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Celtic Diary Thursday October 5: Exclusive: The One That Got Away

That’s it. Sack the entire coaching staff.

The next story to hit the SMSM will be about the one that got away…

Stolen from the Liverpool club website, which in itself is a sort of poetic justice…

“For (the dream) to come to an end, it’s hard, and everyone you know knows you play for Celtic – telling them you’ve been released is not a nice feeling,” 

“The amount of boys it happens to up and down the country is incredible, as is the amount of people that don’t come back from it because it just hits them that hard.

“I know boys that got released when we were younger and they’re nowhere to be seen and that happens with probably 95 per cent of the boys that do.” 

Andrew Robertson, who now plays for struggling Liverpool, has opened up on what its like to be released by Celtic.

Whilst at 15 he was still learning, and apparently too small, someone somewhere deemed he wasn’t going to make it at the club. They were right, he made it somewhere else.

It happens.

Remember the goalkeeping conundrum facing Lou Macari and his goalkeeper coach Joe Corrigan ?

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Corrigan, a decent enough bloke, now lives just outside Knutsford, and looks back fondly on his time at Celtic, as does Lou Macari..hey wee story time..

A couple of weeks ago, myself, Macari and three local chaps were sitting around the table chatting. Macari introduced me as a Celtic supporter, and one of the locals pointed out that he didn’t really rate our manager.

I countered that to be honest, we’d never really had any good managers, which brought forth a guttural sound from the other side of the table that reminded me that someone never really left Glasgow at all.

I make friends everywhere, me.

Anyhoo, rambling apart, Corrigan recommended that of the keepers in the above picture, Celts should stick with Stewart Kerr and Gordon Marshall, even if the ball never did when they tried to catch it, whilst Brad Freidel and shay given would be allowed to move on.

Hang on, I think I’m on the point of spotting why Corrigan now looks back on his time at Celtic…

The point is, some players take rejection and shrug it off, simply upping their effort, and Robertson is one of those.

Which when the story goes mainstream, is exactly how our press will cover it..

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Anyway, we’ve got Keiran Tierney, and there are rumours that whilst he loves Celtic, he too, will have his head turned by the bright lights…

Who should play James Bond after Daniel Craig.

 

As the Holy Poet said in the replies yesterday, for those who didn’t see it…

Kieran Tierney. 4th October 2017.

Aged just seven, Celtic signed
One of their greatest modern finds
But no-one knew how quickly he would rise
He says he wants to emulate
Tommy Gemmell, a Celtic great
He’s the fan who realised his Paradise.

As a lad he passed through Parkhead’s gates
And sang our songs with all his mates
Echoes of the past rang ‘round the stands
He dreamt of playing, dreamt of fame
But he never dreamt he’d hear his name
Being sung by sixty thousand Celtic fans.

I’ve seen them fall, I’ve seen them feign
I’ve seen them doubled up in pain
From the fairest, hardest challenges you’ll see
This young bhoy plays beyond his years
He shows respect but he holds no fears
This young left back wears Celtic’s 63.

His fearless tackles are renowned
He’ll never give an inch of ground
He’s from a time when real men played the game
The fans all know what KT brings
When he’s flying up and down that wing
And he’s rightly earned Paradise’ acclaim.

We know how far this bhoy’s progressed
Right now, he’s seen as Scotland’s best
But we know there’s so much more to come from him
Any football ground he’d grace
With his vision, skill and lightning pace
He’s one of us, Kieran Tierney is a Tim.

The Holy Poet.
©

The impending civil war in Spain over the Catalan move towards independence has prompted chatter that Barcelona may be invited to join the EPL, as they will technically not be eligible for the Spanish league, in the same way that Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham can’t play in England.

Most of this nonsense usually starts with struggling speech based radio station Talksport, and one of their presenters who struggles with basic speech took the discussion further, largely because they’ve hardly got any listeners these days, apart from, it seems, Celtic fans who like being wound up..

Alan Brazil escaped the breathalyser and tweeted his thoughts on Celtic and Rangers joining the EPL..

“For the Premier League it would be brilliant, I think for Celtic and Rangers it would be unbelievable,” 

“But I hate to say, a lot of the fans from Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen will say ‘good riddance to them and all the sectarian nonsense.’

“Yes I understand what I mean by that but I think it would turn into the league of Wales.

“I’m against it but I do know it would be wonderful for Celtic and Rangers because they will have hundreds of millions to spend and you can see how good they can be.”

 Rangers won’t be joining the EPL. They don’t accept posthumous applications.
Celtic won’t be either.
The police will not allow it. Its as simple as that.
But these outlets need to generate interest and advertising revenue.
Speaking of advertising revenue… from the Scotsman, a thinly disguised puff piece for the new “rangers ” third kit..
The Ibrox club put up a graphic on the Rangers Megastore website after a picture of the strip was leaked on social media earlier on Wednesday. The top will be available for as much as £54.99 and can be bought from Friday. After agreeing a new deal with Sports Direct and Mike Ashley earlier this year, Rangers decided to keep last season’s home kit for the new campaign but would work with designers Puma over a new away and third kit. 

Hang on, what about the rules ?

Don’t  the rules apply to all clubs ?
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Of course not.
This is Scottish football, 2017.
With regard to advertising pieces framed as news stories, aren’t their rules about that sort of thing ?
We consulted the National Union of Journalists for an answer…
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Rule 10 ?
 A few years ago, the Guardian refused to publish an advertisement on behalf of the Resolution 12 guys, which explained the issue.
 This was around the time  that journalist David Conn was quoting an unnamed source at the SFA who said that there was an unpublished letter from HMRC that cleared everything up.
 Conn has so far refused to elaborate, and of course, the Supreme court ruling went a long way to showing that he’d been duped.
As one of the  few journalists involved in Scottish football who seemed-up until then at least-to care about his reputation, its odd that he hasn’t denounced his source and his information.
You can tweet him here @david_conn and ask him why.
You can also ask the Guardian why they refused to publish an advert whilst carrying a story about “fake news ” that was never corrected or even followed up…
Letters to the editor
Letters for publication should be sent to these addresses. The sender’s full postal address and phone number are required, for verification only:
Guardian: guardian.letters@theguardian.com  
This isn’t going away, you know…
Do you live anywhere near Stoke On Trent ?
The Lennon CSC are having their annual fundraiser ( for the Macari Shelter ) in Hanley on the 14th of this month. A themed Irish night with singers , dancers and a buffet there are a few tickets left at just £10, which is bloody cheap.
Too cheap, in fact, if I had my way it would have been double, considering the quality of the entertainment and food.
Anyway, if you fancy it let me know in the replies and I’ll be in touch with details.
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By the way, does anyone know where the flag is ?
Caption competition yesterday…
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Jez October 4, 2017 at 9:04 am · Edit · Reply →

Caption:-

‘After its success with the laws of club liquidation & player registration the SFA turns its hand to rewriting the laws of gravity’

Today…
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Eamonn McCloskey
6 years ago

If You used soldiers to represent football clubs then that one would be deidco!

Dziekanowski's nightclub child
6 years ago

Caption: Stewart Reagan keeps his head in the sand

Southside Bhoy
6 years ago

Carlos Pena makes a surprise appearance at Armed Forces Day

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Caption,open goal,not even going to go there.Good luck to all Celtic International players tonight,come back fit and well.
P.S.Thankfully,I don’t stay near Stoke but please put up the Macari Shelter details and I’ll contribute,sharing is caring.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Rob O'Keeffe

Good morning Mr O’Keeffe

Alzyerpal
6 years ago

Caption: Abseiling practice, for the Ibrox Forces Day, goes horribly wrong.

IRISHGUY
6 years ago

CAPTION…….

Kenny Miller has landed!

6 years ago

Caption: ‘ The Armagh Sniper attends Armed Forces Day at ibrox ‘..

Honest Hoops
6 years ago

Caption; if you look close enough…you can see where the water pipes join from the adjoining church….

ewanbhoy
6 years ago

caption , a snipers promise

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  ewanbhoy

ewanbhoy,
Nice m8

Devoy45
6 years ago

Caption: “Canadian black bear takes its revenge. ‘He was wearing my da as a hat’ the assailant was quoted.

Albert_kidd
6 years ago

Ok, how do you get inside Stokes ground with a huge Celtic flag and a sheep dog?

Pat Higney
6 years ago

Caption: First casualty of Pedro’s latest match debriefing lasts 6 seconds before dying of boredom.

Monti
6 years ago

Caption: ” Oh momma Oh momma comfort me “

Wolfie bhoy
6 years ago

Caption,He,s just been told he has to represent the regiment at armed forces day at the liquidation arena.

Cortes
6 years ago

Caption: BR to SS: “And that, son, is how you get a penalty.”

D'Fhinnein Mick
6 years ago

Doon like a Saturday coupon!

Monti
6 years ago

Caption: ” It was the holding company that got liquidated, not the club “

Puggy67
6 years ago

Caption: Problems at the world record attempt for soldier toppling.

Puggy67
6 years ago

Caption: Repressed gay man faints.

6 years ago

Caption
Charlie saiz drops with exhaustion after burning the midnight oil formulating ronnys stats for valenrengas chief forum and how it’s all going to be alright

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Iancelt67

Lol

6 years ago

Guardsman keels over on hearing the good news that he won the raffle for the next turn to wear the body armour.

Monti
6 years ago

What?

Jinkylarrson
6 years ago

Caption…fall out.

PTD
6 years ago

Caption:
Jabba “He’s still standing.. got it!”

BJF
6 years ago

Caption : Irish Guards Regimental Sergeant Major O’ Fallherty:
“And the next one who says Rangers sent dead will
get the same.”

Ralph the bit about Given and Friedal is the stuff of nightmares even getting one of them wrong…. that says I always liked Corrigan as a player. It makes you think at every club there is a victim of the boo boys, always one player at least, who attracts criticism from quite a few fans. Peter Geantvwas one, Boerringer is another, as was Effe( including me) and James Forrest. However if a keeper as good as Joe Corrigan couldn’t see the potential of Bradd and Shay then what chance have we, as mere spectators, got of assessing the professional game, won’t stop us trying though!

Admin
6 years ago
Reply to  BJF

The thing about players making it at other clubs does have context…Given and Friedel did great, yes, but also though battling on as part of teams who were up against it most of the time.

At Celtic its a different game for players including keepers as they will be on the ball most of the time and on the offensive. The fact a lot of players go away and make it well at “struggling” or “battling” clubs doesn’t truly reflect how they were played at Celtic.

Will be interesting ( and lets hope so) to see if Robertson can make the leap from battling Hull to the demands of Liverpool.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Desi Mond

Desi,
Are you saying Shay Given or Brad Friedel,may not have made it at Celtic because we generally dominate possession?

DJ Smyth
6 years ago
Reply to  BJF

Aye that makes sense , at every club there is always a victim of the boo boys .
BJF & other undesirables admit to at least 3 at Celtic at the one time .

Pointless employing a Manager like Brendan Rodgers who has reputation of building individual players confidence up , only for idiots among fans going out of the way to destroy them .
Hopefully BFJ has no children & gets sterilised or the snip as it would be unfair to have he or she with children & booing them & shouting abuse if they get spelling or a sum wrong .
All part of the one Celtic family , u could fool me .

D J Smyth
6 years ago
Reply to  DJ Smyth

U do you mean loud mouthed family members , striving to remove all confidence from their skilled off springs or siblings .
There are funny families around , if that’s the case .
Must be years of under achieving in schools & competition .
Not my type of family

BJF
6 years ago

Arn’t not sent, strewth!

Mike Annis
6 years ago

Caption: We’re not supposed to be doing low level flying till next week.

mike
6 years ago

What is a granny?

A granny has immeasurable love for her family.
A granny has big tits, for huge granny cuddles,
A granny is a money pit, from sponsoring to treats for grandweans.
A granny smells faintly of mints.
A granny kens the words of every hymn and is a guid singer.
A granny offers comfort to everybody.
A granny has a firm, no sex policy for granddads.
A granny is a brilliant cook. (mibbee).
A granny would do everything for everybody.
A granny has vast experience of life.
A granny provides expert advice.
Did I say that granny’s has immeasurable love for her family.
Granny’s are great, everyone should have one, they are the bastion/glue of everybody’s family, what would we do without granny’s, three cheers for granny’s, hip, hip, hooray.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Rose West was a gran…..

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

No, she is a monster.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Aye a ken that, just pointing out not all grans are angels.

ROB O'KEEFFE
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

As was Thatcher…

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Those two responses say more about you than anyone else.

Grannies are the best in everyone’s family, for every bad one there are 100 million great ones. Long Live Grannies, down with fuds.

mike
6 years ago

Caption, Monti faints at Mike winning another caption competition.

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

They could stitch three together. 😉

mike
6 years ago

Tonight’s the night,
its gonny be alright,
the green and white,
Aint nobody gonny stop us now.

Monti
6 years ago

Good luck to Scotland tonight!

jimmybee
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Looks like the Celtic contingent is making the bigots stay away. I swore i would never go back to a Scotland game after witnessing the bigots in action booing the celtic players.Maybe i will change my mind in the near future.

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  jimmybee

Sounds to me that you are…barred, going with yesterdays post, the bhoys brigade is down two players that should bring them back..mibbee.

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Monti October 4, 2017 at 1:44 pm · Reply →

“GOOD LUCK TO SLOVAKIA TOMORROW NIGHT….”

Cognitive dissonance, right there.

Deary me. You’ve got ti laugh, really you dae.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

Is cognitive dissonance present when statement not literal?

Monti
6 years ago

Caption: ” Everyone who accepted an EBT, remain standing “

Admin
6 years ago

Lee Harvey Oswald CSC

mike
6 years ago

Caption, with a heed that size how could any sniper miss!!

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

The heed or the hat or…both? 😉

iancelt67
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

cliftonville ultras rule

Cortes
6 years ago

Caption: First casualty of the night at the Busby and Eaglesham CSC Annual Dinner-Dance…

rebus67
6 years ago

I am reading,”50th Anniversary of Lisbon” by Paul Cuddihy and thoroughly enjoying it. One surprising item that I discovered in the book is that Celtic had its own brand of cigarettes which sold for 4/7d for twenty! They were around from 1960 when the world was a vastly different place from now. Now the club is more ambitious in its ventures to boost non-football revenue by embarking on a hotel development! Let’s hope that this has a greater positive impact than the cigs venture.
Like most of you I have a variety of memorabilia ranging from shirts through mugs to a Cds and DVDs of momentous events in the life of the club. But there is one item that I would have loved to have acquired and that is the Inflatable Jinky Doll! I do not know what he thought of it but he would certainly have been aware of it since it appeared at many matches in the late sixties and early seventies. I mean it appeared in the crowd, not the park!
However, my most prized possession of a Celtic nature is the present that my oldest son gave me for my 70th birthday. We were out for lunch in a pub and he handed me this large square box wrapped in birthday paper. It seemed that the life of the pub stopped as I tore open the present to reveal a football signed by the whole team. What a prize! It was a hard struggle keeping back the tears. Lots of guys came over to see it and congratulate me on it….amazing that there were so many Celtic fans in a small rural pub in Canada! What a truly positive institution our club is and what a great time to be a supporter.

Rebus

rebus67
6 years ago

I posted a bit of sentiment that seems to have gone offski.

Anyone out there to find it?

Rebus

Devoy45
6 years ago

I saw Scotland play Portugal (0-0 draw) at Mordor some years ago. Tommy Boyd played well at left back but got nothing but sectarian abuse from many ‘supporters.’ That was the last time I saw Scotland play. Strange, it’s the Celtic bhoys who are giving Scotland a fighting chance now but I imagine the Tartan Army are dishing out the same shite. All the Celtic bhoys are Scottish born and bred, some with no Irish/Catholic connections at all. I want Scotland to win because the Celtic players are giving their all.

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  Devoy45

Ah want Scotland ti win cos, well am Scottish and it would be good ti see the Celtic players getting on a big stage ( WC ) ti do their stuff. Any Scottish person doesn’t want Scotland ti win is simply being ridiculous. Hence so many huns supporting England. As ah say yesterday cognitive dissonance is actually rather common.

SteveNaive
6 years ago

Don’t know where this boo boys stuff is coming from . Yes it was in the Jungle and some other parts when I was standing there but is not audible now against any single player. Frustration with Ronnie and the way the team were playing made it a legitimate issue but it simply isn’t there now

Henrik
6 years ago

Caption:which one of you cunts put a bowling ball in my cool hat

jimmybee
6 years ago

Well done Scotland great result tonight.

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  jimmybee

Can only be good for the Scottish game in general Jimmy. Canny see us qualifying but we’ll see, eh. Niver been ti a Scotland gemm in ma puff but always want ti see the win.

Frank McGaaaarvey
6 years ago

Alan Brazil – “But I hate to say, a lot of the fans from Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen will say good riddance to them and all the sectarian nonsense”. Has he never been to Swinecastle before? I have stuck up for Mr Brazil in the past with him being a proud Tim who wears his heart on his sleeve but I think maybe he has permanently lost one brain cell too many to be coming out with those kind of brainless statements.

mike
6 years ago

Pleased for the Tic. players those who played tonight and those out injured but played a huge part in getting Scotia. to where we are, but pleased especially for WGS. The wee mahn is always so calm and self effacing. Get over the next hurdle on Sunday and into the play-offs would be a great achievement after the start of the qualifiers.
You canny beat a winning mentality and never say die attitude, hope he changes the midfield for the next game then see where we go from there. So H.H. to the bhoys from Scotland, well done you, keep it going, confound the shite presenters and to all huns, GIRUY.

rebus67
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike,

The Scottish part of me says well done. It is so obvious optimise the national side. Play as many Celtic players as possible. Politically that is difficult.

However, the Celtic part says it is time for another glorious failure so that all of our players are available for the CL playoffs.

Rebus

rebus67
6 years ago
Reply to  rebus67

Wine soaked response! No regrets.

Rebus

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  rebus67

Rebus, The only thing missing from that..is the players themselves, their feelings and the pride they would have playing for the National team and there desire to do well for their Country.
If you were in their place….

Monti
6 years ago

Well done Scotland!
Anyone know what the Netherlands result was? Cough

mike
6 years ago

Scotland deserved its wee bit of luck tonight, Crocker and Provan on Sky, Crocker with his Bratislava jibe and Provan, both a joke, Crocker ya English hun and Provan you talk some shite.
Hope Sky continues its journey into oblivion, with its pish poor bigoted presenters and lamb munchers, pity the lambs that died just so you could talk pure mince.
STV BBC and the WHOLE of the Scottish press, hope you choke on the shitey bile that you inflict on the poor dafties that read your mince.
Knock Knock–who is it, oh its Hector, got a wee brown envelope for you, enjoy your evening, EBT simple as 1-2-3.
£350,000 thousand pound rent for Hampdump and another 20 year lease and they wonder how Scottish fitba. doon the swanny, combine that with the incompetents that run the game, made for each other, so they are.

iancelt67
6 years ago

didnt play

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  iancelt67

iancelt,
Bondi will tell you the score….although it might be a bit blurry.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Weered,
Yeah m8 just wished it meant more than it does, when it comes down to it i want Scotland to win, but our battles with the SFA sour things, the politics of it.

6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Missed the pun I was off my head with choice Colombian stuff

mike
6 years ago

There IS only one team in Scotland and it wears green and white hoops,
founded for the very best of reasons and with a long long uninterrupted history. Hail Hail Glasgow Celtic, may your journey continue to be embedded with a winning future.
Oh Dixie Dixie, Dixie Dixie Dixie Deans. D.D. (Dixie Deans) the bravest of the brave.

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Ah,Dixie Deans,happy memories.Saw him play against Thistle and score 6,we won 7-0.Was at the Cup Finals against Hibs,huge crowds,magical days.The deid club turned him down,what a decision.Nice wee anecdote,when he was asked why he scored so many against Hibs he said he didn’t like their colours.HH

Monti
6 years ago

Weered,
My Australian Troll can’t get enough…..he’ll be emailing ralph as we speak.
” daughter this, wife that ” very fucking odd

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