Lots of frustration around today at the possibility the first leg of the Champions League qualifier will be switched to Belfast. It will be no comfort to those who booked travel yesterday but we are in this situation every qualifying game. The draw is made and confirmed a day or two later, which is why clubs (including Celtic) and CQN yesterday ran a “Don’t book travel until…” piece. On most occasions nothing is changed which means fans are caught out when change happens.
No reason why Uefa can’t deal with this on the day of the game, or exclusively on the basis of strict criteria. I hope they deny this request, which is not in Celtic’s favour and clearly not in fan’s best interest.
Two items to draw your attention to today:
Tommy Burns Skin Cancer Trust
Tommy Burns Skin Cancer Trust are undertaking a sponsored cycle of all SPL grounds this September in attempt to get to our £100k fundraising target. This money will be used to help on the battle to fight skin cancer working with organisations such as Beatson Cancer Centre. The event is called Tour for Tommy and will span 5 days, 12 clubs and 380 miles of cycling before returning to Celtic Park on Sunday 15th September. Ex-Celts such as Packie Bonner and Frank McGarvey are joining in as the full event and Bertie Auld will be completing the last day. The event is looking to team up with the fans of each club to join them on a leg from their stadium to the next.
The group have much of the logistics in place and most of the riders, but they need more help. Each of the four main days are being offered for sponsorship with day one already taken up. In return the 30-40 core riders will get their clothing made with that company’s logo as well as any signage on press releases at the stadiums among other benefits (full pack available upon request). The Tour has already received great coverage from Sky Sports with further commitment to track the whole event.
In addition the charity are looking for donations of anything from water bottles, energy bars/drinks to medical supplies and biking mechanical supplies.
If you are interested in getting involved in any way you can contact scottmcgarvey@gmail.com. You can donate here, follow on Facebook and twitter (@tommyburnsSCT).
I know many of you will be aware of the work done by Celtic fans for the people of Haiti as part of the Hoops For Haiti campaign. This is another aspect of the incredible work done by Celtic fans and a credit to our club. You can read their blog here and get involved here.
Heart of a Lion:
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squire danaher
23:31 on
25 June, 2013
Squire
Many thanks for the travel tips. Looks like Kikinthenakas has hit the jackpot re central location.
HH
CRC
CRC……Playa Blanca is 30 minutes from anywhere, apart from Corralejo (20 minutes on the ferry) but that’s in Fuerteventura !!! Plan yer holidays better !!
Could not have happened to a ni-i-cer mob
They’re demi-ise was ju-ust the job
Remember, we shall remember….
Ralston, The area between the shopping Centre & The Harbour used to be full of Irish Bars with singing every night. Its now a disaster area about 5 Irish Pubs left. Theres a great Celtic Pub there but in January they were only opening for matches and Sean told me they were looking to move downtown, not sure if he has moved at this stage.
corkcelt
Jeezo. I didnt like Lanzarotten when I was there a few years ago.Never go into the sea myself.
Craigellachie10
23:32 on
25 June, 2013
Palacio67
good advice but one thing puzzles me. If there were zombies on the flight how was Spain zombie free. Or has Ryanair finally introduced the zombie wheeker.
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Some Zombies on the flight back to Prestwick but did not see any at all during the hols, they were prob in an all inclusive cheap hotel somewhere and never strayed. Bliss….
HH
Dear corkcelt the pub you are talking about never opened once whilst I was there recently -the only bar doing any serious business is the one owned by Rory (island bar I think ) next craic ne ceoul I think
jude, I’m much the same, even in a pool I don’t like being out of my depth. Re Lanzarote, I’ve been there a good few times and I must say I like it well enough. Its a grand place to go in January. Anyhow I have Golf in the morning so its a goodnight fromme. Hail Hail All.
In London tonight going to Wimbledon tomorrow -typical got centre court tickets and Murray is playing on number one court
Just saw your post Ralston, I’m sorry to hear that it was a great pub I watched many a Celtic Game there. Home or away they had every game, but as I said in January they only opened an hour before every game, they still would get 40 or 50 in to watch it though.They were closed then for rest of week.
Ralston Row
23:45 on
25 June, 2013
As compensation you have Tsonga who is great entertainment, Federer, a legend of the game and the lovely Maria who is pleasing on the eye. Jealous. Enjoy.
Thinking of nipping out to Murray Mound and catching it there in between Pimms
Night all. Just wish it was Friday and my daughter wd be home to get the full story.
H H
Tell All The Huns You Know
Craig Whyte appears to have misled Rangers supporters over the transfer in January 2012, according to a new leak from Twitter user Charlotte Fakes.
Then Everton manager David Moyes signed Jelavic on the last day of that month’s transfer window for a fee reported by the BBC at £5.5 million. Jelavic told Everton’s own media team that he had learned of the possibility of joining the Merseyside club “only a few days” before the deal went through.
Craig Whyte was quoted by the BBC on February 1, 2012, as saying Rangers had sold the player partly because of the economic situation the club found itself in (it went into administration 12 days later), but also because Jelavic had made it clear he wanted to leave. The BBC quoted Whyte as saying: “The player wanted to leave and there is no point in trying to keep a player who no longer wants to be at Ibrox.”
A day earlier, in what it claimed was an exclusive, written by Keith Jackson, the Daily Record said Jelavic was about to “demand to be allowed to move to Everton”. The same article went on to say: “Jelavic is determined to push a deal through and has told his advisers he will not take no for an answer.” It also claimed that Jelavic “may even demand showdown talks with the club’s owner Craig Whyte today in an attempt to force the issue”.
But if a document Charlotte Fakes has put into the public domain is accurate, Rangers began the process of finding a buyer for the Croatian striker more than three months earlier by drawing up a formal contract with a Scottish football agent to find a buyer.
The document is dated October 20, 2011, and gives “exclusive authorisation” to the commissioned agent to seek a transfer fee of “no less than £10 million” for the player. The incentive, according to Charlotte’s document, for the agent to find a buyer at £10 million was made clear. A transfer of that value or more would generate a payment from Rangers to the agent of £1 million, with the payment promised within 30 days of the transfer.
Spelling out how hard Rangers wanted the agent to work to secure a high fee, the document makes it clear that a transfer for a value lower than £10 million would generate a seller’s fee for the agent of only 1%. Even if the agent came close and secured a fee of £9.5 million, the document says specifically that the reward would be £95,000.
The agent whom Rangers asked to take on this task is named in Charlotte’s document as Kenny Moyes, the brother of the manager who eventually signed Jelavic.
CRC
No idea what its like in the summer – but brought in Christmas in the Hotel La Geria.
Excellent cabaret/ floor shows every night – cross duel carriageway and you are on the beach. Edge of Puerto del Carmen – turn left (as you come out hotel) towards airport and there are stacks of; bars (incl Irish), restaurants, night-clubs – stacks of things for the kids to do.
So Vic goes to SouthStokeHull, he’s a young man who has earned the right to drink from the fountain of riches that the EPL currently is. Wayne Rooney currently gets £250 000 per week, or to put it another way, every week a player who promised lots but delivered little gets ten times what I will earn in one year. Or, to put it another way, to earn what Wayne Rooney will get in one week-without sponsorship deals, win bonuses, personal appearance money added on- will take me approximately 10 years.
Vic it’s there, go and get it!!!!
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Doctastic
21:21 on
25 June, 2013
Help/advice needed.
Anyone ever been pulled up for making a spelling mistake on an airline ticket. I’ve misspelt one of the names, put Suan instead of Susan. I’m wondering whether to tell them (Jet2) in advance and risk them charging me for a name change (£70) or whether risk it cos they probably wont notice.
Cheers.
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Call them and tell them..
Happened to me Last Year.. The Travel agent I have been using for 15 Years got ONE letter in both my Wife and 7yr old Daughters name wrong.. I asked the Airline (Emirates) they told me to ‘Sort it at Airport’ the Agent refused to change as they said I should have Checked.. My wife and Daughter were actually took off flight list.. It cost $660 to change spelling.. As I said for about 1Hr I was on the Flight and they were Not.. And this was the New manager of the Travel agency than made the Mistake.. I fly Home nearly every Year.. Oz-UK.. After paying nearly 10k for flights it was Not the $660 that Hurt it was at a Airport with a 7Yr old and being Told they are Not on the Flight..
btw the spelling mistake he made a 5Yr old would Not make..
Sorry Rant over .. Call them.. Ha
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Summa of ExpensiveTyposCSC
Cliftonville Football Club can confirm that the home leg of our Champions League tie with Celtic will be played at Solitude.
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Ps..
When we got on the Plane I was at the Front and they were at the Back..
Oh.. Did l get a Move..
Summa
67heaven
Ha ha. I love your enthusiasm for all things Tic related mate. Anyway…It translates as …I think you may have laughinatr#ngersitis.
..a recent epidemic which seemed to begin February last year, symptoms can include wetting ones scants, spontanious outbursts of uncontrollable hysrerics, mania, strange urges for endless supplies of desserts, dizziness, giddiness and fuzziness ( which some say is rather pweasant ),
Not to be confused with r#ngersitis, where symptoms include, foul breath, slow metabolism, neural and psychological deficiency, loss of reasoning, ugliness, diaorrhoea (verbal), incresed risk of venereal disease, gonnorrhea and herpes, pointy angry eyebrows, and hunface to name a small few.
Ha
Seems the V67 transfer saga is getting ramped up!
Latest: The Hoops quickly hit back at the outburst from Modia. Parkhead sources insist the player rejected the chance to double his money when he turned down new contract offers.
celtic_first
23:58 on 25 June, 2013
Tell All The Huns You Know
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As you point out the incentivisation on the contract is bonkers. Sell for £11M cop for £1.1m; sell for less than £10M, cop for 1%. (1% of 999 999 = 9999!). Selling Jelavic is just like the current player signings, it was always on the never never
David Moyes would appear to have some questions to answer as well. Was he the last resort to get a pay out for his bro. The parallels with Swales continue?
Swales = Swalex
Airline ticket mistake.
The wife and I went to Algarve last October with Ryanscare and I spelled name, Moica instead of Monica. Being a gambler, I ignored my mistake and no questions were asked.
Take a chance.
Hail Hail
Doctastic
Personally, I’d brassneck it. According to Jet2, they charge you £17.50 if you’ve made a mistake on your boarding pass!
Good luck whatever way you play it!
HH
Just a wee mention for my big school buddy. Stuart was ordained a priest last night, the only one in Scotland this year. Beautiful mass last night in The Cathedral followed by mass tonight in St. Brigids, Toryglen. His message tonight was, treat me the way you want to be treated, irregardless of religion. So proud of big Stuart Reynolds.
Charlottes latest leak illustrates the fact, or underlines it, that the SMSM dances to the tune played in Govan. Be it The Mint or our Hero the MBB. I do not think it puts David Moyes in any poor light. Given the performance of Jelavic at Goodison, and particularly away at places like Old Trafford, it would be fair to argue that D Moyes secured a great deal from the agent K Moyes at 5.5 million. With respect to the close relationship between agents, managers and owners, and the need for discretion, it is a very small demographic who do business with one another, and discretion is paramount in such deals.
I am sure Paul67 would testify to that.
D Moyes comes out of this issue with nothing to hide. He has been vindicated by the price and the performance of the player. Now if he had been sold for double the price paid…….. That would cast a different shade of shadow of doubt.
I would add that I remember English reports of Jelavic storming out of negotiations shortly before the deadline…..(for whatever reason)….?
It would seem to no avail….Apparently, for KM or NJ perhaps?
MakesSenseToMe CSC (Scottish Media Manipulation aside)
CQN has morphed into VQN today. Vacation Quick News.
You youngsters don’t know how well off you are.
Vacation hot spots all around the Middle Earth Sea and even beyond the Pillars of Hercules.
In my pre youth a vacation abroad meant a trip to the Solway Estuary.
The Far East was somewhere exotic past Princes Street, such as Portobello or Port Seton.
Millport was considered overseas, whereas Ayrshire was a trip to the Land that Time Forgot.
I dare say it still is.
In all seriousness it’s great to hear differing opinions on diverse holiday spots, particularly to places I have never visited. It awakens my North Lanarkshire hankering to see the world and escape the confines of the moss, even though it never constrained my imagination. In Primary School I devoured Biggles’ adventures, read extensively on Arab tribes in North Africa, Mounties in Canada and of course westerns.
CQN is much more than a football blog.
It’s a portal to learn from and about other Celtic fans in a multitude of locations worldwide.
From Lanarkshire to Latin America. From Antartica to the Antipodes.
GG
Hope you are well. You well travelled Young Turk you.
Next Saturday I leave for a quiet wee But’nBen on the edge of Sebago Lake, Portland, Maine. One week of Tranquility.
My grandmother was traumatized by her only trip out of Glasgow to Ayrshire…
But that is another story….
A song for the SMSM
Another song for the SMSM
PJ
I only ventured to Portland once. Spent a beautiful summer’s day sat in an office at LL Bean in Freeport.
Just beware the moose and the mossies. Both are equally dangerous.
Portland harbour and the coast around are reminiscent of the North West Highlands but with sunshine and facilities.
Personally, we are headed for a family vacation on a beach in the Keys late July.
It’s a regular spot for us, but this is the first time we have visited so late. We are right on the Atlantic so the mossies don’t bother us much, and I get to sit on the balcony in the shade, reading CQN, watching the grand kids on the beach, the boats heading for the Gulf Stream and the dolphins having more success fishing.
I just hope the wifi is good enough to stream the CL qualifier second leg.
Be well sir.
Before my iPad finally dies a wee clip of two of my favourite actors
Humphrey Bumphrey and Edward G in, appropriately Key Largo.
http://youtu.be/U95Zk5nBQIM
or the extremely cheesy Bertie Higgins singing, appropriately Key Largo
http://youtu.be/Ru2tsT32pHA
Indeed your description is apt. Was there last year for a week. The family relaxed and had perfect weather. Beautiful days, electric storms floating across the lake through the night and lots of labster….
Enjoy Key Largo GG. If you are internet connected Johnny Rocco as The Mint and the Beautiful Lauren as CharlotteFakeOver will continue to play out. The MBM ( our hero) is just one of Johnnys sidekicks… An extra.
BTW
Thanks for the dedication to emailing highlights and news. Invaluable and respected.
Peace Out
KTF & HH
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Q. Does anyone know How much it costs to get Regestered as a Football Agent in Scotland..?
And can it be Fast Tracked..?
I was told a Story around the Jelavic time and trying to join the Dots..
TIA
Summa of AgentOrangeCSC
Summa
Kenny Moyes has been a football agent for a number of years…
His family (particularly his father) have been immersed in Fitba for many years.
Indeed it could be argued that Drumchapel Amateurs / Duntocher Hibs are the feeder club for Man United managers… ;0).
I remember the Bold Charlie turning out for a man short Anniesland College team when he perhaps should not have, but who could deny an Artist simply wanting to Work his Magic….particularly in such circumstances? And it was magic….
I know becoming an agent does require a form of deposit or proof of solvency in some form. 100 000 from memory, but I may be way off.
Fastracking? No idea. Ask the SFA. They are the experts in that field.
I would suggest Paul67 will know more details.
Anyway sleep beckons…Later