All eyes will be on Celtic Park today as Celtic host Preston North End, another of those English clubs with a quaint name that harkens back to the glorious days of Empire when people ate their young and lived in coal mines.
Some fans will be allowed in, and some of them will even be allowed to clap and cheer.
One person who most of us would have wanted to clap and cheer is Scott Sinclair, who now plies his trade in the north west England town, one of the few former Celts who still speaks affectionately of the club in the media.
Yesterday, he told the Lancashire Post;
“Just off the top of my head there are so many game and goals which are memorable.
“It would be too difficult to pick one moment and say that was the best.
“I’m talking about the European nights through to the Old Firm games, there are so many good memories of what we achieved as a team.”
“I always knew how big the club was and I knew Brendan very well,”
“To be honest I didn’t need much persuading to go up there and it was to prove a great few years.
“On Saturday it will be good to go back and see a few of the old faces.”
Even though he left relatively recently, he might be surprised at how few those faces are…
Sinclair would have stayed , but as Celtic policy for players of a certain age is to offer only one year deals, like Mikael Lustig found out, he opted for security and who can blame him ?
Certain players, especially the two mentioned, deserve a wee bit more as they approach their autumn years, and whilst they may not contribute as much as they previously did, the continuity is vital.
And the effect on morale can outweigh any deficiencies on the park.
Although there is a pretty good argument that the demise that culminated in last years debacle may well have started when Lustig and Sinclair were pushed out of the door.
Thinking things through isn’t a popular pastime these days….
Especially, it seems at Celtic Park.
Whilst the rest of the world uses available technology to make life easier, Celtic seem to be a little behind in that respect. Surely it would be easier to allow access to games via a mobile ticket ?
Perhaps they are worried about fans screenshotting a brief, and attempting to gain access illegally ?
After all, no one could fake a paper ticket.
Travelling fans will be aware that this is quite a common occurence these days, my favourite was the fellow in blackburn who was touting fakes for the UEFA Cup tie at Ewood Park….he spelt Celtic with an S, and had the kick off time as “tonight “.
The more i think about it, the more I worry that there are a lot of people in positions at the club who really, well, shouldn’t be.
That doesn’t apply to John Paul Taylor, who has clearly seen where problems might arise and asked fans attending today to adhere to the following..
As long as the defence doesn;t socially distance like they did last year, we should be okay.
JPT is making the point that the media will be watching, so for fucks sake no more coughing out the boys of the Old Brigade. It’s dangerous these days.
By comparison, who is the the guy who thinks this is okay, the line up for Vissel Kobes match in the J league…which is where we’re reduced to signing players from as we can’t afford those in leagues A to I …
Hasn’t he signed for Celtic ? Surely this isn’t a risk worth taking, even with big Rab Douglas in the line up to look after him ?
Elsewhere, and one witty and articulate fellow tweeted something yesterday that whilst totally fake, and done puely in a humorous and piss taking way, says a lot about the reputation of the man who was the brunt of the joke, and indeed, the media experts in general…..
wonders why Celtic have wasted millions on unknown Japanese player when they could have signed a proven talent like Ollie MacBurnie
@shinjukushug is the twitter handle of hugh Keevins, a nice enough old fellow who would have appreciated the joke…well, he hasn’t complained yet, but curiously, a lot of the replies accepted it as fact.
Thats when a serious journalist might want to look at his reputation a little more closely.
Happily, though, Keevins isn’t a serious journalist.
Although there is still some stuff out there worth a read, such as this, and whilst its part of a subscription site, it may yet be that finally there is one worth subscribing to if this is indicative of their contribution to fan media….
https://t.co/hO6lqVgfMZ?amp=1
Or you can find it on celticway.co.uk.
The bit about Lubomir Moravcik taking free kicks is awe inspiring.
Fan media doesn’t have much to compete with when it comes to mainstream, however….
There are plenty of other suggestions worth a look in the replies.
Today, let’s have a caption competition…..
JUST A NOTE TO SAY
GROW THE FUCK UP.
Any more Flat Earth, Vaccine, Conspiracy Theory Bullshit – from any side of the argument will see a simple block put on folk as I dont intend to spend time trying to find Celtic based comments in amongst the absolute shite that gets spouted here. If you dont like it, go elsewhere but stop acting like daft weans and just concentrate on arguing about Celtic please.
lennon out
Lawwell out!
Thank f*ck for that!!! Why have half the comments disappeared – is it a conspiracy?
I culled what i could see…Gringo has one last chance to stick to Celtic and anyone encouraging their shite will be away too.
For it’s a grand auld ream to play for!
And it’s a grand auld team to see!
And if!
Ye know!
The history!
Then it’s enough make yer hearts go
’Oh! Oh! OH!
We don’t care what the animals say!
What the hell do we care?!
For we only know
That there’s gonnae be a show!
And The Glasgow Celtic will be there!
And The Glasgow CELTIC will be there!
It’s my hometown local team, bud.
I was raised into them and they were only 10 minutes away
And I went there every chance I got cos I never did care what the animals around me said …
Celtic were and always will be my team, no matter how many animals leech off it’s carcass.
Cos it’s not dead yet, The Famous Glasgow Celtic.
Not while there’s still guys like me around.
Cos we MEAN IT, man.
God saves.
But Dalglish scores on the rebound.
😉
5 pence tae get in, then 7 pence tae get in, then 10 pence tae get in …
Ah wiz fvckin outraged!
As ye can imagine …
🙂
That wiz mah Caramel Dainties cut tae the bare minimum!
Of course, my fellow bard.
Everything is.
Still trying to sell bill Gates mrna gene therapy to the ignorant then.. Yer site is pish…..
Man wallowing in others “pish” makes comment. Says more about you Mike than us.
Well said, Mick.
These clowns are part of the Problem, not the Solution.
Check out that camera now.
It will blow your mind.
Desi. It’s just a bit depressing even thinking about the state the club has been left in.
Shows theres plenty to discuss Celtic wise rather than clowns with pish talk traffic.
Everyone is free to rant about Celtic, indeed we request you all send up articles and we will publish them to encourage wider debate.
Go fvck yer self, d1cknead.
You’re just raging cos I proved that the Earth is flat.
You self important w@nker, yer site’s a fvckin a joke and so is Celtic and Scottish fitba at large an yez aw know it and all yez dae is dance around its corpse wae yer pish.
See yez around, bams.
Watch out for that jag now and mind and keep yer wee daft masks on tight in case the wee beasties get ye.
GRINGO aka THE GREEN MACHINE
Jist tae make sure ye got the message 🙂
Aka, The Man Who Ripped You A New Wan..
Though yer Queen left a big enough yin in the first place.
Was it jolly, Roger?
😉
You got that right, Henke.
And Kennedy, Lawwell & Strachan ALL STILL THERE!
More than depressing, Henke.
I’m in the depths of despair at what’s gone and what they’ve been allowed to get away with.
Anyone with an ounce of conscious awareness is.
You’re a good man, Henke, and if I hadn’t guys like you to share the old school patter with then it would mean the good guys lost.
All the best, chief.
Thats requested Charlie..I just hate to see decent Celtic comments getting lost in the approval basket cause some numpty and others are talking absolute shite.
Queen’s man still living in deluded dream land shocker!
Go fvck yer self, d1cknead.
You’re just raging cos I proved that the Earth is flat.
You self important w@nker, yer site’s a fvckin a joke and so is Celtic and Scottish fitba at large an yez aw know it and all yez dae is dance around its corpse wae yer pish.
See yez around, bams.
Watch out for that jag now and mind and keep yer wee daft masks on tight in case the wee beasties get ye.
GRINGO aka THE GREEN MACHINE
Bye!
All the very best to all of you.
Btw, Desi, your site’s no shite, it’s one of the best Celtic blogs around.
I can just be a bit impulsive wae my words sometimes when I feel like I’m being insulted.
And if you came fae where I did you would be too.
🙂
desi thank fook ye papped um aff he nearly had me converted heh heh
Bill struth quotes. ” Whoops man overboard ” ” it wasn’t me honest guv ” ” he slipped “
Caption; what time is this to issue more shares…oh I see…soft loans
“As long as the defence doesn;t socially distance like they did last year, we should be okay.”
Err, don’t we want them to do that rather than being bunched up together? 😉
re “Celticway”. I don’t get it. Its part of the MSM (Newsquest), has a Hun equivalent and the “Celtic” side is touting an OF article. All this and sub based.
This was tried a year ago (2.1 percent or something like that) and was universally panned, so what’s changed?
Caption “In 60 years time, I’d get praised for getting rid of John Kennedy”
Caption – After actively considering buying the Ibrox ‘Box of Assets’, Olive, from ‘On The Buses’ plumped for the White Sports Socks option.
Kinsey researchers study the effects of the World’s first telephone sex line.
caption mike the fermer in the bed sais ma viagras ran oot so mon weel watch the fitba instead heh heh wer is the auld crackpot anyway
Caption
Rankers TV diversifies it’s product to increase subscribers
As for the coverage of all things Sevco by the media, they continue to polish a turd
Caption: Leigh ah don’t care if there wis “nae criminality” yer a spoon faced wee munter an yer no takin ma wean tae yer caravan.
Caption ….
woman on phone to hotel reception …
Listen hen I’ve paid the 5 quid for yer fast wi fi so i can get the arsenal rangers game on hesgoal I’ve got a line of billys who won’t be able to get hard if they can’t see their team , so get it sorted sharpish
Caption……..
Hello is that the reception, we ordered doubles…..yeh!….. as in drinks
Anyone watch the game? How did Griffiths play…?
Didn’t put a foot wrong.
bg leave it alane hen ye really need tae let it go griff pities you
Griffiths deserves every single bit of criticism going. A despicable creature.
The first fitba player to be ‘despicable’ or think with his d1ck then, aye ..?
Caption
”tell that wee fucker to look harder. There’s a golden ticket out there”
“Hello, yes, I asked for her kissing her in my bed…no, not Henry Kissinger”
Caption:
“Ah’m tellin’ ye Ma, ever since Babestation went 3d he won’t even look at me”.
Hahaha
What is this ‘Babestation’ of which you speak?
Oh I don’t watch it! They don’t even wear poppies in November!!!
If you don’t know they can’t tell ya.
Nor will I.
Unless you pay me One Million Dollars …
Though a fiver will do …
Caption
Reception? Can you please bring the gerbil we ordered two hours ago, my husband and the voyeurs are getting edgy
S
gringo,, Yep your lifetime of masturbation seemed to have worked for you
Probably because the planet isn’t a big super size mitre
I have answered the question. The earth is not a ball.
No ya clown. I’m saying the earth is not a ball.
You ever been to the beach? You ever seen rock pools? Pretty sure they can rise in depth?
The earth is a big rock is it not? Exact same principle to my untrained brain
come again
Wow….. You’ll be burning Witches next. I take from your assertions that when at 30,000 feet on a plane you can’t see the curvature of the earth. Could it be a video, what’s your explanation oh conceited one? You’re a bampot.
You’re a fvckin crackpot.
If the earth is not curved why does the sun not just shoot of into the distance as the day goes on?
What are asteroid showers and comets?
The moon is an Alien live-in Rehab Centre.
So with this super duper camera, if I climb ben Nevis then look West through this camera I should be able to see the USA
At least clowns make you smile instead of your perennial gloom and doom
Bit sick
Caption.
Guys griffs bringing up the wean
Sick?!
I got barred for less!
Sick diznae even cover that, mate.
Today in Keeping Up with the Fenians…
The The Rangers FC are to sign Japanese superstar, Fook Mi.
sevco very gravy baby FC.
did anybody see the Preston game. ffs
bet you’ve never had a swallowing.
You both do a lot of swallowing though, yez must admit.
b.t.w just wondering do you EVER post about football
that’ll be a no then
Caption – I said he liked to fart in bed, not he’d like two tarts in bed.
Caption : ‘No he can’t get his briefcase just now, he’s been a very naughty boy’.
Nick Sturgeon is a tyrannical tranny.
The moon is a reflection of our realm. The earth is in fact a crater on the moon.
The other craters have ” tartarian civilisations” amongst others, sumerians, nephlim, that have the flying saucers for transport around our realm.
Our crater suffered a mud flood and was evacuated. A great reset of you will.
a concur
Me tae, charlie
But I DON’T concur on what a Mick wrote!
Ffs, to think I’m banned for proving something while he gets away with this pish and it’s still allowed to stand!
Hahaha, it’s too funny 😀
Weird as fvck but still funny as fvck and as I keep telling ye I’m only here for the laughs.
Life won’t be the same without yez.
If you keep talking utter shite you wont be able to type anything.
caption john james saiz the things you hiv tae dae these days tae keep belly fae backbone
Ralph, I’m no conspiracy theorist but the site seems to have been taken over by a masonic shape-shifting lizard person. Can you be sure this isn’t the same guy who shot JFK from the grassy knoll before faking the moon landings, murdering Princess Diana and bringing down the Twin Towers on behalf of the Zionists? How can the Pope and Auld Lizzie get on with establishing the New World Order when their plans are being exposed all over etims? Sort it out ffs or at least send a new tinfoil hat and straitjacket to his padded cell.
I now know why I seldom curate the Comments section. Some total fuckwits with some mad agendas unrelated to Celtic
He’ll be back under a new pseudonym to tell us all how we are thick and stupid and how he is going to save the world from his bedsit with the ‘info’ he has heard on you tube. It’s pitiful in a way as he clearly doesn’t want to adhere to his meds and etims suffers greatly as a result.
No, I won’t, Frank.
But if I do come back it’s only because I love yez.
Aawwww 🙂
No agenda here, mate.
Favts and facts annoy trying to help out the ignorant like yourself.
But I now realise there’s no helping the ignorant like yourself cos ye’re too far up yer ain @rses.
Only those who were meant to see get to see.
And you bams don’t.
Nae luck again, bams! 😀
I don’t know the answer but his diatribes are ruining the flow of the site. All you can do is ask people like CS not to engage with him and he might get bored. This guy is quite literally in a (flat) world of his own when it comes to conspiracy theories as he seems to embrace every one going – I think he probably started some of them!
Looks like someone’s now talking to himself. Sad.
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😀 😀 😀
Go on, Mick, tell us.
G’WAN, sure, Mick!
Undiddle yer riddle for the hard of hearing …
No more wasting time with idiots for ol’ Gringo now, boys.
Ah know how much he’ll miss me, even if you don’t yet.
Especially once you see how right I am.
fan backlash says it all
disgusting
Move on from one of our players messaging a 15 year old girl for pics?
Wow
Time to move on? The club decided? Aye sure they’ve a good track record when it comes to issues with underage children
No crime was committed but the facts are a Celtic players was messaging a 15 year old girl.
Stunning you think that we should move on. Stunning.
Perhaps he should, as it’s clear that he won’t be happy until Griff’s doing 10 year on trumped up charges.
And perhaps he shall too.
#BeeInHisBunnet
‘Let’s all just move on’ …
Now where have I heard that before when someone wanted their embarrassments covered up ..?
Well, obviously, Charlie.
I’ll be banned soon enough though so I thought I’d have a last laugh with all my mates before the sine die kicks in.
It’s a real shame because we were in the middle of a proper good yin tae.
Made the site a lot more interesting than just moaning about Celtic all the time or BG calling you all the names under the sun then threatening tae batter ye 😀
I’ll say it again, you’re alright, Duncan.
Clueless as you currently are.
But you’ll get there.
We all do.
🙂
A bit of chastising never done anyone any harm so long as big sides know the parameters.
And you know the parameters, since you’ve shown that you can take it, though ye’re giving it’s no sae good …
But still ..
We all gotta be thankful for the small mercis …
😉
*BOTH sides …
Fvck knows who ‘Big Sides’ is …
Freddie?
Griff?
Ajeti?
Answers on a post note to …
If a mad post falls in a forrest of mad posts and nobody reads it does Dan Brown still have a ham shank?
And if yer man in Rome declares the devil to be ‘The god most high’ (sic) does that mean the religion isn’t all it’s cracked up tae be?
Asking for a friend …
Some enablers on here wishing to sweep the Griffiths debacle under the carpet. Utterly shameful, but not surprising.i If this is what some Celtic fan dans are prepared to accept then I no longer recognise what Celtic represents.
Most of the fans are outraged.
It’s the non fans well the non fan on here that doesn’t have issue
You know the guy, the same guy that doesn’t mind illegal occupation and stuff like that
“A man must be a Celt on and off the field, otherwise he is of no value to this club.”
Willie Maley
But Willie Maley can’t score goals for us, Cha, the man’s been deid years.
Whereas Griff’s still kicking.
I get the idea of the holier than thou, must be impeccably perfect on all respects ideal – and that said most players are nowhere near that standard nor are most people including ourselves I would guess. I
think it’s unrealistic to expect perfection in life as a standard. Wee Jinky and others were wonderfully imperfect ( many misadventures ) and delivered on the park too. Maybe we need to be a bit more circumspect on this
Great comment, BB.
Very well said.
Of course its an ideal and perfection will probably never be achieved.
McGregor’s drink driving, Boli’s Covidocy and other players indiscretions deserve sanction but also second chances.
Griffiths has been given multiple chances and not only does he not take them, he’s totally unremorseful about his behaviour.
Its probably difficult to summarise it all but off the top of my head:
There’s probably far more than that but no other player deserves to be bracketed with him, as he clearly doesn’t have any intention of modifying his behaviour, both as a professional and a player, to the permanent embarrassment and occasional disgrace of our club.
I can’t think of a single other employer who would allow such behaviour in an employee who’s been unproductive for 5 years.
Similarly, any business that would tolerate such behaviour would be losing customers and suppliers.
They’re not haemorrhaging anything, they’re robbing it like they do with everything else.
You haven’t even been to the ground in 30 years ya balloon
I’ve forgotten more about Celtic than you’ll ever know and I’m half your age
Your hated on here, by more than you know, and just you remember that
Remember. I know you and your situation.
Don’t even forget it
So it’s ok for a Celtic player to message 15 year old girls and it wasn’t serious misconduct
You are a scumbag, always have been clearly with your army days
It’s not serious mis conduct to message 15 year olds?
No wonder the huns chant ‘peado’s’ at us if that it’s deemed ok
YOU HAVE NO ISSUE WITH IT?
Are you a sex offender or something? Because literally that can be the only person that doesn’t have issue with a 31 year old man messaging 15 year old girls.
You cvnt
Dear dear, BG, is all this really necessary?
Haha you have some cheek asking me that
‘Most of the fans’, Bg ..?
Is that most of the 48,000 who gave the billionaire board more leech money or the other fans who actually care about what’s really going on within the walls of our club?
Because THAT is far more important than some idiot man child with too much between his legs who had the incredible good fortune in life to know how to kick a baw about.
Green kits banned in Italy!
I wonder how long that will take to reach Scotland ..?
https ://www.bbc.com/sport/football/ 57880378
Duncan McFadden of Lancashire England has no issue with 31 year old Celtic players messaging 15 year old girls online
This is because said player is ‘not guilty of serious misconduct’
Dear o dear.
Ach, ffs, man, let it go.
It’s done now.
Simply quoting your own words
” I only said Jehovah “
But can you get a witness?
😉
If I was going with the wrong kinda bird or hanging out with the wrong kinda people I’d expect my mates to tell me, just as I’d do with them.
And that’s all I’m doing here …
Pointing out the people we shouldn’t trust.
But that’s it.
That’s all there ever has been to it.
The thing is, we can’t separate fitba from the politics or the power strug-gle as fitba has ALWAYS BEEN part of the same strug-gle, as the foundation of Celtic and its original moral values proves.
For our club was created to stand against the politics of the people (peepil) who sought then and now to strangle our strug-gle at birth.
So to expect us to talk about Celtic in isolation from all of that is not only unrealistic but against everything Brother Walfrid stood for, cos NOTHING exists in isolation.
And it really is as simple as that.
It’s like wanting to talk about horse racing without mentioning the riders or snooker without mentioning the background of the players.
It’s impossible.
And we all know it.
And everything I’ve ever mentioned here is directly linked to this strug-gle of ours.
And by ‘ours’ I mean that of every last one of us living under this constant subjugation.
Make ‘em laugh!
Make ‘em laugh!
Make ‘em fart, p1ss and shite in the bath!
🙂
Integrity.
It’s only ever about integrity.
Cos we all know the Huns have no integrity, preferring Victory over Integrity, no matter how much cheating they know it requires.
So, if not us, who ..?
Who will stand against them?
Quite incredible how Celtic as as club imploded in the biggest season in a generation, constantly unprepared for CL qualifiers, constantly failing to sign targets in an professional manner, never learning lessons of previous failings, where does it all end?
It ends with no CL qualification & playing second fiddle to a hideous entity across the city.
From our position of 9 titles in a row, four consecutive trebles, surely all you need to do from that foundation of strength & stability, is to keep the turnover of players at a high quality level?
I mean how can you get this wrong?
I have never been more disappointed, disconnected & generally feeling down about Celtic as i do today.