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The "Where should I put this?" Thread;; Strange stories from the crazy world of football.
Topic Started: 25 Sep 2012, 05:56 PM (238,322 Views)
Bob Loblaw
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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Charlie Tully
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MAH KA SHAUGH
11 Feb 2014, 12:39 AM
not specifically hun related but a question that could relate to them amongst other teams.

Aberdeen finish second in the league and win both cups. Do Inverness and the SC finalists get Euro places.

What happens if Aberdeen finish second in the league , win both cups and sevco are SC finalists but aren't eligible for Europe.

Do either of the SC semi-finalists have a chance of a European place..
The extra place will go to the league i'm sure.
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Champions Again Olé, Olé
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Italian FA investigates after team scores eight own goals in last 10 minutes

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/07/italy-borgata-bagheria-eight-own-goals

:lol: :lol:
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Muzz
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Dannybhoy95
11 Feb 2014, 08:32 PM
Italian FA investigates after team scores eight own goals in last 10 minutes

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/07/italy-borgata-bagheria-eight-own-goals

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Get duffsticks on the case. He's an Italian lower-league expert.
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Bob Loblaw
11 Feb 2014, 01:19 AM
:lol: :rubeyes:
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pieol
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Probably been done before.

Since Arsenal last won a trophy:

- Arsenal have spent an incredible £227,500,000 on new players.

- 52 of the 92 football league clubs have won a trophy.

- Arsene Wenger has earned approximately £63.5m in wages.

- The planet Mercury has orbited the Sun 32 times.

- London won the rights to host the Olympic Games, rebuilt Stratford and then hosted the event.

- Twitter has been created and gained 500 million users.

- Over 1,000,000,000 people have been born.

- Juventus have been relegated, promoted and won back to back league titles.

- Ex-Arsenal players have won 44 medals.

- Pep Guardiola retired as a player, became manager, won 16 trophies with Barcelona, took a year break, returned as manager and won two trophies with Bayern Munich.
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Bob Loblaw
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The Juventus and Guardiola ones are the best.
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Saw that list on Facebook the other day. Brilliant :lol:
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Stokes accounts for a decent chunk of those medals, though :lol:
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Nice touch I thought from Paul Brennans' blog at CQN, running Tommy Gemmells new book.

http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/?p=14702#comments


Guest blog by Tommy Gemmell

12th February 2014

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Today, we have the small matter of a guest blog by Lisbon Lion, right back, left back, dominator of play, years ahead of his time, scorer of two of our three most important goals, a truly modern player and one of Europe’s finest…….. Tommy Gemmell.

Tommy has spent the last few years ‘getting it all down on paper’, and this year CQN is publishing the definitive autobiography of a remarkable football player, icon and man. It’s not his first book (which predicted we would win the European Cup in 1969), and it’s not his second, but it is a book with enormous sincerity and insight on the days when Scotland produced giants of the world game.

Inspirational people can inspire with little effort. I described a goal to Tommy as “a great goal”, he gave me a half smile and said, “Every goal is a great goal”. Tommy knows what it means to score goals so valuable they will live in legend as long as the game is played, but he was able to convince me that knocking the ball over the line for Celtic in a relatively meaningless game against vastly inferior opposition was, for him, indescribable, although he did a good job of describing it in the book.

Legends are made quickly these days but 40 years on, his contribution still towers. He has really enjoyed working on the book and is looking forward to getting the final copy in his hands, and most of all, the interactions it will bring with the Celtic support.

He has put some words down for us in today’s blog, including an opportunity to ask him some questions – for inclusion in a special section of the book. Hope you enjoy it………..

By TOMMY GEMMELL:

I am absolutely delighted Celtic Quick News is publishing my book ‘All The Best’ in the near future. The title is a bit of a giveaway as to what to expect within the pages of what I hope is an entertaining and insightful read.

I’ve gone through all the Celtic teams I’ve played in to come up with my eleven from heaven. Obviously, the Lisbon Lions are in a class of their own, so I haven’t touched them. Simpson, Craig and Yours Truly; Murdoch, McNeill and Clark; Johnstone, Wallace, Chalmers, Auld and Lennox. That’s about as close to perfection you’ll ever see in a football team.

We all had different strengths, but we really gelled as a formation. If that lot could keep Jock Stein satisfied, then who am I to change that line-up?

But there will be a few surprises along the way with my many selections. I’ve dipped into the international scene, too, and there are some great tales about Denis Law, Alan Gilzean and others. And, of course, I could never ignore the one and only Jinky,.I still miss that little rascal, but what a player!

I hope the book is interesting and enjoyable for many reasons because I really reveled in looking through the past. I relished ‘Heart Of A Lion: The Willie Wallace Story’ by my old pal. If my own memoirs are as appreciated as those of Willie, I’ll be well satisfied.

I have never before spoken at length about my friendship with George Best, for instance. Bestie and I had a good relationship and I would often look him up when I was in London on business. Well, what would you prefer? A boring old seminar about the world of finance or a couple of beers with Bestie? Thought so!

And there were also meetings with Brian Clough when I was at Nottingham Forest and he was manager at Derby County. Our paths crossed several times and I have to say he was a completely one-off individual. Not sure if I could have played for him, though!

And, of course, I could never ignore what Jock Stein did for me as a Celtic player. We may not always have seen eye-to-eye, but you can’t take away what he achieved at Celtic. He completely turned the club upside down. Mind you, he could be ruthless and I know what I’m talking about because I was on the receiving end a few times.

Without warning, he dropped me from the line-up for the League Cup Final against St.Johnstone in 1969. I was so livid that I asked for a transfer the following day. And yet Jock knew I never wanted to leave Celtic. Who in their right mind would? I was heart broken at the time, but I’ll tell you more in ‘All The Best’. All will be revealed, as they say.

I am going to try something different for the book. Today, Celtic Quick News is open for you to send me questions on the blog. I will take the questions and answer them in a hardback small run of the book, all of which will be signed. So, don’t hesitate – get writing and I’ll be only too delighted to reply. If you have anything you’d like to ask me about my career in football, or anything else for that matter, please post on CQN today and the guys will forward me on the questions. I’ll do the rest!

I have always loved the interaction with the Celtic support. Even today I’ll get stopped in the street and fans will ask me about my European Cup Final goal. Mischievously, I’ll always respond with, ‘Which one?’ People seem to have forgotten that I scored in TWO European Cup Finals – against Inter Milan and Feyenoord. Most folk, though, don’t want to talk about the latter. Understandable, I suppose.

So, please send in your questions and I promise to answer every single one. And I will give it to you straight. I have also been promised my own account on CQN so when I am signing your books I am going to log in to CQN and have a chat with everyone. Paul will let you know when this is happening.

That’s the great part of ‘All The Best’. I’ve been able to tell it like it is and I hope the supporters appreciate the sentiments.

I am delighted Celtic Quick News guys are publishing the book, it’s an exciting adventure for us all, and I do hope you get as much enjoyment reading the book as I did putting it together.

All the best!

Tommy Gemmell
Edited by sdstim, 12 Feb 2014, 05:34 PM.
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Just to say Petrov is on Fantasy Football Show tonight at 6.30 SS1 :thumbsup:
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Former Scotland, Celtic and Hibs striker Derek Riordan has ended his footballing exile by signing for Championship side Alloa.

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Had a wee chuckle at this from someone on twitter.

Roses are red,
Violets are too,
Everything's red,
Love, Vincent Tan x
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Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. Stokes :lol:

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that looks pretty hard :lol:
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Pitch invader at River Plate game :lol:

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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Literally shaking like a shampooting dog.
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:lol: thats gotta be a first?
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I love how he remembers to dive after he's shoved the striker
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