I know many of us are annoyed that a Celtic player, who didn’t appeal for a foul, is not being charged for inappropriately looking for one, is headline news today. This is all a consequence of Sky Sports pundit Neil McCann’s insistence that John Guidetti cheated, while he simultaneously acknowledged Guidetti didn’t actually claim for a penalty.
TV analysis can enrich viewers’ appreciation of the game, but it has to carry a degree of responsibility too.
Those of us from Scotland will be familiar with the summertime noise of a scramble – pennies dropping all around you. It’s a wedding-day tradition, when the father of the bride throws coins into the street for kids to collect as he and the bride leave for the ceremony.
Today’s story in the Record, lifted from a fans’ group, that newco Rangers receive approximately 75p for every £10 spent with Rangers Retail, the joint-venture between the football club and Mike Ashley, must have had pennies dropping everywhere.
These figures are for last season, so predate whatever new arrangement Ashley was able to negotiate for the return of stadium naming rights. We’ve covered this point before, but it’s worth reiterating:
Football clubs are in fact a series of business units. Few make a profit over any business cycle but there are profitable business units inside every club, including retail, trackside advertising, media rights and kit deals.
Football operations almost always lose money. The considerable cost of operating a stadium, recruiting and employing footballers (and occasionally a manager on an onerous contract) isn’t met by ticket sales, even at community football level.
The club accounts detail how much financial control Ashley has over newco’s profitable revenue streams, from retail, to kit supply to trackside advertising. The true consequences of forming the with investors looking for a financial return, as newco did in 2012, should now be apparent.
If the club has a future it will have to survive pretty much on ticket sales alone. As we’ve covered before, when you need to pay circa £17m p.a. to open the doors at a club which will occasionally house 50,000 spectators, and your gate receipts and hospitality sales totalled £12.3m last season, you have a chronic problem.
Even if ticket sales doubled in value, there would still leave only around £7m to pay for football operations, a figure the likes of Kilmarnock can survive on, but you have to wonder if a ‘Rangers’ brand is viable at that level?
Does this sound like a viable football club to you? If so, let’s see how it looks after Ashley has his pound of flesh for financing the second half of the season. No wonder fans are so keen to stop him.
I see newco have appointed WH Ireland as their nominated advisers, a name you may be familiar with. Back in May 2012, Kitalba, with an astonishing degree of understatement (“It couldn’t be clearer”), noted here in the comments section the breadcrumb trail between Craig Whyte, a whole series of his companies and associates, and the aforementioned WH Ireland. It’s worth a 15 minute read.
It’s the big Glasgow derby tomorrow and Celtic sponsor Magners have offered us two premium seats in the Jock Stein Stand. All you need to do to win the seats is to email me the name of our opponents, at celticquicknews@gmail.com
Competition closes at 22:00 tonight, so check your email thereafter. Tickets can be collected from the ticket office before the game.
Planning is underway for Mary’s Meals to build a kitchen Chibwata Primary School, Dowa, Malawi, which we in the CQN community have committed to paying for. We have already built three school kitchens in Malawi this year, so I am sure we will complete this one sometime over the coming months.
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Many thanks.
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Alloa are 7/1 tomorrow at home to orcs..
This season alone we have seen selective media driven campaigns, aimed at vilifying Derk, Alek and John Guidetti.
Meanwhile, in one game at Tynecastle last week, there were two obvious cases of cheating that ne’er raised a whimper from scribe or pundit.
However, what this gas done is presented Tonev’s lawyer with a blatant case of victimisation against him and the club.
I believe that the Hampden beaks will have their dinners served up to them on a cold plate.
Perhaps this is the reason that Celtic are holding fire on the Mc.Cann / Spanner initiative.
The rope may just be long enough.
Winning it in our final year would be the ideal scenario. That would be the dream ticket.”
Tempting fate there Ally…
Burghbhoy/ Lymmbhoy
I was beginning to think it was a bit of a myth, the story
was that Jock would not let him wear them during a game
as he did not want him thinking he was better than the rest
of the team and i notice there is no pics of him wearing
them in a game.
As you know Jinky was my absolute hero and i feel sorry
for all you younger guys who never seen him play and i’ll
say it till the day i die there will never be a better player on
this planet and we were all outraged at the Gomis tackle at
the weekend well the wee man endured those type of tackles
every game and especially against the dark side so thank
you for the replys.
H.H Mick
‘Winning it in our final year would be the ideal scenario’
-are they headin’ for the ole Liquidizer again?
!!Bada Bing!!
22:08 on
2 December, 2014
Rangers manager Ally McCoist braced for fire-sale – Telegraph http://t.co/nHCsxQbKk9 great news can’t wait
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Fire sale? Is it 2 or 3-bar fires they’re getting rid of? Them dressing rooms will be cauld…
embramike-TET-Some beauties in that article, clear to see the filter that is Jack Irvine, is off the Sevco payroll
DBBIA@21 34.
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk..
I thought good but not great.For me – -it didn’t match the hype..I enjoyed his Brief Encounters With Che Guevara more..
Think my Book of the year might be – H for Hawk.
Gearoid, thanks for that information, its very much appreciated added to my joy of us beating the tribute act under twenties. Its a pity we never got a seventh goal.
Thanks again for your help.
Saltires of this manor is my cousin on my dad’s side and has done a fare bit of background work on my dad’s family, his gran was my dad’s aunt.
ttt
Ever the optimist >}
I very much doubt the club will do anything, just par for the course.
But, as ever the but, the establishment are doing a great job all by themselfs >}
HH
None of those quotes are actually from Ally. Either that or editors have decided to shorten their articles by dropping each “to be honest” from print.
BT-9/1 betvictor…..
Sally mentioning their ‘final year’ mmmmmmm.
Greenbingley
They still have Murraypark signs up at err Murraypark.
The Rangers were described in Ewing Graeme’s article as “..the financially challenged Championship club.” Understatement of the year from a guy who has a first name for a second name and vice versa. Hmmmm
Well done to the young hoops versus the spawn of beelzibub. Thats why fat mccoist doesnt play their youth, because they’re shite.
Thanks to bada bing for helping me with a couple of work issues today.
Celtic
Embramike, Bada Bing and Auldheid thanks for your replies. I await with interest the possibility of a reply from JPT.on the Mc Cann/Tanner issue.
Bada Bing…tried to find Compliance Officer’s email on SFA website but did not find it. Perhaps its my age.
BCW
They have just shown their youth talent at Murray Park tonight. Sinclair must stay!
TET,
Being an optimist is ingrained in the celtic supporter…….at least it used to be.
What is it we preach? Oh aye, Keep the Faith!
: > )
Don’t know what is funnier.
The Union of Fans, the Sons of Struth, The Rangers FC Trust, Rangers Supporters Assembly, Rangers supporters Trust
…….. or this ……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WboggjN_G-4
Good night and hail hail
ACGR-Anytime mate, will email you in morning. HH
thomthethim for oscar ok
22:23 on 2 December, 2014,
Hope your right with “the enough rope”, it’s time our board spoke up in defence of our (their) players….if you repeat a lie often enough it will stick like mud. HH
Tin foil heid getting more airtime to spout his lies on STV again
7.5p for every £10?
Isn’t that about what the old club offered the creditors in the CVA?
TTT
Faith of our Fathers.
We will be true to thee!
a ceiler gonof rust
ACGR
22:42 on 2 December, 2014
Well done to the young hoops versus the spawn of beelzibub. Thats why fat mccoist doesnt play their youth, because they’re shite.
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The simple answer is usually the correct one.
You are a genius young man!
;-)
HH jamesgang
Bloody Norah
Is it STV or RTV ?
Who cares aboot some shops :-)
Chris Graham discussing finance on Scotland Tonight, hee hee hee
Back to Basics
Soon we’ll be getting the United Reformed Union of Fans and the Wee Free Sons of Strewth.
Must have been a bitter sweet night for young Paul George at Murray Park tonight.
2 years ago Paul was one of the jewels in our youth team until Lewis McLeod shattered his leg in a sickening tackle. I had just watched him play at Paradise v Barcelona youths in the Wee CL and he was outstanding – even drawing praise from the Barca manager in our media.
2 years on and Paul’s career has stalled while the hun is getting rave reviews and has famously graduated to carrying the hamper in to Hampden for the national team. Hope the wee turd got a skelf!
Incidentally, does Ashley not also own Puma ?
connaire12-There is a new Compliance Officer mate, not sure who it is.Hope you make it back to CP soon .HH
How does this half-wit Tin-foil Heid get so much airtime??
HH
ttt
Times are a changin as you well know mi amigo.
When we were young fellas, the world was a very different place.
IMO it’s all about instant gratification now, people want things served up on a plate, they are not willing to wait, I know that from trying to suppliment my meger income by a few bob, unless there is a pay button, they won’t contact you for details, tis the same with the support today.
The msm have conditioned everyone for jam today.
Thankfully my head tells me that jam today is not always possible, and even tho I won’t be around, my weans and grandweans will, TAL.
Jeezo, al you have to do is to take away someones movil phone today, you would think they have lost a limb ffs, I do own one, but never use it, put in a fiver in the last 2 years tops, then I lose the fiver cos I don’t use it.
Skype is better, and mucho cheaper >}
HH
SofTUnis- I’ll check the Guevara book out.
And H is for Hawk is also on my pile for next year.
I was driving into work today,through the winter sunshine of a resplendent Shangri La’, listenin’ to the fine new Thompson collective’ Family’,and as the music faded away the music finished the sign came up for the hamlet of …Beeswing.
Will the circle be unbroken?
ger57
22:51 on
2 December, 2014
Back to Basics
Soon we’ll be getting the United Reformed Union of Fans and the Wee Free Sons of Strewth.
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Heh-heh…reminds me of the old Emo Philips joke….
Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, “Don’t do it!” He said, “Nobody loves me.” I said, “God loves you. Do you believe in God?”
He said, “Yes.” I said, “Are you a Christian or a Jew?” He said, “A Christian.” I said, “Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?” He said, “Protestant.” I said, “Me, too! What franchise?” He said, “Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?” He said, “Northern Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?”
He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.” I said, “Me, too!”
Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.” I said, “Die, heretic!” And I pushed him over.
Lymmbhoy
Some amazing pics and magazine covers on that link
brought a wee tear to my eyes, hope some of the older
cqn guys enjoyed looking at them as much as i have.
Thanks again.
H.H Mick
Scotland tonight raving about Stephs goal..