Vorld VAR Vone

THE GOOD SIDE OF V.A.R.

The Rangers board, eyes popped wae fright,
As headlines shrieked …”VAR GETS THE NOD”
The chairman said… “feck! This is shite”
“This is no way to treat The FOD”

“Haud yer wheesht” the newsreel screamed
“there’s mair that has been stipulated”
“it’s worse than anything you’ve dreamed”
“The checks are gonnae be backdated”

“Aw naw” the board in concert wailed
“ What if they cover Legned’s years
“Our NINE might end up being curtailed
“Our sniggers drowned wae acid tears”

“Its worse than that…our club is smitten
reviews go back tae film’s invention
History’s tae be rewritten
And of the ‘gers’ there’s no’ a mention.”

Bigot songs all put on mute,
“Wee arra people” never screeched
Nae marching sash, nae squealing flute,
Nae suckers’ blood frae dumb-fecks leeched.

“Our years on earth a ripened boil
ANY trophy will be our furst!”
Our royal loyal, six feet ‘neath soil
The “fifty five” that plook is burst

But then appeared from hellish ash
A burnin’ soul that Satan fried
“Aw right Ah may have just been on the lash
“the fact is folk we feckin died”

“That chase I mentioned wisnae welcome,
We knew that wan day we’d be rumbled
But still oor fans “deif, daft an’ dumb”
Donated cash and never grumbled.

“They’d clearly misconstrued the score
and thought ‘all’s well’, but here’s the gen
Those letters on my hellish door
Spelt ‘S-lied’ not ‘S-truth’ … We’re Deid!…AMEN!”

“An’ whit is worse” the suits wailed greetin’
“The pawn shop’s deemed ‘nae mair a lender’..
“We cannae pay for lights or heatin’
“It’s time to cry….. ‘Aye…WE SURRENDER’..”

The Enchanted Garden

The ‘Enchanted Garden’ comes from a place I encountered in Roma Park in Brisbane as I wandered its paths on my recent trip across the Southern Hemisphere. Much more remains to be jotted down on that scene and how it had an abiding impact on the tumbling memories of that trip and how an almost mystical event at the game against St Mirren triggered me to adopt it as my own personal pseudonym for The Home of Celtic FC and the football Paradise of countless devoted fans across the globe.

The event that gave me cause to use it in a Celtic Context was when as I said on my return as I attended the recent game versus St Mirren.

I did as I have countless times in the past, snap The Huddle and the scene immediately following as the players ran to their positions just prior to the starting whistle. There was nothing particularly remarkable about the backdrop, the colours, the framing, the lighting or even about the settings in my camera, as can be seen by this photo, the second of the two.

But as for the actual picture of the Huddle…..wow!!!

When I got home and had a look at the resultant photograph, the visit to that ‘Enchanted Garden‘ came back to me and I decided to Christen the photograph with that name as it showed a totally unexpected, unexplained and, to me anyway, almost mystical exposure.

The Enchanted Garden