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Typical BBC. Both my grandfather and father attended the game. The BIG talking point was the fact Dynamo played a substantial part of one halve with twelve(12) men on the park. Imagine the BBC describing a game with dubious refereeing, whilst deliberately ignoring the most dubious happening during the match. Further, Moscow Dynamo in 1946 were the same as Moscow Dynamo in 1972, they were the preferred club of the KGB(secret police of the Soviets).

Today's Scottish Sun is speculating that the job will be outsourced to a Company of Solicitors. Harper McLeod would be expectant? How about Rod ra Fraud McKenzie, he could do it pro bono? Peter's daughter is a Solicitor. Kevin Clancy is a learned friend also. Lot's of folks with the correct credentials to do the job.

Bluedell, St Cadoc's FC/Youth Club was founded in 1987 by the then Janitor of St Cadoc's Primary School Janitor, David Jones. The current Chair and successor to Claire Whyte's husband is the current Janitor. My reference for this piece of information is last Friday's edition of, 'A View from the Terrace'. They did a five minute piece on St Cadoc's. I agree, there are no formal links to ra Sellik, but the connections are numerous. Tommy Burns, Pat Bonner, Mark Wilson, Andy Walker, .... etc have all coached the teams. The administration has been extremely top heavy with Sellik minded lawyers. I believe the fund raising activities are stellar. St Cadoc's teams across sport compete regularly in Euro' competitions. Currently, St Cadoc's ground share with St Anthony's Junior Football Club at McKenna Park. A couple of years past, Angela Haggerty appeared on Shereen Nanjiani's show on BBC Radio Scotland. Now, Angela has a big mouth, she notoriously outed Mhari Black's girlfriend on Twitter, a girl who at that point was not 'out' to her immediate family. Anyways, on Shereen's she gave her moment of the week as St Cadoc's winning the Ajax Youth tourney in Holland. I am told she was given quiet words from Kevin McKenna, St Cadoc's did not wish such publicity. Kevin McKenna(former Editor of ra Sellik View) is Godfather to Angela's several month old son. I think St Cadoc's has been deliberately placed by selected Sellik minded to be natural successors to the separate entity?

The current Scottish football Compliance Officer, Claire Whyte has indicated she wants to avail herself of a new, exciting opportunity in the New Year. The SFA have her resignation, however Claire has assured Ian Maxwell she will remain in post until her successor is appointed. When appointed, Claire was wife of then Head Teacher at St Cadoc's Primary School. St Cadoc's football club has largely filled the vacuum left by the demise of Celtic Boys' Club. Claire and her husband had season tickets at Parkhead for many seasons. Further, she was employed as a Solicitor at Sellik's Lawyers, Harper McLeod. Both of Claire's predecessors as Compliance Officer had similar backgrounds. Tony McGlennan was also a former Sellik season ticket holder and as recently as March of this year, went public in his desire to see his beloved Sellik crowned champions in a Covid suspended season. Tony believed there were no obstacles to the award of the league flag, based on sporting merit. Tony succeeded Vincent Lunny, another former Sellik season ticket holder. Vincent is on record as saying his appointment to the designation, "was down to pure luck". So, who will be the next beneficiary of Peter's pure luck? Below is the approved short list : 1. Jum Spence. 2. Gerry Adams. 3. Angela Haggerty. 4. Cardinal O'Brien.

Poor hound, looks like he's just had a sniff at ra Bhoy in Corduroy.

My first game was September'63, a 0-5 victory at Cathkin Park against Third Lanarkshire Volunteers. My first visit to Ibrox was early December'63, we defeated Dundee United 3-2. My first European game was at Ibrox, September'64 we defeated Red Star Belgrade 3-1. My first Cup final was the '66 Scottish Cup final replay, we won 1-0 against ra Sellik. King Kai scored a raker. My first Euro' campaign was 66-67, I attended all four European Cup Winners Cup games at Ibrox. Glentoran, Borussia Dortmund(the then holders), Real Zaragoza, and Slavia Sofia. The strip change came at the start of '68-'69 season. The first home game was a pre-season friendly against Arsenal, a 2-2 draw. Scot Symon had been sacked, Davie Whyte appointed and the perceived wisdom was the change was part of the on-going modernisation of Rangers. In those days, it was the home side that changed in the event of a clash of colours. When Dundee and St Johnstone arrived, we were replete in red jerseys and blue socks with white tops. The game I remember most in the 60s was a pre-season game at Ibrox in '67, Eintracht Frankfurt had battered us in the '61 European Cup semi-final, they lost 7-2 in turn to Real Madrid in the Hampden final. My grandfather and old man thought our 5-3 victory over the Germans was to be a harbinger of the season coming. I was ten and believed them. Still, over 80,000 squeezed into Ibrox to witness our bit of revenge.

They got married in the Mens' Union, G12.

Ian1964, Thanks for the heads up, I've just watched the match on this link. Decent game, finished 2-2. We were 0-2 down, got one back through Glenn Middleton, Croatia had a man dismissed, and we equalised. A minute after squaring, Billy Gilmore received a red for I know not what. Referees like to even things up, but it was mystifying. I was impressed with Middleton, good pace and had several shots at goal. Two years ago, he was a regular in Euro games, notched a couple. I believe his pace kept a few teams honest. Completely off the Ibrox radar these days. I seem to remember he's out on loan at McCall's Bradford City?

At the turn of the year, I read an article on Frank Mulholland's management of this proposed prosecution. The piece had a paragraph on Mulholland's golf club Sundays, where he would regale cronies on the reactions of those facing the charges. Let's hope when the damages are settled, the appropriate officers attend the golf club on a Sunday and ask Frank for a donation?

Relief. Yesterday, Annie McGuire announced via Twitter that BBC Scotland will televise a one hour Hogmanay special of 'Only an Excuse'. It will contain some new material and also show a selected best of montage, previous sketches from thirty years. Annie has asked for favourites to be listed and no surprise her fellow Yahoos have warm memories of the Gorilla playing the big drum in an Orange band. Typical really, as they continue to sing, 'we don't care what the animals say'. Only an Excuse began on BBC Radio Scotland in the immediate wake of BBC Scotland's epic documentary, 'Only a Game'. The Narrator was Hugh McIlvanney and his voice so distinctive, the piss-take began. The platform was a two-hander for Jonathon Watson and Tony Roper, the material was mostly penned by Phil Differ. Almost entirely, the preferred humour was lifted from ra Sellik 'zine, 'Not the View'. The Editor was school teacher, Gerry Dunbar and Differ was a regular contributor. The show moved from the radio to live stage shows and these were hugely popular. It arrived on TV at the end of 1989. Increasingly, the writing credits became a who's who of Yahooery. Chick Young, Archie MacPherson, Arthur Montford, Jim White, ......... etc were constantly portrayed as unswerving H-u-ns marginalisation and demonisation became the momentum, epitomised in the early nineties sketch, "How do you know Ian Ferguson is a H-u-n"? Answer, "because he looks like one". It was the path of least resistance. Gersnetters' views will vary, there were some hilarious sketches in between the wielding of a well honed stick. The end of Only an Excuse will come at a price. I predict PQ will hand the slot over to Janey Godley and her privately educated daughter, Ashleigh Storrie. Oh well, any one got the timetable for fires in orphanages?

I think it was 1983 when the Mens' Union at Gilmorehill voted to allow women entry to the hallowed halls? Of course, accused of hosting curry nights with lashings of misogyny. I say let the chaps continue to oil each others' buttocks and wrestle naked in front of roaring fires. The QM had better bands. Reference Stats, six out of seven Dwarves are not Happy.

Cha cha cha changes and Posterity. Last Thursday, the Bears are in Lisbon playing Benfica. BBC Scotland gives us a 15 minute build up with Michael Stewart and Billy Dodds. Liam McLeod commentates from a TV inside PQ. Comments are generally flattering, but we are the entree to the main course being served at ra Stade de Gadd. The Blarney Bhoys join Michael Stewart, James McFadden, and Big Dick in faithful worship of the club carrying the Scottish standard. Three hours of hilarity ensued. Prague pranksters in maroon became the talk of the toon. Neil and ra Bhoys were slaughtered, both by an understrength Sparta that lacked game time and the Blarney Bhoys. Lennon must have listened, he promised to change ra Culture post match. Friday evening had Tom English on his own applying soothing tones. Obviously, he had received the call from Dermot and was intent on reminding the listenership that Neil had won everything and was in no danger. Tom blamed demented Sellik supporters on social media. Funny, the night before, both Tom and Pat sounded exactly like demented Sellik supporters on social media. The fact Michael Stewart spent the entire evening on BBC Radio Scotland confirms he is no longer part of Sellik TV. In this age of transparency, I am sure we will be told what occurred? Michael has recently refrained from Tweeting the joys of Sellik TV and I am told is trying very hard to get back fully into the fold at BT Sport. On Sunday, Liam McLeod commentated live from Fir Park, the disciplined Blarney Bhoys resorted to cheering for ra green'n'grey. Game ends and it's over to Billy("I no longer consider myself a Rangers supporter")Dodds, he gives the team news from Ibrox. There's a further five minutes on the Rangers v Hamilton match where Pat Boner reminds us that Hamilton won the last time 0-1. No live commentary, thus Jane Lewis interviews two female boxers, a golfer, and takes a rugby preview over the next two hours. Billy intervenes with a one minute half-time report, followed by two minutes at the ninety. Well, I suppose you get what you pay for; unless your a Rangers supporter when you receive almost nothing, but you are still expected to pay for. Interestingly, on Sunday evening, Rangers Ladies played Hibs at Ainsley Park in Edinburgh and the game was live on BBC Alba. The difference is they conducted a half time pre-recorded interview with Rangers new signing from Hibs, the interview recently recorded at Auchenhowie.It takes the Gaels to provide a service to Rangers supporters on the western Isles. Posterity. On Saturday, DrStu' went off on another one. Cowan is relating a fellow 'Well fan saying BBC Scotland was really Radio Aberdeen. A reasonable comment, there are several Dandies in key designations. then he reveals he has two mates and the second thinks PQ is a hotbed of Jambos. DrStu' is prepared to see this opinion as legitimate given the summer outpourings of Ann Budge and support received on BBC Scotland by Preston, Stewart, Mitchell, ... etc. However, he proffers taking a walk through PQ and you'll find all of Scottish football in the building. This is in strict contrast to historical BBC Scotland, "undoubtably, it was Radio Rangers". As stated before, DrStu' was the Narrator for the update on Only an Excuse. He failed to mention Mark Walters debut for Rangers at Sellik Park. Truly, it's hard for him to make any decision on BBC Scotland historically; given he was out of the country for 25 years. Further, after suiting his own agenda again, he gets after David Currie, "who's that one that claims he's a Dumbarton fan, you know the Rangers supporter"? This time next year, Cosgrove will be in his seventieth year and he continues his bitter rage at supposed Rangers supporters, because it suits him. It's only last month he was stating his hope of another five years presenting Off the Ball. New, modern Scotland indeed. There's another thing that has crept into DrStu's broadcasting recently, name checking his homies. Of course, Jum Spence is frequently quoted; but in the last few months, we are receiving the voices of Big Kev'(Kevin McKenna), Eamonn O'Neill, and on Saturday, Gerry Braiden, all by proxy. It's only a matter of time before Angela Haggerty appears as a guest, she is already a regular on his Podcasts. Does DrStu' have any Rangers supporting pals, he'll have to walk through PQ once again in an effort to find one.

Last evening, I watched the old Alma Mater reach the quarter-finals of University Challenge. I noted the University of Strathclyde(Glasgow's premier seat of tertiary education) included a post-grad' studying for a PhD in Statistics. In my day some 45 years past, we called it Quantitative Methods, it was arithmetic that ended with chi squared analysis and t-test for fit. How the hell can you get a Doctorate out of that? Well, the Royal Tech' was notorious for such creativity. I was reminded of Rangers mercurial talent of the early seventies, Ally Scott. He, of the banana parting hairstyle, was a First Class Honours grad' in Natural Philosophy(Physics), but couldn't kick his arse on the pitch. Ally attended the Gilmorehill Culinary College which I believe is situated somewhere in the west end? Anyways, Manchester Uni' took it up the keester last night, and that's as good a place as any to place a PhD in Statistics. Bamber Gascoigne Loyal RSC.

Rangers 3 Acas 0 FGS : Defoe.

Stop News. Peter has filed a lawsuit with the backing of SPLF Chair, Chief Executive, and Secretary. Alloa Athletic and Dundee FC have agreed to part fund the lawsuit, which sets out to prove the four Sparta Prague goals were illegal. Ra Sellik are on course to win last night's Europa Cup match 1-0. Further. Shane Duffy has been named Man of the Match.

A 1-4 gubbing on their own midden. We await Neil and his bus analogies. If Neil is on the bus, is he demanding players get off and help push the bus up the hill. Or, is Neil just happy to throw certain players off the speeding bus? If Neil is standing at the bus stop, is he complaining that the bus refused to stop? Or, is Neil throwing certain players under the bus? If Neil is driving the bus, if Neil is parking the bus, is Neil now Evil Knievil and intending to jump 30 motorbikes, is Neil Badyin McFadyin the psychotic bus conductor, is Neil ..........................?

Jum is a Rectum and appropriately, talks out of his arse.

Benfica 1 Rangers 1 FGS : Morelos.

The Boavista game was on Monday night and I believe it was a strong eleven.

Jum Spence is the Rector(elected unopposed) of the University of Dundee. He has an accepted responsibility for all undergraduates and post graduates attending said seat of tertiary education. Jum likes to Tweet, he takes to Twitter a few dozen times each and every day. As someone who spent 25 years as a professional broadcaster, mostly on BBC Scotland; he knows Tweeeting is broadcasting. In the last 18 hours, he has put up two Tweets, he appears to have become garrulous and overcome with triumphalism. Tweet one : The Cooley Peninsula in County Louth, is the ancestral home of the Biden family .... in honour of Joe I've just put the Bold Fen-ian Men on at full throttle ..... they'll be raging in the sheltered accommodation over the hedge at this time of night. Jum is cock-a-hoop that a fellow catholic appears to have won the American Presidency. Particularly, a catholic of Irish descendancy. I suspect a lot of the folks Jum represents, like me did not know Joe Biden's faith or background. I know a lot of folks, including me cannot use the 'F' term utilised by Jum. A word describing members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood was sculpted by Jum and others to mean, 'catholic' in Scotland. Taking ownership of a word is one thing, gloating over the subsequent emotions of those in sheltered accommodation is triumphant. Indeed Glory O, Glory O. Tweet two : Imagine if the dining room hate law had been operating forty years ago in Scotland? How many of Scotland's professional classes would have been before the Lodge Chairman(sorry, the Sheriff) for anti-papist talk? I suppose my old man was professional class, he married a practising catholic who was immediately refused confession because she was considered no longer in a state of good grace(pre vatican 2). Both sets of my grandparents were mixed marriages, I am a third generation mongrel. None of my family are involved in any Lodges. I await Jum telling me how I should have acted, and how I should act? The reason I have posted this in the Rangers Chat is because we know Jum prefers to discriminate against Rangers supporters. Interestingly, both Tweets were re-Tweeted by Phil McFournames with attached big smileys. The journo that penned 'the Incubator' approves of Jum's broadcasts. What do Dundee Uni' think of Jum's continuous musings?

Just a question? Do Benfica continue to do the pre-match eagle thing? You know, immediately before kick-off, they bring out a raptor the size of a pterodactyl and it swoops around the stadium? I worry for Hagi's safety.

Does Bill still love pina coladas and taking walks in the rain?

The Daily Record are waiting on Peter's deliberations upon Ping-Pong not being able to raise his ding-dong for the expected sing-song. Oh, my days!

History Repeating Itself? The reason I began this thread, and the reason why occasionally I return is because I knew ra Bhoy in Corduroy would resort to his habitual lazy practices. In the past, Graham has resorted to make belief and lies to support his conclusions. For a decade at Scotland on Sunday, his Sports Editor was Kevin McKenna and Spiers decided to prioritise satisfying Kevin, whereas his colleagues Kevin McCarra and Jonathon Northcoat satisfied their professionalism. The latter two went on to become national(British) broadsheet columnists and Editors, Graham is the football Journo for the Times(Scotland), under 15,000 daily sales. BBC Scotland cancelled Graham's Golf Show and he was left needing to support three Sellik season tickets(himself and two boys) on a modest income. Podcasts, particularly Podcasts with a specific litany of Sellik supporting/Rangers hating guests are a sure thing. However, give Spiersy several weeks and he will resort to type. He conducted a 45 minute Podcast with Hibs boss, Jack Ross and having taken subscriptions, he broadcast the former St Mirren Gaffer's reflections on Sunderland, the emotional support provided by Brendan(yep, that Brendan), and his own take on Ross's emotional intelligence. The following Saturday arrives and the Times(Scotland) Editor requires a build-up piece for the Edinburgh Derby that is the Scottish Cup semi-final that evening. Spiers provides by committing his Podcast to print, word for word. The lazy bum is paid twice for the same material and what's left of the Times readership in Scotland are recipients of Spiers sloppy seconds. It will happen soon, he will resort to appearing on 'the View from the Terrace' fingering his organ to a soundtrack of Elton John melodies.

Has Peter voted on behalf of Dundee yet? Or, has Peter decided Dundee's vote is to be misplaced, again? Do Dundee know how Peter voted on their behalf?