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TiocfaidhArmani
06/01/2012, 3:21 PM
GOLF STAR MCGINLEY REVEALS SECTARIAN ABUSE BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE OF CELTIC
Golfing star Paul McGinley has revealed how he regularly receives sectarian abuse because he is a big Celtic fan.
And the millionaire sportstar, who mum and dad come from Donegal, said the worst offenders are children!
The Dubliner uses a Celtic towel when playing and often wears the colours of the Scottish club.
But in an extensive interview with the Shaun Doherty Show on Highland Radio, he admits he has paid for his devotion to the Glasgow side.
“The Rangers fans are not very fond of me even though that with ninety nine per cent of them it’s juts a bit of banter.
“I have had a few incidents in Scotland. The nastiest moments have been with the kids. They would often ask me for an autograph and then they would tear it up in front of me and call me a Fenian so and so.
“That’s just the way things are but you just get on with it,” he said.
The married father of three, 45, says his ultimate ambition was to play GAA for Dublin but breaking his knee-cap at just 19 shattered that dream.
“I was playing senior football at just 16 and I was quite good and I would have loved to play for Dublin and I might have but for I broke my knee-cap.
“I am still a mad GAA fan and I try to watch it no matter where in the world I am. If I had a choice of any sport to watch, it would be GAA. I just love its passion,” he said.
McGinley revealed although he has made a great living out of playing golf, he rarely watches it.
“I don’t enjoy watching golf, in fact I don’t watch a lot of it. I get bored watching it,” he said.
McGinley admits there is a danger of becoming caught up in the celebrity lifestyle which he finds himself.
He revealed how he recently was invited to play golf with the King of Ghana and has also played with the King of Malaysia and the King of Morocco.
He says he loves coming home to Ireland to help him bring himself and his family back down to earth.
“You do expect a lot but that’s not a good trait. It’s great to come home to Ireland and even to go back to Donegal where my mother and father are from.
“I often think ‘how am I going to talk my kids into going back to Donegal?’ because they see and do so much.
“But we always try to teach them that manners are so important. I make a point of being grateful to people when they help me out. I respect people no matter what level of life they are at,” he said
http://www.donegaldaily.com/2012/01/06/golf-star-mcginley-reveals-sectarian-abuse-because-of-his-love-of-celtic/
OwlsFan
10/01/2012, 9:36 AM
Cha Ki ár lá
TiocfaidhArmani
09/02/2012, 11:08 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH95eJ2T6P4

16 in a row, we just can't get enough!
OwlsFan
10/02/2012, 9:28 AM
I think there is a papist conspiracy to deny Hearts that first goal which was over the line.
TiocfaidhArmani
10/02/2012, 3:59 PM
We were superb Wednesday, one of the best atmospheres I've been in for an away game. Our away support is the best in Britain and Ireland bar none.

It's coming home:D
TiocfaidhArmani
10/02/2012, 4:03 PM
Celtic are the 10th biggest club in Europe in terms of match day revenue.

http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GB/uk/industries/sportsbusinessgroup/sports/football/deloitte-football-money-league-2011/66f55ec578ffd210VgnVCM2000001b56f00aRCRD.htm

And still some on here say we're not a big club:cool:
TiocfaidhArmani
12/02/2012, 5:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktOZTTeo_Z0&feature=related

Bye, bye Rangers!
Volcán Masaya
13/02/2012, 4:29 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktOZTTeo_Z0&feature=related

Bye, bye Rangers!

Won't that be "bye, bye SPL" if Rangers are would up?

Surely the whole league would be pointless (or more pointless than now) with Celtic and 11 others also rans every year. What little interest, and therefore money generated, is because of the OF.
I think Celtic fans might need to be careful what they wish for.
ArdeeBhoy
13/02/2012, 8:03 PM
Except that won't happen...
TiocfaidhArmani
13/02/2012, 9:33 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKVajqOmtEY
TiocfaidhArmani
13/02/2012, 9:33 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKuD7XH7us0
ArdeeBhoy
14/02/2012, 12:08 PM
Jelly & ice-cream anyone?

;)
The Fly
14/02/2012, 8:39 PM
http://i39.tinypic.com/wtw3zr.gif
askmehoop
28/02/2012, 8:41 PM
A pound coin was thrown onto the pitch at Ibrox last weekend. Police are trying to determine whether it was a missile or a takeover bid.
nigel-harps1954
05/03/2012, 8:41 PM
I heard a good one recently. Rangers don't pay their taxes, Celtic do, therefore, Celtic are more loyal to the queen. Irony eh.
Lionel Ritchie
06/03/2012, 6:19 PM
Looking very bad for Rangers after a day when the first redundancies of playing staff were announced -which is the small fry story. The SFA and SPL are now investigating illegal payments to players going back to 1998 that could see them forfeit half a dozen titles.
Poor Student
07/03/2012, 7:02 PM
Barring some deus ex machina Rangers in this shape and form are done for. All that remains to be seen is if a new company will be parachuted into the SPL.
askmehoop
08/03/2012, 3:09 PM
apparently HMRC are buying Ibrox now, its to be renamed 'The Inland Revenue Arena'
Mr A
21/03/2012, 9:24 AM
Griffiths finished at Hibs after headbutting manager Fenlon

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2117958/Leigh-Griffiths-finished-Hibernian-head-butting-manager-Pat-Fenlon.html#ixzz1pkI8ijL8

Headbutting Pat Fenlon? Don't know how anyone could stoop so low.
ArdeeBhoy
01/04/2012, 1:01 AM
To be fair to Fenlon he is, or was, a Celtic season ticket-holder...
Cuyahoga
01/04/2012, 3:56 PM
great win for Hibs and Fenlon today 3.2 away to inverness.
TiocfaidhArmani
06/04/2012, 10:07 AM
I heard a good one recently. Rangers don't pay their taxes, Celtic do, therefore, Celtic are more loyal to the queen. Irony eh.


Loyal to society and public services.
dong
08/04/2012, 3:19 PM
So Celtic won the league in a division where they are far and away the biggest club and their nearest rivals are deducted a skip of points.
What a joke the SPL is.
There is no competition there so I really don't know why they are all so excited.
Poor Student
08/04/2012, 10:04 PM
So Celtic won the league in a division where they are far and away the biggest club and their nearest rivals are deducted a skip of points.
What a joke the SPL is.
There is no competition there so I really don't know why they are all so excited.

What's your point? If Man City were deducted 10 points in January the EPL title race would be over too. Rangers have been deducted points for a very good reason. Rangers estimated debt at this point assuming their expected defeat in the HMRC tax case is £130m+. This means Rangers have spent £130m they never generated, have no intention of repaying and indeed never will repay and have enjoyed considerable success while doing so. As a Celtic supporter I am delighted to see Celtic win the league and even more so in light of this.
bennocelt
09/04/2012, 7:42 AM
Just wondering if rangers will be allowed to enter euro comps this year? Which would be great for Motherwell going into the CL
Poor Student
09/04/2012, 5:48 PM
Just wondering if rangers will be allowed to enter euro comps this year? Which would be great for Motherwell going into the CL

They're definitely unable to play in Europe next year even if they aren't liquidated. So the 2nd CL place will go to whoever finishes third if Rangers finish second.
Kildareman
14/04/2012, 1:24 PM
Well done Pat Fenlon......great to see him in the Scottish Cup Final.
Cuyahoga
15/04/2012, 2:03 PM
Well done Hearts, an all Edinburgh cup final, first time in 116 years. Good for Pat Fenlon, better chance of beating Hearts than beating Celtic.
Stuttgart88
15/04/2012, 2:06 PM
Pretty jammy penalty though, surely? Ref couldn't give it quickly enough I thought.
old git
15/04/2012, 6:21 PM
Pretty jammy penalty though, surely? Ref couldn't give it quickly enough I thought.

watched it again have to agree with you and it looked like he did not even see the incident from were he was standin but he had whistle out and fairly sharpish..
BonnieShels
15/04/2012, 11:57 PM
Even so, Classy reaction from Lennon as always. Delighted that it's an all-Edinburgh affair.
DaveyCakes
16/04/2012, 2:42 PM
Dear Neil Lennon,
Grow up.

Yours sincerely,

Everyone
DeLorean
16/04/2012, 3:08 PM
It was never a penalty but that's football sometimes. Get over it and stop making a holy show of yourself and, far more importantly, Celtic Football Club.


PS: The final should be a great occasion, fantastic for both sides. Beattie's celebration was pretty funny too.
bennocelt
16/04/2012, 3:24 PM
Dear Neil Lennon,
Grow up.

Yours sincerely,

Everyone

I cant stand Lennon, think he is a bit of a tramp TBH. Started that morning off how he was going to make Celtic a force again in Europe,lol
TiocfaidhArmani
16/04/2012, 5:23 PM
watched it again have to agree with you and it looked like he did not even see the incident from were he was standin but he had whistle out and fairly sharpish..

He thought it was Wanyama who handled it. Problem is Ledley is white; Wanyama is black. Sums that ref up. Obviously another mason in black, he'll go places with the SFA.
osarusan
17/04/2012, 9:31 AM
He thought it was Wanyama who handled it. Problem is Ledley is white; Wanyama is black. Sums that ref up. Obviously another mason in black, he'll go places with the SFA.

http://i44.tinypic.com/33lkq5k.gif

The issue of whether Wanyama's hand made contact with the ball is surely not in question, even in that poor quality gif. The issue is whether it was deliberate or not.
DeLorean
17/04/2012, 11:16 AM
Interesting, I hadn't noticed that at all in the previous clips. I only saw the first handball. That looks a penalty to me now.
SkStu
17/04/2012, 5:44 PM
agreed. Hadnt seen the second handball. Definite contact and apparently deliberate movement towards the ball from Wanyama. Penalty.
OwlsFan
19/04/2012, 12:18 PM
He thought it was Wanyama who handled it. Problem is Ledley is white; Wanyama is black. Sums that ref up. Obviously another mason in black, he'll go places with the SFA.

Why is that any ref who gives a decision against Celtic is a mason? What does that make the ones who make decisions in favour? A papist?


The issue of whether Wanyama's hand made contact with the ball is surely not in question, even in that poor quality gif. The issue is whether it was deliberate or not.

Deliberate doesn't seem to come in to it anymore. The current rule appears to be that if the arm is raised and it hits it = peno whether deliberate or not.
OwlsFan
19/04/2012, 12:19 PM
Well done Hearts, an all Edinburgh cup final, first time in 116 years. Good for Pat Fenlon, better chance of beating Hearts than beating Celtic.

Not sure about this but I think Hearts have had the hoodoo sign over Hibs for quite a while now.
ArdeeBhoy
18/05/2012, 2:40 AM
No mention of a certain team from Govan's travails then?
;)

Good luck to Hibs on Saturday. Know a few of their fans and are sounder than some on here...
OwlsFan
20/05/2012, 10:21 AM
Oh dear. Hearts certainly have the Indian sign over their local rivals of late. That must have been embarrassing for Hibs' fans.
culloty82
14/06/2012, 9:30 PM
After all the drama of today's events, with Green buying out the club, have Rangers been formally liquidated yet? When they are, interesting that they need four more clubs to block their expulsion, so no good relying on Celtic this time.
culloty82
22/06/2012, 7:35 AM
It was to be expected that Rangers were going to be blocked, but now Dundee United and Hearts have officially announced their intention to vote no. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18539483) Motherwell have decided to let their fans decide, which presumably also mean no, and Inverness and St. Mirren are also leaning towards the nay camp, so looks like Ibrox will be hosting Division Three football come August.
bennocelt
22/06/2012, 7:58 AM
Not if they buy out Cowdenbeath and enter the scots first div - or the more bizarre, buy out Bury and enter english football.
OwlsFan
22/06/2012, 9:13 AM
Interesting idea. Surely the likes of Carlise or Hartlepool would be better so that their fans wouldn't have to travel too far for their home games.
ArdeeBhoy
22/06/2012, 11:47 AM
Except if they went to the likes of Colchester or Swindon, leaving disruption in their wake...
culloty82
22/06/2012, 12:58 PM
Can't see the Bury idea being a runner - if they were in urgent need of cash, Gary Neville would presumably be able to organise a consortium, while Man United's previous links with the club could also come into play. Another idea being floated is that Newco would be admitted, but then instantly demoted to the First as a punishment, though that seems less likely now.
The Fly
24/06/2012, 10:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80m7MV6xp-w
Mr A
25/06/2012, 1:15 PM
Hibs have said they'll vote no now as well. With Motherwell almost certain to go for No.. it now seems Rangers need all the remaining clubs to go their way.

Meanwhile there is a criminal investigation being launched into Whyte's takeover.

Edit: Here's a good piece on the clubs' voting intentions. Looks like the Rangers newco have no chance of getting in the SPL. http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/106806-rangers-newco-vote-the-spl-powerbrokers-in-their-own-words/

Second edit: I still suspect there'll be a fudge though.