I had very little interest in what former Rangers player Kirk Broadfoot did or said in a match against Wigan recently, I didn’t even know he was still in the game. What makes him newsworthy (to some) today is a 10 match ban, handed down by The FA in England, for what was reportedly sectarian abuse.
What I found galling is how Mirror Group Newspapers reported this story. The Mirror wrote:
“Kirk Broadfoot has been handed a staggering 10-game ban for a sectarian tirade against James McClean.
The Rotherham and former Scotland defender will have to serve what is believed to be the longest ban for verbal abuse in English football history.”
Its Scottish sister paper the Daily Record reproduced the same text with one edit:
“Kirk Broadfoot has been handed a staggering 10-game ban for launching a verbal tirade against James McClean.
The former Scotland and Rangers defender will have to serve what is believed to be the longest ban for verbal abuse in English football history.”
The italics are mine. For reasons which don’t surprise me, the biggest selling Scottish newspaper decided it was unwise to report that a former Rangers player received a huge ban for sectarian abuse. In 2015.
When Celtic Quick News started 11 years ago a couple of newspapers and radio stations pretty much controlled the news, politics and sports reporting in Scotland. The journos all worked together; this was a real cabal. If they wanted to blacken the name of a Fergus McCann, or his like, droves of people quickly turned away from him.
CQN started because reporting like this was rife and unchecked. I know the value of the new “citizen” media, but I also know its limits. We need newspapers, we need people to continue to buy them and we need them to find a viable business model. Without them, reporting which requires considerable resource, experience and, occasionally, money, will not happen.
Most of all, we need them to stop cutting their own throat.
I’m off to Aberdour today, for the 12th CQN Golf Charity Open, not that I’m a golfer, of course. See you there.
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petec
01:59 on
25 July, 2015
The greatest compliment your mum could receive is your good self.
Your preparedness to tolerate views with which you disagree and probably your understanding that we are all products of the environment in which we grew up, in combination,apparently,with our genetic makeup.
Always best,I feel, to look at intentions before you condemn.
I also miss Kojo`s input.
I hope he`s well.
Thunderous that Neil was there to Liquidate Rangers.
Our system can now really Flourish because Neil done the Hard Yards, took everything they could throw at him. Respect him respecting Elton John.
Breathe
butsybhoy
02:35 on 25 July, 2015
petec
i am for free speech (sorry that’s me lurking with drinks assist )
but we are for the CELTS
######################
Yer a Mad Celt, just like me, hail hail.
Love ye to bits.
macjay1,
I know you want to defend Celtic to the hilt, just saying you really disappointed me with the Jock comment, it was totally wrong and I hope you realise that, if I’m saying that to you, I know you will.
And Thanks for the very nice compliment.
HH m8ty
macjay1 linkage…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TdlJxW-m8A
petec
02:45 on
25 July, 2015
I take it you mean “Big Jock knew”
Let me explain.It was simply a way of my pointing out how big Jock viewed the association of Celtic with the I.R.A.He knew how harmful it was.
Incidentally,there is no way anything the hun says will in any way influence what I say or do.
A quick analogy…………
Pres. Obama used the word “nigger” a couple of weeks back.
Does that mean he is a racist?
Gorrago,pal.
petec
James Connolly
they deads they would shame
the voice of James Connollly
the irish rebel
macjay1,
I obviously worked that out, at the Time, it was wrong my friend.
If ye didnae ken that the huns have been using that phrase, I will believe you.
I said straight off the bat, that, you would defend Celtic to the hilt, and I really admire ye for that, because you take so much sh!t, just for being hardcore Celtic Football Club ONLY.
Burning Beds
Rangers vice Chairman can not be accused of wasting company money…I’ve just taken Ryan Air low cost flight from Malaga to Edinburgh tonight and none other than the Blue Knight himself was sitting in front of me…
I mentioned to my son that Dermott Desmond probably has his own private plane for travel…
CultsBhoy,
I remember watching a sensational Aberdeen team @ Ravenscraig, at a tournie there.
They played a team 2 years older, from what I was told, short pitch. I was really impressed by their standard. Probably 1999 age group, not too sure.
Aberdeen on the up, from the ground up as well?
It is getting these kids through that is the critical factor.
Delighted Aberdeen are progressing at first team level.
petec hail hail pal
try Mary Back
on her take on James Connolly
fab
Auldheid is wise.
Empower others.
I’d be up for Celtic sharing their CL wealth, not it all, possibly some of it.
Nothing up their sleeve just Strengthen the SPL.
CultsBhoy 0317-
Paul Murray certainly doesn`t travel in style. I bumped into him not so long ago on the steps of Waverley station in Edinburgh, he was off to catch a train.
That hairdo of his is even more remarkable at close quarters as I`m sure you can now testify. Reminded me of the Douglas Hurd Spitting Image puppet.
As he passed me I smirked at him and he knew that I knew that the Huns are deid.
butsybhoy,
You would have loved Downpatrick with the Mad Celts and the wee sing song. TCR fell oot the Taxi when we got to the House of Love, we steadied him up and he was just as loud as me and 16 roads celebrating songs of freedom.
My Heart is in Ireland
Donegal.csc
petec
would luv to meet u next time iam over in Newry soon
nice part of the world you live in.
butsybhoy
You huv to pay attention.
I wisnae there
;))
I’m going to try another attempt at the Horse and Barge soon.
Paul wrote so much of the New Testament, Paul was just Genuinely concerned about ma red face.
67… could it be spooky and 2017.
In the heat of Lisbon.
Delaneys D,
Had this track played over the Jukebox in a Downpatrick pub.
RIP Val
petec
I don’t know; Horses and Baege
fine mmmmmhhmmm
tehp i
Does anybody know if Celtic are taking a ticket allocation from Qarabaq?
Being exposed by other news papers will not bode well with your sales, and he’ll slap it into you, bitter, bitter news paper.
YDaily Record sanitises story of player banned for sectarian tirade
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Daily Mirror includes facts that its Glaswegian sister title omits from its report
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Kirk Broadfoot in his days as a Rangers player. He joined the club in 2007 and departed in 2012. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA Archive/Press Association Ima
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Spot the difference between these two articles about a football player banned for an unprecedented 10 games. The first was published by the Daily Record, the Trinity Mirror title published in Glasgow under the headline Former Rangers star Kirk Broadfoot handed 10-game ban for verbally abusing Wigan’s James McClean:
“Kirk Broadfoot has been handed a staggering 10-game ban for launching a verbal tirade against James McClean.
The former Scotland and Rangers defender will have to serve what is believed to be the longest ban for verbal abuse in English football history. The abuse is reportedly of a sectarian nature.
Broadfoot launched the tirade against the Wigan and Republic of Ireland winger at the New York Stadium on March 14. He later called the Wigan player a “cheat” for diving during the 2-1 defeat for Rotherham.
It is understood he received the record ban after being called to an FA tribunal with club officials to face charges after fans reported him for an on-field tirade directed at McLean.
Earlier this week, Rotherham and the FA refused to comment on the matter because of a strict confidentiality agreement that prohibits anyone connected to the case from making any comment about it.
The ban beats the eight-game punishment given to Liverpool striker Luis Suarez after he racially abused Manchester United defender Patrice Evra in 2011.”
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Now here’s the story as published by the Record’s London-based sister publication, the Daily Mirror, headlined Rotherham defender Kirk Broadfoot handed 10-game ban for sectarian tirade against James McClean:
“Kirk Broadfoot has been handed a staggering 10-game ban for a sectarian tirade against James McClean.
The Rotherham and former Scotland defender will have to serve what is believed to be the longest ban for verbal abuse in English football history.
The ex-Glasgow Rangers player launched the attack against the Wigan and Republic of Ireland winger at the New York Stadium on March 14.
It is understood he received the record ban after being called to an FA tribunal with club officials to face charges relating to sectarianism.
Earlier this week, Rotherham and the FA refused to comment on the matter because of a strict confidentiality agreement that prohibits anyone connected to the case with making any comment about it.
It is believed that was put in place over fears of a risk to the parties involved if details were revealed.
The ban beats the eight-game punishment given to Liverpool striker Luis Suarez after he racially abused Manchester United defender Patrice Evra in 2011.
Broadfoot was born into a Protestant family in Ayrshire and is known to be a staunch supporter of certain cultural traditions relating to his religion.
McClean, a Catholic who signed for West Brom this summer, has been in the news over his refusal to wear a shirt with a poppy symbol in it, turning his back on the Union Flag prior to a game and refusing to sing the British national anthem before kick-off at a game for his new club during their pre-season tour in America.”
First, note how the Record omits sectarian in the headline and intro, noting only down in the copy that the abuse was “reportedly of a sectarian nature.” Second, you need to know that the sentence, “The abuse is reportedly of a sectarian nature”, did not appear in the print edition and was only added to the on-line edition after complaints. Third, note the Record’s omission of clearly relevant religious details – Broadfoot being a Protestant and McLean being a Catholic – plus the historical context.
Now let’s look at the online coverage of the same story by the “impartial” BBC under a studiedly neutral – and uniformative – headline, Kirk Broadfoot: Rotherham United defender banned for 10 games.
“Rotherham United’s Kirk Broadfoot has been banned for 10 matches by the Football Association after he was found guilty of misconduct.
Reports suggest the 30-year-old former Rangers defender received the ban for sectarian abuse of winger James McClean in the game between the Millers and Wigan in March.
McClean, 27, is a Catholic while Broadfoot is a Protestant.
Rotherham are not planning to comment on the suspensionThe FA said in a statement: ‘The charge was that during a league fixture between Rotherham and Wigan Athletic on 14 March 2015 Broadfoot used abusive and/or insulting words towards a member of the opposition, in breach of FA Rule E3(1).
‘It was further alleged that the breach was an ‘aggravated breach’ as defined by Rule E3(2). Broadfoot was also fined £7,500 and ordered to complete an education programme.’
It is the longest ban to have been handed out by the governing body for verbal abuse.”
Neutral, sure, but a clear statement that the abuse was sectarian. As for the Record, it is surely a poor editorial decision to sanitise its report by failing to cover the story as comprehensibly as its English stablemate?
Sectarianism (more precisely, anti-Irish racism) is a huge problem in Glasgow, and expressed most obviously in the footballing sphere. To cover it up is a disgrace. Despite its title, it is clearly not a paper of record.
NB: The Guardian’s report, while noting that Derry-born McClean has “attracted criticism” for his refusal to refusing to wear a poppy and for turning away during the playing of God Save the Queen, also fails to mention that Broadfoot’s “verbal abuse” was of a sectarian nature.
Hat tip: The Clumpany
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Petec
Do you never sleep?
Went to see Johnny Marr during the week. Good few Smiths songs in the set. Took me back to QMU & Barras all those years ago. He’s still got it.
S
I noticed Barry FergesHUN chipping in his tuppence worth about the Hibs player to RIFC situation, and him saying it will only end in the player going to thems, now I’m not up with the sfa rule book, (if there is such a document) but him being a manager in the Scottish league surely he has no right to make a comment on another clubs player?
tonydonnelly67,
Did you read that in the https://raillydecord.wordpress.com/ by any chance?
HH
TD67,
Was thinking we have done similar buying Utd’s best players to stop them hurting us but then again I’ve never considered Allan to be anything more than ordinary albeit I haven’t seen that much of him.
Hibs should set a price and make them aware, test their ‘spend whatever it takes’ mantra and sit back and wait. And wait.
P
POD I
Dundee Utd have made sure we paid the going rate. Come to that,the papers would have been up in arms had we made derisory offers for one of their players,and would quite rightly have hammered us for tapping up and unsettling the player.
With Rangers,the papers have done the tapping up and unsettling for them.
I suspect that the blatant attempt to “upset” Allan, or indeed anybody at Hibs, will backfire on the 2ndRangers in spectacular fashion in today’s pre-season friendly.
Another midfielder goes out on loan
Date: 24th July 2015 at 8:35 am
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development teamJamie Lindsay has joined Dumbarton on a six month development loan.
The midfielder is reunited with Calum Waters and will make his Dumbarton debut in tomorrow’s Petrofac Cup tie away to Morton.
Lindsay becomes the fifth Celtic player to be loaned out to a Championship club and moves on after an eventful week that saw him play last Saturday for the first team against Eibar, in the development team against Raith Rovers on Tuesday before joining Dumbarton last night.
Speaking to his club website Dumbarton boss Stevie Aitken said: “Jamie’s been on the radar for a while. We made an enquiry a few weeks ago, but his involvement with the first team at Celtic delayed the decision.
“He’s thought of very, very highly at Celtic and had a few teams on both sides of the border wanting him on loan.
“I’m delighted he chose Dumbarton and everything going OK with paperwork, he’ll go straight into the squad for Saturday’s game at Cappielow.”
With Dumbarton being part-time Lindsay will train with Celtic through the week and join his new team-mates for training on Tuesday and Thursday nights.
Stuart Findlay had a successful spell on loan at Dumbarton last season and recently moved to Kilmarnock on a season long loan.
Lindsay will come up against plenty of familiar faces in the second tier of Scottish football with Paul McMullan on loan to St Mirren while Alloa have Connor McManus and Michael Duffy.
The terms of a development loan allow a player to turn out for their parent club in the Development League and also the Premier League International Cup.
BMCUW,
We ain’t surprised are we, the MSM are desperate to ‘get them back to where they belong’ so anyone who could hurt them this year will be targeted.
But as I say, set the price (as United did) and see how it goes.
P
lionroars67,
I read that earlier and wondered what is “the Premier League International Cup”.
Any idea?
HH
Pod i,
Why set a price if you don’t want to sell?
Stubbs has made it very clear ~ no deal.
HH
Whither the cash strapped scrofulous hillbillies the day?
Kitalba the problem with the trip to Baku seems to be visas, or the time it may take to get one. Celtic are not encouraging their fans to travel, although I don’t know if there is an official ‘ban’. May be best to get in touch with JP Taylor for a definitive answer. H H Hebcelt
tonydonnelly,
You are correct. It’s one thing for a washed up old player like Hateley to write the kind of article Barry did. But for an SPFL manager to effectively tap up a player in the press for another club, is absolutely outrageous.
But this is Scoddland, and we all know the rules simply don’t apply to Them…
As for the transfer itself, what can we glean from their behaviour?
1. They are rooked. Not overpaying is one thing, but tiny bids, on the never-never, suggest minimal funds available to the Master Baker. I’m guessing they are spending season-ticket money already and are preparing another distress call to their brothers in the SFA in the Autumn.
2. New Club, Same Old Attitudes. RFC were notorious for tapping up players, looks like TRFC are just the same. And there’s got to be a suspicion that they don’t intend to buy Allan at all, they are merely trying to unsettle Hibs’ best player immediately before they play them.
3. Allan is not Schweinsteiger. He’s an OK player, who did well in the championship last year after a few years in the wilderness. He is 24 – so not exactly “young”. Perhaps a decent addition for a championship side, but nowhere near the class we require in our midfield. Would be funny to buy him and loan him back, but we should resist the temptation. Let them get all excited about a journeyman.
nl&m,
Absolutely, if you don’t want to sell, say no.
On the other hand, we’ve been down this road before with numerous players who have had their heads turned so Hibs need to balance this with the option of an unhappy player or the opportunity for cash to buy a replacement.
Allan won’t be the last in this position.
P
Austerity means life is tough for far too any people, of course at Bucks palace you can still have your butter specially prepared………………..disgusting nonsense
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/11757987/The-secrets-of-Buckingham-Palaces-Royal-receptions.html
Monarchy is “a silly, contemptible thing” – Tom Paine, The Rights of Man, 1791-1792.