Celtic face threat of multimillion pound compensation claim(The Times)

BN94 said:
When the police turned up at Andrew Gray’s house he was told that Celtic Football club had stated that they had no record of Andrew ever playing for the boys club.
He then had to go to his mother’s house and go through the loft with Michelle to prove that he did. Why would the club deny this? Can you imagine the pain his family went through at this time?
To be treated like this by the club is downright disgusting. A boy that was proud to wear the colours denied by the club.
The heartache of losing a son and a brother would be hard enough, but then to receive abuse from elements of so called Celtic supporters is just beyond words. I’ve sat and listened to everything the Gray family have been through. The story needs to be told. It needs to be heard worldwide and I believe Adrian Goldberg will do it justice.
Something else we have to remember.
This is just one victims story at cbc. There are many more that need to be heard.
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Absolutely disgusting, however, I'm not surprised.
 
BN94 said:
When the police turned up at Andrew Gray’s house he was told that Celtic Football club had stated that they had no record of Andrew ever playing for the boys club.
He then had to go to his mother’s house and go through the loft with Michelle to prove that he did. Why would the club deny this? Can you imagine the pain his family went through at this time?
To be treated like this by the club is downright disgusting. A boy that was proud to wear the colours denied by the club.
The heartache of losing a son and a brother would be hard enough, but then to receive abuse from elements of so called Celtic supporters is just beyond words. I’ve sat and listened to everything the Gray family have been through. The story needs to be told. It needs to be heard worldwide and I believe Adrian Goldberg will do it justice.
Something else we have to remember.
This is just one victims story at cbc. There are many more that need to be heard.
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This is their policy. It isn't a reaction to a specific "case". A bunch of powerful men have got together and decided that the best way to deal with these pesky victims is to ostracize and vilify them.
 
Div1872 said:
Spew is a cuunt

Hope Gordon Woods comments re “under oath” come to fruition

Spew has been very very close to all the abuse. Some say too close for comfort

Let’s see if he’s so gallus in from of a judge

Horrible bastard knows and is still protecting the abusers and helping them

No wonder Snyde won’t allow callers to discuss child abuse at football as Spew knew and kept quiet

Also FOUR employees at Snyde / Bauer Media have already been convicted of child sexual abuse so the abuse topic is taboo
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He is just another trickle of pus that seeps from all scotshit cowardly pressmen. One of the thousands of others who have been either caught in the poisonous claws of celtic/rc church powerhouse who seem to have control over the press,politicians and legal system in this country. This sickening crimewave at celtic and elsewhere has been silenced by those with most to lose and it looks like a lot of powerful people are caught in this web. Introduced to the gang,take their rewards and forever in their debt. I worry the truth will be forever hidden and justice for the victims will be left to suffer. These people are the lowest form of life. Hopefully with the help of the good people on here and the amazing work they have done these animals will suffer caged in jail like the rats they are
 
BN94 said:
When the police turned up at Andrew Gray’s house he was told that Celtic Football club had stated that they had no record of Andrew ever playing for the boys club.
He then had to go to his mother’s house and go through the loft with Michelle to prove that he did. Why would the club deny this? Can you imagine the pain his family went through at this time?
To be treated like this by the club is downright disgusting. A boy that was proud to wear the colours denied by the club.
The heartache of losing a son and a brother would be hard enough, but then to receive abuse from elements of so called Celtic supporters is just beyond words. I’ve sat and listened to everything the Gray family have been through. The story needs to be told. It needs to be heard worldwide and I believe Adrian Goldberg will do it justice.
Something else we have to remember.
This is just one victims story at cbc. There are many more that need to be heard.
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This post is celtic and their fans for you. This is their attitude to child sexual abuse. This is how they think the victims of child sexual abuse should be treated and is also the way they treat their own if they dare to speak up. Absolutely disgusting from the top down at celtic. The lowlife dregs abusing the victims are taking their cue from the board. The board had it in them prevent any abuse by acting in a contrite manner. This is celtic. A club nobody likes.
 
BN94 said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1287095537070743552
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Now Hugh is either very arrogant or extremely stupid. Does he have no idea of what is coming his and his clubs way! At his age and with everything he knows, surely he would be better retreating from the limelight, keep his head down and hope for the best. By remaining on the airwaves and by now writing a column every Sunday, he’s putting himself out there to be knocked down and shown to be the enabler that he is. He’s a foolish little man.
 
Neilston-Bear-13 said:
I don't care what anyone says Burns knew fine well what was going on.
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All that praying and attending the pineapple every day.....youd think something was weighing heavily on Mr Burns conscense that he needed such intense religious forgiveness.

Ehhhh Forgive me father bit ah huv...ehhh

Is that you Thomas?

Ehhh aye Father O'Feely

But you confessed yesterday

Aye but ehhh ye see...uv ehhh...goat another wan

That's 5 times this week

Uve bin ahhhhhh...busy
 
longtimedead said:

Hugh Keevins; FAITH, HOPE .. AND CLARITY. - Free Online Library

Free Online Library: Hugh Keevins; FAITH, HOPE .. AND CLARITY. by "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)"; News, opinion and commentary General interest
www.thefreelibrary.com
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That is a really bizarre article. Clearly he felt the need to prove his religious credentials to have his criticisms taken seriously by the celtc support. Yet we are repeatedly told they are an all inclusive club.

It is also very strange for a journalist to threaten to resign from a radio show if they talk about the problem of CSA. I thought it was a journalist’s job to investigate the truth? After all, in that article he accuses the mentally challenged support of hiding from it.
 
Posted previously as some know. Still a very interesting read for those that have never seen it. It makes you wonder about the level of corruption in our country.

Frank McAveety is Labour's former Sports Minister who championed the case for Sportscotland's HQ to be relocated from Edinburgh to the Parkhead site of a new National Arena, despite 90% of Sportscotland's employees expressing their desire to stay in Edinburgh,

Ron Culley is a former Labour Party candidate for Strathkelvin and Bearsden. He is also the former Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise and former colleague of Stephen Purcell of GCC, who is on the board of Scottish Enterprise,

Jack McConnell is a personal friend Former Chairman of Scottish Enterprise is Willie Haughey. Haughey is Scotland’s biggest single donor to Labour Party funds. He received £16 million of tax-payers money, approved by Jack McConnell, to relocate his business to facilitate the M74 extension......to Parkhead.

Culley is a season ticket holder at Celtic Park as are Haughey, Purcell and McAveety. McConnell is a regular guest. Culley visited Beijing to study transport systems to "help Glasgow’s bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games". Culley, Haughey and McAveety were at the forefront of the campaign for the M74 extension which improved Road links to Parkhead. 3 days after McConnell and McAveety announced the relocation of Sport Scotland to land adjacent to Celtic Park,

Culley as Chief Executive of Strathclyde Passenger Transport) quietly issued a low-key statement declaring the intention to build a new £20 million train link to Parkhead jointly funded by SPT, GCC and The Scottish Executive. More recently Culley announced plans for a Glasgow Underground extension to Parkhead.

Key historic buildings at Parkhead Cross are to be refurbished as part of a drive to breathe new life into the east end of the city. The Heritage Lottery Fund has given £1.4 million – one of the largest single donations it has ever awarded – to specifically restore the 100 year old Edwardian style buildings that frame the Cross. Three former bank buildings will be renovated to bring empty floor space back into viable use and improve the overall streetscape.

The Parkhead Townscape Heritage Initiative is a £4 million five year plan, with the aim of repairing and bringing back to use landmark buildings, vacant shop units and enhancement to the public realm . The partners in the initiative include Glasgow City Council, East End Partnership, East End SIP, Communities Scotland Celtic Football Club and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow. £50 first prize to the first caller to name me a link between Glasgow City Council, Celtic Football Club and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow.

In the mid 90s after Celtic FC had submitted plans for the re-building of their stadium. Glasgow District Council sold the club significant tracts of land namely Kinloch Street, Janefield Street and Dalriada Street for the princely sum of 1p. The Planning Committee consisted thirteen members, eleven Labour, one SNP, and one Tory. The SNP member was so disgusted with the dealings of his own committee that he informed the Herald that "of them eleven Labour councillors on the committee, they are all either season ticket holders or share holders at Celtic Park. Eight of them are both". He further noted that,"if these eleven councillors were shareholders in ICI and they voted for lax planning consent on a petro-chemical plant , there would be a criminal investigation". (This scandal was also reported in Private Eye's "Rotten Borough's" column).

Okay, we have established Glasgow District Council sold three streets( Dalriada Street ,Janefield Street ,and Kinloch Street ) to their beloved

Sellik for a penny. Next, the combined efforts of the Board of Scottish Enterprise(Glasgow) ie Paul Cooney, Wullie HeeHaw, Charlie Gordon, Stephen Purcell, ....etc and the then First Minister and Sellik season ticket and share holder, Jack McConnell ensured the Commonwealth Games would be centred on Sellik Park . It was first announced by McConnell to Snyde's Paul Cooney on the evening of the home leg of the UEFA Cup tie against Liverpool. Subsequently, it came out that the Velodrome would be constructed across the London Road and the various Administrative blocks would house Sports Scotland (currently located in Edinburgh).

Those Admin' blocks have to be filled and the next vetted and fully on message tenants’ are Culture and Sport Glasgow. The Chief Executive of this public funded body is Bridget McConnell, wife of Jack. Of course, Bridget only received her in excess of £100,000 per annum designation because of a piece of horse trading by philanderer, Jack. He could not keep it zipped, got caught, ended up on the front page of the Record, and Bridget only agreed to respectability if Jack ensured she was over promoted several grades. In football parlance, Bridget was a youth team stalwart who immediately assumed Captaincy of the first team.

Really, it all makes sense to centralise all the decision making process. All those MPs, MSPs, MEPs, Councillors, and Chief Executive of Public Funded bodies can watch their hooped heroes then walk across London Road to decide what’s best for the peoples of Glasgow, Truly, the establishment Club.

I wonder if Bridget's and Jack's brother-in-law, Robert McLuckie will be first on the guest list. Perhaps I should try and explain myself further for those questioning why certain contributors raise the possibility that this proposed "Eat End Redevelopment" and "Celtic Triangle" may be of considerable benefit to Celtic FC - and indeed, that this is a primary factor in the plans we've seen released this week. Until very recently, Glasgow had not had a non-RC Lord Provost since the early 70s. A completely disproportionate number of staff at Glasgow City Council – including those at top end of the salary scale such as Bridget McConnell – are RCs. Nearly all Labour councillors are RCs and few councillors are members of any other party. Roman Catholic ex-Lord Provost Dr. Michael Kelly questioned the reasons behind this phenomenon a few years ago live on radio, the inference being the situation had arisen out of bigotry. Credit to him for being so open and honest.

A recent Lord Provost, Alex Mosson, was an IRA sympathizer who was responsible for inviting Gerry Adams to Govan Town Hall , while the Provisional’s terror campaign was in full swing. Mosson had a novel interpretation of wealth redistribution; he had several criminal convictions for burglary, two of which lead to custodial sentences, including one case which involved tying up an OAP.

Mosson's wife was certainly not prepared to let taxpayers' money go to waste during her husband's stint as Provost, insisting on an increase in her dress allowance from £8,000 to £14,000 p.a. When questioned, she justified this by famously claiming "the people of Glasgow wouldn't want to see me wearing the same outfit twice".Mr. Mosson was the inaugural Chairman of The Celtic Trust and perhaps unsurprisingly, made sure that the official limousine was at hand for his regular trips to Celtic Park, a policy that was also questioned by political opponents. Strangely, he never took the opportunity of visiting Ibrox.

Again this was swept under the carpet ,and was never brought to light at the council meetings, this was squashed when it was raised.

Perhaps it is not surprising, therefore, that some query the motives behind those at the forefront of the Commonwealth Games bid – such as Jack McConnell, Ron Culley, Steven Purcell and Frank McAveety – who are all regulars at Celtic Park .There are huge question marks over the £288m budget (80% to be paid by the Executive), given that the cost of the `indoor arena' alone has recently escalated from an original £24m to £70m. McConnell's handing of the M74 extension affair, in which he met City Refrigeration Holding boss (and ex-Celtic director) Willie Haughey before an initial £7.4m compensation award was increased to £16.5m – with Haughey subsequently donating £330,000 to the Labour Party – hardly dampens suspicion.

In contrast to the largesse being bestowed on the East End of Glasgow, SPT instructed Rangers that the club would have to fork out £500k if the old Ibrox station on the Central-Paisley line was ever to be re-opened.

A lot is spoken about `sectarianism' in Scotland I contend that there is far, far more to this problem than songs sung at football matches and that it is time the Scottish people wakened up.

When is one of our elected representatives going to ask some searching questions regarding the various deals surrounding East End regeneration, the Commonwealth Games bid, the M74 extension and the proposed rail/subway extensions? They may also care to question why the bulk of the "regeneration" seems to centre around a one mile radius of Celtic Park.

This shows the level of commitment that some of our illustrious councillors have under the cloak of City Council Dealings.
 
BN94 said:
When the police turned up at Andrew Gray’s house he was told that Celtic Football club had stated that they had no record of Andrew ever playing for the boys club.
He then had to go to his mother’s house and go through the loft with Michelle to prove that he did. Why would the club deny this? Can you imagine the pain his family went through at this time?
To be treated like this by the club is downright disgusting. A boy that was proud to wear the colours denied by the club.
The heartache of losing a son and a brother would be hard enough, but then to receive abuse from elements of so called Celtic supporters is just beyond words. I’ve sat and listened to everything the Gray family have been through. The story needs to be told. It needs to be heard worldwide and I believe Adrian Goldberg will do it justice.
Something else we have to remember.
This is just one victims story at cbc. There are many more that need to be heard.
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They denied it because they know it turns my stomach upside down thinking of all the horrible things that happened to those kids keep up the amazing work guys
 
BN94 said:
When the police turned up at Andrew Gray’s house he was told that Celtic Football club had stated that they had no record of Andrew ever playing for the boys club.
He then had to go to his mother’s house and go through the loft with Michelle to prove that he did. Why would the club deny this? Can you imagine the pain his family went through at this time?
To be treated like this by the club is downright disgusting. A boy that was proud to wear the colours denied by the club.
The heartache of losing a son and a brother would be hard enough, but then to receive abuse from elements of so called Celtic supporters is just beyond words. I’ve sat and listened to everything the Gray family have been through. The story needs to be told. It needs to be heard worldwide and I believe Adrian Goldberg will do it justice.
Something else we have to remember.
This is just one victims story at cbc. There are many more that need to be heard.
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It's rare that I'll ever take issue with what you say, but these aren't 'so called celtc supporters' they are 100% celtc supporters.

There's a reason you'll never see any of them challenge the abuse Helene and Michelle receive on a daily basis.
They all agree with it.
 
BN94 said:
Posted previously as some know. Still a very interesting read for those that have never seen it. It makes you wonder about the level of corruption in our country.

Frank McAveety is Labour's former Sports Minister who championed the case for Sportscotland's HQ to be relocated from Edinburgh to the Parkhead site of a new National Arena, despite 90% of Sportscotland's employees expressing their desire to stay in Edinburgh,

Ron Culley is a former Labour Party candidate for Strathkelvin and Bearsden. He is also the former Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise and former colleague of Stephen Purcell of GCC, who is on the board of Scottish Enterprise,

Jack McConnell is a personal friend Former Chairman of Scottish Enterprise is Willie Haughey. Haughey is Scotland’s biggest single donor to Labour Party funds. He received £16 million of tax-payers money, approved by Jack McConnell, to relocate his business to facilitate the M74 extension......to Parkhead.

Culley is a season ticket holder at Celtic Park as are Haughey, Purcell and McAveety. McConnell is a regular guest. Culley visited Beijing to study transport systems to "help Glasgow’s bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games". Culley, Haughey and McAveety were at the forefront of the campaign for the M74 extension which improved Road links to Parkhead. 3 days after McConnell and McAveety announced the relocation of Sport Scotland to land adjacent to Celtic Park,

Culley as Chief Executive of Strathclyde Passenger Transport) quietly issued a low-key statement declaring the intention to build a new £20 million train link to Parkhead jointly funded by SPT, GCC and The Scottish Executive. More recently Culley announced plans for a Glasgow Underground extension to Parkhead.

Key historic buildings at Parkhead Cross are to be refurbished as part of a drive to breathe new life into the east end of the city. The Heritage Lottery Fund has given £1.4 million – one of the largest single donations it has ever awarded – to specifically restore the 100 year old Edwardian style buildings that frame the Cross. Three former bank buildings will be renovated to bring empty floor space back into viable use and improve the overall streetscape.

The Parkhead Townscape Heritage Initiative is a £4 million five year plan, with the aim of repairing and bringing back to use landmark buildings, vacant shop units and enhancement to the public realm . The partners in the initiative include Glasgow City Council, East End Partnership, East End SIP, Communities Scotland Celtic Football Club and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow. £50 first prize to the first caller to name me a link between Glasgow City Council, Celtic Football Club and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow.

In the mid 90s after Celtic FC had submitted plans for the re-building of their stadium. Glasgow District Council sold the club significant tracts of land namely Kinloch Street, Janefield Street and Dalriada Street for the princely sum of 1p. The Planning Committee consisted thirteen members, eleven Labour, one SNP, and one Tory. The SNP member was so disgusted with the dealings of his own committee that he informed the Herald that "of them eleven Labour councillors on the committee, they are all either season ticket holders or share holders at Celtic Park. Eight of them are both". He further noted that,"if these eleven councillors were shareholders in ICI and they voted for lax planning consent on a petro-chemical plant , there would be a criminal investigation". (This scandal was also reported in Private Eye's "Rotten Borough's" column).

Okay, we have established Glasgow District Council sold three streets( Dalriada Street ,Janefield Street ,and Kinloch Street ) to their beloved

Sellik for a penny. Next, the combined efforts of the Board of Scottish Enterprise(Glasgow) ie Paul Cooney, Wullie HeeHaw, Charlie Gordon, Stephen Purcell, ....etc and the then First Minister and Sellik season ticket and share holder, Jack McConnell ensured the Commonwealth Games would be centred on Sellik Park . It was first announced by McConnell to Snyde's Paul Cooney on the evening of the home leg of the UEFA Cup tie against Liverpool. Subsequently, it came out that the Velodrome would be constructed across the London Road and the various Administrative blocks would house Sports Scotland (currently located in Edinburgh).

Those Admin' blocks have to be filled and the next vetted and fully on message tenants’ are Culture and Sport Glasgow. The Chief Executive of this public funded body is Bridget McConnell, wife of Jack. Of course, Bridget only received her in excess of £100,000 per annum designation because of a piece of horse trading by philanderer, Jack. He could not keep it zipped, got caught, ended up on the front page of the Record, and Bridget only agreed to respectability if Jack ensured she was over promoted several grades. In football parlance, Bridget was a youth team stalwart who immediately assumed Captaincy of the first team.

Really, it all makes sense to centralise all the decision making process. All those MPs, MSPs, MEPs, Councillors, and Chief Executive of Public Funded bodies can watch their hooped heroes then walk across London Road to decide what’s best for the peoples of Glasgow, Truly, the establishment Club.

I wonder if Bridget's and Jack's brother-in-law, Robert McLuckie will be first on the guest list. Perhaps I should try and explain myself further for those questioning why certain contributors raise the possibility that this proposed "Eat End Redevelopment" and "Celtic Triangle" may be of considerable benefit to Celtic FC - and indeed, that this is a primary factor in the plans we've seen released this week. Until very recently, Glasgow had not had a non-RC Lord Provost since the early 70s. A completely disproportionate number of staff at Glasgow City Council – including those at top end of the salary scale such as Bridget McConnell – are RCs. Nearly all Labour councillors are RCs and few councillors are members of any other party. Roman Catholic ex-Lord Provost Dr. Michael Kelly questioned the reasons behind this phenomenon a few years ago live on radio, the inference being the situation had arisen out of bigotry. Credit to him for being so open and honest.

A recent Lord Provost, Alex Mosson, was an IRA sympathizer who was responsible for inviting Gerry Adams to Govan Town Hall , while the Provisional’s terror campaign was in full swing. Mosson had a novel interpretation of wealth redistribution; he had several criminal convictions for burglary, two of which lead to custodial sentences, including one case which involved tying up an OAP.

Mosson's wife was certainly not prepared to let taxpayers' money go to waste during her husband's stint as Provost, insisting on an increase in her dress allowance from £8,000 to £14,000 p.a. When questioned, she justified this by famously claiming "the people of Glasgow wouldn't want to see me wearing the same outfit twice".Mr. Mosson was the inaugural Chairman of The Celtic Trust and perhaps unsurprisingly, made sure that the official limousine was at hand for his regular trips to Celtic Park, a policy that was also questioned by political opponents. Strangely, he never took the opportunity of visiting Ibrox.

Again this was swept under the carpet ,and was never brought to light at the council meetings, this was squashed when it was raised.

Perhaps it is not surprising, therefore, that some query the motives behind those at the forefront of the Commonwealth Games bid – such as Jack McConnell, Ron Culley, Steven Purcell and Frank McAveety – who are all regulars at Celtic Park .There are huge question marks over the £288m budget (80% to be paid by the Executive), given that the cost of the `indoor arena' alone has recently escalated from an original £24m to £70m. McConnell's handing of the M74 extension affair, in which he met City Refrigeration Holding boss (and ex-Celtic director) Willie Haughey before an initial £7.4m compensation award was increased to £16.5m – with Haughey subsequently donating £330,000 to the Labour Party – hardly dampens suspicion.

In contrast to the largesse being bestowed on the East End of Glasgow, SPT instructed Rangers that the club would have to fork out £500k if the old Ibrox station on the Central-Paisley line was ever to be re-opened.

A lot is spoken about `sectarianism' in Scotland I contend that there is far, far more to this problem than songs sung at football matches and that it is time the Scottish people wakened up.

When is one of our elected representatives going to ask some searching questions regarding the various deals surrounding East End regeneration, the Commonwealth Games bid, the M74 extension and the proposed rail/subway extensions? They may also care to question why the bulk of the "regeneration" seems to centre around a one mile radius of Celtic Park.

This shows the level of commitment that some of our illustrious councillors have under the cloak of City Council Dealings.
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That is really depressing reading BN , that we have let Glasgow elect such low lives say's a lot about Protestant apathy.
What would be the percentage of RC's in the city to give them so much influence?
 
earnger said:
Keevins even looks like a wrong un. He knows more than most I would bet.
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Let's face it, there is not a celtc manager, player, coach, sundry employee, eg : admin, groundsman, hospitality, caterer, as well as the many club hangers-on from politics, showbiz, and business who did not know (or at least suspect) that paedophiles were operating at the Knew Camp over decades.
I'd go so far as to say their every last ordinary fan in the street knew, and yet not a single one spoke out about how vile it was or showed any resolve to get it to stop.

FFS, if WE all fucking knew then they all simply HAD to know, having centred their miserable lives around the place.
 
BN94 said:
Posted previously as some know. Still a very interesting read for those that have never seen it. It makes you wonder about the level of corruption in our country.

Frank McAveety is Labour's former Sports Minister who championed the case for Sportscotland's HQ to be relocated from Edinburgh to the Parkhead site of a new National Arena, despite 90% of Sportscotland's employees expressing their desire to stay in Edinburgh,

Ron Culley is a former Labour Party candidate for Strathkelvin and Bearsden. He is also the former Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise and former colleague of Stephen Purcell of GCC, who is on the board of Scottish Enterprise,

Jack McConnell is a personal friend Former Chairman of Scottish Enterprise is Willie Haughey. Haughey is Scotland’s biggest single donor to Labour Party funds. He received £16 million of tax-payers money, approved by Jack McConnell, to relocate his business to facilitate the M74 extension......to Parkhead.

Culley is a season ticket holder at Celtic Park as are Haughey, Purcell and McAveety. McConnell is a regular guest. Culley visited Beijing to study transport systems to "help Glasgow’s bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games". Culley, Haughey and McAveety were at the forefront of the campaign for the M74 extension which improved Road links to Parkhead. 3 days after McConnell and McAveety announced the relocation of Sport Scotland to land adjacent to Celtic Park,

Culley as Chief Executive of Strathclyde Passenger Transport) quietly issued a low-key statement declaring the intention to build a new £20 million train link to Parkhead jointly funded by SPT, GCC and The Scottish Executive. More recently Culley announced plans for a Glasgow Underground extension to Parkhead.

Key historic buildings at Parkhead Cross are to be refurbished as part of a drive to breathe new life into the east end of the city. The Heritage Lottery Fund has given £1.4 million – one of the largest single donations it has ever awarded – to specifically restore the 100 year old Edwardian style buildings that frame the Cross. Three former bank buildings will be renovated to bring empty floor space back into viable use and improve the overall streetscape.

The Parkhead Townscape Heritage Initiative is a £4 million five year plan, with the aim of repairing and bringing back to use landmark buildings, vacant shop units and enhancement to the public realm . The partners in the initiative include Glasgow City Council, East End Partnership, East End SIP, Communities Scotland Celtic Football Club and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow. £50 first prize to the first caller to name me a link between Glasgow City Council, Celtic Football Club and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow.

In the mid 90s after Celtic FC had submitted plans for the re-building of their stadium. Glasgow District Council sold the club significant tracts of land namely Kinloch Street, Janefield Street and Dalriada Street for the princely sum of 1p. The Planning Committee consisted thirteen members, eleven Labour, one SNP, and one Tory. The SNP member was so disgusted with the dealings of his own committee that he informed the Herald that "of them eleven Labour councillors on the committee, they are all either season ticket holders or share holders at Celtic Park. Eight of them are both". He further noted that,"if these eleven councillors were shareholders in ICI and they voted for lax planning consent on a petro-chemical plant , there would be a criminal investigation". (This scandal was also reported in Private Eye's "Rotten Borough's" column).

Okay, we have established Glasgow District Council sold three streets( Dalriada Street ,Janefield Street ,and Kinloch Street ) to their beloved

Sellik for a penny. Next, the combined efforts of the Board of Scottish Enterprise(Glasgow) ie Paul Cooney, Wullie HeeHaw, Charlie Gordon, Stephen Purcell, ....etc and the then First Minister and Sellik season ticket and share holder, Jack McConnell ensured the Commonwealth Games would be centred on Sellik Park . It was first announced by McConnell to Snyde's Paul Cooney on the evening of the home leg of the UEFA Cup tie against Liverpool. Subsequently, it came out that the Velodrome would be constructed across the London Road and the various Administrative blocks would house Sports Scotland (currently located in Edinburgh).

Those Admin' blocks have to be filled and the next vetted and fully on message tenants’ are Culture and Sport Glasgow. The Chief Executive of this public funded body is Bridget McConnell, wife of Jack. Of course, Bridget only received her in excess of £100,000 per annum designation because of a piece of horse trading by philanderer, Jack. He could not keep it zipped, got caught, ended up on the front page of the Record, and Bridget only agreed to respectability if Jack ensured she was over promoted several grades. In football parlance, Bridget was a youth team stalwart who immediately assumed Captaincy of the first team.

Really, it all makes sense to centralise all the decision making process. All those MPs, MSPs, MEPs, Councillors, and Chief Executive of Public Funded bodies can watch their hooped heroes then walk across London Road to decide what’s best for the peoples of Glasgow, Truly, the establishment Club.

I wonder if Bridget's and Jack's brother-in-law, Robert McLuckie will be first on the guest list. Perhaps I should try and explain myself further for those questioning why certain contributors raise the possibility that this proposed "Eat End Redevelopment" and "Celtic Triangle" may be of considerable benefit to Celtic FC - and indeed, that this is a primary factor in the plans we've seen released this week. Until very recently, Glasgow had not had a non-RC Lord Provost since the early 70s. A completely disproportionate number of staff at Glasgow City Council – including those at top end of the salary scale such as Bridget McConnell – are RCs. Nearly all Labour councillors are RCs and few councillors are members of any other party. Roman Catholic ex-Lord Provost Dr. Michael Kelly questioned the reasons behind this phenomenon a few years ago live on radio, the inference being the situation had arisen out of bigotry. Credit to him for being so open and honest.

A recent Lord Provost, Alex Mosson, was an IRA sympathizer who was responsible for inviting Gerry Adams to Govan Town Hall , while the Provisional’s terror campaign was in full swing. Mosson had a novel interpretation of wealth redistribution; he had several criminal convictions for burglary, two of which lead to custodial sentences, including one case which involved tying up an OAP.

Mosson's wife was certainly not prepared to let taxpayers' money go to waste during her husband's stint as Provost, insisting on an increase in her dress allowance from £8,000 to £14,000 p.a. When questioned, she justified this by famously claiming "the people of Glasgow wouldn't want to see me wearing the same outfit twice".Mr. Mosson was the inaugural Chairman of The Celtic Trust and perhaps unsurprisingly, made sure that the official limousine was at hand for his regular trips to Celtic Park, a policy that was also questioned by political opponents. Strangely, he never took the opportunity of visiting Ibrox.

Again this was swept under the carpet ,and was never brought to light at the council meetings, this was squashed when it was raised.

Perhaps it is not surprising, therefore, that some query the motives behind those at the forefront of the Commonwealth Games bid – such as Jack McConnell, Ron Culley, Steven Purcell and Frank McAveety – who are all regulars at Celtic Park .There are huge question marks over the £288m budget (80% to be paid by the Executive), given that the cost of the `indoor arena' alone has recently escalated from an original £24m to £70m. McConnell's handing of the M74 extension affair, in which he met City Refrigeration Holding boss (and ex-Celtic director) Willie Haughey before an initial £7.4m compensation award was increased to £16.5m – with Haughey subsequently donating £330,000 to the Labour Party – hardly dampens suspicion.

In contrast to the largesse being bestowed on the East End of Glasgow, SPT instructed Rangers that the club would have to fork out £500k if the old Ibrox station on the Central-Paisley line was ever to be re-opened.

A lot is spoken about `sectarianism' in Scotland I contend that there is far, far more to this problem than songs sung at football matches and that it is time the Scottish people wakened up.

When is one of our elected representatives going to ask some searching questions regarding the various deals surrounding East End regeneration, the Commonwealth Games bid, the M74 extension and the proposed rail/subway extensions? They may also care to question why the bulk of the "regeneration" seems to centre around a one mile radius of Celtic Park.

This shows the level of commitment that some of our illustrious councillors have under the cloak of City Council Dealings.
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This is our fault for all this happening we were out banging the proverbial drum whilst they were banging the computers educating themselves sady it breaks my heart to see the Protestant People of Scotland being downtrodden like this we need a strong leader to fight back !!!!!
 
GarryB said:
This is our fault for all this happening we were out banging the proverbial drum whilst they were banging the computers educating themselves sady it breaks my heart to see the Protestant People of Scotland being downtrodden like this we need a strong leader to fight back !!!!!
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First step is to rid ourselves of the separatist SNP scourge that will destroy our country if we do not challenge it head on.

This country is controlled by a large informal cabal of self interest, that unfortunately excludes the wishes, ambitions, dreams and aspirations of most FF posters.

The sad thing is that they are in a minority and remain within their positions of influence due to the naivety, ignorance, laziness and meek tolerance of some of our own.
 
BN94 said:
Posted previously as some know. Still a very interesting read for those that have never seen it. It makes you wonder about the level of corruption in our country.

Frank McAveety is Labour's former Sports Minister who championed the case for Sportscotland's HQ to be relocated from Edinburgh to the Parkhead site of a new National Arena, despite 90% of Sportscotland's employees expressing their desire to stay in Edinburgh,

Ron Culley is a former Labour Party candidate for Strathkelvin and Bearsden. He is also the former Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise and former colleague of Stephen Purcell of GCC, who is on the board of Scottish Enterprise,

Jack McConnell is a personal friend Former Chairman of Scottish Enterprise is Willie Haughey. Haughey is Scotland’s biggest single donor to Labour Party funds. He received £16 million of tax-payers money, approved by Jack McConnell, to relocate his business to facilitate the M74 extension......to Parkhead.

Culley is a season ticket holder at Celtic Park as are Haughey, Purcell and McAveety. McConnell is a regular guest. Culley visited Beijing to study transport systems to "help Glasgow’s bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games". Culley, Haughey and McAveety were at the forefront of the campaign for the M74 extension which improved Road links to Parkhead. 3 days after McConnell and McAveety announced the relocation of Sport Scotland to land adjacent to Celtic Park,

Culley as Chief Executive of Strathclyde Passenger Transport) quietly issued a low-key statement declaring the intention to build a new £20 million train link to Parkhead jointly funded by SPT, GCC and The Scottish Executive. More recently Culley announced plans for a Glasgow Underground extension to Parkhead.

Key historic buildings at Parkhead Cross are to be refurbished as part of a drive to breathe new life into the east end of the city. The Heritage Lottery Fund has given £1.4 million – one of the largest single donations it has ever awarded – to specifically restore the 100 year old Edwardian style buildings that frame the Cross. Three former bank buildings will be renovated to bring empty floor space back into viable use and improve the overall streetscape.

The Parkhead Townscape Heritage Initiative is a £4 million five year plan, with the aim of repairing and bringing back to use landmark buildings, vacant shop units and enhancement to the public realm . The partners in the initiative include Glasgow City Council, East End Partnership, East End SIP, Communities Scotland Celtic Football Club and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow. £50 first prize to the first caller to name me a link between Glasgow City Council, Celtic Football Club and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow.

In the mid 90s after Celtic FC had submitted plans for the re-building of their stadium. Glasgow District Council sold the club significant tracts of land namely Kinloch Street, Janefield Street and Dalriada Street for the princely sum of 1p. The Planning Committee consisted thirteen members, eleven Labour, one SNP, and one Tory. The SNP member was so disgusted with the dealings of his own committee that he informed the Herald that "of them eleven Labour councillors on the committee, they are all either season ticket holders or share holders at Celtic Park. Eight of them are both". He further noted that,"if these eleven councillors were shareholders in ICI and they voted for lax planning consent on a petro-chemical plant , there would be a criminal investigation". (This scandal was also reported in Private Eye's "Rotten Borough's" column).

Okay, we have established Glasgow District Council sold three streets( Dalriada Street ,Janefield Street ,and Kinloch Street ) to their beloved

Sellik for a penny. Next, the combined efforts of the Board of Scottish Enterprise(Glasgow) ie Paul Cooney, Wullie HeeHaw, Charlie Gordon, Stephen Purcell, ....etc and the then First Minister and Sellik season ticket and share holder, Jack McConnell ensured the Commonwealth Games would be centred on Sellik Park . It was first announced by McConnell to Snyde's Paul Cooney on the evening of the home leg of the UEFA Cup tie against Liverpool. Subsequently, it came out that the Velodrome would be constructed across the London Road and the various Administrative blocks would house Sports Scotland (currently located in Edinburgh).

Those Admin' blocks have to be filled and the next vetted and fully on message tenants’ are Culture and Sport Glasgow. The Chief Executive of this public funded body is Bridget McConnell, wife of Jack. Of course, Bridget only received her in excess of £100,000 per annum designation because of a piece of horse trading by philanderer, Jack. He could not keep it zipped, got caught, ended up on the front page of the Record, and Bridget only agreed to respectability if Jack ensured she was over promoted several grades. In football parlance, Bridget was a youth team stalwart who immediately assumed Captaincy of the first team.

Really, it all makes sense to centralise all the decision making process. All those MPs, MSPs, MEPs, Councillors, and Chief Executive of Public Funded bodies can watch their hooped heroes then walk across London Road to decide what’s best for the peoples of Glasgow, Truly, the establishment Club.

I wonder if Bridget's and Jack's brother-in-law, Robert McLuckie will be first on the guest list. Perhaps I should try and explain myself further for those questioning why certain contributors raise the possibility that this proposed "Eat End Redevelopment" and "Celtic Triangle" may be of considerable benefit to Celtic FC - and indeed, that this is a primary factor in the plans we've seen released this week. Until very recently, Glasgow had not had a non-RC Lord Provost since the early 70s. A completely disproportionate number of staff at Glasgow City Council – including those at top end of the salary scale such as Bridget McConnell – are RCs. Nearly all Labour councillors are RCs and few councillors are members of any other party. Roman Catholic ex-Lord Provost Dr. Michael Kelly questioned the reasons behind this phenomenon a few years ago live on radio, the inference being the situation had arisen out of bigotry. Credit to him for being so open and honest.

A recent Lord Provost, Alex Mosson, was an IRA sympathizer who was responsible for inviting Gerry Adams to Govan Town Hall , while the Provisional’s terror campaign was in full swing. Mosson had a novel interpretation of wealth redistribution; he had several criminal convictions for burglary, two of which lead to custodial sentences, including one case which involved tying up an OAP.

Mosson's wife was certainly not prepared to let taxpayers' money go to waste during her husband's stint as Provost, insisting on an increase in her dress allowance from £8,000 to £14,000 p.a. When questioned, she justified this by famously claiming "the people of Glasgow wouldn't want to see me wearing the same outfit twice".Mr. Mosson was the inaugural Chairman of The Celtic Trust and perhaps unsurprisingly, made sure that the official limousine was at hand for his regular trips to Celtic Park, a policy that was also questioned by political opponents. Strangely, he never took the opportunity of visiting Ibrox.

Again this was swept under the carpet ,and was never brought to light at the council meetings, this was squashed when it was raised.

Perhaps it is not surprising, therefore, that some query the motives behind those at the forefront of the Commonwealth Games bid – such as Jack McConnell, Ron Culley, Steven Purcell and Frank McAveety – who are all regulars at Celtic Park .There are huge question marks over the £288m budget (80% to be paid by the Executive), given that the cost of the `indoor arena' alone has recently escalated from an original £24m to £70m. McConnell's handing of the M74 extension affair, in which he met City Refrigeration Holding boss (and ex-Celtic director) Willie Haughey before an initial £7.4m compensation award was increased to £16.5m – with Haughey subsequently donating £330,000 to the Labour Party – hardly dampens suspicion.

In contrast to the largesse being bestowed on the East End of Glasgow, SPT instructed Rangers that the club would have to fork out £500k if the old Ibrox station on the Central-Paisley line was ever to be re-opened.

A lot is spoken about `sectarianism' in Scotland I contend that there is far, far more to this problem than songs sung at football matches and that it is time the Scottish people wakened up.

When is one of our elected representatives going to ask some searching questions regarding the various deals surrounding East End regeneration, the Commonwealth Games bid, the M74 extension and the proposed rail/subway extensions? They may also care to question why the bulk of the "regeneration" seems to centre around a one mile radius of Celtic Park.

This shows the level of commitment that some of our illustrious councillors have under the cloak of City Council Dealings.
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Wow , absolutely unreal ... knew some
Of that but thats what we are up against
 
EH47 said:
Let's face it, there is not a celtc manager, player, coach, sundry employee, eg : admin, groundsman, hospitality, caterer, as well as the many club hangers-on from politics, showbiz, and business who did not know (or at least suspect) that paedophiles were operating at the Knew Camp over decades.
I'd go so far as to say their every last ordinary fan in the street knew, and yet not a single one spoke out about how vile it was or showed any resolve to get it to stop.

FFS, if WE all fucking knew then they all simply HAD to know, having centred their miserable lives around the place.
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Bet this is why they obsess over us. Would you want to think about your own team if it had done what theirs has done? And for all we know, continue to do?
 
SC81 said:
Michelle Gray is a magnificent woman.

The day she gets justice will be overwhelming for her, and her family.

She is doing her brother, Andrew, proud.
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The Gray family and Gordon Woods seem like strong resilient people .

They will get justice and an enquiry into this. They are on a mission, and the cowards who refuse to help, and even ignore them are going to have some explaining to do when the enquiry starts.
 
3600superally1968 said:
My mate just texted me.
Allegedly CFC have now been given planning permission to build a hotel and a museum.
After various knock backs, permission has now been granted.
He said it was in evening times on Friday.
Don't shoot the messenger. Just saying what my friend forwarded.
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They were giving planning permission 3 years ago it has timelapsed so they have had to reapply again don't hold your breath their midden is falling apart don't think they will spend trillions on a museum and hotel anytime soon. Shortly they are not gonna have anything to put in a museum and as far as i know although not confirmed the land all around celtic park is full of mines would cost to much to fill them in. In the past couple of years we have had 2 parts of London Rd closed off because the ground collapsed one at the Springfield Tavern and the other at London Rd Police Station
 
jf1960 said:
They were giving planning permission 3 years ago it has timelapsed so they have had to reapply again don't hold your breath their midden is falling apart don't think they will spend trillions on a museum and hotel anytime soon. Shortly they are not gonna have anything to put in a museum and as far as i know although not confirmed the land all around celtic park is full of mines would cost to much to fill them in. In the past couple of years we have had 2 parts of London Rd closed off because the ground collapsed one at the Springfield Tavern and the other at London Rd Police Station
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Whilst I agree regards their midden, maybe they can get it built by one of their own , one of them built the Raddison Red in Finnieston and it’s why I’ve never set foot in it or ever will.
 
BN94 said:
When the police turned up at Andrew Gray’s house he was told that Celtic Football club had stated that they had no record of Andrew ever playing for the boys club.
He then had to go to his mother’s house and go through the loft with Michelle to prove that he did. Why would the club deny this? Can you imagine the pain his family went through at this time?
To be treated like this by the club is downright disgusting. A boy that was proud to wear the colours denied by the club.
The heartache of losing a son and a brother would be hard enough, but then to receive abuse from elements of so called Celtic supporters is just beyond words. I’ve sat and listened to everything the Gray family have been through. The story needs to be told. It needs to be heard worldwide and I believe Adrian Goldberg will do it justice.
Something else we have to remember.
This is just one victims story at cbc. There are many more that need to be heard.
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Why would they have a record of anyone that played for the boys club if it were a separate entity?
 
earnger said:
Correct , why would celtic(separate entity) reply that they had no knowledge of a youth playing for them. Surely their reply would be he may have played for CBC(separate entity) but that’s nothing to do with us.
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So...despite playing for CBC..in celtic jerseys..with celtics sponsors on said Jersey and trained at celtics official ground...you were never a Celtic Player or any part of sellikfitbawklub.

I wonder how the hundreds of boys who passed through CBC feel about that?
 
Orangepeel1872 said:
Now Hugh is either very arrogant or extremely stupid. Does he have no idea of what is coming his and his clubs way! At his age and with everything he knows, surely he would be better retreating from the limelight, keep his head down and hope for the best. By remaining on the airwaves and by now writing a column every Sunday, he’s putting himself out there to be knocked down and shown to be the enabler that he is. He’s a foolish little man.
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A lot of Nazi's chose to share the fate of Hitler rather than face justice in a courtroom. Especially those who truly believed his lies. Some were even prepared to sacrifice their children. An ideology can do strange things to people if they are exposed to it long enough.
 
ianfgau said:
Why would they have a record of anyone that played for the boys club if it were a separate entity?
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Why would the football club ask you to leave your details and someone at the club will call you back.

Even before Andrew disclosed to his nearest he called CP and asked to speak to someone who could help with his enquiry.

This was before the torture of trying to prove he was a player at the cbc.
 
jf1960 said:
They were giving planning permission 3 years ago it has timelapsed so they have had to reapply again don't hold your breath their midden is falling apart don't think they will spend trillions on a museum and hotel anytime soon. Shortly they are not gonna have anything to put in a museum and as far as i know although not confirmed the land all around celtic park is full of mines would cost to much to fill them in. In the past couple of years we have had 2 parts of London Rd closed off because the ground collapsed one at the Springfield Tavern and the other at London Rd Police Station
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They won't be paying.If it goes ahead it will be money funding from the usual sources and other money laundering corrupt friends of celtic only too happy to use their "good name" on a corrupt project.It's the celtic way
 
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