apr2004

Wednesday 28th April 2004

BELATED CONGRATULATIONS

To Martin O’Neill and his players on their magnificent achievement of three league championships out of four, hopefully now the board of directors will release the necessary funds to allow us to march on in the Champions League next season.

RONNIE SIMPSON

All at the Affiliation were like all Celtic supporters worldwide very saddened to hear of Ronnie’s untimely death last week. Ronnie attended a few of our dances and road shows in the past and he was always the perfect gentleman. He was without doubt a Celtic legend in all our eyes, a hero of the great Lisbon Lions side that beat Inter Milan to lift the European Cup in 1967. Tributes have been pouring in all week and we would like to add ours to that ever growing list. May you rest in peace Ronnie, you’ll never walk alone.

HAWICK SHAMROCK

This branch have been in contact to inform us that they have a new e-mail address for contact regarding their club. The new address is hawickshamrock@dsl.pipex.com

THANKS

My personal thanks go to the three Celtic supporters who gave me a lift back in their taxi from Villarreal to Valencia after my wallet was stolen at the game.

MEETINGS

Our thanks to Executive Director Peter Lawwell for taking the time out from his busy schedule to attend our meeting at Celtic Park the morning after our Premier League Championship win at Rugby Park. Our thanks to the management and staff of the Watermill Hotel, Paisley for the hospitality they have laid on for our Brother Walfrid Memorial Fund meetings throughout the season.

ONLINE QUIZ

The winners of our last online quiz were Connor McIntyre from Greenock and Mr James McCormick from Glasgow, both received a professionally developed

Souvenir UEFA cup run Photo measuring 15 x 12 inches. The answers to the questions were as follows

Q1. From Suduva to Seville what were the total aggregate scores for and against Celtic during the 13 UEFA Cup games?

A. 27 for 9 against

Q2. How many different Celtic players scored goals during the 13 UEFA cup matches from Suduva to Seville?

A2. 11

A new quiz is now up and running on our website, the prize will be the latest Celtic Book to hit the shops, Celtic Minded by Dr Joseph M Bradley it features essays on religion, politics, society, identity…and football.

The book goes on sale at all good bookshops including Celtic retail outlets in Ireland and Scotland from late April 2004. The profit from books bought at official Celtic shops will be donated by Celtic Football Club to the Brother Walfrid Memorial Fund for the erection of a statue of Celtic’s main founder at the entrance to Celtic Park.

To enter simply log onto www.affreg-celtic.co.uk and click onto the cover of the book this will take you directly to our quiz page.

The quiz closes on Saturday 15^th May 2004; all winning entries will be put into a draw for the two books on offer. Our thanks go to Dr Joseph M.Bradley for donating the prizes.

BROTHER WALFRID MEMORIAL TRUST EVENT (SOLD OUT)

Our next planned event for the Memorial trust will be on Friday 14th May 2004 is now sold out. We are planning to have commemorative badges and a colour brochure produced for the fund. If any supporters clubs, individuals or businesses would like to take out advertising space in the brochure please email mdinning@yahoo.com for further details.

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.

Tuesday 13th April 2004

GOOD LUCK

To all the staff of Celtic FC and the supporters who have made the journey to Spain for tomorrow’s 2^nd leg ¼ match against Villarreal.

MEETING

We have a meeting planned with Peter Lawwell on Monday 19^th April 2004 at Celtic Park, any delegates wishing any points raised at this meeting should contact the secretary by e-mail at mdinning@yahoo.com or in writing to his home address at 5 Partridge Road, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotalnd PA16 7AX.

NEW CLUB

A group of supporters from Baku the Capital City of Azerbaijan contacted us this week with a few to joining the Affiliation. The supporter behind the idea is Willie Henry, the club is made of ex-pats from in and around the Baku area. The club already has 95 members signed up and a good few of them are season ticket holders at Celtic Park. We hope to do a feature on the club in this column and on our website in the coming weeks, the club aptly named The Bhoys of Baku Azerbaijan CSC have been doing their bit for charity in Baku by raising funds for the underprivileged kids out there. For more information please contact Bobby Stevenson at robert.stevenson@tkaz.net or Willie Henry at willie.henry@halliburton.com

BHOYS OF ILFORD CSC

For the attention of Celtic supporters living in London or the South-East.

The Bhoys of Ilford, Essex are holding a function on Sat. May 8th 2004, with music being provided by Charlie & the Bhoys. The show starts at 8.00pm with a late bar & Irish/Celtic Disco until 3.00am. Entrance is via ticket only. They cost £8.00 and tickets are on sale now. The Venue is Legends Niteclub, London Road, Barking, London. Tickets are on sale at Shenanigans Irish shop in Goodmayes, Essex, Maguires Bar, Ilford or Legends, Barking or by emailing the club at bhoysofilfordgcsc@yahoo.co.uk.

See also our website: www.bhoysofilford.com. for contact telephone numbers for the committee. Legends Nightclub is 5mins walk from Barking station (tube & overhead trains), also there is a nightbus service back into the city. Any enquiries please drop us an email.

NEW ONLINE QUIZ

Your last chance to enter our online quiz is this coming Friday 14th April 2004 The prize this time is a Souvenir UEFA cup run Photo 15 x 12 inches professionally developed, the picture features images of the 13 Official programmes and match tickets. They are crystal clear and sharp. As a finishing touch Celtic supporters in Seville are added as a background. All scores on the run to the final are embossed onto the photo.

The questions for the quiz are:

1. From Suduva to Seville what were the total aggregate scores for and against Celtic during the 13 UEFA Cup games?

2. How many different Celtic players scored goals during the 13 UEFA cup matches from Suduva to Seville?

To enter simply log onto www.affreg-celtic.co.uk and go to our quiz page. The picture is also for sale for £8.99 plus p&p and can be viewed and purchased by visiting www.celticcollectorsclub.co.uk

Our thanks to Joe Gilhooley from Edinburgh for once again donating the prizes for the quiz.

Look out for a brand new quiz in the coming weeks on our website, the prize will be the latest Celtic Book to hit the shops, Celtic Minded by Dr Joseph M Bradley it features essays on religion, politics, society, identity…and football.

BROTHER WALFRID MEMORIAL TRUST EVENT (SOLD OUT)

Our next planned event for the Memorial trust will be on Friday 14th May 2004 is now sold out.

We are planning to have commemorative badges and a colour brochure produced for the fund. If any supporters clubs, individuals or businesses would like to take out advertising space in the brochure please email mdinning@yahoo.com for further details.

HOTEL DEALS FOR FANS

Arties Hotel in Blackpool also provide special rates for Affiliation members please contact Vinny or Margaret on 01253-346027 for further details.

Wednesday 07th April 2004

TRAVEL IN EUROPE

Whilst it’s great to follow the team in their quest for European glory one thing that we constantly get letters, e-mail’s and telephone calls about is how they fans are being ripped off by all the travel agents for their trips. Take next week’s match in Spain against Villrreal for example, for a one night stay fans are being asked to pay close on £300 per head before they purchase their match tickets, surely it’s time someone within the club had a closer look at this situation before fans start complaining to the monopolies commission.

THE HAWICK SHAMROCK & BORDERS CSC

Will be having a celebration night with a live Irish Band on Saturday 17th April 2004 7.30pm for 8.

Tickets £6 at Thorterdykes Function Hall. Tickets can be obtained at Thorterdykes Roadhouse or by contacting Gerry Watson by e-mail at gerryw@onetel.net.uk

NEW ONLINE QUIZ

Our website has a new online quiz with a fantastic memento from last season’s run in the UEFA Cup up for grabs. The prize this time is Souvenir Uefa Cup Run Photo 15 x 12 inches professionally developed, the picture features images of the 13 Official programmes and match tickets. They are crystal clear and sharp. As a finishing touch Celtic supporters in Seville are added as a background. All scores on the run to the final are embossed onto the photo.

The questions for the quiz are:

1. From Suduva to Seville what were the total aggregate scores for and against Celtic during the 13 UEFA Cup games?

2. How many different Celtic players scored goals during the 13 UEFA cup matches from Suduva to Seville?

To enter simply log onto www.affreg-celtic.co.uk and go to our quiz page.

The picture is also for sale for £8.99 plus p&p and can be viewed and purchased by visiting www.celticcollectorsclub.co.uk

Our thanks to Joe Gilhooley from Edinburgh for once again donating the prizes for the quiz.

UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP

O’Leary’s Bar in Rutherglen has a new owner Kevin Gallagher, Kevin is keen to keep up the Celtic traditions of the bar and he invites any Celtic supporters clubs who may wish to visit pre or post match to contact him on 0141-583-1888.

HOLIDAY DEALS FOR SUPPORTERS

We have various holiday deals for supporters currently on our website, the holiday bargains are updated on a regular basis, to view the holiday’s available visit our website www.affreg-celtic.co.uk and click on the Seguro Holidays banner at the top of the page.

BROTHER WALFRID MEMORIAL TRUST EVENTS

Our next planned event for the Memorial trust will be on Friday 14th May 2004 when we stage a Gala Dinner, cabaret and disco featuring Dean Park and the Miami Showband tickets are priced £25.00.

A Limited number of tickets / tables remain for this event to obtain information on availability please contact, Eddie Toner at the Celtic Supporters association, Mick Dinning at the Affiliation by e-mail at mdinning@yahoo.com or Phil Agnew on 07811-178-764

We are also planning to have commemorative badges and a 48 colour brochure produced for the fund. If any supporters clubs, individuals or businesses would like to take out advertising space in the brochure please email mdinning@yahoo.com for further details.

HOTEL DEALS FOR FANS

Arties Hotel in Blackpool also provide special rates for Affiliation members please contact Vinny or Margaret on 01253-346027 for further details.