The Unseen Paradise

[Anchorman 0]

The opportunity for us to enter the Conference League was not as 'pie in the sky' as many people think. Nor was it only open to us at the point of 'starting at the bottom'. The same opportunity exists today with the right momentum behind it. I was a regular listener to the Keys and Gray show when Brian Lee and Conference directors were on, and these guys were serious, and what has changed? The attached was researched independently by Talksport to test whether the possibility was viable. These Conference guys spoke of us in glowing terms and it was a breath of fresh air. The potential for TV revenue, even at that level, if we were involved, was in their words "extremely lucrative". However I just don't see it gaining momentum now.

There was also the precedent that had been set with Wrexham (Wales) and more interestingly Guernsey in the lower Conference Leagues, where Guernsey pay the traveling expenses of visiting clubs.

 

http://talksport.com/sports-news/football/130115/exclusive-conference-chairman-brian-lee-refuses-close-door-rangers-189293

Edited October 27, 2013 by Anchorman

[andy steel 0]

Christ, the unseen paradise is even more hidden than I thought! It really is in England!

 

The idea that nationally the Beeb is left wing is as stupid as it is boring. Given that every one of its senior reporters, editors and most producers are public school educated, perhaps Grant Shapps would be better off investigating why Oxbridge is continuing to churn out so many Trots. If left wing bias is a prerequisite for govt. intervention these places ought to have been shut down the minute the Cambridge spy rings were revealed. The BBC, lefty...rarely a week goes by that I don't sit and watch 'Socialist Pioneer's Den', in which Union officials present ingenuous plans to give workers' more rights, and in our house 'Wake Up to the End of Capitalism' is the radio show of choice first thing in the morning.

 

But there's truth in the accusation that it's dumbing down, ironically enough due to market competition, capitalism at its sharpest. And petty pish like Spence and his inability to simply tell a story without throwing in wee digs a 10 year would have grown out of are helping it get ever dumber. BBC Nationally is an institution, with faults, but certainly something I can say makes Britain better. Even BBC Scotland does well, outside of its appalling sports & news depts. But if they carry on letting inaccuracy and personal feeling get before actual reporting of fact, they leave the door wide open for those who hate it, like Tory chairman Grant Shapps.

 

Watching (this is true) the sheepdog trials on Countryfile tonight (Ireland won, we came last - I didn't see our shepherd but presumably his dug must have shat on Julia Bradbury's wellies, or something), I was struck when weatherman Darren Betts happened across my screen, resplendent in his Sunday evening casual attire of jeans and a cotton shirt, to issue a dire warning of some wind & rain in the south.

 

On the day some transient Tory mouthpiece yet again brings up the threat to do away with the BBC lest it become even more of a beacon for disaffected communists, I entertained my dear wife to a long diatribe about how the only way the BBC can remain special, and retain its special means of funding, is by both being and appearing to be special.

 

That means presenters speaking to a certain standard, not necessarily of accent but at least of comprehension. It means people wearing a shirt and tie when doing the weather, even on a Sunday night. It means sticking quite rigidly to accuracy in a way most outlets wouldn't because only by doing so do the magic initials 'BBC' open doors across the world and make its unique funding worthwhile.

 

I suppose the distortions and outright bollocks dished up by Pacific Quay (Mark Daly, anyone?) stands as a microcosm for the Corporation. They've no shortage of haters, but they're making it hard even for those who adore it to be overly confident. As long as Miss Victoria still does Only Connect in a series of tight fitting frocks I shall carry on watching, mind you. As they used to say in Russia, Вся власть BBC!

[54andcounting 0]

Striving to get back to the top of Scottish football? LOL!

 

I was out the country for a couple of days and only found out when I got home Ross County vs Inverness had to chuck it because the lights went out.

 

 

:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

[Anchorman 0]

Striving to get back to the top of Scottish football? LOL!

I was out the country for a couple of days and only found out when I got home Ross County vs Inverness had to chuck it because the lights went out.

:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

 

To be fair that was because of a 'Mexican stand-off' as to who would put the money in the meter.

[54andcounting 0]

The 'Highland Derby' was welcomed as a fantastic alternative to the 'OF derby'...f**kin' joke

[andy steel 0]

Offline for 24 hrs as tribute to the late, great Lou Reed. Heartbroken.

[ian1964 10,761]

The 'Highland Derby' was welcomed as a fantastic alternative to the 'OF derby'...f**kin' joke

 

 

 

By Martin Conaghan BBC Scotland

 

Leaders Celtic continued their unbeaten league run with a lively derby victory over Partick Thistle at Firhill.

 

[D'Artagnan 173]

But if they carry on letting inaccuracy and personal feeling get before actual reporting of fact, they leave the door wide open for those who hate it, like Tory chairman Grant Shapps.

 

Lets leave the haters out of it for a moment Andy and instead turn our attention to those who have paid for a service and expect it to be delivered with factual reporting free from personal feelings - Aunty Beeb seems to be failing on these basic fronts and thats before we move onto that which you describe as "special" Perhaps failing those who once would have cast a favourable eye towards Aunty Beeb represents a greater danger than that posed by people such as Shapps.

[TheWee BlueDevil 0]

certainly my favorite national anthem.

Agreed, it really is fabulous.

 

Also La Marseillaise.

[54andcounting 0]

By Martin Conaghan BBC Scotland

 

Leaders Celtic continued their unbeaten league run with a lively derby victory over Partick Thistle at Firhill.

 

 

That typifies the mindset of the 'desperado's'....WANKERS!