On Saturday 8 September 1888, across the north of England, league football got underway. Since then leagues have spread to every corner of the globe where a remotely green patch of grass can survive. Thousands of national titles have been decided in that time, some, as we know to our cost, by the slenderest of margins.
The record winning margin, since 1888, across the globe, is shared by two teams, Paris St Germain and Cairo’s finest, Al Ahly, who both won their national titles by 31 points, PSG last year, Al Ahly in 2005.
Your team and mine are currently 30 points ahead of second placed Aberdeen with two games remaining. If we win away to Partick Thistle tomorrow, and against Hearts on Sunday, and Aberdeen drop fail to win both their remaining games, in Glasgow, against Newco tonight and Partick on Sunday, world football’s record books will be rewritten.
You don’t need the record books to tell you this is a special season, one you will remember fondly for the rest of your life, but in future, many the world over will learn about what Celtic achieved this season by reading their name either immediately below, or above, PSG and Al Ahly.
I remember the old days, when we hoped Aberdeen would drop points at Ibrox. Rangers were a basket case of a football club (nothing on today’s Ibrox incarnation, of course), while Aberdeen were one of the top clubs in Europe, and formidable competition for Celtic.
We can be more circumspect now with our sentiment, but – wait for it, I hope Brother Pedro gets a result tonight. He’s working on our place in history.
JOCK STEIN LISBON 1967 T-SHIRTS SELLING FAST! ORDER AT WWW.CQNBOOKSTORE.COM
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Jimbob
I am just in the Algarve the now. Tims everywhere you look. Post Fatima celebration.
Magical Portugal just now. Two great anniversaries together. Our Lady of Fatima and Celtic of Glasgow.
DD
Ah you’re blessed at the minute my friend
Was in the Algarve over 20 years ago, I loved it.
Enjoy your time amongst friends
Jimbob
Thank you. With my family in Albufeira for a relaxing week. Drive up to Lisbon next Wednesday for 4 nights of goodness with CQN’s finest assortment of rogues. Magic!
Stockley gets sent off tonight for two bookings for elbowing?
On Friday the same player elbowed KT in first half and received no warning of any kind.
He continued jumping with elbows up the entire game with impunity.
Could have been so different if we had an impartial ref like Beaton tonight who showed he would not stand for that nonsense.
Wits
Re Dublin Monaghan bombings
Thanks for post
http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/charlie-flanagan-calls-for-independent-international-investigation-into-the-dublin-and-monaghan-bombings-35725802.html
http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/feb/26/northernireland.ireland&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiWz5KTwPjTAhVMiywKHdpuCacQFghQMBg&sig2=6mj-vbWqt739-MZ49WFX0A&usg=AFQjCNHpF0crQxiYuU1-yS65fBEyUQil9A
hun hoofs it wae the bladder
REGGI
James Doleman Continued. (I fell asleep waiting)
Findlay “Can you embarrass a company?”
Suggests worry was embarrassing David Murray
Findlay Do you know of any communication between lawyers for Ticketus and lawyers for Murray Group?
Bryan says he would have expected Murray team to notice ref to third party funding in share purchase agreement
Bryan says it was Ticketus who asked for mention of third party funding to be added to share purchase agreement.
Adds he expected Murray lawyers to ask about change but didn’t happen
Ticketus memo shown to court. Says would expect word of their involvement to “filter back to Sir David”
Continues we need to ensure “Sir David’s has no motive to release a unhelpful statement to the press.”
“Unhappy fans still buy season tickets”
Findlay “You didn’t care about David Murray.”
Bryan “It would be embarrassing for Murray that new owner had solved the problem.”
Findlay “You had no intention of pulling the plug.”
Bryan “The risk changed from October to May”
Findlay asks if lawyers for Ticketus looked into legal aspects of the deal
Bryan says view was if ownership transferred was legal
Ticketus memo “Our funding is not required to purchase the club” hence no issue with “financial assistance”
(me: big point)
Lady Stacey to Findlay on finding a document “Your assistant has been helpful”
Findlay “Helpful but wrong”
Findlay suggests that Ticketus had expert legal advice the deal was legal.
Bryan “That was when he was paying £5m”
Findlay “Did you get further advice when the price dropped to a pound?”
Bryan “We didn’t repeat the exercise”
Findlay asks Bryan if he ever got an email from David Murray confirming he knew about 3rd party funding?
“I don’t think we did”
Findlay “Was there a phone call from Whyte saying he had talked to David Murray about 3rd party
Bryan “At this time I don’t recall”
Findlay “Are you seriously saying Ticketus took no steps to Independently check”
Bryan “No”
Bryan “Was in the Share Purchase Agreement, we expected he read it.”
Findlay Says “It’s clear that Murray must have known there was 3rd party funding”
Bryan “Yes”
Good Morning CQN
7 days to go
The weather in Lisbon today is Sunny. All day. No rain. High temperature today may reach 68 degrees, but ’67 will never be far away.
:-)
Good morning, I can’t get a hun to talk about the football with me for love or money :))))
Oh well, 3 days to go until I’m off to Lisbon, it’ll be taking me back to the partying I did in seville. Magic.
Good morning friends from a bright, broken clouded and fairly calm East Kilbride.
No more sleeps, it’s Glasgow Derby day and a chance to restore a 30 point lead at the top and create a 39 (THIRTY NINE) point gap to that 3rd placed team.
Quite enjoying these days we’re living in ;-)
Good morning CQN from a bright,dry and sunny East Devon.
It’s pump the Jags day.
YNWA
Rangers fan who called himself Clint Hill after player is exposed as racist banned from Ibrox
David Low now has the same name as the Rangers defender but has lifetime ban from their ground after singing racist chants.
The Record: CHARLIE GALL
A Rangers fan who changed his name to Clint Hill has never seen his hero play at Ibrox – because of a lifetime ban.
The Daily Record can expose diehard David Low, 34, as a race-hate hooligan who is barred from setting foot in his team’s stadium.
Earlier this week, Low announced on social media that he’d spent £40 to legally change his name in honour of the 6ft defender.
But we can reveal that 10 years ago this month, Low was in the news for singing racist chants before a Rangers away match against Aberdeen.
Low was lifted on his way to the game at Pittodrie when a police patrol heard a group of Rangers supporters spouting racist bile.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that when a black man passed the group, they started singing, saying the city was full of black people and Muslims. Low, from Coupar Angus, Perthshire, and another fan from Banff, were arrested, taken into custody and charged, missing the Sunday match.
When he appeared in the dock in 2007, Low admitted acting in a racially-aggravated manner. He was fined £375.
Sheriff James Hendry said his behaviour had been “unacceptable” and said people should be able to “go about their business” without hearing such songs.
Despite his lifetime ban, Low, an electrician, remains a huge Gers fan and proudly proclaimed his new identity on Facebook.
He told friends how he will soon be known as Clint Hill and showed a screen shot of an application to change his name.
He added: “Just paid £40 to legally change my name to Clint Hill.”
The image has since been liked and shared thousands of times with fellow Rangers supporters labelling him “a legend”.
But when he was approached by the Record to talk about his reasons for the name-change, he’d suddenly turned coy.
He said: “I am not willing to speak about it just now. It’s already been in the papers. I don’t want the story dragged out and out – I want to forget about it.
“If I don’t say anything you don’t have anything to write about. I don’t want it being twisted into another story.”
Asked why he didn’t go to Ibrox to see his hero, Low blurted “no comment” and hung up.
But a source close to Low said of his name-change: “I’m not surprised by this – he’s lost the plot.
“I don’t see why he’s bothered because he is banned from going to Ibrox.”
A spokeswoman for Rangers FC confirmed to the Daily Record that Low was on their lifetime ban list – and there will be no Clint Hills at Ibrox next season.
The real Clint Hill was signed by Rangers at the start of the season from Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer.
He quickly found himself as a fans’ favourite and was hailed a hero for scoring a late equaliser to earn Rangers a point against Celtic in March.
But new Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha has deemed the veteran defender as surplus to requirements and he will be leaving again next month.
Female in work yesterday asking if my going to Lisbon had anything to do with Lisbon?
You are worse than England going on about she says
Yip, said I but it killed your team chasing the dream
Walked away leaving her to stew in her hatred
The real Clint Hill was signed by Rangers at the start of the season from Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer.
He quickly found himself as a fans’ favourite and was hailed a hero for scoring a late equaliser to earn Rangers a point against Celtic in March.
That has made my day…..Legned
We didn’t get a guard of honour but it would be a nice tribute from Stupid FC if they were to finish on 67 points to our Lions.
MWD
Let me rephrase that
We didn’t get a guard of honour but it would be a nice tribute to our Lions, from Stupid FC if they were to finish on 67 points.
MWD
Word of The Day (Del boy & Pedro – Only fools and arses….)
contumely /ˈkɒntjʊmɪlɪ/
noun (pl) -lies
1. insulting display of contempt in words or actions
2. contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
3. scornful or insulting language or behaviour
4. a humiliating or scornful insult
Derived Forms
contumelious (ˌkɒntjʊˈmiːlɪəs) adjective
contumeliously, adverb
contumeliousness, noun
Word Origin
C14: from Latin contumēlia invective, from tumēre to swell, as with wrath
KTF
Stupid FC are on target for their ‘Going for 55’. A 1 goal victory or draw will see them score 55 goals this season. :-@)))
MWD
Just a thought
Should atheists have a day of rest ?
I mean if there’s no God then the teachings and traditions that refer to the seventh day makes no sense to them so they should out of principle be working it on single time, no ? :)
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 17TH MAY 2017 11:30 PM
The current squad is pretty much their Europa League Squad; they can sign players from 9th June but wit the first game being 29th June they will have to register their squad sometime around the middle of June! Not much time for Pedro to work his magic.
KTF
Come on you atheists, lead by example show them stupid religious fanatics how much better life could be without a god
Maybe work the seventh day for free to show how rediculous being paid double time for giving up your day of worship to a God that doesn’t exist really is.
Aye they laughed at Billy Connelly
Pedro Caixinha believes midfielder Jordan Rossiter will be “like a new signing”. The former Liverpool youngsters has been out of action since August with a back problem but has returned to training. (The Sun)
A Stor Mha Chroi on 18th May 2017 4:49 am
hun hoofs it wae the bladder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdP21SOFCAE&feature=youtu.be
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Now that is funny!
Hmmm. Jordan Rossiter’s injury problem is a back problem now is it?
What happened to him having a calf problem? Was the Magic Hat talking crap?
Morning all from the Northgate.
Hearing the huns have taken to calling Pedro “Iberian Ally” lol
Radio Scotland in the car on the way home from work yesterday evening. Willie Miller getting teased by Chick Young I think about Aberdeen not winning in Ibrox for 26 years. “Don’t forget they didn’t play in Ibrox for four of these years,” says Willie.
Anyway, nice to see Aberdeen get that monkey off their back. Ha ha.
AoW
Good luck , I feel for you bhoys having to work that system
KTF
Anyone who wants a good old chuckle today, visit Hun Media and Swallow Swallow.
Perma rage in extremis. Hun on hun infighting. It’s a joy to behold (once you filter out the really abusive language!).
KTF
Chris Cornell RIP
Soundgarden
Cabamalar
“Should atheists have a day of rest ? ”
Can agnostics get a half-day?
The problem with The Rangers is that their manager does not speak for them, their manager does not pick the team, the manager does not decide who comes in and who leaves… Jabba does.
I think Jabba was a recipient of one of those greased contracts that Ally McCoist and Martin Bain enjoyed at the expense of your working class, hard pressed to meet the domestic bills, The Rangers supporters.
The day the guilable take off the hun blinkers, that is the day their fight back begins.
‘gullibles’
Sunny again in Lisboa, off to Henhessys tonight to watch game. They are already advertising the Lions nights next week in the bar. Take care, HH
Thats another theory of mine blown oot the water.
I thought that it was Waggie waghorn that had changed his name to Clint Hill.
Less embarrassing for him I thought, ach well.
H.H
Can bilbe thumpers please have 7 days of every week of their lives… off.