As the remorseless countdown to possible liquidation of the EE continues, I find myself in a curious position. To a fully paid-up founder member of the TPP (Timmy Paranoia Party), it seems almost inconceivable that one of the great universal truths of my lifetime … that no harm shall ever be allowed to befall the…

… in relation to matters involving our friends south of the river, that is, … a paranoid Tim, if you like … and at this precise moment, you’d very probably be right! Trouble is, I (and a good friend of mine, who’s seldom far off the mark in such matters) have, from the outset, been…

As I understand it (there will, no doubt, be a stampede to correct me if I’m wrong), there is currently no mechanism for ushering a “Newco” successor to a liquidated member club straight back into the SPL, with or without point or financial penalty. Why would there be?  Much simpler just to follow precedent and…

Neil Lennon graduated with honours as Celtic manager at Rugby Park last Saturday, when his exciting young squad shook off its recent lethargy to romp to its first SPL title under his stewardship.  As he himself said, he can now walk shoulder-to-shoulder with earlier managerial icons, rather than in their giant shadows. On the night…

I should warn you that what you are about to read really amounts to no more than the figment of my fevered imagination and should be taken with a hefty pinch of salt and sour grapes. Napoleon allegedly called the English, “A Nation of Shopkeepers”.  It was a great line but the slur backfired and…

This morning, I am certain we at 25thMay1967 will not be alone among the Celtic community in setting aside our own bitter disappointment at yesterday’s debacle to express our deepest sympathies to the family of Liam Kelly and of course, to the young player himself. Kilmarnock’s fourth-most-experienced campaigner at just 21 years of age, what…

No, there hasn’t been a last-minute change of sponsor – tomorrow’s League Cup Final between Celtic and Kilmarnock remains the deciding tie of the 2011/12 “Scottish Communities League Cup”.  The use of  “bitter-sweet” above is purely adjectival, reflecting our topsy-turvy record in the third-most-important competition in post-war Scottish football. Characterised by spectacular highs and lows,…

Have you ever sat in a golf or bowling club and browsed the ‘Champions’ or ‘Competitions’ boards? Occasionally, you will see the cryptic legend, “No Contest”, intriguingly inserted against a particular year or event. Often you will find that if you enquire as to the circumstances that led to the gap in the historical record,…

On the Anniversary of the loss of a true Celtic legend, we remember and honour the incomparable Jimmy Johnstone through our re-published verse tribute: “Heart of a Lion” (An Epitaph) With the heart of a lion, a Lisbon Lion, he truly graced ‘The Beautiful Game’: subtle feints, or a dip of a shoulder or hip,…

Just read a BBC Sport piece from the other day, in which Scottish football luminary and ardent St Mirren fanatic, Chick Young, muses on the deepening morass that is the Rangers “crisis” and the inevitability, in his opinion, of any post-liquidation Newco’s re-admission to the SPL. Setting aside the rights or wrongs of that particular…