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Regarding changing club colours etc. I genuinely don't think we could seriously challenge that, if said situation was to happen.

All this talk of backbone. Compared to the past its been eroded to *. We probably have one of most politicised fan bases in the UK, that's been eroded.

Are our club any different to the likes of Cardiff/Hull. Bear in mind that all the fan orgs that were opposed to this were called not 'real' fans and banned. Our club isn't much different.

 

Indeed.


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Do you really think someone without enough money would be stupid enough to change our colours. Do do so would alienate a huge number of our supporters all over the world. Why are we the biggest European team in the USA? I for one would not support the club if the colours were changed.

 

Our club is very different. If you believe we are a Scottish club based in Scotland and nothing else then I could see why you might think that.

 

In terms of fan opposition. There isn't.

It would be the same as Hull and Cardiff. Change the kit in the Prem etc, and most wouldn't bother. You will always get opposition, as can be shown at Cardiff and Hull...But as has been shown there, and to a lesser extent here. These can be banned, and no groundswell of opposition occurred.

 

It shouldn't,and it's extremely unlikely that it will,ever happen.

From a selfish point of view,income-wise it would be great,but improving the game in Scotland should be our goal.Its unfortunate that we have the sort of people who run the game here,they can't * wait until newco get into the SPL and they can try get things back to normal.

 

Why would somebody even want to change our colours? Cardiff's were changed to make them more marketable in Asia because they have zero global appeal, we already have the global appeal and wouldn't need to change our colours. Two scenarios are completely incomparable

 

Exactly. Christ, what some of our own have been through (no, not just GB members!) this last two seaons is much worse than changing our strip (awful though that would indeed be) and there's not exactly been a massive fan backlash (though hopefully there will be) because the various parties involved have successfully divided us and turned us against each other on every single issue.

 

To change our colours would be akin to taking down the tricolour. Bye, bye huge north american support. Bye bye virtually all the Irish support. Bye, bye at least 1/2 the Scottish support. For me our colours represent our team as I have said earlier I would not support a Celtic in red and white.

 

While I might not be happy with what has happened to our support over the last two seasons to suggest it is worse than changing our colours is ludicrous. I would be as likely to support these new Glasgow Celtic as I would support a Glasgow United coming from a hun merger. Lose your colours for me is to lose your roots. If the plant roots are damaged it dies.

 

OK, there are actually good financial reaons for not changing our iconic home strip that would probably keep it safe; but that's hardly the point. What if they changed Celtic Park to Magners Park or similar? What if we they changed our name to "The Glasgow Celtics" to make us more marketable in the US? There are just so many hideous possibilities here.

 

Celtic fans with families losing their jobs and getting criminal records for following Celtic the way they always have is worse than changing our strip IMO. Much worse.

I agree that changing our strip would be awful, though.

 

As a human tragedy yes. But for me despite silence for the PLC, Celtic stands behind these fans. Celtic for me is the fans. The team will come and go. The board will come and go. The stadium may change. But I would hope as fans we will not change. We can be both Irish and Scottish or Irish/Scottish. We may not agree at times which but for me we are still a brotherhood. I fell this sense of camaraderie every time I go to a game even if recently the atmosphere has been *. This is precisely why I would not want to enter the EPL.

 

the difference is them teams are changing to become more marketable whereas we already have and the iconic image and brand appeal

 

Celtic park , to me its Parkhead, on here I tend to use CP but that's just me being lazy (note to self use PH). So if someone wants to pay money to call it magners park dont think it would actually bother me , not sure thou. Although the glasgow Celtics is horrendous.

 

I did not notice this when I replied to your other post.

Change the name of the stadium would not bother me even as things are at the moment it can be called Parkhead or Paradise.
Changing the name would not be pleasant but I would not turn my back on the club if we were called "The Glasgow Celtics"

For the record I hate the EPL and all it stands for. I did vote for the EPL but that was only in reaction to post#3. My preferred option would be any league bar the EPL.

 

That maybe the case, when for instance your in the SPL & 74% of your income is fans coming through the turnstiles.

However, the EPL club's major source of income is TV money...The need to maintain good relations with fans paying at the gate goes out the window in this instance.

You only have to see threads even on here discussing Stadium naming rights, & you have people voicing their approval of it. How it would bring in extra cash. How its all cosmetic & still in our heads it will always be CP etc. But that's the very arguments given by those 'fans' support said colour/name changes.

Our kit would be unlikely to be changed etc, due to reasons already given. But other things are not that outlandish & you would still be unlikely to change/be opposition too.

 

Someone mentioned taking down the tricolour would damage our north american support......I don't really buy that, not that we should take it down.

Do we really have THAT big a support in NA? I mean in comparison to the Man Utd's, Barcelona's it must be pretty small right?

 

My only point was about the changing of our colours. The rest I agree with. As far as support goes with our present support we would be comparable with Man U and Liverpool disregard the heart of our support and we become a Sunderland or Newcastle.

I have posted earlier that if we were to move to the EPL we would lose our soul. I would rather support the team we have at present than a richer club with a better team but with no soul.

 

In 2003 it was estimated that Celtic had a fanbase of one million in the United States and Canada. In 2002, former Rangers F.C. director Hugh Adam claimed that Celtic were "the best-supported football club in North America" and that the club's "Irish connection" was a determinant factor in their popularity. In 2004, The Sunday Times, when commentating on several European teams who were touring in the U.S at the time, stated that clubs such as Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester United attracted support in the United States only when touring the country. In contrast, Celtic were said to "have such a strong pre-existing relationship with a huge expatriate following here that their support will endure