tamthebam

I'm not sure about a completely useless stadium... stick a track round the pitch and the Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway could be based there from Armadale.. or Edinburgh Rugby could move from Murrayfield.. or you could have live bear baiting and public hangings if you really wanted to attract the crowds from West Lothian

I bloody well hope so.. anyway shouldn't this thread be taken out of the 3rd Division forum and placed in a little league of it's own until all appeals are exhausted?

I wonder if McDougall and Rankine would like to buy some magic beans off me.. and a Lambourghini that actually looks like a P Reg Nissan Micra. A fool and his money are easily parted... here's to the next Livi bankruptcy..

I can still remember the Thistle Action Group raising 60 grand to buy out "Blobby" Hunter's shares to prevent Meadowbank Thistle's demise and it being rejected out of hand- Hunter was certainly a stubborn person.. I found interesting the posts about "fit and proper people" being in charge of clubs because a lot of people considered Hunter to be neither a fit nor proper person at the time of Meadowbank being franchised to Livingston.. When Massone took over from Flynn I always wondered what attraction a first division football club had for an Italian lawyer and thought it was slightly dodgy (maybe Scottish football should beware of Italian lawyers- Geovanni di Stefano anyone?) and things have come to pass. I ,of course, have an agenda - I'm quite happy to see Livingston F.C. die off and prove a point stated back in 1995 that Meadowbank Thistle should never have been moved from the club's base in Edinburgh against the wishes of the fans. This is not to say I don't have a little bit sympathy with the fans of Livingston FC (or at least those fans who weren't Meadowbank fans before..!) as I've gone through the experience of seeing my club fold (I also like to see Clydebank Juniors, Gretna 2008, AFC Wimbledon, Scarborough Athletic etc do well) and I wouldn't mind if a club was formed from the ashes of the current Livingston FC calling itself something like "Livingston 2008" as long as it didn't pretend to have anything to do with the original Meadowbank Thistle. And I'll just repeat the point that Livingston United Juniors have played in the town of Livingston years before Livingston FC came along, and could certainly do with some help and support from any ex-Livi fans who would be at a loss as to what to do on a Saturday should the Almondvale mob fold.

Quite frankly I don't give a toss about Livingston. I used to walk down the road to support my local club, Meadowbank Thistle, and then someone wafted a nice pile of public money under the nose of Mr Hunter and my club died. I find it a bit ironic that Livi fans are now wanting to run their club as this was what was proposed back in 1994-95 when the Thistle Action Group tried to buy out Hunter and keep Thistle at Meadowbank. But if the Livi fans are fed up with the current situation then here's a suggestion: there is a club who have played in Livingston since the early days of the new town and could do with a bit of support and help and perhaps the boost that some new faces bringing new ideas could bring in. That club is Livingston United Juniors. Livingston United haven't done so well in recent years but being based in a town the size of Livingston they should be doing better. Having been involved in helping to run a club in the East of Scotland League I can say that it is sometimes a frustrating experience but mostly a rewarding one and you get a sense of empowerment in running your own team.