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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What’s the goalie daein Stevie Gee :-)
I think the Liverpool keepers career has just ended.
Sevco please sign him
FB
Good man ??
Think Liverpool might be looking for a new keeper
HH
Taxi for Karius
Howler.
……that was an og…………
:))))))))
NOTHEBUS
Lallana,Van Dijk,Bale,Lovren,Mane
How much that goalie?god bless Craig Gordon ??
Whits the goalie dain Tom….
Yyyyyaaasssss !!! KARIUS !!!!!!
Roon Yeez !!!
Get yersel a keeper ya muppets lol !!!
Ma Oul granny fae Douglas Corcaigh would save that !!!!!???
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 26TH MAY 2018 9:29 PM
No prize, just the bragging rites
Karius for Sevco
A final with a world class goal and two world class howlers.
Toffeetim
I remember when Kevj and the jungle chant in late 70s was “Liverpool, Liverpool, are the shite of Merseyside.” A lot of auld jungle bhoys will be happy tonight.
HH
13/10 Real Madrid 90mins
23/10 Madrid win & both teams to score
not many times Real Madrid are odds against in 90mins
There’s only one Craig Gordon :-)
NOTTHEBUS
Works for me,mate. Keeping my hand in for the return of MAHETHEMADMAN
Toffeetim-enjoy your night pal,it’s all you’ve got?
So 13 European cups….but still Diedco are the most successful team in the world dont you know
The Welsh dragon does it. Hard luck EPL
………..yer man’s a shoo-in for Sevco noo, that or Coventry…….
Looking forward to seeing Stevie G face at the end of the game. Ibsuspect it will be a look we will all become familiar with next season
A CL final befitting of two teams who weren’t within 20 points of their respective league winners.
Bales first remind me of Moussa against Man City
A pitch invader just as Ronaldo goes to shoot. Farcical stuff.
As is the fashion nowadays….thoughts and prayers for the big laddie in the Liverpool goal.
Madrid , the better team by far and anyone who does not feel for that young man should hang their head in shame. HH
F u Stevie G get used to keeper howlers
Gordon 64………….R Madrid qualified for the competition as league champions. Unlike many others.
DD Absolutely correct ! And I started the chant ? Capo TT !!
Fairhill Chap !!! I
I’ve got plenty to be happy about fella !!
That arse£&@“ Henderson is Greeting like a big lassie and am rippin into a Double Treble gin !
So life’s good for the TOFFEETIM ????☘️??
Toffeetim,
only thing worse than a bad loser is a bad winner
Wolf Alice on BBC4 now. Saw them live in Spain. Dynamite. Better than Florence and Machine.
Bale … scorer of maybe the best and the worst goals if CL history? And in the same game!
Didn’t rate ZZ as a coach … but 3 CL’s in a row …. shows what I know!?
Didn’t see any Liverpool players go to their keeper afterwards (only saw Real players console him) …. really hope that was not actually the case.
hankray on 26th May 2018 9:41 pm
Gordon 64………….R Madrid qualified for the competition as league champions. Unlike many others.
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This season does highlight how much of a cup tournament it is, whereas before it was always felt like the best of the best. No way those 2 tonight were the best of the best.
Tof-have a blast ma man,you definitely deserve it?????????
Ramos ‘won’ that game….
MIT
Like you, I didn’t see any player helping Karius out. The team captain and manager should have publicly helped him. What happened privately could have remained private.
I do hope that the cameras only missed some help for the lad. The Mrs and I are hurting for him
MIT,
as you say,never seen a Liverpool player go to their keeper