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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the good ship celtica
23:45 on 2 December, 2014
Big George’s Fan Club,
They know already. They think they are showing us their ‘no surrender’ attitude when it comes to Sevco.
They are painfully aware their club is dead.
TGSC,
Sailing On….
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If so, then good – I’d like more visible evidence of their pain and anguish though…they are the best ever example of Karma, aren’t they?
Ram it right intae them – revenge served cold right enough.
HH
BGFC
Night, night.
TET,
Ffs, kids read this site:))
Goodnight mate.HH
BGFC
I want to see that glorified Victorian lavvy on Edmiston Drive bulldozed and flattened. Think I will before I die.
mncelt
Glad you loved those pics of Jinky that Lymmbhoy
posted as much as i did what memories they brought
back, i always said if Jinky had the protection that the
players get from refs nowadays( except Scudland ) no
team would have had enough money to buy him.
H.H Mick
Big Cup Winners,
Exactly. They know. And they know if the subject is even broached their ‘arguments’ would be blown out of the water.
It is a matter of time. Their grandchildren will be Celtic supporters.
TGSC,
Sailing On….
TGSC
How is Frantic? Tell my auld pal to post more. All my family & friends are praying.
TET,
First hump?
Have you gone from Quasimodo to a dromedary ?
Good evening all.
Must apologise for my post the other night. I have massive feeling regards religion, agreeing with it does nothing for me. How many Christians have been slaughtered in our recent history? Someone please come up with an answer. Sorry ghuys, I cannot match this with…
Offski now.
Weefra HH praying to……….The Wee Mhan.
Young bhoys victory sadly not on celtic tv
Great result from them.
Over to the big bhoys now to repeat it.
Every single one of them knows the 1872 club died.
They’ve gone into major denial mode, coming up with all sorts of cock and bull, the funniest being…’yous are a new club too, Pacific shelf something or other’.
They never will admit to us, because to them it would be conceding that we’ve won the 100 years war..
Their arrogance knows no bounds. For three years they’ve took to brainwashing each other into thinking they are the victims.
No remorse and not an ounce of compassion for the damage inflicted on Scottish football and Scottish Society.
I never want to see them again.
Weefra
Hi bud. Is all ok?
Delaney’s Dunky,
Treatment starts later this month. I’m ever the optimist and I think there is a lot of factors in his favour.
I’ll pass on your message about posting but he’s probably lurking right now. :-)
TGSC,
Sailing On….
BCW
Aye, your moniker says it all i amigo.
HH
……………….
Carnousti golfer
A fiver is a fiver ffs, and it is the walls, if the truth be known, I have nobody to talk to <{
No need for a movi here, feck me the last time I really needed one, I managed to feck that up, so movils no more.
The publishers are fighting presently, seriously, J has had offers from a couple, I am perusing the contracts, they are pyoor pish, but not as pyoor pish as some are believe me, have got back to them offering our terms, just waiting to hear back.
If the terms are not met, she will self publish, which I wanted her to do in the first place, but J reckons that she knows best, which she does, but, and the but, they have the megaphone and the clout, soon.
HH
ME
Eloquently put sir!
I agree 100%. :)
WeefratheTim
whats up sir?
HH
TGSC
You know more than I that your da has a heart of a lion. Frank will beat this. I pray.
Time to retire.
Many thanks for the pleasure of your company, as ever it’s been an education.
Think on when you are slaggin off the team, the manager, we could be huns ffs.
The suits are a different ball game, they are fair game imo >}
Sleep well Timland
Take care and god bless
HH
KTF
dena29
All will be revealed the mo. See ya at CP ramorra. Nothing to worry about, just me being an asshole because of my beliefs. Not everyones cup of tea on here. Ye know, I might just give the game a miss. The first one I will have missed this season. Ma heids nippin. KTF.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Night Night Timland.
Life really does throw some amazing challenges to the normal human being. We are really a privileged set of supporters. Let’s enjoy our greatest ERA. Time up for me. Sorry for anyone who was insulted. None where intended.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
WeefratheTim
00:14 on
3 December, 2014
dena29
All will be revealed the mo. See ya at CP ramorra. Nothing to worry about, just me being an asshole because of my beliefs. Not everyones cup of tea on here. Ye know, I might just give the game a miss. The first one I will have missed this season. Ma heids nippin. KTF.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
I’m not getting to the game tomorrow so if you need to vent get my email address off Paul
KTF hope all is well
HH
Sipsini
Thanks mate.
Goodnight and God bless all Tims.
BCW
GNGB
good night Timland
HH
dena29
Sorry, Better not answering you at the mo. Will speak at the next home game you are there. You know I will attend. KTF.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Just remember that the OBA was introduced into Scottish law that had a game….
“Speaking last Thursday, Regan described the behaviour witnessed at Celtic Park as “inflammatory and irresponsible” while claiming that “last night’s actions – which culminated in three red cards and 13 cautions in total – also re-emphasised the ongoing lack of respect for our match officials”.
culminated ..love that word..the complete stats of the game were as follows:
61% possession to 39%.
15 shots to 1
5 corners to 0
3 yellows to 7
0 reds to 3
and 55% of yeez want the Old Firm back
hell mend yeez.
WeefratheTim
00:34 on
3 December, 2014
dena29
Sorry, Better not answering you at the mo. Will speak at the next home game you are there. You know I will attend. KTF.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
ok thats a date :-)))))))))
KTF
HH
The Rangers Philosophy
dena29
Yer on Kiddo. Take care, and KTF. Luv to the family. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
WeefratheTim
00:38 on
3 December, 2014
dena29
Yer on Kiddo. Take care, and KTF. Luv to the family. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
and right back at ya :-)))))))
xx
HH
Maggie
The 45% and the non-voters are more than well represented in the group that will rush back to watch Celtic when an Ibrox club is in the league.
And the 55% are well enough represented in the group that won’t find that acceptable.
It does not work to mix both arguments.
My Time Is Up.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
WeefratheTim goodnight hope you feel better in the morning
KTF
HH
setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
00:39 on 3 December, 2014
Sorry SFTB ….not following
My previous argument is that 55% of Celtic supporters will find the Old Firm palpable unlike myself. 45% are the large minority that will not. In my opinion.
Apologies if I misunderstood you.
Weefra
take care wee man..
I think A great many Celtic supporters suffer from penalizing envy.
Almost Freudian.
How many CQN’rs does it take to screw in a light bulb?
3.
1 to screw in the light bulb and 2 to hold the pe..THE LADDER ..THE LADDER!
Maggie
The 55/45 split is inflammatory in view of the referendum result. It reads like a Yes voter claiming to be on the right side of both arguments. You should chose different ratios to avoid confusion.
good night again Timland
one more sleep
KTF
HH
setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
00:48 on 3 December, 2014
Aha.. I see..no….sorry….I was only using the 55/45 split to indicate a democracy and one most recent in all Scots minds. To me I “suspect” that the majority of Celtic supporters( who I have been reminded on CQN repeatedly of are the REAL custodians of Celtic), believe in the Old Firm, cant wait to play them again, and even support the board in such bigot pound efforts, to me are a disgrace to Celtic football club and its long honorable history.