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A situation that started because we all had to go out of our way to accommodate the bum cheeks European participation  eventually reaches the correct conclusion , by putting Celtic 30 mins along the M8.

 

Better sell out. Better pump them.

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2 minutes ago, RobboM said:

That the original arrangements were a potential **** up of collosal proportions wasn't ever in any doubt. That the SFA have stepped back and organised dates, locations and kick off times that are fair, reasonable and equitable to all is worth appreciating

 

Nah, **** it Doncaster OUT!

 

SFA played their part in this too, if Doncaster is telling the truth that Hampden Park Ltd (SFA owned company) declined the original request to play one game away

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15 minutes ago, lou said:

We have definitely came out of this on top, well done CL and AB, now we must turn up in numbers and do our bit

If confirmed, we absolutely should.  

 

Budge and Levein played a big part in this change.  We must now back them, as much as the team. 

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The SPFL are to move the League Cup semi-final between Hearts and Celtic to Murrayfield after a rethink, STV understands.

Originally, the two last four ties in the tournament were scheduled to take place at Hampden on Sunday October 28, with Rangers and Aberdeen kicking off at 12pm and Hearts taking on Celtic at 7.45pm in a bid to ease fixture conflict.

But those plans were met with widespread criticism, with Hearts and Aberdeen voicing strong opposition against the plans.

 

The disapproval eventually forced the SPFL to enter talks about moving one of the matches to an alternative venue on Tuesday.

Those discussions have now resulted in a rethink of the schedule for the day.

Hearts v Celtic is now pencilled in to be the early kick-off on Sunday October 28 at 1.30pm, with Rangers v Aberdeen switching to a later time of 4.30pm on the same day to accommodate.

 

Initially, the two ties were scheduled for October 27 and 28 but tournament organisers were forced into as Rangers and Celtic are in Europa League action on the Thursday before the semi-finals.

 

After a meeting with all four teams, the SPFL announced the decision to play both matches at the stadium on the same day was due to a contractual obligation with operators Hampden Park Limited.

 

Aberdeen and Hearts both issued statements criticising the decision, stating that kick-off times would stop their supporters from attending the game.

Hearts manager and director of football Craig Levein said the decision was "the craziest thing I've ever experienced in football", "just madness", "doesn't compute", "defies any sort of logic" and is "farcical".

 

Scotrail revealed they had not been consulted over the decision after fans pointed out that the first train from Aberdeen to Glasgow on game day did not arrive until 15 minutes after kick-off.

 

They said the scheduling posed them logistical problems but that they would try to adapt their services to help cover demand.

On Monday, the Scottish Police Federation's general secretary Calum Steele described the scheduling as "idiotic".

 

"Even if there was nothing else on that date, the police service is going to be run ragged," Steele said.

 

"The most important thing to say is that in advance of the decision being announced, no discussions took place between the service and ourselves. The conversations that will follow will be tough indeed.

 

"From a police service of over 17,000 officers, having two football matches on the same day is not something that's beyond our means but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's a good idea to make it happen.

 

"The one word that describes it best is just simply idiotic."

 

Those calls have now been heard, with the SPFL ripping up their original plan.

 

https://stv.tv/sport/football/1431545-spfl-to-move-hearts-v-celtic-semi-final-to-murrayfield/

 

 

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2 minutes ago, ...a bit disco said:

#Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says process unfair re Betfred Cup semis. Questions if Murrayfield neutral venue given how often Hearts have played there.

 

Hearts playing to a 2/3rds empty stadium was a big advantage to us, right enough, as witnessed by our generally crap results there.

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3 minutes ago, ...a bit disco said:

#Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says process unfair re Betfred Cup semis. Questions if Murrayfield neutral venue given how often Hearts have played there.

Says the man who manages a club who have their own end of the national 'neutral' venue

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Hearts' Scottish League Cup semi-final against Celtic has been moved to Murrayfield and will kick-off at 13:30 GMT on 28 October, BBC Scotland has learned.

 

And Aberdeen v Rangers will take place on the same day at Hampden at 16:30.

 

Both matches were originally scheduled to take place in Glasgow with an early afternoon start for the Dons' meeting with Rangers and an evening kick-off for Hearts v Celtic.

 

More to follow.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45739578?ns_campaign=bbc_sportsound&ns_linkname=scotland&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social

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3 minutes ago, ...a bit disco said:

#Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says process unfair re Betfred Cup semis. Questions if Murrayfield neutral venue given how often Hearts have played there.

 

Ha...given it’s less times than Celtic have played at Hampden in the past year then I think he has his answer...

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1 hour ago, Kendoll said:

To be honest, I'd rather we played at Hampden and the other was held at Murrayfield. It's a semi final and the day gets treated as such. The early rise, the beers before the M8, the few shandies before the stadium, and even though its a hole, being in Hampden, is all part of the occasion. Don't think its quite the same having a few pints in the Mill then walking to the stadium. Result is all that matters but purely selfishly, I'd rather go through there. 

tough !

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1 hour ago, sadj said:

Waaaaaa we dont wanna go to Edinburgh

waaaaaa Rangers don’t have to go to Edinburgh so we shouldn’t go to Edinburgh

waaaaaa we want to play at Hampden cause its in Glasgow

waaaaaa we want our end at Hampden so its like a home game

waaaaaa

 

 

pretty much covers it

??

 

cheers

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Heart of Midlothian Football Club is delighted to confirm that its Betfred Cup semi-final match against Celtic will now be played at 1.30pm on Sunday 28th October at BT Murrayfield. https://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-betfred-cup-semi-final 

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Heart of Midlothian Football Club is delighted to confirm that its Betfred Cup semi-final match against Celtic will now be played at 1.30pm on Sunday 28th October at BT Murrayfield.

The club is pleased that the concerns of all involved have been listened to and the new kick-off time is great news for all supporters, young and old. 

 

The SPFL has worked jointly with the clubs to address the supporter issues and to find a solution that will enable two major fixtures in the Scottish football calendar to be showcased in the best possible manner. Hearts would like to thank everyone involved over the last week for their willingness to consider alternatives.

 

Now that the fixture has been set in stone we can start the process of allocating tickets to the supporters and making BT Murrayfield a sea of maroon for Craig and the team to walk out to, on what will be a truly special occasion for everyone associated with the club.

 

https://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-betfred-cup-semi-final

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Geoff the Mince
28 minutes ago, Jambo_in_Hamilton said:

What’s their source?

My brother stays out your way he can pick you up on way through ? 

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6 minutes ago, ...a bit disco said:

#Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says process unfair re Betfred Cup semis. Questions if Murrayfield neutral venue given how often Hearts have played there.

 

Hope Craig comes out and says not only does the location give us a huge advantage but he’s spoken with Murrayfield and they’ve agreed not to cut the grass between now and the game!

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Just now, Victorian said:

So not a draw to decide then?

 

****ing lunatics.

 

Sellik spewin'.

 

****ing braw.

would love it if there was a draw and it came out this way

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The Future's Maroon

Just speaking to a couple of Hibs fans in the pub, they agree it’s the best scenario, hope and expect us to sell out our 50% allocation and want us to win....yes, I said they were Hibbys?!

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I P Knightley
10 minutes ago, redjambo said:

 

No it's not. An argument is an intellectual process. What you indulged in is contradiction, which is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says.

No it's not.

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Once the whistle goes I don’t believe the venue will make any real difference to what happens on the park. However, this is all about marginal gains. Celtic will have a very set routine for Hampden, where they stay, how they travel, when they travel, where they get changed, for some players they probably have “their seat” in the Hampden dressing room. All of this changes, the players  minds can’t switch off and go through the motions of another match at Hampden. It will be a different experience...it’s not a huge advantage to us but these small changes, these small extra thoughts all add up...

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Naismith On sportssound. In response to Rodgers manning about us playing at Murrayfield as it was our home park...

 

aye we’ll 18 of us haven’t played there!!

 

legend!

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10 minutes ago, cameron79 said:

Says the man who manages a club who have their own end of the national 'neutral' venue

bang on mate lets shove right up them im bouncing already and the game is miles away

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7 minutes ago, Ribble said:

 

Hope Craig comes out and says not only does the location give us a huge advantage but he’s spoken with Murrayfield and they’ve agreed not to cut the grass between now and the game!

 

:rofl: 

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Jack Torrance

Mods - can JKB make a donation of Miracle Gro lawn food to the SRU so we can get it properly ‘rugby length’ in time for the game?

 

Poor Victims.

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13 minutes ago, ...a bit disco said:

#Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says process unfair re Betfred Cup semis. Questions if Murrayfield neutral venue given how often Hearts have played there.

 

Is this pr1ck for real?! I’d be surprised if more if the Celtic team haven’t played at Murrayfield than us (can only think of Souttar and Smith likely to play that played at Murrayfield last season).  Plus Celtic have played at Hampden 8 times in the last 2 years to our none.

 

Hope CL calls him out for this hypocrisy.

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5 minutes ago, JamboGraham said:

Once the whistle goes I don’t believe the venue will make any real difference to what happens on the park. However, this is all about marginal gains. Celtic will have a very set routine for Hampden, where they stay, how they travel, when they travel, where they get changed, for some players they probably have “their seat” in the Hampden dressing room. All of this changes, the players  minds can’t switch off and go through the motions of another match at Hampden. It will be a different experience...it’s not a huge advantage to us but these small changes, these small extra thoughts all add up...

it will make a huge difference 25,000 jambos rather than 7-10,000

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16 minutes ago, ...a bit disco said:

#Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says process unfair re Betfred Cup semis. Questions if Murrayfield neutral venue given how often Hearts have played there.

That is great to read. I'd love to see the trembling lip as he said it; is a clip available?

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PeterintheRain
2 hours ago, Selkirkhmfc1874 said:

No off course not , that's only time football has been held at murrayfield when our stand was being built and also Celtics ground was being rebuilt 

 

Apart from the 2003-5 Euro league games, the 2006-7 Champions League matches and Euro league game, HMFC v Barcelona,  h1b5 v Barcelona then there's never been a soccer match at Murrayfield.  

 

You're not from around here are you?  Even in Selkirk they're not that stupid.

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17 minutes ago, ...a bit disco said:

#Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says process unfair re Betfred Cup semis. Questions if Murrayfield neutral venue given how often Hearts have played there.

 

Hey Celtic... mind when you won the Scottish cup in 95 at hampden, having played all your league games there that season...???

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S***E S***E S***E. I get back from my holiday at 1, difficult to get through immigration control and from Turnhouse to Murrayfield in 30 minutes, put it back to 3 please

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chester copperpot
Just now, Fruitmachine76 said:

 

Hey Celtic... mind when you won the Scottish cup in 95 at hampden, having played all your league games there that season...???

Head in the sand *****.

 

Murrayfield wa

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Heartsofgold

How the **** is it unfair?!?!?  Celtic have played more at Hampden recently than we have at Murrayfield?!?!?  They manky ****nuggets can lick my sweaty hoop.

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