£5 v Hamburg.£15-. £20 v Celtic

[CTID_92]

Re: £5 v Hamburg.£15-. £20 v Celtic

I understand that people are having hard times on the financial front but theres one thing i dont understand. Some people in this thread have stated they would be willing to pay £15 if we were playing a "top european side", but you're paying to see City not the opposition!

During the season you are willing to pay up to £15 to watch us play teams in the F.A and Carling cup, teams like Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Utd. Yet you don't want to pay to watch us against a champions league side? Obviously it would be nice to see how we stand against the top sides but Celtic arent too bad, we'll certainly get a game from them

It's your decision how you spend your money, but don't moan about ticket prices because we've got one of the best deals in the league and the club treat us as fans very well. We should see ourselves as lucky as some other clubs would be forcing you to buy these tickets if you're a season ticket holder.

The owners are business men, so have to begin to recoup the money sooner or later. I'm not sure why people think suddenly everything should be dirt cheap now we have rich owners. Usually when a club is in our situation, prices go up.

 

[judleberry]

Re: £5 v Hamburg.£15-. £20 v Celtic

I understand that people are having hard times on the financial front but theres one thing i dont understand. Some people in this thread have stated they would be willing to pay £15 if we were playing a "top european side", but you're paying to see City not the opposition!

During the season you are willing to pay up to £15 to watch us play teams in the F.A and Carling cup, teams like Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Utd. Yet you don't want to pay to watch us against a champions league side? Obviously it would be nice to see how we stand against the top sides but Celtic arent too bad, we'll certainly get a game from them

It's your decision how you spend your money, but don't moan about ticket prices because we've got one of the best deals in the league and the club treat us as fans very well. We should see ourselves as lucky as some other clubs would be forcing you to buy these tickets if you're a season ticket holder.

The owners are business men, so have to begin to recoup the money sooner or later. I'm not sure why people think suddenly everything should be dirt cheap now we have rich owners. Usually when a club is in our situation, prices go up.

Here here.

Some people are sounding very ungrateful. The Board's very nice Hamburg gesture is being used by fans as something to batter them round the head with.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Re: £5 v Hamburg.£15-. £20 v Celtic

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[blueinsa]

Re: £5 v Hamburg.£15-. £20 v Celtic

With response to all you so called fans who dont regard the famous Glasgow Celtic Football Club as top european side let us teach you all a bit of history about the 1st team to bring the european cup to british soil and team that all you lesser clubs look towards for your testimonials and your pre season friendlies to fill your stadiums that you cant fill even on your "BIG UEFA CUP" nights .
Celtic Football Club are a team soaked in history on and off the park that cannot be bought and a set of fans unrivaled in world football , your foreign investors can only dream of such a thing . The club has a worldwide fan base of well over 10 million ......... are you all getting the picture ?

read some facts and figures and maybe you could think twice about moaning about paying ONLY 20 pound to see one of europes most famous sides and most supported team playing at your below average club . FTQ

The Scottish Cup final win against Aberdeen in 1937 was attended by a crowd of 146,433 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which remains a record for a club match in European football.

Celtic currently hold the UK record for an unbeaten run in professional football: 62 games (49 won, 13 drawn), from 13 November 1915 until 21 April 1917 - a total of 17 months and four days in all (they lost at home to Kilmarnock on the penultimate day of the season).

Celtic hold the SPL record for an unbeaten run of home matches (77), from 2001 to 2004.

Record home attendance: 92,000 against Rangers on 1 January 1938. A 3–0 victory for Celtic.

Most capped current player: 41, Artur Boruc

Most capped player (Scotland): 102, Kenny Dalglish

Record appearances: Billy McNeill, 790 from 1957–1975

Most goals in a season (all competitions): Jimmy McGrory, 59 (1926/1927) (49 League/10 Scottish Cup)

Most goals in a season (league only): Jimmy McGrory, 50 (1935/36)

Record scorer: Jimmy McGrory, 468 (1922/23 - 1937/38)

Most goals scored in one Scottish top-flight league match by one player: 8 goals by Jimmy McGrory against Dunfermline in 9–0 win on 14 January 1928

First British club to reach the final of the European Cup

Only Scottish, and first British team to win the European Cup
The highest score in a domestic cup final: Celtic 7–1 Rangers, Scottish League Cup Final 1957
The highest attendance for a European club competition match: Celtic v Leeds United in the European Cup semi-final, 15 April 1970 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Official attendance 136,505

Fastest hat-trick in European Club Football - Mark Burchill vs Jeunesse Esch in 2000; 3 minutes (between 12th minute and 15th minute), a record at the time.[17]
Earliest SPL Championship won. Twice won with 6 games remaining, against Kilmarnock on 18 April 2004 and Hearts on 5 April 2006.[citation needed]
First weekly club publication in the UK, The Celtic View
Biggest margin of victory in the SPL. 8–1 against Dunfermline Athletic, February 2006 and 7-0 against St Mirren on 28 February 2009.[citation needed]
Celtic and Hibernian hold the record for the biggest transfer fee between two Scottish clubs. Celtic bought Scott Brown from Hibernian on 16 May 2007 for £4.4m[18][19]
First European club to sign a player from the Indian sub-continent.
Appeared in 14 consecutive League Cup finals, from season 1964/65 to 1977/78 inclusive, a world record for successive appearances in the final of a major football competition.

A massive well done for being one of the best teams in a pub league!

Oh and 2-1, not bad for a below average club like our's

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Re: £5 v Hamburg.£15-. £20 v Celtic

The point is if they want a full house they must charge what fans are willing to pay & they arent willing to pay £15-£20 for a friendly against Celtic

Well nearly 30,000 were willing to pay it and considering that it was one of the prime holiday weeks and, with the greatest of respect to our visitors yesterday, it wasn't headline opposition that's not too bad.

The Hamburg game was a one-off. We were on the verge of a European semi-final and rather than risk a half-full ground, our owners took a brave decision on pricing to ensure the stadium was full and we got a good atmosphere, which we did. The gamble nearly paid off as we intimidated the Hamburg players and lifted our own.

No one was more fed up of the way the club was run under Wardle & Mackintosh than you were, Don. Comical Ali would have charged £30 or more and been quite happy with 30,000 for the Hamburg game because all he saw was the money. But matches involve expense. Police, stewards, gas & electricity, etc all have to be paid for. It's not unreasonable to expect that to come out of ticket money. These guys have spent £100m on us this summer alone and at least as much before then. I don't begrudge £15 to get a first glimpse of Barry, Adebayor, Toure and Tevez at CoMS. As it was, it was an entertaining game with a cracking atmosphere and I consider it good value.

 

[cyberblue]

Re: £5 v Hamburg.£15-. £20 v Celtic

Glad you all enjoyed it .have just got my Barcelona ticket £22 but up in the clouds should be a good laugh though

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Re: £5 v Hamburg.£15-. £20 v Celtic

Well nearly 30,000 were willing to pay it and considering that it was one of the prime holiday weeks and, with the greatest of respect to our visitors yesterday, it wasn't headline opposition that's not too bad.

Come on mate let's not kid ourselves

 

[1_barry_conlon]

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I'm just waiting for the 'Our owners are minted so surely they should pay our season tickets' thread to start. Will only be a matter of time. They are businessman not a f'king charity, what more do people want? The money they've given ourselves so far has been a gift. That's the money they paid for the club, transfer funds, changes to the stadium, keeping the ticket prices the same and even less in some cases and some people are still unhappy. Years of mediocrity and now something new and exciting is happening and all we get is griping over the price of pre-season friendly ticket. Well the decision is quite simple, you either buy one or you don't and if you don't then stop f'king whining about it to the rest of us. It's called choice!

 

[cyberblue]

Re: £5 v Hamburg.£15-. £20 v Celtic

People did make a choice & unfortuantly the Ground was not full .Admitidly the club is not a Charity but if they want to fill the ground for this sort of game they will seriously have to look at ticket prices or acept the ground wont be full

 

[1_barry_conlon]

Re: £5 v Hamburg.£15-. £20 v Celtic

People did make a choice & unfortuantly the Ground was not full .Admitidly the club is not a Charity but if they want to fill the ground for this sort of game they will seriously have to look at ticket prices or acept the ground wont be full

Tell me a time in a pre-season friendly at the COMS or Maine Rd when the place was full to capacity? The only time i can ever remember a decent crowd in one was the charity shield against Burnley in the 70's. And the novely which was the Barcelona game, bearing in mind it was the majority of peoples first visit to the stadium.