I know I am going to take a doing on here for posting this.
On Friday at approx 1630 pm I was passing the ticket office and was approached by six well dressed men aged about 55-60 and was asked if I could help them purchase tickets for the Celtic game. They explained that they were six Danish business men on holiday and would like to take in some football.One was a Copenhagen fan and the others all supported minor teams. I explained that a few years ago we had a close run thing with Brondby who are currently on course to win the Championship.
I approached the Ticket Office and explained I would like to purchase six briefs for my danish friends and was told in no uncertain terms this was not happening and if anything did it would be my ST that would be at risk.
It was difficult trying to explain to these tourists Category A in Scotland security issues etc. My friend suggested that they go to Ainslie Park and watch Edinburgh City.
I feel that these guys were a genuine case they missed out on a great game of football a great advert for the SPL and the club missed out on important revenue especially with the benefit of hindsight seeing the empty seats in our end and hearing stories of Celtic fans in our end.
I was just wondering what my fellow posters think? Should we make exceptions for special cases or should it be black and white? Should we also weed out those fans that gave up their tickets to Celtic supporting friends and family members?
GGTTH
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Thread: Category a games policing
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24-04-2018 01:50 PM #1
Category a games policing
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24-04-2018 02:02 PM #2
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Also, given the situation, it could be that the six Danish guys had been hovering around the Ticket Office for a while and had been knocked back earlier that day.Last edited by Aim Here; 24-04-2018 at 02:05 PM.
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24-04-2018 02:11 PM #3
"Hello. My name is Sven. My 5 fellow Danish businessmen and I wish to purchase tickets for a game of football, so we would."
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24-04-2018 02:25 PM #5
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It's an interesting situation. When I travel, I always try to go to a game. I've been to good games in Spain, Germany and Croatia in recent years and found it fairly easy to buy tickets either in advance or on the day. We're lucky at the moment to have a lot of demand for tickets but, in a tourist town like Edinburgh, it would be nice to have a system where visitors to the city could come and watch the capital's top team.
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24-04-2018 02:28 PM #6
this is exactly the reason these rules are put in place to stop entry to Cat A games by opposing support or joe bloggs off the street
Im not doubting your friends were not really what they said they were but that game was set up for Celtic to win the league at our ground.
The ticket office staff are warned to expect all the tricks in the book on big occasions like this and try to avert any explosive situations happening.
This is why the fan to fan ticket exchange was set up so seats that wont be used are given to those looking for tickets but are also on our database.
The empty seats we saw would have been season tickets holders not able to use their ticket but not handing it over to someone else. So the club would already have their revenue from the season ticket holder.
if some Celtic supporters got into our end of the ground then they must have had help from people on the database?
After that result i bet they wish they hadnt bothered!
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24-04-2018 02:32 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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24-04-2018 02:38 PM #8
I think it’s perfectly acceptable for tourists to be able to buy tickets and I’d expect the same decency when I’m in other countries, see no issue with it at all especially if they are obviously foreign and don’t have a Glasgow accent!
It’s not like there wasn’t any Celtic fans in our end, I met one within 30 seconds of arriving in the stand sitting in one of his mates season ticket seats.
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24-04-2018 04:49 PM #13
I thought that if you were on the database you could buy as many tickets as you wanted to (as long as they are available) and that you don't even have to supply the details of all the guys your buying for if you don't want and that they don't even need to be on the database
*most I've ever bought is 2 tickets so no idea if that's true or not, just think it is or was.*
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So Sven and his Swedish mates get in, but anyone else with a Glasgow (or Edinburgh for that matter) accent doesn’t.
Sounds like Hibs would get into bother with that.
I get your thought, just don’t know how to rectify it.
I presume without shouting about it, the managements decision is final and they can let who they want in. Sven et al, no problemo. 6 Weedgies - bolt!
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24-04-2018 05:14 PM #17
Maybe we could have a (small) neutral area, you know with restricted views? Seriously though, there's bound to be less popular areas that only shift in sell-out games that could be utilised
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24-04-2018 05:20 PM #18
I bought tickets for 2 spanish students before the derby with Leigh's disallowed "goal" in 2013. They'd been turned away at the ticket office window but the girl serving had no problem with us buying for them. I guess they knew it was genuine but without a client ref they couldn't issue tickets but were happy for someone to step in and do so.
It sounds like they've either changed their policy or had their doubts about whether the guys you spoke to were genuine and not Celtc fans eager to enjoy a title party
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24-04-2018 05:52 PM #19
I’m sure they’ll understand, especially the Copenhagen fan. Have you seen the shenanigans at their Derby with Brondby?
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Just a joke mate, lighten up!
FWIW it's a shame they couldn't get tickets, there were a few empty seats that could have been filled.
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You are correct the game was not a sell out and lots of Celtic in our end. Worrying!
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25-04-2018 06:34 AM #24
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Guess the ticket office has to be careful.
On the Bears Den in Rangers Media today there is a Hun with thousands of posts saying he bought 6 tickets in the Hibs end, to get around the ticketing allocation cut back.
Could be bravado, but could also be real'
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25-04-2018 10:00 AM #25
I couldn't care less. If 6 random blokes from Denmark missing a game means no Celtic fans or whatever get into the Hibs end then good!
Whatever anyone says, the windfall from tourists would and probably is so little that it isn't even worth worrying about. Grow our hard-core fan base - and the club has done a fantastic job of that over the last few years.
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25-04-2018 10:18 AM #26
I had the same issue. 4 guys from the Ivory Coast, definitely genuine as they were carrying Ivory Coast flags and wearing traditional tribal hooped shepherd outfits. Fascinating guys, strange accents though, sounded almost Irish. They were historians, explained to me how Ivory Coast had a lot of Irish settlers which explained the accents, Guiness hats and leprechaun beards they were wearing. They knew a hell of a lot about the IRA for some reason, the troubles must have been big news in Africa.
They didn't seem to have enjoyed the game much by the end though?
Ticket office can't be too careful, i ended up sat next to a bunch of original rangers fans back when they won the league at ER - not a pleasant experience.Last edited by barcahibs; 25-04-2018 at 10:20 AM.
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25-04-2018 10:25 AM #27
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I'm not sure this is really a big issue - a few people have suggested that Hibs take a common sense approach when tourists are trying to buy tickets for Cat A games. However I can understand why they'd have taken a hard line on this particular game with the league title at stake and knowing that Celtic supporters would be trying to infiltrate.
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It would be more annoying when Cat A restrictions stop genuine neutrals from getting to see a game where the demand from Hibs fans isn't so high, though the current wave of enthusiasm will likely wear off someday.
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