Scott7

Sorry. Got the wrong boots there. Jack's are high viz lemon.

It's ok. The colour's duck egg blue.

Rod McKenzie, I expect.

In answer to dB at #43, it is unlawful for an employer to fail to deduct tax and NIC from an employee's wages. Counsel is not saying the EBT was unlawful only that now the SC has decided that payments under the Trust are taxable it was unlawful not to make the deductions. Of course, nobody knew that at the time.

Naismith may not be prolific but he does score and usually when it matters.

Every politician should wear one in the week up to Armistice Day, but not in October. There's no need for TV presenters or performers to do so unless they actually want to. Every politician should visit the war cemeteries in Belgium and France once a year especially the NZ and Canadian ones to remind them who our friends were and the German ones to remind them of the humanity of former foes. In fact I'd make TV and sports stars do the same. Might concentrate their minds a bit.

"Kylian", eh? Is that the County Cork Mbappes or the Killarney ones?

The songs are not what once they were, full voiced at a slower tempo than the high pitched yapping that goes on nowadays. I blame the hammering, clattering "music" that kids listen to. When did you last hear a real song in a pub? Not necessarily a football song but anything vaguely melodic.

I wonder how many broken down bankrupts are employed as bbc/Sky/BT sports analysts.

After the "review" they will pontificate along the following lines: "The Board have considered this matter at length and have decided that Rangers knowingly embarked on a reckless course of heinous and dastardly conduct with deplorable adverse consequences for innocent people worldwide. We have taken the finest legal advice and are confident that we could visit Rangers and all connected to the club, past and present, with the most severe penalties including the recovery of all trophies won by them since inception of that club plus the deduction of fifty points in every future league competition and the imposition of a three goal deficit in every cup-tie. However, on this occasion we won't for reasons of sporting integrity the details of which for legal reasons, we can't disclose." "Finest legal advice" = "nae chance, bud".

Is there not a poll on FF showing 80% in favour of Naismith's return?

Dear Sir If the tax arrangements we've made don't work out, don't worry we'll fix it and you won't be out of pocket. Yours comfortably

But can they defend or do they just ponce about on the touchline like pretendy wingers?

BH, on this occasion I think fs was being light hearted. It certainly amused me. You two are among the best posters on this board. Can't you just get on? For the avoidance of doubt, the first sentence of the previous paragraph is an expression of opinion. The second sentence is light hearted/advisory/non-mandatory. No reader should be upset by it.

That looks like somebody playing blind man's bluff and another bloke, sme kind of percussionist, playing a big red triangle.

... managed to beat Elgin City 0-1 last night, Lafferty in the sixtieth minute. Walker, subbed after seventy five minutes, "scored" but was offside. City had only thirteen players and lost 6-0 at Dunfermline on Saturday. Puts things in perspective a bit.

The first I read was Geordie Young's, then Billy Wright's. Interesting enough but nothing notable. Len Shackleton's was different. No respect for the FA or for club directors. He had a chapter entitled "A Director's Knowledge of Football". It was a blank page. Good stuff. I suspect Merson and Parlour will be similar. Tom Finney's book should be a text book for young professionals.

Sir John Ure Primrose.

That's Runners-Up FC, though, isn't it? The whining arrogance of the under-dogs. Throw them something to quieten them down. How about Official Scottish Far East Soccer Ambassadors?

Smokin', Uilleam, just smokin'.

Interesting article. "His favourite-ever player? “Pat Stanton, without a shadow of a doubt. Majestic. Others too, Jimmy O’Rourke and John Brownlie. (Alex) Cropley. Colin Stein. It was a treat seeing Colin play. He signed from Armadale Thistle" Fair play to the man, he's a good judge of a player.

I don't think we "joined as one". The 45 still have their claymores in the thatch. Bit less than 45 now, though, I suspect with a lot of fishermen and farmers having come to their senses and droves of children jumping on to the Corbyn Happy Train. The question is, will there be seats for all on that train or will passengers have to pretend they couldn't get one?

"The finest solicitor in the land" - who's that. Not in Arbroath, obviously. But what's wrong with Arbroath? Am I missing something? Is there a bloke in Arbroath advising the tannadice Bedouin?

That's the best statement ever from a football grouping. The Club has obviously got somebody with a bit of nous who understands economy of language. Compare that with the Traynoresque nonsense after the exhuberant CF.

Real, 0-6 away, 0-1 at home. 0-7 aggregate. 'Spurs 2-5 away, 2-3 at home. 4-8 aggregate.