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Latest from Celtic News Now

Memories of Seville 2003: Ten years on (Scotzine) - 6:44 PM May 21, 2013: Ten years ago today, 80,000 Celtic fans descended on Seville to support and cheer on the Parkhead side in their UEFA Cup Final against Porto, managed by some guy called Jose Mourinho – whatever happened to him?...

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Latest from Celtic Network

Celtic Park to Brother Walfrid’s Grave 125 4 125 Cycle - From Paul Muldoon @67mouldy67 As a follow up to the Ballymote to Paradise cycle I am pleased to advise that six cyclists took part in a cycle from Celtic Park on Saturday down to the grave of Brother Walfrid at Mount Saint Michaels Cemetery in Dumfries , 82 miles later The cycle was arranged for following reasons one [...]

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Latest from Celtic Quick News

They applauded as we walked past their homes - In the months afterwards I made a trip to the Celtic Superstore to buy the DVD of the match.  I wasn’t ready to watch it but needed to have it nonetheless, for when the time came.  I’ve still not opened the box. I watched the game from high up in the Porto end.  The Porto [...]

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Latest from Maley’s Bhoys

Catering Poll - Please Answer The Following Single Question   The result of this poll will be added into our end of season letter to Celtic’s Chief Executive, Peter Lawwell. Please take into consideration the catering experience available to yourself on a match day as a whole (i.e. food quality, pricing, waiting times, choice etc). If you would [...]

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Latest from Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Pay attention you lot! - At his stage in the Sevco sitcom if you think you know what is going on then you must be either: (1)    Not paying enough attention (2)     Paul McConnville   The labyrinthine nature of this corporate omnishambles is quite quite vast and more and more of it will soon be within the purview of the [...]

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Latest from Video Celts

PFA take di Canio to task - Following Sunday's defeat at Spurs the Italian slammed his players as arrogant and ignorant on the day that Phil Bardsley was pictured in a newspaper lying on a casino floor surrounded by £50 notes.

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Latest from TicTaTic

Ross County 1-1 Celtic: Drab match lit up by Vigurs equaliser - Celtic’s rotated XI could only draw 1-1 with Ross County, struggling as much with their own inadequacies as the home side’s stubborn and settled gameplan. That both goals came from set-pieces highlights the sparsity in good chances, though in fairness … Continue reading →

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Latest from Green Brigade

Continued Police harassment of GB - On Saturday morning some GB members were inside the stadium before kick off to set up the groups tifo. While they were in the ground several members of Police Scotland followed them around the stadium, from the lower tier to … Continue reading →

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Latest from iCeltic

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Latest from shaunyfbblog

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Latest from Let The People Sing

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Latest from Lost Bhoys

Celtic Back Ex-Bhoys in Football Academy Project - Celtic FC have been in the news doing their usual thing: running over opponents. But behind those crushing plays and winning attitude, Celtic FC know how to care and look back. Just recently, the current no. 1 in team standings aided their former player in his football academy project. Didier Agathe welcomed some of his [...]

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Latest from Mon The Hoops

Forrest: Confidence high for Hampden - JAMES Forrest is aiming to end a frustrating season on a high by helping Celtic lift the Scottish Cup in Sunday´s final against Hibernian. ...

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Latest from Not Celtic Class

Ross County 1-1 Celtic: tres meses sin ganar fuera de casa

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Latest from The Celtic Blog

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Latest from The Celtic End

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Latest from Celtic Talk Forum

Is Scottish football in decline? - In the past two decades there has been a massive change within the sport. In the first year of the English Premier league the average yearly wage was £77,000 and the first division was £41,000 per year. In 2010 these had went up to £1.2m and £211,000 on average. A footballer can now easily buy a mansion without a mortgage, have several cars and retire in their 20s.

The point is, Scottish Football is not going to compete financially with English football. As long as there is no restriction on how much money they can scam their fans out of.

Sure the SFA can try do the same and milk more money from the fans by trying to attract bigger TV deals or raise ticket prices. But that isn't a long term solution as English Football will one day find out.

For now we are at the mercy of English football, talented players like David Goodwillie aren't interested in improving the Scottish game. They want their dream home with a car made of gold.

What we can do is make the league more interesting for the fans and action is being taken like the league reformation. This isn't going to have an immediate impact but it might entice a few young promising players to stay within Scottish football.

In the long term we need to hope that the game is financially rebalanced to help smaller league's regain their former reputation. I want to see players and fans regain their interest in the sport and less on the fame and wealth.

But lets get back on topic, how is Scottish football coping this season. It's actually doing quite well compared to last season, attendances overall are around the same. Some clubs are up and some are down. Scottish teams are really trying hard against Celtic, several of them have managed to pull out surprising wins like Kilmarnock, Inverness and St Mirren. It's been a great season for the smaller SPL clubs. Between 2nd and 11th there is only an 8 point gap and there will be three SPL sides that aren't Celtic in the cups.

There is something holding the game back and it's not the absence of Rangers. It's the media and some fans still being in Celtic vs Rangers mode. The fight between 2nd and 11th is being ignored by the media and some fans. Just because Celtic are 18 points ahead doesn't mean the whole league is wrapped up.

I will tell you right now, the English Premier League is going to be won by Man Utd. Yet no one cares about that, the media and the fans will always ignore that until it's mathematically impossible for them to lose it. Even when the title is sealed the media and fans still tune in for the relegation battle and the European spots.

I think it's about time the media get their act together because right now they aren't pushing it forward they are only holding it back. Yesterday's reaction by them is a prime example of this, they don't want to look for positives, they are only interested in the negatives.

Overall Scottish football is coping well, we are looking ahead to some exciting changes and there is hope that English football will loosen their grasp over the next decade or two. Be sure to check out Hibernian vs St Johnstone on ESPN at 7:30, Monday night.

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Latest from Celtic FC

Forrest: Confidence high for Hampden - JAMES Forrest is aiming to end a frustrating season on a high by helping Celtic lift the Scottish Cup in Sunday´s final against Hibernian.
 
The winger has been plagued by a series of niggling injuries during the current campaign which has limited his appearances for the champions.
 
But he has returned to action in recent weeks, turning in several dazzling displays to underline why Neil Lennon rates him so highly.

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