The vast open spaces of unoccupied seats at Hampden on Saturday were a frustration to Celtic fans unable to buy a ticket for the game. So too for the Scottish Professional Football League, who left money on the table in the hope that St Johnstone were able to attract enough fans to fill their allocation.
It was reminiscent of our last League Cup semi-final, against Hibs, two years ago. Hibs were allocated the same slice of Hampden as St Johnstone but left £30 uncollected for every 24” of unoccupied stadium, a painful one for the SPFL and earlier locked out Celtic fans.
For next month’s final, Hibs have been allocated 17, 500 tickets, a significantly higher number than their season ticket count or average gate. Enough, you would think, to satisfy the fans who keep the game afloat in a country where gate money occupies a higher proportion of clubs’ income than anywhere else in Europe.
Hibs want 25,000 tickets, not just because they hope to sell than number, but also for “sporting integrity”, as having more fans attend bestows an advantage. This latter point is true but also a curious hill to fight on.
It is not the allocation that maintains an equitable sporting advantage but the number who attend. If Hibs want to argue this point, they surely must limit Celtic’s ability to sell into their 25,000 ticket stock in equal proportion to the uptake from Hibs fans. 25,000 Celtic fans and 15,000 Hibs fans still gives Celtic an advantage.
Football clubs often play to the gallery, something I have urged Celtic to do more of in the past. This ticket protest from Hibs has a touch of this flavour to it. Angry from Easter Road writes to complain because it is costless to do so, the suits at the SPFL are targeted as pantomime villains.
It is a disingenuous attack, but are they really going to say, “Thank you to the Celtic fans who will again pay crucial money into the Scottish game”? Thanks too to League Cup sponsors cinch (sic.), and best of luck getting in enforcing the branding rights you have paid for.
Loved the Celtic Christmas ad, which is an established treat. It speaks of a club with confidence in itself.
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Dosen`t look like Haill Hail !!
I hope it`s not Hello Hello :-))
Anyway, A , have a great time and may you see things well done there.
Why does CQN publish articles such as this:
JOTA, CELTIC AND THE £200,000 BLUNDER
Poor stuff.
First sign of madness and alll that so
Cheerio for now.
Hot Smoked
I agree.
Also not convinced we should make him an offer at this stage.
Not because I don’t think he would be a great signing. I would be worried about what happens if we make him an offer now and he doesn’t take it.
That would become a feeding frenzy for the press which would lead to constant negative headlines and could cause disruption to our season.
Good morning CQN
Who are you ? question asked in the tweet…now many have asked the same question on CQN of the multi monikers and Butchers apron trolls who inhabit this place every day
Question answered below
https://twitter.com/GerryHassan/status/1463435997153312772?s=20
aff oot
Friesdorfer – Enjoy the good beer, good company and bring home a positive result.
D :)
Hot Smoked
Ein bißchen verwirrt, aber verstandbar…
HH
Camus Bhoy – Best of luck Hail Hail
D :)
Am looking forward to tomorrow.
I don’t actually think we’ll win.
We might not even get a draw.
But I think, and hope, we’ll play well .. away to a right good team.
Match day 37 of 38 in the J-League this weekend.
Season ends the following week
(04 December)
Would be nice if we could
– wrap up a couple of signings
– announce them as Christmas gifts
– give new guys a proper 4 week break
– meet up with them in Dubai
– bring them home ready to go
Think we can only sign players in the Window – Jan? And, we are definitely not going to Dubai…
HH
Get your booster jab folks, the science and the data are all positive
https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1463452535247806464?s=20
Why are we playing Hearts next Thursday and not the Wednesday
ST TAMS on 24TH NOVEMBER 2021 10:48 AM
Why are we playing Hearts next Thursday and not the Wednesday
I would think it’s a Sky Sports decision as Hibs v Huns live on Wednesday and Tic v Mini Huns live on Thursday!
CAMUSBHOY.
HH.
☘👍
GARYGILLESPIESHAMSTRING on 24TH NOVEMBER 2021 9:50 AM
Hot Smoked
I agree.
Also not convinced we should make him an offer at this stage.
Not because I don’t think he would be a great signing. I would be worried about what happens if we make him an offer now and he doesn’t take it.
That would become a feeding frenzy for the press which would lead to constant negative headlines and could cause disruption to our season.
My thoughts exactly.We have only so much money to spend.We need reinforcements in key areas,and going by reports,Ange has his targets.The league is the target.Jota is here playing brilliantly,so why try and force the issue.A Celtic team playing in the CL,a real magnet for him in the summer.Lets wait.Get what Ange needs here and now.
Thanks guys 👍
On the CH discussion from yesterday if we all agree that we want Celtic to be the best they can be, would either SPFL player do that for us?
In my opinion we should set the bar higher
new article posted.
Inevitably, in “ye olden firm” scenario, which is continually thrust upon us in the 21st Century, the violent incidents at Ibrox Park in a UEFA match against Sparta Prague this year ends up being a Celtic story
Nobody can criticise Scott Brown for showing solidarity with a player. As Paul would say , you or I would have done the same. But the then Celtic captain was then used to become an actor in a play. No wonder Scott is embarrassed by FIFA nominating him for an award, he wants to focus on his career. The real facts of what happened that night get buried deeper and deeper but they shouldn´t be forgotten. Firstly there was the boot in the face to the Sparta goalie and the medical attention he needed. Is that not hurting someone? That was the first thing to get buried under Edmiston Drive. Act 2 begins with the scottish and english media banging the racism drum by accepting and embellishing the Rankers version of events….verbatim!!. In Act 3 politicians and lawyers enter stage right to see what spoils there are to be won. Act 4 The Czechs defend themselves and take on the media, the lawyers and the politicians. They dispute these claims of being racists, challenge the lawyers in court, they have to take it to a diplomatic level as the lies persist and at this point the UK starts to retreat. UEFA had only fined Sparta 5.5 thousand pounds so they had also left the stage a while ago. Game over? Naw you can always rely on the nobodies at FIFA to try to get in on the act, in this case Act 5 . What will be FIFA´s story. Great rival teams in Glasgow come together to defeat racism, despite their huge differences. FIFA have no right being patronising to Celtic or Scottish football. Them giving us an award? Real football people ought to know that In 1946 FIFA was on its uppers and for better or for worse the Scottish FA organised a match at Hampden with a Great Britain team facing the Rest of the World with the proceeds going to FIFA. 137,000 punters coughed up 35,000 pounds ( to keep them happy in Switzerland, funny that UEFA and FIFA operate out of the same country, not much decentralisation there, must be a calvinist thing. So effectively the Glasgow and Scottish population patronised FIFA. As a descendant of one of these patrons I insist they move their headquarters to Mexico, a football nation which is widely respected, to clarify that they are a world organisation not one from a swiss canton.
RE Crowdfunding for FIFA
https://youtu.be/9brHworjSww
It wasn´t 1946 it was May 1947.
According to Pathe News it was 134,000 in attendance with 31,000 pounds going to FIFA.