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I have watched a bit of the Championship on BBC Scotland recently.  It’s seldom brilliant football but almost always entertaining.  For most of the season I despaired at the prospect of Arbroath picking up the automatic promotion spot.  The last thing we need is another tiny club with tiny resources lining their entire team along the 18-yard line.

This is unfair, of course.  What this tiny team have achieved to get within a whisker of the topflight is remarkable.  With Premiership TV money, they could emulate Ross County and previously Hamilton.  They would bring little interest to the league, but seven figure payments go a long way when you carry low overheads.

The alternative is Kilmarnock, a side with vastly greater resources and a truly terrible artificial surface.  Inverness and Partick will likely compete with the Premiership’s 11th club for the remaining topflight spot.  Raith seem to have lost their way since the Goodwillie fiasco.

Clubs only survive in the lower leagues so long before whatever local appeal they had fades to an insignificant level.  Dunfermline have a history, a decent sized local population, with an affluent business community, but the Leishman days are gone for good, never mind the Stein era.  Ironically, it could be Raith, newly relevant in Kirkcaldy, who are more likely to bounce.

Former Celtic central defender, John Hughes, is currently managing Dunfermline.  He led Falkirk to the topflight 19 years ago, then onto the top half of the table and a Scottish Cup Final.  When he left for an ill-advised spell at Hibs, Falkirk never recovered.  They have lost more than they’ve won in League One this season.

I’ll regret whoever goes down of Dundee or St Johnstone.  Both are sold clubs with enough fans to do better.  Despite the pitch, a Kilmarnock would be welcome.  It makes for a healthier league.

 

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  1. Majestic Hartson on

    AnT,

     

     

    Are you implying that money doesn’t trickle down!!! 😱

     

     

    The Champions league is dull in my eyes. There was a time when Real Madrid v Bayern Munich* (or whoever) was a big deal but when it comes around every couple of years it loses the magic.

     

     

    Even if every team went into a knock out before the leagues, or the leagues weren’t seeded so you’d get a group of death 4 of the favourites in it and maybe an easy path for some outsiders it might level the playing field a bit. It doesn’t have to be a complete overhaul – though I’d prefer if it was.

     

     

    *Though obviously Iniquitousiv will still be watching it 😅

  3. GFTB on

    MM 4.36pm

     

     

    “If coming 9th in the SPL U18 league”

     

     

    Has the league finished in March ?

     

     

    I think you are taking this post from “somebody on KDS” a bit far, I can’t even find the u-18 table !!! If you could provide a link to the website it would be much appreciated

     

     

    Cheers

  5. MadMitch on

    GFTB @ 4.54

     

     

    You really need to try harder.

     

    KDS — Lowland League Thread / last or second last page.

     

    Sorted.

  7. GFTB on

    MM

     

     

    Apologies you didn’t make it clear earlier, so the under 18s aren’t actually playing against other u-18s and actually playing in the lowland league ??

     

     

    If you had posted Celtic B team playing against lowland league teams it would have made more sense, your original point made it out to be Celtic u-18s we’re 9th in the u-18 league … by the way, I think there are around half a dozen 16yr olds in the 23 man squad, hope one or two make the first team in their football journey

     

     

    Cheers again for the football chat

  8. bigrailroadblues on

    Hopefully this time next week we shall all be celebrating a sound thrashing of the trailer park troglodytes.

  9. GFTB on

    I could be incorrect but are Celtic B not sitting 4th just now ???

     

     

    I suppose I could be wrong MM

     

     

    One persons 9th is another persons 4th

     

     

     

    4 Celtic B 30 20 4 6 72 26 46

     

     

    If incorrect, apologies, I was only trying to try harder

     

     

    Cheers again

  10. An Tearmann on

    Majestic Hartson

     

     

    Your right,the prestige has gone,the magic eroded as we can barely watch a full game of that quality,and that quality is usually berthed in one of the big5 countries.

     

    Trickle down….yeh,once we get a centre half/forward,goalie,fullback,centre and defensive mid,then it can trickle where ever it wants 🤣,(typical tim:-)

     

     

    Sky don’t even reveal their Scottish subscription numbers.could be argued your actually supporting the English game in subscribing

     

     

    Am glad I go to a game,don’t really need their debate

     

    Comfi wi my own eyes and experience.i trust that.

     

    🤣👍

     

     

    HH

  11. Por Cierto on

    AN TEARMANN

     

    “By the time I was old enough the 94th was split into A and B teams,with arden and carnwardric,good rivalry 🤣.”

     

     

    Yes, sorry, I was in the 94thB Arden, por cierto.

  12. Por Cierto on

    POR CIERTO on 27TH MARCH 2022 5:38 PM

     

    AN TEARMANN

     

    “By the time I was old enough the 94th was split into A and B teams,with arden and carnwardric,good rivalry 🤣.”

     

    “Yes, sorry, I was in the 94thB Arden, por cierto.”

     

     

    Now, thinking about it, I don’t believe the 94thA was still going, our main rivals were the 165 who were also in Arden, I think. por cierto

  14. An Tearmann on

    JVR on 27TH MARCH 2022 4:39 PM

     

    An Tearmann , sad news about Jim Brogan passing away . May he rest in peace.

     

     

    Another Celtic / St Roch’s connection . Jim and his brother Frank played for both clubs.

     

     

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    JVR

     

     

    Correct on the ice cream front,and the raspberry sauce, were perfect 👍,scared to visit as sauce will hit the £10.

     

     

    Yeh,2018 sadly Jim passed.I think he had stepped back from the pub game prior to that with cognitive illness hitting him.He was a tough full back.He wore the hoops.

     

     

    HH

  16. bigrailroadblues on

    Tony Rome, from earlier. I’ll ask Mum about the names you mentioned. She usually has great memories of Govan. 👍

  20. An Tearmann on

    Por Cierto

     

     

    🤣🤣 I was in the ‘a’ pack,it was early 70s as they merged.

     

    Played BB,guilds,school,anywhere,I recall a wee local amateur team nearly liquidating due to £25 fine for non registration of players,lot of housebuilding in arden recently,100 at puggy,100 at lower Kilmuir crescent in last few years

     

     

    HH

  22. An Tearmann on

    BIGRAILROADBLUES on 27TH MARCH 2022 6:13 PM

     

    AT, the puggy. Knew it well. My Dad had a shop at Kennishead/Summerlee Road.

     

     

    Selling? Type? Of shop 🤣

     

    A lot used to use the old puggy rail line as a short cut to thornliebank Rd from arden coming out there at those shops at one end and the wee hill up to Arden from carnwadric Rd at the other.100 or so houses in were old carnwadric community centre used to be.

     

     

    HH

  23. Por Cierto on

    AN TEARMANN

     

     

    Moved to Arden 1962, Cubs, I think, ’65/’66.

     

     

    The Puggy was a puggy! No through road into Arden from Carnwadric then. Got quite messy when it rained heading down to the 45 terminus on Carnwadric Road.

     

     

    BIGRAILROADBLUES

     

     

    What was your dad’s shop name?

     

     

    por cierto

  26. An Tearmann on

    POR CIERTO on 27TH MARCH 2022 6:34 PM

     

    AN TEARMANN

     

     

    RST is where you cut through, yes? por cierto.

     

     

    Indeed it would be,🤣 the old rail line carried on over to tyre factory and was used in the dye works that were at top of tbank Rd and that whole industrial estate.

     

    The road up to Arden was there for me goin up to my aunts in kilmalaug every Thurs from 70 onwards,those new builds today are in on left as you go up hill.its hopefully a change for better

     

     

    BRRB

     

     

    Served a dinner with meat from your dad’s every night mate.recall it well,stocking up the freezer.small world mate.sent many a time to pick up order

     

     

    HH

  27. David66 on

    Good evening troops

     

     

    Well what a lovely day I had. I had the house or garden to myself. Mrs David66 was out with her sisters and mum (Grace 80 years young). Still out.

     

     

    I had a 6 hour debate with my mate/neighbour (fergusslayedtheblues) of this parish, son and grandson about next weeks game and we all came to the same conclusion. We will pump them if Ange has a squad to pick from.

     

     

    D :)

  29. David66 on

    I knew that BRRB was off money owning shoaps etc.

     

     

    Long pockets short arms.

     

     

    Your on the bell ma man.

     

     

    D :)

  31. Por Cierto on

    If anyone on here has a business that would help a poster, I think you should let it be known. Nothing better than paying a good Celtic man for work needing to be done, or products needing bought, por cierto :)))

  32. bigrailroadblues on

    D66, slanderous comment. My lawyers make short work of Garngad ruffians. Harrumph!

  33. bigrailroadblues on

    And another thing…it’s Leggy from SC who is on the bell Friday. He’s the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo.

  34. An Tearmann on

    Por Cierto

     

     

    Tyre factory….fires,indeed,I experienced the annual summer pyre a few times,recall it being in paper,’seen from greenock 😂 .That whole area now has various units and some east ren council officers in it.spiersbridge Park.👍

     

     

    HH

  35. !!Bada Bing!! on

    PC- great idea, i carry out Fire Risk Assessments, and deliver Fire Safety Training….👍

  36. David66 on

    BRRB look forward to seeing you and Leggy on Friday.

     

     

    You better raid your piggy bank for the Jolly bhoys outing.

     

     

    D :)

  37. David66 on

    Dont know if Por Cierto is serious but I am looking to buy Janitorial machinery, garden machinery and industrial van pack jet washing machinery.

     

     

    Would welcome the chance to talk to anyone who could beat our suppliers quotes.

     

     

    D :)

  38. bigrailroadblues on

    D66 we are more skint than Halloween Houston, Dark Mingwall and Chris Tinfoilheid combined. 😂

  41. IniquitousIV on

    MAJESTIC HARTSON @ 4:50 PM

     

     

    *Though obviously Iniquitousiv will still be watching it 😅

     

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    Just to let you know that I resemble that remark.

  42. IniquitousIV on

    DAVID66

     

    You might give Hart Cleaning, Mossend Works, off Main St, Bellshill a call. Their number used to be 0169 884 4222. I know they do janitorial and industrial cleaning materials, but I’m not sure if they do the machinery.

     

    Good luck.

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