"This club is bigger, much bigger." said Flood. "Being from Ireland, it's rammed home to you Celtic are massive and when you become a player it's something else. When I was at City, I'd be in the Trafford Centre and see Beckham, Keane, Giggs, Paul Scholes and the rest of them walking about with no hassle at all. They had a life outside football. But a Celtic player is part of a crew almost." 
"Every time you go to a shop or garage there are people there," he continued. "They all want to talk to you. In Manchester, the boys are allowed a private life. I had my wee boy out the other day and he ended up shouting 'No, no, no' because so many people were coming up. He wanted them to go away."
"It all takes a bit of getting used to." said the ex-Dundee United player. "But I would take that every day of the week to play at this dream club. If you ask any of the Irish boys in the Premiership, they all say that one day they want to play for Celtic. It's been mental back in Ireland since I joined. I haven't been home yet but my ma has been telling me loads of folk have asked for me to send over Celtic stuff for charity. I don't think there are that many charities in Ireland."
Willo was ineligible for last week's Co-operative Insurance Cup final having played such a dramatic role in the semi-final just days before he signed for Celtic. Flood had scored a spot-kick and then missed another in the marathon penalty shoot-out that saw Celtic emerge 12-11 winners. "I went up with he guys to Inverness a few days after that penalty shoot-out, having played against them. It was weird." said Flood."I was upset after the semi. The game could have gone the other way. I scored my first penalty and it was a case of thanking God it was over with."
"I signed for Celtic almost right away and I was just glad to be out on the training pitch and to get that first day out of the way." added Willo. "The boys were great from the start. They didn't talk about the penalties, all they said was it good to have me. But after we won the final the gaffer came up to be and said 'Well done, Willo. You played your part. I was really happy for the boys but it's not the same when you're not playing so I'll try to make sure I'm part of the next party."
He's hoping the next party will be a four-in-a-row title celebration and that he'll have a big part to play in it. He was present at Tannadice last season when Celtic clinched three-in-a-row of course, being part of the United side then. It's fair to say that his family and friends didn't have Willo's, or United's, best wishes at heart that night. "I had at least five messages from family telling me I hadn't even to think about having a good game that night." he said. "It was ridiculous. But we were going for third place so had lots to play for. At the end we were on a downer but it was incredible to watch the Celtic fans celebrating. I believe it will go down to the last game again this season - only this time I want to be in the dressing room that is celebrating."