O'Kelly Isley III Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 3 hours ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: 18 quid seems fairly reasonable to me these days. The running costs of a club at our level are eye watering. The floodlight bill throughout the winter compared to 2 or 3 seasons ago must be astronomical. We are charging similar this season - £18 admission, £230 early bird and £270 after the early bird offer finishes with your usual discounts for students and OAPs. Sadly the days of a large number of 'walk-ups' have now gone for most clubs but the most savvy of them now pitch the season tickets at a fairly attractive level, with the benefit of the money coming in immediately and no matter if someone takes a couple of dives during the season due to the weather, etc., Someone somewhere will have crunched the comparative costs of attending football, cinema, gigs, garden centres or whatever, but at our level I think it's about right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artic Penguin Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Pretty sure "Least Fife" were that for away fans last season, greedy buggers. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataboy Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Not much happening . Are the players back at training ? Socials are a bit slow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattie36 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Had my first visit to Ochilview on Saturday as my son was playing in a youth tournament. Really liked the location, close to shops and pubs. As for the ground - it’s a mix of good and not so good, I’m sure you all know that though. Nice stand with really good views, nice and steep so you’re not looking at the back of someone’s head. In photos and highlights, the terracing behind the goals always reminded me of Gayfield but in real life it’s larger and is fully covered. I imagine you get a cracking atmosphere in there during a big game. Pitch also looked ok, my son said it was decent enough. The rest is poor though - I get it that the capacity is more than enough so spending unnecessary money on facilities that aren’t needed just isn’t going to happen. Some kind of fan access or small terraced sections would be a big improvement though, even something as basic as Cove. Don’t take any of that the wrong way though because the positives outweigh the negatives and I’m looking forward to taking in a league game there next season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 6 hours ago, Tattie36 said: Had my first visit to Ochilview on Saturday as my son was playing in a youth tournament. Really liked the location, close to shops and pubs. As for the ground - it’s a mix of good and not so good, I’m sure you all know that though. Nice stand with really good views, nice and steep so you’re not looking at the back of someone’s head. In photos and highlights, the terracing behind the goals always reminded me of Gayfield but in real life it’s larger and is fully covered. I imagine you get a cracking atmosphere in there during a big game. Pitch also looked ok, my son said it was decent enough. The rest is poor though - I get it that the capacity is more than enough so spending unnecessary money on facilities that aren’t needed just isn’t going to happen. Some kind of fan access or small terraced sections would be a big improvement though, even something as basic as Cove. Don’t take any of that the wrong way though because the positives outweigh the negatives and I’m looking forward to taking in a league game there next season. Ochilview 'does the job'. As you say, there's no reason to make any real improvements. There's a flat standing area behind the goals at the astroturf end which has only been recently used as such. The view from the back couple of rows of the stand is excellent and the terrace is probably only behind Ayr in terms of size/roof shape allowing for a larger away support to make a racket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 25 minutes ago, Am Featha *****h Nan Clach said: Ochilview 'does the job'. As you say, there's no reason to make any real improvements. There's a flat standing area behind the goals at the astroturf end which has only been recently used as such. The view from the back couple of rows of the stand is excellent and the terrace is probably only behind Ayr in terms of size/roof shape allowing for a larger away support to make a racket. I think Queen of the South have the biggest remaining covered terrace in the League, which is not to say that the terrace at Ochilview isn't splendid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 24 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I think Queen of the South have the biggest remaining covered terrace in the League, which is not to say that the terrace at Ochilview isn't splendid. We do, but it's the home end of course. I read it that they have the biggest terrace for away fans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Yes, best for away fans (after Ayr). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledLichtie Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 (edited) I like Ochilview. Objectively, I shouldn't, as its not great, but I've got a lot of good memories there. One thing I do appreciate is that the stand has decent spacing, so your knees dont get ripped to shreds. One of my friends was actually bleeding after the Killie game a couple years back due to the seats being so tightly packed. Edited June 18 by ExiledLichtie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Blue Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 16 hours ago, ExiledLichtie said: I like Ochilview. Objectively, I shouldn't, as its not great, but I've got a lot of good memories there. One thing I do appreciate is that the stand has decent spacing, so your knees dont get ripped to shreds. One of my friends was actually bleeding after the Killie game a couple years back due to the seats being so tightly packed. ..... so, you've been to Cappielow, aye? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashioned Stramash Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Think I know why Scotland got put out. Stevie Clarke didn't want to miss out on the footballing spectacle that is the league Cup. He's probably got his mind fixed on how Stenny are going to line-up against Dundee United and F*****k . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Be nice to see Stenny do well this season. Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnsythebinman Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 i;m seeing everyother club fixtures out at 9am this morning but cant see any from stenny. anybody found them yet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 13 minutes ago, Burnsythebinman said: i;m seeing everyother club fixtures out at 9am this morning but cant see any from stenny. anybody found them yet https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-one/fixtures Not a peep from us on Twitter. Already been a huge drop of from last season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataboy Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Bit of a tough opening but it will be great to be back to competitive matches soon . Bit slow on Twitter for publishing the fixtures . What’s going on there ? No coverage either of the return to training . Even Stirling Albion have coverage and they are a complete bomb scare at the moment . Looking forward to Sat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilly Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 The new media team are a mile off it. I'll just say what we are all thinking. We must have been the last club in Scotland to have announced the fixtures on X and that was after prompt. Nothing from training, eye bleeding fonts/graphics and just in general the feel we have fell off the media momentum from last season. Early days and things can only get better. I suppose when it's voluntary you can't expect the world and interest in the roles will be limited but I would have thought people in this field of work, or who have aspirations, would have a little more natural flavour for it than what's been produced so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnsythebinman Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 website hasnt been updated too. showing league2 teams and old fixtures 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Blackwell Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Edin Lynch has signed for Edinburgh City (together with Jon Robertson) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Anyone heading through to Edinburgh tomorrow for the game with CSS? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataboy Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Yes heading through tomorrow for CSS . Good to be back and have a look at the couple of new additions . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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