Celtic FC Thread

[J]

Disciplinary Proceedings Outcome
Thursday, 19 April 2012


A Judicial Panel Tribunal convened today at Hampden Park and considered the following cases:
Name: Neil Lennon, Celtic FC
Match: Kilmarnock v Celtic (Scottish Communities League Cup) - 18th March 2012
Disciplinary Rule(s) allegedly breached: Rule 68
Outcome: The tribunal applied a two-match suspension, imposed with immediate effect.
Rule 68: Making comments in an interview which criticise the performance of a match official in such a way as to indicate bias or incompetence.

Name: Neil Lennon, Celtic FC
Match: Rangers v Celtic (Scottish Premier League) - 25th March 2012
Disciplinary Rule(s) allegedly breached: Rule 203
Outcome: The Tribunal imposed no further sanction on the basis that the half-game served outwith the technical area was sufficient.

Rule 203: No member of Team Staff shall commit Misconduct at a match, including but not limited to committing acts of the kind described in the Schedule of Offences in Annex C *

* Misconduct at a match by dissent, the adoption of aggressive behaviour towards a match official and the repeated use of offensive, abusing and insulting language.

 

[portbhoy]

Neil Lennon has received the unequivocal backing of former Celtic manager Martin O'Neill as he prepares to defend himself in front of the SFA's Judicial Panel.
Parkhead boss Lennon faces a misconduct charge relating to his dismissal at Ibrox on March 25 on top of an alleged breach of the rules for describing Willie Collum's refusal to award a late penalty in the League Cup Final a week earlier as 'criminal'.
Lennon will discover next week if he is to be further cited for confronting Scottish Cup semi-final referee Euan Norris on the Hampden pitch last Sunday and for later describing recent decisions against his side as 'personal'.

Case to answer: Neil Lennon faces a misconduct charge for two alleged offences
His appearance in front of the panel comes at the end of a campaign in which he led the club to the SPL title in his second season in charge. That triumph came just two weeks after two Ayrshire men were convicted of posting nail bombs to him at the club's Lennoxtown training base.
And O'Neill, who once famously led Lennon to the Celtic end at Ibrox to back him in the face of abuse from rival fans, insists no praise is too high for his former player's achievement in the face of such adversity.
'He had a lot to contend with when he was playing for Celtic,' the Sunderland manager recalled. 'It all seemed to kick off when he was barely in the door.
'He has had to put up with so much, too, as manager. It is a difficult enough job in any case without that additional pressure and I think he has not had too much credit for being able to get on with it while that has been going on in the background.

Close bond: Martin O'Neill and Lennon during their time together at Celtic as manager and player
'I always felt there was a real "glass houses" aspect to things when it came to Neil.
'There seemed to be many times when it seemed OK to give plenty out to him but, at the slightest hint of anything from him, people would be up in arms.
'I would be inclined to think of the kind of issues that Neil himself had when he was playing in the SPL.'
Like the current manager, O'Neill was renowned for his animated behaviour on the touchline in his five years in Glasgow.
Unlike Lennon, however, he did not fall foul of the game's authorities - domestically at least. But he believes the current manager will learn whatever lessons arise from his appearance in front of the panel.
'Neil has always been a passionate individual; I suppose it comes down to a matter of personal preference and whether or not you warm to that or not,' O'Neill said.
'I always thought he was driven and determined and he had to put up with a lot when he was a player at the club.


'People's behaviour on the touchline is not always going to necessarily be accepted by everyone. That is life.
'Neil might find as he grows into the job that he learns one or two things, but these are decisions only he could make. All you can be is yourself.'
Meanwhile, Celtic striker Anthony Stokes has been handed a one-game ban after an incident at the end of the semi-final defeat to Hearts at Hampden last weekend.
Referee Norris included an 'A5' offence by the Irishman in his match report, which pertains to 'offensive, insulting and/or abusive language and/or gestures'.
The suspension is specific to the Scottish Cup.


Read more: Martin O'Neill praise for Neil Lennon with Celtic boss set to answer SFA charge | Mail Online

 

[J]

The SFA's website give the result of Lennon's Disciplinary Breaches v Kilmarnock and Rangers as:

Name: Neil Lennon, Celtic FC
Match: Kilmarnock v Celtic (Scottish Communities League Cup) - 18th March 2012
Disciplinary Rule(s) allegedly breached: Rule 68
Outcome: The tribunal applied a two-match suspension, imposed with immediate effect.

Name: Neil Lennon, Celtic FC
Match: Rangers v Celtic (Scottish Premier League) - 25th March 2012
Disciplinary Rule(s) allegedly breached: Rule 203.

Outcome: The Tribunal imposed no further sanction on the basis that the half-game served outwith the technical area was sufficient..


However, their own Rules for Judicial Panel Protocol are very clear on the punishment which should be handed out for a breach of Rules 68 & 203....

1.6 Where alleged Misconduct by an official is established, he will be fined in terms of these Disciplinary Procedures and the Scale of Sanctions provided in the Disciplinary Rules (Annex A) for that Misconduct.

Rule 68: Sanctions available to Tribunal:
Lower End: 3 match suspension
Mid Range: 4 match suspension
Top End: 5 match suspension
Maximum: 20 match suspension*

Rule 203: Sanctions available to Tribunal:
Lower End: 2 match suspension
Mid Range: 8 match suspension
Top End: 16 match suspension
Maximum: One year suspension (all football)


The Compliance Officer may offer a 1 match reduction to the punishment, but given his previous misconduct, this offer could not be made.....

4.1 Team Staff: Offer of Fixed Suspension
4.1.1 Where alleged Misconduct would, if established, be the first Misconduct
by an individual member of Team Staff within the Season in which the
Misconduct occurred and the two immediately preceding Seasons, and
the Compliance Officer considers that a suspension at the Lower End
of the Scale of Sanctions for that Misconduct would be appropriate, the
Compliance Officer may append to the Notice of Complaint an offer of a
Fixed Suspension.
4.1.2 The "Fixed Suspension" offered in respect of alleged Misconduct shall
be a period of suspension calculated by reducing by one match the period
of suspension provided at the Lower End of the Scale of Sanctions for that
Misconduct.

Given the above, from their own Rules, the minimum that Lennon should have received for the Kilmarnock game was a 3 match ban and the minimum that he should have received for the Rangers game was a 2 match ban.

 

[M3NTAL]

Are the thugs dead yet?

 

[J]

Are the thugs dead yet?

I'm afraid not witchy
Liewell and lemmOn still knocking about.

 

[portbhoy]

Not bad you got a giggle there lol

 

[deedie]

If anybody hasn't done it yet, could you fill in the following survey.

SPL Fan Surveys - Giving Scottish Football fans a collective voice

Its important that as many people as possible fill this in before the survey closes tomorrow at 6pm. The survey will then be discussed at hampden on Tuesday.

 

[J]

Very sad bitter septic. Fan lol

 

[M3NTAL]

Very sad bitter septic. Fan lol

How do you work that one out John?

It's a survey for ALL Scottish football fans, everyone can have their say, it's not anti-Rangers.

 

[Paul-K]

Very sad bitter septic. Fan lol[/QUOTE

Away and post more shite on the Liquidation FC thread

and talking of "sad bitter" will you be changing your name to "John The Liquidated soon"

 

[J]

Very sad bitter septic. Fan lol[/QUOTE

Away and post more shite on the Liquidation FC thread

and talking of "sad bitter" will you be changing your name to "John The Liquidated soon"

Bite me homo.

 

[Paul-K]

Bite me homo.

So you enjoyed asda today

 

[J]

So you enjoyed asda today

Pmsl not today paul

 

[Paul-K]

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[RAB - P]

Motherwell 0 Celtic 3

Celtic debutant Tony Watt scored twice in three second-half minutes to help the SPL champions earn a 3-0 victory over Motherwell at Fir Park.

The game was drifting when the 18-year-old striker replaced Pawel Brozek in the 59th minute but it came to life when he volleyed in a Victor Wanyama cross three minutes later from a tight angle.

With the travelling support still celebrating, he drove low past Well goalkeeper Darren Randolph from the edge of the box.

Hoops wing-back Cha Du-ri headed in a third to deal a blow to the home side's Champions League aspirations, the Steelmen now only three points ahead of fourth-placed Dundee United having played the same amount of games.

But this game was all about the former Airdrie United player who would have given manager Neil Lennon immense satisfaction as he sat in the stand serving the first of his two-match touchline ban for criticising referee Willie Collum after last month's Scottish Communities League Cup final defeat by Kilmarnock at Hampden.

Lennon had handed Watt a place on the bench in a much-changed line-up.

Polish striker Brozek, on loan from Trabzonspor until the end of the season, made his first start while number two keeper and fellow Pole Lukasz Zaluska made a rare appearance in goals.

Full-backs Cha and Emilio Izaguirre, stopper Thomas Rogne and midfielder Wanyama also came in with Kelvin Wilson, Scott Brown, Georgios Samaras, Glenn Loovens, Fraser Forster and Mikael Lustig dropped out, with only the latter two starting on the bench.

Motherwell defender Stevie Hammell and midfielder Steve Jennings both returned from a ban while Jonathan Page and Keith Lasley were missing through suspension, as Omar Daley came in for Henrik Ojamaa, who started on the bench.

The visitors, captained for the day by striker Gary Hooper, started impressively.

Midfielder Kris Commons flashed a long-distance drive wide of the target before Brozek headed a Cha cross over the bar.

The Steelmen were pinned back by the width Izaguirre and Cha were giving Celtic down the flanks.

Motherwell's first real attack came midway through the first half when a flick from burly striker Michael Higdon set winger Chris Humphrey free but his drive drew a fine save from Zaluska.

The Parkhead side still controlled possession but in a swift Fir Park counter, the Celtic keeper had to make another save from Humphrey.

However, in the 34th minute Brozek passed up on a great chance to open the scoring after Wanyama had picked him out but the Hoops striker stabbed awkwardly at the ball which trundled past Randolph's right-hand post.

Five minutes from the interval Celtic midfielder Ki Sung-yueng limped off to be replaced by Paddy McCourt, who moments later lost possession giving Daley the chance to test Zaluska with an angled drive.

The first half ended with Randolph busy, the keeper making a save from a well-timed volley from Commons and a more fortuitous block from Brozek after the Poland international had made space for himself in the Fir Park box.

Lennon sat in the directors' box during the interval, unable to go down to the dressing room, and he watched Motherwell start the second half with some purpose.

Four minutes after the restart, Daley set up Nicky Law whose powerful drive from the edge of the box spun wide, the midfielder's second effort moments later guided better but easily saved by Zaluska.

But Celtic soon reasserted themselves and in the 55th minute McCourt split open the Fir Park defence with a great pass to find Cha racing into the Motherwell box but the South Korean's weak cut-back saw the ball was easily scooped up Randolph.

The disappointing Brozek was replaced by Watt, before Daley was hooked for Ojamaa.

Watt then made himself an almost instant hero with the Hoops supporters when he fired Celtic ahead by returning a deep Wanyama cross back towards the goal with Randolph unable to keep it out.

Three minutes later he was set up by Joe Ledley before drilling the pass low past Randolph from the edge of the box to complete a dream debut.

Watt's timely intervention had brought the Hoops fans to life and the obvious potential for a hat-trick was in the minds of everyone in the stadium.

However, in the 82nd minute it was Cha who got Celtic's third goal, heading in a deep McCourt cross from close range.

The travelling fans were now in full voice as they chanted for Lennon, who must have watched with some satisfaction from his seat in the stand.

 

[Tamarc]

Hail Hail

 

[Paul-K]

 

[M3NTAL]

"Let's take Division 3 by storm!!!!" pmsl.

 

[J]

The Compliance Officer has issued the following Notice of Complaint:

Name: Neil Lennon, Celtic FC
Match: Celtic v Heart of Midlothian (William Hill Scottish Cup) - 15th April 2012
Disciplinary Rule(s) allegedly breached: Rules 203, 68 and 71
Principal Hearing Date: Thursday, 10th May 2012

Mr. Lennon has until Thursday, 3rd May 2012 to respond to the Notice of Complaint.

Rule 203: No member of Team Staff shall commit Misconduct at a match, including but not limited to committing acts of the kind described in the Schedule of Offences in Annex C (including where there is aggravation by any factor, including but not limited to prolongation of the incident; combination of different offences; continued use of offensive, abusing and/ or insulting language and/or behaviour; calling a match official a cheat and/ or calling a match official’s integrity into question; failure to comply with a match official’s requests; adoption of aggressive behaviour towards a match official; any racist, sexist, sectarian and/or otherwise discriminatory element; and the degree of any physical violence), breaching the Post Match Protocol and committing Unacceptable Conduct.

Rule 68: No recognised football body, club, official, Team Official or other member of Team Staff, player or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA, shall in an interview, a ‘blog’ on the internet, on a social networking or micro-blogging site, or in any other manner calculated or likely to lead to publicity (i) criticise the performance(s) of any or all match official(s) in such a way as to indicate bias or incompetence on the part of such match official; or (ii) make remarks about such match official(s) which impinge on his character. For the avoidance of doubt this rule applies (i) whether reported to the Scottish FA by a referee for misconduct or otherwise, and (ii) where remarks are brought to the Scottish FA’s attention, or of which the Scottish FA becomes aware, by whatever manner or means.

Rule 71: A recognised football body, club, official, Team Official, other member of Team Staff, player or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall, at all times, act in the best interests of Association Football and shall not act in any manner which is improper.

 

[RAB - P]

Two men who sent suspect packages to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and two high-profile fans of the club have each been jailed for five years.

Trevor Muirhead, 44, and Neil McKenzie, 42, from North Ayrshire, sent devices they believed were capable of exploding and causing injury.

The men were found guilty of conspiracy to assault Mr Lennon, former MSP Trish Godman and the late Paul McBride QC.

Sentence on both men was backdated to May 2011.