BBC man gets Ibrox job
The strange twisted relationship between Sevco and the BBC took another turn last night when Chic Young hosted a cosy Question and Answer session with Ally McCoist and Charles Green in the Thornton Suite at Ibrox.
When it comes to matchdays Young and his BBC colleagues aren’t allowed to speak to anyone at the club after they got upset the club earlier in the season.
Despite that the BBC give almost round the clock coverage to the Third Division side taking the moonbeams from Green at face value rather than demolishing them.
Up until the turn of the year the BBC provided a well paid platform for James Traynor to audition for the role of communications director at Ibrox defending the club he was seeking employment from at every turn against the few journalists and presenters at the BBC who weren’t toeing the club line.
While a relationship with a well-supported Glasgow club is essential for a commercial operator to retain audience or readership the state funded BBC don’t live in that world allowing them to pick and choose whichever club or issue they wish to pour their resources into.
With the doors of Ibrox slammed shut the various teams from the BBC could divert some of their resources towards the incredible success of Queen of the South or the closely fought battle between Morton and Partick Thistle at the top of Division One.
Reality however suggests that the BBC are bending over backwards to get back into the inner circle at Ibrox with Traynor in a position to negotiate a deal.
Young isn’t an employee of the BBC but is one of their top earners with the added perk of regular foreign travel from the licence payer.
Perhaps his appearance alongside Green and McCoist will restore the usual cuddly relationship between the two organisations or maybe the lifelong St Mirren fan was auditioning to join his former Airdrie supporting colleague Traynor on the Ibrox payroll?
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March 22nd, 2013
Just remember you are all about to vote this mentality in for an “indpendent Scotland”! Independent my ass! You better all think tis through before you ake a rod for our believing backs. This country will only getwrse foe catholics and Celtic fans if the vote goes their way. Just be carefulwhat you wish for! It is bad enough today!
March 22nd, 2013
Saying stuff like that makes you a unionist on here mate, your bang on the money scotland is anti catholic anti Celtic and it will only get worse once It’s on It’s own HH
March 22nd, 2013
For gods sake Joe, enough with the “weary wullie” stuff. How about giving us coherent explanation of why you don’t want independence.
I’ll give you my starter. I WANT independence because I’m sick of being governed by people who treat our country like a banana republic.
March 23rd, 2013
as much as i despise the brittish empire, you make a valid point.
March 22nd, 2013
If you vote against independence you are voting for nothing to change, are you happy with to-days policies?.
Vote for independence, let the trolls be brought into the light of day. Look what happened to them when their club was brought into the open, it died a death. Nothing happens overnight, but change does come about.
March 22nd, 2013
Catholics and Celtic supporters will be worse off in a independent Scotland under salmond HH
March 22nd, 2013
Can you believe this blog started with chic young hosting a night at the scrappy and now It’s about the politics of scotland Haha HH
March 22nd, 2013
Pathetic
March 23rd, 2013
Monti – do you recall Margaret Curran (Labour) calling for HMRC taking it easy on Rangers also or does your hatred for the SNP make you blinkered.
It always amazes me how my fellow Celtic fans can eulogise about a united and free Ireland from Westminster rule, but you would see Scotland shackled.
Get your Union Jacks at the ready and join your unionist brothers
March 23rd, 2013
Pmsl lmfao,Kenneth anybody who knows me will tell you what I would do with a union jack if it was in front of me,I WANT INDEPENDENCE FFS!! I would prefer a Labour government to run the country! I need more info on the benefits of becoming independent first! I don’t hate the SNP but I dislike Salmond,he’s not to be trusted! You cannot draw wanting independence for Ireland but not Scotland,when I do!! Hope I didn’t swear there, I wouldn’t want to offend Yogi the bear!
March 23rd, 2013
you are a clown pure and simple.
March 23rd, 2013
Haha HH
March 23rd, 2013
Good to hear Monti, as that is the raison d’etre of the SNP, it’s to gain independence and then it will be up to the population of an independent Scotland to choose which party best suits it’s needs and aspirations.
At the moment the Labour party in Scotland are controlled by their London masters who couldn’t give a flying feck about us in ‘North Britain’ and are getting closer to Tory values every day.
You may not trust Salmond, but you wouldn’t be voting for him, there are other political parties who want independence too; and it’s hard to get the info of the benefits of independence when you have a state broadcaster -BBC- who is clearly biased for the unionist cause, as is the print media, but there are websites out there slowly getting the message across.
March 23rd, 2013
BREAKING NEWS…….monti goes tonto on video celts Haha don’t hold back mate if you think there’s a hun call it mate lol HH
March 23rd, 2013
Like my Irish granny was, I too am worried about how much power the masons might have in an Independent Scotland. I’d love Scotland to be Independent, but fear of the dodgy handshake fools could stop me voting for it.
Lord Nimmo Smith’s ruling and a few other things have left me in no doubt about how much power a dodgy handshake still has in Scotland.
The vote for Independence doesn’t offer a great choice really: bigoted, hate filled masons who’d destroy their own country before giving up one iota of their seedy power or posh-boy fascists who hate ordinary people and would destroy the NHS in a heartbeat.
But, as I need to keep reminding myself, the apron wearing goat-botherers have done pretty well under the union. They’re the biggest bunch of wasters on the planet. Everything they touch turns to shite. They’ve all but destroyed Scottish football- and, ironically, they’ve killed their own team- but they still see it as some kind of victory for the chosen few. However, they’ve done all of this in the United Kingdom. So I’m just not sure what way I’m going to vote.
One more thing, it really disturbs me when Celtic supporters slag off the Scotland team and say they hope they lose. My Irish connections are as good as anybodies, who wasn’t actually born in Ireland, and genetically, I’m as Celtic as they come. But Celtic means being Scottish and Irish.
Celtic is a Scottish team with strong Irish roots. And I’m a Scottish person with strong Irish roots. Unfortunately, especially after last night, I’m stuck supporting Scotland. It’s not a choice. It’s in my blood; I just have to do it.
Scotland is my team. It doesn’t belong to the SFA, who I’ve always despised, or the bigots, who I despise and who have brought our game to it’s knees in their efforts to make one club dominate. It belongs to me. And it belongs to everyone who lives in or was born in Scotland.
Dont leave our national team (or one of our national teams) to the bigots and wasters.
March 23rd, 2013
Spot on mate,we should’nt let the Huns and their bigotry stop us supporting Scotland cause that’s exactly what they want,only came to this realisation when I got a wee bit older,personally can see the tide turning a wee bit with more saltires seen at CP in recent years than when I started going in early 90s
March 23rd, 2013
Sorry lads Couldnt give a toss about Scotland can never relate to this country. Especially in light of goings on in in zombie nation in last year or so. Proud of irish roots but Celtic override everything they represent me they provide all the pride and identity I need. They symbolise who we are..heritage, culture.. Our inspiration much much more than club. As Tommy Burns said ” When you pull on that Celtic jersey, you are playing for a people and a cause” .Irrespective of Politics We stand alone in this backwater need to get out..the world loves us except for this bigoted filled land. HH
March 23rd, 2013
That’s up to you mate,the Huns want to alienate Celtic fans and Catholics from supporting Scotland and it worked on me when I was young when I had more affection for the Eire national team rather than Scotland’s team,today that’s in total reverse the Huns won’t stop me supporting Scotland,getting beat home and away off Wales might though ha
March 23rd, 2013
Each to their own but i am heart and soul Celtic. To use an old Latin word ” Omni”: everything/all. They are all I need. If it is was possible my passport would state resident of Celtic
hail hail
March 24th, 2013
Total respect kendo88, whatever floats your boat but just a wee reminder Tommy also said the same about wearing the dark blue of Scotland hail hail
March 23rd, 2013
Good Wishes to Michael Owen,A Good Celtic Man.