Dumbarton’s Half Title Shock, Chuck hits the Calvados, Macca’s record breaking half

LAST NIGHT CELTIC HISTORIAN David Potter looked back into the record books and provided evidence that the 54 titles that the old Rangers claim that they won, should actually only by 53 and a half.

In the same article we provided you with video evidence of the Rangers Founding Father Charles Green (see below) saying that ‘he bought those titles’, all 54 of them. Chuck, if he was reading The Celtic Star last night (don’t rule it out folks!) would have had reason to reflect while sipping a glass of Calvados in his Chateau in Normandy that he’d been ‘duped’ – History sellers Duff and Phelps actually only had 53 and a half titles to flog!

The only bit that not true in all of the above is about the apple brandy – Charles is a tea-totaler. Although this news that he never got what he paid for might indeed have driven him to drink. Irn-Bru works well for hangovers Chuck!

It’s remarkable really that despite all the arguments and debates in Scottish football over the years, the revelation that half title wins is a thing, never emerged until yesterday when the disgraced Asterix Johnston emerged from the shadows, not to enquire how his Fit and Proper application is progressing at the Scottish FA (don’t mention the War, or Res 12) but to argue that Celtic, with 79% of the fixtures complete and 98.87% certain to win the Scottish Premiership this season should the games be played (according to the BBC in Manchester, probably to the annoyance of the BBC in Govan), are only in those circumstances entitled to half a flag – 50% of the title, Govan logic.

IN LIQUIDATION

So Half Championships are now a thing and David Potter, in his brilliant article, revealed that the Rangers Founding Father was conned when he was sold 54 titles because Duff and Phelps, the Administrators who had failed to secure a CVA in early June 2012 and were thus left with no alternative but to place the football club (as per the gates at Ibrox, Rangers Football Club Ltd) into liquidation.

Chuck was sold half a title that actually belongs to Dumbarton FC! A disgraceful way to treat the Rangers Founding Father.

Today Frank McAvennie pokes a bit of fun at Asterisk Johnston, in an interview in Scottish Sun.

“If he is saying it would only be eight and a half this year, does that mean Celtic would be going for nine and a half next season?” Macca asked. “That’s still better than nine, isn’t it? It would still be a record. All the Celtic supporters would need to do is change the words to their ‘ten in a row’ song.

“They did that with Brendan Rodgers. He was here for ten in a row and then it was seven and a half!”

What are you on about Macca?

“The bottom line is Celtic want to play the games if possible. They don’t want to end the season now. If they were asking for the Premiership to be called off that would be a different situation.

“But Neil Lennon and Peter Lawwell have both stated publicly they want the games to be played. So how can you have a go at Celtic? There are probably more (the) Rangers people out there who want it called now so they can claim: ‘You never won it’.

“Celtic were on fire when the games were stopped. They were 13 points clear and flying towards the title. (the) Rangers will say they had a game in hand and still had to play Celtic twice.

“But they were struggling for form and if football had continued I think the league would be over by now. There wouldn’t have been any problems for Celtic — and there won’t be any if the league is restarted.

“I want the final eight games to be played and so does everyone connected with Celtic. But it probably suits (the) Rangers if the league doesn’t restart as their fans would then say: ‘You never won it’.

“It gives supporters something to shout about and start all the talk of not going for ten next season.”

Given the developments in The Netherlands, and the SPFL meeting today, don’t be too surprised if time is called on the Scottish season very shortly. And did you see the report in Daily Record this morning that the Ibrox club have started digging up their diseased pitch? Hardly an admission that they reckon the games are about to be played is it?

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