The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Club Rossa]

Good performance today,created loads of chances and but for the woodwork and a couple of excellent saves from the keeper it would have been a hammering.Motherwell offered very little threat going forward and thankfully Celtic didn't have to exert themselves ahead of the CL game.

[straightred]

Good performance today,created loads of chances and but for the woodwork and a couple of excellent saves from the keeper it would have been a hammering.Motherwell offered very little threat going forward and thankfully Celtic didn't have to exert themselves ahead of the CL game.

Saw most of it. Didnt kill the game off when they had loads of chances to do so but were well on top throughout. In terms of Wednesday BMGB (the germans) were held to a scoreless draw at home, Barca won well and City drew. Think positive - we could be 2nd by 10pm Wednesday

[reddgnhand]

Well I've seen Lennox,Dalglish,Mc Grain wear the Celtic jersey in the flesh.

So have plenty of Rangers fans.

[tonto1888]

Good performance today,created loads of chances and but for the woodwork and a couple of excellent saves from the keeper it would have been a hammering.Motherwell offered very little threat going forward and thankfully Celtic didn't have to exert themselves ahead of the CL game.

Saw most of it. Didnt kill the game off when they had loads of chances to do so but were well on top throughout. In terms of Wednesday BMGB (the germans) were held to a scoreless draw at home, Barca won well and City drew. Think positive - we could be 2nd by 10pm Wednesday

That's thinking very positively. I like it. Doubtful tho but you never know

[StGallsGAA]

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Re: The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread
« Reply #10134 on: Today at 07:38:29 PM »

I bet few enough people on this thread can go back that far,or have regularly caught buses at 4am in the morning to head up to Larne,pre high speed ferries,to sail across on a raft in stormy seas,stumbling off in Stranraer or Cairnryan with the stomach churning and legs about to give way.

I've been on  that sailing many times but unlike most I've had to come back and do a days work on the Monday.  In fact I've been to the Sunday late k.o. in Ibrox and been back for work on Monday morning, while the so-called civil-servants supporting Celtic and Rangers on the boat laughed at the fact they would all be phoning in sick the next morning.  Never was there a better example that the NICS existed primarily to give work to the otherwise unemployable.    Its doubtful if Lennox, Daglish or McGrain could identify with their slothful, leech-like and shameful work ethic.

[Hectic]

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Re: The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread
« Reply #10134 on: Today at 07:38:29 PM »

I bet few enough people on this thread can go back that far,or have regularly caught buses at 4am in the morning to head up to Larne,pre high speed ferries,to sail across on a raft in stormy seas,stumbling off in Stranraer or Cairnryan with the stomach churning and legs about to give way.

I've been on  that sailing many times but unlike most I've had to come back and do a days work on the Monday.  In fact I've been to the Sunday late k.o. in Ibrox and been back for work on Monday morning, while the so-called civil-servants supporting Celtic and Rangers on the boat laughed at the fact they would all be phoning in sick the next morning.  Never was there a better example that the NICS existed primarily to give work to the otherwise unemployable.    Its doubtful if Lennox, Daglish or McGrain could identify with their slothful, leech-like and shameful work ethic.

Lol bit refreshing to see someone throw something other than the unemployed into the mix for that gripe. Not sure there is a civil service thread on this, maybe should be one, I saw a teachers one the other day but I am sure come Monday evening you had the satisfaction of having done and honest days work safe in the knowledge that Lennox etc could identify with you.

[T Fearon]

The Civil Servants probably claimed their travel expenses to Celtic games back as well! 

Meanwhile is Sir Roderick in danger of alienating himself from Celtic fans,gleeful about his knighthood and saying he is "sort of" friendly with Trump

[uimhr ocht]

Comfortable win yesterday mwell didnt create much and we hit post and bar twice,henderson started just ok, young tierney was mom,sinclair forrest,dembelle,were our main threat in attack,roll on wed i think we can upset the germans.

[southderryman]

Southderryman,I have been at more Celtic games than you will ever see.

If you say so tiny

[southderryman]

Comfortable win yesterday mwell didnt create much and we hit post and bar twice,henderson started just ok, young tierney was mom,sinclair forrest,dembelle,were our main threat in attack,roll on wed i think we can upset the germans.

Very comfortable. Could have scored a few more and quite unlucky at times. If Tierney had scored that chance it was goal of the season, fantastic run and composure

Need the first goal on Wednesday. Think we'll need to score 2 if we're to win. Another massive game

[southderryman]

Southderryman,I have been at more Celtic games than you will ever see.

Tony or SDM

Do any of you follow a local team regularly rather than bragging about who going the see the footballing wing of a British Plc the most often .

We've enough trolls on this thread. Run along and play somewhere else

[T Fearon]

I do follow local soccer North and South,though rarely attend games though I did in the past.Many a Sunday I travelled from Portadown to watch Dundalk back in the day

[ashman]

Southderryman,I have been at more Celtic games than you will ever see.

Tony or SDM

Do any of you follow a local team regularly rather than bragging about who going the see the footballing wing of a British Plc the most often .

We've enough trolls on this thread. Run along and play somewhere else

Troll

You are referring to a British Plc as "we". You don't live in the city where that team play. They have no social value to you .  The mercenaries they employ are looking for pay rises in England .

[southderryman]

Southderryman,I have been at more Celtic games than you will ever see.

Tony or SDM

Do any of you follow a local team regularly rather than bragging about who going the see the footballing wing of a British Plc the most often .

We've enough trolls on this thread. Run along and play somewhere else

Troll

You are referring to a British Plc as "we". You don't live in the city where that team play. They have no social value to you .  The mercenaries they employ are looking for pay rises in England .

You know absolutely nothing about me. You are trolling for a reaction Plain as day. Sorry to disappoint you

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[MoChara]

Fair play to the club, a nice gesture even if a little later than they should of.

Celtic agree to pay new living wage of £8.25 to employees
STV
a day ago
   
The Parkhead club agreed to make the change after a review of pay rates affecting up to 100 staff.

The club reviewed pay rates affecting an estimated 100 full-time employees and hundreds more non-permanent staff whose wages fell below the new living wage threshold.

Staff had been paid £7.85 per hour but the rate, adjusted by the Living Wage Foundation, was raised by 40p last November.

Details of the agreement, which came into effect in July, have been revealed in the club's annual report.

It comes after the Celtic board faced criticism at last year's AGM for failing to sign up to the living wage standard.

Chairman Ian Bankier said then it was "not in the interests" of Celtic to follow in the footsteps of around 380 Scottish employers including fellow Ladbrokes Premiership club Heart of Midlothian in signing up to the scheme.

Many shareholders called for the club to change their stance with shareholders and fan group the Celtic Trust, supporting a resolution that the board take "all necessary steps" to make Celtic an accredited living wage employer and to provide to shareholders a progress report on this within three months.

Celtic's annual report revealed the club have now agreed to pay staff the £8.25 living wage.

It said: "Celtic remains the only professional football club in Scotland to hold the prestigious Investors in People award and our Celtic Pride employee engagement and culture change initiative continues to be a priority.

"This initiative continues to drive improvements in the areas of employee recognition, reward and development, all underpinning the four key values of Inclusion, Integrity, Inspiration and Innovation.

"Earlier this year, the club made a commitment to again review the minimum hourly rate of permanent staff.

"This commitment was delivered and a minimum rate of at least £8.25/hour was implemented with effect from July 1, 2016, reflecting the prevailing voluntary Living Wage rate."

It came as it emerged the board of directors' overall salary costs rose by 20% in the last year, due largely to a near-£240,000 ill health payment to long-serving former financial chief Eric Riley.

The Parkhead club had previously said it would not sign up to the living wage scheme as it would mean "handing over decision-making on salaries to another agency".

The Celtic Trust said as "progress has been made - small though it is", it will not be bringing a living wage resolution to the forthcoming annual general meeting.

"The lowest paid workers have now been paid more than they would have been without this campaign and we are delighted about that," the trust said.

"We hope you will continue to support us, and that, unless national political developments overtake it, we will soon be able to say that our club is an Accredited Living Wage employer.

"We think Brother Walfrid would have wanted that, don't you?"