We should all be worried about today, drive a little more carefully, make sure our shoelaces are tied properly and be careful what we say. Unlesss, of course, you write the Etims diary when you can say what you want, and as its Friday it’s likely i’ll fall over anyway at some point, shoelaces or not.
Where shall we start, there’s a lot to get through today ?
Slovenia.
Eleven days in Slovenia.
It might not sound like somewhere you will want to be, or had planned to be, but some of you will be going, and the rest will probably watch it on television.
Then its back home for the qualifiers.
As its Friday 13th , lets get the disturbing news out of the way.
Someone still thinks he’s in with a shout of getting his old job back, despite whatever he -0r anyone else -has heard.
It might be something, it might be nothing, but when people ask him if he’s coming back, there’s a little grin that appears on his face as though he’s hiding something….
Neil Lennon is dropping more hints than he lass with an empty vodka glass who plonked herself down next to you at the bar that he isn’t out of the running yet.
But then we did say he was the default position should no-one else fancy the job, it’s just worrying that maybe no-one else does fancy it.
Stepping away from scurrilous tales, maybe Lawwell is digging his heels in for his preferred candidate, Brendan Rodgers, whilst Desmond, still in “shut up and do as your told Peter ” mode.
Except Lawwell is getting support from the board, and maybe Lennon, who would crawl over broken glass to get the job, may be a suitable compromise.
Anyone got Guus Hiddinks number ?
Roberto Martinez takes his turn in the bookies “Give Us Your money ” appeal after he was sacked by Everton. Note to anyone considering him as a potential boss, he was sacked because he was shite, which sums up pretty much all Everton managers bar Howard Kendall.
Scary stuff, but then it is Friday 13th…
The day is also associated with a particluar horror franchise, which ran for years even though everyone had stopped watching it.
As we said earlier in the week, Peter Lawwell is doing the rounds of the papers, even though people have stopped listening to him.
Today, its the turn of the Herald and Evening Times, two finely balanced papers which employ wonderful impartial writers.
Neil Cameron conducted a question and answer session which , well, didn;t contain either.
NC: Right, so who is the next Celtic manager?
PL: Aye, good one. That’s a good start.
So, we open up for a question and answer session, the hack asks the question on everyones lips, and Peter tells him to fuck off.
NC: Okay, then. How have you found this season because there has been criticism from the media and supporters aimed at you?
PL: I think a lot of it comes from the press, to be fair. I don’t go on social media, but I do get feedback. Look, we have hundreds of thousands of supporters and it’s a very broad church. I respect all the views of all the fans. They are right to have views and opinions. What I would say is that, from the outside looking in, there will be things that don’t make sense. Decisions and moves won’t make sense. If I could get 60,000 in here to talk to them, that would be very helpful for them and for us.
What has happened over last four or five weeks is that we have had the associations and affiliations in and guys who have written sensible letters, good guys, maybe 40 of them. When you explain things to people, it makes a lot more sense and people become a lot more satisfied. I don’t think we can respond to bloggers. If you start that, you will never stop. I respect their views, but what I want to say is that everything the Celtic board does, including myself, every decision is made in the best interests of Celtic. That’s for sure. That is our commitment right there.
Peter adopts a well worn style here, he simply answers a different question. The one about how we don’t understand him.
NC: There have been empty seats and some of the football hasn’t been up to, dare I say, Celtic standard this season. How has that made you feel?
NC: Do you ever feel as if you can’t be bothered with the hassle? Maybe you have taken this job as far as you can go with it.
PL: You constantly look at your own situation. My focus at the moment is to get through the process of appointing a new manager and get some stability and that is my only priority.
Don’t worry, he will answer one of these sooner or later.
NC: Much is made on social media about Rangers, the new and old club debate and what happened five years ago. There is also the Resolution 12 issue (Rangers being granted a license for the 2011/12 Champions League). What are your views on these matters?
PL: I respect everyone’s views and their right to have an opinion, but I have nothing more to say about that.
Now at least he’s being honest and said he’s not going to answer.
Notice the way Cameron slips the Ibrox club into the interview alongside the Resolution 12 issue, cleverly associating one with the other.
Resolution 12 is not about Celtic and Rangers. Its about malpractice at the SFA.
( Incidentally, the mainstream hacks are taking this up, or at least looking into it, which is a start. )
Something that Lawwell should have pounced on, and he should also have stated unequivocally that he was not here to talk about Rangers , “rangers ” or the Walking Dead Season 5.
The trouble with “doing the rounds ” is that it can be tiring, and perhaps one is not as focused as one should be.
NC: Is it then time to look forward and concentrate on Celtic?
PL: I am not going to tell someone what to think and what to say. I wouldn’t do that.
Again, Cameron here is asking Lawwell if we should all move on and just ignore everything else.
Lawwell has missed a chance to confirm that Celtic is always his priority, nothing else matters, but when certain situations need to be looked at he will look at them.
Unbelievably, it appears Cameron is dominating this interview. I’d have punched him by now.
NC: Could the communication with supporters be better? When there are gaps in communication, fans can put two and two together and get 10.
PL: I actually think we are open. We want to communicate. It’s not just Celtic, although we are the biggest thing in Scotland, but so many clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa get it (from fans). It’s not just about winning on the pitch. It’s football, it is in the public domain, and there is huge interest on social media, which the mainstream media pick up on. That is a phenomenon we have to accept and deal with. I don’t know if anyone has perfected a communication strategy. It is a complicated scene. Look, some of blogs on there, guys write things and they are so far from the truth, but it becomes factual for everyone else.
Jeez, Peter, just say communication is good, but it can always be better, and we are actively looking into ways to do that. Finish up with our fans are the lifeblood of the club, and we are rightly proud of them. We have a supporters liaiason officer who works hard to address any issues, and if he can’t deal with it, he comes to me.
It’s not rocket science.
I’d quit talking to the press now. You’re not controlling it.
All we’ll get now is the Lawwell doesn’t care shite.
NC: Did you ever feel sorry for Ronny Deila when it appeared the world was on his shoulders?
PL: This time last year, we were feeling okay. We should have won the Treble. This season, the frustration Ronny felt himself is that we haven’t made the progress we would have liked to in terms of development. There is a slight conflict between development and win, win, win. I asked myself whether he was enjoying this because of the pressures of winning and that he was not getting out on the training ground to develop (the players) as he much as he should have. I felt, at times, he wasn’t enjoying it as much. I felt for him.
Oh wait, maybe he does…and he’s finally answered one.
NC: How do you win back those fans who aren’t going to games?
PL: What we can do is play winning, entertaining football. Win the games, play the Celtic way, progress the club as far as we can and try to meet expectations and ambitions of the supporters in a difficult financial climate. I’m a Celtic supporter and I know what the supporters want to see on the pitch. We try to give them that. What I can’t do is overnight get us into the English Premier League, the Championship or whatever.
We play in Scotland, a country of five million people, and Celtic is by far the strongest club financially. We have the biggest budget by far, and what we can do is make the best from that budget.
Really, that answer should have stopped after the words “entertaining football ”
NC: Should the budget have been spent better?
PL: That is a fair criticism; certainly in recent years. Overall, though, not many clubs have found as many players as we have who then went onto England for big money.
Again, a better answer would have been “of course it could” though a better question would have been “Can you explain how the policy works, in detail, and why you inist that signings are all down to the manager, when its clear that is not the case ? ”
Seems like they’re both bored by now, and so to the last question…
NC: Do you think the league is going to be fun next season? A lot of clubs seem to be improving.
PL: I agree with you. Aberdeen and Hearts will be stronger, Rangers will obviously be there. It will be exciting.
No, Peter, they won’t.
They died.
Whenever you’re ready, Peter, lets do that podcast….
Or I can pop in on Sunday, during the game.
On now to the new kit.
Its on sale now!
THE wait is finally over for Celtic fans as the brand new 2016/17 Home Kit from New Balance goes on sale today (Friday, May 13).
The new famous green and white hooped kit, available now from Celtic stores and online at www.celticsuperstore.co.uk, mixes all the traditional features loved by fans with the latest performance technologies to create an innovative, modern classic.
The iconic home kit has been refreshed this season in fern green and optic white, while there is a stylish gold trim around the sleeve cuffs and shoulder seams – a testament to the club’s success.
The green gradient hoops are designed to evoke the nostalgia of the 2003 UEFA Cup final while the shirt proudly sports the iconic words: ‘A club like no other’.
The 2016/17 Home Kit range includes both short and long-sleeved versions, as well as designs specifically for women and children.
Celtic stores across the country are welcoming fans in earlier than normal this morning, with doors having opened at 8.00am (9:00am in Dublin) so head to for your nearest store today and you can be one of the very first to wear the Champions new kit.
Fans heading overseas today can also get their hands on the new kit at the Celtic Store at Glasgow Airport.
To mark the New Home Kit going on sale in the airport store, there will be free airport parking for up to one hour for anyone buying their new kit today. Simply show proof of purchase at the NCP customer service window to gain free exit.
For all other opening times please click HERE
Can’t get to a Celtic store today? Don’t worry, visitcelticsuperstore.co.uk to order online and have your new kit delivered direct to your home.
If that looks like a blatant plug for the kit, then you’re right. It is.
For a short while, the Celtic shops have an exclusive period where they are the only place it can be sold. Thus, all money goes to the club.
If you are going to buy one anyway, do it now. Look, its getting busy down there already, and notice the two girls who have just seen their photo in the Dairy…
Plus, it gives you plenty of time to get it replaced before the new season when the thing falls apart.
Scotland boss Gordon Strachan has left out all the Celtic players ahead of a couple of friendlies, and the Scotsman, registered as a newspaper at the post office, but nowhere else, couldn’t hide its delight as it interpreted the story…
Rangers Lee Wallace in Scotland squad ahead of Celtic’s Kieran Tierney.
Charlie Mulgrew is included because, as Strachan told him over the phone, “you don’t have a club” , showing that famous bedside manner of his.
On now to our new, regular Friday feature…
A very late entry, but with this stunning , ill informed and inaccurate piece that somehow made it into a national newspaper, its a big well done to Andrew Smith of the Scotsman…
Where Lawwell deserves every sympathy is in what he has to put up with from a Celtic support that has been eating itself since Rangers’ liquidation in 2012 left them without a genuine title rival. A section of these followers make your average swivel-eyed loon appear temperate. They tell you that their club have sold out in recognising Rangers Mark II, as has existed these past four years, as essentially one and the same as pre-2012 Mark I, and therefore natural claimants on any heritage. This faction are guilty of breathtaking hypocrisy as they wouldn’t raise a squeak about Coventry City, Luton Town or Middlesbrough all tracing their history to the late 1800s – despite all three being liquidated in the modern age, with City suffering this fate only three years ago.
And then there is Resolution 12. As well as being accused of colluding with the authorities to “allow” Rangers to reform in the fourth tier (the route back from liquidation offered to Gretna, who could not raise the bond and wanted to break with the Brooks Mileson era) Lawwell, on the SFA professional game board, is damned for not doing enough over the fact that the SFA granted Rangers a licence to compete in the Champions League qualifiers in 2011.
They did so with £4 million owed to HMRC over the ‘wee tax case’, despite the licensing criteria stating no social taxes should be outstanding. This self-certifying procedure is no more robust than the DVLA asking you to declare any medical issues, in truth, but one group of Celtic fans believes a great swindle has been perpetrated. Yet even though Atletico Madrid owed the Spanish tax man around £150m when they ousted Celtic from the Europa League in 2011, these double-standard bearers have not taken up their pitchforks over this injustice.
The last paragraph alone should ensure he gets the award for Knob of the month, Knob of the Year and quite possibly a special lifetime achievement award.
And now, to the caption competition…
I won yesterdays with my
” Celtic Park DJ prepares to play Wolfetones album on Sunday as part of his own farewell. “
I’m here all week.
Today, here’s one for you …. from 1953, when paranoia was all the rage in the United States…
Caption: Andrew Smith dreams of every Celtic fan under his jackboot
Check out the RES 12 statement on CQN,they are looking for crowd funding,Read it yourselves,or see my post way below.H.H.
What in the world happened to Andrew Smith?He used to be i thought a balanced reporter,now,well just another knobend.
What reason could make P.Lawwell start giving interviews,whats changed? is the support not taking up its allocation of season books,he surely knows the reason for the supporters anger.
It begs the question also who is buying the piss poor players if not him.Something smells fishy,but it will all come out in the wash.
Bring in Brendan Rogers,we need him and most want him,so feckin hurry up.
A Knighthood for King Kenny and Phil Sraton it is the very least they deserve.
Lastly who gave you permission to print my picture along with my lovely Romnay sheepies,we are painting them hoopy next week.H.H.
Caption, If Donald should win,then American men should be sterilised.
As someone who is in the process of becoming an American citizen…….I couldn’t agree more…..anyway, I’ve already had the snip…..
OUCH, suddenly my legs go crossed and my balls shrivel up.
Caption, Yes dearest, you DO have a varooka.
You can only get one of m mine Mike. The other one is Scottish.
HE HE HE. any size any shape any where,
Caption: Scottish police show conclusive proof of Celtic supporters assaulting police officer.
Or
Front cover of loyalist calendar. It includes the following months January,February, March, March March
Great diary, great weather (Dublin), happy to still be on for 10 in a row. Hopefully a good new manager, successful signings and we all ( in green and white anyhow) live happily ever after.
Laugh out loud moment: “Front cover of loyalist calendar. It includes the following months January,February, March, March March” Brilliant!
Aye I love that one.
David Moyes!
Is not the manager for Celtic in my humble opinion.
You forgot OUT
Lowell saying a lot but really saying nothing at all. Pointless interview and waste of time. Peter if you want to talk to 60,000 fans use the Club website, we know how to read and understand a lot of big words.
The press yet again showing how cowardly they are by ridiculing Celtic fans, with never a word on the Huns for fear of the their usual mob intimidation. Not to mention completing missing the point, again, that we are concerned about Scottish football goveranance not the comedy act from the other side (thats jut pure entertainment)
Lawwell not lowell, typo
Mike doesn’t, he’s from Dundee.
Is this Lawwell getting some PR work in the press before he is moved on?
Heard that DD son was getting more involved with the club and that Moyes had turned down the role.
I wonder if Celtic will wait until the wkd of the Scottish cup final to announce the new manager in order to steal the headlines!
Knowing the way things go for Hibs, that will be the year they eventually win it after 100+ years and all people will be talking about is the new Celtic manager
Caption: Pity they weren’t then we wouldn’t have an even bigger knob heard, The Trump.
Two Mikes think alikes,never saw your caption.
Caption: Kinky Boots. Up the Ra!
Stick with me here but please force yourselves to read the following from KNOB of the week Andrew Smith
They did so with £4 million owed to HMRC over the ‘wee tax case’, despite the licensing criteria stating no social taxes should be outstanding. This self-certifying procedure is no more robust than the DVLA asking you to declare any medical issues, in truth.
If you knowingly lie to the DVLA that for example you can see and you cant and you have an accident YOU CAN BE PROSECUTED that’s the whole point of any self regulatory process people are forced to be honest because their are consequence for not being honest and accepting your limitations. The Tax system is often self regulatory but as Lester Piggot found out don’t get caught lying to them I am sure that there has been plenty of discussion of this after The Bin Lorry tragedy or the two unfortunate ladies knocked down by a physically unwell driver in a similar case a couple of years before.
Rangers were not honest and they need to accept the consequences and Andrew Smith should fuck off and stop trying to make fools of thousands of us with facetious and erroneous arguments
Well said maryhillbhoy – and that’s why AS is knob of the week.
MHB, you’re spot on here.
So many people proffer arguments and talk of “opinion” and “debate”. The arsehole Lawwell is a top exponent of this ‘craft’, the craft of deception through obfuscation and denial of Truth. The FACT that the bastard went to the Sun, (think of the 96) the (Ibrox)Evening Times (thanks Ralph) etc. proves my point
The Truth is not open to opinion and is never debateable.
The orange scum’s club and company died, as one. Fact. Truth. No opinion, no debate. The Freemason’s cover-up is there for all to see. Thank fuck for ETims and other social media and the FACT that the SMSM are on their way to oblivion.
HH
Jimmybee,
I think we would get on…..
🙂
Big Foot and Mrs Henderson
I don’t care if Lawwell refers to Rangers, maybe commercially he feels he has to, the main thing is they are “Rangers” to us and will be forever more.
I am glad Ralph emphasised Resolution 12 is about the integrity of the SFA and not any individual club. I don’t give a fizz about Athletio Madrid, why would I? IAIN McWhirter one of the better Scottish journalists counselled David Cameton about being smug about other countries corruption issues given his benefitting from an off shore arrangement, not criminal of course but hardly appropriate. He went onto say :”Scottush football also has a lurid history of bungalow and bankruptcies. When Rangers went bust in 2012 it emerged the club was involved in a complex tax avoidance scheme thatveentbwrong.” (Herald 12 05 16).So “Cameron, Rangers corruption in Scotland lurid history ” in the one article, the story that keeps giving.
BJF, there is many a lurid tale comes out of a bungalow,just ask wee Monti, he created most of them.
He sits sky watching through his big telescope at night,
Howling at the moon.
HOOWWWWWLLLL.
Typos Cameron Scottush and bungs not bungalow dammit.
Caption
Sue is too incensed to post a usual winning entry
Iancelt,
Do I detect a note of sarcasm in your writing sir? 🙂
Nah Monti just an observation. I’m all for women’s rights. If the didn’t have Fannie’s we’d throw rocks at them
🙂
I noted with surprise there was a female assistant running the line at the St.Johnstone game during the week….
Not sure like.
Be fair Monti she was more capable at her job than Ambrose Johanson or Delia were at theirs
Maryhillbhoy,
Whilst I agree with you, I’m firmly women having a say/involvement in the beautiful game.
How can they possibly concentrate when Home and away and Neighbours is on?
Firmly against…
Or just firmly, watching her running up and down the line in her shorts.
Southside Tarrier,
She wasn’t even good looking, if she had long blonde hair, big tits and long legs I would understand…..
OR with her wobbly bits bobbin up and doon,
When the red breasted robin goes bob bob bobbin along, along,there will be no more nobbin when she goes bobbin along, along.HA.HA.HA.
I could ruin it for all of them and. Tell them what happens in neighbours or home and away it’s about a year behind over here. Alf ends up being a pedo. And the chic in the cafe on neighbours loses an arm
A year ahead sorry
Always thought that Alf was a dodgy cunt…not that I ever watched it….cough…
Ooh Mrs mangle….
Caption
Pensioner boy in drag going through the motions of a once in a year foreplay jaunt
Caption:
This woman has been caught watching the Omnibus edition of Coronation Street, in between her chores, the man of the house, rightly puts his foot down.
Caption
Feminist gets what for for voicing her views in barlarnock
Or Dundee…
caption superwummin helps kng kong to put a pair a boots on
caption masochistic wummin tells the jolly green giant to be gentle with her
Anyway I think sue would probably do me in a square go
Caption. David Murrays stray leg squashes unsuspecting female
Where’s my lunch?
ha ha you leaving your lunch in the fridge again?
Gutted lol
amores on alexandra parade, spicy chicken pizza, wonderful stuff
New jersey is on sale in Sports Direct in Ireland. Support big Mick!
I really don’t have a problem with lawwell, as he has said
(and i’m paraphrasing)
” we will get some other cunt just like him when he leaves ! ”
I do believe he is a supporter and hates those fuckers in Govan !
just sayin’
if he hated them he would of buried them when he had the chance
he wants them….
Well said sir
Caption: Sheryl Gascoigne settles down for a nice evening meal with Gazza!
Caption stan collymores autobiography book cover
I’m not convinced by the answer to R12, for once the MSM bring it up rather than ignoring it and Lawwell says nothing. Not a ‘discuss it in due course’ or a ‘the legal team has advised’, he just shuts it down. Folk are saying he will deal with it but paranoid me thinks this could be a ploy to get more renewals and he’ll be off to pastures new when it unravels, after all, hes had years to take action and done diddly squat.
It’s good to see that severe mental incompetence is no barrier to a job at the Scotsman in what has to be the worst bit of football writing i have ever had the misfortune of reading. He, or it, starts off by nailing his colours firmly to the mast with a loose reference to Celtic and cannabilism and then goes on about swivel-eyed loons in the Celtic support as opposed to his family tree. He then gets his facts wrong about liquidation showing he is well suited to a career in MSM. The Coventry case is complex, Luton were in administration and Middlesborough came out of liquidation by paying the creditors in full. But why let the facts get in the way of bile spewing. The rewriting of history continues by wrongly stating that Gretna 2008 were offered a place in the SFL which patently isn’t true as the SFL had stopped accepting applications before Gretna 2008 were even formed. With the author struggling to understand the concept of time, its no suprise that he doesn’t understand R12. The piece is finished, in more ways than one, by pointing out that Athletico owed tax while competing in Europe while omitting that they had reached an instalment agreement to pay which is compatible with FFP, compared to a certain Scottish club which refused to pay, which is against FFP. I really want to read more about history from this writer, maybe WW2 will have a suprise winner.
Caption: The role of women in football, according to Jose Mourinho.
Doc, excellent review of this hack’s pisspoor piece. the standard of journalism in Scotland has deteriorated markedly since their beloved Rangers were liquidated AND it was already terrible in the first place
Well said Doc
Excellent analysis of Smith’s incompetent deflection exercise – there needs to be a complaint about the standard of this piece. He might say along with Stewart Lee’s ranting cabbie “Well, you can prove anything with facts, can’t you?!” He’s a low-grade slob for sure.
Lawwell has said hardly anything in these interviews. He has managed to offend the support by speaking to rags, responding to only 40 “sensible” letters – wonder what’s his criteria? – and made himself look a chump by not knowing how to communicate with 60,000 fans. What about the millions around the world, not just a stadium-full?!
Caption : what’s that stuck to your shoe Ronnie? – oh look, it’s lady luck!
His luck deserted him when he got teamed up with Collins and failed to make the transition from coach to manager.
Celtic played really well before the late, late goal at home to Malmo and even in the Europa league although we were winless as is often the media quote there were excellent part-performances and results (Ajax and Fehnerbahce are no pushovers). So I think there’s plenty to build on in the coming months.
Thanks Doc I don’t have time to do my homework on other clubs. Appreciate you putting up there.
Gremlins stole my comment
Was it the nasty one with the white spike?
Caption: Erin Berkovic was heard to scream “John! John! Honestly I’m not related to Eyal”
If we ever get around to looking for a new chief scout I hope we don’t go for the guy who works for the Belgian national team as I see they have just named Boyata in their Euro squad. I take it no one has come over and noticed that (A) He’s injured and (B) He’s shite
HAW wee Montibanno,
He likes to swing naked on the pinnano,
He drinks his gin,till it dribbles doon his chin,
and he starts talking (mince)Parliammo.
HA.HA.HA.OH show him the road and the miles to Dundee.
Stretch one two,mahn its feckin 30degrees in Broughty Ferry,ma
PEHS are startin taw melt.
Lunch is ready dear.HE.HE.Feck Bgbhoy.
Just want to say a big thank you to everyone who read / replied to my piece the other day about “Fair Game, the church of Scientology adn teh SFA” really interesting, the pieve today by Peter Adam Smith certainly fall in line with the idea of “never defend, always attack”
Also, for those that are curious about what I look like, and I m sure there are many(!) i m going to be on TV next week.
I ll be on Pointless, BBC1, 5.15 pm , next Friday 20th May. I ll not spoil the surprise of how we got on, you ll have to watch to find out. I ll be the freakishly tall guy beside my friend called Lisa. Enjoy!
Is she a linesmaness? 🙂
She is a linesman for the county and she drives the main road,
searching for a place in the sun with wee Montis overload,
and she needs it more than ever and she wants it all the time,
and the Wichitaw linesman is still feelin,well horny.
Hail Hail the Celts are here.
Caption: After sorting out the ‘Drama Queens’ in the Celtic changing room, the new Celtic manager Roy Keane turns his attention to the ‘Drag Queens’
Caption:
The Hammer and Sickle will Dry Up yer pickle
Caption – sevco ( the little woman) defeat in semi final awakens sleeping giant (celtic next season) hail hail
Caption.Angela Haggerty getting interviewed for job in smsm
Daily Mail take on the Peter Lawwell interview
Brian the last thing decent from that rag was
It wouldn’t be surprisin if there would be another rising,said the man from the Daily Mail.
“Every bird upon my word”
The tribe of foxy female midgets, whose natural habitat is the rainforests surrounding Rochdale, soon regretted their decision to go into Manchester to savour the atmosphere surrounding the UEFA Cup Final that night in 2008.
Res. 12.
CQN are looking for crowd funding from all Celtic supporters,to assist with donations (crowd funded)to publish in the Gaurdian and another Swiss,newspaper a statement from the CQN petitioners,backed by the Cellic Board,to publish the details regarding the above.It is understood that the SFA are reasonably satisfied that this matter is referred to UEFA.
Any funds left over are to go to Malawi.
OCH read it for yourselves and get your wallets opened,we MUST do all that we can to push this forward.H.H.
Already done Dad.
About time n’ a’.
Lets hope they get that mob sorted out!!
HH
😉
Who are you,is that you john bhoy, put £25 in the pot for your
auld da,cheers ya cheeky monkey.
Whit?? Ya tight auld sod.
Aye a’right. Seen as how it’s you. 🙂
Done
Is that Swiss newspaper Zurcher or Lurcher? Seen both quoted. I’m guessing it’s a Z for Zurich?
Re : “hypocrisy” – we are only concerning ourselves with the actions of our own FA, Smith wilfully tries to turn this into an Old Firm spat. PS He should know about swivel-eyed loons, look at his picture and listen to what’s dribbling out of his gums!
http://cdn.celticfc.net/assets/images/news/55d541e693f24f38f9761e0b95fff2f2/b3e65d49dd07176033bee10d0e95552e.png
Oh dear it looks like all the good managers aren’t up for it and they just hired someone with the same mane as one….
Jist Joking. Hope it stays in one piece till you grow out of it lad.
Uralias,the rumours are flying around.Yesterday was Rodgers,
Todays is Lenny,last week it was Hiddink,the week before Keane. An agent saying today that it is Lennon.
So who knows,next week it could be insert your dream name.
Mike,
Bik Mcfarlane!
Umm mm.
Enrico Annoni as defensive coach. Serie B doesn’t deserve him.
Steve Archibald, with Paul Lambert as manager. That should sort the team out. lol.
If Celtic sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic, my X Box will be waterlogged….
The campaign to raise awareness for the issues involved in Resolution 12 will be given a boost with an advert appearing in The Guardian.
A group of highly determined Celtic shareholders have been driving the issue since it was raised at the 2013 Annual General Meeting.
The resolution requested that the Celtic board question the decision of the SFA to grant Rangers (IL) a licence to play in Europe for the 2011/12 season when the club had an overdue tax payable with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
Those regulations are put in place in an attempt to ensure some sort of level playing field where all clubs at least pay their social taxes.
With HMRC delivering a demand for £2.8m plus interest and charges on 20 May 2011 the bill became overdue on 20 June 2011. Rangers (IL) were licenced on 30 June 2011 to play in the Champions League qualifiers for the 11/12 season giving Ally McCoist’s side the chance of a £15m Champions League jackpot.
In summary Celtic were punished for paying HMRC and finishing second in the SPL.
A funding campaign has now been launched to pay for an advert in The Guardian with plans also in place for a similar advert in Swiss based newspaper Neue Lurcher Zeitung- taking the issue to heart of UEFA.
Donations to pay for the advert are being taken on the Celtic Quick News bookstore website.
Explaining the move WINNING CAPTAINS on CQN posted: “We now have an agreement with The Guardian and are awaiting confirmation from the Swiss newspaper Neue Lurcher Zeitung.
“We will publish a Statement in The Guardian on a Wednesday, with the target being Wednesday 25th May – that date might ring a bell or two!
“The Statement will also appear in NLZ newspaper on the same date if all goes to plan. The content for the Statement will be supplied by the Res 12 guys.
“This will be paid for by crowd funding as was the case for the Statement in the Sunday Herald. We will ask someone like Celticrollercoaster to audit the funds received and payments made – any surplus to the CQN Malawi schools project.
“We have added a NEWSPAPER STATEMENT option to http://www.cqnbookstore.com
“You can contribute a minimum of £10 and you can up the quantity option to increase how much you want to put into this project. We only have one week to raise the required sums.
“Any books bought on the Bookstore over the next week will see CQN put £5 into this fund. Every little helps.”
Think it has been posted but thought it worthy of a repost,and have just donated my half croon.
Hail Hail
Brendan Rodgers wants the job,why don’t they just give him it.
What’s not to like.
Exactly!