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9 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

Also never answered why the buses are a ridiculous £20 for semi final

If you really want to know, I've found the club pretty responsive any time I emailed them a question. Or maybe contact someone from the Well Society.

 

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21 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

New contracts for Kettlewell and Frail, apparently sorted at start of season, I must have missed that announcement but not complaining 

Apart from a few posts on here, an official club announcement, the Well Society newsletter, articles in the newspapers, SK's presser just after it was announced and SK's post-match just after it was announced, they kept it pretty quiet :whistling:

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2 hours ago, weeyin said:

Apart from a few posts on here, an official club announcement, the Well Society newsletter, articles in the newspapers, SK's presser just after it was announced and SK's post-match just after it was announced, they kept it pretty quiet :whistling:

Is this the 2nd extension he has signed? If first I knew about that but if this is another one I would have been on my adriatic cruise and missed it😁😁

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4 hours ago, grizzlyg said:

Also never answered why the buses are a ridiculous £20 for semi final

Everythings dear now as a bus driver posted before upkeep and running of a bus is very expensive now a days , the steelworks one is only £3 cheaper. You could get a train I suspect that would be even dearer.

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On 10/10/2024 at 4:21 PM, grizzlyg said:

Is this the 2nd extension he has signed? If first I knew about that but if this is another one I would have been on my adriatic cruise and missed it😁😁

You might have been away bud.

It was extensively trailed.

They are both now on 1 year rolling contracts.

Consensus was that was good for the club as we never get into a position again where we are having to pay 3 managers at the same time.

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On 10/10/2024 at 6:56 PM, StAndrew7 said:

Anyone else think there's a dig at Douglas/the previous WS heads in there? Interesting wording around the engagement and communications...

Not sure it was a dig.

But its hard for it to not sound that way when you just talk openly about the changes and the difference thats been made.

I thought he handled it as diplomatically as he could.

No personal references to anyone not have accepted the invitation etc.

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Hopefully the CEO is going explain when he's going to stop ticketless Celtic fans coming into ground. If the Green Brigade are the ones who are assualting stewards to open the doors then tell Celtic no more tickets for the Green Brigade. If they don't like it no tickets at all.

There's not so much big talk from him, PC Plod and alleged SLO when it's not Motherwell supporting children trying to get in the ground.

 

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Thats several games in a row now against that lot where the away end is clearly over populated and it will continue to happen as long as the club and the authorities let it.if it gets to the point where there's some kind of disaster due to the overcrowding you can be sure the green bigots will play the victim,the police will play dumb and it will be our club thats left with serious questions to answer,there's only going to be one loser if this continues and it will be us.

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It's time their allocation was cut and told it won't return to normal levels until Celtic and authorities get control. It might hurt us financially but that's better than life's being lost. This issue can't continue.

Ban all their support, much like The Rangers on safety grounds. We might actually benefit on the playing field if they are surrounded by our support only.

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1 hour ago, Richie said:

Give them the top tier only until they can be trusted.

...Or

Provide tickets on the basis that it is Celtic that sell/allocate them and arrange policing of their fans etc.

Sure similar has been done elsewhere.

Give them the minimum allocation allowed and charge them the maximum allowed .  Letting Celtic handle the tickets wouldn't work as they are scared of the goon brigade.

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6 minutes ago, well_said said:

Give them the minimum allocation allowed and charge them the maximum allowed .  Letting Celtic handle the tickets wouldn't work as they are scared of the goon brigade.

I believe that number is somewhere around 600 or so, isn't it?

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I was curious as to what the current rules say about minimum numbers and was suprised to see it laid out this way in SPFL Rule I27

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The Home club must make provision for the admission of such reasonable number of visiting supporters at every home League Match and Play-Off Match as may be agreed in advance with the Visiting Club and, in the event of their being unable to agree such number not later than 14 days prior to the date of the League Match or Play-Off Match in question, the number of visiting supporters allowed shall be determined by the Board whose decision shall be final and binding

So basically, there isn't a specific minimum number or percentage and if we came up with a reasonable safety related excuse could probably cut the allocation they have now.

I'm not a fan of banning away supporters in general, but wouldn't object if we eliminated or reduced the OF numbers.

 

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I find it ironic that our safety officer can’t put arrangements in place to prevent ‘doubling up’ at turnstiles when Celtic come to town and jeopardise our safety certificate and a fine but is quick to play the safety card to ruin the east stand by removing the front row to cover up a monumental mistake on his part 

He continues to play the big I am until there’s a proper problem then he’s nowhere to be  seen. 

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3 hours ago, weeyin said:

I was curious as to what the current rules say about minimum numbers and was suprised to see it laid out this way in SPFL Rule I27

So basically, there isn't a specific minimum number or percentage and if we came up with a reasonable safety related excuse could probably cut the allocation they have now.

I'm not a fan of banning away supporters in general, but wouldn't object if we eliminated or reduced the OF numbers.

 

Have the old firm not got a 5% minimum agreement for away fan allocation agreed with spfl. id be ok with that 13742 at 5% is 867 and stick them in the top tier of the south stand. if 5% is good enough for them then that should be good enough for us to enforce.

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47 minutes ago, Larkhall Dosser said:

Have the old firm not got a 5% minimum agreement for away fan allocation agreed with spfl. id be ok with that 13742 at 5% is 867 and stick them in the top tier of the south stand. if 5% is good enough for them then that should be good enough for us to enforce.

Well, according to the rule, if we don't agree in advance then the OF can ask the Board for a decision.

It could be that is the Board's default number, but there is nothing in the rule that requires that or any other specific figure.

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10 minutes ago, weeyin said:

Well, according to the rule, if we don't agree in advance then the OF can ask the Board for a decision.

It could be that is the Board's default number, but there is nothing in the rule that requires that or any other specific figure.

Personally id ban both sets of old firm fans, but i know financially we cant afford to

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9 hours ago, wellgirl said:

When I mentioned doubling up at turnstiles I thought it was two people going through the turnstiles at once but it's apparently people smashing the fire doors in to let others in? Is that right? 

Yes that's right, not sure if it happened on Sunday but it did the last time the uglies were at Fir park. Every stairway and exit was full of standing fans on Sunday, they were even standing on the steelwork at the back of the top tier, so the stand was well above capacity.

What annoys me though is the stewards and police stood and watched this happening and did feck all, so much for ensuring the safety of supporters, what's the point of them being there.

The club are well aware of what's happening but are doing nothing to sort it out, can you imagine the uproar if it was well fans storming the gates at parkhead.

The football authorities in Scotland have always pandered to the green and blue uglies, the other clubs need to start asking why and get it sorted out

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I seem to recall some years ago in an evening League Cup game (it could have been against Accies but I'm not sure) that the Police ordered admission to the East Stand to be stopped as they considered it it to be overly full. In fact it was a hundred or two below capacity. 

Does anyone else remember that?

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56 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

Yes that's right, not sure if it happened on Sunday but it did the last time the uglies were at Fir park. Every stairway and exit was full of standing fans on Sunday, they were even standing on the steelwork at the back of the top tier, so the stand was well above capacity.

What annoys me though is the stewards and police stood and watched this happening and did feck all, so much for ensuring the safety of supporters, what's the point of them being there.

The club are well aware of what's happening but are doing nothing to sort it out, can you imagine the uproar if it was well fans storming the gates at parkhead.

The football authorities in Scotland have always pandered to the green and blue uglies, the other clubs need to start asking why and get it sorted out

Many of the hierarchy at the other clubs are old firm fans .

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