Ewan Murray was quickly corrected when he lumped Celtic into a tweet about football clubs claiming more money from the Scottish Government.
The Guardian reporter is uncomfortable with the issue after the First Minister announced that £5m in aid would be given to Sport to cover recent losses with football expected to claim around £2m.
Five Premiership clubs had to play in front of 500 fans on December 26 with Hearts deciding that it wasn’t worth the effort to have that number of fans inside Tynecastle. Lower division clubs have continued to play but 500 Season Ticket holders inside East End Park, Rugby Park or Firhill doesn’t pay many bills.
Early in 2021 the Scottish Government provided 20 year interest free loans to Premiership clubs with Celtic the only one not to take up the offer.
Quarterly cash flow statements are required as part of the terms of the loan which gives the Scottish Government very precise details of how clubs are operating.
While Season Ticket money is banked in the summer every club relies on walk-up customers buying tickets while hospitality packages are critical at every level of the game.
Fixtures over the festive period tend to be very lucrative for clubs, matches later on in January are notorious for lower attendances as fans come to terms with their December spending.
On a linked theme: I’m uncomfortable with Scottish football claiming more government money. Rangers have just sold a player for £10m+, Celtic are still spending millions, Hibs are buying a Norwegian teenager for £300,000. Season tickets and television deals remain intact.
— Ewan Murray (@mrewanmurray) January 5, 2022
Celtic didn’t take any money Ewan.
— RIP Bertie (@weemisstim) January 5, 2022
they don’t really anymore. The walk-up % in Scotland is small.
— Ewan Murray (@mrewanmurray) January 5, 2022
100%
— YES Independence For Scotland (@billybhoy999) January 5, 2022
What’s government loans got to do with Celtic?
— Rory Cavanagh (@rcanagh) January 5, 2022
Celtic are spending their own money, Celtic didn’t take a penny from the Government. Would you like to correct your statement to be clear and concise? @CelticFCSLO
— Paul Wilson??????? (@Balnagowan67) January 6, 2022
????poor Ewan always raging at the Celtic …..defo a Jambo ????? not
— #oneclubsince1888 (@PMullen67) January 6, 2022
Open the gates then, no other business would be told they have to accept such big losses like this in such short period especially when government are just plucking random numbers out the air.
— Green and white brigade (@__LG90__) January 6, 2022
Celtic didn’t take a copper coin
— BenidormCelt (@Benidormcelt) January 5, 2022
Why mention Celtic spending Millions when it was Rangers who not only took the hand out but nipped in for seconds when Celtic quite rightly said they didn’t need a hand out.
— ThommyJ12 (@J12Thommy) January 6, 2022
Celtic refused any government money Ewan…… but then you knew that.
— David Doherty ??NHS?? (@daviddo64229174) January 5, 2022
That has certainly made my mind up not to subscribe to the Guardian.
That wee horrible scum Ewan is always bring celtic into fucking little specky zombie scumbag hope he goes soon the rats rat.
Sevco took 3million have now had millions???of Paterson pounds so surely they could give back funding cash for some deserving cause to utilise this?? Don’t hold yer fckn breath as it probably been used for dodgy dealings not in the agreement.
Just another diseased orange sad cunt. HH
Call him a bad name on the tweet and you’ll get a reply within minutes ,
but if you make a valid point he goes awol .
Total muppet
Never gotten over Albert Kidd day and never will
If “the old rangers” won’t pay HMRC tax WHY would the NEW “the rangers” pay back the Scottish government
Celtic spending their own money the rangers take public money have they produced the quarterly accounts yet as required Murray just a other of the blue clan I do read the guardian but not his $hit and football clubs should not be given these type of loans they have plenty of wealthy directors and owners.
i am in no way way defending one of the gutless mob but these loans to football clubs some who pay their players thousands of pounds a week is a disgrace while at the same time people on universal credit are losing twenty pounds a week ?. why no msp has brought this up at holyrood is also a disgrace.
Rangers*’ quarterly accounts were delivered in a Lucky Bag.