A journalist, banned by Celtic, attacked the club in the Daily Record today, suggesting the SFA chief exec Stuart Regan should have told Peter Lawwell to ‘wind his neck in’ and ‘remind him of his duty to the game’ after he wrote asking for clarification after Sunday’s game.
The hyperbole was raised to the extent the notion “Lawwell dragged our game back into a very dark place – somewhere dangerously close to disrepute” was put into hundreds of thousands of hands today.
A dark place, close to disrepute? For writing a letter asking for clarification? Sounds to me like the know the trouble Peter Lawwell is causing to the vested interests at Hampden and they want him stopped.
By remarkable coincidence, this happens to be the same journo who wrote the puff piece for SFA president, Campbell ‘What school did you go to?’ Ogilvie for writing to Uefa demanding a referee was demoted (while circumventing due process) and asking for a player to be banned.
No mention of winding a neck in or duty to the game for a vastly farther reaching letter.
The same paper gives a platform to Barry ‘EBT’ Ferguson to level wholly inaccurate accusations against Celtic:
“By questioning the reasoning behind [the failure to award a penalty]in the name of their supporters, they were nodding towards all manner of hoary old conspiracy theories.”
Conspiracy you say, Barry? Who mentioned conspiracy? An explanation that the standard of refereeing is not good enough and that having 6 officials at Hampden hindered good decision making didn’t occur to you?
Some people are quick to deny conspiracies when a far less controversial response is available.
A concerted campaign has run for days now to ensure that Celtic cannot ask questions without being demonised. When the media demonise those who question authority we are in a very dark place indeed.
This is intolerable. It would not happen in England, where the breadth of media is wide enough to escape narrow seams of authority. It doesn’t matter if it is the government, the Church, the police, big business or sport, if media collaborate with power, you have problems.
Some of it comes from people perhaps bitter that Celtic called them out and banned them, some from those unable to find perspective or consistency between writing about a Campbell Ogilvie letter and a Peter Lawwell letter. All of them are time-served opinion formers who make money from Celtic’s actions.
We are the last superpower in the game, survivors in the battle of the ages. This antagonism isn’t going away. Not until their grandchildren are in place, anyway.
Clubs need to write letters when improvement is needed. I hear estimates that income to Celtic from winning the Scottish Cup would have been in the region of £1m. Football is big business and processes and resources need to as good as they possibly can be. If they are not, the very least you can do is ask for improvement.
On Meekings appeal yesterday….
The player’s appeal was right to be upheld, the case should never have been put before the SFA panel in the first place. The referee Steven McLean saw the incident. That was not disputed. He asked his assistant for his opinion. That was not disputed either.
Meekings representatives pointed out at the hearing that officials are not allowed to re-referee a game after watching TV. This is a central tenant of the game and was accepted by the judicial panel.
Retrospective action is only allowed for incidents which referees did not see. It is not permitted for referees to reconsider an incident he saw. It is blindingly embarrassing to our game that the SFA didn’t know the rules well enough before taking this action. I hear there was incredulity at Celtic when they heard Meekings was banned in the first place.
…… and you wonder why Celtic write letters.
Last call for the Ben Nevis Huddle……..
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PAUL 67..
Meekings representatives pointed out at the hearing that officials are not allowed to re-referee a game after watching TV. This is a central tenant of the game and was accepted by the judicial panel.
GLEN LOOVENS anybody,and on whose watch…..???? he with the hair who was on SKY SPORTS NEWS asking if we are to look at every tackle days later.
notparanoidenough csc.
petec
12:48 on 24 April, 2015
£1Mill,
Just from this season.
What about the CL money, anyone hazard a guess at that amount?
A Club built to Dominate (and they couldnae even dae that) Scoddish Football and be utter sh!t in Europe, what is the True cost?
I think it is obvious that everyone is sickened by this corrupt organisation running this wee game here in Scotland.
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What of it could be proved that this was so?
Funny how the attack on PL comes after delivery to SFA of the Res12 letter.
Discredit the messenger. The last refuge of the scoundrel.
Kitalba
I know I have said this before and I know it has slipped your memory,
But here is the 1st link anyone on here posted directly for me ,
Being a newby it made me feel welcome and “part of” this place.
So again thank you
Remember the St Patricio Battalion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCaNj4iMqjM
another I found was
Saint Patrick’s Battalion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fj0YV7w9Do
Till later all stuff to do before visiting my mam
Wont post the link but I see Michael Gannon’s ‘Can of Worms’ article is back online…………..
or as he says: it’s got all the hallmarks of Dougiegate II.
coolmore mafia,
i like your options for the first question
a,b,c,4
genius
we should have a similar system in school exams
will sure as he confuse the wee gits
and those who dont notice should be thrown out of school
:-)
“By questioning the reasoning”
another daily record lie
celtic didnt question the reasoning
the club merely asked what the reasoning was
now that we have found out what their reasoning was, we, the fans, can now question it as it is just jumbled up nonsense
but to my knowledge the club havent questioned the reasoning since it was given yesterday afternoon
it really is the dregs of a publication
Auldheid,
The £1Mill is the least to be proved. It must be the tipping point though. When my Dad says it was really bad, and I’ve not went too deep into things with him about Secret Societies and things like that, I just knew last week had to be the now or never moment.
kitalba
I just keep hoping that if I and those I choose to mix with keep trying to do a wee bit of the right things,the right things may just completely & unexpectedly out of left field one day happen,Naive I know.
I doubt of Celtic will make a comment on it until they receive an official answer from the sfa.
And if they have had an answer? I’m assuming they are looking it over?
Banning these journoclowns is not enough in cases like this. Celtic should be suing this t*t for defamation and cutting all ties with the publication.
Journalist of the year indeed?
More like f**ny of the century.
“Clubs need to write letters when improvement is needed.”
Celtic’s letter should act as a stimulus for improvement in the standard of refereeing in Scottish professional football, which will benefit ALL Scottish clubs.
If anyone suggests that Celtic will benefit more than any other club, then they are effectively stating that Celtic suffer a greater detriment than other clubs as things stand at present. This in itself would be an admission that we are not actually paranoid after all.
praecepta
13:02 on
24 April, 2015
Wont post the link but I see Michael Gannon’s ‘Can of Worms’ article is back online…………..
or as he says: it’s got all the hallmarks of Dougiegate II.
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Is this the DR covering their arse. they are able to say” This is one jornos opinion and another one’s opinion”
Are we talking about Keith ‘wealth off the radar’ Jackson? Wasn’t aware he was banned, more must follow!!
Paul 67
Have Celtic received a reply yet regards the handball incident yet?
When was jackson banned, Paul? That one’s been kept very quiet. Delighted to hear it, though and hope it’s still in place.
leftclicktic:
I honestly believe that it will take the collective will of the Celtic Support to force any change. It would be nice if other supporters of other clubs could help a little too.
I really am sick of the rigged game in Scotland. I know most of us are, if not all of us, but it’ll take the collective will and action of us all to begin to put things right for every club and for every supporter in Scotland.
We are all being mugged. Every bloody week and in-between too, we are being systematically mugged.
I don’t like paying the muggers to mug me.
Timjim
It’s damage repair, jabba musta went tonto when he read that article yesterday, and got oul Jingle Jangle on the case as he is jam jarred anyway.
Paul67
Good article.
‘The pen is mightier than the sword.’
tonydonnelly67
Is Jabba working for DR ??
TimJim
13:13
Interestingly it’s time and dated: 19:06, 23 April 2015.
Makes Jingle’s article look like a petulant retort!
Before i goo
Schoolbhoy erro r#201
Wife just shouted “what would you like for lunch BABY”
to which I foolishly responded “whatever is easiest for you ”
which was swifly responded to with “not you the DOG” :(((
shamrock hoops
13:14 on 24 April, 2015
Are we talking about Keith ‘wealth off the radar’ Jackson? Wasn’t aware he was banned, more must follow!!
That was a while ago he got barred, Celtic sent him a letter telling him his press card was pulled, but he turned up brass necked in a midweek game and was straight armed off the premises, Celtic supporters where all shouting and farting at him as he left, Mark Guiddie was there at the time….but not with Jingle, and the fans started shouting and singing……your next and you know you are…..funny.
praecepta
13:21 on
24 April, 2015
TimJim
13:13
Interestingly it’s time and dated: 19:06, 23 April 2015.
Makes Jingle’s article look like a petulant retort!
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Do you mean Cannings or Wacksons article??
Kitalba
Good stuff. Maybe BV? Will be in town for 3.
timjim
Not officially, but Jingle is his pal, Jingle used to waff his bunnett over Jabba’s soup to cool it down during the oul sucky Lamb days :))
Can’t have games being re-refereed. Derk Boerrigter might get banned for diving. Oh, hang on……
Paul – Jackson and Ferguson are best ignored. Things are not going their way. Having a pop at us gets their anger out of their system and makes them feel a bit better.
The idea of other clubs helping us is ridiculous they all benefit from the corruption in scottish football when the officials go against us time after time,after all killie would not have won league cup,if the ref had rightly given us a penalty and sent off the offending defender,and we all know that every other club hates us for the obvious reasons,just f**c them all
What is brains of britannia ferguson doing now.
Paul67,
Excellent stuff. Keep calling them out. We need to clear the lot out. As they say, hingin’s too good for them but a long term in Barlinnie might shake their allegiances.
I was told about the £1 million too.
Anyway, let’s keep the pressure on, any way we can, e.g.could Peter Lawwell seek legal redress for the scurillous stuff printed about him, especially as the writer had supported Ogilvie in similar circumstances.
TimJim
‘Wealth of the Radar’ Jackson’s article (IMO a contra-reply) was today.
Keep at ’em, Celtic.
First post so no accusations of being a H** please. I would like the Celtic support to think long and hard about visiting away grounds and giving money to other club’s who never support anything we try to change as a club. We have been treated with contempt by the football authorities and now is the time to deprive them of cash so I would urge all Celtic fans to say no more. Spend what you save in the Club shop but give these parasites no more of our hard earned cash.
KTF
leftclicktic
13:22 on
24 April, 2015
Before i goo
Schoolbhoy erro r#201
Wife just shouted “what would you like for lunch BABY”
to which I foolishly responded “whatever is easiest for you ”
which was swifly responded to with “not you the DOG” :(((
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well, divorce her and get your life back
you dont deserve to be spoken to like that
oh, and take the mutt with you
FoghornsDontMakeGoodMarriageGuidanceCounsellorsCSC
Barry Ferguson has a cheek lecturing anyone about conspiracy theories.
Wasn’t it this time last week the wee shell suit wearing ned was in the Daily Record crying about the Unseen Fenian Hand refusing to give the orcs a 2nd extension to the 2008 league season?
I don’t think we should ignore any of these attacks. These people have been allowed to get away with it for ever and a day. No more. Whether we get the right of reply is another matter, of course, but we should not think we are going to lie down to their cheating any more. As has been said, most other teams have benefitted by our being cheated over the years. We shouldn’t look for any outside help from any of them.
As long as we have to play in this bigotted land, we have to challenge them each and every time something outrageous happens (which is most semis/finals that are tight, in my experience).
northeast ghirl
It’s got to be asked. Are you a Hun?????? :0) Only Kidding
I’m sure that had we got to the cup final we would have launched the new strip that week too.
I guess New Balance won’t be best pleased with Brother McLean either.
Celtic supporter all my life, couldn’t be anything else coming from massive hoops supporting family
KTF