Celtic home game versus Motherwell moved to new date
Cup semi forces a date change
As Kermit sang, “It’s not easy being green”, we’ll overlook the advert on TV at the moment but point you in the direction of our t-shirt stall and acknowledge that it has been a tough old time for Celtic fans.
Not to mention the dropped points and the honest mistakes they’ve been witnessing, the lack of Saturday home games this year has been a scandal for Hoops fans.
This year kicked off with a game against Rangers, which was in the traditional New Year holiday time, so that was perfectly acceptable. Following that was the home game against Falkirk, a Saturday afternoon 3pm kick-off.
Celtic’s next two home games were midweek affairs versus Hibs and Hearts. After that, there was another Saturday 3pm home game against Dundee United on the 20th of February.
And that’s been it, Celtic have been on the road since then and don’t return home to Celtic Park until Saturday 20th March, where they play St Johnstone. A whole month without a home game, that’s not great.
Celtic are then at home to Kilmarnock on the 27th of this month, and are set to conclude their pre-split fixtures with a match against Motherwell.
Due to the clubs involvement in the Scottish Cup semi-final, this game, originally set for Saturday 10th of April has now been moved to Tuesday 13th, depriving season ticket holders of another Saturday match.
According to the Celtic website, this match will be shown live on Sky Sports.
So from January up until the split, that will be four Saturday 3pm kick-offs for Celtic. It is accepted that the away games will all be moved but when there is no stability to the home games, can you blame fans for turning away in their droves?
Modern life has changed and more people work weekends than in previous generations so it is not as if Saturday is perfect for everyone but with normal working constraints, midweek games cause extra problems for people to get to.
Then again, Celtic fans would rather have the midweek match versus Motherwell because if they didn’t, it would mean they were out of the Cup. However, it will just add to the further sense of apathy that many hoops fans will feel about this season.
Is Saturday at 3pm still your preferred time for a kick-off?
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