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26th of foot

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  1. 25 minutes ago, onevision said:

    Ah Clatty Bella, big Dancers burd.

    Peter McDougall invented a wonderfully indicative character to represent the Port, Clatty Bella had the best line in, 'Just a Boys' Game'.

     

    Jake and Dancer escape the torrential rain by entering the close of Clatty's flat. Drookit, they chap her door and whilst crossing the threshold inquire after the provision of a towel? Clatty replies, 

     

    "Naw, ma boay's gone tae the swimming wae it".

     

    Such brevity?

  2. 59 minutes ago, Blue Moon said:

    Reflecting on the game this morning, I am becoming concerned at the problems cross balls are causing our defence.  Looks to me that we are using zonal marking which we tried and failed with during Gio's time.  We simply didn't have the players to execute it.  It is not quite so noticeable when Jack is between the sticks.  

    You are correct, in the last couple of seasons the amount of important goals lost to opposition cross balls is undeniable.

     

    The Europa Cup final, last season's League Cup final and Scottish Cup semi-final and, this season's Champions League qualifier against PSV home and away.

     

    The Europa Cup final equaliser is most frustrating, why did we NOT stop the cross coming in?

  3. 5 hours ago, Uilleam said:

     

    Forty years past in the wake of the Falkland Conflict, Mrs Thatcher's Government wanted to surf the feel good wave by promoting KAPE(Keep the Army in the Public Eye). They came up with Executive Stretch, a long weekend of middle to senior management from well known companies to participate in a 30 K slog. Mixed groupings of eight Bankers, Accountants, Lawyers, ....... etc from Lloyds Bank, ICI, Honeywell, .... etc were accompanied by both an Officer and senior NCO on a TAB course consisting of kayaking, orienteering, abseiling and culminating on an Assault Course.

     

    The first one was based at Garelochhead and the course straddled three lochs and Glen Douglas. Considerable military support was available reference shelter/sleeping, rations and, provision of necessary kit. I believe the idea was to increase understanding on both sides of pressures and demands? We were requested to submit general reports on both the organisation and conduct. I complied suggesting it should be scaled back considerably; a wander and a couple of lunches could achieve the same communication. I received the companies suggestions, they wanted it tougher and demanded individual reports.

     

    I was not prepared to offer career defining reports and most others agreed. The entire concept was handed over to the TA and ran for a further several years.

     

    It was a recipe for serious injury and disaster.

  4. 1 hour ago, the gunslinger said:

    surely it can make a fortune as a wedding venue. 

     

    if that hasn't been sorted it's negligent 

    The entire spectrum should be available : Weddings, Funeral Purveys, bar mitzvahs, children birthday parties, stag-dos, hen nights ........................... the burning of Spiers.

  5. I believe the Rangers - Vorwarts Berlin tie in the European Cup is our anomaly.

     

    The Berlin wall was constructed in 1961 and the political implication was the Government refused Visas to the East Germans to visit Ibrox. A neutral venue had to be found and an agreement was reached with Malmo in Sweden. The game failed to take place on the Wednesday evening because Malmo was fog bound. Rescheduled for the next morning at 10am, Rangers ran out 4-1 winners and, 6-2 on aggregate.

     

    Due to the circumstances above, I believe the Rangers - Vorwarts Berlin program is akin to hens teeth?

  6. 1 hour ago, JohnMc said:

    I'm sure Sportsound are working hard on a documentary exposing the running of Dundee Utd and the simply unsustainable losses and level of debt they currently have. That level of financial doping in the Championship requires exposure to a bigger audience. I'm sure the public service broadcaster is making the final edits as I type. 

    Jum Spence has been awfy quiet these days.

  7. "I have just returned from a festive trip to the Emerald Isle", says RAB Cosgrove.

     

    "Oh dearie me", says Tam the Token.

     

    Above are the two opening statements from the cohosts of Saturday's Off the Ball show. RAB continues his immersion into the warm waters of Orishness allowing resolutions of never being confronted by a Twinings tea bag and expressing a new found love for Gaelic sports only rivalled by further love for bearded avuncular Irish men. RAB radiates plastic Paddy to please the good friends of the show. An Irish Passport will be next?

     

    Tam's opener was the entry to that VAR non-decision on the 30th December'22 at Sellik Park. Tam and RAB are fed up with a constant week long discourse on Nick Walsh and Willie Collum then, proceed with a thirty minute long analysis. The synopsis is thus, Rangers had a point and held the moral high ground. The tipping point was to personalise the event by demanding Willie Collum no longer officiates games involving aRangers. I agree, Rangers over egged a rancid pudding, the demands on Collum proved no limit of exploitation had been considered in the club appreciation.

     

    Both continued with extrapolation, no refereeing officials and families should face threats and the personalisation will lead to another Referees strike, "Celtic fans caused the first referees strike, Rangers fans will cause the next, it will be one-one". These two clowns are forever chastising those pundits that criticise supporters who invade pitches or throw snowballs claiming they could be carrying weapons or including grenades in the thrown objects because; fans do not carry chainsaws or grenades. Here, they extrapolate to a referee strike because it is their preferred prejudice. There is no referee strike and there will not be one thus, I disagree.

     

    Now, if the PQ Gang Hut want to have a discussion or a documentary on the Referee strike that did happen, then I am all ears. Peter will not allow it.

     

    Anyways, Tam ends with another, "JFK moment". He tells of being in the Spar on the Isle of Arran when hearing a report of Rangers conceding a penalty against Killie. RAB emotes another well rehearsed faux guffaw. I wonder does RAB  travel and declare his faux guffaws when visiting his considerable property portfolio? Is he a faux guffaw smuggler? It extrapolated in a PQ Gang Hut sense, when Kenny Macintyre appeared at One O'Clock to preview Sportsound, Tam could not resist another dig. Earlier in the week, a caller to the Jeremy Vine show made front page headlines, he bellowed, "F the Pope and the IRA" down the line. The faux guffaw began as Tam said, "Happy New Year Kenny, I have not heard you since you called Jeremy Vine during the week"? The shows guests, Conneach Macleod and Lubna Kerr chorused guffaws with RAB. It is most useful to have the occasional Rangers supporter on the show.

     

    Talking of guests, before the festive period we had Marc Jennings and BBC Scotland staffer, Paul English. Both are Sellik supporters. Over the weekend last we were served up Conneach and Lubna, both Sellik supporters. On Sunday, it was Paddy Duffy .......... what is the point? Conneach Macleod let the cat out the bag, he was on to promote his Hebridean Bakery tomes; however, he declares he was Sellik's Commercial Manager for five years them, seven years at the SFA, ......... ah dae whit Peter tells me.

     

    As Tam said, "oh dearie me" and the supporters of Scotland's other 41 senior professional clubs are NOT guffawing.

  8. 2 minutes ago, Malangsob said:

    Ben strikes me as a big Radiohead fan.

    I imagine him driving around Glasgow, in the rain, tears streaming down his face, Thom Yorks whining in the background.

    Rubbing his knees at every stop light. 

    Yep,

     

    Prawg Rawk will do that to you.

     

    Thumping Pumping Horney Horns Loyal RSC.

  9. 9 minutes ago, Fa1833 said:

    Can anyone on here remember this game ? 

    Fairs Cup, September'70.

     

    We lost 0-1 to Bayern in most controversial circumstances. The Ref' awarded an indirect free kick, Gerd Muller struck the ball into the net without anyone else touching it. Thus, no goal; however, the Ref' awarded a goal.

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