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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The Moon Bhoys @ 20.21,
How different that is from the Labour-dominated Scotland that we’d become used to!
Gordon on 25 May, 2012 at 21:19
What an amazing post. Paul’s first article today was magical to read and your post is even more magical. Thanks for sharing it.
Sparkleghirl
thanks for the daly link, I just watched it. Prince Albert of Monaco – nearly gave myself a hernia laughing at that one
MadraRua
Very very touching post!!
In the heat of Lisbon not heard that from the GB for a wee while.
Paul67 – probably already been said but ” when you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose.”
However, Robin Gibb died this week and I think that this is one of the finest examples of harmonic music by anyone and a fitting tribute to a great talent –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nREV8bQJ1MA&feature=branded
Enjoy.
Gordon & MadraRua – phenominal from both of you. Gordon, sadly I did not get but some of my family did and they told great stories like yours. I have a few from my own experiences that night but ‘nout like them you’ve telt’!
Madra – extremely moving stuff. Guess Celtic does that to you. I got to Johnny Thomson’s grave this year for the first time in my 70 years (disgraceful!) and cried tears of sadness and joy that day. Had a similar experience reading your story.
Thank you both. What a club!
H H
Gordon
After such a magnificent post
how do you follow it ?
A bit like David Marshall in the Nou Camp.
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!..Truth and Justice will always prevail on 25 May, 2012 at 21:50 said:
I usually post rfc (ia). However, seeing your reference to RIA…just dawned on me, it is an anagram of something else…cannot for the life of me quite work out what it is…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
By the way did I see some daft so called celebs telling us to vote independence today. Most of home dont actually live here?
Did I dream that or is it true?
Are the SNP really that stupid?
Gordon, 21:19
I’ve been out but was directed to your comment.
Stunning. Keep telling that story.
You’ve been shared.
NegAnon2
Maybe they are getting EBT’s from here.
MadraRua on 25 May, 2012 at 21:37
Quality post as well, thanks for sharing and looking forward to listening to the links.
Do we really need her now
god bless her majestys revenue & customs
Arthur Lee – I hadnt thought of that – perhaps I could have an EBT?
Gordon – a very fine post indeed. Was your brother Jimmy a civil servant in East Kilbride with a subsequent fondness for Turkey?
25/05/07
Happy big cup day
Have they really put the knife
into themselfs on this date , of all dates ?
Am I correct in thinking that we were the first to win, and Billy McNeil the first captain to lift that European Cup?
Didn’t they give the old one to Real Madrid, and ’67 Final was first with new cup?
Or am I completely barking up the wrong tree, or just barking :-)
MadraRua,
Respect to you and a toast to those since passed on.
I love Limerick city and have great friends their and get over often.
One of my best memories was watching the treble winning scottish cup win in Tims and the mental celebrations that followed. You were always given a warm welcome when you arrived in the Hoops.
Joe Dunn is a friend and workmate and actually sits beside me at Celtic Park. A true Gentleman and I enjoy a beer with him at most games and a rather boozy night in their Greenock where Messrs Lawell and Lennon were in attendance. I know he used to bring a load of Celtic items to the pub on his many visits.
A heartwarming story on this our clubs most special day.
Gordon,
An amazing story.
God bless you all and Hail Hail
Gordon
what a story – brilliantly related..incredible memory to cherish – thanks for sharing…!
Champions of Europe 67
Champions of Scotland 2012- Infinutum
Gordon, great story…my trip was much less traumatic. Our itinerary allowed for a sight-seeing tour of Lisbon but it never happened as we also arrived much later than anticipated. Our coach took us directly to the stadium. The tension started to rise as the traffic was horrendous, then the driver decided on another route which was just as bad. We eventually got there and I remember the quick whip-round for the driver who, in his excitement shouted…” Benfica catolica…Celtic catolica…” I think a few extra coins were put in the hat for that. I also remember the hurried walk from the coach to the stadium through a small wooded area where locals were giving out green and white “coolie hats” (sporting’s colours) to the fans…To my surprise we entered the stadium and went down the stairs to the terracing, highly unusual…my heart was hammering as I could hear the fans singing. My first view saw the bhoys emerging from the tunnel…What a stadium, what a noise, what a sight…what a lump in my throat!! I was in the Celtic end behind Ronnie’s first half goal…After Tommy’s equaliser we were discussing a possible replay when…oh my god! Stevie scored…tears tears and more tears…hugging strangers, dancing with locals who were all with us…jumping the moat, digging up a wee bit of turf (which died in my mum’s geranium pot some days later)…Being applauded as we walked into Benfica’s supporters club in downtown Lisbon, walking through the city feeling so, so proud to be a young Tim…the wonderful chaos at the airport when the team arrived and flying home ( probably higher than the plane ) and rounding it off at Celtic Park the next evening…Paradise…sheer paradise!!!
Alan Cumming – doesnt he live in LA – and yet again another one of these numpties telling us to vote indepedence ????????
Gordon & MadraRua, would loved to have heard those stories over a couple of pints. Simply put, they say everything about what I hope to be as a person and as a fan.
Thank you.
AoW
Hail Hail the Celts are here
What the hell do we care now.
RRC: on 25 May, 2012 at 22:15 said:
Am I correct in thinking that we were the first to win, and Billy McNeil the first captain to lift that European Cup?
Didn’t they give the old one to Real Madrid, and ’67 Final was first with new cup?
Or am I completely barking up the wrong tree, or just barking :-)
I am sure you are correct Real got to keep the earlier cup
NegAnon2
He/she is a cracking example
Magnificentseven..
Cheers
I’m sure I read it somewhere
If so, does that mean Celtic is the first name engraved on it?
Yet another first for us
NegAnon2 on 25 May, 2012 at 22:19 said:
Uncanny! More Sheakspeare!!!!!
Alan Cumming is playing Macbeth at the Tramway. :))))
Tragedy! :)
Rico
I was told a story of two boys from Rutherglen
who hitch hiked it all the way to Lisbon.
It was so hot during the day they walked at night.
God bless you Tony J.
Just ordered a copy of this print – feels right on a day like today.
Top Tim that designed it.
Pure, Beautiful, Inventive Football
If you want a copy e-mail:
@insidethehoops@gmail.com
SwanseaBhoy
Before the day has gone, one last time
25th of May, 1967 Portugal
Gordon & MadraRua excellent posts – brought back memories.
My pal and I had just left school and used to take the no.46 from the ‘milk to all the home games – queued down London Road many a time for tickets.
At the beginning of the ’67 season we decided to take out (via his mum) a Celtic Pools Agent book (to ensure tickets) – one of the best decisions we ever made.
We witnessed a clean sweep – every home game; league, cup, finals and the European Cup run – watched the final on b&w TV.
Funny how things you did as a teenager change; fashion sense (Mods), politics (radical), rebellion, food and drink tastes (discovering curry, wine etc) – the list is endless but following Celtic F.C. is constant!
’67 and Lisbon was a great time – 45 years later my expectations haven’t changed – I follow the Bhoys anticipating the same level of entertainment!
Oops.
E-mail:
insidethehoops@gmail.com
SwanseaBhoy
Ok bhoys (both genders)
Just spent the last hour in. wee pub in. Acton
I met 5 guys who are top dog hubs
We discussed jobs property transport muzak and the price of fish
Not one mentioned the impending devastation …. I did knowing full weel they had chucked it
20 years ago they would have sent my mortal remains to the 4 corners of my post code :@()
They are confused conflicted and suffering
What would you have given for that in 1996
We saw them rise and we watched them fall
Nice
HH
M
Just going to ignore the SillyBhoys Hun lark.
Thanks for sorting password AGAIN Paul67. Your work has been outstanding this last 8 years and especially fantastical this last couple of weeks.
Keep it burning.
Just poured myself a wee glass of Islay’s finest malt, Bunnahabhain to raise a wee glass to:
Jock Stein. Thank you.
Ronnie Simpson. Thank you.
Jim Craig. Thank you.
Tommy Gemmell. Thank you.
Bobby Murdoch. Thank you.
Billy McNeill. Thank you.
John Clark. Thank you.
Jimmy Johnstone. Thank you.
Willie Wallace. Thank you.
Stevie Chalmers. Thank you.
Bertie Auld. Thank you.
Bobby Lennox. Thank you.
John Fallon (The original Holy Goalie) Thank you.
Jock Stein. Thank you.
Sean Fallon. Thank you.
Neil Mochan. Thank you.
Even though I was not even a glint in my dads eye until a few years after Lisbon, I am most definitely sure I was there, on the pitch celebrating as King Billy raised the trophy aloft.
Hail! Hail!
Our day will come again.
RRC: on 25 May, 2012 at 22:22 said:
Magnificentseven..
Cheers
I’m sure I read it somewhere
If so, does that mean Celtic is the first name engraved on it?
Yet another first for us
Since 2009, Champions League winners have not kept the real trophy, which remains in UEFA’s keeping at all times. A full-size replica trophy, the Champions League winners trophy, is awarded to the winning club with their name engraved on it. Winning clubs are also permitted to make replicas of their own; however, they must be clearly marked as such and can be a maximum of eighty percent the size of the actual trophy.
The original European Cup trophy was donated by L’Équipe, a French sports newspaper. This trophy was awarded permanently to Real Madrid in March 1967. At the time, they were the reigning champions, and had won six titles altogether, including the first five competitions from 1956 to 1960. Celtic thus became the first club to win the cup in its current design in 1967.
The replacement trophy, with a somewhat different design from the original, was commissioned by UEFA from Jörg Stadelmann, a jeweller from Bern in Switzerland. At a cost of 10,000 Swiss francs, it was silver, 74 cm high, weighing 8 kg. The trophy bears the title “COUPE DES CLUBS CHAMPIONS EUROPÉENS'”. Subsequent replacement trophies have replicated this design. In Spanish, it is nicknamed La Orejona (“big-ears”) because of the shape of the handles and for this reason, Luis Omar Tapia, a long-time ESPN UCL announcer made the name “la Orejona” popular on the American continents.
SwanseaBhoy
I think that’d make a cracking t-shirt