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How much will Buckie Thistle make from their Scottish Cup clash at Celtic - and how will they spend it?


By Craig Christie

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Drawing Celtic away in the Scottish Cup was always going to give Buckie Thistle the biggest pay day in their history.

Buckie trooped out at Celtic Park in front of more than 40,000 fans. Picture: Daniel Forsyth..
Buckie trooped out at Celtic Park in front of more than 40,000 fans. Picture: Daniel Forsyth..

Sunday's fourth round tie attracted a crowd of 40,180 supporters, with Jags set to receive half of the huge gate revenue sum.

And with the match being screened live on the Viaplay channel, the club's will split a decent total in TV money.

Estimates have set the total amount Buckie Thistle will receive from the cup tie at between £200,000 and £250,000.

With the club receiving a huge boost in merchandise sales over the course of the weeks building up to the match, the cash keeps rolling in.

What's more, Jags could play clever with Celtic strips and items gained from their Glasgow visit, signed by some of the Celtic superstars and set to become lucrative auction items.

But if Jags do land something close to a quarter of a million pounds from their cup run, it won't all be going to manager Graeme Stewart to recruit more players.

Chances are that the Jags boss will have greater spending power to add some strength to areas of his squad that he feels could benefit from high quality additions.

But even Stewart admitted himself he would like to see his club's pitch problems rectified.

Buckie Thistle's Victoria Park ground. Picture: Beth Taylor.
Buckie Thistle's Victoria Park ground. Picture: Beth Taylor.

Drainage issues at Victoria Park have resulted in five of Buckie's Highland League home matches being postponed in the past three months.

With a couple of away fixtures also called off, combined with Jags' cup exploits, they have 20 league games still to play by mid-April.

General manager Stephen Shand said fixing the persistent waterlogging of their pitch is likely to use up some of the cup cash.

"I would think one of the things would be the drainage," he said.

"We do have a drainage issue at the moment which needs looked into and we are trying one or two things but there’s been a problem with games being called off.

"It has put us a few games behind the top two. So that could well be one thing that the club would look to spend money on and get done pronto."

It's no secret that Buckie would also like to upgrade their dated wooden main stand in the not-too-distant future.

That project would require major finance, with the dressing rooms and boardroom situated below the structure.

While many of the Victoria Park facilities have been upgraded over the years, the 400-seater stand is seen by many as an eyesore and no longer fit for purpose for a club of Buckie's stature.


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