Fans forum report from 4 lads

[Blue As]

So based on that response, Celtic will be gold only? Or was the club rep meaning it was gold only when it was 700 but they’ll need to revisit that decision?

Clarity would be helpful

Yes,that is what Natalie said.

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

Yes,that is what Natalie said.

There’s 2 different things in that post

 

[yosser hughes]

Interested to hear the parking plans because to me selling off a chunk of the albion is such backwards thinking its unreal.

yip ,at some point this is going to severely bite us on the arse,

 

[Blue As]

There’s 2 different things in that post

She said it was gold only originally then she qualified it by saying it would be looked at again given the bigger allocation and alluded to it possibly having an allocation going to all tier.
So nothing carved in stone,but it will be looked at going forward.

 

[km_2083]

The people that are all being moved in the Broomloan so that we can accommodate more rabids should be allocated tickets first for the games at parkhead.

Better yet, the fans screaming for them to get back in so that have better chance to the scum hut should be made to give up their seat and given to fans that being moved

 

[Japandroid]

Who said that was the Castore income? Bisgrove.

It was Karim Virani the Head of Commercial who said it.

KV – ‘Record breaking year for the club with revenue from them, we are focused on the relationship and quality has made vast improvements so we are currently focused on that’

‘We are into double digit million revenue so we are very happy with that relationship’

Reads to me as we're receiving 10m+ from Castore now and don't plan on switching suppliers any time soon.

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

She said it was gold only originally then she qualified it by saying it would be looked at again given the bigger allocation and alluded to it possibly having an allocation going to all tier.
So nothing carved in stone,but it will be looked at going forward.

Thats pretty much what I would expect. They can’t make an allocation that big gold only. Anyone thinking it’ll be gold only will be sorely disappointed

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

Better yet, the fans screaming for them to get back in so that have better chance to the scum hut should be made to give up their seat and given to fans that being moved

Was 2 weeks of this mantra not enough?

A lot of the inconvenienced fans have ended up in much better seats

 

[km_2083]

Parkhead should be gold only, there's very little benefit to being in gold as it is. Is it only Hearts that's gold only at the moment? A few hundred tickets between a few thousand in gold? Hardly rewarding.

Flip that , what benefit is mygers at all to fans who in bronze or low silver points as they be lucky if get one away game all season or don’t have enough points to qualify for Hampden cut off? As much as they try they still can’t get their numbers up as the bar is always being put up? To now with less away tickets going to be kicking around with livi going down and other teams cutting allocation. However if is a chance to get a scum hut ticket in any tier that’s all club needs to have a lot of fans renewing

 

[Mview83]

The replies re MyGers and Euro aways always being passed on were pretty unsatisfactory to be honest

 

[jweebear]

It was Karim Virani the Head of Commercial who said it.



Reads to me as we're receiving 10m+ from Castore now and don't plan on switching suppliers any time soon.

We should switch, if the Tims can claim £34mil in kit and merchandise sales.

 

[km_2083]

Was 2 weeks of this mantra not enough?

A lot of the inconvenienced fans have ended up in much better seats

Not when now the same fans now calling it for to be a closed shop for tickets for their hole

 

[Japandroid]

We should switch, if the Tims can claim £34mil in kit and merchandise sales.

They report theirs differently though. They report total sales and have the associated cost, whereas we only report the profit that we receive from Castore as our revenue.

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

The replies re MyGers and Euro always being passed on were pretty unsatisfactory to be honest

What do you expect them to say? It’s impossible to police, even if city collection for domestic games was possible

Logistically it would mean fans having to be at an away end to collect tickets hours in advance. I’m sure the police would love that

They could do a % of tickets are in-person collection but there’s ways round that too. It literally can’t be stopped

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

Not when now the same fans now calling it for to be a closed shop for tickets for their hole

It’s not going to be so no point getting wound up by it.

People could respond saying anyone who was against Celtic getting an allocation shouldn’t be eligible to apply for a ticket at Parkhead. And round in circles we’d go

 

[GimmeShelter]

It was Karim Virani the Head of Commercial who said it.



Reads to me as we're receiving 10m+ from Castore now and don't plan on switching suppliers any time soon.

Is that £10m + since we first went with them or just this season though.

 

[steven allen]

I would also assume 10m plus but numbers can be manipulated, maybe someone that was present can elaborate.

That's what I took from it ,

KV mentioned double digit of millions in income from Castore,
But he also mentioned that we as a club have also been good for Castore

 

[Taverneeeeer]

We should switch, if the Tims can claim £34mil in kit and merchandise sales.

Remember they declare all the money upfront, before subtracting the amount for staff, shops etc. We just declare profit. I wouldn't be surprised if the net amount for both clubs isn't almost identical if not us getting slightly more.

 

[steven allen]

Is that £10m + since we first went with them or just this season though.

Again I took it that it was income overall since we went with Castore,

I thought he meant more than £10m so £10m+ though as we've been with them for almost 5 years

 

[km_2083]

It’s not going to be so no point getting wound up by it.

People could respond saying anyone who was against Celtic getting an allocation shouldn’t be eligible to apply for a ticket at Parkhead. And round in circles we’d go

Well you actually can’t cause even though it was closed gold, if you didn’t apply for it you wouldn’t qualify the 10 points for applying for all away games at end of the season

 

[MrJ]

Double digit income from Castore is very encouraging.

Still didn't give the figures tho

 

[Welder_Bear]

Parkhead should be gold only, there's very little benefit to being in gold as it is. Is it only Hearts that's gold only at the moment? A few hundred tickets between a few thousand in gold? Hardly rewarding.

The benefit is you have more chance of tickets not guaranteed chances.

 

[Rangers72]

Good response from Greg re the Supporters Club question.

 

[GeeSpot]

Interested to hear the parking plans because to me selling off a chunk of the albion is such backwards thinking its unreal.

Should be acquiring as much land around the stadium as possible.

 

[Brian Laudrup]

Tickets for celtc away should be 50% of gold mygers members per game so you are guaranteed 1 celtc game and the rest distributed amongst other tiers of mygers members

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

Good response from Greg re the Supporters Club question.

Stood out to me. RSCs offer affordable travel for members that might not be able to get to Ibrox without it. RSCs were taking all sorts of tickets when people weren’t interested in lower leagues and under Warburton and Pedro

Now we’ve got a team that can challenge Celtic the RSC allocation becomes a big deal. Access to Hampden and away tickets is a benefit for the value RSCs bring to the club. I really liked the SLO answer

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

Tickets for celtc away should be 50% of gold mygers members per game so you are guaranteed 1 celtc game and the rest distributed amongst other tiers of mygers members

There’s around 3600 gold members and the mygers allocation will only be around 40% of the overall Parkhead allocation. There will be less than 1200 made available to mygers

 

[Brian Laudrup]

Pardon? There’s around 3600 gold members and the mygers allocation will only be around 40% of the overall Parkhead allocation. There will be less than 1200 made available to mygers

So say it is 3600 gold members, 1800 gold get first game and 1800 that didnt get first game get the 2nd game, the other 700 odd tickets then go to the other tiers

Obviously not all gold members will take up their chance of a ticket and they should be allocated to other tiers too

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

So say it is 3600 gold members, 1800 gold get first game and 1800 that didnt get first game get the 2nd game, the other 700 odd tickets then go to the other tiers

And how many tickets for club use, hospitality, sponsors and buses?

You’re forgetting their allocations

 

[GovanFront4]

Half the folk on this forum don't want away supports at old firms anyway so tickets shouldn't be a problem.

Exactly surely when they don’t apply it will drop down quite quickly.

 

[Brian Laudrup]

And how many tickets for club use, hospitality, sponsors and buses?

You’re forgetting their allocations

We have no idea the numbers involved for that but i doubt any will go to buses

 

[Blue As]

We have no idea the numbers involved for that but i doubt any will go to buses

A+ category buses got a ticket when the allocation was 800.

 

[wee bud's pit boots]

5% is 3000.

Let's see if we get that amount.

As I've said from the off, the SFA statement was suitably vague. I'll be gobgasted and flabbersmacked if we get that amount, given, they'll get less at Ibrox. The natives will revolt.

However, time will tell.

 

[Gringotts Dragon]

We have no idea the numbers involved for that but i doubt any will go to buses

The breakdown is well documented. Buses got tickets hearts 576 and when Celtic was 700. RSCs will get 20% of the allocation as normal

 

[Professor Yaffle]

I would also assume 10m plus but numbers can be manipulated, maybe someone that was present can elaborate.

I've honestly no idea what the comment I quoted meant.

 

[TheMarbleStaircase]

Stood out to me. RSCs offer affordable travel for members that might not be able to get to Ibrox without it. RSCs were taking all sorts of tickets when people weren’t interested in lower leagues and under Warburton and Pedro

Now we’ve got a team that can challenge Celtic the RSC allocation becomes a big deal. Access to Hampden and away tickets is a benefit for the value RSCs bring to the club. I really liked the SLO answer

@RF91

 

[GazTheRangersMan]

How does a bus category work? Do they pay a fee etc?

 

[Grimsdale]

International read mate, hopefully the recruitment piece is spot on

Hope so, but how many times have we heard this. Actively seeking players only to be waiting in the last hours of the transfer window waiting on word.

 

[Ally’s Golden Boot]

Remember they declare all the money upfront, before subtracting the amount for staff, shops etc. We just declare profit. I wouldn't be surprised if the net amount for both clubs isn't almost identical if not us getting slightly more.

Definitely. I have no doubts we sell more merchandise than those rats.

 

[Ally’s Golden Boot]

Again I took it that it was income overall since we went with Castore,

I thought he meant more than £10m so £10m+ though as we've been with them for almost 5 years

We are guaranteed a minimum of 4m per season from Castore. We then get extra bonuses for targets we reach.

 

[ClarkstonBear]

How does a bus category work? Do they pay a fee etc?

Buses are categorised by how many season ticket holders are members of each club

 

[bluetonic]

Interested to hear the parking plans because to me selling off a chunk of the albion is such backwards thinking its unreal.

Reads like they the club are still willing to sell it.

 

[steven allen]

We are guaranteed a minimum of 4m per season from Castore. We then get extra bonuses for targets we reach.

That would put our earnings in the bracket KV mentioned,
£10m+

 

[bluetonic]

Subway is a good shout. It’s pretty ridiculous the crushing that goes on.A good few old guys had to get off a few stops before Ibrox at the last old firm game as they were really struggling.

I thought Bisgrove answer was vague on this and the toilets question.

 

[KingCarlos72]

Hope so, but how many times have we heard this. Actively seeking players only to be waiting in the last hours of the transfer window waiting on word.

Maybe they are meaning sima, Cortes and getting big Sam Lammers back

 

[Ray Von]

Better yet, the fans screaming for them to get back in so that have better chance to the scum hut should be made to give up their seat and given to fans that being moved

Grow the hell up man.

 

[bailliestontrueblues]

F**k your gold only, bad enough fellow bears being moved to accommodate those rats & then to exclude all but the % at the top , utter joke

Defo should be gold only and 20% of tickets to rsc’s

 

[South Belfast Broxi]

Subway is a good shout. It’s pretty ridiculous the crushing that goes on.A good few old guys had to get off a few stops before Ibrox at the last old firm game as they were really struggling.

Was absolutely mental last week, not even joking in saying it was so packed you could hardly breathe and that was one of the first trains of the morning

 

[SaulBearenson]

Half the folk don't go to home games never mind aways.

We took 200k to Manchester and have a stadium that holds 50k.

The majority of our fans can't go to home games.

 

[jigster]

Fair play to the lad who wasn't happy on RSCs getting a 2000 allocation for semi final and accused RSCs getting 2 bites of the cherry but yet admitted he used to go on a RSC bus also used to be part of " prawn sandwich brigade( his own words ) " but now drives to Ibrox and now thinks these allocations are to large ....... just a tad hypocritical me thinks