Just two years after winning their first trophy, FC Nordsjælland from Denmark qualified for last season’s Champions League group stage. They drew one and lost five of their games and were on the receiving end of one of the Champions League’s worst ever piece of sporting behaviour, by a Shakhtar Donetsk player. Cash wise, they did all right.
They received €8.6m for reaching the group stage and €500k performance bonus but they also received 11.3m euro from the market pool. By comparison, Benfica received €2.3m, while Porto and Anderlecht each received 3.2m. Nordsjælland’s opponents in next week’s third qualifying round, Zenit, received €6m from the market pool, while Celtic received €8m.
Celtic, Nordsjælland and Ajax (€9.8m) benefited from being their country’s only participate in the group stage, and from having television deals which are comparatively better than their east European competitors (Bate Borisov earned €290k).
Juventus and Milan, being Italy’s only two representatives, cleaned up, earning €44.8m and €36.2m respectively from the market pool. By comparison, Arsenal, one of four from England, earned a more modest €15.8m.
In short, the lesson is, if you come from an small west-European league and want to earn money from the Champions League, it’s far better to be the only competitor from your territory. We shouldn’t forget this among all the complaints about having to play three qualifying rounds due to the lack of success in Europe by other Scottish clubs.
On the subject of which, good luck to St Johnstone tonight.
Gary Hooper wanted to go to Norwich City in January but the club, knowing his desire to leave Glasgow, offered a little over £2m for his services. In stepped the unintended stalking-horse, QPR boss, Harry Redknapp, who met Celtic’s valuation and forced Norwich City’s hand. City have returned to the table with an acceptable bid.
One rash club can cause havoc in the transfer market, even when they don’t buy a player.
Training for 1254125 10k is now underway. See yesterday’s article for sign-up details.
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so have st Johnston just secured more co-efficient points than all last years participants excluding celtic?
who’s our new player then?
Canamalar’s right if there’s overcrowding that’s the responsibility of the stewards and ultimately the club.
However I think it’s widely accepted that 111 is the “GB Section” and I’ll admit that it comes as a surprise to me to hear that they only number 60-70 of the section. That perception is what lands the blame at their feet. If they want to avoid that continued perception then I’m afraid they’re probably going to have to co-operate with the cessation of some of the behaviour ie the pyros, extreme lateral movement.
As I said my feeling is that the story is more about showing the club having a dialogue with the GB than anything else.
Ten minutes into reading cqn properly for the first time in ages and I’m already doing well at cqn bingo
Canalamar and another bizarre conspiracy to do with the board and the green brigade – x
Neganon expressing absolute disgust and mock outrage at the business plan that we’ve all known about and discussed to stalemate for years, mentions happy clappers – x
I’m waiting on a viscious Ernie lynch argument with someone and Sydney Tim talking about the wanyama money and lawwell’s bonus for a line.
We dont do politics…….
we only do Conservative unelected life peers
http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2013/july/lords-introduction-of-ian-livingston/
who according to
http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2013/06/25/ian-livingston-snatched-from-bt-to-become-uk-minister-of-trade/
likes his ‘charity’ work.
But don’t let your utter hypocrisy get in the way by reading the above, carry on with the myth that Celtic fans shouldn’t care or dare to have dissenting opinion.
All it takes is a couple of neds with bangers to reveal how some of the folk on here are beyond parody.
Celtic have some real undesirables among the support………some show up with bangers and others just type pish on CQN
The Boy Jinky
21:42 on
25 July, 2013
That will teach the hibs to lie down to oldco on last day of that season
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Ya jist cannae let it go, kin ya…………neither can I…whit
ur we like..
Ok let’s cut to the chase here……whoever set off the flare please go and support another team as you are not welcome by the vast majority of fans in Celtic Park.
celtic40me- House!
Valentines day
Or the day we drew 0-0 there.. shoulda had a pen at the end on naka.
Them hibees celebrated finishing 6th… and sang about stopping us winning the title.
Malmo 2nd top of their league. 5 points clear of the elves, and 16 games into their season.
Hibs are not a top 6 club and a fortnight away from domestically kicking a ball in earnest.
I’m saying nowt till.after our own Swedish “match up”.
Pat Fenlon will be lambasted for this result tonight,but surely the Hibernian players should be ashamed of their performance ,they are professional ,are they not.
I was in conversation with a former manager,and he told me that they worked all week on system etc., then after a few minutes after the game started the players appeared to forget everything that had been discussed.The average footballer is thick as mince.Hibernian footballers tonight should be ashamed of that performance.
Stairheedrammy
21:46 on
25 July, 2013
Glasses thrown onto the park at Perth- wonder if that will be lead story on STV/ Sevco news tomorrow
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Bi-focals or readers?
Good luck to Gary Hooper, last Celt to score against TFOD!
Hope everything works out for him and he realises his dream of an England cap. He is giving up playing for the greatest team in the wod to play for his country. Hope it works out for him.
stairheedrammy
21:46 on 25 July, 2013
Glasses thrown onto the park at Perth- wonder if that will be lead story on STV/ Sevco news tomorrow
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Do you know if these were reading glasses, or for seeing at distance?
VP
Beat me by seconds:-)
canamalar1 21:26 on 25 July, 2013
I didn’t say they should stick anyone in it. If someone is in my chair at the ground (as has happened) I tell them politely they are in my seat. No Problem. I don’t need to get anyone else involved. Likewise, if I had a season ticket in Section 111 and someone was standing in my place then I’d ask them to move – particularly if I felt I was being persecuted.
The GB have complained about heavy-handed stewarding and policing in the past – I’ve witnessed police intimidation of them outside the ground. But if you are on the end of that then you make sure there is no excuse to persecute you further.
Letting off fireworks and flares inside a football ground is madness. They were coming from Section 111. Self-stewarding is not too much to ask for. Do you think if someone started making monkey-noises in Section 111 people would just stand back and wait for the stewards to sort it out?
I don’t accept everything that comes out of the boardroom either – you should know that. That’s a pretty lazy assumption on your part. And I certainly don’t bother with wataboutery.
I’ve spent most of the night defending the GB – but they can’t have it both ways. It’s not a case of they are always right and the board is always wrong.
Whens the signing deadline for next weeks match
Morrissey the 23rd
21:43 on
25 July, 2013
Good point and it backs my suggestion that the whole section is seen as the GB.
In fact the only mention of the GB in the statement singles them out for commendation.
I think it’s actually interesting that the statement has instigated a fairly heated debate about the GB, that actually the statement doesn’t really merit on re-reading.
Tbj,
Tonight I think
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/07/25/police-investigate-mysterious-charlottefakes-twitter-account-exposing-private-emails
Pfayr-agree he doesn’t punch his weight.
the boy jinky
21:53 on 25 July, 2013
Whens the signing deadline for next weeks match
Sure I read somewhere it was 11pm tonight .
HH
Vogue/ Stringer- great minds
Stringer Bell
You should be ashamed ,letting me beat you at anything.
JimmyMcNulty C.S.C :o)
Im sure the ghuys who set of the bangers did so cause they thought it would be a laugh and maybe add to the occasion . Unfortunately, it wasnt and it didn’t.
To call for them to be banned or not to come back to Paradise is a massive over reaction.
These ghuys are guilty of high jinks , nothing more , nothing less. Nowt sinister in it.
Where were the SFA & Uefa when Lenny was attacked by a sectarian bigot at Swinecastle, where were they when Italian & Spanish teams chant the vilest racist abuse.
Yep, absolutely nowhere.
Set off a banger though and the whole worlds against you.
How stupid is that ?
The Boy Jinky
11pm tonight , but someone posted earlier that you can still sign an emergency player, dont know how true it is.
MurdochauldandHay
Charlotte Fakeovers@CharlotteFakes1h
@TheDrum @JackIrvine @LevyandMcRae Oh, a typical PR leak, get out some vague nonsense and then ‘no comment’. #BringYourSunTanLotionWithYou
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@TheDrum Hay McKerron @JackIrvine @LevyandMcRae have all ignored comms to date from me. No Hacking involved.
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@TheDrum You do know that this may be a retaliatory strike by @JackIrvine Ask HMRC for further info. #HMRC #RegulatoryBodies
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Charlotte Fakeovers@CharlotteFakes56m
So you want to play Jack?
Q. Has anyone at the top levels of RIFC/Rangers ever called me direct on my mobile
A. Yes, many times.
The Boy Jinky
When I used travel to away games in the 70’s
and 80’s, Easter road was always a nasty venue….never
have bought into the bullshit about the supposed affinity
between the 2 club’s.
SP-quite unusual ,most players families’ love staying up here.If he can’t settle it’s a problem.HH
off oot- with the dug
Congrats to St Johnstone again. As for Hibs? Shocking! Has Scottish Football sunk so low?
There are of course some fools around who’ll tell us the way to solve the issue is turning a blind eye to any rules and restore their favourites to a premier status.
There are some others who are also content to see Celtic remain in this environment Don’t understand it personally.
So if the signing deadline is 11pm tonight… has ross hall not been spotted yet … he usually gets a mention?
And would we need to dial 999 to register an emergency signing
Tbj
Re: Ross Hall.
Brilliant mate :)
voguepunter
21:52 on 25 July, 2013Stairheedrammy21:46 on25 July, 2013Glasses thrown onto the park at Perth- wonder if that will be lead story on STV/ Sevco news tomorrow===================================Bi-focals or readers?
Locals mate…..
Shouldvavewenttospecsavers CSC
fanadpatriot 21:51 on 25 July, 2013
“Pat Fenlon will be lambasted for this result tonight,but surely the Hibernian players should be ashamed of their performance ,they are professional ,are they not.”
They should be. I’m sue PF will expect criticism as well though – seems fair enough after a result like that.
MSM saying Hooper signed for Norwich for 5.2M……….that’ll do nicely Delia….hehehe
Gary who ?
am away, take care and ghod bless the celts
well done st Johnston, we all needed that, am not surprised by hibs loss, but certainly surprised about the score line.
Scottish football needs a boost so the more teams that preform in Europe the better.
Monto fair point. However we have had too many people connected to Labour so a supporter for the other rogues brings balance. Not sure what your point is about his charity work. Good for him. Nice to read about a Celtic member doing lots of charity work.