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.
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Quality goal from Pulkki
Shot from around 22 yds into the corner.
doc
19:02 on 9 January, 2014
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.
Doc
Is that code for VVD is pants?
He aint a penalty box striker ye see
B-)
Great strike fae Pukki.
The Brighton thing has been mentioned before, as has an affair with a male cop
Pukki score s a well deserved goal
Hopefully that will do him the world of good…. What was sol bamba doing there? :-) Looked like an attempted drop kick….
Poor goalkeeping there,Pukki from 22yds,how embarrassing for the Goalie eh ;))
HH
Decent game so far
TBB Brian Maule
I don’t know much about him but have eaten in Chardon d’ once. As I walked in I noticed a personal and professional friend who turned out to be the head chef.He ordered for us food came very poorly cooked.Staff are very uptight and standoffish.80’s service and 80.s food which would be ok foodwise if it was executed well. The tasting menu could tempt me back but probably to many flaws on first visit to entice me
Pukki just did what Joe Ledley does at least four times a season…….
Get his contract extended or sell him now while his stock is high haha
Bhoylo83
30 goals a season from outside the penalty box will do me<)
Cmon Celtic this is the best we have played for a while.Particularly at home.
can i have raspberry on that champions league ice cream
No need for code, the fellas brutal, we need to keep him to carry the hampers though;-)
Lalalalala Bamba
2:0 pressure by Balde
Balde scores 2-0
And again
HH
Celtic score again!
Over on FF they’re voting NO because it’s all a big catholic conspiracy.
And the catholics over on CQN are voting NO because they’ll be persecuted by the OO, who’ll be running the country.
Kinda sums up everything that’s wrong and rotten with this country.
Balde goal! Our new strikeforce?
Almost an o.g. from Turkish defender there…..and then an actual o.g.!!!
2-0!
T4
OG an OG big ex Hibee
Celtic playing well 2-0 OG
Actually it was an OG
Cross from Izzaguire sliced into the net by Bamba
That was some run and some ball to Izzy.
OG 2 – 0
Im giving it to Balde…
Jeez I, did you not get it, Lalalalalala Bamba!
DubaiBhoy (nee LondonBhoy)
19:05 on
9 January, 2014
Hopefully that will do him the world of good…. What was sol bamba doing there? :-) Looked like an attempted drop kick….
Saw that was hilarious
Zaluska out well to clear there
own goal Trabonsor. At least I think it was although commentator said it was Amido.
VVD looking great.
Delight in Turkey ;)),looks like we can actually play fitba`,some will be disappointed.
HH
Our defense is getting ripped apart here.
Despite the scoreline, shocking stuff, indeed Ambrose is almost as bad as VvD.
That Bosingwa (sp?) what a waster.
Shot from James saved. He is going past their LB like he’s not there
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