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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Neganon2 –
The worry with the living wage is that the employers will increase their prices to maintain their profit margins, thereby increasing the cost of the weekly shop, etc, and subsequently making the living wage insufficient to live on . . .
Just saying like
Cyrul
Oi, Neg, leave the Austrian Facist Party alone!
Their policy of not judging Volk by their looks is spot on!
As for the Fascists, well, that’s a different matter!
The wisdom of Gerry McNee:
* On Super Score Board to RFC supporter
“Get off the line. You’re a moron. Maurice Johnston will never sign for Rangers.”
On Scotsport. On Fergus McCann building a 60000 seater stadium.
“There’s no need for a stadium that holds 60k. They’ll never fill it. 40000’s more than enough.”
On Scotsport following Celtic’s 1-0 victory over Man Utd in Champions League.
“They’re not through yet but they’ve given themselves a chance.”
Commentating on Scotsport at RFC v Celtic 3-3 game. David Robertson’s goal had been disallowed but McNee allowed the viewing audience to believe that the score was 1-1 for about 15 minutes before setting the record straight.
However, this man will set the record straight on Res 12 and tell it like it is.
Give me strength.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14544720.Legal_branding_enforcer_for_Mike_Ashley_becomes_new_Rangers_retail_board_director/
Legal branding enforcer for Mike Ashley becomes new Rangers retail board director (per The Herald)
Bailemeanach-try John Paul Taylor at CP,as BT said Willie Haughey is a very keen collector of Lions memerobilia (sp)
TOSB
In McNee’s defence re the Manure result, even WGS didnae know we were through till some post-match interviewer told him!
Come out here big Zlatan, come out and fight them like a man
Bring yer wife and show’s yer medals won in France there
And we’ll tell the SFA, Res 12 isnae goin’ away
Glasgow’s green and white and legends live for ever
BEATBHOY on 9TH JUNE 2016 9:13 AM
TOSB
In McNee’s defence re the Manure result, even WGS didnae know we were through till some post-match interviewer told him!
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McNee was the Producer of Scotsport. It was his job to know and inform viewers. WGS, like many other managers, aren’t aware until they know the outcome of other matches and have to be informed by someone else after the match. McNee had that info available or should have had.
Long term lurker, very seldom poster! (Lost my password so had to change my name!)
Apologies if posted previously but enjoy if you haven’t already seen!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-36485381
HH
TOSB
Not really that interested in defending McNee, just recalling Wee Gordon’s look of surprise, and not daring to believe what the interviewer was telling him.
I’ve never seen any other manager being interviewed post-match in the CL who wasn’t aware whether his team had qualified or not. It wasn’t so much the result of the other match in our group that night that mattered, it was the rule about he head-to -head results against another team in the group in the event of a tied points total that seemed to cause the confusion.
And we had that over Manure on away goals.
NEGANON2 on 9TH JUNE 2016 8:46 AM
Macjay1 praising trump and the Austrian facist party.
The other night he was decrying the living wage.
Dearie me.
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Lest any of you may be deceived…………..
This is a disgraceful distortion.
Extraordinary the lengths some will go to, to promote their sad little agenda.
Ethics , decency , morality, honesty …………………..Missing in action from the above named.
Hail Hail Brendan
Hope you start changing the subject for us soon.
The not he!
Just had a look at our summer schedule… quite a busy pre-season / summer schedule
30.06 NK Celje
03.07 Sturm Graz
06.07 Olimpija Lubljana
09.07 Maribor
12–13.07 CL Second qualifying round, first leg
19–20.07 CL Second qualifying round, second leg
23.07 Leicester City
26–27.07 CL Third qualifying round, first leg
30.07 Barcelona
02–03.08 CL Third qualifying round, second leg
06.08 SPFL League begins
13.08 Inter Milan
16–17.08 CL Play-off round, first leg
23–24.08 CL Play-off round, second leg
Is it PLC Res12 Statement day?
Or is at that at around Kick Off time tomorrow for 1st game of Euro Championships?
MWD
And if you thought CL qualification rules could be complicated, wait till you see the criteria for the 4 best 3rd placed teams to go through with the top two in each group for the overblown Euro tournament coming up. Only 8 teams will exit out of the 24 in the groups.
Morning Bhoys well Stokes is away someone in my opinion could get a no bad striker if he behaves himself he is only 27 and coming into his best years as a player.I think Commons may well be next to go and that will only leave Mulgrew as the last of the dressing room rebels. It is interesting for me to see that Brendan is not diving straight in to purchase players but is taking his time that means I hope we have a better chance that they will hit the ground running. H.H
Four best third placed teams criteria:
1: higher number of points
2: superior goal difference
3: higher number of goals scored
4: fair play conduct ( 1 point yellow card, 3 points red as result of 2yellows, 3 for a direct red, 4 points for a yellow then direct red, 10 points for use of baseball bat on opponent)
5: position in the UEFA national team coefficient rankings.
MWD-ya bad man ….:)
BEATBHOY
Being one of the eight would be as embarrassing as not being there!
Especially as teams who draw too many games in really tight groups are likeliest casualties.
So I await an English f…-up with pleasure,my turn to have a pop after the lip they’ve given me recently!
JOE FILIPPIS HAIRCUT on 9TH JUNE 2016 9:57 AM
You mention “dressing room rebels”, citing Commons and Mulgrew.
Do you have any evidence of this? Or is it just another IMHO?
I notice you exclude Brown ~ any reason?
BMCUW
Sure you won’t miss them when the opportunity arises!
Pleasantly surprised that they started their Football Focus special on the tournament last night with Wales.
Though BBJ was a studio guest right enough. . . .
Just bought my usual ST seat online for the July 23rd Leicester City game and decided to print the ticket at home – and was charged £2:30 on top of the £20 ticket fee for the privilege :-(
Seriously ! HCTS does not apply despite European games being covered. Are we so short of cash ? I suspect not.
EMBRAMIKE SAYS “THE HUNS ARE DEID” on 9TH JUNE 2016 10:25 AM
I’m actually quite surprised that ST holders even got 1st dibs, considering this is a private, commercial tournament and not one organised by a football body.
That said, I think print-at-home fees are ridiculous. They’re set by Ticketmaster though.
Tony Stokes performance for the Hibees was just about the highlight of a fairly low season for me.
When the chips were down he performed . Killie 3 zip at half time.
Allegedly slow , he turned the wee hun right back inside out so often , I was almost feeling sorry for him.
But not quite.
Best wishes , Anto.
Thanks for the memories.
DOWN WITH NORWEGIAN BLUE FC
Very good. I bought an Amazon parrot in Brazil when I was in the Merch (ant Navy, not City!) and was told they live for about seventy years. Your Bhoy is only three so there are many more renditions to come!
JJ
Am I reading this correctly
Celtic U20 will get a crack at the “Big one ” this year
the ramsden\petrofac CUP.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36483962
Macjay1
I sometimes agree, sometimes disagree with your views but I have always considered you an honest man . Not so now. ” I was almost feeling sorry for him.” has me considering my evaluation of your integrity.
JJ
DOWN WITH NORWEGIAN BLUE FC on 9TH JUNE 2016 9:34 AM
Top class, better vocals than some in the crowd!
HH EnnisBhoy
brand enforcer my behookie
Dont laugh to hard at this you might burst
http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2016/06/were-football-fans-not-criminals-nicked-for-a-blow-up-shark-and-fighting-for-supporters-rights/
by Karl Coppack // 8 June 2016 // 9 Comments
ON February 21, 2015, Ken Meech, a 50-year-old sheet metal worker from Cleethorpes, travelled to London to attend the Barnet v Grimsby Town game.
As a Mariners fan, Ken — along with the 968 other travelling Grimsby supporters — wasn’t going to miss this clash as the clubs were first and second in the league and, with only one automatic promotion spot available, defeat was unthinkable.
Upon arrival at the Hive Stadium, Ken, along with his friends, went to a nearby pub and had a few drinks — as thousands of people do on a match day. Nothing excessive. Just enjoying the day.
As they left, Ken spotted a party gift shop next door and wandered in. He came out with 15 inflatable sharks which, given the marine element of his club, he thought he would distribute to his friends as a bit of fun.
They were searched as they entered the ground and there were no complaints about the inflatables. The group duly took their places and watched the game. It was a tense affair. Grimsby led at half time only to concede an equaliser.
However, as the game reached the 90th minute, Grimsby midfielder Craig Disley netted from close range to send the away end into delirium.
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Ken was at the front of the stand and was caught up in a crowd surge as fans ran from the terraces rushed to greet the celebrating players. Of course, Ken still had his inflatable shark and was jumping around as we all would in the circumstances.
As the scene died down, Ken was approached by a WPC and found himself being led away from the throng. Genuinely confused, he was taken out of the ground and put in a police van. It was there that he was told that he was being held for assaulting a steward with his shark. It transpired that he had accidentally struck the steward on the head during celebrations.
He was taken away to Harrow police station and questioned. As the police officers sat with him before his taped interview they giggled at the ridiculousness of the “offence” — only to change tone the second the recording began.
Has it been confirmed that the 2 top teams from ‘Norn Iron’ will compete in next seasons petrol pump cup? This will of course mean that the Zombies hordes will be joined by their ‘Ulster Scots’ brethren. Pity the club that gets drawn against Linfield.
Lionroars,
I dunno what to mako that.
HH
Competition for discovering 18 yr old gems…………….crazy money
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/09/renato-sanches-bulo-portugal-euro-2016?CMP=twt_gu
For Renato Sanches, the wonder boy from a troubled Lisbon neighbourhood, it was an extraordinary 19 months. Rewind to 19 October 2014 and he was playing for one of Benfica’s junior teams against Sporting. Come 10 May 2016 he was signing for Bayern Munich for an initial €35m.
It was the deal of a lifetime for Benfica. Documents show that in 2007 Sanches cost them €750, plus the promise of 25 footballs for his local club Aguias in the Musgueira area of Portugal’s capital. Bayern’s fee could rise to €45m in add-ons. The trigger points vary from the number of games Sanches plays for Bayern to the powerful midfielder being nominated for the Ballon d’Or by 2021.
Good morning all,
Don’t post very often nowadays though still check in regularly.
an anyone shed some light on the HMRC v Oldco case? It seems to have went rather quiet?
JC2 on 9TH JUNE 2016 10:41 AM
Am I reading this correctly
Celtic U20 will get a crack at the “Big one ” this year
the ramsden\petrofac CUP.
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Not just Celtic U20 team but all Scottish Top league teams.
If I was being cynical, I would say it’s a way of letting the new huns defend the cup with all the tv rights etc associated with it.
Good opportunity however for our U 20 team.
HH.
JUNGLE JIM HOT SMOKED on 9TH JUNE 2016 10:42 AM
Macjay1
I sometimes agree, sometimes disagree with your views but I have always considered you an honest man . Not so now. ” I was almost feeling sorry for him.” has me considering my evaluation of your integrity.
JJ
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“Allegedly slow , he turned the wee hun right back inside out so often , I was almost feeling sorry for him.
But not quite.”
I take it you`re havin` a laugh , J.J.
GEORDIE MUNRO on 9TH JUNE 2016 10:58 AM
Lionroars,
I dunno what to mako that.
HH
Feel sorry for the guy dragged through courts for nothing more than enjoying his team win an exciting top of the table clash with a last minute winner
Bad laws and bad policing on football are everywhere in the UK not only in racist Scotland :-)))
Normally very positive, I cannot say I hold high expectations of Celtic releasing a Res12 Statement in the next 48 hours. I certainly do not feel confident that, if one is released, it will be reassuring.
Cheerio for now.
JJ