The Football League in England have woken up to the notion that they do not have a working business model. Solidarity payments from the FA Premier League’s new TV deal will earn Championship clubs £2.3m a season (considerably more than Celtic will receive from TV for winning the SPL), with League One sides earning £324k and League Two sides earning £250k.
Unfortunately, for those hoping to establish a well-balanced and competitive structure, parachute payment to those relegated from the Premier League will earn each club £69m (£23m in year one, £18m in year two and £9m in years three and four).
The Guardian report that today Championship clubs are expected to warn the Premier League that they risk permanently damaging the “integrity of the Football League” by increasing parachute payments to the proposed level. An unusual case of a group asking for some of its members to receive less money.
The Football League doesn’t have a viable business model. Clubs spend unsustainable amounts of money trying to attain the riches of the Premier League, where they can add zeros to both income and expenditure. Most fail and many of them plummet down the divisions. Even those who drop into the Championship with parachute payments (albeit at the old level) find deleveraging too difficult.
The SPL doesn’t have a viable business model either. They should be talking to the Football League and see what benefits could accrue from working together.
10 years ago tonight:
Liverpool 0-2 Celtic
Bang! Celtic are in a European semi final.
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buick makane 19:46
You should have shown him a quicker way :-)
hail hail
67Heaven
Hope you are well. Just wanted to say that many on here deliberately do not listen to SSB and would appreciate not having the programme’s content posted here nightly almost by each caller to the show.
I’m sure if our host thought this was something that would enhance this site then he’d include a direct link to the station and indeed would extol the programme’s virtues from a Celtic perspective on a regular basis. No?
buick makane
20:02 on
20 March, 2013
probably true googybhoy but at least you can see what your gettin charged in a hackney,guy that i used to know regularly boasted about overcharging punters in his taxi coz he didnt have a meter
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All Private Hire in Manchester has to have a meter.
Think you may have been picked up by an unlicensed car.
“at least you can see what your gettin overcharged in a hackney”.
I always ask for a price from the controller.
Jackie mac-enjoy.
hamiltontim
19:13 on
20 March, 2013
What’s the earliest we can win the league?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
12.00 kick-off……… I’ll close the door on my way out….
All depends on which taxi you Hail Hail….
What is the purpose of a boundary charge in black hacks?
Just a rip off by licensing authorities?
googybhoy
ive never seen a meter in a glasgow private taxi
though ive been in ones outside glasgow that do
buick makane
I always use a driver I can trust, if your out in the town give him a ring about half an hour before you want to get home, gives you time to get another beer.. o))
I just read interesting translation from Forbes posted on Russian website on Spartak Moscow.
Could be interesting news for biggest critics of Celtic FC policy.
Leonid Fedun pumped 1 billion USD into the club since 2004 the year he took over the club.
Celtic knocked that “giant” back from CL last year. My Legia knocked them back from League Europe year earlier.
oldtim
just organising a wee drink when you are back overnight..
HT
Its on my list. … Along with
Q… Is that a doughtnut or a meringue?
A… No you were right the first time :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x_esO5rjfA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
2 3. 4
Nothing matters after this
They can scheme all they want we are celtic
ntassoolla
20:08 on 20 March, 2013
I remember taking a taxi in London year’s ago and suspected he was taking me on a wee tour…..he charged me £20………I said “see that Policeman over there…..if you don’t want me to ask him to check exactly what you should have charged me, you’d better have a wee re-think”………..”£10″……..LOL ( my Company actually pay, but I wasn’t having any of his shoite.
blantyretim
20:14 on 20 March, 2013
buick makane
I always use a driver I can trust, if your out in the town give him a ring about half an hour before you want to get home, gives you time to get another beer.. o))
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Give me a ring three hours before you want to go home and enjoy another dozen beers.
:>}
the boy jinky
20:18 on 20 March, 2013
That’s nearly as auld as me…….ahahahahahahahahahahahah
If ever we doubt how deep the corruption of Scottish football is sinking then may I suggest listening back to the podcast of tonight SSB ,were the pundits openly opined on tearing up the rules to get sevco 2012 into the SPL ASAP too save Scottish football .
The story seems to be that sevco 2012 must be put into the 2nd 12 of the 12-12-18 set up as they should not be in the bottom tier again ,it of course has nothing to do with chuckles prospectus promise of a 20% rise in ST revenue next season (to,I think £400)
to stop the sevco 2012 business plan from flat lining and the fact the sevconians don,t fancy watching the same dross and being charged an extra £140 for the privelidge .
Here’s a radical plan to save Scottish football ,why don’t we abide by the rules for once and tell sevco 2012 to buy cheaper players on cheaper wages that they can afford on the cheaper ST prices in the third tier of Scottish football next season after their promotion from the 4th tier .
As for the sevconians ,what ever happened to we want to work our way through the leagues ,sums them up really more faces than the town hall clock and never to be trusted
googy
when you up the road? o))
TBJ
My favourite is……
Q…How do you sell a caravan to a midget?
(Look towards the ground)
Do ye want to buy a caravan?
67
The donut must be stale by now
Btw… what about all the dafties driving to embra for krispy kreme donuts …
67Heaven and anyone else – always ask for a price in London.
I do. If on arrival he tries it on I don’t tip.
Most areas of London it’s £5 minimum and that covers 2 miles, except in heavy traffic.
London’s roads are surprisingly quick after 21:00.
BTW 67Heaven did you ask him for a receipt for twenty?
HT
Ive never heard that one before. .. but as im only 4′ 10″ I guess folk might get a wee bit embarrassed if they told it to me ;)
Was up on Saturday . Was on on a tight schedule so missed out in meeting up at the gazebo and at the FiveWays with Vmhan.
Had to meet up with a mate that have not seen in 25 years and ended up in a Black Cab from Charing Cross to the match at about 2.15.
Next time will be more leisurely.
Who was the last man to box benny lynch
The undertaker ;)
good idea BT might give it some thought tho ahll definitely be giving googybhoy a phone when we are on champions league duty in manchester next season;)
jinkster
thought he was a wrestler?
Bt
Naw… that was shirley crabtree ;)
Back in late January in a moment of boredom I wrote to my MP asking if he was aware of and was prepared to support George Galloway’s EDM re the hun ripping off the tax payer. Seven weeks later and still no response. So, in another moment of boredom yesterday I wrote again, this time adding in a section asking for his thoughts on the Glasgow police acting like bully boy thugs on Saturday. What dya know, here’s his response.
“Dear Mr Gonof Rust,
Thank you for your email. I note what you say.
I receive a very large number of emails and whilst I try and answer all those from constituents I cannot guarantee that the occasional one slips through the net. In any event I have no recollection of seeing your original email.
I would have to confess that the convoluted story of Rangers FC is not one that I have followed closely . Their tax affairs are a matter for HMRC who have pursued it through the courts. I do not think George Galloway’s EDM really adds anything to what can be done.
As regards your concerns regarding policing I have not seen the footage your refer to and cannot really comment on that specific matter. In general terms, however, I understand that the problem with this march was that they failed to get a licence which is required in terms of legislation introduced by the previous government. I also understand that none of the arrests made were in terms of the “anti sectarian” legislation but was for other offences that were already criminal offences.
Policing is, however, a devolved matter and if you have concerns in this area you may wish to take it up with your MSP Graeme Dey who can be contacted at graeme.dey.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Yours sincerely,
Mike Weir MP
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That’s the politest “get tae f**k” I’ve had in quite some time. I think I’ll write again next time I’m bored and copy Mr Dey in for a bit of a wheeze too. Might as well make the lazy b******ds work for their money.
Fergus -I see the mantra of “we’ll never play in the SPL” & “enjoying the journey” is becoming ……”tiresome” to coin a phrase.
The Boy Jinky
20:25 on
20 March, 2013
HT
Ive never heard that one before. .. but as im only 4′ 10″ I guess folk might get a wee bit embarrassed if they told it to me ;)
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Oops :-)
Fergus- The only reason they don’t want them in the SPL is because they will lose every week. We can’t have that.
So they will settle for SPL2 but only if the SFA forget about the punishment to allow them to buy players to win it.
This is what passes for serious discussion on the corruption that is Scottish football.
ceiler gonof rust- finger on the pulse that guy.
I cannot believe that Liverpool game was 10 years ago. I was sitting in the main stand with brothers Charlie and Pat, surrounded by Liverpool fans, one guy in particular right behind me was giving Big Bad John a terrible time of it, calling him all the big fat Bassas of the day.
After his wonder goal I turned to him and said “Not bad for a big fat Bastard, eh?” He never said another word during the game, ha ha.
What a night we had……magic
Hearing approaches have been made to Walter Brennan to play Bertie Auld also Alec Baldwin is interested in playing the role of Peter Lawell in the upcoming new film about Celtic fc,and with Daniel Day lewis as well cant wait. Victor Mclaghlan as Big Vic Wanyama is my tip for a bafta ;)))
Evening all.
I gather that Radio Clyde’s flagship (laughter) sports’ show Super Scoreboard – complete with its theme tune stolen from ITV’s coverage of the 1974 World Cup- is now on a nightly basis suggesting that Zombie FC be fastracked ( as I believe it’s known) to at least the 2nd tier of Scottish football. I’d imagine the red tops have enlisted in this campaign
Has anybody asked them why the campaign to the promote this shower has gathered pace since that self same shower was embarrassed by the 7th placed team in the SPL a few weeks ago in the Scottish Cup?
Lunatics, taken over, asylum.
Jimbo
Lets have a thought for Charles;
Last year he thought he had a deal with Huncaster/regan and would be in the SPL next season – bummer.
Then he thought he would be in a different SFL league next season to increase ST cash – bummer.
Then he thought with league reconstruction he could bribe his way to another flight above the normal process – bummer
This guy is as good at commerce as his manager is at football management.
Perfect mixture……………………………..
Bada bing, he might have his finger on something but it ain’t the pulse.
It’s heartening to see our elected members take such an active role in their constituents concerns:-)