{"id":5402,"date":"2014-07-26T10:49:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T09:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2014-07-26T10:49:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T09:49:13","slug":"celtic-diary-saturday-july-26-another-suitcase-in-another-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=5402","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Saturday July 26: Another Suitcase in Another Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celtic are in Hamburg today to face St. Pauli in another friendly as Ronny Deila continues his mission of introducing a new work ethic to the players. St. Pauli , are one of those clubs that Celtic fans are supposed to support, have at least a genuine claim to be our second team, as opposed to the usual Barca-Man U-Liverpool-Feyenoord or any other we’re all bestest buddies nonsense that crops up from time to time.<\/p>\n

Actually, perhaps its not a bad idea. Maybe theres a smaller club closer to home we could help out, maybe even get a celebrity to endorse it.<\/p>\n

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Split shirts , split scarves a a relatively new addition to supporters merchandise, and as you may have guessed, not of any particular interest to me. You pick your club, you support it, and to hell with everyone else.<\/p>\n

But St. Pauli are perhaps different. There does seem to be a genuine inter club affection.<\/p>\n

Celtic, of course, were formed to feed the poor by a deeply religious and caring man,<\/p>\n

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( not by Irish Republican sympathisers, as the Telegraph reported the other day ) and St. Pauli have an interesting and commendable raison d’etre as well. ( Look it up if you can’t speak French )<\/p>\n

Theirs, however, took until the 1980s to identify itself; ( Wikipedia )<\/p>\n

It was in the mid-1980s that St. Pauli’s transition from a traditional club into a “Kult<\/a>” club began. The club was also able to turn the location of its ground in the dock area part of town, near Hamburg’s famous\u00a0Reeperbahn<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 centre of the city’s night life and its\u00a0red-light district<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 to its advantage. An alternative fan scene emerged, built around left-leaning politics, social activism and the event and party atmosphere of the club’s matches. Supporters adopted the\u00a0skull and crossbones<\/a>\u00a0as their own unofficial emblem. St. Pauli became the first team in Germany to officially ban\u00a0right-wing<\/a>\u00a0nationalist activities and displays in its stadium in an era when fascist-inspired\u00a0football hooliganism<\/a>\u00a0threatened the game across Europe.[5]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0In 1981, the team was averaging crowds of only 1,600 spectators: by the late 1990s they were frequently selling out their entire 20,000-capacity ground.[citation needed<\/span><\/a>]<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Skull and Crossbones\u00a0symbol had always been associated with\u00a0St Pauli<\/a>\u00a0in one way or another. Hamburg fostered the most famous pirate of Germany\u00a0Klaus St\u00f6rtebeker<\/a>\u00a0and the symbol had been used by the house occupants at Hafenstrasse, but the one who should be credited with finally bringing the symbol to the terraces is probably Doc Mabuse, the singer of a Hamburg punk band. As the legend tells, he first grabbed the flag from a stall while passing drunk through the\u00a0Dom<\/a>\u00a0on his way to the Millerntor-Stadion.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n

In the early 1990s, the media in Germany recognized the\u00a0Kult-image of the club, focusing on the\u00a0punk<\/a>\u00a0part of the fan-base in TV broadcasts of the matches. By this time, the media also started to establish nicknames like “Freibeuter der Liga” (“Buccaneers<\/a>\u00a0of the League””) as well as “das Freudenhaus der Liga” (“Brothel of the League”, literally “House of Joy”).<\/em><\/p>\n

St. Pauli moved in and out of the Bundesliga over the course of the next dozen years: The club were narrowly relegated to the Oberliga in the 1984\u201385 season, but won the 1985\u201386 championship and returned to 2. Bundesliga. Two increasingly strong years followed, resulting in promotion and three seasons in 1. Bundesliga, during 1988\u201391. Four seasons followed in 2. Bundesliga, and then another two in 1. Bundesliga 1995\u201397, before returning to 2. Bundesliga.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The club has also been active in terms of charity and in 2005 the club, the team and the fans initiated the\u00a0Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli<\/a>\u00a0campaign, which collects money for water-dispensers for schools in\u00a0Cuba<\/a>, for clean water in\u00a0Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0et cetera.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Effectively, they, like us, are the good guys. And they have an official \u00a0set of principles as well, including these;<\/p>\n

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St. Pauli were the first club in Germany to integrate a set of Fundamental Principles (Leitlinien) to dictate how the club is run. The Fundamental Principles were passed by an overwhelming majority at the St Pauli Congress in 2009 and they go beyond solely football.<\/p>\n

The first five Principles states that:<\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0“In its totality, consisting of members, staff, fans and honorary officers, St. Pauli FC is a part of the society by which it is surrounded and so is affected both directly and indirectly by social changes in the political, cultural and social spheres.”<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0“St. Pauli FC is conscious of the social responsibility this implies, and represents the interests of its members, staff, fans and honorary officers in matters not just restricted to the sphere of sport.”<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0“St. Pauli FC is the club of a particular city district, and it is to this that it owes its identity. This gives it a social and political responsibility in relation to the district and the people who live there.”<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0“St. Pauli FC aims to put across a certain feeling for life and symbolises sporting authenticity. This makes it possible for people to identify with the club independently of any sporting successes it may achieve. Essential features of the club that encourage this sense of identification are to be honoured, promoted and preserved.”<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0“Tolerance and respect in mutual human relations are important pillars of the<\/i>\u00a0St. Pauli philosophy.“<\/i>[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

But its the supporters who seem to have the common ground with our own support;<\/p>\n

St. Pauli enjoys a certain fame for the left-leaning character of its supporters: most of the team’s fans regard themselves as anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-homophobic and anti-sexist, and this has on occasion brought them into conflict with\u00a0neo-Nazis<\/a>and hooligans at away games. The organisation has adopted an outspoken stance against racism, fascism, sexism, and homophobia and has embodied this position in its constitution. Team supporters traditionally participate in demonstrations in the Hamburg district of St. Pauli, including those over\u00a0squatting<\/a>\u00a0or low-income housing, such as the\u00a0Hafenstra\u00dfe<\/a>\u00a0andBambule<\/a>. The centre of fan activity is the Fanladen St. Pauli. St Pauli fans currently have a strong relationship with\u00a0Ternana<\/a>fans,\u00a0Hapoel Tel Aviv<\/a>\u00a0fans and\u00a0Bohemians 1905<\/a>\u00a0fans.\u00a0Ultr\u00e1 Sankt Pauli\u00a0also has a friendship with the ultras scene of\u00a0Bayern Munich<\/a>, the\u00a0Schickeria M\u00fcnchen.[7]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0At times the banner of Schickeria M\u00fcnchen is displayed at the Millerntor Stadion.<\/em><\/p>\n

The club prides itself on having the largest number of female fans in all of German football.[8]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0In 2002, advertisements for the men’s magazine\u00a0Maxim<\/a>\u00a0were removed from the team’s stadium, in response to fans’ protests over the adverts’ allegedly sexist depictions of women.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Which, of course , would have generated publicity beyond their wildest dreams for the magazine… still, you have to admire their principles, and theres not too many these days who have any at all. In fact, if anyone has any of these books lying around, send them to me and I’ll dispose of them for you.<\/p>\n

Eventually.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Back to the game, and the team , probably by now discussing how best to use the Air Miles they’ve clocked up recently for this years Christmas Piss Up, enjoyed the presence of American rapper and car insurance advertisement star Snoop Dog, who met them at the airport yesterday<\/p>\n

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Thankfully, \u00a0this time he hasn’t offered to buy the club or lead the team out. And , as with all tv stars, a couple of the players were surprised how different he looks in real life from his expensively cultivated media persona;<\/p>\n

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But its one thing having fun and meeting superstars, one guy arrived at the airport before everyone else, and looks very serious about his new job.<\/p>\n

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Craig Gordon impressed during his run out last week, and is starting to look like he doesn’t intend to let a second shot at the game slip away, and thats worried Lukasz Zaluska, who sounds like he’s fed up of being at the club. He’s been number two to Fraser Forster for what seems like an eternity, and whilst a capable keeper, he’s never really convinced a lot of the support.<\/p>\n

With Forster likely to be the subject of enticing offers to move down south over the next few weeks, Zaluska is ready to step up to the plate. Well, sort of;<\/p>\n

“In the two games against Reykjavik, I was on the bench while Fraser was playing.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But maybe he’ll change clubs. Southampton sent an offer, supposedly \u00a37.5million, but our bosses rejected it.<\/em><\/p>\n

If Fraser leaves, I’d be fighting for the place with Craig Gordon. But the club may bring in another goalkeeper.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0You cannot help but feel the swearing was left out of that last sentence.<\/p>\n

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Celtics supporters liason officer John Paul Taylor sent out a couple of interesting tweets last night…<\/p>\n

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\"\"CelticFC SLO<\/b>\u00a0@<\/span>CelticFCSLO<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span>20h<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Advice from Legia SLO: Flags and Banners on Wed are best to be kept to support for Celtic only<\/p>\n

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Advice from Legia SLO: fans travelling on Wed should stick to Celtic only colours as these are respected<\/p>\n

\u00a0What are they expecting from us over there ? Or is it more a case of what should we expect from them ?<\/p>\n

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Antifa-Celtic<\/strong>\u00a0\u200f@<\/s>ReeceUTLR<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a020h<\/span><\/a><\/small><\/div>\n

@<\/s>CelticFCSLO<\/b><\/a> Advice from me: Look after any banner you take. They’ll jump at a chance to steal some, dont make it easy for them!<\/p>\n

An extract from a later JPT tweet to another fan hinted that it could be an , er, interesting trip…<\/p>\n

many have extreme views, will be a very different experience from most matches at this stage<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Domestically, \u00a0couple of league games have been moved to accommodate Sky Tv. Theres a surprise:<\/p>\n

Saturday 13 September, Celtic v Aberdeen – Live on Sky Sports, 12.45pm<\/p>\n

Saturday 27 September, 2014 St Mirren v Celtic – Live on Sky 12:45<\/p>\n

\u00a0Well, at least it’s a Saturday. So, todays supplementary question is when do we get our first Saturday 3pm kick off this season ? And will it interfere with our Christmas shopping ?<\/p>\n

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Actually, this season might be interesting to say the least. With the Premier League downgraded in status to the second best in the country, the hype around the new Scottish Super League, formerly the old first division, soared yesterday when the Evening Times paraded the biggest signing in Scottish football for many. many years…<\/p>\n

Ally McCoist hails Rangers<\/h1>\n

comeback star Lewis Macleod<\/h1>\n

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Hail, Hail, said the Ibrox boss. Diary photo, not the paper. They went with some other idiot-<\/em><\/p>\n

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RANGERS boss Ally McCoist has admitted having Lewis Macleod available again has been like signing a new player.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Sorry, my mistake. It’s like the biggest signing in Scottish football for many, many a year. But it isn’t actually a signing.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Macleod capped a fine display against Ottawa Fury when he set up the only goal of the game for team-mate Nicky Law. The Scotland Under-21 star was sidelined for the second half of last season due to a debilitating virus that affected the muscles around his heart.<\/p>\n

But he is now back in blue for the Ibrox side and McCoist said: “His confidence is rising and it’s like having a new player in many ways.”<\/p>\n

Mark Hateley would be so proud.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The midfielder has gone from strength to strength since the SPFL League One champions returned to training at Auchenhowie last month.<\/p>\n

He was poorly, he got better.<\/em><\/p>\n

The fine performance against Ottawa – when the teenager played for 79 minutes before being replaced by Dean Shiels – had been coming.<\/p>\n

He scored a superb goal in a closed-doors game against Fulham at Murray Park shortly before the Glasgow club jetted across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Reports that \u00a0reporter Matthew Lindsay, the author of this piece , crept into the players hospital room while he was asleep \u00a0during his recovery, are as yet unconfirmed. But it probably explains the dozen red roses the player has received every day for the last six months..Some when he wasn’t actually ill.<\/i><\/p>\n

And since then he has impressed watching Gers supporters in the overseas matches against both Ventura County Fusion and Sacramento Republic.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Incidentally, its unlikely any “Gers ” fans were watching any of the games over there. Apparently several were arrested after rioting broke out over a damaged “I speak your weight machine ”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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McCoist has only added four new players to his squad this summer – Kris Boyd, Darren McGregor, Kenny Miller and Marius Zaliukas.<\/p>\n

Simultaneously raising the average age of Glasgow residents by ten years..<\/em><\/p>\n

But the Light Blues gaffer has been delighted with the rapid progress Macleod has made since being given the go-ahead by club medical staff to return to action.<\/p>\n

However, he stressed he will not rush the player back into action and risk setting back his recovery from the illness that ruled him out last season.<\/p>\n

And he’s to wear a jacket if he goes outside, eat all his veg-they don’t call them greens over there-and eat five fruits a day. Four of which must be oranges. Sports science at Ibrox is firmly in the same time period as most of its fans.<\/em><\/p>\n

But he has told the talented youngster that he will feature for his team in the second tier if he maintains his high performance levels in the weeks ahead.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the official club website, McCoist said: “Lewis has had a tough time of it this year with the medical condition he had.<\/p>\n

“That was very, very difficult for him and seeing the boys coming in to train each day, especially for a young lad, is soul destroying.<\/p>\n

Probably not as soul destroying as watching a procession of second rate journeymen players and Allys old pals take their places in the team, which were promised to them if they joined the new club when the old one died…<\/em><\/p>\n

“Lewis handled the situation very well and he has come back looking very strong and he has worked hard in pre-season.<\/p>\n

“Without wanting to put any pressure on him at all, if he plays anything like he did for the rest of the season the way he did against Ottawa we’ll be happy.<\/p>\n

“I wouldn’t like to start singling people out because we’ve had some good, solid performances from a lot of the boys, but Lewis has been bright, as we expect him to be.”<\/p>\n

And if Ally says it, you have to believe him.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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If McCoists lips move, treat with contempt.<\/p>\n

1. RIFC Feb 2013 http:\/\/<\/span>i.imgur.com\/9yjjs1i.jpg<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

2. Statement May 2014. http:\/\/www.<\/span>eveningtimes.co.uk\/rangers\/mccois<\/span>t-rangers-players-wont-get-league-title-bonus-162252n.24132942<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The reason they are over in the States playing at what appear to be public parks and “county fairs “, as they are called over there, is because Ibrox , too, is being used for the Commonwealth Games. The cash strapped club have been given a hefty wad of cash for use of the old place, essential for them as the board plan their summer breaks.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

You wouldn’t know that from reading the press in Scotland, though. Paul Larkin did a wee write up on it this week, which is worth a look.<\/p>\n

Is this the reason Sevco are in California? <\/span>http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/1jUOJOA<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>#<\/s>Celtic<\/b><\/a>@<\/s>paullarkin74<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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That was Simon Lynch, former Celt , pictured in yesterdays Diary, enjoying a new career in the popular music industry. Several other Celts have undertaken complete career changes, probably the most eyebrow raising ones being Harald Brattbakk , who became a pilot, and Andy Walker, who became an arsehole.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Tommy Gemmell entered another industry after football. Which ?<\/p>\n

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