tom_widdows

Believing is all fine and well. I wonder however they will feel when ticketus lawyers go to court to argue this for several years with yon currants paying duff & phelps bills

Im a bit confused here Have hearts said the final prices will be more than they currently are? Im seeing this prices start at say £10 and finally end up back at their current £24 on match day The implication from a couple of folk is the walk up price would end up something like £30 or more. If it is the case then yes it would be disasterous for attendances Perhaps im nieve but I really cant see people deciding 'fuck it im not going today because I didnt buy my ticket 3 weeks ago and now it will cost the same as it did last season'

I dont see why the roseburn would need to be reserved for away fans Just set the allocation, stick the word out to the away team that their fans can now buy online from hearts or even from their own teams ticket office at the same prices (increasing every week) Walk the the door punters would pay the same price they do now so why would the fact you can get a ticket cheaper if you book it weeks in advance make them say 'ah fuck it im not going now I have to pay an extra x amount of cash? It hasnt stopped people using the train or air travel, its just made them more savvy in how they save cash. You suddenly decide you want to travel somewhere you accept it will cost you an arm and a leg Ive suggested this type of system several times so i will be very interested to see how it turns out.

Great 14 team league with an 11-3 majority system

until that celtic story appears on the bbc my cynical mind is 'Glasgow media looking after their own' Celtic pull out of the sky tv deal then yes alot of the spl are in trouble However I believe the flip side of this latest development is if celtic want to broker a deal for their own tv rights (their own satellite channel etc) they must obtain permission from the opposition to cover these matches. Like it or not Aberdeen FC, Kilmarnock FC, Dundee United FC etc are covered by copyright and require a fee for their brand to be shown in the media. Plus no tv deal means saturday 3pm kick offs (or sunday 3pm if theres european games) and only cup finals can be legally televised at that time in the UK. Celtics wage bill alone means they need the sky/ espn millions just as much if not more than the other clubs But I predict as usual the other teams will bow down because they cant imagine having to rely on fans and local sponsorship for their cash

the jinx has already been set with their voucher scheme news Bit like having the open top bus parked outside the RDS on the morning of the 2000 scottish cup final

If results go their way I believe they can win the league at Livingston a week on saturday

I presume we will soon all be recieving letters from the cops asking is if we have ever broken the law with a strict warning at the bottom that we will be fined, tagged, stuck in jail etc if we have. SFA so out of ideas they are now using a useless head teachers policy of 'if the person who did this doesnt come forward then the whole school will be punished'

what exactly is he saying?

Actually I believ the SFA were sneaky about that. To start with it is declared as a 50-50 split but they give out 'initial' allocations to each club. Celtic or rangers initial allocations are approx 24000. Other clubs are initially given say 12000 and then have to go back and ask for more in 3000 blocks. If you havent reached your 24000 within a certain time (say 2 weeks before the final) they say 'tough you had yer chance' and had the rest over to OF. So whilst you might not get 24000 you could probably get pretty close too it if you could sell your allocatiion right up until the last day

Just a wee side note So far this season the highest home attendances at 3 of 12 SPL clubs have been non old firm games Hearts - Hibs Hibs - Hearts Dundee United - Aberdeen St Johnstones highest attendance was 6759 (vs Celtic) - 3914 empty seats Kilmarnocks highest attendance was 9506 (Vs Rangers) - 8622 empty seats. Saints are apparenlty demolishing one of their stands for a new road. I predict Kilmarnock and other clubs may start down similar avenues pretty soon With regards to the killie fans at the cup final there are many folk who will not go to matches involving either of the old firm. In particular they are reluctant to take their kids because of the unsavoury element of their own teams fans that come out for them. Dundee United had nearly 30000 fans for 2010 final. Had it been against celtic instead of ross county they would have only been given a max 18000 and I reckon they would have struggled to sell 15000. A reduction in the glory hunting element would have accounted for some of that but also the reluctance to come to Hampden to play a local team

We need them to fill out stadiums for us You know those min 100006000 seaters which are always sold out when they come to play

If I was Murray's PR advisor I would be banging my head against the wall after the whole 'scottish football needs us, celtic needs us blah blah blah' bit.

1994 League Cup final 1998 Scottish Cup Final

Im impressed Was on -101 2 days ago. 4 posts later and its -160. Beat that Mizer!

Yes and in 143 years they have won 5 trophies (all Scottish) In 108 years we have won 18 trophies (Scottish & European) Statistics & mini-skirts etc

True but are Motherwell really going to turn around what is currently a +37Goal difference in 8 games?

Unfortunately I agree with you especially since they used a de-frib and that didnt bring him round. If you have no response after 10mins thats basically it

Going by BBC text commentary Im a bit concerned as to what we are doing today

Take it they've given up on the new Brig o Dee bridge then?

Airport shuttle bus should get you to Buchanan street bus station within 15mins. then a short spring to central to get the mount floriday train. However a taxi would probably be your best (if not most pricey) bet

Same guy who designed the Haudagain roundabout

Remove the minimum capacity rule and the smaller clubs can start looking at ways to change their stadiums in their favour. Demolishing current stands and replacing them with training facilities, commercial/ retail/ residential buildings perhaps with small section of seating attached. See the Skonto Riga stadium built in 2000 http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/latvia/riga_skonto.shtml If the clubs cant redevlop then they would also have the option of moving to a new smaller capacity stadium and sell of their old ground to fund it. I say small full stadiums beat large emtpy ones everytime