WELL, for one thing, John Lennon, ever the most controversial Beatle, took delivery of his eye-catching, refurbished, psychedelic Rolls Royce. It caused uproar, including the raising of a formal complaint by the iconic car company itself! Lennon had bought the car new from Rolls Royce in 1965 but soon became bored with the bland (lack…
Our Sleeping Giant … ?
ANYONE with any kind of football brain can see that the big lack in the current Celtic jigsaw is a natural play-maker … a Lubo, McStay, Connelly, Murdoch or Auld-style midfield general with the joint ability to “see” things – and more crucially, to make them happen. Someone to play with the head up and…
Rebuild it and they will come …
RECONSTRUCTION … the current buzzword among the legislative triumvirate of Larry, Curly and Moe … sorry (in no particular order), that’s Messrs Regan, Doncaster and Longmuir. Strictly for the good of Scottish football, of course; no question of gerrymandering a more rapid return to the higher echelons for “The (reconstructed) Rangers” … perish the thought! Paranoia aside, though,…
Paper the Walls, Lenny … !!!
IF ANY extra motivation is needed in the wake of last night’s exhilarating win over the excellent but sometimes nasty Spartak Moscow, to qualify for the business end of the Champions’ League, Neil Lennon could do worse than paper the Parkhead dressing room with copies of the acerbic, condescending, disrespectful, ill-informed article penned overnight by one…
“Hail! … Hail! … The Celts are … almost there!”
LAST NIGHT was arguably the most bittersweet experience of my over fifty years supporting Celtic. Having lived through the ecstasy of Lisbon, the agony of Milan and all points before, in between and after, it’s doubtful if anything has surpassed the mixed emotions of our remarkable 2-1 (going on 3-0) triumph over Barcelona. It was…
Be brave, Celtic … play to win!
TONIGHT we face a mighty challenge, perhaps even more awesome than the one of a fortnight ago in the Camp Nou. Let us face it with the indomitable spirit that we celebrated yesterday and that has stood the club in such good stead throughout the 125 years commemorated so proudly across The Celtic World. Despite the…
“Walfrid’s Boon” (125 Years of Celtic)
A BOON is a special gift, or favour … a blessing bestowed on individuals or communities in exceptional circumstances; and few, if any, are as wondrous as that bestowed by the Marist Brother ‘Walfrid’ on the afflicted Irish immigrant enclave in the East End of Glasgow in the late 1880’s … that boon was ……
THAT Goal …
YESTERDAY’S hugely disappointing performance and result rubbed unrefined salt into the still-open wound of last Tuesday’s defeat in Barcelona. Yet, sore though the Kilmarnock reversal was, for me, it pales into insignificance by comparison with the last-gasp Camp Nou horror show. Though at times it was agony to behold, I was as proud as any…
Reflections on Truth & Justice …
IT HAS taken 23 years for the shameful Hillsborough incident to reach the point where accepted truth has come out and the sword of justice is poised to strike. Better late than never – though it has been a long, hard, painful road for survivors and families. On another front, amidst a welter of evidence…
Remembrance Day …
THE 19TH OF OCTOBER is a doubly poignant date in the Celtic calendar. It is, of course, “ 7-1 Day ”, cause enough in itself for pause to savour the recollection of a gala occasion. On a more sombre note, though, today is also the 31st anniversary of the tragic accidental death of a true…
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