Celtics win over Inverness yesterday, 3-0 , means that if Celtic win their next seven games, a win at Ibrox will see the team on 55 points…
I wonder if there’s a precedent for a sort of “going for 55 ” campaign to get the support up for it.
Big thanks to Charlie Saiz International, who bought the basket of assets that was Charlie Saiz some weeks ago for pointing that out.
Looking at those games, its certainly not beyond the side to have at least one set of supporters celebrating reaching 55, and before New Year as well…
| 14 | 19/11/2016 | Kilmarnock | Away |
| 15 | 26/11/2016 | St. Johnstone | Home |
| 16 | 03/12/2016 | Motherwell | Away |
| 17 | 10/12/2016 | Partick Thistle | Away |
| 18 | 17/12/2016 | Dundee | Home |
| 19 | 24/12/2016 | Hamilton Academical | Away |
| 20 | 28/12/2016 | Ross County | Home |
| 21 | 31/12/2016 | Rangers | Away |
Actually, there may be a reason for their obsession with 55, a number which has so many meanings, as Cortes pointed out yesterday…
Properties of the number 55
Symbolism
- Represent the Divine Person, according to Abellio.
- According to R. Allendy, it represents “the individual life confused with the cosmic life; ratios of the life on the whole to the life of the parts in the individuality – 5 + 5 = 10”.
- Represent the limit of the humanity, according to E. Bindel.
- Representative number of the Virgin Mary.
- Represent the total and complete man, symbolized by the two hands which join at the moment of the prayer to remake the unit in the form of ten, but being able also to express that under the form of 55, “addition in the senses of the divine wisdom” according to saint Martin.
- According to Lima of Freitas, it symbolizes the fusion of the sexes, the androgynous being, but who, in spite of his perfection, stay strictly human.
General
- Fifty-five years separate the Annunciation from the Assumption of the Virgin.
- This number is found in the rosary of the Virgin Mary: the circle formed by the necklace is composed of 55 grains. In visions of Mary Agreda, this one mentioned a mysterious number attached to a necklace of which the description makes think of that of the rosary. A few days before the birth of Jesus, the Virgin Mary was carried in the Sky. In sign of the privileges which She had as Wife of God and as Queen of the Universe, She was covered by two seraphes of clothes and splendid jewels, whose a necklace to which hung three precious stones with a mysterious number whose the meaning was not discovered to Her. It is only after the birth of the Saviour that the secret of number of the ornament was revealed to Her.
- Being Redeemer with the Christ, the Virgin felt in a mysterious manner on her body all sufferings of her Son since the beginning of his passion. Following the death of Jesus in cross, these sufferings still continued and this, until the resurrection of her Divine Son. During 55 hours she supported her sufferings since the beginning of the agony of Jesus to Gethsemane until his resurrection. The number 55 could be also seen as the union of the 5 physical wounds of Jesus with the 5 mystical wounds of Mary.
- The rosary of the Holy Family is composed 55 grains, divided into five tens. On the small grains, the names of Jesus, Mary and Joseph are invoked. On the coarse grains, a prayer is addressed to the sacred Heart of Jesus to protect our families. Finally, on the cross, the following prayer is told “acts of Faith, of Hope and of Charity”.
- The Appearances of the Virgin Mary to Amsterdam, Netherlands, begun on March 25, 1945, feast of the Annunciation, and continued until May 31, 1959. There was a total of 55 appearances. Our-Lady appeared to a woman of average age of the name of Ida Perleman and has confided to her a messages concerning the future events in the world and the Church. The most significant prophecy given by Our-Lady concerns the last dogma of the history which will be promulgated by the pope. This dogma will declare that henceforth, Mary will carry titles of Redeemer with the Christ, Mediator and Advocate.
I should think that one or two of them who read that will be slightly disappointed all the bonfires are out now, as they may have developed a sudden urge to jump into one.
Back at the ranch and the players reported to Ross Hall medical centre this morning as the manager wanted to make sure that any injuries picked up by the all out assault by the Inverness players were spotted and treated.
Mikael Lustig was lucky not to get a broken leg and Scott Brown was taken off after another nasty tackle, meaning he is a doubt for the Scotland England game next week, but at least the referee exacted retribution when he sent someone off, not until the Celts were well ahead, but a sending off nonetheless which helps with his stats when the refereeing committee study his performance over a few beers down the lodge.
Andy Skinner, in the Inverness based Press and Journal, which granted does have a bias toward the north of Scotland, gave us far and away the most bitter headline
Ten-man Caley Jags defeated by Celtic
The last paragraph, in a report which gives no mention of why ICT were down to ten men or their particularly robust style of play, makes them seem somewhat hard done by…
Forced to play the remaining 26 minutes with 10 men, Caley Jags found it increasingly difficult to contain the hosts, who wrapped up the points seven minutes from time through substitute Rogic’s deflected effort.
Keep an eye on Skinner, he’s destined for great things in the Scottish sports Media. Even brings his own camera.
Brendan Rodgers had tried something different with his line up and formation…
CELTIC (3-4-3) Gordon; Lustig (Izaguirre 14), Simunovic, Sviatchenko; Armstrong, Brown (Bitton 61), McGregor, Griffiths; Roberts, Dembele (Rogic 70), Sinclair
Not used: De Vries, Gamboa, Christie, Forrest
which may go some way to explain the Inverness policy of just kicking everything in a hooped shirt, as they weren’t prepared for a different set up and that meant any game plan they had disappeared immediately, so they reverted to basics and just tried to stop Celtic by fair means or foul. Mostly foul, to be fair.
After the assasination attempt on mikael Lustig, celtic reverted to four at the back and Stuart Armstrong moved into one full back position, with Emilio Izaguiire pressed into service on the left.
Armstrong then went on to have one of his best games in a Celtic shirt, and rightfully earned praise from the boss..
“The Blonde Cafu.
He was up and down that wing, wasn’t he? “The boy did brilliantly to adapt to the position.
“He has played a central role for me and I see him developing and progressing his game day in and day out and he is now looking the part.
“He is a clever boy, he knows the role and obviously a couple of adaptations at half-time to allow us to open up the sides a wee bit more on the inside and his only disappointment is that he never scored, he had enough chances
. “But I thought he was brilliant.”
Its simple really, and yet surprisingly its as though its never been tried before.
Player does well, manager praises player, player does better, manager praises player, player improves and becomes better player.
There always was a player in there, and Rodgers has worked out where he is and brought him out to play.
Rodgers then went on to compare him to James Milner, whoever he is…
“James is someone I brought him in to be a midfielder but I knew he could play a couple of positions, he has played everywhere, all over the pitch.
“Just a total footballer and I thought Stuart showed that today, he has that ability.
“Sometimes going into that position can frighten a player, they can say I am not really sure. “Firstly, he defended very well but his ability to get forward with his energy was outstanding.”
Inverness boss Richie Foran flung his hat into the ring for the upcoming managerial vacancy at Ibrox when he showed his neck couldn’t be marked with a blow torch in the way that Ibrox managers have found a necessity in the job…
after his team had kicked , bit punched and stamped their way through nonety minutes, Leigh Griffiths, the shy and retiring Celtic forward, got one back for the lads when he fouled Liam Polworth near the end of the game…
Which sent Foran off on a rant…
“We don’t want to see any players getting booked.
“It’s a man’s game but there was a nasty enough tackle on Liam Polworth right at the dug-out from behind.
“Liam’s going to leave on crutches and looks like a bad injury at the moment.
“We’ve got Jake in at the end on a two versus one and he skips past two or three of their players and he gets took down when he’s in on goal and it’s just a free-kick.
“As I say I’m not one for getting players booked but we just want referees to be fair with us.”
He doesn’t want to see players booked, Griffiths didn’t get booked, so its hard to see what he’s moaning about, another plus for him when the Ibrox job comes up.
Warburton, now an expert in moaining, has been bleating about the winter break and the effect it may have on his players as they start their European campaign next season…
The real reason, of course, is that his club cannot afford to go a month without money coming in.
Secondly, its a broad hint to the SFA, who usually help them out, that the club needs that European money urgently, like the last lot did, and no doubt plans are afoot to make sure that they don;t look to hard at the accounts when they put their name forward for permission to play in Europe.
This has gone unnoticed in the north, as Aberdeen published their accounts and made a special mention that they will be eligible for Europe next year whilst firing a noticable salvo at the SFa should they attempt any more of their shennanigans.
“The financial performance discussed above delivered a trading surplus for the third successive year, with an operating profit of £448,000 (2015 – £542,000). This is a noteworthy statistic which will help us to deliver a balanced budget over the medium-term and puts the Club in a strong position when subjected to monitoring under UEFA Financial Fair Play regulations”.
All other clubs should do exactly the same, to prevent the SFA playing their games again with their Ibrox buddies.
The media is still moaning about the poppy and FIFA’s refusal to allow it on the shirts for the England Scotland game next Sunday, which is also Armistice Day.
The Sunday Mail , for instance, somehow managed to think this was in good taste, whereas most of us feel that constantly using the memory of those who fell in the two total wars would be a little disappointed at the cheapening of their sacrifice.
There is a precedent, this game took place on november 13 1999, which is clise enough to Armistice Day and therefore you’d have expected the two sides to wear a poppy.
Mind you, the British weren’t gallivanting around the middle east making the world safe for democracy in those days.
The SFA of course, and their fuhrer Stewart Regan were happy to jumpo on the bandwagon.
But then again, he’s happy to deflect away from his own failings, such as his responses, few that they were, to the issue of Resolution 12 and his own part in fixing it for his Ibrox cohorts to get a shot at champions League money..
It really is important that this guy is not involved in any process where European football is concerned.
For the reasons outlined above.
I’m going to have a look at that change.org and do a proper petition , I just need to find the correct words, and I’ll get it done.
Captions and pictures now, yesterday we had this one…
which I won with my crack about a player being pulled off before a game has even started.
Frankie Vaughan, 1968, Easterhouse, so I’m told in this one…
Great read Ralph! Can’t believe that these teams are allowed to kick us off the park…. Oh waitt the referees have been making up their own rules for us for a long as I remember. I suppose I’m not that surprised.
Correct and the fair play rules have been given a sabbatical for games involving the Popes X1.
Caption….
C’mon guys, we’ve got enough booze here to float a battleship, and your greetin cause there’s no Buckie.
Happy Birthday Celtic.
One year aulder than Pensionerbhoy,
and five years aulder than Andybhoy.
…. and Mike,you’re the only one who falls into the BC category.
Before Commons,aye ok Da.
vvvvvvvvv.for victory.
Common the Ross ih.
Good luck finding the right words for that petition Ralph but get someone to proofread it before you put it up! Though wonderfully enjoyable, the “diary” is always a minefield of spelling errors and typos!
You have us down as playing on the 26th of Nov on our way to 55 points but we play the sweetie rustlers on the 27th at Humpthem ! Do we get the chance to play St.Johnstone before the Ibrokes game?
Caption. Warbo says. “I’m telling you,just put your fingers in your ears,shout La La La and things don’t seem so bad ! !
Crawford Allan just another clown who does his best when he referees a Celric game to show how unbiased he is. Send someone off when the game is over, a Dallas trick.
Never mind the tribute act another great instalment as Ashley again goes to court to reclaim his rights, they may not last till next May, the well could run dry.
Love your 55 comments, which should not be an issue.
Caption ‘ counselling sessions begin early for Hogmanay’
Musical caption (for those old enough to remember Frankie Vaughan songs). “Give me the moonshine, give me wee boys, and leave the rest to me.’
Great article Ralph, shame that we should actually be on 58 by time we meet the tribute act and 61 going into new year as fixtures missing rearranged Partick and Hamilton matches.
Correction 55, going in 58 after as St. Johnstone game last for cup final
Correction 55, going in 58 after as St. Johnstone game lost for cup final
Looks like that new team will have their new manager, if they last that long. The SFA should be renamed, SSA (SS appropriate) the Sevco Support Act.
Caption: Right, which of you little nerds Fran necked the last bottle?
Great diary Ralphy and good luck ramorra.
Give me the moonlight,
give me the ghirl,
and leave the rest to meeeeeee.
Well sung Frankie.and——–.
I will sing a hymn to Mary.
Big Sumanovic, ” I will not be going anywhere in January,i want to help Celtic and the Gaffer”says it all really,there IS interest but you are correct Sumo.stay and win some medals.
In days of yore,he would have had to pack his bags as the £ would need to be banked.
Skinner/ Lamont look a like,same flies different —it is Sunday.
Reagan,needs to be sacked,his stance and his utterances are at best misguided and certainly wrong,this MUST be pointed out to him by some means.
One of the many,many things that i liked so much about the Lions was the way that retribution was always carried out.
Kick my team mate,then take this—ouch.i believe that fitba. teams have many sides,the best teams always carried there own assassins,Berti,Davy, Bobby,et al.
That is why we need another enforcer,somebody who plays hard but fairish.with the emphasis on” kick them in the bas.”bit.
The trouble being the only in Scotia bit.
Bobo!s gonny get you.
doge 55 got his head lopped off
The result flatters ICT, could easily been 10 nil, it shows that you may kick us but true football skills will always win on the day, I have a detest for them this season ever since yogi left, second only to the knuckle heads in govan….the land fill site…Hail, Hail
they didn,t do much kicking at Ipox,never in the hunt there.
caption frankie says yees better stop the fighting or ile chib the lotty yees
caption frankie says jimmy johnstone was a MAN ON FIRE behind the GREEN DOOR in his KOOKIE LITTLE PARADISE and before any yees say he must be a right auld cunt a googled the songs
celtic need to do something aboot the specsavers loyal theyare allowing every thug in the country to kick us all over the pitch lustig could have got his leg broke yesterday
See that Calum Paterson scored AGAIN for Hertz,his 40th goal in 10 games,not a bad return from a right back.cough!!.
mike a think yer right aboot paterson and he can handle himself as well so wouldnae take any shit fae thee cloggers
Correct charlie,sometimes it would be nice to give it back,he would do just that.
A new Scotland regular,he will be a future Scotia. captain.
He runs out of contract at this seasons end.
I will be suprised if John McGlyn hasnt had a word with Brendan about him,he is just 22 years old.
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Caption
After the roof caves in Dave King tries to cheer up the homeless huns by giving out his 30,000 bottle’s of wine
HH
Caption: Frankieboy saying ‘Where’s ra burdz’
I think all accounts published by teams playing in Scotland should have a mandatory section called “compliance with EUFA and FIFA fair play rules”. This can be signed off by SFA transparently after audit by a third party ( preferably form another country ). It would result in one line – this team qualifies to be granted and EUFA license based on their adherence to fair play rules. Them the team would have to finish in a position to allow them to qualify on the pitch.
Yes Broxburn come Boston coming doon the mountain when you cum,but,but,but should and will they?
Well of course they should,but,but,but this is our completely open and transparent SFA,who well urney,that!s far to simple minds for that lot,especially in the past with there hun cohorts.
Time for change.dot.com.
Another Country isny required,just a decent Accountancy firm.
Oh dear,Warbs has got Erectile Dysfunction,he canny get thems up the table.
Poppycock.
res 12 is finished the Plc never ever gave a flying !no stop your whinging and doff your cap to your betters in the directors box !
If we win the next 8 league games we will then be “Going for the next 55” starting at Ibrox.
Ralph,
Another classic. The Dairy is fast becoming the place to be all day and every day even if your no a fermer frae Dundee. I believe Monti swears by it though andybhoy will disagree just for the sake of it. I am sure CSI can provide statistics to prove I’m dead right. It is simply ra best!
Caption: “Right, ya wee Easterhoose toerags! A’ve brought the ransom. Now, where the f***k’s ma straw hat? Am lendin’ it tae a guy on the other side of the city. He wants it to replace his magic wan ‘n see if his singin’s any better than pullin’ duds out o’ his aen.”
H H
Cantankerous auld,thats fur Andybhoy btw.
For yoo Pensionerbhoy old bhoy,nothing but admiration.
ok Arfur got a Toshiba?
Caption,
Fred West auditions to join ‘ Oasis ‘
Caption…
Right lads we call this newkie broon..
In the future a man will come from the south and try to combine scottish and Newcastle interests again… he must be resisted at all costs..
Wire in now lads ……
At long last the truth is confirmed.
McKay,” that wisna Rankers oot there the day”.How true old bean it well wisny they died in 2012.
Caption:
Derk Boerrigter opens his privately run medical center for permanently injured footballers.
I!ll joe garner tulips in the spring,dahling,
I!ll wash and go my hair in the wring er,dahling,
just touch my lips with your ring, dahling.
I!ll sniff your ears,while i sing,dahling,
cos i!m billy McKay of the HLI,
shake hands with your sister jake,
Who? jake the peg,diddle,diddle dum,
wi the extra leg,diddle,diddle dum.
and its good night from him and its goodnight from him.
Read an article in todays paper,it was the story of a 4year old,her body wracked by cancer,you could see her veins,she was being treated by chemo therapy,her tears streaming down her face as she screamed in agony as she pushed her parents aside,because of her pain.
So i say to you,fuck you ya vile prick for bringing that into your petty little argument.
Being called a hum is not something i would call anybody that isny one but,to say that in response shows you for what you are,a fucking vile prick.
Well said Mike!
Caption:
Ralph sorts out the bored wee bhoys fae different keyboard gangs, with the threat of being shown the booze but nae swalling.
Half fool,
I’m in the peoples front of Judea, not to be confused with the Judean peoples front.
” Mittler “?
I heard no one could lay a glove on him.
Ross County warn Kilmarnock:
There is no gap.
Caption:
I googled Frankie Vaughan and ended up on a
Bronze Age site.
Haha 🙂 Hehe
C/O James Forrest on FB.
Can it POSSIBLY be true that Sevco have told their half-time draw winners of late that they’ll be paid their prize money in installments? Ho-ho-ho, I am checking this one out with a big smile on my face, because it doesn’t get my funnier than that!
sevco limbo FC.
Morning,
Didn’t realise that was Celtic’s sixth clean sheet in a row on Saturday.
Good habit to get into!
HH
Hello whats happened to everyone,its gone awfy quite,i am away to the dentist to get my fingernails pulled oot,its mair fun than this,the silence of the hams.
Hope that the dentist is still that braw big Aussie ghirl,she is a stunner,its funny how the best yins always come oor here to get the best Scotchmen,is it cos the Aussie bhoys dinny ken how to keep them sweet,or is it cos we are better luvers,or mibbee just better at everything?
Who kens,but her big smile takes all the pain away,hope she plays wi me when i am doon under,here!s hoping.
A wimaway,a winaway.
Mike,
You wouldn’t know what to do with that lassie….you could offer her a werthers tho
Ken
Oh dear,them that dinny ken,just dinny get it.
How to woo a wooman,
tell her she is the most important being in the universe,
treat her with tender meat balls,
give her everything that she craves,
spoil her,luv her and then,—-
get her pished and dip her pockets for a tenner.
that btw is the Monti school of luv.
Edinburgh is littered with his mistakes,wee fat baldy jelly babies,mmmmmmm.
Mike
Careful of they Jillaroo type, they`ll wrangle your
tackle down sport.
Remind and tell her it gets chilly in Caledonia.
HH
I luv a lassie a brawny, brawny lassie,
she!s as fair as the weather,
that Aussie Aussie lassie,
my brawny wee Aussie heather bell.
my didgerdoo has gone walkaboot.
Werthers anyone?
Tie her kangeroo doon sport,
tie her kangeroo doon,
dont get caught with her shorts sport,
dont get get caught with her shorts doon.
I condone neither before it goes down that road btw.
Fact.
It seems to me there is a bit of a weekly ritual in here regarding the abuse.
It starts with the trolling.
No bites.
The trolling increases.
Someone bites (mission accomplished)
The response is then criticized by the usual suspects
Who have remained silent until the shite starts flowing in the opposite direction.
Then the ganging up starts and the person responsible for biting is then marked out as either a hun or the source of the issue.
Same old shite over and over.
I’m no taking sides here btw as someone who has been on the receiving end of this pish all I am doing is highlighting what is going on and hoping to fuck at some point it actually ends.
This is a great site with a real mixed group of Tims with a very varied level of opinions.
It would be a real shame if it descended into the usual pish that has killed off many other sites.
Sort it out eh ffs.
God bless all Tims
HH
Sorry to interrupt all the anger venting but!!
Caption(winner) (well feck if raplh can vote for himself!!!)
Mike Ashely reveals the real name of rangers to the youth team and joey barton
I agree so think before pushing the send button!
seen as nothing is happening heres a video ae mike the fermer when he was a boy hees the wan oan the wagon pickin hees nose ha ha ha ha https://youtu.be/kpWbp4kx7uQ
Funnily enough,that looks like me,mind you the wifes family had pubs doon that way.I!m sure ah remember her saying that there was a wee troublemaker called charlie, always tappin folk fur a drink.
Oh he just couldn!t get enough.
mike tell her if the money got paid back it wisnae me ha ha
At work today,two Foosty Buns had a square go over who hates the Warbmeister most !! Classic.Both sent on gardening leave (without pay) unlike the Sleekit Whisperer. HH
Got 2 seats in the Club Celtic section on Saturday so gave my two in 114 to a mate for him and his son. Wish I hadn’t bothered. Up and down like a whore’s drawers with fans coming up at the last minute and after kick off. Thought there was a bomb scare at thirty minutes gone but they were all going for the scran. Worse at 40 minutes and again after the break with many missing the opener. No colours and no atmosphere and these are over a grand ! I felt like I didn’t belong there ( well I didn’t ‘cos they weren’t my tickets) Then couldn’t go back along Janefield Street at the end because they block it off.
Just also add that 56,000 fans can do better than the bags at Janefield Street at 2.15. Maybe the other points had more or fans brought more later but haven’t seen what the G.B. have said
Every little helps Steve.
heers wan fur monti and tcsihttps://youtu.be/mSz54539hSI
https://youtu.be/mSz54539hSI
heers wan fur me https://youtu.be/ERN6xKuk6R8
mike see the jogger at 2.19 ime fucked if it isnae warbiola
Braw colours them auld buses.
The corporation buses are green white and gold, green white and gold,oh the corporation buses are green white and gold for yous ya orange baaastards. Haha Sung on way to school then the fights lol. Would all be in the jail now for it,but those days well it was a good punch up,then forgotten about to the next day lol.
we need to start a petition tae get the busses back tae thur right color
Remember singing this wee ditty on the school run.
Ohh the corporation busses are green white and gold,the corporation busses are green white and gold,the corporation busses are green white and gold,for yous ya orange bastards.. Ahhh the memories,noo we would all be locked up.