So why go to court when you know you have signed up to a rule (literally) that forbids you from going to court and that will almost certainly lead to your expulsion from football?
Because almost certainly being expelled from football is a better option than the alternative.
As Bob said: “When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose”.
They have nothing. Nothing.
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Young needs taken to task for that stupid stupid analogy
maybe it was a Freudian slip
..PFayr
give me a phone
Goram as a studio guest ………..self confessed bigot
is he the best they can do ..embarrassing
jimmci on 26 May, 2012 at 16:19 said:
Ah, wee Chick now back in the comfort zone of celebrating the 40th anniversary of them winning the second big prize in Europe.
No mention of the bigger anniversary which also occurred yesterday.
Radio now off.
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I always tell huns that they won the diddiest of diddy european trophies, was It not the big cup, the uefa cup and then the diddy of diddy cups back then. Not even in the same league as us there, It pisses me off when they talk about that as If it’s on a par with us. There not long in clamping up when i say that they dont even play for that trophy now because it was always a nothing trophy. The sooner they die the better, barcabhoys post sounds exciting, please come out and be proven soon, it must be massive, the msm are attrocius, the hun propoganda machine must be due to burn out, there lies are tripping over themselves now.
Hurryupanddiescumi’mgettingfrustratedcsc
My trip to Lisbon 2010
I was on a Med Cruise with my wife and daughter, France , Vigo etc.
We had booked an excursion for each port, bar one, Lisbon.
When we docked that morning, we rolled down the runway and onward to a taxi.
Estadio Nacional driver thank you, ahh Celtic?
Yep, the polo shirt was a give-away!
We arrived around 10 am, not a soul to be seen. Kicked around for five minutes until a groundsman appeared. Excuse me Senor would it be ok to have a wander around?
Spotting my shirt he said no problem, I asked would it be ok to go onto the park? He replied of course,anywhere at all.
HEAVEN!!
Firstly it was the centre circle where the game in my head kicked off.
Within 2 minutes I was sick, we were a goal down, to a penalty against a stalwart defence.
Not the start I was looking for, I looked at my imaginary team mates and we rallied.
Before too long we were back in control, passing them to death.
45 minutes whizzed by, still a goal down.
The emotion I felt when I battered in Big Tam’s equaliser was overwhelming. I didn’t know where to run!
We were in control.
We were gonnae win this, just a matter of time. When I touched in Chalmers’ winner nothing could describe it. I ran towards the thousands in the empty stands ( but for two) and took the acclaim.
WHAT A FEELING
At this point my wife tells me my daughter asked what I was doing???
She told her I was winning the European Cup!
And that’s exactly what I was doing, for my wee moment.
As I ran to the stands I had to remind myself that the crowd was Colour and not what I had watched in B&W!!
Nothing could match how I was feeling at this point….Nothing.
I climbed up to where Billy lifted it, looked across Lisbon.
I sat on 20 different seats and Imagined the feeling.
I went down to the tunnel and came up singing Hail Hail.
I sat next to my wife and daughter in the press seats and imagined we were watching the ultimate victory as a family.
It was just like my Dad told me over and over, it didn’t disappoint.
I felt everything a Tim would feel that day and the crazy thing is when it really did take place in 67, I was 2 years away from birth!!!!!
Local hoops fans are having a Memorial Night in honour of Eddie & Mark Tumilty (father & son) in the Kirkshaws Club tonight. Mark & Eddie died within 24 hours of one another last year. Both great Celtic men!! YNWA.
GL2 are Voguepunter, he’s getting his erse kicked when we meet :>)
V
Hx2
SFTB,
Your experience of woman’s hockey reminds me of my own.
When our school team played at home, our games usually coincided with the girls’ hockey games.
As we made our way to our respective pitches, we would laddishly nick the hockey ball from them.
Big, big mistake. Those girls were evil.
To this day, I blame BRTH’s mother and “Auntie” Moira for my dickey ankle.
Doc
Thanks for the reply mi amigo, it’s something Auldheids spent a lot of time on, Could do with an update/ thoughts from Auldheid if he’s around?
V
Hx2
Listening to Shortbread and the magnificent 1972 team that won the diddy cup.
McCloy saying it was General Franco’s fault for the huns habitually invading the park in Barcelona. Makes a change from those Chelski supporters. Only 24,000 in the fround that night. Must have felt like a pre season game.
Rieperman on 26 May, 2012 at 15:32 said:
You did the right thing mate, you couldn’t have given up the chance to play in the stadium where we won the big cup!
fround ? Ground. Damn these sausage fingers.
Huns fc…… @16.40
when they won the diddy cup,they only got in it because we won the ‘double’
the season before.
H.H.
They have a point.
We here at Hibernian-Mad.co.uk
normally run our annual Player of the
Year and Young Player of the Year polls
at this time of the year.
Due to the abysmal season just past,
we have decided, for the first time since
we started running these polls 7
seasons ago, that no-one is worthy of
either accolade.
In town, child free with my gorgeous wife. Why are all these stupid huns buying tops for a defunct team?
HH
Darlington demoted 4 divisions by fa for failing to pay creditors. @CelticNewsNow @StewartRegan @Scottish_FA
come on sfa
Sandy Jardine now saying that the Spanish police were baiting the fans. Sandy is a master at the old baiting.
Next Thursday is also the 45th anniversary of the last time I ever wanted the Huns to win a match.
With a dangerous mixture of proto-hippy (the summer of love by-passed Castlemilk) euphoria and sentimental parochialism, I had thought that it would be a good idea if Glasgow could boast of contemporary holders of the two major European trophies.
Despite being up against a Bayern team including Maier, Beckenbauer and Mueller the Huns kept the game goalless until the second half of extra time before a Franz Roth goal consigned them to their perpetual position as runners-up (or losers as it is better known).
Never been tempted to wish them well since. Well?? they let me down the last time.
If a newco are admitted straight into the SPL then it would be a commercial decision and any “integrity & dignity” would be removed. The tainted SPL having been given the opportunity to clean itself up did not take it. Therefore with boycotts of this tainted football product by celtic fans who wont attend away games of clubs who supported newco (this is taking for granted that celtic don’t want a newco it wouldn’t be the first time we’ve been hoodwinked by our “guardians”) and other fans of spl clubs it could get very messy indeed.
The only moral answer is for them to be relegated via whatever mechanism to Div 1 or 3 and let them take their punishment, time for the crime. This would provide the SFL with a shot in the arm for these division/s. Maybe Div1 with the transfer embargo and on promotion a handicap in terms of points.
The other thing is that the SPL/SFL is dying on its feet by playing in the winter and fresh thinking about summer football thereby improved co-efficients is the way forward. How many of you would have preferred a match today instead of mid december?
This sky question would be redundant as we’d be the only show in town during the summer therefore bigger audiences, more fans attending games, gambling and sponsorship opportunities etc.
As far as I can remember the huns only got into the diddy cup in the first place because Celtic had won the league and the Scottish Cup and rankers qualified as losing finalists.
So we actually facilitated their entry. Magnanimous as ever, and thems in our shadow as ever.
Sparkx on 26 May, 2012 at 16:46 said:
Before my time mate, I wasnt born till 79. I dont know much about them winning that trophy, due to the fact like every other tim I have no interest whatsoever, I know they done there usual rioting and blamed It on someone else but apart from that It’s not much interest. Has anyone actually spoke to any of them recently, her Indoors family are from that ilk but funnily enough they’ve all been In hiding, I saw one of them briefly after we lost to hearts In the semi, started talking about the game but subject was quickly changed and asked about the huns and he changed subject and made excuses shortly after and left, was pleased cause he’s a bit of a dumpling that believes anything the daily ranger says, If anyone believes that paper then I struggle to communicate with them, one day I will learn sign language but too busy at the moment.
ASonOfDan on 26 May, 2012 at 16:53 said:
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I can answer that, it’s because they’re stupid, stupid Huns, glad to be of help have a good un!
V
HX2
Doc is Neil Lennon,
Thanks mate, that’s how I saw it too. It would have bugged me forever if I’d passed up that chance.
Reiperman/mattE
Two great additions to add to the many tales of Lisbon67. Thanks for those stories.
Re Huns in Barca
1. They invaded the park about 7 or 8 times in the last 10 minutes of the game.
They had been winning 3-0 and been pulled back to 3-2. They were trying to get the game stopped with them winning
2. They wrecked hundreds of hotel rooms becuase they contained crucifixes
3. They decapitated statues in the streets of Barcelona
They were scum – they still are
Mandy Jardine is an utter disgrace. He wouldn’t know the truth if it kicked him in the bahookie!
This is the guy who got a game for Scotland at right back ahead of Danny McGrain !
Willie Ormond = numptie or bigot?
HH
HH
new article posted.
there aint no stronger enemy to the huns than the Celtic family, generations watching from outwith, WOW… can feel the effort in exposing THE TRUTH
good night Huns.. you deserve it!
PS the beauty is, you commited Hari Kari yerselves!
Talk of Barcelona 1972 always has me reaching for the online archive of Barcelona daily La Vanguardia.
This is from the May 25 1972 edition.
“In spite of this, Rangers’ first major trophy in Europe, their manager William Waddell didn’t seem excessively happy, and he looked as though he couldn’t leave the press conference quickly enough.”
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It then gives this exchange from the Q+A.
La Vanguardia: Do your supporters always behave in this fashion?
WW: I don’t understand the question. What I can tell you is that Glasgow Rangers has the best support in the world; our fans are without equal.
La Vanguardia: We question, of course, the point about being the best, but as far as being without equal, you may well be correct.
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Wait till I find the letter from the consul in Barcelona of the Netherlands, which appeared in the days that followed. Woooft.
paolosboots on 26 May, 2012 at 16:59 said:
I wasn’t one for summer football but In the last few years i feel It would be better for us, the thought of playing In days like this compared to sitting In the north upper In january freezing is a no brainer. I also think we would be better seated for TV deals as you said, we’d be the only show In town and how boring Is It when there’s no footie on, the viewing fugures would be up and It could even lead to being shown on other european countries aswell giving us more exposure. We’d also be more organised and fitter for any European qualifiers.
Vhman
This is something I’m going to have to raise with Celtic at a personal level as I will be joining the exiled Tims in Spain this winter.
The Membership Scheme is on a bit of a hold until current uncertainty passes, but I have been promised the opportunity to talk things through at Celtic and I’ll try to cover the wide swathe that constitute the Celtic support.
In that respect I was watching the SC Final in the Cunard Bar last weekend with a fellow Scot.
On asking what team he supported he first says Celtic then “are you Auldheid?” Fame at last!
He was another CQNer, who if he is lurking should contact me via Paul.
He does sterling work getting bums on seats and his experience of late needs to be relayed back to Celtic.
Celtic need to change how they view the support, the support need to look at how they see Celtic and just as important how they see each other.
There are many threads that constitute the fabric that is Celtic, they are interdependent and a membership scheme that reflects the interests of all the threads and draws them closer together is what will sustain Celtic in the coming years.
Hail, hail
McCloy, pah.
A real goalkeeper (and not one that could readily be accused of being a Francoist sympathiser) comments on the events of the night.
This is from the same edition of La Vanguardia.
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The legendary Lev Yashin (part of the Dynamo Moscow coaching team) commented:
“I would like to congratulate the Spanish police on the decisiveness with which they held back the Scottish fans when they invaded the pitch because there were really very few officers to hold back such a crowd.
“I’ve never seen anything like it in my entire life. The police showed bravery in containing such a large number of drunks. After the first pitch-invasion, the Dynamo players wanted to walk off. The reason they didn’t is that they feared the Scottish supporters would kill them if they failed to finish the match.
“It’s impossible to play football in such an atmosphere, especially after there has been a pitch-invasion, although I want also to say that we have nothing but praise for the conduct and impartiality of the Spanish fans who attended the game.
“For our players to remain on the field at all was truly heroic. We are hopeful that UEFA will listen to our appeal [that the match be replayed].”
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Well said, Lev, my old son.
The main basis of Dynamo Moscow’s appeal was that the invading mob actually hit their centre forward. I didn’t know that until this wee saunter down memory lane in La Vanguardia.
Any younger readers should bear in mind that Franco’s Spain and the Soviet Union were about as far from being friends as two states could be in peace time.
I have a bad habit of watching rubbish films, realising they’re going to be bad about 10 minutes in, but watching till the end and then thinking ‘oh God, why did I watch that? I knew it was gonna be rubbish’.
Someone more clevererer than me told me that the first step on the way to a cure is acceptance of having the problem in the first place.
I guess that’s true actually, and I’m working on it. I realised this afternoon though that it doesn’t just apply to bad films in my case, I need to reappraise my propensity for listening to awful radio as well. However, I think I am on the way to a cure there. I started listening to clyde “summer scoreboard rangers have suffered enough and even diehard celtic fans want them in the spl next season because they are great and we need them and ok they may have had a couple of minor indiscretions but it’s time to wipe the slate clean and welcome them back with open arms everyone isn’t it?”, at least I think that’s what it was called.
I realised within the first 10 minutes of listening to semi-closeted whining whinging hun apologist Chic Young’s guff that it was going to be bad, but yet I punished myself listening all the way up Peter MccLoy, Sandy Jardine, Tommy McLean, Andy Goram… yeeuuuchhh. No I can’t go on any more.
But on the bright side, I have moved on from the acceptance stage and actually switched the garbage off. And removed the Clyde link from my laptop too so I’m never tempted to revert back to sad old bad old ways and punish myself listening to that absolute garbage any more.
Just the films thing to attend to now. Errmm I wonder what’s on the telly…
Hail Hail,
KevinBhoy.
huns fc- love the queen but wont pay her – Thats my point exactly, the current format needs to be shaken up and with summer football i feel there are vastly more positives than negatives. Its worked well in Ireland and surely has to be looked at seriously as the product in scotland is tired at this stage. What have we to lose by trying it for 3 years and comparing statistics on the last three years, particularly if they end up in Div3:
Stats on:
Season books sold
Additional fans paying at gates
Sponsorship
Merchandising
Euro co-efficient increase/decrease
Let the fans decide, increase league to 14/16 to make up loss for them being gone, split/no split, help rather than hinder clubs with European games. Lets have imagination in the game ,it will be improved with better surfaces and weather.
We have an opportunity here that has presented itself lets grab it what have we got to be afraid of?
The remarkable case of Mr Cochran (Part one).
A Rangers supporter of the name of Cochran was named as having died in the stadium as a result of a heart attack.
Two days after the match, May 26, La Vanguardia published a statement saying that Mr Cochran did not die and that he had been in touch directly with the consulate to let them know the reports were wrong (I don’t know if he said, “The report of my death was an exaggeration”, but it would be brilliant if he did).
The following day, the newspaper published a remarkable statement from Mr Cochran himself, in which it became clear that Mr Cochran’s first name was Jorge and that his place of birth was Portugalete, a famous Basque town near Bilbao.
TBC
The remarkable case of Mr Cochran (Part two)
This is what Jorge Cochran told the media following the reports that he had died in the Camp Nou during the match.
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I was watching the game in the lower stand with my son, who plays football for Peña Olivella [a team in Barcelona, where Mr Cochran must have gone to live from the Basque Country]. While we were watching the game a Rangers fan threatened us with a knife. I explained to him in English that although I wasn’t from his country my blood-lines linked me very closely to it. It was all so stupid; I don’t even know how to explain it.
We were there supporting Rangers, but in spite of that he jumped on us. I fell and only recovered consciousness some hours later.
These people are not Scottish, unlike my father, who was an honest and upright man. Those who came to Barcelona were a disgrace, savages unworthy of civilised society. After what happened, I no longer want to be considered Scottish.
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a little more recent
http://spanishfootballsports.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/rangers-fans-in-barcelona-back-to-dark.html
hh
Any neutrals looking in, please compare and contrast the posts of Gordon from last night and many others since to the postings of Celtic_First tonight from La Vanguardia from 1972, and consider the iconic photos of Billy McNeill collecting the European Cup and holding it aloft to a Lisbon sky versus the dingy black and white photos of a man in a beard accepting a meaningless, now defunct trophy in a stadium toilet.
New article.
Last?