Edinburgh again, Ticket Office Blues

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While Celtic are in the middle of a month with six home games, we face Hearts on Sunday on their eighth consecutive home game and tenth game on the trot in Edinburgh. Runs of games like this do you no favours in the long run, but they provide pockets or benefit.

Training schedules for Hearts have been perfect during this period, without needing to factor in a trip to Dingwall, for example. Game plans will have been consistent and clear. There will be modifications for the visit of the champions, but we will face a team who are as ready as they could be for the challenge.

This letter from the Ticket Office:

Like many of you, I have several season tickets in my wallet right now. They are not always used by the named person (Martin42 has been unable to use his ticket since August (!) due to injury).

I have not been in touch with the club, so can only wonder what “the Celtic Ticket Office is not obliged to provide information about the named Season Ticket Holder to any third party” could be about. It is an obscure reference, as is “in all cases relating to Season Tickets photo ID is required”.

Letters like this are never produced purely to irritate, there will be an issue to be addressed. It will not be a mean-spirited attempt to stop you taking a friend to the occasional game – which we all do.

But if the issue is serious enough to write to all season ticket holders: explain, explain, explain.  It’s not just the perma-rage-against-the-man-types (you don’t know who you are, so don’t bother wondering) who are troubled by this, some will be reluctant in future to invite a friend along to Celtic Park on a spare ticket.

Lessons learned, I’m sure.

Listen to “The CQN Podcast: A Celtic State of Mind (EP26) with Jim McCalliog” on Spreaker.

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  1. Gerryfaethebrig on

    JNP 6.34am

     

     

    Me a Mod ?????

     

     

    Never, always the Specials & Madness stuff that Jam rubbish :-)

     

     

    RudeBhoyCSC

     

     

    All going to the game today enjoy, showing my age here but I much preferred when we were behind the other goals although dodging some of the objects from windows above when walking to the turnstltes was a laugh when looking back

  2. Just logged in ……………..WOW CQN was always know for good debate and friendly banter and NO foul and abbusive language on the blog.

     

     

    How times have changed !

     

     

    Aff oot as The dude fae livingston would say.

  3. Good Morning All…

     

     

    More than half way through the key month of December, SPL wise, it’s not turned out as I thought. Sevco Rangers doing rather better and Hibs doing rather worse.

     

     

    Still, neither a surprise, I did mention Hibs inconsistency (before Brendan;) and Sevco can always get by with a little help from their friends.

     

     

    Reading the writing on the wall, I would say Sevco Rangers are in an endgame. Wouldn’t like to predict how it’s all going to manifest itself but don’t think it’s too far away.

     

     

    Hope we play well and have a great result v Hearts, Dembele back and hungry?

     

     

    The Edinburghers have been a huge disappointment for me. Ann Budge is not the Messiah, she’s, IMO, a very over-rated Chairperson.

     

     

    Still, the League is still interesting and despite their black arts, I don’t think Sevco will get a European Berth, that’s still Lenny’s if he wants it.

     

     

    Hearts 0 – 3 Celtic

     

     

    Hail Hail

  4. Just popped in to say , morning all , and looking forward to watching the game in the PV with my daughter and a few of CQN’s finest

     

    Well whats happened now , if the voice of reason and reconciliation uses the “C” word , summits-up.

     

    !!

     

     

    Ps…. Boaby , i hope you dont mind , i introduced myself to your sister at the Accies game ……hope she got over the shock :))

  5. …..Gordon….

     

    Rb. No sure Bittn boyata

     

    3-5-2

     

     

    Hayes…..Boony……..Nxham

     

     

    Fofest………mcgregor……….sinky

     

     

    …………….odsonne

  6. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MARSPAPA

     

     

    I’m sure you met her about two years ago,ish,in the KDS. I might have been hallucinating again,mind.

     

     

    Hope yer smashin,B. Nearly time for a visit to the pub,nearest I’ll get to Tynecastle today.

     

     

    Have fun,bud.

  7. Gordon

     

     

    Ajer

     

    Boyata

     

    Bitton

     

     

    Keiran

     

    Sinky

     

    Ntcham

     

    Broonie

     

    Forrest

     

     

     

    Mcgregor

     

     

    The Griff

     

     

    Would really like to see kouassi and a couple of our development squad on the bench given some game time if we can get a few goals

     

     

    COYBIG a clean sheet and a win please .

  8. BMCUW

     

     

    Haha , your memory is far better than mine old bean :))

     

     

    Ps …pass on my Christmas wishes to Weefra and Dot, dont know if the weeyin lurks noo or not .

  9. Strongest team today, no room for slip ups, three point essential today in my opinion, I hope Brendan doesn’t stray to far from his best Bhoys, Hearts haven’t been great of late and we have a very decent record against them but with the sheep only two points back we need all three points.

     

     

    Mon The Hoops..

  10. Marspapa, I like the look of Kouassi, also think Ralston should get a run in the team.

     

    Hope our strikers have noted how weak the Sevco keeper is on his right side.

  11. Morning all

     

     

    Tontine Tim @ 5.55 yesterday.

     

     

    No wish to prolong a pointless argument. I know enough about the history of Hibs, the geography of what is Leith and what is Edinburgh without you adding nothing to that knowledge.

     

     

    Have a nice Christmas and hopefully 3 points today.

     

     

    Jimbo67

  12. Oh my word, the Christmas Spirit took a temporary break from CQN last night & this morning & so did the Moderators,

     

    Maybe best to just delete last couple of pages & we all start again.

     

    So Happy Christmas everybody, I’m off to 11.30 Mass before the game in my favourite Franciscan Friary Church but for once am not too happy about it.

     

    WE have a pretty famous local band here & they play at this Mass every year, There will be about 70 of them giving it laldy with Brass & Drums but the problem is these guys are enjoying themselves and don’t know when to stop and I need to be back home by 12.30.

  13. Good morning friends.

     

     

    Whilst celebrating 69 has been memorable, bring on the 70!

     

     

    Off at a tangent (and sacrilegious to do so just 75 minutes before kick off) but would anyone have a complete ballpark figure for having a living room (not mine) plastered (skimmed?) roughly 25 foot by 15 foot and walls 8ft (a ‘Jamesgang’) high? My bhoy’s getting a quote today but will have absolutely no idea if it’s competitive or a compleete rip off. Not something I’ve ever had done myself. he and his Mrs moved in a few weeks ago and have stripped the 3 layers of wallpaper off hoping to paint. But underlying walls not in the best condition. If anyone wants to reply away from the blog I’m on jobobaldie@yahoo.co.uk

     

     

    Mon the Hoops – win both halves today!

  14. Jobo

     

    I can`t help you with the price ( I am sure someone on here will) but I thoughht it was only the English who used `foot` as a plural.

     

     

    JJ

  15. embramike says ” Yer team’s deid…Beat it!” on

    Starting line up …

     

    Gordon ; Lustig Boyata Simunovic Tierney ; Brown Ntcham ; Forrest McGregor Sinclair ; Griffiths

     

    Subs: De Vries Ajer Kouassi Armstrong Hayes Dembele Edouard

  16. Hot Smoked – I tend to use both variations and never quite sure what one was correct. A bit like sheep and shoop ;-)

  17. Corkie….that’s a shocker…..tellin me Av been talking pish….;-)) would say a Merry Christmas to you…..but as a wholesome human….it’s the wrong time of year…..;-))

     

     

    H.H.