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Why Hibs are a good bet tomorrow, blaming Ibrox monkeys, not the organ grinder

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Before you get carried away, let me remind you: Our Premier League record of 25 consecutive wins in season 2003-04 came to an end at home to Motherwell, the game after a memorable European victory over Barcelona. Our 2007 win over European Champions, Milan, was followed by a harrowing game against Gretna at Fir Park, where the soon-to-be-liquidated minnows held the lead until the 87th minute.

The last 10 days have been mentally and physically exhausting for the players: a League Cup quarter-final victory, humbling Newco, then raising the bar further against Anderlecht, all three games away from home. There will be a natural drop-off in endorphins, even the coaches will find it difficult to squeeze determination to climb another summit so soon.

A home game against soft-looking Hibernian is exactly how 57 game unbeaten domestic runs come to an end.

It’s always a bit disconcerting to see the media report a story of discord at Newco, conditioned, as we were, by the blanket of control Sir David Murray shrouded news outlets with while at Oldco. Now news that Brother Pedro has banished Kenny Miller from the Newco first team squad.

Kenny is the innocent party in all of this, apparently. Troubles are the manager’s fault.

Miller, “a guy who lives and breathes Rangers (sic.)”

Miller, “a guy who lives and breathes Rangers (sic.)”

You and I both know that Pedro, Kenny and everyone else at Ibrox are woefully under-resourced to compete at the summit of the Scottish Premiership. That’s the only important part of this story, and the answer doesn’t lie on the pitch or in the dug-out on match days. At best, the person responsible for that is watching games poolside in South Africa.

All that campaigning to unseat the Easdales was for this. It’s a Brexit-style self-delusion, with an inevitable outcome.

Celtic FC Foundation, Great Scottish Run

I can’t tell you him much I appreciate the generous support ahead of the Great Scottish Run this Sunday, for the Celtic FC Foundation.  As I said yesterday, we are not only about winning trophies, and the Champions League, this club is has deep roots in helping our fellow those in need.

I’ve never made porridge in Malawi, or fed the poor in Haiti, not would I know how to engage with Autistic kids, but you and me can do our bit for those who have the responsibility of delivering help where needed.  What I can do is run on Sunday and ask for sponsorship.  If you can help, do so at this MyDonate page.

Thank you.

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  1. petec on

    marspapa on 29th September 2017 11:25 pm

     

     

    PETEC

     

     

    KT made it into the 11 CL players of the week , not bad going for a wee Scots boy ;).

     

     

    With every passing game he grows in stature .

     

     

    Hope your right about us winning a big cup again ;)

     

     

     

    …………………………………………………………………………………………

     

     

    It’s whether its the Biggest Cup or Both Euros. :)))

     

     

    Mourinho won them both with anti fitba.

     

     

    Brendan, fingers crossed…… It is the quality that is coming through that excites me more than anything. Wholehearted young Scottish players, trained very well and often. ye cannae whack that.

     

     

    Tommy B is up there guiding things I’m certain.

  4. Gutenberg on

    Pete

     

    Tommy Burns, legend.

     

    I absolutely loved watching his teams. If the cheats weren’t cheating then he would have won lots of titles and could have been our manager for a long time.

     

    He even had John Hughes playing total football FFS…

     

    I think there’s a lot of him in BR.

  7. petec on

    Delaneys Dunky on 29th September 2017 11:41 pm

     

     

    Unless a billionaire, an actual one, gets interested in a toxic hateful bunch, likely to hurt the bottom line. Naw they are FUBAR.

     

     

    FloatingCasinosNoMore.

     

     

    I cannae wait to see the extremely well disciplined and trained 2000s age group starting to get into the Celtic First team Squad.

  10. Gutenberg on

    Meant to add re TB

     

    He was cheated by Sleazy and the Cardigan but he didn’t know it and they featured heavy at his funeral.

     

    Real shame.

  14. marspapa on

    PETEC

     

     

    I watched Gary Lineker interview a relaxed Pep Gaurdiola ….he and Brendan have the same plan for how the game should be played .

     

     

    If Brendan stays long enough and can build his team and keep it together who knows what we can achieve ….

  16. Delaneys Dunky on

    Pete

     

     

    Tim weans in Knightswood are growing as fast as Rangers supporters convert to Rugby and the Glasgow Warriors. Was told this by a friend who teaches in Knightswood High School. He reckons more Tims than huns study there. Never in my day. Saint Tams was Celtic, Knightswood HS was Rangers, wi a good few undercover Tims. Times are a changing. Their grandchildren are Tims!

  18. Gutenberg on

    Gene

     

    Echo the others re the sad news about your friend.

     

    Not trying to make light but just letting you know that I have a colleague who supports Port Vale – surely you must know him :-)

     

    Not a happy bunny at the moment.

  21. petec on

    marspapa on 29th September 2017 11:56 pm

     

     

    PETEC

     

     

    I watched Gary Lineker interview a relaxed Pep Gaurdiola ….he and Brendan have the same plan for how the game should be played .

     

     

    If Brendan stays long enough and can build his team and keep it together who knows what we can achieve ….

     

     

    …………………………………………………………………………

     

     

    Amazing stuff, Celtic will sell the Ones that want to get to the riches of England. The Ones coming through will more than make up for the Incredible sales.

     

     

    Scotland should be Praising Celtic, like they Should.

  26. weet weet weet on

    Mammy’s homemade soup one of the best soups you ever tasted. made wi’ a ham haugh she got out of Healey’s  or the butchers. Boiled in a big pot with vegetables and secret ingredients added!

     

        Then came the fight for the ootsider! The plain loaf with the big thick slice! 

     

        No need to wash the plates they were licked clean !!!

     

    Dookin’ yer piece intae the pot o’ soup when yer mammy wisnae lookin’!

     

    Mammy’s homemade mince ‘n tatties…also great for dookin’ a piece into

     

    Shouting for a “piece” tae be thrown oot the windae

     

    GINGER…….

     

    all fizzy drinks are called ‘ginger’ in Glasgow, ask for a bottle of ginger in a shop, “whit kind?” Came the reply! 

     

    Makers over the years have been, Barrs, Solripe, Connell’s, Robertsons, Dunn & Moore, .  Selection of flavours :-

     

    American Cream Soda

     

    Limeade

     

    Orangeade

     

    Irn Bru

     

    Lemonade

     

    Dark Cola

     

    Light Cola

     

    Pineapple

     

    Soda Water

     

    Kola

     

    Iron Brew

     

    Tizer

     

    Vimto

     

    Ginger Beer

     

    Radiant Orange

     

     

    Collecting empty “ginger” bottles for money

     

    Making ‘Shoogerollie Watter’…..leave liquerice in a bottle filled with water and put it in the lobby press ( high-up )    so as yer sister dis’nae get at it!  Take it oot every day and shake it till all the shoorgerollie disolved. Lovely! 

     

     

     

    Piece ‘n sausage with brown sauce 

     

    Piece ‘n chips

     

    Piece ‘n butter and sugar 

     

    Piece ‘n drippin

     

    Bread and margarine sprinkled with sugar

     

    Taking your piece to school

     

    Making toast holding the bread up tae the coal fire.

     

    Yer mammy’s mince & tatties!

     

    Mammy sending ye for ‘well fired rolls’

     

    Big slabs of butter at Healeys

     

    The whelk man, or as we called him the ‘wulk man’ selling bags of whelks, the wee white pokes wi’ the pin 3d a bag

     

    Carmel cake in the dinner school

     

    A MacCallum  ice cream wi’ raspberry

     

    

     

    Penny bags of broken cakes out of the bakers

     

    A poke o’ sweeties

     

    Penny dainties (buttermilk dainty) 

     

    Black sambo chews and liquorices pipes

     

    Tayto cheese & onion crisps

     

    MB bars

     

    Mojo’s and blackjacks

     

    halfpenny carmels

     

    Lucky bags

     

    Lucky potatoes – tasted like cinnamon

     

    sweetie fags & liquorice pipes

     

    Imperial gems – wee tiny coloured gums

     

    Frozen jubblies

     

    Cider & pear flavoured ice lollies 

     

    Ice lollies

     

    Lees macaroon bars & snowballs

     

    Empire biscuits

     

    Fern Cakes

     

    Sherbet dainties

     

    Candy apples

     

    Tablet and Nougat bars

     

    Spangles

     

    Homemade tablet at jumble sales

     

    soor plooms, kola cubes & pineapple chunks

     

    Swizzels & Love Hearts

     

    Mint imperials & gobstoppers

     

    Bovril & cream crackers

     

    Bazooka Joe bubble gum

     

    Crollas Ice Cream….simply the best

     

    Ice cream drinks (ginger mixed with a dod o’ Ice cream)

     

    Fritters oot the chippie, 1 for a penny

     

    Two shillings worth o’ ice cream oot o’ the ‘tallies’

     

    Sherbet lollies

     

    Penny Ices

     

    Sherbet, sherbet dips 

     

    Jap deserts        

     

    Striped candy balls 

     

    Penny whoppers

     

    Apples, Oranges & Tangerines  

     

    Penny vantas

     

    Eating in the school dinner hall

     

     

    Putting vinegar in your crisp bag and the Smiths crisps with the wee blue bag of salt

     

    Every bag of crisps seemed to have a ‘green’ crisp and you never knew whether to eat it or not!

     

    The smell of boiled cabbage and mince up the closes on a Sunday afternoon

     

    Running down to the fishmonger and asking for the fish to be dressed

     

    Going with your mammy when she went to get the cans of dried milk and orange juice for the baby

     

    Standing in the chip shop queue every Friday getting the family treat.

     

                                                                                            Fish suppers, Pie ‘n chips, Black Pudding, Hamburger, Big Pickles

     

     

  29. Gordon64 on

    A capacity Celtic Park tomorrow awaits the arrival of our saviour Fergus the Bunnet McCann and more importantly it will pay respect to an all time Celtic great Paul Wilson. On the park Brendan’s Invincibles deserve a heroes welcome after 3 tremendous away wins (3 wins 9 F 0 A). And then we potentially face our toughest domestic game of the season without our talismanic captain. Hh

  30. petec on

    DD,

     

     

    CELTIC is Good.

     

     

    Fundamentally Good.

     

     

    Good fruits will come.

     

     

    I forgave a thief, happens to be a Celtic fan who stole from me in work, turns out to be into all the music I loved in the 90s, he is alright, I’ll never understand why he took something with such little value though.

     

     

    Magic.

  31. marspapa on

    GUTENBERG

     

     

    The only “locals” i frequented were the

     

    COMMERCIAL HOTEL & THE BUCCANEER when Bertie Auld had it :)

     

     

    Why not Hemmingways for a pint ?

     

     

    Did you ever play 5s with John Smith in the Fairhill Civic ?

  36. Gutenberg on

    Marspapa

     

    Played pub football with JS. Played pub football with the Buc too when Bertie donated the hoops.

     

    My old man drank there lots.

     

    No problem re Hemmingways but happy to go anywhere – apart from Eddlewood Bowling Club…

     

    Do you know JS through playing football?

     

    If you have some dates in mind let me know and we’ll try to sort something out.

     

    Look forward to it.

  40. marspapa on

    GUTENBERG

     

     

    You might not know me , but i’ll be very surprised if you don’t know FAIRHILL BHOY and some of his relatives .

     

     

    Just got a game of 5s with him when they were struggling for numbers .

     

     

    Definately get a pint , we’ll get something sorted shortly , anyhoo , enjoy your wedding and i’ll catch up soon .

  42. Gutenberg on

    Night lads

     

    Niece’s wedding tomorrow – love her to bits.

     

    Gutted at missing the game but no contest when it comes to family.

     

    Hope the young bhoy who has my ticket has a ball.

     

    Marspapa – we’ll sort something out.

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