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16 June 2012
The Front of The Bus Jun 16, 2012
So, I\'ve been working hard this week. Getting a lot of things up to speed so I can focus on some new projects at long last. The first of these is going to happen tonight and I am so happy on the basis that it came from an email alert from someone els...
Continue reading 'Hear ye, hear ye, eh, hear me'
Scotsman Jun 16, 2012
Hearts supporters want their club to vote against a Rangers newco being allowed to start in the SPL.
Continue reading 'Rangers liquidation: Hearts fans say no to ‘newco’'
Alex Thomson's View Jun 16, 2012
"So today, I shall be asking some questions of the latest legend/saviour/hero/Christ/delete as applicable. A man called Walter Smith who, they tell me is a legend. When legends wander in and out of Ibrox everyone should be asking questions."...
Continue reading 'Walter Smith – questions for the Rangers’ legend'
Random Thoughts Re Scots Law Jun 16, 2012
Gladys Green, now CEO of “The Rangers Football Club” said on Thursday, “Today we are out of the SPL. Today we are not in the SFA. These are problems that we have to deal with to get this football club back playing football here.” Is he right? I d...
Phil Mac Giolla Bhain Jun 16, 2012
Just when we thought this circus could not get any stranger. I have been informed by an excellent source that discussions are currently ongoing to allow FC New Co going into SFL1. There are presently no mechanisms to allow this. However, it would a...
Continue reading 'FC New Co to SFL1?'
Scotsman Jun 16, 2012
FOOTBALL in this country is facing a watershed moment. On the line when top-flight clubs vote on whether to accept newco Rangers into the Scottish Premier League are their own futures as much as the future of the Ibrox club.
Continue reading 'Rangers liquidation: SPL judgement day for clubs'
VideoCelts Jun 16, 2012
Ally McCoist has defied Gladys Green and told the Daily Record that he did consider walking away from Rangers. After the failure of his CVA plan Green had to defend himself against a claim that McCoist was ready to quit the club after being told that the...
Continue reading 'Ally McCoist defies Charlie Green'
Scotzine Jun 16, 2012
In what will potentially be a major slap in the face for Gladys Green and the consortium that now holds the assets of the Ibrox side, Rangers fans are planning a march to show their support for former Walter Smith and the bid that he is fronting with Jim...
Celtic Quick News Jun 16, 2012
Malcolm Murray, the newly appointed chairman of the Newco club Gladys Green hopes to establish, yesterday entertained us with his comments on punishments served on a football team suspected of cheating you for over a decade. He said: “We've had …...
VideoCelts Jun 16, 2012
Monday's SPL fixture list will have one obvious omission- Rangers. Confirmation that the Govan based club are to be liquidated has brought the Rangers crisis to a conclusion while the battle for newco looks like being very public and messy. According ...
Continue reading 'SPL to publish 11 club fixture list'
Henry Clarson Jun 16, 2012
Rangers haven't even begun to taste proper punishment. At least ten years of cheating cannot be atoned for by anything less than expulsion. I, like tens of thousands of other Scottish football supporters, spent years paying to see what was advertised as...
Continue reading 'Where To Begin?'
Celtic Fanzone Jun 16, 2012
Because None of The Scottish Media Have The Balls! First off my apologies to Alex Thomson for describing him merely as a 'Geordie'. He's much, much more than that. (In the nicest possible way) For those who don't know who Alex is, he's the Chief...
Continue reading 'Why Must A ‘Geordie’ Do The Dirty Work?'
Maley's Bhoys Jun 16, 2012
Could Rangers Football Club (1872) Become “Fourth Lanark”? As Celtic celebrated lifting the Championship trophy at the end of last season, and the players paraded around the field, a young woman took to the pitch and sang the famous Three Degrees hit,...
Continue reading '“When Will I See You Again?”'
Herald Scotland Jun 16, 2012
Sponsors are beginning to pull out of Rangers in support of Walter Smith's bid to buy control from Gladys Green.
Continue reading 'Sponsors side with Smith as newco loses support'
Sky Sports Jun 16, 2012
Sky Sports sources understand Celtic have rejected a bid in excess of £6m from Rubin Kazan for South Korea international Ki Sung-yueng.
Continue reading 'Bhoys reject Rubin's Ki bid'
VideoCelts Jun 16, 2012
Working out the qualification options for Euro 2012 is far from clear cut. In the olden days when goal difference was used to decide which team goes through the issues were fairly clear cut. With head to head results now being the deciding factor there ...
Continue reading 'UEFA explains the Euro 2012 qualification maze- not for dummies'
VideoCelts Jun 16, 2012
Georgios Samaras was celebrating qualification for the last eight of the European Championships as Greece beat Russia 1-0 to finish as runners-up to the Czech Reublic in Group A. Skipper Giorgios Karagounis scored the only goal of the game in first half ...
Continue reading 'Samaras helps send Advocaat packing'
VideoCelts Jun 16, 2012
Seven weeks away from the start of the new season it's being reported that the SFA are trying to push through a merger of the SPL and SFA. With no official comment being made from the SPL following news of the liquidation of Rangers the lack of leaders...
Continue reading 'SFA push for SPL and SFA merger'
Liam Conway Jun 16, 2012
We have all played the game where you change one letter of a word at a time to turn it into an entirely different word. Sometimes it can be done fairly quickly. Other times it takes quite a few moves. Provided there are enough letters, you can usually ma...
Continue reading 'The Switching Game'
The Celtic Network Jun 16, 2012
As most of you are aware i released an ebook covering the first season of TCN and Celtic's championship win. The idea of the book was to raise money for our four Celtic charities we sponsor. Unfortunately we have only sold 4 raising about £10 to be s...
Continue reading 'Free Ebook For Everyone who visits TCN this weekend'
Scotsman Jun 16, 2012
Records show that Scotland's worst defeat in international football was at Wembley in 1961, a trifling 3-9 reversal. Celtic goalkeeper Frank Haffey was the poor chap in goal that day, and for years afterwards, if you asked a Glaswegian the time he was .
Continue reading 'Oldest fixture returns as Scotland set to play England at Wembley'
Vital Football Jun 16, 2012
European champions Chelsea are now rivalling the likes of Liverpool for Celtic midfield ace Victor Wanyama.
Continue reading 'Blues enter race for midfielder'
UEFA.com - News Jun 16, 2012
Damien Duff will become the fifth player to reach a century of caps for the Republic of Ireland when he faces Italy on Monday. Team reporter Garry Doyle pays tribute.
Continue reading 'Duff on the cusp of Ireland's 100 club'
Vital Football Jun 16, 2012
Celtic target Matt Mills will command a fee of in the region of £3m if he leaves Leicester City.
Continue reading 'Return wanted on Celtic target'
Herald Scotland Jun 16, 2012
CELTIC might be about to have their resolve tested in their own personal game of Moneyball.
Continue reading 'Moneyball strategy throws up curveball'
TEAMtalk Jun 16, 2012
Celtic have reportedly rejected a bid in excess of £6million from Rubin Kazan for South Korea international Ki Sung-yueng.
Continue reading 'Bhoys reject Rubin's Ki bid'
Vital Football Jun 16, 2012
Celtic are understood to have rejected an offer of in excess of £6m from Rubin Kazan for midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng...
Continue reading 'Celtic turn down midfielder bid'
The Sun Jun 16, 2012
“He should concentrate on getting results. “It has been 24 years since Ireland qualified for a European Championships and the previous generation had players at Manchester United, Liverpool and Celtic. “It was a strong team with good player...
Continue reading 'Shut your Trap, Keano'
Vital Football Jun 16, 2012
Goalkeeper Fraser Forster is still keen on a move to Celtic despite the ongoing delay over any transfer.
Continue reading 'Celtic still expect keeper deal'
The Sun Jun 16, 2012
Fans' chief John Macmillan insisted ex-boss Smith can do for Gers what Fergus McCann did for Celtic and drag the fallen giants back on their feet. Macmillan said: “I was delighted when I heard Walter was interested, then disappointed when I learned ..
Continue reading 'Fans want dream team'
The Sun Jun 16, 2012
Former soccer star Paul Elliott, who has campaigned for years for equality in the sport, was made a CBE. The ex-Chelsea and Celtic star, 48 — who has worked for anti-racism group Kick It Out — said he was “flabbergasted”. Elliott, previously made ...
Continue reading 'Gary Barlow and Kate Winslet honoured in the Queen’s birthday list'
Herald Scotland Jun 16, 2012
HEARTS and Hibernian fans, in separate online polls, have voted overwhelmingly against the idea of a Rangers newco being granted straight admission to the SPL.
Continue reading 'Capital fans urge clubs to oppose admission'
Scotsman Jun 16, 2012
We should have won today, that wasn't the case and that is football. All compliments to Greece.” With Celtic's Georgios Samaras contributing to an industrious, disciplined performance, they were resilient in the first half, and repeatedly dangerous ...
Continue reading 'Euro 2012: Greece 1-0 Russia - Greek fire stuns Russians'
Vital Football Jun 16, 2012
Celtic midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng is likely to miss the opening game of the season at the beginning of August.
Continue reading 'Ki set to miss opener'
Herald Scotland Jun 16, 2012
CHARLES Green's attempt to get his newco Rangers into the SPL will take a major step forward on Monday when the governing body is due to receive his formal request to join the top flight.
Daily Record Jun 16, 2012
CELTIC midfielder Ki Sung-Yeung will be fit for the new season – but the bad news for the Hoops is he will be called up to South Korea's squad for the Olympics.
The Sun Jun 16, 2012
And then take steps to end O** F*** dominance of Scottish football. The former Pittodrie supremo, who was critical of Rangers and Celtic during his tenure for their desire to move to England, said: “Aberdeen and the rest of the teams should think long-t...
Continue reading 'Wyness: I’d boot them out'
The Sun Jun 16, 2012
Elliott, who started his career at Charlton and also played for Aston Villa, Celtic and Italian side Pisa, has long campaigned for equality in football and worked for the anti-discrimination group Kick It Out. The 48-year-old, previously an MBE ...
Continue reading 'Queen awards Elliott a CBE'
The Sun Jun 16, 2012
Georgios Samaras went down after a crunching tackle from Roman Shirokov just after the break. The Celtic man was left crumpled in a heap but picked himself up and came close with a shot a few minutes later. Greece were proving a tough nut to crack and Igo...
Continue reading 'Greece 1 Russia 0'