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CELTIC’S BAND OF GREATER FORTUNE

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By Mark Carruthers

IT has been a tough few months for Ebac Northern League Division Two club West Allotment Celtic.
A dispute over the cost of hiring their previous home at Whitley Park led them close to the brink of extinction.
Their landlords, the Northumberland FA, increased the cost of hiring the facility from £4,500 to £7,500.
That increase was described by the club as “exorbitant” at the time and they set about the task of finding a new home. After months of hard work, negotiation and panic, Druid Park, former home of the now-dissolved Newcastle Blue Star, n...

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