GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 01: Celtic Manager Brendan Rodgers and Rangers James Tavernier during a William Hill Premiership match between Celtic and Rangers at Celtic Park, on September 01, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Alan Harvey/SNS Group via Getty Images)
Last Sunday Hugh Keevins was working himself into a frenzy over the prospect of Celtic losing 10 goals to Atalanta, more directly it was about Brendan Rodgers losing double figures in Europe.
Since he sat beside big Derek Johnstone in 2016 tipping Mark Warburton to win the SPFL title the Irishman has been a near constant thorn in the veteran reporter’s side by destroying the tradition O** F*** trophy share.
Life was simpler for a reporter in the days of Sir Walter and Coisty when you would turn a blind eye to dubious remuneration schemes and reheat the same old material for every colossal clash between the Glasgow giants as the world of football looked in with envy. In truth barely anyone south of Gretna gave it a second glance.
Rodgers won an Invincible Treble, he added another and teed Celtic up for a third, the hoops have won 19 of the last 24 domestic trophies leaving the cherished O** F*** trophy trading model in tatters.
Rather than deal with the present, the way ahead, Keevins is more comfortable recalling February 2019 when Rodgers left Celtic for Leicester.
The management of Reach, owners of the Record and Sunday Mail would certainly enjoy those heady days with circulation of the Mail currently at 43,000 each Sunday and dropping 16% year on year.
Rather than eat humble pie and confirm that he hasn’t a clue about football it is easier for the veteran reporter to hark back five years and put the blame on all those nasty Celtic fans, the ones that treat him with contempt and derision.
As recently as March one Record columnist was explaining why Rodgers wouldn’t be managing Celtic this season.
He is and he is going to outlast Phil Clement just as he did with Warburton, Pedro Caixinha and Micky Beale while leaving Graeme Murty an anorak chewing wreck afraid to face the media after multiple hammerings.
Rodgers delivers results rather than hot air, broken promises and wildly inaccurate predictions/wishes. Blowing his own trumpet in the Record Keevins explains his own brilliance and wisdom.
Swapping jobs and moving to a bigger company on higher wages as you and I might know it. When Brendan returned to Celtic in the aftermath of Ange Postecoglou swopping jobs and moving to a bigger company for higher wages he was initially subjected to hostile behaviour.
I wrote here at the time that his first media briefing was not so much a press conference as Rodgers being held in custody and interviewed under caution. Anything he said was written down and would be used in evidence against him at a later date. One league and cup double later, some people still go on about Leicester City any time the slightest thing goes wrong.
One reporter in particular likes to relive Leicester and February 2019. In March Keevins wrote again about Rodgers leaving Celtic but he’d rather gloss over that. Rodgers quitting Celtic seems to be something of a recurring dream.
More than 90% of the Celtic support are comfortable and supportive of Rodgers, they appreciate what he was up against internally from the summer of 2018 when Peter Lawwell signed Youssouf Mulumbu over John McGinn.
A few months later Rodgers was introduced to Olly Burke, Vakoun Bayo and Marian Shved, it is a miracle that he hung around so long in such circumstances.
Rodgers is back, Celtic are advancing and progressing, chasing new goals and ambitions while Keevins and his ilk live in past knowing that time is running out for the legacy media that he has lived off.
Maybe Hugh is one of the Celtic supporters that can’t move on from brendy leaving. Or is he just dangling the hook in to see how many bites he gets. And u never disappoint him. He not a bad auld bhoy.
To start off with ive never liked that old ratbag of a liar he lives of his lies thats one rat in the media that will never be remembered when he goes down 6 feet honest and not just him most of they scumhuns that write for the daily scumhun record this paper is soon going with keevins aswell and guess what the celtic fans will party that day that paper gets LIQUIDATED with the oldco cheats at liebrox and 60 thousands celtic fans will be dancing at paradise you can bet your boots i just picture the banners the daily scumhun record dies with its lies and its journalists who wrote for it will never be remembered ever rats
If the purpose of publishing his ‘controversial’ (‘antagonistic’ would be more accurate) ramblings is to get us to read the Sunday Mail by annoying us, it has completely failed. I couldn’t tell you the last time I bought it. I’m not sure it’s this century, unless I got one from somebody selling early editions round the pubs on a Saturday night. He is a complete irrelevance, like his newspaper which is only read by fat, red-faced old Huns who are too stupid to operate a smartphone. Most purchasers will currently be waddling to the newsagents to buy it and some baccy, breathing heavily in their ill-fitting red white and blue tracksuits accompanied by their ugly wee dug, which will be called ‘Cooper’, ‘Coisty’, ‘Laudo’ or possibly just ‘Billy’.
As much as I agree with you , talking about him just makes him more determined to carry on with his so called opinion on CELTIC FANS , we should just ignore him and don’t phone clyde either, for a radio station to say they are neutral and employs people like D J & A RAE , they’re just as much to blame, my advice ignore writing about him and don’t phone him , let’s see how long they can survive without our fans buying papers or phoning them up , leave it to the rangurzzz fans ??
Editor: There is no prospect of the Daily Record surviving in print, only a matter of time before they go digital only on a much scaled back basis without the luxury of expensive pundits/ Shock Jocks.
I go to the CELTIC matches on a bus. Our group on this bus totals 10 and they range in age from 25 to almost 80 . When BR left CELTIC for the EPL we all had differing opinions on him moving, so what, he is only 1 man,we will never forget,he will be on more money,etc etc …… the one thing we all agree on when BR came back is…. if he puts a winning team on the park (which he has) we don’t care about the past….so what wee “insignificant” keevins beleives and is trying to convince others ..is totally made up p+&h
And some fan media reckon he’s a sound guy , a good Celtic man with Celtic at heart
Don’t talk utter site.
This horrible little minded parasite, Has downtrodden everything Celtic for 40 years..
His day will come.
H.U.G.H. Keevins.
Humunguos Utter Gobber Hun!
A disrespectful filthy little gobber; who would have been hunted years ago if there was any decency in Scottish football!
Hugh K.E.E.V.I.N.S
Knavish Egotistical Evil Vindictive Ignorant Nasty Shitebag !
I’d hope Brendan wouldn’t wipe any dog shit on his shoe on the old clown if he was taking his last breath in the gutter !
Spew keevins is a bitter old kunt, has been for years since being banished from parkhead ! What he knows About football could be written on the back of a stamp, won a fortune at the bookies when going against his predictions !