SPFL vs Aberdeen

[marinello59]

So instead of showing Sevco and the SPFL where to go they have made themselves look a bit stupid after all their bleating. Typical sheep.

[Keith_M]

I think the SPFL have taken about 4,000 tickets back off them to give to DerHun.

They look a bit stupid now, considering their original stance.

[bodhibs]

Aberdeen's over inflated self entitlement has irked me for decades, this makes the rancid flock look all the more introverted. Tin pot club and supporters living in the past. Embarrassing request for tickets they won't use.

[Danderhall Hibs]

Maybe they should campaign to get the kick off time changed?

[bodhibs]

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Maybe they should campaign to get the kick off time changed?

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[SirDavidsNapper]

They're just a small town with oil

[bingo70]

I don’t understand how there can be so many fall outs, disagreements and chaos when there’s only 4 teams involved!

Why didn’t they all get round a table the day after the semi finals and decide on kick off times, venue, ticketing etc then?

I get it when there’s 32 teams or whatever trying to keep everyone happy could be difficult but surely when they’re down to the last 4 this should be easy stuff to organise.

[Eyrie]

I'm going to stick up for Aberdeen here.

The alternative is to give Sevco a larger share of the ground, which will only further inflate their big team fantasy and set a precedent for other semi finals or even finals. And of course the team with the smaller allocation will have most of those tickets in one of the distant ends of Hampden. How would we feel if that was us losing out?

[B.H.F.C]

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I'm going to stick up for Aberdeen here.

The alternative is to give Sevco a larger share of the ground, which will only further inflate their big team fantasy and set a precedent for other semi finals or even finals. And of course the team with the smaller allocation will have most of those tickets in one of the distant ends of Hampden. How would we feel if that was us losing out?

Flip it round the other way though. How would we feel if we had sold out and there was thousands of empty seats in the other end?

No problem whatsoever with the sheep looking for a 50/50 split. They were right to look for that. But they aren’t going to be even remotely close to selling that amount of tickets so they can’t really complain. After doing nothing but complain.

[Bostonhibby]

Cmon the sheep.

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[KeithTheHibby]

The sheep have made a bit of a James Hunt of themselves.

[Tornadoes70]

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Cmon the sheep.

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Hope they are on top form tomorrow while we take at least a point at Parkhead


Mon the Cabbage!!!

[Carheenlea]

Aberdeen have a bigger travelling support than us domestically, but they struggle to match the numbers we do for home matches and Hampden visits. Kilmarnock likewise have very healthy travelling support but a small home support in comparison. Aberdeen having good away crowds has always given people a false impression of how big their support base actually is. Our fan base is much larger, and by some distance.

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

Thinking back to our semi vs St Johnstone.

If it was a 50/50 split and they had the wheatfield and Roseburn and sold 5k tickets but in a way that meant we couldn't get anymore due to the segregation issue so lots of empty seats, i can guarantee we'd be furious

A lot of this is down to it being the old firm and the perceived favouritism which absolutely exists, but not in this scenario imo

Absolute tinpot from the sheep after all the kicking off they've done.

Still, here's hoping they take 2 wins over the next 2 weekend's

[marinello59]

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Aberdeen have a bigger travelling support than us domestically, but they struggle to match the numbers we do for home matches and Hampden visits. Kilmarnock likewise have very healthy travelling support but a small home support in comparison. Aberdeen having good away crowds has always given people a false impression of how big their support base actually is. Our fan base is much larger, and by some distance.

I wouldn’t be so sure they do have a bigger travelling support than us anymore.

[Steven79]

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Aberdeen have a bigger travelling support than us domestically, but they struggle to match the numbers we do for home matches and Hampden visits. Kilmarnock likewise have very healthy travelling support but a small home support in comparison. Aberdeen having good away crowds has always given people a false impression of how big their support base actually is. Our fan base is much larger, and by some distance.

The fact that we are getting bigger crowds just now than Aberdeen were when they were in their pomp under Fergie show's that.

The highest average under Fergie was 17,138 in 83/84 despite all the success they were having.

78/79 14171
79/80 12944
80/81 12315
81/82 11360
82/83 15534
83/84 17138
84/85 15877
85/86 14326

[The_Horde]

We should sell out the rest of their tickets and go in green too.

[superfurryhibby]

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I wouldn’t be so sure they do have a bigger travelling support than us anymore.

Having just scanned home attendances for Hamilton, Kilmarnock and St Johnstone from last season, Hibs brought larger ( sometimes significantly larger) supports to all our away games, bar one. I think people just guess when making these statements, but I remember a similar point being made with the same conclusion a few years ago. We are a bigger club than them, home and away.

As for the semi, we would take the same stance as the Sheep, seems reasonable enough to me.

[1van Sprou7e]

Funny that so many Aberdeen fans think they're easily the 3rd biggest team in Scotland

Nope yous just got lucky by hiring one of the greatest managers of all time. Both Edinburgh teams are bigger

[Carheenlea]

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I wouldn’t be so sure they do have a bigger travelling support than us anymore.

Aye, your probably right. I’m basing that on what they bring to ER on midweek nights etc, and it’s maybe dropped off a bit from a year or two back.

[bingo70]

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Funny that so many Aberdeen fans think they're easily the 3rd biggest team in Scotland

Nope yous just got lucky by hiring one of the greatest managers of all time. Both Edinburgh teams are bigger

Surely that's how you become a big club though? Be successful and grow your club as much as possible, Aberdeen did that very well in the 80's and they've got a large fan base because of it.

Aberdeen are a very big club in Scottish Football, there's no doubt about that. Whether they are the second, third or Fourth couldn't interest me any less. Hibs, hearts and Aberdeen are all of an equivalent size and any difference is negligible and can probably be put down to form at the time.

[Killiehibbie]

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Funny that so many Aberdeen fans think they're easily the 3rd biggest team in Scotland

Nope yous just got lucky by hiring one of the greatest managers of all time. Both Edinburgh teams are bigger

It was good to see them sticking it to the Glasgow pair in the 80's but sad that some of them still think it's 1985.

[matty_f]

Between this and mad cow disease, it's a bad week to be an Aberdonian.

[Keith_M]

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I'm going to stick up for Aberdeen here.

The alternative is to give Sevco a larger share of the ground, which will only further inflate their big team fantasy and set a precedent for other semi finals or even finals. And of course the team with the smaller allocation will have most of those tickets in one of the distant ends of Hampden. How would we feel if that was us losing out?

I don't think any precedent has been set. If a club can sell 50% of the tickets, that's what they'll be given. Aberdeen have sold just over 20% of the tickets, and their sales have now reduced to a trickle, so the SPFL have (quite rightly) reduced their allocation.


FWIW, Hibs have never needed 50% of the available tickets for a semi-final at Hampden either, so, if we were in the semi-final and not Aberdeen, I'd have been happy enough if we'd been allocated half the South and the whole East Stand, with the rest given to Der Hun.

[Killiehibbie]

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I don't think any precedent has been set. If a club can sell 50% of the tickets, that's what they'll be given. Aberdeen have sold just over 20% of the tickets, and their sales have now reduced to a trickle, so the SPFL have (quite rightly) reduced their allocation.


FWIW, Hibs have never needed 50% of the available tickets for a semi-final at Hampden either, so, if we were in the semi-final and not Aberdeen, I'd have been happy enough if we'd been allocated half the South and the whole East Stand, with the rest given to Der Hun.

I want the West next time we play them there.

[where'stheslope]

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I want the West next time we play them there.

I was just thinking the same thing, the team drawn out first should get the choice of what end they are allocated!!!

If it is supposed to be a neutral venue, it should never have had a Celtic or Rangers end in the first place!!!

If you are drawn out first you get the home dressing room.

But when we play the Yams there we are allocated the Celtic end and they get the Rangers end???

Something is just not right about Scottish football, end off!!!!

[Diclonius]

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I was just thinking the same thing, the team drawn out first should get the choice of what end they are allocated!!!

If it is supposed to be a neutral venue, it should never have had a Celtic or Rangers end in the first place!!!

If you are drawn out first you get the home dressing room.

But when we play the Yams there we are allocated the Celtic end and they get the Rangers end???

Something is just not right about Scottish football, end off!!!!

Spot on.

[Onion]

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Can’t agree with that. There is the loss of revenue argument but there are also times when we have benefitted from having more than 50% of Hampden. It should be tailored to each game but I don’t think having thousands of empty seats is the right thing to do.

Where’s the loss of revenue ? Each club keeps their own ticket sales and each have 50% of the stadium resources to do as they please. That leaves each club with choice of selling any spare blocks of tickets to opposing fans if they want, s/t policing. Any sales they make, they keep. Aberdeen would therefore have the option of selling spare sections to Sevco or limiting them to 50% of Hamdump. It should be the clubs that decide, not the SFA.

[neil7908]

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So if Livi, Ross County etc had done this to Hibs you would have been applauding? I hope Aberdeen sell all their tickets but if they don't it will have achieved nowt.

I would understand that it would be to their advantage to not pack the stadium with Hibs fans, thus giving the opposition an advantage.

This is a cup semi. Income, how it looks on telly etc shouldn't matter to fans of the team involved. All that matters is winning. More tickets for Rangers fans would be an advantage to them so why would Aberdeen hand the opposition an advantage?

[hibsboy07]

Clubs/fans fought for years to get an equal share of tickets for hampden,we shouldn't give this up now.
50/50 split it should be u less clubs agree.