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I helped out with another fan before a game last season at a wee stall doing hats scarfs etc just inside the north stand and if I recall it made around £200-300 in about half an hour, which obviously went to the club.

This popped into my head when I took my 3 year old daughter to the circus last night, which was at the stadium. The amount of things that they sell before the show and at the interval was incredible. Granted the circus is more slanted towards children than a football game is but food wise there's the usual hot dog & burger type fayre plus popcorn, candy floss, slush puppies and all manner of sweets and treats. There was also a huge range of those flashy/spinny led toys for between £4 and £8. All but the hot food were sold by folk walking up and down the aisles before the performance and at interval. At the interval there was raffle tickets sold for £2 a strip for a big teddy that probably cost about £20, pony rides, face painting plus the sweets and toys. The amount of people lining up for face painting, pony rides, buying raffle tickets, toys and sweets was very high. There was probably 5-600 people there they must have made a fortune! I'd hazard a guess they made as much if not more from merchandise than tickets. Much of this probably from pester power! As I mentioned the circus isn't the football, but for example if ICT could make a grand or two each game doing things similar to this e.g. selling food and merch by going up and down the aisles before the game and at half time, doing face painting for a a few quid near the family section and so on, what would be the problem? I don't think it will ever happen nor do I have any clue if it would be successful or not financially however if it was shown to make a decent revenue for the club I don't see why it should be an issue. Edit- isles are quire different from aisles! There has to be a happy medium between those two extremes. I'd imagine there must be but what is it? Also something like the circus is a once a year type thing where people will be more inclined to splash their cash.

This popped into my head when I took my 3 year old daughter to the circus last night, which was at the stadium. The amount of things that they sell before the show and at the interval was incredible. Granted the circus is more slanted towards children than a football game is but food wise there's the usual hot dog & burger type fayre plus popcorn, candy floss, slush puppies and all manner of sweets and treats. There was also a huge range of those flashy/spinny led toys for between £4 and £8. All but the hot food were sold by folk walking up and down the aisles before the performance and at interval. At the interval there was raffle tickets sold for £2 a strip for a big teddy that probably cost about £20, pony rides, face painting plus the sweets and toys. The amount of people lining up for face painting, pony rides, buying raffle tickets, toys and sweets was very high. There was probably 5-600 people there they must have made a fortune! I'd hazard a guess they made as much if not more from merchandise than tickets. Much of this probably from pester power! As I mentioned the circus isn't the football, but for example if ICT could make a grand or two each game doing things similar to this e.g. selling food and merch by going up and down the aisles before the game and at half time, doing face painting for a a few quid near the family section and so on, what would be the problem? I don't think it will ever happen nor do I have any clue if it would be successful or not financially however if it was shown to make a decent revenue for the club I don't see why it should be an issue. Edit- isles are quire different from aisles!

Paid x 3.

I didn't even realise there was a merger.

A couple of the players live near Dawson. They're trying to get away. :P

Royal Rumble style battle to the death. Winner takes all.

Worse than Dundee? Jesus...

I made all bar the March 1st Septic game, part-timer that I am.

I'd be keen, permission from the boss pending... Edit- Dab speeling.

Jelavic

Who cares how many names are on the shirt (if they were permitted). Our name has already been changed to incorporate 'Inverness' and our stadium is named, we sell off dozens of spaces round the pitch, match sponsors, etc etc. If we can get good money for it and it keeps us in the black then it would be financially irresponsible to not consider any kind of sponsorship we can get. Fans are inconvenienced frequently so we can get money from the telly, is having an extra company name on a t shirt really that bad?

Same on my Galaxy S3. All quote boxes have disappeared.

Normally I wouldn't mind helping with something like this but with me now getting a season ticket for my wee daughter I don't think it would be a good idea to abandon her to serve at the bar!

Agreed, we should raise prices to bring in more cash imo.

Don't think its a case of 'can't' have #13, its not banned or anything, think its a case of superstition for some players or teams and they just don't choose to wear the number. I know that, I just think it's silly that people still have these superstitions in this day and age. It's like people who number their house 12A! I think in China number 4 is considered unlucky. People scared of these things need to get a life. It's interesting the myths and legends behind these things though. One theory I've heard is it comes from the stories of the Norse gods. Twelve of the gods were invited to celebrate the feast of Freya - the midwinter festival which marks the return of the light. Loki, the trickster god wasn't invited but he gatecrashed -making thirteen. To show his displeasure, he tricked the blind god Hodur into shooting the god of spring Baldur the Bright, with an arrow made of mistletoe. With no spring, the endless winter of Ragnarok started. Friday = frjá-dagr in old Norse - so Friday 13th is considered particularly unlucky. Thursday is Thor's day, but he and Loki love one another really. Getting slightly here though...

Many posters on here like to take what Richie Foran says as being as gospel. For example, Graeme Shinnie's going nowhere, says Richie and, the boys have bought into Yogi's training methods and style of play. So we can assume he was also telling the truth when describing Terry as 'a great motivator' - this, being after Butcher had left and Richie didn't have to necessarily toe-the-party-line. "We're fully focused, training has been excellent in the past few days - the boys here have a great attitude. The gaffer was a great motivator, but our players motivate themselves. It's not going to be a problem at all." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24924203 Who knows? What I can imagine is shortly after starting to manage a new club announcing that many of the players aren't good enough and will be got rid of at the end of the season is not likely to be motivating.

I do miss the green / red dots. If folk can't handle getting a wee red blob from the internets they aren't emotionally mature enough to use the web on their own and should maybe stick to the cbeebies site. That said it was probably a pain in the erse for the mods.

DornochCaley was hilarious.

Don't take P&B seriously, look at it as a form of entertainment rather than serious deep discussion. Alternatively if someone's being an erse just post a meme or gif stating that they seem upset / verge of tears / seething or perhaps they're a seamus alias.

A high quality synthetic pitch would be great imo.

I won't be happy until we have a climate controlled stadium with a retractable roof quite frankly. That'll show em'. Also still waiting for the pole dancers in the sports bar, could be a real money spinner.

Wind your neck in mun. Also for some reason I get the Hovis advert music in my head whenever I read a post from Laurence.

P&B is a source of great amusement for me, for the general nonsense chat as much as the football. I too have a gander at OTB from time to time but I've never posted on it.