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Yet you filed it under Rangers Chat instead?

I would beg Matheson to withhold all money that the government pays to Scottish football. No strings attached.

I have wondered about how these clubs would spend the money. In the case of many I hope they used it to improve facilities. Some, Annan in particular, are quite poor.

Given the opportunity to discuss Rangers impact on lower league clubs, or some tedious minutiae, many choose the latter. Could the root of the problem lie elsewhere?

A three page thread suggests that the Gersnet users give 'a monkeys toss'. Remarkable really since there is a point where crap printed in a tabloid is too stupid to discuss. Hartson must be past that point.

Guardiola has this guy in his back pocket, right?

I wonder if Maureen McGonigle would put her money where her mouth is?

As long as it is not Annan. Not sure if anything has changed but Annan's ground was the worst ground that I've ever been to.

Yes, sing whatever songs that you like but people need to realise that there is a cost that goes with it. Nobody will ever lift a finger to help us if we don't move on. No one likes us, we don't care . . . ?

Pretty depressing stuff. Do we have to play them home and away?

I'm trying to imagine being married to someone who talks like that. I think it would be awful. Perhaps he posts in here and can tell us what it is like.

I was on Cathcart Road and I didn't see anything like the scenes described. I did see a police van that was in no particular hurry to drive into a big empty space in front of it though.

As I understand it the pub was expected to close at the end of the season but the closing date has yet to be set. That's just based on what I hear. What is certain is that it was open at the weekend and it is still open today. I'll be sad to see it close when the time comes.

It is still open.

I wouldn't expect this. Does anyone have a link to it?

Funny, infinitely greater punishment than I would expect to be dished out. I do hope that the two scholars mentioned wouldn't just make that up to get the dim witted to phone in or listen . . .

I agree with much of what you say but I don't think it implies that opposing fans should be banned. If the club already has confidence in the security arrangements at Ibrox then it can protect employees without banning opposition fans. In the context of a matchday taking action could be insisting on increased security segregating opposing fans or at the touch line. Elsewhere it has to be a reasoned criticism of media comment and the actions, or inactions, of football authorities. I think we are starting to see that. We also need to remember that we will have to work with other clubs in future. The board recognises this last point. If think banning opposing fans would be more about short term satisfaction than dealing with the real problem.

It would be a very silly place to start. How often have we had away fans invading the pitch, at Ibrox, like the Hibernian fans did? The point is, I think, that the way we are treated by media comment and the football authorities has to change. That's not going to happen if we follow your suggestion. Besides the match day experience is definitely much better with the antagonism of away supporters.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-36354075 Hopefully circulating this will help to find these two men.

Hopefully we can win something more significant soon and find out. Pointless speculation will end then.

Waiting for the bit where you explain why you mentioned the terrorism act . . .

No he isn't. Did you read what he posted?

Is this a joke?

It's not just a financial penalty. It's a big inconvenience to supporters.