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Yesterday I witnessed one of the most ineffectual Celtic attacks in the 54 years of following my beloved club. They were abcent throughout the proceedings. They couldn't punch their way out of a wet paper bag.

The defence on the other hand put in a superb performance especially Sinisalo who commanded his penalty box better than any Celtic keeper since Artur Boruc. It was like a breath of fresh air instead of the usual keeper sticking to the goal line and being pushed about by opposing players.

Nonetheless we still managed to beat an equally woeful sevco outfit in the Scottish Cup, quarter final fixture played at the evil bigotdome. Their American owners spent a fortune on them yet they're still abject on the fierld. I believe the bigots are now around £70 million in debt. Celtic around £80 million in the bank. Financial difference between the clubs is approximately £150 million in Celtics favour.

I honestly don't know how our legend Martin O'Neill grinds out results against all the odds with this particular group of players. Suffice to say neither side were capable of scoring in either the 90 minutes of normal time followed by another 3o agonising minutes of extra time, The game inevitably went to penalties as the bygone days of replays are a distant memory. It was lottery time.

Sevco captain James Tavernier called both coin tosses correctly. He elected sevco go first on penalties sequence whilst shooting into the goal at the Copeland Road end of the stadium. The odds were stacking up against this dogged Celtic team.

Tavenier, scorer of 77 previous sevco penalties ( which in itself tells it's own story) opted to take their first home side penalty. After enacting his customary prancing horse imitationda he duly thumped the ball off the crossbar and into the stand. The sequence of penalties thereafter played out as follows:-

Celtic - Oxlade-Chamberlain - scores 0-1

sevco - Bajrami scores 1-1 ( Sinisalo guessed the correct side )

Celtic - Trusty scores 1-2

sevco - Naderi - scores 2-2 ( Sinisalo again guessed the correct side )

Celtic - Hatate - scores 2-3

sevco - Gassama - misses - skyed right over the bar 2-3

Celtic - Cvancara - scores 2-4 

Scottish Cup Quarter Final game over.

The occasion ultimately proved too much for the expensive sevco players who clearly bottled it in front of their fans in their own stadium.

The Celtic players ran up the park to celebrate in front of their own fans at the Broomloan Road Stand. Celtic fans spilled onto the pitch behind the goal to take selfies and celebrate with the victorious players.. 

Defeat and Celtics joyous celebrations at the Bigotdome proved all too much for the sectarian smurf wannabes to stomach. Literally hundreds of them, dressed in black and obviously from the sevco Ultras Union Bear section, piled onto the pitch from the opposing end of the stadium. 

The hordes of sectarian bigots frothing at the mouths, covering their faces with balaclavas, blue balloons replicating spiderman masks, hoodies, scarves wrapped around their heads or anything else they could muster to hide their identities charged the length of the park at will without interjection from the stewards or police officers present on the pitch.

Glasgows sectarian smurfs ran the length of the pitch towards the Celtic fans hell bent on engaging in yet another pitch battle for which they are so infamous for. It resembled a typical sevco night out in Manchester.

Scotlands Police Force Match Commander was clearly out of his/her depth and watched in horror as the unfolding riot ensued. Whoever promoted that officer to the rank of Chief Superintendent should resign. The Match Commander must be hauled up to account for their lack of action before being fired. The level of incompetence is truly breathtaking. The police behaved in a cowardly fashion. 

There will have to be a public enquiry into how ineffective policing in Scotland at major events is planned / executed. I dread to think if sevco typically tried minimising the costs of policing but there has to be, excuse the phrase, sacrificial lambs awaiting their P45.

The Officer In Charge forgot to deploy the mounted police who were presumably on standby directly outside the venue yet nowhere to be seen during the fracas. Thats the main reason Scotlands Police Force incorporates the mounted branch namely to assist in policing major events. What an embarrassment to our nation by sevco and the missing in action police service. Lets not forget the scenes were broadcast across the globe.

Not only did the sevco neds engage in the pitch riot they allegedly proceeded to assault Celtic fans, Celtic players and Celtic staff members on the park. There was clear evidence of sevco fans igniting red coloured flares and lobbing them into the Celtic crowd who were still penned in at the Broomloan Road Stand.

Even when Tomas Cvancara was interviewed inside the stadium by a female television journalist after the game she referred to his match shirt being splattered in blood.

The SFA will typically condemn both sets of fans in the coming days in equal measure. It's the political narrative in Scotland. One set celebrating in good voice with no intention of hiding their identities or assaulting anyone merely rejoicing. 

The other sinister group, running the length of the stadium erupting into violence on anyone relating to Celtic FC. It's Scotland and will never change. Neither the Scottish Parliament nor Police Service wish to let alone deal with sevco in the appropriate manner. 

The match stewards never search the neds before entering the stadium for bottles and flares. The television companies never direct the blame on those obviously responsible for fear of intimidation. sevco never hammer their bigoted fan base as their whole culture is blood money related. The American owners of sevco should be ashamed for their lack of action. Who in their right mind wants to be associated with such a repulsive bigoted institution ?.

Not even the Celtic Board Of Directors lodge official complaints to the SFA despite Celtic fans and staff members being regularly attacked whilst visiting the bigotdome. Theres a long history of assaults on Celtic players during matches but never dealt with.

John Ure Primrose, presumably looking up from the fires of hell, must be so proud of what he started in 1912. Here we are, some 114 years later still witnessing Scotlands shame in action. 

I've personally witnessed some truly gruesome events by cowardly sevco neds over the decades whilst attending these matches. It reached the point I could no longer be in the same vicinity of such imbeciles. I can never unsee the sights of sevco depravity.

In total a mere nine supporters were arrested during the riot. There must have been between two to three hundred of the sevco supporters assaulting all n sundry. They charged the length of the pitch, armed with weapons, unhindered by stewards or police officers alike, punched, kicked and bottled their victims then casually returned all the way back again to the Copeland Road Stand. One female police officer was apparently attacked from behind by one of the head covered bigots while running towards the Celtic fans. 

Lets assume the cowardly stewards and police officers arrested roughly four Celtic fans for celebrating or taking selfies with the Celtic players.  That leaves four or five rioters arrested out of hundreds on the park.  Scotlands finest are a disgrace and reflects poorly on the standard of police officer in the 21st century.

Shocking scenes matched only by the abysmal lack of police action. The usual biased BBC / Scottish media are already spinning the narrative it was all the fault of Celtic fans for spilling onto the pitch. Same old bigoted journalism in Scotland.

sevoc fans can best be summed up by two Scottish journalists the latter of whom admitting to being a sevco supporter.

1 )  “This has to be said about Rangers, as a Scottish Football club they are a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace. This country would be a better place if Rangers did not exist.” Ian Archer (journalist, 1970s)

2 )  Unarguably the most socially-backward fans in British football. The really damaging thing for RFC is, it’s not the mythical ‘small minority’. There appear to be 1000s upon 1000s singing these songs.” Graham Spiers (Journalist) (March 2011) 

Personally speaking I fear more for the wives and children being brutalised with domestic violence. following sevco defeats. It's a well known fact the domestic violence crime rate spirals in the west coast of Scotland following a bigot defeat at the hands of Scotlands most successful club. Their limited minds simply can't cope with the reality of being second best so they abuse their family.

Not one bigot should ever be allowed near Celtic Park in the future. It's the 21st century and they still can't behave like decent lawful human beings. Why can't they accept their glory days were only accomplished  through tax evasion by the original club prior to their 2012 liquidation. UEFA ensure there will be no repeat. They're finances reveal they're close to £70 million in debt already. They've ran up debt on a daily basis since their inception into Scottish football fourteen years ago.

When they were liquidated in 2012 Scottish society had the wonderful opportunity of refusing the fraudsters entry back into Scottish football. We Scottish society as a whole could / should have razed the bigotdome Ibrox to the ground and assigned their repugnant history of murder, hate and bile to the history books. Football without their criminal presence proved a much more enjoyable experience in the SPFL Premier League during their absence. It became a family affair without fear of muggings or riots

Instead we afforded the less than honest cretins a second chance of sectarian violence  under a new name. Instead of sevco being named Rangers they had to add the word ' The ' in front of the previous clubs title to become ' The Rangers '. What about all the £millions they owed to the hundreds of businesses they abused. It could be argued they got what they deserved for trading with such evil. Shame on the SFA who welcomed violence back into our game

This Celtic team are richer than all the other Scottish football clubs combined. Sevco supporters must accept their subservient status in the grander scheme of things. Our 8 million fanbase registered  world-wide makes a mockery of their lack of following. 

Only one Scottish club can interupt Celtics ongoing decades of domination of Scottish football and thats themselves. Admittedly the present Board Of Directors are antiquated and out of touch. The directors are incapable of running a business with a turnover of £150 million annually but thats another story altogether. 

On the last word of note - the phrase ' Old Firm ' only applied up to and including the season the cheating club died. It's now the' 'Glasgow Derby'. No Celtic fan wishes to be associated in any way with such an evil, sub-human species.

Today Celtic FC Board Of Directors admitted by their actions that Paul Tisdale was responsible for making possibly THE worst decision in our clubs glorious history by appointing Wilfried Nancy as Celtic manager. 

The damage caused to our club proved significant in three separate  tournaments. Nonetheless, it's still possible to win a domestic double. Admittedly it's a tall task for whoever comes in as the interim manager but is achievable.

Both Nancy and Tisdale were sacked unceremoniously today and good riddance. A complete waste of money every second they were here. I wholeheartedly detested Nancy obviously not the man himself but his ludicrous tactical mismanagement as our manager. I honestly believe Mr Bean could provide signs of improvement to Celtic FC following Nancys dismissal. The dread of Celtics football calendar fixtures has now been lifted. Now we may actually win a game.

Yesterday marked Wilfried Nancys one full calendar month in charge of Celtic FC resulting in absolute heart breaking chaos and carnage.

The fact that his latest catastrophe guaranteed defeat to sevco, Scotlands Shame, a team £130 million poorer than Celtic, at Celtic Park' was staggering. Defeat was a shoo-in. I even predicted a 1-3 loss at half time despite ripping sevco apart and leading by a single goal.

Had we employed a semi decent striker instead of Johnny Kenny we'd have been 4-0 up come the break. We led at half time thanks to a superb individual solo goal by Yang who was ripping sevco to pieces. He was outstanding on the right wing during the first 45 minutes. I would go as far as to say he was unplayable.  

The half time whistle blew and the dread suddenly struck me. What could monsieur incompetent possibly do yet again to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory ?

Out came the players in the second half and Yang was inexplicably  playing on the left wing with obvious alterations to our overall formation. We immediately looked like lambs to the slaughter. Nancy had struck yet again !  He couldn't outmanoeuvre a Subbuteo linesman.

It took all of five minutes for sevcos equaliser. Our heads dropped and we knew we were onto yet another hiding. 9 minutes later we were1-2 down. 12 minutes later 1-3 down and game over. Kasper Schmeichel didn't exactly cover himself in glory either with his keeper display. Sinisalo should be given the gloves from now on.

The fans hatred inevitably turned from the sevco bigots to monsieur incompetent and our own Board Of Directors seated within the stadium ( albeit our majority shareholder with 34.7% shares was notably absent from the proceedings ). 

The match concluded followed by the inevitable exiting fans gathering outside the front doors of Celtic Park to voice their disgust at both Nancy and the jokers responsible for hiring him. 

At the conclusion of the match the fraudster masquerading as a football manager with a 25% win rate at a club the size of Celtic FC was asked the question by a sporting journalist live on television how he aims to turn Celtic into a winning side to which he replied 'No Change ' 

The rumour mills have gone into overdrive. One of the latest stats doing their rounds is that Nancy has never won more than 3 matches in a row as a football manager. Compare that to less than 10 years ago during season 2016-2017 Celtic won the league title undefeated over 38 matches. 

If true it would have been grossly negligent by Paul Tisdale ( Head Of Football Operations ) to appoint such an ill qualified character to manage our club. 

When we dig deeper into Tisdales own lack of qualifications we discover he himself was a bit of a journeyman whilst managing lower league teams in the English football leagues namely :-

Team Bath ( 2001-2006 ), Exeter City ( 2006-2018 ), Milton Keynes Dons ( 2018-2019 ), Bristol Rovers ( 2020 - 2021 ) and finally Stevenage ( 2021-2022 ).

Matters have plummeted to such depths within our club that our captain Callum McGregor,, whose played for Celtic man and boy is reportedly considering leaving for pastures new. How has it came to this within one football calendar month at our club ?

I can honestly say I've never felt so low supporting my beloved club during my 50 years attending Paradise .

Theres a particularly cruel joke circulating in Scotland suggesting  Nancy is actually some non qualified illegal asylum seeker who crossed the English Channel from France in November amongst the thousands  arriving weekly on British shores. I've no doubt the man is a really decent human being and clearly doesn't warrant such cruel comments.

However, his football mismanagement has now reached comical proportions in record time. I've followed my club for over 50 years during which time I've attended matches regularly from the late 1970's standing in the old ' Jungle ' and held a season ticket for longer than I care to remember. 

I've endured the cheating years of David Murrays decade of fraudulent Rangers contracts / tax avoidance within Scottish football followed by an indulgence of Celtics modern day domination of our national sport. During this half century I've experienced plenty of highs and lows. As a fan I accept no club is entitled to win every game or competition. Thats the beauty of our sport - no guarantees. 

What I do expect from the Celtic manager and players is fast attacking football in the traditional ' Glasgow Celtic Way '. I do not pay hard earned cash to constantly being subjected to watch Liam Scales, Auston Trusty and Anthony Ralston repeatedly mis-control the ball then inevitably kick it out of play. Nor do I enjoy watching them constantly  play side ways and pass backs between themselves for large portion of the match ignorant of the concept a team needs to score goals during a football match to win.

Celtic obviously do not have the quality footballer to play defence in a 3-5-2 formation. None of our past transfers have been geared towards that style of football. It's akin to square pegs in round holes with an idiot in charge of the shapes.

I can honestly opine I've never witnessed such an incompetent allegedly qualified football manager serve up such naive, absolute garbage unentertaining football in every department. 

His win rate with the countrys most expensive group of players doesn't merit a mention. His predecessor beat all domestic opponents with ease weeks prior to Nancys arrival. The blame for all our regular catastrophic defeats lies firmly at the managers feet. Defeat by sevco at home on 3rd January 2026 must surely require Nancys resignation. How can it even be possible for him to stay ? Celtics total capitulation on the field of play since Nancys arrival is simply breathtaking.

Questions must now be asked not only of the Board of Directors responsible for appointing the worst Celtic manager in our clubs history but accountability from Dermot Desmond the clubs major whilst minority shareholder.

I actually fear for Nancys mental health in a few days time. Be rest assured the fans have had enough of his comedy act. If he plays the same formation and beaten by the fraudster club at home then I wouldn't envy his position. Standing all alone at the side of the pitch listening to 60,000 outraged Celtic fans baying for his blood will prove an ugly sight whilst the world looks on. 

The good news is that once Nancy becomes nothing more than a distant nightmare then change will inevitably come with time be it with new investors or Board of Directors. Celtic have two directors with more than 40 years between them - talk about being stagnant. That cannot be good for any business as all companies have to move with the times. We need a real football manager plus fresh blood at board level with fresh modern ideas of the way forward. I only wish the players knew the same.

Less than two weeks ago I welcomed our new manager to Celtic F.C.

Our club is the most successful in Scotland and richer than all the other clubs combined. Our players wages are the highest in our country and attract a massive following across the globe. I stood by the Board Of Directors over the Brendan Rodgers escapade and trusted their judgement on appointing Wilfried Nancy as the next Celtic manager. 

Like the majority of Celtic fans this side of the Atlantic, I admit to knowing absolutely nothing about the man yet wholeheartedly wished him all the best on his appointment to the Celtic family. Within 11 days of taking charge of our club his 3-5-2 formation resulted in scoring 3  whilst conceding 10 in four defining matches of our season.

When Martin O'Neill took charge of his 37 day reign prior to Nancys appointment, Martin managed to claw back the 8 point deficit to Hearts in the league, secured a 3-1 win over Feyenoord in the Europa League, won all his league matches and registered a 3-1 William Hill Scottish League Cup Semi Final win over Sevco, Scotlands youngest club.

On 7th December 2025 Nancy found himself in charge of a top of the table clash against Hearts who were by now showing signs of their title challenge collapsing. Instead of continuing our 4-4-2 winning formula  Nancy announced he was altering our shape with a new 3-5-2 set up which was completely alien to the squad. Given the importance of the match everyone thought Nancy had either lost the plot or extremely naive. Hearts to their credit defended well and ran out worthy 2-1 winners. The fans seriously questioned Nancys tactics. He genuinely looked like a fish out of water at the side of the pitch. Nor did his credibility heighten when he suddenly produced a red, white and blue coloured hand held tactics board, shouted over the captain, explained all the possible formations to our captain within 2 or 3 seconds, but  completely unaware the Hearts manager Derek McInnes was looking over Nancys shoulder and within close hearing distance to Nancys instructions to McGregor. It was a horror show and now trailed Hearts again in the league.

On 11th December 2025, Nancy was in charge of our must win Europa League match again at home, against AS Roma. He declared the team would maintain playing with his 3-5-2 format whereby we trailed 3-0 before half time. The second half was merely a training session for the Italians. Now it looks unlikely we'll continue playing European football past Christmas and lose a fortune on income.

On 14th December 2025 Nancy led the team out at Hampden Park, Glasgow for the William Hill Scottish League Cup Final against St. Mirren who were sitting 9th in our league table. Martin O'Neills side already beat the same opponents on their own turf 3 weeks beforehand so most fans quietly expected to lift the trophy. 

When the teams were announced over the PA system, it immediately became evident to all n sundry that Nancy was still sticking to his guaranteed defeat 3-5-2 format. St. Mirren, a side low in confidence and fighting relegation in the league, convincingly trashed Celtic 3-1 to remove the trophy from the Celtic Park trophy room.

On 17th December 2025 Nancy took the side to Dundee to play Dundee United in our must win league match to keep some form of pressure on Hearts. Nancy utilised his beloved 3-5-2 format whereby Celtic were simply dreadful losing 2-1 to our hosts. At the final whistle, Wilfried Nancy became the first ever manager during our clubs illustrious 137 year history to record four straight defeats in their opening matches during an 11 day season defining period.

I never thought it possible but the football being produced is arguably worse than a Brendan Rodgers side. It's the same group of players Martin O'Neill utilised to win 6 out of 7 games only losing 3-1 away to Midtjylland who are joint top of the Europa League table.

Whoever on the Board Of Directors were responsible for appointing Nancy as the Celtic manager must surely take accountability of their own position within the club and resign.