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Celtic Diary Tuesday April 14: Look At The Size Of That Squirrel

The latest twist in the SPFL comedy drama came last night when the Daily Record announced, or rather Keith Jackson did, that Dundee had had a wee think about things and decided to vote on favour of the SPFL resolution to end the lower league seasons.

The lowland League already ended theirs, giving Kelty Hearts and Barry Ferguson the title, which a few weeks ago he said he didn’t want. Whether or not he will refuse it isn;t clear, but the word is he’s already phoned Ibrox to make sure they’re aware he’s won one more title that Gerrard.

 

Thats because when the second entity hits the buffers, they’ll need someone to try to milk the support to pay for the third…

 

It looks like that day isn’t far away, perhaps brought closer by the forced lockdown and no football brought on by the Catholic Coronavirus, which has meant there is no money going into the Ibrox kitty, and therefore they’ve had to ask for a loan , from the SPFL, who aren’t that keen on lending them any money.

Given their credit history and current status, thats not surprising.

 

Of course, the club/company doesn’t want their fans to know this, as they might start to drift away and find some other hobby that involves dragging their knuckles along the ground or licking windows, which means the only revenue stream they have left is gone.

So they’ve manufactured another conspiracy that is based around an incomplete season is not a season, and so therefore must be null and voided, meaning it never happened.

Something they wish they had thought of when the original club was placed into liquidation, despite the best efforts of the SMSM.

They have claimed that clubs have been co-erced, bullied, bribed and anything else they think of today, in order to vote for the season to end and prize money to be allocated, and yet the only sign of that is three clubs on a WhatsApp group all voting against it.

One of them was “rangers “, and they’re in a huff because their plan didn;t work, despite the best attempts of neutral Inverness CEO, Scot Gardiner.

This is Scot, who used to work for the other clubs who wanted to vote no…

 

this from Linkedin… Scot Gardiner CEO at Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC 5 days ago “What a picture. What a match. What a player Coop was. You were ok as well obviously. Especially that day!”  

 

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A quick glance at his interests on Linked in conforms his neutrality, and in no way should it affect his position of acting in the best interests of Inverness…

 

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All of this is now out in the open, and “rangers ” have decided to play the squirrel card and accuse everyone else of wrongdoing. They claim to have evidence the League is corrupt and when called on to show it refused, saying they will wait until the top men are suspended and an investigation is held.

In the real world this cannot happen, as any fool knows, evidence is first submitted and then a decision whether or not to investigate would take place.

Simply suspending someone on an allegation without evidence isn’t possible, even the police in the eighties would offer up the old innocent until proven Irish evidence.

And anyway, “rangers ” can#t offer up the evidence because they haven;t thought of anything yet, although their new PR man, David Graham, will soon find a way to blame the schools, the churches and probably a couple of cardinals.

It’s embarrasing, and it wasn;t lost on some observers that Ladbrokes, who have declined to sponsor the league next season, have also decided not to continue to operate a betting shop within Ibrox next season, although the wording of the move doesn’t quite say that in this mornings statement… and although the Scottish media have forgotten about the cold shoulder, others certainly haven’t.

 

As long as King is still on the board, no one wants to be associated with them…and they still haven’t got a kit deal….

 

RANGERS Football Club’s contract with Ladbrokes as a provider of in-stadia betting services will come to an end in advance of next Season 2020/2021.

Director of Commercial & Marketing, James Bisgrove, commented “Following a number of supporter enquiries over the Easter weekend, we can confirm the arrangement with Ladbrokes, who provide betting facilities at Ibrox stadium, will not continue next season.” 

They were open over Easter to take supporters calls ?

In anticipation of our 150th anniversary, Rangers will continue to grow its Commercial Partnerships programme, both domestically and internationally.

 

They in trouble….

 

 

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Some of them are…

 

The 4th Official
@Official_T4O
The decision is simple. SPFL now has to make this season ‘null and void’ after everything that happened yesterday on top of the two days before that. There is NO OTHER way. RETWEET and SHARE this with everyone you know so that this message spreads.  
The fourth official, a website that provides light relief from serious football websites, is onside with the club doctrine, and still pushing for null and void, which means the season never happened and no-one can get anything.
But for sheer lack of knowledge about how anything works anywhere, this headline of worthy of repeating…

With New Allegations Coming Up Every Day SPFL Needs To Make This Season ‘Null And Void’

 

Just allegations, mind, and thats enough to void a season….

 

They are not the staunchest supporters of the club…..

 

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…but they clearly can be depended on to get behind the company.

 

I don’t know how many readers that site gets, but I’ll wager they have to have the articles read to them….

 The SPFL will not receive payments and may even have to pay some money back to sponsors and tv companies if this were to happen, and there are no privisions on the rules, leaving them open to legal action from clubs, supporters, sponsors and anyone else who fancies a crack at them.
 “rangers ” are right about one thing, the SPFL/SFA do have questions to answer on a number of points concerning collusion, corruption or just incompetence, but the catch 22 is that the evidence they have, i.e. one licence to compete in Europe when they shouldn’t have , would effectively be throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
 It’s all very tiresome though, there are far more important things to worry about, but it does give us all a bit of a chuckle.
 That reminds me, Puma, I believe, are one of the companies who may or may not do a deal for kit supply with either this Ibrox entity or the next one….and we shouldn’t be surprised….
 Prime Minister Boris johnson is home…. and he’s full of praise for the NHS, saying he now owes them his life as well as £350m a week since he won the Brexit vote.
 But we hear it wasn’t as much fun fir everyone as he makes out…
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 He did compliment the two nurses who stood by his side and helped him through his ordeal, saying they acted professionally throughout, for which they deserve credit, especially as they were heartbroken when their names came out of the hat to look after him.
Anyway, thanks to Highland Paddy on twitter, we can now go live to Dens Park, Dundee, as fans gather for the result of their vote…
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Yesterday, we had this…
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Houdinibhoy
Caption: Head cleaner at Ibrox stops Jermaine Defoe from stealing the handwash.  
Today….
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Mike
4 years ago

Congratulations to wee Barry, the only Hun to win an untainted trophy since the Petrofac Cup, oh wait, now pay back your EBT. taxes.
Fake news and faux outrage continues. Dundee F.C. haven’t had so much coverage since Di-Stefano made them an offer they couldn’t refuse, or since Claudia Caniggia selt the jerseys and moved to pound-land, or since Alan Gilzean put on his “chaps” and moved to Spurs. giddy-up, buttercup. Keep well- Keep safe and keep your distance.

highseastim
4 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Great tweet by Cluster One, the huns seem to have forgiven Hearts and ICT for voting against Newco joining the top league but nobody else!!

Mike
4 years ago
Reply to  highseastim

Its almost, almost worth keeping them gawn, just for the laughs…

Robert Jenkins
4 years ago
Reply to  Mike

I thought he said he wouldn’t accept any trophy until all fixtures were played.

Mike
4 years ago
Reply to  Robert Jenkins

He did, but seeing the possibility of winning an untainted trophy overcame all his inhibitions.

highseastim
4 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Someone needs to ask Partick, what happened to the £4.5 million at least(2 x 1 million and 1 x 2.5 million that I know off) they received from the now deceased lottery winner??

Like Sevco and Hearts, living outwith there means!!

Puggy67
4 years ago
Reply to  highseastim

Probably bought a single end in Finnieston.

18871888
4 years ago
Reply to  Robert Jenkins

Ayebitnawbit…..shurrrafukup

Mike
4 years ago
Reply to  18871888

Naw ushurrrafukup like wee Baz deh yeh?

4 years ago
Reply to  Mike

I think Albert Kidd got them great press one year Mike, one we wont forget.

SFTB
4 years ago

Celtic first team adjudicate the result of the Davie Provan look-a-like competition

Puggy67
4 years ago

Caption: The buzz about the place was clearly the sound of a hair dryer.

sfa unfit for purpose
4 years ago

They cant be Tennants Can girls , the hair would never have fitted on the can.

Puggy67
4 years ago

Caption: Grant’s demand of ‘no boots at the photo-shoot’ was lost in translation.

Whitearra
4 years ago

Caption : ‘Short lived 1980’s Scottish pop group Bhoys and Ghirls’.

Btw : Is this the only picture of Peter Grant not pointing at something/someone?

Puggy67
4 years ago
Reply to  Whitearra

Whilst being nutmegged? Yes.

Morto
4 years ago
Reply to  Whitearra

Oh he’s pointing alright, just not with his hands!

Cortes
4 years ago

There’s some burdz about the place.

Mike
4 years ago

I saw Yoker in Tesco, buying, 4 pounds of paella, 3 crates of San Miguel, 5 containers of patatas bravas and two sombreros. I thought Hispanic buying.

Yoker Bhoy
4 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Ha, Mikey. You’re making me hungry. Latest news from España: Infection figures have improved considerably over the last couple of weeks (the daily death toll is still pretty nasty though) and the Spanish Football League Authority wants to start a close-season preparation period of about three weeks with full training at clubs from the beginning of June with the idea of playing out the remaining league and cup final over the summer behind closed doors. They’ll need government clearance before this initiative can go ahead though. Oh and ex-presidente Mariano Rajoy (ousted for rife corruption within his party a couple of years ago) has been found to be defying the lockdown on a daily basis by going out to do power walking in his neighbourhood (his own neighbours shopped him) Could be in for a hefty fine and a lot of stick. Hope you’re okay and keeping busy. I’ve been working from home – everything’s okay but missing the footie (and other things) badly. Keep safe y hasta la próxima! HH

Mike
4 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Yoker, good news about the Spanish infection figures, but this pandemic is frightening. Too early even to think about football here, its all about the being amused by the histrionics coming from Govan, just when you say ta, ta to squinty, up pops another caricature of a human being from another planet, Park. Phasers tae Malky. Politician’s what they like? like Park, creatures from another planet, the planet ego. Was thinking about you the other day, wondering how things were in the Spanish suburb of Yoker. Catching up on my old Celtic books, re- reading about some fantastic Celtic players, reliving Lisbon and the Lions- sigh, enjoying the family and trying to keep safe. Hope your doing the same. So, keep well, keep safe and leave that poor lassie alone. 😉

Yoker Bhoy
4 years ago
Reply to  Mike

You’ll probably start to feel a bit better once you’re past the peak level of infections which’ll probably be within a week or two in the UK. Over here and in Italy we’ve already got past that stage so the light at the end of the tunnel is in view but the phase of gradually softening the measures must be treated with every bit as much caution as the crackdown phase. We’ve got loads of music and films to keep ourselves amused but I’ll watch the Jimmy Johnstone Story vid later on today. The attitude shown by Park and his cronies as to how the season should end is disgraceful but unsurprising. High time our club kicked his bus company service into touch. Hope there’s a chance to play out the remaining games behind closed doors in the summer. All the best mate – time’s are tough but let’s at least enjoy sevco’s demise and final death throes.

Mike
4 years ago
Reply to  Yoker Bhoy

Cheers mate and stay safe, all the best.

Monti
4 years ago
Reply to  Mike

It only affects auld cunts, so you better watch oot 🙂

Cartvale88
4 years ago

Caption
After three months of social isolation they pray for a hairdresser

The desperation coming out if Crumbledome and their media supporters is tangible. Handy that Shieldhall sewage works is just down the road. Plenty of manure to be had to continue their drip drip of shxt!

henkesdreadlocks
4 years ago

Caption……..

Peter the pointer and his future Mrs, just before she auditioned to play the character Mufasa in the Lion King.

Puggy67
4 years ago

Caption: A rare picture of the auditions for Friends – “the one where it went thorough Peter’s legs while he pointed.”

alzyerpal
4 years ago

Caption; Celtic players recruited to act as judges in auditions for ‘The Lion King’

Luke Warmwater
4 years ago

There’s a frizz about the place

desdamoaner
4 years ago

Peter gets pointers on how to do his hair from the John Bon Jovi appreciation society.

Puggy67
4 years ago

Caption Quiz: Which player prefers the Three Degrees?

Morto
4 years ago

Caption:
Keeping up the Club’s charitable tradition Celtic players donate strips to ‘Barnet’ Ladies Team.

Binkabhoy
4 years ago

Caption: My claim to fame is that I shagged a burd in this photo – the one at the back

Puggy67
4 years ago
Reply to  Binkabhoy

Hope you put it through his legs?

sfa unfit for purpose
4 years ago

After the stylist ran out of hairspray , McAvennie refused to appear..

Puggy67
4 years ago

Caption: 1987 and at a disastrous PR stunt Michael Kelly brands the fledgling Ghirls for Change group a “lunatic fringe.”

Puggy67
4 years ago

You can only surmise from the events of the weekend that a pile of shit is about to hit the fan, 2012 style, and the small clubs are jostling for position. The caption pic made me think of our board 80s style. That wee fud Kelly told us to stop kicking a ball on the road outside his Pollokshields mansion. We were in our 20s and one of the Bhoys asked him “your road is it?” Wee prick shat it. Make no mistake no matter how aloof our board seems we were utterly despised by their predecessors.

4 years ago

Caption: I was hair brushed oot that photo.

sfa unfit for purpose
4 years ago

Farrah Fawcett , always a tim….

sfa unfit for purpose
4 years ago

As the Models hairdos show , they tops contained a ridiculous amount of electricity….

Una
4 years ago

Caption

Jorge Cadete signs for Celtic 10 years before his registration is processed

Monti
4 years ago
Reply to  Una

Winner,
Una step forward & collect your prize, a brand new Phillips nimbus 2020 steam iron & folding board.

Bognorbhoy
4 years ago

Caption …
That hairstyle ,what a disgrace I mean ,a mulletttttt…shame it wisnae taps aff weather

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