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Post by Hilly » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:49 am

Apparently they're giving away free green and white scarfs to the first 100 people through the gate when they play Newcastle Benfield.

I had to resist the urge to say that they'll have about 50 going spare...!

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Post by TwoSaints » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:51 am

Of course you mean after giving 40 odd to Benfield fans? :)

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Re: Celtic Nation

Post by lo36789 » Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:05 am

Carlisle fans could always try and offload them onto Yeovil visitors when they next play each other...

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Post by davidcorks 40yard OG » Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:17 pm

100 fans ? Bit optimistic aint they :lol:

They must mean first 100 home fans over the season .....still take em till December to get rid :lol:
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Post by Gow9900 » Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:41 pm

It's £2 to get in and watch them play Newcastle Benfield tomorrow apparently.

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Post by quakersam » Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:16 pm

It was £2 in against Guisborough and they got 240 through the gates, who knows where all them came from
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Post by LoidLucan » Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:06 pm

I noticed that the Spennymoor striker Micky Rae has decided to end his trial at Hartlepool and signed for Celtic Nation. The final insult for the no-goals Hangers. But they need to be getting familiar with some of these players and clubs because in the not too distant future....

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Post by joejaques » Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:57 pm

LoidLucan wrote:I noticed that the Spennymoor striker Micky Rae has decided to end his trial at Hartlepool and signed for Celtic Nation. The final insult for the no-goals Hangers. But they need to be getting familiar with some of these players and clubs because in the not too distant future....

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Post by Neil_Heaneys_Pace » Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:29 am

Is there any truth to them being a celtic plant in the english pyramid? Cant understand how they are bankrolled

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Post by lo36789 » Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:37 am

Neil_Heaneys_Pace wrote:Is there any truth to them being a celtic plant in the english pyramid? Cant understand how they are bankrolled
Dunno but I noticed on their twitter feed there were a few posters with the Celtic logo as their picture.

I don't believe for a second that they are planted by Celtic but they could be a gamble. Bring the club up and they can eventually sell them off as the Celtic presence in England. Massive gamble if that is the case.

I saw a tweet with a picture from the game and there are literally 0 fans in the background of it.

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Post by fozzovmurton » Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:42 pm

I know it is still early on, but they are seemingly averaging over 200 up to now this season

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Post by AndyPark » Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:59 pm

Given they are cutting ticket prices to a couple of quid and free-entry. This is no surprise really.

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Post by Quakers1883 » Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:04 pm

They're currently top of the league although they have played more games than most.
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Post by Spyman » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:16 pm

fozzovmurton wrote:I know it is still early on, but they are seemingly averaging over 200 up to now this season
Mahussive!

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Post by spen666 » Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:06 am

fozzovmurton wrote:I know it is still early on, but they are seemingly averaging over 200 up to now this season

The figures are different when you exclude the opening game of the season where there was around 450 there, and then average figure is very different.

The opening game was part of a ground hop weekend, so had lots of neutrals there doing the first 3 game ground hop in Cumbria, CN at Lunchtime, Whitehaven at 3 and Penrith for night game.

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Post by fozzovmurton » Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:44 am

spen666 wrote:
fozzovmurton wrote:I know it is still early on, but they are seemingly averaging over 200 up to now this season

The figures are different when you exclude the opening game of the season where there was around 450 there, and then average figure is very different.

The opening game was part of a ground hop weekend, so had lots of neutrals there doing the first 3 game ground hop in Cumbria, CN at Lunchtime, Whitehaven at 3 and Penrith for night game.
Forgot about the Cumbria Hop, even if without that 400+ attendance there average would still be around the 170 figure, which for them is impressive considering they have only averaged 3 old hillbillies and a whippet for the last few years, are they blackmailing/bribing people to turn up

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Post by Gow9900 » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:07 am

Wadsworth has quit as manager after 5 months in charge.

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/foot ... -1.1085610

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Post by itaylor » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:58 am

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/foot ... es-2094883

Just read this interview done with guy who's bankrolling them. If they succeed then good on them, but the vast amount of player/staff turnover they've had from their 'Big Names' in the last couple of years doesn't bode well.

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Post by Spyman » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:50 am

They've signed Matthew Grieve - was he the not very good one we had for a bit early last season?

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Post by Bogratsteve » Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:50 pm

Spyman wrote:They've signed Matthew Grieve - was he the not very good one we had for a bit early last season?

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Think so, left shortly after Guisborough defeat?

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Post by Quakers1883 » Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:25 pm

itaylor wrote:http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/foot ... es-2094883

Just read this interview done with guy who's bankrolling them. If they succeed then good on them, but the vast amount of player/staff turnover they've had from their 'Big Names' in the last couple of years doesn't bode well.
After reading that, I hope they fail!
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Re: Celtic Nation

Post by spen666 » Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:28 pm

fozzovmurton wrote:
spen666 wrote:
fozzovmurton wrote:I know it is still early on, but they are seemingly averaging over 200 up to now this season

The figures are different when you exclude the opening game of the season where there was around 450 there, and then average figure is very different.

The opening game was part of a ground hop weekend, so had lots of neutrals there doing the first 3 game ground hop in Cumbria, CN at Lunchtime, Whitehaven at 3 and Penrith for night game.
Forgot about the Cumbria Hop, even if without that 400+ attendance there average would still be around the 170 figure, which for them is impressive considering they have only averaged 3 old hillbillies and a whippet for the last few years, are they blackmailing/bribing people to turn up

£2 a ticket no doubt helps

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Re: Celtic Nation

Post by super_les_mcjannet » Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:42 pm

Bogratsteve wrote:
Spyman wrote:They've signed Matthew Grieve - was he the not very good one we had for a bit early last season?

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Think so, left shortly after Guisborough defeat?
To be fair Grieve wan't great that night but I don't think it was a true reflection of him as a player, pretty much every player was poor that night.

Good luck to the lad, Ashington fans seem to rate him as a very reasonable centre half, who played week in week out for a team who were decent.

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Re: Celtic Nation

Post by footifan » Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:26 pm

“There are 92 clubs in England but none of them caters specifically for the Scottish and Irish communities in their midst... " Jeez go figure eh ... If they hate us so much why come to England ??? :lol:

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Post by footifan » Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:28 pm

“There are 92 clubs in England but none of them caters specifically for the Scottish and Irish communities in their midst... " Jeez go figure eh ... If they hate us so much why come to England ??? :lol:

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