12th Man

So its quite plausible for County fans to do the same in reverse, moving from villages to a city.

Was thinking the same, great achievement beating Celtic, their fans will be delighted, would be good to have both cups in the Highlands.

Hi Joe did you move from a home on our side of the bridge?

Was only said in jest. Your above statistic dosnt surprise me one iota. It has a lot more to do with living in a rural area and moving to Inverness for a better lifestyle and employment prospects, than all our fans crossing the bridge. If you want to start naming local pubs there are a few of them who are from north of the bridge and are county fans. Does it really matter what their post code is.

I don't see how that's a threat tbh. If the tourists want to buy the lucky charms and pegs its entirely up to them.

Pity its off. At least we don't lose and revenue from sky.

Thanks for the tip, I'll do that when I get home.

Has the weather been pretty dire.?

Aye part time job, full-time wage with probably another part time job on top.

Valid point in your 2 nd paragraph. It's good to maintain links with fans, if fortunes change you have them back more frequently. If they're not seen for years then you've lost them all together. Regulars would pay a bit less, irregular fans would pay to turn up, pay extra money which balances the shortfall. New curious fans may turn up for a change but would have no interest forking out £25 just to see what goes on but if it was £5, its an extra £5 and hopefully they will stick around. Lastly those youngsters behind the goal will sell their match day experience to anyone who wants to listen. Their seat would norm cost £10. Personally I would take a hit and reduce to £5. Hope that they encourage more to attend and pay the higher rates a year or 2 down the line.

the club are guaranteed over 2500 full paying Aberdeen fans alone plus loads more full paying fans for the home end we had 6400 for the last home game. That would absolutely cripple the club getting Aberdonians to pay what they can. For a smaller match you can even take a small loss IF it genuinely encourages more to frequently attend in the future. No point what so ever dropping prices for a well supported game.

To coin a phrase "hitting the wall" I think that's what would happen taking a side step just before the turnstiles.

Great tip found this came in really handy Getting away from a car park attendant.

It is covered by the criminal law act 1995. Punishable by law regarding entering a stadium with a smoke bomb or flare as stated at the back of a season ticket book.

Did Gazza finally get a Cup final medal? Were there enough to go round ?

Putting a positive spin on it DD, Getting 6,000 in the stadium would have been a success but overall if they had gone away disappointed then it would have failed. We didn't achieve the former so we didn't really fail on the second. Maybe pay what you can is a bit too vague for someone dipping their toe in the water, perhaps people just want to know what things cost, no catches. "Eden Court pay what you can, what's the catch" Maybe a wee thank you for the fantastic Cup final support. With having X amount of St holders its a safer bet doing this from time to time.

Getting back to the pay what you can attendance. We can't blame the cost of the match as the deterrent. We can't blame the team as you have to turn up in the first place to gain an opinion. Maybe it's kind of like the Interest the city has shown when we get to Cup finals, it wasn't there to begin with but now the whole city gets involved. Maybe the attendance is a work in progress. Even the posters were eye catching and if you clocked one it stood out. Maybe more info or a web address or even an android bar code on ones the next time. If they caught the eye then only a small percentage acted on it. So maybe the difficult bit was from catching the eye to acting on it and actually going. We have seen the positivity from a small but growing bunch of youngsters in the North stand. Why not make the Easter holiday match £5 under 16s or something similar and send a poster headed 'a personal invitation' to every secondary school with in 40 miles or even get the players out at the schools to pin them up on the notice boards. A bar code scanner that takes you to a private web page regarding them being part of the exclusive 100 fans project. It's on their phone and that's a start. When the belief is there that it's going to happen then it will happen. I mentioned pensioners before too as they are the richest of us all. Some people say if you stop moving forward you actually fall behind.

It's not our core support though is it. It's the average attendance that gets swollen every time the away end is full up, plus people turning up to watch us play Celtic, County etc. Only the club knows what our home support is. Next season will be healthier but it would be better to create new interest this season too.

Bummer, I thought I had ordered a book on Hurling Piro and instead I got a book about a Belgian detective with a dodgy moustache.

Great news on getting Garry Warren tied up for the next few seasons. Gives you plenty of chances to make it to a Cup final at long last.

I heard that Aberdeen didn't know how to deal with them, the majority are big tall blokes and kept putting the ball over midfield to the guys up top. Bullied them in mid field and pushed them off of the ball. 4,4,1,1 Williams Raven Warren Devine Tremarco Polworth Draper Tansey, Roberts/ Williams. ______Mutombo _________________Storey

Probably being googled right now.

'We are the Highlands' 'No Giro no Party'

You might throw your flask and hurt someone. I remember us going to see the proclaimers at whin park and having to bin a £6 foundation/vanity mirror, in case my partner, smashed up the mirror and use it as a weapon. Some people have got a vivid imagination

The club must have got a good enough deal to go ahead with it in the first place and it won't be cancelled overnight. The majority of the time it's not bad, only down side as along with the bar are queue jumpers.