no, i think they would chnage it for something like that, why losing the business of 50 people for 5 asians who wont drink (My political correctness button is off atm)

And it looks like melbourne is finally getting organised. WOO!

Yeah im trying lads, i just need the melbourne guys to put their hands up and say whether they want to do it or not
need to get back to the celtic club coz i havent got back to em in about a week and we are really starting to look fickle and they wont worry about showing anything for us if thats the case.

You could try asking DPL to send all Melbourne people on his list of 5000 Oz members an email about trying to set up the Melbourne Hammers Again. See if you can get some replies on who is interested and who is not.

DPL didnt react to well on this thread mind you, but it couldnt hurt.

Ill give it a shot, sounds like a good idea.

If somebody is willing to take the initiative and organise (i'm lazy) I will 100% definitely come.

How about trying to organise a meet up for the cup tie against Hartlepool?

The Hartlepool game is the only " early " kickoff at 11 40 pm Sat 24 Jan.I believe Setanta have the rights to the FA Cup. Whilst most of us probably have Foxtel we dont have a Setanta subscription.I presume the Celtic Club still does.

Just checked setanta's website WE ARE CONFIRMED LIVE BROADCAST 11 30 PM SAT 24TH JAN.

This gives us 2 weeks to spread the word.

I'm in.

i would definately be in, as many people will tell you ive been trying to organize a meet up for a while too, dunno why but we in Melbourne cant seem to get our act together, but ill pencil it in WE ARE GOING. COME ON MELBOURNE we have heaps of hammers supporters that have put their hands up in the past, now lets get them organized!!!

Let me know if you are confirmed for the venue and I'll post something up for you and send out a mass email.

ill give the celtic club a call tomorrow, see if theyll show it.

rang celtic club and shes gonna give me a call back. they do have setanta but she doesnt know if theyll show it.
if we could give her some an idea of how many guys want to go, we might have a better chance of them showing it.
she also said something about them not knowing whether they would be open or not?? seems weird for 11:30 on a sat night!

celtic club will not be open that night. does anyone know of another venue??

LIST OF VENUES THAT HAVE SETANTA
Melbourne Central


Charles Dickens Tavern, 290 Collins St, Melbourne 3000
Tel: 03 9654 1821
Website: N/A

The Celtic Club, 316-320 Queen St, Melbourne 3000
Tel: 03 9670 6472
Website: www.celticclub.com.au

P J O'Brien's Irish Pub, Southbank Shp G14 Southgate Plz 3006
(03) 9686 5011
Website: www.pjobriens.com.au

Bridie O'Reilly's, 62 Little Collins St, Melbourne 3000
Tel: 03 9650 0840
Website: www.bridieoreillys.com.au

Pugg Mahones, 106 Hardware Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
Tel: 03 9670 6156
Website: www.puggs.com.au

Fluid Oz, 450 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne CBD, VIC 3000
Tel: 03 9662 4066
Website: www.mibp.com.au

Sherlock Holmes Inn, 415 Collins Street, Melbourne CBD, VIC 3000
Tel: 03 9629 1146
Website: www.thesherlockholmes.com.au

If you call a couple and get one confirmed venue. And I'll post something when you have something concrete,

rang all these places recently and they all pretty much told me to piss off, some said they were more focused on the drinking culture and the football is on just as a backgrtound thing and its not the sort of crowd they want at forefront of their business. one said they were more of a "family" sort of eating out place but same deal as the prior. and others said they dont want to upset the other punters by putting the sound on. so Melbourne, we are pretty much screwed for a place to watch.