On Saturday my mind wandered, as it does, to the demise of Gretna in 2008. The village team were bankrolled through the Scottish league system until promotion to the SPL in 2007 but then the cash ran out. The club went into liquidation a few weeks from the end of the season but while most of the first team squad were made redundant, a few remained on a week-to-week basis to see out the remaining league programme, assisted considerably by the SPL and Livingston FC, who made their ground available.
Should Rangers fail around the same time, I thought, how apt it would be for us to meet them in the Scottish Cup final. We would be there at the end to wave goodbye to a unique institution. Witnesses to the final whistle on a club with an enormously controversial history.
Unfortunately, my hopes were dashed by Dundee United at Ibrox yesterday, who Flushed Away the opposition and won their first game against an SPL team in 2012. We will have to scramble for tickets for the prospective event at another venue.
United seem set to try their hardest to spoil my enjoyment of the Cup. Our quarter final draw against them next month will be one of the toughest games of the season.
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Ghuys,
I think we may be looking at the Der Hun Administration Liquidation certainty thingy the wrong way here……
Could it be that the imminent demise of Der Hun is being orchestrated from a higher authority than one the laptop loyal would like you to think they are in control off!
A group so secret… that for the greater good of Mankind are striving to procure the demise of Der Hun must & will happen!
Theres a Nostradamus prophecy:
“A Man will be given the task of destroying Temples & Sects changed by fantasies, he will harm rocks rather than the living, by filling ears with eloquence”.
By no means am I trying to indicate that Nostradamus foreseen the demise of the mighty rainjurz? but the prophecy seemed rather apt!
I truly believe that there are behind the scene influences that are now in order to achieve racial parity within a modern day Scottish Society, the demise of Der Hun is fundamental to the realisation of that goal?
Surely the Imperialistic Triumphalist weerapeepul blusters from Der Hun is totally opposite the First Ministers Nationalist pro European vision for a modern day Scotland view?
Smoke and Mirrors by the big establishment against the small establishment?
It’s their turn to be paranoid….. ;)
JD
The Legend Johnny Doyle says:
6 February, 2012 at 22:44
is it the stonecutters ?
or albino monks ?
SFTB – love the monicker. John Irving a great novelist and Setting Free The Bears is one of my favs, Hail Hail to you
I’m off Bhoys, watch Newsnight and then me scratcher…
Now watch what you post after the programme, would not want Craig suing you now…:)
Until we meet again…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Pauloanthony
In a country where the FA were forward thinking, unbiased and not anti Celtic that looks like a fantastic leauge plan do you think the sfa will go for it.
We can but dream my friend a world without them looks so much more attractive.
HAIL HAIL
row z & ernie lynch
Could you point me/others to the section in the Articles of Association which backs up your and Keevins’ assertion?
Paul mcc
a big thanks from me your quality journalism
I think we can forget about the debate on Newco re entry to the SPL for a while it won’t happen for a long time. Seriously, how does a club with nothing get into the SPL? I mean nada nothing zilch? Could you start a club with no players, no stadium no infrastructure?
Rangers only hope is King and he has issues in releasing cash at the moment.
This is now the biggest story in World football.
The fat controller La Jabba in his ego affected vice of affrontery mundane mourning pieces, has recently been turned on to the more mellow yellowed tune of….’I’m just a mad about Sally’ it’s predictable hun hum-along contagion the rump of hack gimps at his disposal; a choral backdrop of symphonic harmonious noise; off the radar in decibels so loud in distractive volume that the average hun in blind allegiance the watp claptrap ponies up the readies in pavlov rote behavioural fashioned response their masters voice.
inbred Mongrel hun dogs remain pedigree free and snarling.
HH
Check out the photos of Neill and the fat One.
Have the DR purposely placed them in away that you;d think Neill was sniggering at a very despondent Mc C
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/
RanchoFranco says:
6 February, 2012 at 22:51
One of your best ever, this is our time let’s bitch slap the mothersdogs…
As Ceaser67 & Lennybhoy have already said, BBC2 at 11 tonite is a must.
I hope they do the programme in the style of `This is Your Life’ and at the end he gets lifted!
Happy days are here again……..
HH
AoW
PS. Don’t get to hear Snyde much as i’m usually at work but one `alleged’ Celtic caller tonight tried to put the point that Tic fans are more `LOYAL’ than thems. That really got on my goat (pun intended). I would never, ever in a million say the words `loyal’ in reference to Celtic supporters.
new name for new rangers.
in the spirit of munich 1860
how about rangers 1690.
up_over_goal says:
6 February, 2012 at 22:50
http://www.scotprem.com/content/mediaassets/doc/SPL%20Articles%20as%20at%2015-Apr-10%20(CURRENT).pdf
Evening Celts que pasa?
Dougie Fraser grows a pair!
What a hoot!
How long has he been at BBC?
How many “searching” articles about Minty?
The guy who lost a cool £1Billion!
Craigy bhoy obviously a much easier target!
Never mind – fire away chaps!
Dignity – dignity – the huns never had any!
HH
Did LBG care that Whyte was taking on Rangers?
Rangers supporters forget that the most important issue is any ‘establishment’ is money.
The repeated use of the word ‘criminal’ in the BBC reporting on Craig Whyte’s business history is quite remarkable.
In an effort to scoop the BBC (!) here is the second post of the evening from me – it’s short, and there seems to be more Craig Whytes/Craig Whites!
http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/craig-white-and-pelcroft-ltd/
Art of War
Dec uses L….L all the time.
Frankie`s Farm
They call me a fenian.
Quite rightly (sotto voce)
Art of War
My thots too when I heard it.
Up Over Goal
(ya lazy bassa)
H5 H5 H5
H5 says exactly
If any Club in the League ceases to operate or to be member of
the League for any reason, its playing record in the League may
be expunged and the number of relegation places from the
League shall be reduced accordingly.
ToneLoc
I think you and me are in a minority re the merits of that book.
The author himself thinks its weak but I think it is an “adolescent” book rather than a great one, but I love it too.
Mic1888 ….you did hear keevins right……. it gets orse by the minute…!!! ….
I’m sitting here waiting for Newsnight Scotland, and can’t help thinking that the LL etc have finally realised this guy is going to liquidate rfc and they are now trying to put pressure on him…..they will try to get rid of him before he does that, and it is intriguing trying to work out what they can do to ‘replace’ him……it’s too late….and most gratifying that the LL have inadvertently contributed to their demise …..no wonder the Celtic Board sat back from all this….they knew this would happen, perhaps from as far back as the decision not to take anything to do with EBTs.
Ceaser67 says:
6 February, 2012 at 22:59
Art of War
Dec uses L….L all the time.
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Hahaha! Too much!
Would love to hear Deccy’s take on `Criminal Craig’ after the Beeb’s expose tnite!
HH
Newco cannot enter SPL immediately or play in Europe for 3 years,lets stop getting worked up the MSM tossers can spout all they want about needing the currants in the SPL, they’re panicking and writing complete tosh. Keep the faith bhoys the FOD are about to get their little bomb aka Luke Skywalker on the death star, Their demise I will Like
bournesouprecipe says:
6 February, 2012 at 22:42
Not a huge fan of KD as a manager. Fergus was right when his name was first mooted – ‘We don’t need a golf coach. We need a football coach.’ We still ended up with the best paid golf coach in Britain.
Like so many people in football Kenny just can’t grasp that the laws of the land apply to them. Bungs, tax evasion, cover-ups of players’ criminal behaviour, actual criminal behaviour – they just don’t get it that they’re accountable.
Brings me back to the Jon Sweeney Sunday Times article detailing how KD enlisted a London gangster to help persuade Rooney’s first agent to ‘let him go’.
SFTB
I always thought your username was about the aftermath of the huns going under….
Hundreds of thousands??
I know the story has already been broken but bbc 2 scotland newsnight is absolutely HILARIOUS just now
“I just can’t get enough” oh yeah “jelly and ice cream”
SFTB – I read it 20 ahem odd years ago when I was an adolescent, loved it again when read on honeymoon 9 years ago, does that say something of a great book or a dodgy honeymoon?
Mullet and co
I note you often flute the ‘we should forget Newco getting into SPL’ line.
Do you not believe it correct to ask prodding and pertinent questions.
MWD
That was a bit of a damp squib :<(
Can see a lot of Not Provens coming up!!
Newsnight didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know…….or am I missing something ?
Seems strange that the MSM are now looking at Craig Whyte.
Am I taking things too far to think that his removal would be a ‘good’ thing for the huns, and would give them a loophole out of the financial troubles they have.
Árd Macha
RanchoFranco says:
6 February, 2012 at 22:51
Poet