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,…
“No Contest”, anyone?
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,…
“Heart of a Lion” … ‘Jinky’ Anniversary Tribute
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,…
Breathtaking, Chick … simply breathtaking!
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…
Hail!Hail! to a “Force of Nature” hushed …
On the day of Paul McBride’s funeral, we respectfully re-publish our (revised) poetic tribute. Johnbhoy “PMB … QC … RIP” (A tribute to the late Paul McBride, QC) Forthright; fearless; peerless … no back seat for him – and none for us. Flamboyant boldness … steadfast under fire – cool, calm, no fuss. Unfazed; remorseless…
Rays of Hope? … or just more Moonbeams?
Yesterday all the smart money was on Rangers being doomed, halfway down the slippery slope to inevitable liquidation. Well, what a difference a day makes … allegedly. According to the news this morning, they’re practically home and dry! D&P apparently say Craig Whyte, hot on the heels of his official SFA ratification as an unfit…
Whatever happened to “Due Diligence”?
In plain English (dispensing with all the incomprehensible “legalese”), to a potential buyer of a business, “Due Diligence” means, by proper investigation, making sure you’re going to get what you think you’re going to get … and what you’re going to be paying for. Practically speaking, that means fully unearthing and understanding all of the…
“Amo” & “Dodgy Dave’s” Blue-tinted Perspectives
I read with a certain degree of interest and no little amusement, the respective press effusions of Lorenzo Amoruso and Dave King in respect of the current travails of RFC (In Administration). “Amo” defiantly trumpets that NO-ONE will be stripping HIM of his hard-earned spoils from his time in Govan. They were, he bellows, the…
PMB … QC … RIP (Our Tribute to the late Paul McBride, QC)
A few respectful words on the passing of a good friend … a good friend to Celtic … to the Celtic manager … and to all the Celtic-minded. Johnbhoy “PMB … QC … RIP” (A Tribute to Paul McBride) Forthright; fearless; peerless … no back seat for him – and none for us. Flamboyant boldness…
A Word About Mr Adam
No doubt, in the wake of his outspoken, controversial and inflammatory intervention into the current unravelling Rangers administration and possible liquidation saga, the establishment knives will be out for Hugh Adam and his character assassination will be well under way: doddery old fool … bitter reject … dinosaur … what does HE know, anyway? You…
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