A day’s reflection on the recent death of Willie O’Neill threw up fond memories of a classy full back who was a key component of the all-conquering Jock Stein player pool of 1966/67, the mighty squad that ultimately spawned the Lisbon Lions. Willie was, in fact, first-pick that year, on the left of a full…
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Bobogate … or Boobgate? (Don’t Shoot-Ourselves-in-the-Footgate!)
If confirmed, the currently alleged SFA/Bobo Balde email affair will be more toxic than the combined fallout from Chernobyl and Fukushima. If it proves to be factual, it will be an own-goal so spectacular it might make Dougiegate and Dallasgate seem like minor indiscretions. The issue and the personnel allegedly involved, for whom it would…
“It’s no fair!” Just doesn’t Cut It Any More
According to recent media reporting, Rangers are RAGING that UEFA have had the temerity to *pro-actively and covertly investigate mounting suspicions about the odious behaviour of sections of their travelling support in Europe (*or, underhandedly, depending on your particular point of view). How dare they … UEFA, that is? So what if those in question…
Not Good Enough, Walter!
Was anybody else as gobsmacked as me that Rangers surliest-ever manager (by a very short head, mind you – there’s been a few of them) kind of let his side down a bit in the interview he gave the other day, as the latest impending UEFA sanction storm broke? It’s not as if he was…
The Sectarian Plot Thickens
So, Rangers are hovering on the brink of yet another round of UEFA sanctions on the back of the alleged persistent sectarian behaviour of their fans in Europe. That’s all very well and comes as no great surprise, given their “previous” and the declared intention of the continental governing body to punish such unacceptable offending…
Let’s give Neil something to work with.
Following this week’s stunning pre-legal victory over the SFA incompetents, Neil Lennon will be free to retake his place in the dugout against St Mirren next week. A big “Hail! Hail!” to that. It will be something of a hollow victory, though, if he does so with anything less than a morale-boosting victory in Inverness…
Legends or Footnotes?
Jock Stein made many memorable utterances; but perhaps the most telling of all was when, reflecting years later on what he and his players had achieved, he opined that things may not have gone so well for him and Celtic had the 1965 Scottish Cup Final gone the other way. Was he right? Mercifully, we…
“Ultimate Celtic Squad” Midfielders (Amendment)
Reading something by David Potter the other day drew my attention to the astonishing oversight of my failure even to mention, let alone include the great “Sunny Jim” in our proposed “Ultimate” Celtic midfield pool. That grievous oversight is hereby addressed. James Young, the Ayshire engineering apprentice with absolutely no Celtic affiliation before signing in…
The Three Bears
Once upon a time, there were three “Bears” … Now, let’s make one thing clear from the outset – this story has nothing at all to do with cuddly bedtime storybook bears and bowls of porridge; and even less with the followers of a certain south side club, who sometimes like to style themselves as…
Jimmy Johnstone, 1944-2006 (An Epitaph)
Jimmy Johnstone, by official acclamation Celtic’s “Greatest Ever Player” and undoubtedly high on any Celtic supporter’s list of “All-time Greats”, died five years ago today (RIP). In homage to our “Lord of the Wing”, we are proud to re-publish our lyrical tribute to the wee man with the big, big heart: “Heart of a Lion”…
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