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Shouldn’t give this cunt and that rag the hits as that’s why they pay him: Celtic could be the real losers of Dundee and Rangers pitch farce – Chris ‘I wank off dogs’ Sutton The Record Sport columnist wades into the Dundee debacle and Aberdeen's VAR shock while hailing the peado’s unsung Old Firm hero. There have been so many tears over this Dundeegame there is a real danger of Ibrox being just as waterlogged as Dens Park. There’s no escaping the fact it is a shambles and big questions have to be answered about the state of that surface. But spare me the talk this is only bad for Rangers. It could actually turn out worse for the peado club. i know they have the possibility of going four points clear at the top of the table now and no guarantee Rangers will get this one done next midweek. But if if does take place on Wednesday and results go Dundee’s at the weekend, the pressure could be totally off them. They could already be assured of a top six place and rather than scrapping to get in, they might feel the hard work is done. There’s also talk of taking it to a neutral venue or behind closed doors but it goes back to the old sporting integrity line, doesn’t it? The whole point of playing at home is that there is meant to be some kind of advantage. Look, Rangers hitting five up there earlier in the season suggests it’s not much of an advantage, but it’s meant to be a level playing field – even if it is a mud heap. The whole situation is a mess. I don’t actually blame Rangers for not playing last week. It wasn’t their fault the game went off originally and while some people are panning them for not playing it at the earliest opportunity, they have every right to do it when they see fit. This is all on Dundee. I had to chuckle when I heard them blaming global warming. It might be some microclimate up there when there’s a pristine surface 100 yards across the street at Tannadice. They might be calling in Greta Thunberg for back up, but, either way, it doesn’t look good for Scottish football. Likewise this Aberdeen VAR fiasco. That really is an unbelievable story and the SFA trying to go back and say they got it right, even though they guessed at the time, is some cheek. They simply couldn’t overturn that decision if the technology failed. If the Hawkeye was on the blink they they had to do it the old fashioned way by letting the officials on the pitch make the call. You can’t then squint at a screen and then hope for the best. I’m fully behind Aberdeen’s stance as they had every right to be angry. If that happened in Sunday’s derby we would have needed to call in the UN this week. This was a result that could have massive ramifications to the final standings in the league – and it could cost clubs serious cash. The SFA are really going to need to have a long look about how they are running VAR because the mistakes are piling up. It’s a shame to have this pitch and VAR nonsense on the back of last weekend, where Scottish football was shown in the best possible light. The Old Firm game was a tremendous showcase – then days later it’s back to the circus. It’s drama we want, not chaos. Hopefully there will be more of the former this weekend and none of the latter. The season is now at the crucial stage and there can be no slip ups in the title race. It will be interesting to see if the peados kick on now with the likes of McGregor the ray and the Hatate prick coming back to fitness. The one thing you noticed last weekend was the bench was much stronger than it has been. You look at the impact the cock Idah had when he came on. There’s an argument he should have been introduced sooner, but he put himself about and was unlucky not to be the match winner. I thought some of the criticism of Jack Butland was harsh as it was a tremendous finish from the Irishman for the third goal, through the defender and right down low towards the keeper’s leg. If it wasn’t for Rabbi Matondo’s sublime equaliser, the cock Idah would have gone down as an Old Firm hero. As it was, he has only added to his case for a permanent transfer this summer. That’s six goals in just nine games for Idah – and only six starts– and I’m sure Norwich City fans will be wondering where it’s come from. I don’t. I’ve always said he has ability and sometimes it just needs a change of scenery for a player to spark into life. By all accounts Idah was the one who really pushed for the move to the peados and he’s really grabbed his chance. It wasn’t easy when he came in but he’s won over a lot of supporters. There was some talk when he arrived that it would cost around £3m to get him on a permanent deal and if that’s the figure this summer, it would be an absolute steal. Idah has shown he can bring something different to the attack. The jap diver will always be the main man when fit, but it’s important to have a different option in certain games or coming off the bench. When you consider some of the cash spent on strikers at the peados in recent years, that would be small change to land a player who still has more developing to do and plenty of potential. If Idah does the business in the remainder of the campaign it would be a crying shame not to buy him.

I suppose they could schedule a couple of matchdays with the teams who can’t make the top six and the teams who can. If they do this I bet they play the game at the piggery in these games as that will be one massive squirrel. A fkd up way to go if it’s cancelled again but doable.

What pish are they peddling?

Get it to Ibrox tomorrow night and give them some gate money so they can fix it for their run in.

I presume the players Union have said nowt about the state of the pitch on player safety?

Especially after the viewing figures on Sunday

Celtic are poised to pay multimillion-pound damages within months after agreeing to settle legal claims over systematic child abuse at their feeder club. More than 20 former boys’ club players joined a class-action lawsuit that was due to be heard in court. Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, which is representing the players, has paused its legal action after the club indicated that it wanted to negotiate a settlement. The firm has been gathering evidence on each of the cases to present Celtic with amounts to pay for each individual. It now expects that process to be completed by the end of the summer. “We are pleased to confirm that the process of valuing all individual cases has made significant progress in the last six months,” a Thompsons spokesman said. “We do not yet have all necessary evidence to commence settlement negotiations and so the court has granted a further short sist (pause) of four months to allow opportunities to do so given the complexities of this task.” A source close to the case claimed that the latest development was a significant breakthrough. “Celtic will pay out within four months,” the source said. It is not yet clear whether any settlement agreements will involve non-disclosure agreements. Four senior figures connected with the boys’ club, including its founder, have been convicted of dozens of sexual offences against young players, prompting claims that it represents the largest child abuse scandal in British football. Celtic previously contested the claims, insisting that the boys’ club was a separate entity with which it had “historic connections”. However, an investigation in 2019 by The Times contradicted and undermined Celtic’s insistence that it had no formal links to the club. It found that Celtic funded the boys’ club and employed the predatory paedophile Frank Cairney, who ran the feeder team between 1974 and 1991. It also disclosed that Jim Torbett, who was jailed three times for molesting boys after Jock Stein, then Celtic manager, granted him permission to launch and lead the club in 1966, ran Celtic’s chain of shops selling official merchandise. Lawyers acting for the former youth players argued that the boys’ club and Celtic were “intimately connected” and that the senior club was “vicariously liable” for assaults carried out in the youth set-up. In January last year a sheriff found that Cairney indecently assaulted a teenage player in the changing rooms and tea room at the Parkhead ground and at a training facility used by the first team. He exploited his position to prey on three boys between July 1978 and June 1989. In 2019 Cairney was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for abusing seven boys over 20 years. During the latest hearing a police video was shown in court where Cairney said he had been directly installed as head coach of Celtic Boys Club by Stein in 1970. Cairney said: “[Stein] says, ‘You will take the Celtic Boys Club under-16s. I will put s-forms [schoolboy players] in there and you are responsible.’ It was called Celtic Boys Club but it was Celtic under-16s.” In 1990 Celtic View, Celtic’s official magazine, said that Cairney was on its payroll. It congratulated him “in his 20th year on the Celtic staff” and said that the Celtic board had decided to “increase their support and investment in the boys’ club”. A year later Cairney stepped down after returning from a team trip to New Jersey. Jack McGinn, then chairman of Celtic, accepted his resignation and “pressure of work” was given as the reason for his sudden departure. It later emerged that a 16-year-old player had accused Cairney of abusing him in the United States. Last year Torbett was found guilty of sexually abusing a 13-year-old player, causing “incalculable harm”. Before jailing him for three years, the judge, Andrew Cubie, told Torbett that he had used the club as “an elaborate front for recruitment of young victims”. He had been imprisoned in 1998 for abusing three boys, including Alan Brazil, the broadcaster and former Scotland international. Torbett was jailed for another six years in 2018 for molesting boys between 1986 and 1994. Torbett ran Celtic FC’s chain of club shops in the early 1990s and organised testimonial events for first-team players and coaches, including Tommy Burns and Sean Fallon. In 1986 Celtic opened an investigation after concerns were raised about the welfare of young players. It cleared Torbett and other boys’ club coaches, describing the claims as “false and scurrilous”. In 2019 Jim McCafferty, a former boys’ club coach and Celtic kit man, was jailed for six years after admitting 12 charges relating to child sexual abuse. He died, aged 76, in prison in 2022. In 2018 Gerald King, a former chairman of the boys’ club, was convicted of abusing four boys and a girl. Three other men with ties to Celtic and Celtic East Youth Club, a now-defunct feeder team in Edinburgh, have also been found guilty of serious offences against boys. Celtic FC have been contacted for comment. In September the club released a statement which said: “Celtic’s lawyers continue to investigate and discuss these cases with the lawyers acting for those who suffered abuse at Celtic Boys’ Club. Those discussions are ongoing. “It would not be appropriate for Celtic Football Club to comment any further while there are ongoing legal proceedings”.

they’re brain dead

Celtic make police complaint over missile throwing Celtic assistant manager John Kennedy (left) and other staff appeared to be targeted during the match at Ibrox Celtic are to speak to Police Scotland after missiles appeared to be thrown at staff during Sunday's game against Rangers. TV pictures showed assistant manager John Kennedy reacting after coins and other objects landed in the dugout area. The incident came during a dramatic match in which Rangers scored in stoppage time to secure a 3-3 draw. Celtic said it was "totally unacceptable that our staff have once again been targeted in this way". A club spokesperson added: "We will be raising our serious concerns with Rangers and we understand that the matter is currently being investigated by Police Scotland." Police officers spoke to Celtic staff after coins looked to be thrown from a section of the Ibrox crowd behind the technical area. Rangers earn late draw in six-goal Old Firm classic Ibrox violence unacceptable, says police chief There has been a series of incidents of missile-throwing during recent clashes between the Glasgow sides. In April 2022, a Celtic physiotherapist was hit on the head by a glass bottle and glass was removed from the Celtic penalty area during a match at Rangers' home ground. The following month, Rangers said its supporters had been left "unprotected" and that elderly and disabled fans had been injured by bottles and other missiles thrown at Celtic Park. At the time, Celtic said its supporters and stewards were also hit by debris, including seats ripped from the stands. A Rangers spokesperson confirmed the club were assisting Police Scotland with their inquiries into the latest incident. Police Scotland said: "We are aware of an object being thrown at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, during the Rangers v Celtic match on Sunday. "One man was struck but did not require treatment and inquiries are ongoing."

That mouthy prick sutton was raging and out of order

3-0 for me 🇬🇧🇹🇭🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

just back from praying to the Big Buddha for a result today 🙏

Lambhill at the last wee bit 🤣

We need to boot about that wee cunt up front as well, all taking turns. We don’t do that enough

I think he’s a good player and hopefully he massively contributes and stays injury free.

5% will be 5% and nothing less. If they try take away 500 for safety then we do the same. Simples.

Surely any benefit of a good pre season is long gone and now has no bearing at this time of the season?

See post above

Rıdvan Yılmaz was removed from the National Team squad due to the injury he suffered in his upper left thigh muscle in the match against Hungary yesterday. The statement made on the official website of the Turkish Football Federation is as follows: "There has been a mandatory change in the candidate squad of our National Team, which will face Austria in a special match on Tuesday, March 26. Our defender Rıdvan Yılmaz was removed from the candidate squad due to the injury he suffered in his upper left thigh muscle in the match against Hungary yesterday." https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=202&ftxtID=43757

Yes https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/ibrox-seating-update-for-season-2024-25/5Q26k3ekiqQoImd60DmLa1#:~:text=Allied to these changes%2C a,views of the Ibrox pitch.

I thought they had 6 months (not withstanding an extension) to try to settle then it was going to an open court.

So is Gordon saying their time is up and they are now going to court?

So that’s the last part of the attackers body needs to be played on with the first part of the defender?