Can we push SPL fan power one step further?

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Tomorrow’s Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Premier League is set to be the third great football meeting in the last two weeks.  The Prophet of Armageddon, chief executive Neil Doncaster, will face his shareholders and either have to declare he was being truthful when he told them, and Scottish Football League clubs, the SPL would be unable to fulfil their contractual obligations if Sevco were denied a place in the First Division, or that this was a cunning ruse designed to manipulate clubs and fans alike.

Doncaster was surely encouraged by some in the SPL to adopt his confrontational stance but support from SPL clubs was certainly not universal.  No representatives from Celtic participated in any meetings or conversations regarding the contents of the presentation made to SFL clubs, nor was the club informed or consulted on it.

Well done to the Aberdeen fans who kicked off the Sell-out Saturday initiative.  They hope to sell-out Pittodrie for their 11 August game and want to as many fans as possible to buy season tickets.  The idea has been picked up by clubs throughout the league.

I get the feeling that if supporters groups got together we could use this unique moment, when camaraderie among fans coincided with unparalleled fan power over the clubs, to define a framework for the game we wanted, not something a dreamt up by a Norfolk MBA.

Even if we couldn’t get every fan group pulling in the same direction, a few productive bilateral relationships is all it takes to establish an powerful pressure group.

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  1. Like Ah Done Tole Ye..

     

     

     

    Five O’ Clock.. Tune in tae Celtic T.V.

     

     

    and .. Watch the Game.

     

     

    Whit’s sae difficult aboot that?

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Still, Laughin’… of Course.

  2. Hi All,

     

     

    Got my tickets for the Inter Milan game, havent been to Celtic Park in over 10 years, so excited, taking the good lady, she has never been to Scotland.

     

    Hope to meet up with a few CQNers on my visit.

  3. Paidraig Marley on

    I remember my first visit to pittodrie as we were playing away………. Big john punted me over the gate, was a good day,,,,,,dancing girls in the pub…….We left there and a stramash took over in the street………..Big (bOLLOX121S) this big Abereen fan was brilliant. he stopped all the fighting.i will always remember that guy……hailhail

  4. Nota Bene..

     

     

    Notice.. . Ah wrote…”And WATCH the Game”?

     

     

    Well..

     

     

    Ah am told that the Commentary wull be in .. GERMAN!

     

     

    Local T.V. it seems is whit we are Tuning intae..

     

     

    Tony, it seems will gie a Wee Pre Game.. Intro.. Ten Minutes afore the Official Commencement..

     

     

    Like Ah done Told ye..

     

     

    Tune in at Five O’Clock.. and ye wull Be awright.

     

     

    Awright?

     

     

    Awright,then.

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Still.. Laughin’ .. like Heidi

  5. Hadnae heard stramash since the last time Arthur Montford said it or was it Bob Crampsey?

     

     

    memorylostcsc

  6. leftclicktic on

    From DEADCLUB media:))))))

     

     

    @DarcheVinny

     

    #bomberfestat one point, JB stated that he felt that the current owners, are rats.

     

    ———-

     

    @DarcheVinny

     

    #bomberfestJB wants to raise £10mil, and has committed 40k himself, but could not confirm that £10mil would ringfence the assets.

     

    —————–

     

    @DarcheVinny

     

    #bomberfestagain, JB urges supporters not to buy season tickets and if you as a fan support Green(& buy ST), you are disloyal to Rangers

     

    ———————

     

    Quote

     

     

     

    ‏@DarcheVinny

     

    #bomberfestJB says Craig Whyte is 100% involved with Sevco, but would nor – or could not? – provide proof.

  7. Paidraig Marley on

    My first visit to dundee was wild…………………..i could not believe that the two clubs were across the street from each other……….. i sang my heart out, we won that day…..)

  8. Kojo

     

     

    You’ll have noticed a post from swindonbhoy earlier saying his dear lady has never been to Bonnie Scotland.

     

     

    Do you have any words of advice for this good lady?

  9. derbyshirebhoy on

    Paul 67

     

     

    Bearing in mind your rightly increasing personal public profile and the growing influence of CQN as a point of reference I am delighted that you are making this point.

     

     

    It reflects the views of a number of posters on this site and elsewhere .

     

     

    The two most remarkable aspects of this whole affair in its unfolding have been both the commonality of approach and innovation shown by fans across Scotland and the ineptness of the ruling bodies in ignoring fans views in their deliberations.

     

     

    I am firmly of the view that had the ruling bodies acted promptly in levying appropriate sanctions in accordance with what it is they clearly know but will not admit they might well have swung fan opinion behind the entry of a wounded Sevco into SFL 1 and even the SPL. Perversely through arrogance or ignorance they chose to ignore the hand that ultimately feeds them. The misjudgements of the leaders and their deceits along the way demand their removal for lack of ability alone if not for lack of integrity.

     

     

    My comment only recently was that I could not believe that there is not a will amongst fans of all colours to remove the stench of corruption that exists within the ranks of those responsible for managing and governing the game. It does need however a leader to emerge around which fans organisations can convene to determine a strategy both to remove the present leaders of the SFA and SPL and to determine a future strategy which serves the game overall rather than those who feed off it.

     

     

    Fans groups surely realise now the power of the pound in their pocket and need to develop their own national association feeding off the individual Trusts or Fans Groups to determine what issues unite them as a platform for change to the benefit of

     

    Fans and to ensure their voice is never disregarded again.

     

     

    Bearing in mind the real financial impact on the game of Rangers demise, however welcome that is,for the overall benefit of the game it would be an excellent first step to use fans organisations to determine to what extent the Satellite Subscriber base can be influenced by football fans and to help deliver that bargaining tool to whoever will negotiate a deal worthy of the name and to help determine whether or not Scots Football should be seeking an increase rather than a decrease in payments made.

     

     

    I said this needed a leader. Have you the time spirit and willingness? From what I read on other fan sites as well as this one there are many able lieutenants to assist.

  10. The bould bhoys..... Tá ár lá anois on

    Arthur Montford.

     

     

    Compare and contrast.

     

     

    …..Craig Burley, Pat Nevin, Billy Dodds, Craig Patterson, Rob Mclean…

  11. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    SWINDONBHOY 1600

     

     

    Lucky sod.

     

     

    Tell me all about it when you get back.

     

     

    I’ll be downstairs,middle,in the Sir Dan from 9am Saturday morning.

     

     

    My sisters and my Dad are all going. Sometimes I really hate not being at home,but them’s the breaks.

  12. My dear,dear,dear,friend… ElDiegoBhoy

     

     

    Hiya,Palomine..??

     

     

    Great tae Greet Ye..

     

     

    Ma Advice tae Her wid be…

     

     

    No tae Believe Any Advice that Kojo wid Gie Her!

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Yer pal..who likes ye even bettah than Ma Auntie Matilda’s, Big Wally

     

    Dug….that she kept oan Her Mantelpiece..

     

     

    Still, Laughin’ … Aloat.

  13. Paidraig Marley on

    ElDiegoBhoy on 15 July, 2012 at 16:09 said:

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    You’ll have noticed a post from swindonbhoy earlier saying his dear lady has never been to Bonnie Scotland.

     

     

    Do you have any words of advice for this good lady?

     

    …………………….

     

    Yes i have some words for his good lady……………GLASGOW`S GREEN AND WHITE.

  14. Steinreignedsupreme on

    Bomber has replaced Legless as my favourite unintentional comedian. Laugh-a-minute stuff from the former Rangers ‘legned’…

  15. leftclicktic on

    From Albion Rovers

     

    Albion Rovers vote

     

     

    Posted on 2012/07/13 in News

     

     

    After considering all the information presented prior to and during today’s meeting the Club voted to place Newco Rangers in Division 3 of the SFL. Frank Meade.

  16. Surprised Greenlion2 hasn’t been on to remind me of Arthur’s love for the ‘ton.

  17. Team for tonight

     

     

    Celtic Football Club ‏@celticfc

     

    CELTIC: Zaluska, Toshney, Rogne, Mulgrew, Blackman, McCourt, Brown, F. Twardzik, Commons, Hooper, Murphy (LB)

  18. My dear,dear,dear,friend… Eldiego Bhoy

     

     

    Enuff o’.. The Clishmaclaver!

     

     

    Let’s get serious..

     

     

    How is Yer Bonnie wee Lassie Gettin’ oan?

     

     

    Ah bet ye are as Proud as Punch.. as tae how she has turned oot.

     

     

    Ah never hid any Off-Spring o’ Ma Ain..

     

     

    Noo.. Ah am hivin’ regrets aboot that..

     

     

    Oh.. welll…

     

     

    Nice chatting,pally.

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Yer pal. who thinks yer swell..

     

     

     

    Still, Laughin’… of course~

  19. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    KOJO

     

     

    If you have nieces and nephews,you can spoil them with impunity.

     

     

    Works for me-though possibly not so much for my sisters…….

  20. Steinreignedsupreme on

    From that tweeting Hun;

     

     

    “The word disloyal was defo used, I’m doing my best to make sense of the notes.”

     

     

    It’s like the blind leading the blind … through a snow storm.

  21. saltires en sevilla on

    some plonker threw tacks onto the road at Le Tour (28 recovered so far who counts them? ffs)

     

     

    Cadel Evans had three wheel changes in under 5 km …lost a lot of time

     

     

    The race leaders decided to stop racing and wait for him and his teammates to catch up with the main classification group …class

     

     

    but…at the other end of the class spectrum msm reporting another example of ‘aggressive blessing’ from the stage winner…some peepil are not be best pleased ;-)

     

     

    HH

  22. Paidraig Marley on

    saltires en sevilla on 15 July, 2012 at 16:28 said:

     

     

    some plonker threw tacks onto the road at Le Tour

     

    LOL. show stopper…..

  23. My dear,dear,dear,friend.. WeefraTim

     

     

    Hiya, Palomine…

     

     

    Nice , tae see yer aboard..

     

     

    Ah am feeling real.. Chipper,the Day..

     

     

    Ah am noo well oan the mend…

     

     

    Lookin’ forward tae watching Ma Dearly Beloved Team,in action..

     

     

    Ah hiv missed that..

     

     

    Celtic,Mean a Loat tae Me… Ah like Ma Dodgers.. of course.. But

     

     

     

    Celtic, Tae me.. Are the Real Deal.

     

     

    NIce chatting,pal..

     

     

    Kojo,

     

    yer pal.. who likes ye aloater

     

     

    Still, Laughin’ , like….Anything.

  24. West Wales Celt on

    Teuchter:

     

    No matter.

     

    A good excuse to stop gardening is worth its weight in gold!

     

    I’m way out in the wild and rainy west of Wales btw; clue’s in the name…

     

    :-)

  25. My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Boabby Murdoch’ Curled up Winklepickers

     

     

     

    Yep. You hiv a point,there..

     

     

     

    Ah dae hiv.. a Loata.. Relations.. of course.. and Ah dae hiv Ma Favorites, amongst them..

     

     

    But, Ah am sure hivin’ a Kid o’ yer very own,must gie ye great satisfaction..

     

     

    and gie ye a chance tae live.. vicariously…

     

    thru them..

     

     

    Kojo

     

    yer pal. .who likes ye aloater

     

     

    Still, Laughin.. of course!

  26. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    WeefratheTim on 15 July, 2012 at 16:22 said:

     

     

    He’s oan the whackie backie …….!! ….. But we still luv him a loater

  27. thanks for Tour update lads

     

    today’s stage just finished, no change in overall leadership

     

     

    yeh, i remember reading “it’s not about the bike” –

     

    lance armstrong said sportsmanship, as mentioned earlier, among the riders was a big part of the event

     

    (cept the dopers, of course)

  28. midfield maestro on

    Just leaving Albufeira harbour on cruise, name of yacht in harbour, seven one… Wonder if there is a six two?

  29. Seems Der Bomber is a bit confused..

     

     

    Vinny ‏@DarcheVinny

     

    #bomberfest this sums it up – JB urged all present to support our manager and in the next breath urged us again to not buy season tickets.

  30. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Is the game live on UK C67 ….!!!!

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