andy steel 0 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 We fully expect to be the team in the SPL next season," Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston told BBC Scotland. "We have taken legal advice on the matter and on the basis of that we would expect to be reinstated." sporting integrity you say I fail to see why. They were relegated on the grounds of coming last. Unless there's a sub clause in the SFL-SPL articles regarding promotion and relegation, which states that in the light of one club going pffft the previous season's most shite side by a country mile will be reinstated, the sane move would be to promote the next side up...one can hardly reward failure, can one? Anyhow, look on the bright side. With Dunfermline in the SPL, us neutral Bears can look forward to a season of Germany style passing football lighting up the dreich Scots winter months. The New Golden Dawn which awaits the grass roots activists who have revolutionized the game has only got brighter with this news. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 But Andy, you also speak clearly and impressively in English. And judging by your avatar, you've also got the movie star looks of Xavi Alonso. The sideburns might be a bit passé, but heigh-ho. You also got it right that Cruz is the bees knees. Sideburns are coming back in! I read it in my horoscope! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 We fully expect to be the team in the SPL next season," Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston told BBC Scotland. "We have taken legal advice on the matter and on the basis of that we would expect to be reinstated." sporting integrity you say Cue rebuttal statement sometime next year from Dundee. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1872 4 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Gerry Hassan@GerryHassan Well done to all the clubs for making it certain Rangers will be in the SFL nxt season. And congrats to Dundee FC for coming up to the SPL. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Gerry Hassan@GerryHassan Well done to all the clubs for making it certain Rangers will be in the SFL nxt season. And congrats to Dundee FC for coming up to the SPL. Congrats? For what may I ask? The world has lost perspective. I blame the press - and the skools. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Integrity seems to be as measurable as a politicians legacy. Purely in the eye of the subjective beholder. It's used as a weapon against us simply because it is so hard to define, so you can say almost anything you want, and call it "Sporting Intgrity". Andy Steel: I don't know if UEFA ban alcoholic drinks from shirt sponsors, but I do remember we had to remove our McKewans Lager strips when we played Lyon, as France have an anti-alcohol policy. We ended up having Centre Parks on strips that night, a long and distance subsiduary of S&N. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Sporting integrity = kicking the shit out of the world's most successful club. We will be back and will use that 'sporting integrity' excuse to our eternal advantage. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Dynamo 128 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 has anyone saw John Yorkston wikipedia page lol? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yorkston John Yorkston (born 13 July 1954 in Dunfermline) is the current chairman of Scottish First Division side Dunfermline Athletic.[1] He was appointed to the position on the 11 June 1999, just after Dunfermline's relegation from the SPL.[1] Yorkston, a lifelong fan of the club and keen wharler, has two sons and 6 grandchildren. At 6 foot 7 inches tall. Yorkston is the tallest club chairman in British football. He initially took up acting with limited success. Keen to utilise his height to full effect he auditioned for and got down to the last two for the role of "The Green Cross Code Man" eventually losing out to Dave Prowse of Darth Vader fame. Other unsuccessful auditons included the role as "Hunny Monster" alongside veteran comic actor Henry Magee. His biggest success as a thespian was in the role of "Herman Munster" in the Lochgelly Theatre Company's pantomime hit "Munster Family Christmas" in 1982. A close friend of the comedian Bobby Davro it was Davro who suggested Yorkston leave his show business aspirations behind and become a civil servant a role which Davro thought he would be ideal for. Yorkston was becoming disillusioned with show business feeling he was being unfairly typecast due to his height and took the advice of one-time mentor and friend Davro and quit. He took up a full time post in the civil service where he gradually moved up the ranks. He then left to start up a company searching public records under the auspices of the First National Bank. First Scottish began life back in 1987 as a subsidiary of First National Bank to undertake Searches on behalf of the Bank. From 1989 onwards, this service was extended to solicitors. In 2000, a management buy-out was negotiated which resulted in the Searching company First Scottish Searching Services . His hobbies include golf, cricket and Scottish country dancing. Yorkston is honorary chairman of "The Friends of Stan" an "On The Buses" appreciation society and has one of the largest collections of memorabilia from the show. His most treasured item being a drivers hat autographed by the show's star Reg Varney. Infamous for his bumbling performances on radio and tv and very often lampooned by opposing fans Yorkston has been prominent in footballing and business circles for over 20 years now.Yorkston is also the managing director of First Scottish Group, a legal services company.[2] Yorkston "openly criticised" the Old Firm during the 2002 dispute between those clubs and the majority of SPL clubs regarding a new television broadcasting contract.[3] 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Dearie, dearie me. And he used to have a vote? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Crazy muppet thinks his team will get in before Dundee. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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