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July 12th v Man Utd (sat

July 15th v Dundee (tue)

July 18th v Peterhead (fri)

Dutch Tour:

July 24th v Babberich (Scott Calderwood's team) (thur)

July 26th v Vitesse Arnhem (sat)

July 30th v FC Zwolle (Wed)

August 2nd v Go Ahead Eagles (Dave Bus's new team)(sat)

Think the last 2 will be the trip for me

This is true, it quite amuses me that there is a shop in the Barras called "Tim Land".

Also anyone here them singing about Bobby Sands?  Went something like "oh fuck bobby sands...HE'S DEAD" scum bags the lot of them but i doubt it will get a mention in any reports.

Do you know who he was? He was a member of the IRA...who gives a shit if he is dead!

Are you Millertime in disguise?

Great clip!!

1. How does JDV know its going to be a goal?

2. Young seems happy

3. Fuck me a saltire in the hun crowd

4. Huns deadly still - lol

5. And its clearly Zander that starts the Novo war of words as he turns round and picks him out to shout yessss to

MOTM - Novosexual or Baz Fud 

 

Pity there wisnae any greetin from the huns 

Rain or tears?

I thought I heard that quite loud and clear on the radio last night.

Section Y was definitely belting that out 

The 'go home you huns' to auld lang syne was very choral 

For me it was Seve

For me it had to be 'we want 6' to get it right up all those huns saying thats what they would do to us during the week.

Great game and a great trip back down abusing all the huns on the buses 

I read in the metro this morning that if Rangers win the SPl they will be presented the trophy on the pitch, anyone confirm this?

You better win tonight loons!!!

http://www.southend.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=110322

Rumours abound in Wolverhampton that defender Charlie Mulgrew is being targetted by Aberdeen for a move to the Scottish Premier League.

 

Dons Manager Jimmy Calderwood has identified his leaky defence (which has conceded 58 goals in 37 SPL matches so far this season) as the area for improvement if his charges are to put the disappointment of missing out on UEFA cup football behind them and challenge strongly in 2008-2009.

 

Vital Southend has been in contact with Black Country sources to get the lowdown on target Denas Rosa and has uncovered the news of the attempted swoop on main summer target Mulgrew instead.

 

'I can see the granite city appealing to Charlie, to be honest' said our source. 'After all it is top flight football, much as he has thoroughly enjoyed his loan spell with Southend.'

 

Mulgrew has impressed in his time on loan with the Shrimpers and manager Steve Tilson is keen to secure his services on a permanent basis. It would appear that he will now need to move fast in order to pull off the deal in the few extra days grace given to him by the extension of the Scottish season to assist Rangers push for UEFA cup glory. Aberdeen are expected to make an official move within days of the final whistle in Scotland on Thursday night..

http://www.southend.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=110401

Hot on the heels of yesterdays breaking news about Aberdeen's bid to sign Charlie Mulgrew from under the noses of Southend comes the news that Denas Rosa is also a target for the Scottish club.

 

Southend are ready to pay £350k for the 2 players but Aberdeen are ready to match that and hope the offer of top flight football can persuade the 2 Wolves men to move North of the Border.

 

Southend's hope rest on Charlie Mulgrew wanting to extend his stay in Southend and being part of a promotion bid.

 

Aberdeen are also close to agreeing a £100k deal for Richie Foran. Foran played for Motherwell and is keen on a return to Scotland.

 

Whilst the loss of Foran won't be a major one, the loss of potential signings from a top level Championship club would be an early kick in the teeth for Steve Tilson

Never seen this thread before i made my own one about it.

I like the look of this kid already, from the pictures doesna look too lightweight like the kids up here already and has decent hair.

You came out of the closet? 

I think he looks like heppy in this photo

Nicholl tipping Stewart for a bright future

 

ABERDEEN assistant manager Jimmy Nicholl believes Sammy Stewart can make a name for himself in the Scottish Premiership.

The Glenavon midfielder is expected to complete a move to Pittodrie this week after both clubs agreed terms on Friday.

 

The 17-year-old impressed in a trial with the Dons earlier in the year, prompting boss Jimmy Calderwood to plunge for the youth international.

 

“I only found out on Friday we had got the lad so I am delighted a deal has been done,†Nicholl said.

 

“He is a great acquisition, and hopefully now he can go on and grasp the opportunity. We saw enough in Sammy’s trial spell with us earlier in the year to make a move for him, and the fact he is only 17 means he has a long future ahead of him.

 

“But we think we have signed a very good player, so hopefully Sammy can build on that.â€

 

Stewart (below) caught the eye of a number of scouts following some blistering displays for Glenavon this season.

 

And for Nicholl, the talented teenager has all the attributes to make a name for himself in the Scottish Premiership.

 

“He knows how the game is played. He knows what positions to get into and he is aware of players around him. He has a very good footballing brain. He is also a good size and he will develop,†the Dons’ assistant boss said.

 

“Now it is entirely up to the player how far he wants to go. Once he gets used to full-time football and the demands put upon him, then it will be up to Sammy to push himself to greater heights.

 

“If he can get a good pre-season under his belt then there is no reason why he can't break into the first team, because opportunities will arise.â€

 

Nicholl said the signing of Stewart is another indicator that clubs on the mainland are scouring the Irish League for talent.

 

“People are quick to say you can be a good player in the Irish League but it’s a different thing playing on the mainland, but that is rubbish,†he said.

 

“If you like what you see then there is no reason why you shouldn’t go for that player. Sometimes people undermine the Irish League but we will keep monitoring the talent coming through.â€

 

Another former Irish League player who caught the eye of Scottish scouts was Lisburn Distillery striker Andrew Waterworth who secured a New Year move to Hamilton Academicals.

 

And it was a positive move for the Northern Ireland Under 21 international, helping the Accies to promotion to the Premiership.

 

“Andy was another player we tried to get but unfortunately it didn’t work out,†Nicholl said.

 

â€But he seems to be doing well, and no doubt I’ll see more of him next season.â€

 

Dont get too excited by that. Ricky Foster's scored 1 or 2 in the last season or two!

And I get shit for being negative..........

He can also score screamers

Cliftonville hit back just three minutes later when Declan O'Hara powered home a header but, just when the home side sensed a way back into the tie, young Sammy Stewart immediately produced an outrageous long-range strike which soared past Connolly and into the top corner.

Stewart on his way

 

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

 

By Stuart McKinley

 

Glenavon will this week cash in on their teenage starlet Sammy Stewart.

 

The 17-year-old has agreed terms with Scottish Premier League side Aberdeen after the Lurgan Blues accepted their offer for the player.

 

And Stewart will now finalise the deal that will take him to Scotland as soon as the relevant people at Aberdeen have returned from holiday.

 

The Mourneview Park side are understood to have agreed a fee in the region of £15,000 for the player, with future payments coming through add-ons connected to appearances and possible international call-ups.

 

It has been a swift rise to success for Stewart, who only broke into the Glenavon first-team during the most recent campaign.

 

Although the club struggled in the lower reaches of the table, he was one of their shining lights and held down his place in the team.

 

Stewart now follows Michael McKerr into full-time football after he left Glenavon this time last year to sign for Birmingham City.

His bebo is private (if I have the right person)

otherwise he is this freak

Padre, fit the fuck? 

Is tht ur blood wit ur aidz in?!?!? You've taken that too far!!!

Dont worry its only beetroot juice and a blob of broon sauce to make the pupils

Ibrahim Tall: Romanov acts like 'dictator'

 

BRAHIM TALL has spoken candidly for the first time about his treatment at the hands of Vladimir Romanov.

The defender returned to his home in Paris last week at the end of his Hearts contract. Whilst retaining fond memories of the club, he explained how Romanov left him embittered by his dictatorial methods.

 

The majority shareholder ordered Stephen Frail, Hearts' interim manager, not to play Tall during the second half of this season.

 

The Frenchman had refused the offer of a contract extension on reduced terms and therefore became subject to exclusion from the team at Romanov's request. He appeared only once at first-team level following the defeat at Falkirk on December 29 last year. Despite finding the process disturbing, he maintained a dignified silence on the issue until severing his ties with Hearts.

 

Tall spoke exclusively to the Evening News to reveal the extent of Romanov's ruthlessness during negotiations and subsequent interference in team matters.

 

His three-year, £10,000-a-week contract was sanctioned in 2005 against the wishes of Hearts' then-manager George Burley, so keen was Romanov to have the Senegalese internationalist involved in his Tynecastle revolution. However, when a proposed extension was rejected earlier this year, the owner's mindset altered.

 

"When we were to talk about a new contract I was open to discuss it with Mr Romanov, but he told my agent he would give me one offer and if I didn't sign I would never play again," said Tall.

 

"I was hoping to talk normally but with him it's like a dictator. You have to do what he says.

 

"He offered me less money, but the problem wasn't money, it was the way he spoke.

 

"I think it was very arrogant. It was a problem because I would not sign the new contract so Mr Romanov said to Stephen Frail not to put me in the team. I knew I wouldn't play after that and it was difficult."

 

In that sense, the 26-year-old's Hearts career petered out in similar fashion to the way it began, inconspicuously. Eight months lapsed between him arriving in Edinburgh from the French club Sochaux and his first-team debut, as first Burley, then Graham Rix, deemed him not good enough for Tynecastle. Romanov required to sack both managers and place Valdas Ivanauskas in temporary charge before he could facilitate Tall's promotion.

 

The defender's case was helped, ironically, when Romanov banished Andy Webster from the team following a contract wrangle with the Scotland internationalist and his agent in spring 2006.

 

The acrimony surrounding Tall's departure means that, for varying reasons, he was considered "unselectable" for a full year in total at Hearts.

 

He stressed that several players had received similar unethical treatment to that which tainted his final five months in Edinburgh. "My situation was like Julien's (Brellier]. But it's not only him, I think a lot of players have gone through this," he said.

 

"Hearts is a very good club, the people who love the club work very hard and they are nice people. But the owner, I don't think he does his job well.

 

"He did many bad things to me. A lot of players were happy there but they didn't stay because of Mr Romanov."

 

"I have a lot of good thoughts and a lot of bad ones.

 

He watched Hearts undergo a moderate transformation earlier this year when Frail was appointed caretaker manager but believes Romanov's managerial rotation policy has undermined the efforts of everyone at the club. "Mr Romanov must not change the manager all the time, it's not good for the team.

10k a week for him no wonder they are in debt!

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Smith stands by for Aberdeen

 

Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood has no fears about handing former Celtic attacker Jamie Smith the opportunity to ruin Rangers’ SPL title hopes at Pittodrie tomorrow night.

 

Smith’s season has been ruined by a persistent hamstring problem and he has played barely half an hour of football since January. The 26-year-old broke down after just 31 minutes of a comeback in the Scottish Cup draw against Celtic in March.

 

It was feared Smith’s campaign was over but Calderwood insisted the forward’s problems are now behind him and he is prepared to hand the forward a role in tomorrow’s end-of-season finale.

 

He said: “It would not be a gamble to play Jamie, not from what we have seen from him in training. He has been to the specialist and there is no longer any hindrance now whatsoever.

 

“The most important thing is he is fit for when we return on June 30. If he plays tomorrow night, it will be a plus – although not for Rangers manager Walter Smith.

 

“Jamie has worked very hard and he has never even considered writing off his season and settling for coming back after the summer.

 

“He has been out for five months this season and if he can get some time on the pitch against Rangers it would give him a tremendous boost.â€

 

Calderwood is looking for ward to tomorrow night’s match against the Light Blues in front of a packed Pittodrie.

 

The game is close to being sold out and there will be no tickets available on the gates.

 

Rangers can lift the title if they better Celtic’s result against Dundee United at Tannadice but the Dons are hoping results elsewhere can open up the possibility of finishing fourth.

 

Calderwood does not think either match will be high scoring and he believes the Hoops have the advantage.

 

He said: “Celtic are big favourites because of their superior goal difference.

 

“It is not just because Rangers have got to play us.

 

“I cannot see a big result at Pittodrie or Tannadice, so I think you can rule out the goal difference closing. There is a lot of emotion around Celtic following the death of Tommy Burns.

 

“It would be great for our supporters for us to finish on a high. It would give the supporters something to enjoy in the summer and take into next season.â€

 

Dons supporters are reminded the ticket office will close two hours before kick-off tomorrow .

I take it from this he will only be on the subs bench for tomorrow?

Trouble in Manchester

 

SIR, – Further to your comment on the behaviour of a small minority of alleged Rangers fans in Manchester on Wednesday, I would like to make my own comment.

 

I was present at Albert Square until 5pm on the day and saw no trouble whatsoever. All we saw were thousands of mainly Scottish people having fun in the sun while enjoying some cold beer.

 

We actually went to the game and saw absolutely no problems (apart from the result). There were, by all accounts, more than 200,000 Rangers fans in the city for the game and you are always going to get a few bad apples with this amount of people.

 

However, an arrest rate of one in 5,000 people (most of whom were full of drink) is not that bad a statistic.

 

In case you have forgotten, the last time such violence was seen involving fans from Scotland could have been in Munich this season when one of our local teams was playing, or it could have been in Bradford a few years back when many thugs local to the Aberdeen area were put behind bars.

 

Every team has followers who should not be able to accompany them on their travels, and I suggest these same people would cause trouble even if they were in their home town, no matter what colour of scarf they were wearing.

 

William Ferguson,

 

Main Street,

 

Alford.