Celtic Diary Tuesday June 2: Boyata Signs Four Year Deal

First monday of the month meant that the Lennon CSc held it’s meeting last night, and as only two of us turned up, we selflessly had to drink everyone else’s beer, which in turn is why the Diary is a little late this morning.

Other news first, and it appears that Bilel Moshni, the Second Rangers player who lashed out out motherwell’s Lee Erwin has already found another club.

However , the rules prevent him from talking about it.

Speaking of offensive behaviour, there’s been a statement from the club, not about those events, but about the Offensive Behaviour Bill;

CELTIC has opposed the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 from the outset as evidenced by our submission to the Justice Committee in 2011.

We believe that the Act has the potential to discriminate against football supporters.

Celtic continues to oppose the Act and, as a contribution to the Scottish Government’s review of the Act, met recently with the Scottish Government to explain our position. 

We proposed that at a minimum certain offences under the Act should be repealed.  Celtic also recently met with Fans Against Criminalisation to discuss how to take this issue forward.

We wait with interest the findings of the forthcoming review and trust that it will be the full, transparent and in-depth review that football fans expect. 

 Living in the south, I’m not ebtirely sure about how this bill works. Legally, one section of society cannot be subject to a law that doesn’t affect another section of society. By definition, the law is discriminatory.

 So if there is a campaign, join it.

Oh, look.

 To keep up to date with this, follow @FACKillthebill on twitter.

Anyone who has bought a new strip may be interested in a reply from the club about the quality.

Returns are at normal levels, we track daily and are running at below 1%. If we were c. 3% or more that would be alarming. 

It may be that the examples we have seen were isolated instances, but if you do have a problem with the new kit, email JPTaylor@celticfc.co.uk and he’ll pass on the complaint to the right people, wrapped around a brick.

He didn’t say that, but it just woke you up, didn’t it ?

 Dedryck Boyata has signed a four year deal, and Michael O’Halloran, of St. Johnstone, tried desperately to remember the man he played alongside at Bolton.

“Dedryck is a quality player. Celtic have done well to sign a defender of his calibre. I played with him at Bolton for a spell in 2011.

“Let’s just say he is a big, athletic powerful type of player and is great in the air.

“His sheer physical presence and strength will be there for all to see. He cuts an imposing figure at the back and every Premiership forward will find out soon enough for themselves the hard way.

“I can see why Celtic have gone for a player like him. He’ll be viewed as a direct replacement for Jason Denayer and can slot into that defensive role perfectly.

“Boyata is also strong, quick and fit so there are many similarities between the two players.”  

He doesn’t remember him, does he ?

“Dedryck has a lot of experience and he will be a good fit for Celtic. He is a great trainer and will settle in well with the Celtic lads.

“He is a quiet kind of guy off the park but has a good nature. He was a good player to have around in the Bolton dressing room and he is an all-round good guy.”  

Nope. not at all.

Elsewhere, and Bilel Moshni nearly never joined the club at Ibrox , you know.

SOUTHEND United’s Bilel Mohsni could be heading for another bust-up — but this time there will be no red card.

For the fiery Frenchman, who has been sent off five times in 73 games for Blues, is being lined up to take part in Ultimate Warrior Challenge’s next fight night at Garon Park in June.

And the 25-year-old is keen to step into the cage in Southend.

“If they ask me to fight then I will because I’m a good fighter and it’s something I enjoy,” said Mohsni.

“It was good when I went to train there a couple of seasons ago and I went to watch the fight night they had last weekend.

“It was very enjoyable and, depending on what’s happening with my football, I would like to be in the cage the next time they put an event on.” 

Mosnhi, among a number of players released from Ibrox yesterday, has now left the country and will never play in Britain again, according to Stuart McCall, his mentor and manager, who himself will discuss his future at the club this week.

We hear he is considering an offer to join the cast of a remake of a Scottish tv comedy,

where he could meet up with a former Rangers colleague also trying his arm at a new career.

Come to think of it, in the Rab C Nesbiit programme, the Glasgow scruff had another son called “Gash “, the punchline to which kind of writes itself,

with McCalls men now consigned to another year on their journey, the press have started their Armageddon nonsense again, and this will no doubt snowball.

Football finance expert ?

Really ?

Whats hurting the fourth estate, and the Ibrox club,  is the realisation that not only does top flight  Scottish football not need them, they actually need Scottish top flight  football.

You doing anything this weekend ?

If I was you, and I lived in Glasgow, it might be a good idea to rent a dvd, or get that room painted.

Why is this getting a mention, I hear you ask..?

Have a quick glance at who is on the main stage at 14,30, an event I’ll miss as my clock only goes up to twelve.

We really weren’t paranoid enough, were we ?

right, quick quiz time

What punishment did the club mentioned receive for operating a discriminatory employment policy for all those years ?

And why ?