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29 June 2012

Manchester United & Liverpool Battle it Out For Celtic Star

Manchester United & Liverpool Battle it Out For Celtic Star

Caught Offside Jun 29, 2012

Rivals keen on full-back. Manchester United and Liverpool are set to battle it out for Celtic full-back Emilio Izaguirre. The 26-year-old is wanted by the duo who believe the lure of Premier League football will tempt him south of the border. Mancheste...

Celtic PLC/Alan Thompson joint statement

Celtic PLC/Alan Thompson joint statement

Celtic FC Jun 29, 2012

CELTIC PLC and Alan Thompson are pleased to advise that they have reached an agreement to amicably settle their legal dispute.     Celtic PLC extend their thanks to Alan for his services to the Club as a top-level player and a first-class coach.  Ala...

Fraser Forster signs for Celtic

Daily Mail Jun 29, 2012

Celtic finally tied up an agreement that will see goalkeeper Fraser Forster make a permanent switch to Parkhead.

Contradictory and fear mongering Celtic fans

Contradictory and fear mongering Celtic fans

Celtic Hub Jun 29, 2012

News that the SPL are strong arming the SFL to allow Rangers 2012 entry into the 1st division has been met with a lot of anger from certain quarters. Apparently its the end of Scottish football. Apparently its the end of Celtic. What a load of bull. I am ...

Doncaster’s masterplan faces First Division red card

VideoCelts Jun 29, 2012

Neil Doncaster's hopes of parachuting Sevco into the First Division look certain to be rejected by SFL clubs. With the predictable exception of Donald Findlay's Cowdenbeath clubs in the First Division are coming out in public to state their oppositio...

Rangers in crisis: Celtic concerned over SPL power shift

The Telegraph Jun 29, 2012

Exclusive: tensions within the SPL spilt over at Thursday's informal meeting of the member clubs - minus Rangers.

Gone writing…

Phil Mac Giolla Bhain Jun 29, 2012

I'm going to be absent from here for a few weeks. Unlike the illiterate rabble that congregates around the front door of Ibrox these days I intend to remain silent for a while. I have concluded a book deal with a publisher and they want my work on the s...

SFA receive Sevco membership application

VideoCelts Jun 29, 2012

The SFA have used their twitter account to acknowledge that they have received a membership application from Sevco Scotland. Just after 7pm tonight a tweet read: “We have received, via our lawyers, Sevco Scotland info pack relevant to membership applic...

SPL threat effectively terminates football in Scotland

Celtic Quick News Jun 29, 2012

Yesterday evening STV revealed the real outcome of last week's meeting between Stewart Regan, Neil Doncaster and David Longmuir as a proverbial gun was put to the head of Scottish Football League clubs. In short, SPL chief executive, Neil Doncaster, …...

Who is Andreas Isaksson

VideoCelts Jun 29, 2012

Celtic are weighing up a move for Swedish international goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson . The 30-year-old is out of contract at PSV Eindhoven and is interested in a move to the SPL Champions. Despite losing his place to Polish international Przemys?aw Tyton...

Shafting Celtic…Scottish Footballs Answer To Cheating!

Celtic Fanzone Jun 29, 2012

What Happened To 'Sporting Integrity'? I must admit I thought the SFA/SPL/SFL would do the 'right thing' and send the Newco down to the Third Division purely for the sake of sporting integrity. How wrong was I? Stewart Regan, Neil Doncaster and Da...

Scottish football’s last chance saloon

Alex Thomson's View Jun 29, 2012

"A bizarre document the tone of which is near-panic", Alex Thomson reviews the Scottish Football League's proposals for Rangers' future in Scottish football.

Rangers newco: Aberdeen’s Stewart Milne opposes First Division plans

Scotsman Jun 29, 2012

Rangers newco: Aberdeen’s Stewart Milne opposes First Division plans

ABERDEEN chairman Stewart Milne has indicated his opposition to a deal being struck between the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League that would allow newco Rangers to play in the Irn-Bru First Division...

Know your enemy-Jim Ballantyne

The Front of The Bus Jun 29, 2012

This is Jim Ballantye. His fingerprints are all over the letter to Div 1 clubs. You could write all day about him but, as they say, a picture says a thousand words.

Rangers newco: Hibs statement

The Scottish Football Blog Jun 29, 2012

Hibs this morning issued a statement regarding yesterday's news that plans were being put in place to parachute Rangers into the First Division. It raised blood pressure among the fans. Hibs - whose chairman Rod Petrie was said to have met newco owner Ch...

In full: Dunfermline statement on opposing Rangers’ Division One application

Scotsman Jun 29, 2012

THE board of Dunfermline issued the following statement today regarding the Rangers newco competing in Division One next season and the proposed league reconstruction.

Dunfermline slam illogical manner of Doncaster’s Sevco plan

VideoCelts Jun 29, 2012

Dunfermline have given an overwhelming thumbs down to Neil Doncaster's attempt to carve up Scottish football for the benefit of Charlie Green's newco. With no sign yet of an application for membership of the SFA Green's newco are hardly going out o...

Mexico: 1.4 Million March For AMLO

107 Cowgate Jun 29, 2012

By Arash Azizi “It will be the biggest march of your life” a comrade of La Izquierda Socialista (Marxist wing of Morena) told me before Wednesday, 27th of June, when leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), like other candidates in the coming Mex...

Celtic encouraged to buy Michael Ciani by Bordeaux chef

Daily Mail Jun 29, 2012

Michael Ciani is prepared to move from Bordeaux to Celtic according to his club's president Jean-Louis Triaud. The centre-back has held talks with the Scottish club.

Latest Plan to Save “Rangers” Is An Abdication of Responsibility by the Football Authorities

Random Thoughts Re Scots Law Jun 29, 2012

In which I offer a few thoughts on the SFL plan to save Scottish football by putting “Rangers” into SFL1. It does not impress me… In 2010 the former First Minister, Henry McLeish, was commissioned to prepare a major report into the state and future ...

The Rumour Mill: Friday’s football news and gossip

Scotsman Jun 29, 2012

In today's Rumour Mill: Maurice Edu could be next to leave newco Rangers; Celtic could move for French international; Well deal for Faddy unlikely; plus the rest of the day's football news and gossip.

Celtic settle with Alan Thompson over former player’s dismissal

Scotsman Jun 29, 2012

CELTIC have announced they have settled with Alan Thompson over his dismissal from the club's coaching staff.The former Celtic player's contract was terminated earlier this month and he instructed his lawyers to act over the issue.

The Wheels of Justice Sure Do Move Slowly Round Here’

The Celtic Network Jun 29, 2012

The SFA's independent judicial panel fined Rangers £160,000 on April 23 for suffering an insolvency event, breaching the articles of association and bringing the game into disrepute. Yes, April 23…67 , yes that's right, 67 whole days ago, unbelieva...

Celtic reach settlement with Alan Thompson

Daily Mail Jun 29, 2012

Celtic have announced they have settled with Alan Thompson over his dismissal from the club's coaching staff.

Can't keep running away

The Front of The Bus Jun 29, 2012

The letter sent out to Division 1 clubs was the final straw for a lot of supporters in Scotland. One Hibs fan I know cancelled his season ticket yesterday. His reason "Completely fed up with it all". I'm sure most rounded football fans in Sc...

Sending Rangers to the Third Division would take '£16m out of the game'

STV Sport Jun 29, 2012

Leaked document sent to clubs warns of doomsday scenario if newco aren't admitted to First Division.

Celtic Summer Games programme for kids

Celtic FC Jun 29, 2012

Celtic Summer Games programme for kids

CELTIC Charity Fund, in association with the Celtic Foundation, is providing a fantastic four-week summer programme for young people, which is launched on Tuesday, July 17.  The Celtic Games Summer 2012 programme runs at Celtic Park from July 17 until Au...

Rangers newco: Opposition grows to newco Rangers in First Division as Dunfermline voice objection to entry

Scotsman Jun 29, 2012

THE strength of opposition to newco Rangers playing in the First Division next season intensified further last night as Dunfermline joined Morton, Falkirk and Raith Rovers in objecting to the Ibrox club joining them in Scottish football's second flight.

Ciani 'open to Hoops move'

Sky Sports Jun 29, 2012

Bordeaux defender Michael Ciani would be open to a move to Celtic and would suit Scottish football, according to the club's president.

Rangers newco: St Mirren to reject Gladys Green’s SPL application

Scotsman Jun 29, 2012

Rangers newco: St Mirren to reject Charles Green’s SPL application

ST MIRREN have confirmed plans to reject newco Rangers' application for entry to the Scottish Premier League.

Celtic legend looks forward to clashes with Europe's elite

Celtic FC Jun 29, 2012

JOHN Clark has seen and done it all with Celtic and has the medals to prove it. For over 50 years, the Lisbon Lion has been an integral part of the club, and he remains as enthusiastic about the football challenges ahead as he's ever been. As Neil Lenn...

Celtic in pursuit of Bordeaux’s Newcastle, Wigan target Ciani

Tribal Football Jun 29, 2012

Celtic are looking to sign Bordeaux defender Michael Ciani according to recent reports. read more...

Rangers newco: A cowardly compromise

The Scottish Football Blog Jun 29, 2012

Scottish football has had a sickly pallor for some time. An anaemic game, given to petty squabbles and entrenched self preservation. A game that at times looked determined to throttle itself to a slow, painful death. A game with only one real talent: an...

Neil turns back clock in search for keeper

Glasgow Evening Times Jun 29, 2012

Neil turns back clock in search for keeper

CELTIC are back on the trail of a goalkeeper they first targeted a decade ago when Martin O'Neill was still in charge of the Parkhead club. Swedish international Andreas Isaksson is now 30, but has re-emerged on the radar of current Hoops boss Neil Lennon...

Interview: New Hearts manager John McGlynn on how he couldn’t turn the job down

Scotsman Jun 29, 2012

Interview: New Hearts manager John McGlynn on how he couldn’t turn the job down

Hearts finished in second behind Celtic in 2006, splitting the O** F*** and claiming a place in the Champions League qualifiers as a result. And, while McGlynn is refusing to get carried away with what may lie ahead, he admits that an opportunity has ...

Bordeaux president admits his player would be interested in signing for Celtic

Herald Scotland Jun 29, 2012

Bordeaux president admits his player would be interested in signing for Celtic

Reports yesterday said the Frenchman's agent had held talks with Neil Lennon's side. Ciani, 28, was linked 18 months ago with a £10m move to Arsenal after he forced his way back into the international set-up.

John McGlynn keen to stop title romp for Celtic

Scotsman Jun 29, 2012

NEW Hearts manager John McGlynn hopes to lead the way in ensuring the Scottish Premier League title race does not turn into a procession for Celtic next season following the demise of Rangers.

Celtic settle with Alan Thompson over dismissal

BBC Jun 29, 2012

Celtic announce an "amicable settlement" with Alan Thompson over his dismissal from the club's coaching staff.

World Cup is the target as Scots’ sights are set high

Scotsman Jun 29, 2012

With Dodson stepping aside from his role as representative on Celtic rugby, that representative position will be filled by former SRU Board Member Ed Crozier, along with current council and board member, John Davidson.

Gers' Green open to league plans

BBC Jun 29, 2012

Gladys Green hints he and his Rangers newco would accept proposed conditions to win Scottish FA membership.

Celtic could move for French defender

Vital Football Jun 29, 2012

Bordeaux's French international defender Michael Ciani's agent has reportedly held talks with Celtic.

Celtic settle Thompson dismissal dispute

Goal.com Jun 29, 2012

Celtic settle Thompson dismissal dispute

Celtic have settled their dispute with Alan Thompson over his recent dismissal as first-team coach. The Glasgow club relieved Thompson of his duties via telephone on June 3, after he alledgedly refused to attend a meeting with manager Neil Lennon.

St Mirren re-affirm their stance with regards Rangers Newco

STV Sport Jun 29, 2012

St Mirren re-affirm their stance with regards Rangers Newco

Stewart Gilmour has issued a statement outlining the club's stance on the Newco and on the financial realities that will bring.

Ciani 'open to Hoops move'

TEAMtalk Jun 29, 2012

Bordeaux defender Michael Ciani would be open to a move to Celtic and would suit Scottish football, according to the club's president.

Ciani 'open to Hoops move'

Sporting Life Jun 29, 2012

Bordeaux defender Michael Ciani would be open to a move to Celtic and would suit Scottish football, according to the club's president.

Korean squad announced for 2012 Olympics; Park Chu-Young in, Lee Jung-Soo out after Al Sadd denies request

Goal.com Jun 29, 2012

Park Chu-Young will lead a squad of mostly internationally-based team-mates to the 2012 London Olympics, the Korean Football Association (KFA) announced on Friday. Contrary to widespread reports in Korean media that declared Lee Jung-Soo as part ...

Bordeaux president hints Ciani interest in Celtic move

Goal.com Jun 29, 2012

French media are reporting that the 28-year-old, who has just one year left on his contract, has held talks with the Scottish club. The France international centre-back, who is also rumoured to have attracted interest from the likes of Newcastle United, i...

Hegarty commits to newco Gers

TEAMtalk Jun 29, 2012

Northern Ireland Under-21 captain Chris Hegarty has become the first player to sign a contract with newco Rangers.

Hoops settle with Thompson

Sporting Life Jun 29, 2012

Celtic have announced they have settled with Alan Thompson over his dismissal from the club's coaching staff.

Clubs line up against Rangers

TEAMtalk Jun 29, 2012

Dunfermline have joined Morton, Falkirk and Raith Rovers in objecting to newco Rangers joining them in the First Division.

Keith Andrews signs three year deal with Bolton Wanderers - report

Goal.com Jun 29, 2012

Andrews had been linked with moves to Huddersfield and Celtic, but Bolton had been interested in the midfielder previously and this was a factor. "He'd had an interest in me before but circumstances didn't quite work out then," said the 31-year-old.

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Vital Football Jun 29, 2012

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Keith Andrews praises Owen Coyle after signing for Bolton Wanderers

Goal.com Jun 29, 2012

Andrews had been linked with moves to Huddersfield and Celtic, but Bolton had been interested in the midfielder previously and this was a factor. "He'd had an interest in me before but circumstances didn't quite work out then," said the 31-year-old.

Saints to reject Rangers newco

TEAMtalk Jun 29, 2012

St Mirren have confirmed plans to reject newco Rangers' application for entry to the Scottish Premier League.

'He has been sensational' - Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill on Ireland winger James McClean

Goal.com Jun 29, 2012

The former Celtic manager was keen to quash the notion that the winger would suffer from so-called 'second season syndrome', whereby a player who has impressed in their debut season suffers a dip in performance the following season. “I know people are .

Celtic begin talks with Bordeaux stopper Michael Ciani over £1million move to Parkhead

Daily Record Jun 29, 2012

CELTIC are in contact with Bordeaux stopper Michael Ciani over a £1million move to Parkhead.

Celtic Diary - June 29th

ETims Jun 29, 2012

Friday June 29 Swedish international keeper Andreas Isaakson is considering a move to Celtic, according to the Express, which means we might as well leave that one right there. however, Swedish...

Dispute resolved over Thompson exit

Vital Football Jun 29, 2012

Celtic and former coach Alan Thompson have reached agreement over their recent surprise parting of the ways.

Park Chu-Young included in South Korea Olympic squad

Goal.com Jun 29, 2012

The Arsenal striker is one of two Premier League players that will compete in London, with Sunderland forward Ji Dong-Won also included in the 18-man party for the tournament...

Green open to sanction deal

Glasgow Evening Times Jun 29, 2012

Plans have been drawn up that would see the Ibrox newco placed in the Irn-Bru First Division next season as part of a radical overhaul of our league system. Green has made an application to take Rangers into the SPL, but that plan appears doomed to failur...