Glasgow City Council have released a statement in which they have admitted that they would like to ‘reset’ their relationship with Celtic and Rangers in order to promote the city in a better light.
Plans are being put in place in the event that the Hoops or their neighbours win the Scottish Premiership and where the celebrations will take place.
A designated area is being talked about following complaints from business owners about the usual scenes on Trongate. However, the City Council have acknowledged that they could do more to celebrate their clubs.
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Glasgow City Council’s plans to restore Celtic relationship
From having representatives attend matches at Celtic Park and Ibrox to congratulating a side when they have won a trophy on social media, plenty of plans are in place for Glasgow City Council to promote the Hoops.
A Statement via Glasgow Times said: “In recent months senior representatives of Celtic FC, Glasgow City Council, Police Scotland and Rangers FC have begun a series of meetings aimed at resetting the relationship between the city and its two biggest football clubs.
“We agree that there could be mutual benefits to the city providing support to the clubs to recognise their successes and in all parties working to use the clubs’ significant international brands as part of the city’s destination marketing strategy as other global cities have been able to do. We are working towards proposals for how this could work in practice.
“The discussions have also reflected on celebrations, which have had a disproportionate impact on city centre businesses and residents.
“It is clear there are no powers which could compel fans to not gather in the city centre and we have agreed to work together on facilitating celebrations which would be meaningful to fans and less impactful on communities.”
Glasgow should use Celtic to its advantage
While the city of Glasgow has always been well known, one of its biggest attractions is the football on offer.
Celtic and Rangers are two clubs with worldwide fanbases, and football fanatics always say that the Glasgow derby is at the top of their bucket list.
Not only will it bring more eyes on Scottish football, it will bring more to the city of Glasgow and provide the positive image they want to see.
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