Celtic supporters shafted again with the fixtures list.
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Celtic supporters shafted again with the fixtures list.
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 cant 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 cant 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 Leagues, 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.
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 cant 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 cant 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 Leagues, 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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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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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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I wrote to Neil Doncaster and Ian Blair yesterday to complain. Peter Lawwell agreed with me 100%.
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blame sky and espn seems they run football these days
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