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Beat me to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNl6WlcDpjc

Thanks Stupie min Manc you're sacked min....tis normally your job to start official game threads Anyways In Driving up the M77 North Stand Back down the M77 4-1 (Considine, Rooney, McGinn & Burns)

You're right ED it was supposed to be about songs you were embarassed to like.As but the thread kind of went off at a tangent

Co writer Andy McMaster was Scottish. Great band The Motors. Apart from Forget About You and the obvious Airport, my favourite track was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrbAGIAZ6bY

Jesus man, couldn't live on a cup or two every couple of weeks. All well with you Niall

I recognise the benefits of drinking water, but frankly I find it so so boring I struggle to drink a glass of it, unless of course in hotter climate where I seem to manage just fine. Afraid I drink far too much coffee, black and the stronger the better. Not yet 11am and already on. fourth mug of the day. Likely to manage another four or five before supper time. I know it isn't good for me, but its an addiction

No brainer....I'm in

Hear fit you're saying Rico, but for those of us old enough to remember I give you Tiny Wharton. ======================================================================== CONVENTIONAL wisdom dictates that a football referee has had a good game if he goes through the 90 minutes relatively unnoticed, but it was difficult not to notice Tom Wharton as he strode imperiously across the football field - a commentary on his stature rather than any criticism of his officiating. He was a tall and imposing figure who brooked no nonsense from those players under his control, and was affectionately nicknamed Tiny because, at 6ft 4in, he towered above all around him. Wharton took up refereeing shortly after the warwhen a referee failed to put in an appearance for a game in which Tom was due to play. The Juvenile and Churches Leagues of Dennistoun and the east end of Glasgow were his learning grounds when he qualified as a referee in 1948, rapidly rising through the ranks to become a class one official in 1951 - one of the youngest ever. He had the air of authority about him and few players were brave enough to test that resolve. Unfailingly courteous, he addressed players as "Mister" and expected the same in return, although conceding that it was sometimes politic for a referee to have selective deafness. He was a colossus of a man with a rare sense of humour. In one tense and tight game he arrived in the penalty area just in time to see the ball out of play, awarding a corner-kick. Protests from defenders that it should be a goal-kickwere met with the stern rebuke: "I've just sprinted 50 yards to follow play. If you think I'm now going to sprint back another 50 yards to take up position for a goal-kick you're off your head." Levels of fitness required of referees may have changed, but Wharton once gave the perfect answer to criticism that he was seldom up with play: "If you can't see a foul from 20 yards you can't see it from two." Like most referees, he never liked to order off any player - memorably putting his arm around Celtic's Jimmy Johnstone as he invited him to take an early bath at Ibrox on Ne'erday 1965 for a wild kick at Rangers' Icelandic inside-forward Therolf Beck. Five years later in another tousy Old Firm encounter, he separated warring players, seemingly determined to keep both sides at full strength only to lose his patience finally with Alex McDonald. Wharton was acclaimed by the German media when in the mid-sixties he ordered off three players in a European tie - one of no fewer than 23 competitive international club fixtures he took charge of, including the 1962 European Cup-Winners' Cup final between Atletico Madrid and Fiorentina. That 1-1 draw at Hampden Parkwas a pale shadow of the legendary Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt European Champions' Cup final held at the same venue two years earlier, and refereed by his colleague, Jack Mowat - a clear indication of the respect with which Scottish referees were regarded across the globe four decades ago. All-English ties in the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup saw Wharton called upon to officiate in Everton v Manchester United in 1964-65, and Leeds United v Liverpool at the penultimate stage in 1970-71. He took charge of four Scottish Cup finals - three Old Firm finals in 1963, 1966 and 1971, all of which went to replays, along with the 1962 Rangers v St Mirren clash, and four League Cup finals in 1960-61, 1962-63, 196667 and 1970-71 (the latter two being also Rangers v Celtic ties) . For all of the intensity surrounding those eight Old Firm meetings there was precious little controversy surrounding them. Wharton took charge of 16 international fixtures in an era when such games were much less frequent than today. He made his debut on the international scene at Windsor Park, Belfast, on April 22, 1959, aged just 31, the home side defeating Wales 4-0. When Brazil, as defending champions, were preparing with their customary thoroughness for the 1966 World Cup finals to be held in England, not only did they arrange friendlies against Scotland and Wales, they also sent for Wharton to referee two matches in Rio de Janeiro against Wales and Chile in order that they would also have experience of British officials. After taking charge of the 1971 Scottish Cup final, Tom Wharton bowed out, following 21 years as a top-class referee, in Gothenburg with Sweden's 1-0 defeat of West Germany in the Ullevi Stadium. He was appointed a referee supervisor upon his retirement and later joined the SFA Referees Committee for 28 years, the last 13 as chairman. A member of Fifa's referee committee from 1981-90, he also served as a Fifa refereeing instructor, and he received the Fifa Order of Merit in Gold in 1992. An excellent and hardworking administrator, Wharton also played an invaluable role as deputy chairman of the Football Trust, assisting many clubs with funding for ground improvements. Away from football, Wharton was a successful businessman in the steel industry and a keen bowler. Wharton is survived by his wife, Cathy, four daughters and a grandson. Tom Wharton, football referee; born November 3, 1927, died May 9, 2005.

SFA won't pay three years worth of compensation to buy out Del, Doc and Kirk's contracts. So unless Milne rolls over on the compo issue then Del won't be going. I also happen to agree with Ten Caat that he job won't initially be offered to McInnes

As I previously posted....this sums up the apparent apathy amongst our support and Morton's. You can complain all you like about kick off time and venue (and I agree) but just like Sir David Murray you ain't got a leg to stand on and it's all about the money

Competent referees that have earned respect from players and fans alike

Ach c'mon let's give them some credit. After one game they averaged losing seven goals a game After two games, their average was five. Three games in and they have reduced the average to a mere four

Only watched last twenty minutes, but commentators saying they had been well turned over and could have no complaints about the score.

Tattie Howkers royally fucked Gutted to report they are now 2-0 down

Are you one of these ex pats hiding from the Old Bill out in the Costa's

Another one. Incredibly this song was banned on Radio 1 back in the day. Apparently references to getting a handjob weren't allowed. Amazing considering what their DJs were apparently up to at the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL73xn52At4

Right, Buc's disco thread set me thinking about 70's music. Since we've had an influx of auld bastards onto DT recently there must be a fair few out there who lived through that decade, so come on and share music that was miles away from your norm back then but represented a guilty pleasure. I'd like to set the ball rolling with this absolute belter from The Kursaal Flyers. I can still smell the cheese forty odd years on

It's all gone Pete Tong. Must contain a word from song title NOT artist

Saw that but doubt he will have long to wait until he is back in the squad

Voices in the sky - The Moody Blues

Yep still the case. Point in case Griffiths