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They Gnu

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3 minutes ago, mrmojorisin said:

How convenient that McBungle seemingly lost his voice as this story was breaking in the news 

 

Coincidence? 

They’re all up to their rancid armpits in what went on, the facilitated a Paedophile ring where they worked. They ignored hundreds of children being abused, they are complicit.

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13 hours ago, bigsasasfloopyhair said:

Well I had a reply today from my local MP who has stated that the matter is a such importance and concern that it should go overher head to an MSP. She named Aileen Campbell, so I’ve been into her this afternoon and lodged it there.

Dont fuck about people, the more asking questions and for action the more chance you have of getting a response.

SNP MSP. 

Going to take a lot for her to start anything 

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31 minutes ago, magic8ball said:

SNP MSP. 

Going to take a lot for her to start anything 

Fact she was the minister for youth and sport, has kids or her own and is young and ambitious + the moral duty to do what’s right, I’d hope she raises it. 

Ive already identified 3 other MSPs who could be contacted. 

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A former manager of celtic Boys Club watched young players as they showered – then grabbed them after for “play fights”, a court has heard.

Frank Cairney, 83, was manager of the under-16 team who trained at Barrowfield near Parkhead, Glasgow.

Cairney, of Viewpark, Lanarkshire, is on trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court and denies 10 charges of sexually abusing boys as young as 12 between 1965 and 1986 in Glasgow and Lanarkshire.

An ex-youth player, 48, who was at celtic Boys Club in 1982, said Cairney had an office beside the showers, adding: “He’d be watching us. You never really thought about it because other boys were there but looking back it probably wasn’t right.

“He would be starting play fights with you, touching and grabbing you, and then your towel would come down and you would be naked, so you were trying to get away from him. I feel a wee bit disgusted thinking about it.

“They would happen all the time and everybody treated it as a joke but looking back it wasn’t. I should’ve told somebody but I was scared nobody would believe me.”

The man, who can’t be named for legal reasons, told the court Cairney put his hand on his thigh while alone in a car when he was 16. He said: “We’d be sitting talking and it depended on how long he wanted you to stay for. That’s how controlling he was.

“One time, he put his hand on my upper thigh and I was pretty scared because I didn’t know what was going to happen if I didn’t stop him.

“I pushed my bag on my leg down so he couldn’t move his hand any more because I thought he was going for my genitals.”

The trial had earlier heard Cairney ran the St Columba’s Boys Guild in Viewpark before he left to train celtic Boys Club kids.

He was known to have links with legendary boss Jock Stein and adopted training methods dubbed “the celtic way”.

The court heard he was known as the Jock Stein of Viewpark.

A 64-year-old man told the court he encountered Cairney between 1968 and 1970.

He said: “He told me he thought I would make a good boxer and asked me to take a few body shots at him so I did but he said I had winded him and told me to rub him but he tried to put my hand towards his crotch. I pulled away and he acted like nothing had happened.”

Another 64-year-old man said a “golden rule” was to avoid being on your own with Cairney.

He added Cairney left St Columba’s for celtic Boys Club after punching a boy in the face, saying: “The next night big Frank didn’t take the training. He then assembled us all on the floor and announced he was leaving the Guild to join celtic Boys Club.”

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6 minutes ago, Blue Nosed Babe said:

The more I hear the more I applaud the victims for standing up and coming forward

 Going to court to give evidence in any case let alone one like this is hard.

I also find my anger and contempt growing for celtic FC who ALLOWED this to keep on happening.

but they had to keep their good name intact ..

well it's in the gutter now 

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8 minutes ago, Blue Nosed Babe said:

The more I hear the more I applaud the victims for standing up and coming forward

 Going to court to give evidence in any case let alone one like this is hard.

I also find my anger and contempt growing for celtic FC who ALLOWED this to keep on happening.

Disgusting bastards, I find reading some of these accounts horrific and just thankful for never coming across anyone like that in my youth.

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59 minutes ago, cushynumber said:

how many is that now? How many does it take before people start calling it what it is - that a paedophile ring operated at celtic park with the direct knowledge of a number of Directors and upper management?

I’ve stated that exact point to Aileen Campbell. Clear links, conviction after conviction, no separate entity. Action must be taken.

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2 hours ago, cushynumber said:

how many is that now? How many does it take before people start calling it what it is - that a paedophile ring operated at celtic park with the direct knowledge of a number of Directors and upper management?

I will not be surprised if it comes out the Directors were involved and not merely turning a blind eye. 

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2 hours ago, cushynumber said:

how many is that now? How many does it take before people start calling it what it is - that a paedophile ring operated at celtic park with the direct knowledge of a number of Directors and upper management?

I'm still convinced they'll all be convicted as individuals and not one person...legal, journalist or political...will bother joining the dots.

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3 hours ago, cushynumber said:

how many is that now? How many does it take before people start calling it what it is - that a paedophile ring operated at celtic park with the direct knowledge of a number of Directors and upper management?

There must be a lot of money getting passed about to keep a lot of the stories out of the media .

If that had been any other club including us it would fill the pages of the papers 

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