There’s a moment in Woody Allan’s movie Bananas, after the leader of a military coup takes control, that he loses his faint grasp on rationality and plunges headlong into random nonsense. He informs the inhabitants of his Latin American country that Swedish will be their new language and that underwear now should be worn as an outer garment.
BBC’s Jim Spence this morning reports that a Dundee United director, flush with the success of reaching the League Cup final, told him United want almost double the ticket allocation for the final than they were able to sell for the semi-final, as “We want to ensure as big a crowd as possible for the game, which we are sure the sponsors would want too”, and that he wants United fans in the Toryglen end of the stadium, or the Celtic end, as it’s known by everyone else in the land.
Sure, ask for more tickets than you were able to sell, but don’t justify your request on the basis that this will ensure a bumper crowd. If anything, it will achieve the opposite.
Asking for the Celtic end is right up there with wearing your pants on top of your trousers. It’s a random and irrational exercise of power by someone who is evidently in way over their head. It’s technically possible to have United at the ‘Toryglen’ end, but it would achieve no benefit and only cause confusion and inconvenience to thousands. If Woody Allen is short of quality material (which appears to be the case), he should spend some time here.
Scotland is not full of these types, but those there are seem to gravitate towards positions in our national game. From now on, I’m going to think of United chairman Stephen Thompson with his pants on the outside. Pantsman Thompson, seems an appropriate handle.
I don’t know about you, but it’s been a while since I’ve had to listen to thousands sing “No Pope of Rome” at a public gathering. The problem is not as significant as it was a few decades ago, and is largely limited to the embers of a dying sub-culture. The rest of the country has moved on, as have most Rangers fans. I’m not sure how, or if, you can check these excesses, but I’m sure they are overwhelmingly self-harming.
Kenny MacAskill, appointed Justice Minister in the SNP government on the basis of having selective hearing and being able to make absurd claims, left his post in November. His government have yet to make any comment on yesterday. Nor have they repealed the politically-motivated Offensive Behaviour Act, or show they are remotely interested in asking for the laws they introduced to be enforced without fear or favour. The Act was aimed at you and is simply flawed. It is toxic, remains in place out of nothing more than bloody-mindedness and will be repealed at the first change of government.
Anyway, you’ve got a cup final to look forward to on the weekend of the CQN11 St Patrick’s Dinner at the Kerrydale Suite, on Friday 13 March. Email me, celticquicknews@gmail.com to book your tickets.
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MOONBEAMSWETDREAMS 1343
It’s difficult to argue with you,and show Labour in a positive light.
They have been a massive disappointment since the sad death of John Smith,allowing carpetbaggers to take over. None of whom I voted for-or against-btw.
Mandelsin and Blair ruined our party.
But you know what? They’re still our only bet. Not our best bet,our only bet.
Read this,you will see why. May 2015 is not a time for a protest vote,mate. May 2015 is one last chance to stop these bastards ruining our country.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/28/-sp-david-camerons-five-year-legacy-has-he-finished-what-margaret-thatcher-started
Saw it today when watching highlights
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Bhoylo83
13:17 on
2 February, 2015
Anyone else notice VvD high five Scott Brown after the tackle on Black?
I assume his cards were marked from the start
B-)
petethebeat
13:44 on 2 February, 2015
I didn’t expect the tribute act to be so overawed at the start.
The other thing is that I couldn’t believe how unfit their players were.
With 20 minutes to go, if we’d scored a third, I might have switched off and got some things done – it was getting that boring.
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Different shit but same flies.
The Celts needed that victory yesterday, if we were beat from Scotland’s newest and 2nd most expensive team yesterday it would have been a crying shame for football
The Celts v Utd will be a better fitba game.
Hx2
If our dominance yesterday is anything to go by, the old Rangers end can just be renamed the Opposition end cos every final for the foreseeable future will involve us
Lennons passion
I will take every opportunity to challenge their bias and blatant cheating, if that means I have to email instead of writing letters collecting signatures or confronting them face to face .So be it.
I can always say I tried.
LEFTCLICKTIC
Good man!
Inter supporter called Alberto on the radio –
” I watch them with tears in my eyes “
The Celtic End and The Other End works for me …
Or of Aberdeen and Dundee United can get to finals on a regular basis they could call it the New Firm End.
Who cares what they sang, if that’s the only songs they have they should be pitted, stuck in the past as we move forward.
They are bitter and twisted because they sat on there fat arses waiting for a hero to save their club and it never happened, they died and they try and hang on to the old club with the songs of hate.
While they banged on about the pope,the silly boys and the rest we where doing the damage on the park where it counts.
While we’re at Hampden in the final they’ll be in there pish stained trackies cursing the world for all there bad luck. HH
the honest cover-up – have to take your word for it on the Commonwealth Games.
I avoided every second of the London Olympics, so I wasn’t going to watch the cheapo knockoff Commonwealth gemmes. There was a better programme on Dave, called “Britain’s Slowest Paint Drying”. (thumbsup)
sipsini – Nigel Farage is the Scott Brown of politics. Brave and bloody marvellous.
I said so to the members of my Thatcherite CSC the other day, and he agreed.
We’re only making plans for Nigel. (thumbsup)
fourgreenfields
13:52 on 2 February, 2015
Nice try. You keep sending your wee emails going through your life with a complex. Makes you feel you have a purpose in life.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
13:56 on
2 February, 2015
The best bet overall for getting rid of Tories will be a Labour/SNP coalition. So the key is not to split the vote in any places where somebody else might creep in.
Rember Labour’s share of the vote rose in the last GE and it made no difference overall. The priority here is to get rid of Tories, so pay attention to your local polls.
lennon’s passion,
There was one particular incident in the second half that convinced me that the surface was not fit for purpose. It involved Virgil blocking an attempted cross from Kenny Miller and ended with Miller injured and a hole in the pitch that could have been used to bury someone. Either the SPFL or HPL have a duty of care to provide a playing surface that is fit for purpose and they did not do that. In addition, the ‘showpiece’ game was being beamed live to several countries around the world and it made the spectacle more sub-standard than it should have been.
Should everyone be happy with that?
AR
lennon’s passion
No bother , at least I tried .
PHILVISRETURNS
Haw,you. XTC were absolute mince. Them or Coldplay played on my radio,I change the channel.
And living in Swindon,that really boosts my popularity!
Btw,local pub offering hand-battered cod today. I’ll not bother. Obviously read too many editions of Viz.
spearman
13:39 on 2 February, 2015
Vmhan thought I gave a quite good argument against it… better than “we’ve always been at that end”? As I said sounds like we’re saying we are more important?.
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Celtic supporters are more important!
Ps I like utd but we’ll win the cup!
Hx2
WEEMINGER
I don’t see how we can get rid of the tories if Labour lose,say,twenty seats in Scotland.
That stat leaves a shortfall of approx 80 seats to be made up elsewhere.
philvisreturns – 13:24
“south of tunis – they should call it the DOB Act.
And then repeal it. And then feed every MSP that voted for it to hungry polar bears. (thumbsup)”
Well that’s one way of getting rid of the SNP Govt but not sure how democratic it is.
re ends of Hamden Celtic end and the morgue
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers – Btw,local pub offering hand-battered cod today. I’ll not bother. Obviously read too many editions of Viz.
http://reactiongifs.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mr_chang_senor_chang_laugh_spits_milk.gif (thumbsup)
I guess ole Bob Heaney’s team got stuffed at Hampden yesterday. Stay away from the razor blades Bob.
mullet and co 2
13:08 on 2 February, 2015
Oh give me a home where there’s no Pope of Rome where no one but Protestants stay.
quite a few thousand sang with gusto. Not complaining about that is excusing alleged Freedom of speech for supremacist racists?
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That’s not the correct words mate.
Did Labour not win the vast majority of seats, in Scotland, in the last General Election? Do we have a Labour Government? Can you also tell me what the Great Scottish Labour Party did to end the sectarian signing policy at Ibrox? I don’t agree with “The Bill” it’s non democratic to say the least, but hey, let he who has not sinned cast the first stone por cierto.
I’m sure it was Lord Aitkenhead who said that those ‘Fenian b*******’ would never get the home dressing room at Hampden or what is traditionally known as the ‘Rangers (1872-2012) end’.
gordon_j backing neil lennon
14:00 on 2 February, 2015
The Celtic End and The Other End works for me …
Or of Aberdeen and Dundee United can get to finals on a regular basis they could call it the New Firm End.
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Get with the programme, it’s the Utd end, dons fans will be raging and making sure it becomes the dons end next time.
No Huns at Hampden ✊
lubo of the lamp – it is democratic. The polar bears would get to vote on dinner. (thumbsup)
http://mobile.newsnow.co.uk/A/756442276?-10583:834
Ronny Is the man HH
There is the Celtic End and the visitors end at Hampden por cierto
You’ve got to laugh ‘shot shy Rangers’
eveningtimes CSC
lennon’s passion
14:04 on
2 February, 2015
fourgreenfields
13:52 on 2 February, 2015
Nice try. You keep sending your wee emails going through your life with a complex. Makes you feel you have a purpose in life.
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Aye, unlike yersel.
FGF, Keep the Faith mate, I’m a sender of e-mails anaw.
We need to keep telling them we know what’s going on.
The truth WILL come out on all the corruption.
There is no way that those at the SFA will be able to plead the old “I was only following orders’ defence.
bawsman
Will do mate , lennon’s passion is entitled to his opinion . I just don’t agree with him that’s all :-))
Who is the best Woody?
Woody Allen, Woody the Woodpecker, or Christina Hendricks? (thumbsup)
If the SFA have the agreement with Hampden Park Ltd then why don’t the SPFL move SPFL League Cup Final to Murrayfield? por cierto
bournesouprecipe – phoned some of the Scottish boys in the business this morning.
Amazing how many of them are big tennis fans today. (thumbsup)
Hi Paul67,
Good result yesterday, pity we held back 5:0 would have been a fairer reflection.
There’s a part in Bananas that reminds me of Hero Whyte’s time in charge of Rangers.
Woody is asked to watch someone backing in to a parking spot.
Woody: Back… Back… Back… Crash!!!! Stop.
The Pitch was a disgrace… As for the SFA not taking responsibility that’s par for the course.
As for their “Scotland need a strong Rangers”, what happened to that one.
Apologies to hunskelper for daring to suggest Miller would give our defence a hard time – VVD sorted him out in the first minute an he stayed sorted out!
Hail Hail
Kenny MacAskill, appointed Justice Minister in the SNP government on the basis of having selective hearing and being able to make absurd claims, left his post in November. His government have yet to make any comment on yesterday. Nor have they repealed the politically-motivated Offensive Behaviour Act, or show they are remotely interested in asking for the laws they introduced to be enforced without fear or favour. The Act was aimed at you and is simply flawed. It is toxic, remains in place out of nothing more than bloody-mindedness and will be repealed at the first change of government.
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Here here Paul – and the sooner the change the better!!!
When exactly did some Celtic fans become rabid Scotland lovers? We have always considered this small bitter country for what it is – a small bitter country – where a significant anti Irish/anti Celtic majority, would ‘drown us in a spoonful of water’ if they could.
I see someone the other day extolling the virtues of the Wolfsburg kit as a green Saltire, that we should adopt – who the hell is latching on to Celtic these days?
When the ‘klan’ started singing “Rule Brittania” yesterday, I was waiting for an outpouring of the FOS dirge, thank God it never happened.
The ‘klan’, the Rangers, the LOL, the Masons, the wee frees, are NOT the UK – they are reviled within all areas of England and Wales and the Church of Scotland is as far away from the Anglican congregation as we were from ‘Rangers’ yesterday.
I say to the vast majority of Celtic fans, like me, let’s act now and destroy this Celtic Militant Tendency within our support – if we don’t. they will surely destroy Celtic for their own misguided ends.
Vmhan
Don’t think we should expect better treatment than anybody else. sounds too much like Sevco. But hay ho I’ve said my piece. Will definitely be calling the old Rangers end the “new firm” end from now on though. :)
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Geordie Munro
Back on with my IPhone. Thanks for your help.
lct
My point exactly