Note this is for the period between 2010-16 And not the last couple of years where they're paying the agent's fees for players they are selling (allegedly...)
So a school in Dundee bought 200 tickets for the Newcastle v Barcelona CL game. This has upset local fans. There were 110,000 applications for tickets so many missed out. Newcastle’s response was to cancel the school’s tickets (although if bought legitimately does it not have a valid and enforceable contract?). Mean bastards
Aina already out for 3 months with a hamstring injury, has barely even met Ange but just the thought of his high line makes your hamstrings itchy!
It depends a little on why they bought them. Doesn't seem a great use of very limited school budgets on the face of it.
Schools arrange all kinds of social events - concerts, trips abroad etc - and the costs can be met in many different ways. But that’s not the issue. They bought tickets for what could be a once on a lifetime event for many of these kids - a chance to see a big CL game live. How can the club just snatch it away from them? Very mean. I bet they won’t be taking back the hospitality tickets they will have sold to some big fat cats, who don’t have any connections to the club or city.
I think it is a great use of funds. To travel to Newcastle, maybe for the first time, a city not unlike Dundee in many ways. To see and experience what is a major part of British culture. The children can learn more in that one day than maybe a week at school in a classroom. Then maybe a return trip for some kids in Newcastle to Tannadice and the City of Dundee.
Truth is it's an act of cruelty to make them go back to Dundee after the game, so maybe it's for the best.
They were supposedly tickets sold by their own season-ticket holders via unauthorised resellers. The season-ticket holders have had them revoked and they've been banned. Shame.
Not sure where best to post this, but I guess it is 'Rival-related'.... Wherever you place it however, it is still complete bonkers! I'm sure in some places it can get out of hand, but in general, banter between supporters is a positive in the workplace. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/employment-football-fans-reject-b2823829.html
I once turned down a decent job offer when I found out that the boss was a Gooner and so was most of the workers , just couldn't bring myself to do it due to judas and the fact they turned us over most games at the time
I think what is bonkers is the idea that you can decide in law who you like and who you don't like, but in reality that is exactly what the judge is saying.
Quite understandable! But legalising that is a totally different kettle of fish, as Spurf says. Overreach on a ridiculous scale
