{"id":3158,"date":"2013-07-22T09:39:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T08:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2013-07-22T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T08:42:23","slug":"oh-brentford-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=3158","title":{"rendered":"Oh Brentford in the Sun&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the marvelous \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlondoncsc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">West London Celtic Supporters Club<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>, The Holy Poet gives us his run-down on when the Bhoys came to town:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3166\" style=\"width: 284px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?attachment_id=3166\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3166\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3166\" alt=\"Brentford1\" src=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Brentford1.png\" width=\"284\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Brentford1.png 473w, https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Brentford1-101x150.png 101w, https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Brentford1-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WLCSC Programme for the Bees v Bhoys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Brentford v Celtic Report.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Ticket Debacle.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Celtic fans turned up en masse to vastly outnumber the local Bees fans but we could have been so many thousands more.\u00a0 When I visited Griffin Park around 12 noon just 3 hours before kick-off to hand in framed poems from The WLCSC for the Celtic players, I was told by their Operations Manager that only 8,300 tickets were sold!\u00a0 The tickets left over would definitely not be on sale today as there was a chance that sinister fans were lurking in the background (somewhere) waiting for tickets and potentially cause trouble inside the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why? Tickets sales were disrupted as soon as they went on sale with Celtic allocated 3 sides and Brentford allowing their fans the away end only.\u00a0 Rightly, Bees fans complained and Brentford FC buckled under the pressure.\u00a0 They were then given their main stand plus the home section behind the goal.\u00a0 All this was going on whilst tickets were actually being sold.\u00a0 Their Club had given their backing to the fans and it was now down to their supporters to show management they would repay their faith in them by snapping up the tickets.\u00a0 Wrong!\u00a0 Experience should have told them that they only get 4,000 per game.\u00a0 They then complained at the price of the tickets for the visit of the SPL Champions as the \u00a325.00 asking price (\u00a315.00 and \u00a320.00 concessions) was far too much and \u00a310.00 was what they were expecting to pay.<\/p>\n<p>I called Brentford ticket office last Wednesday asking for another 2 tickets in The Bill Axbey Stand where most of the Hoops were but was told it was sold out and that they had to turn Celtic fans away a week before that.\u00a0 BUT, they said, we have just released another 2,000 today!\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Why did they turn fans away the week before and why, with only 7 days to go before the game did they release another 2,000?\u00a0 Did they not realise that Celtic fans don\u2019t all come from Brentford?\u00a0 These fans who may have bought these could not because they still had to organise flights, trains, coaches, buses to get there plus accommodation and London in general is short on hotels as it is but especially in summer.\u00a0 It was too late now and the sales needed for Brentford to break even, around 9,000, were not met.\u00a0 Brentford fans lobbied their board when they had no right to and Brentford FC bowed down to fan pressure needlessly.\u00a0 Ultimately, Brentford FC and their fans lost the Club money and cannot be blamed on a poor showing of Hoops fans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Match Day.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our big day had come and we were here to welcome a Celtic support that could possibly come from every corner of the earth.\u00a0 The sun was out though not as strong as it had been earlier in the week but when I awoke this morning, my folically challenged head told me otherwise.\u00a0 Pure rid and bouncing.\u00a0 Nothing to do with the drink you understand!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the streets were mobbed, pubs overflowed, flags hung on every post and covered fences along the Ealing Road whilst litter lined the pavements. \u00a0Everyone was in good spirits but in some cases those spirits, or more likely Buckie, had sent them over the edge and thought themselves indestructible as they held up buses and cars along the way.\u00a0 Passengers on the buses couldn\u2019t believe what they were seeing as some looked on in awe and others were taking pics and making videos on their phones.\u00a0 The car drivers just averted their eyes as they couldn\u2019t believe people could actually enjoy themselves as much as this through drink.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every pub including our ancestral home, The New Inn, was jumping and here in The Horse Guardsman Noel had set up a beer counter in the garden.\u00a0 That proved a Godsend to those dying for a pint and there\u2019s nothing like a match for getting a thirst up. The ghirls behind the jump were already stressed out and there were still 3 hours before kick-off.\u00a0 They all deserve a medal from Noel though I know Tracy will settle for a Hoops top.\u00a0 Luckily John Connelly brought in a bagful of old tops if anyone wants them but unfortunately, they wouldn\u2019t fit our Trace!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was great to see old faces from the past, not only of this Club but also The Spirit of 67, The Hayes Bhoys.\u00a0 Both these Clubs had past Members of the WLCSC.\u00a0 I\u2019d also\u00a0 like to mention that two of our guests were actually at the first meeting between Brentford and Celtic in 1958 though can\u2019t remember anything about it at all.\u00a0 I\u2019d arrived around midday and spent the next couple of hours making calls for tickets then finding Members had too many so trying to sell them and then even more asking for tickets so trying again to source these.\u00a0 In between times running downstairs for polo and T-shirts.\u00a0 Two drinks in 3 hours says it all. \u00a0\u00a0And no, I wasn\u2019t pissed!\u00a0 \u00a0For those who kept asking, the other flag hanging above our door belonged to The Jimmy Johnstone CSC from Gosport.\u00a0 A couple of minor offences happened on the way to the game with the police, being very lenient, just ticking the guys off.\u00a0\u00a0 They handled our bhoys in the correct manner, having a laugh when needed and talking forcefully to them before letting them go thus avoiding any unnecessary confrontations. \u00a0\u00a0Anyway, time for the game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some left for the game with 10 minutes to go and others, like me, James Morrison and his girlfriend\u2019s dad, left half an hour before that.\u00a0 Yep, those who left late didn\u2019t have to queue and the ones, who left really early, queued for 40 minutes. \u00a0I lost James &amp; co but met up with Eric Northcote and his entourage in the queue which seemed to go on for miles.\u00a0 In the distance, I could see those coming out the pubs were walking straight in.\u00a0 Eric in his own inimitable way complained but was just dismissed by the steward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A guy earlier on stood outside the ground with a can of Magners (Celtic\u2019s new sponsor) telling the steward how good it was. Want a drink? I don\u2019t drink! It\u2019s lovely mate as he held it once more against his lips, sipping away.\u00a0 You want some don\u2019t you? I don\u2019t drink he said again!\u00a0 You said that but you still want some don\u2019t you?\u00a0 The steward couldn\u2019t take it any more and started screaming at the Hoops fan.\u00a0 He offered him a drink once more and the steward ranted for a last time before the Celtic fan walked away knowing he\u2019d accomplished what he set out to do. \u00a0Another happened at midday when two friends talking were joined by a rookie cop.\u00a0 They then started claiming each other, square go style \u2013 de ye want tae go ahead \u2013 Come on ren \u2013 whits\u2019 up, urr ye feart?\u00a0 The poor cop was panicking and nearly fainted with relief when the two guys started hugging each other and laughing!\u00a0 Wind-ups Celtic style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We eventually got in well after kick-off and missed the first goal.\u00a0 I recognised the strip, Lukas Zaluska, Dylan McGeoch, Auntie Effie, Tony Watt, Amido \u201cBobo\u201d Balde and Tom Rogic (still arguing how to pronounce his name) but that was it.\u00a0 Who were these guys?\u00a0 I looked at the bench and didn\u2019t recognise anyone in there either apart from the coaching staff.\u00a0 Auntie was the only first team player on the pitch and although we were \u201conly\u201d playing Brentford, I thought a few more first team players would have been given a run out.\u00a0 At least I was hoping that as I didn\u2019t want another Brentford win and putting us into hiding.\u00a0 Seeing Danny McGrain sitting there brought great memories flooding back.\u00a0 A guy in front of me tried to present Neil Lennon with a rag doll by tossing it gently to him.\u00a0 NL just looked at him and asked \u201cwhat\u2019s that\u201d?\u00a0 The guy, who was about 40, mumbled something which was totally incoherent with a stupid grin and a shrug of the shoulders that signalled a head full of Buckie and lager was failing to control any of his faculties.\u00a0 In fact his head was wobbling all over as he tried to get his neck into an upright position.\u00a0 Our coach turned away, his eyes looking into a big blue sky in complete bewilderment.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know why he should be bewildered as this guy\u2019s not the first halfwit and certainly won\u2019t be the last to offer the coach his very own version of gold, frankincense and myrrh to their Messiah.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One numpty had run onto the pitch but the stewards struggled to catch him, he just kept waltzing in and out leaving them in his wake.\u00a0 Remember this guy was very probably drunk and it took a lunge from one of the \u201cbouncers\u201d to take him down but it was the way they handled the situation after they caught him.\u00a0 His arms stretched behind his back they held him out like a starfish, I was waiting on the rack coming on.\u00a0 Four of them kneeling on him excessively and they were heavy unfit guys with all their weight on him but still they grabbed and pulled him, hoisting him up with his arms being twisted in every direction.\u00a0 He shouldn\u2019t have done it but they could have walked him away.\u00a0 Another, later on, had done the same but they were easier on him.\u00a0 The culprits meant no harm but deserve what they get.\u00a0 One bit I, and thousands of others missed, was when another came on whilst we had a goal kick and Lukas stepped aside to let him take it.\u00a0 Fair play to our ghoalie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?attachment_id=3162\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3162\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3162\" alt=\"ratict-brentford-celtic-023-16x9277-933553_396x223\" src=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ratict-brentford-celtic-023-16x9277-933553_396x223-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ratict-brentford-celtic-023-16x9277-933553_396x223-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ratict-brentford-celtic-023-16x9277-933553_396x223-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ratict-brentford-celtic-023-16x9277-933553_396x223.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The game itself was okay but Tony Watt did not want to be there, blaming everyone around him for his mistakes and he was eventually taken off for Atajic to show us what he was capable of.\u00a0 And capable, he seemed to be.\u00a0 Very lively, lovely runs, good touches and fast plus knows the route to goal.\u00a0 He\u2019s proved that in the under 21 side as he\u2019s been the top scorer for the past two seasons.\u00a0 Others who impressed me were young McGregor, Henderson and Fisher but Rogic again looked good.\u00a0 His gangled hunched up walk with that knackered look as he trudges through the grass transforms to something you couldn\u2019t expect when he gets the ball.\u00a0 His control and strength on the ball is very good, uses both feet although predominantly left footed and is not afraid to take on people as he surges forward.\u00a0 Amido who has still to find the form he showed for Guimares scored his first for Celtic and brought us level.\u00a0 Young McGregor scored a nice second goal and we were on our way.\u00a0 Flares had been thrown onto the pitch all through the game with Uwe Rossler showing the inept Brentford steward how to diffuse it properly.\u00a0 The poor steward was pouring buckets of sand and leaving them standing like mole hills around the 18 yard box but Mr Rossler lifted the next flare, which was only a few minutes later and whilst glaring at the steward, lifted it up gently and put it out in the bucket of water\/sand.\u00a0 The steward then disappeared and came back a minute later, complete with safety gloves, to spread the mole hills he had made, evenly across the grass.\u00a0 Div!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brentford put on a good show and missed a few chances late on but it was Celtic\u2019s day.\u00a0 Mr Rossler showed his appreciation of Celtic\u2019s fans by applauding us after the final whistle blew.\u00a0 Then a few ran onto the pitch to celebrate the victory and in the midst of them was Neil Lennon.\u00a0 More came, then more and the police seemingly knowing it was all in fun, stood back\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 this time so did the stewards, taking note of how police handled things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?attachment_id=3163\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3163\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3163\" alt=\"165012893_2557126386001_video-still-for-video-2557043127001\" src=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/165012893_2557126386001_video-still-for-video-2557043127001-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/165012893_2557126386001_video-still-for-video-2557043127001-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/165012893_2557126386001_video-still-for-video-2557043127001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/165012893_2557126386001_video-still-for-video-2557043127001.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was noticed by the Celtic crowd, those still in their seats anyway, how the police were laughing and joking with the crowd who were climbing over to get onto the pitch.\u00a0 They were letting them on and the crowd, although huge at this point, paid back the Police\u2019s trust by leaving in a disorderly manner but without causing any damage.\u00a0 The reports on Sky told a very negative side to this.\u00a0 Not a misinterpretation but plainly and simply trying to make us look bad in the eyes of those who were not there.\u00a0 According to them we were jumping on the crossbars when in actual fact, one guy swung on it.\u00a0 The police even escorted some of our fans back safely across the barriers.\u00a0 This was our third meeting but Celtic\u2019s first win against Brentford EVER!\u00a0 I don\u2019t think we\u2019ll be coming back next year as their Club and Brentford as a whole aren\u2019t ready for us yet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I had arranged for our Club Members to meet up with the Celtic players after the game but I am actually quite glad Brentford cancelled it due to Health and Safety reasons.\u00a0 Not because either of us have a contagious disease lurking but they don\u2019t have a place big enough to take us.\u00a0 What would we have said to the young Bhoys?\u00a0 What\u2019s your name, what position do you play, are you still at school?\u00a0 Best wishes to the young bhoys and hope they have a great future at Celtic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I think the local police, and there were only a few of them, handled the situation perfectly with most of them laughing at their antics\/jokes though probably couldn\u2019t understand them\u00a0 and in cases even swapping names with the Hoops support.\u00a0 Excellent display by the Met.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back at the ranch and it was all as expected, buzzing again, queuing for ages despite the extra bar staff and the beer garden counter.\u00a0 The Hounslow contingent were present as always and Kim and Kevin McLaughlin came to their new home just in time to see Kevin Gaskin taking pics with his camera standing on the couch.\u00a0 I could hear Noel\u2019s brain ticking over like an ATM.\u00a0 The band had cancelled and no replacement found in time but now the wi-fi was down and no-one could hear the music in the garden (don\u2019t understand that one either folks).\u00a0 Celtic fans don\u2019t really need a band as they are more than capable of making their own entertainment and their strongest point is the ability to take the Mickey out of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Spirit of 67, with Jon Boyle (of WLCSC Flag fame), Owen Clerkin, John and family, Jarek and of course there was Joe.\u00a0 He must have knocked over everything he touched everywhere but was still tormenting Mr Boyle about a lost WLCSC flag on a train in Barcelona many years ago.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t believe he\u2019d never heard the story!\u00a0 One of their Members, Pat, is a massive Celtic and Cliftonville fan and hoped one day he would see the two play each other but the day before the CL qualifier was announced, Pat was shipped out to work in Syria and couldn\u2019t get time off.\u00a0 How gutted was he?\u00a0 He comforted himself in finding a local team in Syria, founded by Craig Bellamy Foundation (CBF), who play in the Hoops.\u00a0 Not just in green and white but the full official Celtic strips.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lors skipped out to the chippy and brought Alan back some food which he quickly shared with everyone around but it gave him just about enough strength to climb the table and organise the singing which was getting a bit messy. \u00a0Us against them sort of thing, 3 songs going on at once and within five feet of each other.\u00a0 He organised Glasgow\u2019s Green and White and that seemed to go on for ages.\u00a0 Well, you just start and go on till you drop as it doesn\u2019t have an ending! \u00a0That\u2019s great for Parkhead but not when you\u2019re pissed, hoarse and in the pub.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This guy coming up now is the original shakey hand man.\u00a0 Young Michael Patrick Francis Jones (think that\u2019s what he said as he\u2019d lost his voice through singing and I\u2019m half deaf through age) whose voice went downhill rapidly didn\u2019t really care about the whereabouts of his mates but was a little curious as to where they were.\u00a0 Unfortunately, he not only lost his voice but also his coach back to Castlemilk!\u00a0 I even helped him scour the grassy area opposite for bodies he may have recognised but they were all gone and only the debris was left behind under the lingering smell of dope. Then Annie, Mark\u2019s girlfriend called me over to tell me that YMPFJ fae Castlemilk was taught Sports by her dad!\u00a0 Those back in the pub today will probably find young Michael still there.\u00a0 I asked him how he was getting back and he said, I\u2019ll worry about that when the party\u2019s done!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Chuckles and their brother seemed to be having a great time and so too were Ryan with his Norn Arish mate Stephen whilst Jamie and his mates were down the bottom next to the beer counter.\u00a0 The Murphy ghirls were there and Shug as always was holding court.\u00a0 I realised then that this pub holds more than I actually think.\u00a0 My feet were stinging after standing for hours and spared a thought for Big Pat Brusnahan who must be in agony after walking hundreds of miles through the mountains of Spain.\u00a0 He\u2019d trained for it, I hadn\u2019t.\u00a0 I got talking to two brothers (Breen) from Ardrossan who knew the Brusnahan family but couldn\u2019t quite remember Pat.\u00a0 They remembered as it was a strange name \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Good luck Pat on the walk and Joe up there in GY.\u00a0 You would have loved the day.<\/p>\n<p>John and Sheila told me about the press reports in the local Chiswick rag.\u00a0 Seemingly sleepy neighbours in the affluent area were rudely awakened at 10.07am yesterday with extremely loud singing emanating from Connolly\u2019s bar where the Hoops had descended for pre-match drinks.\u00a0 Kew Gardens didn\u2019t escape it either as loud hymns were heard throughout their grounds.\u00a0 Now that\u2019s class but what isn\u2019t is that the afore mentioned paper also commented about our fans singing hate songs towards Lee Rigby.\u00a0 I never heard these nor did I hear anyone even mention this.\u00a0 Poor taste from Chiswick\u2019s EDL contingent whom I was informed turned up at Brentford with a Union Flag.\u00a0\u00a0 John had a dodgy stomach yesterday and still taking it easy today.\u00a0 I witnessed him drinking a soft drink as I met up with them in Hounslow to hand over the season tickets!\u00a0 He\u2019s on the mend.<\/p>\n<p>It was brilliant seeing all these fans here and I think this prompted The Spirit of 67\u2019s Jarek\u2019s conversation with Lors.\u00a0 He suggested each London CSC holds one party throughout the year.\u00a0 The Jimmy Johnstone CSC from Gosport want to keep in touch so we could possibly include them in this as they\u2019re not that far away.\u00a0 Lors and I thought this a great idea and we could host the first of maybe 3 or 4 per year. Something, hopefully, to seriously consider and discuss at the next Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is so much to write and I\u2019ve forgotten most of it but another couple of things I remember are a story from Paul who used to live down my street.\u00a0 He told me of a guy at his work who bought a pair of blue shoes, not for the shoes but for the label which read \u00a316.90.\u00a0 He took the label off and framed it!\u00a0 How sad is that!\u00a0 I\u2019ve just come back from Tesco, still with my WLCSC shirt on, bought a few things and asked how much I owed.\u00a0 \u00a319.67 !!\u00a0 Honestly.\u00a0 Should I frame it?\u00a0 Today\u2019s going to be a good day.<\/p>\n<p>The second story concerns the dark side too.\u00a0 John from the Spirit of 67 told me how one of the guys he works with was thirsty and asked if he had any Skoosh.\u00a0 John said yes, I\u2019ve got some limeade.\u00a0 The dark one replied, \u201cstick that up your arse\u201d to which John replied, \u201cwell die of thirst ya Orange Bastard\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The bhoys from Newmarket must get a mention but unfortunately, can\u2019t remember their names.\u00a0 Good to meet Sean Cahill too and seemingly Rod Stewart was in The Guardsman at some point yesterday or last night but I never saw\/heard him but he has obviously heard of us. \u00a0Maybe he\u2019d also heard our band hadn\u2019t turned up and the wi-fi was down and he was the stand-in act!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Again, our guests were complimenting us on our new shirts and a lot of shirts were finally paid for, collected and worn last night.\u00a0 I read on Facebook that it was great to see the flag flying at the ground.\u00a0\u00a0 Funny, I don\u2019t remember seeing it and haven\u2019t seen it since it was hanging high in the sky before the game.\u00a0 Jon Boyle sprung to mind immediately!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We at the West London CSC were given a rare opportunity to welcome Celtic and their fans worldwide to Brentford.\u00a0 We hoped we could carry it off and show to all that this wee Club is a great one.\u00a0 I think we can say that yesterday was a great success and everyone had a brilliant time.\u00a0 Thank you everyone for making this day, a great one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, just after I got home, I got a text from Jamie Stewart who\u2019d just joined the Club to say he\u2019d been jumped.\u00a0 He was walking home on his own when 5 guys jumped him from behind shouting Chelsea whilst hitting him.\u00a0 Thankfully Jamie texted me this morning saying he was still raging but fine with only a scraped elbow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">HH.<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Holy Poet\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>YouTube Coverage of the game is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H1Azw6RSn9M \" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And as a \u00a0wee special bonus&#8230;.here the welcoming poem written before the weekends game :<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Brentford\u2019s Green and White.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>10,000 fans had packed the streets, draped in green and white<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Fans were singing, flags flew high, it was an awfy sight<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Dancing down the Ealing Road they came to our wee pub<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>They were all Celtic supporters come to see their London Club.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Some had a few, a few too much but still they sang their songs<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>With each Hail Hail, another crowd, came in and sang along<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>The locals even praised them as the best they\u2019d ever seen<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>When they let one final chorus rip \u201cCome On You Bhoys In Green\u201d!<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Griffin Park is going to hear a noise like none they\u2019ve heard before<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>The Green Brigade can lead us off, they\u2019re our diplomatic corps<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>The whole place will be rocking, it\u2019ll open up your eyes<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>But half of those who\u2019re singing, think they\u2019re still in Paradise!<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>We\u2019ve been in Brentford many years and the locals know us well<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>But witnessing what\u2019s happening now must seem to them like Hell<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>This quiet town\u2019s turned upside down they\u2019re not used to all this noise<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>But it\u2019s just the Celtic family cheering on their Bhoys.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>We\u2019re always well behaved on tour, Bhoys and Ghirls having fun<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Drinking all the pubs dry in Brentford\u2019s summer sun<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>The locals who have joined us, all drink in our wee pub<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>So here\u2019s to the Brentford people and our wee West London Club.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i>The Holy Poet.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the marvelous \u00a0West London Celtic Supporters Club, The Holy Poet gives us his run-down on when the Bhoys came to town: &nbsp; Brentford 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