Sutton_blows_goats 4,205 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 1 hour ago, CammyF said: Hopefully 🙂 No issues with other teams cutting our allocations and as others have said, it has been done previously by Hibs, Hearts and Motherwell even when we were in the Championship I have an issue with it. The reason we have this stupid split and 12 team league, play the same teams again and again is because TV wanted 4 OF games(and pay us peanuts for it) but also because the diddy teams wanted 2 home games v us a season to milk the blue cash cow. Now they have decided they don't want to milk the blue cash cow meanwhile we are stuck with this broken format. Its all rather pointless. I'd hope a 16 team league comes back on the agenda as the top 4 in the championship are pretty similar in quality to the bottom 8 of the SPFL. Perhaps teams would have a bit more freedom to blood in youth players. I seen a stat somewhere that there were little or no young players used in the SPFL last season. Leon King was one of the most used u-20 players in the league with about 10 games. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malangsob 1,203 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 20 hours ago, ian1964 said: "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." 'Reasonable'...defined by who, the home team? 'Determined by the Board'---Rangers board? You could park a Winnebago in that rule. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,616 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, Malangsob said: 'Determined by the Board'---Rangers board? No, the SPFL board. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMc 2,473 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 In my formative days we'd get an entire end of Parkhead and some of the Main Stand. Those were great days, a right of passage for every match going Rangers supporter. Times change however. The police have more power now (to much I'd say), season tickets dominate now and of course every Old Firm is televised live now. Probably the biggest change though is the two clubs do not get on at board level anymore. Having attended the 3-0 home victory at the end of last season I can't say I missed them, even though we horsed them and it would have been fun to have some captive to mock. I'm comfortable with no away fans while the games are televised. It's not the same as going to the game, but so much has changed about football over the years this just feels like another thing. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 6,781 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 37 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: I have an issue with it. The reason we have this stupid split and 12 team league, play the same teams again and again is because TV wanted 4 OF games(and pay us peanuts for it) but also because the diddy teams wanted 2 home games v us a season to milk the blue cash cow. Now they have decided they don't want to milk the blue cash cow meanwhile we are stuck with this broken format. Its all rather pointless. I'd hope a 16 team league comes back on the agenda as the top 4 in the championship are pretty similar in quality to the bottom 8 of the SPFL. Perhaps teams would have a bit more freedom to blood in youth players. I seen a stat somewhere that there were little or no young players used in the SPFL last season. Leon King was one of the most used u-20 players in the league with about 10 games. Different topic and I agree 100%. However, clubs have the right to reduce allocations and look after their own fans. It's what we do, so we can't complain when it's reciprocated. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 4 hours ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: I suspect that is in retaliation to us taking the stand off the tims. The timing is suss. I really don't think so. It's based on their own fans complaining about both sets of OF support. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 26th of foot 5,833 Posted August 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, JohnMc said: In my formative days we'd get an entire end of Parkhead and some of the Main Stand. Those were great days, a right of passage for every match going Rangers supporter. Times change however. The police have more power now (to much I'd say), season tickets dominate now and of course every Old Firm is televised live now. Probably the biggest change though is the two clubs do not get on at board level anymore. Having attended the 3-0 home victory at the end of last season I can't say I missed them, even though we horsed them and it would have been fun to have some captive to mock. I'm comfortable with no away fans while the games are televised. It's not the same as going to the game, but so much has changed about football over the years this just feels like another thing. Similarly, my first visit to ra Pigsty would be circa 1967/68, we won 2-4. We had the Rangers end and a third of the Main Stand and a quarter of the Jungle. Ibrox reciprocated with the Celtic end and all of the west Enclosure plus a quarter of the Main Stand. Hampden was the neutral acre and was half and half. Season tickets have seen this sea change and it is most interesting that both broadcast and print media have completely supported the likes of Hearts, Hibs, St Mirren, ..... etc in their increasing decreasing of Rangers supporters allocations because of accommodation of own season ticketed support. Now, Rangers are utilising the same principles, lots of Journos cannot embrace because of their preferred prejudice. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malangsob 1,203 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said: No, the SPFL board. What a terribly written rule. The SPFL board is populated by representatives from the respective clubs. We got a guy on there right? So, how are they expected to make an impartial decision on matters like this? Internal conflicts should be referred directly to an arbitrator...not the board. That arbitration should be binding. There is no way to ensure fairness if the 'board' is making the call. That is why these things take an ice age to solve. What a CF that league is. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,137 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 maybe all the premier clubs will have to sit down with the authorities and reach some kind of binding agreement maybe a guarantee of say 5% of the home clubs capacity has to go to the away club all this nonsense makes a mockery of our game . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 3,769 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Malangsob said: That is why these things take an ice age to solve. What's the problem? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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