Celtic Banter Archive December 28 2012

28 Dec 2012 23:11:27
Alright Eds and Celts, bored on a Friday night, but was just interested in what pricing for away days is like for you lot, we have got QPR, bottom of the league QPR I might add on Sunday and for my ticket in the Upper Tear, 50 quid, plus 30 quid for the coach down there I wouldn't mind but my ticket to old trafford in a few weeks is only 43 Quid ! Chelsea away cost me over 100 quid for my ticket, to get down there and something to eat and drink, Spurs was almost as bad. Its becoming beyond a joke and the average lad on the street is being priced out of going down here, be interested to know what Its like up there.
JFT96
Smithy {Ed007's Note - Evening Smithy. I haven't been to an away game in a couple of years but teams put their ticket price up when CFC are visiting. The £85 prawn sandwiches at Chelsea sums up everything that is bad with English football.}

Ridiculous isn't it Ed. I love going though so you end up paying crazy money and because we sell out are allocation everywhere we go, and are a big team, we pay, along with United, City, etc top prices everywhere. For instance last year, my ticket at Arsenal cost 55, whereas Sunderland fans paid 20. How is that fair? The fact that top of the league United charge less for one of the biggest games in the world than QPR who are bottom of the League, because they are based in London is unbelievable
JFT96
Smithy {Ed007's Note - Fans of the big clubs have been getting ripped off for years, I would hate to count up the money I have spent following CFC over the years. Even the price of flights to Europe shoot up if we are playing away.}

My away game attendance is not great either Smithy and the last away tickets I bought were £26 for the Kilmarnock game at the beginning of April.

That's helluva expensive to watch your team ~ Mrs E

This season been to Dundee utd & Aberdeen £26/27

Dundee utd - no to bad restricted view far away left hand corner couldn't see a corner come in.grub ok stadium ok

Aberdeen - piss hole, worst stadium in Scotland dear hole for everything.

Add £27 to a fuel bill from Glasgow not shy of £80 for 90 min of spl dross.

Know a few boys from town that just save up a few quick and just go down south to a Newcastle or arsenal game costs alot more but when you count what you pay to see Celtic home & away for 5 games works out your in money.or of your like a f1 fan like me 10 away games to follow Celtic can get you tickets for a Grand Prix and a holiday lol

Working class man always gets hammered really wish we done what they do on German football (excuse Boxing Day lol)
Lenny

The home game in the CL against Barca (arguably the best club side in the world in recent years ) was £28 . St Johnstone away was £26 . Motherwell was £25 . I don't know how much the Edinburgh clubs charge now but remember them being OTT and near enough the same price as the old club from the south side ........DH

ED: tell me it was a typo? £85 quid for a sandwich.I hope you were being ironic but as a frequent visitor to London i wont discount it out of hand! I remember getting charged £8.50 for a Corona last year.............green jhedi {Ed007's Note - Here it is GJ the £85 has still got VAT to add to it...

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Yeah I know Ed, down here almost all teams have category games, and we are always category A, so get charged top prices every other week. Why can there not be a set price for away fans? Thanks everyone for your replies, whilst we are on prices of Scottish teams my ticket to Hearts away in August was 45 I think, which is even about double what you pay haha. Obviously happening to you as well, It's clubs taking advantage of the fantastic following both our clubs have.
JFT96
Smithy {Ed007's Note - It will just get worse as they try to squeeze every last penny out of fans. Scottish and English clubs worry too much about TV deals than keeping their paying fans (customers) happy.}

Just read my first post back through, how bad was my spelling and grammar? Haha, tear instead of tier? Horrendous from me that. You should have just cut the post Ed!
JFT96
Smithy {Ed007's Note - Don't be daft Smithy, it still made sense :-)

ED; ! thats it. Goin to the game tomorrow , dont think i'll be moaning about price! I dont know how they get away with this london crap.............green jhedi {Ed007's Note - I am not a fan of London, and us conspiracy theorists know the truth eh GJ? ;-)

@8 ED; Indeed we do mate, indeed we do.Time for the sheeple to ask questions, dont hold your breath though!...........green jhedi

28 Dec 2012 20:26:58
FIFA release:

Rangers go under
14 June
Rangers' perilous financial position had been an open secret but there was still shock when, after 140 years of history and a world record 54 league titles, the club was consigned to liquidation in mid-June. The Glasgow giants were subsequently reformed as a new company and granted entry to the Third Division, Scotland's fourth tier, which they currently lead by nine points with a game in hand.

So THE CLUB was consigned to liquidation. Not the company. After 140 years and 54 titles.... Why mention this at all unless it has stopped?

The club was reformed (which means started all over again).

Granted entry to third div fourth tier. NOT relegated or thrown out SPL but new club reformed and granted entry.

Finally the header 'Rangers go under' NOT Rangers holding company but Rangers the football club.

Look Jim Traynor has written in the DR about five times (its easy to source his previous articles in any public library) stating its a new club and the old club with the history is being liquidated.

The BBC and STV HAVE ALSO PUBLISHED THE SAME STUFF.

Only the more sensible fans of The rangers know this to be the truth. Thanks to a compliant media the new company/original club nonsense has been allowed to morph into what seems to be fact.I think when BDO get to the end of the liquidation, which might be years yet, the truth will be undeniable.........green jhedi

Reading the article in its entirety, as say, a neutral from France, Italy, Spain, etc.... One would instantly believe its a new club with a new history starting. The old history being lost with the liquidation of the old club. I'm sure that's how FIFA intended the reader to understand the situation.

Newco Rangers does not and never has played in the SPL - Lord Nimmo Smith.

Ergo NO SPL titles. No European history. No football history at all. It's a very basic easy concept. Why duped and self deluded Rangers fans listen to the mendacious Charles Green is anyone's guess. Seems like a mass psychological experiment.

My Father in Law was over at Christmas and I invited him to the game on Saturday (today). No he said Rangers are on the Telly, playing..... He stopped, because he could not remember who they were playing, and up to point didn't care. "Rangers dying has ruined my life, " he said. For the first time I felt sorry for them. If it makes them feel better that its the same club then what's the harm. Ardrie fans like to pretend that they are the same club.

Maybe I'm just going soft in my old age.

If they are the same club & history, would they not have the stars on the shirt big and bold for all to see.

28 Dec 2012 17:46:44
fran sandaza , blessing yourself is not a crime . we said it for the holy goalie , lets stand up for sandaza. shamy

28 Dec 2012 20:35:46
I see sand dancer is in the news saying rangers told him not to bless himself. That's quite a few players over the years have stated this. The club Denys it. I don't believe players just make this story up. No rangers fan does.
Actually, anyone who takes offence at a catholic or orthodox Christian blessing themselves is a religious bigot. There's no grey area here at all. All over the world players bless themselves on a daily basis, its an established long cultural practice in world football.

Any club instructing players not to bless themselves is out of order.
Novo, and the two Italians regularly blessed themselves before and after they left rangers (every game) but not at Rangers, why? Sounds like a human rights issue and one for a complaint to compliance officer.

Religion has no place in football at all imo be it catholic, protestant or any others, all it does is stir up trouble.

BigBear

28 Dec 2012 17:03:56
i see it's pats on the back all round for sevconians regarding attendances '' again '' . i tried to post this over there but never made it on. at their 18 home games {10 in league} an average of 45, 000 = 810, 000. lets give them another 90, 00 for cup ties . 900, 000.... we have 22 home games at 45, 000 = 990, 000 , cup ties league + scottish , assuming we reach both finals , and why not 300, 000 . we have had 6 home including juve in cl ? 350, 000 . away league games we average 8k x 22 . they average 3k x 18 . over the season our tickets average about £25 theirs half of that .. can anybody , anybody please explain to me how they are the best supported team in scotland .. shammy

@ Shammy; You know better than to present facts and figures to the seat counters!.........green jhedi

Gj, i know mate but they keep going on and on and on and on . the fact is . celtic will be watched by double the amount they will this season paying double the price . so in effect thats times four . and that doesn't even take into account the away crowds in the champions league , which would be another 200, 000 ? . shammy

Still no replies from sevco . pathetic. come guys argue the numbers and tell me you're best .. shammy

Off to bed , 23:00 look forward to sevco replys tomorrow . come on yo are the best explain it .. shammy

Your facts are based on assumptions and you play away games in bigger stadiums than we do... The biggest point i will make is that all the rangers fans are still turning up even though they are 4th tier (which celtic fans predicted wouldn't happen ) and celtic fans dissapear in there thousands after dropping a couple of points never mind 3 leagues. Rant over case closed.

BigBear

28 Dec 2012 13:03:23
One takes the Guardian as one's daily paper and would like to draw your attention to page 42 where there is a fulsome tribute(an a half page photo) to Joe McBride by Sir Alex Ferguson,who says he idolised him.

Paddy Malarkey

PS You can get it online at www.wrx.zen.co.uk

28 Dec 2012 04:42:44
Hearing Darren Fletcher being touted about for a loan deal till end of season would be a great signing and him being a supporter would hopefully sway him in our direction if we showed an intrest

Rangobango

Tbh hes not needed hes cup tied for champions league anyway n a think our midfield is strong enough 2 win the league

gunniebhoy

28 Dec 2012 00:38:12
A few friends of mine from the USA visited the north of Scotland recently . One afternoon they seen a crowd of of young men playing football in a local public park and stopped to watch them . Imagine their surprise when they discovered it was The Rangers away game.........DH

Do your friends have anything to do with the Dallas Cowboys? ;-)

Nothing to do with dallas cowboys
more likely the lone ranger.jimbhoy