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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MOONBEAMSWD on 17TH MAY 2017 10:14 AM
OK.
An 11-0 victory for Sevco tonight then.
Are we to sing The Billy Boys too after every goal.
MWD just wondering
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No No No and Thrice No or whatever the Wee Saying is.. No..
Win 9-0 Yea.. But Fur Fecks Drake No 11-0..
The Sheep are 20 Goals tae the Good and I’m waiting Fur them tae Finish Second Fur a Big Big Really Big Giagantic Yankee and a Treble I Bet Last July.. Naw it wishes Oan the 12th.. 【ツ】
Mon the Dons and Mon the Monaco tonight.. tae Put up 2 Long Term Bets..
Thanks again to Paul67 and WC for the Bet365 Pop Ups.. it’s been like taking Sweeties aff a Falkirk Fan the Last 2 Seasons.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Just Can’t get Enough..
Summa of SettledBets4SecondBestCSC
Ps.. Embdy Else Bet a Ross County Player for Top Scorer..【ツ】
When Pedro (ridiculously) spoke of Aberdeen’s 3-4 yr cycle about to unravel as per natural evolution, why didn’t one of the intrepid among the media throng ask him when he thought Celtic’s current cycle (now about to start its 7th year) would naturally unravel? :-)
Good old Tories
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-39947758
sevco win?? Ah dont thinkso!!!!
Sevco win? Never, get them pumped!
What a farce.
The media bias in relation to the election is sinister indeed.
I happened to catch Newsnight last night. Kirsty Wark was outraged that the richest 5% will have to pay more tax if Labour win….I wonder why eh.
All week ive watched Sky, BBC, ITV, presenters, bleat, moan, and whinge about tax, really concerned about the tax burden on the richest in society.
Its now reached the level of an all out media assault on Corbyn and the Labour Manifesto.
The media and their Tory masters, expect you to learn to love your submission….you dont matter, its the rich that are considered to be discriminated against now.
How dare anybody ask them to pay anything, perish the thought.
I wouldnt worry too much about going back to the 1970’s, id prefer that, than the Tory 19th century plan; Poor Law, Workhouses, Transportation, and Hard Labour.
This country is regressing at a frightening pace.
HH
Fk Sevco…..I hope they burn in HELL, asap.
HH
The Green Man
https://www.facebook.com/mark.mcgowan.969?lst=100000184907617%3A100001564885371%3A1495022568
If ye’ve got FB this guy is good..
POGMATHONYAHUN
Sad news about your friend !
May he rest in peace.
Haven’t seen anybody say sack the board lately.
Funny that. It’s almost as if people overreact when things don’t go quite so well on the park :-)
Sack the broad
Starry Plough
Never been on facebook, dont think i could handle it, im bad enough in here and thats amongst good tims, imagine what would happen if i went on fb….mayhem:)
Ive even had to ban myself from the huns on yt…..usually before they block me:)
I got into a virtual scrap with one particular zombie, kept me going for weeks:)
HH
THE GREEN MAN @ 1 13
” sinister indeed ” .
Interesting thing on Italian radio earlier re some mega rich chaps using the different rules re political funding in Northern Ireland thing to fund Brexit propaganda in England .
Never in yer nelly dae I want the Huns to win F all. A draw would do then a Jags win on Sunday.
Just been reading back.Hard going at times.Reggie!! WT…?
BRTH.Re the itinery in Lisbon. What happened to Friday? Only kidding,mate.We leave for Glasgow 4pm.Out of luck for Cup Final tickets so will be rocking in the Greenock CSC. HH.
SUMMA OF SAMMI…. on 17TH MAY 2017 1:00 PM,
I liked that.clever.
Home win for the Govan Goonies? Never.
In the absence of a win for ???? (Substitute any football club name) I will be happy with a draw.
James Doleman:
Findlay suggests Octopus had a duty not to take unnecessary risks with their client’s money. Bryan agrees
Bryan confirms the was first approched about Rangers by Nigel Farr, “he was hoping to get a brokers fee” Introduced Phill Betts
Phil Betts was an “asset backed banker” Bryan says. He arranged first meeting with Craig Whyte at the Octopus office
Bryan “I believe there where other gentlemen there” but he can’t recall their names
Bryan says Ticketus had 12 football clients. Names Manchester United as one, refuses to name others.
Jury and witness leave court while a legal matter is discussed
Jury returns, Bryan says Ticketus worked with 6 English Premier league clubs, some in Europe. No other Scottish clients.
Findlay suggests: “a great number of people in football would know about Ticketus” Bryan “only 3-4 at each club”
Witness agrees other staff at football clubs might know about any deal with Ticketus.
Says might be 100 or so.
Findlay “apart from Mr Whyte is there anyone else you know in this courtroom”
Bryan says “a solicitor for Octopus is in the audience”
Findlay “I noticed you kept looking over there”
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD
Aye right enough:))
He’s called Mark McGowan maybe you can find him, he does these cracking rants about the Tories.
I like the ole FB it’s good for me as a Tim abroad to easy keep in touch with folks back home.
I use to for my photography, free and not back for making contacts etc!
HH
DAVIDOPOULOS on 17TH MAY 2017 1:25 PM
>:-(
There’s always one!
Timaloy29,
Might no need to sack the board, there could be an investigation into their abnegation of responsibility to protect all shareholders interests. None of the information provided by the court is new, all this information was available in the public domain. Though I expect people to harp on about the confirmation that the wee tax case had matured prior to 31st March, this was already confirmed on 1st April by the then rangers chairman Alistair Johnston. That was proof enough to invite UEFA to use their powers of investigation. The board decided to hold off raising any form of clarification request until November/December that year. Too little too late, the value and money was already lost to the shareholders and club by the time they reacted, and apparently a token measure that paid lip service to their responsibilities to protect the shareholders in a feeble attempt to cover their arse.
TIMALOY29 on 17TH MAY 2017 1:22 PM
Haven’t seen anybody say sack the board lately.
Funny that. It’s almost as if people overreact when things don’t go quite so well on the park :-)
OK,I have an official request from my good mate Neganon,who has asked me to stand in for him in times of great success at Celtic,
Peter Lawell,Grrrr,fekin,heated driveway,enormous salary,Hun lover,SFA lover,SPFL,lover.
Dermot Desmond,Grrrr,absentee lanlord,Golf lover,getting rich off his Celtic shares.Hun lover.
The Board,Arrggghhhh,thats enough.
Glad to be of help.
OK,Negs,speak to you next time we dont win.Been missing you lately.
For SoT and anyone else interested.
http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/what-connects-brexit-the-dup-dark-money-and-a-saudi-prince-1.3083586
Canamalar
Let’s say the Celtic Board do nothing even if the Big Tax Case goes against the Huns.
How do we ensure justice prevails?
Turkeybhoy on 17th May 2017 11:43 am
I see that vile scumbag Traynor had mark Walters especially delivered for the ridiculous “Racism”display at the dump yesterday.A couple of kids,two men and their dog,and a couple of Blazers on display.Nothing at all to do with “Give Racism the red card”more to do with throwing some bad light on Celtic,to try and deflect from their scumbag fans.The Evening Times,happy to oblige.
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My problem with Walters – notwithstanding the disgraceful abuse he received – is that he opted to join a club with a sectarian employment policy. So hard for him to take the moral high ground as he obviously didn’t give a toss about that as long as he got paid.
williefernie
If you ken anybody from Broomhill Greenock I know somebody working on an interesting project there and looking for folk from the area to talk to even write songs with
get in touch if suits
THOMTHETHIM
Bloody hell,that is dynamite!
Too late,mind.
As an aside,the £400m renewables scandal ai NI,money wasted,is equivalent to about £30bn in UK terms per person. That’s worse than a scandal,it’s a f…..g disgrace
A STOR MHA CHROI on 17TH MAY 2017 12:49 PM
:-)))
BIG JIMMY on 17TH MAY 2017 7:38 AM
I asked , ” Why would Brendan be asked about rebel songs being sung at Celtic Park, IF he went back to England” ? ( or words to that effect) ?
You have came on here a few days ago, appearing to be UTTERLY CONVINCED that would be the case, IF Brendan went back down south at some stage ?
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I don’t know why you keep repeating that. I didn’t say he would be asked IF he went back to England. I said based on the precedent of a previous manager having to speak out against IRA songs as Celtic manager, then you don’t have to Mystic Meg to reach the conclusion that it is possible that the current Celtic manager will be asked to speak out as well. It was a different world from when O’Neill was manager to when Neil Francis Lennon was in charge. As long as huns are acting like huns then I couldn’t care less what offends them. When otherwise decent civilised folk with no axe to grind view elements of our support as backward then that hurts me deeply. For holding that view I’ve been called a scumbag, bizarrely told I’m somehow smarting at the defeat of the British Empire, and told to find another club. And yet I’m the bad guy. Go figure
SOT
Sky, the BBC, and the Daily Mail….mechanisms of the state.
At one time they would even go to the trouble of being rather subtle in their methodology.
Now however, the Tories just say, ” FK off, im busy”, or ” Why dont you Fk off back to Scotland”, that seems to do the trick.
These Tories could turn up on every doorstep in England, beat people violently, evict them from their homes, rob them blind…..and still get elected.
That seems a bit off to me…..maybe in this ‘information’ age, there are ways and means to….er, consolidate your vote:)
HH
REGGIE on 17TH MAY 2017 1:59 PM
Methinks thou does protesteth too much
Reggie …. if people view anyone as “backward” for supporting people (James Connolly, Michael Collins, or whomever) stood up against oppression generally, and for freedom of the Irish people specifically, how ‘decent’ are these people?
Isn’t the answer to educate these ‘decent’ (but clearly uneducated) people?
BobbyM,
I’m sure the subject of that article is widely discussed on political forums in the UK, with There’s a May leading the debate.
Imatim..,
City of London Police are interested in protecting shareholders rights and since the PLC were/are listed in the City of London they are the appropriate authority. A simple letter of complaint identifying the well documented public information available should clearly identify why there are concerns.
British Empire – 0 v Emancipated Independiente United – 59
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 17TH MAY 2017 2:07 PM
Imatim..,
City of London Police are interested in protecting shareholders rights and since the PLC were/are listed in the City of London they are the appropriate authority. A simple letter of complaint identifying the well documented public information available should clearly identify why there are concerns.
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Thanks for that
I trust there are other contingencies at hand should it be necessary?
Really interesting court case going on in Glasgow at the moment, looks like as we already knew the rangers submitted a fraudulent license application for European competition for season 2011/12 and the the senior executives on the SFA board were aware of its fraudulent nature but supported the application regardless.
For some this is not too important
Imatim…,
Indeed there are though the Res12 team are only aware of a couple of the options discussed.