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NO NO NO I'm not back my holidays - well at least I don't think I am. Due back that weekend sometime but I don't know when. :009: :009:

I have already read that in the newspaper

They want to keep it under wraps to do a big official launch. In my mind it is costing them money, but then as the order has been delayed it might just be as well that we haven't parted with out money. Keep checking the club shop which is available on the official site (link bottom left of this page.)

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Under 15 SEASON TICKETS FOR ‘YOUNG BLUES’ Under the terms of membership for the Centenary Club, the children/grandchildren of current Centenary Club members who are aged under 15 are entitled to an extra discount on season tickets. This will continue for 2006/07 at the same rates as 2005/06 subject to the increase for the main stand (+£10). Thus the rates are: Main Stand - Child £130, Young Blue £100 North Stand - Child £80, Young Blue £70 Kevin Bissett - Child £60, Young Blue £45 To qualify for this reduction the applicant must meet the following: 1) The purchaser of the Young Blue Season Ticket must be the parent or grandparent of the child and be a current member of the Centenary Club. This can be confirmed by production of a current Centenary membership card or check against the Centenary Club membership records. 2) The child must be aged under 15 as at 1/8/2006, ie born after 1/8/92. Mike Smith Chief Executive ICT FC [attachment deleted by admin]

End of June I believe

All I can suggest is that you raise these comments directly with the club via the official site which can be accessed by the link on the bottom of the left hand side of this page. Might be too late for this season if they have started going on sale now, but it might help for next season. The other thing I noticed is no early bird incentives which could make the club quite a bit of money. But then again the announcement was so late (by far the latest in the SPL) so I suppose there might not have been time for an early bird scheme. CONTACT MIKE SMITH

I would imagine that renewal forms will be sent out to existing season ticket holders and their seats are being held until mid June. For new applications I would suspect that they might be available now. Contact the ticket office on 01463 222880. I have sent an E-mail to Mike Smith seeking clarification on a couple of point to do with the season tickets. I will let you know when I get a response.

A child is a school child as long as they are at school. When they are at college or university they are a student

GUZZ I was waiting to see how you were getting on before adding my name. I'll take 2 shares - one for each of the kids. Alan Grant Lynn Grant Cheers

The Centenary Club is a bit like the lottery. You know that the week you don't do it is the week your number comes up. Best stick with it. I've only won once in 10 years or more, but my kids have enjoyed parties, fun days, cinema visits at Christmas and the Young Blues on a Monday night at the High School. (finished for the closed season, but will hopefully return soon) On top of that the saving on their season tickets is a bonus too as we are in the main stand and save a bit. Altogether I feel I have good value for money from the Centenary Club over the years (even if I haven't won much :009: )

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The announcement on the front page carries the expected young blues prices. They should be 25% off the school child price. Obviously no confirmation on this as yet. As far as I know the plan was to leave families in the main stand in their seats until they naturally out grow them. Any seats that are released in this area are to be sold at full main stand price. That was the plan, but again I haven't heard anything to confirm this is still the case. Things don't seem to be getting better, in fact this announcement of prices could even be later than last year.?!?!?

Well done for getting a reply. I wonder why they bothered putting the main stand prices up. It's only £10, but for a family of 4 I'll be an extra £40. There used to be a family package but that was done away with this year. Even if they agreed to leave the child price the same it wouldn't be so bad It's good that we now have the information, but it's appauling that we have had to get this information through a 3rd party. We have no excuse for being by far the last SPL club to announce prices.

ET says in the P & J today that he won't entertain 6 figure sums. No negotiations have taken place at board level - not even for Proctor. He says that Brew has at least a dozen and a half names he is interested in so he won't be paying high transfer fees. Looks like we might not lose them after all - well not this season anyway.

2nd part was tonight. Did anyone catch it? I forgot all about it as I had to go to work. My nice family noticed and taped it for me so I'll watch it in the morning

I believe that the order has been delayed until the end of the month :009:

There will be a cut of point, probably about 4 weeks after they go on sale. Just a guess. Think there could be some seats available though. Section F which is the old family section will inevitably have 1 or 2 seats as the people who had family section seats there were left there to outgrow their seats. Any new seats sold in this section are sold at full main stand prices. As their children grow they have the choice of moving to the North Stand or paying the full price. So every year should see a few of these seats released. They may even try to move them all out to the North Stand as these are seen as premium seats. I hasten to add that this has not come from within the club - purely my opinion.

I have just checked all the other SPL sites and we are the only SPL club to not have announced the new season ticket prices. Most other clubs have had them on sale for a while now with early bird offers. Haven't checked all of the 1st division, but the clubs I have checked have their information available. I really feel that this information has to be available prior to the end of season to catch the fans before the break. I have always made excuses for the club in the past - SPL in Aberdeen - rushed return to Inverness etc etc. But I think the excuses have run out now and we need to get up to speed behind then scenes. I still expect an announcement shortly (possibly later today), but I think that's too late. There is a lot of administration to be done to process the renewals and any new applications. It looks like it wil be last minute as usual.

I believe that there is a possibility of next season's season ticket prices being announced by the club today. Watch this space!!

Alex - David Sutherland said himself that there are plans in place to buid a smaller stand on the west side of the pitch. As CaleyD has just said it won't be as big as the current temporary stands, but it will be built as a family enclosure. This is to save there being a problem with the gas and also emergency access. The A9 is also a problem. There was a possiblity that the 'wings' were going to be covered during this closed season, but this is now not happening. I'm sure it will happen eventually, but I believe that the decision has been taken by the board not to tackle this at this stage. So we start next season exactly the same as we left it.

Okay - Portugal are not taking up their place, so is that not all we need. There are still a few countries not yet decided, so is it just a case of which round we enter, rather than if we do or don't. If Portugal don't use their place and we are first reserve then surely we are in regardless of the other results.

Well done to all our angels. T-shirt sales along with some donations and proceeds from a raffle on the bus, has raised over £350 for the Little Angel Appeal. Unfortunately we didn't catch up with Brooks yesterday as he must have got caught up with the media. We were a bit swamped oursleves with TV crews and photographers. :001: Here is some evidence courtesy of the News and Star paper which is local to Gretna. CHARLIES ANGELS

Fantastic day out - who cares what the result was. I thought Gretna were just going to sneak a winner in the last few minutes of the 90, but it wasn't to be. Excellent day - no trouble - in fact a great mutual respect between the fans. I was pleased that Gretna gave a good account of themselves but when it came to penalties I thought Hearts would win. Alan Main was outstanding for Gretna today as were most of the team

Sounds like they had a fairly positive meeting this week and they now have more regular meetings which can only be a good thing. Just need the season ticket prices now and we will all be happy (well I hope so anyway)