Celtic Rumours Archive September 14 2012

 

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14 Sep 2012 22:38:35
Evening ed,

Seen a few tweets n also one that NL, retweeted was about trying to get you'll never walk alone to number one in the charts on iTunes.

At the moment it's at number 11 am sure with some more downloads it can get to number 1, as soon as u saw I went and downloaded.

It's been started by LFC fans to remember the fans that sadly passed away in hillsborough disaster after they got justice finally.

Cumby Bhoy

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That's I just got the Celtic badge tattooed over my heart with you'll never walk alone above it. Foster88

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It's a Liverpool song, and it's progress in the charts has no relation to Celtic FC. Pete {Ed007's Note - It's a LFC song? Do your homework you muppet!! You are either a juvenile fan or an idiot, I'll go with the latter. Plank alert!!}

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Jealousy ed.

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Hello ed? I live in England and gave had this argument with many Liverpool fans. The fact is I don't know the answer although I haven't told them that ( white lies didn't hurt anyone) . Can anyone tell me who started the song {Ed001's Note - no one knows, does it really matter? It is a song, both clubs' fans sing it. What more matters? The first time it was ever played at a football ground was at Old Trafford anyway.}

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No your right , when im at Celtic park and sing nothing else but pride and hoping for a Celtic victory goes through my head. Stupid question

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Yeah just like everything else yous hijacked and claimed it as your own.ie posnan and the gay huddle.snaaarf.sevco live on

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14 Sep 2012 20:20:40
I believe the Bhoys have done really well already this season people moaning bout our league performances do they realise it's not a sprint qualification for CL were the big ones n 2 get the players up 2 speed for those games was amazing then they have 2 rest them due to the amount of work they had 2 do 2 get them 2 that level both teams we played where well into their seasons and in doin so we picked up injuries Kayal Brown Ledley give the league form a chance it will come

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NL stated yesterday that his short term priority was CL qualification and having secured it he now intends for the Hoops to set the heather on fire in the league ... I totally understand where he's coming from and now that our injury list seems to be on the decline I also think the latter will kick in now plus , we had the opportunity of giving compeditive match time to some of our prodigy's ....... the future's bright ... it Green and White HH

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14 Sep 2012 17:52:15
ed what age is the young lad atajic in our youth team. seems to be coming along nicely, also how long has he been with us? interested to see how he progresses.

Celticthomas {Ed007's Note - He is 18 Thomas and joined us in January 2010.}

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14 Sep 2012 15:48:13
Alrite Ed, was reading in the paper today that St.Johnstone are going to apply to get tomorrows game called off due several of their players having a virus and I was just wondering how likely this would be given that we have European games and CIS cup games mid-week and also international fixtures up until the end of the year? {Ed007's Note - It is definitely possible if they can prove there is a justifiable reason to the SPL board.}

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There's no way I can see saints asking for this game to be called off. My mate is a season ticket holder there, he says that they've lost a couple of games over the last 2 or 3 years that were due to be televised due to frozen or flooded pitches. They can't afford to pass up the money they get from sky/espn that they get for the games and don't want to be seen as unreliable, so I think the game will definately go ahead. {Ed007's Note - It depends on the extent of illness in their squad and the chances of visiting players/fans etc contracting it. Money doesn't come into it. St Johnstone can't start the game without substitutes can they?}

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There is nothing in the rules re minimum number of substitutes,

"A match is played by two teams, each consisting of not more than eleven players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. A match may not start if either team consists of fewer than seven players."

MgC {Ed007's Note - Nobody mentioned any rules. When was the last match you seen when a team start a professional match with 7-11 players and no subs? *rolls eyes*. There is a thing called common sense.}

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Match definately on troops HH

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14 Sep 2012 15:30:26
Celtic fine thomas rogne for discussing club business on international duty. rogne commented that he was unhappy with the new contract celtic had offered him.

Celticthomas

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This guy is an international player, rumour has he was to have his pay cut ,hardly the way to treat a young player who has hardly put a foot wrong,I hope Celtic give him the contract he deserves.

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What does he merit?id say another 100 quid a week.proved heehaw yet...timmytim....

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Looked a hell of a lot better than Dan,Glen etc

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It wasnt a pay cut he was offered. he was offered a rise but he is looking for similar wages to what wanyama and hooper etc will be offered

celticthomas

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He put a foot wrong when he publically stated he wasn't happy with how much he's being paid. Then followed it up by putting another few feet wrong against the England under-21s. He's certainly not worth being held to ransom over thats for sure.

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HE DIDN'T GET OFFERED LOWER TERMS. THE CONTRACT OFFER JUST WASNT AS GOOD AS HE HAD HOPED. He commented that his offer was well below hooper and wanyama, he is the only person in Europe suprises by this. Sorry, him and his agent.

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I can run faster and Im 50.

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14 Sep 2012 10:59:08
If i was Neil Lennon i'd be telling Efe Ambrose to keep his mouth shut , he's not even played a game for us yet and he's telling us what he's gonnae do do to Lionel Messi , Efe you better be good cos you've just piled the pressure on yourself m8t . Drewzybhoy .

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Gee the guy a break... nothing wrong with having confidence!

Linnie88

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Hope he crunches Messi in the first 5 mins!

kev88

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I agree with linnie88 would you rather he said he was ****e and messi will destroy him. there is no point in being a pro footballer if you didnt believe in yourself

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Look were that confidence got bangura.

Raff

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Raff...Bangura didn't have any, look where it got him.

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Aye he did at 1st tho shouting about only being here a season and using us as a stepping stone to the pl. I think efe I'll be a good player for us but messi I'll rip him a new ar$e

Raff

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Am sure messi is having sleepless nights thinking about him, and also kelvin wilsons pace!

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I think he is gonna be an efen great player
see what i did there :p
paradiseandy

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14 Sep 2012 01:02:44
season 83-4 if memory serves me right we played forrest in uefa cup and had an incident that so nearly turned to disaster and the cicumstances where so similar to hillsbourogh with heavy handed policing outside the ground and our fans being packed into those horrible pens they had in england at the time, either side of one section was almost empty but we kept getting herded into this one pen( the terms pen and herded showed how fans where thought of then)it getting overcrowded and some barriers gave way and a surge of bodies happened fotunatley between fans pulling the fences apart and stewards opening acess into adjoining pens a serious disater was narrowly averted, i seem to remeber at the time fans in england trying to get rid of these pens but they where kept as a way of controlling fans easiy in smaller groups, how many incidents like this must have happened before and up till hillsbourough and nothing was done about these pens until after it was too late , i also remember the initial reporting pf the forrest game on a recording i watched back home was the assumption that it was crowd trouble and the pictures of clough with a celtic flag trying to pacify the celtic support,if only some one in authority listened to the fans then these families might not have had to endure a 23 year nightmare,,, deep river bhoy

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Was at that too you are spot on..col

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Was that the year...god im getting old,still got a mental age of 13 thou..col

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Dead right mate. Spot on.
Tam the Tim

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Remember it well . Me and my mate were lucky to have stand seats but the rest of the gang were right in amongst it , it was one of the coldest nights ive ever spent at a game . Also remember trying to get into blackburns ground and the crush was frightening........DH

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What happened that night was the same the cops shoved all the celtic fans in the left hand pen the middle pen was empty only for them opening one gate in the packed pen it would have been the same the police that night were total scum

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The pen in question was the left hand pen at the back of the goal right hand pen if you were in the pen i was at the bottom of the pen and remember a few govanhill bhoys trying to smash open the gate with success that god these guys did the crush was terrible would have been a disater

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Remember it well as I was in the overcrowded pen.

Just like with Liverpool, the Police opened an exit gate to allow fans to enter the ground faster.

The fans all ended up severely overcrowded in the one pen. I remember my arms ending up above head height and I couldn't get them back down to my sides. My ribs were getting crushed and were sore for days afterwards.

I remember a wall at the front collasping onto the trackside which allowed supporters to spill out and avoid a disaster. Other guys close to the fences that seperated the pens were trying to clim over into the emptier pens but were getting crushed.

I came away from the game that night thinking I could have been killed.

K-Dot.

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Yeah, i was in that pen and we all got pushed forward, very frightening, also trying to get into the game there was a big crush because the buses were parked so close to the turnstiles.

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The game was played on a very cold night and the playing surface was hard and frosty.
There was crushing at the packed Celtic end of the ground and the game was stopped until safety was restored.
Celtic doctor John Fitzimmons tended to hurt fans at the pitch side.
Brian Clough took a Celtic flag and pitched it on the fiels during the stoppage.
Managers Billy McNeill (Man City), Alex Ferguson (Aberdeen) and Jock Wallace (Rangers) turned up to lend their support to Celtic.
The 6,000 travelling Celtic fans were praised by the Police and locals alike for their humour and good behaviour.
John Colquhoun was signed for 60,000 from Stirling Albion 48 hours before the match and travelled south with the Celtic party.


Review
From the Celtic View:-


When the Celtic players ran to their fans at the end of their UEFA Cup match in Nottingham it was not to take a salute but to salute the supporters of whom the club has become so proud.

Such is their loyalty to the club that these fans travelled from all over Britain and Ireland to cheer the bhoys in green and white hoops.

In the stadium there were many strange accents wearing Celtic scarves but when they all joined together the one voice took on that familiar Celtic tone. It was loud, it was enthusiastic, it was continuous but above all it was sporting and respectable.

New chants are always to be heard Celtic play and the one along the lines of You're Supposed To Be At Home showed some of the pride the supporters had in the way that their team had the home side pinned down to defensive play.

There were signs of danger, too, during this match when too many Celtic fans were crowded into the small pens at City Ground.

Stories have reached us of Police opening a gate and sending people into the ground through it ticket or no ticket.

We have had a great number of tickets passed on to us by fans who did not need to use them. Still intact, with the stub to be handed over, some of these tickets did not even leave the owners' pockets.

Local fans could tell us after the match that they had room to walk about at their end of the stadium. Space was obviously very scarce at the Celtic end and the Police action made things worse.

When fans did spill onto the pitch, things were made to look much worse by the number of stewards and police who rushed to the area. After the spillage, police stood around the Celtic support as if they expected trouble but all they witnessed was that unique blend of enthusiasm, humour and loyalty that is associated with the Celtic support.

Many Celtic fans, having travelled from Scotland for the game, decided for their own safety to leave the Park at half time.

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Article from The Celtic View:-

Battle of the Giants that is how this match was billed by the Nottingham Post. Celtic, Scotland's most respected side of recent years, Britain's first winners of the European Cup were to face the localbhoyinthephotograph heroes.
Nottingham Forest had won the European Cup twice in recent years under the guidance of their current manager, Brian Clough. The newspapers had voiced split decisions on who would go through this two-leg encounter, but the more glamorous names in the forest side seemed to get the vote of confidence and in their first leg at home we were given the impression by the press that they'd be hard to contain.
Celtic were told, by the newspaper men, that they'd be doing well to concede only one or two goals. This would leave them a chance of qualifying at Celtic Park. Never was it suggested that Celtic could win. Bookmakers were giving odds of 8/1 for Celtic to win 1-0.
As always, though, Celtic fans had their own ideas about the outcome of the match, about the ability of the bhoys in the green and white hoops. That is why 11,500 tickets were not enough to satisfy the travelling fans.
Nottingham police had found it hard to believe that such an enormous football support descending on their City could behave so well. That they could enjoy themselves without causing damage to local people or their property. There was a story going round Celtic Park about a Glasgow policeman who was in Nottingham for the match and visited his colleagues on the local force. Seeing them preparing bundles of charge sheets in advance he advised them that they would not need them it was Celtic supporters who were coming to town. After the match the local police had to agree with him.
During the game Celtic added to the pride that is their tradition. The Celtic on the field can be proud of the display they gave to outclass the home side. The Celtic on the terracings and in the stands can be proud of the support and encouragement they gave their team, of an enthusiasm that locals would tell us has never been seen in City Ground before.
Celtic had an uncomfortable start which saw keeper Pat Bonner emerge as an early hero. After only ten minutes Birtles easily shook off McAdam to meet a long ball and raced towards goal with only the keeper to beat.
Big Pat came out and committed himself to diving at the International striker's feet to smother his shot.
The ball was cleared out of danger and as Celtic moved upfield the ball went out of play for a shy and in the 11th minute came the unfortunate incident of the Celtic fans spilling onto the park to avoid being crushed in the too tightly packed terracing where a crush barrier had collapsed.
It took nine minutes for fans to receive medical attention and for fans to find new space in the stadium.
During this, Celtic manager, Davie Hay, had worked with police to safeguard the interests of the supporters. Neil Mochan, Doctor Fitzsimmons, Brian Scott, Frank Connor and even Celtic View photographer Andy Feeney came to the aid of suffering fans. The Celtic doctor gave the kiss of life and revived several injured fans.
When the match restarted, Celtic seemed to have found new fervour and for the remaining 70 minutes it was hard to figure out which side was at home
On a heavily frosted pitch, Celtic, without Davie Provan and Willie McStay suffered a further setback by losing Tom McAdam early in the second half with a hamstring injury. They still played well and constructively and had by far the better to win.
In the end a goalless draw is a good result for Celtic, but they still have to win the tie at Celtic Park, as Frank McGarvey said having no goals gives Celtic nothing to lean back on. They will have to attack and that is what they will do

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These were the days before health and safety at grounds by the grace of god the bottom gate getting kicked open at the bottom left hand side of this pen it was seconds from a disaster i was in that section and you could hardly breathe celtic fans were were climbing floodlights to escape climbing fences kicking in a gate to escape to the pitch there must have been over 5000 celtic fans in that small terraced pen area with more fans coming in from the back of the terraceing while the middle section was empty i never thought i was going to get out alive and put me off large crowds
god bless the 96

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