Yet again during 2013 we asked you to put your hand in your pocket and you responded as only Celtic fans do. You raised £6000 before and during the focus of our summer fundraising activity, the annual golf day. £4500 of this went towards the 1254125 Appeal, which during the year did an enormous amount to anchor the club and support right back to where we came from. Clic Sargent, who help children with cancer, also benefited at that time.
Thanks also to those who sponsored my 10k at the Great Scottish Run in October to the tune of £1552. Times remain tight for many, so I the value of your support.
Perhaps the biggest response all year came from the commitment we made to Mary’s Meals to build and kit a kitchen at the Kholoni Primary School in Malawi. 1200 kids are registered at the school but there are no catering facilities, so students go hungry, or simply don’t go to school at all. Pablophanque’s family sent on the £4500 support they received in 2011 to the appeal, while 470 people booked a seat at the CQteN St Patrick’s Day dinner, with more on the waiting list. The work we’ll achieve in 2014 will be incredible.
This place can stress and annoy sometimes but it has become a great window into the soul of the Celtic support.
Have a great Christmas and thank you for all your support.
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Aron johansson the az alkmar striker Lenny watched last week has tweeted a photo of himself arriving at Glasgow airport..
Bada
That is the nightmare scenario…………….for us.
And the desired outcome for all our opponents.
I hope and trust that we as a collective can think as a team and not play into the hands of the smsm.
This is a trumped-up panto act, dreamt up by those paid to keep the mouth-breathers diverted from the (s)truth…………………..
Aye!
Right,
Large tricolour – check
Bobby Sands banner – check
Bag of fireworks – check
Smoke bomb stuffed up jumper – check
Seat breaking Timberlands on – check
What an afternoon this will be in my local pub :-)
Stay safe travellers.
I’m hearing a wee story that CFC discussions with ole Kipper (Lynch) where hot and heavy, and they CFC went over his head, so he will not be a happy chappy :( not good.
Morning from a foggy and frosty north staffs. Hope you all had a good Christmas.
Going to port vale v notts county today so looking forward to seeing young mcgregor who is on loan at county -just hope he plays well on the losing side.
Big Nan
I’m Scottish but live in Ireland….
you’re talkin’ about the Wren Boys?
Seen it done a few times – country thing, I think,
from my perspective looks like a pagan morris dance type affair.
Lots of singing and dancing, with fellas done up in black, faces painted red and they toast the Wren……
Mcdowallcelt
The boy as interesting stats and is a potential international for the U S of A.
So he is in Glasgow? team in Perth, but Glasgow an unusual boxing day destination other than for football business, one would imagine?
Suppose he could be going to Braehead for the sales, mind you……
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Well Bhoys and Ghirls the big day has arrived, Celtic back in action!
As usual the press and the police and all the other wee drama queens have thrown a smokescreen of misinformation and dirty tricks over what should be a normal boxing day football program, anything to deflect from the fact that Celtic are the Champions of Scotland and playing some wonderful football of late..
We Shall Not Me Moved!!
Hoops to come down the A9 with all three points and a clean bill of health please Santa if you’re still around!
Starry
Bada bing
Interesting stuff from Bellamy. He played for 20 managers.
Best man manager…MON
Worst temper….MON
Worst player in training…MON.
Bellamy in total praise of Henrik.
I now have 2 spares for today for anyone interested?
St Johnstone website states that no flags or banners on sticks will be permitted (per normal guidelines) today. I don’t get to many away games so not sure if that is normal but thought worth mentioning just in case. Hope everyone who is up these today has a brilliant and safe day.
Tony d
Currently plying his trade in camp kone in chad .. big dan was my apprentice in polmadie at one time.
Sipsini still works there with dans brother alex
Big Nan 10:07 on 26 December, 2013
A fairly comprehensive and plausible explanation below re ‘Wren’s Day’…………
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
http://irishamerica.com/2013/12/slainte-hooray-for-st-stephen-up-sraid-eoin/
Morniiiiiing…..haven’t quite woke up yet……..and I don’t drink,,,haha…….just a bit late getting to bed, due festivities…….wonderful time of the year….
Read back, and just wondering when our Board are going to ban the dr all together….also looking forward to the game on TV today….off now to look (only) at some food….hahahaha
Havent been on much since got back from oz, nearly a week in lovely lovely derry done.
Loving being back home… Gonna be awful sad to say goodbe again.
Anyway have great st stephens day, i wont see the celts today sadly so enjoy game folks and those that are goin take care. Iv a feeling there will be extra cameras today.
P.s
Hope santa was good to everyone..
I expect todays game to be a real tough one for the hoops as the Saints are not a bad side at home and unlike Hearts they will cross the half- way line and offer some threat.I am looking forward to the game and although I am taking Celtic for a win a share of the points wouldnt surprise me. H.H.
Stay sober and keep safe….look the other way…..if going by coach remember!!!!!! coaches will be stopped and searched…..mentioned the area earlier………good luck
TopKat
Where?
Stay safe in Perth today all
My wish for today is 3pts & ALL our support home safe & well after enjoying a sing song on the way home.
IMHO anyone who thinks that it would be a good idea to take a flare or smokebomb into the ground today really has to ask themself WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!
As Sean Fallon once said “the club must always come 1st”
3-0 Hoops
Let the People Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&feature=related&v=zhkdy0AOpaM
…and, of course, part of the panto ‘routine’ will be the hyped-up build up……..
It’s a win-win, for Our Opponents.
Disappoint Thum Bhoys!
A wee flyer here-A wee feeling we might try for Gauld,PL needs a star player to sell Season Tickets next season.Jackie Mac and Mark Wilson say he’s the best they have seen at that age,inc McGeady is high praise indeed.The fans need a lift.
Joe Filippis Haircut
10:40 on
26 December, 2013
I expect todays game to be a real tough one for the hoops as the Saints are not a bad side at home and unlike Hearts they will cross the half- way line and offer some threat.
If they do that ,Joe,we`ll cuff them.
TheBarcMole, thanks for that which explains but doesn’t justify killing my favourite wee bird. There are few enough of the wee things.
My grandfather was born in Furzehouse, County Kilkenny so he would have known about the one they sing of getting caught in the furze (gorse?). It wouldn’t be firs as the wren is a creature of the bushes rather than tall trees.
Anyway thanks and a happy St Stephen’s day to one and all.
RFCIL and their giveaways….
A new thread but there’s still only one pantomime in town.
I noted that The Rangers Intergalactic Football Clumpany Unlimited plc (Not In Administration) (Yet) were all over the media on Christmas Eve trumpeting their largesse in giving away 650 free tickets to the homeless for their game today against Stranraer.
So far so generous.
However The Herald made a passing reference to these tickets being distributed via the Rangers Charity Foundation. This raised two questions. Firstly, why use the Latin word “via” when what you mean could be expressed by the shorter English word “by’? Secondly, well, just why? If you are giving away free tickets why tie up the resources of a charity to do so? Why can’t the distribution be done by your own ticketing system? Presumably the use of the resources of the charity costs money and if it’s expended on distributing freebies for a football match that’s money that is not going to be spent on other charitable causes. Perhaps The Rangers Etc. (life’s too short) (unless you’re The Rangers Etc.) are paying the Foundation for their services.
Ordinarily I wouldn’t have given the matter any further thought but a couple of things occurred to me. It’s only a matter of months since the Foundation were severely criticised by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator for a number of things including a finding of an inherent conflict of interest. This followed the “charity” match with A.C. Milan when the Foundation decided that the most worthy beneficiary of the charitable funds raised was a football club/company/eternal being, with the word “Rangers” in its name, which had gone into administration the previous month. Yup, the money went to Duff and Phelps. Still it is common knowledge what a sterling job they did for the creditors on whose benefit they were acting. It is noteworthy that despite the damning findings no action was taken against the Foundation. Must be something to do with bodies which have “Scottish” in their title.
Furthermore, this story had the ring of a story at the start of December when the media couldn’t stop telling us of 2000 free tickets being given to schoolchildren for the game against Ayr United. However I recall that at that time a poster on here indicated that the tickets were being charged to, yes, you’ve guessed it, the Foundation. I don’t recall any follow up one way or another.
A quick look at The Rangers Etc. website disclosed a statement headed “Rangers Give Tickets To Homeless” which advised that 650 tickets were indeed being donated and a list of organisations “have all received tickets via the Rangers Charity Foundation”.
Well at least one of my questions has been answered. The use of the Latin word was lifted directly from the official website. Latin in Edmiston Drive? Who would have thunk it?
This still didn’t explain why the Foundation was involved or required.
Their website only confused matters further. Their statement was that ” Rangers FC and the Foundation have donated 1000 tickets for the Boxing Day fixture.” 1000? A continuation page further muddied the waters by referring to 600 tickets. As at today the statement has been edited to read “over 600″.
Who is giving away these free tickets?
Is it The Rangers Etc.?
Is it the Foundation?
If it’s The Rangers Etc. is any payment being received? For example, from the Foundation?
If it’s the Foundation is any payment being made? For example, to The Rangers Etc.?
The answer to the question of whether any payment was made for the Ayr United game would go a long way to answering these questions. If only there were people in the media who had access to ask but you never see, read or hear anything about them.
You realise you’re dealing with people who are, let’s say, economical with the truth, on an epic scale, when not only can you not believe what they say but you can’t even believe the opposite of what they say.
Tbj
Aweeee, right Danny, really nice lad, I know all his family, lovely people. When I was in Canada, his uncle was a very close friend of mine, he passed away, great guy, and a good Gorbals Bhoy, Alex Mc Guinness was his name.
HAMILTON is praying for OSCAR………buses coming off at DOBBIES Cumbernauld ….empty car park before BQ………got this info days ago
We probably all peruse on other Celtic sites, one that I read a lot and got the information to slap down the hun was… The Late Paul Mc Connville’s. Thoughts and prayers with his family.
SEASONS GREATINGS FROM GREECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WISH TO ALL OF YOU HEALTH AND HAPINESS.
tonydonnelly67,
That’s the man, Celtic family through and through. Enjoy your curer in the Brazen.HH
Big Nan 10:53 on 26 December, 2013 …
You’re welcome but to clarify, was not offering justification for killing any of God’s creatures…….. Then, I’m sure you know that.
One thing that I will miss when we relocate is the early morning birdsong in our garden, with the exception of the crowing roosters either side of ‘our place’………… fegguckeggin’ ASBO cockerels, I could wring their bloody necks when they start screeching at one minute past midnight and finish at one minute to midnight!
Best Wishes and keep fighting the fight ……..
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
Re the Wren Boys or the Wran Boys as it is pronounced, the practice of using a live bird died out in the last century. Nobody goes and kills a wren now if they did they would be prosecuted by The Prevention to Cruelty of Animals Brigade. It is mostly a Country thing but you will have a few young opportunists around the towns going from door to door singing in an appalling manner, you’d give them a few bob just to shut them up. However what you often get would be a properly organised bunch of very good traditional musicians who would dress up and go around to the pubs, they would play a set for a half hour or so, pass the hat around and move on to next pub. Sometimes they do it for Charity but I suspect they are allowed to deduct their drink money so when they do finish the amount going to Charity would probably equate a Hun fundraising jamboree.
Morning Bhoys, bit bleary eyed from the festivities but fry up nailed and ready for the off to Perth.
Blow away the cobwebs time.
Wasn’t particularly looking forward to the game given it appears to be open season in our support but have warned to the idea.
Time to demonstrate to all and sundry we are above their pettiness and bigotry.
Hail Hail
corkcelt
“going from door to door singing in an appalling manner, you’d give them a few bob just to shut them up”.
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Its the small things that put a smile on my face :))
I have a mental picture of handing over a few bob & saying PLEASE GO AWAY :))
Till later all.
Topkat
Cheers mate that’s where we’re getting picked up!!
Burghbhoy
Happy St Stephen’s day Stephen
Teuchter
Hail Hail, and Happy Boxing Day to all middle-aged Tims after the unbearable 2 day football drought of 2013.
Time to flag up my preferred team for this fixture. As usual, I’ll leave aside my unpopular enthusiasm for Zaluska, and go with crowd wisdom. Other than that, here’s my XI, with the approval of Stephen House, Peter Lawwell, and the Inverness safety officer, which I hope will bring some flare to proceedings.
I would lay money down on a return to the diamond formation today that sliced apart Hearts & Motherwell.
On narrower pitches with teams that want to come out and attack now and then (or even if they don’t eventually succumb to fan pressure) the 4-4-2 diamond works a treat, both this season and last.
It may not be quite as effective at home (although I still maintain that Biton should have played CDM with Brown on the right), but in SPL away matches it has a 100% success rate.
Biton is in danger of being dropped after getting subbed in the last game, which I think would be unjust, as the failure of that formation in the recent game had as much to do with Brown’s shortcomings at CDM as Biton’s ineffectiveness on the right.
I hope Mulgrew is fit – he is in serious contention for POTY again, although right now maybe Virgil just pips him. If he is, he MUST start at CDM – he is unmatched there. Put Brown at the head of the diamond, where he brings something more dynamic and direct than Kris Commons, who should play up front with Stokes – our last unarguably good strike pairing?
Happy Festivus to all:
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Fisher ::::::::::: Ambrose ::::::::::::: Van Dijk :::::::: Izaguirre
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Good Morning Celts, stay safe up there. Baileys or pub, I hate these decisions, Baileys then pub? Sorted.
HH