Sadly, each passing tactical-delay day and every smugly self-satisfied pronouncement on behalf of the collective establishment (and yes, that DOES include its mollycoddled favourite club and a compliant MSM) reinforces my long-held suspicion that the conspiracy to contrive and enforce the survival of and soft landing for a continuing true blue element in Scottish football…

… NOT the flavour presently being cooked up over at the SPL, which stinks to high heaven. Anyone with half a brain can work out that yesterday’s failure to conclude the business of the day, allied to the subsequent gobbledegook spouted in all directions by Neil Doncaster, is a fairly blatant attempt to buy time for…

In this morning’s Scotsman newspaper, Stuart Bathgate performs some astonishing logical gymnastics in apparently attempting to justify, or at least explain, the likelihood of a fudged (i.e. totally devoid of integrity) outcome to today’s SPL meeting to discuss and vote on, amongst other matters, sanctions in the event of member insolvency. I’m sorry, Mr B…

Yes, for me and millions like me, Celtic are most definitely “Special”. However, NOT in the arrogant sense the “Cheeky Chappie” means in his recent petulant outburst in the tabloid press … NOT to the extent of being less subject to the rules and regulations of the game than fellow members.  NOT to the extent…

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…