jmo

In/Out: In Pre-match: Train Up Match: South Stand Post-match: Dad's place Prediction: 2-0 Aberdeen.

I thought there was still a fair amount of singing even in the second half. In fact I think there was more singing in that game than there usually is in games at. Pittodrie

Quiet night. Busy tomorrow morning, worth it to have the afternoon off to watch the football though.

Unfortunately I'm not free in the morning to take up the kind offer.

Fortunately I won't be travelling from Aberdeen.

Train on the way. Avoids overcrowded pubs and overpriced beer.

Just watched it today. Didn't enjoy it at all. That could stem from my lack of knowledge about ballet but I wouldn't recommend it. The King's Speech I thought was considerably better.

In/Oot: In Pre-match : Train Match: West Stand Post-match: Train Prediction: Not sure.

In/oot: Oot Prematcher: Driving to Keith Match: Visiting my Gran Postmatcher: Driving back from Keith Prediction: 1-0 celtic

Haha.

My ticket arrived today, section B2. Not a bad price either.

Have they only got family section tickets left?

A fair few I think. I haven't bought my tickets yet but when I checked it looks like about two thirds of the available sections have already sold out.

In/Oot: Oot Prematcher: Work Match: Work Postmatcher: Eating Prediction: 2-0 Aberdeen

The Dundee United game only had 4,000? I would have thought that being a replay of last year's final that there may have been quite a bit of interest in that game. Any idea of the average attendance at Tannadice?

I didn't go. That is partly due to the fact I don't live in Aberdeen any more so it means I'd have to travel up and spend more on train tickets to Aberdeen than the ticket itself. Normally that is a bit frustrating but my own choice for not living in Aberdeen and I put up with the extra expense. However that added to having to pay another £15 for a ticket just means all told It is a lot of money. When It is a league game it doesn't seem that bad as I have already paid for my season ticket so all I'm paying for is travel. The idea of having to spend however much to see Aberdeen play at such an early round (for SPL teams) of the Scottish cup just doesn't seem worth it.

I can count on one hand when that occurred under Brown.

I'd quite like to hear about the one from a yard out, the guy on the radio made it sound like Vernon had made a goal line clearance when he was trying to score with his head. Brown in the interview said something similar. Again I wasn't at the game so can't comment but any player who can be a donkey and still score two goals in a game sounds fine by me.

Can't find it either, they said that there 'Will be live coverage of games tomorrow' implying that there aren't today.

Ah right that makes sense.

So do those costs outweigh the amount they make in ticket sales and sales of food in the ground? Again doesn't that mean games against the Old Firm would mean the cost would be the greatest therefore they would lose out on it?

This may be a really stupid question but it is something that people keep mentioning which I don't really understand. They keep saying that clubs cannot afford to only play the Old Firm twice at home in any given season and still survive. Why is this the case? Wouldn't that mean every team in the first, second and third divisions would have gone out of business? I'm assuming it must be because the SPL costs more overall for clubs, but what exactly about it costs more? There is tv revenue, more fans from other clubs attending the grounds, possibly more fans from their own club attending games which are perhaps more appealing than lower league games etc. Only thing I could really think of was that players would probably cost more in wages, though I still wonder if the likes of Hamilton Accies or St Mirren are paying that much more for players than those near the top of the first division. I really know nothing about the business side of football so I'm sure there is something I've completely missed which makes it so expensive for a club in the SPL but what is it?

In/oot: Out Prematcher: Work Match: Work Postmatcher: Work Prediction: 2-0 Win

Parkhead, terrible view and (as I'm a student) almost twice the price of most other SPL grounds.

Tynecastle, good view and generally a good atmosphere.