26th of foot

Rebecca Gray's big pal in journalism, and I suspect her source, is Stacey Mullen. She is the Herald's Online Editor and specialises in lot's of feelgood stories about ra Sellik. Of course, she spits venom at anything Rangers related. Stacey, like the Herald's Chief Reporter, Gerry Braiden is very much on message. Peter tells Paul(Brennan of Sellik QuickNews), he briefs Gerry/Stacey, and useful idiot, Rebecca completes the circle by proxy. Peter, Paul, Gerry, and Stacey find their sin is clean and Rebecca is het. Go back a decade/dozen years and an undergraduate journalist going by the moniker, 'Showbiz Stacey' was caught littering her reviews with unflattering references to Rangers/Rangers supporters(lots of the 'H' term, plenty of 'DOBs', and an addiction to not caring what the animals say. She was exposed in a page 7 and 8 type of way, a few paragraphs. She apologised and most were contented she had blown her future journalistic opportunities. As stated, she is the Herald's Online Editor and her behaviour has changed, in that she is much more careful in her hatred. Being exposed as a bigot has done Kevin McKenna no harm 30 years down the line.

Rebecca Gray's big pal in journalism, and I suspect her source, is Stacey Mullen. She is the Herald's Online Editor and specialises in lot's of feelgood stories about ra Sellik. Of course, she spits venom at anything Rangers related. Stacey, like the Herald's Chief Reporter, Gerry Braiden is very much on message. Peter tells Paul(Brennan of Sellik QuickNews), he briefs Gerry/Stacey, and useful idiot, Rebecca completes the circle by proxy. Peter, Paul, Gerry, and Stacey find their sin is clean and Rebecca is het. Go back a decade/dozen years and an undergraduate journalist going by the moniker, 'Showbiz Stacey' was caught littering her reviews with unflattering references to Rangers/Rangers supporters(lots of the 'H' term, plenty of 'DOBs', and an addiction to not caring what the animals say. She was exposed in a page 7 and 8 type of way, a few paragraphs. She apologised and most were contented she had blown her future journalistic opportunities. As stated, she is the Herald's Online Editor and her behaviour has changed, in that she is much more careful in her hatred. Being exposed as a bigot has done Kevin McKenna no harm 30 years down the line.

Agreed, but she won't be. There's an insatiable appetite for Rebecca's lies. Now, if the club took up the fight? They won't because of the source of the information. Ridicule is the weapon we are left with, let's use it because it might encourage Rebecca to reveal her source/refrain from using it in future.

Ah, Green Hedges, Dorset; the mothership of intrigue. I bet Rebecca Gray holds the Order of the Brown Sparrow amid Oak Leaf cluster? Rebecca should be ridiculed at every opportunity.

I was both a cub and a scout, also held a several year membership of the Tufty Club. Rebecca Gray should reveal her memberships.

Whatever became of GCC's plans for a statue of Cardinal Winning? Monies were raised, a sculptor was commissioned, and locations were being appraised. A decade past, contributions and suggestions were invited. I proposed a life sized statue of Cardinal Tom, replete in fully segged jackboots, right arm raised(hail, hail), facing the Happy Eater doorway of the Stad de Gadd(north). I feel it's necessary that Cardinal Tom remains a beneficiary of the nordic breeze in perpetuity.

SPFL = Sellik Persuasion Football League.

Anyone think there might be a correlation between the publishers of ra Sellik View and Sellik programme ie the Daily Record publishing a series of negative Rangers headlines during the build up to an old firm game? Crack that whip Peter.

We will find out how accurate Brown's assessment is, when we play Peterhead next week in the final of the Petrofac. Further, I believe Hibs/Dundee United are on it the day before our match with the Yahoos? I note Brown, like team mates McKay-Stevens, Griffiths, Stokes, ....... etc is sporting a new fuller thatch. Perhaps, they can advise the Hampden ground staff on dealing with bare patches.

I suspect in excess of 30,000 Yahoos headed off to Japan on ra Sellik's post season tour in 20008. They'll be awaiting their appeals on applications for single payment crisis loans to get the fare back.

The current Objective Host of ra Show, Gerry McCulloch continually bristles as fellow big BIG Sellik men, Hugh Keevins and Mark Guidi remark that 35,000 Yahoos are missing. The accepted wisdom is that ra Sellik are averaging just over 25,000 at matches. However, numerous contracts demand figures north of 40k to trigger premium returns. The Emperor has new clothes.

The Sports Editor at the National is Martin Hannan. A former rc priest, Martin saw the light, realised he preferred horse racing, betting, and hating all things Rangers, and joined the Herald. Hugh MacDonald spent nearly four decades at the Herald and recently was the recipient of a most generous pay-off. Hugh was Literary Editor at the Herald for a decade when the Saturday Supplement appeared, he was asked to provide football filler. A most illuminating column, Hugh told us of his time at St Mungo, singing rebel songs in the toilets on the afternoons of Sellik european games at ra Piggery. Hugh was Peter's preferred choice as battering ram when challenging the SFA over referees, helped spark a strike. Over the last week, Hugh has appeared on BBC Radio Scotland(big mates with Cosgrove), starred on Radio Clyde last Saturday(big mates with Keevins), and now the National(big mates with dearest Martin). Thus, establishing his credentials with the left talking, right acting nationalists. Folks should go out on strike over his actions, if they could find their conscience. Does Natalie McGarry have a three O'Clock in the morning view on the matter? We should be told.

You know the cliches surrounding the first goal? The first goal is important, sets the pattern, or it's all about the first goal. Well, Queens have notched the first goal in their last five visits to Ibrox. They have gone on to win one, draw two, and lose two. Like Liam Buchanan and Hippolyte, Queens possess a player, Lyle who has a habit of continually playing well and scoring against Rangers. I hope I am wrong but I expect tomorrow to be edgy and nervy.

Ah, but late last year, we were not a month away from playing ra Sellik. The countdown of demonisation, dehumanisation, and marginalisation begins.

I believe Falkirk have a couple of first eleven suspensions and injuries reference tonight. Mark Kerr is suspended and Peter the Pointer's son is injured. A loss of experience, running power, and height in the midfield. Anyways, it's all about us; if we crank up what Houston refers to as, 'Rangers power play', we will prevail. Given the on going situation between BBC Scotland and Rangers, Houston will have both pre-match and post match stage to himself. I hope he is spitting venom with his bulldog licking pysh from a nettle face to the full fore.

I wonder if some of the older Gersnetters agree, Jason Holt reminds me in part of Doddy? His innate ability to find space between opposition lines, the constant dropping of the shoulder, and those timeous darting runs into the box. His goal against Dundee was very Doddy.

Ian, Reference Ian Small. Several years past, I was still a serving member of the RST Board. A fellow member and I engaged with BBC Scotland over the lack of objectivity. It took the best part of a year to achieve a meeting inside Pacific Quay. Ian Small chaired the meeting that lasted just over an hour. We entered laden with ammunition, and choose to present three examples, leaving a dossier of another dozen. A couple of Small's flunkies appeared to be genuinely surprised at both the extent and level of subjectivity. We utilised the phrase, "marginalisation and demonisation of Rangers and Rangers supporters appears to be common currency within BBC Scotland". Ian Small regularly checked his watch and was clearly looking to culminate the meeting. Finally, we focused on the then recent League Cup final between Rangers and Dundee United. On the Monday morning, between 10am and noon, presenter Gary Robertson gave over his entire mid-morning chat/phone-in/issue/current affairs show to the day before's Rangers victory on penalties. We were presented with presentations by Levein, United's PRO, a player, the Chair of the Arab's supporters group, ..... etc. The thrust was that United were NEVER going to be allowed to win the cup. There were a number of controversial decisions applying to both sides, only the United concerns were highlighted and amplified. Darcherville's onside goal was wrongly flagged and NOT mentioned. We were told United's Chairman, Thomson was too emotional to contribute. He was in the last stages of his fight against cancer. The phone-in was a litany of Arab who's who. Seriously, Lorraine Kelly, Ricky Ross, Brian Taylor(BBC Scotland's Chief Political Commentator), ...... etc. We were NEVER told that host, Gary Robertson was a Tannadice season ticket holder and the veneer of objectivity was Jim Templeton on a two minute mobile link from a train station. Ian Small listened but did not hear, he spent the next several minutes explaining the machinations of live radio production. Anyways, the culmination of the meeting saw us given assurances that his door was open and he would deal with our concerns. A few weeks later, we received an e-mail reply informing us that some of our concerns were worthy of some attention, but having held a meeting with department heads, he was confident there was no general case to answer. We found out later from another source that Small only took the meeting because London had told him to do so, we had been silently copying in BBC HQ in our correspondence. The very evening of our meeting at Pacific Quay, photographs taken from inside that homage to glass, of myself and colleague, appeared on a well known Sellik supporters forum. We invited Ian Small to comment, still waiting on an answer. You will receive more satisfaction from hand washing a hankie, than engaging with Ian Small. I am sure both Frankie and Bluedell can add reference to the above.

Remember, McLaughlin told the listenership that he always has a word with the Match Commander before compiling his match report. He began his Hibs/Rangers report with, "four Rangers supporters have been arrested for sectarian chanting .......". Specifically, on complaints from Bears, he explained talking to the appropriate Match Commander was normal routine. Now, at Pittodrie he stated he had spoken to the MC and there was nothing to report. The next day's Aberdeen P and J carried a quote from the MC stating six Yahoos had been arrested for sectarianism. So, did the MC lie to McLaughlin? Did Chris talk to the MC? Maybe, Chris had been caught? Thus, Chris has reported on four of his beloved Sellik matches, Hearts, Stranraer, Aberdeen, and Hamilton and has NOT included quotes from the MC or SPFL Delegate; and subsequently had to revisit at a later stage. How embarrassing for BBC Scotland's Chief Football Reporter?

He is one obsessive sick puppy. Dark corners require bright lights.

Jason Holt.

Fellow Bears, remember NOT to disappoint the Morton Chairman. I am taking a 1964 Vespa scooter, I am going to set it aflame, before launching it into the Morton support. Bottles, spiked golf balls, and pieces of pie are not enough. I hear someone has bought an extending cable to attach to a toaster before launching.

Schoolboy Latin was an endurance(patientia); a derivation of patience and sufferance. My schoolboy curriculum demanded eight periods of Latin per week, and only two of PE. Oh me miserum, that's the epitome of hardship and persistence. Often, you wonder the point? Of course, it's derivations; attempt a decent crossword without a working knowledge of Latin and you'll see. Curriculum is a case in point, it's accepted Latin for, 'course of a race'. We might speculate on Mike Ashley's cardio-vascular aptitude to stay in the race, what's the ante-post? There's another thing about the Latin, open to interpretation. Translations are littered with references to specific derivations. Mike Ashley further epitomises the subjunctive eg, the literal derivation of 'Mike Ashley' could be, "criminal greedy cnut". Of course, this is NOT indicative. If fellow Gersnetters can provide the references, you'll get no argument from me. Often, a Roman in the gloamin' would be heard remarking of a stout south Londoner with avaricious tendencies, 'ah, Mike Ashley'. In this gladiatorial world, it's all bread and circuses. Thus, amid derivations and subjunctive tone; the Latin phrase 'Mike Ashley' translates as, 'criminal greedy cnut'.

The biggest trumpet for Scottish football continuing to flourish without Rangers is Stuart Cosgrove. Even Big Stu' was articulating concern at attendances in the top tier, his own beloved St Johnstone's last home match saw less than 2,500 turn up. Further, Killie attracted 2,600 for Ross County's visit. Michael Gannon pens wishful thinking as factual information. A job at BBC Scotland awaits.

Waggy has been missing for four games. We have scored 8 goals in those matches, only one(kenny Miller against Queen of the South) has come from a striker. Our midfielders and full backs have stepped up, whereas our other strikers have failed to fill the void.

Am I right in saying that 'Contempt of Parliament' is akin to 'Raising fire in the Cinque Ports' ie a capital offence? Or, is that wishful thinking on my part?