Every year we ask you to put your hand in your pocket for various causes and every year you react, but never more so than 2012. You responded magnificently to the Wee Oscar Appeal, which from Celtic fans in total raised £31k in a bucket collection in September and £27k at a race night last month.
It is breath-taking to see the work done by those who, without thought for their personal sacrifices, decided this young boy would get the best chance possible. The photographs of Oscar are an inspiration, but the work done by those who staged the race night and bucket collection – and brought a new CQN badge to life – is even more inspiring.
The events surrounding the charity golf day raised four-figure sums for Oscar, the Neuroblastoma Alliance, the Martin Chambers Ecuador Trust and The Haven in Blantyre, which supports people with life limiting illness. There were smaller donations too, each one a credit to the organisers and to those of you who contributed.
The overwhelming majority of this work, and pretty much all donations, are made by people who don’t want any thanks and would be horrified by publicity. In most instances the beneficiaries will never know their names. I’m in the really fortunate position that I get to see a lot of this happen and I can assure you it is awe inspiring. You are in the company of many great Celts.
This club is not Neil Lennon’s or Dermot Desmond’s, it’s yours. Celtic will win and lose many games but that will change nothing that is really important. You are the person who will make it a unique force for good in the world. That is our challenge for 2013.
Thank you for all your help, take care and have an absolutely fantastic Christmas.
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A very happy Christmas to Paul and family and by extension to all the internet bampots on here over the year
BMCUW
My granda showed me pictures of those flare trouser things to which you refer!!! ;-)
Haud oan BMCUWP I was wearing flares at primary school,was one cool dude.
Well to be honest it was whatever was available in the Briggait at that time did
draw the line at your ole demob suit .HH
I hope Only An Excuse has at least two hours this year. They will need it to capture the true comic genius of all the characters involved in the death of Rangers
Paul, hope you and your family have a great Christmas . Again many thanks for your time and putting up with us all. To all you CQNers, I raise my glass to you and wish you all a Happy Christmas
Its been a great year and lets hope it continues against Dundee, I’ll be watching that one in a great Celtic Pub, the Friars Walk Tavern in Cork City, Seasons Greetings to our host Paul67 and to all CQN’ers everywhere. Love ye all.
VOGUEPUNTER 1603
I beg you pardon,old bean-it wisnae a demob suit.
I presume you are referring to the occasion thirty years ago when we went to DEMOB NIGHT at the Plaza
I was in LAND ARMY uniform tat night,kindly lent by my neighbour,a cabaret artist,and make-up by my lass at the time.
She thought I looked lovely,I’ll have you know.
Mind,I think it turned her sapphic,which was fun……….
Well said Paul, and many thanks to you for all that you do…
Am extremely proud to be a Tim…and we’ve had quite a year…
My personal best wishes to all of the bhoys and ghirls, from near and far, for a Merry Christmas and a fantastic 2013. Thank you for making this forum so entertaining and enlightening…the best around by far…
Hail Hail!
ajaxbhoy
Hamiltontim
16:02 on
24 December, 2012
BMCUW
My granda showed me pictures of those flare trouser things to which you refer!!! ;-)
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VOGUEPUNTER?
Small world…….
Finally, all those spy satellites are being out to good use…
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/track.html
Paul67
CQN is your bar, we just prefer to dink here. it’s our local…
Thanks to You for having us
Respect to every CQNr who got involved in anyway to help others
Have a good Christmas Eve, Everybody..
Paul67
Merry Christmas to you and the family.
Privileged to be part of such of such a wonderful site.
All the best for 2013….Hope we can keep this squad together.
Teuchter ár lá
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BSR – “The Greens speech”…… :)
Everyone is trying to get to the bar. The name of the bar, the bar is called Heaven. The band in Heaven plays my favorite song. They play it once again, they play it all night long.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens. Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
There is a party, everyone is there. Everyone will leave at exactly the same time. Its hard to imagine that nothing at all could be so exciting, and so much fun.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens. Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
When this kiss is over it will start again. It will not be any different, it will be exactly the same. It’s hard to imagine that nothing at all could be so exciting, could be so much fun.
Heaven is a place where nothing every happens. Heaven is a place where nothing every happens.
HH
BMCUW
Perish the thought!!! ;-)
No Laughing In Heaven…
Teuchter ár lá
I doubt very much that we will keep the squad together past the summer-though I’d be surprised and disappointed were anyone of note to leave in January.
I suppose it is a measure of how far we have travelled under Neil Lennon that we have players who are coveted by other teams who have a profile bigger than ours.
I like to think that Neil will sit down and remind anyone refusing a new contract that leaving Celtic is historically the start of a downward spiral.
IMO,the only player to leave since Dalglish and be successful is Brian McClair.
A case can perhaps be made for McInally,Petrov,McGeady,but with difficulty.
Stick wi THE HOOPS,lads,you will earn in love and respect what money cannot buy.
And in a team which is going places………
AWE NAW
Simply Red debut-excellent album.
I finally understood your moniker last night thanks to googling Enrico.
How I missed that,I do not know.
Were you responsible for the original comment?
Merry Christmas to all in CQN land, what a year! Just watching Rod Stewart in a brown suit on telly, reading ma CQN annual and posts aboot flares on here, feels like 1977 not 2012! God bless you all
HH
HT
YA cheeky bass ,I’m lucky if I’m a couple of months older than you.
chinacrisiswishfulthinkingC.S.C
VOGUEPUNTER
Saw them supporting SIMPLE MINDS at Tiffs,decent sounds.
Aiden McGeady is the same age now as Dalglish was when he went to Liverpool.
He has done well at Spartak.
I fancy he’ll go to Germany.
BMCUWP
No offence but,I’m surprised you saw anything in your younger days.:o)hh
Merry Christmas to all on here.
Many, many cyber friends.
Pleasure to know you all.
Been one hell of a year – Them free – it’s a great feeling and one we should not lightly accept, nor forget.
But to more important things. To all of you and all of your families – A Very Merry Christmas.
Yours
Ulysses McGhee (A Demographic of One)
Bobby
Are you pulling my plonker ?
No it was not me that made the comment. Darren Jackson was the inspiration as he had just came on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNdMc6wGtU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
HH
Zbyszek.
you have mail.
Been going through my favourites on Youtube while I’ve catching up with the blog..
this just came on, great compilation of Hoops goals down through the years..
Celtic…can’t stop the rock…
VOGUEPUNTER
Frankly,I’m more surprised at remembering any of it………
Paul67 and all on this wonderful site,have a Holy and Peaceful Christmas.
Merry Christmas Paul,continued success with CQN.
AWE NAW
Not at all-I’ll leave that to your Buddhist buddy,haha!
Give her a wee Christmas hug from me,btw…….
I seriously had forgotten that story,that’s all. When I saw it mentioned on Enrico’s Wikipedia page,it was one of those “DOH” moments.
Which I have regularly!
Christmas is Green after all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rplaYVgBk0E&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The plum’s drunk, wearing a hertz tie and he thinks Jabba used tae play for t’rankers.
‘Only an Excuse’ could not have scripted it better.
Me and the brother just p****** oursels’ laughin’ at this.
HH!
Ryder Cup singles day replay……bottle of Corona n wedge of lime…..this is what Christmas is all about……..Mon the Europe
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
16:26 on 24 December, 2012
Everyone is trying to get to the bar. The name of the bar, the bar is called Heaven. The band in Heaven plays my favorite song. They play it once again, they play it all night long.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens. Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
There is a party, everyone is there. Everyone will leave at exactly the same time. Its hard to imagine that nothing at all could be so exciting, and so much fun.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens. Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
When this kiss is over it will start again. It will not be any different, it will be exactly the same. It’s hard to imagine that nothing at all could be so exciting, could be so much fun.
Heaven is a place where nothing every happens. Heaven is a place where nothing every happens.
HH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNdMc6wGtU
Bobby
It was you implying I had ANYTHING to do with Simply Red. The Valentine Brars should have taken a contract out on Mick shyster ;-)
But you were immediately forgiven
HH
I should have read on before posting that link I see Awe_Naw beat me to it…but had to put BMCUW right…Simply Red?? second rate version of the original :-)
Paul67 and all CQNers, have a holy and happy Christmas and if next year is half as good as 2012, we’re in for a cracker. Thanks for making 2012 so enjoyable.
Hail! Hail!
A very Happy Christmas to all and especially those who may be feeling low at this time of year. Be strong and every time a negative thought enters your head shut your eyes and open them with a positive one. It can be done!
Proud to be a Celtic fan.
Paul67.
you have mail.