The commercial consequences of Sunday’s Ramsdens’ Cup Final result didn’t occur to me until Celtic released season ticket news yesterday. Over the years, when possible, Celtic and Rangers released season ticket renewal notices on the back of a favourable result.
As well as a party at Ibrox on Sunday night, the wheels would have been ready to roll with photographs of newly acquired silverware and a plea from the most expensive failed-yet-retained manager in history to renew early. There may even have been a price increase this year, slipped in amid the feel-good factor.
There has been a lot of talk about how critical season ticket sales are to Newco Rangers but we are no different. The circa 40,000 people who commit to support Celtic each season are the rock bed upon which all plans are made. Sure, Champions League money is critical, but without this volume of season ticket sales there would be no Champions League money. The season ticket is the Badge of Honour in Scottish football, during these critical years more than any other time.
In 2012 when we campaigned to deny a new club access to an elevated position in Scottish football we did so in the knowledge that competition in the league would be different going forward. This was our preference. While actual attendances have often been below season ticket levels I know that to a man, woman and child, everyone who pitches up to watch Celtic appreciates being apart from the scourge which afflicted us for so many years. This is the way I like my football, long may it last.
Seville – The Celtic Movement
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HT
a united 32 county Ireland will happen in our lifetime.
Auldheid
20:53 on 8 April, 2014
The Battered Bunnet
15:29 on
8 April, 2014
RWE
Yip, some nice lines, although it ought to have been pointed out that Murray has less than 5% of the MIH equity, having been diluted to dishwater by the repeated debt-equity swaps the bank used.
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The most recent figures I have seen from MIH show Sir Minty with a shareholding of 0.39 %.
Iberior Investments hold 92.25%.
Watchin George Robertson on the news there. Has he had his bottom jaw done??
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
22:20 on 8 April, 2014
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Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
22:13 on
8 April, 2014
If you were Irish and had sought refuge in Britain during the famine, how would you feel about someone calling you a ‘fu£&@@£ refugee’?
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Old.
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Not known for my speed on the uptake, but at the second time of reading I laughed!
voguepunter
No doubt he will find the missing plane
According to yesterday’s herald, of 65 snp msps, four seem to have attended Catholic schools. Only been able to find four good enough?
bcw….
Er…how old are you??? ;-)
SOAL
Saying nowt,,,,,
Cheers,lads.
:-)
Why criticise Mourinho for running down the track at the winning goal? Neil Lennon did exactly the same v Karagandy. What’s wrong with a bit of excitement and emotion in the game? People need to stop hating every manager who manages to beat Celtic.
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
22:30 on 8 April, 2014
‘Watchin George Robertson on the news there. Has he had his bottom jaw done??’
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I believe his face was smashed to pieces in a car accident many years ago, so possibly yes.
Justafan
Why?
Lee is Neethur.. Stupid, Immature nor Wicked..
He didnae Sing a Type of Song that wiz Anything Worse… than..
A Similar Type of Song that EVERYBUDDY oan Here..HISNAE SANG, Themsels..at wan time or anither..
Na..
Lee, jist goat CAUGHT.
Fugggetttabooootit..
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
22:17 on
8 April, 2014
I’m sorry but there’s something distinctly uncomfortable about the VP of Sinn Fein attending a British state function when 6 of Ireland’s 32 counties are still under British occupation.
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He’s teaching her maj the ‘fields’ for her visit to Paradise.
jude2005 is neil lennon \o/
22:30 on 8 April, 2014
Watchin George Robertson on the news there. Has he had his bottom jaw done??
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Just watching him the noo… oh aye that’s been cracked..
HH
gct..
You’re right of course but…
As Paddy Crerand once said…”you can’t take the hate out of football”!
Gold Coast Tom
22:34 on
8 April, 2014
Why criticise Mourinho for running down the track at the winning goal? Neil Lennon did exactly the same v Karagandy. What’s wrong with a bit of excitement and emotion in the game? People need to stop hating every manager who manages to beat Celtic.
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Naw!
bcw…
just wondering if you or me would have more chance of seeing your prediction fulfilled!!!
Interesting comments from George Robertson …has the YES vote made a constructive response
Or have they just accused him of being a scaremongering bully…….as they usually do to those who pose serious concerns
I’m 22 :-)))
HT
I detest racists.
At an early stage of my undergraduate degree, a leading light in the BNP attempted to get me sacked on the basis of an alleged assault on him in a pub away from my educational institution. I was arrested etc but even the cops knew it was a bogus charge.
My point being I know racists and see how they operate. Not for one minute do I believe LG is a racist.
I know at first hand, the support the club gives to refugees and immigrants. It is not publicised and broadcast for PR reasons because it is in our DNA and msm would (and don,’t) show any interest.
On a football issue LG reminds me of another Scottish striker we signed from Wolves.
I hope LG gets the chance to prove me wrong.
HH
richie #teamoscar
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You called billybhoy a Nat last night.
Turkeybhoy says,
22:25 on 8 April, 2014
22:25 on 8 April, 2014
Very childish and stupid for the “No”voters on here to be calling the people who will vote”Yes”,Nats, ……………………….
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If you are so thick you cannot grasp this simple concept,then you probably should not have a vote.
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Very tolerant people, these ‘Yes’ voters. They would seek to disenfranchise people. A bit like Sir Shean – living abroad most of the year and pontificating on Scottish Independence to people who actually live in the country. Oh I am really persuaded by what you have to say.
ernie lynch
22:35 on 8 April, 2014
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/22:30 on 8 April, 2014‘Watchin George Robertson on the news there. Has he had his bottom jaw done??
’###I believe his face was smashed to pieces in a car accident many years ago, so possibly yes.
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Oops I take back my previous comment about it being cracked…. sorry.
HH
Kojo
22:36 on
8 April, 2014
There`s one of Lenny.
Kojo
22:36 on 8 April, 2014
Lee is Neethur.. Stupid, Immature nor Wicked..
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The above is a sentence written by an English Honours Graduate from McGill University.
True or False ??
PF, Seems thousands of Hibs fans are wrong rather than racist then. Bit like tens of thousands of Rangers fans telling us to go home. They know what they mean, we know.
Hibs fans are making sweeping generalisations about Eastern Europeans. As you rightly point out, the man in question is no refugee but the overtone is racist.
Justafan
Britain no longer wants the six counties. Think about the rhetoric on the BBC etc recently.
I expect the situation to resolve within 20 years.
Barking dug chases the Rag & Bone Man who is blowing a bugle!
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
22:13 on
8 April, 2014
turkeybhoy
22:06 on 8 April, 2014
One simple question.
If you were Irish and had sought refuge in Britain during the famine, how would you feel about someone calling you a ‘fu£&@@£ refugee’?
I have been called much worse.My parents,Irish,were called much worse,my grandparents,who had their farm burnt by the Black and Tans,arrived at the Broomielaw as refugees,they were called much worse.At my mothers 1st communion at St Marys,where the wee parade was attacked by Fulton and his BBs,they were called much worse.
Rudi Skacel is not a refugee.Everyone knows this.To call him one is just stupid.He is a member of the EU.Now if he were a real refugee,I could see the point in the media hysteria.So your reference to real refugees arriving in Britain holds no water.
If they had been calling him a Plumber,which he obviously aint,would that signify a crime?.
Might sound stupid,but no more than the media hysteria sounds to me.
….pfayr supports weeoscar
22:39 on 8 April, 2014
Interesting comments from George Robertson …has the YES vote made a constructive response
Or have they just accused him of being a scaremongering bully…….as they usually do to those who pose serious concerns
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Interesting as an empty packet of cornflakes ….. Utter codswallop , what geo-political implications , good grief …. I guess he may be concerned about where to house the nuke subs … The end of the world as we know it!!
Very early rise tomorrow ………..
Pfayr…
Interesting? Really?
Crass, stupid and counter productive imo and I’m a no voter.
Many more interventions like his (and there have been too many already) will drive people into the yes camp.
Just how I see it.
jude2005 is neil lennon \o/
22:30 on 8 April, 2014
Watchin George Robertson on the news there. Has he had his bottom jaw done??
Any more of the patter he came out with today,he will have…
bcw…
You have a thirty six year advantage so…maybe in your lifetime!!!!
Mullet
My point is it’s a stupid song, sung by idiots who are too stupid to make up anything better
IMO it doesn’t compare to the famine song ….
It would be much more serious if RS was in fact a refugee ….
Otherwise I think it’s a cras attempt at belittling the best Hearts player of late
Jambos used to sing … All the Hibees are gay…. No more homophobic than fly in the air
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
22:43 on
8 April, 2014
Justafan
Britain no longer wants the six counties.
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Does Dublin?
tosb
Clearly you don’t do irony, but you’re no’ bad at being cheeky.
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
22:39 on 8 April, 2014
Interesting comments from George Robertson …has the YES vote made a constructive response
Or have they just accused him of being a scaremongering bully…….as they usually do to those who pose serious concerns
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In what capacity was ex-Labour MP Lord Robertson speaking?
How much was he paid for his speach?
Does he earn as much as ex-Labor MP Tony Blair for these types of speaches?
I don’t know.
Macjay
Now that is a question.