Celtic supporters shafted again with the fixtures list.

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Celtic supporters shafted again with the fixtures list.

Postby Joe O'Rourke » Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:53 pm

The powers that be at the SPL continue to ignore the wishes of the most important people in Scottish Football, namely the paying customers, the supporters who spend their dwindling disposable income on following their football team.

I should not have been surprised when I saw the post-split fixture list yesterday. Celtic has four matches out of five on a Sunday, and not one at the traditional time for football, which is 3pm on a Saturday afternoon.

Someone needs to start listening to the supporters who go through the turnstiles, they will not continue to purchase season tickets for matches that they can’t attend, and that is the case for lots of fans when matches are played on a Sunday, or in mid-week.

What is the point in pandering to the wishes of the television chiefs, or the armchair fans, when most money is derived through ticket sales, not through television revenue?

We are being sent back to Dingwall for the third time this season, I suppose sometimes that can’t be helped, especially since we are now playing in a semi highland league, with five of the teams in the SPL situated north of Perth, and of course we have St Johnstone in Perth itself.

I wish I knew the solution to the problem, I think my own solution would be to form new Zonal Scottish League’s, to reduce the travelling for fans, that would not include Celtic, we would leave and enter the English League. Maybe then they would get the competition they want, and we would be able to play in a league more suited to our size and stature.
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Re: Celtic supporters shafted again with the fixtures list.

Postby Guest » Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:09 pm

Sorry but moving to the English leagues will not help the travelling fan. It would make it worth while for the better quality on the pitch though!
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Re: Celtic supporters shafted again with the fixtures list.

Postby Guest » Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:35 am

Great post. I live in Cheshire and had 2 season books until last year. I commute by train. When the split fixtures came out last year 2 home games at 12.45 and 1 on Thursday. Could get to none. Cancelled season books after 17 years.
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Re: Celtic supporters shafted again with the fixtures list.

Postby Joe O'Rourke » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:32 am

I wrote to Neil Doncaster and Ian Blair yesterday to complain. Peter Lawwell agreed with me 100%.
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Re: Celtic supporters shafted again with the fixtures list.

Postby let'sgetridofthesnp » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:29 pm

blame sky and espn seems they run football these days
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The Celtic Supporters Association

The Celtic Supporters Association was the idea of Willie Fanning whose dream became a reality back in September 1944.

These were dark days on and off the pitch with the Second World War still raging and in comparison to those horrors rather more trivialy Celtic were not providing much joy to its supporters and defeat was a regular experience. Indeed the idea of a supporters association came to 27-year-old Willie while watching the Bhoys get thrashed 6-2 at Hamilton.

Willie decided to write to the Daily Record calling on fellow Celtic fans interested in establishing a supporters club to get in touch. A total of 14 people replied. Consequently a meeting was arranged at St Mark's and St Paul's Hall, Chester Street in Shettleston. The meeting proved to be a success - a provisional committee was installed and Willie was elected as President.

By the time of the second meeting at the A.O.H. Hall in Alexandria Parade in Townhead the word had spread. The hall was packed and car loads of supporters from across Glasgow and beyond eager to attend created a traffic jam along the parade.

A constitution was drawn up which allowed the new organosation to become an amalgamation of supporters clubs. Within 12 months membership had rocketed to 700 and the association had won the official endorsement of Celtic FC who handed over the responsibility of distributing match tickets to affiliated branches of the CSA.

The CSA remains a strong and influential body. Apart from following Celtic in massive numbers it has a social club in Glasgow and its annual Supporters Rally is a highlight in the Celtic calendar.

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