Is a trophy girlfriend one thats tattooed with the names of all the previous winners ?
Lifes great mysteries continue to confuse me. Such as this one, from Sky TV; 
Since liquidation ?
NOUN
[MASS NOUN]
liquidating ?
VERB
So, that post liquidation performance is entirely commendable. They’ve achieved all that despite not being around any more to achieve it. If only there was an easy answer-like the Paralympic Cluedo game, where the murderer is the sprinter, in the bathroom, with a revolver.
Anyway, it would be churlish not to congratulate Scotlands newest club, Second Rangers, who sealed the third division with a full time squad, a massive wage bill and a tactical genius in charge. They’ve brought a whole new dimension to the game, and it was great to see their fans turning out in numbers to celebrate as they clinched the division last night;
Er, they’ve all gone home, guys…
Ach, its nice to see wee teams getting something to cheer about.
Timothy Mjallby also passed on his congratulations via twitter;
Congratulating Rangers on winning the Scottish Second Division is like congratulating Usain Bolt for winning a sprint vs David Murray
Ex-Celtic star Aiden McGeady says Hoops fans are missing having Rangers as title rivals in the Scottish Premiership
“There were probably a lot of Celtic fans happy at the time when Rangers were demoted to the bottom league.
Here we go again. They weren’t demoted. They died. They have ceased to exist.
“But over the last couple of years they’ve probably realised it would be beneficial to have them there.
Oh, please elaborate, oh wise one..
“That’s why the Champions League is so important, without that a lot of fans will say, ‘I can’t be bothered going this Saturday’.
Presumably his five years away have widened his knowledge of the game, and also re-educated him on economic conditions and social behaviour in the west end of Scotland.
“I know people who have that attitude. The Celtic players will have missed it as well.
No you don’t. Interestingly, only a few of the first team these days will even have played against the old club. The rest can’t miss what they never had. And trust me on this one. They never will. Rangers ain’t never coming back.
“I’m not being disrespectful to the teams in the league – the likes of Motherwell and Ross County – but the other matches just aren’t the same as playing against Rangers, they never will be.
No. Theres a lot less sectarian bile, and its usually safe to travel home afterwards.
“There is probably something missing to motivate them because they’re miles ahead of the rest. If you look at it now Celtic could lose five or six games on the bounce and still win the league.
Er, but not any of the cups.
“It would definitely help if Rangers were there. The fans would also feel they’ve got more competition and then you would have that rivalry back.
That rivalry that has seen innocent young men murdered for wearing the wrong top at the wrong time ?
“I would have liked it if Celtic were still in the Scottish Cup – if they had faced Rangers it would have been a good game.
Yes, a pleasant afternoon in the sunshine followed by an entertaining evening avoiding being beaten or slashed by angry bears who had just seen their team lose by a cricket score.
“In a couple of years time it could be back to Old Firm games which would be good.
They died. Surely you must have heard the cheer ? Even in Moscow.
I can understand how it’s difficult for the Celtic players when they’re so far ahead.
“The Old Firm game was right up there for me because I’m a Celtic fan and you grow up wanting to score the winner against Rangers.
Which you did on a regular basis. Hang on….
“The Moscow derby is a similar rivalry but while you have 80,000 fans you have Spartak and CSKA fans sitting next to each other.
“You wouldn’t see that at an Old Firm game but I don’t think the atmosphere will be any more hostile when they finally do meet again.”
He really has been away for a while, hasn’t he ?
On his old boss Neil Lennon, he added;
“Lenny has done nearly all he can at Celtic.
“He’s done well there, won a lot of trophies and even got into the Champions League group stages.
“He probably deserves a shot in England but who knows if he would take it. Maybe he would feel he’s done all he can at Celtic and it’s time to try his luck in the Premiership.”
Dear Aiden,
fuck off,
signed
the Celtic support.
He also told the Scotsman that he is expecting abuse from the tartan army, having chosen to play for Ireland ahead of the country of his birth, so I thought I’d make a start.
You know something, on my Euromillions line is the number 46, as it was his shirt number and he was one of my favourite players. I’m going to replace him with someone of a much more pleasing personality, someone who I respect and admire a bit more. Oh , wait, John Barnes never had a shirt number.
What number did Eyal Berkovic wear ?
I’ve already got number seven, and its eight years ago today that Jimmy Johnstone passed away. Thats a number that will always be held in the utmost respect.
And tonight I will raise a glass in his memory.
In fact, a few of us will. Down here in Stoke, a local side, who wear the hoops, Elmos, are in a cup final, and we’re going to watch them at the home of Norton Utd, which is in the north of the city. Kick off is seven thirty, and we’re going to get there early for a refreshment, around lunchtime.
If you are anywhere near, pop along. You’ll see us, we’ll be the ones singing Roll of Honour, confident of not being arrested.
Celtic , of course, don’t play this weekend. The game has been rescheduled to Friday night, which actually seems to appeal to a section of the support. The atmosphere at the last Friday night game, against Motherwell, looked fantastic, so it may be that this will become a regular feature in years to come.
Davie Hay, another of my heroes from years ago, writing in the Evening times,thinks they are here to stay.
” Scheduling games for this time is a real inconvenience to many fans, especially those who travel significant distances from up north, England and across the Irish Sea.
But, as long as the broadcasters call the shots, there is nothing anyone can do about it.
It might even suit some fans better to have the game at this time. And there will be those who prefer Friday night games to lunchtime kick-offs on a Saturday or Sunday.
It’s all changed since the days when I was playing. Then it was either 3pm on a Saturday, or 7.30pm on a Wednesday. Everyone knew where they were, and could plan accordingly. ”
Spot on. Thats my point. It’s about being able to plan ahead.
The police authorities were reluctant to allow Celtic to play at this time but have now given their approval.
Celtic’s first Friday game was marred by the behaviour of some fans at Fir Park.
But I believe that was due to issues with the Green Brigade and the club at that time, and I don’t anticipate any problems tomorrow.
Oh dear, he was doing so well….
Manager Neil Lennon is determined not to let the campaign fizzle out. Yesterday, he kept players on their toes by picking his nose and threatening to deposit the contents on any slackers;
“It’s always a worry in the back of your mind, once you win the championship how the players will be. But we still have targets – including reaching 100 points – and we’ll keep going right to the end.
“I think you saw that the way they bounced back from the defeat at Aberdeen with the 5-0 victory over Inverness before our break.”
Some players haven’t played enough games to earn a medal, but the manager wants to try to put that right;
“We are aware of that, and we will look at it further down the line, for sure.”
“After the title is won, it will give me the opportunity to play some of the other lads.”
Unless he decides to use the remaining game to prepare for the Champions League qualifiers, which is more likely.
Speaking of the Champions League, well done to Barcelona, who progressed to the last eight with another win over Manchester City-and Dani alves, who confessed he didn’t know that there were two teams in Manchester until about five years ago.
And well done to Albion Rovers, the part time outfit from Coatbridge with the full time attitude.
They’ve donated £10,000 from their current cup run to Cash For Kids, an appeal by Glasgow radio station Clyde 1.
Yesterday we showed a picture of the Celtic groundsman who had to tell people the game was postponed in the days before the internet and mobile phones.
Today, we remember the time honoured custom of kissing the club badge, which proved you loved the club, and not the wages. Who is trying to win a place in our hearts here ?
PS, on the subject of tossers, I went onto Facebook and “poked ” Ian Black. Little shit fell over straight away and I got banned.
Dion Dublin?
Ian wright.
Iain wright
ian wright…..another on the celtic fc pension plan….Erse…..good goal on his debut though……and then……………nothing.
McGeady obviously has blanked out the family party atmosphere of games against the dead ones. You know, where the zombies would play games like ‘Lets throw potatoes at Aiden McGeady in an hilarious bit of funny banter’ which was always a winner for the entire family. Closely followed by making an aeroplane gesture at Shunsuke Nakamura and unveiling of banners saying ‘Nakamura ate my dog’. More fun and games than M&D’s and Blair Drummond put together! And he wants a return of this from the safety of his mansion next door to Jimmy Tarbuck?
Teh coverage given to Sevco’s league triumph is utterly sickening, but also funny in it’s patheticness. Hurry up and die already.
I,m hoping to get a ticket for the Irish end so I can cheer on the REPUBLIC
So Aiden must have grown a new arse while over in Russia cause he’s certainly talking oot the other, what a PATHETIC set of comments to try explain how CELTIC and more importantly the fans feel about a team that cheated Scottish football for 2 decades and how much we need the new cheating Orange scum bastds back, I never really warmed that much to aiden as I thought he was so overrated but I definitely don’t care for the fecken idiot noo..HAIL HAIL
KB,
Well said.
Staying in Moscow for so long, has obviously frozen his brain.
If he ever had one in the first place.SMSM are lost without
the corrupt club(s) in the top tier.Their industry is dying,like
their favourite club died.
Ralph and his so-called internet bampot friends are the present and future.Honest,responsible and informative reporting,of which the MSM will never aspire to.
I don’t buy,any of these daily rags, with their agendas,against
our club.
If all.fellow like-minded Tims boycotted these rags,they would
soon be a thing of the past.
holy sea
“Staying in Moscow for so long, has obviously frozen his brain.”
I am not so sure it took a Russian permafrost to do that.
H H
Isn’t it strange how no reporter thought to say to Aiden “but you were booed at every away ground in Scotland so you must be used to it.”?
Maybe not.
McGeady and others that should know better are an example of why we will, in my opinion, never be rid of the manky mob, unless we die of course which is a completely different ball game. Word for word I wrote the same diary in my head last night with the omittance of the line;Rangers aint never coming back. It might be as Sevco but the movers and shakers of our game are making sure of it. And a lot of the fans don’t mind either. Sad but true. Will I ever get back to Paradise? Doesn’t look like it. Fucking heartbreaking.
The thought of them, masquerading in whatever guise, dragging their knuckles to Parkhead and acting as if nothing has happened and everything is business as usual is something I don’t want to contemplate. Turns my stomach just thinking about it. I know for certain that, should it transpire, I definitely won’t be there and I know there are loads who feel exactly the same.
But, are things turning in the acknowledgment of Newco’s status as a new club? A work colleague just showed me a segment on Sly Spurts news of Newco’s ‘honours’ list which showed them as having won a grand total of 2 league titles! It did say at the top ‘since liquidation’ which kind of defeated the purpose but it’s a start at least. It’s a bit like saying “My granda died but since his death he has shagged 2 birds” or something like that. It’s ridiculous in the extreme.
That’s Ian Wright in the picture, whose best moment as a Celt has to be his interview after he was unveiled as our stop-gap replacement for the injured Henke. He told the world that his new team-mate Regi Blinker – also in the picture – was rhyming slang for ‘having a stinker’!
Ralph
Snappy comments tonight in the hope of avoiding the moderating troll.
Forgiveness is the in thing at this time of year. So, I forgive Sky, the albatross club for hoodwinking Division 2 and Aida McGeady for taking a shit – seems to be an “a” that shouldn’t be in there and an “l” that should be.
Aye Dan MgGeid Ay: “He really has been away for a while, hasn’t he ?” That should be He really should be PUT away for a while.
Friday night kick off. Just great!! My wife has booked me a place in the queue for a fee bowl of soup at the local church at 7.30, just as things will be hotting up among the 250 fans. There are no seconds so I have a wee trick up my sleeve. You should see the size of the wife’s baking bowl – just slightly smaller than her bra cup size and she has a block and tackle to hold that up. Greedy bassa and it Lent ‘n all.
Davy Hay, the man who could flatten Greigs with one shoulder charge. I am afraid he did end up with his size fourteen right between his teeth, though, when he “recorded” the media cover version of Friday Night in Murderwell. Still, his shoulder charges will need to take a lot more beating before I give up on him.
There should be ticker tape and bunting in the streets of Coatbridge for that cup gesture this week and celebrations for the club’s donation too. Well done Albion – on both counts.
Thoughts for Reamonn Gormley this week too. R.I.P. You are a Celtic legend.
The photo is Diana Dublin. She came to us for 6 months while there was still some Liffey left in her. Did she get in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest ever at Parkhead?
H H
I’m off to Coatbridge for some ticker tape. Wow – first go!!!
H H
Just read some comments and i ma thinking it could be another auld man in the picture – Ian got it Wrong. It was Regie Perrin in the background got me reconsidering. You know what they say, best to cover your back when there are big bucks in prize money flying about. What? Ralph hasn’t told you guys? How do you think I run the Jag?
H H
Someone should send mcgready a copy of the ‘comc stip’ which was published in the e tims a few days ago re the DEATH of the huns.
McGready…ah never really warmed to him , but I would say that now. I looked up McGready in the dictionary, found: cognitive dissonance.
Anyhoo…..HAIL HAIL N aw that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
got to say, I always loved Aiden McGeady – I rated him highly as a football player and the fact that he caused the sevconians to almost have a stroke at the mention of his name, made him even more of a hero to me. However, his misguided comments have changed all that.
I could never understand why any decent society would be wanting the return of an institution that was riddles with racism, sectarian bigotry and fascism – you’d imagine that if such an institution were to close down, the media would be overjoyed.
As for missing the Celtic v sevco game – ask the battered wives, the police and the staff in A & E if they’re missing them.
Wonder if anyone has stats on domestic abuse / attendance at A & E pre and post liquidation. I imagine it would make interesting reading.
Dear Aiden,
fuck off,
signed
the Celtic support.
(Brillant)
Leave Aiden alone….he was in Russia for too long and he’s clearly got Putin-mouth disease.
Don’t forget the good stuff he gave us and although he was a wee bit like a girlfriend who promised a lot but delivered nothing, you have to have a soft spot for him.
Brisbanecelt
That is absolute class!
If you had seen my girlfriends, mind, you might have worded it slightly differently.
I think Ralph has the chainsaw out again. He is turning into a bit of a serial chopper.
H H
Ralph the Ripper 🙂