Celtic are today reeling from three potentially damaging body blows, and non of them were their own doing!

• Blow1. UEFA have decided, not surprisingly, to charge the club after ‘fans’ set off flares and displayed and offensive banner at the Europa League game against Udinese in Italy last Thursday.
• Blow 2. Daniel Majstorovic looks likely to be out for five to six weeks after he fractured hi s cheekbone and eye socket during the Hoops 2-0 victory over St Johnstone at Perth yesterday.
• Blow 3. The SFA have appointed Willie ‘eyes in the back of ma heid’ Collum as referee for the derby match at Celtic Park on December 28th.

Of the three blows the third is without doubt the most dangerous.

UEFA won’t deal with the charge against the club until January 26th, so that can wait. As for Dan, his form has been good lately, but with Thomas Rogne and Kelvin Wilson both back fit, we should have ample cover there.

But the third blow, the appointment of Collum brings the most danger.

He is without doubt the worst referee in the Scottish League. He has a consistency of incompetency that knows no bounds. To give him the derby match is another slap in the face from the SFA.

And that’s NOT paranoia, just fact!

Had a conversation with a good friend of mine this morning about the recent ‘illicit chanting’ charge brought about by UEFA.

As we all know the governing body have fined Celtic approx £12,700 after the Match Commander reported the club for the offence at Celtic Park in the Europa League game against French side Rennes.

The Celtic board have decided against appealing the fine and are prepared to use the verdict to make the fans who continue to sing these political songs sit up and take notice.

Ironically, since we were reported the fans have cut most of the so-called offensive songs out of the match day repertoire.

However, that hasn’t stopped the media from accusing Celtic fans of ‘sectarian singing.’

On Radio Clyde’s news programme at 8 am this morning, the news reader stated  quite clearly that ‘Celtic were fined for sectarian chanting’.

This is a lie.

There is only ONE club in Scotland that have been found guilty of sectarian singing, and that club reside in Govan, not Parkhead.

This is another prime example of trying to tar Celtic with the same brush as the Govan mob by a media hell bent on dragging the club through the mire.

At this rate we’ll be calling for the News of the World to return…

If you keep telling something to someone long enough, eventually they will believe what you’re saying.

In other words, if Celtic are mentioned in the same sentence as R******s over and over again, then people will believe we are two sides of the same coin, hence that terrible term ‘Old Firm’.

So really it was only a matter of time before the SFA, SPL or UEFA came to the rescue of the ‘accusers’ by fining Celtic for ‘illicit singing’, whatever that is.

We should have known better.

Whenever the focus has been on the Dark Side, be it for their 132 years of sectarian employment policy, or their constant bigoted song sheet, they always try to bring Celtic into the equation.

It’s in their make-up. It’s just what they do.

Even last week when his player was found guilty of cheating, the Sneaky one tried to get Celtic involved by referring to instances involving us.

There was not a hope in hell that he would admit his player dived.

Just like his appearance at the SFA offices in March when he got off ‘Scott free’ after his part in the so-called shame game, grinning from ear to ear after shoving all the blame onto Neil Lennon.

Their kind NEVER accept responsibility.

And now they’ve managed to get a Match Commander to do their dirty work by hood winking UEFA into believing we are the same as them. Illicit singing? I ask you…

UEFA obviously see it as more important than sectarianism, racism or corruption. But that’s enough about them…..

According to official sources, the Celtic website and UEFA website, Celtic  can now plan their assault of the Europa League starting this Thursday in Madrid.

The decision of UEFA to throw out FC Sion’s appeal was upheld by the governing body today giving Celtic the green light to make the appropriate arrangements for the upcoming matches against Atletico Madrid, Rennes and Udinese.

However, when you read the statement on the UEFA website, FC Sion have the right to ANOTHER appeal within ten days of receiving todays confirmation in writing.

Want to bet they’ll appeal again?

Anyway, back to us, Where is the final played this year?

Even though UEFA President Michel Platini has said the FC Sion have broken FIFA and UEFA rules by signing and playing players they shouldn’t have, history tells us that doesn’t mean FC Sion will be banned from the Europa League.

For those of us old enough to remember, this is the same organisation that allowed Atletico Madrid in 1973 to kick ten shades of shite out of wee Jimmy and the Bhoys, resulting in three Madrid thugs and their manager being sent off, without recourse.

The same organisation that ordered a replay after Celtic dumped Rapid Vienna out of the Cup Winners Cup in 1984 after an Austrian was ‘mysteriously’ hit by a bottle that landed ten feet away from him. And to make matters worse we had to play the replay in Manchester!

Those are just two examples of an organisation that can never really be trusted to do the right thing, certainly when Celtic are involved.

The news that UEFA have finally had enough of the sectarian bile that comes from Scotland’s Shame is hardly a surprise….to us.

But to the rank and file of the Govan mob, it’s not their fault!

When Radio Clyde broke the news of Rankers’ away match fan-ban and fine of £71,000 for their singing of sectarian and racists songs at the recent PSV Eindhoven matches, you could almost feel the phones go into meltdown.

The fact that Rankers were fined an equal amount for both offences and handed a suspended ban on fans attending a second away game, plus the knowledge they will play a home match behind closed doors if fans repeat the offence within three years, didn’t matter.

They still blame everyone else!

Two callers in the first half hour of the Super Scoreboard show were incensed that they were found guilty. The first caller basically telling the listeners that they should be allowed to sing what they want, when they want, even if it causes offence, because that’s what they’ve always done! (Comical!)

It gets better….

A caller named Robert entered the fray with the assumption that Rankers were being picked on by UEFA. The reason? Well UEFA, the organisation employs 85% Catholics!

Yip, this knuckle dragger reckons UEFA have got it in for them because they are a ‘Protestant Club’.

It was as comical as it was farcical.

And there’s no doubt these two represent a large ‘minority’ when it comes to dragging themselves into the present day. Furthermore, because these people exist, Scotland’s Shame WILL be playing behind closed doors in the next three year. Guaranteed.

P.S. Even the club themselves point the finger at somebody else. It’s all FARE’s fault. They just don’t get it, do they?

Something that seems to have been swept under the carpet from the recent Derby match was the incessant singing of bigoted tripe emanating from the away section at Celtic Park.

From start to finish there was not a ‘football song’ to be heard.

Last night in Valencia, the exact same. Loud and clear, every anti-catholic, anti-Irish and anti-human song they have in their ‘repetoire’ was belted out so that the whole of Europe could hear.

Obviously they couldn’t give a monkeys.

What happened to the warnings of future conduct from the SFA, SPL and UEFA? The supposed impending points deduction or banning.

As we’ve seen on countless occasions, be it on the park or off the park, there’s one rule for them…..and one for us.

Until Scotland’s Shame are brought to task, we can look forward to more bile from the ‘knuckle dragging hordes‘ that follow Glasgow’s anti-football team.

I can’t wait……

Wattie in Dougie plea!

Help......Dougie!

When the Manchester United team was announced at 7.00pm on Tuesday evening and it included TEN changes from Saturday’s line-up, I smelled a rat.

For days before the MM and Man Utd game all we got from the newspapers on both sides of the border was page after page of how great Walter Smith is and what a fantastic job he’s done at Legoland.

You know the stuff.

How the banks have stopped him buying players, (apart from Davis, Miller, Lafferty etc, etc.)

How he’s kept a steady ship while everything around him has been falling apart, (I wish)

How he should be compared to…..Jock Stein.

Now THAT’S beyond a joke.

So, when Fergie decides to play his reserve side in a Champions League group match, should we really be surprised?

I could go on about anti-football, al a Messi and Collymore but all I want to say is this……

Celtic played in Manchester twice, did Fergie play his reserves against us?

Not a chance.

UEFA should investigate Manchester United team selection and do what the Premier League did to Wolves’ Mick McCarthy last season for playing a weakened team.

The whole thing stinks!

Fergie or Wattie?

]]> http://celticfanzone.net/the-govan-grip-in-full-force/feed/ 9 http://celticfanzone.net/uefa-bottle-it-again/ http://celticfanzone.net/uefa-bottle-it-again/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:13:27 +0000 Fanzone http://celticfanzone.net/?p=1915 Fined And Allowed To Carry On With Loutish Behaviour….

I’m totally disgusted, although not surprised to discover that Scotland’s Shame have once again escaped with a fine for their loutish behaviour in Romania.

UEFA’s statement reads:

“UEFA’s Control and Disciplinary Body has today fined Rangers FC €20,000, and ordered them to pay the cost of the damage to the stadium infrastructure caused as a result of the improper conduct of the Scottish club’s supporters at the UEFA Champions League Group G match against FC Unirea Urziceni in Romania on 4 November.”

Another victory for the Scum that tramp all over Europe, courtesy of Platini and Co!

When Bolton chairman Phil Gartside puts forward his proposal for a new set-up down south, EPL1 and EPL2 you can bet he’ll get laughed out the room.

Quite rightly he’s looking after Bolton’s future by tagging on to bring Celtic and Rankers to town but too many chairmen like Dave Whelan at Wigan won’t vote to see his club’s chances of relegation increased.

However, the debate has been interesting, especially on the national and local radio stations.

It seems nationally, the support down south don’t want us, and are more interested in having a go at us for NOT having a poppy on our shirt on Sunday! That in itself shows how ignorant they are, check Skippy’s shirt for evidence below.

And locally, the move is criticised just as much.

The DJ who WGS loves to hate (he’s not the only one!) thinks it would be bad for Scottish Football.

I’m not so sure.  Vote in today’s poll>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Oh aye, the MM will reveal in their accounts that they are in more financial trouble than they’ve been letting on. That won’t be enough to save them from a UEFA ban, I hope!