Keep an eye on what’s happening at Leeds United. The club is under offer from ‘colourful’ Italian, Massimo Cellino, who will become owner if the Football League decide that his conviction for defrauding Italian tax authorities is not sufficient to make him an inappropriate person to control a football club.
If Cellino is declared unsuitable by authorities in England I am told to expect a coordinated media campaign to have people with similar backgrounds hounded out of the game here. The is a dirty war underway for control of one of Scotland’s newer clubs.
Leeds have historically been a club which it’s difficult to feel sympathy for but I genuinely feel for their fans, who suffered for the lack of a director to say ‘No more money’ amid the clamour to reach ‘the next level’, whatever that was at the time.
Now they are a massive club but lose circa £15m per year, making it impossible for them to compete with clubs far smaller than them. Being subject to the attention of convicts is a direct consequence.
On a completely unrelated matter, I read Phil Mac Giolla Bhain today use the word “Wonga” in relation to Newco Rangers’ recent attempts to finance. That was exactly the word used to me to describe a potential financer who is set to meet the club tomorrow. The campaign to oust the club’s current owners is significantly undermining their ability to do their jobs.
Well done to Big Yogi and the Highlanders for their unconventional route to the League Cup Final. It must have been an absolute sickener for Hearts fans to lose to nine men. Absolute. Utter. Sickener. Oh well.
I read Barcelona lost on Saturday for only the fifth time when Messi had scored. Can anyone name another occasion?
Sean’s Trust, the charity founded by the family of St John Doyle (George Ryan) in memory of Sean, who was stillborn in 2000, is holding a dinner with live entertainment on Friday, 4 July, at the Fullarton Suites, Tollcross Road.
Sean’s Trust aims to raise funds to provide holiday homes to provide respite for families bereaved through stillbirth. The Trust will also raise awareness and tackle misinformation surrounding the issue. To book at ticket (£35, discount for tables of eight), email Linda at lindacroker@googlemail.com
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googybhoy
Darn, hope they beat Chelsea right enough.
SPFL have just “cleared” celtic of any charges relating to the “H” banner at the Aberdeen game in November as it did not breach existing rules.
This was the Wallace/Sands banner with the ambiguous H.
sftb
The Wallace/Sands banner was at European game.H banner was League game weekend before.
Huns keep saying they have no debt,and as far as we know they don’t, everyone seems to be getting paid so far? But I think that Phill is pointing to bills not being paid, most big businesses get what 60-90 days to pay them? So that’s what must be pilling up obviously we gonny find out sooner or later, it’s a strange one :(
voguepunter
17:53 on 3 February, 2014
sftb
The Wallace/Sands banner was at European game.H banner was League game weekend before.
——– correct.
H banner??????
Kenny Dalglish has hit out over the treatment Neil Lennon received while on a scouting mission ahead of this week’s Scottish Cup clash against Aberdeen at Celtic Park.
The Celtic manager was subjected to verbal abuse and had coins and liquids thrown in his direction while sitting in the stands during Aberdeen’s Scottish League Cup semi-final victory over St Johnstone at Tynecastle last Saturday.
Aberdeen FC apologised on the evening of the match and SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster issued an apology to Lennon on behalf of the governing body the following day.
Lennon claimed he had to leave the ground after 62 minutes in fear of safety for those around him, and Dalglish has called on Police Scotland to use every means at their disposal to identify the culprits.
“That is totally unacceptable,” the former Liverpool manager told Sky Sports News. “But hopefully those at the stadium have enough footage on video to find out who these people are, get them and put them to rights.
“Neil Lennon was only there to watch a match while doing his job and someone took offence to that. So let’s get a hold of them and make them pay for it.
“No manager, no matter what club they are in charge of, should be treated like that. I wouldn’t make a big deal of it, just leave it to the police who will get on with their job.”
justafan
17:58 on
3 February, 2014
H banner??????
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H block.
tonydonnelly67
17:56 on 3 February, 2014
Nothing strange about it. They are once again living beyond their means in the bottom two leagues in Scotland.
When all the other teams in those leagues are trying to live within their means.
There is no sporting advantage of course.
Jungle Jim – didn’t see a wee smiley…but you jest of course – right?
ToffeeTim
what make it even funnier, Satsuma loans are the Provi
seems about their only hope the provident
HH
Like Kenny’s outburst but seriously – ‘just leave it to the police’ !! hopefully Kenny’s also joking…
bournesouprecipe
18:00 on 3 February, 2014
Well said Kenny about time a few Other managers came out and said the same.
Any Scottish managers???
If that happened in England it would be the first question at every managers press conference in the next few days.
Scotland deafening silence.
justafan
Know it’s STV but ,,,,it’s got picture.
http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/262735-celtic-cleared-by-spfl-over-fans-display-of-h-banner-at-aberdeen-match/?
http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/262735-celtic-cleared-by-spfl-over-fans-display-of-h-banner-at-aberdeen-match/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
seen this
The media invariably condemn these all too frequent attacks on Neil with the tried and trusted caveats that he somehow brings it upon himself. No need to catalogue it, we could write the articles ourselves. I only wish Neil would challenge this stance every time it comes up. He would run circles around them and it would be in front of the TV cameras.
An Tearmann
Aye!
my folk are Bankies….a hint of irony in todays Creditor ….braw
Rangers Creditor Of The Day
Simple Waste Solutions
Clydebank
Waste Management
£17,626.26
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shoite hitting fan,must be annoying no getting paid for the clean up though …hehehehehe….and a load more shoite on the way ….any solutions would simply be a waste…..seewhatadidtherecfc…..braw
The H banner followed by the words ‘ they fought and died for their wee but hill & glen ‘ to me was a superb display by the GB again to highlight the hypocrocy of the OB bill.
For me the H was for H blocks and the wording from the Scottish national anthem was to highlight that the hunger strikers were ‘ fighting for their wee bit hill and glen’ just as were Scots acclaimed in the national anthem .
The irony being sing the Flower of Scotland with pride and be lauded sing Roll of honour and be jailed.
I thought an inspired , well thought out display by the GB
There was an episode of ‘Only Fools and Horses’ where a pile of bills come through the letter box.
Uncle Albert peruses them and sticks them back through the box to the other side of the door outside the flat.
Who does that remind you of?
Seen on Twitter
Maybe a massive exageration but a photo to make you smile:))
Well I did anyway
Best picture ever taken. Including those from space. pic.twitter.com/47aLqs0dL7
eddieinkirkmichael
17:46 on 3 February, 2014
Phil’s latest blog really does make you sit up, if it’s even only half right then the huns really are f###ed again. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do end up playing out of Hamden as some people are surgesting the repair bill to make Ibrokes habitable and fit for purpose will require in excess of £10m.
Once they get the edminston club all fixed up and up and running the blue pounds will be rolling in. :-) Yet another master stroke of subterfuge by the great Charlie Green, if you fix it up they will come, a year on and it’s still in ruins
https://twitter.com/JaeKay/status/424490491745300480/photo/1
Has the Lynch mob looking for Anthony Stokes left town yet ?
Good grief, poor judgement from a guy hungry for goals but a dissection of his personality and character.
Good grief…
As for sevco. No surprises really. That mentality never went away. All eyes on the cheats at Hampden for me. Surely we can’t be so quiet the next time the rules get rewritten to accommodate that toxic wave of badly managed, supremacist stained bigoted hillbillies ?
So the SFA have officially declared the letter H as OK to put on a banner. Maybe we should try a few more single letter banners to see what happens? And then perhaps build up to actual words.
It is a bit of a joke. I would love us to have a banner with just a massive Q on it and no explanation. I’m sure someone somewhere in the media would come up with a justification for calling it offensive and sectarian;.
phil mac’s article’s a great read
Yep Gordon that would really confuse them, look forward to the week we have The I The I banner.
Congratulations to Fraser Foster on breaking Charlie Shaws 92 year record at Celtic.
a record breaker playing for the record breakers.You have given yourself a fair mention in our goalkeeping history.
I salute all the keepers Simpson,Fallon,Williams,Latchford,Packie,now you Fraser
Hail hail to all the keepers(all them) from our history
and in memory of our Prince John Thompson.
Hail Hail
AwhereahfoatUwurgettinitCSC :-))
googybhoy ♥ we are all neil lennon
18:01 on 3 February, 2014
tonydonnelly67
17:56 on 3 February, 2014
Nothing strange about it. They are once again living beyond their means in the bottom two leagues in Scotland.
When all the other teams in those leagues are trying to live within their means.
There is no sporting advantage of course.
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No no no, listen what I mean is! If they owed money with unpaid debts, why is no one asking for payment, I find that strange?
The CQteN Dream Team!
CQteN is just around the corner.
Have a thought about who would be your first 11 for this period.
The best team from the last ten years? One player for each position, it would be daft to play two right backs, and Henrik Larsson can only play in one position!
Your thoughts on this will be collated and a best team of the last ten years will be announced.
Details will follow soon.
Don’t put your thoughts on here, just think, an email address will be posted and you can send it there.
If you want to put up a few suggestions on you go, we haven’t made the short lists yet!
CRC and I will organise it. Details will follow soon(ish).
The team will be announced at the CQteN event.
There will be a prize for the closest to the final team, in the event of more than one person getting all 11 we will, ehmm, wing it:-) or keep the prize for ourselves!
We’ll draw lots of course.
That would be my shout too.
A concerted effort from the press to push all other Football managers to come out and denounce what has happened to Neil Lennon. To state it is unacceptable. To state it is wrong. And to state it will not be tolerated.
Every manager – neither fear nor favour.
Move this country on.
Are you listening Spiers? – you were once kept afloat on the credibility Celtic fans gave you when you were castigated by the Govanites – you should be ashamed. Ashamed.
Still angry.
U
ulysses mcghee
You still want the NTV’s ?
an tearmann
Even Allen McKnight ?
BCW – sorry I’ve not been in touch – on holiday and was my birthday – will organise for next week if that’s okay with you?
U
Just seen that young Eoghan O’ Connell is a cousin of Irish Rugby captain Paul O’Connell, must say I didn’t know that even though Eoghan’s family live quite close to my sister. Christ if he is anything like his cousin he will be some player.
SFTB
I wasn’t aware there was any ambiguity around the H in the banner.
ulysses mcghee
No probs. I’m going to the main stand at Aberdeen game.
Oh and by the way, don’t wait for the rest of the SPL managers circling the wagons for Lenny, never gonny happen, they also are ignoring there duty as professionals by not backing him up. It’s a sorry state of affairs and it only shows them up for what they are.