Bluedell 5,329 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 48 minutes ago, ian1964 said: Leeann Dempster has insisted she won’t hesitate to slash ticket allocations for visiting supporters, declaring: “Hibs fans will always come first.” “Every club wants to look after its own supporters, its priority has to be that and for me that’s exactly what we were doing. There was an early demand from our fans that we wanted to meet. I don’t understand what is controversial about that.” I don't have an issue with that approach but I'm against where clubs reduce our allocation and just have empty seats instead of away fans like Motherwell did in the past. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Wait to Hibs are back in their usual relegation battles and see how many tickets she can sell. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 47 minutes ago, Bluedell said: I don't have an issue with that approach but I'm against where clubs reduce our allocation and just have empty seats instead of away fans like Motherwell did in the past. On the contrary, that's the perfect situation. Empty seats because they can't sell the tickets = no income. Empty seats because they won't sell the tickets = lost income. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,415 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) She is quite right to do this, we can't disagree with what she is doing and agree about us doing the same!. She is trying to sell STs' and also kind of backing us up in a way. Her problem will be if they don't sell enough tickets! then Hibs will offer more tickets to Rangers!. Seems there is only uproar when Rangers do it! Edited May 30, 2018 by ian1964 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,231 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Interestingly David McCarthy from the DR action supports the move by us and if the others are doing the same i.e. looking after their own support. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,246 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 A quick look at the stats says that Easter Road holds 20,250 spectators. In their 19 home games 344,315 people made it there, which is an average of 18,122 per game. That's 2,130odd people below full house. Only in games against us, the Scum and Hearts did they break the 20k margin. Given that probably half of those who attended the Cup Final shame-game would normally wear hooped jerseys, I would assume they will even "sell out" their ground when we visit next season, with some friends from Lennoxtown paying a visit. Generally, it will be but a couple of teams making a meal of this ... and have already done so. The rest won't sell out their Ibrox away allocation anyways, so why would they bother? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,195 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Bluedell said: I don't have an issue with that approach but I'm against where clubs reduce our allocation and just have empty seats instead of away fans like Motherwell did in the past. I'm not against them having empty seats. They will kill themselves with their own hatred of us. If they prefer empty seats over paying customers then they deserve all they get. I do get your point though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,616 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I'm couldn't care less as long as the scum are limited to the corner at Ibrox. All the stadiums in Scotland are crap anyway. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,168 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 18,000 average isn’t a bad turnout. Better than Sheep and Hertz? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,415 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Hopefully we kick on this season and normal service resumed and they will dwindle away again 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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