A Shambles Over Hampden And A Decision He No Longer Has To Take.
With the association thinking about moth-balling Hampden, this is a good time for Regan to get out. The decision will cost millions either way. If they stay at the National Stadium they will have to find a way to off-set the costs. If they go, their credibility is shot.
I personally don’t care what happens with Hampden, just so long as Scotland games and cup semis and finals don’t end up shared between Celtic Park and Ibrox. That would be a travesty, and the idea that Celtic fans would gladly troop to Sevconia is ridiculous. I don’t know one who would be in favour of that. Take the games to Murrayfield; that will preserve neutrality and remove the centre of football power in this country from Glasgow.
That can only be a positive thing.
But take that decision and both Celtic and Sevco will not be happy. The clubs made a disgraceful “joint bid” to take the games; one of the only positive things Regan has ever done was when his board knocked that bid back. With him gone there may be pressure to revisit the option; I sincerely hope not. If it’s Murrayfield both those clubs – and their media lackeys – would have flayed Regan for giving up our national ground to the SRU.
Stay at Hampden and it makes all the talk sound like a ludicrous bluff.
Regan must have been dreading that announcement either way.
