Our Annual General Meeting, held at Celtic Park this morning, was a more prosaic affair than last year’s. Chief executive, Peter Lawwell, told the meeting last season’s on-field and financial results were “fantastic” in difficult circumstances.
He repeatedly referred to the “balance” required between immediate expenditure policies and judging the long-term requirements of the club, adding that in recent years, “Rangers went bust, Hearts went bust, and Hibs were relegated.”
For the first time the AGM heard from the Celtic FC Foundation chief executive. Tony Hamilton was given a video slot alongside the chairman, chief exec and the manager and he spoke about how the Foundation was interwoven into the fabric of the club, from the top to bottom, and of our history.
The alleviation of poverty is a major target for 2015, building on work the Foundation carried out this year in north and east Glasgow, Inverclyde and North Lanarkshire. Tony added, “If things weren’t tough we wouldn’t need a charity – but they are.
“We’re deadly serious about making a difference.” I’ll try to get the video, it’s worth watching.
Ronny Deila laid out his objectives for this season: qualification for the Champions League, win the treble, develop players and play attacking, attractive, football. Peter Lawwell didn’t want to use the managerial transition over the summer as an excuse for failing to reach the Champions League, but suggested it was grounds for mitigation.
The chairman, chief executive and manager all liberally infused their comments with transformational effect Champions League qualification would have on the club next season.
The Celtic Trust proposed two resolutions, the first of which, concerning club-fan interaction, they agreed to adjourn. In his video message, chairman Ian Bankier informed the meeting that the directors would oppose the Living Wage resolution, but that they had entered into discussions with the staff on the matter, proposing that the starting pay for permanent staff is set at £7.85 per hour, which just happens to be equal to the Living Wage.
In response to this Jeanette Findlay, proposing the resolution on behalf of the Trust, reached the microphone and tore up her prepared speech. She did, however, urge the club to go the final mile and become an accredited Living Wage employer.
Peter Lawwell informed the meeting that he would be meeting John Guidetti’s agent within the next two weeks and that he is waiting to hear back from Kris Commons representatives on his latest offer.
Ronny Deila added that it was important for the club to retain its top players, giving Guidetti and Justin Denayer special mention, but insisted it was wrong to give into demands from any one player three times the going rate for other senior players.
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Miller being taken off
No surprises there.
Hearts have nothing up front.
Hearts are bottling it against the underhand tactics of the deidco mob.
Gordon; Matthews, Denayer, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Johansen, Mulgrew; Forrest, Commons, Stokes; Guidetti (MH)
Go on Buster / get the winner
Commons in the team?
Pleased.
corkcelt
Good looking team Corky!
Subs: Zaluska, Ambrose, Bitton, Scepovic, Berget, Kayal, McGregor
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!
1-0 Hearts
Great goal by Holt.
auldheid
keep up the good fight on res.12 I for one hope that some justice served on this serious issue but I feel the sfa won’t be the ones to administer it,the whole sevco fiasco when regan had struck a deal to shoehorn them into the sp’ell and the 5way job are testiments to my reasons we know we will always be up against it but no more back of the bus for us hh
Holt the fort! Jambos score
Come on the jambos
Should be enough to beat Dundree
Ha ha
Sevco miss two great chances
Tynecastle must be a mile or so from me, just heard a massive roar – 1-0!
Why no booking
Law diving for a penalty.
CHEAT
Corkcelt
good to see kc back in the team and hopefully wee jimmy can get some gametime and confidence back same with mattews hh
That Moshni looks just as good now as she did when she sang “Smooth Operator”.
Disappointed that Griffiths not involved.Not even on the bench.
sevco should be down to 7. Black eventually booked – 2 bad tackles .
Daly – how many assaults unpunished ?
So fragile Forrest isnae injured…
Sorry wee Jamesie ..
Afternoon all.
Seems I have stumbled on to H(UN)QN, after an absence of a few days!
Are they playing?
Feck thum!
COYBIG!
HH!!
Huns permitting with the “Alistair Stramash” tactics…jeezo
Tallybhiy
Just having a look at our Scottish cup opposition… Honest guv
Billy king to score???
At last !!!!
5 fouls later Daly is booked
FF boys have faith in Sally to turn this around.This posted after 65mins of the game
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He has to resign tonight. Simply has to. We are done. Under McCoist, we will become a team flirting with top flight and first division every season. Do not tell me anything about circumstances. He has assembled a squad at high cost of the premier leagues best players, players who have played in Europe, in the EPL, across the continent. And he has led us to become a team who cannot compete with weakened hearts and hibs teams. His level is as manager of St mirren or similar. He is now insulting each and every one of us every day.
GO NOW
Anybody not booked yet?
bt
I’ll let you aff this time!
:-)
HH!!
Sevco screaming for a player to be sent off.
McCulloch reffing the game now.
from FF
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To be honest maybe our best chance of winning the league is to give them some injuries to put their squad under pressure
Good luck to those travelling to Paradise today and 3pts please I won’t be there, due to head to Marrakech airport soon
hh Mon the Hoops
Certainly trying that one!