Football comes a poor second in times of tragedy.

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Football comes a poor second in times of tragedy.

Postby Joe O'Rourke » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:56 am

[COLOR=#000000:016ddb7b]I had hoped that today I would be writing to congratulate Lenny and the players for a wonderful victory and the start of a historic treble. First and foremost we didn’t win; and secondly; even if we had won; we would not have been able to celebrate after the tragic sudden death of Liam Kelly’s dad Jack.[COLOR=#000000:016ddb7b]I would like to offer Liam and all his family the sincere condolences of everyone at the Celtic Supporters Association; I’m sure those sentiments are being echoed by all in the world wide Celtic family.[COLOR=#000000:016ddb7b]Football comes a poor second in times like these; Jack Kelly would have been very proud of his son; and what he had just achieved; it is so very sad that they never got the chance to enjoy their victory.[COLOR=#000000:016ddb7b]Requiescant in pace Jack.[COLOR=#000000:016ddb7b]It was also a weekend when Bolton Wanderers player Fabrice Muamba had a cardiac arrest on the football pitch; it is hard to understand how this would happen to a young extremely fit young man.[COLOR=#000000:016ddb7b]Once again our thoughts and prayers will with Fabrice and his family; I sincerely hope he makes a full recovery; and he is able to continue his very promising career at Bolton Wanderers.
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The Celtic Supporters Association

The Celtic Supporters Association was the idea of Willie Fanning whose dream became a reality back in September 1944.

These were dark days on and off the pitch with the Second World War still raging and in comparison to those horrors rather more trivialy Celtic were not providing much joy to its supporters and defeat was a regular experience. Indeed the idea of a supporters association came to 27-year-old Willie while watching the Bhoys get thrashed 6-2 at Hamilton.

Willie decided to write to the Daily Record calling on fellow Celtic fans interested in establishing a supporters club to get in touch. A total of 14 people replied. Consequently a meeting was arranged at St Mark's and St Paul's Hall, Chester Street in Shettleston. The meeting proved to be a success - a provisional committee was installed and Willie was elected as President.

By the time of the second meeting at the A.O.H. Hall in Alexandria Parade in Townhead the word had spread. The hall was packed and car loads of supporters from across Glasgow and beyond eager to attend created a traffic jam along the parade.

A constitution was drawn up which allowed the new organosation to become an amalgamation of supporters clubs. Within 12 months membership had rocketed to 700 and the association had won the official endorsement of Celtic FC who handed over the responsibility of distributing match tickets to affiliated branches of the CSA.

The CSA remains a strong and influential body. Apart from following Celtic in massive numbers it has a social club in Glasgow and its annual Supporters Rally is a highlight in the Celtic calendar.

True to the traditions of Celtic FC the CSA also has a proud and continued ethos of raising funds for charity.


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