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To be doing so poorly in the division below to be looking at potential back to back relegations is... I was going to say impressive, not sure that's the word...

Here it is https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO9C2gvAl5N/?igsh=MTR5eWxwemFsNzk2NQ==

Aberdeen losing again

Watching Falkirk v Hibs. Don’t see much for us to be afraid of from either team. Not saying that we will brush them aside but we should go into any game with a degree of confidence and a realistic chance of 3 points. Only thing xcetion to that might be Celtic but by all accounts they seem to be not quite as good as they have been previous seasons.

Update Miller just scored

Before he took over they had finished rock bottom of the league on their way to relegation, so not totally surprising.

Miller has just scored on full debut Header from a rebound

Update Miller just scored

It's on Premier....I've watched since the start. Miller had great chance and should have scored 3 mins in

Think its on Premier, so tuning in now

Miller starts against Palermo in the Coppa Italia tonight.

Apologies if someone has mentioned this but what was the story about Just. I presume he was injured , hopefully nowt serious.

Said!!!! have you seen his final ball ?? he really needs to work on that cos everything else is decent.

Before the transfer window I fancied us in both games against Aberdeen because I thought Aberdeen were pish. On paper I thought they'd strengthened significantly in the window. So my natural slant towards pessimism I thought the cup tie would be a step to much for us. Thankfully it didn't turn out that way. I was always more hopeful for the home league game. If we can play as we can , and to be fair that's better than we played on Saturday, we should be able to get 3 points.

Ah gotcha. So if my rough maths is anywhere near correct we would take 1/6 of £1.8m so £300k. Add on the £50k uplift in prize money and the £30k tv rights and we have a nice tidy wee sum.

Some years ago, Stewart Robertson told me that in cup ties and the like 1/3 of the gate receipts goes to the home team, one third to the away team and one third in costs. In effect then, the home team takes 2/3 of the gate money. (Dundee is an exception LOL). In the semis, the SPL/stadium owners will pocket 1/3 of the gate money for costs. The other 2/3 will be split 4 ways. Thats the theory. However, I'd imagine the SPFL will take a cut over and above costs. Also, I don't know if the 20% VAT is included in the 1/3 allocated to costs.

Why 1/6?

We'll get £150,000 for reaching the semi final. Gate money is then pooled and we'll get approximately 1/6th of that (minus the SPFL cut). We also receive about 1/3 of catering and programme sales from the actual game (these are not pooled). The bottom line is that we should make about £500K from the game. Of that figure of course, we'll have to deduct player/management bonuses. Worth noting that the Government siphons off 20% of the ticket sales in gate money. A tidy sum though which will keep our accountants happy.

id maybe skip the first half an hour of Paul slane being Paul slane but the rest of it with Lennon was quite good

Long late journey back up the road for Aberdeen supporters on a Saturday night . Hopefully made even longer after a scudding from us.

Had to go check that as I thought the ko was 5.15pm, but you are right enough. I guess the tv broadcast starts at 5.15pm. Bit of a shite ko time. I guess dinner will be a Chasni Pie Meal Deal!

From what I can make out from the SPFL website, we get an extra £50k prize money for making the semis, and extra £30k tv revenue plus our share of the pooled gate money. Taking a conservative estimate of 60k fans over the 2 games and an average ticket price of £30, the games will generate £1.8m. Obviously there are costs associated with that and the SPFL will no doubt take a share but we could easily be looking at doubling that number. If we were to win the game and get to the final? This is why cup runs are important to clubs our size and why it has been so frustrating that past managers have fielded weakened teams trying to get past smaller clubs and making an arse of it!

Our good run in the league cup has also brought us a decent cash reward just over £228k so far from TV and prize money, with hopefully more to come. https://x.com/SPFLWatch/status/1969807339491602477?t=yHwDPCKasnNOq9fpSPS6Gg&s=09

Its only the ugly sisters followers that subscribe given nearly every one of their away games is on TV.