Virtuoso 27,180 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 It's Good News WeekWritten by: John McCraeSunday, 29th November 2015 Not even the most ardent pop trivia fanatic would recognise the names Mick Tinsley, John Stewart, Alan Laud, Ray Honeybull and Leslie Dash, I suspect. Collectively, these five RAF personnel, were members of shortly-lived pop band Hedgehoppers Anonymous. This outfit made only five records, the most famous of which was called 'It's Good News Week', which made it to number 5 in 1965.This week, normally sycophantic newspapers, television and radio struggled to write copy which would deflect from Celtic's latest European humiliation. A humiliation which saw them eliminated from playing with decent teams for another year, although the management team insist they will do better next time. Just like they said last year! This year, again, they were turfed out the qualifying rounds prior to the Champions League proper commencing. Admittedly, they started well with an aggregate 6-1 victory against Iceland's Stjarnan, before scraping a 1-0 against Qarabag of Azerbaijan over two legs. In the play-off round, Celtic came up against a team that folk had actually heard of, Malmo of Sweden, and were beaten. Put down, as some say they should be collectively, to the Europa League, they have been humiliated, yet again, in Europe by taking only two, yes two, points from a possible fifteen in what is, remember, the second tier European competition. If only Ronnie had played marquee signing Carlton Cole.Ronnie Delia's varied ramblings about Celtic being too good for European qualifiers and going the rest of the season undefeated simply prove the old adage, usually attributed to Abraham Lincoln, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt."Let me take you back to July 2014, when, just before his first competitive match with Iceland's KR Reykjavik, Delia blasted UEFA, claiming 'Celtic are too good to play European qualifiers'. He then went on to state that Celtic were 'victims of a stupid decision'. If his first statement was calculated to get the Celtic fans on his side, it certainly came back to bite him on the bum he had flashed to Norwegian fans, given the team's dreadful campaign that year and indeed, since. That first game saw them scrape a 1-0 victory with a goal scored in the 84th minute. In the same competition, a 6-1 battering by Legia Warsaw showed up the standard of Delia's charges. The stupidity of the Polish club in putting on an unregistered player for the last four minutes of the game saw them punished by UEFA, as Celtic appealed (I was going to write bitched but that would be uncharitable) and UEFA awarded a 3-0 victory to the Parkhead team. His second soundbite was perhaps actionable by the football authorities but then, when were the Parkhead lot ever taken to task by any football authority?More recently, on September 26th, when a smiling Ronnie appeared on the back page of the Scottish Scum, defending his team's miserable record of only 11 wins from 16 games by trumpeting that Celtic 'can win every game we play, including in Europe, until the end of the season. Now, examine that statement. It's reasonable, given the crap that masquerades as football in the SPFL, to think Celtic might just win in the league, even the Cup competitions, but, if you think through his European claim, by winning, Celtic would progress to, and win, the Europa League with a 100% record. I'm reliably informed that the Celtic Board have given Ronnie crayons to write with, as they don't trust him to have anything sharp. The problem there is that, following the example of his team captain, he may choose to eat them.Ajax fans took revenge for Celtic fans running riot in Amsterdam twice in recent years. Things got so bad that even the Daily Record saw fit to comment on Scottish fans wearing green and grey, in their usual warped loyalty, chanting IRA songs. http://www.dailyreco...streets-6461794Groups of Ajax fans targeted the drinking dens of Celtic fans. The manager of one, the Hoops Bar in the Gallowgate, was battered senseless and featured in many reports in the mhedia. None saw fit to mention that the bar in question, like so many of that ilk, is a haven for those who idolise the terrorist army that bombed the United Kingdom, killing men, women and children. That particular bar has played host to, among others, Shebeen, a Scottish 'Irish rebel band'.https://twitter.com/shebeenofficialThe musical output of these plastic Paddies can be seen on their website:http://www.padraigmo...shebeenshop.htmOutput glorifying the deaths of UK citizens mentioned above.John Collins had a petulant and undignified go at Rangers, when he claimed Celtic were 'not as bad' as the Ibrox team. No, John, you're not. You're a hundred times worse. And, dare I suggest, running scared. If you have any luck, you will be spared facing us next year, because you and your incompetent boss will have been fired by Slant Eyes. Ronnie can go back to baring his arse (a trait once popular at Parkhead) to Norwegian fans and you can sit at home musing on your 'six pack' and how your bullying players didn't quite work out for you. You are aware that you are despised by the players at Parkhead, don't you?If comparisons between the two teams are required, I would remind you that we have won more league titles than you, have agreed to pay the Living Wage and, most importantly, have never had or covered up child abuse at our Club. Is all this lack of class you exhibit stemming from you not signing for us when Souness called because your bigoted family didn't want you to?Oh, and Rangers hater Thomson's Dundee United remain rooted to the foot of the SPFL and look likely candidates for relegation. A relegation which could see the cash strapped outfit go part time and, hopefully, fold within a few years. Their season has been nothing short of a disaster, with a mere two League wins from sixteen games, resulting in a minus twenty goal difference and eight points, seven adrift from second bottom Motherwell. If only they hadn't chosen to become Celtic's feeder club.Meantime, Rangers reached a cup final, hammering St Mirren 4-0 in the semi final.Have a wander round your local second hand record shop tomorrow and support a vital part of the music industry. Browse the shelves and make sure you ask if the store has a copy of any Hedgehoppers Anonymous singles. After all, it's good news week.http://www.vanguardbears.co.uk/article.php?i=88&a=it-is-good-news-week Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 87,182 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Great to see Dundee Utd bottom of the league Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,027 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Another VB article another reference to child abuse. Pathetic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Nosed Babe 21,418 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Good article. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Another VB article another reference to child abuse. Pathetic.You already know this but you are as bad as the tims sometimes, they had a pop at our club so our fans have a pop back.A club with a horrible history like theirs would do well to keep their mouth shut and maybe this wouldn't be dragged up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centenarystand 2,229 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Excellent article and agree with every word. VB are a credit to the Rangers support. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,027 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 You already know this but you are as bad as the tims sometimes, they had a pop at our club so our fans have a pop back.A club with a horrible history like theirs would do well to keep their mouth shut and maybe this wouldn't be dragged up.People will drag it up regardless without a second thought. It's nothing to do with Celtic 'keeping their mouth shut'. It's just fucking vile to use sexual abuse of children to score imaginary Internet points.As bad as the tims? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,800 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 It's just fucking vile to use sexual abuse of children to score imaginary Internet points.Where can I cash in these internet points? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,027 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Where can I cash in these internet points? Comet, Woolworths and MFI Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Robot 21,513 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 People will drag it up regardless without a second thought. It's nothing to do with Celtic 'keeping their mouth shut'. It's just fucking vile to use sexual abuse of children to score imaginary Internet points.so by the same point, Hollywood are vile for making a movie of child abuse and is this also imaginary internet points or is it millions and millions of dollars ?http://spotlightthefilm.com/mobile/video Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 People will drag it up regardless without a second thought. It's nothing to do with Celtic 'keeping their mouth shut'. It's just fucking vile to use sexual abuse of children to score imaginary Internet points.Well, no.If a paedophile started calling you names because you were having a hard time of it, would you just keep your mouth shut or remind them of their disgusting past?In fact you probably would do the former.Nothing to do with internet points, they are a vile club and they should never be allowed to forget their disgusting history, especially while they try to downgrade others.I suspect you're just trolling as usual though as you know you will get a bigger reaction on a VB thread so will leave you to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP FC 400 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Thought this was about our club so opened the thread.Haven't read about them in years, dissapointed to see this in open display on our forum.They will think we are as obsessed in them as they are in us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 People will drag it up regardless without a second thought. It's nothing to do with Celtic 'keeping their mouth shut'. It's just fucking vile to use sexual abuse of children to score imaginary Internet points.As bad as the tims?Theyre highlighting the hypocrisy of the tarriers. Would you prefer it just gets swept under the carpet? Its a fact that get completely ignored and whitewashed by every part of the media etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,027 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Well, no.If a paedophile started calling you names because you were having a hard time of it, would you just keep your mouth shut or remind them of their disgusting past?In fact you probably would do the former.Nothing to do with internet points, they are a vile club and they should never be allowed to forget their disgusting history, especially while they try to downgrade others.I suspect you're just trolling as usual though as you know you will get a bigger reaction on a VB thread so will leave you to it.Which paedophile called me names? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,027 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 so by the same point, Hollywood are vile for making a movie of child abuse and is this also imaginary internet points or is it millions and millions of dollars ?http://spotlightthefilm.com/mobile/videoThe film is about a group of journalists working to uncover the story of paedophiles which ultimately won them a Pulitzer Prize. It's a wee bit different than a blog saying "oor teams better because we never shagged weans". Even victims of abuse have spoken highly of the film and hope it'll encourage other victims to come forward. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0SO1D920151030 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Which paedophile called me names?Gary Glitter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Theyre highlighting the hypocrisy of the tarriers. Would you prefer it just gets swept under the carpet? Its a fact that get completely ignored and whitewashed by every part of the media etc.We hear the media and the tims refer to the EBT scheme as the biggest scandal to hit Scottish football and because of the nature of the ACTUAL biggest scandal we're supposed to keep our mouth shut?Fuck them and their vile club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,800 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 We hear the media and the tims refer to the EBT scheme as the biggest scandal to hit Scottish football and because of the nature of the ACTUAL biggest scandal we're supposed to keep our mouth shut?Worse than match fixing they said... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,027 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Gary Glitter.Oh well he's in jail for his crimes. He won't need me to remind him of his past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Good news week.Someone dropped a bomb somewhere ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Reynolds 3,359 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I'd rather be called pathetic for reminding them of their past, then be called vile for supporting the institution that covered it up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Good news week.Someone dropped a bomb somewhere ? As a fan of 60s pop music I salute your knowledge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,027 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I'd rather be called pathetic for reminding them of their past, then be called vile for supporting the institution that covered it up.How about doing something to support those whose life is ruined by sexual abuse as a child instead? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Reynolds 3,359 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 How about doing something to support those whose life is ruined by sexual abuse as a child instead?How do you know I dont? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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