Celtic v City post match

[bluebrother55]

City too, lots of racists from NI in the City for the game, and no one seems bothered.

Where are you getting this from ? Yes, we've got some fans in Northern Ireland but they've never been any bother before, why all of a sudden have large numbers of them turned into yobs and managed to get tickets en masse for this game ?

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Some think abusing anyone Irish or of Irish decent repeatedly, even Given and Dunne is acceptable.

whats the difference with celtic fans then, they sing anti english songs and abuse the english is that acceptable ??

all the home nations fans do it to each other, that rivalry has always existed.

 

[FantasyIreland]

This is the post match thread,discussing the game........so can we please leave any unfounded references/accusations of racism out of it please.

 

[OB1]

Yeah that's it. Toe the line, don't speak out. Just nod. If something is total shit, just pretend it didn't happen.

No we haven't lloked like conceding 3 fucking goals per game & no we probably fucking won't.

But if we played like we did at Celtic, yes we would, every fucking week.

But unlikely Pep Guardiola would ever allow that to happen.

That doesn't mean our defence wasn't as bad as Leicester's v Utd, last night. Because it fucking was.

Which is why the "if we play like that against..." comment is unnecessary; doubly so because most teams won't enjoy the kind of luck Celtic did on their goals.

Also, having watched the game a second time, I think our defending was decent for most of the game: as I said earlier in thread, most of their efforts on goal came in the first 15 minutes and after their third, they didn't get near Bravo. Their total number of shots was less than one more than the average number we have been conceding this season.

No one is pretending it was our finest hour or that the team needs to improve but performances will go up and down; let's hope they are up against Spurs or, yeah, surprise, surprise, we will get dicked if we do not play well.

 

[greenandwhite1]

CROWDS at Celtic and Rangers games this season have been up to 20,000 lower than the figures released to the public.

It goes some way to explaining the huge gaps in the stands when the clubs have been claiming near full-houses.

The number of supporters the clubs publicise as turning up to home SPL and Division Three matches is far larger than the true figure reported to police, official records show.

Fans used freedom of information laws to force Strathclyde Police to reveal the real number of supporters attending games at Ibrox and Parkhead.

We obtained the figures as they are now on public record.

Celtic publicised a figure of 49,428 on the SPL website for their game against Ross County at Parkhead in December – 20,497 more than the real attendance of 28,931


I refer to your email dated 1 January 2014 regarding the above which has been handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
Please can you provide the attendance figures recorded under health & safety requirements for the following Celtic matches played at Celtic Park during season 2012-13 and season 2013-14

Celtic v Kilmarnock 30/01/13 – 24,089 (BBC Att: 43,652)
Celtic v Dundee Utd 16/02/13 – 33,860 (BBC Att: 46,496)
Celtic v Dundee 24/02/13 – 24,157 (BBC Att: 39,959)
Celtic v Aberdeen 16/03/13 – 31,719 (BBC Att: 46,395)
Celtic v Hibernian 6/04/13 – 39,380 (BBC Att: 49,174)
Celtic v Inverness 28/04/13 (was played on 21/04/13) 45,064 (BBC Att: 55,000)
Celtic v St Johnstone 11/05/13 – 44,908 (SPFL Att: 57,000)
Celtic v Ross County 3/08/13 – 36,855 (SPFL Att: 45,705)
Celtic v Inverness 24/08/13 – 35,814 (BBC Att: 45,160)
Celtic v St Johnstone 21/09/13 – 34,310 (BBC Att: 45,220)
Celtic v Motherwell 5/10/13 – 34,440 (BBC Att: 46,608)
Celtic v Dundee Utd 2/11/13 – 35,768 (BBC Att: 46,496)
Celtic v Aberdeen 23/11/13 – 38,614 (BBC Att: 49,683)
Celtic v Hibernian 14/12/13 – 26,083 (BBC Att: 46,065)
Celtic v Hearts 21/12/13 – 24,444 (BBC Att: 46,058)
Celtic v Partick Thistle 01/01/14 – 27,853 (BBC Att: 52,670

Wow you have a lot of spare time on your hands..

We publish attendance figures that include season ticket holders regardless of wether or not they show up, as technically, that number of seats are still sold. It's not some grand conspiracy to make attendance figures look good on the BBC site, because quite frankly no one gives a shit.

We have very, very healthy crowds up here, all things considered.

 

[greenandwhite1]

Yes it was very noisy last Wednesday but I have been to matches at Parkhead when it was totally flat. Over the years crowds of 5,000 to 6,000 were not unknown in the 1950s when the team were doing badly. I recall attending a match around 1993 against Hibs with around 8,000 to 9,000 there. Crowds were very low during the 'boycott' intended to force out the Board of Directors (The Kelly Family) but they were still low for the some matches after the Fergus McCann takeover.

Like may teams, Celtic have a lot of fair weather fans who will turn out for big European matches. Some of the attendance figures quoted for Celtic Park against lesser Premiership opposition really ought to be filed under 'fiction' as you can see swathes of empty seats.

See my post above.

 

[greenandwhite1]

I'd hate if we were like their crowd.

I go to watch 11 players play a game, not jump around like some pissed up idiot.

I know a lot of people are big on atmosphere, but it's completely overrated.

It inspired our players and arguably was a key factor in us getting the result we did.

 

[levets]

CROWDS at Celtic and Rangers games this season have been up to 20,000 lower than the figures released to the public.

It goes some way to explaining the huge gaps in the stands when the clubs have been claiming near full-houses.

The number of supporters the clubs publicise as turning up to home SPL and Division Three matches is far larger than the true figure reported to police, official records show.

Fans used freedom of information laws to force Strathclyde Police to reveal the real number of supporters attending games at Ibrox and Parkhead.

We obtained the figures as they are now on public record.

Celtic publicised a figure of 49,428 on the SPL website for their game against Ross County at Parkhead in December – 20,497 more than the real attendance of 28,931


I refer to your email dated 1 January 2014 regarding the above which has been handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
Please can you provide the attendance figures recorded under health & safety requirements for the following Celtic matches played at Celtic Park during season 2012-13 and season 2013-14

Celtic v Kilmarnock 30/01/13 – 24,089 (BBC Att: 43,652)
Celtic v Dundee Utd 16/02/13 – 33,860 (BBC Att: 46,496)
Celtic v Dundee 24/02/13 – 24,157 (BBC Att: 39,959)
Celtic v Aberdeen 16/03/13 – 31,719 (BBC Att: 46,395)
Celtic v Hibernian 6/04/13 – 39,380 (BBC Att: 49,174)
Celtic v Inverness 28/04/13 (was played on 21/04/13) 45,064 (BBC Att: 55,000)
Celtic v St Johnstone 11/05/13 – 44,908 (SPFL Att: 57,000)
Celtic v Ross County 3/08/13 – 36,855 (SPFL Att: 45,705)
Celtic v Inverness 24/08/13 – 35,814 (BBC Att: 45,160)
Celtic v St Johnstone 21/09/13 – 34,310 (BBC Att: 45,220)
Celtic v Motherwell 5/10/13 – 34,440 (BBC Att: 46,608)
Celtic v Dundee Utd 2/11/13 – 35,768 (BBC Att: 46,496)
Celtic v Aberdeen 23/11/13 – 38,614 (BBC Att: 49,683)
Celtic v Hibernian 14/12/13 – 26,083 (BBC Att: 46,065)
Celtic v Hearts 21/12/13 – 24,444 (BBC Att: 46,058)
Celtic v Partick Thistle 01/01/14 – 27,853 (BBC Att: 52,670

Even 'accepting' the figures in brackets, their league attendances are nowhere near as impressive as ours.
Myth busted!

 

[greenandwhite1]

Always find it annoying how teams like Celtic can lose to Lincoln Red Imps and Hapoel Be'er Sheva, then get thrashed 7-0 by Barcelona, but when they play us they suddenly play like a top-quality EPL side. Kolo Touré in particular saved one of his best performances of the last five years especially for us. No, we weren't nearly at our best but we still should've been beating Celtic on the form they've been in in Europe this season.

Lincoln result means nothing. We played very well against Hapoel at home, put them out and they have since went on to beat Inter Milan in the San Siro and drew with a team from the 'mighty' EPL. We done ok for a 'League 1/championship side' wouldnt you say?...

The barca game, well... it's barcelona, they were sensational that night. Un-playable.

Yes on paper you should have won but we played well and it was a great game of football. Our form in europe so far has been decent.. we made it through 3 qualifiers in pre-season to get this far and have only ever lost 3 games out of 23 at home in the Champions league.

 

[bluebrother55]

It inspired our players and arguably was a key factor in us getting the result we did.

The key factor was the officials not implementing the offside rule for your first goal.