MERLIN MADNESS

I'm grateful to Shaun, and others, for spreading the word about my blog and getting me a lot more hits than before. Somebody said that they enjoyed my blog because it was funny, but I've discovered something a lot funnier than anything I could dream up. It was on Auld Merlin's website on Tuesday. He was talking about some programme on the telly and finished up with this classic statement:

'The enemy is hate.
Hatred of other people for their skin colour, religious beliefs or political convictions is the real enemy because such hate dehumanises us. Hating concepts, systems, institutions and even religions because we disagree with them may be acceptable and even admirable but hating people for their adherence to such things is where the line is crossed.
Hate is the petrol which we throw on the fires of bigotry and intolerance.'

Very commendable, but look at at the posts he allows underneath
it:

'I firmly believe that Scotland, (the indigenous Scots) have no or limited hatred. We have our history, we've fought our wars in a straightforward, nonterrorist, honourable fashion - even our reformation was nonviolent - but resolute.
These timmigrants have brought this hatred to our shores - I say again, our forefathers made a serious mistake.'

'hypocrisy , lying , cheating , backstabbing , unfaithfulness , these are the criteria you need to be an M.P.  surely you don't seriously
want BILL to be one of those ! and anyway most of the above are tim charectaristics (sic).'

'A bigger threat to society imo is the insidious infiltration of the false faith and their doctrine within positions of power.
Hate begets more hate and corrupts the soul. unfortunately there are corrupted minds amongst all societies Hopefully humanity will persevere.
KTF'

No comment from me is necessary. The above quotes speak for themselves.

Meanwhile we've found out that clearing The Messiah to become chairman of Bisto FC is the job of the Ibrox NOMAD. Considering that Bisto has changed their NOMAD a few times over the past year then if the current one doesn't play ball then, no doubt, they'll be shown the door as well. Who pays their wages? Bisto FC. Talk about a conflict of interest!

The SFA might have a harder job on their hands since their own rules make it clear that The Messiah is not a fit and proper person. It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall at the meeting to decide how they're going to spin it.

"Right, how ur wae gonny dae this? Ur wae gonny use the 'New company/same club' shite?"

"What aboot this wan: King wiz a director-y the club, no' the company. Since it wiz the company that went bust then he wisnae involved in it."

"No' bad, but is that no' gonny cause problems? Wur sayin' the noo that the club wiz an asset, run bay the company, so how could he bay a director-y the club an' no' the company?"

"An' if he wiz a director-y the club, an' the club's still the same club, then that means that he's been a director-y the club aw this time!"

"An' what aboot aw the business in South Africa?"

"That's easy. Wull jist make oot that it wiz racism against 'im because ay's white! Ye know what they darkies ur like; racist bastards!"

"Back tae the club bit, what aboot this: the name-y the company wiz chinged jist before liquidation tae Rangers 2012, so he wisnae a director-y the company that wiz liquidated!"

"That's a good idea but chinging a company's name disnae chinge the actual company. If it did then they could've jist chinged the name an' no' bothered aboot liquidation. So what kin wae dae?'

"Aw, fuckit! Jist rubber stamp it an' wull worry aboot it later. It worked wae kiddin' oan that Rangers still exist, dintit?"

Sooperally, meanwhile, is all excited about reaching his first-ever cup final. If they win the Ramsden's Cup do they actually get a cup or do they get three brass balls to hang outside Ibrox? Still, 'onwards and upwards' as the Bisto Kids keep saying!

Alex Ferguson was in Glasgow flogging the petulant greetin' he calls an autobiography. Apparently he said that even though Govan has changed you can still recognise it because there's a 'halo over it.' The poor auld bugger doesn't realise that it's not a halo; it's a huge ring of asbestos dust rising from Ibrox.

Finally, you've got to laugh at the desperation of the Bisto Kids in their point-scoring exercises. Their latest one is that Celtic supporters will be uspet at the Union Flag flying at Celtic Park during the Commonwealth Games. They're painting pictures of red, white and blue bunting everywhere, sending the Celtic fans into apoplexy. They seem to forget, however, that Celtic doesn't bother about things like that. In 1953 when the current Queen was crowned, there was a competition amongst all the teams in Britain for the Coronation Cup. Celtic had no qualms about taking part in said competition, even though it was to celebrate Auld Lizzie's coronation. Nor did the fans have any qualms about turning up to the games. I wasn't born yet at the time but I must have read it somewhere and forgotten; who was it that won that competition?

 

'Christ! Ah hope Ah kin haud this shite in tae half-time!'

HOW DARE YOU!

I don't know if anybody else remembers the brilliant comedy sketch show, Absolutely, that used to be on Channel 4. One of my favourite sketches involved two men in some kind of waiting-room, one middle-class, one working-class. The working-class guy starts humming 'Nessun Dorma,' which prompts a tirade from the middle-class man, who is annoyed that this 'oik' only knows the song from watching the World Cup on television. 'How dare you like that!' he exclaims.

So what has this to do with the price of coal? I hear you ask. Well, Lou Reed died on Sunday, prompting many tributes to his genius. There was one poster on McMurdo's website that said that Reed was one of his favourite singers and that he was going to miss him. My immediate thought was, did you ever actually listen to what the guy was singing about? Reed always sang about the underclass, the downtrodden, the people that society would rather just disappeared. In other words, not the kind of folk that 'The Peeppell' normally champion!

I've seen a few folk on McMurdo's blog, and other Bisto sites, saying how they were punks and even quoting the lyrics of bands like Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash and The Damned, out of context of course, to bolster their twisted, bigoted agenda. It amazes me how anyone that professes to have liked these groups can have turned into raving, racist, sectarian bigots. All of these groups would be outraged to count these characters among their fans. The only one that none of them ever quotes, of course, is John Lydon/Johnny Rotten. He went to the wrong kind of school and his parents were Irish! Now I know how that middle-class guy felt. All I can say is, 'How dare you like that!'

Keith Jackson in yesterday's Daily Record got the Bisto Kids fuming. Away back in June he reported how Stockbridge and Green tried to bring in Rafat Rizvi, a guy on Interpol's most wanted list, to their planned takeover of Rangers. After liquidation there was no more mention of the guy and we can only assume that he had nothing to do with the Sevco fiasco. Then again, we don't know for certain, do we?

Jackson tried a bit of humour in his column, pretending that Rizvi is one of the Blue Pitch mob and imagining a telephone conversation with him. Of course, this went right over the heads of the Bisto Kids, who started ranting and raving about how could Jackson get in touch with Rizvi when Interpol don't know where he is! It seems they don't understand humour down Govan way. Anyway, Jackson was making a serious point about how all the secrecy surrounding the investors in Bisto FC is bound to cause wild speculation, which can't be good for the club. This, of course, has him marked down by the Bisto Kids as another 'Rainjurz Hater.' Well, hell mend them; they never listen to anybody! Even when somebody's trying to help them they dismiss it as pish.

Speaking of pish, everybody's favourite pish-stained alky was back yesterday, screaming about AGMs. He claims that Paul Murray is willing to hire a venue so there is no need for any delays. Apparently the money men behind Murray are ready to pay for such a venue. I wonder who these 'money men' are? It certainly won't be gazillionaire Jim McColl, who has already demonstrated that he has short arms and deep pockets. It would take a good bit of persuasion to get hin to pay for a round, never mind pay for a venue. So what money men is he talking about?

So, on one side we've got Margarita and Blue Pitch Holdings, both of which are obsessively secretive about who is actually involved; while, on the other side, we've got some mysterious 'money men.' When folk are being secretive there's normally a reason for it; in other words, they're usually crooks and gangsters. It looks as if there's not much to choose between the two sides!

Loony Leggat also bangs on about the stories surrounding The Messiah not being a fit and proper person. He blames Jack Irvine for this, saying that it's all black propaganda to deflect from the current problems with the board. Strangely, the supporters of the board, like Auld Merlin, blame Paul Murray for these stories. Of course, the truth is that he is not a fit and proper person but that won't stop the two sides in the Gravy War blaming each other.

The Messiah himself turned up to watch Bisto FC take on the mighty East Fife. It doesn't exactly look like a welcoming committe, does it? Ronnie and Reggie look as if King has turned up with shite on his shoes. The Messiah himself looks like he wants to punch somebody and the woman in the middle is there to stop a fight starting. Meanwhile, Big Jabba tries to hide as soon as he sees a camera pointing his way. Or maybe he wants to keep away from The Messiah for some reason. Then again, maybe he's ashamed to be seen, considering the fat salary he rakes in for doing bugger all!

Finally, I see some of the Bisto Kids have got themselves in a lather over Celtic's match against Ajax. They're saying that Frank De Boer was called a 'sad Orange bastard,' even though most of them admit that they didn't even watch the match! But they go further than that. Since Orange is the colour of the Royal House of Holland, they are claiming that the chants were racist. And there's more. Since Ajax supporters play up some kind of Jewish connection, the Bisto Kids are also accusing Celtic fans of anti-Semitism! They're all writing e-mails to UEFA to complain. 'Wae jist waant evrybdy dealt wi' oan an equal footin'' they claim. Still, it'll give the guys at UEFA something to laugh at.

The Ibrox Cast

or

'The Cash My Father Chored'

A TALE OF TWO FERGIES

As I suspected, the quote about Celtic attributed to Alex Ferguson turns out to be a pack of lies. Apparently, some sad Bisto Kid posted it on Facebook, thinking he would rile up 'the taigs.' Despite a poster on McMurdo's blog claiming that it worked a treat, the fact is that his 'quote' was pretty much ingnored by those on the Celtic side. It was the Bisto Kids that picked up on it and re-posted it all over the place. I imagine they all feel a bit stupid now. But, then again, perhaps not. They have a tendancy to swallow their own lies whole and to repeat them ad nauseum until they actually believe they are true! All the rubbish about the chanting and singing of songs about Lee Rigby in Brentford is a case in point. It's been proven that it's a load of Craig Whyte; but that doesn't stop them going on about it as if it really happened.

Another Ferguson was in the Daily Record, with a piece so disgusting and hypocritical that Jabba would have been proud of it. Barry Ferguson decided to get his chubby-stump crayons out and lecture us all about racism in football. He describes the time he went to a football match and bananas were thrown onto the pitch when Mark Walters was playing for Rangers. That, however, seems to be the sum total of his recollections of racism in Scottish football. No prizes for guessing who Rangers were playing that day! Yes, the behaviour at that match was disgraceful, but it was hardly an isolated incident. Ferguson forgets similar behaviour being exhibited by Rangers, and other teams', fans at numerous matches.

There is also the little matter of something that the Scottish football and civil authorities like to pretend doesn't exist: anti-Irish racism. I remember quite a few occasions when potatoes were thrown onto the trackside at Celtic Park in a vile reference to the Potato Famine. This, however, along with the Famine Song, was just viewed as 'banter.' Either that or it is classed as 'sectarianism.' And if the Irish Government has the nerve to complain about this racism they are accused of overreacting.

Scotland likes to pretend that it's a friendly place and suffers none of the racism that blights other countries. In reality, however, it has a long way to go. Racism is not just about the colour of somebody's skin.

Anyway, enough of the serious stuff and back to matters at Ibrox. The Messiah has held talks with the Krays and noises are being made about 'ways forward' etc. The Bisto Kids are getting over-excited with all this and are banging on about millionaires, billionaires and whatever-else-aires all lining up to waste their cash, I mean invest, in Bisto FC. They're all predicting happy days and European football within a couple of years. A couple of things, however, seem to have escaped their notice.

Jim McColl, the reputed billionaire (where have we heard that one before?) and Requisitioner has made it quite clear that he has no intention of providing any funds. King, meanwhile, is nothing short of a crook and it is doubful if he could be considered a 'fit and proper person' to run a bath, never mind run a football team.

The Bisto Kids are adamant that he should be found 'fit and proper' and are already making threatening noises about what might happen if he is not declared so. As usual, they revert to type and think that intimidation is the way to go about things. If the authorities give into this and let King be installed as chairman or whatever then it will just show Scottish football, and Scotland, as frightened to stand up to these bullies. But, we'll wait and see what happens.

I read the other day on Phil Mac Whatsit's blog that a food-bank collection would be in operation at Firhill today. I find it rather mystifying that this was not mentioned in the Daily Record. This paper constantly tries to flaunt its Socialist credentials and pretends to be the champion of the poor in Scotland; so why no mention of this worthwhile project? Obviously the problem is that the wrong team is involved. If said collection was going on at Ibrox then we would never have heard the end of it, even though we all know that any food donations wold just end up on Sooperally's plate!

The 4-0 victory against East Fife has got the Bisto Kids going overboard again. You really have to laugh at them going on about the 'Rampaging Gers' when their team manages to trounce a bunch of butchers and bakers and candlestick makers! Meanwhile, according them, the Celtic win over Ajax was 'lucky.' They're all going on about their 'relentless march to the top' but really are getting carried away with themselves. Beating teams full of part-timers is one thing but just wait until they get into the Second Tier and have to play against professionals! Oh, I forgot, The Messiah is going to plough billions in and they'll be signing players from Barcelona and Man Utd!

And another bit of delusion from the Bisto Kids. Over on McMurdo's blog they're banging on about all the 'friends' they're making in the lower leagues and how they're spreading the wealth among the diddy teams. This means, in their minds, that nobody will ever vote against them again. In other words, Bisto FC is trying to bribe everyone while their fans see to the intimidation. Mind you, the way the fans of Bisto FC behave the wee teams will be lucky if they break even when Bisto comes to call!

Finally, like Paul Murray, The Messiah has already got a board lined up to take over. Obviously the Krays will still be involved but he has also announced the inclusion of Lester Piggot, Ken Dodd and Ernest Saunders. Ronald Biggs is yet to be confirmed but a source said that he is excited to be considered for the Great Gravy Train Robbery.

'Remember this is a gift. But some day, and that day may never come, we'll call on you to do a service for us.'

PICTURE THIS

I see on McMurdo's blog that several complaints have been submitted to the Press Complaints Commission about the Daily Record publishing a picture of Brian Stockbridge's house. Do they really think they're going to get anywhere? To their way of thinking, what happened was that some heidbangers printed out the picture and then drove about until they found the address. It said in the DR that his house 'overlooked the River Clyde' so that narrowed it down a bit.

You can just imagine a car, with Billy, Billy, Billy and Billy, following the River Clyde all the way to Largs to find the address and then suddenly realising that there are also houses on the Dumbarton side, as well as on the islands. By God, it must have taken a while! Have a look at a map of the Firth of Clyde and you'll see just what a mammoth task it would be. Then again, maybe they just took down the address of every big house looking onto the Clyde and sent them all death threats, just to make sure!

Meanwhile, the Gravy War is hotting up, with Paul Murray bemoaning the news that the AGM won't take place until Christmas. Maybe the current board are expecting Santa to come in and rescue them! Apparently the Requisitioners (Nobody expects the Bisto Requisition!) have got a replacement board all lined up, ready to just slide into place once they've got rid of the current lot. That got me thinking about what they might do if they manage to take over. The big thing they've been banging on about is all the money being wasted so, presumably, they've got a plan to cut costs. I wonder if the Bisto Kids would be so supportive if they stopped and thought about what needed to be done!

First thing would have to be that Sooperally's fat arse would be booted out the door. Considering the salary he's on he's hardly set the place alight, has he? All he seems able to do is to follow his mentor's ways and spend money on players that Bisto FC can ill afford. A new manager, with real man-management and football-training skills, not to mention a brain, would have to be appointed; somebody that doesn't need SPL players to take on the butchers and bakers in the lower leagues.

Obviously the next item on the agenda would be cutting the wage bill. The money is fast running out and throwing cash at SPL-standard players is extravagant to say the least. At long last the club would be made to live within its means.

The directors as well would have to have their salaries slashed. Presumably those involved in this takeover are aware of this and are prepared to accept a subsistance-level salary of £100,000!

This would cheer the hearts of the Bisto Kids, who can look forward to their new club surviving for at least another year and maybe even longer. I wonder how long this cheer and goodwill would last, though, when you consider what the consequences would be. With a curtailment of the ludicrous spending, Bisto FC would now be competing on a level playing-field. Winning Division 1 would no longer be a cast-iron certainty and the team might struggle. It's well within the realms of possibility that they might slide down the table and be in Division 1 for another season at least. Would the Bisto Kids be willing to accept this, while watching Celtic rake in the cash from Europe?

Is it any wonder, then, that the Requisitioners, despite demands from McMurdo et al, have not exactly been forthcoming about what their plans are? Tough decisions are called for. Either the board cuts its cloth to suit and tries to ensure survival, or it keeps on splashing the cash and hoping for the best. Getting up into the Premiership quickly seems to be the current plan; assuming, of course that they last that long!

But then there's always The Messiah, Dave King, who is apparently coming over from South Africa to 'hold talks' with both sides. Will he start pouring money in, assuming he's still got any, without some kind of position on the board? Would he be willing to just keep throwing money for other folk to decide what to do with? Despite what Loony Leggat says on his blog today, the chances of AIM finding The Messiah 'fit and proper' are slim. There is no escaping the fact that the man is a convicted criminal.

But surely there are big-money men from all over the world waiting to invest in Bisto FC? After all, the Bisto Kids never tire of telling us this. Ask them to name one, however, and you are met with silence. It's all a sham. Why would anyone invest in an operation that's going nowhere fast?

The Bisto Kids are currently spunking over Twitter, Facebook etc about a supposed quote from Alex Ferguson's autobiography. Apparently, he wrote about Celtic, ”it’s a classless club with no respect towards others. They’re not a popular club at all amongst Europe’s big clubs." I've got a couple of observations about that. Firstly, I wonder if Ferguson actually said that. The Bisto Kids are notorious for making things up and then they all believe every word. If Ferguson did say that then it shows a distinct lack of class on his part. Maybe he should remember the club with 'respect towards others' that got rid of him because of the religion of his wife!

Anyway, let's try to end on a lighter note. How many Bisto Kids does it take to change a lightbulb? Just one; and another few thousand to swear blind that it's the same bulb!

"They even sent me death threats! I thought they were from Yoko Ono but then I discovered they were from the hangers-on of a dead club, not a dead singer!"

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Usually I receive around a hundred hits a day. Sometimes it can go over that but the average is about a hundred. Imagine my surprise when I saw that I had five times that number yesterday! I don't know how it happened; maybe they all ended up here by mistake. Hope you all keep coming back. And, to turn mercenary for a moment, I've never made any secret of the fact that I do this blog in hope that folk might buy my books. So hopefully all my new readers have got bulging wallets!

Regular readers will be aware of my views regarding nationality, religion etc. To me, I'm no better or worse than anybody else and don't think it makes me particularly special that I was born in Scotland, or that I'm British, or that I'm of Irish descent. My great-grandfather could just as easily have gone to America or Canada, rather than Scotland, and that would not have made me a better, or worse person. I don't feel a particular sense of pride in my ancestry or my place of birth; they are sheer accidents, nothing more. That doesn't mean that I'm not glad to have been born where and when I was. Imagine living in North Korea or under the brutal regime of Mugabe, not to mention all the different periods of history that I could have landed in. Gladness, however, does not mean that I am particularly proud.

Equally, that goes for the team I support, albeit as an armchair fan because I can't afford to go to matches. I could just as easily have been brought up to be a Rangers supporter; would that make me a better or worse person? That depends, of course. When I was being bullied at work the only person that had the integrity and courage to speak up for me is a Rangers supporter. This, however, does not rule her life and she does not feel the need to conform to what the vast majority of the supporters of that team see as their duty.

That is the thing that gets up my nose; the profession of superiority over everyone else, which is manifest in the fact that they believe their club to be above all the rules and regulations that every other club in the world is bound by. I do not hate supporters of The Rangers, or Bisto FC as I call them. What I hate is the ones telling me that I have no right to be here, that I should have no say in how our country is run, that I am an immigrant and a drain on society and that they want to be up to their knees in my blood. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the support seems to be comprised of people like these. The friend that stood up for me is the exception rather than the rule.

Anyway, rant over. Although I say that I don't feel any particular pride about my team, my country or my ancestry, sometimes the word 'pride' is the only way to describe the way you feel. Today I am proud to be a Celtic supporter. This has nothing to do with last night's great performance against Ajax; that makes me happy, not proud. What made me proud was something that I discovered on the website of Phil Mac Whatsit. (I can't be bothered looking it up to see how to spell it!) Apparently, as well as the resolution to report the SFA, which the Daily Record tut-tutted over, there is also to be a resolution at the Celtic AGM to ensure that all workers at Celtic are paid at least the minimum wage. Now that's the sort of thing that restores my faith in human nature and actually makes me proud to be counted among supporters that would do something like this.

Phil Mac Whatsit says, and I am sure that we all agree, that they would rather see a player sold than see our club pay its workers a pittance. That's what marks us apart from the Bisto Kids; their win-at-any-cost mentality has brought them to where they are and they still can't shake it. Anyway, in their view any workers at Ibrox should be proud (there's that word again!) to be in such a position and should probably be charged for the privilege!

I see on McMurdo's blog that nobody is shedding any tears for Loony Leggat. He is only mentioned in passing, however, as the main concern seems to be reporting the Daily Record to the Press Complaints Commission for publishing a picture of Brian Stockbridge's house while going on about the money he has taken out of Bisto FC. After receiving the usual death threats he has had to have extra security installed in his house. (Can't he just get extra police patrols, like Leggat?) Of course, all this is to deflect from the fact that it's the Bisto Kids that are threatening him. To their twisted minds, however, the blame lies with the Daily Record and nobody else. Strangely, they did not chastise Sooperally when he was demanding 'Who ur they?'

If the PCC uphold their complaint then it opens the door for some great defence arguments in our courts. 'The papers showed a picture-y the guy's hoose an' said ay wiz the richest man in Scotland 'n 'at. They must've known that sumdy wid burgle the hoose. It's the paper's fawt an' Ah'm no' guilty!'

Dare to mention anything about how the Bisto Kids behave and you get shouted down with 'facts' like these. My comments are in brackets in bold type.

'Maybe also you missed a certain club employing private nvestigators to follow referees to see if they were Freemasons (That was ONE Celtic supporter that did that.). How about a manager being appointed before his predecessor had been notiifed he was out of a job (Don't know about that one. But at least he didn't kill his predecessor to get his job!). Then of course a referee being left bloodied on the field of play leading to the siuation that never again would a Glasgow derby be a league decider. (What's that old expression? Oh, aye, he brought it on himself for being a cheating bastard!)  Another thng that had never been seen in Scottish football was a referees strike caused by one club constantly questioning match officials integrity. (What integrity? They had been caught out cheating and went in the huff.) The attack on a referee’s house, (Pish! Never happened!)  a referee’s children being threatend at school, ( Aye, right!) a referee being threatened via twitter that h wa to face possble verbal and physical assault in his workplace. (A wee lassie at his school jokingly said she would kill him!)
Why not ask Nacho Novo how unprecedented it was to have his home address published on the internet along with threats to his wife and young children. (Why not ask Neil Lennon how it was to have bombs sent to his address and his wife and young children needing police protection, while crowds sang 'How does it feel to live in fear' to him?)'

Is that the best they can do? A load of made-up shite to try and deflect from the large, psychologically-disturbed section of their own support! Oh, and they've come up with a new one; apparently Celtic only won last night because they cheated. How? They had no ball boys! Well, that's that then, the game's-a-bogey! UEFA had better amend the result to a 3-0 win for Ajax. No doubt the Bisto Kids are firing off e-mails to UEFA already!

Staying with McMurdo, he claims to know who is behind Blue Pitch Holdings and is happy with them. That'll be the demonstrations over then! He also reiterates the mantra that the Pinsent-Masons enquiry proved that Whyte has no longer got anything to do with Ibrox. Well let's see the bloody thing, then, and we'll make our own minds up! And while you're at it, let's see whose name is on the deeds and let's see the accounts for the subsidiary company Rangers Football Club Ltd!

Unable to accept any responsibility whatsoever, the story emerging now is that sites like Follow Follow, and others that are against the current board, are filled with posts from Celtic fans masquerading as Bisto Kids to stir up trouble! This seems to be the standard defence: 'Sumdy else dun it, so they did!' It's a bit like if you ask how many Rangers fans went to Manchester in 2008. The answer all depends on the context. If it's to prove how loyal they are, then the answer is upward of 200,000. If, however, it is related to all the violence and hooliganism then the answer, of course, is none. All 200,000 were Chelsea fans in disguise!

The Big Hoose

 

Aw naw! Maybe I shouldn't have posted that.  If anybody vandalises the place they can blame me for publishing a picture of it!

PISH AND PISH STAINS

Quite a few of the Bisto Kids were going nuts yesterday when they read in the news that Alex Salmond is apparently going to help Hearts out of administration. 'But ay nevvuh helped Rainjurz!' was the cry. To these perennially greetin'-faced morons this is one more example of the 'Anti-Rainjurz' feeling in our country and, to some absolute cretins, proof of Salmond's support for Republicanism and all-round left-footerness.

If these clowns had taken the time to actually read more than the headline they would have seen that BDO, Hearts' administrators,  have asked the Scottish Government for help in dealing with their counterparts in Lithuania. Salmond has agreed to help, as has the Lithuanian ambassador to the UK, if the situation becomes political. That's the key point. The Scottish Government is not dipping into funds to bail Hearts out, nor is it trying to intervene with creditors; it is going to help if matters BECOME POLITICAL. I know that's hard for the Bisto Kids to understand but, chances are, Salmond and the Scottish Government pobably won't be needed.

The administrators of UBIG, who own fifty percent of Hearts, are doing something that seems alien to administrators in Scotland, especially when it comes to football clubs: they are trying to get the best deal for the creditors! This means that the Hearts fans trying to buy the club might have their CVA proposals rejected if the Lithuanian administrators feel that the creditors might be best served in some other way, including liquidation. Amazingly, the Lithuanian administrators are acting like proper administrators. It is no concern of theirs to be keeping 'big hooses' open; their job is to recoup as much money as possible for the creditors. I think the likes of Duff and Phelps could learn a lesson or two there!

Of course, the Scottish Government might feel it has to step in if the Lithuanian Government gets involved. For example, the Lithuanian Government might attempt to influence, or even intimidate creditors into turning down the CVA proposals. Imagine some greasy foreign government thinking it has the right to interfere in private business like that! Imagine a government trying to put pressure on creditors to act in a certain way! Imagine? It's already happened here. As the Bisto Kids are prone to forget, Alex Salmond tried to lean on HMRC to accept Hughie Green's CVA proposals. And yet, they still berate him and accuse him of doing nothing to help 'Rainjurz'! If this underhand, immoral and quite possibly illegal move was not trying to help them, then I don't know what is.

Over at the Ponderosa they've still got the wagons circled as the attacks go on. The place is now being run by a gangster and a guy that gets people drunk, videos them and then puts the 'shocking' results on the internet for all to see. What's not to like?

Demands are being made to divulge the identities of those involved in the two companies, Margarita Holdings and Blue Pitch Holdings, which, between them, own fifteen percent of Bisto FC or the Holding Company or whatever the story is this week. Speculation is rife over who these folk might be, with Craig Whyte and Hughie Green being the favoured candidates. There is also the little matter of who owns Ibrox etc. Stockbridge might have claimed to have the deeds in his safe but that proves nothing whatsoever. What is important is whose name is on it. The reticence at revealing this shows that the dodgy dealings are still going on at Ibrox.

Laughably, those that support the board say that it has already been proven that Whyte is no longer involved by the Pinsent-Masons enquiry. Again, however, nobody is allowed to see this hallowed document and are just supposed to take the word of the shysters at Ibrox that it says what they say it does. Our media, as usual, have just swallowed this whole and nobody deems it worth investigating or even asking questions about. And you thought the 'succulent lamb' days disappeared with Traynor!

Meanwhile The Messiah has climbed back on his dinosaur and high-tailed it back to the veld. The rumour is that he had a closer look at the Bisto accounts and didn't like what he saw. Presumably, all the gravy has already been mopped up! It begs the question, though, that if he saw accounts that he didn't like, then what was all that guff that was peddled to the Stock Exchange, and the public, last month? It sounds like the ghost of David Murray still haunts those oak-panelled corridors.

I remember a few years back I was teaching a class of Primary 3s. Next door, in the P2 class, was a nasty little bully. He pushed people about constantly, both in the class and in the playground, swore at the teacher and would ruin other children's art work just for the hell of it. Of course, his parents wouldn't hear a word against him, and threatened to go to a solicitor and the newspapers if the headteacher tried to exclude him. One morning, as we were bringing the lines in, I noticed that a new pupil had arrived next door. Little Bully went up to the new boy in the cloakroom and, by way of introduction, pushed him onto the floor. Imagine his surprise when the new boy picked himself up and punched Little Bully a cracker right in the jaw. Instead of fighting back, Little Bully just stood there and screamed at the top of his voice, yelling for his mother. The new boy was given the customary talking-to but, secretly, the staff felt like giving him a bar of chocolate. That was Little Bully's career over as, thereafter, everyone retaliated if he tried any of his tricks.

So what does this heartwarming story have to do with anything? Well, bullies aren't just confined to schools. There is a certain blogger that has long delighted in giving out phone numbers and e-mail addresses for the Ibrox baboon troop to do with what they will. He has never condemned any violence or death threats, even when made by the Bisto Kids against their own board members. I tell a lie, he helped to perpetuate the myth of the 'riot' at Tannadice by Celtic supporters. So he will condemn violence but only if it suits his agenda; and if no violence is forthcoming from certain quarters, he will invent stories that it is.

Anyway, this clown has now got a taste of his own medicine, having received what he calls a 'threatening e-mail.' So what was the content of said e-mail? Did it say, 'Ah'm gonny kull you, ya pish-stained auld alkie'? No. Along with details of Leggat's address it said, 'Gotcha!' Well, bugger me with a ragman's trumpet! That's scary, eh? Apparently it came, or purported to come, from Jim Park, whom Hughie Green brought on board last year to drum up investors. According to Leggat, he had previously been sent an e-mail from this same source, which said:

“ the club, via Stockbridge/Mather is going to bankrupt and crush you. Mather said he was going to crush Paul Murray, Malcolm Murray, Chris Graham and Leggo.”

So there you go, the Bisto Kids can now sing the 'verse that everybody denies' when belting out God Save The Queen, with only a minor change:

"...and like a torrent rush, rebellious huns to crush!'

It has a good ring to it, don't you think? Of course, Leggat contacted the police and, in his usual way, exaggerates their reaction. As well as giving the usual advice on security and keeping safe, Scotland's finest have apparently, on this occasion, stepped up police patrols to provide Leggat's home with 'an extra measure of security.' Stepped up? You mean there are always regular patrols around Chez Leggat? To those of us that haven't seen hide or hair of a policeman in years it's comforting to know that our council tax is being spent on making sure an auld alkie can lie in his pish undisturbed!

Leggat saves the best for last. He says that the police have not installed a panic button. He doesn't need one, he claims, as he's not one for panicking. He extends the following threat to whoever sent the e-mail:

"If you do intend to come calling, how many of you will there be? And the advice is that if you do decide to pay me a visit, you should all bring your own panic buttons."

Why? What's he going to do? Possibly he might breathe on them, which is enough to frighten off even the bravest of fellows. You certainly wouldn't want to be smoking anywhere near that!

"Ma auld, Presbyterian granny was aye fond-y quotin' the Good Book 'n 'at. Wanny ma favourites wiz: Dae unto others, but don't dae unto me!"

SUCK UP THAT GRAVY!

The Gravy Wars seem to be hotting up, with one of the Kray brothers deciding to put his tuppence-worth in. He made a statement, which said...er...not a lot really. Still, it appeared to rile up the Follow Follow brigade, prompting them to call Ronnie and Reggie every name under the sun. This, in turn, has got the hackles rising of Bill McMurdo's followers. It'll all end in tears!

The McMurdo faction were also up in arms about the Daily Record publishing a photo of Stockbridge's Big Hoose. Follow Follow is apparently being investigated by the police for encouraging violence, prompting McMurdo to put two and two together and accuse the DR of identifying the house so that 'the small minority' can attack it. Given that Stockbridge has already received the customary death threats he might have a point. He and his followers are full of righteous indignation. They hate violence, apparently.

Chris Graham's name comes into this frequently. Remember his 'Enemies of Rangers' website, where he seemed to encourage attacks on various people and places? When this was mentioned on McMurdo's website, however, it was not taken of proof of Graham's sleekitness; instead, it was joked about and ostensibly supported. It seems they only hate violence when it's against any of their own!

Leggat seems to be staying out of this lately, happy to delve about in history instead. On Saturday, however, he was seen leaving an antique bookshop in Glasgow, clutching a copy of the Malleus Maleficarum. McMurdo had better watch out!

Hugh Keevins in the Daily Record decided to try to keep the Bisto Kids onside by writing a piece about the Celtic shareholders' proposals concerning the SFA. His diatribe is reminiscent of Jabba at his worst, a kind of 'Who the Hell do you think you are' mark 2. The Daily Record seems determined to suck up to the Bisto Kids with their mock indignation at this. Strangely, they choose to ignore the Bisto Kids actually doing what Keevins accuses the Celtic shareholders of doing; ie trying to destroy another team. It's not like the Record to be so partisan, is it?

The 'splashing out' that the Record reported Stockbridge doing is nothing to the splashing out that the Bisto Kids did when they discovered a picture of Kevin Kelly, the erstwhile Celtic chairman, with Jimmy Savile. Of course, this prompted them to start speculating over 'links' between the two. In a rather disgusting and shameful move, the Daily Record website yesterday allowed a post on a story about Savile, asking if there was going to be an investigation into these so-called links. I tried to answer this, but was told 'your comment cannot be published at the moment.' This was the case the whole day. The fact that nobody else commented leads me to think that others encountered the same problem. I know this revolting rag is desperate to suck up to the Bisto Kids but this exhibits a new low.

A couple of years ago I was in Glencoe. We stopped off at the Kings House Hotel for a cup of tea. Around the hotel were pictures of Jimmy Savile, whose house was just a couple of miles away, posing with staff and guests. The staff I spoke to were not too forthcoming but the impression I got was that they couldn't stand the man and just put up with him because of all his charity work and because people expected it. Somehow, I doubt if those photos are still there. The reason I mention this is to point out that there are many thousands of people out there that had their picture taken with Jimmy Savile; are we, then, to have them investigated? Here are a few of the more famous faces.

There are a few rumours flying around about old Hed Teath, so maybe an investigation would not go amiss!

Apparently Savile was never away from Chequers when Thatcher was PM. I wonder what they talked about!

 

 

 

Well, he certainly wasn't partisan in his politics!

Oh, dear! There are many pictures of Savile with Charlie. They were very good friends, apparently.

Yes, he was well in with the Royal Family. Hopefully Wills and Harry were kept out of the way!

No bigoted statements from Phil The Greek here!

 

 

  

  

A strange-looking picture, this one, but it's the only one around of HM and Savile together. They met on numerous occasions but Auld Lizzie was shy of getting her picture taken with him. Did she know something?  

 

 

Surely not...? But, then, his daughter did marry Michael Jackson...

Well, I'd say there was plenty there for Operation Yewtree to be going on with. Some really dodgy characters among that lot. And if the police are going to investigate everybody that stood in front of a camera with Jimmy Savile then this inquiry is going to run for decades!

'Never mind shredding those documents - just make sure you get rid of that picture with me and Jimmy Savile!'

ALL ABOVE BOARD

What do Nelson Mandela, Menachem Begin and George Washington have in common? The answer is that they were all at one time classed as terrorists but are now revered as great leaders. Imagine what would happen if a group of people started singing songs about how they hated black people and chanted derogatory remarks about Mandela. Or how about hating Jews and celebrating the death of Begin? And imagine the furore if the people exhibiting such hate were soldiers in uniform!

The recent bigot-fest at Ibrox involving the armed forces has led to enquiries by the police and the heads of the armed forces. The Bisto Kids, however, see nothing wrong in what went on and try to deflect their bigotry onto others, saying that people reported the singing out of hatred for Britain. The fact remains, however, that, no matter what the motivation behind people reporting the behaviour of these members of our armed forces, those dressed in their country's uniforms should not be behaving in this fashion. Nor should our armed forces be aligning themselves with extremist reactionaries. How can we trust them to defend us when they are professing hatred for some of us?

Meanwhile the double standards of the Bisto Kids is evident in their reaction to the news about the proposed motions for the Celtic AGM. Here is one of several comments on McMurdo's blog:

"Never did I think that the scum couldn’t go any lower than they are, 6 feet below a snake’s belly, they have now plumbed new depths, how besotted can this shower be, is their no end to the hysteria that they show towards us,"

And yet what are the Bisto Kids up to?

"I have today sent my complaint of state aid received by Celtic PLC from Glasgow City Council to the European commission"

And the same individual that posted about the Celtic AGM story has this to say about the letters and e-mails to the EU:

"you are really just a great guy , like pzj and others your time devoted to all of this chicanery is tremendous. keep going ,expose all of this alleged corruption. but, this unfortunately is the way this lot work."

Now that's what you call obsession!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Mather has become the latest to do walking away, with the requisite large pay-out of course. The way things are going there won't be a board left for anyone to demonstrate about! And where has The Messiah disappeared to? He's probably on his way by bus; that's all he can afford since having to pay his fines. Either that or he's riding all the way from Jo'burg on a dinosaur!

And in the Daily Record former Rangers chairman, Alastair Johnston, he of the nodding head, has expressed concerns that Craig Whyte is still pulling the strings at Ibrox. This has provoked much wailing and gnashing of teeth among the Bisto Kids, who claim that it can't possibly be true. Considering all the secrecy behind who actually owns Bisto FC then how can they say for sure? And has anybody seen the title deeds yet? They also claim that Green was cleared of any involvement with Whyte. Again, how do they know? The Deloitte report is locked up away from prying eyes and, as usual, our media just accepts anything the denizens of The Big Hoose tell them.

Despite what the Bisto Kids say, calling practically all of the Scottish media 'Rainjurz-Haters,' the Succulent Lamb culture is alive and well. Any negative stories you read about Bisto FC are usually to serve the agenda of one side in the current Gravy Wars. Meanwhile our hacks write about the 'agenda' of Celtic fans in reporting the SFA to UEFA while ignoring the sneaky tactics of the Bisto Kids. The Daily Record even had the nerve to call it 'Celtic's latest spat with Rangers,' as if it is the latest in a long line of such complaints coming from the club. Never mind Whyte, it sounds as if big Jabba is still around, pulling a few strings!

I was thinking yesterday about the Commonwealth Games. The opening ceremony takes place on July 23rd. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but athletes usually turn up at these things a week or two beforehand, to acclimatise and get a bit of intensive training in before the competitions. Is somebody going to explain to the world about the Ministry of Funny Walks parading round the streets? Competitors might think it's some kind of welcome, until they inadvertantly make the sign of the cross and get attacked and told to 'Fuck off!' Surely they won't allow these clowns to embarrass Scotland in the eyes of the whole world?

Returning to the subject of the letters and e-mails to the EU etc, one guy in particular has been pestering Glasgow City Council for months now with his paranoid theories. His latest obsession is with the old London Road school. He says in one correspondence, "...was the london road school fully and properly marketed in compliance with historic scotlands pleas to yourselves to preserve this magnificient structure?" And in another, "...historic scotland pleaded with you to save this building in all its splendour..."

Magnificent structure? Splendour? I think I've mentioned before on here that I worked at this school for a while and it was anything but magnificent and splendid. An ancient, draughty building with no suitable play area for the children; why does this clown think it was closed? There are other school buildings that are far worthier than this one; Elmvale Primary in Springburn and Golfhill Primary in Dennistoun spring to mind. I wonder if this character would be so interested in this 'magnificent' and 'splendid' edifice if it had been an RC school!

Loony Leggat, meanwhile, ploughs his usual, lonely furrow and has fixed upon a new target for his vitriol: Jack Irvine. He has apparently seen another e-mail that 'might' be from Irvine and 'might' be to Craig Whyte. He builds up a story around this about Irvine ensuring that everyone in the media kept quiet about Whyte's murky past when he was buying Rangers. Is this some desperate attempt by Leggat to exonerate his erstwhile colleagues from guilt in their covering-up of negative stories about Rangers? He must be angling for a job!

Speaking of Leggat, all these protesters you get at Bisto FC matches, calling themselves the 'Sons of Struth' reminded me of him asking once on his blog, 'What would Struth do?' Well, if Struth were here and all the Bisto Kids were desperate to get rid of what remains of the board, the answer as to what he would do is clear. He would invite them all for a wee trip 'Doon the waater!'

'Where's me washboard?'

LEGGAT DUCKS THE ISSUE

Everything's about AGMs just now. A court has decided that Bisto FC can't hold their AGM on October 24th and has accused the board of acting illegally. (Now there's a first!) Meanwhile Celtic shareholders are trying to force through a motion to complain to UEFA about the favouritism shown by the SFA in its dealings with Rangers/Rangers/2012/Sevco/Bisto FC. Peter Lawell and others on the Celtic board are dead against this.

The week got off to an inauspicious start when Hugh Keevins decided to sleekitly try to stir up some trouble. His piece in the Sunday Mail was redolent of Jabba at his worst. Accompanied by a picture that showed Peter Lawwell looking as sinister as possible, Keevins suggested that Lawwell would have the 'casting vote' in deciding whether or not The Messiah, Dave King, was declared a 'fit and proper person.' The rest of the article was full of 'what ifs' and the usual 'bad as each other' stuff, but his headline and its picture would have done their job. Don't these characters accept any responsibility for their actions?

Of course, the blogs were in overdrive at this possibility. The usual suspects came crawling out to blame Peter Lawwell for everything. Administration, liquidation, having to go into the lower leagues; all the fault of Peter Lawwell. They conveniently forget, as always, that Lawwell and others were instrumental in trying to shoehorn their new team straight into the SPL. They don't like facts getting in the way of their paranoia. 'Conflict of interest!' they shout; demanding that Lawwell should not be allowed to be a party to any decision about The Messiah. Strangely, they don't mention whether Campbell Ogilvie and his EBT should be allowed to take part in this decision-making process.

On Monday, all hell broke loose with the news that certain shareholders want to put forward a resolution at the Celtic AGM that the club should complain to UEFA about the favourable treatment handed shown to Bisto FC after the liquidation process. The matter is also brought up about the licence to play in Europe granted to Rangers in the 2011/12 season. It seems likely that the proposal will be defeated but the Bisto Kida are, of course, up in arms.

The supporters of Bisto FC, naturally, blame Peter Lawwell for the whole thing. Their story is that Celtic is terrified that the arrival of The Messiah will help Bisto FC become a serious challenge. So, not only is Lawwell going to stop The Messiah from getting on the board but he is now trying to destroy poor old Bisto. You've got to laugh when they say that Celtic fans are obsessed when the Bisto Kids are currently writing to the EU, the Scottish Government and even Historic Scotland to cause trouble for Celtic!

Others say they welcome an investigation. In their fevered minds, any inquiry would also extend to the business about Torbett and Celtic Boys Club. How they make that out is anybody's guess! It seems that this topic is the only one they can ever think of to try to score points over Celtic, even though it says more about their mentality, exulting in such a vile crime, than it ever does about Celtic!

And then we come to the AGM of Bisto FC itself. Not only has Paul Murray been granted a postponement of the meeting but the judge obviously accepted the scathing indictments of the Bisto board by the lawyer of Murray et al. Bisto FC also now have to pay the court costs; can they afford them? I had to laugh at the name of the judge: Lord Tyre! Bisto FC could do with him just now, bumping along on three wheels as they are.

And what, pray, is Loony Leggat's take on all these developments? I don't think he has even noticed. Forgetting that he promised to post his blog on Tuesday and Friday, he posed yesterday, claiming that Jack Irvine was looking to pay a bribe to somebody in South Africa to get that government's secret file on The Messiah. Leggat claims that this comes from the same source that exposed the 'John Greig is thick' e-mail. Wasn't that Charlotte Fakes? Somehow I don't think anyone is going to pay any attention to the PSA on this. He's now just pissing his 100 proof urine in the wind.

But what really ruffled the feathers of the Bisto Kids at the weekend was a duck. The 'Rangers Megastore' online was selling a selection of rubber ducks in different team colours, which, it claimed, would make great Christmas gifts. What drove the Bisto Kids quackers was that, included in this collection of synthetic water fowl, was a green duck with a Celtic badge on it! How could they?

'Just goes to show, some people at Ibrox know nothing about our club or support,' said one contributor to the debate, amid calls for angry e-mails and boycotts. Hilariously, they call them 'bigot ducks!' Personally, I think the webbed feet fit in well with this in-bred support, although bills are a sore point for them! No doubt they'll be complaining if their kids learn Five Little Ducks at school!



         

'What's gauin' oan wi' the Megastore 'n 'at? Imagin' lettin' Fenian ducks oan it. An' ye know what thae Fenian ducks ur like; waantin' thur weans gauin' tae separate ponds 'n 'at an' hatin' British ducks 'n 'at. Jist wait tae the Twelfth! Naw, no' the Glorious Twelfth; Ah go intae hidin' then. Ah mean when it's time fur the Duck a l' Orange Waddle, when wae remember the fallen at the Dairy's walls. An' remember boays, it's the same waater; it's only the holdin' pond that's chinged!'

WIZARDS AND WINOS

Although I disagree with a lot of what Bill McMurdo says on his blog, his bampot theories about history and his allowing posts displaying bigotry and hatred, I always thought that, fundamentally, his heart was in the right place. My mind was changed yesterday when I read one of the most disgusting statements ever on his blog. He said:

"If the extreme socialism of the Red Clydesiders is very much diluted in 21st century Scotland, the underlying spite and envy toward those with a few bob that animated it, is still very much evident."

Presumably he wants to go back to the days of property qualifications for voting, the Workhouse and blaming the poor for their own poverty. Nobody begrudges people that are clever, or who have worked hard, earning commensurate payment but the mindset in out society is that the 'haves' want more and more, usually at the expense of the 'have nots.' His belief in some magical, CS Lewis view of history has obviously blinded him to the real history of Britain. A prime example is the constant unwillingness of employers to pay a decent wage; instead they import people to do the work for a fraction of the pay. First it was the Highlanders, then the Irish and now Eastern Europeans. Either that or they just up sticks and move their operations to the Third World, where they can get away with exploiting people even more.

McMurdo's statement was so shocking that even some of the folk that post on his blog had to make their feelings known. He seems to think that all the supporters of Rangers, and the current Ibrox team, are rabid, right-wing Tories. Strangely, he would be the first to complain if anyone else were to make this sweeping generalisation. Anyway, I could go on all day about how wrong and disgraceful his comments are but I will leave it at that.

As expected, Loony Leggat was all over the comments of Auld Judas, the man that always does 'walking away.' He then bangs on about 'democracy' and how none of the board at Ibrox have been elected. Is this guy living on the same planet as the rest of us? Since when did the running of a company become democratic? Not even in the Soviet Union did they have elections for whoever was running a company, even though they were all state-owned. Yes, shareholders can vote to get rid of directors but even then democracy has nothing to do with it. You can walk in with thousands of proxy votes, lay them down to force through your proposal, then find out that these proxies only make up fifteen percent of the shares, while one person can slap fifty-odd percent on the table and win the day. Somebody really needs to get some black coffees and a few Resolves down Leggat's neck!

The complaining, greeting and whining, as well as the possible death threats and bombs and bullets, are on standby as Dave King comes back as the Messiah, no doubt riding into Govan on a dinosaur! The big problem is going to be the 'fit and proper person' test. Not only is he a known tax evader but he was also on the board of the 'holding company' that was liquidated. Already they're claiming that if he is blocked from being chairman or whatever then it'll be down to Peter Lawwell. I doubt, however, that the SFA will do anything; after all, they let Craig Whyte in, didn't they. Or were they 'dooped' as well?

Meanwhile, I see Leggat is being taken to court by Bisto FC. He certainly didn't put that on his blog. The action is being taken by The Rangers Football Club Ltd, the Club, aka Bisto FC and not the 'holding company' aka The Rangers International Sooper-Dooper Football Club Ltd. Nobody knows what it's all about but it probably has to do with the posts that have been disappearing off Leggat's blog recently. No doubt he's offended somebody at Ibrox, especially when he keeps repeating himself in each paragraph. Have a look at today's offering. The paragraphs keep getting bigger as you go on; not because he has more to say but because he adds one item and then repeats everything he said before. It's like that song, 'The Ladies of the Harem of The Court of King Caractacus.'

It looks like we might end up with a serious slanging match between Loony Leggat and Bill McMurdo. It's only just started, with Leggat calling McMurdo 'Merlin' and McMurdo making reference to Leggat's renowned dipsomania. Knowing Leggat, he's like a dog with a bone and will probably try to escalate things. It'll end in tears...or in  court!

Barry Ferguson again gets his chubby-stump crayon out to write a piece for the Daily Record. He is putting himself at the forefront of the welcoming committe for the Messiah, waving palm fronds and shouting 'Hosanna!' He tells us all about the luxury lifestyle King enjoyed in South Africa; a lifestyle that was funded by not paying any tax. That sounds familiar. He compares King to David Murray, saying how much he, Ferguson, looked up to Murray. Well, that's hardly surprising given the huge chunk he handed over to Ferguson in the form of a 'loan!'

Ferguson also talks about "my old club." You'd better watch yourself there, Barry, old son. We know what you mean, but the very juxtaposition of the two words 'old' and 'club' send some folk into apoplexy! Next thing you know you'll be accused of being a 'Rainjurz-hater' and start receiving not very nice stuff through the post.

Right below the piece by Ferguson the comments section is full of "This comment was left by a user who has been blocked by our staff." This statement is being seen more and more on the football pages of the DR and looks like a precursor to comments being banned again. Certainly there was on particular contributor, who never had anything to say other than slag people off and constantly make allusions to child abuse, that definitely deserved to be banned. Other than this cretin, I couldn't see what was wrong with what folk were writing. I disagreed with a lot but that's no reason for them to be banned. (Not yet, anyway. But just you wait...)

I was banned myself without warning, so I e-mailed the web editor this morning to ask what was going on. I received the following answer half an hour ago:

"It looks like your account got caught up in our spam filter by accident. I have released your account, so you should now be able to post on DailyRecord.co.uk"

'Aw naw!' goes up the huge groan from everybody. But if anyone else has found that they have been banned, it might be worth getting in touch with the DR web editor at:

webeditor@dailyrecord.co.uk

 

McMURDO'S REVENGE






















 

...AND THE BACK-STABBING GOES ON.

I see Auld Judas, Walter Smith to the Bisto Kids, is at it again. He's been sharpening up the stilettos to plunge into the backs of the board of Bisto FC. How many faces does the man have? He seems to forget that the people he's cricicising were calling him 'friend' and 'colleague' not that long ago.

Auld Judas has never really proven himself as a manager. All those years he was winning the league, and failing miserably in Europe, David Murray was spending everybody else's money to make sure that nobody else could compete with his team. This was back in the days when Fergus McCann was building a financially stable Celtic from the mess left by his predecessors. Everyone at the time accused McCann as cheesparing while Murray was hailed as a visionary. I wonder how that panned out!

Anyway, on the occsions that McCann decided to splash some cash and bring in the likes of  Cadete, Di Cannio etc Auld Judas couldn't cope with the level financial playing-field and Celtic won the league. Even during the years when he was winning he had to rely on help from the SFA offices to scupper Celtic signings and the Men In Black to secure wins. I can still remember, in the 1990s, how shocked some of the commentators were on Sky Sports at how referees officiated at Rangers matches.

Auld Judas made a complete pig's ear of his time at Everton, not having any money to spend, and came crawling back to his pals at the SFA to take up the post of Scotland manager. Again, he didn't prove himself, only taking charge of a couple of matches before running back to Ibrox. He immediately settled into his old role of spending and buggered off when the money ran out.

During administration he was against Green taking over but soon changed his mind when Hughie waved a sizable cheque under his nose. Even though he had pronounced Rangers dead he soon started expounding the Big Lie when the money was going into his bank account. He voiced his support for the beleaguered chairman, Malcolm Murray, before stabbing him in the back and stealing his job. He later resigned as chairman and walked off, taking a large severance pay-cheque with him. Now he has turned on the board, blaming them for the financial mess, telling them they need to listen to the demonstrators and accusing them of trying to turn Sooperally into a scapegoat.

Strangely, our Fourth Estate calls Auld Judas a 'legend' and an 'icon.' I suppose to the Bisto Kids he is a legend. When they were to elect the 'Greatest Ever Ranger' they eschewed the choice of quality players like Laudrup, Gascoigne, Johnstone etc to pick John Greig, a defender notorious for almost crippling opponents. I suppose when you're constantly singing about guarding walls it stands to reason you'd choose a defender as your greatest player!

Anyway, Auld Judas seems to be coming down firmly on the side of 'the rebels' against his former colleagues. I suppose the fact that he 'walked away' again shows that the money must be running out right enough! Expect to see him quoted at length on Loony Leggat's blog on Friday.

Speaking of Leggat, I found out yesterday that his much-trumpeted (by himself, naturally) biography about Scot Symon actually contains very little in it about the man. Instead the book is given over to a character assassination of Jock Stein. I suppose in his twisted mind the logic is that denigrating Stein means that Symon was the better man. He even contends in the book that Stein's record as Scotland manager was no better than Craig Levein's, pointing out that Levein was sacked while Stein was praised. I assume this is his way of implying that everybody was on Jock Stein's side and that Symon was 'cheated.' In reality it only shows what a disgusting insect Leggat is. Still, I suppose it keeps the Govan troglodytes happy.

Meanwhile, said troglodytes are already starting up the bigotry ahead of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games next year. Many of them are absolutely incensed that Celtic Park and its environs are to be a major venue for the Games. To their mind this simply should not occur and the snide comments have started already. I've seen a couple saying that Celtic supporters will not be happy at the Union Flags on display at the stadium or the baton being sent off by the Queen. Of course, they assume that anyone that supports Celtic 'hates Britain' and 'hates the Queen.' When the current Queen was crowned in 1953 a football tournament was held, involving all the teams in Britain. Celtic was happy to take part in this competition and the fans were happy to cheer them on. I forget; who was it that won that tournament?

The Daily Record also had a story yesterday about a nursery teacher that was having a relationship with a convicted paedophile. Apparently, she even gave him her computer password, enabling him to access images of the children. Unusually, comments were allowed for this story. Even more unusually, there were very few comments actually posted. I thought the Bisto Kids were outraged by this sort of thing and would be all over the story. No doubt they are waiting to see what school she went to and which team she supports before expressing their disgust, or not, as the case may be!

Finally, a message to Auld Judas: If you're so concerned about the financial crisis at Ibrox, why don't you pay back that loan you took off the old club?

'Naw, Malky, mate, ye've nae need tae worry as long as ye've goat Walter at yer back. What's that? What dae Ah call 'im Brutus fur? Er...that's cos ay used tae wear Brutus jeans aw the time back in the 70s, 'n 'at. Aye, Walter'll look efter ye awright!'