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Yorkshire Evening Post wrote:Farsley Celtic in TV camera planning row

The offending gantry

By Paul Robinson

THEY'VE seen off rival teams galore during their meteoric rise up the footballing ladder.

But now Farsley Celtic are facing their toughest opponents yet – town hall planning chiefs.

The non-leaguers have landed in hot water with Leeds City Council in a row over pitchside camera gantries at their Throstle Nest ground.

Council bosses say Farsley did not get planning permission for the structures, which went up ahead of their televised game against York City in November.

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The local authority has served an enforcement notice on the club, which gives it 14 days from January 8 to remove the gantries.

If Celtic fail to comply with the notice and do not launch an appeal they could be prosecuted.

News of the move was today greeted with relief by residents in Farsley's Turbary Avenue.

They are particularly unhappy about the location of one of the gantries, which overlooks a number of homes.

One householder, who asked not to be named, said: "To say it's a blot on the landscape is an understatement.

"The thing's about 20 feet high – I feel like I've got Stalag 17 in my backyard."

The residents' complaints have been supported by Coun Andrew Carter, Conservative member for Calverley and Farsley and leader of the city council.

He said: "Farsley Celtic have had a wonderfully successful time and we are all delighted about that.

"They have not acted like good neighbours here at all, though."

Farsley chairman Andy Firbank said that as far as the club was concerned, the gantries did not need planning permission because they were not fixed to the ground.

He said Celtic tried hard to maintain good relations with their neighbours, pointing out they recently held a meeting with residents to discuss proposals for development work at Throstle Nest.

Farsley clinched their third promotion in four seasons with a play-off final win over Hinckley United in May.

They now play in the Blue Square Premier, the top tier of English non-league football.

Live TV games in the division are shown by satellite channel Setanta and are reportedly worth £5,000-a-time to the home clubs involved

Josef K wrote:Lyon are in town tonight. They need a win against Rangers to get into the last 16 of the Champions league. Rangers only need to draw. However, after Celtic, Rangers' arch rivals, fluked their way into the last 16 last week*, the stage is set for Rangers to be dealt an embarrassing blow.

They lost against AC Milan but Benfica beat Shaktar Donesk, alowing Celtic to advance.

Sly Bug wrote:Rangers 0 - 3 Lyon.

I was sure Lyon was going to win this one. They're always good in that position.

On Saturday: Lyon - Nice
Maman!

daniel robert chapman wrote:town hall planning chiefs.

Times Online wrote:Di Canio’s experiences with Capello at Milan should serve as a warning for John Terry and Co. When Milan went to China in the summer of 1996, the players thought that they were in the Far East to make friends and sell shirts. Capello soon set them straight. Playing against a China XI in Beijing, the coach started with three attackers – Di Canio, Roberto Baggio and Gianluigi Lentini. At half-time and with Milan leading 1-0, Capello took off Di Canio and replaced him with a midfield player to protect Milan’s lead. “Why are you so obsessed withthe result of a friendly?” Di Canio said before he and Capello squared up. “You are an ugly cunt and your face looks like a penis,” Capello shouted. Di Canio never played for Milan again.

tommydski wrote:He sounds like the sort of chap that doesn't suffer fools, which is perfect. I don't think the language barrier will be much of a problem either. He got my support the moment I read this story in the Times -

“You are an ugly cunt and your face looks like a penis”

simmo wrote:It's Capello

I dream of someone who would command respect from Fat Frank and his spoilt nouveau riche cohorts.