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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Traditionalist88
at 15.19
Oh.. Yes You Can!
In fact, Indeed. .You Can!
Any Organization.. and that Includes.. Quasi Fitba Organizations..
such as the G.B. ur..
Must tak FULL RESPONSIBILITY fur the Actions of One or Any of Their Members.
Especially,if that Member or those Members commit An Illegal Act or Acts..
Everybuddy Knows that..
Except
Possibly You..and Nutsy.. and Nutsy is an American. so he disnae Coont!
Kojo
Still Laughin’
P,S.
Feel free tae Insult Me and Call me Nasty Names
Fur
That wull Say Mair Aboot YOU..
Than it wull..
aboot.. well..
Me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxJe2z7IinI&feature=youtu.be
Keevins acting about as good as his punditry
Quite happy if we get doyle. IMO it is unfair to look at goal record of a man who has played with EPL strugglers.
How many goals did stokes score at sunderland? Exactly.
Hail hail
Right wing Celtic supporters should form a supporters group. They could meet in one of the cubicals at Celtic park where their libertarian desires ti smoke where they like would be indulged under cover of the rest of the eejits who smoke in the bogs.
They could have banners of thatcher and Regan, pinochet etc. But mostly they could drown out the green brigade by tutting loudly when they do something they don’t like.
Francos Fanatics is the ideal name.
It does not matter a jot what colour, atmosphere or noise theybring to the party.
Since their inception, they have also brought embarrassment to the club.
Barca tifos, etc. are claimed by the group.
Anti social stuff is blamed on one or two headbangers.
Can’t have it both ways.
They copy Ultras from Italy and elsewhere, some of whom have graduated bto turning up at training grounds snd harrassing their own players.
If anyone refuses to accept that they are a political group masquerading as Celtic supporters, then they are deluding themselves.
Proof?
They place their own agenda before the Club.
That is all the proof that I need.
My agenda is Celtic or, as Bob Kelly put it ; Pro Celtic – Anti Nobody.
Trad88.
Name calling makes you look thick and ignorant, which I’m sure you are not.
traditionalist88
“Ditch the drama queen act ya balloon”
Unnecessary. Hope you are man enough to apologise.
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/07/25/police-investigate-mysterious-charlottefakes-twitter-account-exposing-private-emails
Off topic Re Premier Sports, has anyone else had this problem?
I subscribed to Premier Sports last year on a Celtic deal for one of the CL qualifiers, it cost £10 for a year which was good value.
A couple of days ago I noticed that my credit card had been charged £95 for subscription renewal, not a happy Hector. Phoned them up and told them I wanted to cancel, so they refunded £55 and will only pay £40 for the year with no renewal next year. Got to watch these people, bloody chancers, hope some of the qualifiers are on this channel.
notthebus
Wanbraincell Dalziel “one word to describe myself…. Always right”
waaaahhhhaaaaa
Kojo
How would you like taking the blame if you turned up for a fixture at a neutral venue and someone sitting beside you let one of those things off? Oh thats right, you don’t go to Celtic games.
Folly to blame the entire group – we know your agenda though.
Might as well blame the entire support.
The clubs statement is spot on though and hopefully the muppets bringing flares/bangers will realise the damage they are doing.
Can’t blame an entire section of people for the actions of one ot two though.
131 seats broken during a single game?
Really?
Were they attempting to create their very own standing section?
thomthetim: ‘They copy Ultras from Italy and elsewhere, some of whom have graduated bto turning up at training grounds snd harrassing their own players.’
You don’t write for the Scottish S*n by any chance, do you?
3 other things that are illegal at football matches in Scotland
Being under the influence of alcohol in the vicinity or in the ground including supporters buses travelling to a game
singing in the street (can be reasonably deemed as breach)
urinating in the street
Illegal the lot of them ……hands up anybody on here who is not guilty at least once of at least one of them
Kojo you don’t count as next time your at a match will be your first
What |I am saying here is yes the GB are over exuberant yes they push the boundaries and perhaps to some of us who years are adding up their actions are perplexing.
but I would rather have one of those guys beside me at a match than a 100 of the corporate image wanabees who would turn our game into a mirror of an NFL three hour bore fest.
Robert Tressell
at 15.35
Ah Agree.. Right Wingers are Jist as Unreasonably Thick and Left Wingers
So
they should ,also , be able tae Form their Own QUASI Celtic Supporters Club..
Ah am in lock-step wi you Pal,in this…
Kojo
Stil Laughin’
Kojo. By the way.
Is NON POLITICAL..
He despises. .
ALL POLITICAL PARTIES..
Fascist, Communist.. Labor .. Tory . Republican, Democrat..an any Ah hiv Furgoat..
Kojo
Believes in only God, Family, and Kojo..
Self Interest, is the Light and the Way..
‘
Look After Yer sell.. accumulate Dollars and Cents..
And Ye wull Be a Credit tae yer Mammy and Yer D addy..
Ye wull hiv flown the Nest..
But ..ye wull hiv shown that a
Healthy , Man or Women, who enjoys his or her Full Mental Capacities.. and has No
Physical Infirmaties..
Wull Do Just Fine..and Dandy.. in Making a Successful and Happy Life fur
Himsel or Herself.
WITHOOT GOVERNMENTAL INTERFERENCE..
and that,gentlemen.. .Is Awe She Wrote!
TTT
You are doing the same thing that you are arguing against.
Highlighting the negative stuff and completely ignoring all the positive.
Whatever their faults you can not disregard the time and effort put in by the GB to promote and encourage Celtic.
They are only a tiny section of the support but they put the rest of us to shame
“Barca tifos, etc. are claimed by the group.
Anti social stuff is blamed on one or two headbangers.
Can’t have it both ways.”
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Actually – the Barca tifo covered the entire ground and took days of organisation and preparation by many GB members prior to the match (by all accounts).
Throwing a couple of flares/bangers is presumably not a group activity.
I like the GB. I’m sure they are sensible enough to talk to the guys with flares/bangers (presuming they know them) and stop this one thing.
scullybhoy 15:27 on 25 July, 2013
“Sadly, there are supporters who have done more harm to Celtic’s image in the last week than has been done for many a long day.”
Just as a matter of interest – what are the specifics?
bigngreen
15:48 on
25 July, 2013
There’s a difference between those three and what the GB have been accused of. None of those three acts might prevent me from going to the game, if they’re carried out by other people.
It would b a pity to lose them so I hope they can takes some positive steps to keep themselves out of trouble.
Getting drunk, singing in the street, even urinating in a public place……all things that daft people do….without leaving home with a plan to do them. Drink can do that.
But leaving home with a flare, smoke bomb, firework? Concealing it and bringing it into a stadium? Nothing ‘daft’, or getting ‘carried away’ about that.
These folk must know what they are doing. They do it often enough.
And self policing doesn’t seem to be working. For every smoke bomb let off, there has to be a dozen folk who knew who did it and what they are about.
I suspect that both the Club and our support are about to learn a very harsh lesson.
traditionalist88
I for one don’t blame the entire section, man the amount of arguments I have got into defending them is countless, but surely you must agree that the time has come to maybe self police, it sounds to me you are part of the section and more power to you if you are, but this needs to stop mate.the GB bring the thunder to CP,if you have any kind of influence with them may I suggest you use it…
For what it is worth I think we should stop all the negativity about Gary Hooper replacement and give them our full backing. I for one will respect Neil’s judgement and if it happens to be Kevin Doyle I will be 100% behind him and I am sure he will win over all who doubt his scoring ability.
Excathedral 44 15.23……………..well said my man “UEFA seem more concerned about flares,fireworks than of cheating and fraud”
BignGreen
Corporate image ?.
What’s that got to do with people’s feelings towards the how fans behave ?.
Dear oh dear !
Traditionalist88
Pal..
‘
Ye only Made One Valid Point in Awe awe that Last Submission of your’s
when ye claimed
Kojo Disnae Go Tae Celtic games..
Wan thing Right..Me o Myo…!
Only Wan Point that wiz correct…??
that is.. whit is Known Int the Trade as a
Blow-Oot.. By A Blowhard.
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Kojo’s a Tory. no doubt about it. just admitted as much. ah well. each selfish fecker to their own.
“Two wrongs dont make a right” as my auld ma still says to me :))
I agree with a post above ——-you take the kuda’s for the fantastic displays at CP then you must accept the negative opinions on these flares and bangers.
Although having watched football on a pretty regular basis in TR and BG our support are nowhere near these 2 country’s for smoke and loud noises.
I normally put a match to a carton of fags and sit it at the TV now when i watch a game locally.
clink\o/
15:53 on 25 July, 2013
TTT
You are doing the same thing that you are arguing against.
Highlighting the negative stuff and completely ignoring all the positive.
Whatever their faults you can not disregard the time and effort put in by the GB to promote and encourage Celtic.
They are only a tiny section of the support but they put the rest of us to shame
***
All the positive stuff is negated by the negative stuff.
It is not a balancing act
One positive doesn’t equal one negative.
It only takes a single negative to negate any positive.
Mussolini got the trains running on time, etc.
For a start, there should be no religious, political or any other type of groupings operating from the stands at Celtic Park.
That there is a self proclaimed political grouping is contary to the ethos of Celtic.
When we attend a Celtic game, we do so under the Celtic Banner and take the kudos or knocks as they come.
If you align to the GB, then the same rules apply.
”
”
They are only a tiny section of the support but they put the rest of us to shame”
I agree with you there, but, perhaps not for the same reason.
Zero tolerance for anyone who damages Celtic’s reputation.
THE Directors and Board of Celtic Football Club are responsible for the safety of all supporters, and this is their primary objective.
For some time the Club has been under close scrutiny by the Glasgow City Council Safety Advisory Group with regard to serious safety concerns within Section 111. The Safety Advisory Group is responsible for recommending the annual renewal of the General Safety Certificate which determines the safe spectator capacity of Celtic Park and allows the stadium to operate.
The Safety Advisory Group’s primary concerns, which are shared by the Club include:
• Overcrowding of Section 111 resulting in unsafe congestion.
• The refusal of spectators to comply with the direction of safety stewards.
• The unsafe lateral movement of spectators blocking aisles.
• ´Moshing´ – mock fighting/jostling – causing crowd disruption and damage to seating (131 damaged at Tuesday’s night’s match).
• The ´body surfing´ of young people over the heads of spectators.
Regrettably, all of the above concerns were evident at Tuesday night’s fixture against Cliftonville FC. In addition, three fireworks were exploded within Section 111, causing the Match Referee to require a stadium announcement to be made instructing such behaviour to stop. As a result of this unprecedented step by a match official, Celtic FC will now be the subject of a disciplinary action for contravention of the UEFA Safety and Security Regulations.
Following the events of last Tuesday’s match, the Club’s position was to close Section 111, but following discussions between the Club’s Supporters’ Liaison Officer and representatives of the ‘Green Brigade’ that decision has been reviewed and the section will remain open. However, the situation will be monitored at both the Celtic FC v Borussia Monchengladbach match on Saturday 27th July, and the Celtic FC v IF Elfsborg match on Wednesday, July 31.
The Club is keen to work with spectators in Section 111 to resolve safety concerns. However, it should be understood that failure to stop this unsafe behaviour will require the closure of this area in Celtic Park.
The Club recognises the many examples of good support for the team emanating from this part of the ground and in particular the efforts of the ‘Green Brigade’ in organising positive displays which are commended. However, the unsafe aspects of spectator behaviour in Section 111 require to be addressed with immediate effect.
masty is neil lennon
No I’m not in 111 but I know 2 folk who are, and they don’t bring fireworks to football matches!
They are being tarred with this brush though, you can’t blame a whole section of people for the actions of, what may be, one halfwit sneaking in bangers or whatever.
To use the actions of Italian ultras turning up to their own teams training to harass their own players, to point score against the Green Brigade, is frankly laughable…but thomthetim seems to think it is a legit argument against the group. Just saying we should keep this sensible and not go off at a tangent like that, I have already said I agree witht he club statement. Some on here are using it to further their own agenda…Kojo being one, surprisingly enough.
Incidentally, there were always bangers when deadco visited Parkhead emanating from the away section, but Glasgow City Council cleary deemed them to be of the safe variety?
excathedra44- “However if UEFA seem more vigilant about bangers than frauds, then we have to box clever.”
Indeed we do and whataboutery is no defence.
Bangers,flares,smoke-bombs,etc are illegal in football grounds-and,yes,I know clubs use them,but under licence.
Ban the perpetrators for two home matches,same for anyone caught with them on the way in.
Increase the punishment for second offences.
And smashing up seats is as bad as smashing up toilets.
Now I know what moshing is. Saw it on Saturday behind the GB banner and didn’t know it had a name. Lucky it was in a standing area then or the seats would have got wrecked there too. Sure the apologists would have applauded that as well.
Robert,
Left wingers could also have a club. They can worship pictures of Stalin and Mao. Anybody with an alternative view would be ‘disappeared’. Alas they would spend too much and then that would be it.
Seriously though, why do lefties keep trying to bring political allegiances to Celtic Park?
PaulMc…. etc
Pal..
Ye are displaying the Perfect Attitude.. in this .. Controversy, that concerns.. whether..Mr.Doyle, is a Suitable Gary Replacement.. or.. a Suitable Replacement ,fur , Gary.. ( Ah like that bettah,pal.. ed)( Sodie Ah.)
when ye say..that Neil ..jist like , Miss Manners wid say….Knows Best.
Ach..Ah know ye didnae say that.. But..
Ah am sure that Miss Manners wid Agree wi You.. that..
‘
‘Indeed… Neil should and diz… Knows Best..
Howevahhhhhh..Miss Manner disnae know a thing aboot Neil Lennon..
So…Ah widnae get too sanguine aboot Her Support..if Ah wur You.
Anyway..
Mebbe, Neil, DIS .know best..
And a Hope and Pray that he diz..
fur Neil, Canny Afford .. Reputation-wise…. tae bring in..
Anither… Murphy!
Nice Chatting.
Kojo
Laughin’
TTT…..
Zero tolerance for anyone who damages Celtic’s reputation.
I agree with much of what you say. I think everyone or most of us are/were capable of daft, thoughtless acts at one time.
However, repeated and premeditated acts that damage Celtic? No tolerance whatsoever.
Kojo
blowhard?! If there was a league table of posters who everyone else ‘scrolls on by’ you’d be top of the list so have a look in the mirror pal
Green B have done some fine work. However there is a pattern of idiocy developing from that section. They are harming Celtic.