oct2003

23/10/2003

DIXIE DEANS TRIBUTE EVENING

Glasgow Moat House Hotel
Congress Road, Glasgow
Sunday 16th November 2003

It came as a complete surprise to everybody, none more
so than Dixie himself, when Jock Stein swooped to sign
a certain John Deans from Motherwell in October 1971.
   Considering he had the shortest fuse in Scottish
football and was serving a six week suspension at the
time, many thought the Big Man had finally lost the
plot. It turned out to be the deal of the decade as
far as Celtic was concerned. At £17,500 Jock had
bought a bargain and proved the sceptics completely
wrong.
Dixie immediately struck up a rapport with the Celtic
fans who admired his no-nonsense¹ style of football
and an ability to constantly out-jump much taller
opponents, scoring regularly with ease.
   Hibernian can testify to this as in 13 matches
against the Edinburgh side, he scored an amazing 18
goals, including two hat-tricks. One in the 1972
Scottish Cup Final and one in the 1974 League Cup
Final.
   Partick Thistle can also claim a part in the
Scottish Footballing History books as Dixie belted 6
past them on 17th November 1973!
   He will always have a special place in the hearts
of the Celtic fans as a popular, powerful and lively
player.
   We are immensely proud and privileged to stage this
prestigious dinner.
A memorable evening is guaranteed with excellent food
and superb entertainment, making it an ideal corporate
hospitality occasion to entertain clients and
companies.
   Tables are £450 for ten persons and as numbers are
strictly limited they will be in great demand. So
reserve your table now and be present while we honour
one of Scotland¹s great characters.

To book tickets for this event please contact
0141-772-9252

BROTHER WALFRID MEMORIAL TRUST EVENTS

We have a further two events lined up for early next
year, the dates for your diary are Friday 12th March
2004 when we will have an Irish Themed Night,
including a dinner, cabaret and disco featuring Eddie
Devine & Patricia Ferns tickets priced at £15.00 and
Friday 14th May 2004 when will stage a Gala Dinner,
cabaret and disco featuring Dean Park and the Miami
Showband tickets priced £25.00.

To obtain further information or book tickets for
either of these events please contact, Eddie Toner at
the Celtic Supporters association, Mick Dinning by
e-mail at mdinning@yahoo.com or Phil Agnew on
07811-178-76

We have a number of programmes left over from our
first event held last Friday evening for The Brother
Walfrid Memorial Trust Fund.

The programmes may be of interest to Celtic
memorabilia collectors.

If any supporters are interested in obtaining a
programme they are available by making a donation to
the fund.

Please send any donations in the form of a cheque or
postal order made payable to “The Brother Walfrid
Memorial Trust Fund “ to Mick Dinning, 5 Partridge
Road, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland PA16 7AX.

Please remember to include your full postal address to
enable me to forward on the programmes by return.

BARGAIN BOOK

Limited copies of Celtic First, Last & Always written
by Paul Larkin are now available priced at only £6.00
including postage and packing.
Paul has advised that all proceeds from the sale of
his remaining books will go to the Walfrid Memorial
Fund. Thanks to Paul for his marvellous gesture,
further details on how to obtain copies can be had by
contacting Paul by e-mail paullarkin67@yahoo.co.uk

HOTEL DEALS FOR FANS

The Affiliation has fixed up a deal for fans
travelling
to games that may need overnight or weekend
accommodation. The deal with The Watermill Hotel in
Paisley is for a fixed rate of £25 per person per
night on a bed and breakfast basis. Please phone
0141-889-3201 to check on availability. Arties Hotel
in Blackpool also provide special rates for
Affiliation members please contact Vinny or Margaret
on 01253-346027 for further details.

16/10/2003

BROTHER WALFRID MEMORIAL TRUST

Our first event took place last Friday evening at the
Kerrydale Suite at Celtic Park; the event took the
form of a charity race night, buffet & disco.

A crowd of around 200 enjoyed the event and it was
great to see the event being supported by Celtic
Director Michael McDonald and ex Celts Bertie Auld,
Willie O’Neill and Danny McGrain. As is usual with
such evening the spadework for organising the event
was planned over a number of meetings between
representatives of The Celtic Supporters Association,
The Affiliation and The Celtic Trust. Also on hand to
at these meetings was Jim Ward who tireless work for
the club never ceases to amaze the folk that know him.
Our thanks go to all who attended and supported the
event and to all who made donations however large or
small through sponsorship of the races and the prizes
for the raffle. A special mention for the Houston
Bobby Lennox C.S.C. who have promised a donation of
$200 from the 50/50 sweep they held at the Old Firm
match two weeks, our thanks to President Iain
Carmichael & Treasurer John Fortucci and the members
of the Houston Bobby Lennox C.S.C. for their kind
donation. Early indications suggest that Friday
night’s event raised in excess of £3,000 a fabulous
start to our fund raising campaign.

We have a further two events lined up for early next
year, the dates for your diary are Friday 12th March
2004 when we will have an Irish Themed Night,
including a dinner, cabaret and disco featuring Eddie
Devine & Patricia Ferns tickets priced at £15.00 and
Friday 14th May 2004 when will stage a Gala Dinner,
cabaret and disco featuring Dean Park and the Miami
Showband tickets priced £25.00.

To obtain further information or book tickets for
either of these events please contact, Eddie Toner on,
Mick Dinning by e-mail at mdinning@yahoo.com or Phil
Agnew on 07811-178-76

BROTHER WALFRID PROGRAMMES

We have a number of programmes left over from our
first event held last Friday evening for The Brother
Walfrid Memorial Trust Fund.

The programmes may be of interest to Celtic
memorabilia collectors.

If any supporters are interested in obtaining a
programme they are available by making a donation to
the fund.

Please send any donations in the form of a cheque or
postal order made payable to “The Brother Walfrid
Memorial Trust Fund “ to Mick Dinning, 5 Partridge
Road, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland PA16 7AX.

Please remember to include your full postal address to
enable me to forward on the programmes by return.

PORT GLASGOW EMERALD CSC

This branch is holding a Celtic night featuring
Charlie & The Bhoys and Patricia Ferns at the
AOH Halls Port Glasgow on Friday 14th November 2003.
The event runs from 8.00pm until 1.00am.
Tickets are priced at £5.00 each and are available by
contacting Mick Dinning or Alan Bleasdale from the
Port Glasgow branch.

CREETOWN & DISTRICT CSC

The Celtic Roadshow will be visiting the Creetown &
District CSC on Friday 24th October 2003. The road
show will take place at Auchenlarie Holiday Park. In
attendance will be Lisbon Lion Tommy Gemmell, ex Celt
Alan McInally and singer Patricia Ferns. The evening
kicks off at 7.15pm and tickets are £20 each which
includes a 3 course meal, tickets
are on a first come first served basis and anybody
wishing tickets should contact Eddie McGaw on
0796-7267-850 or by e-mail eddieal@btinternet.com

BARGAIN BOOK

Limited copies of Celtic First, Last & Always written
by Paul Larkin are now available priced at only £6.00
including postage and packing.
Paul has advised that all proceeds from the sale of
his remaining books will go to the Walfrid Memorial
Fund. Thanks to Paul for his marvellous gesture,
further details on how to obtain copies can be had by
contacting Paul by e-mail paullarkin67@yahoo.co.uk

HOTEL DEALS FOR FANS

The Affiliation has fixed up a deal for fans
travelling
to games that may need overnight or weekend
accommodation. The deal with The Watermill Hotel in
Paisley is for a fixed rate of £25 per person per
night on a bed and breakfast basis. Please phone
0141-889-3201 to check on availability. Arties Hotel
in Blackpool also provide special rates for
Affiliation members please contact Vinny or Margaret
on 01253-346027 for further details.

09/10/2003

BEST WISHES

To all fans who managed to secure tickets for next week’s game in Belgium, hopefully Martin can work some more magic with the players and bring us back our first ever away points in the Champions League.

PORT GLASGOW EMERALD CSC

This branch is holding a Celtic night featuring Charlie & The Bhoys and Patricia Ferns at the AOH Halls Port Glasgow on Friday 14th November 2003. The event runs from 8.00pm until 1.00am. Tickets are priced at £5.00 each and are available by contacting Mick Dinning or Alan Bleasdale from the Port Glasgow branch.

CREETOWN & DISTRICT CSC

The Celtic Roadshow will be visiting the Creetown & District CSC on Friday 24th October 2003. The road show will take place at Auchenlarie Holiday Park. In attendance will be Lisbon Lion Tommy Gemmell, ex Celt Alan McInally and singer Patricia Ferns. The evening kicks off at 7.15pm and tickets are £20 each which includes a 3 course meal, tickets are on a first come first served basis and anybody wishing tickets should contact Eddie McGaw on 0796-7267-850 or by e-mail eddieal@btinternet.com

BARGAIN BOOK

Limited copies of Celtic First, Last & Always written by Paul Larkin are now available priced at only £6.00 including postage and packing. Paul has advised that all proceeds from the sale of his remaining books will go to the Walfrid Memorial Fund. Thanks to Paul for his marvellous gesture, further details on how to obtain copies can be had by contacting Paul by e-mail paullarkin67@yahoo.co.uk

WALFRID MEMORIAL FUND RAISING EVENTS

A number of events have been planned by the various Supporter’s organizations to help in our quest to raise a permanent statue at Celtic Park in memory of Brother Walfrid. The first of these in the form of a race night/disco/buffet took place at Celtic Park last Friday evening. A full report on the event will be published for next week’s column Further events are already scheduled for March 2004 and May 2004.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL

All club secretaries on our database should have received by now the rejoining form for season 2003-2004. Online membership forms can also be found on our website www.affreg-celtic.co.uk

If you have not received your rejoining form could you please contact me by either e-mail or conventional mail.Where possible could secretaries please add an e-mail?address to allow for faster communications for all Celtic related items?

Any new supporters clubs wishing to join should send a large stamped addressed envelope to Mick Dinning, 5 Partridge Road, Greenock, Inverclyde Scotland, PA167AX. Alternatively if clubs wish to contact me by e-mail for more information please contact me at mdinning@yahoo.com

HOTEL DEALS FOR FANS

The Affiliation has fixed up a deal for fans traveling to games that may need overnight or weekend accommodation. The deal with The Watermill Hotel in Paisley is for a fixed rate of £25 per person per night on a bed and breakfast basis. Please phone 0141-889-3201 to check on availability. Arties Hotel in Blackpool also provide special rates for Affiliation members please contact Vinny or Margaret on 01253-346027 for further details.

02/10/2003
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CREETOWN & DISTRICT CSC

The evening kicks off at 7.15pm and tickets are £20 each which includes a 3 course meal, tickets are on a first come first served basis and anybody wishing tickets should contact Eddie McGaw on 0796-7267-850 or by e-mail eddieal@btinternet.com

BARGAIN BOOK

WALFRID MEMORIAL FUND RAISING EVENTS

We are looking for individuals and Celtic Supporters Clubs to sponsor horses and races for the night. Tickets for the evening are priced at £10 per person and tables of ten can be booked by supporters clubs by contacting mdinning@yahoo.com Eddie Toner at csassoc@btconnect.com or Phil Agnew on 07811-178764. Further events are already scheduled for March 2004 and May 2004.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL

All club secretaries on our database should have received by now the rejoining form for season 2003-2004. Online membership forms can also be found on our website www.affreg-celtic.co.uk

HOTEL DEALS FOR FANS

The Affiliation has fixed up a deal for fans travelling to games that may need overnight or weekend accommodation. The deal with The Watermill Hotel in Paisley is for a fixed rate of £25 per person per night on a bed and breakfast basis.

Please phone 0141-889-3201 to check on availability. Arties Hotel in Blackpool also provide special rates for Affiliation members please contact Vinny or Margaret on 01253-346027 for further details.

ONLINE QUIZ

The quiz is now closed winners will announced in next weeks View, to put people out of their misery the answers were as follows :

Q1 Since 1964 Celtic has played competitive matches in seven English towns and cities. Can you name the seven? Please note that testimonial and friendlies matches do not count.

A. Liverpool, Blackburn, Burnley (Anglo Scottish Cup) Nottingham, Manchester (Rapid Vienna, ECWC) Leeds & Berwick.

Q2.Name the Celtic goalkeeper for our 5-1 win over Rangers at Celtic Park. The SPL match was on 21st November 1998? A. Tony Warner

Q3.What did Andrew Kerins do to help Celtic?

A. Better known as Brother Walfrid the founder of Celtic Football Club. Our thanks go to Joe Gilhooley from Edinburgh who supplied the prizes for the quiz.