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I guess all it proves is that a vast majority of Scotland fans are not Rangers fans (and most will probably be Rangers haters), despite the headlines.

He doesn't say what % are Rangers fans. Could be under 10%. I also wouldn't be surprised if a majority who are Rangers fans don't go to Rangers games.

So are all these Rangers fans who go to Scotland games the ones who boo the Rangers players?

I don't have any confidence that a Labour government would be any more active on the subject.

I was at that game and went to the away leg as well. Crap trip, crap performance.

I think Laudrup decided he was leaving before Advocaat came along. He'd decided he was leaving in July 97 whereas Advocaat wasn't announced until Feb 98. Edit - it seems that Laudrup officially announced he was joining Chelsea later than that but I recall it being a fairly open secret during that season that it was going to be his last. I recall it being known during an open day in July 97.

It's nice to hear that it's catching the imagination of girls. At what age do they stop having mixed groups?

I'm the same. Woman's football of any kind just does nothing for me.

More deflection from the SNP. Shameful, but indicative of the party's moral compass.

I guess it depends on your definition of world class, and people could argue about that all day. Goram was world class, and arguably Butcher and possibly Gough were. However I would say that Laudrup is the best player to play in Scotland over the last 50 years, and arguably ever.

Agreed. The SNP are complicit in the paedophilia cover-up that's been going on by refusing the demands for a public enquiry or even refusing meetings with victims and their families. Shameful.

As a former company director yourself, I'm surprised you can't think of a way.

Given we made a £14 million loss, he's got a point!

Surely being able to communicate with the whole board directly during a board meeting is a more effective way to hold the board to account than for example, having meetings with the SLO or with the MD of the football board?

I disagree. It's the one thing I'd like to improve my matchday experience. It's good to be able to keep an eye on other teams' scores, It's good to be able to surf if I get into the ground early etc.

She has a face?

Keevin’s level of seriousness on the subject can be judged by the fact that he felt it was appropriate to include a joke in his tweet. ?

Marks out of 10? I'd give her one....

https://www.gersnetonline.co.uk/ipboard/topic/39782-celtic-boys-club-cross-border-investigation-into-football-sex-abusers/ Yes, it's a fairly damning article. It's unfortunately only in the Scotland section of The Times, so many readers outside of Scotland may not read it.

Celtic FC must compensate the victims of paedophiles who used their positions at Celtic Boys Club to prey on children, an SNP MSP whose son played for both teams has said. James Dornan has written to Peter Lawwell, Celtic’s chief executive, asking for answers on how he intends to respond to the scandal. Mr Dornan, who represents Glasgow Cathcart, said that he felt obliged to speak out because his son had played for Celtic Boys Club and the Celtic senior team in the 1980s. “My son played for both the boys’ club and Celtic and there is no doubt at all in my mind that they are connected, he said. “I saw it first hand. They may not have been connected legally, but they were closely linked. “These boys, now adults, had a desire to play for Celtic; that’s why they joined the boys club. The clubs owes these people some sort of recognition for what they went through.” Mr Dornan believes that Celtic should follow the example set by Manchester City by apologising and offering compensation to victims who were sexually abused while in youth teams affiliated to the club. He said: “This is a club that prides itself on doing the right thing. They must surely see that these individuals that played for Celtic Boys Club are part of the wider Celtic family. “They should do what Manchester City did and make some money available to them, but more than that, they should make these people feel like they belong again.” Steve Dornan, who was on Celtic’s books between 1988 and 1989, was not abused, but remains friends with individuals who were. “I have written to ask what Celtic FC intend to do to support the victims of the Celtic Boys Clubs abuse scandal,” his father said. “I am expecting a response of some kind by the end of the week. If I don’t get that I’ll be releasing the letter I sent to him.” The MSP spoke out after Jim McCafferty, 73, a former Celtic kitman and a Celtic Boys Club coach was jailed for six years and nine months last week after being convicted of molesting boys over a 24-year period. The prison sentence is the third to be handed down to former Celtic Boys Club staff after Jim Torbett, 71, its founder, and Frank Cairney, an 83-year-old former coach, were both jailed for sexually abusing young footballers. Some of the abuse took place in the dressing room at Celtic Park. Gerald King, 66, former chairman of the boys’ club, was convicted of abusing four boys and a girl while he was employed as a primary school teacher, but was not jailed. Celtic has expressed sympathy for the victims but has insisted that the Boys Club is a separate organisation and not its responsibility. Thompsons Solicitors, which is representing abuse survivors, joined calls for Celtic to accept responsibility. Patrick McGuire, a partner with the firm, said: “My message to Celtic’s board of directors as individuals and to Mr Lawwell is ‘stop hiding behind lawyers, legal niceties and legal escape routes’. You are an extremely affluent club, you have the means, you have the ability, and you have the moral compulsion to do the right thing and set up a compensation scheme.” Celtic FC did not respond to a request for comment. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/compensate-the-victims-of-boys-club-sex-abuse-msp-tells-celtic-9236gr62k

A “paedophile ring” involving the most notorious abuser in British sporting history and a Celtic Boys Club coach is being investigated. The Scottish and English FAs are examining a “partnership” between Jim McCafferty, a former Celtic kitman and boys coach, and Barry Bennell, who worked with young players at Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra. Last week McCafferty, 73, was jailed for abusing boys over a 24-year period. Bennell, 65, is serving a 30-year sentence for molesting youngsters on an “industrial scale”. A source close to the Independent Review of Sexual Abuse in Scottish Football said: “The partnership between McCafferty and Bennell is included in the investigation. There will be full disclosure.” A final report from the review was delayed last year to avoid prejudicing criminal proceedings. The Times understands that it will contain evidence that McCafferty took youngsters from Glasgow to tournaments in the northwest of England where they were introduced to Bennell. The information has been shared with the English FA. Manchester City, which is carrying out an abuse investigation of its own, has established that Bennell took youngsters to tournaments in Ayrshire. Thompsons Solicitors is convinced that McCafferty was part of an organised abuse network that involved Bennell and Jim Torbett, 71, the founder of Celtic Boys Club, who was jailed for abusing boys last November. Patrick McGuire, a partner with the firm, said: “It was our survivor clients who were able to present the evidence of links between McCafferty and Bennell, and McCafferty and Torbett. “There is clear evidence of trips being organised in both directions: Bennell bringing boys up to Scotland and McCafferty taking boys’ clubs on trips to the Greater Manchester area. I’m glad the SFA have finally taken account of the evidence that we have been putting forward.” Mr McGuire said he expected that the report would present “clear and compelling evidence of a football paedophile ring operating in plain sight across the UK”, adding: “McCafferty and Bennell were the two most prolific and horrific paedophiles that we know of in football circles. Undoubtedly they were working together in some form or another. It makes you shudder. How many boys, how many young men will have been impacted by their evil activity?” One victim said that McCafferty organised trips to northwest England. He told Sky News: “McCafferty said, ‘I am going to take you to see a friend of mine’ and we drove from Manchester to Crewe. It was Barry Bennell who we met, he introduced us to him.” A Manchester City source said: “There is a Scottish link. Bennell used to take a team to tournaments in the Ayr area.” Bennell, a scout and coach, was convicted of 50 abuse charges between 1979 and 1991 and was described by police as one of the worst paedophiles in British criminal history. Sentencing him, Judge Clement Goldstone, QC, branded him “sheer evil” and “the devil incarnate”. Edinburgh high court was told that two of McCafferty’s victims died young after a life plagued by addiction and depression. He was the fourth man with connections to Celtic Boys Club to be convicted for abusing children in recent months. A spokesman for the English Independent Review into Child Sex Abuse Allegations in Football confirmed that it was considering matters raised by McCafferty’s conviction. Its final report was delayed last year to allow further examination of allegations relating to Bennell. Police Scotland said: “Our investigation into McCafferty concluded with his sentencing.” Celtic FC and Crewe Alexandra did not respond to a request for comment. The Glasgow club has expressed sympathy for the victims but insists that the boys’ club is separate and not its responsibility. The key figures Jim McCafferty, 73 The former Celtic kit man and Celtic Boys Club coach was jailed for six years and nine months last week after admitting 12 charges against young players over a 24-year period starting in 1972. He was also sentenced to three years and nine months in August 2018 for sexually abusing a teenage boy in Belfast. Barry Bennell, 65 The former football coach, who worked at Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra, was sentenced last February to 30 years in prison for sex offences against junior players. Jim Torbett, 71 The founder of the Celtic Boys Club was sentenced to six years last November for abusing three boys between 1986 and 1994. He was also jailed for two years in 1998 for molesting children between 1967 and 1974. Frank Cairney, 83 The former coach of Celtic Boys Club under-16s team was jailed in February for four years. He abused eight boys while running a team in Lanarkshire. He joined Celtic Boys Club in 1971 after being asked to run the youth side by the manager Jock Stein. Gerald King, 66 The former Celtic Boys Club chairman avoided jail in January despite being convicted of abusing four boys and a girl at a Glasgow primary school in the 1980s. He was found guilty of using lewd and libidinous practices towards his five victims between 1984 and 1989. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/celtic-boys-club-cross-border-investigation-into-football-sex-abusers-dxmvndjgc

The question was only about SPL teams, but I don't think Klos played against us that season?

...are the correct answers.

Not McKellar but the other 4 are correct, Frankie. Well done!