Tannadice the scene for Cup quarter final

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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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  1. The Misfits

     

     

    Help!

     

     

    Let it Be

     

     

    The Devils

     

     

    The Devil Wears Umbro

     

     

    Down and Out in Govan

     

     

    The Voyage of the Dammed

  2. If Carlsberg made a Rangers film, it night be called…………

     

     

    Brewster’s Millions

     

    Titanic

     

    Last of the summer wine

     

    Brewster’s Millions

     

    The Sting

     

    Rogue Trader

     

    Dumb and Dumber

     

    the scum

     

    2012

     

    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

     

    Apocalypse Now

     

    Night of the Living Dead

     

    Shrunk

     

    Other peoples’ money

     

    The Money Pit

     

    Dead man walking

     

    The Living Dead

     

    Nightmare on Edminston Dr

     

    Armageddon

     

    Things to do in Govan when your dead

     

    SDM….I am Legend

     

    Resident Evil

     

    The Empire Strikes Back

     

    Harry Potter and The Mystery of the Season Ticket Money

     

    The Green Mile

     

    Rocky

     

    Dead and buried

     

    Field of Dreams

     

    Four Cases and a Funeral

     

    The Greatest Story Ever Told

     

    The Silence of the Bams

     

    Steven Spielbergs E. B. T.

     

    Take The Money and Run.

     

    Death and Taxes

     

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

     

    Restless Natives

     

    The Misfits

     

    Down and Out in Govan

     

    Sash of our stepfathers

     

    Terrible Bosses

     

    one flew over a cuckoo’s nest

     

    Mason and the Orange Fleece

     

    PAYEback

     

     

     

    Ah cannae keep up

     

    Got to go

     

     

    HH

  3. yorkbhoy says:

     

     

    7 February, 2012 at 11:53

     

     

    On HRMCs Secret Service

     

     

     

    Maybe a James Bond special could be done, will pitch in with:

     

     

    A view to a kill

     

     

    Now, which one had the soundtrack for nobody does it better?

     

     

    Octopussy ref with regards to the season ticket money to be had somewhere??

  4. The Hundenberg ———–[ a big jelly mould full of Huns and fetid gas goes pop]

     

     

    All That Money Can Buy.

     

     

    And Then There Were None .

     

     

    Billy Liar.

     

     

    The Life of Minty —– HE’S NOT THE MESSIAH , HE’S A VERY NAUGHTY BOY.

     

     

    All is Vanity.

     

     

    Apocalypse Now ——– The Horribles -The Horribles !

  5. FAO AMADEUS

     

     

    The Sheephaven in Camden will definitely have the game on, just not sure how easy it will be for you to get there (best tube station is Mornington Creecent on Northern Line).

     

     

    Hope that helps.

  6. Films…

     

     

    Catch me if you can

     

     

    Honey I shrunk the crowds

     

     

    Craigy Wonka and the ice cream factory

     

     

    Slumdog thousandaire

  7. Right, Bond is a go.

     

     

    Dr Nochance ofsurvival

     

    From HMRC with Interest

     

    Nogoldfinger

     

    Hunderballsburst

     

    You Only Live Twice (but you only die once)

     

    Ah theng ya…

  8. voguepunter says:

     

    7 February, 2012 at 11:15

     

     

    DontPatmadug says:

     

    7 February, 2012 at 10:45

     

    Only one man for the Whyte role. Marti Feldman

     

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    I disagree,got to be Jack Elam.

     

     

    Give you that one.