Bloody DFC …….
Dumbarton F.C. might have been up shit creek ,hey Robbo where is your paddle shop.
After today’s news that Dubai is financially knackered, where might we have been if that other guy had taken over,his name fails me ,a pensioner moment.
Maybe Brabco was a better deal????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXuJXPd8C14
45 years ago I was lucky enough to be at The Barrowland to see a band, who were competing against the Beatles , Stones, and The Who for recognition, during Britain’s golden era of Rock.
The Kinks were a raw band based on a combination of blues and rock music, who had to wait till later in the 60s for people to realise how good they really were.
Ray Davies and his wee brother Dave were the backbone of the band and Dave especially was the teenage cult hero of the time.
It wasn’t till later everyone realise that in Ray Davies we had unearthed an astounding talent as a singer song-writer.
On Dec 14th he plays the concert hall in Glasgow and I would urge any younger correspondents on here to get a ticket to see a true legend of music.
All I need now is a Neil Young tour date and my year will be made after seeing Crosby, Stills and Nash in August.
They may be Dinosaurs but they are real performers , none of your X-Factor shite here.
With reference to my previous post about falling out of love with the people’s game, the last 2 nights summed it up perfectly.
UTTER BOREDOM
At the root of it all is greed and total disrespect for the fans and not just in our country.
Started off tonight watching Porto and Chelsea , then Bayern, then switched over to BBC 1 for Spooks.
What was the common denominator? Loads of empty seats ,but they don’t need paying customers when they are getting £10 million just for being there.
The problem is that delusional owners think their own club can make money if they get to the promised land.
Take Darlington for example. 25k stadium, bottom of the pile in England , average crowd 1200, all due to false promises from a character who said “ build it and they will come to the field of dreams”.
I rest my case your honour.
Brown McMaster has resigned from his duties at the league management due to alleged dual shareholdings .
The irony for me is it was Livingston supremo who pushed for him to go.
Bet McMaster is not the only one involved in this scam eh!!!!!!!!!!
This game was a great advert for Scottish lower league football, end to end, goals galore, and a terrific fight back from Dundee.
The standard of player was first class and the game was played at a frantic pace in dreadful conditions.
Both these teams are full time and have stadiums , fans bases and catchment areas to support their challenge for S.P.L
How many of our present squad could live with these two teams, maybe Saturday will give us an idea when we play Morton ,a team at the other end of the 1st division.
Out of our team who will probably play at Greenock I think McStay, Big Ben, and Junior , in my humble opinion are the only ones who could at the moment compete.
I would like nothing better than to be proved wrong but cup ties are one offs and have a habit of throwing up the odd shock.
For anyone who has any doubts click the link below, to Robin Cook’s speech.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2859431.stm
One of the few honest men and sadly no longer with us.
At least he died with a clear conscience.
Listening to the radio this morning and my heart skipped a few beats, I only heard part of it though and was distraught when I heard the whole thing.
“Thatcher to be hung at 10 Downing Street”.
Imagine my disappointment when I found out it was only a portrait.
I am falling out of love with what was once the people,s game, sadly it is no more.The final straw for me was the seeding of the World cup play-offs.
Teams like Scotland,Wales, Slovenia etc are not wanted in major competitions,having said that Slovenia fucked them up good and proper against an over-rated but big nation.
Competitions like the F.A. and S.F.A cups are a dying breed, knockout competitions in the true sense of the word.
Wouldn’t it be great if Platini decided to “unseed” the European championship draw. The outcry would be heard all over the world,imagine Italy,France,Germany and England in one group and Scotland,Northern Ireland,Hungary and Andorra.
I can but dream, Berlusconi and Murdoch amongst others have a lot to answer for and it is all down to greed.
Jim Farry was lambasted for refusing to allow TV companies to show a game when Forfar or similar were playing the same night, he said TV would be the ruination of football as we know it,how right he was.
How many Champions have won the Champions League?? Robbo help.
I never miss Dr, John,s blog and this is no daft fan writing this but an academic who specialises in football management and his reports are frightening.
It is only a matter of time before one of the “big” clubs go tits up and the consequences will be earth shattering and reverberate around the world.
Dodgy dealings will be exposed,over paid prima donnas will be squealing,and Alice in wonderland owners will be jumping off buildings.
Take our own S.P.HELL,the debts they are servicing are frightening, even the big 2,last I heard Killie were 11m ,Falkirk 4m, Hearts god only knows what they owe,but their’s is a “soft “loan HA HA.
Then we have the clubs who have had their shot at glory like my home town team Dundee under the Marr brothers grim and go and do it again with this new guy,some folk will never learn.
Airdrie Utd,The Pars,Livingston,Gretna, Raith, oh and I nearly forgot everybody’s second team the Harry Wraggs.
All of the above were either in administration or close to it.
I have not even mentioned Motherwell yet, they have led a charmed life, saved by league reconstruction god knows how many times and in administration, twice I think,after paying has beens like John Spencer stupid amounts of money.
Henry Mcleish’s paper on the state of football in our country will sort though,aye right,
He will probably suggest a pyramid system like in England,I ask you if you supported Pollok,Talbot,or Arthurlie would you want this,I dont think so.
Greed,single owner tycoons, and property developers are the only ones who make money at the expense of fans who are left in the lurch.
You know the most Ironic thing of all is the fact that Ayr Utd were once owned by Barr construction yet they never got a new stadium of their own.
The games a bogey I fear
According to the Gospel of Dr John, 3 premier clubs are on the verge of administration.
http://footballmanagement.wordpress.com/ for more info.
On there you will find an interesting post about Swindon Town and a giant company recalling their “soft” loan. There is no such thing as a soft loan ; it’ s a loan and thats the end of it.
The interesting part for me is this bit -
“This was established in connection with a somewhat fanciful plan to build a new 23,000-seat stadium, with the seemingly mandatory hotel and gym, at a site which, although largely ‘brownfield’, included part of the Great Western Park, which would necessitate the felling of thousands of recently planted trees – a plan hardly likely to proceed with serious opposition.
“I use the word ‘fanciful’ as Swindon’s average attendances have not exceeded 10,000 since the 1997/98 season. Like far too many clubs, Swindon suffered from a ‘cargo cult’ belief that a large empty stadium would attract twice or three times the number of spectators. It was also fanciful in that there was no huge profit to be made by the club in selling the old ground to developers – it was owned by the council and the club were tenants. Nevertheless, the whole project fell within the regeneration remit, and would appeal to property developers.”
Aye, the good Doctor comes up trumps again.
Any Sons fan of the more mature type will remember Kenny as he was one of the great team which won the second division 1971/72. A true Sons legend.
Williams, Mackay and Wilkinson, Jenkins, Bolton and Graham,Coleman Gallacher McCormack K. Wilson D.Wilson plus Big Hoof
I have searched everywhere and cannot find a photo of that team. Robbo – help.
