President of La Liga in Spain has stepped into the Catalonian independence referendum debate by saying if Catalonia became independent clubs from that region, notably Barcelona and Espanyol, would have to leave the Spanish league and compete within their new domestic boundaries.
This claim is without foundation as multinational ‘domestic’ leagues are authorised by Uefa, Fifa and the EU, while Spanish clubs are able to compete with foreign clubs in European competition, but this intervention is likely to be one of the more emotive topics in the Catalonian debate. Would Barcelona fans vote for Catalan independence if it required them to withdraw from the Spanish league and hand back their status as one of the game’s world powers? Some would, some wouldn’t.
Football is the key cultural touchstone of European nations. Those who want to preserve the Spanish nation know this. Excluding Scottish clubs from the England and Wales football market has an enormous commercial impact on top-flight clubs here. It also means that our key cultural touchstone is Scottish.
Those who want to build a cohesive UK would be more productive by working to end the exclusion of Scottish clubs from the England and Wales league than telling nationalists they would be wrong to hold another referendum.
Popcorn and ginger on hand for the latest Newco Rangers episode. Flash mobs and EGMs, all destined to further tear the club apart. As we’ve said here for years, internecine strife is the only thing that can really damage a club. That lot seem to have a infinite supply of the stuff.
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Tombhoy2
BTW, it costs the taxpayer £28 BILLION pa to supplement these low paid workers in tax credits and housing benefits.
I had no idea there were Celtic fans with an attitude like yours. Bro Walfrid eat your heart out.
blantyretim is praying for the Knox family
Burgas hoops.
Cracking dog. Like the colour of the rosettes.
lol colours were totally en-expected last year but it was a great gesture from the show organisers and the kennel club knowing that the good lady was is from the Rebel County.
leftclicktic
Onwards to10IAR -)
They’ll never FFin’ expect this:
“Part 1 of the 3 part plan agreed at last nights meeting was a flash mob at Sports Direct store at the Glasgow Fort
We require as many fans as possible for this to have an impact and would request as much support as we can muster…please meet outside the store at midday for instructions. … If you wish to join from afar please let me know which area and i can pass on full instructions”
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“Good idea to try and get this out as far and wide as possible”
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“Parking at the Fort can be a bit of an issue.”
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“An idea for Sports Direct. Everyone turn up throughout the day and queue up with a Rangers shirt. When you go to pay say you have forgotten your wallet and leave. Wastes their time and stops them making genuine sales, and if queue long enough put off more people buying stuff.”
Looks a lot like Che Guevara
16:45 on 8 October, 2014
Phils description of the “Glib & shameless liar”
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/send-in-the-clowns/#more-5165
Looks a lot like Che Guevara
They try their wee masonic hearts out………………….aw, wee shame!
Hrvatski jim
Good luck with your canadian trip. A wee bit of caution about bringing in the square sausage. Our customs people frown on any meat products coming into the country. They have dogs. trained to sniff for agricultural products in suitcases…..no kidding! Hefty fine if your caught.
That the orcs not paying again.
In the words of del amitri. Nothing ever changes.
Mike
I like the sound of your gaff!
HH jamesgang
CanajunBhoy
Many thanks. Did not know that.
Pity as there seem to be so many going for a good price around Lennoxtown.
(actually – I don’t eat them myself so I have a foot in Ronny’s camp on this one)
I kno everyone’s a critique these days but I was less than whelmed by the ole BBC musical extravaganza last night.
Ghod only knos why they chose that choon.
Timaloy ??!!!……..maybe you should read what Gerard houllier said about Celtic after we humped them in uefa ……
Did we not win loads of games in the dying minutes ??…….in fact it was a wee bit of a theme in Mon teams !!!
what have the zombeens done now ?
quick check of bbc sport – got it .Mr. dignity now at humbleville
Some of my family, returning to Toronto today, after the trip home for my daughters wedding, do get their square slice from a Scottish butchers, can’t remember exact location, ??? by the lake ?
Hail Hail
Looks like the Fort is a place to be avoided tomorrow. I’m sure the retailers there will be well chuffed with the FF website owners for conspiring to disrupt their trade.
Does anyone think Police Scotland do anything about it? Me neither.
Wish I’d never mentioned square sausages! No wonder people complain about the blog diverting away from Celtic. My apologies to all – just scroll past me.
Away for my tea now – no square sausages.
glendalystonsils
16:36 on 8 October, 2014
What are you blaming the manager for, creating 10 chances!?
Barking
RD if you’re looking in big man and want a shoe in team for a run of domestic wins go with
Griffiths guidetti
Johanson biton henderson brown
Izzy vvd delany efe
Gordon
ger57
17:12 on 8 October, 2014
Looks like the Fort is a place to be avoided tomorrow. I’m sure the retailers there will be well chuffed with the FF website owners for conspiring to disrupt their trade.
Does anyone think Police Scotland do anything about it? Me neither.
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I hope they go ahead with it! Could be
Comedy gold. What dance do you think they’ll do? Surely Michael Jacksons Thriller? :-)
From Wiki: flashmob = “a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, before quickly dispersing.”
The essence appears to be the element of surprise.
Monaghan1900
I’d have thought the pointless bit was more appropriate.
blantyretim is praying for the Knox family
17:32 on
8 October, 2014
Oh it’ll definitely be pointless – nothing ‘seemingly’ about it!
Andy Murray is into the third round of the Shanghai Masters – but Rafael Nadal is knocked out by Feliciano Lopez
What a day for Judy!
He’s got no hair
We don’t care
Telling it like it is wonderland
Bobbmurdoch curled winklepeckers. £7 -50 at times i worked for less ,myself and wife,it was a struggle at times,but we managed, and i think in tesco distrubution plants pay a lot more than the minimum wage, a lot seem to have a bee in there bonnet, regarding m-wage, a lot know what the hourly rate is ,
kdc @ 17:17
RD if you’re looking in big man and want a shoe in team for a run of domestic wins go with
Griffiths guidetti
Johanson biton henderson brown
Izzy vvd delany efe
Gordon
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That’s an unconventional formation but hell let’s give it a go….Gordon as a lobe striker with Leigh sitting on john’s shoulders in goal.
Give it a whirl.
HH jamesgang
Lobe = lone!
Great idea jamesgang but who the **** is delany. }=
Gerboy, a delivery driver and his part time wife working for tesco,15 k , no im sure they pay more than that.and for that other joker ,saying that i have forgot were i came from ,i dont think so, i know what its like to be to skint,its not nice, and being unemployed,and as for charitys i have over the years i have given plenty. more than you pair of spivs,cheeky pair of .
kdc
17:17 on
8 October, 2014
glendalystonsils
16:36 on 8 October, 2014
What are you blaming the manager for, creating 10 chances!?
If you read my post again you’ll see that I am blaming the guys who are on the pitch to score goals for only scoring 1 in 10.
jamesgang
We ear you.
Tb2
It was me. I work trying to help these people .
Weekly wage 100.00
Rent 60.00
Ctax 20.00
Gas electric 20.00.
Where do they get their mobiles plasma TV or food for a start.
00
Zero hour contracts save those multinational companies from paying insurance tax etc…
Know your facts before you spout utter garbage.
Good evening friends
Monaghan1900 @ 16.50
That cheered me up. Wonder how long it took them to come up with such a great strategy ? Wonder how long it will take them to start knocking the crap out of each other ?
Couldnt make them up
HH
Paul, however logical and fair it would be within a free trade zone like the UK that all companies have an equal access to the market, it won’t happen because of any desire for Union Building.
The one thing consistently missing from the NO offering was any concrete desire positively to build the Union whether politically, socially or economically.
Whether it’s political parties and their allegiance, airports and trains, the military, company HQs, the energy Industry etc or, indeed, football, nothing that would encourage the population to come together in a stronger more coherent, modern, Union was offered.
Only at the last minute was the constitutional question confronted – it’s unravelling already- but the damage had been done by then.
Monaghan1900
16:50 on 8 October, 2014
They’ll never FFin’ expect this:
“Part 1 of the 3 part plan agreed at last nights meeting was a flash mob at Sports Direct store at the Glasgow Fort
We require as many fans as possible for this to have an impact and would request as much support as we can muster…please meet outside the store at midday for instructions. … If you wish to join from afar please let me know which area and i can pass on full instructions”
——
“Good idea to try and get this out as far and wide as possible”
——
“Parking at the Fort can be a bit of an issue.”
——
“An idea for Sports Direct. Everyone turn up throughout the day and queue up with a Rangers shirt. When you go to pay say you have forgotten your wallet and leave. Wastes their time and stops them making genuine sales, and if queue long enough put off more people buying stuff.”
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You know, sometimes – even tho’ I’m an active Timfiltrator on there – sometimes I’m just lost for comment on their ineffable, unwitting comic genius.
It’s as if the genetic line of Baldrick from Blackadder all converged on the one football club’s supporter base across the same couple of generations…
Sandman
hahahahaha, very well put mate
HH
corkcelt@5.51
Dunno mhate – it’s kdc’s suggested team!
Mibbee it’s denayer in drag – whole new twist on old bob crampsie’s commentary on ‘white stockings’?!?
;-)
HH jamesgang