Ayrshire_Bud

I haven't trawled through the entire thread so apologies if this has been brought up earlier. Come the last game of the season, there is still a real possibility that this game may well be a decider as to whether we finish up in the bottom two of the Championship. I desperately hope that this isn't the case but it is a possibility. Would the board really be happy to give up any kind of home advantage we may have just for a few extra sheckles?

Maybe slightly off topic as my comment concerns the training kit as opposed to the replica playing kits but here it is anyway. I placed an order for a couple of the training tops on the JD website, retailing at £22. They've arrived today and the label on the tag states that they should be £20. I'm now wondering why they have sneaked in an extra couple of quid for each top that I've bought

I'd agree with this point. I find it very disappointing that the board couldn't just give a brief statement on the website with what was happening at the ground over the summer, an idea of the figures involved and what they can achieve with this additional revenue.

Hi, folks. A long-time lurker but first-time contributor here. I'm finding this discussion quite interesting so wanted to chuck my thoughts into the mix. There's varied opinions on how Celtic have been allowed to re-brand (yes, a couple of signs and some seat covers does count as re-branding IMHO) our club's stadium. I can totally understand that the club's board are looking to maximise income and I have no issues with the stadium being rented out for any other team's use. Ground sharing is hardly a new idea. When my Father passed from a terminal illness, my family and I struggled with finding a suitable memorial. Getting something like a plaque at the memorial garden or naming a bench in a park didn't seem appropriate as these weren't relevant to his life. Something that was very relevant to his life was following St. Mirren and when the club advertised the possibility to "buy a brick" on the stadium wall I was delighted with the idea. Spending £100 to have a name on a slate and stuck to a wall maybe isn't the grandest memorial for a person's life but it meant a lot to us in far more important terms than that. Many on here have argued that the Celtic signage on our club's stadium wall is an irrelevance and that the deal made good fiscal sense. That is all well and good but I can't help but feel let down by the custodians of our club. I strongly believe that Celtic, along with the other half of the Old Firm, are a horrible institution that have exploited one of the worst aspects of Scottish "culture" for their own gain. To know that my Father's memorial has shared a wall with anything to do with publicising and promoting a club like Celtic has left a bad taste in my mouth. I commend the current board for trying to raise funds for the club (the recent idea of using the grounds for airport parking is a great one!) but I hope that they realise that St. Mirren Park means a bit more to some people in an emotional sense.