The organising committee of the proposed Joint Russian and Ukrainian championship have confirmed that the Russian Premier League have voted in favour of the proposal. The matter will now go to the Russian Association and the corresponding authorities in Ukraine.
Valery Gazzaev, president of Russian club, Alania Vladikavkaz, told reporters, “Innovation is never easy, even the World Cup and European Championships had doubters in the game. The English, who founded the game, were sceptical about such championships.
“We have had the same doubts about our project but in football, a policy of integration is now necessary. Look at the European Championship in 2020, which will be held across 13 countries.
“Given the economic crisis in Europe few territories can afford to maintain a competitive team. If we draw a combined championship with Russia and Ukraine we will improve entertainment, as well as football and financial stability.
“Half of Russian clubs are unprofitable (a considerably lower portion than UK clubs), 70% are subsidised by governmental budgets, this is wrong. A Joint League will enable teams to earn money to pay their own way.
“We want to create a strong league which will compete with the best in Europe.
“The plan is to hold the first joint championship in 2015-16. Teams will compete in European competitions under their national flags. The national quotas for participation in the tournament will remain the same, so if ranking does not change, Russia and Ukraine will be represented in the Champions League by six teams.
“Our proposal is fully consistent with Uefa strategy. Uefa understand that, under the current league structures, Financial Fair Plan will weaken our clubs. A combined championship gives us a solution.
“Part of the budget for the new league will come from the sale of media rights. The remaining amount will be generated from sponsors. It’s not just about Gazprom, other major Russian, Ukrainian and international companies will be involved (no mention of Flamingo Land yet).”
Make no mistake, this project’s viability is underwritten by political and financial muscle. Gazprom are a huge player in world energy markets, as well as European football sponsorship, while politicians in Moscow and Kiev see football as a ‘political football’.
They have the money and backers to ensure this slips through Uefa, creating an important blueprint in the process. Note specifically that Champions League spots will be retained by each nation, a hugely important point for integration elsewhere.
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hamiltontim,
You’re welcome mate but, don’t forget yer Totes -:)
wmd
I hope that excludes me. Eh? :)) off to bed now.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
MWD
How about a Filth list?
Dueling Banjos Deliverance
delaney’s
Fire awau!
MWD
Zimmerman,
a banjo’s a fine instrument – and verb.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn4yynXwgwc
Weefrae
Watch it you bhoyo! You might end up wae a list awe eh yur ain!
:-))))
MWD
Mickybhoy1888
Mail me at hamiltontim@hotmail.co.uk and I’ll give you the details for the meet without your name being added to a list.
Alternatively I could meet you at Rugby Park tomorrow?
Your too nice HT!!!
MWD
mickbhoy1888
Wee list for you, as you rozzers need things like that to feel secure…
List of Pricks:
mickbhoy1888
politicians
mickbhoy1888
rozzers
mickbhoy1888
fanny bawz council workers
mickbhoy1888
retired strathy rozzer pricks
mickbhoy1888
and so on, and so on….
Looking forward to avoiding you at every game in the future.
Also keen to know why you feel the need to have any contact with good fholk that are upset by your very presence. Not quite good for charity and what not, are you,…”bro”?
Does charity matter to you, “bro”? You going to hit us with how much you’ve spent yourself on charity and ignore the damage you’ve done to such things….? Fud.
Mickboy
Numero uno.
On the back of BRTH’s earlier Bryan Ferry link I’ll put this up.
Not that there’s any particular reason etc, etc etc;;……………………..
Romance isnay deid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NavzcV_gRiE
mwd
That’s awe a need. :)) Think I’ll change ma moniker to bi…. Naw that couldnae work at 5′???. :)))
Weefra HH
Mickboy
Numero uno Filth.
HT,
have you got a farm
I’m goin to sing my song for the night in B#, or C for the amadans, an I want the best of order
Harmony is allowed… except for MWD, who sings like a hoor garglin whisky
Oh, me name is Mick Maguire and I’ll quickly tell to you
Of a young girl I admired, called Katy Donohue
She was fair and fat and forty and believe me when I say
That whenever I came in at the door you could hear her mammy say
Johnny get up from the fire, get up and give the man a seat
Can’t you see it’s Mr. Maguire and he’s courtin’ your sister Kate
Ah, you know very well he owns the farm a wee bit out of the town
Arragh get up out of that, you impudent brat, and let Mr Maguire sit down
Now the first that I met her, was at the dance at Tarmagee
And I very kindly asked her, if she’d dance a step with me
Then I asked if I could see her home, if I’d be going her way
And whenever I’d come in at the door you could hear her mammy say
Johnny get up from the fire, get up and give the man a seat
Can’t you see it’s Mr. Maguire and he’s courtin’ your sister Kate
Ah, you know very well he owns a farm a wee bit out of the town
Arragh get up out of that, you impudent brat, and let Mr Maguire sit down
Ah, but now that we are married, sure, her mother’s changed her mind
Just because I spent the legacy her father left behind
She hasn’t got the decency to bid me time of day
That whenever I come in at the door you’d hear the ould one say
Johnny come up to the fire, come up, you’re sitting in the draft
Can’t you see it’s ould Maguire and he nearly drives me daft
Ah I don’t know what gets into him, for he’s always on the tare
Arragh just sit where you are and never you dare to give ould Maguire the chair
zimmerman @ 01:19
A comfortable whatever to ye. :)))
Looking for some ML4-6 fellas that aren’t ugly M1888 etc, to carry me back and forth tomorrow…..a bit selfish though….:))
MWD, I’ve got a big knob, but I don’t think its listed yet.
Damn iphone
bib knob = big knob
Irvine Welsh wrote the troll biography over 15 years ago.
Now that it’s a film, I “suspect” yon clown will slither away as reality hits him.
Sad, as this is always the place where folk can talk, discuss, forgive and move on.
Mickydik, you’ll always find favour here, if you simply join the human race.
gordon64
23:58 on 27 September, 2013TSDCan you please return to the 19th century.
Big guy thought you knew better …:)
the glorious balance sheet
00:18 on 28 September, 2013Former Hearts chairman charged with money laundering offences as part of a fraud investigationhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24297069Strange how so many such “fit and proper” persons were magnetically attracted to boardrooms in Ibrox and Tynecastle.
I wonder what SFA President Campell Ogilvie makes of all of this……
Commondenominatorcsc
ACGR,
Was it your knob that got N. Lan. council planning permission rejected??
Respect….
I went with the ole stick a 6 ft rozzer cardboard cut out in front of ye…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8XEebRviKo
all of us are kids, whether we like it or not… good night all
The whispers of the old ones, they never disappear
They hush and shush, a silent leaving wind you never hear
a memory uncaught, a breath as soft as dew
a cautious scent, a trembling hair
a thought you never knew
The source of all your instincts
The song inside your soul
The tenacity of tenderness
The drive towards your goal
Remember this my little one
When you fear to walk alone
That all of us are by your side
Our flesh, our blood, our bone
ACGR last survivor of the vessel “winkle picker hootenanny” signing off.
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beep
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Deid
Hail Hail Celtic men n wummin. We Walk together.
Mickboy
You know, I have you down as a bun. Who was the goalie Luigi prefered to Shay Given?
Is it week 7 or 8 in the ole Predictor bhoys?
FFM:
I’ve heard of a land where all the good folks do good things and socialise excitedly. In that land though, there are some unfortunates, they weren’t born that way, a bad twist in life developed in them an aggressive attitude of disdain for all that is contrary to disdain.
Good folks have a choice, silent – but respectful – pity, or fuel disdain with disdain. Either, or, there will always be the disdainers who take pleasure in disdain regardless of quarter.
Marc Cohn – Walking In Memphis
Kit @ 02:17,
Point taken.
It’s hard to prolong sadness at some things – I think that’s how it goes.
I’ll wake up in the morning and review the great stuff posted tonight by good fholk with regret as a certain thing has once again successfully distracted us all.
My argument is with said troll, aye, enjoy your laugh, but can you calculate how much in funds you’ve cost the many causes on this site. No answer. And no answer. Then, a re-appearance….and….no answer.
Proof’s in the pudding.
That arsehole needs to feck off to some rozzer forum where they all feel sorry for themselves….not too unfamiliar I fear….
The Way
FFM:
If you don’t like what the papers say… then don’t read them; it’s easy and the most important thing of all… your life will be the better for it.
Bruce Springsteen – Streets Of Philadelphia
Kit,
A sad inditement of here. Never even knew that film existed. Looking out for it now, so thanks for sharing.
Amsterdam – Coldplay
Kit,
Haven;t read a newspaper story in over 10 yrs.
Kitalba
I used to buy the late night record every night. Our first news at the time
Now I read here.
If I Should Fall Behind – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band