The main story today concerns the conviction of the five Celtic fans over in Amsterdam. Thats covered elsewhere on the site.
Here, its the return of football tomorrow after the international break, and Celtic are at home to Aberdeen.
THERE are only nine teams in Europe’s top leagues who’ve made an unbeaten start to their domestic season – and Celtic are one of them.
Neil Lennon’s side join Barcelona, Roma, Porto, Paris Saint-Germain, Olympiakos, Sparta Prague, Steaua Bucharest and reigning UEFA Champions League holders, Bayern Munich as teams who have yet to suffer defeat in their respective leagues.
Manager Neil Lennon has every right to be pleased with the way the domestic side of things are going, if you don’t count Morton.
“I’m pretty satisfied with where we are – I have to be. We have had the best start in the league for 10 years, and that’s not easy, and then you are balancing that off with competing in the Champions League, which is the best competition but also the most difficult one as well.” he said, carefully avoiding the m word.
Twelve games unbeaten isn’t a bad start to any campaign, and the hoops will be looking to build on that tomorrow when the dandy dons come to town.
For those of us going to the festival of football tomorrow, there are a few important changes to consider when entering and exiting the ground. The official website has helpfully issued this map, so that we all know what to do, what to avoid, and where we can park up.
Those big green arrows look dangerous, so try to keep out of their way.
From the website;
The main change sees the closure of Kerrydale St for entry and exit, meaning supporters who are located in the Main South Stand will be required to enter via the East and the West of the Stadium.
On exiting the Stadium after the match, the Gate leading to the East will remain closed as standard for home matches and this means that all supporters exiting the Main South Stand will be required to head West and either exit via the stairs which lead to Davaar St and on to London Road or towards Janefield St leading towards the retail park and Gallowgate.
We fully understand and appreciate that this represents a significant change to a great many supporters and we ask everyone, particularly those who approach the Stadium from London Road to come along early on Saturday.
Equally after the match, we ask that supporters are patient and allow for some additional time whilst everyone becomes familiar with the new matchday routine.
NO PROVISION FOR PUBLIC CAR PARKING
Of course, the new arrangements have a huge implication on Car Parking and we would like to advise that we no longer have any provision at the Stadium for public car parking, if you do not have a pass or a permit please do not bring your car to Stadium.
The new parking arrangements are detailed below.
Supporters´ Coaches: The Velodrome, accessing from Clyde Gateway.
The Club will provide a shuttle for disabled and infirm supporters. However, this will be limited and can only run pre-match. We would suggest in such cases that supporters make provision to assist in getting these fans to and from the Stadium
Jock Stein 1 (Formerly Upper Coachpark): Located on Janefield St from the Gallowgate.
This car park will house disabled supporters with a blue badge on a first come, first served basis, spaces are limited so please come early. This car park will also house Corporate badge holders.
Jock Stein 2: Located off the Gallowgate.
This car park will house Corporate and disabled badge holders only.
Clyde Gateway (Formerly Lower Coach Park): Located on the Clyde Gateway between Gallowgate and London Road.
This will house Corporate, Club Officials and Guests only.
Dalriada 1: Located behind the Lisbon Lions Stand entry from Springfield Road.
This will house Corporate pass holders only.
Lisbon Lions 1: Located behind the Lisbon Lions Stand entry from Springfield Road.
This will house matchday staff with a valid pass only.
The closure of Kerrydale Street ? Well, they are a bit thought policy over on that site, but closing it is a bit harsh. Bunch of carrots.
They’d never close the huddleboard. It’d be chaos.
Its Friday, and the false trail led in the McGeady story, where you all thought he was the forward considering a return was only fuelled because I said it was. But he is technically a winger…
So who is the former forward who might come back ?
Beats me.
An experienced player to help guide the youngsters ? In that sense it makes sense, but its him, so I can’t imagine it going down too well.
And the bloke who told us seemed to be hell bent on breaking the world alcohol consumption record, so I wouldn’t take it too seriously. A former Rangers player in the team ? Really ? There to help the youngsters out and add a bit of experience ?
Never happen.
Elsewhere in Scotland, Terry Butcher, as you probably know, is away to Hibernian. Inverness are looking to Kenny shiels as a possible replacement, and their vice chairman , Graeme Bennett has resigned. He says he has;
“growing reservations about the boardroom mix and the influence that is having.” (Daily Express)
And he doesn’t want Kenny Shiels anywhere near the club. Which sounds fair enough to me.
Did you see that in the news about those three women who were kept prisoner for thirty years by a London couple ?
Sure they weren’t just avoiding the bedroom tax ?
Speaking of those who avoid tax, keep your eyes open for the Worthington group announcement-its on its way, and spare a thought for those poor supporters of Second Rangers.
All those shares ( 3.3m ) were bought by Laxey Holdings, a hedge fund asset stripping company. They are now the largest single shareholder in whatever company offshoot they have bought shares in, trading as Rangers.
I’m off to buy shares in a corset company, because we are all going to need one soon, to stop our sides from splitting.
You can add your own joke here about splitting this young girls sides. Interactive Tims.net
Harry Hood was the man in the picture yesterday, or to give him his full name, Harry Harry Hood. His company has recently won the first step in court to winning a huge chunk of compensation for lost earnings from the SFA after they banned him from showing the football in his pub, when it wasn’t on Sky.
Go get ’em harry!
Today , heres someone else from the past, who is he, and what has he done that no-one else has ?
Brisbanecelt November 22, 2013 at 10:27 am · Reply →
One of the problems of living down under is that you’re always answering questions that were asked the day before…time difference is a bastard….
Frank, I agree but can’t understand the ‘free role behind the strikers’. It immediately implies a formation that maybe you’ve seen Barca or even Man Utd play.. We don’t have ‘free roles’. They are all there for a reason because we don’t have the luxury of players who are gifted enough to allow one of the eleven to roam free. Got to wake up and smell the shamrock big man. McGeady is a top player….a wee bit of guile coupled with his new found maturity will help us in Europe but the free role will be a one he gets from the chip van in Janefield Road.
Brisbanecelt
“We don’t have ‘free roles’” Naw, but Greggs do in their Ibrox shop. Rejects with nae dough inside!!
H H
JACKIE
EITHER SCORED FOUR GOALS IN A EUROPEAN GAME OR SLEPT WITH EVERY WOMAN IN GLASGOW
Wrong BTW!: It’s Harry Harry, Kevin Barry, Hood!
Is that Jackie?
Scored 4 goals in a Euro tie for The Celts…
And still end up on the losing side!
At least he had the consolation of pumping Hazel Irvine. Allegedly.
Hasn’t everyone?
Now that Laxative Holdings have bought more shares …bet there are a few people shiting themselves!
The thought of miller coming back made my country crisp cereal churn in my stomach. absolute boke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Boke
Kenny Miller?!?
Questionable what he would bring to the squad, but the real question would have to be what on earth would motivate him to do that?
Unless he’s a gambler he has made his money and whilst some of the fans of former Rangers will never forgive him for playing for us previously, plenty more were more than happy with the slappings he dished out to us on his return, so why would he even consider coming back to us?
Unless of course you’ve just made it all up for a laugh……please.
Andy
You are obviously still in bed having nightmares. You can look forward to a good belly laugh when you wake up. I have a corset on Ebay if you want to bid. Only been on once. The wife choked at me and it just choked me.
H H
Jackie, scored 4 goals in a Euro tie and still ended up losing. The Mighty Caesar’s only blemish in a long distinguished Celtic career.
jon littledick
You read my mind, like almost everybody else today 🙂
H H
Ralph
It is a bit difficult to enjoy the humour of today’s diary given the predicament that those five fans still find themselves in in Amsterdam. I guess, like you said, there is another more apt place for that issue and the diary has to continue doing what it has always done, laugh at ourselves as we would like to laugh at others.
I have to say that the demolition of the old, no historic, London Road School is a rather sad footnote to the necessary preparations for the Commonwealth games. It certainly was an iconic landmark for Celtic fans over the club’s 125 years – and the playground could be handy for parking if you had a nod and a wink (I did for a very short while then got found out). But time moves on otherwise, I suppose, I would look even more like an Adonis than i do today – specs please. Mind you, it would be interesting to know what individual privateers will actually profit from this “common” wealth. I suppose we should be grateful that not all of Glasgow’s East End will continue to look like Dresden after “Bomber” Harris paid a visit. Even then, it did not take over a century to reconstruct the whole of that city. Every cloud they say…and there are plenty over Glasgow.
And proper football is back on the radar with what used to be the most looked forward to game in the season, Celtic v Aberdeen. Now those are football matches I would want to return. In those days too there was only one Glasgow team worth talking about and that was in spite of fighting against all the odds.
Speaking of returns, you dropped a hint or slung a hook about an old forward coming back.
“Its Friday, and the false trail led in the McGeady story, where you all thought he was the forward considering a return was only fuelled because I said it was. But he is technically a winger…”
Now, laddie, that is where we auld yins have the better of you bairns. When we were laddies and fitba wis fitba, a winger WIS a forward. You know the kind of player I mean. One that played towards the goals and not from side to side. I remember it was in the Jungle that your neck got tennis elbow following the ball. Now it is from behind the goals. Anyway, I think all the talk about ex Rangers ex players is a complete con. So, tell us. What’s it all about Ralphy? You can share it with us. After all, there is a lot of sharing going on at the moment, mainly in the hedges, I hear. There could be a few hedges trimmed with this news and God knows where that would leave (did you get that one – subtle, leave/hedges) any new club hiding in the bushes.
That’s my lot, as Jackie said to the Hazel bush. He scored four times in European and came home empty handed. You can guess that did not go down well with Hazel.
H H H (Jackie loved a threesome)
Google “Bear Magazine”
Grr…..
That reminds me must get that left over Fudge packed away before the wife finds it.
Dariusz Paweł Dziekanowski
Jackies 4 goal blitz of Partisan Belgrade 1989
http://youtu.be/Odp3TcIIky8