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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To BT, MurdochAulandHay, ACGR and CRC, thanks for texting the draw to me on Monday.
Mickey was chuffed when I told him the draw.
Morning all.
Been hearing that ex-Wolves defender/bench warmer Steven Mouyokolo has been back training with the squad again.
He was with us earlier this year (he was freed in Jan and still hasn’t got a club) and was in training sessions over that last few days.
Hopefully the club is just doing the lad a favor as he isn’t what we need at all IMHO.
HH
/Bishop B.
LEN BRENNAN
He has clearly been highly thought of in the past but his injuries have wrecked his career to date.
If the medics are happy,and Neil rates him enough,I’d be happy enough to give him a go.
Twenty years ago,we would have loved to see Paul McGrath in the Hoops,and his knees were probably worse!
Not my call,fortunately….
Doc is Neil Lennon 10.35.
No problem Doc. I’m sure you’ve been following this on the blog and it looks the ties may be switched to the away leg being played first. I’m not sure if this has been confirmed as fact yet.
The absurdity .
10 30 am Radio news reporting that Tevez has signed for Juventus. . Fee said to be 12 million euros . His wages ? 5.5 million euros . A 3 year contract . News reader then added that the total cost of Tevez’s time at Manchester City was £ 106 million ..
Other Juve news —— still trying to sign Higuain , still trying to sign Jovetic [ fabulous player ] Fiorentina are stalling re selling Jovetic to Juventus . Fiorentina have fined Jovetic big money for telling the media that he wants to play for Juve .
A big shout for our Hebridean poster HEBCELT.
The postie just arrived at my door with a package. I was expecting it to be a couple of packs of golf balls I’d ordered. Nope. On opening the package it contained a full Macleod & Macleod’s original Stornoway black pudding and a pack of Loch Duart oak roasted salmon.
What a star. Guess what’s for lunch?
Hebcelt, you will have mail shortly.
Hail Hail Hebcelt.
Summa of Sammi is doin’ a grand ole job as Tevez’s agent, altho’ male modellin’ endorsements are a bit slow.
A CEILER GONOF RUST
Never mind that,what will you wash it down with?
THIS year, following the most comprehensive survey of Celtic’s Season Ticket Holders, the club made a commitment to improve the matchday experience for every Celtic supporter for next season.
Today, the club is proud to announce the first details of those improvements being developed ahead of the 2013/14 season. The exciting news for every Celtic supporter is that Celtic Park will soon boast one of the most technologically advanced Wi-Fi networks available in any sports stadia in the world.
The state-of-the-art Wi-Fi Connectivity will improve the matchday experience for every Celtic fan at Paradise.
Celtic has teamed up with Sports Revolution, the sports media and digital marketing agency, and Cisco, to bring intelligent, high-density Wi-Fi to Celtic Park through Cisco’s Connected Stadium Wi-Fi.
This will be one of the first hi-density networks to be installed in the UK that provides Wi-Fi which has been installed in venues including Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium and Manchester City’s Etihad stadium.
Every Celtic supporter will be able to access the new Wi-Fi network through their smartphones and tablets, whether on the stadium concourses, in the hospitality lounges or in the comfort of their own seats and will find that their matchday experience at Celtic Park is significantly enhanced.
High speed wireless Internet will give fans access to a range of content and the ability to instantly share content from memorable Celtic Park experiences with friends, family and fellow Celtic fans across the world.
Sports Revolution are also working with Celtic to develop an exclusive app called ‘CelticLive’ that fans will be able to download to their smartphones from early in the 2013/14 season.
The app, built on Sports Revolution’s StadiumLive platform, will give users the ability to view and interact with a wide range of relevant and engaging club content, specifically designed to enhance matchday at Celtic Park.
Celtic Chief Executive, Peter Lawwell said: “We are delighted to be bringing true hi-density Wi-Fi to our entire ground. Celtic is committed to delivering the best matchday experience possible for our supporters and that commitment requires to stay at the forefront of technological advances.
“The recent feedback we received from Season Ticket holders stated that Wi-Fi was a service supporters were keen to see introduced. We are delighted to be able to give our fans something of real value to add further enjoyment to every visit to Celtic Park
“Our partnership with Sports Revolution and Cisco, coupled with other developments currently progressing around Celtic Park, means that the matchday experience will be second to none.”
Phil Smith, CEO of Cisco, UK and Ireland said: “Cisco is all about building connections. Celtic fans expect premier Internet connectivity, so we are thrilled that Cisco, Sports Revolution and Celtic are providing them with a media-rich environment and more interactive experience.
“With Cisco Connected Sports solutions, Celtic fans can now get real-time, relevant information at their finger-tips and share match-day thrills without worrying about mobile connection issues.”
Vange Kourentis, Group Commercial Director, Sports Revolution, added: “We are proud to be working with Celtic Football Club on the installation of high-density Wi-Fi in one of sports’ most famous stadiums.
“Cisco is the only network provider that has proven experience of installing Wi-Fi networks on such a large scale in sports stadia.
“After two years of extensive research and development with Cisco, we are confident that the technology will significantly enhance Celtic fans’ matchday experience through visual technologies and social media while also unlocking important commercial value for the club, its sponsors and rights holders.
“We look forward to launching the Wi-Fi network at Celtic in the coming season with one of the premier clubs in world football.”
Work is well underway within Celtic Park on installing all of the technological components needed to have the new system in place as early in the 2013/14 season as possible.
Further details on how supporters can fully utilise stadium Wi-Fi and the ‘CelticLive’ app will be detailed in the coming weeks along with more exciting developments for improving matchdays at Paradise.
It’s yet another Reason to Belong at Celtic Park next season. #BeCeltic and secure your 2013/14 Season Ticket now.
For full details on pricing including securing your £100 reduction on 2012/13 pricing, click HERE, visit the Celtic Park Ticket Office or call *0871 226 1888.
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No reason why you Bhoys cannot keep us up to date in CQN next year while at the game.
Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
He drink whiskey, Poncho drink the wine
He drink whiskey, Poncho drink the wine
Modren real-time, relevant information at their finger-tips and share match-day thrills without worrying about mobile connection issues is rubbish.
Saves taking kids ds etc.. they will be ok with their blackberry, ipods etc..
Can you pre order your half time pie and bovril and go to the fast lane?
googybhoy – I would expect several new CQN live streams :-)
The queensferry crossing..
Hoped for st Margaret s
B/Tim- in talkin’ about improvin’ the ole matchday experience Mr Lawell does not mention improvin’ catering, which is pretty poor.
Also he runs risk of wrath of ole OldTim and Malorbhoy by makin’ no mention of carpets.
DBBIA
Modern real time, relevant information at your fingertips IS the way to go.
Even an auld bhoy like me knows that.
That’s why I decided to change career direction and apply for a job with Microsoft, though as yet they haven’t answered my telegram.
Meanwhile over at Sevconia, the ultimate in modern day communications social media networking systems has been installed.
‘Catch a Pigeon’ multi-mediapigeon-networking in The Big Hoos will allow Sevconians to pass messages scribbled on pieces of paper to their friends in other parts of the stadium whilst having the extra priveledge of a good luck pigeon poo on their shoulders.
MWD
petethebeat
11:10 on 26 June, 2013
googybhoy – I would expect several new CQN live streams :-)
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Would expect full live commentary from Paul67 no less.
“Over now to Kev Jungle for his thoughts on the first half”
Kev “the goal that we lost was all Peter Lawell’s fault………”
Great news about wifi like real Madrids, theirs is outstanding.
Was there last year, 80,000 crowd and still had a brilliant fast wifi connection throughout the time there, was still connected to it at Metro station on way out. Wifi better than Ive had at home a few times.
If its like that its a brilliant move by Celtic.
B/Tim – I voted for The Lee Naylor Crossing.
MWD
Sevconians writing? Yer having a laugh,aincha?
The sevconians think you whisper the message in the pigeon’s ear….
GPS. I like them. You know where you stand with them.
Dbbia.
Did that involve going over the edge into the water.?
And the abacus. You could always count on them.
Kultchur .
Ooot n aboot in Punta Secca earlier.
Very hot . Stopped off for a much needed Caffe freddo and a big glass of water . Peaceful wee bar / gelateria disturbed by the arrival of a wee group of mature Russian ladies .Viz Comics came to mind ..In this wee part of the world, Russians are the new Americans
They order too many scoops of gelato to fit on one cone , so ,they have to have 2 .. They quickly demolish their cones and then have a cheeky wee vodka . That done ,they waddled off..
Old man manning the counter greeted their departure with ——–
” Russia is a huge country , and , by the looks of that lot , it needs to be “
B/tim- and clobberin’ several harmless guillemots in the process
Unlikely that the charming and graceful carrier pigeon would get a jod as the Big Hoose Doo.
..on the other hand the thieving Magpie
The thieving magpies continue to sit in the directors box
Er is it just me that sees this as a big FU to the tv companies? The Kindle Fire has an HD camera, and could be set up to stream the game to the web I’m sure.
Ipox directors box btw. Not Celtic before I get a cqn doing..
Can you do live FaceTime from Celtic park noo ?
Just put camera on pitch and free live streams :)
This will never stop making me smile:
NEW IBROX REDEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
“In a bold move which will see Carlos Cuellar leave for Aston Villa, Sir David Murray has today announced the fruition of the long-awaited Ibrox Redevelopment Plan, which will see Rangers outstrip their city rivals not only on and off the field, but also neither-up-nor-down.
The ambitious £900M complex – set to be given the green light by Glasgow City Council – will be the most advanced of its kind in Europe.
Its state-of-the-art facilities are set to include a safari park, a particle accelerator, a prison archipelago, and a nuclear waste reprocessing facility.
FIFA has already unveiled plans to introduce a new SEVENTEEN-STAR rating specially to cater for the complex, which will be the largest man-made structure on the face of the planet, visible to the naked eye from the Andromeda galaxy – even at night.
The playing surface itself will be fully automated, and divided into two halves which will slide back when not in use, allowing a three-kilometre-high Citadel to rise up from the subterranean realms. This will be used by Murray himself to entertain foreign governments, but will also be available for hire to alien races wishing to dominate Earth on a weekend-break basis. During games, the Citadel will retract into the underworld, rising only to question refereeing decisions, and to award automated “Hawkeye”-style penalties in the closing ten minutes.
A number of supporters are planning an unprecedented show of support for the ambitious new project, and will leave the stadium at half-time during the next home game – a full ten minutes earlier than is usually the case.
Due to the substantial investment required by the project, the signings of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Sir Stanley Matthews CBE will be delayed till the next transfer window, thus freeing up funds for the purchase of Nigel Quashie, Don Hutchison and Ross McCormack.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/html/A39578656
googybhoy ♥ Celtic 10:57 on 26 June, 2013
No reason why you Bhoys cannot keep us up to date in CQN next year while at the game
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Nah, we’ll be too busy surfin for porn.
Seatim
Welcome mate….born in Springburn and brought up in EK?…ah well i suppose you’re
in a better place now.
HH
A CEILER GONOF RUST
Just as long as photies of you in yer onesie don’t go viral-that would be simply unacceptable.
Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012.
If you wished, you could report every Orange walk were there was a zombie in a Sevco top in attendance and there was a game of football that day.
Read it, the above ticks all the boxes.
a ceiler gonof rust
11:33 on 26 June, 2013
googybhoy ♥ Celtic 10:57 on 26 June, 2013
No reason why you Bhoys cannot keep us up to date in CQN next year while at the game
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Nah, we’ll be too busy surfin for porn.
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There are a number of wise cracks I could make at that comment but none are within the rules of this site.
Most of them play at Ibrox.