Newco have cut Celtic’s ticket allocation at Ibrox from 7,000 to 800 tickets per game next season. I understand their thinking. There have been four games between the clubs at Ibrox, Celtic winning each: the first, coming from behind, the second, free-wheeling by a couple of goals, the third – scoring five, and the fourth – twice coming from behind, then winning with 10 men.
It is a litany of humiliation, played out while 7,000 have a party in a stadium, the rest of which is near-empty well before full time. Can you imagine having to sit through this, season after season? Of course they want to reduce our headcount and garner whatever competitive advantage possible.
There are problems. League rules state a “reasonable number of visiting supporters” must be admitted. This number should be agreed in advance with the visiting club, or else the SPFL board will adjudicate.
Then there is the small matter of the Ibrox safety certificate, which Dave King previously said depended on Celtic fans being given the Broomloan Stand. The police insist each set of fans have distinct and separate approaches to stadiums at high-risk games.
Celtic will be happy to reduce the number of Newco fans they have to accommodate – it should shelve talk of having to put prison-grade toilet facilities in areas they visit. Each away team will suffer a competitive disadvantage, but making visits to Ibrox trickier will do our European preparations no harm.
Whatever the police and SPFL say, Dave King has more to worry about.
He still has to get £11m out of South Africa and into a UK bank account.
He needs to satisfy the Takeover Panel before he can start a share issue.
He needs to satisfy the Court of Session over his failure to comply with Takeover Panel instructions.
He needs to satisfy loans due by 1 July (Oh you thought they were all going to be converted to shares, did you? Wait for this one).
He needs to fund a trading shortfall for next season.
He needs to find enough cash to keep the management team on-side before the transfer window closes.
And he needs to convince Uefa they satisfy Financial Fair Play regulations. Straightforward if you have lots of cash, don’t need to use it to buy-out other shareholders at 20p/share, repay loans or fund a football team.
There is simply too much to do. Better to circle the wagons by throwing some crumbs to the easily-deluded. You know how this story ends.
It’s the 25th May. It is also the weekend. You have permission to wallow in nostalgia for 24 hours. Enjoy it.
You can also participate in Green Day: donate £5 (see below) to the Foundation. You’ll enjoy this too.
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Glen Hoddle…Englands own BFDJ
TOFFEETIM-nothing troll
Gordon64 on 26th May 2018 8:34 pm
A pretty poor game of football so far given the talent on show.
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This season proves how the CL isn’t the pinnacle of club football. Man City finished 25 points ahead of Liverpool and Barca 17 ahead of Real.
BMCUW
I used to visit my Uncle Danny as a kid for long weekends in Leeds. He took me to a few games at Elland Road. I was interested in the Scottish players in the Leeds team. They were all outstanding players including the token hun. Big McQueen fae Ayrshire. The genius in that great Leeds team in 70s was Ireland’s Johnny Giles. Loved watching him and imagining his all white kit with added green hoops on his shirt.
HH
Madness – It Must Be Love
https://youtu.be/vmezIIrFQmY
Madrid should be 3 in front.
Like the cat playing with a mouse they are.
HH.
THE HUDDLE-its a one of,there both shiting it?
fairhill bhoy on 26th May 2018 8:40 pm
THE HUDDLE-its a one of,there both shiting it?
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I was highlighting that 2 teams that aren’t anywhere close to be being the best in their own leagues are 45 mins from being crowned best in Europe.
MON THE LIVERPOOL ?
DELANEYSDUNKY
An old friend of mine could tell you some tales about McQueen from their early days-as apprentice fitters,IIRC-at ICI.
Suffice to say,his idea of a chat up line was a tad direct!
THE HUDDLE-they are the best in Europe ?
When simple minds played Ibrox their was an Irish band on the bill an the tricolour flew from the stage
In tua nua they were a cracking band with a fantastic female lead vocalist
fairhill bhoy on 26th May 2018 8:47 pm
THE HUDDLE-they are the best in Europe ?
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?? Liverpool are a better team than Man City
It be the greatest injustice of all time if Madrid don’t win this game.
HH.
THE HUDDLE-must be love?I was gutted when I found out madness didn’t write that song?Dam you Labi ?
I wonder whether these “trapped arm” tackles aren’t something that both defenders and attackers try.
It was undoubtedly Ramos who initiated the trapping of Salah’s arm but Salah makes little effort to withdraw his arm. Instead he reaches round to grab Ramos’s forearm on the other side- making it doubly difficult to get out.
Looks to me like both of them said – if you are not letting me go free- I am not letting you free either.
The initial reaction from commentator and pundit was that Ramos had landed on him but replays showed it was just the unfortunate force of landing that did his shoulder.
Ramos is a skilled and dirty player. I still think the outcome here was not planned by Ramos.
fairhill bhoy on 26th May 2018 8:52 pm
THE HUDDLE-must be love?I was gutted when I found out madness didn’t write that song?Dam you Labi ?
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I didn’t know that
Fairhill Bhoy
Whits a troll by the way ????
Is that one o those ugly Wee buggers that live under a bridge ?
Not me ! I’m a right handsome bassa so Ma Mammy says ?
As for Ramos no love for him or Madrid but as an old Jungle Bhoy of the 80s a was brought up with knowing who the Sh£&e of Merseyside were !!!
Check out the “ Banks of the Royal blue Mersey” song on YouTube ! Check the words !
Next to the Rotten mob they’re next on my dislike list !!
Ps Mon the Madrid ?
Liverpool played Man City 4 times last season-3wins ,1 loss?
the_huddle on 26th May 2018 8:53 pm
fairhill bhoy on 26th May 2018 8:52 pm
THE HUDDLE-must be love?I was gutted when I found out madness didn’t write that song?Dam you Labi ?
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I didn’t know that
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LABI SIFFRE – It Must Be Love (1972)
https://youtu.be/eTeGwNHEEFk
Gooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllll
Just watched Glasgow bands Simple Minds and Chvrches. Good sets fae both.
SFTB 8.52pm
You wrote what I was trying to write, just my opinion I would love Celtic to have a Sergio Ramos centre half
“Whits the goalie doin Stevie Gee”
Yyyyyyyyaaaassssss !!!!
GIRUY Fairhill Bhoy ?
Sorry fella but you’ve got to laugh ?
That has to be the most outrageous goals I have ever seen.
WTF
Jesus I thought de Vries was bad
FAIRHILL BHOY
The lunch was lovely but not a patch on ZUCCAS in East Kilbride.
I’ll need to try COIAS sometime , going by the reviews on here it sounds like good value for money.
Hope your all well.
If that’s the goal that wins the 2018 champions league it would be hilarious
Not that I care one jot
HH
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TOFFEETIM-one song on YouTube?really?walk on walk walk
That keeper will not survive that blunder if Liverpool go on to lose this.
That is an error you should not accept at serious amateur level
As I say that- Pool equalise
2 top quality keepers on show tonight
Ah shect !!!
Fairhill Bhoy will be typing like mad now ?
some bad talk from my husband so I knew Liverpool had scored
united fans seem to hate Liverpool
Still don’t care a jot
HH
This is more like it
Another Glasgow band on BBC4 now.
Franz Ferdinand.
Toffetim v Fairhill Bhoy
Nae fallouts :-)
Only allowed to fall out about Celtic on Cqn
Royal Madrid missing Ronaldo tonight…