Cash at the door for Celtic versus Hamilton
Boxing Day bonus for fans
Traditionally, matches at the festive period would experience a higher than normal crowd.
The reasons for this would include family members being home for the Christmas celebrations and people being off work. Given the fact that Boxing Day games used to offer a number of high scoring matches, perhaps a sign of players over-indulging the day before, there was a great excitement around these matches.
The fact that Celtic have announced there will be a cash turnstile for their Boxing Day clash versus Hamilton is therefore interesting news. With the crowds dropping at Celtic Park this season, it is not a major surprise but it is difficult to recall the last time there was a pay at the game league match for Celtic.
In all likelihood, it would have been prior to the Hampden season but if any WeKnowSFA reader with a sharper mind than ourselves can recall one, please let us know.
With kids entry for a fiver, it could be a good move for Celtic by possibly picking up a lot of people on the day of the match who may decide they want to get out of the house for a bit.
The fact that adult seats are still £25 is going to be a drawback but an adult plus two children for £35 isnt terrible value in the modern world of Scottish football.
It would be nicer if it was cheaper but hopefully it will allow some people to attend who may not otherwise get the chance.
All clubs need to do everything they can to entice more people through the gates but Celtic have had a bad year with regards to punters attending. If this move is a success, it may be repeated at various points throughout the season.
Better quality on the park and cheaper entry is likely to be the only two ways to get more supporters into the game though.
Would a cash turnstile make you more likely to go a game?
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Just looking at the headline – ‘Cash at the door’.
Would that be in the form of a refund to us long-suffering season book holders?!?
Only joking of course, unless we don’t see decent investment in January in which case………
Seriously, when was the last time there was a pay at the gate option at a league game? Before Paradise was rebuilt at least.
before season 94/95 BTW Billy pay as you go fans suffer as much as season book holders & in some cases invest more money over the season.
Technically, buying a season book should offer a discount over buying every game individually.
However, there are many reasons why people cant/dont buy season books but then may find they are able to go to a number of games.
Celtic and Rangers have had to come up with different methods of selling tickets in the past year or so because of the fall in demand but nothing still seems to work.
Anyways, a joke from the father of one of the WeKnowSFA camp:
“That’s all well and good that its a fiver to get in but it’ll cost them another thirty to get out!”
Yes, we believe that explains a lot of the bad puns you get on this site.