Incredibly, they have decided to bring out a white shirt with some green lines on it.<\/p>\n
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When the PLC speak about Celtic being a world recognised brand, the one thing that sets us apart from every other “brand ” in the football industry are the green and white hooped shirts.<\/p>\n
One thing that makes us instantly recognisable is the shirt.<\/p>\n
New Balance somehow have been allowed to ignore that, and its hard to decide who is at fault.<\/p>\n
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Even Nike, with their revolutionary home kit<\/p>\n
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that turned into the away kit<\/p>\n
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after just a few washes at least caused a ripple of amusement aongst the support, once they’d realised that the two for one deal wasn’t so bad.<\/p>\n
In a week where two Celtic legends passed away, its perhaps even more offensive to expect supporters to condone the removal of the one thing that is associated with Celtic.<\/p>\n
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Or perhaps its part of a long term plan from the PLC to continue to strip away everything that we once were…<\/p>\n
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Anyway, Baz<\/em> on twitter made a case for New Balance to get in touch with him before they bring out the away tops, which will presumably have a sash or a poppy on them, when he showed us that just a slight tweak to the design would have been perfectly acceptable.<\/p>\n Ah well, soon be time for the transfer window to open.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Timothy Castagne has been linked with Celtic again. The defender was touted for a move last January, but as we told you at the time, nothing would happen until the summer, and even then it wasn’t certain.<\/p>\n Money will be available for Lennon to make such additions to the squad as he sees fit, although the amount has yet to be decided.<\/p>\n What we do know is that if Lennon doesn’t take the job, then Lawwell has decided to pretend that he’s forgotten the PIN for the debit card.<\/p>\n By the way, its not a PIN number, that would be tautology. It’s a PIN. Personal identification number. You can mention that to your friends and that would make you just as much fun to be with as it is to be with me.<\/p>\n On the other side of the city, plans are underway to stop Celtic becoming the first Scottish side to do nine in a row twice.<\/p>\n Jake Hastie will “undoubtedly” improve Rangers, said manager Steven Gerrard after the club confirmed the summer signing of the Motherwell winger.<\/em><\/p>\n The 20-year-old, who has made just 17 first-team appearances for Motherwell, has agreed a four-year contract.<\/em><\/p>\n Hastie broke into the first-team at Fir Park after returning in January from his loan spell with Alloa Athletic.<\/em><\/p>\n “He is a talented young player who has performed well in the second half of this season,” Gerrard said.<\/em><\/p>\n “We are always looking to add individuals to our group of players who will improve us and Jake will undoubtedly do that.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Er, this Jake Hastie ?<\/p>\n We believe that the chief scout at ibrox has been called in for a chat..<\/p>\n rangers scout video<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Should Celtic win the league at Pittodrie, one wonders if they will receive a guard of honour from the home players when they visit ibrox the following week…after all, it would be the dignified thing to do..<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, the funeral of Billy McNeill takes place tomorrow, and thousands are expected to line the streets to bid a fond farewell and say thank you to the man who showed us not only how to lead a football team but how to lead a life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A number of road closures have been announced for the funeral of\u00a0Celtic legend Billy McNeill<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The service of the leader of Jock Stein’s Lisbon Lions will take place at St Aloysius Church in Garnethill at 11.30am.<\/em><\/p>\n Fans will line the streets to pay their respects to the former captain and manager as his cortege passes\u00a0Celtic Park<\/a>\u00a0at around 1.30pm on Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n The council said: “Due to the expectation of large crowds paying their respect, the following roads will be restricted for the safety of those attending the funeral of Billy McNeill.”<\/em><\/p>\n Hill Street, between Cambridge Street and Scott Street<\/em><\/p>\n Dalhousie Street, between Renfrew Street and Buccleuch Street<\/em><\/p>\n Renfrew Street, between Dalhousie Street and Rose Street<\/em><\/p>\n Rose Street, between Renfrew Street and Buccleuch Street<\/em><\/p>\n London Road, between Springfield Road and Clyde Gateway<\/em><\/p>\n <\/u>\u00a0<\/u>\u00a0<\/u>\u00a0<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n Garnet Street, between Sauchiehall Street and Renfrew Street\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n yesterday , we had this…<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/D5gP4-UXkAElQQ4.jpg\")
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<\/p>\nRoad closures \u2013 between 10am and 2pm<\/em><\/h3>\n
Revocation of one-way\u00a0<\/u>\u00a0<\/u>\u00a0\u2013 between 10am and 2pm<\/em><\/h3>\n
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