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Nocturnal Activities.
Topic Started: Nov 20 2008, 07:53 AM (288 Views)
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I see there are rumours that Aiden got cuffed again on a night oot in the dear green place.

Considering the other "incidents" this season, plus Artur's most recent behaviour, is it no perhaps time that these guys caught a grip of themselves???

When are they gonna learn FFS? :rolleyes:

Discuss.
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No idea what happened, if it indeed did, but lets be honest here.
Great player that he is, he's got one of them faces you wouldn't tire skelping would you? So it comes as no surprise that he attracts attention.


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Much harder to attract attention if you avoid meat market shit holes in the city centre like the ones he and the other players frequent.
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Scummy article by a scummy newspaper that can't just report what happened without bringing up the embarrassing over-reaction that was the Nacho Ratboy bullshit story and the Mythgregor/Misses tripe, but it's the only one online that I can see so far.

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SOCCER hero Aiden McGeady was left battered and bloody yesterday — after the latest in a series of senseless attacks on Old Firm stars.

It’s believed the 22-year-old Celtic winger was subjected to a volley of vile sectarian abuse by three cowardly yobs before he was smashed twice in the nose.

Last night, a pal told how McGeady was badly shaken by the nightclub attack — describing him as an innocent “victim”.

The friend said: “Aiden was out for a few drinks and he was attacked without provocation. He’s pretty distressed and upset.

“There was about three of them and they started dishing out some abuse, it was pretty heavy stuff.

“One of them punched him on the face a couple of times.”

McGeady was enjoying a night out with pals in Glasgow city centre’s trendy Karbon when the neds pounced in the early hours.

It’s understood they branded him a “Fenian b******” before landing two hefty blows.

The Republic of Ireland international — already ruled out of last night’s match against Poland through injury — was said to have been left covered in blood.

But the source added: “He didn’t retaliate once and just left the club.

“It’s sad that a player like him can’t go out for a beer in midweek without something like this happening. He wasn’t breaking any curfew, it was during his time off.”

Strathclyde Police were not alerted, while Celtic last night declined to comment. Karbon — run by nightclub supremo James Mortimer — also said it was unaware of the attack.

Several Old Firm stars have been at the centre of a spate of bust-ups and vandal attacks in recent months.

And it’s not the first time McGeady has been caught up in violence on a night out.

In August, he was with Hoops pals Darren O’Dea and Scott Brown when trouble flared.

O’Dea was led off by cops in handcuffs and handed a fixed penalty fine for his part in the melee outside the Bamboo club.

Midfielder Brown was also said to have been punched, while two youths aged 18 and 19 were arrested in connection with an alleged assault.

We told in April how McGeady clashed with other revellers just hours after a 3-2 win over Old Firm rivals Rangers.

He was targeted by yobs who squared up to him and chanted “If you hate Aiden McGeady clap your hands” as he left Bamboo with team-mate Scott McDonald.

McGeady is said to have defended himself and the bust-up was over in seconds. McDonald was not involved in the scuffle.

Asked if he would be better to keep a lower profile, he said at the time: “No, not really. If you have a good week in work you go out and celebrate.

“You have to develop a thick skin but it’s not a big deal most of the time. People are either going to shake your hand or give you abuse but they won’t drive me out, not at all.”

Last month, two men appeared in court in connection with an alleged assault on Celtic coach Neil Lennon on September 1.


Worried Rangers bosses also drafted in security teams to protect the family of striker Nacho Novo after vile yobs posted his home address on an unofficial Hoops fans website.

And a host of Gers players also had their cars vandalised in a spate of sectarian attacks.

Ibrox goalie Allan McGregor and fiancee Leah Shevlin had ‘IRA’ and Celtic slogans scored over their luxury motors.

Last weekend, it was revealed team-mate Kenny Miller’s Bentley was vandalised in an acid attack in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow.
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Kenny in a Bentley! :pmsl:
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Kenny in a Bentley! :pmsl:

Aye the bawsack can afford a Bentley but presumably not a Garage.
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His mates must be wee pansies!!

heres my take on it! :thumbs.up:

Too much money too young. Thats why our young promising footballers never develop into greats.

Look at Ferguson at Man Utd. He never let Beckham out of his sights when he was younger and look how his career blossomed.

These young overpaid "superstars"should take a leaf out of Mr Beckhams book or alternatively, Look closer to home at Naka as to how a young and aspiring prodigee should conduct himself.

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No-one is arguing that they shouldnt have the right to freely roam the streets as they please and in an ideal world this would be fine but this is Glasgow and we all know how it is here




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Doc, it's not only Becks, but Giggs, Scholes and others too. The way Stein ran CP he knew what everyone was up to as well.

I do think it's generally a local difficulty in as much as it's a cultural thing in Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales and the OSC that somehow it's seen as ok to go out, eat a fish supper and sink a few pints and still expect to be a professional athlete, especially footballer. It will take a long time to rid society of that IMHO.
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Top posts Doc/Mainser.

It's a very short career for God's sake and all it takes is a wee bit of discipline to get the best out of yourselves and give the best service you possible can to your employers. Us!

You just think they would have learnt by now that if you are going to go out, be a bit more discrete and chose somewhere a little less "look at me" than they have been. :rolleyes:
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I'm sure i mentioned this on the KTF board before but here goes ,

me and my big mate were in the town around xmas time about 5 or 6 years ago tryin to get in a club. 2 of us were honkin drunk! right out it and the bouncers werent having it.

well we were arguing with them when along comes wee Barry Fergahun with an older mate.

I immediately turned my attention to him and engaged in what was to be fair , friendly banter!

Now i'm about 6'2 and 14 stone and my mate is even bigger so he must have been bricking it a bit, especially when i grabbed him in a headlock....What i done next might shock yous..I started rubbing his head with my knuckles in a friendly,non violent kinda way and then told him that he was a disgrace to his football team and that the captain of Scotland's Shame should not be out on the town at 3am being subjected to the likes of me!!! he was relieved but i had absolutely no intention of doing him any harm..Not worth the hassle and to be honest,other than being the hun skipper and an ugly wee bassa to boot, he hadnt done anything and was innocently going about his business.Well, he thanked me and went on his way!!

That is the difference between us and them though!!



mind you, if it was Novo or Goram.........




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http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/20...7288137036.html

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Keane says Irish and Scottish players must clean up their act

Roy Keane has warned Irish and Scottish footballers they must clean up their lives if they are ever to match their counterparts from other countries.The former Republic of Ireland skipper believes many Premier League footballers, and particularly those not in their first teams, could be fitter, and is appalled that is the case.

Keane, who also played in Scotland with Celtic, is adamant that both his compatriots and players from north of the English border are putting themselves at a disadvantage because of their off-the-field habits.

His comments came after Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington expressed his concern at the fitness levels of members of his squad who are struggling to get regular football with their clubs, something which is a concern for Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni.

The Sunderland boss said: "The English lads don't seem to be too bad — obviously, the French and the Spanish are good.

"But the players with the biggest problem in terms of changing their mentality are certainly the Irish and the Scottish players, because that's the way they have been brought up.

"That's the way I was brought up. I was brought up eating rubbish, drinking rubbish, so it is trying to change that mentality.

"You have to try to remind the players and provide these dieticians and speak to the players and eventually, you hope the penny will drop.

"You hope — sometimes it doesn't.

"I will go back to the game a few weeks ago, the United and Arsenal game. You have got to be able to sprint to people, you have got to play for 90 minutes.

"You can't be tiring after 45, 50 minutes, not in the Premier League. You can't do it."

Keane's squad is packed with Irish players — Paul McShane and Anthony Stokes, currently out on loan, as well as Liam Miller and Daryl Murphy, were in the panel for the Poland game, while Andy Reid has been a regular. Scotland keeper Craig Gordon is also on the books at the Stadium of Light, although currently injured.

The Black Cats have worked hard on educating their current crop, but the manager knows they can only do so much.

He said: "You can provide everything for them in terms of fitness coaches, the right foods, the right hotels or whatever it might be.

"But of course, you cannot follow players, you cannot follow players when they leave your training ground.

"I think a lot of players in the Premier League can be fitter. A lot of players have the excuse that they are not playing — yeah, but you can still get fitter, you can still do extra, still do swimming, still do more weights, get your body-fat down.

"I did it both ways. I was able to get away with it when I was younger, having high body-fat and not leading the right lifestyle.

"But the last six, seven, eight years of my career, you certainly wanted to be as fit as you possibly could.

"When you consider that's your career and that's your job...and particularly for players who are out of the team, get yourself fitter and you might get in the team.

"It's up to yourself. Nobody should really throw that at you if you are a professional sportsperson, that you are not fit enough.

"My God, that must hurt players."
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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/2008/11...86908-20915075/

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Gordon Strachan to ban Celtic players from nightclubs.. as Artur Boruc is spared club action

Nov 22 2008 By Hugh Keevins

CELTIC boss Gordon Strachan is ready to slap a nightclub ban on his players.

Strachan fears for the safety of his stars following the attack on Aiden McGeady this week.

But the manager won't take disciplinary action against Artur Boruc after photographs appeared of the keeper drinking and smoking while at home in Poland recovering after a knee operation.

McGeady has become a magnet for troublemakers following his decision to turn his back on Scotland and play for the Republic of Ireland.

Now Strachan is wondering if Tuesday's nightclub assault, which left the player with facial injuries, is a fracas too far.

But Boruc - left out of his country's squad for their opening World Cup qualifiers after breaching a curfew following a friendly match with Ukraine in August - is in the clear.

Strachan said: "I'll need to review the guidelines where nights out are concerned.

"It might be the players will need to stay at home because personal attacks are more of a concern to me than Artur having a night out in Poland.

"I have to do what's right to protect the safety of my players.

"I draw up the guidelines and Artur's broken none of them. It was his weekend off. He can do what he wants.

"Do you spend time with your girlfriend? Do you go to the cinema with her? Would you like her to kiss you now and then? That's what Artur has done. I still go to the cinema with my wife. I still kiss her. She doesn't like it but there you go.

"There's no problem with his behaviour and he turned up for training on Tuesday as I told him to.

"If he was smoking cigars while he was away all I can say is, 'What do you want me to do about that?'

"We all know smoking's bad for you but I played with lots of players who smoked. "McGeady will have his fitness assessed this morning before Celtic play St Mirren at Love Street.

Barry Robson, Paul Hartley and Scott McDonald will all be examined at the same time.

Strachan added: "I'll have to ask the medical staff what kind of reaction the international players have suffered if any. So far they all seem as if they want to play."
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Unfortunately it is a Jangle jangle article.

Not so much worried about them getting stabbed but rather their large, fat arses and bellies getting any larger and fatter.

This should have been done at the start of the season and should be permanent club rules.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/2008/12...86908-20954587/

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Exclusive: Gordon Strachan orders Celtic stars to stay out of Glasgow bars.. for fear of being stabbed

Dec 8 2008 By Keith Jackson

GORDON STRACHAN has imposed a city centre booze ban on his Celtic squad because he fears one of them could end up getting STABBED.

Record Sport can exclusively reveal the sensational move made by the Parkhead boss as the festive season gets into full swing and following a string of high-profile flashpoints involving some of his top stars.

Strachan called a team meeting at his Lennoxtown HQ on Saturday to lay down a new hard-line disciplinary code that he insists has been put in place to protect his players.

After seeing Scott Brown and Aiden McGeady injured in nightclub brawls, Darren O'Dea arrested and right-hand man Neil Lennon hospitalised after he was attacked leaving a bar in the city's West End, Strachan believes it is only a matter of time before one of his group suffers an even more serious attack.

And that's why he has introduced the new rules.

Strachan's players have been told they are, as of now, banned from drinking alcohol at all on week nights. And they will be hit with whopping fines if they are spotted in any of Glasgow's city centre bars or nightclubs on weekends.

A top Celtics our ceconfirmed to us last night: "On the face of it, this looks like a punitive measure imposed on the players because there have been a few high-profile incidents over the last few months. But in fact the manager is attempting to protect the players from themselves as much as anything else.

"He is concerned that if things are allowed to continue like this, one of them is going to end up getting stabbed and he made this clear to the entire squad. Glasgow at that time of night is not a safe place for these high-profile young men and they can't continue to put themselves in dangerous situations.

"So from now on they will have to stick to the manager's code of conduct. Drinking through the week is now a breach of rules and the city centre is basically off limits at the weekend.

"If a player wants to go out for a meal and a few glasses of wine after a game on a Saturday then, of course, there is no problem.

"But they are not permitted to go to bars, pubs and clubs in Glasgow city centre - if they want to go out for a late night then do it somewhere else.

"Some of the players might not like it but Gordon is doing his best to keep them out of trouble. He has reached the conclusion the risk level is just too high and feels he needs to put something in place that sets an example for how football players should live their lives."

Before imposing the new orders Strachan gave his blessing to a boozy two-day Christmas bash for his players inManchester. Players headed south after the 1-0 win over Inverness Caley Thistle and were also given an extra day off ahead of yesterday's SPL clash with Hibs.

But, following talks with a fourman committee of first-team players, including captain Stephen McManus, the manager finally announced his booze curfew to the squad on Saturday. He made it clear anyone caught breaking the rules will be hit with hefty club fines.
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from todays Herald

The party line

FROM THE TOUCHLINE: It would be unrealistic to ban players from touching alcohol but they must be responsible, writes Mark McGhee

AT CHRISTMAS one year when I was at Celtic, around 1988, Pat Bonner and I were invited to take part in a demonstration at George Square. The demonstration was to highlight the plight of political prisoners in the then USSR. Having been horrified by Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago, which describes Stalin's persecution and internment of political and academic prisoners, I decided to go along. Big Pakky came along to keep me company.

We were each asked to stand on a podium in front of about 200 people and read out a list of prisoners' names. The Russian names had been written out phonetically to make it easier for us to read.

As I read I looked out over the heads of the crowd and was shocked to see someone dressed as Freddy Starr's Hitler marching up and down, Nazi-style, at their backs. When I saw he was being encouraged by Al Jolson, Freddy Mercury, Darth Vader and the pope, I realised it was our Celtic team-mates on their way to the Christmas night out. They were persuaded to move on by one of Strathclyde's finest and no harm was done.

After our gig, Big Pakky and I donned our fancy dress outfits - me as He-Man, the big man as a goalkeeper - and joined up with the other lads.

We went on to have the usual raucous night out during which some had too much to drink and others had too much to say, resulting in the odd altercation and a couple of lads with a little more than bruised egos.

It's no different today. Players look forward to the Christmas night out. Last year at Motherwell, I cancelled the Christmas party and was, of course, ridiculed by the players for being a scrooge. I allowed them a small private party with their wives and girlfriends, which I attended. My ban was not about the damage that they might inflict on their livers but was out of concern for their safety when out drinking as a group in the public domain. Footballers out on the town are a target. Of course, players are often their own worst enemies and are not without blame.

If I could have my way, no player would drink any alcohol. But how could I police such a sanction?

Instead I try to educate our players as to the dangers and their responsibilities to represent their clubs and their profession at all times. Professional football is not just a job, it's a lifestyle.

I am in no doubt that if I had never touched alcohol as a player then I would have achieved even more than I did.

Every manager has his code of conduct that he expects his players to adhere to, the club rules. Within these he has the opportunity to impose rules which restrict when a player is allowed out socially and when he should be at home with his feet up preparing for training or the next match. He must then rely on the players to keep the rules. He must rely on trust; after all, the player could still have a few at home.

That it still comes back to trust further convinces me that education at an early age is the best form of prohibition. In our academies we are working with young boys on their fitness, their skill, speed and strength but we are also teaching social responsibility. We teach them about the benefits of a disciplined lifestyle and the rewards that they can earn through one. There are many super role models for them in the modern game and we encourage them to follow their examples.

When football players sign professional contracts there are a lot of clauses that are not written down. In signing, they sacrifice the rights to participate in certain activities, they accept lifestyle restrictions and they commit to a code of discipline which, if compromised, contradicts all that their profession should represent.

We are privileged to work in the football industry. I left Our Lady's High Cumbernauld in May 1973 and have been earning my living from this great game ever since. Is it really 35 years? If any of my former class mates read this, let me assure you: you are older than you think.

Football remains a brilliant career, but it comes at a price. I think that self-discipline and commitment to a healthy lifestyle is a small price to pay.
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Good stuff. Ta for posting and well said that man. :thumbs.up:
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