I’m a bit confused at the chat this morning of reintroducing the sale of alcohol at football games. Alcohol is available for sale at games at Celtic Park, you just need to have a ticket for an expensive enough seat. If you’re in the cheap seats, you get to queue to pay for some cola. Is people’s ability to pay an indication of their likelihood to behave in a dangerous or criminal way with some alcohol in their blood?
This implication has always troubled me.
Alcohol, wherever it is sold, inevitably leads to over-indulgence and potentially dangerous behaviour, and requires strong stewarding, whether that is at a night club, or in the No. 7 restaurant. Scotland’s licenced premises have changed beyond recognition in recent decades. They are increasingly well-lit, family friendly and safe places to be. They now sell better beer too, but our nation’s problem with alcohol remains acute.
Society needs to be educated on how to use alcohol responsibly; good venues are part of the solution.
While we are on the subject of facilities at Celtic Park……. I go months without buying food or drink in the North Stand, Upper, for good reason. Last week (pestered by one of the boys), I left for the kiosk with 40 minutes on the clock, didn’t get served until the second half started, only to be told there were no hotdogs or pies left.
You know me, I’m not one to get angry at Celtic, but the sheer frustration pushed me over the top, and I didn’t have a drink! If you’re charging circa £4 for something that’s costing less than £1, make sure stock is sufficient. Have two people serving each side of the kiosk, not two on one side, with a single person making hardly a dent on the queue at the other.
Needed to get that off my chest.
The ‘news’ this morning that Rangers International are trying to sack commercial director, Imran Ahmad, is more curious for being news than in itself. Is it even possible for this news to be anything other than a leak from a director against another director? These newspaper people don’t do irony, they just take careful notes and go write up their story.
This whole episode is beginning to feel a bit like sitting out the back when the neighbours don’t realise their bedroom window is open. You can hear the noises and you looked up and caught a glance at something horrific looking. It’s something you’ll laugh about later with your friends but these people really need to acquire some dignity.
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pogmathonyahun aka laird of the smiles
15:44 on 26 April, 2013Q. in 1969 we won the treble, winning all 3 trophies in the month of April. Can anybody remember why that happened?
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Neutral refs!
Take the Hun in your life along to Scottish operas production of Gilbert and sullivans pirates of Penzance and watch them squirm as the overture gets in to full flow….
Hail hail the celts are here….
Ntassoolla
15:43 on
26 April, 2013
Hamiltontim preaches @15:39 “At most away games you’ll see a few guys blootered, … it’s the hours preceding the game where the damage is done.”
I think we may have a different understanding of the word damage.
hh (that’s hic, hic)
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Preaches????
Yep my assessment of you the other day was accurate right enough.
Jog on now little hun troll.
pogmathonyahun aka laird of the smiles
15:52 on 26 April, 2013
Gene correct, there was a fire at Hampden, North stand, I think, and they say sh:te doesn’t burn.
And who’s says smoking at football is dangerous
Pogma
The League Cup final had been scheduled for October 1968, but due to a fire in the main Hampden stand, it was delayed to later in the season, which as you say was early April, that brilliant final against Hibernian. Brilliant season marred only by the defeat by AC Milan the previous month.
Still on the bevvy at the gemme question?
Seriously,not for me.
It will be of a quality which would normally have me demanding my money back,and never to return.
And also deny me that required two hour sobering up period.
Plus,I pay to watch the game.
Now,I’m willing to bet few of you reckoned I would have such an opinion,but there you go…..
To clarify
“who are bearing”
Have some of this
Pog
My sister was married on the rearranged date so remember it well
HT lighten up.
pogmathonyahun aka laird of the smiles
! = LOL.
traditionalist88,
Exactly the behaviour I described happened to me at the new St Johnstone ground, by a drunk Celtic supporter, who was demanding everybody around him join with him in singing every IRA song there ever has been, I don’t think I’ve been to an away match since. (I used to go home and away every chance I had.)
AULDHEID. 1552
Or,to cut a long story short-with respect-haw,KEV,here’s yer dinner…..
AULDHEID. 1552
That was a response :))
auldheid
15:35 on 26 April, 2013
test
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PASSED……with flying colours…….!!!!!!!!
Hun stats;
Market cap(in millions)* £ 37.76 (nearly down to one Andy Carroll)
Not bad when you consider no-one knows who owns the ground and training complex.
Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles
15:57 on 26 April, 2013
bobby scoring – what a player – one of my all time favorites
good link – cheers
Ntassoolla
15:59 on
26 April, 2013
HT lighten up.
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I ain’t heavy that’s my brother ;-)
Drinking in a stadium is never going to be the same as drinking in a pub.
It was one thing back in the old days when you got blootered on a carry oot, and stadiums were elementary but the sanitised, civilised sort of drinking that would be what would be on offer doesn’t appeal.
Just seems a bit sad and desperate.
And I do remember a conversation a few years ago with a bus convener from NI saying that the day they introduced alcohol at CP would be the day he stopped running a bus.
Auldhied
“Some of those forays worked like Nakamura some like Graveson, were offal
That was OFFAL! por cierto
I agree Ernie @16:06.
In days of yore it was 2/3 pints before the game, 25 minute walk there, visit to the toilet and ½ bottles of Lannny and ¼ bottles of whisky. Neatly concealed in the pockets of the 6 yr old being lifted over and easy on the bladder. A couple after the game to keep things on an even keel, and then home for a bite to eat.
Trying to find some YouTube footage of the 1969 6-2 game v Hibs, was at that one as well – never forget it, but no luck. WHY do people see the need to post their Play Station/ X-box games when their team ‘beats’ Celtic on YouTube? Get a life ya muppets it’s not real life ffs!
BTW it’s not only kids that do this!
JJ
Totally agree about the online “experience” – nothing is simple. However, I am on automatic renewal so there is not (usually) a problem. It remains to be seen what happens for next season, though, as I have received one of the dreaded letters, about which I am decidedly not happy since I have had the same seats in LL 115 from when it was completed, i.e. 16 years. I have a contact in the Ticket Office and will ask him to clarify several aspects.
HH
Tully 57
From earlier, sorry about time it took to respond, I had to go back to work for a bit :-)
Sorry if I’ve missed you
The buzz of 26th April 1969 has never left me, I can see George Connelly’s goal in my mind’s cinema at will :-)
HH
Enhance the match day atmosphere and experience by re introducing alcohol? yeah that’ll entice or encourage the younger generations to the stadium. Rather than ask why not be able to have a drink at the game, maybe we should ask why the need to.
Parkheadcumsalford
An unfortunate but isolated incident.
Were you in Seville?
HH
Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles
Just saw your post as well, I was all of 14 years old and singing and dancing…
Che
I would hazard a guess that the club have asked the fans in the survey they conducted and this was one of the things the majority have asked for.
LB
Get Blootered Responsibly.
Stadium catering……….
Give the punters keenly priced, decent quality basics – nothin’ fancy – just the basics done well.
Just the basics done well………………….
Maddeningly simple concept.
Livi
We also asked for a rep on the Board :-)
Sub the catering out to Greggs,simples.
Che, of course, they don’t make a profit from someone on the board :) por cierto
hamiltontim
15:39 on 26 April, 2013
People of these Isles are not known for self control with alcohol! Greed and overindulgence is glorified!
‘Go on wan mare’!
U no hivin a drink ya p@#f!
We need to seriously think it through!
Re the beer………….
Serve it in small cups………………
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rrc:
16:19 on 26 April, 2013
Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles
Just saw your post as well, I was all of 14 years old and singing and dancing…
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Snap again. I was 14 years old as well, just turned 14 that April. I think we might be living a parallel life, lol.
In the days of the old ring pull cans, there was many a brave soul who would risk their meat and veg by cutting the top of the can to make a a bigger hole for a versatile on the spot lavatory.
Then invite the people in front to paddle in its contents.
The good old days.