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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mickbhoy1888
If I won the lottery tonight I would be at every Celtic match for the rest of my life home, away and abroad. It would be my hobby. I may attend another game like the Madrid v Barca match but only if Celtic were not playing. There is no danger I would sack any Celtic match to watch another team IF money was no object.
LB
you know the way Raith rovers and albion rovers etc. can have players sponsored, could we get sally and dave king sponsored ? sally could turn up in a cqn trackie and limo and dave king’s solicitors could wear cqn wigs ?
Do Sevco still have the biggest prize in world football? Trying to hit the bar from the half way line or has Swally already won it?
LB
jackie mac
16:02 on
8 April, 2014
you know the way Raith rovers and albion rovers etc. can have players sponsored, could we get sally and dave king sponsored ? sally could turn up in a cqn trackie and limo and dave king’s solicitors could wear cqn wigs ?
Have you got something against wig’s & trekkies that you want to make them so unfashionable?
Season ticket renewed. Never waivered
#becausecelticaremyfix
Inject some Davis Cup Fever into the house, by grunting very loudly every time you’re about to serve dinner.
PartTimeChef CSC
cadizzy-pretty sure the guy in Brazil was a friend of ACGR.
dj67 – jjb sales will take a hit
What’s a Neo-Catholic?
Is that one who believes in Catholicism but is pragmatic enough not to convert before his time as PM is up.
Justafan, when we see a non Anglican, non Protestant as PM, then I will believe this is possible.
And not before.
The Act of Settlement may not state a RC cannot be PM, but it sure as hell suggests it.
Can you imagine the Monarch rubber stamping a RC’s appointment of the Archbishop of Canterbury?
Not very likely, constitutional change is required for equality, the involvement of Church and State is not a good thing, in my opinion.
Nose back to the grindstone,
Ironic, that the American constitution part written by Scotsman is the antithesis of the Act of Settlement.
in the heat of lisbon
The Celts they came in thousands,
To see the Bhoys Become Champ————-i————ons
Hail Hail
LiviBhoy – God bless wee Oscar
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s true. The Greatest Prize in world football is the crossbar challenge at ibroke.
All you have to do is kick a football from the centre spot to hit the bar. Simple*
*The centre of the ball is filled with broken bricks. You must take the kick wearing a pair of stompeez whilst running with your trousers round your ankles.
Three and aff oot?
Celtic look a bit short of players available to provide cover for Emilio at left-back.
Joe Chalmers seems to be making a decent fist of his loan spell at Falkirk.
Statistics are showing him with 7 appearances ( 1 substitute) since he went there at the end of January from which games Falkirk have 5 wins and 1 draw. The club are sitting third in the Championship, four points behind the joint two leaders with four more games to play.
Perhaps a lurking Falkirk fan ( hahaha, couldn’t resist it) or one of his family or friends could tell us how he’s doing there. Is he playing at left-back?
Anyway, as it’s often written here……You gotta go, Joe. Hope to see you next season.
Doc
16:16 on 8 April, 2014
There’s no legal bar to a Catholic holding any office of state other than monarch, and that’s because the monarch is head of the church of England.
Them’s the facts.
If you don’t believe me check Hansard.
Or ask Roseanna Cunningham.
Now, can anyone tell me if there’s any law to stop the SNP having a Catholic in their cabinet?
Blog playing up on phone,embdae else?
5live now. Irish Premier speaking at Westminster. He’s talking about Irish involvement in the war and reconciliation between south and north.
I can imagine some spewing at this on hun media et al
Awe naw – no the ole aye he kin naw he cannae debate.
Celtic Football Club @celticfc 2m
20% off at Celtic stores until Sunday
Chelsea 2 Psg 2 think a sending off may occur
B.Dortmund 1 Real 3
a good shout is the 125 book,containing season by season breakdown of matches.I was in Sauchiehall St and its down to a tenner
good value.
my experience of racism is very much the flip side of what most other people have experienced, away back in the last century I bought a corner shop in Hamilton from an Asian family. we traded away often being called white pakies, but as it was all in fun no offence was ever implied or taken, busness was good and we moved house from larkhall to Hamilton in 2001 (don’t ask me about bigotry, that is a separate issue) in 2002 we then bought our second shop in the silvertonhill area of Hamilton, as there was no need to inform the VAT of our additional shop we just continued trading away the wife ‘four kids,two dugs and me the white tim packies fae larky (how to confuse a racist bigot?) …..now to the crux of my story I received a letter to inform me that I was to get a vat inspection in the December of 2004, so I informs my accountant who duly attends when the vat man comes to call, mr C HE SAYS IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE HAS BEEN A VERY SIGNIFICANT SPIKE IN YOUR TURNOVER SINCE THE START OF 2003 CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS?…. when I explained that shop two was just bought the year before and with the purchasing costs and restocking meant that only at the start of 2003 did we actually start to clear our feet, after quite a bit of oooing and aaaing he came to ythe conclusion that I was just being evasive and that I had only started to declare the true sales figures to increase the market value of the shops PAKISTANIS ARE RENOWN FOR THIS (his words)…..now he wouldn’t even consider saying that ten years on and his ruling came back a fine of just under £9k….or potential jailtime….on appeal I submitted both shops till rolls, highlighting that there was a spike everytime celtic were playing. I also added that having proudly announce that I was a celtic man a lot of the celtic people in the area where loyal to me and my family. it was a worrying few weeks but I did win my appeal for obvious reasons I never made it to Seville, but I still have a story to tell about ‘my’ road to Seville H. H.
Re MIH and Murray the move is to acquire the best assets from MIH and sell at a huge discount to his “private” family business. This is effectively his “get out of jail card” and by selling hundreds of acres in prime West Edinburgh for a paltry 11m to himself he is setting himself up for a massive windfall in future years. A shafting for LBG and the taxpayer..
Anybody got any info on the Hootenanny on the 10th May ,venue ,time etc? Hail Hail Hebcelt
have a good night Celts,
enjoy
HH
The big worry for this weekend is that Sevco get regally pumped by DU and the gullible start to see through the pieman, and I see they are starting their excuses by announcing injuries to their under 17 players as if they would make any difference. Best for us is that the MIB plays a blinder awarding a penalty to Sevco and sending off at least one DU player. That way Du are likely to only win by one or two and the gullible go on believing their manager Is the special one.
Ernie
Not sure. Is it the Keith O’Brien Law?
!Bada Bing!!
16:15 on 8 April, 2014
“cadizzy-pretty sure the guy in Brazil was a friend of ACGR.”
Bada Bing, thanks for this info. Condolences to ACGR as well as to the poor man’s family.
The hootenanny on the 10th May?
Change of plan.
Pub crawl in Ayrshire.
Troon, Prestwick, Ayr, Patna, Mossblown, Kilwinning…!!!
HH!!
Stairheedrammy
Sevco are at home and the press will ramp it up this week that they are huge underdogs and United are a top league team with millions of pounds worth of young talent in their side.
Jackie will be questioned about everything to do with this game and they will try and ruffle him. Wee Jackie is a silent assassin though and won;t be ruffled by the MSM.
Swally will sing from the same hymn sheet as the MSM and probably make light of his karoake perfomance and the lapdogs will lap it up.
I think Dundee United will have it tough if they do not score early. It’s a very nervy match. They have players who have been over the course before though and I reckon Rankin will be a huge player for United. He was rotten at Hibernian but seems to have found a new lease of life playing with the kids at Tannadice. I will maybe have a wee punt on him to score first. He likes a shot from distance and looks like a wee Tim so he will be up for it. Good price as well.
The key for United is keeping 11 men on the pitch for 90 mins. If they do that they should win no worries. They must keep the heid.
I watched Aberdeen last night and must say that they looked average until they get near the box. Their players come alive in front of goal. I suspect they have become a wee bit jaded with the number of games and the excitement of the last few weeks. The cup is pretty much wide open and it wouldn;t surprise me if the Arabs met St Johnstone in the final. My tips at the weekend would be St Johnstone plus a goal and United minus a goal.
Nice wee double if anyone fancies a punt.
Note: Please gamble responsibly.
LB
Sitting having a shandy in Ribby hall and walks a fellow tim, John Higgins
Huns season books up 18%
Ernie Lynch
There is So… a Law…agin . A Catholic Holding..well.. Any Kind o Powerful Oaffice.. In.. Scotland.. mebbe, it disnae Apply tae the same Extent … in England..
But.. In Scotland..
Fur Sure!
It is … An UNWRITTEN LAW.. but..it is Stroanger than Ronald Reagan’s Hair Spray( No even a Typhoon coulda Disturbed wan Hair oan Ronnie’s Heid….ed )
Kojo
Still,Laughin
I am reading the Zlatan Ibrahimovic autobiography at the moment.
I’m only up to the time he was playing for Ajax.
So far,by his own admission,he has been guilty of theft,hooliganism,destruction of property,disrespecting opponents,disrespecting team mates,disrespecting coaches and managers,assault off the pitch,assault on the pitch and failure to adhere to club policies,training regimes and lifestyle behaviour…..and that’s only the bits I remember!!
Just as a wee matter of interest,given recent alleged misdemeanours by a current Celtic player, how would you react if Zlatan offered to come to Celtic and play for free?
!!Bada Bing!!
17:18 on 8 April, 2014
Huns season books up 18%
I hope they’re getting a free neck brace with that; trying to follow the ball in the air for 90 mns plays havoc with the ole neck structures…
HH
Petethebeat,
If you are around.
I watched your link last night on Sky Sports News GAA spoof.
Absolutely, brilliantly hilarious, especially for anyone with an understanding of Gaelic games.
We needed something to lift the grass roots spirits after the shameful decision from Headquarters.
I heard them boasting today that the five Garth Brooks concert WILL go ahead, even though there has still to be a decision re obtaining a licence.
Their arrogance is invincible.
Never thought I would hear The Soldier Song being played at Windsor Castle.
medtim,
A bit unfair there.
He loves his mum!