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. Vnham

     

     

    The socks were black to begin with a think that’s why they’ve reverted back yo them as its the 125 year anniversary ,a doubt they would sell black socks to the public them wear different ones

     

     

    Izzy samara lustig victor bangura ki all giving extended breaks due to internationals !

  2. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on 15 July, 2012 at 18:09 said:

     

     

    StMichaelsBhoy2 on 15 July, 2012 at 18:06 said:

     

    Poster on twitter claiming from a source inside CP that we’ll be wearing white socks in competitive games.

     

     

    If that’s the case then why wear the Black socks at all?

     

     

    HH

     

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    My feeling is that we should wear much more than socks when we’re playing……

     

    sorry but I hid tae :¬)

  3. notthebus on 15 July, 2012 at 17:37 said:

     

    Celtic Underground ‏@celticrumours

     

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

     

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    I hope thatès true about Ray Gun, might just see the rest of the bricks collapse too!

     

    Get rid of the lot of them, put Longmuir in charge of the SFA

     

    gsu

  4. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Senor Pablo Diablo-CL Qualifier in a couple of weeks,I know it’s pre-season but we have been found out against very weak teams before.Murphy ffs.

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

    It’s what the feet do that are inside the socks that really matters.

     

     

    We’ll be playing in black tops this coming season.

     

     

    Personally I’m a HOOPS man.

  6. Sandman No Zombie Huns In The SPL. FACT! on

    StMichaelsBhoy2 on 15 July, 2012 at 18:06 said:

     

    Poster on twitter claiming from a source inside CP that we’ll be wearing white socks in competitive games.

     

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    I’d keep the black socks but put a red band round the top. Then dismiss the outrage from ‘them’ by claiming Goram-esque it’s a tribute to Third Lanark.

     

     

    Bummer Broon, Charlie Miller and the Two Goalies at the top table. Like a team entering Universally Challenged.

     

     

    Movie for Der Hun demise: ‘Things To Do In Govan When You’re Dead’

  7. kikinthenakas on

    Bhoys,

     

     

    Great to see the blog back talking about the fitba, socks and the german commentary,

     

     

    Tho one we nugget slipped in re Celtic underground that Regans away tomorrow!

     

    Am away tae greece tomorrow! Mibbe see him at the airport!

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

    Bada bing

     

     

    Calm down!

     

     

    How many of the starting line up tonight will feature in the first CL game?

  9. West Wales Celt on

    What can you tell me about young Toshney, besides the poor marking at the Kickers goal?

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

    TET

     

     

    ….it’s the other half that will make the difference!

  11. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on

    voguepunter on 15 July, 2012 at 18:21 said:

     

    Forrest and Broony on.

     

     

     

    I thought Broony was on first half???

     

     

    HH

  12. Senor Pablo Diablo on

    !!Bada Bing!!

     

     

    In a game like this the attitude is different, players will be more concerned with getting their fitness up and avoiding injury than recording a meaningless victory and that’s fine by me.

  13. I dont know if its breaking the blog rules as I’m not supplying a linky bhoy or anything, but I subscribe to livesportstreams dot com and its cheap as chips compared to the robbing ye blind ye know whit dot com, I can watch it on the PC or my apple tv box.

     

    HH

  14. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Philbhoy-That’s my point mate,how much more game time do we lose to experiments? A fortnight’s time could be Artmedia again.What has Daryl Murphy have to offer ?

  15. ibleedgreenandwhite1

     

     

    Just want to make sure your concentrating..

     

    …………………………….unlike me :O)

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

    Bada bing

     

     

    We might get a penalty.

     

     

    He’s no bad at them.

  17. Paul , regarding the closer links with other fans groups to give a greater say to supporters , do you think it would be possible to get a fans group / rep onto a new Scottish Football Committee to run the game instead of the deadbeats we have at present.

     

    This would allow supporters to push for standing areas / better facilities / cheaper season tickets – individual tickets etc.

     

    Any opinions welcome .

  18. ibleedgreenandwhite1 on

    voguepunter on 15 July, 2012 at 18:25 said:

     

    ibleedgreenandwhite1

     

     

    Just want to make sure your concentrating..

     

    …………………………….unlike me :O)

     

     

    Ill keep you right m8 dont worry lol

     

     

    HH

  19. StMichaelsBhoy2 on

    In best Chris McLaughlin style, just passing on something I read re socks.

     

     

    Paddy on the wing now with Kayal at the bottom of the diamond.

  20. WWC

     

    Jumpin’ between CelticTV and CQN

     

    Aye many’s a laugh up at St Clears – lovely part o’the world.

     

    Will visit again one day.

     

    Teuchter ár lá.

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

    It’s the second game of our pre season prep!

     

     

    It’s about getting everyone’s fitness up to a level necessary to take us into the new season on a competitive level.

     

     

    Don’t panic Captain Mainwaring!?

  22. Good Celtic crowd there. Probably have more away fans there than ibrox will see for the whole of next season.

     

     

    Makes you wonder how the huns will manage to ‘thrive’ when they need a Million a month to just run ibrox.

  23. StMichaelsBhoy2 on

    What’s the betting we’ll be drawn against Sevco in at least one of the cups this season?

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

    AsonofDan

     

     

    How’s their pre season going, now you’ve mentioned thems?

  25. Anyone elses Chapel giving away free Olympic football tickets today? They have only sold a couple of thousand for all 3 gsme apparently.

     

     

    Tasty challenge on Forrest there.

  26. Even with the stinking attitude Rasmussen better option than murphy.

     

     

    The first few months ras played after signing he looked ok, definitely a poacher who looked like he could handle himself.

     

     

    Dunno what happened there.