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Season Ticket holders can bring a friend to this weekends match v Dundee Utd for just £5. Tickets must be purchased in advance.....for more info go to http://ictfc.com/news/club-news/1388-friends-for-a-fiver

Gregory Tade played against Astra this season - he got 2 goals! They're no great shakes! But, as much as it pains me, it's to our advantage for Celtic to do as well as possible! I know you know that, but I agree, it's sometimes difficult to stop the heart over-riding the head!

At the end of the day, it falls to the Season Ticket holders. If they allow the offer to be abused, then it could well come back to bite them in the butt as the easiest place to recoup the lost income is to stick it on the price of the Season Tickets somewhere down the road. A simple case of cause and effect.

I think the point DC is making is that some/many of the people who will be getting in for a fiver would, without the promo, have been going to the game anyway and paying full price. So whilst the crowd should go up a bit as a result of the offer, overall takings might actually be lower. For the offer to pay for itself and generate the same gate receipts, you roughly need 75% of the uptake to be people who wouldn't otherwise be going to the game (ie 3 new people paying £5 each is what you need to offset 1 regular attendee getting in for £15 less than usual).

Technically speaking, holding a season ticket, also 'does the club out of revenue'! It irritates the heck out of me that season ticket holders seem to adopt a moral high-ground. as if having one demonstrates some sort of 'extra' affiliation to the club! I pay full fare when I go, and over a season it translates to more than season ticket holders pay. More fool me, obviously - but I do it because I love the club. It's reminiscent of disgruntled customers approaching me, in my former work, with an opening salvo of "I'm a shareholder here so..." or in my current employment with " I pay your wages, so..." Being a season-ticket holder doesn't make you special, and insulting those who aren't as "fans" is just daft - every body we can get inside the stadium helps! Our recent return of a five-figure sum as profit could easily be six-figures. We lost 500 fans per game last season x 19 = 9,500 spectators. Multiply that by just £20 each = £190,000!! It's significant! I really take issue, DALNEIGHCALEY, at your suggestion that this could lose us money! Nobody going is suddenly now not going to bother! - it's all extra money in the till - albeit a small amount - and maybe a few extra fans! I think it's a good initiative by ICT, even if it sticks in the craw of some season ticket holders!

I know of a few non season ticket holding "fans" who are going to the game with a season ticket holder thus doing the club out of revenue , it makes my blood boil that a great initiative such as this could end up losing us money !

We had a bit of fun putting some "FIVE" questions to the David Raven, James Vincent & Yogi ahead of this weekends "Bring a Friend for a Fiver" match.....see how they got on in the video below...!

HT 2-1 sevco Official ICTFC ‏@ICTFC #ICTFC pull it back to 2-2 courtesy of a Danny Devine header from a corner. Official ICTFC ‏@ICTFC Calum Ferguson, subbed on for Ibra Sekajja, sticks the third away for #ICTFC to give them the lead. 3-2

Graeme Souness famously planted a Galatasaray flag into the Fenerbahce pitch after a Turkish Cup victory http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2798484/galatasaray-fans-recreate-iconic-graeme-souness-flag-planting-stunning-choreography.html crystal palace fans Portland Timbers Fans of the Seattle Sounders FC unveil the Cascadia Champions banner Borussia Dortmund fans unleashed a spectacular display ahead of their Champions League tie Some good displays out there