As we reported yesterday, Celtic have been busy buying up land around the periphery of the stadium for many years. The club managed to get the deal to buy land behind the Jock Stein Stand done before the mineral seam running below it was discovered. I hear the excavation rights are estimated to be worth £50m to Celtic, who bought the land for £3m in January 2009 with money which had been earmarked to buy Stephen Fletcher. Hibernian thought the Fletcher deal was done but Celtic pulled out at the last minute when the land deal became available due to an emergency cash requirement at the Council, who needed to build schools to educate children arriving in the city from Eastern Europe.
Back then, when I asked why we weren’t signing Fletcher a senior source at the club told me, “We can only spend that £3m once and we need the land for burger vans and stuff.” Before kick-off, fans currently go off-premises to spend their money, cash that could be going to Celtic. Source added, “We’ll be able to buy a Fletcher every year with the catering income we’ll make from this land deal.”
Made sense at the time, makes more sense now.
That £50m is due to arrive in time to get the Co-op off our case and leave a substantial amount available to deal with what could be the first season we ever face Sevco- keeping them in their place.
Good luck to the Celtic fans based in North America ahead of the Féile on the weekend of 17-19 January. Events are based at The Plough & Stars, Philidelphia, include live music, a tour of the An Gorta Mor Memorial, a live Beyond the Waves broadcast and a Q&A with Celtic Youth Coach, Willie McNabb.
Visit ploughbhoyscsc.com for more details, including how to secure accommodation.
[calameo code=000390171ece27dd9e54e lang=en page=98 hidelinks=1 width=100% height=500]
1,140 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- ...
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- ...
- 30
- »
Cowiebhoy…….
Shhhhhhhhhh…….
They’re watching you even though you just might have heard right.
ALLEDGEDLY
ThomasHitzelspergerBrightonSC
Great save by Forster.
Izzy caught sleeping. They should have scored
VVD gave it away they almost score.
Zaluska even
They have a decent chance just wide.
ALLEGEDLY
Neg Anon..seriously
Amido lookin like a young didier drogba
Impressive performance so far against a decent Europa league team. This is our level at the moment and I for one would like to see us get a run in the europa’s next year after finishing 3rd in our CL group. Think we may do well.
Balde, Pukki and Forrest looking good. Sadly derk looks like he’d rather be in the treatment room.
T4, would rather see him sign a twenty year contract, he can name his price.
BhoyLo83, nice to see someone get with the program.
Great save by Zaluska after ball played in behind Izzy and the dud VVD!
T4
Forster is so good he saves when he isn’t playing;-)
The Turkish have finally turned up.
quonno
18:53 on 9 January, 2014
No Board is perfect……. and hindsight is a wonderful thing…..we’re moving forward fine….!!!!
The ball canons of an out of position VVD.
Just lucky!
Cowiebhoy
Anyone heard that our Head of Police in Scotland has an injunction out on the media, allegedly, ! so I was told today, was informed he enjoys visiting Brighton, allegedly,mwhatever that means :-)
I think you misheard, it was actually BRIGTON
Crowd noise in Turkey indicates that the crowd on the same side as the camera is a lot more substantial than the side viewed by the camera. Could have been one or two yellows issued but none yet. Some meaty tackles going in. Pukki looking better than usual. VVD strolling through it.
HH
The officials are a tad scottish like
doc
18:50 on 9 January, 2014
VVD having a nightmare, total dud.
StoptellingthemhowgoodheisCSC
Can’t get a skwerr sausage but by all accounts on the twinternet, VVD is rank rotten .
neganon2 @ 18:54 on 9 January, 2014
I’m not going to mention St Mirren. Its my new year resolution.
You’ve been awfy quiet since Sunday’s thrashing.
James is enjoying himself
Glendalystonsils…..
Injunctions and BRIGTON?
Nah…..that’s Sleazdale you’re thinking of.
great goal pukki
Get in
HH
We get Pukki!
can i have raspberry on that champions league ice cream
19:01 on 9 January, 2014
Watching him now, longing for the days of Tebily or Hoiveld.
Good goal Teemu.
Great goal by Pukki
Pukki!!!!
Brilliant goal by Pukki!
Puuuukiiii
Pukki scores!!! Great strike!
T4
1-0 Pukki
Great strike from edge of box into bottom corner
pukki scores a nice goal.
A cracker from Pukki. What a striker.
Whose the new guy?…fine strike
PUKKI
Next to score will be VVD