maverick sheep

Obviously I can understand the Hilsborough group being quoted on stories like this, but making their reaction a part of the headline and main jist of the article totally takes away from the actual story. There's a problem and people are thinking of ways to fix it. It's like nimbyism or trying to discuss politics/war. You're not allowed to have progressive ideas, because the status quo MUST NEVER BE QUESTIONED The hilsborough fans didn't die because there was standing, they died because there was UNSAFE standing, and criminally lax policing that crammed folk in to enclosed/caged pens like sardines and blocked all the exits. Plus the other well documented lack of basic emergency service response.

facing a £1.75m tax bill apparently... also, why is this thread in the aberdeen section?

Clicked the wrong thread and didn't check the text was formatted. This while at work, sub-editing shite. Yaaasss!

Dumbarton have been inundated with applications for their managerial vacancy, but chief executive Gilbert Lawrie says 75% of them come from computer football management game geeks. [/size] [/size]

so we can stop fucking about and build on king's links then? coonsil say that is a viable option, so why have we been told it isn't? interesting to note they don't view aberdeen as an asset to the city (or what money the council/councillors) pocket. And also interesting they claim AFC have spread misinformation. Certainly get the impression that's happened re King's Links.

if you have - or know someone who has - a vagina, then please, for the love of fuck, do not vote for the republicans.

Jill Stein ftw

the ultras were in section y of the sooth though

BBC Scotland has uncovered new evidence showing Rangers administrators Duff and Phelps knew Craig Whyte had sold season tickets to buy the club. It indicates they were intent on denying it because they thought they could get away with it. In May, the BBC suggested Duff and Phelps partner, David Grier, may have known about the £25m Ticketus deal last April, before Mr Whyte's takeover. Mr Grier denied any knowledge of the deal until August 2011. The BBC has obtained a recording of a meeting between Mr Whyte and Mr Grier, which show Duff and Phelps did know. Mr Whyte bought Rangers from Sir David Murray for £1 and paid an £18m debt to Lloyds Bank by selling three years of season tickets to finance firm Ticketus for £25m. As well as being involved in Mr Whyte's takeover, Duff and Phelps were appointed as Rangers' administrators after the club plunged into insolvency in February 2012. In May, a BBC Scotland investigation suggested that Mr Grier may have known that about the controversial Ticketus deal before the Whyte takeover was complete. Mr Grier, and Duff and Phelps, denied the claims and said he was unaware of this particular Ticketus deal until August 2011. Last week, in a BBC interview, Mr Whyte said that "everybody who was involved in the deal team at the time knew about" the Ticketus deal. He added: "They (Duff and Phelps) knew everything, they attended meetings, they were copied into all the emails, they were there on the day of completion. They knew from the start." That claim prompted Rangers' joint administrator Paul Clark, of Duff and Phelps, to respond: "The allegations against the administrators, who are officers of the court, are false, malicious and without foundation. "In addition, as administrators, we instigated legal proceedings against Mr Whyte's solicitors (Collyer Bristow) in the High Court in London and those proceedings are centred round the very serious allegation that Mr Whyte was involved in a conspiracy which deprived Rangers of many millions of pounds. "Our conduct of the Rangers administration has been the subject of intense public scrutiny and we are wholly satisfied it was carried out to the highest professional standards." BBC Scotland has now received a secret recording that Mr Whyte says he made at a meeting between him and Mr Grier in a private members' club in London on 31 May, after its investigation was broadcast. The recording, which is to be used in a forthcoming court case involving Duff and Phelps and Mr Whyte's former lawyers Collyer Bristow, has been obtained legitimately by BBC Scotland. During the exchange, Mr Grier said: "I'll tell you what we're doing with that just so you… Mr Whyte: "Yeah. Mr Grier: "We, we went to see counsel yesterday and had a full sort of debrief of all the email correspondence. Mr Whyte: "Yep. Mr Grier: "Now, the fact is that we probably did know what was going on with Ticketus. There's no email traffic whatsoever. Mr Whyte: "That says that you did?" Mr Grier: "That says that we did. Mr White: "But we all know that you did and f****** hell. Mr Grier: "Yeah, yeah. There's no…we were not involved in dealing with Ticketus directly. Mr Whyte: "Yeah. So you knew the structures of the deal. You were dealing with Lloyds. Mr Grier: "Absolutely. Mr Whyte: "And the Ticketus part was Saffreys. Mr Grier "Yeah. So we've maintained that line quite rigorously." BBC Scotland has been able to confirm with a voice recognition expert that the recording is of Mr Grier. Duff and Phelps have yet to respond to the publication of the 31 May conversation.

Craig told this week's RedMatchday "Chatting with the players and staff after the match at Tannadice last week it was noted that the wonderful 4,000 supporters seemed to make more noise than twice the number at Pittodrie. Much as I like the RDU, it's time to close it for the majority of games.

wouldn't be surprised if spouting shite cost him the start against scotland. also wouldn't be surprised if he was the only source for the reports that he was going to start in the first place.

fuck the voting system. let's just ask turnbull hutton to decide whatever needs decided. I do fully agree with GS, scrap the SPL entirely, but at the very least stop the SPL clubs dictating to the rest of Scotland. I'd also give the amateur clubs a vote in how the 'professional' leagues operate, probably by having an appointed a single representative to sit as an equal to the league club chairmen.

only seen the first episode but got the impression it went on a series too long. shame cos it's one of the best things ever made.

i could see your point re bale. I however am a coward unlike tlg so decided to leave you to fight that battle on your own

axed from the reserve/u-20 squad for the motherwell game too now

they think considine's got a hairline fracture. bugger.

NUJ officials say currently around 25 journalists have been threatened recently for attempting to tell the truth about Rangers. Understandably most feel they cannot discuss it openly. As one told me in a Glasgow hotel this summer: “I’m not paid enough and I don’t feel I have bosses who’d back me up if it came to it.” Fuck that shite. It's like a third world country.

thank you tlg! the world's not entirely gone mad

I know it's been around ages but curious to know how many folk have seen You've Been Trumped. Makes me shake with rage

Did that sclaff off ba or did he consciously try heading it to the keeper? What a twat if the latter! P.s. how come the quote function is working for you guys??? On safari, firefox and chrome it's hopelessly fecked for me

Scottish Youth Cup: Arbroath 1-5 Aberdeen COYyoungR!!!

With picture but not sound i'm genuinly amazed to hear people think it was more than a yellow. He went to kick the ball but Fletcher got in too quick for him. Not even sure he saw him coming. Foot certainly wasn't raised in any unnatural/dangerous way and it was top/side of foot that caught him, not studs. Football gets softer every year

Can't believe that tiote red card. Also surprised how shit a job o'neil's done at sunderland.

Kudos to the fans for the mcginn/ronaldo song!

from what i hear it sounds like clangers and mcginn the goal machine were the difference between a draw and a defeat.