It’s all politics. Not actual politics, in the strict definition of the word, but clubs’ dealings with the SPFL and SFA is mostly about politically manoeuvring in the direction to win your argument.
Experienced political operators will tell you not to fight the same people on too many points; pick the important areas to win and take a few defeats on the chin. Box the SPFL into a corner by not charging season ticket holders for entry into play-off matches, and you’re onto a sure win. But all SPFL clubs are members of the SFA.
They all like being given their place. If I wanted something important from the SFA, like exemption from the rule prohibiting directors of a liquidated club from subsequently becoming a club director, I’d concentrate on that and ask politely for permission to let season ticket holders into games.
But I realise there are different types of political animal. The consensus political animal is effective in certain times, then there are those who have a self-righteous tone to rules. It’s their way or the highway. To paraphrase Bob Shankly, pure, athletic, Thatcherism. Britain wasn’t ready for Thatcherism 30 years ago. She won in 1979 and lost lots of votes second time around in ’83, but the Labour vote split. The 80s were lean. For some.
Scottish football is in for a period where a self-righteous entity will muster its forces. The media coverage will reflect what we saw in politics in the 80s. The consensus operators must stand firm and unite.
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Liam scores again for Rosenborg
Milliband, would rather have a Tory government than work with the SNP ..
VOTE RED TORY!
BSR-Thanks,i knew they said they were surprised it seen the light of day,is the no punishment aspect a trade off,if we don’t appeal it?
JJ-Ta ,see above.HH
Good Morning
I am enquiring around the Overseas Season ticket which is available.
Myself and my son due to circumstances can’t make the football every home match.
The main points are detailed below.
Midweek matches
Matches in the winter
Late changes of KO times
My son is only two. He currently has a season ticket next to my father and I use his ticket to take my son along when he is either away or has the use of another ticket from his CSC.
I live in Edinburgh so I have to factor in travel and with my son being so young midweek games are completely out of the question. Also matches in the winter are out of the question as it is way too cold. I took him to a match a few months ago and we spent the start of the 2nd half in the concourse trying to warm up until the screens were switched off. It was freezing. I had to then make my way back to our seats. I thought that was unwise. My kid was freezing and I was warming him up and it meant taking him back out in the cold.
So I want us to be part of the Celtic family and I want my Bhoy to have his season ticket but I also want us to do this together. I can keep his seat in its current place but I would rather we had our own.
So my questions around the overseas season ticket are as follows
Even though we live in Scotland can we apply?
Can you pay the tickets up or does it have to be paid in full?
Is there a concession option?
Can we purchase these seats on an adhoc basis for cup matches and additional league games?
I think the club are missing an opportunity here with people like myself. There must be a lot of people like me who would love to be involved but can’t buy a season ticket at the minute because they will not get value for money from it.
I can probably make around 6-10 games a season at the moment. I can only really go at weekends with my son.
I had a season ticket for around 20 years. Celtic is a huge part of my life. If I had the money I would just buy myself one but times are tight and I want to make sure if I do this it means that the seat is being used when we are not using so I believe the ethos of this overseas ticket are good.
May I suggest a weekend family season ticket?
Maybe not for this season but in the future where people with children can take them to matches on a weekend match. I would love to go to the Champions League matches again and away games and follow the team abroad but I am unable to. My circumstances have changed. I am still a Celtic supporter but I don’t feel part of the club and that is difficult for me. I want to be a member and I have heard a lot of suggestions of a membership card which I would support but the overseas season ticket looks the best option available for me at this point in time.
If it is not feasible then I completely understand but there must be something that can be offered to fans like myself who are desperate to be part of our club but can’t commit to a full season ticket at the moment.
Many thanks for taking the time to read my email and general ramblings.
Yours in Celtic
LB & LB Jr
Dear LB
Thank you for your email and I must apologise for the delay in replying.
Unfortunately to qualify for an overseas season ticket you must reside outside Britain. We cannot allocate overseas tickets to supporters who stay in Scotland.
I have taken your email and passed on your comments and suggestions to the relevant department for their attention.
If you are interested in a season ticket for you and your son next season we can look and see if there are any options which are available and suitable for your requirements. Please provide me with a suitable daytime number and time to call and either myself or one of my colleagues can call you to discuss.
We value all our Customers feedback and thank you for taking the time to contact us.
Regards
CFC Ticket office
Fairly happy with the response from Celtic. Phone call will be made soon. Think I may have planted a seed.
LB
Lennon n Mc
“John Guidetti revelled in singing that they died.”
Have you seen the clip? Do you think `revelled` is an accurate description?
JJ
Bourne, Kevin Clancy is a bleeper and the Petit merde of the SFA match official world.
His performances when he refs our games could be better ie treat each side impartially.
Henderson comes on 79th min,is he really getting that much more football? A sub every game .
Jungle Jim
No but I seen a picture of him outside CP with a newspaper article about his case and like every other Tim,I’m sure he revelled in singing it.
Sipsini
Conservatives and Lib Dems were of course in Government together, and 50% of the audience is made up of their supporters, 25% Labour, 25% undecided/ others.
Bit of an imbalance.
sipsini…..the BBC(lovable lefties apparently) are looking
at the long game…..terrified of a right wing coalition,never
underestimate self-preservation.
VOTE LABOUR!!!!!!
Dia dhaoibh a chairde,
HUNas atá sibh? Been really busy today so not had a chance to read back. Guiddetti’s rap on the knuckles is hunbelievable.
Delaney’s Dunkey: Hope everything works out for your boy post Dundee.
Angel Gabriel: thanks for email, will reply tomorrow.
Good luck to the Hoops tomorrow night.
Coinnígí an creideamh (KTF)
Lennon n Mc
Try this:
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=376X7OY1-F8
JJ
Bada
Celtic have not commented, they can’t have been ‘inundated with complaints’.
Not sure of the rules, imagine even if we appealed to the Kangaroo court that it’ll
do a Tonev.
The bleeps are deid, no matter how offensive it’s deemed.
Gregory Mertens, Lokeren defender died earlier today, 3 days after suffering a heart attack in match.
Only 24 years old.
R.I.P
C & P into Google and it should be the first one up.
JJ
RobertTressel, all of those work for me.
None works better than Hun though.
Jungle Jim
My comment comes from the sickening hun appeasement by Guidi on Clyde tonight.
“He’s just a foreigner,doesn’t understand what he’s saying”
“He’s a young boy in his first season in a new culture”
Blah blah blah
Do you see where I’m going with this?
livibhoy…
I hope you have maybe opened a door there.
I’ve renewed my bhoys seat and his mate is taking mine next season, due to the amount of Sunday game this season I missed so many games and passed the card to my bhoys mate.
I will go to games that doesn’t affect my income, so all saturday games is a deffo, no matter where I sit.
TTT
I agree re the political stuff, tho I must admit, I did say a thing or two prior to the rigged vote on the indy thing, but in mitigation, it was solely in response to the utter pish that was getting spouted by the selfish barstewards :-)
Will get back to you later, enjoy the babysitting.
HH
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Amazed at JG getting found guilty, tho not in the least surprised, make the rules to suit, the club will say sfa, maybes the support could force them to speak out again !!!
NoholdingthebreathCSC
HH
TTT
Mrs TET says thanks.
HH
Dallas
Ooooffftt he’s awful, we had him a few times this season, but he get’s the same £800 as a proper bleeper like Steven McLean or a Bobby Madden, or Reverend McCurry, or a Bobby Tait.
The SFA need Clancy and Collum as token tims, and they’ve never let them down.
Judas =hun
McCann= hun
Amoruso =hun
Novo =hun
Stein= Not hun
Gemmell = not hun
mcgrain = not hun
Dalglish = not hun
100s of protestant Celtic players = not hun
HUN is not sectarian CSC
Till later all
Dushanbe bhilly bhoy, terrible news about Gregory Mertens. May he rest in peace.
Mrtve Huni
This is Croatian for dead huns.
Gregory Mertens R.I.P
MikeinToronto: being pedantic here but the Dublin 1916 event will not be CQN16. It will be more along the lines of BWCUWP’s hootanannies, the venue being chosen because of the centenary commemoration of the 1916 rising.
dublin1916@mail.com
Bourne, maybe the SFA have quota to reach.
** LAST MAN STANDING **
Good evening friends.
The 8 remaining competitors have made their picks for Week 6 and their hopes and dreams lie with the following teams –
Manchester Utd – 3
Chelsea – 3
Manchester City – 1
Partick Thistle – 1
Good luck!
Jobo /.CRC
Lennon n Mc
“Do you see where I’m going with this?”
Is this where you are going?
Guidi is saying that the word IS offensive but Guidetti, as an innocent, young foreigner, doesn`t know what he is saying so he can be excused. The Celtic supporters, on the other hand DO know what they are doing and are vile scum. Is that about the strength of it?
JJ
Liam Henderson has played about 20 minutes for Rosenborg and already scored 4 goals.
Not started a game yet ‘tho.
HH!!
Hapharently John Guidetti “never grew up catholic or protestant in Scotland”.
(That’s why he didn’t fully understand what a hun is.)
Gregory Mertens
RIP
Sipsini
I have a number of thoughts around it. I watch the highlights on the TV and there is a whole upper stand empty with a big banner on it. Why not offer these as weekend season tickets for families.
Work out a nominal price and get them filled. It may result in this area only being full 8 games a season but surely that is better than once or twice for domestic games currently. We all know that once kids get the taste for it it will be filled more often. This is something the club may look at they may not. What we have to do is adapt. Any option must be looked at to enable the club to increase revenues and more importantly increase our fan base. This could also be an option for more fans who live great distances from Paradise and also give the club an insight into the value of weekend but more importantly Saturday matches for the supporters. Celtic are a wonderful club but when people out with the Celtic community right at the top of the list of great things about the club is the fans. Pack them in and help the fans get packed into the ground.
I will keep the blog updated on how I progress with this as there may be other people who can get a foot back in the door at Paradise and progress back to a full season ticket status.
LB
Almore …. I obviously misunderstood. Thanks for clearing that up.
Goodnight Timland.
Dug needs walked,even she know it’s not worth
listening to that sell-out Liberal fanny…….talking
about sell out’s..wee Nicky’s on next
VOTE LABOUR!!!!!
So Celtic are happy with the JG verdict,if they don’t appeal it?
“Tallybhoy
21:07 on
30 April, 2015
Liam Henderson has played about 20 minutes for Rosenborg and already scored 4 goals.”
Is that a fact??
JJ