You’ll remember the days of the season ticket waiting list. Then came the imaginary waiting list, which existed a while after seats were openly available. Now anyone can browse onto the Celtic web site and view exactly how many seats are available, and where, inside Celtic Park. It tells a fascinating story.
There’s the odd solitary seat and a few hundred with restricted views but that aside only the previously-closed part of the Lisbon Lions upper is not subscribed – and a significant number of tickets there will not include games against Newco, who are likely to ask for their entire entitlement according to league rules.
We’ve not seen anything like this since 1995 when Celtic Park reopened. Season 1994-95, at 34,000 capacity Hampden, was far from inspiring. We didn’t even sell-out a late-season game against Oldco, but Fergus had mortgaged our future on a partly-built 40,000 seater stadium, with projects underway to finish the job.
I looked at the empty seats at Hampden that day in 1995 and wondered if Fergus had blown his money. It didn’t look possible that we’d come anywhere close to filling a much larger stadium. As last season came to an end today’s ticket bonanza looked equally unlikely (although I did expect a pick-up).
Sometimes it doesn’t pay to examine sentiment too closely, just be grateful when you have it and know that it can change quickly when it’s against you.
Noting the increase in match day traffic around Celtic Park, you have to wonder how many millions of man hours will be wasted sitting in immobile cars and buses because Police Scotland no longer man traffic lights to allow spectators to leave the area quickly after events.
That’s another cost of our Offensive Behaviour’ Bill. Ponder that when you’ve moved 1 mile in an hour next season. Event-related gridlocks are another manifestation of ineffective governance. For decades police had budget to control traffic junctions at major events, not any more, in Scotland, anyway.
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Macjay – Sorry,bud. Not read back too much. Who are you fighting wae tonight? Met a cuppla lassies tonight heading home to Melbourne. (Them,not me).By feck them gals can drink!
Lindisfarne ~ Meet Me On The Corner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYPBF4s8m_Y
Ralph McTell Streets of London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWomXklfv8
James1888 Streets of….Have you listened to Liam Clancy singing that song?
Not sure. Will have a look. I have a DVD doc of Liam Clancy.
Liam Clancy – The Yellow Bittern.
James1955 Google or YouTube it.
Streets of London – Liam Clancy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVW3yPCwOfU
Such a good song.
James1967 – Kwality!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/YELLOW-BITTERN-LIFE-TIMES-CLANCY/dp/B002UZJYFK/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1465433091&sr=1-1&keywords=the+yellow+bittern
Liam Clancy – Green Fields Of France
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp-OlpffDWw
ABURNTOUTCASE on 9TH JUNE 2016 1:25 AM
Macjay – Sorry,bud. Not read back too much. Who are you fighting wae tonight? Met a cuppla lassies tonight heading home to Melbourne. (Them,not me).By feck them gals can drink!
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Hope you weren`t paying . (With an ulterior motive )
:-)
James1955 – Watched a docu a few year ago about the Clancy Bro.s and Tommy Makem. What a talented lot they were. And they all loved our Luke K.
Bob Dylan on The Clancy Brothers and Irish Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzT3q-1YnUo
Macjay – Naw, they weren`t shy when it came to buying. Great girls.
aburntoutcase on 9th June 2016 1:52 am
James1955 – Watched a docu a few year ago about the Clancy Bro.s and Tommy Makem. What a talented lot they were. And they all loved our Luke K.
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All great stuff. Brother had The Clancys at Carnegie Hall at the time in Easterhouse. Window opened and playing away. Dochertys upstair so all ok :-)
ABURNTOUTCASE on 9TH JUNE 2016 1:54 AM
Macjay – Naw, they weren`t shy when it came to buying. Great girls.
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Mate.
The Sheilas are usually dead easy to talk to.
:-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_p0CgPeyA
Bob Dylan: Thoughts on Liam Clancy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te5TUg1bdqM
James 1955 . Thank you for the link . Is no one going to out this corruption , and cover up .
James1955 – Never been in Easterhouse,mate. Know a few of the Hughes family,mind. You`ll always be okay anywhere in the world if there are one or two Dochertys around.
Sheilas – Tut tut! Not like you. Smiley hing.
jimtim on 9th June 2016 2:01 am
James 1955 . Thank you for the link . Is no one going to out this corruption , and cover up .
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The Res12 Bhoys hopefully with our help.
aburntoutcase on 9th June 2016 2:02 am
James1955 – Never been in Easterhouse,mate. Know a few of the Hughes family,mind. You`ll always be okay anywhere in the world if there are one or two Dochertys around.
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We left in 1970. Dochertys (big family) went to America (Chicago i think)
aburntoutcase on 9th June 2016 2:02 am
There was a Terry Hughes in my year at St Clares & St Leonards.
James1955 – Think about that. Chicago mafioso thought they had it all sewn up. Intimidation was the key. Then look who arrives! Al Capone would have pled guilty to get a safe haven.
aburntoutcase on 9th June 2016 2:13 am
James1955 – Think about that. Chicago mafioso thought they had it all sewn up. Intimidation was the key. Then look who arrives! Al Capone would have pled guilty to get a safe haven.
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Aye, you wonder what became of them all. Young sister kept in touch with
Angela for a while but eventually lost touch.
Well its goodnight from me fellow Tims.
K.T.F.
PERSISTANCE BEATS Res12TANCE
James 1955 -I was a good friend of Hughie (RIP). He was a first cousin of Big Yogi,looked dead like him too.
James1955 – Oops, Hughes, not Docherty.
Frank McGarvey was the year below me.
Funny to think that there would have been no Luke Kelly but for the fact that his father Luke Kelly snr, wasn’t killed when he was shot and seriously wounded by a soldier (Scottish Regiment) on Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin 26/7/1914.
http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_irish/history_irish_bachelors_walk.htm
night
Jackie Macnamara Snr went to yon other school :-)
James1955 – Used to drink wae Frank when he lived in Houston.McAvennie used to pop in now and then. Not my cup of tea. Wee Frank McG was a really nice guy,though. Did so much for charities.
aburntoutcase on 9th June 2016 2:30 am
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He did seem a genuinely nice guy. Shame about
the problems he had.
Clogher,thanks for that link. Luke is one of my true heroes.
BAILEMEANACH on 8TH JUNE 2016 10:18 PM
Hi folks, just registered and looking for some advice. Bought a number of Lions memorabilia with my redundancy 6 years ago as an investment. All signed and verified. Ideally wanted to keep hold of it, at least til post 50th anniversary, but friends 5 year old daughter has leukaemia and needs funds to get to the states in the next 8 weeks. So need to know where the best place is to auction this stuff or does anyone want to purchase it as we need cash asap.
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Please share the above, and let me know if you can help
Hail Hail
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Dear fella, my families Prayers and Thoughts are with the wee lassie and, all who are close.
So, so sad to read that.
God Bless.
TINYTIM
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Sad to read about yer pal, Jocky.
Prayers and Thoughts with all who
are close.
Very sad indeed.
YNWA.