Pesadilla

As I said previously, Airdrie were not admitted due to the league not wanting to set a precedent. Any scepticism about the admitting Airdrie would have been nullified by the bond that was voluntarily put forward by Ballantyne to repay all outstanding footballing debts. On the Rangers issue, the same chairmen who didn't admit Airdrie, bent over backwards to allow Rangers in without the due process we went through. Irrelevant whether it was always going to happen, those clubs chose to not set a precedent with us, but did the exact opposite of that with Rangers. It's fairly obvious that Airdrie fans should feel hard done to there! My point was that some clubs chose to vote these guys in, whining when the consequences come home to roost is a bit rich. That's your opinion, one which I wholeheartedly disagree with. Gretna had always (perhaps with the exception of a few seasons IIRC) played in England. They had a fan base of under 200 and a crumbling ground. Airdrie had a new stadium in a large catchment area and were prepared to pay of outstanding debts to other league clubs of around £150k. The choice made by the league at the time was to turf >1500 fans out of Scottish football, leaving a town with a massive white elephant stadium in favour of a village outfit. Personally, I cant see how that was the correct decision.

Obviously. Baseless, however, no. The facts remain.

Whilst there may well be no crime involved, it was obvious to all and sundry what direction Gretna were headed; A village outfit with a maximum of 200 fans, a crumbling stadium with plans to go up through the leagues. This was rivaled at the time by an Airdrie bid, where all footballing debts accrued by Airdrieonians would have been paid off, with a modern state of the art stadium and a >1500 fan base. The reason the Airdrie bid did not succeed was that the league did not want to start a precedent of clubs going bust then reforming. How's that worked out? Gretna - bust. Rangers - bust, reformed and readmitted without so much as a by-your-leave. It's a bit rich for fans of clubs who voted for Gretna - then voted to admit Rangers - to complain about those clubs outbidding their own for players. Just my opinion obviously.....

Pretty sure your club chose to vote Gretna into the league....

Good interview, terrible tune.

So, by your own logic, Hamilton, Ross County and wait for it, Falkirk are significantly bigger clubs than Dunfy?

Seems a little like our situation with Jimmy Boyle. He was highly rated as a youth coach and indeed many Airdrie fans were not at all upset when he made the step up. It was quickly clear though that he couldn't command the respect of the first team and looked completely lost most times. Signings like the utterly woeful Mick O'Byrne, and being fucking livid at every home match, are my lasting memories of Jimmy's time in charge. The ship was only righted (given our woeful budget) when an experienced manager took the helm - that's what Dunfy need - as long as it's not Bollan.

Bullshit. Potter took charge of the biggest team, with the biggest budget in the league, and fucked it right up. Hilarious.

Ouch

Not too shabby a start from Scotland....

Too slow from Scotland....

As above...too easy...

Jimmy Anderson is classy though.

Nasir Hussain looks permanently surprised. Fucking hope he is in three hours. p***k.

Catchable...

EEEEEEAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSYYYYYYYYY......

....and the Irishman goes....

Bye bye Buttler...

Cant see Scotland getting back into this. A decent spell with the bat would put the shitters up 'em though...

Mile out...

Hence Collingwood wouldn't ruin his reputation with that shit at the moment.....

There's nothing in this England team.

Ooooottttt....Root.

Round ye...

ooops...Joes in before him..