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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leftclicktic
Very good. I’m glad Broonie is taking an interest in going into coaching – might help his own awareness on the pitch (not a dig at him). Do I remember rightly that Paul Lambert started his coaching badges at Celtic albeit he was about 34 at the time?
leftclicktic,
Is that 2-1 to the young hoops then?
Paul, can you give any insight into the reaction from Celtic when pundits and presenters such as McCann and Tanner attempt to character assasinate our players, management and fans
sipsini
Yip sir
1-2 H-T
Good evening friends. Bit chilly out there.
Jobo, that has to be the most comprehensive and detailed weather forecast you`ve ever given on here!!
leftclicktic,
Cheers mate, five more will do;))
Good evening jobo.
Bobby Russell –
I DON’T DO FORECASTS!!!!! ;-)
I seem to remember that the 9th December is the date that BDO are finally going to put the old RFC out of its misery – un coup de grace as it were (rather that a loving cup…).
Anybody got any idea how this official liquidation will be announced, and what will its effect be on current affairs concerning the newco (SFA, Ashley, etc) ?
AWeeBitInZeDark CSC
Been meaning to get this off my chest for the past couple of days.
Did anyone catch the very end of the Sky coverage on Sunday where Tanner had the audacity to end with Arthur Montford’s ole parting shot “Goodbye for the present”. Saying those 4 words is just about all that Tanner will ever have in common with the late great Arthur.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr
ps Sipsini – thank you sir ;-)
lct
20’s sorry Still 2-1??
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
Yes
a mean no
58 GOAL!!!! Twardzik makes it 3-1!!!
Dallas
If your about.
Info released today that National Library of Ireland today. It is putting its entire collection of Catholic Parish records from 1740 to 1900 (baptismal, marriage et al) on line by June 2015. These records in conjunction with the 1901 Census( and every subsequent one) should enable you to trace your family history from the comfort of your well padded armchair.
There is going to be a dedicated website to this effect.
HH
Ps
Go on the 20s against the deadiyens.
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
McMullan & Tierney had already missed sitters to increase lead.
Did you see my post about NO2 daughter laughing at her boyfriends wee pal fae Carnbroe ” Leasing his first place, a beautiful Quarter villa”
Or renting a 4 in a block flat to me & her :))))))))
Annnnnnnnnnd so it begins newclub same tactics
60 Dykes sees red for the home side for a rash challenge on Tierney.
Apologies if it has been discussed before, but is there anything we can do for Des Bishop after the dreadful abuse he took on Twitter after visiting Celtic Park last week?
clogher celt- can you expand on that mate?
Well done to the young team tonight.
But the reporting is rubbish (up to ) 6 minutes between tweets………….
Sack Lawwell, I say
Just wondering, how come you never see the headline “Phsycic win lottery.
KINGLuBO
Bb
Another Shortbread hatchet job on Guidetti.
2 studio Hundits called it a dive .
I think Chic called it a ‘contrived slip’ then goes on to say that knowing that it was not a penalty that JG should have taken the moral high ground and missed intentionally !!
Of course defenders should also notify the ref when he has missed their trip, handball etc.
This is laying the groundwork for JG to be targeted by MiB for the rest of the season.
Peter Houston called it a slip last night but has to qualify his statement by stating his Hearts credentials (8years) so that he would not be accused of bias because of his scouting role last year at Celtic.
Funny how we never hear a Hundit having to qualify his ‘position’ when supporting the goings on at Goat Central.
The Onlooker
Jeez 9 minutes now, must be down to the downsizing of bandwidth.
Sack Ronny and the board.
Bada
John Bishop tweeted a picture of himself in the managers chair at Celtic Pk. Both he and his family had to suspend their twitter accounts as a result of the abuse received from Sevconians.
HH
Bada Bing-
It was John Bishop. He visited Celtic Park last week while in Glasgow on his tour.
He posted some pics of himself in Celtic Park on Twitter. Cue an avalanche of vile abuse directed at him from angry Huns.
His wife’s twitter was besieged by the baying orcs too.
It was so bad that both John Bishop and his wife closed their twitter accounts.
Of course as it’s offensive communications Focus will be on the case…..
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
Nothing for 12 mins since sending off :))))
72 Thomson flashes a shot inches wide as Tierney is replaced by Nesbitt.
Tonight I will mainly be supporting Inverness, Newcastle, Man Utd, Liverpool and Swansea. 10 shillings investment.
the glorious balance sheet
“vile abuse directed at him from angry Huns”.
Think you are mistaken matey, show me where the identity of the alleged perpetrators was mentioned in papers.
79 Henderson curls a shot wide from distance.
sixtaeseven
19:04 on 2 December, 2014
Good question……..I’ve been wondering about that also……sooner the better, then I can change my moniker slightly…….HH
83 GOAL!!! Jamie Lindsay makes it 4-1!!!
We want 7 ,we want 7
4-1 the young Hoops!
Intae thum!
HH!!
OLD TIM. You must be an esteemed customer at the BV if they let you bring your own bevvy:-) Or since its a Rioja it raises the tone of the establishment//
leftclicktic
19:37 on 2 December, 2014
Where’s the game on, please? ….can’t find it on Celtic TV
Thanks for replies bhoys,Des Bishop threw me.I read it ,par for the course for these bigots.Hope JB puts it out to a wider audience.Vermin.
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon ….The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
just twitter updates bud
https://twitter.com/celticfc
87 GOAL!!! Henderson makes it 5-1!!! The midfielder knocks in the rebound after Twardzik’s shot is saved. Celtic running riot at Murray Park0 replies27 retweets11 favorites