A group of Russian and Ukrainian clubs hoping to form a joint championship have formed an organising committee and have invited top flight clubs in both countries to a meeting in Moscow on 18th of February to formalise arrangements.
The invitation letter states, “The main goal of our organization is the development of club, national and European football”
“In order to bring football to a new level, we propose to combine multiple national championships in one tournament. Initially Ukraine and Russia will be involved but in order to develop the strength of our game, the league could be extended to all former-Soviet countries.
“We are convinced that this new championship will be a model for other territories; this integration process is the future of football.
“This initiative will create healthy competition, increase entertainment game and increasing revenues from television broadcasts and advertising – just some of the benefits of unification.
“All of this will allow individual clubs to benefit as well as national teams, who will gain from players working in a higher standard of league. This is perhaps a unique case in sport where all participants are able to win.
Soviet Sport spoke to several Russian teams who confirmed they will attend. Sergei Palkin, the chief executive of Shakhtar Donetsk, was cautious, suggesting Ukrainian clubs and the Federation need to act with unity, “I hope this meeting takes place but only after Ukrainian clubs have chosen a common position.
“Then we can decide who should attend. The Football Federation of Ukraine need to be active, they can unite clubs and deal with the proposal appropriately.”
Note their points:
“Main goal… development of club, national and European football”.
“Bring football to a new level”.
“Develop the strength of our game”.
“This integration process is the future of football”.
“This will allow individual clubs to benefit as well as national teams”.
“Create healthy competition, increase entertainment game and increasing revenues from television broadcasts and advertising”.
Amid all the talk about reorganising our game has anyone had the clarity of vision to articulate the above aspirations? Having lived with threats from “the big five” leagues for long enough other demographically-challenged countries are putting plans in place to allow their clubs a sporting chance. It will soon be “the big six” and thereafter, who knows?
Why on earth are we worried about the number of lower divisions we have? Regionalise or wither on the vine – and do your best to ignore any muppet who suggests taking legal action because he got his sums wrong. The only change worth having will be consensual and will benefit all in our game.
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Estrilobhoy
I have also worked in the Collections industry in Scotland for a number of years in various roles.
The zombies are playing with fire again.
HH
So Sevco fans unrnae reading the Record, and we aren’t reading it, we’ll who is?
I know it’s readership has crashed, is it just folk lookin at the pictures?
And how do the sports journos earn their holiday cash now moonbeams brown envelopes are no more?
Maybe they’ll resign and get a backhander direct.
Wait a minute….
TET,
You telling me, yer dug can’t jump, is it a white wan :oD))))
Sure I heard that once
White dugs can’t jump :o)
Neil,
Where are all the white doggie jobbies? That’s what I want to know, was it just a 70’s thing? :))
The white wan can’t jump, he’s just a pup, and white, the bitch can jump, but not over the fence, now the black dug can jump the fence if he wanted to >}}}
estorilbhoy,
Other dugs eat it before it gets a chance to decompose, they all eat each others shite, a wee bit Hunnish if you ask me but loyal as the day is long :oD))))
Neil,
Now you’re talking crap :))
Estoril…,
Better than swallowing it :oD))))
Dugs don’t eat other dugs shit, they love the cat shit though >}
TET,
Yer in denial :oD)))
Pay attention, they’re disgusting and they stop you going holidays :oD)))))
Nite bhoys.
Up in a few hours, so much to do, so little time to do things.
Take care and god bless Timland.
HH
KTF
canamalar
You would be right on the holiday thing, but I am living a holiday.
Denial, always been in denial, must be something to do with being a Tim……>}}}
HH
TET, living a holiday with more dependants than children :o) aye ding
got this of kds,
Corsica, on twitter is hinting heavily at our good old friend Ticketus, oh please God let this be true.
@SoftSavage: .@AbbyMartin talks to @georgegalloway abt political double standards. Back Al Qaeda in Syria yet bomb Al Qaeda in Mali http://t.co/AC7d6X5A
Trivia;
white dog poo is rarely seen now because the amount of calcium in their diets has become severely diminished.
We had a loveable mad spaniel back on the early 70’s when I lived in a groovy little hippy pad in London (but that’s another story) and when frying eggs/making omelettes etc., you just threw the eggshells over your shoulder and, voilà, they were gratefully snaffled.
Dogs like calcium, and they no longer get sufficient. It’s why they like to gnaw on bones. Keeps their teeth sharp and provides said calcium.
MadOldDog CSC
£400k is a mere bagatelle, while £46 to a wee face-painter is a step too far.
Reprehensible wide boys.
Nut cracking is in order.
Since it’s a quiet night on the blog,I’ll go back a few days to a comment I made about never believing any official advice or statement.
I found this-in a newspaper,admittedly!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2274747/At-truth-Butter-GOOD–margarine-chemical-gunk.html#axzz2KBQLyo5s
Now,if they canny even get simple wee things like this right……..
The cynical reality of The ConDemNation. Apt cartoon.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cartoon/2013/feb/06/bedroom-tax-cartoon
Uh-huh!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122456627905883&set=a.122456617905884.26591.122456514572561&type=1
Good morning all (and wakey, wakey!) from a cold and frosty East Kilbride. Scrapers at the ready…
Morning all!
Congratulations to WGS and Charlie Mulgrew for last night, and hope that all our bhoys came through unscathed.
Will Efe make the Juve game? The final’s on Sunday.
HH!!
Just imagine what it must be like to have supported the old rangers all your life and to have lived through this passed year.
Tallybhoy – I think NFL will be planning his team without Efe who will not be back in Glasgow until Tuesday at the earliest. He will be physically drained and his mental state questionable (after the pressure of the tournament and a night or two of national-sized celebrations or with massive disappointment to deal with).
The lad will be needing a wee break for a few days.
Morning all, paperwork sorted yet?
Just got to dot the “i”s and cross the “t”s.
Morning all from gay Paree, couvert (6C max alledgedly)
Is Challs on the wind up?
Armaggedon Then, Apocalypse Now, Annihilation Ramorra
Oye, chicos, today with photo & everything ;)
DiarioSur
BMCUWP
The problem with health advice in this country is that we get a lot of it from the press. The daily mail in particular wants to class every food in the world as good or bad so will consequently print pseudo scientific rubbish with no data or reference to who funded the research. What it means is that people stop believing anything, even the useful stuff.
Deniabhoy
You are obviously correct in what you say about Efe. Congrats to Nigeria on reaching the final – but not such good news for Celtic.
Better news for Juve – Ghana beaten on pens in the other semi, which means that Asamoah will be returning to them in the next couple of days.
HH!!
Good morning CQNers,
It beggars belief that our PR-PM believes the way forward in improving NHS patient care is to consider the criminalisation doctors and nurses.
No other news item today could cause more consternation.
I see Jabba’ s statement noted ‘ Rangers Football Club’ can meet any legitimate debts.
Thought it was the company responsible for debts ?
These clowns make it up as they go along!!
The old swagger had returned, not seen since a certain 15 point advantage early in Alistair’s tenure. Work places, pubs, homes awoke to 500 million of them rediscovering football in their vocabulary again. Supremacist air exhaling from their nostrils, knuckles proudly dragging on the floor once more. . The smitten devil incarnate, Whyte, was seen off and their hero, Green, had saved their club (I know I know) and finally won over their affections, allowing them to once more invest in their great institution. This time free from worry, crippling debt and coffers swilling with millions upon millions of the green stuff, waiting to be unleashed on the worlds transfer market when the shackles would finally be taken off They were back and boy was Timmy and their new media darlings going to get it.
Further buoyed by a ‘result’ regarding the FTT decision, “were not cheats” they cried. Buoyed further still by a ‘result’ against the evil SPL’s Motherwell, proving beyond doubt that standards in the 4th tier of Scottish football weren’t any lower than the top flight. “They need us more than we need them – let them die” was the message.
A gleeful, traditional media lapped it all up. Armageddon was surely the reality hanging over the big boys. The SFL and its ensconced newcomer was the new power. Well it had the ‘Mighty’ Rrrrrrrangers in it, didn’t it ?
What a difference a week makes.
Sandpits all over the globe are full of their heads again. Hands are over ears, over eyes. Football is once more a redundant word from their dictionaries. Dundee United, the UTT and business regarding the Far East has put paid to their regained dignity.
You reap what you sow lads and may this continue until your new clubs bitter end.
Morning all. Red sky at morning here….
Has the WUO been presented yet??
Shortbread completly ignoring the winding up story.
SSN have a mention in the ranglers text news.
MSM conditioned to play down or ignore their negative stories.
It seems they just cant change.
Morning bhoys.
Huns do buy the record…
Caught one this morning looking at the front page…”gers: we are not under threat.” is the headline.
Just had to ask him…is that paper a year old?;-))
Groundhog day for thems.hh
Morning,
I take it the SS Sevco will continue to grind against the iceberg today.
Chuck sitting patiently in the one and only lifeboat as we speak…