Not sure if this may have been posted elsewhere but the club was planning to have a Ladies' Day on 9th February for the St Johnstone game - it's still being advertised on the website: http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/Events
I understand the club paid for advertising in the Scotsman yesterday to promote this - only for the St Johnstone game to be moved to the Monday evening, which likely means a number of people are looking for an alternative Xmas present for a loved one today and the club will receive a good number of cancellations, if the event is going ahead in an abbreviated format at all given it is now an evening match.
If anything sums up the way in which the fans end up feeling like second class citizens it is this kind of thing. Granted, Hibs likely didn't expect this game to be televised when they devised this event, but it's still very frustrating overall.
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Thread: Ladies Day Fiasco
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22-12-2012 03:25 PM #1
Ladies Day Fiasco
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22-12-2012 03:36 PM #2
Ladies Night will have to be cancelled as clearly there will be washing up and ironing to do on a Monday night
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22-12-2012 03:44 PM #3
This, couldn't agree more, club should be compensated on advertising etc. classic example of tv dictatorship & club is damned if it does & damned if it don't.
Whilst every club now needs tv cash. How did we come to this. Very wrong IMO & another off my list.
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22-12-2012 05:31 PM #5
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Sexist rubbish.I will show it to my wife once she has come in from work and cooked my tea(provided the tea is up to scratch of course).
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22-12-2012 05:34 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
From The Scotsman:
Ms Vettese said: “We’ve got something set up to explain the offside rule to the ladies as well in a way that they’ll understand and we’ve got them all going out to the dug-outs as well to get their picture taken with the manager. We’re encouraging them to get really dressed up. We’ll have a prize for the best dressed lady on the day.”
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I think it was a good idea and i can't believe there's not some dialogue between the clubs and the TV companies and we couldn't object to the game being moved on the grounds we'd been running with a promotion for this game, seems like they don't talk to each other and come to an agreement on the games which are shown which i find bizarre.
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22-12-2012 05:45 PM #8
Andy Gray and Richard Keyes are all over this thread like a rash, especially the offside rule remarks. "As long as the ladies look pretty and only speak when they're spoken to, I'll be there", said Gray.
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22-12-2012 07:01 PM #10
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I'd rather stick cocktail sticks in my eyes than go to that to be honest but the club should be compensated for this by the tv company. What a farce.
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22-12-2012 07:04 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteHIBERNIAN FC - ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY SINCE 1875
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22-12-2012 07:31 PM #12
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If the club get compansated, then I want compansated for last year. Having to spend extra cash on going to ICT away for the game to be changed twice.
I actually like the fact that the club might feel like the fans do for a change, although they will recieve a nice pay cheque for being ****ed around.
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22-12-2012 07:38 PM #13
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Apart from the fact the advertising of it is completely demeaning. ;-)
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22-12-2012 08:59 PM #14
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22-12-2012 10:09 PM #16
Ms Vettese said: “We’ve got something set up to explain the offside rule to the ladies as well in a way that they’ll understand and we’ve got them all going out to the dug-outs as well to get their picture taken with the manager. We’re encouraging them to get really dressed up. We’ll have a prize for the best dressed lady on the day.
But what if you already know the offside rule?
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23-12-2012 02:33 PM #19
Unfortunately this is becoming far too common. The TV companies are taking the piss and the clubs are accepting it.
My mates and I used to book hospitality 3 or 4 times a season until the TV companies started moving games willy nilly.
We haven't booked hospitality for two seasons now and whilst I feel that the club are losing out on our money, I get the feeling that they are more than happy to take the TV money and play to half empty stadiums.
It's a shame really and apathy is setting in with a lot of supporters because of this.
RANT OVER.
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23-12-2012 02:38 PM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Apparently last season and the season before, Hibs were the team most affected by tv and different game times, and the club were disgusted at the way our support have been mucked about.
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23-12-2012 02:54 PM #21
As an out of town fan who would like to book flights up months in advance, it's impossible. You have to pick games that you wouldn't think would be on the TV.
However today's game, and the St. Johnstone game would have been the ones that you would have thought would not be on the telly.
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23-12-2012 03:06 PM #22
This Ladies Day sounds a bit crass. Hibs involvement with the fair sex has been chequered down the years.
Does anyone remember the Golden Goal girls parading round the track? Or the drum majorettes performing in a bitter wind at half times?
Jimmy Savile would have blushed.
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23-12-2012 03:28 PM #23
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23-12-2012 08:00 PM #24
Apart from this being cancelled due to the game being moved for television, the part that me the most was the line 'comfortable executive seat to watch the hunky Hibees perform on the pitch'. What a load of sexist pash Hunky? Does anyone even use that word? Bang tidy Hibees, however, I may have let go
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23-12-2012 08:25 PM #25
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Yeah I use hunky quite a lot ;-)
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23-12-2012 08:36 PM #27
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Yeah just as he was going oot the door ha ha
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...everyone knows its actually hair washing night.The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game
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24-12-2012 09:46 AM #30
For anyone wanting to go
'Hibernian FC@HibernianFCClub Ladies Day has now been moved to 30 March (ICT) at Easter Road Stadium. More details to follow in due course'.
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