http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/footba ... ritics.php
I vote twat myself

lbb wrote:Apart from the greed motive, I was wondering what else could be behind this scheme. I know that Rangers would prefer it if no fans travelled to European games - they were privately furious that 20,000 fans went to Barcelona. There's also the factor of possibly being held accountable for 'songs of hate' in SPL away matches - this will now fall to the home club. Bain more or less admits this on the Rangers website.
http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page ... 40,00.htmlthe hibLOG wrote:Whaaa? So the home club will be responsible for away fans singing filth just because they sell them the tickets??? That's almost worthy of Martin Bain, that one.
I think it's greed meself but was throwing in one or two possibilities that the clubs might find useful consequences of such an action. I know that taking no tickets was discussed last season. I'd also suggest that if other SPL clubs find the 'uncontrollable awayday trash' hard to accept then they could equally refuse to sell tickets to away supporters.the hibLOG wrote:And if Rangers really were worried about the repercussions of the uncontrollable awayday trash then they could simply have come out and said they were ceasing to take tickets for away fixtures altogether for that reason. But no, the reason Bain gave was the administration cost of handling the tickets, which, as you point out, they already charge for anyway. So I'm sticking with the greed and bullying spitefulness theory myself.
As it may have been, if as lbb says there is a £1 fee already. What stinks is deciding that the cost of this administration should now be borne by the home club. There's no justification for this at all. The Old Firm have massive ticketing operations in place for the sale of their own tickets. Just exactly how do you quantify the 'extra' cost of selling away tickets through that operation? You don't, because it is negligible.scottish wrote:Therefore, if there were any justification at all for adding on an administrative surcharge, then it would surely have been implemented when the OF started selling the tickets?
This is a debate which has been going on since Methuselah's first day at primary school and possibly even before that.the hibLOG wrote:I would actually like to see some clubs simply refuse to sell any tickets to the Old Firm. In the case of Hibs and Hearts at least I actually think gates might increase as a result of having no away fans there.
They have. But not perhaps the same way as you think. Not in Aberdeen & Edinburgh at any rate.bobby s wrote:That has got to affect home attendances
I'm not sure what you mean David. The attendances at Easter Road (and Tynecastle pre-Romanov season ticket boost) are very poor and well below capacity. Same goes for Killie.scottish wrote:They have. But not perhaps the same way as you think. Not in Aberdeen & Edinburgh at any rate.bobby s wrote:That has got to affect home attendances
http://www.scottishleague.net/OFgates.doc
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