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Fullname: William Flood
aka: Willo Flood
Born: 10 April 1985
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Signed: 31 Jan 2009
Left: 13 Jan 2010
Position: Midfielder
Debut:
Squad no.: 16
Internationals: none

Trivia

• Willo Flood's last game for Dundee Utd before signing for Celtic was coincidentally against Celtic in a League Cup semi-final. In the penalty shoot-out he missed the final penalty that gave Celtic the advantage to score and go through. Before any conspiracy theorists come out with daft ideas, note that this was Willo's second penalty in the shoot-out and he had actually scored with the first one.
  

Biog

Willo Flood joined Celtic in the 08/09 January window. The player signed a two-and-a-half-year contract.

Few really understand why Gordon Strachan bought him. He fulfilled a dream by playing for us and got a dream debut by playing against the Huns, and admittedly he had a fair game against them in what was a difficult match. That was the highlight of his time.

Playing Career

Celtic:

Season	SPL			League Cup			Scottish Cup			European			TOTAL
	P	S	G	P	S	G	P	S	G	P	S	G	P	S	G
2008-09	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
2009-10	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0
TOTAL	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	5	0

Club	From	To	Fee	League		Scottish Cup		League cup		Other
Middlesborough	13/01/2010		Free
Celtic	30/01/2009	13/01/2010	£150k	2 (4)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	1 (1)	0
Dundee Utd	10/07/2008	29/01/2009	Loan	20 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Dundee Utd	20/07/2007	23/05/2008	Loan	33 (3)	1	3 (0)	0	5 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Cardiff	02/08/2006	30/01/2009	Signed	5 (20)	1	2 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Coventry	18/08/2005	18/11/2005	Loan	7 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Rochdale	15/03/2004	09/05/2004	Loan	6 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Man City	25/08/2003	02/08/2006	Trainee	5 (9)	1	0 (1)	0	2 (0)	1	1 (0)	0
Totals			£0	78 (37)	4	6 (1)	0	12 (0)	1	2 (1)	0
			goals / game	0.03		0		0.08		0
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Honours with Celtic

none

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Celtic sign Flood (BBC)

Celtic have completed the signing of Cardiff's Irish midfielder Willo Flood in a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee.

The 23-year-old told the club website: "It really is a tremendous honour to sign for a club of Celtic's stature. "I have been a fan of Celtic all my life and this is a dream come true." Flood made almost 70 appearances while on loan at Dundee United and was offered a permanent deal at Tannadice, but chose to join his boyhood heroes. Flood started his career at Manchester City where he stayed for three seasons before moving to Cardiff City. "This is an exciting challenge and one which I am really looking forward to," Flood added.

"I will be joining a great group of players and I will be giving everything I can to make as big a contribution as possible to Celtic. "I hope to play my part in achieving more and more success for the club and its supporters." United manager Craig Levein was keen to keep the midfielder in Tayside and he and the Tannadice board attempted to persuade him to stay. Earlier this week Flood admitted he would have mixed feelings about leaving the Terrors. And his affection for United was evident after signing for the league leaders. He told the Celtic website: "I would like to thank Dundee United FC for all they have done for me. "I have enjoyed my time there immensely and I wish the club all the best for the future.

"My focus is now Celtic and I can't wait to get started with my new club." Celtic manager Gordon Strachan, who watched Flood shine for United in January's 2-2 draw at Celtic Park but miss a penalty in the Co-operative Insurance Cup shoot-out on Wednesday, said: "We are delighted to welcome Willo to Celtic. "He has had a tremendous time at Dundee United where he has shown great ability, drive and enthusiasm. We look forward to working with him."