A Celtic store has opened up at St Mirren park causing the temporary closure of their own store.
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The St Mirren sign above the shop was replaced with a Celtic banner, while their merchandise, including strips, was hanging on the rails inside.
The move is part of a money-spinning deal, worth £200,000 to allow Celtic to use St Mirren Park for pre-season friendly matches while their own stadium is being given a summer revamp.
The first of the three matches – against Dutch side Den Bosch where Celtic won 2-0 – took place during the week.
St Mirren will make a lot of money from the deal not everyone is happy.
St Mirren die-hard David MacDonald, who runs the popular Black and White Army fans’ website, told local newspaper, the Paisley Daily Express: “I was raging when I first saw this.
“I know there’s a deal in place with Celtic and, from what I’m told, it will make a lot of money for our club. That’s a good thing but I don’t see why they had to remove the sign that features our badge.
“Maybe to some people it’s no big deal but, to me, the badge is sacrosanct and shouldn’t have been removed and left on the pavement while the Celtic banner was put up.
“It’s just a step too far, in my own opinion. They could simply have put a Celtic sign up in the window.”