Celtic now need fifteen points from twelve matches to secure a third successive league title.
Just in case you were wondering.
The first chance to get some of these on the board will be tomorrow night at Pittodrie where Celts face Aberdeen, who not only were the last team to score against the hoops in the league, they had the audacity to end interest in the Scottish cup as well.
Its a re-arranged game, so there hasn’t been time to book it in for live tv coverage, but if you can’t make the game, then BBC Alba have it down for a ten o’clock re-run. So, avoid the web, the radio and the telly and sit down to watch it live at ten, with the added bonus you can fast forward past the half time analysis.
With the Scottish shut out record now achieved, Fraser Forster can set his sights on the British one, which he needs to get this time round because , of course, Scotland won’t be counted as part of Britain soon. Currently held by Edwin van der Saar, Forster needs a clean sheet tomorrow, and seven minutes against Inverness on Saturday to do that.
Of course , there will always be arguments about whether Forster is a record holder because the league is weaker, with Rangers raped, Hearts helpless and Gretna gone, -like in the nineties when Celtic were hopeless and Rangers had complete dominance of the game. Still, Clarks record held through that….
Edwin van der Saar, like Forster , had an excellent defence in front of him, and faced tougher opposition every week. So some will claim, anyway.
And he always did well against top class forwards.
He only faced Nakamura twice that season, and did well to only concede twice. In Scotland you can face the same team more than four times, and they get to know your weaknesses.
But such arguments are for discussion over a couple of beers, and a thousand people will give a thousand reasons for their opinions.
Fact is, Forster could well take the British record this week. And he will have deserved it.
Final word on this today goes to Nir Bitton, who looks like he has settled now at Celtic and may be ready to make the holding midfielders role his own.
“We knew it was very important for him and it was very important for us to help him break the record. I think this is a big honour for us as a team, to break this record, and for Fraser as well.”
Holy Sea, in the replies to the diary mentioned the anguish of summariser Neil McCann during the tv showing of Sundays game. Perhaps its an indication of how accustomed we are to this sort of amatuerish offering, which is little short of cheerleading, that we allow it to pass without comment. Well, I did.
Speaking of amatuerish comment, Pat Nevin on Sportscene-
” It doesn’t matter if he touches him, its a penalty ” said the pen twirling half sized half wit.
Its been a couple of years since I’ve been to Tynecastle, and of course, unless we draw them in the Cup, it’ll be a couple of years until I go again.
Its always been an interesting day out, and the police have often been a little over-enthusiastic, but not as bad as the ones in this story, from Aidybhoy on KDS;
” Well just arrived home after a weekend in Edinburgh including the Hearts game but was absolutely disgusted by the behaviour of the Police before, during and after the game!
After a 3 hour train journey and booking into our hotel we walked up the Gorgie Rd where we found a wee cafe to have a few rolls and a cuppa. 4 guys in their 40’s considered to be professionals (not that this should matter).
We were actually followed up the road and into the cafe and approached at our table by two coppers who proceeded to interrogate us about our being there, how much alcohol we had consumed (none) and were likely to have thereafter, what end of the ground, asked to see tickets! Question after question followed by…..and I quote…..”you’re not going to sing THAT song today are you”? We tried to make light of the situation asking if we could sing chart music, hum it or just recite the words….this was met by the response “Try it and see what happens” 
4 guys about 10 years from retiring and we are demonised whilst having a brew and a bacon butty. Incredible.
Seeing the amount of coppers at each stairway and each corner of the Celtic end was also unbelievable when so many hearts fans were obviously in a complete frenzy at various stages of the match.
When reading about the experiences of fellow Celtic fans with Police Scotland, I’ll be honest, it didn’t really sink in with me until yesterday. The level of policing was absurd. Absolutely absurd.
I realise many celtic fans have suffered more than being followed into a cafe but just needed to vent my anger.
Then there was this;
Shortly after this photograph was taken, it is alleged that the police “set about the lad ” -although they did wait for a couple more officers to help them.
There are stories that Police warned supporters not to sing the Celtic Symphony, as well as the illegal chart hit Roll of Honour.
There is a story that one of the Green Brigade was ejected for waving the Green Brigade flag.
There is a pattern here, and it certainly looks like something is going on. First thing first, any video or photographic evidence must be copied and then sent to the club. It must also be sent to the police complaints commission.
And it must be plastered all over the interweb. Police Scotland will use video evidence to incriminate suspects. Suspect police officers must also be flushed out, with the rest of the sewage.
So, get the evidence. Make sure theres a watertight case, and then there can be no doubt about the harassment.
The story of the police in the cafe is plain ridiculous. Or is it policy now to stop and ask people if they intend to commit an offence ?
” He said he wasn’t going to kill her, so we decided to remove the 24 hour protection. ”
Personally, due to the lowering of the standards required to join the police these days -anyone who has sat the intelligence test will agree- I honestly believe that Aidy bhoy faced policemen at the lower end of the “tipped for promotion ” list ( i.e. nearly all of them ) who genuinely thought they were engaging in the harmless banter that one of their superiors had recommended as a way of keeping things calm.
The chap with the GB flag was asked to leave at the request of “someone in the Hearts control room ”
Its all getting a bit silly again….
Speaking of silly, the new Rangers club have finalised a secured loan to tide them over until payday;
RANGERS INT ORD 1P (LSE: RFC)
Rangers International Football Club plc
24 Feb 2014 07:00:18
Rangers Int F.C. PLC
Rangers International Football Club plc
(“Rangers”, “RIFC” or the “Company”)
Credit Facility of £1.5 million
The Board of Rangers is pleased to announce that it has entered into two secured short term credit facilities for an aggregate of up to £1.5m. The credit facilities are being provided by Alexander Easdale, a shareholder in the Company and director of The Rangers Football Club Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary of RIFC, and Laxey Partners Ltd (“Laxey”), a substantial shareholder in the Company. These credit facilities will be used by the Company for general working capital purposes over the next few months.
Alexander Easdale will make available to the Company up to £500,000 on a fee and interest free basis (the “Easdale Facility”).
Laxey will make available to the Company up to £1 million, with a premium payment equal to 15% of the nominal amount of the facility (the “Laxey Facility”).
The Easdale Facility and the Laxey Facility (together the “Facilities”) are both secured against the Company’s Edmiston House and Albion car park properties. The principal amounts of the Facilities are repayable no later than 1 September 2014 from a variety of potential sources.
The premium on the Laxey Facility is payable in cash or, at Laxey’s discretion, in ordinary shares of 1p each, at any point between the date of the facility agreement and the first anniversary of the date of the facility agreement. The number of ordinary shares of 1p each which may be issued will be calculated using the lower of either 26.5 pence, being the mid-market closing price of the Company’s shares on 21 February 2014, or the lowest price at which any equity fundraising is carried out prior to the first anniversary of the date of the Laxey Facility agreement. The issue of any ordinary shares of 1p each in payment of the premium is subject to the Company obtaining authority from its shareholders at a general meeting of the Company.
Under the AIM Rules for Companies, the Laxey Facility is a related party transaction under Rule 13 of the AIM Rules. The Directors of Rangers, having taken advice from their nominated adviser, Daniel Stewart & Company plc, believe that the terms of the Laxey Facility are fair and reasonable as far as shareholders are concerned.
For further information please contact:
| Rangers International Football Club plc | |
| Graham Wallace | Tel: 0141 580 8647 |
| Daniel Stewart & Company plc | Tel: 020 7776 6550 |
| Paul Shackleton / James Thomas | |
| Newgate Threadneedle | Tel: 020 7148 6143 |
| Graham Herring / Roddy Watt / John Coles | |
| Media House International Ltd | Tel: 020 7710 0020 |
| Jack Irvine |
And they’ve got the new company cars sorted out..
So, a board member and an investor, who you would think would both have access to the accounts, have asked for security on a short term loan….
Why ?
Answers to the Scottish Main Stream media… because thats the only way our esteemed journalists will get an answer to that question, as they sure won’t be asking it.
Oh, that might be because they are all covering the Upper Tier Tax Case, which is being heard from today in Edinburgh.
“the former Rangers Football Club ( in liquidation ) ”
Also, in that list-its quite a long one -are Murray Group Management and Murray Group Holdings…are they by any chance related ?
All questions and no answers. Perhaps its time for those answers..
Is that right Ally Mccoist is hinting to his clubs supporters to make their own mind up where renewing season books is concerned….?
Gerry Britton was the promising young forward in yesterdays picture, todays is a little more cryptic..
What do these three have in common ?
are they all more intelligent than your average zombie hun
they all managed to score against SevCo at the weekend!!
boom boom!!
wokka wokka!!
is this mic on?
try the ribeye, it’s to die for!
I’m here all week!
Acoustamatix,
Ribeye is good, but I prefer Popeseye m8!
And better looking!!!
Unlike the vast majority of Huns, the three pictured characters have an occupation!
Is it:-
Bob has been hired to re-build ipox
Pat has been hired to send/deliver begging letters.
Sam has been hired for fire protection in case loan cannot be repaid to brothers grimsdales.
😀
wont the points we need to win the league alter if the team closest to us drops points….so if our closest rival loses their next 3 matches does that not bring the points we need to accrue to become uncatchable less than fifteen points.
All 3 were turned down by The Village People for being too “out of the closet” ?
Maybe the one with the pussy would be turned down but the other 2 with the big shiny helmets would be a shooey in for that job
Good gag Monti.. The 3 men in the pictures are more human like and less fictional than your average Govan Zombie.. HAIL HAIL
They’re all part of 1.4 million registered fans of sevco.
Do they all represent services that Hunz R Us failed to pay for when they went into admin first time?
I’d need to check the list, but as Strathclyde Police & Scottish Ambulance Service are there + and the likes of BT, I reckon it’s quite possible those represented by Bob, Pat & Sam are on there in some form or another…
Are Bob and Pat huns? – Count the fingers!
Bob, Pat & Sam all share an occupation with someone who has played against Deadco this season.
Hail Hail
Bob the builder
Fireman Sam
Postman Pat……..creditors of the week? 🙂
Are they the ‘Institutional Investors’. HH
Not that one should ever advising humming in a public place, but if certain songs are banned… Then perhaps humming the tune isn’t? A police officer could not arrest you if you were humming certain songs, or whistling them. Could they?
They might just have to stand there and listen to it.
You could just sit there, humming. So to speak. It’s only musical notes. What could be offensive about those? Be hard to argue the point in court. Or an industrial tribunal.
Just an idea.
Fat Sally has given them all his backing.
The 3 lads, like the club that used to exist, all have five stars. But Pat, Bob and Sam can’t figure out how the huns got theirs.
They have all asked to be paid up front before doing any work down ibrokes way.
Ralph
I feel all that needs said has been very eloquently by your ghost writer.
I will restrict my comments to the pictures. I think they are the three wise men in Govan handing out advice to the dying.
Bob says, “I have a few spare tools for your team.”
Pat says, “I have a spare pussy for your team.”
Sam says, “No need to be alarmed, it’s fixed again.”
And they all died happily ever after. Good night bhoys and ghirls!
H H
Or maybe Pat is saying, “You can have this stray pussy as your next CEO”.
H H
If you thought my imagination could not run wilder, what about his for an answer?
Bob Pet Ta Bobby Petta
H H