Reffing Ridiculous

This is the decision which gave Arsenal a penalty against Celtic in a Champions League qualifier recently.

Following the game UEFA imposed a two game suspension on the Arsenal player Eduardo. They decided he had conned the referee by diving to gain a penalty.
Yesterday Eduardo won his appeal against that decision.
I wouldn’t [...]

The Old Firm

The current speculation about Celtic and Rangers going to compete in a two tier English Premiership is the bore of the week month year decade.
We’ve been hearing about it for so long.
Remind me where we are with this story?
Are we at the frequently visited dead end of the English clubs never agreeing to it or [...]

We Deserve Better? A Load of Kaka.

As we submerge further, as an economy and society, into financial meltdown, the Arab owners of the The richest football club in the world have bid £100 million for Brazilian footballer Kaka (Brazilian he must be as they only ever have one name) currently plying his trade with AC Milan in Serie A.
It is doubtful [...]

Get Real

I had a pretty busy day yesterday but did manage to scan some of the Sunday papers. Some stories in particular were heavilly featured in the Scottish press, chief amongst them, the afterglow of the Obama victory in the States.
The burden of expectation on Obama is becoming heavier by the day. What has happened in [...]

Separated at Birth

Celtic are chasing the signature of American goalie Dominic Cervi. Artur Boruc had better watch his back!

It’s the Twenty First Century, It’s Time to Move on

The football phone lines were red hot at the weekend over the Rangers fans singing of a song containing eight words, sung to the tune of the chorus of The Beach Boys’ Sloop John B ‘the famine’s over why don’t you go home?’. The song refers to the Irish potato blight in the mid nineteenth [...]

The Celtic Bootroom

A Footballing Lesson

Barcelona were simply magnificent against Celtic tonight. Fair play to Celtic scoring two good goals, but they were so far behind Barcelona that the end result always looked like it would be a victory for the Catalan side. Their movement and passing were a joy to behold and their goals were all magnificent. It is easy to see [...]