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.
1,586 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- ...
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- ...
- 42
- »
Harry Flasheart
Leslie Dowdall was the singer
MARSPAPA-how are you after your swim with the dogs?The video you sent me was brilliant pal.was in coias today,no bad but definitely not zuccas or eatataliano
What a goal
What a goal! Bale.
Bale
Wwhhhooooffftttt
As good as any CL final goal
What an Incredible goal. Awesome.
Yyyyyyyyaaasssss !!!!
BBBBBBAAAAALLLLLLLEEEEEE !!!!!!
Go on the Welsh Dragon !!
Take a bow son !!!
Fairhill Bhoy has just keeched his drawers ?
An amazing goal a by supersub Bale deserving to win the the Champions League.Hh
The Huddle
It must be Love – one of my favourite songs by Madness. But the original … one of my favourite songs period. Love, love, love it!
And Labi Sifre does a cameo in the Madness video. I Like that… it showed their respect.
And a more entertaining second half
notthebus on 26th May 2018 9:09 pm
As good as any CL final goal
———-
That or ZZ goal??
Big Virgil isn’t as good as he thinks he is.
Shame for Virgil and robertson…but LOL at Stevie g
THE_HUDDLE on 26TH MAY 2018 9:11 PM
Jack of spades and jack of clubs
Hard to describe how good that goal was. Hh
Not much you can do about that,outstanding ??
Oh dear Oul piano teef doesn’t look too happy ?
A big HH to all the Bhoys I met last night in the Kerrydale like Bateen mentioned earlier – too many to mention. A fantastic evening, some great grub and a rousing sing song…. magic. One wee regret however, I never got a wee chat with OneMalloy – left before I got to his table. Next time H. Almore – you’re very welcome – Give me a shout on the blog when you are heading out to TO. DD, nae bother pal – say hello to wee massuf in Z11 and ask him why Siouxsie Sioux got pissed off with him. Took him to his first Hun game (10 men) and he got covered in glass when the great unwashed panned the bus windaes in passing through Broxburn heading home. Thanks also to TGSC for clearing up the mystery of who the hell I was with in Hennesseys a year ago :-)
Ooooooofffftttttt !!!
Nearly reaching for the pampers myself there
FB ?
great goal by Bale
I wonder will he still be at Real next season
HH
TOFFEETIM-this is what it feels to be newco?You’re the wee diddy team praying for hope????
Tomorrows Sunday Mason
“Sevco linked with Bale…”
FB and Toffeetim
Don’t you pair of Tims be fallin oot over a game that disnae affect Celtic.
Nice one Gareth. ? ?
What a tackle young Robbo the Tim ?
Great defending by Robertson.
RObertson keeps them in it
?
notthebus on 26th May 2018 9:17 pm
Stevie g to announce it after the game :-))
HH
DD-would never fall out with someone hoping that their nearest rival get beat in the biggest game of the season ?
Have Sevco been linked with Bale yet? Sure he could do a job for them.
Oh, and BT, Thanks for the gift. prayer said today and a candle tomorrow at St. Philomena’s tomorrow for your mam. HH
For him
TAL
They two wee gifts fae you mean a lot to me S. You are my kinda Tim. God bless you pal. The coincidence wi my seat in Paradise isnae really a coincidence. It happened for a reason. Wee massuf is angry at most games but a crackin wee good guy.
YNWA
Five former Southampton players on the pitch…can you name them?
Labi Siffre?
I got the…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xKISdd2mKzU
DD throws in the grenade lol !!
Diddy team supported by Real people from Liverpool !
The red shect are supported by Norwegians dissident Irish ,Scots ,yer Newco Ulster Zombie Sevconian and him that gave the ball to Demba Ba !!
Don’t fancy the company you keep FB but as my teams say “ Sure it’s a grand old team to play for “ ?
Ha ha this keeper 3 – 1