I spoke to a serial divorcee some years ago and he suggested that after one bad marriage, you’re more likely to plunge headfirst into another, then another, than your average person, despite all the warning signs.
He was driven by a need to put things right in his life. Regretful of lost time, he wanted to get on with finding a secure, lasting, future relationship.
Parma were a tiny club for most of their existence, occupying the fourth tier of Italian football, but they rose inextricably to become one of the top clubs in Europe. When Rangers knocked them out of the Champions League qualifiers in the 90s, they were sixth top seed in the Uefa rankings. When the money dried up and insolvency grabbed them a few years ago it must have been hard to accept their place – a club with little substance going for it, but with fans expecting glory.
News this week that after liquidation a newco Parma would kick off at the bottom tier of the professional game in Italy is a morality tale. Just as my pal, the divorcee, was compelled to plunge into a ‘lasting and successful’ relationship at the first opportunity, few people who pick up the pieces of insolvent football clubs seem to be blessed with pragmatic expectations. A second, even more damaging liquidation, haunts in the shadows.
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Foggy Dew
outie for a David Gower.
Regarding the MSM season ticket drive for Chateau d’Espair…the current board are giving them very thin gruel to feast on.
Watch out for a change of tack…words like shrewd, deep thinking, long term vision, standard of SPFL, unearthed nuggets, etc..
Thus far Sevco has signed a moderate ex player …an injury prone Wigan reject and had talks with a 36 yr old and a 19 yr old …..inspiring stuff
GSL must be saving the £30m for some mega signings … Aye right
jmccormick – well done!
there is a worm at the bottom of the garden….and his name is wiggly woo…
that disnae sound right ….and his name is brawlly woo..
braw is off to brawielands …
braw
Afternoon Timland from a hot hun free mountain valley.
Just watched a very good doc on Aljazera called Football Rebels, it was about Socrates today, will prob be repeated later.
Well worth the watch, intro by Cantona.
HH
The “Clumpany”gets better day by day.I hope he has thanked all Huns(Sevco and those in the SMSM)for giving him so much wonderful material.
Keep on Clumping.
jobo baldie
Thanks, been nearly 10 years since I did the Strathy 10k , back then I did 56 minutes as a 17 stone 45 year old. Would be good to repeat that before September, need to lose another 5 pounds, can’t do anything about the age or years of wear and tear on hips and knees though. Loving the challenge though.
Had to look at the Sunday Post these past 3 weeks as was expecting a wee article about our Gins to be in it.
It really is as disgrace of a sports section. 4 pages put of 7 entirely devoted to propaganda for one lower division club. 4 ex rangers players as columnists. Utterly disgusting. Beyond anything as blatant at as the Record or Mail.
Electrical storm about to hit the Gulf of Gökova……………………..how do i know.
Int/net phish/TV phish/mobile phone no signal.
After 18 odd yrs yi get to know the signs :)
aye Jacky there is clever then there is awfy clever…
braw
Neustadt-Braw
You finished that big job yet pal? :)
Good Afternoon Timland.
Nae signings yet?
If yer stuck,the third part Hugh McIlvanney in conversation is
on Radio shortie at 1:00, well worth a listen.
@Lenny…….. Ha Ha guessed that mate the big ZZZZZZZ…
I chucked it once the two wee ones were fed… 10months and 7months.
Pity your so far away .Keep rockin the Blackstar.
I’m likin the Clumpany…. actually looking out for the posts now when I’m lurkin etc.
I hope this link works – a fantastic, very recent fly over of Celtic Park. Including New Balance seats ;-)
https://vimeo.com/132003042
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Canamalar is right.
Andrew Jackson and many before him were right.
F the Fed.
That Monster created on Jekyll Island is responsible for what is going on today.
Kojo.CsC
Fantastic video of Celtic Park.
https://t.co/JQlGi68kxk
Maestro – that’s been doing the rounds for at least 6 minutes ;-)
End of the month in just 2 days.
If we haven’t signed anyone by then I predict a few of the more anxious posters may experience …nnng… the start …nnnnng… of a summer …nnnnng… meltdown.
Should keep the blog bubbling over into July…
;))
Jobo my goodness that’s almost up there with your double post earlier.
Goosebumps Lhads
H.H.
Busy watching catch up from Glasto and currently watching
The Waterboys
Fantastic they are still.
Jobo,
Thanks for that. Great clip.
Good Afternoon.
Yesterday, Matthew Lindsay published an article in the Evening Times containing quotes from ex-Rangers captain and EBT-recipient Craig Moore.
The article trashed Scottish football, rewrote history, and said that ‘we’ needed a ‘strong Rangers*’.
It was breathtakingly arrogant stuff, and here is my take on it…
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/wibble-down-under/
Enjoy the rest of the day!
Ok so yesterday early morning I did a 120+ mile round trip to Direct Golf in Leith to exchange a faulty golf bag. Got a game this afternoon with my Bhoy and just noticed that the bag still has the security tag on itI – possibly a faulty security tag as it allowed me to walk out of the shop yesterday. So how does one go about getting a tag removed? You think if I go into any ole shop (Primark, say?) with my bag and receipt they’ll de-tag it, or is there a law against them doing that sort of thing?
tagdebateCSC
Jeezo, we really should be worried, I see the huns have been signing the next Messi.
Two Messi’s in FACT.
One from Broomsgrove and one from somewhere else, no quite Broomsgroves standard, but…..
They are also after Jason Holt, ex harts, just had a very successful spell on loan with shef utd I’ll have you know.
And the stupid huns think they are going to be champions FFS
HH
Maestro
12:25 on
28 June, 2015
Fantastic video of Celtic Park.
https://t.co/JQlGi68kxk
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The facade of the main stand looks like a room divider
Jobo Baldie
I would leave the tag on. That way naebody will steal yer bag.-))
Jobo something similar happened to myself I bough a jacket about 15 year the tag was still in place.
However I did manage to remove it if I recall it unscrewed rather easily.
I dare say they are probably more advanced now & I wouldn’t risk damaging the new bag.
Try YouTube you may find an answer on there like you do for most things nowadays.
You have not had much luck with this new bag.
Good luck
:-)
Jobo in future use your local Sports Direct I am sure you’ll know why.
:-)
Jobo
A knife and a lighter, burn the dome part of the tag, scrape with the knife and a spring pops out then prize the metal part out, should take about 1 minute,.
Depends if you can get to the tag I suppose, good luck with the tag and the golf ;)
Morning all.
Sounds like Ronny wants to work with Efe this season. If he can regain his confidence, Ambrose can be an asset.
Burnley78
12:01 on
28 June, 2015
Had to look at the Sunday Post these past 3 weeks as was expecting a wee article about our Gins to be in it.
It really is as disgrace of a sports section. 4 pages put of 7 entirely devoted to propaganda for one lower division club. 4 ex rangers players as columnists. Utterly disgusting. Beyond anything as blatant at as the Record or Mail.
Sunday Post and Weekly News. Banned both of them from house about forty five years ago.
Pair of rags which cloak their insidious Tory agendas in couthieness.
Jobo
Take the bag back to the store and fill it with the most expensive golf clubs you can see, walk back through the scanner (which obviously is not working) and you’ll be the most envied golfer at Aberdour…..simples
Quonno
The Mail and the Post were de rigeur in our house when I was growing up, and I continued reading them well into my 20’s. The current Mrs. JTT, put her foot down when I brought the “Post” home one Sunday 25 years ago. One of the few times she’s been proved right!
Sevco-supporting, Establishment, Wee Free rag,
HH
Strikers
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Griffiths will score twenty plus in Scotland – no doubt – can he do it in the qualifiers?
Stokes has dried up and, at times, looks as if he has ‘other tings’ on his mind.
Scepovic has shown only the briefest of glimpses of any potential and cannot, in all honesty, be relied upon.
We need to sign someone of merit.
I always back the board ‘to the hilt’, I know the difficulties in attracting players to this ‘pub league’ that we inhabit, however, we must get someone with a proven goal scoring pedigree in ASAP.
We should be able to negotiate the first round with the current squad, after that I am not so sure.
My preference would be a big strong mobile centre forward, who can hold the ball up and score goals.
In Scotland we increasingly get our opponents adopting the ‘get in their faces’ approach. We often fail here; more often than not we are unable to ‘play through them. This results in shitty draws, shitty one goal defeats, or hanging on to a one goal advantage ‘at the death’, against inferior teams.
A strong front man who can make the ball stick when it reaches him, gives us the option to get these teams turning, and will allow the likes of Commons, Armstrong, Johansen to capitalize in the second wave, picking up the lay offs and second balls.
Where we are going to get such a player, I don’t know – let’s hope Ronny does.
Listening to Hugh Macillavaney on RS, absolutely riveting stuff. Compare with the present day dross, in fact there is no comparison. H H Hebcelt
Macillvanney