be in the USA. Maybe need a few key States, like FLA and PA (see what I did there) to actually announce the results before we get a clearer idea of what is happening. That said Joe Biden appears to have been in good shape in States some of which he needs to win, including the two mentioned above. I’ve witnessed a couple of disasters up close, not this time though, and I’m gonna go with Joe to win, and with a bit of luck the Democrats to take both the House and the Senate. Then again I’m an advocate of the Chicago School of Voting……
Vote early! And Vote often!
SAINT STIVS on 3RD NOVEMBER 2020 7:56 PM
I ask again, in Scotland today, where are CATHOLICS not being treated the same as everybody else ?
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In business, the anti-Catholic sentiment is rife, I have been involved in it.
Football, if you can in all honesty tell me that Celtic, who are perceived as Catholic, are treated equally I will agree with you, otherwise, with respect, you really need to open your eyes.
HH
INIQUITOUSIV on 3RD NOVEMBER 2020 7:46 PM
Ivan Toney scores his 10th this season. Can’t help thinking we should have picked this lad up.
agree said at the time we would quadruple our original purchase fee when we decided to sell him on to a EPL team , scores with either foot and headers for fun , we missed a centre forward with this one.
SAINT STIVS on 3RD NOVEMBER 2020 7:56 PM
I ask again,
in Scotland today, where are CATHOLICS not being treated the same as everybody else ?
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Leaving Mass at St Mary’s whilst being spat on. 🤔
Reading back I’m flabbergasted that there are still people out there who actually think this Scottish government are friends of celtic!!!… Jeezo how much evidence do we need…. I voted for independence… I did so knowing it wouldn’t happen.. I wanted to give a bloody nose… I’ve never voted snp…. If indy 2 comes up…. I’ll have deep reservations to vote yes again….
Anyone know why Real Madrid are playing in that wee stadium
PPB
Yes
I work on building sites and can say from my experience that it’s never effected me.Even through the bad times.Right now the best they can give is big jock knew.And that’s when you know you have them🤷♀️
TET
Yur a git😂😱😵
PPB
I know :>}
It’s where their second team plays and there is no need without fans to play at the big stadium, we could play at Lennoxtown if we wanted, it would save a small fortune.
HH
INIQUITOUSIV on 3RD NOVEMBER 2020 7:46 PM
Ivan Toney scores his 10th this season. Can’t help thinking we should have picked this lad up.
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Barry Fry wanted to drag Peter into a dog fight and that was the end of that.
Paul 67.
Your article reflects my thoughts exactly.
A cynical move to commend the huns and curry favour with those who oppose her and her party most.
AS did exactly the same with his ” blood of our blood, bone of our bone ” rant.
HH.
Where is Ivan Toney pulling up trees exactly 🤔
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In scoddland, huns get to march up an’ doooooooon thur roads spoutin’ hate spittle and profanities against us and ours…………….closely protected by the boys in bloo.
They get laughed at