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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billy bhoy 05
22:00 on 9 January, 2014
Big Nan
A guid yin
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Goodness me..what have we got here!
HH
tommytwiststommyturns
22:02 on 9 January, 2014
big nan – I was joking with that comment, but it’s beginning to sound as if the gent concerned has compromised his position! If true, then he’s obviously on borrowed time.
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Yep he must be, arise Sir Steven…..!
HH
billy bhoy 05
22:02 on 9 January, 2014
Micktt
Couldn’t argue with you on Bobby: a truly world class player…,And an Icon
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See, we always end up agreeing..;-)
HH
billy bhoy…
The south stand is already the James McGrory stand!
sevco shares looking like a good bet.
You can get 32 pence for sevco shares or 30p for a ginger bottle.
MickTT
22:01 on 9 January, 2014
gerrybhoy
21:57 on 9 January, 2014
Bobby Lennox the Buzz Bomb Stand sounds good to me.
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Gerrybhoy, was typing there never saw that till I posted, great minds…
HH
Bobby was so mercurially quick, he was given offside when………….. eh……..he wisnae
WorldClass-StrikerCSC
Just rocked up to work, had a wee look at the goals on 101GG, couple of cracking strikes from Pukki and Balde and a smashing front post cross from Emilio, keep it going Bhoys, fair sets me up for the day.
AR
garygillespieshamstring
But the ginger bottle is more likely to retain its value, Hehehehe.
Have I misunderstood the police references? I thought the point was humiliating Brigton rather than Brighton and had been caught at an orange walk in the same way as mccluskey the ex ref from Ayrshire.
billy bhoy 05 @ 21:47 on 9 January, 2014
Previously you said:
“That’s simply why everyone that bought shares .…… lost most of their investment.”
Is that true?
If I “invested” £1000 in Celtic shares at the outset, and sold them today what is my total “loss”?
If I invested £1200 split between ordinary shares and cumulative preference shares what is my investment worth?
OK i’ll cut to the chase. The fact is I think you are wrong. Most who “invested” originally haven’t lost anything.
You sound sure about your argument. I think you are wrong and you should correct your error. I’ll correct my contention if you are correct.
Doc
How very true.You might be able to help suggest cost cutting measures down sevconians way with such a sharp financial analysis.
Going to visit my Investment adviser tomorrow to buy Sevco shares
https://twitter.com/edwardrice1/status/421404759703031808/photo/1
garygillespieshamstring
22:08 on
9 January, 2014
sevco shares looking like a good bet.
You can get 32 pence for sevco shares or 30p for a ginger bottle.
three shares for a bottle of irn bru and 30 pence back on return……
garygillespieshamstring
They are doing fine without any input from me:-)
I just hope they manage to keep on going the way they have been.
DoonthepanforthemCSC
Read the comments on hear about the football , glad we’re talking football and thanks to the guys for putting up links to the goals 2 sweet finishes , I watched the programme about the dolphins absolutely amazing footage ….oops back to football matters , reducing the numbers for the Aberdeen game might be a bit prema imo
Quick quiz question if anyone’s interested.
Can you name the two managers who have managed 5 different clubs in the EPL?
Comparing sevco shares with a gingy boatle is nonsense.
Glass Irn bru bottle is much more functional…. could fill it with petrol and put a cloth rag in the top .. Light the rag and throw it in a luxury coach.
Ask the easdales ;)
Perhaps the greatest ill of the SNP govt is allowing the polis in the guise of CC House to frame the law
A significant line was crossed and we’re left with the bastard child of the process ….OB Act
Unfortunately Salmond et al are too conceited to accept the error of their ways
Has Neg Anon been back on demanding to know where the Burger van money went?
Prestonpansbhoys
Irn bru is truly liquid gold
TCC
Allardyce
TBJ Praying for Oscar Knox
22:22 on
9 January, 2014
Wiz that a 6 county cocktail????????/
Allardice must be one….still thinkin
Souness, Redknapp.MArk Hughes
the comfortable collective
Hughes and Rednap
Or Redknapp
Ron Atkinson must be there or there abouts
Yeah, Hughes has managed everything that walks and talks :-))
And the answer is………………………………………………………………… ??
PFayr
I agree about the OB act, I believe the problem with Salmond is the huge majority they have in Holyrood, PR was not meant to produce such results.
Hughes ..defo
Roy Hodgson
So thats
Sourness, REdnapp.Hughes, Atkinson and Hodgson?
Dalglish?
Rednapp …defo
Read the question before answering
Prestonpans
The typical zombie cant county 6
Slaps heid