I’ll be the first to say it.
Celtic fans are up in arms over the clubs decision to charge £180 for the three match package, after Celtic came out of the draw alongside Barcelona, Manchester City and Borussia Moenchengladbach.
If they can get away with fifty quid to watch “rangers”, it’ll be a foolish marketing man who doesn’t charge top whack for the UCL group games, especially as its unlikely that Celtic will still be in with a shout of qualifying by the time the last home game comes around.
Or the first one, to be honest.
Celtic have yet to announce the prices, and the above prediction is that, just a prediction, but I’ll be surprised if the cost is below that mentioned. To be honest, I’ve only mentioned it in the hope the club will see the feedback and decide that they won’t go even higher.
A decision will be made after the board finish discussing the games, do their trousers up and put the tissues in the bin.
Etims Diary Guide To Our Opponents.
I’m in a particularly helpful mood this morning, and as no doubt the SMSM will be salivating at the prospect of at least one really bad result in these games, known in the business as a “Walter Smith “, I’ve decided to be a little more honest than what they will be.
Barcelona
Well, what can be said about the Catalan giants that hasn;t been said before ?
They’re a collection of vastly overrated short arses who engage in a tippy tappy girly sort of football which bores the arse of spectators and opposition players alike, and use this to gain an advantage on the pitch as opponents generally lose interest and start wondering if they’ve left the cooker on at home.
Every now and again they take about half a dozn goals of some unknown regional spanish side, and Sky TV then goes into hyperdrive about how they are some kind of superhuman set up, when in reality they have a couple of decent forwards and a midfielder who wants to play for a big club one day.
Alright, it may not be a fair and accurate assessment, but its something that no one has ever said about them before.
Manchester City
Absolutely everything thats wrong with the game is encapsulated in this football club. Once upon a time, they were the true football fans club of Englands industrial north west. No matter how bad it got for them, their support were always there.
Relegated to Division Three ? No problem, they’d still get just short of fifty thousand for a home game. Maine Road may npt have been the most modern of stadia, but it was their home, and they loved it. And the club that played out of there.
Then football went arse over tit in England. Leagues were given names, instead of numbers, and Sky TV pumped millions into clubs. It was even worse for City, as they got oil rich Arabs deciding they had too much money and wanted a new toy.
Suddenly, they could buy who they want , and it didn’t matter if anyone came to see them any more. A move to a new stadium and a succession of players and managers with no feeling for the club reduced its appeal among the support, and we’re now at the stage where the peoples club hardly has any people watching them any more.
Their demise hasn;t been charted by the media, because it would show the future of the English game very clearly, and they don;t want that. Especially as they have kind of caused it.
Its a shame for them, imagine winning the European cup and no one caring…
On a serious note, their lack of passion can be exploited when they line up against the hoops.
Borussia Moenchengladbach
Celtic are away to the Germans on Tuesday November 1, 2016. Bet you can’t remember what they were doing on tuesday November 3 1981..
I can.
They won’t want to…
Dundee United 5 – 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
UEFA Cup – 2nd Round 2nd Leg
Tuesday, November 3rd, 1981, 7:30 PM at Tannadice Park
Attendance: 15,330
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
Mascot: David Robertson
Actually, given Dundee Uniteds record against Barcelona as well,( four games, four wins ), maybe we should all wave Dundee United flags during these games, to intimidate them…
The German “cracks “-a word used by scottish hacks when they know nothing about a side, and the internet in the office is down, actually had the legendary Lothar Matthuas in their line up that night at Tannadice, which gives you an idea of how far they have fallen since. It could be said that they have taken this long to even dare and try another game outside their own country, such was the psychological damage they were given back then, and we might have to take it easy on them, but not too easy.
Their stadium has a reassuring familiarity about it, however..
Celtic go into the group as underdogs, and there are some that argue, perhaps correctly, that Celtic will be lucky to win even one game.
So what ?
We like it that way.
What we also like is when CEO Peter Lawwell speaks , well, sometimes anyway, and yesterday was one of those times..
“We knew what we wanted to do before qualifying and we know what we want to do now.
“The manager is looking to add to the squad and we will look to do that in the coming week.
“I think there will be at least another one coming in this week.
It appears he may have found James McCarthy’s phone number after all these years, but may find that he will have to increase the wages from the previous he agreed before forgetting to call him back. At the time, Tony Mowbray went on record and took the flak by saying McCarthy wasn;t good enough for Celtic, a strange thing for the man who signed Marc Antione Fortune to come out with.
Lawwell then dashed any hopes we had of seeing a change in spending policy…
“We have always reinvested everything that comes in because for us it’s all about the football.”
Lawwell even gave a heart rending speech on our chances, which I kind of think he meant, in what was a rare lapse into Celtic fan mode…
“It’s hard for me as a fan and as the chief executive. You want an easier draw to give you a better chance to get through.
“But at the same time you want those big glamour games.
“There’s part of me thinking, it’s big glamour nights with big European teams at Celtic Park, but the other part of me is thinking we could have had it easier to increase our chances.
“You don’t get any easy draws but it’s pretty tough.
Aye, it won’t be easy, but there’s not one of those teams saying they got the team they wanted from pot 4.
Tweet of the Day summed up what i had thought, our group apart, was a pretty uninspiring Champions League last thirty two…
With the next few months midweek games now sorted , there will be an increase in transfer activity around the club, and the first to go will be Stefan Johansen, off to pastures new in Fulham, possibly as soon as today.
Good luck to him.
There will be others, some on loan, some on permanent transfers, and there won;t be any surprises, although you can expect a bid for Leigh Griffiths soon….
Or at least a story about a bid for him.
BBC Scotland broadcast an interesting programme last night as it attempted to rewrote the last thirty years of Scottish football history.
With James Traynor involved, there was always going to be a degree of , well, inaccuracy, and you felt for Graeme Spiers, desperately trying to encourage the theme that some of the hacks has fell under the malevolent influence of David Murray, who really should have come in for a little more criticism than he did.
The narrative started by explaining how well Scottish football was doing, before drifttng into the David Duff Scandal at Hibernian, which nearly killed them, whilst telling the tale of murrays involvment at Rangers, which did kill them.
The theme was simple. Murray and Souness were dragging Scottish football forward, using “his ” millions, without once mentioning that they weren;t his millions at all, before finally leaving us with a quote from Tom English where he claimed that murray had told him that Craig whyte was “absolutely the man for Rangers “.
Which sets us up nicely for part two, “The duping of Dave ” and part three, “The Return of the King”
Which is why I won’t bother watching it, instead I’ll pick up my copy of AK 86, Grant hills story of the 85/86 season which reminds the reader how good Scottish football was at that time, before Murray decided to try to destroy it.
Mind you, I did enjoy seeing Fergus McCann on the telly again, and hearing how he cut through the bullshit around at the time, and when i saw that picture of Jim Farry, i have to admit to a wee cheer and an exclamation of joy at seeing his glum features on the screen.
Farry , of course, was taken to task by McCann after he delayed the registration of Jorge Cadete in case he scored against Rangers, and not , as the BBC attempted to portray, because he had a personal vendetta against McCann.
Well, not solely anyway.
More information regarding letters to and fro from UEFA and the recent revelation that they view “rangers ” as a new club has fallen into my pocket, and keep an eye out for another article later today.
Tomorrows diary is unlikely to appear as I’m being forced to get the early train by uncaring Lennon CSC members, and no doubt they’ll make me drink beer and smoke fags and fill the air with warm witty verbiage as well.
They’ve never liked me, as they proved last night by all booking themselves on a plane to Gladbach, only informing me of their intentions beforehand when they knew full well my phone was on charge upstairs.
So no doubt somehow, it will be my own fault I’ve missed the chance for a cheap flight.
Elsewhere, A big well done and thank you to St. Ettiene fans, who waved Palestinian flags during last nights Europa game against Beitar Jerusalem.
Maybe enough pressure will be brought on UEFA to expel Israel, and maybe it will have an effect on their foreign policy.
Especially if Celtic were to match the current Palestinian appeal with some of the Champions League cash…
Time now for
Etims Knob Of The Week
and this week we have to recognise a superb performance from a relative unknown at this level…
Darrell Currie of BT sports.
So relatively unknown that i had to ask on twitter what his name was this morning, and i still wasn;t sure how to recognise him until ..
@Richiestoke Darrell Currie. Nauseating wee tool…
Ah! Now i know who you mean.
After Craig Gordon had saved a penalty, and made two or three other valuable stops to help ensure that today we are talking about another trip to Barcelona and not looking ahead to the Thursday Cup, Currie asked Gordon about his place in the team being under threat.
Actually, Currie also wins “Luckiest Man alive ” as well, as Gordon would have had my sympathy, and probably yours, had he simply belted the hapless hack and then stood on the back of his neck.
so, well done Darrell, you are far and away this weeks…
Etims Knob Of The Week
Theres still a couple of hundred quid up for grabs in the “Post Least Likely to Win Anything ” competition, and fair play to BGbhoy who openly tried to suggest the prize money should be spent on beer and a night out watching charlie and the Bhoys, which ordinarily, as it was a post attempting to bribe the judge, would certainly be amongst the contenders, but I’m looking for something a little more subtle.
The winner will be announced on Monday September 5, and not the 6th, as that monday isn;t the sixth, an open goal missed there as simply calling the judge a fuckwitted moron for getting his dates mixed up would possibly have secured the cash.
Anyhoo, I’m off to examine and analyse some new information… lets see if its enough to do a Farry on a Regan.
Love your posts, keep it up.
HH the Bhoys.
Dunno how yi dae Ralph. Brillyint diary once again (bank details forthcoming for the 200 quid prize)
I reckon £100 for three and £45 each if not a season ticket holder
£120 and £50 wouldn’t surprise me but £180 would have the fans a tad upset.
Get in there Celtic,we have nothing to fear, (GULP)we are the Championees of Scotland,eh and bring your wallet and be prepared to be strip searched just in case you have any extra cash stuck away in any hidden oriface,yoo wont get into Paradise untill thats completed.
Yaflippenhoo youve got to be in there to compete and dinny worry despite what thems say they are BOAKIN.
Bring them on, the long and the short and the tall,cos we wont be mastered by any orange bastard,so cheer up now lahds bring them on.
Kudos to yoo Ralphy Bhoy for standing tall against the attempts to divert your prize to the Alkis on E-Tims.i bett they arny finished yet their will be other attempts to come,watch yersell on the train with those Lennon CSC drunks,their reputation precedes them.
As for the Game on BBC Scotland,i would not watch it cos i knew what was coming,lies and semi truths whenever jabba appears the truth disappears,he is the Joseph Goebbels of Scottish fitba.
and you’re not winning it either. Poor, poor attempt. The Lennon CSc are not alcoholics. We’re drunks. alcoholics go to meetings
no man is incorruptable so stop fucking around whits yer price ralph
For every fiver you offer, I’ll borrow a tenner an’ offer that, (haha)
rangers are the same club and are going for 55
f**k off
its not going to win anything is it?
jackson will write it and it will win sports writer ae the year in bigotland sadly
david murray- Ive just bought a cracking pair of nike hypervenom football boots….
Much better.
the winner
Er, we go to a meeting every month.
Ooft no cheap for the package is it , especially when your getting married an a few months and the mrs is making sure of minimal spending! Oh well cant be helped , cant wait for the games celticpark will be bouncing!
Its crucial that the next two games we play the same back four and stick with it so we are ready for the camp nou as they say in spain , no chopping and changing brendan and maybe give janko some leave to go and see the sites of barcelona that night 🙂
Just not the Camp Nou 🙂
Always a pleasure to read the Diary, Ralph.
Darryl Currie is a total muppet,a deserving Knob of the week.Get Adrian Giles signed up on BT sport instead of the little weasel.
Looking forward to a good match on Saturday,hopefully a few goals for us and be FUN to watch.
Was it NTView you mentioned few days ago was out tommorow at the game?
Hail Hail
If it’s £40 a game I’ll be watching them on the telly. I won’t be at the crumbledome either if its £50.
Post least likely to win anything….
New Rangers.
Thanks Ralph, an excellent Friday Diary :-). Thanks for reporting on the St. Etienne fans waving Palestinian flags. Great to see that!
I note with interest there are no Norwegian sides in this years Champions league……….sniff.
Ah yes, but, it’s all part of the grand 3-5 year Norwegian master plan in which they will lure the super powers of European football into a paralysis induced coma, then use the Deila model of gibberish and dire football to gain an element of surprise, before launching an all out assault, that will turn the football mad public across Europe to get their entertainment from the likes of sewing,knitting, ice fishing and weekly donkey sanctuary visits.
Poor Charlie ,johansen on his way aswell.
Hay’ll be raging…..
You need to get something for that cold
Bob,
It’s all that outdoor sex……
I can concur with Mopnti on that someone broke into the Sanctuary last night and fucked wee Mable…
Hahahaha.
Ps you left your blue rangers bed pan in the soil after the event.
She was disgusted at that.
🙂
from memory it was £94 for the three match package last time (certainly when we beat barca in 12/13), so to pretty much double it would be ridiculous.
after the draw yesterday i felt a wee bit sorry for barcelona but after sleeping on it fuck it they will just have to be second in the group if they want to stay in and meet us in the final
Caption……..
make the caption that picture of the zombie currie with that coupon hees got we should get a few crackin entrants ha ha
I think that we should have a debate on the merits of the great glasgow rangers successful challenge for the domestic treble this season.
Is this meaningless enough……….?
A package of £180 would be outrageous despite the ‘glamour’ clubs involved. You fork out over £400 for a ST and then hit with this! Too much for most folk on and below the average wage.
There is no way it will be 180 quid. Even they wouldn’t go that far. It simply cannot be justified. I reckon 135 for season book holders and 150 for others. Still bloody scandalous. Any more than this and many will not go. There comes a point when people can’t afford to go and others simply say ‘no more!’. I have no idea how those who are jobless or on low wages do it. As the picture in he article says it was a lot cheaper when my wages were crappier than they are now. I still remember walking to Celtic Park drinking cans of lager because I couldn’t afford to drink in the pub. Getting your kids interested must be harder if you can’t take them to the big games. That is when you truly fall in love with Celtic. It is really sad that those in charge are the antithesis of what the club is all about. The people who are the back bone of the club whose families have supported the club since it began are being frozen out.
John,
Good post!
Deliberately avoided that BBC Scotland shite last night as I knew what to expect.
Scotland’s Shame or Scotland’s Whitewash would have been more apt.
And well done St Etienne fans. Solidarite mes copains!
im willing to bet that its £90 for season book holders and £102-5 for non
they will not need to charge daft prices as they are raking it in from tv money
remember, games agaisnt deadco where mid 40’s before they died
and the packages in europe where under £100, they cant justify a 50% hike
its confirmed £99 for sth
Tell everyone about your drink on La Rambla at the weekend and inform the guys where not to go in Barcelona. Tee hee!
yes, walking about barcelona all day sunday, ended up down la ramblas mid afternoon. decided to try and sit down at one of the street bar places… i had 2 beers and she got a mojito… bill please senor? he walks over smiling and lands a 43euro bill for 3 drinks….. burger king for dinner that evening!
Lets go over to Ibrox where there’s been a sending off…Rob McLean…. Yes it’s all happening here as referee Craig Thomson has just sent one of the home side off………nah, that’s too far fetched.
AB
In a galaxy far far away !
HH
When does that need paid by bgbhoy ?
http://www.celticfc.net/news/11163
I have to say that is decent was that not the price (or thereabouts)what we paid the last time !
” we “?
Nice try Zombie
You certainly wouldn’t know the prices!
Do you just come on this forum to noise people up getting boring now……your slipping what about my wife and you haven’t mentioned a donkey for charlie saiz.
Yes! 🙂
what the bar bill ha ha
I have not shagged Bobs wife!
Ralph, that must be a winner because everyone knows that is clearly untrue 🙂
Is Bobs wife called Palm?
Didn’t ask her……
Talking hands?
You just never know with some people.
She could be deaf I suppose?
She might be deaf, when i asked her if she wanted me to stop she never said anything 🙂
Lost on HIM mate
Has anyone heard how Dennis Law is doing?
I think he was rushed into Hospital a couple of weeks back.
Always liked the wee man.
….winner.
I did not know that. Apparently, it was a vasovagal attack which means a sudden loss of blood pressure that restricts blood flow to the heart and brain, causing fainting. Ironic, in a way, since he must have caused that in so many of the opponents that faced him!
Great player…his ability to hang in the air was outstanding. Get well, Dennis, you are only mid seventies!
Rebus
Mike,
Did Ralph pass you my mobile number?
If not i’ll get Bobs wife to drop them….i mean it off!
RALPH
“Theres still a couple of hundred quid up for grabs in the “Post Least Likely to Win Anything ” competition, and fair play to BGbhoy who openly tried to suggest the prize money should be spent on beer and a night out watching charlie and the Bhoys, which ordinarily, as it was a post attempting to bribe the judge, would certainly be amongst the contenders, but I’m looking for something a little more subtle.”
He’s fae Ayrshire,it’s how it works there. Have a heart.
As for the competition,click on CQN Naps competition every Saturday. You’ll find plenty of contenders for winning your competition,and damn few for winning much else.
(Including mine,hands up there…)
.
Does anyone know what age the wee ones pay into celtic park , was thinking of taking the wee man tomorrow , hes just turned three , could i get away with lifting him in my arms?
I didn’t watch the BBC re-rewrite of Scottish Football history.
The fact that utter liars like Jabba were on it says enough.
Have we not learned what Scottish football is all about according to the SMSM? One defunct club.
They have nothing to spin or twist anymore. We always new the truth but we were paranoid. Now the truth is available to anyone who cares to look.
Fergus McCann takes great credit for getting Farry sacked. BUT the necessary outcome had been achieved and we lost the league. I think it was a Pyrrhic victory.
GIRURALOTTAETHUM!!
He prevented Farry doing it again. Canny do much more than that at the time.
Todays caption competition;
Sorry, drew a blank.
Post least likely to win anything competition;
…..again, got nothing….
I hope it is true that Johansen is off. Good player when he was interested, but never seemed to recover from VVD’s transfer.
Good luck to you.
I hope there are several more for the door, but it is getting tight to place them and replace them with more quality. Wish I knew what was going on behind the closed doors. Is it all of our eggs in the McCarthy basket, or is that a red herring to divert attention from real targets? Two positions urgently need filling. I do not think they will be enough to secure thrid place in the CL group but they keep our performances respectable.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
Rebus
Who are these people? No chance the media-infesting Curries are related to the “Rev” Jimmy Currie, arch wizard and pastor of a defunct institution which perished whilst chasing Lions?
“Post least likely to win anything ”
Maybe Celtic should look to rest player’s when playing in the CL game’s cause “Rangers” will be serious contenders in winning the SPL…
If that doesn’t win the £200 i could always get a job in the SMSM writing front page headlines…COYBIG
Meaningless is a two legged donkey on Blackpool pleasure beach, who stares at Opta stats of an evening.
Post least likely to win anything:
Bobs wife will be back home after a night out early…..
Post most least likely to win anything : Oscar Pistorius v David Murray hike through the himalayas with Micheal Palin…….and two sherpas.
post least likely to win anything- Ronny Deila
Ronny Deila was a fraud.
Should have been chased after that drunk dancing video was released on you tube.
Ronny Deila was a post.
Andybhoy,
Indeed he was….
It is under 100 quid. Still a lot of money for football, something which cannot be spent by many people who would dearly love to attend. They might have gotten away with another 5 per game but supporters are already ripped off. So they obviously thought twice about this. Good job.
Caption:- Celtic Slow News, Breaking news, Jabba just been appointed head of Glasgow Celtic PR dept.
Breaking news:- Strathclyde Fire Brigade have to use The Jaws of Life to cut Desi out of his green t shirt.:-)
Breaking news:- miracle reported, signs of hair found on Montis napper.
Breaking news:- it’s been confirmed today, congratulations are in order as it has been announced that Andybhoy is set to marry his long standing boyfriend, it’s also confirmed Ralph will be the Matron of Dishonour.
Only one of these is true, but what one is it? Here’s a clue, it’s no Montis 😉
Did Ralph pass my mobile number to you Mike?
If he did try tapping the number in now and again, it doesn’t cost much…..about the same as a bale of hay in fact.
I can pass Mables email addrees on to you Mobli she’s clearly smitting with you…
MabieHay@sanctuary.sex.cock
No Monti he did not and im no paying for those 0800 numbers the numbers that charge yoo for calling.
My Hay is £12 per bale.
Mike,
I’ve emailed Ralph with my details …….again and asked him to pass them to you.
Fuck knows what he does all day like 🙂
I’ll be in Scotland for the month of September, is there any chance I’ll be able to find a ticket for the Manchester City game? Help.
Tommybhoy,
there will be more than enough spare tickets for everyone who wants to attend.
Most of the Celtic support will be heading to Stoke to pay homage to the fantastic bugger,sorry blogger,known throughout Timland as Ralph.
He celebrates his 18th birthday that week.
There’s gonna be food,ale and plenty of large tattooed ladies(have you ever been to Stoke?) to keep us entertained.
Enjoy the match Tommybhoy.
Ralph,please donate my winnings to the ‘fineforPalestine’fund.
Thanking you in advance.
HH,TAL,YNWA,COYBIG,FUCK UEFA,PHILMAC,& FOLLOW FOLLOW.
Naw, but i can get you laid 🙂
I dont even think they will make general sale tommy
@Charlie saiz,
Was your favourite all time Celtic manager Davie HAY?
Or was it John BARN………ES?
Now your making an “ASS” of yerself
Well your wife did say i was hung like a donkey!
Nowhere near being hung like a Dunky though 😉
Dunky donut?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha….heeheehee!!!
Hee hee heee
I doff my cap to you Mongoloidti
Amazing patter.
Nosebag you mean?
Delbhoy,
Wouldn’t try lifting your son in with you as this would attract the attention of stewards. Much better to keep him close and the two of you go through the turnstyle at once. If a mate who goes through just in front of you distracts the steward by asking his views on Satre’s exitentialism or where the toilets are, you are in. !
As a standby get him to as
‘What if the hokey kokey is what it’s all about?
Celtic just charging £65 for the package if you are a foetus.
🙂
” exetentialism ” ? Do you have a lithp?
Celtic to stop posh fans bringing a rug into the main stand. No exceptions. It’s a blanket ban.
New co-efficient rules likely to mean it’ll be harder for Rangers to make Champions League group stages than Celtic. (Absolutely not my competition entry….)
stevenaive gets the 200 that was hilarious. the ticket price post
Fuck off ian,
I need that £200 to take Bobs wife out/home 🙂
Theres a place for us, Somawhere a place for us,
Time together and luvs in the air,
So take my hand and i!ll guide it there,naw no there ye wilny ya dirty bassa.
That was a secretly recorded message heard comin oot of Montis flat in Edinburgh.
Could someone put up the Steptoe and son theme music?
Play it, close your eyes and picture a donkey on Blackpool pleasure beach.
Trust me on this…..
Ralph,
Can we get confirmation that the 24th September is sorted.
5-0 thrashing of Kilmarnock followed by a night of Celtic celebration at the CATB Barrowlands.
3 game package £99
Ralph, just pure class : “Aye, it won’t be easy, but there’s not one of those teams saying they got the team they wanted from pot 4.” Magical CELTIC Fan insight , Ralph. Well done.
I don’t chuck praise around without merit; you earn it.
I’m too knackered to think clearly but what about this: Ralph guesstimated £180 for a 3 match CL package. That’s on TOP of a ST which, I might add, I don’t have. Hence, the REAL supporters are in line to be fleeced by the Board. Let’s now put a marker down: The Board and the Club should never again be mentioned as being one and the same; not even anywhere fucking close.
Our world-wide fan-base is variously estimated, but NEVER under One Million. I think 1 million is okay for those who actually pay anything towards Celtic the Club, but goes to the Board.
Anyway, a ST holder, in my view, should be able to get access to Euro nights for a minimal amount, e.g. the cost of operations for the night in question. If the quality of Celtic TV was above the disgraceful shite level which Lawwell thinks is OK then a VERY SMALL access charge could be added to that; it spreads the burden of cost amongst all of us. I just hope a brighter spark can see something here and run with it. I’m up for anything that improves the chances of Fan-ownership, but for now, let’s consider the uneven burden on our best fans. The ST holders and those who travel extensively whenever they can to support our fabulous Club, (not Board)
HH
Good evening fellow bhoys and ghirls
Just under a hunner for adults and £75 for kids is the price for this seasons champions league for st holders. Not too bad I suppose.
My first European experience was going on the local csc bus,the excitement was amazing,we had to stay outside the pub though as kids weren’t allowed in. Bottles of coke and packets of plain crisps,or ready salted as the posh called them,no other flavours available. Maybe salt n shake on a good day
Onto the bus,and full crates of beer, and bottles of whiskey, for the older guys,and Lanny, eldee,and Buckie,the choice of the young team. Hail Hail,followed by Sean South,as the bus made its way by the Hun pubs. As we drove up the London Road,and the huge floodlights came into view, an amazing spectacle and still gives me goosebumps thinking about it now.
Ma Da God rest his soul,filling his pockets up with bottles of whit bread and cans of pale ale,even some in mine,and getting lifted over the janefield street turnstiles. Getting sat on the crash barriers behind the goal at the Rangers end,though it was the Lanarkshire end to us ma Da and his mates behind us. Of course when Celtic scored, bedlam,and after shouts of mind the weans, we were always knocked off. Sometimes we would be sent down the front, if it got too crowded,with ma Da coming down at half time to see if we were alright. Rolls off the wee guy,going round the stadium or a pie if you were lucky. Spearmint chewing gum,the wee green book,and a badge was always bought. My scarf was full of badges, both sew on and pin,I loved it. Tri colour flying, and watching in awe as the jungle rocked,and when the players came out,the rendition of you’ll never walk alone, magical.
Big Billy leading out, then wee jinky lighting up the winter sky.
A magical time,and so sorry,for families now who gave to fork out so much to support the club we love. It was so much easier in my younger days.
Looking forward so much to tomorrow, first game of the season for me,as work keeps me away from Celtic park too much.
Unfortunately my time has been spent visiting the grandson in hospital today,and ge is gutted he’s missing the match tomorrow.
This was the same wee guy last season who actually said papa,I can’t take much more of this. Now he just can’t get enough. Champions league tickets ordered,and got him the sevco game too,though his mum can take him too that one.
Hopefully the surgeon has worked his magic,and he will have saved his leg.. God Bless the NHS.
Forgot to add £66 for under 13s for cl
Just learnt something new there during the first-half of that
killie v sevco game.
A slug can outrun a pair of snails.