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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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  1. JVR on

    St Stivs , the last I heard Anton and his wife , live in Oxford. I believe Oxford United were the last team he played for. His wife was Terry Cassidy’s personal assistant.

     

     

    I was told by someone I know , Anton has never been back to Celtic Park since he left.

     

     

    I worked in St Anne’s for a spell and would go to some Blackpool games , Anton was their left back. Dundee United manager , Micky Mellon , was one of his team mates.

     

     

    Airdrie and Killie fans I worked with were in the casino one night .They saw Anton and started giving him a slagging but he gave back as good as he got. They said they had been to a few Blackpool games and were going to get tickets for the Blackpool v Man City league cup game the next week. Anton said he would get tickets sorted out for them. True to his word , Anton sorted out complimentary tickets for the two of them.

  2. FrankTerry on

    JVR on 9TH APRIL 2021 7:17 PM

     

     

    Thanks for that info, Anton was a cult hero to me and my pals.

  8. Gene on

    David 66

     

     

    They are third cousins through Queen Victoria and are also second cousins once removed through King Christian IX of Denmark.

     

     

    In European royal circles not at all unusual.

  9. David66 on

    Mmmmmmmm ok.

     

     

    In Royal circles not unusual what about ethically or does the church have owt to say about that.

     

     

    D :)

  11. JVR on

    St Stivs , FrankTerry , no bother.

     

     

    Anton is a cult hero . He suffered two separate leg fractures before joining us. He made daft mistakes but always gave his all. It was so good he scored against the now defunct club in front of the defunct club’s fans at Celtic Park thirty years ago.

  12. Auldheid on

    LAMBERT14 on 9TH APRIL 2021 1:58 PM

     

    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.

     

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    I had look, the words used were a “Dougie Dougie” moment. The meeting was referred to in a later e mail to Tony Hamilton in Lawwell’s absence.

     

     

    There is a chain of them……..

  14. yorkbhoy on

    If there is a Celtic match with a minutes silence for a royal but no Celtic fans are present, can journalists still hear some coughing?

  15. Saint Stivs on

    In a moment of seriousaness, two things

     

     

    Just saw BoJo giving his address outside number 10, suited, booted, black tied, but didnt bother to comb his hair just this once.

     

     

    The flag flyers in the garden group around here, they havnt got them at half mast

     

     

    show some respect please.

  16. Saint Stivs on

    the instructions sheet for the pre match will now take longer than the game

     

     

    warm up

     

    stand up

     

    kneel doon

     

    minutes silence

     

    huddle

     

    break,

     

    run and do the broonie header

  18. prestonpans bhoys on

    YORKBHOY on 9TH APRIL 2021 8:06 PM

     

    If there is a Celtic match with a minutes silence for a royal but no Celtic fans are present, can journalists still hear some coughing?

     

     

    That was funny👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  19. Hrvatski Jim on

    This is an extract from an article about the latest cost to the public purse caused by the conduct of the police and prosecution service in Scotland.

     

     

    Frank Mulholland fights back in the latest installment of the Great Scottish Ferret Sack Fight.

     

     

    “In the aftermath of the calamity that befell Rangers in 2012, it was clear that one way or another the affair was going to end up in Scotland’s courts.

     

     

    The tangled tale raised the prospect of a 21st century version of Charles Dickens’ “Bleak House”, which centres on a never-ending court case.

     

     

    Who could have guessed it would lead to a High Court judge and former lord advocate giving evidence on oath in the Court of Session? Even Dickens would have struggled to make that up. No-one can remember such a thing happening before.

     

     

    Lord Mulholland was in charge of the Crown Office when seven men were arrested during a fraud investigation into events at Rangers. Only one ended up in front of a jury. Craig Whyte, the saga’s pantomime villain, was found not guilty after a seven-week trial in 2017.

     

     

    Business consultant David Grier worked as an advisor for Mr Whyte when he took over Rangers in 2011. Mr Grier was arrested in 2014 and cleared by a judge two years later.

     

     

    Mr Grier says his arrest had a catastrophic impact on his career. He’s suing the current lord advocate for £5m and Police Scotland for £2m.

     

     

    The Crown has already admitted that three of seven men were subjected to “malicious” prosecutions and paid out £21m in damages with more to come. It’s fighting Mr Grier’s claim that the same thing happened to him.

     

     

    In February this year, Lord Mulholland’s role in the affair drew sharp criticism from Conservative MSPs in the Scottish Parliament. The judge issued a statement saying it was “an unfounded personal attack”.

     

     

    The stage was set for today’s hearing but anyone expecting courtroom fireworks would have been disappointed.

     

     

    Lord Muholland took the oath, answered questions about procedure and said he’d had a supervisory role in the process. He denied his hands had been “on the tiller.”

     

     

    His fellow judge Lord Tyre will decide whether David Grier was another victim in what is already the most expensive scandal in the history of the Crown Office.”

     

     

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56694137

  22. 31003 on

    St Stivs

     

    I think the chap to big Billy’s right is none other than Reggie Kray….(or maybe Ronnie Kray)

  24. lets all do the huddle on

    the ballet.

     

     

    https://twitter.com/Highland__paddy/status/1380468495792672770/photo/1

     

     

    the tie break on clyde quiz was ………….

     

     

    how many goals did herik score for celtic (242)

     

     

    contestant – 235

     

     

    Huke Evens – 140

     

     

    that should be enough to sack the old duffer

     

     

    sports journo doesnt know basic facts.

     

     

    get tae

     

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    reading that makes me think he said that deliberately to allow the contestant to win

     

     

    i would bet keevins knew within 5 goals – and probably knew exactly – how many goals henrik scored

     

     

    his own paper done a pull out of all henriks goals after he left so i think he mite have been at it

  25. FrankTerry on

    JVR on 9TH APRIL 2021 8:03 PM

     

     

    God, I’d almost forgotten that and had to look it up on youtube. Here it is, Anton scoring against them. Although what is truly shocking is that the free kick was given instead of playing advantage.

     

     

    Well, not that shocking…

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nzz1WRTTL8

  27. Tontine Tim on

    79CAPS on 9TH APRIL 2021 12:19 PM

     

     

    Good to see John Kennedy calling out the Sevco Football Association. Why is the Board silent? For example that useless Chairman.

     

     

    *The same reason that Roy McGregor is when John Hughes is calling for transparency, or Clarence and fat boy when slippy is rabbitin on.

     

     

    There are instances all over the fitba world when managers/coaches speak tae the media but let’s not let that get in the way of a pot shot against our largest shareholder, Chairman or CEO.

  30. 31003 on

    Big names all coming to the fore at the Masters…..except Rory of course. What’s happened to that boy?

  33. prestonpans bhoys on

    PHILBHOY on 9TH APRIL 2021 8:43 PM

     

    Masterchef cancelled!

     

     

    Google box on c5 though👍

  34. 31003 on

    Bloody ad blocker ad comes up every time I refresh the page. If paul67 or any mods are looking in you have to get rid. It’s making the site NON user friendly

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