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Celtic Diary Monday November 6: When History Was Made

This generation of Celtic supporters could be said to be one of the luckiest in the entire history of the club.

So much has already been achieved, and there is so much that can be achieved, and thats only this season.

From the invincible treble of last year we’ve moved on now to becoming the club with the longest unbeaten run in any country in the world except Romania, Gibraltar and Moldova.

63 games.

And one more game puts us clear of Moldova, who have Sherriff Tiraspol on 63 as well.

Looking ahead, Lincoln Red Imps on 88 and Steaua Bucharest on 104 should give us something else to crow about in the months to come.

Brendan Rodgers has repeatedly said that we are only at the beginning of what he is trying to do at Celtic, and if thats the case, then the sun will be shining and the birds singing for a while yet.

The 4-0 win over St. Johnstone wasn’t a classic, and it hardly had you on the edge of your seat, but what was a run of the mill league game at a tricky venue was indicative of why this particular Celtic team has the world at their feet.

They did what they had to do, and kept doing it until the game was over.

No sign of complacency, no hint of laziness, just a group of players who look like they have forgotten how to lose, certainly domestically, and whilst they will always have to be greater than the sum of their parts, when that confidene and attitude is taken onto the european stage, we will be going on a great adventure.

Just after Christmas, with any luck.

 

It’s been a long road for the club, and each and every obstacle has been met and dealt with, which has culminated in the sense of optimism around the place these days, exactly 130 years from when it all started..

It was 130 years ago today, on November 6, 1887, that the meeting during which Celtic Football Club was formally constituted took place in St Mary’s Church Hall in East Rose Street, Calton. 

 …..it was then that representatives from the upper echelons of the Irish community in Glasgow, most of whom who had witnessed John McFadden’s speech back in February, gathered at St Mary’s Hall.

Bodies such as the St Vincent de Paul Society, the Catholic Union, the Irish Foresters, the Home Government Branch of the United Irish League, the St Aloysius Association and the Irish National League as well as local Penny Savings Bank and a Total Abstinence Society were present in some manner but the main objective was the formation of a football team to raise money for the Soup Kitchens of the East End. 

The Total Abstinence Society have probably admitted defeat by now.

From that historic meeting the first ever Celtic committee was formed with the following members:

Honorary President, Dr John Conway
President, John Glass
Secretary, John O’Hara
Treasurer, Hugh Darnoch
Match Secretary, Willie Maley
Committee: Joseph Nelis, Tom Maley, Michael Cairns, Joe Shaughnessy, Pat Welsh, Daniel Molloy, David Meikleham, John McDonald, William McKillop, John McLaughlin and Joseph McGroary. 

This photograph recently turned up at a Montreal CSC meeting, presented by an old fellow , and it shows Willie Maley during a tour of Canada …

History indeed.

 

Of course, success brings attention, and that attention can be uncomfortable, as it turns the heads of players and, in fact, managers…

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers is good enough for a top-six club – and find out who’s in my team of the week

  • Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers should be on the radar of Premier League chairman
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  • He improves the value of his players, which is a key asset to any football club
  • Alvaro Morato taught Romelu Lukaku a lesson during Chelsea’s win on Sunday

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Thats not Jamie Redknapp, thats his wife, the singer Louise.

I put that in to show that Jamie is obviously a sensible chap. (Yeah, thats the reason-Ed )

Or, at least , he used to be.

If I was a Premier League chairman searching for a new manager, I would look no further than Brendan Rodgers. He could manage any of the clubs in the top six.

Rodgers has done a remarkable job at Celtic, where he is now unbeaten for a British record 63 domestic games. Only a fool would say that his achievements are merely down to the standard of the Scottish Premiership.

Brendan’s greatest asset is improving players. He has helped transform Kieran Tierney into one of the best left backs in Britain.

He has galvanised his captain Scott Brown, who was so impressive against Bayern Munich in the Champions League last Tuesday. Premier League chairmen will be thinking: ‘He will improve the value of my players.’

People forget what a good job he did at Liverpool.

After 79 league games Jurgen Klopp has 143 points — eight fewer points than Rodgers at the same stage of his Anfield career.

While Celtic will not want to lose him, Rodgers is a manager tailor-made for the Premier League. 

Er, actually, Rodgers is tailor made for the Celtic job.

He said so himself..

So far, and I kid you not, in the last week alone, Arsenal, Everton, West Ham and  Stoke City have all been linked with Rodgers.

You’d think they’d take the hint. Maybe they have, and its just the media who can’t accept that the English League is not the place to be any more.

Although Oliver Kay of the times gets it… sort of.

“Why would Brendan Rodgers go to West Ham?”

“He’s at Celtic he’s doing brilliant. He’s halfway through his second season and he hasn’t lost.

“This is not the norm for managers in Scotland. Brendan Rodgers, if he’s looking beyond Celtic, is looking at bigger clubs than West Ham.” 

Compare that with the expert in depth analysis of Alan “befuddled” Brazil on Talkshite Radio…

“Celtic wouldn’t pay the most money. If suddenly he was getting a few quid to come, and treble wages [he might go].” 

 

There’s a transfer window about to open, so we need to be ready for the usual guff about our players heading for southern climes, though with only one or two exceptions, there is nothing really to worry about.

We may see the squad strengthened further, with two central defenders being mentioned by drunks in bars, and the re emergence of Charley Musonda on the radar.

The defenders, which is an area where improvement is needed, are Domagoj Vida, of Dynamo Kiev, and Martin Caceres, currently at Verona.

Vida is 28, Cacares 30, and whilst they don’t fit into the usual profile of Celtic targets, being a little older, neither did Scott Sinclair.

Both are experienced internationals, and both are what we need right now. If only to take some of the pressure off Dedryck Boyata.

 

Daftest rumour of the day ?

John Fleck….seriously, well, its certainly a rumour.

 

Second daftest ?

Ally McCoist to Sunderland.

Martin Bain, the director who helped Rangers achieve liquidation is currently trying his best to take Sunderland to that level, and the word is that he wants McCoist and possibly that old guy with the cardigan to help them to get there.

Sunderlands owner has not only turned his phone off but flung it down the toilet.

 

Over at Ibrox, the new club stand on the verge of winning three game sin a row for the first time in nearly a year.

Then there is the usual clamour to show how much they respect the Armed Forces and anything else they can harp on about to deflect attention away from a disastrous set of accounts.

With Celtic fans winning an award for Best supporters, based on the tifo tribute to the Lisbon lions, the Iborx fans hit back with their own masterpiece at the weekend..

apparently, its supposed to be silhouettes of soldiers, presumably in heavy camouflage.

Or is it ?

Turns out they were all fighting among each other instead of putting the display together..

As is the norm at this time of year, there was an outcry over who was wearing a poppy and who wasn’t…

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Many appear to have forgotten that next Sunday is Remembrance Sunday, or Poppy Day, as it is now being called.

Don’t be surprised if Poppy Day turns out to be the name of a new telethon presenter hosting an appeal for money to go to one of the multitude of charities which now support people who are in the forces, were in the forces, might join the forces or collect Action Man figures.

There has been a devaluing of what is arguably the most important day in the year. The one day when everyone in the world should stop and think about what it really means.

About what really happened in the first half of the twentieth century, as ideologies throughout the world fought each other bitterly and constantly on battlefields remote and near.

Ideologies that used guys like you and me to fight their wars.

Something that must never be forgotten, and never allowed to happen again.

Thats sort of the point of Remembrance Sunday, and as those who were involved in the total war of the period become less and less, due to aging, its important that we don’t forget what they are telling us.

The day when there is no one to remind us of the true horror is not far off, and when that happens, i’ve a feeling that a few politicians want to send us on a refresher course.

My point is, if you want to wear a poppy, wear on, if not , don’t.

But I would ask you , on Sunday, to stop and think about first fifty or so years of the last century, and pray to your god that it never happens again.

Me ?

I’m going to dig a trench in my garden , fill it with water and stay there for four years whilst guys from the local clay pigeon club use me for target practice as I walk slowly towards them every couple of days.

That should make me the best respector of all, shouldn’t it ?

Thats what it seems to be all about these days….

 

As you know, every Friday we award the title of Knob of the Week to someone who has acquired that heady status on our eyes.

Perhaps its a sign of the times, but there seems to be a lot more knobbery around than usual, and we’ve been forced to introduce a special award, when someone reaches heights even greater than those needed to win the weekly award.

we’ve upgraded it to

Right Knob of the Week 

With the conservative Party in disarray as some of their out of work hobbies become public, you’d think that with a few of the high heid yins being forced out of office, any sensible politician would see the chance for promotion and keep their head down.

Ruth Davidson, for example, has finally shut the fuck up, but only to increase her chances of a top job.

Long may it continue. in fact, if she thinks that silence will help her career, she should go for it.

but there’s always one who can;t hold in his bitterness and hate…

A bit disappointing to hear some fans at McDiarmid Park today disrepecting the minute’s silence

He wasn’t at McDairmid Park, and the fans did not disrespect the minutes silence.

But hey…don’t let that trouble you Murdo, you just go right on out and say what you think, which is always a remarkable achievement for anyone with a great big gap between one’s ears.

Murdo Fraser, you have achieved something, something that no one else has ever done.

You’ve secured the first ever Etims

Right Knob of the Week 

award, well done.

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Caption time… from Friday

henkesdreadlocks November 3, 2017 at 10:17 am · Edit · Reply →

 

Caption…… meanwhile, somewhere in Cambuslang…

today…

Wonder what was going on here…

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salad queen
6 years ago

I’m going to coach barcelona,and I will run man utd. Feck you lot i’ll manage the greatest glasgow celtic.

Monti
6 years ago

” If only to take the pressure off Dedryck Boyata “?

The only things i’d take off Dedryck Boyata are his strip & squad number!

Out!

john young
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

ffs monte the bhoy has been outstanding one slip apart.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  john young

Has he fuck, come on man, get real.

6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Put lustig at cb and boyata full back until we get a replacement. Boyata would make an excellent full back

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Iancelt67

Nurse Ratched

Monti
6 years ago

Caption: Cruyff – ” They are the same club ”
TB – ” Fucking say that again, go on, fucking repeat that “

Monti
6 years ago

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CELTIC, 130 YEARS OF UNBROKEN HISTORY!

THANKS ALSO TO ANDREW KERINS & HIS COMPANIONS FOR BRINGING CELTIC INTO OUR LIVES!

YOUR CLUB IS STRONG & PROSPERING, YOUR VISION & YOUR PASSION…..YOUR NAME….LIVE ON!

HAIL HAIL

Monti
6 years ago

Weered,
Morning m8….i shall go and check :

Bognorbhoy
6 years ago

Caption..
Cruyff… so you grab your braces like this,
And it goes like….
Where do you come from ,where do you go..

Tam ..
That’ll never be a hit , but you can do a turn at the c.s.c dinner dance

Thomas Mccarthy
6 years ago

The same old shite Montit

Monti
6 years ago

Not a fan then…….

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

🙂

Mick Cass
6 years ago

Caption: I can see him standing behind you. Scott Sinclair is supposed to be on our side!

6 years ago

I can see Brendan being tempted by Chelsea or Arsenal, especially the former as he has previous with the club but West Ham. I always thought that Brazil was a bit of a diddy but this is ridiculous. For the first time in about 4 or 5 years I watched the EPL at the weekend, at a friends house I have no subscription to sports channels any more. We would survive no problem in this division without the 100 million. There are about 12 teams who are no better than average and some of them are on the top half. I reckon we would beat Crystal Palace, Huddersfield, Watford, Everton, Stoke, Southampton, Newcastle, Brighton, Swansea, Burnley West Ham and West Brom at home at least. And we would be looking to pick up at least a point away from these clubs. I counted it up and even with slip ups I reckon we would have about 38-40 points against these teams alone. I can’t even remember the rest of the teams in the league, one or two, who are outside the top six. Now I am hardly a wide -eyed optimist, preferring to err on the side of caution. But I managed to catch some of the games involving these no mark teams and saw nothing that would scare Celtic. I am sober now and still see nothing to be frightened of. very tedious games, everyone trying not to get beat. most of them failing badly. Watching 20-30 minutes of about 6 games did not inspire me to subscribe. No way. the idea of Brendan Rodgers to West Ham is laughable.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  john

But we can’t beat St.Johnstone, Hibs or Kilmarnock at home…….

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Weered,
My point is these teams have taken points off us at Paradise, but John thinks we can sweep aside established EPL sides.
It is simply pish

alan
6 years ago
Reply to  john

john that may be the most positive thing you have written on this forum.

I love the new you.

and you are 100% correct.

fucking west ham..

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  alan

Positive? 🙂

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  john

An honest appraisal John, although if we’re in the EPL then we are about 70 million quid richer each season. Celtic fan base, respect and history we would be a good draw card for some of the worlds elite players. Ah agree, we’d gub the teams you mention and gub them on a SPFL budget. Ah watch a lot of the EPL, and its way over-hyped, and as for the grounds? no decent atmosphere ah can see or hear.

Side note, Cruyff still one of ma favourite players ever. Man was a fitbaw genius.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

Played a lot in Amsterdam i believe……cough

Puggy67
6 years ago

Caption: After a committed and fair tackle from Burns Cruyff shows the ref where his team mate’s testicles are.

Devoy45
6 years ago

Good read, thanks Ralph.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Devoy45

Devoy,
Morning sir!

mike
6 years ago

Laughed ma pants off at some of those paragraphs. Excellentee again!! and well said in many different respects.
Brendan was right about Sunderland, good advice to McInnes it joins Blackburn in being a poison chalice, so hope that its McMoisty that gets it.
Willy Maley, Tommy Burns and…..Murd the Turd from the sublime to the…his script was written before the game and he has only shown himself to be what he is a….Hun.
Who in there right minds would want to manage any EPL teams outside the top four, Brendan has nothing to prove to anyone, yes he will be much sought after, like some of our players but would he go back to the EPL, I don’t think so, I think if he did leave then he might consider Spain, but hopefully not for….years.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike,
Brendan will be at Celtic for 5 years minimum…..trust me!
Some panic merchants seem to think the epl is the be all and end all….it aint now & in my opinion, never was.

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

My thoughts…entirely.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Cannae understand why they jist cannae live for the moment, enjoy this success we are having and calm the fuck doon like, do they no ken these are the gid times min?

BroxburnBhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Aye – barry times ken

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Straight up gadge like ken
( subtitles available)

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Edinburgh m8

Yoker Bhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Hi Mike, I don’t know if Brendan will be thinking about Spain in the future or not. I reckon it would be difficult to turn down an offer made by one of the big clubs here, which would present such an immense footballing challenge and be highly lucrative. One of the most attractive features of football here is the sheer quality of the game played, even by the more modest teams who will always have a go at trying to beat the big guns by playing their own particular brand of football. From any football manager’s point of view (whether foreign or not), an important downside is the fact that practically no-one ever lasts a long time at any club here. Regardless of previous success, a couple of bad results and his job is suddenly in serious jeopardy, in stark contrast to the UK situation, i.e. someone like Arsene Wenger who has had rather limited success at such a huge club as Arsenal but carries on regardless. In short, new managers are given very little time to impose their style and build their own team over here. I think the Spanish media is greatly to blame for this.

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Hi Yoker, some good points that you made, Man. Cittee, Pep has got them playing some of the best fitba. that I have seen coming from…Engerland. Having said that they the EPL have some of the best players…anywhere. But like here they seem to favour foreign managers and players, before home-grown talent, is Klopp better than Brendan, I don’t think so and I am sure that Brendan still harbours a grudge for being sacked…prematurely. But being foreign is considered being better or more sexy. Having said that a lot of the EPL managers are…mince, especially the English ones, baring that in mind, he must be chuckling to himself at the incompetence of the predicament that some find themselves in.
He has said on record that he will not go back to the EPL but I have no doubt that someday he might, thinking about his present circumstances, a new life and wife and how he likes, like you/me the sun, some lucky team in Spain might just might prize him away.
Hopefully in 10 years time or longer, when the weather here has washed his tan….away. Here’s to you Yoker our sunshine TIM.

Yoker Bhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

It’ll be interesting to see how far City (or even Tottenham) can go in the CL this season. Quite amazing to see Spurs turn over R. Madrid. 10+ more years of Brendan would be wonderful, can’t see it myself but you never know. Keep healthy and happy up in bonnie Dundee and best regards to your family and …..lambs.

PM (Paul McStay)

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

I’m actually in…Gettingreef a lovely tropical island paradise with lots of lovely fair middens of the coo variety, who worshit me. Sipping sanstattie chips and exoticegg and chips. HAHAHA.
So cheers to you Yoker bhoy.
meh meh meh, coming hens.

Yoker Bhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

🙂

mike
6 years ago

Its always the same auld tired faces,
on the T.V.in magazines, even at the races,
don’t you get fed up listening to the same auld havers,
of pictured poses, laddered hoses,or mysoginistic rapers.

Sons and daughters of bygone celebrities,
pictured this way, that way, the same auld tat,
pictured with their weans, dugs and hat,
my faither did this, my mither did that. blah blah blah.

Stars of the past, many years auld,
with tinted hair, wrinkles or bald,
mithers that were models, pop stars, once young beauties,
showing of their tits or humungous booties.
Fine young cannibals.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

I think you have a suspicious mind, not sure if we can go on together….:)

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Cords are caught in a trap, you can’t look back,
Because i love you too much Mikey,

Why can’t you see what you’re doing to me, in your arran jersey & your welllies….

We can’t go on together with suspicious minds, with supicious minds,
And you can’t wear your tweeds when we head into town

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

My new…high heels have just arrived they go famously with my beehive and water-proofs, my work is under revision she isny happee, I left crumbs on the flair and my empty Glenmorangie empty bottle lying under my chair. As punishment I have to sweep oot the coos midden so might be of air sometime..soon. Take care hun.

Monti
6 years ago

Is his mate Bondibrian?

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Hoeve it your way then 🙂

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Doesnay bother me in the slightest Weered, bit disappointed he still occasionally trys ti drag ma wife or daughter inti it. Say mair aboot him than me though.

AHIL HAIL N aw that!

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

I think it does bother you & i’d like you to provide evidence of me saying anything derogatory about your wife or daughter since i apologised to you.
Looks like my apology wasn’t enough because you’re still trolling away like a wee bell end!

” ralph ralph ban Monti, Monti bad “

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

tish-boom “dam road again” hilarious. But hay-ho. Nae bother.

Monti
6 years ago

That’s the laundry, dishes, hoovering, polishing, ironing and dog walked……well done dear, now you have completed your first batch of chores for the day, you may sit down & watch the Omnibus edition of Emmerdale.
I suppose a cup of tea is out of the question before i ‘ press play ‘?

Monti
6 years ago

Boyata out!

6 years ago

I agree Monti our home form has been poorer than expected this year and we should be putting these teams away easily. Hopefully that will be the story of the homes games from now on. It is hardly a new outlook. i happen to think the manager is excellent, and I had serious doubts when he was appointed , but I was wrong and am happy to be wrong and will be wrong in the future. i do not think that he should be immune from criticism. Even David Potter had a bit of a go at him for not playing a stronger team against Kilmarnock. I also think he needs to take the wrap for his role in a disappointing CL campaign for the second year. The summer killed us. Better preparation is needed. But I will support him completely. he is right the January window is very important for us. We need to sign 2 CBs. I think Gordon can be a liability but De Vries can come in and the young fella is apparently very good and needs to be blooded soon. Just because a persone can be critical does not mean they are the enemy.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  john

Not a fan of De Vries at all!

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

So might see a new Goalie joining the new centre-back.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Hopefully, i think it’s an area of growing concern.

Westendtim
6 years ago

The best player in the world tells Tommy, I wish I was as good as you!

D J Smyth
6 years ago

Brendan spends most of his time building up the confidence of our players . Confident players relax & play with a swagger , however as soon as our team step out on to Celtic Park the boo boys amongst our fans can’t wait until some of their favourites make a mistake or even think of making a mistake . Audible moans & groans are quickly followed by shouts of abuse .
Our away fans are not cursed to the same extent by these loud mouths & instead of having fortress Parkhead we have a very nervous Parkhead & mistakes can happen .

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  D J Smyth

D J Smith,
I disagree, to say some fans ” can’t wait ” for a player to make a mistake, is nonsense.
The reality is that we have a player ( Boyata ) who can’t be trusted, he is not reliable, dependable or simply just good enough.
Brendan’s job is to get a performance out of the player, which he succeeds in most of the time, but he is a weak link, the player knows ot, Brendan knows it & so does the support.
I would be surprised & disappointed if Boyata is with Celtic this time next year.

Out!

D J Smyth
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

I will be surprised & disappointed if Boyata is not with Celtic this time next year
Boyata is improving all the time with Celtic and unless the loud mouth fans destroy his confidence as they did with Ambrose , I will be amazed if he isn’t with us for 10 in a row

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  D J Smyth

” improving all the time “?
Is he?
Tell you one thing you got right, you put Boyata & Ambrose in the same post!

mike
6 years ago

Caption, Twist and Turns verses the Cryuff turn, proving that to many turns makes your heed spin.

mike
6 years ago

Davy Moyes says….. “whose turn is it anyway”.

Dziekanowski’s nightclub child
6 years ago

Caption: Tommy can you show me how to twist and turn, I heard you are the best?

jimmybee
6 years ago

Caption: one day i will manage Man Utd,this will be my dream says Moyes,One day i will manage Barca says Cruyff this will be my dream
I have my dream says Tommy.

mike
6 years ago

Tommy Burns his dreams turned into…reality, modest a great player, Celtic to his very core a humble person, an example to us….all.
Kieran Tierney his dreams turned into reality, modest a great player Celtic to his very core a humble person an example to us…..all.
Is it any wonder that we love them so much.

jimmybee
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike Lennoxtown should be renamed
The Tommy Burns centre of excellence or something that acknowledges this great man, without his vision it just wouldnt have happened.

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  jimmybee

Totally agree Jimmy, send a wee e-mail to JPT, to try to make it happen. I’M sure the other bhoys on here would be happy to do the same.

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  jimmybee

Jimmy, am sure TB name was mentioned when naming Lennoxtown, but as previous post state Tommy was apparently a very humble man. Mibbie his family politely decline the offer. ( all hypothetical on ma part btw )

Puggy67
6 years ago
Reply to  jimmybee

Agreed. If my 6 numbers came up a bursary for a kid from the east of Glasgow to get an education while a football apprentice with Celtic would be a fitting tribute to the man.

mike
6 years ago

My bhoy…Ziggy-pop,
you make my feet go…clippity clop,
Susanna makes me feel so…randy,
she could make me go quite bandy.

oh my bhoy…Ziggy-pop,
she could sook ma..lollipop,
wish I was her sugar dandy,
wid let her buy me a..shandy.

oh my ghirl Susanna,
come and see ma…banana,
your lovlier than…Rhianna.

Oh my bhoy…Ziggy-pop,
please don’t ever let her…ever stop,
she could skelp me with her..belt,
she would never be…telt,
to stop.

BJF
6 years ago

My problem with the caption is seeing two footballers who were possessed of great talent and lost all too soon. Davy Moyes has never been in such illustrious company.
Ralph this generation was also cursed by the former Glasgow Rangers trophies plus Cambuslang by that monumental prat Michael Kelly. It looks fine now, looking back, but it wasn’t much fun at the time. However as with Willie Maley a man with a fine Irish Scottish tradion,Fergus McCann ( blessed be his name) saved the day. He made decisions that seemed irritating at the time but bhoy did he get the big ones right.

Monti
6 years ago

Pish!

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

🙂

mike
6 years ago

Happy Birthday to……yoooo. C E L T I C.

Brother Walfrid was a special priest,
who started our ain fitba. feast,
to feed the poor and give them hope,
he didn’t need to consult the Pope.

A fitba. club like no other,
founded by that special brother,
130 years of unbroken history,
why he started it is no mystery.

Look at us now, the invincibles,
our club is founded on high principles,
acknowledged as the Worlds top support,
the envy of millions in the World of sport.

Matt
6 years ago

Caption….”Come on be fair Tommy, it’s a good offer. Twenty of these tops for one of yours”

Hail Hail

Matt

mike
6 years ago

Noo that aye think aboot it, yer right!! apart from the turd bit or was it the fourth. 😉

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

or..The poet illustrious thinks like the Dundee bard,
When he thinks about Susanna it makes him…hard.

Good poem tho. btw I spend my day trying not to think about the Monti, although to be fair to him, most of what he say’s I go along with!

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

FFS… 😉

Monti
6 years ago

Dedryck Boyata can do a job for Celtic in the short term, while he is at Celtic i will support him.
I want him to play well!
In the January transfer i expect Celtic to sign at least one central defender to partner Simunovic.
If we sign two, then it’s goodbye to at least two of our central defenders, that for me should be Boyata & Sviatchenko.

Puggy67
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Selling pies?

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Puggy67

or…..eating them.

henkesdreadlocks
6 years ago

Celtic by numbers in the year of our Lord 2017.

3….. A Treble won in an invincible season.
10…. Brendan Rodgers here for 10 in a row..10 in a row.
49…. James Forrest still no song.
50…. Years ago we won the Big Cup.
51…. Celtic Park and £1brox.
63…. Kieran Tierney.. a legend at 20.
63…. and counting.
67…. We’ve won 6 in a row and now it’s on to 7.
67…. See 50.
102… Major honours won,soon to be 103.
130… Years of glorious unbroken history…Happy Birthday Celtic.

mike
6 years ago

And a caption….win…

Can Bgbhoy ever compete,
or will he kiss his faithers feet,
his life is full of fun and laughter,
an incredible son and a lovely wee granddaughter.
could life get any better.

henkesdreadlocks
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Aww shucks, you’ll make me blush. Cheers Mike. Aint it good to be a Tim.

mike
6 years ago

B R I L L I A N T. 😉

Puggy67
6 years ago

Caption:Cruyff: Tommy how many fingers am I holding up?
Burns: No idea pal but I’ve got a left foot that can open a tin if corned beef with a Welly on.

BJF
6 years ago

We have 3 Centre halves all of whom are talented but have been out injured for long periods. Erik is the most consistent but the slowest. Jozo has the most potential but is listed missing too often, remember when Jamsie was like that, until Ronnie’s team got to the bottom of it. That leaves Dedryck who is the quickest and most likely to score until recently anyway. He has stayed relatively free of injury since his long spell out this time last year. As Montinsats frequently he has made mistakes as all players will but like Effe’s they have proved costly.. Bitton has done fine but i want to see another experienced centre half come in in January and the other 3 fight to play alongside him.

Puggy67
6 years ago

Montisats? Is he genetically modified? There’s always a reason.

Puggy67
6 years ago

Aye so Desmond is a tax avoider. You’ll be telling me he’s a Tory donor next (cough). The laughter at Celtic Park when the ‘official’ attendance was announced at half time during the Rapid Vienna game – now that’s proper tax avoidance Mr Kelly.

Stevie D
6 years ago

Over 13 million leaked files concerning dodgy tax avoidance schemes and the only one BBC Scotland deemed worthy of comment had Dermot Diamond’s name on it?

jpm 88
6 years ago
Reply to  Stevie D

Remember the last time they riled DD .

As Monti would say “stupid ,stupid huns”. 🙂

Stevie D
6 years ago

Desmond

Celtic Mikey
6 years ago

Cruyff: Apologies Tommy, they know it’s only me who is sanctioned to take the piss doing THE turn.

6 years ago

Just wishing for this psg tie to be over to look forward to close ties in the Europa. Just hope we can keep a structure and the score down

BondiBrian
6 years ago

Monti November 6, 2017 at 11:36 am · Reply →

“Boyata out!”

Monti November 6, 2017 at 4:36 pm · Reply →

“Dedryck Boyata can do a job for Celtic in the short term, while he is at Celtic i will support him”

Deary, deary me.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

Bondagebrian, – ” Just getting stoned in the Dam with the wife “.

Bondagebrian – ” Ralph, Ralph, my daughter reads this site & Monti is all bad n that n…n…n…Monti bad…n my n greet…troll…greet…troll…if i keep trolling Monti, i’ll get him to bite…n …n …then you can ban him..n…..n…greet….troll…n …n greet…email …greet….monti bad….troll …greet…hail hail n awrat”

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

No……..

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

“Bondagebrian” great patter.

‘…Looks like my apology wasn’t enough….’

Why did you apologise if you did nothing wrong?

Anyhoo, really keep the family oot it, as ah do wi yours N we’ll be fine.

MON THE HOOPS !!!

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Bondage,
I apologised because i DID do something wrong, you accepted my apology, mumbling something along the lines of moving on, puting it behind us, then you proceeded to keep trolling, which in my book makes you a wanker.
I asked you to put up the post or posts where i’m supposed to be being offensive to your wife and daughter, after my apology?
The answer is there aren’t any posts.

Quit the trolling and we’ll be fine……Tulip!

HH N AWRAT

portpower
6 years ago

When you`re Born into Celtic,every day`s your Birthday.

130 consecutive years.HH

The BBC(Mr.Daly)have teed off Dermot. Oops!

jimmybee
6 years ago

A very special club is this one we love. 130 years of unbroken resistance.
Tonight as it draws to a close,let us remember them all, for what joy they have given us. I say a prayer for all of them tonight those who 130 years ago today had the courage and vision to form the club which is like no other,and the legends that have followed and kept that vision,and that dream alive and kicking.
God Bless the Celtic.
HH

jimmybee
6 years ago
mike
6 years ago

History makers….Record breakers, a wins a win for awe that. the……Brendan Rodgers effect, his Celtic…..juggernaut!
183 goals…21 different scorers….conceding just….35 goals.
It doesn’t matter what you say to yourself, I just want to get into the C.L. it doesn’t matter who we will play, because the truth is you always want your team to put in the best performance they can and you dream about C.L. success, the players, the management team, everyone connected to our club deserves the success that Brendan and his team have given us, a special man for a special club. In years to come we will look back at this time as a special time, our dreams continue on their journey’s. H.H. to the Carnlough bhoy.

6 years ago

Sorry bhoys but we must kick the bbc rite up their Ronson liter ok lets go Desi hail hail

BondiBrian
6 years ago

GLASGOW CELTIC FOOTBALL CLUB.

130 YEARS OF UNBROKEN HISTORY.

HAIL HAIL!!!!!!!!

portpower
6 years ago

Telt.

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BondiBrian
6 years ago

port, Ive got Nakeeta in cup.

Don’t fancy its chances.

portpower
6 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

G`day BB
I thought you`ld have a few bob on Bondi Beache.

Nakeeta 🙂 Ya numpty.

I had Max Dynamite,50 each-way. Chinese and a dram the night.

KTF

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  portpower

Port, only got it in office sweep. Shows yi what attention ah pay ti the nags. Nakeeta apparently Scottish horse though came 5th. Yi huv a punt?

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

I thought DJ SOOKY would have been a better bet?

BondiBrian
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Deary me, got the audacity ti say ah troll, bit rich cumin fae a man whose every other post aimed at me has some lame attempt at trolling along the lines of ‘stoned’ Amsterdam’ ‘daughter reads this’. Fact is every noo and again yi need a wee skelp in yer cyber coupen & put back in yer box.

I’ve duly done that. Feel free ti write say what yi want cos yi dae do anyway….until the moderator gies yi a yellow card, red in the post probably doon the track.

Wisest option for me is simply treat yi with the benign contempt yi deserve. Consider yourself blankyty-blanked from now on.

BOOM.

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Ooh looks like little Enis is trying to be big Enis…..

” you gotta long way to go and a short time to get there ”

I’m eastbound just watchin ol Bandit run

Night night little Enis 🙂

portpower
6 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

I`ll have a punt on the Adelaide and Melbourne cups BB.
Other than that i`m a keno mahn when I get to go to Adelaide.

The better half has just brought in my Bushmills.
Now where did that lid go? Oh well!

I drinks my Bushmills,cause i`m portpower the punter Mahn.
Now where`s my corncob pipe? JB(Javier Broto).

Tex
6 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

Picked Nakeeta when I saw it was Scottish ,should have followed the wife who went with the Irish winner Rekindling.

henkesdreadlocks
6 years ago

Caption…..

Do you want the shirt off my back Mr Burns?
Naw, but see in two weeks time, Sinky will have you in his back pocket.

.

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