A trio of Celts helped Hibernian to their first Scottish Cup win in 114 years yesterday, Anthony Stokes putting in a tireless shift earning him two goals, a steady performance from Dylan McGeouch and a couple of important corners from substitute Liam Henderson , incluing one that gave captain David Gray the winning goal in injury time.
Admit it, you cheered that goal as much as any Celtic goal this season.
I did.
And Stokes, well he did warn them…
After the game, delighted Hibs fans went onto the pitch, pulled down the goal posts , grabbed some of the turf and beat up a few “rangers ” players.
Allegedly.
There does seem to be some evidence of altercations, such as here, where one chap does look as though he’s about to give Lee Wallace a slap
and here, where Wallace shows his appreciation to the young man,
and here, where Hibernian fans scrambled onto the pitch, clearly loking for trouble
Ridiculous behaviour, and anyone found guilty of assaulting a player should rightly be condemned and feel the full force of the law.
This is probably a fake…
This, however, an equal amount of drivel, is quite real;
With the political parties using football as an excuse to implement draconian public order bills, then this sort of incident plays neatly into their hands.
I can’t figure out how punching an opposition player fits in with celebrating your teams first Cup win in living memory.
Especially now that Nacho Novo has retired.
The game would have had one or two of us shaking our heads and wondering how on earth Celtic failed to get past “rangers ” in the semi final, but I suppose if we aren;t going to win it, then Hibernian is probably the next best thing.
As well as the Celtic contingent at Hibs, players such as Scott Brown , Scott Allan and Leigh Griffiths, pictured on his way home from the game here,
would have been delighted for their old club, and don’t tell me that during the pitch invasion you weren’t keeping half an eye out for Griffiths, possibly stealing a police horse and riding in amongst the “rangers ” support waving a samurai sword, as they had also entered the pitch to join in the celebrations.
Or, as is their wont after a cup final defeat, to have a fight.
Though lets be honest, the “rangers ” fan would have needed some sort of weapon to defend himself. One of the hibs fans had four arms…
Incredibly, the Ibrox support see themselves as the victims here…
I have no intention of attending an away fixture in Scotland in future. Not safe to do so. Hurt their pockets.
However this is dressed up, and it will be, thats what happened. Thats what always happened when they got beat before, and it seems the new club has inherited the old clubs attitude to having their sense of superiority knocked.
And we’ll leave it there, because what the “rangers ” support would have realised yesterday is that their team is a long way short of the standard required to survive in the Premiership, let alone win it.
The management don’t want them to be thinking about that, hence the over the top PR campaign we will be watching for a week or two.
Whereas evidence, well that will be in short supply, and that fact will be drowned out by statements and bluster.
Some of their support, however, took defeat in good spirit, and maintained a dignified air of disappointment;
As, indeed, did some of those involved in trying to help lift the new clubs first ever trophy, who left the field feeling perhaps they could have done a little bit more on the day;
But in fairness, at least one of their fans doesn’t seem to have let the defeat bother her, she’s just going to get on with her own life, as after all, it is just a game of football…
Amy McLeanStill the fucking people , fuck the hibs fuck the Celtic fuck the shitey police fuck the pope and fuck the fucking ira, just wait 
#WATP
Gives you an idea of the peepil mentality, as indeed does this video, which appears to show a “rangers ” supporter trying to abduct a child. Blue Jacket, white trainers , four or five seconds in.
Back now to the good guys, and the changes at Celtic have begun, with several players being linked with moves away. Stefan Scepovic may turn his loan at Getafe into a permanent move, although the spanish side have been relegated.
Carlton Cole will be released, Efe Ambrose is interesting Fenerbache, who really must have short memories considering how he played against them earlier this year.
All sorts of names are being bandied about as incoming, including Steven Gerrard , who worked under Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool, which should make for an interesting dressing room if Kris Commons is still around.
Reading first team coach Chris Davies is reportedly going to join Rodgers at Celtic, having worked with him at Swansea, and thats a sign that there will be wholesale changes within the club.
It’s also a sign that Rodgers is definitely his own man, and will not have to put up with company appointments that may threaten to undermine him.
Rodgers has been blamed for spending way too much at Liverpool for little reward, but as at Celtic last year, he was largely presented with players and told to pick one, whereupon a committee would go out and buy them, so its probably unfair to accuse him of wasting money.
Its also a pointer that he will not , or at least you would hope he would not, want to work under that system again, and perhaps use the old fashioned way of identifying a player he wants, as opposed to a position he wants to fill.
If there are to be big changes, then thats the most important one for me.
Caption Competition-from yesterdays game-
Hail, hail Hibs
Was in the pub wi misus and sister in Sydney getting updates on the final…biggest buken cheer fae oor table near brought the pub doon. Well done Hibs indeed.
Police Scotland deploy their dreaded catenaccio tactics, but still lose three goals to Hibs.
Best comment by a mile
Congratulations Hibees best team won enjoy your celebrations HH
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Simply .. Glasgow is still green and white
Caption: get it right round ye.
Stokes was outstanding. Not Many better performances from our forward(s) this year
I do believe that Rangers players were kicked or punched,there can be no excuse for that.
The Rangers fans showed no restraint,they couldn’t wait to get onto the park for a fight,so they must be held to ransom also,the use of pyros,and of course the sectarian singing must also be made accountable. Wonder if both teams will be sent to Edinburgh to see the government EH? Nah don’t think so.
Hibs will get the all the flak that’s how it works here,in this wee bigoted country.
Hibs pack their defence as the Rangers nags trot forward in search of a late equaliser.
It’s hard work trying to get a device that plays these podcasts
Congratulations to hibernian. You have to hand it to stokes,hes a character. Hail hail
A magnificent victory over the undead Just think of the verbal diarrhoea from the unbiased Scottish media of The glorious Sevco return to the SPL.
This is a taster of what is to come from this mob.
My first attempt seems to have disappeared into the ether!
I hope Brendan Rodgers managed to see Anthony Stokes yesterday and considers bringing him back into the fold. There must have been a clash of personalities or styles of play that forced RD to put him out on loan. I know there are other issues with Stokes, but an experienced manager could have handled them to the benefit of Celtic instead of sweeping them under some other club’s carpet. We all remember the devastating partnership with Gary Hooper both domestically and in Europe. How much more effective would we have been if a similar combination with Griffiths had been nurtured and allowed to flourish? We could have added another 25 goals to our tally, had a more successful Euro campaign and probably played in yesterday’s final. In addition, we would not have had the ridiculous situation of relying on one striker to achieve our limited success and possibly developed other strike formations along the way. I hope our new manager returns to playing the “Celtic Way” and brings back the magic that we have all been missing.
josoc good performance from Stokes against 2nd tier opponents and you want to forget all the crap that went before for us,ffs.
The Media esp, Sky Sports Spews, couldn’t hide their attempts to deflect attention away from the disaster that is Sevco – reporting on a few altercations as if it were World War Three – the best part was when the commentator said: ”they have even thrown a beach-ball onto the pitch for goodness sake”. Wow! a ‘beach-ball’ that is taking their violence a bit too far eh!
On a brighter note it looks like the end of the ‘magic hat trick’ and the end of any possibility of a war chest to stave of relegation for next season – if Sevco last that long.
Apart from a few squabbles among rival supporters, were the scenes and the field invasion any worse than the Tartan Army at Wembley on more than one occasion
I personally would like to thank one man, for whom yesterday would not of happened. His wisdom and final present to the celtic fans was loaning Anthony stokes to hibernian fc.
Take a bow Mr RONNY DELIA. True legend.
Mark’s hat was broken
Mark’s hat was broken
Sorrow, sorrow,sorrow, sorrow
Sunshine on Leith!
Superb
Brilliant!
Idont think the bit about lee wallace having a gash is fake
Agreed he is a bit of a fanny
Hypocrites! Barcelona, Manchester and many more (Hampden 1980)and the reason their fans are called Huns.
Yeah I’ve watched the hibs fans belt out sunshine on leth a few times now. It’s pretty special. Tears gflowing for a team I don’t even support the invasion of the pitch reminded me of the Scottish fans at Wembley bar a few batterings
caption anthony stokes on the white horse adresses the troops after the battle is won
did anyone else notice when the huns invaded the pitch there were no one on one fights they hunt in packs like the dogs they are
does anyone have the video of a hun official kicking out at a hibs player
The hibs fans where a complete and utter disgrace yesterday only doing 6 of them, back in the day our crew would have done them all.
HH
🙂
Congratulations to Hibs and a few mates of mine in Broxburn and Edinburgh will have sore heads and happy sore heads today. What was the police and stewarding plan to prevent anyone getting on the pitch in the first place? Seemed like no plan to me even though it was obvious Hibs fans were headed to the front after the goal. That said this was like Wembley except the opposition fans in this case have a pathology much more violent than the English, hence their spoiling for a fight mentality. Much will be made of this for all the wrong reasons including a few right ones and some kind of pro Sevco narrative will emerge. The real upset here is that it is clear they are nowhere near ready for their first taste of regular premier football. Next year could be fun !
BB,
I was down the Grassmarket in Edinburgh last night with a mate of mine (Pars fan), I said to him we should be heading down to Leith, he agreed and off we went.
What a night….
Brilliant!
Excellent good man Monti
noo that would have been a good night oot!
Nice one.
Aw Monti yer flocking kidding me! Am staying in The old Town right now. Was well happy hearing the Hibs fans being vocal round the corner.
A good time to be a Celtic supporter though if the “Rangers” fans had done what the Hibees did I wonder how we would have reacted.I watched the game with a lot of “Rangers” fans present, special!
I saw on a few other sites some supporters de a ding to be told the new manager “NOW.” They were like 5 year olds on Christmas Eve wanting their pressies.Demott and Lawwell were brilliant, releasing the news at 5 pm on the evening before a cup final with “Rangers in it.” That was Stein at his best, timing is everything. I honestly think the new club will avoid relegation next year , don’t quote me but you heard it here first
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The horses are shown some of the obstacles they’ll meet in the Scottish Grand National. One is heard to remark, “Fuck that, I’m going back to Blackpool, pronto”.
Beach ball on the pitch, beach ball on the pitch!
Mammy…mammy
I missed the final in 1980. Were any of you guys there? Two sets of fans on the pitch, for very different reasons.
I was there that day. Unfortunately I was high so remember little 🙂
I was there and got the worst kick in the balls you could imagine…. from a pissed drunk Celtic fan outside the ground at the corner of the North stand/enclosure and the Celtic end, it was that bad it knocked me out and when I came too,I was surrounded by huns and just played dead.But it was still a good day and night and my girlfriend at the time kisseed it all better.
HA.HA.HA. Was it Derty Gerty from no therty,cos she kissed mine first.
Ah was there. Never went on the park though.
Caption, Hibs fans protest at the Offensive Sound Tribute Act.
Caption: Police practice new crowd control techniques, It’s the Bloody Big Kettle.
I see that tumshie Regan has apologized to Sevco directors for yesterday’s disorder. I await his apology to Scottish and Irish Catholics for the offensive bigoted singing and to Hibs Directors for the aggressive Sevco fans who turned a bit of celebratory banter into a battle. Also the flares so front and center as Stokes swept in the first goal. An apology please Mr Regan after all fair is fair right? The Sevco narrative is in full flow here and needs to be challenged by Hibs and objective journalists. They are turning a joyous Wembley like pitch invasion into some kind of organized attempt to discredit them. This lot will find getting beat on a Regular basis next year unpalatable. I hope the police are ready for that as I fear it will end badly regularly
You will wait a while.
Got up this morning ans checked the ole ceefax (Is that what they call it still?) on bbc. There was the match report from Manu’s fa cup win, various other foreign cup win result and reports. The Hibs v thems score and match report was gone and in its place was a report condemning Hibs supporters. WTF?
The English press down here are all over the fact that Manu haven’t won the cup for 4 years. The fact that Hibs hadn’t won the Scottish cup for 114 years doesn’t seem to warrant a mention. It seems that thems are the ruling body in Scotland and everyone has to do their bidding. Sore losers and a poor showing from the sfa and the smsm on such a historic victory for one of our clubs.
People down here are bemused by it all and can’t understand why the media and Scotland as a whole is not celebrating such a momentous occasion.
What a sorry fucked up anti catholic nation Scotland has become. Everyone is terrified to stand up to these awful people, where will it all end?
Brian53
BBC ticker-tape headlines on early news this morning gave English and GERMAN cup results. Nothing on Scottish cup. And they ask us to stay in the UK. I get as much intelligent reaction from the goons down here in Geordieland, when I mention the mess Scottish football has been put in by the authorities and them, as you would get from anyone in Newcastle on a Saturday night. It does not bode well for any action from any UK media when it comes to exposing all the shit.
H H
PB, no idea you lived in the North-East (of England). I probably don’t remember (from your previous posts) as it’s of no real consequence, where someone lives.
Just something that may amuse you.
A young Scot, me, and a young Geordie lad, Alan (is Washington counted as Geordie?) met on the train from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness, for our new job.
Co-incidentally, we were both of the same trade.
We came to be known as ‘Och Aye’ and ‘Why Aye’ by the locals.
Fuckin’ good craic in my view, by the locals.
HH
PS, sorry to all, for the number of my posts today. I do, however believe in the content of all of them. I’m high as a kite can ever be (after Brendan, and then Hibs in one w/end), and now on Eaglehawk Chardonnay, Weston’s Vintage Cider and Theakston’s ‘Old Pec. Fucking bliss.
Good to have you back, PB.
HH
The caption pic reminded me:
Q : What animal’s got a cunt half-way along its back?
A : A policeman’s horse.
🙂
Cheers Monti, life’s too short…… I know you’ll understand what I mean.
‘Our Day Will Come’
Vinnie
HH
No worries m8
Tiocfaidh Ar La,
and if it doesn’t occur naturally, we’ll fucking make it.
HH
Mark’s hat got broken
Mark’s hat got broken
Sorrow sorrow sorrow sorrow…..
Caption : LNS claims there was no sporting advantage in the use of horses as a defence back four.
Yellow card for Hooper, 3 game ban for Neil Lennon.
Caption: “Rangers” go all out attack as the hibees defensive wall stands strong
Control the Narrative. Its obvious to everyone that the P.R.at Celtic has to be brought out of the dark ages and developed into a modern concept.Yesterdays statement from Reagan was pathetic,it remains clear who his masters are.We are dictated to through Level 5,who are the mouthpiece of sponsors Ladbrooks,we need to challenge these pricks.I canny see the auld prick Petrie standing by and watch his club take abuse from the shitehawks in the SFA.
We need to learn from this its time that we all mobilised and informed our Board that we do not want to suffer anymore abuse from the Hun media.We need to stand up and be counted.NO MORE SHALL WE TAKE ABUSE FROM ANY MEDIA OUTLETS.
Make this our target to inform our Board.We want them to be more aggressive with our P.R.lets get them TELT.
I just posted (gone missing) regarding the scums statement they have released this evening. It’s horrendous and beyond sinister.
andybhoy they are trying to put themselves across as victims before celtic release the res 12 statement and thier lawyers drop the ebt appeal they are sneaky bastards
Charlie, I just read the hun ‘statement’. Mostly pre-prepared by Traynor (‘just in case’) with simple redaction. Even that bastard can continue to reduce things to a new, even lower Level. The SS Shieldhall took a lot of human excrement from a base in Govan out into the Firth of Clyde. How, TF, did the Shieldhall miss that fucking shower?
HH
vinnie the sssheildhall eh ive heard ae sending a friend to the coast but no a fuckin boatload ha ha
Very true charlie, but it is far more serious than that, they have basically made Tom English and Stuart Cosgrove walking targets. Absolutely deplorable.
andybhoy they should be phonin the polis but its probably the polis they are most afraid of ha ha
How can we move this forward?
Can we take advice from all the Bloggers,Ralphy,Paul,James and Hugh,could we ask them collectively.We tried e-mailling Reagan about Res12 but without response.
Alternativly we could send a bunch of e=mails to our esteemed CEO.This week is Res12 ad.week,so we do not wish to deflect from that,but it would be great to hear advice or opinions.Add to this and express your views.I am sick to the back teeth of the club not responding to attacks from the Hun press,SFA etc.
A new Manager is being appointed this week,the club is moving upwards,it would be great if we galvanised our P.R.
and help move it forward.
Ralphy your advice would be appreciated.
Just read thems statement,see what we are up against,they are now a few weeks away from joining our League,deluded playing the victims card,passing all the blame on to every one but themselves,but for them it works.Bully, intimidate,bluster all the tricks of the trade.Even our sponsors Ladbrooks,using level 5 to stir things up.We must be ready to fight this,accepting is not an option.They issue statements like today,club statements or there trust statements,we have the club to answer on our behalf.(if they can be bothered).Surely there is a much better way.
Mike, you’re spot on with this. I’ll sit anywhere on any bus I fucking choose (if the seat’s not already taken). The ‘back of the bus’ is not an option unless I choose it or it’s the only place vacant.
There’s more we can do here: consider the shenanigans around company names. The original Rangers Football Club PLC, yes, that scum that went into Liquidation, were somehow allowed to change the company name (once they knew a CVA was not possible) to RFC 2012. A clear and obvious pre-planned tactic to retain the ‘same club’ shite.
Well, the SFA may not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act but Companies House IS. How about a conjoined effort to take these arseholes to task and shed a bucket of light on the whole fucking corrupt saga?
To be continued………
HH
Vinnie, sounds good to me.
Mike, it sounds, er, good to me too.
I’m not sure how we can achieve a collective voice and action group. No way will I ask Ralph and the guys here to do EVEN more than they already do.
However, I’m OK with Ralph and the Bhoys passing my info to those assured as Tims. There is always a solution……….
I trust in Truth, and also realise that selective intelligence helps in getting to it.
Vinnie.
HH
PS, a wee special wan for oor Mikey;
#Ally bally, Ally bally be,
Sittin’ oan yer Granda’s knee,
Lookin’ fur a wee baubee,
Tae buy some Coulter’s candy#
Has anyone seen the statement those horrible bastards have released this evening?
Absolutely horrendous.They have named Stuart Cosgrove and Tom English as anti Rangers and have basically given their neanderthal fans carte blanche to threaten and intimidate as only they know how. Time to shut these despicable morons down. The SFA must be wondering what the fuck they have been a party to creating.
Well, fuck me! I wasn’t ready for that and I watched the game yesterday (albeit through a Brazilian stream).
Thanks for the link to Sunshine over Leith in Glasgow.
What an anthem, what scenes. I had a lump in my throat, tears running freely and shivers all over. The Green and White, how can it reduce you to tears, and yet tears of joy and triumph over (Scotland’s fucking SHAME?), i.e. the maltreatment of Catholics and especially those of Irish descent. Well fuck it, I’m a devout Atheist/Communist but I’m still a spore from my Irish-Catholic (great-grandparents) ancestors and fucking proud of it.
Come On You Bhoys In GREEN.
HH
I do hope the SFA get plenty of e-mails regarding the sectarian singing and pyrotecnic use.
I watched clips on you tube, and there is coverage from France where there commentators where laughing and enjoying the “pitch invasion”. Switch to Scotland and it’s as if the end of the world is happening.
Well done hibs, don’t let the haters bring you down. Well done.
Grow up Scottish media, pathetic
Caption: Stand off as Hibs fans demand we are no moving till that orange cunt Giez us oor beach baw back.
COYBIG
Well guys they have finally lost the plot. The statement tonight blames Hibs, the sfa, ( well I agree with that,should never have let the cunts back in) Motherwell,the BBC, the snp,and everyone bar their moronic fans,as they only came into the field to protect their players and staff from assault. Yes you need to read this if you haven’t,go to cqn I think it’s on. Hunbelievable.
Caption: Police Scotland showing it’s yellow streak.
Ralph
First of all, congratulations to Hibs. From what I have seen – only highlights – they more than deserved their win. I endorse all the comments about Stokes’ excellent performance though I am not laying too much store in a one-of-in-three years’ performance. However, it would be hypocritical, even given the tenor of the opposition support and their disgraceful behavior all during the match, not to condemn outright the unacceptable behavior of the Hibernian fans. It is one thing to over-react after a momentous win but to be destructive and aggressive manifests willful, deliberate and suspiciously premeditated misconduct.
Now, having said all that, the statement from Regan and the immediate media reaction would be laughably ludicrous if it were not a terrifying indication of how far those with great influence in Scottish football in this country are prepared to go to exonerate and make victims of the other perpetrators. On top of that, we have had to endure, not one, but two outlandish statements from unknown representatives (faceless cowards more like) of a club whose fans have been the embodiment of outrageous behavior over many, many years, about how shocked and disgusted they are with Hibernian FC, the Hibs supporters, the SFA, their own in-the-pocket media – let’s pray this will turn enough of the yellow livered journalists to expose the truth about the shenanigans in Scottish football over the last four years and before – , the SNP, Celtic, every other club in Scotland, Catholic schools and their football teams, the referee and assistants – it appears they got the handshakes mixed up yesterday. That’s what happens when one finger doesn’t know what the other is doing – the groundsmen, the tea ladies, the ball boys and, oh yes, all you bastards that were rooting for Hibs in front of your teles – usually referred to as couch potatoes but, in this instance, as fenians. If I have missed anyone out, please write to Mr. A. McCoist. He knows how to get names. Then we get the humdinger of all humdingers today from what appears awful like a nag or perhaps the prize nag itself in the Traynor stables – it reeks of nowhere else. If I could cry for anything in Scottish football outside of Celtic, I would have shed bucket-loads for this disillusioned fool.
However, the real interest comes in the weeks ahead when we witness the slowest inaction from Hampden and the blankest sports reporting of all time. By June, yesterday will only have seen an average unimportant game of football with nothing, no not a thing, to write about. The silence will be deafening and if a word is said, it will be like a bolt from the skies of doom. Mr. Regan should take note of where Armageddon is. It is imbedded so deeply in the Ibrox mindset it cannot be found in the most detailed of Google Maps even using the “wee man”. If mass destruction is lurking anywhere it is in the dungeons of the Big Hoose. Armageddon was not to be realised in the demise of Rangers in 2012 but in allowing the conception of a new sticky fly paper to which the reincarnated fan base has stuck. The pudding that contained all the proof that was needed was on full display, like an over-baked spotted dick, at Hampden yesterday.
Ah! It is nice to be back and fill the lungs with a good old craw at the expense of those who deserve it. I had a decidedly messy weekend but I am still filled with an unsurpassing joy that will see me through to next season when, one prays, the prophet of a bright future turns out to be the long awaited messiah.
Caption (taken from the Traynor Times): “Sevco fans get in line to lay down their lives for their players and fellow supporters against the green and white hoards.”
H H
Rangers football club deluded since 2012
Ralph,
I don’t get a chance to come on till the wee sma ‘oors and then you kick my comment into touch. Who needs a friend when……:)
H H
Get into your bed auld yin,this is far to late for yoo.
What a weekend folks…. happy fucking days hahahaha roll on the mora for more happy times. All the best to one an all… hh
Basque, zu eta zure familia ondo zarela epero dut.
Hope you and your family are good.Have a good week mate.
By a lonely prison wall,we heard a young girl calling,
Michael they have taken you away,for you stole Trevelyns corn,
so the young might see the morn,noo a prison ship lies waiting in the bay. low lie the fields of Athenry.
Who loves you Basqye Baby HA.HA.HA.
We love you Brendan,oh yes we do,we love you Brendan and your familys coo.
Last post, (promise)
Well we’re all off to Dublin in the Green, (fuck the queen),
Where the helmets glisten in the sun, (fuck her son),
When the bayonets slash, the Orange sash,
To the echo of the Thomson gun…………
Part of one; part of many favourites, sung loudly with those Bhoys around me, behind the goal at CP, opened piss-cans with florins, what’s now 10p. I widnae trade a moment, as a life-long Tim I say, “against all odds”, we have over-come, to earn a world-wide voice. Together, with Truth and proof in our hands, we fail future generations if we don’t bring the Freemasonic, Orange-bastard fuelled SCUM to an end.
HH