Glasgow and Edinburgh have four stadiums with a capacity of 50,000 people or more: Murrayfield, Hampden, Celtic Park and Ibrox. Hampden will be under lease to Uefa at the time of the Scottish Cup Final on 22 May. This arrangement permits games to take place but prohibits fans from attending.
The Scottish Government (I’m not a fan, but to their credit), would almost certainly permit fans to attend, as their example-setters in London have already indicated they would do the same before that date. Given this opportunity to have thousands of fans at a showpiece game, if you were in charge of the SFA you would move it from Hampden to Celtic Park, Ibrox, Murrayfield (my preference). If necessary, you would move it to Cliftonhill to permit “the lifeblood of the game” to be in attendance.
However, you are not in charge of the SFA. Given a choice between holding the Cup Final with fans at another venue, or holding it at an empty Hampden, the Association decided on the latter option. These people!
Five Newco players were caught, red handed, breaking restrictions on Valentine’s Day. They are free to face Celtic on Scottish Cup duty next weekend, nine weeks later. Thanks to the SFA, suspensions will kick in days later. Celtic broke zero restrictions in January, but rules were changed on-the-fly by the aforementioned Scottish Government, forcing Celtic to play two games at a critical time of the season without 16 players.
Don’t try to wreck your brain looking for fairness or consistency here, you’re in Scotland, wise up.
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Crowds gathering at the Palace, I’m sure the cops will disperse them…..no?
GENE
We should withdraw from the cup because Phil’s deid?
Crowds gathering at the Palace, I’m sure the cops will disperse them…..no?
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they will all have union jacks with them so the polis will turn a blind eye
Philbhoy
Stupid bhoy 🤭
Game cancelled next Saturday?
hope Prince Harry is comforting his brother William on the death of his paternal grandfather
Harrys paternal grandfather is still alive but hes 96 so will be needing the favour returned sometime soon
Nay telegram fur him then!
The fitba’ will be aff.
………..as a mark o’ respekt…shirley???
Enough time to have the kovid kulpprits kuffed?
( I know, I know….)
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TooFaur CSC
Poor Phil..missed out on the 100 in a row by 1 year
i blame Peter Lawell
probably the worst thing that can happen to a batsmen in a cricket test match is to get out first ball in both innings
it is called a King Pair
one of the next worst things is to get out on 99, so close to a century
i wonder if it happens to any batsmen during the summer tests between england and new zealand that Henry Blofeld (OBE) on Radio 4 Test Match Special will refer to the batsman as being out for a Prince Philip
A nice touch i would have thought
Hhmm.
So, two themes in the article Paul.
Both relate to problems with the same root cause.
The SFA.
Despite genuine attempts by Celtic and Peter Lawwell to pursue modernisation of the oversight of our national game, the SFA’s level of control (in the absence of ANY scrutiny) remains.
Time for a new strategy.
Call them out.
Call out their sheer incompetence.
(in this case pimping out our national Stadium for a share of UEFA’s crumbs at the EXACT time of it hosting its most significant annual event – the cup final)
Call out their arbitrary disciplinary process.
Call out the ineptitude of their leaders and their lack of qualifications.
Call out how much these leaders earn.
Call out the “imbalance” of Grade one referees’ “backgrounds” (copyright Sevco on Collum).
Call out their previously published strategies and their failure to deliver.
Call out their historical employment of those guilty of sectarianism or racism.
Don’t support their promotion events.
Don’t release our players for international duty.
Call out the incompetence of the national team’s medical team.
Call out levels of public money which prop up this dysfunctional organisation.
Hail hail
Keep The Faith
We’re Not Half of Anything
Gerrard will have to tell the SFA to delay the Covid 5 appeal yet again…
Of course, this will mean that the English Cup Final will be played in front of an empty stadium, won’t it? Must be the same deal if UEFA are having matches there…
What does Peter want the fans to do with regards to SFA cheating? Boycott Scottish cup?Not possible this season obviously.
Lawwell can go down in a blaze of glory and call them out but we all know that won’t happen. Leaves it to the head coach like he always does, here’s hoping Dom McKay’s got a bigger pair!
Why is it not possible?
Just a short comment, Paul.
I agree with all you say in your piece today.
Such is the vitriol being poured out against PL & D of E, that I will swerve the blog for the rest of the day -“it’s bound to get worse. I don’t get involved in hate-fests, not even as a bystander.
I had intended to come back to the excellent AULDHEID, however that can wait till another time.
friesdorfer
Good question, but the FA Cup Final is on May 15, one week before the Scottish Cup Final.
But the EFL Play-Off Finals are scheduled to be played at Wembley, May Bank Holiday weekend, Sat 29 May, Sun May 30 and Mon May 31, with a possible 25% capacity. No mention of UEFA there.
We are left to wonder what works UEFA would have to complete given that Hampden is likely to be limited to 12,500 for Scotland’s game against the Czech Republic on June 14.
Today sees the death of a genuine British icon.
Philip Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg.
My GENUINE condolences go to his family
AND to a lesser extent ….
Anyone who has access only to the five terrestrial cooncil telly channels.
Paul 67
John Kennedy next to be flung ‘under the bus’ for his in depth forthright comments on being ‘treated differently.’
Another football man bites the dust, as the Celtic board cower under the kitchen table, waiting for the weather to change.
It might be Scotland Paul, but its clearly not cricket.
Wee bit of respect due to a husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who lived a long and productive life, helping out thousands of children with his foundation.
Doubt it on here. R.I.P. Chookie Embra
TIMMY7_NOTED on 9TH APRIL 2021 12:12 PM
Should put an end to the destruction in NI at least.
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Hardly the ‘Loyalists’ will just be throwing their petrol bombs while wearing black armbands.
What’s this ‘NI’ you refer to??
Notanotherconstitutionaldebate?CSC
“Philip Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg.”
I think I’ve drunk all 5 of those beers
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 9TH APRIL 2021 1:32 PM
“Philip Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg.”
I think I’ve drunk all 5 of those beers
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So Phil the Greek was correct?
‘How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?’ Said to a driving instructor while visiting Scotland
Philbhoy @ 12:32 pm
“SFTB
You should always read back!”
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Wise advice.
I thought I had come up with that by myself and quick enough but Markiebhoy got there before me.
SFTB
Great minds my friend
ROBINBHOY on 9TH APRIL 2021 1:31 PM
Are you talking about a guy who is/was protecting his paedophile son? You want me to respect him?
Piss off.
No hate for PL from me but season ticket holders have limited sway in the game given their investment. You’re looking for the custodians of the club to speak out. This having the bigger outlook isn’t exactly working for us.
Should have probably have mentioned Bankier but I forgot who he was.
https://twitter.com/TamsellicsonIII/status/1380482423671115776?s=07&fbclid=IwAR1FiF9GFqZtYhb9hzdMUbuBv7zxdc39Fc_3rnnFuSFQaE7DKNVdjiOupJs
Has embdy seen the poster who uses the moniker ” Mad Mitch” ?
FRANKTERRY on 9TH APRIL 2021 1:42 PM
ROBINBHOY on 9TH APRIL 2021 1:31 PM
Are you talking about a guy who is/was protecting his paedophile son?
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Nonsense.
He’s not Andrew’s father. That honour belongs to the late Lord Porchester.
ERNIE LYNCH on 9TH APRIL 2021 1:52 PM
Very good :-)
has anyone asked Arlene if she is OK with a funeral procession with politicians possibly attending? She’ll be calling for the Head of the Met to be sacked, no?
LENNYBHOY on 9TH APRIL 2021 12:42 PM
Thanks for that information.
J
JHB
Are you aware that Auldheid has no time for your man Lawwell?
Due to Lawwell asking Auldheid for the ‘smoking gun’ regarding res 12, and then burying the evidence.
How any Celtic fan can stick up for Lawwell after that is beyond me.
Ding dong!
Maybe just me
I thought John Kennedy statement on FtSFA yesterday was a play for the Managers job
Look at me, I can speak out against this organisation
The cynic in me says probably persuaded by his fan club in the board
Meanwhile the actual board sit on their tongues
Arlene just announced there will be two days of national rioting in respect of the Dukes passing.
‘These people!’ or perhaps more accurately ‘the peepul!’.
I think most supporters are wise enough and it’s those who run Celtic that need to ‘wise up’.
Celtic need to start fighting fire with fire.