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Celtic Diary Tuesday January 3: The Sinister side Of Saturday

We all enjoyed a good chuckle before the bells rang to herald a new year. We all have plenty to look forward to as the hoops continue their surge towards six, seven eight nine and ultimately ten in a row.

Yet there was a more sinister side to the game and the reportage that had celtic not won, would have had us transported back into the days of Jim Farry, Bobby Tait and anyone else you can think of who crosses the road when they see a catholic.

Not just on the pitch, but off it, the old goat bothering brigade were in full swing before, during and after the game, and perhaps we have let it go a little due to the fact that this time, it didn’t work.

Lets start with the hidden agenda behind the build up. Perhaps the biggest slur of all.

Celtic supporters were expected to disrespect the hastily arranged minutes silence for the Ibrox disaster. Even to the extent that we were pleading with our own not to do it. The media had convinced us that there were supporters going to Ibrox on a mission to disrespect the dead.

With the eyes and ears of the world on the game, still marketed as the Old Firm despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, even Celtic supporters were relieved when nobody said anything that would bring shame on the club, and yet really, did any of us question the campaign that set up the silence, and waited with microphones turned up for something to happen ?

No. somehow they’ve managed to convince us that we’ve surprised everyone by behaving ourselves.

Aren’t we good little boys and girls ?

Was it to give them a story should their favourites, as expected, be beaten on the park again ?

Was it to remove attention from the inevitable singalongasectariansong that the media continues to ignore ?

Or were they just rebuilding the brand with Old Firm reputation, the one which says we are two sides of the same coin ?

Matthew Lindsay, the ursine ginger who covers Ibrox for the Herald seemingly didn’t bother with the game, and said in his match report..

Even the fears about the minute’s silence in memory of the 66 Rangers fans who lost their lives in the 1971 Ibrox Disaster being disrespected amounted to precious little. Sure, a couple of empty vessels among several thousand Celtic supporters proved themselves incapable of remaining quiet for 60 seconds, but they were in a tiny minority and were quickly slapped down by those around them. 

Such was his expectation of the disrespect, he couldn’t hold himself back from reporting on it, whether it happened or not, and when challenged on the veracity of his statement, he became his own chief witness.

Serious answer. I heard them with my own ears. But, as I say in my article, it was one or two eejits in a crowd of 7,500 

The reporter’s last port of call. He’s no other witnesses, so he decided he’d say he saw it.

But hey, they told us we’d do it, right ?

On the pitch we saw a couple of laughable decisions, the throw in awarded to “rangers ” when the ball somehow skipped out of play and back in again, the offsides against whichever Celtic player looked likely to score, and the first example of real cheating since the days of Dallas.

In fact, I can’t remember an instance as bad as the one where McLean pulled the ball back for a free kick when the Ibrox side failed to score after he’d played advantage, the final ball ending up with Craig Gordon.

The referee made a conscious decision to allow the chance, and then when no goal resulted, he pulled the game back to give them another go.

Of course, had “rangers ” scored, he would have cancelled the goal and brought play back…wouldn’t he ?

Image result for stop it i'm going to pee

Then there was the clear shout aimed at Moussa Dembele when he scored, which pointed out his colour and questioned his parentage.

Anyone who knows anything about the football in Scotland knows that the Ibrox crowd sing about paedophilia, they sing about sending the Irish  home and the disfiguring of landscapes by chapels.

Now they are targeting blacks will the media take notice ?

Which support needs to be monitored ?

Which support could be expected to offend with their chants and tunes ?

The media knew, so they thought they’d better make sure all eyes are on the other side of the ground. And they managed that quite nicely.

The old firm is back, and isn’t it great to be a part of it all ?

You know, maybe the real reason that there’s no money coming into Scottish football isn’t down to the useless double act of Regan and Doncaster. Maybe its that no one wants to be associated with the stench bile that comes from one of its biggest clubs.

Remember when Doncaster paid BT sports to cover games when the new club were in the lower tiers ?

Maybe they had to. Maybe the broadcaster was hesitant about putting the language of the gutter into peoples homes.

Celtic don;t want to be associated with them, thats clear from the abandonment of the brand in all official communications, began roughly at the same time New Balance came in to do the shirts, and we broke away from the dual contracts of shirt sponsorship.

Perhaps the business world wants nothing to do with the old firm brand  after all, and its being kept alive by a few enthusiasts in a position of influence.

Would that surprise you ?

No, me neither.

Celtic made their views quite clear a few years ago.

Presumably there is more money to be outwith the brand than in it.

Mind you, we have to own up ourselves.

Stop calling them monkeys.

Stop saying the SFa and the ibrox club are in collusion …

“rangers” are a big club, with impressive facilities..

They look after their players..

But most of all, they have their legends…

Yesterday , we showed you this picture..

hot dog eating contest

which generated this response..

connollys chair January 2, 2017 at 1:36 pm · Edit · Reply →

Caption:

‘I’m going to eat a hot-dog for every point we finish above the Huns’,

‘have we got anymore?’

From the 1970’s, can someone explain this ?

Sending Cars by Train in the 70s

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mike
7 years ago

Caption, The Holocoste of cars, packed into freight cars,treated like animals and then liquidated.

mike
7 years ago

Morning Ralphy, 2017 has started busy for you,it continues your great work like previous years.

The black arts, That is difficult to ignore,the evidence compelling,when you have no money,your income stream reduced,it is the only way to make your club look relevant.
We once were suspicious but now we are aware of what they are up to,we know how it works and it is everywhere in Scotia.
Sadly it will always be this way,unless someone relevant changes it,or Sevco DIE.Lets hope that,that happens soon.

corktim
7 years ago

Great piece,put timmy down is in full swing,the officials handling of the game was a disgrace and the advantage called back for a freekick was one of the worst decisions to be made by indeed biased refs,how can a ref sit in the main stand at Ibrokes and then ref there in a game of such magnitude,in the pub sat commented to one of my pals we should win but its the ref I was worried about,justice was done though GIRFUY.

john young
7 years ago
Reply to  corktim

Why the fcuk don,t we openly challenge these decisions,ask for an official statement concerning them,face the bastards down.

joe mccormack
7 years ago

With no January income and further soft loans required things ain’t going to get better anytime soon over Govan way.
There can be no additions to the squad unless players are moved out first.
The only saleable assets they have are McKay, the goalie and young Gilmour.
Any cash offer will be jumped upon by Kingco.
If they get to the season end the soft loans will be approx £20m……..any debt for equity swap will wipe out the proceeds from a share issue, if they manage to launch one.
If the SDI case is lost then they will have to find upwards of £5m to pay off Big Mike.
The roofs, by King’s own admission, need work done on them plus the squad needs strengthening.
Then there is the wee issue of UEFA FFP criteria which they currently fail on two counts but UEFA may choose to fine them in the first instance rather than ban them from the Europa Cup qualifying rounds.
We still don’t know if the fine levied by the SPL in 2011 has been paid yet!
There’s Scottish football transparency for you from the same authorities who provided a linesman at the weekend who couldnt wait to get his flag up anytime a Celtic player looked dangerous, his mate on the other side awarding a throw in to Rangers when the ball was clearly kicked out of play by one of their own players much to Izzy’s bemusement and a referee who allowed advantage to be played then pulled play back to award a free kick only when the ball was in Craig Gordon ‘ s arms.
Is it cheating or are they just hopeless?

Monti
7 years ago
Reply to  joe mccormack

Joe,
No it’s cheating m8

mike
7 years ago
Reply to  joe mccormack

Great post Joe.
Answer cheats.

charlie
7 years ago
Reply to  joe mccormack

joe you forgot ma favorite the big tax appeal in march fuckin great intit

Uralius
7 years ago
Reply to  joe mccormack

Joe could you please go into more detail on the 2 counts of FFP rules? Cheers.

7 years ago

Just another day outwith Paradise.
I assume everyone has seen that photo doing the rounds….1690 legend John Greig having his knuckles well and truelly thumbed by masonic referee big Tiny Wharton before a Celtic game.
The officials on Saturday proved some things never change!

Rob O'Keeffe
7 years ago

Good piece Ralph.No one has pointed out that the first shout I heard during the “silence” was a Hun shouting C’mon r..ge.s! Totally ignored.Also,why did they play on and score when one of their own was lying on the ground obviously not acting.If we had the ball and attacked,would the game have been halted? Stupid question! McClean tried to say he had already blown the whistle when he pulled the game back for a foul when they failed to score,total joke.We need BR to get his views on these “refs and linesmen” heard and get the players to let them know during games that we won’t put up with this crap anymore.HH

Oztim67
7 years ago

What a fantastic end to 2016.

Looking forward to another great year of celtic domination and many chuckles via Etims.

The buns remind me of the Kurt Russell movie, The Thing! When the guy (them) is dead on a table and another form bursts out of his chest bearing a resemblence to dead guy.

They are ‘The Thing!’

We are Celtic supporters trying to keep Scottish football honest.

Keep trying bhoys and ghirls.

HH.

mike
7 years ago

The Leg end that is Pensionerbhoy.

He runs quickly,through the pouring rain,
his head is hurting,in too much pain,
his sticks beat a rythm,click,click,again and again,
to see the Doctor in too much pain,
the Doctor welcomes him in,he!s coming hame,
dinny worry Arthur,your just a tad insane,
Take your time Arthur,there is no hurry,
let!s step out for a beer and a curry,
Did you hear about Mike? he fell in his slurry,
Oh i heard different,he was riding Judy Murray,
Serves him right,the daft auld loon,
he was looking forward to his trip to the toon,
his time was up,not a moment to soon.RIP.

Stevie D
7 years ago

“Cheating or just hopeless” Joe? A bit of both I’d say.

BillCowie1888
7 years ago

The 2 offside decisions against Sinclair were MARGINAL and the linesman only gets 1 chance to call it The throw in was a joke as was the one at Hampden last April which ended up in McKay and it was no wonder wee Izzy was flummoxed by it scoring but the bringing back of play after the advantage given didn’t pan out to their satisfaction was out of order. Sure it happens in Rugby Union but I’ve never witnessed it before in football

It’s a sad state of affairs when Scott Brown hast to demand a bounce ball to restart the game after the referee hands the ball
to a Sevco player to get on with things

There’s a referee who officiated at a few Old Firm games pre Huns liquidation who always did well Calum Murray Whatever happened to him? Maybe sending off 3 Huns at Celtic Park didn’t do his career much good

Mike Bhoyle
7 years ago

We can write and moan about these cheating bastards until Sevco get their roofs fixed…but until our Club (and others where necessary) make an Official complaint…or at least make a statement…we will continue to be treated like this.
Those of us old enough to remember, can recall a certain referee called Jim Callaghan who, after a complaint from the Huns about not sending Big John Hughes off in a game against them, managed to get him banned for a 6 game period.
Fuckin’ try that in reverse.
Nah..Davidsons..Taits…Whartons…Symes…Dallas’…Thomson’setc; will continue to ensure we get shafted…
OUR BOARD NEEDS TO GROW A PAIR.

BillCowie1888
7 years ago
Reply to  Mike Bhoyle

Jim Callaghan lived along the road from me in Easterhouse in the 60s and his boy also Jim was the year below me at the school
Ultimately the decision not to send of Yogi was taken by the Jungle side linesman (as they were referred to at the time)
Early in the 2nd half Willie Johnston (Bud) flew into a tackle on Yogi who had already been booked in the 1st half and Yogi took exception to the tackle and rightly or wrongly retaliated

The Jungle side linesman waved his flag with great emotion to attract Caooaghan’s attention to the incident

In Callaghan’s own words he asked the linesman what he saw
He linesman said ‘ Hughes retaliated He has to go’
Callaghan replied ‘Ok I’ll send him off but it’s YOU that has to run this line for the remainder of the 2nd half’
After a few seconds the linesman said ‘well maybe just give him a final warning’

By rights Hughes should have walked as he should have been booked for retaliation as was Johnston for the initial incident

A couple of months later I was visiting my grandparents who had retired to Inverkeithing in Fife and my grandfather suggested we go to see Cowdenbeath v Eastt Fife as he always used to like to go and watch what he thought would be the ‘pick of the games’ At that time Cowdenbearh and East Fife were languishing in the lower half of Scottish Division 2 (that was)
Who should be refereeing but Jim Callaghan
Callaghan wasn’t sacked more managed out of the game by the powers that be

Mike Bhoyle
7 years ago
Reply to  BillCowie1888

Thanks for that…made great reading.

Monti
7 years ago
Reply to  Mike Bhoyle

Mike,
Did our Johnny Doyle not get sent off for crossing the ball into the box, inadvertently skelping the ref in the pus wi the ba?

You should have hit it a lot harder Johnny!

charlie
7 years ago
Reply to  Monti

monti look what happened to steven craven for speaking out against dougie dougie

jpm 88
7 years ago
Reply to  Monti

He did indeed Monti .

I was at the game . It was away to Ayr Utd.

BondiBrian
7 years ago
Reply to  jpm 88

“Johnny Johnny give us a ref”

Ah was also at the gemm.

Taken from us way too early.

mike
7 years ago

Add to that,

The Scottish Government,
The SFA.
The SPFL.
The National Broadcasters, the BBC.
STV.
The Chip Wrapping Press,
Everybody,except the visually impaired,or deaf.
The so called Anti Discriminating charities.
We hear it at every manky game,why can they not?
or do they choose to ignore it?

Monti
7 years ago

Why was there no official communication between Craig Whyte and the Celtic board, making it clear there would be a minutes silence before kick off?
The Celtic support was magnificent ( as expected ) in their dignified, humble and respectful observation of the minutes silence.

HH

mike
7 years ago

Craig Whyte?

Knob of the week, Murdo Fraser,blatant backing of hun monkeys,
No Comment.
Tricia Marwick Presiding Officer, Celtic Top, result,Bullets through the post.
You could hear a pin drop,such is the silence coming from every public body is this,the best wee country in the world.

Patrickqu
7 years ago
Reply to  mike

Murdo Fraser was apparently 1 of the linesmen on Saturday!

mike
7 years ago
Reply to  Patrickqu

Not the knob of the week Murdo Fraser,the Tory MSP,he does not officiate in any capacity for the SFA. He just posts bigoted pish on behalf of the mankies.

You might be thinking about Douglas Ross the Tory MSP who DOES officiate and is an official SFA linesman,ass.ref.

Monti
7 years ago
Reply to  mike

Yeah Craig Whyte is the owner after all.

mike
7 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Took ye a while to come up with that yin.

Three hoors in a fountain,
which wan will the fountain bless,
three hoors in a fountain,
its the wan wi the Celtic crest.
Of course it is.

mike
7 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Look at the mankies wiki page.

Monti
7 years ago

Just listening to this shite programme on BBC Radio Scotland there as i tidied up my utility room.
Anyway the subject was about pets and you could call in with a question or two.
As a proud owner of a 4 year old Black Labrador i gave it a listen.
This guy came on ‘ Mark from Larkhall ‘, i turned the radio up at this point as i suspected this could be entertaining.

Mark- ” Hi there my dug is chronically obese and can’t get up on the couch as he used tae ”

Stupid, stupid Huns.

charlie
7 years ago

caption big time car thieves

Bobbyrivaldo
7 years ago

Was back with the family from Perth, WA and was lucky enough to go with my brother and close friends to the game. What I east ready for was the standard of Ibrokes which would put a developing nation to shame.

wulz
7 years ago

The masonic lodge runs deep in the SFA and Scottish press hence Dallas sending his funny sectarian emails to his friends in the press. All the club’s should be treated the same but that’ll never happen till the SFA is ripped apart and started from afresh. The ref and his linesman will probably get promoted for their performances, sadly it’ll never change.
HH

Olegblogkhing
7 years ago

Caption
Lightning mcqueen and pals get the last train to carsville

Hugh67
7 years ago

Tuesday already? What happened to Sunday and Monday?

Very proud to have been among our wonderful support on Saturday but a little nervous when the Sinclair dance/song struck up. All eyes on the roof!

If Mathew was close enough to hear the ‘eegits’ then he must have heard the horde giving us a rendition of the BB just as the players lined up for the minutes silence.

Reporting on a couple of eegits ( irrespective of who they support , they are morons) when 50,000 maintained a respectful silence is very poor journalistic judgement.

Especially when it was proceeded by many thousands of people were signing a horrible , banned little ditty and embarrassing the Country in front of a world wide audience.

HH

Jerseybhoy
7 years ago

I really can’t believe that no one has commented on McCanns remark on Sky that he would love to see Sevco win today. So much for impartiality .

Gerry
7 years ago
Reply to  Jerseybhoy

Yeah I heard that too mate, he knows we all think he’s a fanny already so just nailed his manky colours to the rotten mast.

JTT
7 years ago

Caption: The Vehicle Holding Company.

7 years ago

Not a fan of our Board or PR operation but they did well releasing a statement immediately after the game saying how wonderful our fans were and stopping dead any MSM attempt to smear Celtic fans.

Brendan also spoke well saying how we were miles ahead and not given them an inch that they could report that we were lucky.

7 years ago

I went to Ibrox on many occasions at New Year and do’t recall there ever being a minutes silence. I remember an occasion, maybe the 40th anniversary when Billy McNeill And John Greig might have led a minutes silence but that was a big anniversary. You would possible expect one on the 50th anniversary but not on the 46th. The way this was organised was very suspect. The same with Rememberance day don’t recall games played on the saturday ever having a minutes silence or poppies forced upon us. The more irrelevant an organisation becomes, whether it is a club or a country, the more they focus exclusively on the past. Nothing to look forward to.

broxburnbhoy
7 years ago

I wonder what other events they will be organizing to mark the 46Th anniversary of the tragic loss of life? We have had a minute of well respected silence at the game. What else is sevco doing to work with the families and mark the occasion? Any services, charitable donations, organized remembrance? I’m sure the families of those who tragically lost their lives would have very much appreciated the minute of silence to remember their loved ones and would appreciate the renewed focus on the incident.

mike
7 years ago

Fuck them ALL,
the dumb and the dumber,
cos we have there number,
its etched on ma jumper,
so cheer up now bhoys,
fuck them all.

I ken a wummin called Bella Caledonia,
shes so big her nipples face each other.

CarlJungleBhoy
7 years ago

Caption: Garner arrives for follow-up treatment at … ahem.. Carstairs

Cartvale88
7 years ago

The hatred will increase as Celtic become more successful and they sink into their own shit midden.
It is the responsibility of the board to protect shareholders interests which can be affected by incorrect decisions on the pitch.
Saturday was a game to far, yes Celtic won but some of the refereeing decisions were biased towards the so called tribute act.
There has to be a clear decision by the board now, that they will question every decision, and query the standard of refereeing. The animals have slunk back into their caves, but they are still their plotting the next round of hatred.
How the board can accept the level of vitriol from 50,000 at Ibrox is shocking. As you say Ralph all the old bitterness was in full swing.
They should also pull all advertising in the SMSM as the majority of Celtic fans do not buy their rags.

jpm 88
7 years ago

This is a post put up on CQN , apparently taken from a sevco site :

” we can say what we want about the tims but we can’t blame them for breaking the silence here , it was one of our own calling them fenian bxxxxxxs about 2 seconds into it then after they responded with Bobby Sands (what does that alone even mean?) one of our boys shouted Hope You Die… which given what we were trying to observe ,was highly inappropriate “.

Guess Lindsay didn’t hear that!
No surprise , given he can’t hear 40 000 of his pals singing of being “up to our knees in fenian blood ” – (another MYTH exposed by JJ in his article yesterday , by the way).

On a separate point ; they also reneged on an agreement to allow the GB early access to prepare a display .
Added to their “set-up” of a minute silence , it’s clear that the whole occasion was an “ambush ” , with them pulling out all stops
to try to de-rail and then discredit us .

I hope our Club have taken note of these underhand “dirty tricks” and answer them the way they did with the perceived slight to DD at that semi – final i.e. fucking ratchet it up another gear Celtic.

mike
7 years ago

Celtic sponsors,as of august 2016.

Magners, New Balance, Phoenix Mitsibushi, Intelligent car leasing.

Ladbrokes, Coka Cola, Clyde 1, Sky Sports,Poi Roger,

PowerAde, B T Sport, Eden Mill, Laurie Ross.

Mike Bhoyle
7 years ago

Clyde 1….??..Fuck that…
Ah’m tearin’ up ma season ticket…:0)

mike
7 years ago
Reply to  Mike Bhoyle

I checked to see which if any Scottish newspapers sponsored the club,i take it that the daily retard when its hoardings are up pay game by game.

Oztim67
7 years ago

Caption:

Dave King contacts Arthur Daley to help with the strengthening of the stands at Ibrokes.

The Things did try to set us up on Saturday, so what will our response be?

There should be an announcement, before our next game with them at CP, from CSA or whomever, stating that we hope there will no songs sung that have been banned by sfa/uefa.

Put the pressure right onto them and watch for the explosion as they will not be able to contain themselves.

mike
7 years ago

Jules Christ Kouassi Eboue, Ivorian.

Defensive Mid. Age 19, 6 foot I inch,current club,Russian Premier League team F, K, Krasnador,current value at 2016 is 1.7million pounds. Krasnodor currently 5 in there league.

Rob O'Keeffe
7 years ago

Caption: Sevco unveil new sponsor.Vauxhall longbridge plant (no Green ones please).Two white fivers a year deal. King states: Told you I would deliver!

Devoy45
7 years ago

Ralph and all of you, excellent as usual.Well done, first class.
It was their own who disrupted the minute’s silence.
I was once at Pittodrie when they tried to have a minute’s silence for Matt Busby. The baying and profanity from the Ranger’s end was sickening. My Aberdeen pal couldn’t believe it but us Tims in the crowd knew it was simply because Sir Matt was Catholic.That day, it was hundreds of voices, not one or two.
I was so proud of our team and fans on Saturday. Sinclair is one helluva player and we must hang onto him for a long time.

Monti
7 years ago
Reply to  Devoy45

Devoy,
The Huns are not only plain stupid they are thick as fuck to boot.
Only the Huns can demand a minutes silence yet immediately the whistle blows at the end of the silence, they start singing about killing Catholics and celebrating the death of Catholics.
They are fucking morons!

Monti
7 years ago

Have the Huns paid for the damage caused to our toilets, after the home game against them earlier this season?
If not why not?
If they don’t pay up for the damage, not one of those inbred cunts should be allowed to step foot in our stadium until they do pay!

Stupid, stupid Huns

mike
7 years ago

Anyone interested in the Scottish Championship,can watch Hibs play there nearest rivals Dundee United on BBC ALBA on friday evening.
It would be good to see Commons lead the Hibees into a lead in the Championship.It would be great for him and great for Lenny to bring them back up.

Monti
7 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike,
Whilst i am interested in Hibernians fortunes under Neil, there is a programme on about ‘ penis reduction procedure ‘ at the same time.
My doctor has suggested i go for a Penis reduction you see….

Ken.

mike
7 years ago
Reply to  Monti

And here wis me thinking that you always carried a banana in your pocket,to enjoy a lunch time snack.
What about breast enlargement,oops? ah wid mibbee ride you masell if you goat them done.

Ken.

Monti
7 years ago

Just watched a documentary about Jinky on BBC Alba…

Moving stuff.
God bless you Jinky!

Cortes
7 years ago

Capri, son?

Nah, I’ll stick with the IMPerious Celts.

portpower
7 years ago

Caption:

Jim White`s concomitant of Glibs` palatial garage lair broadcast.

Cortes
7 years ago

From the Grauniad on Tuesday:

Ronald Koeman, who worked with Schneiderlin at St Mary’s before his move to Old Trafford, also has fitness concerns over James McCarthy in central midfield and is seeking several additions to the Everton squad this month.

mike
7 years ago
Reply to  Cortes

Armstrong being offered an enhanced deal mibbee suggests that he wilny add McCarthy,i still think that we need another centre half.

Kouassi Eboue looks like a given,young,athletic,sounds promising as a defensive mid.

portpower
7 years ago

20yo Kouassi Eboue signs for Celtic?

Not till I see a picture of him and Paul the Tim in Dubai.

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