Of course, bigotry and sectarianism are never far from the surface and all the bile comes pouring out even in this internecine quarrel. Chris Graham, it appears, is married to a Celtic-supporting Catholic, which the Vanguard Bears use as a stick to beat him with. Meanwhile, the supporters of the current board see the McColl bunch as 'traitors' since they are using the supposedly Celtic-and-Catholic Daily Record to put their case across.
Loony Leggat sticks to his usual character assassination, devoting his blog to tearing Jack Irvine to shreds. His blog verges on libelous and the only reason he will not be sued is because it is well known that nobody takes his drunken ramblings seriously.
On Bill McMurdo's blog many of the posters still persist in the paranoid delusion that Peter Lawwell is responisble for all their ills. Apparently he, single-handedly, made sure that Ersatz FC was 'demoted' so that Celtic could have a clear run at European football every year. He made sure that the SFA passed Craig Whyte as 'fit and proper' as part of his nefarious plan to destroy Rangers! The frightening thing is that these folk honestly believe this tripe!
And why would Lawwell go to such lengths? Well, it's all part-and-parcel of the supposed financial difficulties faced by Celtic. Somebody, who calls himself after what sounds like three characters from Lord of the Rings, has been scrutinising Celtic's accounts and has been badgering Glasgow City Council in order to prove some kind of theory that Celtic have been getting preferential treatment. (And they call us obsessed!) Personally, I don't understand a word that he's on about so it's difficult to discuss its veracity. It has, however, been pounced on by the Ersatzers so they can deflect from their own troubles. It certainly reeks of desperation! The fact that none of the papers deem it worthwhile reporting on is, to them, merely proof that all the media is under Lawwell's control.
Also cited as evidence of this control is the fact that none of our media (or 'mhedia' as they call it) saw fit to report that Lee Rigby's family were at Ibrox. Of course, it doesn't occur to them that maybe nobody wants to indulge them in their sickening PR exercises anymore. The whole country was shocked by what happened to the young soldier and everyone's thoughts went out to his family. Only one football club in the whole of Britain, however, thought it was appropriate to invite the family to their ground in some chest-beating exercise in showing that they care more than everyone else. Back in Jabba's day a big deal of it would have been made in the Daily Record but, thankfully, we've moved on since then.
The whole 'Dhaily Rhebel' idea falls apart when you read about something that happened at the Daily Record offices recently. Phil Mac-Whatsit has the full story. Apparently some fat (is there any other kind?) Ersatzer turned up at the Daily Record demanding to speak to somebody about how the paper was 'anti-Rainjurz.' Of course, he didn't get any satisfaction so he decided to kick hell out of the revolving door! From the pictures on Phil Mac-Whatsit's blog, it seems he caused quite a bit of damage. Strangely, though, the police were not called and it was decided not to mention it in the paper itself. Does this sound like the actions of a rabidly anti-Ersatz newspaper to you?
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the current board at Ibrox, quite understandably, demanded to see evidence that those pushing for an EGM actually owned shares. Strangely, or maybe not so, McColl and Murray refused to respond. Another shareholder, however, some group called 'Artemis', has provided evidence and the board now has until September 9th to either come to some agreement or call an EGM. The clock is ticking.
Artemis, in Greek mythology, was the goddess of the hunt, usually depicted carrying a bow and arrow. I don't know who Artemis the shareholders are but the name does not augur well for Ersatz FC. It looks like another bloodbath might be on the cards. Whatever happens it'll be all Peter Lawwell's fault anyway!
Today is the 74th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, when, if we are to believe the Ersatzers, Scottish Protestants fought and won against the Catholic forces of Nazism and Fascism. We should all be eternally grateful that these gallant men fought for the right to sing the Billy Boys, even though they now have to sing it to the tune of Slade's Cum On Feel The Noize!
Leggat profoundly regrets the content of his recent blogs.
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