Bisgrove reveals his cunning plan to raise the capacity of Ibrox

James Bisgrove has explained to Kris Boyd about the exiting plans to increase the capacity of Ibrox, in the world of the in-coming CEO every plan is exciting.

No engineering questions were posed by the former Portland Timbers ace who sat nodding his way through the interview. Boyd was reading scripted questions from a tablet.

For 25 years Celtic Park has had a 10,000 capacity advantage over Ibrox, after being laughed at for setting such a high capacity that additional income has delivered a built in advantage year on year. The record books suggest that it has been a sound investment.

With three sides of Ibrox rebuilt in the 1980s supporters have been searching for ways to increase capacity to be on a par with Celtic. Bisgrove knows how to send out the messages o make the bears feel good about the exciting future.

Adding extra tiers to the existing stands seems to be a non-runner, going down any lower would run into the water table which means that the only option left is to remove the side screens either side of the Govan/Sandy Jardine Stand to add possibly an extra 900 seats in behind each corner.

The capacity will still be well short of Celtic Park but Bisgrove has exciting plans to add Wi-Fi which should bring in exciting new digital partnerships.