{"id":2512,"date":"2013-04-24T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T10:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=2512"},"modified":"2013-04-25T11:16:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T10:16:26","slug":"celtic-diary-wednesday-april-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=2512","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Wednesday April 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celtic have officially announced a drop in season book prices. As a result, alcoholic beverages have now been banned in the boardroom and an investigation is underway to find out who came up with that idea.<\/p>\n

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Alright, thats unfair. The club has to be applauded for a fantastic move which will see \u00a3100 taken off the price of an adult book, the \u00a350 book for under 13s, under 16s at just \u00a3105, and 17-18 at \u00a3186. This means Dad and two weans can go to the game for less than twenty five poubds, which is remarkable. This will rise to seventy pounds if you buy the young uns a burger and a coke, but just take sandwiches.<\/p>\n

Through gritted teeth, and with a tear in his eye, Peter Lawwell said;<\/p>\n

“Celtic has enjoyed a wonderful title winning 125th birthday season and I congatulate Neil and all the players for what they have done. We now have back to back SPL titles, secured a Scottish Cup final place and have put Scottish football back on the map at the highest level, as one of the top 16 clubs in Europe. Such a run of success has led to a very positive year off the field for the club, and we wanted to make sure our fans share in this success. The backing of our fans has, as everbeen crucial. Domestically and in Europe they once again have been right with us and we felt it important that we rewarded their commitment by making this gesture. Our foundations are strong, we have real stability and we look ahead to a bright future with absolute confidence.”<\/p>\n

Along with a number of other measures, including improving the family stand and a new disabled persons area, this is a marvellous move from the club, and all joking apart, Lawwell deserves a lot of credit for putting the fans first.<\/p>\n

There is no mention of how much tickets in the area used by the Green Brigade will be, but it will leave members wondering whether to purchase a book, or spend the money buying a small village in Hampshire.<\/p>\n

Angela Forbes, from Celtics ticket office says that the phones have been ringing constantly since the announcement was made, and one day this week someone will answer them.<\/p>\n

Lawwell was on a bit of a roll, he says that striker Hooper “has a year left and you never know”. and added intriguingly that “if there is a possibility that the kid wants to stay and that is Neils gut feeling, then who knows?”<\/p>\n

Get your book renewed before he puts the price back up.<\/p>\n

Someone else singing the praises of Celtic and its support yesterday was Barcelona superstar Iniesta, who said this, prior to the Bayern Munich game.<\/p>\n

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Bayern beat Barcelona 4-0, and Iniesta , whilst dealing with the German support, found its actually the players who do the damage.<\/p>\n

A lot of Celtic supporters have soft spots for other teams, St. Pauli, Liverpool, even Manchester Utd or Everton. One who we should keep an eye out for are Santos Laguna, described on the official Celtic site as our “brother club”.<\/p>\n

The Mexican side face Monterrey in the CONCACAF Champions League final first leg \u00a0tonight, and the green and white hooped side are hoping to avenge last seasons defeat to the same side at the same stage.<\/p>\n

There is a player developement\/exchange deal between the two clubs, so if they do win the continents big cup, who knows how that will affect the incomings this summer? (Not me, I’d never heard of them until this morning.)<\/p>\n

The Under 20s could seal four in a row today when they travel to Inverness needing just a point to become champions, and next week they could claim a double by winning the Youth cup against Dunfermline.<\/p>\n

George Boyd, who was last months player of the month in the English Championship, is the latest to be linked with a move to Celtic this summer. The left sided midfielder\/forward is currently on loan at Hull from Peterborough and has also made his debut for Scotland in one of their recent defeats. He’s the one with the headband, like Henrik Larsson used to wear. But thats where the similarity ends.<\/p>\n

Former boss Gordon Strachan has added his view to the censuring of Neil Lennon for swearing. He called it “fucking ridiculous”, and judging by the response to this remark, \u00a0compliance officer Vincent Lunny may well choose not to hear it.<\/p>\n

Strachan gave a dose of refreshing honesty to the issue, and in doing so reminded everyone that swearing does happen at the football, and the SFa were being just a little petty.<\/p>\n

Whilst its all fun and laughter in the sunny side of Glasgow, the area shrouded in eternal darkness continues to amuse and amaze.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, it was announced that bus tycoons (I said it right this time, Bernard Manning isn’t getting a look in today) James and Sandy Easdale have agreed to buy Charles Greens shares when he can get rid of them in December, and as the pair have one or two items of baggage, the baton has truly been passed to another of same breed that has done so much to kill one version of the club, and bring a second to its knees.<\/p>\n

Sandy Easdale has spent time as a guest of Her Majesty for VAT fraud, and this news has caused alarm amongst current Rangers board members, who presumably don’t think he’s crooked enough. They shouldn’t worry, South Africa based Dave King has appeared on the horizon, offering to buy anyones and everyones shares, which means when he sells them to David Murray the circle will be complete.<\/p>\n

Dear SFA,<\/p>\n

It will save you a lot of bother, a lot of embarrassment and a lot of police charges of you just sack Campbell Ogilvie and shut down Sevco FC.<\/p>\n

Signed, Scottish football supporters.<\/p>\n

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Why is it the word “fraud ” always appears next to anyone involved over at that place? What kind of people do they attract, and what do they want out of it?<\/p>\n

We asked our Larkhall correspondent Billy McBiggott if he could shed any light on it, but he is having a few problems of his own. His wife discovered he was having an affair when he came home with another womans lipstick on his knuckles.<\/p>\n

With Easdale taking over, at least he’ll be able to provide them with a decent, reliable coach, as opposed to the clunky old wreck that picks the team just now.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, did anyone see the report that the Co-op are now not going to buy 600 Lloyds branches after all. The move was known as Project Verde amongst banking types, and makes me think….Surely not Chucky again.<\/p>\n

Ten years ago today-was it really ten years?-Celtic won 1-0 in Portugal to book a place in the UEFA cup final. Makes you think. Perhaps a new Sevco will be back challenging sooner than we thought. Oh, wait, now I’m just being silly.<\/p>\n

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September 2007 was the only month out of the four when Celtic did not win the IFHHS World club team of the month. Which is probably amongst the least documented of our awards.<\/p>\n

Sean Fallon, Jock Stein, Danny McGrain Billy McNeill. Four legendary club servants, who is the odd one out and why?<\/p>\n

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