We’ve been trailing the Ukraine-Russia Joint League plans, which was due to commence early next year, since they were first mooted in 2012. Political will, met commercial money, and a football desire to put the merger of two large national leagues into the schedule.
Needless to say, these plans are off the agenda, although it’s easy to look back now and see why the political will was so forthcoming. Note to Westminster, if you want to indulge in a bit of togetherness, put your shoulder behind building a relevant nationwide sporting infrastructure.
Instead of a Joint League, what the football authorities in Russia, Ukraine and Zurich are left with is a bit of a mess. Crimean clubs, Sevastopli and Tavriya are midway through a season in the Ukrainian Premier League. Russian minister for Sport, Vitaly Mutko, said, “From the beginning of next season Sevastopol and Tavria wiil join the Russian Premier League”, which will expand to accommodate them.
He told Russian media he had received assurances from Fifa that they would accommodate the change, adding, “We want a friendly relationship with Ukraine and do not want to disrupt their current championship. When the season finishes in May we will be back in discussions to formulate the way forward.”
The Russian media report that Ukrainian FA are less interested in maintaining friendly relations with their eastern neighbours and have written to Fifa and Uefa asking them to ban Russian football if they take clubs from the Ukrainian FA without permission. This claim has not been mentioned in the Ukrainian press, or on the Ukraine FA website – despite this being cited as the source in Russia, so it cannot be verified.
Clubs moving between national associations is a common occurrence, happening every year somewhere in the world, but I’m unaware of it happening without the approval of both FAs. Notwithstanding that, there is zero chance Uefa or Fifa will block this transfer. Two member clubs are in a problematic situation, they have a league which wants to take them. Uefa will approve.
Conspiracy theorists everywhere were confounded this morning when one of Europe’s most connected clubs, Bayern Munich, were issued with a partial stadium closure for their home Champions League quarter final against Manchester United, after fans displayed an offensive banner against Arsenal in the last round. Homophobia was their offence of choice.
Seville – The Celtic Movement:
“After the game I asked a policeman the way to the station and he just pointed ahead…walked on to find myself in Porto Bus area…walked back – asked another Policeman and he pointed other way”.
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Maleys Bhoy
Best courses to play in that area on a package are:
Old Course……a must play for any golfer…..brilliant course….don’t forget your handicap certificate or they won’t let you on.
Millenium
Pinall
I would avoid Laguna if you can……apart from lots of water not much else to get interested in.
60 euros for a buggy on each course…..they insist you use one too!!
ryecatcher….
What Gives….With The Followers Of ‘The Religion Of Peace’….?
So Many Mis-Understanders……
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4830/media_ignores_jihadi_persecution_of_christians_why
B B
Got ur Monty Python reply.
Ryecatcher.
cheers. 12 of us going golfing for a few days In may….looking forward to it. Pool sounds good…
How in the name of god , can celtic be denied entry to the English leagues , On what grounds , because we play in another country . Cardiff and Swansea dismiss that does it not . Because the SFA would veto us going . I think we should have enough evidence of corruption against our club to take that fight a bit farther . Because other English clubs would stop us getting accepted , they will do what the money men tell them . I believe not enough pressure is being applied by our club to at least challenge the TV company,s , and the English Fa . We will never get to prove just what a huge club , and a huge attraction we are until we get out of this country and out the reach of the SFA .
TLOS-R A G
Emdae explain his posts to me??
Ryecatcher.
Courses already booked. Playing both val do lobo courses, vila sol and think the last one is the laguna one….4 course golf package including buggies and hotel transfers £295…
Iain Anderson played When Will Our Rivers Run Free & The Boston Rose tonight. MAGIC!!!
NatKnow – Supporting Wee Oscar
23:46 on 24 March, 2014
‘ I found the repeated use of that phrase incredibly irritating! I think it was originally credited to Jeremy Bentham in relation to his views on the notion of “natural rights”.’
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Yes but in the context of the debate (where have I heard that phrase before?), Galloway was quoting Sillars’ description of SNP policy.
Awe etc at 21.00
What is that golf and money thing about?
Apologies if English isn’t your first language.
NatKnow – Supporting Wee Oscar,
Have to post this……I’m always acutely aware of how little I actually know….I’m basically educated but realise my general knowledge is very little in the grand scheme.
For someone to point out this connection so quickly…..left me serioully impressed. I had to “google” Jeremy Bentham, and came up with this from Wiki.
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Jeremy Bentham (/ˈbɛnθəm/; 15 February [O.S. 4 February] 1748 – 6 June 1832) was a British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer. He is regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
Bentham became a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law, and a political radical whose ideas influenced the development of welfarism. He advocated individual and economic freedom, the separation of church and state, freedom of expression, equal rights for women, the right to divorce, and the decriminalising of homosexual acts.[1] He called for the abolition of slavery, the abolition of the death penalty, and the abolition of physical punishment, including that of children.[2] He has also become known in recent years as an early advocate of animal rights.[3] Though strongly in favour of the extension of individual legal rights, he opposed the idea of natural law and natural rights, calling them “nonsense upon stilts”.[4]
Maleys Bhoy….
Cracking value at that price.
Surprised they’ve chucked the buggies in……result!!
Going in September again with a load of Villa fans.
The marina at night time is incredibly vibrant place and a beautiful setting.
Got pished one night in Albufeira and went off on my own for a taxi back to Vilamoura.told the taxi driver Dom Pedro hotel and 50 euros later we found it……..At the third attempt…..how was I to know there were at least 5 Dom Pedros in Vilamoura lol?
Ryecatcher
think they are struggling for business just like murcia and la manga etc…
looking forward to a few beers..and the golf. Never played abroad except Florida…
We’ve booked all inclusive at hotel to keep the price down a bit….imagine there will be a lot of golfers there at same time.
What’s happened to resolution 12?
Serious question……has it been parked up until next AGM?
ernie lynch,
Jim Sillars actually called SNP policy “nonsense on stilts”?
If he did then fair enough.
Maybe Galloway in his street-fighting style just “laboured” it a bit.
Chris Torey,
One can only pity you. Let’s hope for your sake that you haven’t broken the law this evening. Actually, you would deserve your comeuppance. No doubt it will come in some shape or form in this life or the next.
Chris Torey….
You sound familiar.
Were you born early 60s and were you brought up East of the river Clyde within Glasgow City boundaries?
Hmmmm……
I won’t give you away but you should have grown out of all that extremism by now.
Straight yes or no to both questions would be appreciated.
No. No.
I was born much earlier in deepest Govan.
Extreme? The truth is always extreme. And it hurts.
vaya con dios
Maleys Bhoy…,
There’s two gorgeous Swedish girls stand at the first tee Laguna.
One puts her arm around you in your best golfer pose and the other takes a photo of the two of you.
If you want the pic they ask for 20 euros.
Amazing the amount of people who fall for them and buy it.
Anti-Semitism Within British Football….
http://chersonandmolschky.com/2014/03/21/anti-semitism-british-football/
Alasdair MacLean
00:06 on 25 March, 2014
Sillars has described the SNP’s plans for monetary union with the rest of the UK (ie keeping sterling) as nonsense on stilts.
Galloway did say this the first time he used the phrase.
John O’Neil
00:06 on 25 March, 2014
Chris Torey,
One can only pity you. Let’s hope for your sake that you haven’t broken the law this evening. Actually, you would deserve your comeuppance. No doubt it will come in some shape or form in this life or the next.
Law? What law would that be?
Oh, I see the law of of not waking the sheeple from their slumber.
They’d have to be asleep cos who else would believe the socialist dream stuff.
I sleep very easy, John. You could say the sleep of the Just.
I may not make Heaven but Purgatory would be a good stopover.
vaya con dios
Must go. Have some gardening to do.
c ya
Chris Torey……….
Govan,ey?
Obviously a descendant of the Harland and Wolfe platers circa 1920s.
If you know the christoreyCSC
Galloway, as always, brilliant. Sillars confused and rambling. Turned ugly referring to George as English. So what?
Singing Detective,
If you can’t understand why the Holocaust was a special case then perhaps you need to learn more. Quibbling about numbers is foul. Millions died. What the hell is wrong with you people? Have a heart.
fritzsong
00:13 on 25 March, 2014
Sillars looked his age. He was no match for Galloway.
ernie lynch,
Thanks for that.
I wasn’t in a room with a telly when someone pointed out on here that the debate was starting so I missed the start and must’ve been the initial use of the phrase.
Hanif uno di Chris Torey.
fritzsong
00:13 on 25 March, 2014
Galloway, as always, brilliant. Sillars confused and rambling. Turned ugly referring to George as English. So what?
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He didn’t refer to him as English.
He said George was an English MP.
Galloway lumped onto this unfortunate, easy to misinterpret, organisation of words which really meant an MP for a constituency in England; thereby lowering the standard of the debate.
Street fighting tactics.
Emdy want to see the back page of tomorrow’s Retard?
http://twitpic.com/dzail6
Thought not!
HH
So auld Jim Sillars is not indefatigueable then?
Galloway is just an erse like his mate from Pollok.
Socialists my big fat Fenian erse!!
Night Bhoys. Night wee Oscar my hero!! God bless x x x
ernie lynch
00:15 on 25 March, 2014
fritzsong
00:13 on 25 March, 2014
Sillars looked his age. He was no match for Galloway.
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George looked like he’s lost a bit of weight, but I thought his dress sense was a bit pimpish.
Johnny the Tim
He should thro some of his ill gotten millions at the creditors!!!
ryecatcher
00:22 on 25 March, 2014
I thought Galloway was very gracious towards Sillars at the end.
Galloway came across as a complete tosser, confirming what he is.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
Alasdair MacLean
23:56 on
24 March, 2014
NatKnow – Supporting Wee Oscar,
Have to post this……I’m always acutely aware of how little I actually know….I’m basically educated but realise my general knowledge is very little in the grand scheme.
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That understanding underlines just how much you have ,in fact ,learned.
The more you learn,the more you realise you don`t know.
Enjoy the journey.I certainly am.
WeefratheTim
00:26 on 25 March, 2014
So when Galloway said if Scotland did leave the UK he would support Sillars being prime minister he came across to you as a complete tosser?
Maybe says more about you than it does about Galloway.