dezmondo Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Just wondering how many fans Aberdeen are expecting to bring down next Saturday. Looks like Morton will be around the 5000 mark, which is disappointing, would easily have been double that 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Plenty of target practice for both today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Greenock paper last week said 12k, 3k Morton and 9k Aberdeen. I might go. Can't get Morton tickets online and the early KO isn't a help either, even worse from those traveling from further away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMcoolJ Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Aberdeen will take 10k. Morton will take 6k. But let's face it, the footballing authorities (the term used when you've had a few and can't remember the correct acronym) don't give a sh1t. Really tough game. I can see the Dons winning in extra time. I won't be there as too busy drinking wine in Napa. Fingers crossed. COYR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenAngus Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Think that 12k figure was total tickets sold by around Wednesday. Would expect Aberdeen to get up to 12/13k which is a tad disappointing but possibly not surprising given the stupid o'clock kick off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Would have been a fabulous atmosphere at Easter Road with a full house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenAngus Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 5 minutes ago, Rossy said: Would have been a fabulous atmosphere at Easter Road with a full house. It would but from what I gather both clubs indicated that over 20k tickets would be required making Hampden the only choice. Looking like one or both have over estimated this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 My mate from Greenock is going to the Old Firm game on the Sunday but not bothering about Morton's first semi in about 4 decades. Part of the problem there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macy37 Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 5 minutes ago, Toepoke said: My mate from Greenock is going to the Old Firm game on the Sunday but not bothering about Morton's first semi in about 4 decades. Part of the problem there... Is he a Morton fan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 30 minutes ago, macy37 said: Is he a Morton fan? Probably not his point... morton brought about 4K to fir park for a last 16 game in 2007 (didn't realise it was as long ago!) saw a picture of it the other day, but can't remember where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 1 hour ago, macy37 said: Is he a Morton fan? They're his "wee team". Says he'll wear a half and half scarf at the final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macy37 Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 26 minutes ago, Toepoke said: They're his "wee team". Says he'll wear a half and half scarf at the final. So who's his 'big' team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larky Masher Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 9 hours ago, ParisInAKilt said: Greenock paper last week said 12k, 3k Morton and 9k Aberdeen. I might go. Can't get Morton tickets online and the early KO isn't a help either, even worse from those traveling from further away. And there's a reduced train service on next weekend as well due to engineering works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandydunn Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 2 hours ago, AberdeenAngus said: It would but from what I gather both clubs indicated that over 20k tickets would be required making Hampden the only choice. Looking like one or both have over estimated this one. I heard Morton said they expected 10k+ so it had to be at hampden. Aberdeen have been very vocal saying it was a bad idea. Stadium will be about 1/3 full. 21 minutes ago, Larky Masher said: And there's a reduced train service on next weekend as well due to engineering works. Scotrail have put on a football special,no idea how many carriages,but believe it's about £45sh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 30 minutes ago, macy37 said: So who's his 'big' team? I'll give you two guesses Just strikes me as a shame that for local club's biggest day out in decades thousands of folk from Inverclyde would rather watch the other semi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larky Masher Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 40 minutes ago, dandydunn said: Scotrail have put on a football special,no idea how many carriages,but believe it's about £45sh. F*ck me some common sense I didn't see that coming but lots of scheduled trains in the central belt are being cancelled for the next few weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandydunn Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Larky Masher said: F*ck me some common sense I didn't see that coming but lots of scheduled trains in the central belt are being cancelled for the next few weekends. I did hear that. I'm just taking the kids in the car. Less hassle all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 2 hours ago, Larky Masher said: And there's a reduced train service on next weekend as well due to engineering works. Oh yeah that's right, buses from gourock to paisley. Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
min Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Fair play to Scotrail for putting on the special train -albeit the announcement was a couple of weeks later than need be - it should encourage a good few more to travel. As the line is shut from Perth-Glasgow, this train has to go via Fife and takes more than three hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Extra police drafted in for semi finalS I'm sure 15,000 on Saturday require extra policiing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 18 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: Extra police drafted in for semi finalS I'm sure 15,000 on Saturday require extra policiing The utter drivel that has come from the mouths of Police Scotland this week has been moronic and infuriating. Goes without saying of course their mates in the media have lapped it up. Obviously our game on Sunday will be higher on the agenda but it's clear that they see this weekend as a great opportunity to treat football fans like parasites again and get the cells full to the brim. They really are a shower of shits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, Mox said: The utter drivel that has come from the mouths of Police Scotland this week has been moronic and infuriating. Goes without saying of course their mates in the media have lapped it up. Obviously our game on Sunday will be higher on the agenda but it's clear that they see this weekend as a great opportunity to treat football fans like parasites again and get the cells full to the brim. They really are a shower of shits. this is where we differ in opinion, I don't believe they do this to spite football fans. if fans behaved it wouldn't be required. If they have increased the police presence for Saturday its over zealous because the chances of trouble are very low, Sunday....................well thats a different story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doakes Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Good luck to Morton from a St Mirren fan About time you crept out of our shadow for once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, vanderark14 said: this is where we differ in opinion, I don't believe they do this to spite football fans. if fans behaved it wouldn't be required. If they have increased the police presence for Saturday its over zealous because the chances of trouble are very low, Sunday....................well thats a different story In my experience, police at low risk fixtures like the game on Saturday are going out their way to justify their presence. It may be down to clubs like Motherwell, Patrick thistle and stmirren trialling police free fixtures? Must be a killer for the overtime pot. I take your point about behaving, and I think the boys that set off smoke bombs etc do themselves no favours, as they give justification. 2 incidents that immediately spring to mind are the league cup game at Cappielow last season where the police reaction to a 1 man 15 second pitch invasion was what I'd expect for a credible terrorist threat. I have genuinely never seen as many police appear in my life. Another was where they "kettled" a group of kids at St mirren park for no apparent reason (a smoke bomb had been set off in a different area of the stand, but there were adults in that section). Our game had a minimal police presence, but Rangers had an early KO at Ibrox that had not long finished, so a lot of police at a loose end it seemed. They only seem interested in harassing teenage boys. Edited October 21, 2016 by sbcmfc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock strap Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Good luck Morton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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