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Thought he looked pretty sharp today. Well done Proc. Good to have you back.

Charlie Christie will be in the Setanta studio tomorrow for this game. (Or should I say the Setanta green wooden box) :015: Well done Charlie

Because that might discourage attendances at games. There is an embargo in Scotland on televising live games at that time.

We were highly tipped to have that game televised. Not a huge fan of Sunday games (pubs not open early enough) :001: It's good to have the games televised as I think it adds something to the occasion. Hopefully starting tomorrow when we beat Aberdeen for the first time.

A very nice lady from Gretna phoned me today to tell me that she had received my application and that she was sending my tickets out today along with a little note with directions to the fun day, which is just beside Fir Park, but you take a slightly different route. :021:

Pedant :015: :015: :015: I do see where you are coming from, but I don't think many people will analyse it so much and just see the details. :003:

Pre match drinking is usually in the Motherwell supporter's club which is on site, so hopefully it can all be done in one run. If we can leave early enough to join in the funday then all the better. Sounds like a lot of fun. I'll take 1 more seat CaleyD as I better take child no. 2 now aswell. :021: We'll be in pink fancy dress and raising money for the wear it pink campaign for breast cancer.

Oh RIG don't take the bait. :001: Sounds like a fun day out. I'll be sending my form away to take advantage of that offer. Good bit of marketing for a game which could have the all time low SPL attendance. This should bring a few more to the game, maybe even some neutral fans at those prices. Well done Gretna.

Can't they get their current season ticket seats changed permanently? If they are not season ticket holders then they will have be first in the line to get the seats they want for the big games but that's not a major problem nor unreasonable is it? Definitely no problem changing their season tickets permanently, other than the fact that I think some of them may have family section tickets which are cheaper that the rest of the North Stand, so there may be a cost issue. As I have tried to say, the non season ticket holders need to get their tickets as soon as they go on sale to ensure getting the choice of seat. I'm not sure if the club would be happy to reserve some as they have done this before and they weren't taken up. They have to get themselves down to the ticket office to see what they can do. If we can help we will, but I think that this is something that they should be able to arrange for themselves without too much of a problem.

MacBandy - you are absolutely right they can buy tickets for section G - or any section they like where there are available seats. Where we have big crowds the ticket office will sell these vacant seats and the 'singers' will then have to revert to their original seats or the seat they get if they pay at the gate. My only point is that the Aberdeen game will have a big crowd so they should sort something out, even if it's just for this one game as there will not be space if they leave it too late. No objections at all to them being in section G, but they will have to have valid tickets for this area, especially for the bigger games.

As Scotty says this has been discussed for some time now. I have heard a mention of it again recently, but no idea if that makes it any closer. It would certainly be easier to administer this. There is another section with more space available in it, possible D I think it might have been. While we wait for an update in the technology front, I'm sure the ladies in the ticket office will be happy to have a look for you. Please don't leave it until the day before the game as the choice will be limited. Act now if you are going to do anything. You have had plenty warning.

I was only there for about 20 mins and I was sitting in the front row with your other favourite man. Mike Smith. :015: I left just a few minutes after Brew arrived. Had a school run to do.

I just saw the Hearts goal before I had to go. Looked like we were playing okay though

:015: :015: You never give up IHE.

I agree that Charlie did a good job as manager, but I did feel that the team let their heads go down far too easily. The one person who won't hear a bad word about CC is Brew. He will very quickly jump to the defense of CC who had a good record and managed some of our best results (especially against Rangers last year). The obvious difference of fitness, self belief and confidence cannot just be coincedence. When you are playing well and creating chances your luck will turn, but only if you keep your head up and keep trying. CB makes a point of shouting a player and praising them for a good pass, good shot, good save. He makes sure they hear him and I think that they appreciate it. They are used to being shouted at when they have done something wrong, so I like the fact that he takes time to praise and constantly encourage the team throughout the 90mins.

Wasn't quite sure where to post this or whether to start a new thread, but I don't think it'll get lost here. Following out scheduled monthly Supporter's Trust board meeting I would like to raise a couple of points on behalf of the Trust board Firstly, other than the incident we all already know about, there has been no official communication via the Trust, via phone or e-mail with regard to Saturday's game. In fact it would seem that stewarding throughout the game was handled well. For obvious reasons we cannot comment on the eviction early on in the game. We believe that there were complaints from current season ticket holders within Section G who couldn't access their seats as they were occupied by the singing section, this led to the stewards checking tickets and ensuring people were sitting in the correct areas. Our suggestions to those of you who want to sit together and sing and create an atmosphere is that you will need permanent seats in order for this to be possible, so if you are a season ticket holder, then exchange it for the area you want to sit. For those who don't have season tickets, you can buy tickets in the ticket office prior to the game. (If you want a good choice of seat, then try to do this as soon as possible after the tickets go on sale). The next game is going to be the Aberdeen game which usually has a big crowd. Therefore before this game can you buy or exchange a ticket for the area you want to be in, this is the only way you can ensure being seated close together. There are areas of the North Stand less populated than others so why don't you get together and pop into the ticket office to see what the options are. The West Stand is still available to you if you want to take up this option. I know that the lack of a roof is a problem, but that will be sorted if the stand is being seen to be used. No point in spending the money if nobody is going to use it. Catch 22 I know. The increased atmosphere is appreciated by many fans and definitely by the team on the park, but it's the big games we need it most, so we recommend you get down and either buy your tickets early or exchange your season tickets as appropriate. We remain confident that this 'Singing Section' can be a success with a little common sense shown from all parties concerned. I will repeat that we should have big crowd for the Aberdeen game (as this is the first time we're going to record a win over them. lol), so it will be important that you sit in the seat you have a ticket for. It's 3 weeks away so you have plenty of time to do something about it.

Caley4life - you have some good suggestions, but we have thought about these in the past. Last season were were going to try to allocate a section in the north stand, but as this means asking season ticket holders to give up their seats, the chairman built the west stand. The west stand may well make a good family section, but there are already a great number of family section seats in the north stand and I doubt that they would all be happy to be moved. Especially as some of them were just moved there this season. People become very territorial about their seats (well I know I do mine lol) I am just about to post some suggestions on how to move this forward, hope they help.

One of these you could watch over and over. Always going to cheer you up. :clapping03: :clapping03: :clapping03:

If anyone's free, the reserves have a home game tomorrow afternoon at 2pm against Hearts. Free admission. :021:

You could be right Johnboy. Truth is we haven't had a chance to discuss it. We have a meeting tomorrow night and I'm sure it will be on the agenda.

Already being discussed on the Dennis Wyness thread - 99 already so we could have 100 by next week hopefully. I'm going to close this thread to save duplication.

Don't think I can recall a better team performance than we witnessed yesterday. If we can continue to play with the confidence and belief that was evident yesterday, we can beat anyone in this league. :021: :021: :021: :021:

He has been release back into the community and will be tackling the long drive home today. I'm sure we'll hear from him when he returns home. He'll have had plenty driving time to contemplate the actions of yesterday. I suspect he will require legal representation and if he gathers witness statements which are similar accounts to what I have heard from people in the area, I suspect he will have a good case.

What happened to you Feb 8th. Mrs PB kept you a ticket as requested, but no sign. Good night, good laugh and a few quid in the bank thanks to CaleyD, just as well he's better at poker than he is at horse racing. They'll never spot Johndo's prize :rotflmao:

I was in the fortunate (or unfortunate) position to be first on the scene following the game on Tuesday night. He received almost immediate CPR which would have given him every possible chance and with the club doctors and the red cross not far behind I can confirm that he had the best treatment possible. A sad loss to the football community and my thoughts also to his family and many friends. What I can say is that his last conscious moment was a very happy one as he enjoyed the game as much as the rest of us. I guess it was just his time. God bless. x