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May 20 on The Front of The Bus
Another league season is over and another league trophy is in the bag, It's been a season of thrills and chills with an "Always have been, Always will be" theme running through the year. Identity is a thing that means a lot to me. I'm a traditionalist in ...
Continue reading 'Celts for Change-to stay the same'
May 12 on The Front of The Bus
I'm writing this blog to ensure I don't fuck up. You see, I'm writing a short story that will have a Kindle/iPad release on May 30th. There won't be a paper copy. My self imposed deadline is May 15th, so that gives me to Tuesday night to write the other 1...
Continue reading 'Come on everybody, let's Baseball'
May 11 on The Front of The Bus
They say that we are always looking back or looking forward. There was a time, a long time, when all I ever thought about was winning a League Championshp again. Back then, it seemed pretty distant. Our season was usually over by the end of October and it...
Continue reading 'This is the moment'
May 8 on The Front of The Bus
So, another trophy presentation is upon us. After the last two performances, it is a welcome relief. My theory is the Scottish cup will be won or lost in the next two games and if the next two games are as bad as the last two games then we might as well ...
Continue reading 'Time to get back to work'
Apr 25 on The Front of The Bus
Regular readers will know that I have had a little bee in my bonnet about season ticket prices at Celtic Park, so the news that everyone is getting £100 off the price of one next season is welcome. At this moment, it should be a glorious time to be a Cel...
Continue reading 'A step in the right direction'
Apr 16 on The Front of The Bus
Sunday wasn't a pleasant experience for me. Not even taking into account our performance, which is another blog altogether, I just didn't have a good day on Sunday. The first thing was that, as Hibs fans plan their cup final dayjollies with a total care-f...
Continue reading 'When Tims fight back'
Apr 9 on The Front of The Bus
There was a time in Scottish football when you stopped hearing words like "Fan" and "Supporter" and started hearing words like "Customer". Not a word that any hardcore football fan ever wants to hear yet the SPL have now even gone beyond that level.I can&...
Continue reading 'SPL-Self Preservation Lunacy'
Apr 8 on The Front of The Bus
The dust has settled on another Bampot Book Launch and the exhaustion I am feeling now, added to the still slightly pished vibe, tells me I had a good night. And how.These things always come with a lot of stress in the build up but it always gets blown aw...
Continue reading 'The Bampot Book Launch'
Apr 4 on The Front of The Bus
When Scottish football was tearing itself apart last summer because of the death of Rangers, one name to emerge unscathed was that of David Longmuir. As Regan and Doncaster pulled every stunt they could to manipulate clubs into believing Sevco had to be p...
Continue reading 'The curious case of David Longmuir'
Apr 3 on The Front of The Bus
Bill Hicks used to tell a joke that went along the lines of "I know how the fall of man happened. Adam and Eve were in the garden of Eden and Adam turned to Eve and said 'Isn't this wonderful, we will never grow old, we will never die and all our dreams w...
Continue reading 'The Celtic Trust'
Apr 2 on The Front of The Bus
I grew up in Thatcher's Britain. When she and Nicholas Ridley sat down on day one in Downing Street, they hatched a plan. They were going to destroy the unions, starting with the printers union and ending with the National Union of Miners. People too...
Continue reading 'The April Fools'
Mar 31 on The Front of The Bus
Identity is something that is often debated and dissected to death. It can be suppressed, oppressed and some can even be scared to promote their own.Easter is about a lot of things to a lot of people but, for me, its about remembering the men and women w...
Continue reading 'Never fear to speak of Easter week'
Mar 26 on The Front of The Bus
Juvenal, a Roman poet and satirist from 100 AD, coined the phrase "Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt". Right now, there is a revolt going amongst some of the Celtic support the like of which I have not seen for 20 years. As a Celti...
Continue reading 'Our leader, Peter Lawwell'
Mar 21 on The Front of The Bus
Everyone has a dog in this fight. As news breaks of yet more SNP snobbery, curbing drinking around football matches, I'm pleased that fans of other clubs are starting to realise that they could be affected too. In fact, it has to be said, that some of the...
Continue reading 'Don't believe the hype'
Mar 18 on The Front of The Bus
Are you, like me, sick and tired of the amount of bullshit that surrounds Scottish football?If you put a microscope on the last few days in Scotland and Scottish football, you'll get a great insight into how it works. First of, let's look at some of...
Continue reading 'Why Scotland needs The Green Brigade'
Mar 16 on The Front of The Bus
I feel like the title of this blog should be on one of those 50's style film posters. I can honestly say in my 38 years on the planet I have never seen anything like what I saw today just off the Gallowgate. Walking to the game today, The Green Brigade we...
Continue reading 'Escape from The Green Brigade!'
Mar 7 on The Front of The Bus
As the dust settles on another European campaign, I can't help be disappointed about the two Juventus games. We effectively gifted them four out of the five goals and Juventus really did not need to move up the gears to knock us out. Now I should say...
Continue reading 'Hit harder, run faster, play better'
Mar 4 on The Front of The Bus
I'm not one to completely ignore Sevco and all that. My own view is we should always keep half an eye on everything going on there. People say "But McDonald's don't mention Burger King, Coke doesn't mention Pepsi?" Yeah but neit...
Continue reading 'Sevco Spin City'
Feb 28 on The Front of The Bus
The words of The Maestro. Words that the people who run Celtic need to take heed of now as much as any time in our history.I don't know what the majority of fans at other SPL clubs are thinking right now so won't attempt to comment but what I do know is t...
Continue reading '"The fans are Celtic, without them, it's nothing"'
Feb 28 on The Front of The Bus
Wee bit of flak came my way in the last couple of days. Couple of people have taken umbrage at my highlighting that Scottish football, and Celtic Park in particular, is far too expenive.Fear not kids, energy is sourcing through my veins so much I feel li...
Continue reading 'When Hearts ruined football'