Kmcalpin

Agree mate. I hope thats what happens.

That would be my guess. I'm sure Falkirk was allocated about 16,000 tickets a year or two back. Say there are 8,000 corporate tickets, we get 16,000 and Celtic get 28,000.

A possible idea, although not without its problems, is to limit "open" sales to personal callers with a voucher from a season ticket book - hopefully most fans without a ST could obtain a voucher from a season ticket holding acquaintance. Such a system would be ST holder verified by proxy.

The main issue for me is to prevent Celtic fans getting their hands on tickets to the detriment of our own support. They were not weeded out from our support in 2005 by the Police / stewards and they will not be weeded out in the final. As has been said many times before, the answer is some kind of database. I would hope that the club has some such mechanism in place built up from season ticket sales, the club's email list, Euro games, Trust & Association membership, and big game sales. Could they be cross checked against Celtic's ST database? Perhaps also "open applications" could be verified by ST holders/Trust/Association although this may be just too complicated to operate.

Exactly. Lets just wait and see shall we until details are released. Too early to start putting the boot into the club. I'm sure Leeann and her colleagues are well aware of the issues.

A good idea in theory but it would be open to too much abuse, leading to loss of income.

The club holds details of those fans who have registered for the site and who receive official emails right? Could work be done to establish which of them don't have season tickets and they could then be emailed a numbered voucher(s)?

I'm sure someone in the EoS Branch will help you out. They may even be given a ticket allocation for their members.

Control over tickets is difficult. I would hope however that the club has some kind of database of season ticket holders, lapsed ST holders, fans who took up European tickets etc. Add to that Trust and Supporters Association members. In my view a completely open sale would be the last resort, although it may have to come to that. Before we got to that stage, I'd hope that MFC would issue some kind of vouchers at the home games V Rangers and Kilmarnock. I'm pretty certain that all genuine Well fans will be able to get their hands on tickets. This really is where membership of the Supporters Association or Trust could come into its own for PATG fans. This was one reason why the Fife & Tayside Supporters club morphed from an informal group of friends. For those living away from Lanarkshire it can prove to be a real boon when it comes to getting tickets.

Now arranged to hand flag over.

Well they certainly didn't put anything like 50k into the semi final pot, probably half that.

I'm sure Tom was a Chemistry teacher at Kings Park secondary in Glasgow until he retired a year or two back.

Yes there is. Surely someone from the club could provide advice.

By all accounts the semi yesterday was not a sell out - some 15,00 or so short of capacity. That means that probably about half of Celtic's season ticket holders didn't attend.

Almost certainly you're right. But why should it be this way. Celtic will have far more buses coming from the west than we will. Logically, the club whose home is the westernmost of the two opponents ie Celtic should take the west end of the stadium. Thats how it was for the semi. No doubt logic won't come into it though.

I've got a spare flag if anyone can use it - PM me.

Absolutely. Perfect time too to start marketing season tickets for next year. Strike while the iron is hot.

Andy Harrow has a successful blacksmiths business in Kirkcaldy.

Does anyone know the financial benefits to the club of a top 6 finish, a CIS Cup semi place and a Cup Final place? I would have thought something in the order of: Top 6 Finish: £ 350,000 CIS Cup Semi: £250,000 Scottish Cup Final: £600,000 In total that would add up to £1.2m but doesn't include things like hospitality or merchandising. The whole club will be buzzing for the next month or so and that can only be a good thing.

Between 15,000 and 16,000.

I thinks thats one reason why we did so well yesterday Andy.

Going by the CIS Cup final 6 years ago I'd reckon about about 15,000 or slightly more. Celtic can't claim the moral high ground over the ticket split here - it was by no means a sell out today.

To whoever organised this - well done. Obviously liaising with the club was the right way to go. It certainly added to the atmosphere. Hopefully you can organise something for the big day itself! Maybe some collections at the next 2 home games? Good on you.

A great day out yesterday and a fine performance from the team. Stuart McCall got it right. A few players were obviously not 100% but we had no failures. Their midfield was combative and aggrressive but had little to offer in the way of creativitiy. I think the gulf in class showed as they had no-one to compare with Murphy, Sutton and Co. Also a tale of 2 keepers too. If we had a fault its that we defended too deeply at times and thats something we'll need to watch in the final. Still a great day for the club. Come on Ye Well!

He was not fully fit and that much was plain. Probably wouldn't have played in a run of the mill league game. Although Saints knew that they were terrified of him and put 2 players on him. That created more space for us. So in that respect he played a vaulable role.