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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aye ok guys :)
Geordie Munro 1717:-
Spot on, my mind is playing tricks on me again!
Was just a penalty that was awarded, but the Little Genital was definitely shouting for a red, doing that waving the card gesture on the touchline looking all dignified with his combover, beetroot face and brown brogues (I think Lambert was already on a yellow).
Tom McLaughlin…
Sorry to hear about your Ma passing, take care and be strong for your da.
My face is about the same colour of a hearts top now.
livibhoy
16:24 on 24 April, 2015
Next season Hearts will only be giving us 2 sections of the Roseburn stand. They are selling season tickets in the other sections of that stand.
Looks like Dr Budge got the desired result after the Celtic match this season.
She challenged the Hearts support to fill the ground so that away fans would get less.
It has worked and she is going to have more Jambo’s in the ground which will help the team and swell the coffers.
We have been used as an incentive to fill her ground more often and give her club a financial and numerical advantage.
This woman is not daft.
Think again when this mob is back on the slide about filling their ground for them.
LB
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As you’ll know this isn’t the first time we’ll only be allocated a section of the Roseburn stand.
A few seasons ago they cut our allocation and filled the rest of the stand with home supporters. The first time it was tried I was in the last line of Celtic supporters before the segregated area which separated them from us.
We won comfortably that day. It was also the day we started singing, “Oh the wee huns are shite!”
Golly gosh I had fun that day!!!
Tgbs,
Aw man you’ve got me there.
I thought he was booked for challenge. You might be right neebs.
In your defence it was rwe who started the Baw rolling :)
HH
Thunder Road
Ye’ve won me a pound. I’ll put it in the plate so think of it as Yer good deed for today.
Thunder
I hope you don’t mind but I’ve got a wee penchant for brandy and Babysham.
Oh and the Minx wants a voddie :-)
Pcs,
I’m not denying we’ve had some howlers against us but fans often forget decisions that go for them.
I’m not gonna compile a list. You only have to ask them.
They are wrong though obviously :)
I find it interesting that Falkirk haven’t been shouting out in favour of Celtic
Had Celtic made the Cup Final would Falkirk not have been guaranteed European Football ???
67ECW
Frank Connor is linesman tonight at New Douglas Park for the Hamilton v Motherwell game. Steven McLean is the 4th official.
I have already posted about Dallas refereeing the Hibs – Livingston game on Wednesday with Alan Muir as his 4th official.
Doesn`t look like the honest mistakes brigade from Sunday are receiving any form of sanction for their incompetence. Interesting too that they seem to come as part of a tag team/ job lot so often.
I remember Clark showing Lambert the card as he was being taken off on the stretcher with half his mouth lying in the Ibrox penalty box.
Not sure of the colour of card though.
Lambert was given a yellow.
He was lucky to get a yellow after an obvious attempt to do Albertz cruciate with his head. A disgusting challenge.
It all evens it’s self out over the course of a season.
The rules were changed. Falkirk will need to win the cup to guarantee European football.
cv
It gets worse…..Collum is our ref on Sunday :(
“Not sure of the colour of card though”
HT,
Nae wunner if babysham and brandy is yer tipple. :)
I thought he was booked on stretcher too but I’m really not sure. Defo wasn’t red.
He was replaced and wouldn’t have been if reded
HH
herbo
Stick it up on the mantlepiece beside me.
I thought Lambert was red carded.
Cathedral View
17:34 on
24 April, 2015
Ah makes sense thanks
67ECW
GM/Herbo
Think you’re right, it was yellow……with a dusting of lilac and a tinge of baby blue!
Hamiltontim
I thought it was Dallas who reffed that game, Card to Lambert just after he himself went down on one knee.
But
Believe it or not Dept.
Kenny Clark is of the same persuasion as Willie Collum (no knowledge of lapsed or not)
I think they feel they have to overcompensate for their background when they fear that their professional peer group will be really, really watching their performance.
Handballgate seems to have taken attention away from Doncaster and Fixturegate. I’m sure he’s relieved about that.
Scottish football seems to have more gates than a gate supermarket and I’m sure there’ll be another one along pretty soon.
Nothing seems to change though and it all just carries on as before – inept and corrupt.
jamesgang-the only evidence of contact between the officials during the incident,is the slow motion clip of Muir shouting something,it needs to be examined fully.The rest we know is a cover up.
Hamiltontim
17:30 on
24 April, 2015
I remember Clark showing Lambert the card as he was being taken off on the stretcher with half his mouth lying in the Ibrox penalty box.
Not sure of the colour of card though.
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Feckin orange mhate.
HH jamesgang
67 European Cup Winners
Falkirk would still have had to win the cup to qualify. Third position in the league qualify before cup losers.
Of course ICT could be third and cup losers and then Falkirk would qualify. :-)
Don’t see what all the fuss is about. Things always even themselves out. Wait until Inverness or any other team meet sevco. Inverness will get pockled.
And that my friends in Celtic is how things even themselves out in Scottish football.
Before the Lambert yellow or red thing becomes the new square or slice/roasted or toasted.
I can confirm that my hazy memory is of a yellow as he was being stretchered off.
Thunder
Central heating is a wonderful thing, but I miss a mantelpiece. And an ashtray on its own stand!
RWE
You could be right about it being Dallas, once they’re in their costume they lose personal identity for me!
Didn’t know that about Clark mate.
Here it is
http://youtu.be/xKwTIwa20kY
HH
Lambert should have been red carded for stupidity. He went down so early he was lying there like a bloody railway sleeper! He gifted the opportunity for Albertz to instigate the contact which, of course, the Hun Hun took.
I was raging with him that day.
I hope the tooth fairy snubbed him tae!
Jamesgang
They don’t issue orange cards ya daftie just orange sashes!
You’ve been with DD for too long :-)
Now that I think of it, Lamberts was a “Get well soon” card.
billy bhoy
But you’re totally over it now, aren’t you? ;)
67 European Cup Winners
If it got Falkirk got a bye to the CL group stages they STILL wouldn’t publicly support Celtic, mate.
So RIFC are to be refused entry to the ISDX share exchange.
Like being refused entry to a McDonald’s drive thru – as somebody funnier than me put it.
No credibility at all. Probably suits DK down to the ground though. Zero regulation now.
What about the one Alan Thompson got ordered off when he missed timed a tackle on the halfway line at the Asbestos Arena?
I remember that as being a shocker. Was it Stuart Dougal?
I go vile