07 Apr 2026 16:54:58
Would Celtic give Hearts 3 points on the last day if it meant Rangers losing the league?
As happy as we can be with the split.
07 Apr 2026 17:07:41
Of course they will. Did not want them playing last.
07 Apr 2026 18:17:59
I would usually think yes, but that would stop them getting a shot at the Champions League. 💙
07 Apr 2026 19:46:06
Possible Champions League money, I doubt it.
08 Apr 2026 00:43:19
I think they would, as if they qualified it would be a lot less than what we got for automatic qualifying if we win the league this year, and let's face it, they aren't making it past the qualifiers. I also think Celtic know they will need to spend big; if we qualify, as with champs money we will spend 30million before player sales easy.
08 Apr 2026 08:08:21
We only get automatic qualification if everything goes our way. If we win it, and it doesn't, it's a playoff. Legal Bear covered it the other day.
08 Apr 2026 08:22:45
Would our players lie down if it was the other way around?
Would we want our players to lie down if it was the other way around?
08 Apr 2026 15:26:53
Majority of supporters of both teams would want their team beat.
08 Apr 2026 17:45:09
Definitely agree, Coopersdad, but would they want Rangers to obviously not give it anywhere near 100%?
06 Apr 2026 16:52:04
Good luck to Leanne Crichton and the women's team. A win against Celtic and we'll be ahead of Glasgow City and one point behind Hearts. Seemed a pipe dream just a few weeks ago. On BBC Alba from 5 pm.
06 Apr 2026 17:40:15
Lovely night for the game, and a good start, dominating pretty much all over the park and deservedly ahead.
Absolutely incredible achievement from Hearts to be top of both tables at this stage in the season though.
06 Apr 2026 17:52:55
Great goal from Wilko.
Stop doing your job so well! As long as Hearts aren't top at the end of the season in either league Ehl!
06 Apr 2026 17:55:09
And now it's 2! Get in.
06 Apr 2026 18:42:28
Frustrating second half, seem to be trying to see out the win from half time.
06 Apr 2026 19:02:53
Hat trick seals the deal.
06 Apr 2026 19:21:46
Great result.
Really bizarre match, as Celtic really offered very little.
Not complaining though.
06 Apr 2026 20:02:58
They didn't manage a shot on target. As you say, great result.
Take the 3 points and march on, hopefully building momentum at the business end of the season.
07 Apr 2026 13:06:36
Like the men's team them, Cooper.
02 Apr 2026 22:30:37
Not Rangers related so hope ok Ed. Aphelion and others if yous like documentaries there a really good one on C4 catch up. The great Icelandic swim. It's about a boy that swims 1000 miles right around Iceland. It really amazed me what the human body can do.
03 Apr 2026 11:08:45
Our local Iceland has a car park round it so I wouldn't manage to match that feat. 🙈 It isn't that big either.
03 Apr 2026 12:10:37
Brilliant mate 😆
03 Apr 2026 12:30:14
Is the car park not the sheep pen for the farmers market. 😉😇
03 Apr 2026 15:53:10
Penny Burn will watch Sunday or Monday. Sounds like something I'd enjoy.
03 Apr 2026 16:49:49
It sounds interesting, outstanding achievement in freezing Icelandic waters.
03 Apr 2026 18:43:39
Fork, another good point and probably the reason we don't have water around our Iceland. I am forever learning on this forum. 😉
03 Apr 2026 17:57:51
https://youtu.be/FgV2apL6S3A
03 Apr 2026 21:15:26
The boy that done it is super human in my opinion. John you will really enjoy it Iceland looks absolutely beautiful tbh all Scandinavian countries do. Your a lucky man Aphelion
04 Apr 2026 20:14:57
Thank you Penny, although I would say that Scotland is also beautiful, the only difference is we seem to embrace and cherish our natural wonders more.
05 Apr 2026 04:42:40
John, don't you be getting any ideas from that documentary, we need you around here. 😁
05 Apr 2026 07:43:06
John's got the bouncy to do BB, if we win it. 👍
05 Apr 2026 09:53:28
No chance Bb. I only learned to swim at 60.
05 Apr 2026 12:04:33
Boy Blue told yesterday I will be going to pigsty, so will get some practice in.
05 Apr 2026 18:27:48
Was actually going to say that, to keep some energy for the breezeblock if you were going. I'll be there as well, mate. John, I've actually looked about for a guy of your age doing the bouncy at Parkhead, but there was loads of older guys doing it, so gave in looking for you. 😁
02 Apr 2026 07:57:43
I see reports this morning that the sfa want current newcastle United youth academy head coach jack ross to become the new sfa chief football officer 🤔To replace the departing andy gould, who's taking up a new position within fifa 🤔If i was jack ross i'd absolutely stay at newcastle as he's got a terrific job their and is highly regarded down there 🤔He should think long and hard about joining these bungling rats within the sfa structure 🤔
02 Apr 2026 09:29:00
Obe, your club are in serious financial problems.
Headed for a big point deduction.
02 Apr 2026 10:29:02
I saw that the owners sold St James's Park to themselves for £130m.
02 Apr 2026 12:30:59
Three Cheers used to pay off debt to avoid points deduction.
02 Apr 2026 12:55:07
I thought Newcastle were in a better place financially now, John?
02 Apr 2026 13:53:39
Ah ok John, I knew that there was some form of jiggery pokery going on, because, in the real world, nobody spends £130m buying something that you already own. Bending the rules in a big way but still within the rules.
02 Apr 2026 16:15:11
My star, only because they got 130 for the stadium sale, which is now being looked into.
02 Apr 2026 16:16:07
Three Cheers, appear a rule change brings it into question.
02 Apr 2026 16:51:10
Cool, John, and quite rightly so.
02 Apr 2026 17:27:24
John thought they had the richest owners in the world?
02 Apr 2026 20:53:08
My star, I think that's Rangers, however, it does not matter how much u have, rules dictate how it should be spent.
02 Apr 2026 22:07:42
The 'Big 6' in England all have turnover between £600-700m, I think a couple may even be on course to go beyond the £700m mark.
Newcastle have a turnover of around £300m
To put that into context, we are closer to Newcastle's turnover with our tiny £90m (or Celtic's £120m) turnover than Newcastle are to the Big 6.
In both the EPLs and UEFA's financial controls, turnover is king, hence why being the richest club in the world doesn't mean they can spend.
03 Apr 2026 11:53:21
I read something yesterday about Real Madrid hitting a turnover of £1.2BN. That's eye watering and miles ahead of the English clubs. I think Barca and Bayern were the closest.
We've got a bit of work to do to compete.
03 Apr 2026 12:01:16
Cooper, I can't remember exactly, but I'm sure the last time I read into it, Liverpool were the top English team in terms of turnover, but only 5th in world football - behind Madrid, Barca, Munich and PSG.
03 Apr 2026 12:30:26
I wonder how many strips Madrid and Barca sell each year as it must be a mental amount. I remember reading last year that Liverpool sold 1.8 million.
03 Apr 2026 14:32:47
Just checked and Madrid sell the most strips at 3.1 million and Barca only sell a measly 2.9 million.
03 Apr 2026 14:59:34
I think you're right, EHL, and they were still something like £400m behind Madrid.
Three Cheers, I'm sure I read a while ago that even Spurs sold something like 1.8m shirts a couple seasons ago. Not sure if that might have dropped with Son leaving, as Asia seemed to be massive for them thanks to him.
Does anyone know how many shirts we actually sell per season? I have a figure of 300k in my head, but not sure where that comes from.
03 Apr 2026 17:50:04
Aye the Asian market is huge Cooper. The EPL is massive over there and always on the TVs in the bars. They do a very good job marketing the league across all of Asia.
I do not have a clue how many strips we sell, but the more the merrier.
03 Apr 2026 19:54:21
We recently claimed to have sold over 400k strips for the first time, which I remember being surprised at as I had always just assumed we'd have sold more.
04 Apr 2026 08:58:13
For a fan base with an alleged global support of more than 9m that isn't great, EHL, however, they certainly aren't cheap. My 2 youngest have 7 strips between them. I'm sure there are many families like that, so even fewer buying them.
Seems like an opportunity to massively increase turnover, and this is perhaps where we will see the 49ers machine make a difference within North America.
04 Apr 2026 09:25:59
I'm pretty sure back in the early 90's we were one of the biggest for shirt sales in the UK, but back then we were winning things and a force to be reckoned with in Europe. I remember when the Adidas strip we wore in 92 was launched, and I never went to school that morning, instead opting to go to Inter Sport and buy the new home top with long sleeves, and it cost me £40, and the short sleeve top was £35.
I wish I still had that top as it's one of our most iconic. That top must have made Adidas a fortune as loads of teams all over Europe had it in various colours.
Fast forward 34 years and we now win hee haw on a regular basis and no surprises that our shirt sales are not very high, fingers crossed the tide is turning and we sell gazzilions next season as the Champions.
04 Apr 2026 10:12:07
Loved that top, Three Cheers, but sadly never had it. I think you're right though about us not winning much has an effect. I also don't like many of the strips we've had in recent seasons, others may think the same, but I've bought them for the kids as they wanted them.
Like many things in modern football, the promotion of the EPL, La Liga etc around the world has seen us fall well behind other countries financially. We could increase turnover by 100% and still be miles behind most English, Spanish, French clubs etc.
04 Apr 2026 11:37:18
You talking about the one similar to the France top, bud. 👍
04 Apr 2026 11:57:14
Our one fork was blue with the 3 white stripes on each shoulder, and the away top was white with the red stripes. There were loads of teams, and countries had the same design but in lots of different colours. I can't remember if France had it, but they probably did.
05 Apr 2026 04:09:27
3 Cheers, I think we wore the red one that season mate, once away in Europe with Centre Park on it, I think that part could be wrong. Red, white panels, black stripes. Was a beauty.