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. Celtic Underground ‏@celticrumours

     

    Rumours that the SFA will announce Regan has stepped down tomorrow.

     

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  2. macanbheatha on

    What was the commentator saying about Celtic supporters in Germany?

     

    My German’s on a par with Bomber Brown’s English

  3. macanbheatha on 15 July, 2012 at 17:38 said:

     

     

    He was saying how many Celtic supporters there were in the stadium but not only from Scotland but from all over Germany..

  4. Just catching up for the 1st time in over a week. Well done to the SFL chairmen for standing up to the overt bullying. I thought I read thatnews yesterday in a local paper but my German is very, very poor.

     

     

    It’s not exactly hot on the Baltic but I’m sitting outside with a celebratory glass of German vino and a big smile. The kids don’t see me smile much so they’re a bot perplexed.

     

     

    Roll on the first game of the season.

     

     

    S

  5. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    notthebus

     

     

    Woooohoooooo!

     

     

    One down…………

  6. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on

    notthebus on 15 July, 2012 at 17:42 said:

     

    kriss commons looks like he has enjoyed the close season

     

     

    Lol the first negative comment of the new season lol

     

     

    Hail hail

  7. Steinreignedsupreme on

    macanbheatha on 15 July, 2012 at 17:38:

     

     

    “My German’s on a par with Bomber Brown’s English”

     

     

    Bomber Broon’s English sounds like German.

  8. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Black socks -no from me,I know these games are training sessions but Daryl Murphy ffs, need to get cheque book out now,better giving Watt or McGeough more game time.Massive CL games in a couple of weeks.

  9. !!Bada Bing!! on

    WeefratheTim on 15 July, 2012 at 15:04 said:

     

    Foxy

     

     

    60 odd turned up. Top table Is bomber, Gorman and Charlie miller.

     

     

    Big tick book required for those rockets

  10. the long wait is over on

    starry plough on 15 July, 2012 at 17:47 said:

     

    The commenter is talking about Sevco in the fourth tier of Scottish football, funny as feck in German…

     

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    Its funny as feck in the Queen’s English too…

  11. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    Charlie Miller the hairdresser?

     

     

    Well at least he’s loaded.

     

     

    Aye, at the prices he charges, he should be.

     

     

    Talkin’ te masel!

     

     

    Whits happenin’ in the gemme?

  12. West Wales Celt on

    Teuchter:

     

    If you’re still aboot.

     

    St Clears is the home town.

     

    I work in Carmarthen but Mrs WWC works out of Haverfordwest.

     

    smallworldCSC

  13. StMichaelsBhoy2 on

    How much would it cost do you think, to hear Bradley Walsh say on itv, “For you, Rangers, The Chase… is over!”

  14. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on

    notthebus on 15 July, 2012 at 17:45 said:

     

    ibleedgreenandwhite1

     

     

    Does that count as a podium?

     

     

    It sure does :)

     

     

    Hail hail

  15. the long wait is over on 15 July, 2012 at 17:50 said:

     

     

    It was brilliant he said imagine Bayern Munich playing against all these tiny German teams, unglaublich hahaha today I’m happy I can speak German!

  16. 67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!..

     

     

    Ibrox belongs to the creditors

     

     

    Weird but there are other options on the net…

  17. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on

    Sure its all about Fitness,,,but the sight of Murphy in the hoops again disappoints me!!!

     

     

    Hail hail

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

    My German’s not too clever but heard reference by the commentator hear, mention ‘rangers[?]’

     

     

    ..die Mogelei….bestechlich…. hässlich……….? or somethin’…..

  19. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    Anyone know how the huns pre season is going?

     

     

    Only askin’.

  20. the long wait is over on

    SP

     

     

    Stop already . I’m beginning to feel sorry for them…

     

     

    ” laughs up sleeve”

  21. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    It was on a dreary new years day

     

    As the shades of night came down……..

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