Official Site: WEST, EAST AND FAMOUS FIVE STANDS SOLD OUT FOR CELTIC

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[flash]

Great stuff. The fans really have stepped up to the mark recently.

[givescotlandfreedom]

Good effort. Hopefully a full 3.5 stands behind the Hibees.

[wallpaperman]

Well, i'm happy to hold up my hands and admit I was sceptical that we would even sell the few hundred in the home stands that were left a few days ago.

Great effort, if we can shift a good few hundred over the next few days, things will look much better.

[kaimendhibs]

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[Albanian Hibs]

Well done.

[Diclonius]

Aye but it was a disgrace to open the South to Hibs fans. We need Celtic at ER! What would we do without them?!

[My_Wife_Camille]

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Aye but it was a disgrace to open the South to Hibs fans. We need Celtic at ER! What would we do without them?!

Agree with this. Absolutely pathetic attitude from some of the so called Hibs supporters who seemed desperate to welcome as many Celtic fans as possible.

Well done Hibees, lets get the South sold now

[Keith_M]

Oh ye of little faith

[scoopyboy]

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Agree with this. Absolutely pathetic attitude from some of the so called Hibs supporters who seemed desperate to welcome as many Celtic fans as possible.

Well done Hibees, lets get the South sold now

Nope, not my attitude at all.

I wanted to give Celtic the whole end to maximise revenue.

If two thousand seats are empty then that costs the club in the region of £60,000, same for Rangers then the total cost would be £120,000.

We all want Hibs to strengthen in January and that would be easy money to pick up.

I hope our fans now respond and buy tickets in the South to minimise financial hit.

[Keith_M]

My attitude has always been that I was in favour of 'testing the water' as to whether we could sell 1,500 seats in the south, due to the upsurge in attendances the last few seasons... but that the performances/results of the last few weeks meant that maybe just now is not the best time for it.

I was never in any doubt that we would sell all the seats in the three home stands (unlike some), but still think it would be a shame to see over a thousand empty seats in the South that we can't sell.

However, I'll be over the moon if the faith of the board is repaid by a sell-out crowd.


I realise that's a bit nuanced for some, though, and that to them you're either a believer or a Celtc lover. That's their problem

[HibbyAndy]

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Nope, not my attitude at all.

I wanted to give Celtic the whole end to maximise revenue.

If two thousand seats are empty then that costs the club in the region of £60,000, same for Rangers then the total cost would be £120,000.

We all want Hibs to strengthen in January and that would be easy money to pick up.

I hope our fans now respond and buy tickets in the South to minimise financial hit.

What is the capacity for the away end ? Is it 4K ?

[CMurdoch]

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Nope, not my attitude at all.

I wanted to give Celtic the whole end to maximise revenue.

If two thousand seats are empty then that costs the club in the region of £60,000, same for Rangers then the total cost would be £120,000.

We all want Hibs to strengthen in January and that would be easy money to pick up.

I hope our fans now respond and buy tickets in the South to minimise financial hit.

That's were i'm at.
Just before Christmas and with Hibs on a poor run is the ultimate test.
I hope we don't lose loads of money on this.
Will there be ticket selling pods open on the day of the match?

[Big_Franck]

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Nope, not my attitude at all.

I wanted to give Celtic the whole end to maximise revenue.

If two thousand seats are empty then that costs the club in the region of £60,000, same for Rangers then the total cost would be £120,000.

We all want Hibs to strengthen in January and that would be easy money to pick up.

I hope our fans now respond and buy tickets in the South to minimise financial hit.

It won't be anywhere near a 60k loss per game. That presumes that a full 2,000 seats will be unsold in the south, which won't be the case. It also presumes that every Celtic fan would have paid full price for the ticket, which they wouldn't have and it also doesn't account for the 20% loss to VAT. We'll sell a few hundred in the south, it'll be closer to a 20k loss in my opinion and is well worth it.

[Carheenlea]

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Agree with this. Absolutely pathetic attitude from some of the so called Hibs supporters who seemed desperate to welcome as many Celtic fans as possible.

Well done Hibees, lets get the South sold now

Slot me down as a so called fan, but certainly nothing to do with “welcoming” Celtic fans - I was dubious about our chances of selling enough seats for this game to make a split south Stand viable, and if it was down to me I’d have made the decision to give Celtic the full stand. The club are obviously more confident though and given they are not renowned for being frivolous with finances we should trust they have done their sums and believe we can shift the numbers required.

[Elephant Stone]

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Aye but it was a disgrace to open the South to Hibs fans. We need Celtic at ER! What would we do without them?!

You were among the first people to post a snide comment when the announcement made that the South would be open

[Diclonius]

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You were among the first people to post a snide comment when the announcement made that the South would be open

Huh? If you're referring to my post on the official announcement thread, that was genuine approval of it being opened.

[Elephant Stone]

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Huh? If you're referring to my post on the official announcement thread, that was genuine approval of it being opened.

http://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?3...ANGERS-MATCHES

[B.H.F.C]

Hopefully we can sell at least the two sections in the lower.

If we can do that it’ll just about make it worthwhile IMO. It’s the nature of the game these days that even fans think about money first but it’ll be good to see a vastly reduced away support from both of them.

[we are hibs]

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Hopefully we can sell at least the two sections in the lower.

If we can do that it’ll just about make it worthwhile IMO. It’s the nature of the game these days that even fans think about money first but it’ll be good to see a vastly reduced away support from both of them.

If we even sold out 1 section. Those are hibs fans who otherwise wouldn't have been able to attend so it's well worth displacing a few thousand old firm fans and replacing them with a few hundred of our own

[Brooster]

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Hopefully we can sell at least the two sections in the lower.

If we can do that it’ll just about make it worthwhile IMO. It’s the nature of the game these days that even fans think about money first but it’ll be good to see a vastly reduced away support from both of them.

Spot on.

[HibbyAndy]

It may inspire the players to go grab a point or 3 if they see so many hibs fans , And that point could be the difference in league placings at the end of the season resulting in an extra few grand which would compensate the potential loss cutting the old squirms allocation

Id give the barstewards as little as possible , But that's me

[Nakedmanoncrack]

"Effectively" sold out, so not factually sold out.

[green day]

Whats the script with releasing my ST for this match?

[hibbyfraelibby]

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Whats the script with releasing my ST for this match?

You can but because the south hasn't sold out yet not much point

[Keith_M]

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"Effectively" sold out, so not factually sold out.

All seats have been sold but some occasionally re-appear, from Season Ticket holders that can't make it releasing their seats.

Last time I looked, there were 7 single seats in section 50, plus a couple in the Executive Seating. There'll be another two in the West quite soon, when mine appear (moved to the south for this game)

[Col2]

Understand Celtic got 2400 and taking account of segregation then we have about 1200 to sell. I would expect us to sell another 3-400 so we will probably lose about £30k. Hibs are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. I would rather have faith in our supporters given the small margins.

[we are hibs]

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Understand Celtic got 2400 and taking account of segregation then we have about 1200 to sell. I would expect us to sell another 3-400 so we will probably lose about £30k. Hibs are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. I would rather have faith in our supporters given the small margins.

I'm pretty sure segregation means that the most they could get was around 1900.

[hibby6270]

I realise there will be the odd one or two ST holders who won’t be able to make it on Sunday but I really DO hope there’s at least 99% full capacity in the West, FF and East.
Despite large crowd figures being recorded for most home league games this season, there always seems to me a large number of “empty seats”.
Suppose this is the first Cat A home league game this season, so we should reasonably expect a full home support. Let’s make sure there is!!

[scoopyboy]

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I realise there will be the odd one or two ST holders who won’t be able to make it on Sunday but I really DO hope there’s at least 99% full capacity in the West, FF and East.
Despite large crowd figures being recorded for most home league games this season, there always seems to me a large number of “empty seats”.
Suppose this is the first Cat A home league game this season, so we should reasonably expect a full home support. Let’s make sure there is!!

Absolutely no chance.