Celtic fans are bracing themselves for the dreaded appointment of Robbie Keane as manager.
The idea has been floated for much of the season. His name was regularly mentioned in the autumn before it became clear that Paul Tisdale was insisting on Wilfried Nancy.
In January while managing…
Some Celtic fans are attacking Lawrence Shankland. Two or three have punched him. It’s a dreadful thing that has happened just now. These are absolutely unacceptable scenes.
Stephen McGowan is the go-to guy for this sort of news. A positive spin can always be applied to the most depressing of news.
Glasgow is Green and White. Celtic and Celtic fans are the cities greatest asset regardless of how the civil authorities and others feel about it.
The Herald also reported that Foulkes was fined £1,000 for the assault and £50 for being drunk and disorderly. He was also ordered to pay £250 to the policeman he assaulted as well as £250 towards his costs.
The SFA were quite content to let the story run. They knew the facts, they knew the media fantasy. It took a further statement from Hearts on Wednesday to force the SFA into action.
Allan Preston, Ryan Stevenson and Tom English didn’t hang around long after the final whistle to get the ball rolling with the fabricated allegations of Celtic fans assaulting Hearts players. Five days later the evidence remains elusive.
In the most paranoid of minds there are conspiracies everything. Many are now convinced that Andrew Dallas and John Beaton are Celtic men! Alongside David Dickinson and Steven McLean.
No one in that Hearts squad had come anywhere close to winning the SPFL. What they needed was a calm authoritative manager to guide them and keep them focussed.
A very visible Irish Catholic managing Celtic is extremely difficult for a large portion of the Scottish population to be at peace with.
