Celtic in talks to move to League 1

[joe breezy]

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/footba...2039-23793094/

I'd like Hibs to do this, but I'm being selfish, living in London, would love to see Hibs take on Charlton etc..

Then get into the Premiership and do the business as Swansea and Norwich are now

[Mikey]

If one goes we should all go. A British league is the answer.

England don't need us though.

[joe breezy]

They don't need us but some of them might fancy the lure of a club the size of Celtic, they'll soon change their mind though when their town is suddenly filled with thousands of pish stained jaickies pissing in the street, leaving a trail of Buckfast bottles and singing IRA songs

[Cocaine&Caviar]

Nothing would please me more, Celtic GTF.

[Hibs Class]

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Nothing would please me more, Celtic GTF.

[SkintHibby]

Football the world over is being ruined completely because of money.

It's not the game I grew up loving over 40 years ago.

[Jones28]

Excellent! GTF Celtic. Celtic move leagues, Rangers get liquidated, Scottish football gets regenerated and is better for all!

[blackpoolhibs]

Wouldn't kilmarnock deserve it before the smellies?

[SteveHFC]

Good **** off and don't come back!

[Jonnyboy]

Careful folks - you'll have the "Scottish fitba' would die if the Old Firm left" brigade after ye

[Vini1875]

Simply do not believe it is a remote possibility it just a story to trot out over and over to sell a few more papers. Nothing more than a filler.

[blackpoolhibs]

Surely Scotland needs a strong Celtic?

[Speedy]

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I'd like Hibs to do this, but I'm being selfish, living in London, would love to see Hibs take on Charlton etc..

Then get into the Premiership and do the business as Swansea and Norwich are now

I completely disagree.

I've got no interest in seeing hibs against charlton, exeter, morecambe, wycombe, doncaster or any other dross in the lower leagues of england.

And I don't think we'd ever get to the point of winning anything.

My ex flat mate is a hull city fan, they have never won anything...absolutely nothing and they don't have much of a chance of winning anything unless they got relegated. I'd never want Hibs to be in that position.

Edit: Before anyone corrects me, I meant in his lifetime(he's 24)...and the championship play off doesn't count.

[snooky]

Seriously, I think it would be best for all concerned if Celtc moved to the Irish League.

It's a win/win/win situation shirley.

1) For them - they get to play at "home"
2) For 'Scottish' teams (excluding the soon-to-be-defunct RFC) - they'd not be in the Scottish League system
3) For the English - they won't have to take in CFC, or their fans

Everybody's happy .... no?

[greenginger]

Spl rules require a club to give 2 years notice if they wish to quit.

Of course they could simply fail to complete their fixtures and be emptied.

[jgl07]

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I'd like Hibs to do this, but I'm being selfish, living in London, would love to see Hibs take on Charlton etc..

Then get into the Premiership and do the business as Swansea and Norwich are now

There is not a hope that Celtic would be allowed into League One. Which team would forfeit their place to make way?

Maybe if they started four or five levels down they could work their way up. Eventually. That assumes that UEFA do not block the move.

Any such move would entail a full restructuring of the entire League system. It is not going to happen.

[Hibrandenburg]

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Careful folks - you'll have the "Scottish fitba' would die if the Old Firm left" brigade after ye

If it happened before 2014 it would be a large kick in the baws for Scottish independance though. (wee Satan smiley).

[Keith_M]

No matter what the english chairmen think, the views of UEFA/FIFA could put a spoke in the works.

If they allow this, they could possibly open the floodgates.



If this IS allowed, one possible plan for Rankers would be to let the club get liquidated, buy Ibrox from the Administrators then take over a struggling English side

.....let's say just for arguments sake Scunthorpe United. Voila, they're in the English League.


I wonder if any of the bidders has thought of this

[Viva_Palmeiras]

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No matter what the english chairmen think, the views of UEFA/FIFA could put a spoke in the works.

If they allow this, they could possibly open the floodgates.



If this IS allowed, one possible plan for Rankers would be to let the club get liquidated, buy Ibrox from the Administrators then take over a struggling English side

.....let's say just for arguments sake Scunthorpe United. Voila, they're in the English League.


I wonder if any of the bidders has thought of this

At least with Scunthorpe they wouldn't need
To change the name too much.
Ah yes the floodgates these types of proposals are they game changers that I was talking about Sky leading the mega indebted clubs away to an elite league leaving the others behind?

[SouthEnglandHib]

as i follow my local team (in league one) i would love celtic in league one, many fans wouldnt welcome it, but i would, it would add another good away day.

as for who they would take out, may be another team from league two goes down...

[The_Todd]

Pipe dream. Why league 1? Why not league 2?

[Ozyhibby]

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There is not a hope that Celtic would be allowed into League One. Which team would forfeit their place to make way?

Maybe if they started four or five levels down they could work their way up. Eventually. That assumes that UEFA do not block the move.

Any such move would entail a full restructuring of the entire League system. It is not going to happen.

Maybe Portsmouth or Port vale?
If one team goes then we all should go. Being left watching even poorer quality football up here has no appeal. Entering a British league system would be great.

[Lucius Apuleius]

And yet they still complain because they were not invited to the "secret" meeting of the other 10????? ****** lowlives.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Surely they are in talks with a move to their natural home in the League of Ireland?

[Purple & Green]

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No matter what the english chairmen think, the views of UEFA/FIFA could put a spoke in the works.

Wellington Phoenix play in the Australian League, and they are not even in the same confederation, so I don't see that it's an issue in theory.

What I don't know is, whether a scottish team could take an English european place because I would guess that would be key to Celtic or Rangers moving there.

[CropleyWasGod]

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Wellington Phoenix play in the Australian League, and they are not even in the same confederation, so I don't see that it's an issue in theory.

What I don't know is, whether a scottish team could take an English european place because I would guess that would be key to Celtic or Rangers moving there.

I don't see why they wouldn't, if they are a member of that League.

Cardiff, Monaco, Derry City... are examples.

[ballengeich]

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What I don't know is, whether a scottish team could take an English european place because I would guess that would be key to Celtic or Rangers moving there.

When Cardiff, Swansea and other Welsh clubs elected to stay in the English set-up rather than join the Welsh professional league on its inception, UEFA told them that they would not be able to qualify for European competitions as the English slots were for English-based clubs. The same would presumably apply to any Scottish clubs wanting to join the English league system.

It should be noted however, that Platini indicated just before this season's English League Cup final that he might be prepared to reverse this ruling if Cardiff had won.

[Hibbyradge]

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Careful folks - you'll have the "Scottish fitba' would die if the Old Firm left" brigade after ye

Ok John, I'll bite.

Scottish football wouldn't die without the Old Firm.

It would just shrink. An awful, awful lot.

And the more successful the uglies became and the more glamorous their fixtures, the more we would shrink.

PS When I first typed that, I made a mistake and typed shtink instead of shrink.

On reflection, maybe I should have left it.

[PeeJay]

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Wellington Phoenix play in the Australian League, and they are not even in the same confederation, so I don't see that it's an issue in theory.

What I don't know is, whether a scottish team could take an English european place because I would guess that would be key to Celtic or Rangers moving there.

Well - from a UEFA POV - it could set a precedent for clubs in other countries to pick and choose where they play, so I guess UEFA could well have good reason to clamp down on it?

[Steve-O]

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Wellington Phoenix play in the Australian League, and they are not even in the same confederation, so I don't see that it's an issue in theory.

What I don't know is, whether a scottish team could take an English european place because I would guess that would be key to Celtic or Rangers moving there.

The reason is that there is no professional league in New Zealand though. Additionally, Phoenix cannot qualify for the Asian Champions League as they are from Oceania. Bizarre when they are technically an Aussie team but it is an anomaly that continues to be unresolved.