Mowbray confirmed as Celtic boss

Tue, 16 Jun 16:27:11 2009

Tony Mowbray has been appointed Celtic manager, the club have confirmed.

The former West Brom manager will bring assistant Mark Venus and first-team coach Peter Grant, a former Celtic team-mate, with him to Parkhead and current Hoops coach Neil Lennon will also join the new management team.

Celtic have given Mowbray a 12-month rolling contract and the 45-year-old will meet the media at a press conference at Celtic Park on Wednesday morning.

Mowbray's appointment finally brings to an end weeks of speculation about who would succeed Gordon Strachan, who departed after failing to win his fourth Clydesdale Bank Premier League title in succession.

West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace reluctantly agreed to allow the Glasgow giants to speak to Mowbray on Saturday after Celtic agreed to pay £2million in compensation for the former Parkhead defender.

After Mowbray agreed personal terms, and compensation had been agreed for Venus and Grant, Celtic announced on their official website that the deal had been completed although there were no details of his contract or of what role Lennon will fulfil.

Lennon, who was part of Strachan's coaching team, was promised a role at Parkhead for next season by Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell and there has been speculation that Lennon would take over as reserve team coach from Willie McStay.

Mowbray's first job will be to assess his squad ahead of the first of possibly two tricky Champions League qualifiers at the end of July.

Mowbray will need no introduction to Hoops midfielder Scott Brown, midfielder Gary Caldwell and striker Chris Killen, all of whom were under his charge when he was Hibernian boss.

However, Mowbray will have to address several areas in the side and has already been linked with numerous players including Baggies captain Paul Robinson, Nancy striker Marc-Antoine Fortune, Iceland international Hermann Hreidarsson and Sweden Under-21 skipper Mattias Bjarsmyr.

 

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  1. nice guy howbray probs is , but celtic manager shouldnt­ be his .

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    re4perbhoy

    From r, on Wed 17 Jun 4:16AM

  2. Come on yee Celts , Speak up for celts sake !! Mr­ Nowbray has got a chance to menage manage a team to­ play in Europe lols ! Is that why he going to celtic ?­

    (not gauranteed­ by any means)

    From r, on Wed 17 Jun 3:58AM

  3. I'm still dumbfounded how they can slate Tony­ Mowbray as a 'failed ' Manager. He got WBA­ promoted to the premiership in the first place -­ Arguably a tougher league to achieve anything as­ it's more of level playing field. He did this by­ playing the most attractive football in that league­ that season. Wolves have done it this season, but will­ probably be favourites to be relegated. All the teams­ promoted have struggled in some way or other although­ the teams who play 8-10 men behind the ball have done­ better like Stoke - But it would get football tagged­ with an 18 certificate as its gash to watch. Tony­ Mowbray never compromised once and even on the last­ game of the season, if results had went their way,­ could have kept them up - He was one game away from­ being a saviour... Look at how Phil Brown pranced about­ after keeping Hull up - And their football too was rank­ rotten.
    Seeing as how Tony is inheriting good players,­ with 12 million on the table and a team that likes to­ attack I think you lot will not be crowing come next­ may.

    From NokturnalKelt, on Tue 16 Jun 10:00PM

  4. Sha la la la la la la la Mowbray Sha la la la la la la­ la Mowbray Sha la la la la la la la wee granty is home­ again

    From Stuart, on Tue 16 Jun 8:17PM

  5. Too the tune of "I am a cider drinker"

    I am­ a windae licker
    I lick them all of the time
    I am a­ windae licker
    Windolene tastes just fine
    Oh r oh Paul­ G
    Oh R oh Paul G

    From Stuart, on Tue 16 Jun 8:11PM

  6. Big fan of Wattie, however if u gers fans are hell bent­ on slating Mowbray, pls read this.....Under Smith,­ Everton finished in the bottom half of the table for­ three consecutive seasons. The Everton board finally­ ran out of patience with Smith and he was sacked in­ March 2002 after a 3–0 FA Cup Sixth Round defeat to­ Middlesbrough, with Everton in real danger of­ relegation from the Premier League. He was replaced by­ David Moyes, who delivered Everton to a safe finish in­ fifteenth place.[1]

    From Stuart, on Tue 16 Jun 8:05PM

  7. EVERTON EVERTON EVERTON

    From Stuart, on Tue 16 Jun 7:15PM

  8. YE-HA! bring on the huns, you mob keep goin on about­ mogga's track record. I might be wrong but,I dont­ remember wonton smith winning allsorts at any other­ club before being promoted from being hacker­ souness' assistant to the top job, something for­ you to consider,fat neck feckers!
    HAIL HAIL!

    From sherbet_d, on Tue 16 Jun 7:09PM

  9. cant buy new players there ! got them relegated as he­ will pull helic down too

    From r, on Tue 16 Jun 6:14PM

  10. Pt14...why is he running away from WBA then????

    From Stuart, on Tue 16 Jun 6:06PM

  11. Manuscassidy ! you got to be high mate ! he wasnt­ really available , hes @#$% and running away from west­ brom ! he has a harder job at celtic to do tho and i­ hope hes unsuccesfull . laughing stock again for the­ tic !

    From r, on Tue 16 Jun 5:57PM

  12. Pt9...did Wattie not go to england and fail and then­ come back and win the double?????

    From Stuart, on Tue 16 Jun 5:57PM

  13. pnt 15, sorry singin ! lol

    From bri.10000, on Tue 16 Jun 4:42PM

  14. BRI - no need to be so formal! SINGING is my Sunday­ name, but you can call me SINGIN' , or just GINGE!!­ LOL!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Tue 16 Jun 4:35PM

  15. 13 - ENJOY THE SILENCE.. That's the new team song­ at ibrox. Depeche Mode are grateful for the continuing­ royalties from that song now!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Tue 16 Jun 4:34PM

  16. singing ginger and black, do u really think this failed­ epl manager is gonna get u back on top ??? lol hahaha,­ i dnt think so bhouys, i dnt think the the boys from­ govan have anything to worry about eh !?

    From bri.10000, on Tue 16 Jun 4:12PM

  17. HAIL HAIL! What way YOU standing now Paul G, squatting­ in the sh1771ng position I guess!!!

    From Black47, on Tue 16 Jun 4:06PM

  18. May have been late in being announced but all the­ better now we have the best manager available to lead­ us into the new season
    Lets not forget Gordon Strachan­ ,our previous manager whose record in the past 4/years­ was no mean feat!!!
    we wish him well in whatever­ venture he may take up in the future
    manus

    From manuscassidy, on Tue 16 Jun 4:04PM

  19. Sure is, BRI!! Bring on the rangers!!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Tue 16 Jun 4:03PM

  20. WE ARE CELTIC SUPPORTERS... FAITHFUL THROUGH AND­ THROUGH!!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Tue 16 Jun 3:59PM
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