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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Dear o Dear GB64
“ Goading people ?? “”
IF I have offended anybody other than the Red Keech persuasion I apologise !!
As for the Kopite Gobshites take yer medicine and dry yer eyes !!
I’ve been Rippin the P£&@ out of every Hun a can recently Good friends work colleagues and randoms alike !!
If you don’t like it tough ! Guess you will be all politically correct come 10IAR then !!
Don’t be a hypocrite now fella ?
DD-but next week Real Madrid will be the devil ????
Big Picky……… Its probably a dislike of the EPL and the arrogance over there to other leagues
Stevie G – ‘You don’t remember the ones that you lose’
Well, next season’s going to be a bit of a blank in the old memory then, mate.
Scotland have two of the best left backs in the world at their disposal just now.
HH.
FB
You behave ya riddy. You would never say fu to Jamesie’s face. Keyboard warrior FB.
16roads
On them at 23/10 both score & win, gets the South American line on the night :-)
the old experience wins these games and when you can bring Bale on as a sub
Although I would still have Leigh Griffiths :-)
LGCSC
Toffeetim,
if its that much fun why not go on a Liverpool site and do it,
didnt care who won tonight so no big deal to me,
but all you want to do is noise up Celtic fans
DELANEYS DUNKY on 26TH MAY 2018 10:03 PM
BP
Feck Liverpool FC. What have they ever done for Celtic.
The Liverpool support have a huge contingent of orange bassas in it’s ranks.
Glad Real Madrid won tonight.
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I agree 100%
HH
Tony Kroos getting interviewed on German TV and a big CELTIC banner behind him in stand.
BP I didn’t read any abuse of Liverpool fans on the blog tonight. There were a number of posts that were not supportive of Liverpool but not abusive imo and certainly none that would cause anybody to become distressed.. I think for some reason you are trying to make an issue out of nothing to garner sympathy. Hh
DELANEYS DUNKY, dont want to fallout, but go along scotland road in liverpool, to st anthonys church, in the holy month of may and then onto christ the king cathedral, only outside glasgow would you get that feeling of the virgin mary.
DD-is it no aw banter?
Harry Flashheart: Leslie Dowdell – what a dame. She did a couple of gigs as lead singer with Moving Hearts towards the end of their reign.
She’s a good friend of a colleague of mine and I taught one of her children.
Here she is with In Tia Nua:
https://youtu.be/InmR5R1X428
Goodnight bhoys
try to play nice
remember we are all Celtic
HH
GORDON64 we will agree to disagree.
16roads 10.09pm
And both left backs are Celtic daft :-)
HANKRAY who is big picky.lol.
Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds on BBC2 now. Live fae Perth.
HH
Roll with it!
Mrs Bamboo asked me why Klopp didn’t sub the keeper after his first mega blunder.
“when a player is injured he gets substituted and the keeper was very hurt after his terrible mistake”
Sandman @10:08
Are you Justin Currie? That post reads like the lyrics from a Del amitri song?
(Which is a good thing … still love the dels!)
Sorry about the typo………..Big Packy. Of course
THE EXILED TIM , you do know joan is a scouser thats you in the bad books.lol.
I’m not a key board warrior ,but I’m not a shite bag either
Almore,
How are things? I think you were over for the shindig last night?
16 R. ?
BP Don’t let the good lady read this thread tonight or you’ve nae breakfast the morra ?
Ps My best pal is a red as is my brother in law !!
But it’s good rivalry ! Payback now for me !
Hail Hail !
Right that’s the rod getting put away baits back in the tin and a bag full of RED SNAPPERS HOOKED !!
Have a good night my fellow Tim’s
Fish supper and Double Treble Gins now ?
Big Packy
I do but I’m sure I will get over it :-)
Can only go by past experiences of Lpool fans, far too many huns in their ranks for me.
HH
Doris has been on the blower. Seemingly the third goal was a knuckleball, so not really Karius’ fault. :-)
GoaliehowlersCSC
HH
CRC
ps Some overhead kick by Gareth Bale
BP
I only cheer two teams. Celtic and Villarreal. Have a soft spot for Leeds, but otherwise I hope England get hammered every game in Russia.
YNWA
Delaneys Dunky on 26th May 2018 10:18 pm
Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds on BBC2 now. Live fae Perth.
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Is he going to be playing the garden shears ;O)
Sleaford Mods – TCR
https://youtu.be/KT2mLi7ldew
Scousers,eh?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YPIsTKpAoE4
Delaneys,
must admit i like the young lady that plays keyboards with Noel
Noel Gallagher rockin tonight..
Back on form. Magic guitar riffs.
Don’t look back in anger!
YNWA
Tia = Tua
MIT: it was a great night.
I expect to be over your way after Christmas. I’ll let you know once flights are booked.
DD I see Noel G is following in Rod the Mods wake by having a Man City banner on stage. Hope that doesn’t cause any offence to any overly sensitive Man U fans. Hh
In post match interviews, Ronaldo and Bale both suggest they could be leaving Real … wonder how long it will be TIL zombiemedia says it’s because they want to play for Gerrard!
:)
MIKE IN TORONTO on 26TH MAY 2018 9:52 PM
BP
How ya doing?
Seamus and I are up at the cottage … sittting on the back deck overlooking Lake Simcoe, watching the CL final on my iPad, while watching the most spectacular storm raging over the water….
Technology and nature … both continue to amaze me!
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Hope you are enjoying your break, MIke
HH
CRC
okay ghuys give up, only came on to defend joan, dont wont to offend anyone on here goodnight and god bless.hh.