Scotland will play two games in November, against England and Ireland, and I’ve just found out its fifty two quid a ticket! Now, I’m not sure how to blame ronny deila for this one, so we’ll have to have a go at the SFA for this one.<\/p>\n
International football, Scotland v England. They’re not even countries. One stopped the other from being one a couple of weeks ago, and i just dare them to sing Flower of Scotland. That flower died when some people \u00a0forgot to water in September, probably because they were afraid the water bill would go up.<\/p>\n
Water is probably the only thing Scotland has more of than oil, with national pride coming a ways behind it on the list.<\/p>\n
So, no, I’m not paying fifty two quid to watch a country that only comes to life on the football pitch. You have no idea how many people down here, where I do missionary work and attempt to improve the national average IQ via selective breeding, happily rang or texted me to welcome me to the UK.<\/p>\n
And it put the knackers on my new business venture in Carlisle;<\/p>\n
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Elsewhere, theres a new Ghostbusters film coming out-featuring three hilarious women in the lead roles. Look, I can believe in ghosts, but thats pushing the realms of fiction too far.<\/p>\n
Now, Celtic may be sixth in the scottish League, but when it comes to balancing the books, they are among the best in europe, well, according to a recent study, anyway, reported in the Herald;<\/p>\n
The independent study by City analysts, which is geared towards investors, shows Scottish champions Celtic topping a league of publicly-listed European clubs for financial standing and stability while cross-Glasgow rivals Rangers are ranked bottom.<\/em><\/p>\n When the 17-team table is extended to include some of the Continent’s most successful privately-run clubs, Celtic are third of 44, while Rangers are in 31st place.<\/em><\/p>\n Topping the 44-team financial health league are Dutch champ\u00adions Ajax, followed by London club Arsenal.<\/em><\/p>\n At the other end are French side Lens, with Inter Milan second-last, with the club’s financial structure and ownership model to blame.<\/em><\/p>\n Tapping into the surge in foreign ownership and global appeal of football, the report, by US-based markets and risk specialists McGraw Hill Financial, pulls together what it describes as a “virtual Credit Football League”.<\/em><\/p>\n One key warning is on-field success being no gauge of a club’s creditworthiness, with the report adding: “There is no sure thing in sports. Deteriorating match performance combined with economic struggles and financial concerns could sink a corporation (or a football club). An example of such a case is in Rangers Inter\u00adnational Football.”<\/em><\/p>\n The positioning of both Glasgow clubs reflects their fortunes in the past few years, with Rangers playing in the lower divisions following their liquidation in 2012 and beset by boardroom turbulence since, while Celtic have enjoyed a number of relatively successful European campaigns and sold a number of players.<\/em><\/p>\n The report authors assessed how the equity markets react to the match performance of the 17 publicly-listed football clubs through stock price movements and built a picture of how the market perceives a club’s credit.Of the 17, it claimed, Celtic were the least likely to default and their “status as perennial title contenders and their recent success in winning the Scottish Premier League for the last three seasons has apparently led to a positive market sentiment”.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n All this is done to allow investors a bit of a heads up on potential money spinning opportunities. Does that mean Celtic are being fattened up for the market ?<\/p>\n It would certainly explain the somewhat prudent fiscal policy undertaken by the board.<\/p>\n Across the city, the paper comments on the plight of Second Rangers, simultaneously, of course, neglecting to mention their new club status;<\/p>\n “The credit score results come as no surprise in light of recent events surrounding the Glasgow club’s. Despite the absence of the Old Firm fixture in recent seasons Celtic have continued to demonstrate financial stability and low debt.<\/em><\/p>\n There is no guarantee of top flight football for Rangers next season, a high cost base to service and rising debt leaves them in a very unenviable position to their great rivals.”<\/em><\/p>\n He added that the Ibrox club needed a return to the SPFL and a flood of home-grown talent.<\/em><\/p>\n Celtic and Rangers were unavailable for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n Well, Rangers are unavailable full stop for comments, unless we all join hands round a table with a decent medium.<\/p>\n To celebrate this newly discovered wealth, theres a sale at the club shop!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Does that also include the clubs ambition?<\/p>\n Neil Lennon, surprisingly still out of work since his fallout with Celtic, has applied for the Bolton job. Presumably to get his feet back on the ladder and his name back in the papers.<\/p>\n We were told he was fired, largely because he was viewed as a troublemaker. Does that explain why he hasn’t found work yet ? Is he on a blacklist ?<\/p>\n More evidence of an impasse at Celtic pre summer came when Johann Mjallby-also without a job-said<\/p>\n \u201cI keep in regular contact with Neil.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cGiven the choice, I would rather work with Neil again, so I will at least wait until he gets a new job.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0The writing was certainly on the wall, all we need to know is who put it there, and why.<\/p>\n Another Swede, Mo Bangura, who didn’t quite make it at Celtic, is off to resurrect his career in Iran, proving that anyone who can kick a ball and run a bit will get a job somewhere.<\/p>\n And Bangura as well.<\/p>\n The crisis at Second Rangers continues, with the news that Mike Ashley demanded ownership of the badge. Or so Keith Jackson says, as he moves his campaign to eliminate ashley from the running to take over at Ibrox.<\/p>\n Ashley sparked another boardroom crisis at the Glasgow club yesterday when it was announced to the stock market he has called for an extraordinary meeting of Rangers shareholders to bullet Wallace and Nash from their positions.<\/em><\/p>\n The board reacted by unanimously backing both men, who are also believed to be supporting a\u00a0<\/em> Hang on, he’s missed out Dodgy David Murray….Too soon to tell the public ?<\/p>\n\n![\"20%](\"http:\/\/www.celticfc.net\/assets\/images\/news\/9c487514a515d0a121f6640f7d82e561\/6cd84e52f8f33cc04e7e9f6940602ceb.png\")
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