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May 22 on Celtic Quick News
I didn't comment on reports earlier this week that the SFA would allow Rangers International to complete an internal investigation into alleged links between Craig Whyte and Gladys Green as I thought this was the appropriate course of action. The SFA act...
Continue reading 'Dinner with the president'
May 21 on Celtic Quick News
In the months afterwards I made a trip to the Celtic Superstore to buy the DVD of the match. I wasn't ready to watch it but needed to have it nonetheless, for when the time came. I've still not opened the box. I watched the game from high up in the Po...
Continue reading 'They applauded as we walked past their homes'
May 20 on Celtic Quick News
There is a degree of public interest in reading about, or listening to, spivs exploit the stupidity of some football fans to bring a club to its knees, but the sight of a tired and emotional looking Malcolm Murray stumbling away from an event is neither e...
May 19 on Celtic Quick News
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Continue reading 'Dundee United v Celtic, Live updates'
May 18 on Celtic Quick News
Had a great time at the Celtic Supporters Association Rally last night. It was a great celebration of all that is good about our club, with thousands of pounds raised for the John Hartson Foundation. Neil Lennon spoke warmly of John, about his courage...
Continue reading 'Commons, Hartson and some real Celtic heroes'
May 17 on Celtic Quick News
You and I have been discussing football finances here since 2004. In our early years Celtic lost several million pounds each year, CQN's call was 'we must breakeven over any business cycle', an incredibly controversial view in those times of indulgent b...
Continue reading 'Detail behind haunting words of Paul Murray'
May 16 on Celtic Quick News
Lots of details became available yesterday but if you can drag yourself away from the most gratuitous, concentrate on the dates. 12 December 2012. One week before the IPO. Material information disclosed to the nomad? 21 June 2012. Four weeks after Mr Wh...
Continue reading 'Mr Ogilvie, you're going to need a bigger shredder'
May 15 on Celtic Quick News
A Hibs fan suggested to me on Twitter that as his team are wearing their home kit for next week's Scottish Cup Final Celtic should take the opportunity to wear their 125th anniversary top. Despite there being 100 years precedent of Celtic and Hibs both we...
Continue reading '125 kit and an SPL comparison'
May 14 on Celtic Quick News
This seems to be a week for leaks. I hear one club recently refunded two investors to the tune of £500k each. Don't worry, it wasn't Celtic, and I hear the club involved are one of the most financially secure in Britain. I also hear the national br...
Continue reading 'A week for leaks'
May 13 on Celtic Quick News
In a universe close to you, one side of a football club boardroom battle thought it would be a good idea to undermine the other side by accusing them of leaking company information. The allegations of a leak [at Newco Rangers, in case you were unaware] ...
Continue reading 'Assoc-member club allege inappropriate SFA involvement'
May 12 on Celtic Quick News
Photo by Vagelis at Big Lens. I know when you begin to dominate a championship that when another team eventually lift the trophy it can seem like an intolerable failure; compare our distress in 2009 to our resolve to do better after the final home game in...
Continue reading 'Stand up for the Champions'
May 11 on Celtic Quick News
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Continue reading 'Celtic v St Johnstone, Live updates'
May 10 on Celtic Quick News
Heart of a Lion, the autobiography of Lisbon Lion, Willie Wallace, went to print this morning and will be out the day before the Cup Final. It is a joy. Willie starts with a remarkable 17 days in April 1967 when the takes us through five games, Dukla Pr...
Continue reading 'Heart of a Lion, Willie Wallace autobiography'
May 9 on Celtic Quick News
I remember singing "It's going to be 10 in a row", but back then 10 had no significance. Neither did 9, it was like 8 in a row, another stop along the way. But when Jock Stein's team finished their spectacular domination of the Scottish game in 1974 w...
Continue reading 'Cheerio to 10 in a row Day'
May 8 on Celtic Quick News
The news yesterday from Glasgow City Council that Celtic's planning application for the areas outside the stadium had been approved will do more than deliver shrubbery to a currently derelict landscape; your match day experience is about to be transformed...
Continue reading 'Phenomenal changes ahead for Celtic Park'
May 7 on Celtic Quick News
The resignation of Gladys Green from his post as Rangers International chief executive last month was more curious for what it wasn't – a resignation from the board. Green retained his position as a director of the club. This was always likely to h...
Continue reading 'Blood on the brogues'
May 6 on Celtic Quick News
The Scottish Football League programme is now finished with only play-offs still to complete but there is still a great deal of business to complete. The remarkable persistence of First Division clubs to find a financial model which will allow them to r...
Continue reading 'SFL is over but still busy times'
May 4 on Celtic Quick News
The world looked so different for Scottish Football League chief executive, David Longmuir, back in March. He convinced half of the member clubs to reject a deal which would earn them considerably more money next season, while enjoying the accolades of ...
Continue reading 'Scottish football against corruption'
May 3 on Celtic Quick News
With Ukio Bankas bankrupt there is an acceptance that Hearts, who owe the bank in the region of £15m, will go into administration shortly after the end of the season. This might not be the case. Hearts major problem is their major asset, Tynecastle Sta...
Continue reading 'When an asset becomes a daunting liability'
May 2 on Celtic Quick News
Almost exactly 10 years after Celtic fans alleged Porto's adherence to the rules was less than faithful, when they won the Uefa Cup after extra time, their creative genius, Deco, failed a drugs test a substance used to mask performance-enhancing substance...
Continue reading 'Fine-tuning Tommy Burns methods'