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Celtic Diary Thursday November 10: Regan Suspended Pending Investigation !

Ralph Malph 63 Comments

Well, not yet, but thats the aim behind this petition, after a trial run on this site to gauge feeling and hopefully formulate some sort of cohesive strategy.

I did consider simply insulting everyone, isolating the minorities and blaming the foreigners for all our problems, but thats been done already.

So, I simply went with this.

petition-to-the-sfa

Or, as it appears on twitter..

The Scottish Football Association: The SFA Has To Respond To Allegations Of Impropriety Concerning … via

You know what to do. and spread it as far and wide as you possibly can.
 By asking the SFa to respond to the allegations of impropriety, we can then deal with that response when it happens, and who knows, todays title may be repeated at some point in the future.
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Most of us are familiar with the allegations, and the work put in by the chaps behind Resolution 12, which was to have been raised at a Celtic AGM , but dropped amid assurances from the club that everyone could
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Well, as time progressed, it appears not only had the board at Celtic ” got this “, it seeed that they had decided to keep it, somewhere in a cupboard deep down in the bowels of Celtic Park, never to be seen or heard of again.
 In two classic deflective moves, the club hired a manager who would divide the support and mean his performances dominated the websites, forums and phone ins, before following it an appointment that would unite the fans again and, er, dominate the websites forums and phone ins.
 While Resolution 12 sat undisturbed and unaddressed for years, and if not for the valiant efforts of a few who resolutely decided that the issue must not be forgotten, would no doubt have disappeared from our thoughts.
 The media largely ignored the accusations , they failed to answer the questions, and more recently have ignored the threats and intimidation of those who have refused to let the matter drop.
 All of which is severely damaging the image of the game in Scotland.
And yet the arrogance of the man in charge, Stewart Regan, and the obvious disdain he has for those of us who directly or indirectly finance the SFA and the game it it charged with governing, allowed him to astonishingly blame the rest of us for being negative about our national sport…
“I still find it an incredibly negative environment at times. I don’t know whether it is part of the Scottish psyche, whether there is so much demand and expectation that when things don’t happen, people feel really negative. I find it very surprising. When I sit at Uefa and talk to colleagues they find it surprising that there is so much negativity in the Scottish media around the national sport.” 
Well, thats because they are unaware of the real reason for the negativity, which is surprising because he is sitting right next to them telling them he doesn’t know why either.
Another article, this time from the Sports Integrity Initiative, which whilst not the most well known of sites, shows that gradually the story is getting out there, and the more that this happens, the more the mainstream media will come under pressure to at least pretend they are trying to do something about it.
I know of at least one journalist who did try to get a one to one with Regan, and ask him the questions that were raised by the offshore game report back in May, and have asked him this morning if he’ll tell me how it went.
The article is more or less a full and informative description of where we are up to at the moment, and is what I would call a “must read “, because if we have all read it, we will then all know exactly what its all about, and we can shake some of the myths surrounding the intentions of Resolution 12 once and for all, especially the bit about it being all about Rangers, because it wasn’t, it  isn’t and it never will be.
I’ll nip out for a fag while you read this, and maybe even make myself another cup of tea… ( Yeah, even at home i have to smoke outside. Otherwise I have to do the decorating, which , like other practical tasks, is somewhat beyond my capabilities. Way beyond them, in fact. )
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Go back and read it. I saw what you did there, I’ve got one of those webcam thingies, and you didn’t read it.
Go back.
You see, this article is a little over the top-but thats fine by me-and there are questions about the legalities, but the point is it came from a separate complaint to that of the Resolution 12 guys.
The truth is out there, and it is getting closer to the surface.
You still haven’t read it have you ?
I’ll wait….
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( I’ve lost a bit of weight with the tramadol, but you can tell its me by the fag hanging out of my mouth. )
Discuss the article openly on here and on other forums , social media and if you tell the radio stations you want to talk about going for 55 or Mark Warburton will get it right, you can quickly change the subject on air to demanding the SFA respond to the allegations…
As I pointed out, the article has been pulled pending legal clarification about certain points, but again its all about discussion.
You can make your own mind up about its content.
The SFA may decide to comment on it. They may decide that as it is under legal review they can come out and rebuff the allegations, but that would start the discussions that they are trying to avoid.
I would simply respond to that by asking them to undertake a full independent inquiry, this time overseen by UEFA, to clarify the situation.
Who knows, maybe they are innocent of all charges…
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And its about getting the SFA to comment and therefore continue that discussion. Out in the open where we can all see it.
One thing to note from the article is this.. which is particularly significant if true..
The fellow  is waiting for the SFA to produce an HMRC letter that SFA claims  means liability was not overdue.
That is a change of tune from the SFA’S original stance of liability being potential.
That of itself requires an explanation.  
As a wise man told me..
 It is my view that an investigation is necessary not only for the technical reasons listed  but because Mr Regan the SFA CEO has been playing his counterpart CEO Peter Lawwell of  Celtic as well as Celtic shareholders  with misleading explanations from December 2011 onwards  to cover what did take place in 2011 and the SFA’S part in it.
If we keep chipping away, the wall will fall down.
(Note, video Celts is reporting that the site is coming under attack, so it must have hit a nerve. All of this kerfuffle makes signing the petition even more important,as its surely in everyones interest to get the matter cleared up. )
From Video Celts..

A website exposing the timeline of the licence issue between the SFA and Rangers (IL) has come under attack.

Sports Integrity Initiative caught the attention on social media yesterday but as word spread the site appears to have come under attack.

Scotland play England on Friday night, and the antics of the SFA have made me a lot less interested in the event than i would normally be, and I usually support Scotland against England in anything, or against anyone come to think of it. Even going so far to watch Scotland snow World.bat and ball number one in action when he’s on the telly.
I watch the Calcutta Cup games and cheer for Scotland even though I haven;t got the faintest idea whats going on, but somehow i can;t summon up the enthusiasm for this game this week.
And thats down to Regan and his cohorts.
I might watch the USA v Mexico instead, and see if the Americans make the Mexicans build their defensive wall.
Back at the ranch, and Celtics development side added to the misery of Aston Villa fans when they won 3-0 down at Villa Park last night in a Premier League international cup tie.. this is from the Vital FootballVilla webpage..
 Aston Villa’s young charges fell to defeat to Celtic in the Premier League International Cup tie last night.

Hosting the side at Villa Park for the Group E tie, Villa fell to a first defeat in the competition and it’s pretty fair to say that with a three nil scoreline, Celtic were worthy victors with two goals coming into the opening period, before they added a third in the second half.

The disappointment for Villa will be in having a number of seniors on display in the game, as Tommy Elphick, Aly Cissokho, Aaron Tshibola and Gabby Agbonlahor got a run out.

Agbonlahor also had a second half penalty well saved in the match.

Villa:

Sarkic, Hale (C), Elphick, Cissokho, Leggett, Doyle-Hayes, Tshibola (Humphries 70), Abdo (Davis 55), Blackett-Taylor, O`Hare, Agbonlahor (Mooney 70).

Unused subs:

Idem, Abdoul, Prosser, Pastorek.

Yellows – Doyle-Hayes.

Celtic:

Bailly, Ralston, Boyata, McCart (C), McIlduff, Thomson (Hill 79), Lindsay, Mackay-Steven, Donnelly (McManus 67), Miller (Archibald 76), Aitchison.

Unused subs:

Hazard, Wardrop, Crossan, Hendry.

Yellows – Donnelly, McCart.
Goals – Donnelly (15, 63), Aitchison (34).

Officials:
Referee: Anthony Serrano.
Assistant referee 1: Oliver Bickle.
Assistant referee 2: Joshua Few.
Fourth Official: Matthew Law.
It was Celtics first outing in the tournament, and the Group E table now looks like this…
Form
1. Celtic U23 1 1 0 0 3:0 3
  
2. Norwich U23 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
  
3. Aston Villa U23 2 1 0 1 2:4 3
   
4. Valencia B 2 0 0 2 1:4 0
Further fixtures in the competiion take place this month…
Norwich U23
Norwich U23 – Celtic U23
16.11.2016 19:00

Celtic U23
Valencia B
Valencia B – Celtic U23
30.11.2016 19:00

Celtic U23
But they aren’t telling us where.
I mentioned that the result added to Villa fans misery for a reason, because they may have picked up a copy of the Birmingham Mail on the way to the game..

Could Joey Barton be heading to Aston Villa? The bookies seem to think so.

Its probably him doing the betting.

But their fans aren’t impressed..

The Aston Villa faithful do NOT want Joey Barton near the club.

That’s according to the poll we ran last night after a rumour emerged that the controversial Rangers midfielder may be a target for Villa and Burnley.

A telling 62% of supporters voted that they don’t want him at Villa Park

Our sister title the Mirror reported that Villa are interested in reviving Joey Barton’s career with the player reportedly on the brink of a pay-off from Rangers after being signed off with stress.

The 34-year-old and Rangers are said to be trying to reach a settlement over his contract which expires in the summer of 2018. 

Poor joey.

If only he had a story to sell, maybe as another book or a newspaper series…

Poor Joey, it could all have been so different..

 Jul 28

Barton to Kranjcar, kranjcar turns, chips the ball in van Persie volleys home, 55 secured  

Now there’s a guy who can keep his lottery numbers to himself.

Perhaps Joey could get the guy behind this to help him sell his story, who appears to have completely misunderstood why the phrase he has used to market the Rangers Youth package -or whatever it is-has become so popular…

but none of this matters, as it looks to me like Peter Lawwell, having already taken advantage of “state aid ” package, is looking to get investment from another state…
Or he could just be checking out hotels for the upcoming club break in Dubai.
And yes, I know the state aid thing is a load of horseshit, but its always good to give the gullibillies something to hang on to in these dark days.
Actually, they could do worse than sign the petition above.
After all, surely they don’t want to see another of their favourite clubs go to the wall due to SFA meddling.
Caption pics now, and yesterday, we had this…
and you gave us this…
desdamoaner November 9, 2016 at 5:24 pm · Edit · Reply →

Bill and Hilary’s attempt to get through immigration is foiled. 

Very soon, Donald J Trump will take up the position that US comedy cartoon The Simpsons predicted so long ago,

Photo published for 10 times The Simpsons predicted the future

Yet it could have been so different for the loudmouthed bigoted racist mysognistic tosser…but apparently he wanted nothing to do with this lot, as he found them too extreme..

Donald Trump could have been Rangers owner instead of

President of the United States

Todays picture, which i’m sure you’ll be able to explain, is this one…

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salad queen
7 years ago

The Mexican wave/wall.

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TonyB
7 years ago

As the gap widens further, an intrepid Tim gives suicidal sevconians “The Vicky”.

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henkesdreadlocks
7 years ago

Caption……..

Pink Floyd get their inspiration for their hit record ‘Prick on the wall’

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Monti
7 years ago
Reply to  henkesdreadlocks

🙂

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John McCloy in Tasmania
7 years ago

Wall oil beef hooked with sauerkraut.HH

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Jez
7 years ago

Caption:-
After passing rigourous SFA safety checks Sevco finally opens their new safe standing area at Ibrox!

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charlie
7 years ago

caption the donald says a wonder wit they done wae that auld wall you dont get were the donalds got withoot knowing a bargain when you see wan

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charlie
7 years ago

caption the drunk guy wae his erms up says bet a can dae a triple salco and land oan ma heid at the other end

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The Charlie Saiz International
7 years ago

Caption:
Wee need 2 more brickies and 2 more hod carriers Donald and a new bubble for Effrains spirit level”

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KevinBhoy
7 years ago

Caption: The next contender for the invisible tightrope championship appeared confident…

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Jocky Spants
7 years ago

Right my Celtic comrades! 10 feet to go and Govan is sealed off at last.

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mike
7 years ago

The Berlin wall is rebuilt to keep the immigrants in,even the Germans canny stand the Germans.

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Monti
7 years ago

Caption: Original rangers creditor list wait outside Ibrox stadium, awaiting payment!

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Timbo
7 years ago

The Norwich U23 game will be a Carrow Road next Wednesday. Tickets are available at no cost in the South Stand (Jarrold Stand as was) with no specific area set aside for Celtic supporters. Tickets will be available at the office at Carrow Road and would expect that the shop in Castle Mall will also be able to issue them.

Tickets are going quickly, although we expect that they will open the Barclay Lower if there is sufficient demand.

Caption
The Mexican Government claim “4 more bricks and then we’ll have it done”

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Cortes
7 years ago

Caption: Boundless enthusiasm as the GASL offers shares in the world’s most successful club.

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Big Shuggy
7 years ago

Caption: As Celtic fans arrive Hogmany for the first game at Ibrox with the club formerly known as rangers,they cannot believe how bad the stadium has deteriorated.

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D'Fhinnein Mick
7 years ago

Ralph

Signed and forwarded to a fair few others.

Well done,bud.

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D'Fhinnein Mick
7 years ago

Amazing achievement to climb that wall with only four fingers…

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flinker
7 years ago

This is easy peasy ah used tae dae the big spikey on the bomb shelters.

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Pat K
7 years ago

With the remaining safe structure now available for games to be played at Ibrox, a considerate fan signals the latest score to the rest of the crowd

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wulz
7 years ago

Caption
The GASL addresses the hordes
Give us your money or they’ll do 10 in a row
HH

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San Miguel
7 years ago

Caption :

Celtic Park 1988.

The old board’s official crowd counter uses his fingers to tell Michael Kelly the attendance at the Celtic Dundee game as the Celts clinch the league in their Centenary year at a rather busy Jungle entrance.

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m1kks
7 years ago

Cap ‘Mexicans get cracking on the wall after news of Trumps victory, “Trying to stop US citizens from fleeing will be a tough task” the mayor of Juarez was reportedly to have said.

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Morto
7 years ago

This reinforced crossbar is going to take some moving after the 2-2 draw Wembley.

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jebus
7 years ago

Fans go crazy for barista barton “two lattes please joey”

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desdamoaner
7 years ago

Edinburghers queue up to mock the fifers as the Queensferry crossing runs out of money

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Monti
7 years ago
Reply to  desdamoaner

Hoy you 🙂

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mike
7 years ago

Joey budgie Bartons reported £1 million pounds payoff asks some questions.
At some £200k per game is it good value for the bestest player in the world,he must be,cos its up with rubber arse Ronaldo.
Where is the money coming from?
Will they sell 2/3 players in the January window to cover this and other costs?
The new January sales, buy two players and get three thrown in for the same money.
There could be an opertunity for the Tic. to bring in some players,cheep,cheep.

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john young
7 years ago
Reply to  mike

how about signing joey? well for a laugh anyhoo.

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Wisnae me
7 years ago

The sii has a couple of errors, the most obvious being the granting of a UEFA licence wasn’t to speed up the return or Rangersnto the top flight, it was to give them access to CL money to pay off creditors to keep them alive. Fortunately the players were not good enough and we got to see just how deep this rabbit hole goes.

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portpower
7 years ago

Caption:

Hurry the eff up and get that wall back together.

The Hoff is comin`.

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Joe
7 years ago

The line up grows as Huns flock to get a season ticket refund.

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mike
7 years ago

Trump, Trump, Trump,he!s off his trolley,
Ding, Ding, Ding, we!re going to hell,
Zing,Zing,Zing went my knicker string,
That!s the moment America went to hell.

I could have danced all night,
I could have danced all night,
and she still would have begged for more,more,more.ooohhhaazigazig.

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Honest Hoops
7 years ago

Caption; right Lads after me, ah..1,2,3 soldiers are we…

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mike
7 years ago

BBC ALBA TONIGHT AT 9 PM JOCK STEIN DOCUMENTERY.

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The Charlie Saiz International
7 years ago

Caption:
“2 sky hooks,2 tins a tartan paint an a long stand fae the stores son and make it quick sharp before this concrete goes aff”

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portpower
7 years ago

Caption:

Glasgow International Airport crowd control barriers are futile…

Wendlynne has landed.

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Cartvale88
7 years ago

Caption
‘ Americans emigrating to Canada told, calm down’

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Cartvale88
7 years ago

Caption
‘ Trump foreman tries to get navies to complete the Great Wall, confirming they will be paid four bucks a yard’

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jimmybee
7 years ago

Caption :it was supposed to be a wall,not fuckin sliding doors from Ikea,noo get doon fae there ffs.

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IRISHGUY
7 years ago

CAPTION……….

Ibrox faithful turn up to claim their Bricks.

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Half_Fool
7 years ago

Ibrox to fall, as the undead ones literally believe that “Bricks for life” is true and come calling

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Pensionerbhoy
7 years ago

Ralph,

I think I’m going to need a fluorescent light in my coffin to get to the end of today’s Dairy and attachments. Some amount of stuff to absorb. I have read a big percentage so far and though it repeats a lot of what we knew, the SII bits seem to bring everything into focus. Hard going at times but great to see an “outsider” championing the cause. You were right, this issue is not going away even though every attempt is being made to silence the minority and no support is forthcoming from those in whom we invest the power. Very satisfying reading all round today and, in spite of the darkness, the humour still breaks through. Well done!

Caption: Warburton reveals plans to stop Celtic by adding a human shield to his stone wall defence.

H H

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Pensionerbhoy
7 years ago
Reply to  Pensionerbhoy

Meant to add, I hope you are getting the spring back in your step. Mine went boing many years ago. Take care of yourself, if not for us then for the decorating.

H H

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Monti
7 years ago
Reply to  Pensionerbhoy

Pensionerbhoy,
The spring in his step is fine, until you mention to him it’s his round………a bit like Mike really!

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SteveNaive
7 years ago

looks like Celtic v Man. City maybe ’68 I think, friendly at Hampden. Was a big crowd at Celtic end and turnstiles not working properly(they were at the bottom of the ground then) Some big lads caved a gate in and we followed them in. Think it was a draw, maybe 0-0 and I got a fish supper on the way home. Was 8

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Funkyy
7 years ago

I see The Daily Ranger puts their clever slant on Joey Barton’s exit with
“Joey Barton and Rangers finally separate as Ibrox club announce his contract has been ripped up”.
The impression being that they dramatically and with total impunity “tore up” his contract…note the lack of very important detail such as how much they had to AGREE to PAY him in order to MUTUALLY TERMINATE his contract. Of course that would be like admitting that Barton had their balls in a legally binding vice and they couldn’t just make him disappear..like they did with the old club’s debts. The sleekit way this rag polishes the shitey events that embroil sevco is an insult to honest journalism.
But they managed (as always) to find a negative Celtic story…Biton “had a tantrum” while away with the Israel selection. FFS.

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broxburnbhoy
7 years ago

What a fiasco over at SEVCO regarding Joey Barton. The complete farce and mismanagement is comical. Now Imagine if that happened at Celtic! There would be shrill headlines of the end of the club and what clowns we were etc etc etc. It must be really hard trying to report anything positive these days on the “currant buns” even for the ethically challenged Scottish press core. Never mind lads when SEVCO goes bust you can let it all out without Level 5 banning you from Ibrox

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mike
7 years ago

Its a black,black day at Ibrokes,so it wis,
Joey leaving,has them all in a tis,
They bought him to win the League,so they did,
Hoping and praying that he would do the bis,
Noo the!ve paid him aff to get rid,
He!s going hame with all their dosh,in his pocket,
we!r all gonny celebrate,high as a rocket,
then we will rename him,whit will it bee,
Our Irish boy band brother jimmybee,
naw i think we will call him, AS IS.

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Bognorbhoy
7 years ago

Caption ..

Is the young guy ( black hair looking up ) thinking…..

Where the feck did he get them adidas superstars

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Monti
7 years ago

Caption: This is the funeral of Margaret Thatcher, the guy standing on the wall is telling the Ice cream factory workers at ‘ Walls’ ” Two scoops for me and two cones for the guys waiting over by that six foot hole, holding shovels.

If Carlsberg did funerals………..

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henkesdreadlocks
7 years ago
Reply to  Monti

If Carlsberg did funerals, they’d have had her funeral in Buenos Aires or West Belfast.

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jimmybee
7 years ago

Caption: pictures emerge of the Provos going over the wall. To
Here’s one of my fav songs from my schoolboy days.
https://youtu.be/_VwTg9jSGns

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jimmybee
7 years ago

Go and see this so funny on Twitter.
https://t.co/CVlVSjDb8O

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jimmybee
7 years ago

Caption queues start for coffee machines on Black Friday outside govan.

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