MacK1950 2,235 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 What rebate would season ticket holders get or would they be expected to attend?. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,430 Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 A historic deal to take Dundee’s home match with Celtic to the United States next season is almost done, the Tele can exclusively reveal. Negotiations to stage the Dark Blues’ 2016/17 clash with the Old Firm giants on foreign soil are said to be 85% complete. Sources close to the deal have confirmed the stadium has been booked, date set, travel plans put in place, tax implications ironed out and contracts drawn up by legal parties from across the pond, Parkhead and Dens Park. A split of the match revenue and merchandising has been agreed, with Dundee, the drivers of this project, set to land a significant sum, much higher than if the game were to take place, as previously scheduled, at Dens. A US travel company has also been employed to set up packages for fans, from both teams, to travel and support their club. Despite considering staging the ground-breaking encounter for world football at a number of venues across the Eastern seaboard, including Chicago, New York, Boston, Seattle and Portland, as well as the likes of Dallas, Texas, and St Louis, Missouri, the location for the match, barring any last-minute hitches, is set to be Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 69,000 capacity Lincoln Financial Field, home of the National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles, will be converted to house the clash between Brendan Rodgers and Paul Hartley’s men. And the date, although not yet revealed, will fall just before the Scottish Premiership split, thought to be around the end of March, beginning of April. It’s understood Dundee would travel over the States, along with the Hoops squad, a week prior to the match to acclimatise and also take part in promotion events in the city. One of the major barriers placed in front of any staging of the game outside of Scotland has been the idea that Fifa and Uefa would need to give this the green light. An insider on negotiations has told the Tele that this is not the case. They state Fifa place the sanctioning of this decision firmly on the table of Uefa and CONCACAF — the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. Uefa are said to have deferred that to the national governing body – the SFA – and it must also be signed off by the league – SPFL. It is believed they have both given this the OK, leaving just agreement to be reached with the MLS and also CONCACAF. Talks with the MLS are said to have gone well, and it is understood the match has already been pencilled in to coincide with a weekend free of US matches, therefore not affecting their own TV audience and gate revenues. The weekend in question has also been selected as it is said not to clash with any other major sporting event from the basketball, ice hockey and American football world, in order to give the game total exposure in the American market. Of course, given the unprecedented nature of this match, it is not known whether Fifa would deem this a “unique” case and reserve the right to block it, as they did with the English Premier League’s plans for a 39th game in 2008. The difference back then, though, was that these games were set to be staged at a number of different venues across the globe with huge time differences. The plan also didn’t have the backing of then FA chairman Geoff Thompson. A decision on the match is expected in the coming weeks, with a conclusion to negotiations imperative prior to release of the top-flight fixtures by the SPFL on June 17. https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/american-peh-deal-dundee-v-celtic-game-usa-85-complete/ I see the random fixture computer has assisted this fixture! Saturday 18th March 2017 - Dundee v Celtic http://spfl.co.uk/premiership/fixtures/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 5,842 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I see the random fixture computer has assisted this fixture! Saturday 18th March 2017 - Dundee v Celtic http://spfl.co.uk/premiership/fixtures/ It would appear the random element in the SPFL computer, has been removed. Remember sporting integrity? All the usual suspects(Doncaster, Regan, lawwell, ....... etc) involved in this piece of choreographed theater remind me of Grouch Marx's proclamation on principles, "those are my principles, if you don't like them ............ I have plenty of others. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 It would appear the random element in the SPFL computer, has been removed. Remember sporting integrity? All the usual suspects(Doncaster, Regan, lawwell, ....... etc) involved in this piece of choreographed theater remind me of Grouch Marx's proclamation on principles, "those are my principles, if you don't like them ............ I have plenty of others. By the year Lawwell increasingly gets to play with the fixture list. They've also postponed a fixture this month so as to be able to play a friendly elsewhere. Now the latter is doable because of new rules that were brought in but fixing an away fixture against a particular team for a particular date is taking this to another level. It's a Dundee home match but this will be mainly about Celtic and their wish to make more money and market the brand. It reeks of a club who don't only not care about sporting integrity, but openly flaunt it. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 (edited) It would appear the random element in the SPFL computer, has been removed.Remember sporting integrity? All the usual suspects(Doncaster, Regan, lawwell, ....... etc) involved in this piece of choreographed theater remind me of Grouch Marx's proclamation on principles, "those are my principles, if you don't like them ............ I have plenty of others. We have two away games at Tynecastle, Shittodire and the Piggery pre this season's split. So yes, it certainly has been removed. No questioning whose hands are on the tiller. Edited August 1, 2016 by SteveC 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfideldo 410 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 A complete joke, clubs who change from grass to astro had to play all teams in their league before changing as this would alter the fairness of the competition. Now one club would be allowed to play a league game in a different continent!! The precedent has been set, if the league is close it would now allow Ross County or Inverness for example to move their home game against Rangers to Hampden. Therefore a 50,000 crowd as opposed to a 5,000 crowd. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 We must demand parity. We must get a difficult away tie of our choice played at a neutral venue. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardyGuts 6 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 That lot on a trip to the US 3/4's through the season, just before the split... surely a good thing for us?? I'm not an expert but surely this would have an effect on them this late on in the season. At the very minimum it would be a mental distraction in the couple of weeks leading up to it. But also agree with GS and others who said that you shouldnt just be allowed to select an away game to play at a neutral venue... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I see the random fixture computer has assisted this fixture! Saturday 18th March 2017 - Dundee v Celtic http://spfl.co.uk/premiership/fixtures/ paddy Day celebrations, doubtless 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooponthewing 1,139 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 (edited) Yup. Paddys day celebrations in the States with all the rest of their bitter yahoo brethren. We have had quite a large Dutch connection and also in certain parts of England, and in North America we have close ties. GS in spot on, we must have parity and afforded a trip not to tynecastle or sheep land but to one of these money spinning venues. Edited August 1, 2016 by cooponthewing 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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