According to this site (which has tickled me) Dublin is full of them.
And football is the closest thing to a completely free market. The fact that rich clubs aren’t banging on the doors at Celtic implies that there’s nothing there they want, apart from the manager.
Just as well for us that they aren’t. We can keep the players we want to keep and surprise them by beating them in European ties. As I said, suits us just fine.
To lob in a couple of denarii, Celtic beat Liverpool with better football, which they consistently reproduce on the odd occasion I have seen them on ITV2 in the CL or stuffing the Hun on the Beeb.
They would be challenging Liverpool for fourth place, or at least be lower-mid table. Ranking them alongside Cardiff does them a disservice: the technical quality of their football is easily comparable to what Spurs, Villa and Fulham display week in week out.
That’s pretty much what I was trying to say. However it is a fact that most of the clubs that hang around the middle of the table get relegated eventually, which is a bit of a worry.
Still, we’ll never know. (at least i hope not, Scottish clubs should play in Scotland, although I’d be up for letting them in the league cup to liven it up a bit).
Celtic are also great for testimonials and friendlies as they always fill the stadium.
But Liverpool just lost to Pompy in a Cup competition as well . . . it’s proof of not a lot.
Also the Jocks have the worst case of small nation-itis in the known universe – of course they’re going to raise their game more than a Prem team in a Cup match; they treat it likes it’s life or death, poor sods. Different story over 38 league games, or several qualifying rounds against non-English opposition.
One year of getting past the starting gate in the Champs League is hardly enough to get worked up about – take bottom of the Prem Leeds, when were they semi-finalists ?
Celtic should do reasonably well in the Prem because they get 50,000 at home - be rather sad if they didn’t. But Sunderland blew it, and Man Citeh, and severla others
What about several proper rounds against non-English opposition in the UEFA Cup?
The difference is that in the EPL, our name would be a much bigger draw for top class players than Sunderland’s or Man City’s is.
sigh we go over this far too often. It’s not going to happen anyway.
If you’re talking about small nation-itis, you should really look at the People’s republic of cork link that owl included 
I wouldn’t put anything past the chairmen (and one bird) of the EPL and/or G14, especially if it looks like the telly money might be going down.
And of course there is always that old chestnut - The Atlantic League.
Away from this topic: I like the cut of that chap Murinho’s jib. It is fun watching Man Utd crumble before one’s eyes. Fergie out in the summer if they win nothing? That would make the merry-go-round VERY interesting.
And compleetely off topic: London Calling (and any other london based chaps); Stop whatever it is that you are doing at the moment and RUN, don’t walk down to the Venue in Leicester Square and get yerself a ticket to “Round The Horne Revisited”. You won’t be sorry - best thing I’ve seen in years. Better even than the ballet!
Barry Horne, of Norwich and Wales?
Incidentally, shout out to One And Only Wanderers in case he is coming down to Cardiff for the final on Sunday. Some good pubs are The Rummer Tavern (nicely Olde Worlde), the Glassworks (Budvar on draught) and the Toucan Club (tres cool - my funk band used to play there).
You don’t recommend The Borough?
Of course, the Borough is one of several classic city pubs on or around St Mary’s St (City Arms, Goat Major etc.) A must for lovers of tasty, heavy bitter from the Brains brewery over the river from my house.
News just in (from a colleague of the wife’s at the Express):
The syndicate that were Leed’s apparent last hope have pulled out. Administration now looks a racing certainty.
Does anyone know if this would open them up for vulturing - ie the transfer window would open for them as a “special case” and we could get Robinson right away?
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.
Clubs in Administration are still liable to transfer market rules, unless Leeds are prepared to terminate his contract (usually recommended by administrators to reduce the wage bill, and a course of action Leeds are unlikely to take given the fact Sullivan is one player guarenteed to raise a nice cash figure in a transfer window.)
Loathe though I am to bring up scotland again…here is some news (that may be of interest to the irish folk).>>>>>>>>>
The BBC has lost the rights to live Scottish Premier League football
to Irish broadcaster Setanta.
March already, doesn’t time fly.
Leave a note for the milkman.