Incredible pieces of Celtic History that you could win
As you may already know, we have 2 Celtic tops (1 home and 1 away) signed by the last 11 Club Captains of Celtic Football Club spanning the past 53 years of our unbroken history, from Billy to Broony. These items have been professionally designed and framed, containing all the players’ relevant stats. These truly are two of a kind and are a once in a lifetime opportunity to be the proud owner of. The signing of the tops took us around 18 months to achieve and the journey and story behind this was amazing. We plan to share this story with you over the coming weeks.
We are also delighted to announce that the money raised from the Captains tops (and other special prizes) will not only support Shay but also the wonderful work of the Celtic FC Foundation.
This is our plan
The WalkWithShay Campaign is now fully registered with the Licensing Board to run lotteries (raffles); and we are planning to hold our 1st raffle where the First Prize will be the Away Club Captains top, together with many other great Celtic related prizes. The draw date for this raffle will be 25th May 2017 (no need to remind you of the significance of that date). We need help to sell our raffle tickets for £5 each and spread awareness before then. Yes, that’s right, you could win the Away top for just £5!!!! The Home top will be raffled/auctioned or sold at a later date.
This is where we need your help…
We’re looking for
67 Supporters Clubs / Groups / Associations / Online Communities/Businesses/Establishments or super Individuals to each sell up to 50 (Lisboa) tickets @£5 each
This will form our Green Battalion
and
67 individuals to sell up to 10 (IAR) tickets @ £5 each
This will form our White Battalion
You are of course all welcome to sell more or indeed a smaller quantity of tickets, if you so desire. Regardless of what you sell (or buy) we really appreciate your support.
We would like to have all our sellers registered before Monday 3rd April, which is when we plan to go live with the sale of our raffle tickets. There is a bit of work here to ensure we comply with our license, so please contact us now.
Please help us recruit by sharing our story with your family, friends and colleagues.
Will you Join Wee Shay’s Green Raffle Army?
Are you able and willing to help and support this amazing initiative? If so please email us at walkwithshay@yahoo.com or if you are on Twitter send us a direct message @walkwithshay we are also on Facebook.
Thanks for taking the time to read our update and we really hope you can support Shay and his young family.
Yours forever in Celtic and thank you for Walking with Shay.
The WalkWithShay Campaign Team
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Ive just finished watching
https://youtu.be/z4bfiTR2kBA
on TCM
I never grow tired of it.
Oops. Didn’t copy link text
Time for bed.
The Quiet Man
GG
Hail Hail GNGB
St Mary is a historic parish,no doubts.it has in common with other parishes repair bills that are only going one way-Up! All parishes are facing difficulties.
Parishes merging, some closing but to those still goin they face big bills.
HH
Crying after watching Hunger:_(
Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham in their protracted scene are both magnificent.
HH Bobby Sands MP
AT
Saint Vincent’s Thornliebank is a fine church and parish.
DD sort yer shit oot an get the campaign going bruv.
We’re at app .1 % fae our 10K target.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3UqvWk8-uw
Mon the campaign man
‘GG on 18TH MARCH 2017 3:09 AM
DBOY
Yes it’s striking.
I obviously didn’t understand the Gaelic and had to look up the lyric translation.
I did French and Italian at school but to this day I rue the lack of Gaelic classes at school in the 50s and 60s.
I was almost as if the educational establishment was deliberately suppressing and killing the language.
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GG
I think it’s more than likely the Gaelic language was deliberately suppressed , I think the potential unifying effect of the celtic culture was/is anathema to the establishment.
Came accross a video this morning you might like…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ylxTvLUnSWk
Dbhoy
The unionists are still at it,anglicize everything and culturallynd ethnically cleanse anything that goes against its grain.one of the reasons stormont broke downs was funding for irish.
On the scotsgaelic front it comes alive with the influence of the viking,gael, scots and breton, adapting, altering and taking in their influences for over a thousand years.interesting it is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007hwb3
HH
Before we get the EK and Devon reports, let me tell you that the sun is lighting up the Harbour in a calm but slightly chilly Arbroath.
JJ
Good morning CQN from a dull,damp and wind spread East Devon.
Should be windswept of course.
IANBHOY929
You can spread your wind wherever you like, you are far enough away.
Anyway , bright and breezy here in darkest Lanarkshire. Got some boxing training to attend to then parental duty. Having a lazy one today, may look at the garden and plan what work I need to avoid doing.
Take care everyone. HH
Team for tomorrow, whether it is for the title or not, will be the eleven Brendan considers the strongest . So :
Gordon
Lustig Boyata Svietchenlo Tierney
Bitton
Forrest Brown Armstrong Sinclair
Dembele.
Personally, I would give GMS another go in place of a recently below par Sinclair and would also consider starting with Le Griff.
JJ
AN TEARMANN on 18TH MARCH 2017 5:52 AM
Dbhoy
The unionists are still at it,anglicize everything and culturallynd ethnically cleanse anything that goes against its grain.one of the reasons stormont broke downs was funding for irish.
On the scotsgaelic front it comes alive with the influence of the viking,gael, scots and breton, adapting, altering and taking in their influences for over a thousand years.interesting it is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007hwb3
HH
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AT
BTW I’m no expert on celtic culture by any means .
Seems like there were similarities between the celtic nations through their artwork and sculptures, yet they all had their own language which gave them their own identities and diversity.
As you mentioned,very interesting topic…
BTW I clicked on your link,says it’s no longer available
HOT SMOKED on 18TH MARCH 2017 7:18 AM
Agree on most if that but I would put PR in place of SS ( looks in need of a rest ), like to see Jozo get some game time as he would add a bit of aggression and composure in possession.
Think Griff deserves a chance too and
hoping Kouassi will get a runout .
Taking last two games into account,seems like team needs a wee re-shuffle
You are Welcome
If Tom is nearing a comeback – Magical.
If Eboue is nearing a start – Wonderful.
Happy Daze.
I think everyone sees that Brendan will only play those that are 100%.
Beautiful.
Not Quite
Good morning friends from a thick cloud coveted grey and drzxly East Kilbride.
Final round of Goals For Shay today. Details of the main contenders picks hopefully out by lunchtime. Personally I need a miracle although only a relatively small one.
When you believe, there’s no mountain you can’t climb!
Brendan will get the very best out of the Quiet ones.
Jobo Baldie on 18th March 2017 8:19 am
Good morning friends from a thick cloud coveted grey and drzxly East Kilbride.
Final round of Goals For Shay today. Details of the main contenders picks hopefully out by lunchtime. Personally I need a miracle although only a relatively small one.
When you believe, there’s no mountain you can’t climb!
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Jobo. :))
Best of Luck to all Competitors.
Thanks to both you and yer Wonderful co-host.
Spirit of 67 Lisbon 17 Sclaffbaw update.
12 Sclaffers:
Acgr, young Acgr, Kickinthenakas, Cosycornerbhoy, Skyisalandfill, Grafittionthewall, Thetimreaper, Torontony, Bro of Tornontony, Best mate of Torontony, Parisian Tim, Mrs Parisian Tim.
Times confirmed at Belas Club de Campo for 13.10, 13.20 and 13.00 / 13.30.
https://www.belasclubedecampo.pt/golf/?lang=en
Costs as per the mail / text / call you all received for green fee, shared buggies and club hire. Parisian Tim, yours are minus the sclaffbat hire.
I’ve still to organise pick up and drop off and our good friend Grafittionthewall has volunteered to assist with this as he has the inside track. Graff, I’ll be in touch, and thanks for stepping up.
There will be multiple competitions going on, on the day including:
Lowest gross score, highest gross score, lowest net score, best stableford, lowest fourball net, nearest pin’s and longest drives.
Unfortunately Celtic Football Club are not sponsoring this event (tight bastards), so prizes will be meagre. However, I have an exceptional prize courtesy of our very own Prince of the Emerald Isle, 16 Roads. Thanks for that J. I will donate a very special bottle to the cause and I’d encourage all participants to try to bring something as a prize and would ask the wider CQN community to rake about and see if you may have something to help out the Spirit of 67 Sclaffbaw day. If you do please drop me a mail at acgr@outlook.com.
In the spirit of Brother Walfrid and the Celtic ethos, we will also be trying to do our bit in raising funds for charity and will probably be harassing the assembled CQN pilgrims to dig deep for a good cause. Mary’s Meals and the refurb of VFR’s St Mary’s will be the beneficiaries and our campaign manager Delaney’s Dunky is on ;
Side betting and ripping the pish will both be actively encouraged and may actually be made compulsory on the day.
Would some kind CQN’r please repost this on the dayshift and on the next blog.
HH Celtic men and wummin…………………….and sclaffers
In the spirit of Brother Walfrid and the Celtic ethos, we will also be trying to do our bit in raising funds for charity and will probably be harassing the assembled CQN pilgrims to dig deep for a good cause. Mary’s Meals and the refurb of VFR’s St Mary’s will be the beneficiaries and our campaign manager Delaney’s Dunky is on the case,
Help that bhoy out.
The return of Big Tam will be most welcome.
A major strong point of his game is that he can take a pass with his back to goal and roll his marker either way.
As much as i love Sinky and am loathe to pick a fault in his game, i dont think he is very good when he gets faced away from goal.
Its took a while for teams to get to grips with him and us as a team but man marking Sinky and keeping that man tight to him means he struggles.
Id say Armstrong is similar and it was a reason we did not get the best out of him when he was played out left and further forward.
Anyway the thing is…….theres not been as much of a threat in that no. 10 area without Rogic and i feel it has allowed our opposition to double up a bit more on the wings in an attempt to cut out the threat from there and i rekon his return will see a bit more freedom for Sinclair and Teirney and either Forrest or Roberts.
I have absolutely no complaints about the revival of the Gaelic Language in Scotland but let’s not get too revisionist about the influence of the dastardly English or collaborating teachers on this. Her is an extract from an Ian Jack article on the subject:-
“How far would I need to reach back to discover an ancestor who spoke Gaelic? Perhaps to what in England would be called the Chaucerian era, perhaps to never: Scotland has a complicated and sometimes uncertain linguistic story that includes Norse and the Northumbrian variant of Old English in the east, as well as the Gaelic that arrived with Irish migrants in the south-west, all of them eventually replacing a form of Celtic or Brittonic language that still survives in contemporary Welsh.
For five or six hundred years Gaelic did well and expanded aggressively across most of Scotland, but it began to lose the competition with Scots-English as early as the 13th century, and then began its long retreat to the Highlands. By 1755, Gaelic speakers numbered only 23% of the Scottish population, which had shrunk by 1901 to 4.5% and 100 years later to 1.2%. Today about 60,000 people speak it, most of them concentrated in the Western Isles, and all of them bilingual in English. ”
“Successive Scottish governments, anxious to stress an independent national identity, have made Gaelic a key feature of difference to England, and many would agree with Mackay that to care for a language that emigration and industrial economics so nearly wiped out is the mark of a civilised country.”
“Dual-language station nameboards, for example: eventually every Scottish station will have one, no matter how little the place was touched by Gaelic at any time in its history.
Recently, rattling through the Glasgow suburb of Cardonald, I noticed a new name on its austere platforms: Cair Dhòmhnaill. Which traveller would this help? None. Is it historically appropriate? No. In the 15th century, a Norman-sounding gentleman owned the lands of Cardownalde, which almost certainly derives from P-Celtic rather than Gaelic. Does any of this matter? Yes and no. According to Mackay, the sight of a Gaelic nameboard far from his home in Lewis “refreshes a part of my soul” and reminds him of Gaelic’s fullest extent. More materially, it helps the tourist trade by rewarding visitors with the sense of the difference that all tourists seek; Mackay says the translated Gaelic menus in his local Indian restaurant in Inbhir Nis (Inverness) vanish for this very reason.
But I feel saddened by it. What I remember of Cardonald is the old Flamingo ballroom and council estates that were well thought of. To me, Cair Dhòmhnaill is a kind of instruction to focus on a far more distant history, like one slice of a many-banded core sample pulled from the earth, which has an arguable usefulness, and may very well be false.”
Checked the ole GFS inbox there hoping to see a deluge of last minute emils but nada!
As this is the final week of the current competition it would be nice if I could stick something out late morning showing who has picked what and in particular confirming who the main contenders have chosen. Might make listening/watching the afternoon scores a bit more interesting. But some of the main players have still to pick!
Still waiting on 19 so please, please send your final choice in, well, like now??
non de ploom
AndyF
TheCelt45
Marspapa
Bjmac
Hamiltontim
CiaranF
FC Alessia
The Token Tim
Red Den
GreenLion2
Sipsini
Elharto
Every Day’s A Scoolday
Canton Sevco
A Source Said
Koln Celt
Inchture bhoy
Rantic
VFR800 on 18th March 2017@2:17am
That’s a far more realistic position than the one adopted by the poster who asserted the non-importance of the currency question, as he urged people to ‘have faith’. That’s a long way from making a case. Again.
Well that was the week that was after Celtic dropped a whole two points.
We could win the league shortly just in case you missed it, amid the real race for SMSM second, Brendan Rodgers seems likely to me to leave his side pretty much as it was throughout the amassed record points lead slump.
Celtic faded out of the game last week , and were madhunned all over, but as BR said, ‘we’re not robots.’ contrary to other opinion I think we were poorer in the middle when Nir Bitton went off, and though he toiled in the first half with that laconic style, if he’s to be replaced, it has to be by someone better, and steelier please.
Callum MacGregor is more mobile but that’s about it, and we must do more especially if there is any semblance of a European dimension, where the qualifiers loom. The appointment of a new John Park is a good sign, but Celtic must continue to shop in Harrods for marquee players, that’ll fair keep the accringtons of shinebox fc down.
James Forrest Gary MacKay Steven and Paddy Roberts are all left scrambling at Lennoxtown for a starting jersey , but outwith the players who’ve already virtually won the league and a cup, there is no one chapping at the door for a game, he couldn’t drop Dembele for Griffiths could he?
If Jozo Simunovic was fit I’d play him to partner Boyata, and rest Dembers just to reaffirm something he already understands ‘Celtic are the making of him.’
Fixed odds
Dundee 0 Celtic 2
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 18TH MARCH 2017 8:43 AM
And the dirty great FAILTE road sign on the border at Gretna.
What is that all about?
Must run……..
SFTB,
There has been a concerted effort for revisionism in all minority languages in these islands. With limited success.
In Scotland despite flinging money , resources and raising the profile enormously the amount of Gaelic speakers have fallen.
Of my two grandmothers, one from Ireland and one from the Western Isles ;the one from the isles only spoke a Pidgin English. Gaelic was her first tongue. However She was even more determined that her offspring would be more equipped for the modern times, hence Gaelic was never a priority.
Yes I remember the many conversations between fellow Gaelic speakers, the priest, the doctor etc often over a few drams, however unfortunately to this day all I remember is the swear words.
I do totally embrace the “refreshments” aspect of the numerous conversations though.
Slangevar and HH.
Guy from the TJN on RS speaking about NICs. Went on to speak about vagaries of the tax system and mentioned Cheats FC and their ebts!
CQN Coupon for today:
Gerryfaethebrig – Newcastle
AWATR – Crystal Palace
TET – Bolton
Jobo – Arbroath
Pog – Cardiff
BMCUWP – Peterborough
Lennybhoy – Fulham
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Lennybhoy on 18th March 2017 9:14 am
CQN Coupon for today:
Gerryfaethebrig – Newcastle
AWATR – Crystal Palace
TET – Bolton
Jobo – Arbroath
Pog – Cardiff
BMCUWP – Peterborough
Lennybhoy – Fulham
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
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tHIS IS THE oNE.
This is the One.
GG
Always Optimistic.
Magical.
So, Pedro wants his squad to fear him….good start, eh ….hahahaha ….. what a load of old ‘bull’
GREENPINATA on 18TH MARCH 2017 9:11 AM
Languages and their use.
English is currently the global winner.
And will probably remain so.