There’s a news management thing happens during the international break. Football news generally goes quiet, internationals do not really bring the same number of readers as the club game.
Games and results drive the football media business, with transfer ‘information’ dominating times in the calendar. If you are in the business of writing about football, as these breaks approach, you will maybe stick a piece up your sleeve, to bring out during the fortnight. You will spot everywhere, including here.
This week, UK football outlets have gorged on EPL referee, David Coote. Who seems to have a lassez-faire approach to actions and consequences. Two videos were made public this week.
In the first, from three years ago, he appears ‘tired and emotional’ to use the old euphemism, when making derogatory comments about Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp. The second, taken during this year’s Euros (where he was officiating), shows him snorting a white powder. As far as news management goes, someone has knocked it out the park this week.
It’s unlikely we will ever learn who was behind the leaks, although David Coote will surely know. Nor are we likely to learn what went before, and there has surely been some actions before this.
Football referees are as prone to weaknesses as the rest of us. If some are so weak they sniff white powder without checking for cameras, football has a problem. This week will end Coote’s career, with financial consequences for the rest of his life. How compromised was he?
It may be that he was only weak when it came to some videoed comments on superficial racism and illegal substances, while he remained beyond reproach to threats of ending his career if he did not bend to an extortion demand. Let’s hope.
Betting is huge business and the majority of betting on UK games takes place beyond these borders. Money is placed on more than just the result, too. A compromised referee is worth a fortune in the wrong hands.
David Coote is no longer vulnerable to exploitation and maybe the release of these videos is a consequence of him declining to participate in a wider criminal act. Any other referee who has been subject to the videoing of inappropriate acts has a lesson on what can happen. If referees are no different from the rest of society, some may take drugs, gamble themselves into debt and indulge in other nefarious activity.
The wages in England are huge and in Scotland are big enough to accommodate some intrusion. Credit checks, bank statement inspections and background checks would be a reasonable response to an outed human fraility.
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What about Celtic building a new Stadium, if they say the old main stand would cost £80 million,then what would it be to relocate and build a new stadium, with better transport links etc
Timbhoy163
The new Everton stadium is estimated at 750m for a 54k capacity.
Good afternoon all.
https://x.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/1857717495659966751
The Peaky Blinders stand with Palestine!
Decent enough performance and very good result for Scotland last night.
Flipped between the game and Ireland-Argentina (which was poor).
Much SMSM talk since the summer about “building the team around Billy Gilmour”.
That’s overdoing it quite a bit but, notwithstanding my previous observations about his fitness, I think he should steadily become a fixture in the team.
Good brain, good touch, but a poor engine. Needs legs around him.
(Modric racing past him in stoppage time was an embarrassment).
McTominay, McGinn, Ferguson, even Christie? midfield looks alright.
Also – I think a case could be made for the current back four.
One star plus three solid, unspectacular types.
Biggest problem we have is at top and bottom of the pitch.
With current standard of goalkeeper and striker available to the national team – will always struggle.
Tim joy
Maybe the authorities would contribute as per Buffalo bills 65000 seater stadium ….or maybes naw …..barp 🤪🤪😂😂
https://www.buffalobills.com/news/stadium-news
New York State will contribute $600 million in funding with Erie County contributing $250 million, the Bills contributing $350 million, and the National Football League via a G-4 loan $200 million. In addition the Bills signed a 30-year lease, with a buyout option after 15 years
Sorry ( Timbhoy )
Bertie of the Celtic
Another tale from the Celtic Wiki
The Celtic Underground
Sep 11, 2024
Robert Austin Thomson played for Celtic from 1929 into the 1930s alongside club legend Jimmy McGrory. His finest year in a Celtic jersey came in 1931 when he was the star of the cup final against Motherwell. Thomson lived a life of excess and died suddenly at the age of just 30 leaving a wife and two young children.
Here’s the story.
For more on our history go to
https://www.thecelticwiki.com/
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eratic on 16th November 2024 4:14 pm
It’s of no interest to anyone, really, but the Bills were `my` team when I lived in Upstate New York 40 odd years ago.
Hot Smoked
Lot of water under the bridge since then old boy…👍🤪😂
Loved Hoboken NJ, Frank Sinatra’s old haunt, changed a bit since Franks days 👍
some trivia, from the celtic exchange.
previous to nicholas, the last person to score two goals in a european tie was moussa against city.
and the last person to score two in the first half ………… big roy against partizan teran
tirana, fgs
provan gad that left back on toast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rayF2iqBpnU
https://www.huddlebreakdown.com/p/kyogo-the-perceptionreality-conundrum?r=2ad5ka&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true
celtic by numbers
kyogo realaties.
Timbhoy163 on @2:06pm
What about Celtic building a new Stadium, if they say the old main stand would cost £80 million,then what would it be to relocate and build a new stadium, with better transport links etc
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Brian Dempsey suggested Robroyston which would have been more accessible but Fergus’s personal profit was deemed to be more important.
Yet another bad move by Fergus.
Like sacking Macari and gift wrapping the next 3 League titles for the Huns.
Like forcing Wim to quit and gift wrapping the next 2 league titles to the Huns.
Those 5 lost years of Champions League money would have built the new stadium with plenty of change to spare.
But….Fergus’s wee man syndrome issues were of more importance to him.
And 30 years of happy clappy written books will never deal with those facts.
dearie me, looks out window and sees a big blue super moon,,,, howl.
We’ve got a perfect storm at the moment –
we can name the starting 11 in seconds and we’ve got game changing options on the bench.
What price Ralston now – he can’t be with us for much longer after bossin it for Scotland
England v South Africa rugby is a cracking game
Gerry Ferns @ 5.47
What 5 years CL money that would have built a new stadium back then ?
!!Bada Bing!! on 16th November 2024 6:13 pm
England v South Africa rugby is a cracking game
who is billy gilmour playing fur
the rags –
CONTROVERSIAL Irish rap act Kneecap are playing two sold out nights at Glasgow’s famous Barrowland Ballroom this weekend. And they warmed up for it by making a surprise visit to Rangers’ Ibrox stadium.
Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí – combine Irish language and English lyrics in their songs.
They’ve got a huge and growing fanbase – having played Glastonbury this summer.
Ed Sheeran was recently snapped drinking Buckfast with the trio after a gig in Dublin.
Politics is front and centre in their work – at Glastonbury they led crowds in Free Palestine chants and performed in front of a screen which read “over 20,000 children have been murdered by Israel in 9 months”.
They launched a legal action in June against the British government over the withdrawal of arts funding they had previously been allocated.
And today they shared images of themselves at the home of Rangers, placing stickers with the words ‘Englandout of Ireland’ on the facade at Ibrox.
They wrote on X: “Glasgow – see yis in the Barrowlands tonight for the first of 2 sold out shows.
It isn’t the first time the group have trained their sights on Rangers fans, introducing a clip on X: “An old one for the Rangers fans…as they’re full of chat for us today”.
It then showed them translating phrases such a ‘Rangers finished second again this year’ into Irish.
jackiemac on 16th November 2024 5:56 pm
We’ve got a perfect storm at the moment –
we can name the starting 11 in seconds and we’ve got game changing options on the bench.
What price Ralston now – he can’t be with us for much longer after bossin it for Scotland
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I didn’t see a lot of the game but listened to most and I’m not sure if bossing is the word I’d use.
I like his honesty as a player but the amount of stray passes he made and some of the comments from the commentators – Willie miller saying he wasn’t aware of his surroundings and playing narrow when the danger was, giving them a goalscoring opportunity.
I can’t see his opportunities rising any higher than mid table English championship – though I hope I’m wrong.
eratic on 16th November 2024 4:14 pm
Tim joy
Maybe the authorities would contribute as per Buffalo bills 65000 seater stadium ….or maybes naw …..barp 🤪🤪😂
https://www.buffalobills.com/news/stadium-news
New York State will contribute $600 million in funding with Erie County contributing $250 million, the Bills contributing $350 million, and the National Football League via a G-4 loan $200 million. In addition the Bills signed a 30-year lease, with a buyout option after 15 years
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I read a book about the newer money in football – they wrote about Stan Kroenke the owner if arsenal.
He had bought some NFL team, got the city council to pay hundreds of millions into building a stadium that he leased for a pittance, then when he had the chance he upped sticks with the team to some other city, leaving the first city crippled with the debt.
majestic hartson
Closer to home “Sir” Jim (Tax Dodger in Exile) has recruited Everton fan Andy Burnham, and Chelsea supporter Seb Coe to tout for government support to build an new stadium for Manchester United. Not one penny of public money should go to this Charlatan, nor indeed to a club which falsely claims to be the world’s biggest. Let him them build on their own. What next public money going into Ayebrokes.
Meanwhile SA having to playout the game with fourteen men on the pitch.
Correction SA back up to fifteen for the last few minutes
SA lead 29-22
Yes … Signing contracts to build new stadiums for a certain budget means nothing….. there are always unforeseen issues and contractors usually seem to find get out clauses….
Remember Wembley stadium…..it was fraught with problems and ended up more than double the original budget….. risky business this modern stadium building….and expensive..
Public money bailed out a bank that ibrox helped put in the grubber
Evening all.
DESSYBHOY.
Bang on.
Just had to login about 6 times and realised that I can’t go straight to the last page to post when I’ve logged in.
Have to post at the bottom of any of the previous pages or it won’t work and will log me out.
Hope this works?
Wtaf? 🤷🏼♂️💩😡
No it did not. Pa Broon forced Lloyds Bank to take over the Bank of Scotland and act as Administrator for BOS and companies heavily indebted to said Bank such as MIH.
No Celtic, no interest.
All 28 Scottish Premiership goals against Rangers in the 2020s.
https://youtu.be/Nizjm_n7-Sc?si=sNdADshQpmteWWKr
HH
Not my opinion, however, some fantastic goals.
‘Henrik Larsson’ Top 20 Goals for Celtic
https://youtu.be/ZeD5VpXkA7M?si=xmtGg1uK8Rhn3JWc
HH
Brian
France v All Blacks,wow.30-29,France.Good swally in Bastille tonight.
Brilliant game in Paris.
England-South Africa also very good.
Not the thrill of watching Celtic but really good entertainment
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCZXb9yt64V/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Good morning all from a 2 degree, dry but very chilly Garngad.
D. : )