Celtic £77m rainy day fund dwarves almost anything in football but there's a reason no one else hoards that much cash

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Bigger is better – or so I’ve been told many times over the years – and it certainly seems to be the motto at Celtic . ‌

The bank balance is bigger, the profits are bigger – and the statements, boy, they are definitely bigger. ‌

Hot on the heels of the 1000 word epic from a fortnight ago that had fans frothing at the mouth, comes another avalanche of words amid the specular Celtic financial numbers . ‌

Peter Lawwell ’s chairman address wasn’t far off the thousand words mark while Michael Nicholson ’s clocked in at just over.

Punters were poring over both for signs of a sorry or any mention of the manager’s future, but unless they were hidden in the first letters of each paragraph, then they'd be searching for a while.

Ah well. ‌

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