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Social cost of Scots exclusion

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You want to know the real social cost of Scottish football’s exclusion from the league structure England and Wales share?  It’s the lack of pitches, nets, strips, balls and coaching certifications that the £1bn bounty, promised by the Barclay’s Premier League last night to the grassroots game.

£1bn to the grassroots is a huge sum.  It dwarfs what taxpayers can afford and will provide a series of benefits our kids and amateur players are denied.

If we’re part of the UK, we should be part of the UK’s commercial opportunities.  Every youth team in the land are excluded because of the actions of a cartel.

What are the SFA doing about it?  Nothing.  Their plans don’t seem to require world-class youth facilities.

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    dennytim

     

     

    22:07 on 28 March, 2015

     

     

    Remember bhoys we lose a hour tonight

     

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    They try to steal it every year, but I always get my beers in :O@)

  3. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    BGFC

     

    Said hello to Stephen in the dolphin on st Patricks day

  4. johnbay on

    Hrvatski Jim

     

    Just thought i let you know my daughter is performing tomorrow in St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh(I know I know but the unseen hand works in mysteries ways).It starts at 6PM and its free>All welcome.

     

    www,youtube.com/watch?v=LLGxj-ZTf2M

  5. clogher celt on

    Lads,

     

     

    I will post more tomorrow about dublin 2016. I have had some many e mails that I don’t want to send a group e email and then having a troll getting access to all of your emails.

     

     

    There has been emails from New York, California, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Ireland and Glasgow.

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    clogher celt

     

     

    22:13 on 28 March, 2015

     

     

    Lads,

     

     

    I will post more tomorrow about dublin 2016. I have had some many e mails that I don’t want to send a group e email and then having a troll getting access to all of your emails.

     

     

    There has been emails from New York, California, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Ireland and Glasgow.

     

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    You can set up a mailing group that sends to all the addresses but no one else can see the email addresses apart from yourself

  11. Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas on

    Timbhoy 2, one of the reasons the South Stand may not have been improved is because of the lack of light the south part of the pitch would get if the roof was raised.

     

     

    In years gone by, about ten yards in from the touchline always cut up badly in the winter and at times could be quite bare.

     

     

    At the front of the roof of the south stand there is about fifty feet of perspex roofing to allow more light to get at that side of our pitch.

     

     

    When we get any sunshine, it shines longer to the south of our stadium. A lot of modern stadiums in Europe seem to have perspex at the back of each stand to allow more light in to help the grass on the pitch as well as having artificial lighting units that are on ptches when no games are on.

     

     

    However, the above could be a lot of mince.

  15. Craigellachie10 on

    dallas dallas where the heck is dallas

     

     

    22:20 on 28 March, 2015

     

     

    I think we have the light decks for the pitch I’m sure I have seen them in action on the pitch and stored by the stadium when there is a game on.

  16. Gerryfaethebrig on

    big georges fan club – hail, hail, wee oscar

     

     

    22:02 on 28 March, 2015

     

     

    I know exactly what you mean but the CQN Brigada are the most welcoming, in one night you will meet people all sorts from Oldtim to Jamesgang, Lennybhoy to ACGR, Fourgreenfields to CRC, Hamiltontim to Minx…….every one a star

     

    Without blowing smoke up their nether regions every single CQNer I met that night far exceeded my expectations……. I might sound like a CQN happy clapper but quite simply it’s the truth BGFC take the plunge at the earliest opportunity you will not regret it

  22. Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas on

    Craigellachie 10, I’ve seen the lighting rigs on the pitch when I was at a lunch at the Number 7 restaurant a few years ago.

     

     

    Most if not all English premiership teams use them.

     

     

    As I said my theory about the South Stand roof may be a lot of mince. Lol

  25. Twinbhoy on

    The word ‘Change’.

     

     

    It is a very studied thing. Nothing is permanent. This irresistible force is always moving forward. It doesnt stop.

     

     

    In it’s wake are many, many organisations that can’t change quickly or effectively enough, and inevitably, the wave of time passes over them, they can’t cope and they die.

     

     

    This is what we are witnessing.

  29. jamesgang on

    weet weet weet(gbwo)

     

     

    21:42 on 28 March, 2015

     

    Have a ten minute smile

     

     

    http://youtu.be/C2ZKQfp7D6U

     

     

    HH

     

     

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    ‘Yous’ all really should watch the video posted. If you don’t ferl a wee tear ing in your eye then make an appointment with your gp coz you either Deid or you’re a zombie!

     

     

    I love that I’m a part of the Celtic family.

     

     

    HH JamesGang

  34. Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas on

    Roy, did you ever see the excellent Treme on Sky Atlantic?

     

     

    In one episode of the third series, the Pogues’ Spider Stacey is busking in a New Orleans street with Steve Earle. Spider is singing Come out ye black and tans

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    roy croppie

     

     

    22:51 on 28 March, 2015

     

     

    Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas

     

     

    I didn’t but that’s one to see by the sound of it…

     

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    Treme is basically about the New Orleans jazz scene after the great flooding, very good series.

     

    https://youtu.be/1M1Iagf3GSs

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