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Apparentely its in his contract that if the celtic job becomes available, he has first refusal. Anyone else heard or seen this rumour, or is it just that..
However, Whelan stated: “One thing [Owen] said to me when I gave him the job was ‘If Celtic ever come in I want the job at Celtic’. That’s one thing I respect.”
Coyle had been approached by Celtic after Gordon Strachan resigned as Celtic manager in 2009, however the then-Burnley manager decided to take the English side into the English Premier League after winning promotion.
I hope he leads us back into the Premier League too.
However, Whelan stated: “One thing [Owen] said to me when I gave him the job was ‘If Celtic ever come in I want the job at Celtic’. That’s one thing I respect.”Coyle had been approached by Celtic after Gordon Strachan resigned as Celtic manager in 2009, however the then-Burnley manager decided to take the English side into the English Premier League after winning promotion.
I hope he leads us back into the Premier League too.
You wouldn’t want to be planning a bank job with Whelan, would you? he wouldn’t keep his gob shut in a cess-pit!
Well thats him down in my estimation if thats all his ambition is. Only one more season and Rangers will be back.
Soon be having their fans calling off at New Springfield again for a brew.Well thats him down in my estimation if thats all his ambition is. Only one more season and Rangers will be back.
Soon be having their fans calling off at New Springfield again for a brew.Why has he gone down in your estimation?
Celtic are the club he supported as a child, and even though the SPL is a poor league, Celtic are a huge club.
2010/11 CELTIC
Wage bill: £32.66m
Difference from 2010: Down £3.82m
Turnover: £52.56m2011/12 WIGAN Premier League
Turnover: £53m
Wages as proportion of turnover 72%
Wagebill: £38mWigan, as a Premier League club, would be as big – and even bigger with the new broadcasting revenue – as Celtic. It would be better for Coyle to get Wigan into the Premier League and stick with them.
That’s just what he did with Burnley when Celtic called for him – until Wanderers called more loudly, that is.
Please tell me you’re seriously not claiming Wigan are/can be a bigger club than Celtic.
Playing in a poxy cash-strapped one team league or not, Celtic are one of the most famous football clubs in the world, have a huge international fanbase, are in the Champions League every year and play their home games in a 60,000 seater stadium.
Being wealthier is one thing, but the size and potential size of a club isn’t determined on a spreadsheet.
There are lots of great teams in the history of soccer.
Today, most Premier League clubs are bigger than Celtic. And Coyle chose to stick with Burnley rather than go to Celtic.
Celtic have never won the FA Cup – that must be why they want to join the Premier League!
Celtic play their home games in a 60,000 seater stadium.
But it isn’t always full!
Celtic 2012/13 Scottish Premier League
Highest home attendance 60,000 v Juventus (12 February 2013)
Lowest home attendance 14,399 v St Johnstone (30 October 2012)Wigan 2012/13 Premier League
Highest home attendance 23,001 v Aston Villa
Lowest home attendance 15,436 v Readingagreed, and the EPL is over-hyped, but lets be honest, playing in the SPL against the likes of St Johnstone /St Mirren, or whoever, ain’t no great shakes either ……..hence, the desire of Rangers and Celtic to fly the nest.
Good European cup campaign for the celts last year the first in many a year ….
Celtic play their home games in a 60,000 seater stadium.But it isn’t always full!
Celtic 2012/13 Scottish Premier League
Highest home attendance 60,000 v Juventus (12 February 2013)
Lowest home attendance 14,399 v St Johnstone (30 October 2012)Wigan 2012/13 Premier League
Highest home attendance 23,001 v Aston Villa
Lowest home attendance 15,436 v ReadingThat’s a little misleading (good old Wikipedia)
Celtic v St Johnston was a League Cup game. Their lowest attendance in the league was 40,000, and their average 49,000.
If you’re including cup games, Wigan’s lowest was 8,000 against Bournemouth.
Yes we’ve won the FA Cup; they’ve won the European Cup.
‘In 2003 Celtic were estimated to have a fan base of nine million people, including one million in the USA and Canada. There are over 160 Celtic Supporters Clubs in over 20 countries around the world.’
Forget the status of the leagues that the two clubs play in, and forget how much money the two clubs bring in (although Celtic have only recently dropped out of the Top 20 World’s Richest Football Clubs)
Playing in the Premier League does not make Wigan Athletic a bigger club than Celtic.
In the Premier League, Wigan are a small club playing in a big league.
Celtic on the other hand are a huge club playing in a miniscule league.
The dilemma for Celtic is that they would like to play in the English Premier League where the broadcasting fees are so much bigger.
However, if they did this, they would have to give up their automatic place in the Champions League. Celtic could hardly expect to compete with the top four/five of the Premier League.
Coyle may have been a Celtic supporter as a boy, but even he turned down their invitation to be their manager. He chose instead to stay with newly-promoted Burnley. He preferred Burnley to Celtic, and then preferred Bolton to Burnley. That must tell you something about the status of Celtic today.
Are you really suggesting that if Celtic/Rangers where to play in the premier league they would not be challenging for top four with a massive increase in tv money plus the crowds they get ,they would be a major force in my opinion with the players they could attract with a bigger war chest to spend
The dilemma for Celtic is that they would like to play in the English Premier League where the broadcasting fees are so much bigger.However, if they did this, they would have to give up their automatic place in the Champions League. Celtic could hardly expect to compete with the top four/five of the Premier League.
Coyle may have been a Celtic supporter as a boy, but even he turned down their invitation to be their manager. He chose instead to stay with newly-promoted Burnley. He preferred Burnley to Celtic, and then preferred Bolton to Burnley. That must tell you something about the status of Celtic today.
I think Coyle’s decision to stay with Burnley says more about the state of the SPL and Scottish football in general rather than the status of Celtic.
I don’t think Celtic are anywhere near the level of the top four/five in England.
Like a newly-promoted team, they would take some time to get up to speed. The players and the fans alike would have to accept that they could no longer take home wins for granted.
They would have to strengthen their squad for the weekly struggle of the Premier league, and strengthen it again if they had to face the extra burden of mid-week European games.
But until it happens, it can only be a matter of opinion how Celtic would get on.
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