Rating football stadiums is an intangible thing.

You can have an affinity to certain grounds for the memories made in them, or dislike others because of bad times.

You can pick almost anything out to put any stadium in the world in a top ten.

Compare.bet put the below parameters into their research on stadiums and came up with a top 15.

• Capacity
• Average attendance
• Tripadvisor ratings
• Official tour prices
• Disabled access
• Instagram tags
• Global searches
• TikTok hashtag views

TikTok hashtags has to be the most suspect of the parameters used to rate stadiums. Global searches and Instagram hashtag not far behind it.

Nevertheless, here is what Celtic came out at, sneaking in at 14.

I feel we’d have come out better if they rated us on how watery stadiums can make their coke.

14. Celtic Park, Scotland (29/100)
Celtic Park, located in Scotland, is the largest football stadium in the country with a capacity of 60,411. Our Football Stadium Index awarded the Scottish stadium a score of 29 out of 100.

Football fans seem to be quite fond of this location as it gained an impressive rating of 4.67 out of five on Tripadvisor, and one of the lowest tour prices (£13.50), resulting in high points being awarded in our Index. However, Celtic Park lost points when it came to accessibility and the number of Google searches made globally on average each month – just 11,000.

Celtic Park is renowned the world over for the atmosphere it can create on the big European nights. The supporters having more to do with that than the structure itself.

Here are some comments on the atmosphere from big names in the game cited by the Celtic Wiki:

“It is absolutely spectacular to see the fans like that ”
Alberto Gilardino (Italian footballer)

“The atmosphere inside Celtic Park is one of the best in Europe it’s absolutely incredible”
Sven Goran Eriksson (ex-England manager)

“The atmosphere here tonight was unbelievable and it’s an honour to play in such an arena.”
Oliver Kahn (German national goalkeeper)

“Every professional footballer should seek to play at least one game at Celtic Park, I have never felt anything like it”
Paolo Maldini (AC Milan & Italy football legend)

“The atmosphere generated by the fans in Celtic’s stadium for our visit was the most impressive I’ve ever witnessed. The grounds of Liverpool and Manchester United are good and the hostile feeling of playing against Real Madrid in the Bernabeu is also excellent, but the atmosphere against Celtic was the best.”
Xavi (Barcelona) (Sep 2004)

“Celtic fans are some of the greatest supporters I know.”
AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf (Oct 2007)

“The Celtic fans are incredible. It is always great to play there.”
Cristiano Ronaldo, Man U (2008)

The stadium, like many others in the world, has lain empty and prohibited to fans for over a year now.

Fans are desperate to get back into the stadium. The things they moaned about in the past, they’ll absolutely take just to get back and supporting the bhoys.

Hopefully, it’s not too long before turnstiles start clicking again.