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Just now, LIVIFOREVER said:
Well stop havering pish then.
The rest of your post is just havers. Try learning our history, Ferranti, to Meadowbank, to Livingston, all the same club, whether Meadowbank fans were happy about Hunter moving the club to Livingston or not, it still was the same players and club, there are Meadowbank fans supporting Livi too, that stuck with their club moving to Livingston, go tell them they're not supporting the same club. I'm not denying it wasn't popular and a lot of Meadowbank fans chucked it, but some are still here, and the club is thriving in the top flight after a lot of hard times and struggles. Complete pish saying it isn't the same club, formerly known as Meadowbank though, our history is linked to Ferranti and Meadowbank.
Oh, I'm sorry. Because Livingston published a book saying they are the same club as Meadowbank makes it true? And because about five Thistle fans went to watch the club that makes up for the many who continually protested against it? Seriously, those are some incredibly, incredibly poor arguments...
It's like when MK Dons tried to keep hold of Wimbledon's history and everyone just thought they were weirdos.
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12 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said:
You're confusing us with Airdrie Utd, who bought over another club's registration to come back from liquidation. Meadowbank up sticks and moved to Livingston, their team started playing in Livingston and changed names, same as they did when moving to Meadowbank as Ferranti Thistle, and changed names. That's hardly the same as destroying another club, it was the same club just under another name, and change of location. Plenty other clubs have moved to a different stadium, and even another town. You really need to know what you're talking about before throwing such accusations about.
No, I'm not confusing your club with Airdrie whatsoever.
No-one has yet found a Ferranti supporter who was not completely in favour of the team changing name and staying in the same city. Virtually all Meadowbank fans were vehemently against changing the name of the club and moving them to another city. Many teams have changed their name and fans still see them as the same team. For example, no-one thinks Dundee Hibernians and Dundee United aren't the same team.
No-one thinks a team that changes their name and moves to another town are the same team. No-one thinks it is OK for the wishes of almost an entire set of fans to be completely ignored and a team franchised against their wishes. The fact you are actually in favour of clubs being moved against the wishes of their fans is bizarre.
It is staggering that as a Livingston fan with years to think up a defence of your club's origins, you can't do any better than that. I could put up a more cogent argument than that quite easily...
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2 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said:
Lies.
Feel free to explain why. Seriously, I'd be very interested...
Cowdenbeath have been stuck in the bottom of Scottish football for years and have had a shocking season, but at least their fans know their team hasn't screwed anyone over in the process.
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6 minutes ago, hoobahabba said:
Ha ha, Cowden. You won’t be missed.
I'm no fan of Cowden whatsoever, but, unlike your team Livingston, at least they don't exist because they destroyed another club. And at least Cowden haven't gone into administration twice to avoid paying debts to local companies...
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43 minutes ago, The Minertaur said:
Hopefully this is the wake up call for the town to stop following the bigot brothers and actually give a shit about their local club.
Agreed. Nothing is guaranteed to excite local Old Firm fans more than the chance of seeing Cowden play Stirling University...
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23 minutes ago, Department S said:
Piss off! Now which one were you again in the picture? Second tit from the left?
Wow. One moment you're asking a genuine question about whether a club has sought to get a new stadium, the next you're getting weirdness posted at you.
Again, I have nothing against City at all, have paid the odd bit of attention to the recent move to Spartans but had no idea whatsoever if they've wanted to get their own stadium so thought would be best to actually ask City fans. Wasn't aware that it was such a touchy subject. Perhaps try taking a couple of deep breaths before you post next time?
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16 minutes ago, tamthebam said:
You seem a wise and knowledgeable chap. Ever thought of running a football club. I'm sure there are lots who could benefit from your wisdom. Now f**k off.
Jeez, I think you really, really need to chill out. I've nothing whatsoever against City and didn't imagine that wondering if they've sought to get their own stadium would cause such a meltdown...
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8 hours ago, tamthebam said:
Spartans/Edinburgh City Council had a piece of land to sell for housing viz: City Park to fund a new ground and a piece of land at the back of Ainslie Leisure Centre to stick a football ground into. And 3 seasons ago we didn't know we'd be in the Scottish League (and, to illustrate my point unfairly, Cowdenbeath were a Championship club...).
You may wish to ask Cove, Kirky Rob Roy, BSC Glasgow and Clydebank Juniors how they are getting on with finding homes of their own...
Of course, you didn't know you'd be in the Scottish League but you'd applied for election at least a couple of times in the past and had clearly set out your ambitions to get in the league. It's not exactly like you woke up one morning and found that, entirely against your best efforts, you suddenly found yourselves by mistake in the Scottish League.
I don't think anyone is saying it would be particularly easy to get a new ground, but still begs the question of whether attempts were made or not.
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2 hours ago, EmbraJam said:
Hectors, Stockbridge Tap then Raeburn Hotel for some beer in their beer garden before the 15 min-or-so walk through Inverleith Park turned out to be rather pleasant. The sunshine helped, of course. When do the bulldozers start at Meadowbank...and have CoEC reconsidered their outrageous 500-seater off-centre stadium offering there?
Would be interested to hear from any City fan about why they're in the stadium situation they're in. Was there ever consideration of trying to build their own ground or was that never a viable option?
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2 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said:
I see the Celtic board is as dim as its fans: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40510207
"In 2013, we expressed surprise - shared by many observers and supporters of the game - over the findings of the SPL commission that no competitive or sporting advantage had resulted. Today's decision only reaffirms that view.
"We are sure now that the footballing authorities in Scotland will wish to review this matter. Celtic awaits the outcome of their review."
Whenever has it been wrong for a football club to gain 'competitive advantage'? Isn't the whole point of a team by choice of players and staff to actually try and gain a sporting advantage?
The bit the grey and green thickets are missing is 'unfair' and that was adequately dealt with by LNS as affirmed by the recent excellent statement from the SFA.
How long will we endure a 'strip the titles' campaign from the moon-howlers? Adverts is Swiss newspapers incoming.
Are you always this fucking obtuse?
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7 hours ago, Clyde01 said:
4- What actually happened with the Goodwillie incident is a bit of a grey area and could be attributed to poor judgement / a one off mistake. Hardly similar to grooming kids online for a prolonged period of time.
It's always positive when you're reduced to arguing whether the sex offender on your team is more or less of a sex offender than the sex offender on another team...
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10 hours ago, LiviLion said:
Also, if Livi did see the need to change name and move, I'd hope they wouldn't but would obviously still support them. Certainly wouldn't be getting myself in a state about it after 20+ years
I'd imagine lots of your fellow fans would question your loyalty to your team if the situation arose and you were completely fine about them moving miles away and renaming themselves. Still, at least you actually stood up and answered the question...
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1 minute ago, AMC13 said:
Livi's been a great laugh we've been a rip roaring success. It seems you've missed all the fun.Well played!
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1 minute ago, LIVIFOREVER said:
Tbf there was only about 10 men and a dug going to Meadowbank games and I've met the vast, vast majority of them at Livi games.
A bit obv what the relevance is.
Is pretty clear that you really don't know what you're on about whenever you talk at Meadowbank on this site. As a Thistle fan there's actually a few Livi fans who discuss the Thistle issue sensibly, even if I don't necessarily agree with them. You're not one of them.
Can't believe I'm having to spell this out to you, but the main difference between Thistle and Clyde was that Clyde kept their name. There's other differences as well but I don't want to overcomplicate things for you.
Anyway, I take it you'd have supported East KIlbride United then?
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4 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said:
Yeah I know how exaggeration works though, and that I was taking the piss.
Hilarious.
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3 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said:
Dunno, it was only 20 minutes or so along the road to Livi, but I sat next to an old guy and his grandson at a cup game years ago and he was a Meadowbank fan from Tranent, so didn't stop him supporting his team when they moved to Livingston..
There are still plenty of Clyde fans supporting their team after they moved to Cumbernauld too.
One guy you met at a cup game years ago..Not the best defence of the original point, is it?
Not sure what the relevance of Clyde moving to Cumbernauld is.
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10 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said:
Aw come on, there wasn't enough Meadowbank fans to warrant 2 vasts.
I'm not sure you understand how percentages work...
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2 minutes ago, AMC13 said:
No. Please do explain.Here's the most basic level. If your team was taken over and someone planned to move them to, say, East Kilbride and call the club East KIlbride United would you still support them? Perhaps you would but I'd imagine lots of your fellow fans wouldn't...
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On 19/04/2017 at 13:02, LIVIFOREVER said:
Have met quite a few Meadowbank fans that are Livi fans too.
Can't have been more than about four or five. The vast, vast majority of those who supported Thistle wanted nothing to do with your team. For fairly obvious reasons...
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8 hours ago, ObserverFromAfar said:
Diagree with you about Morton fans. They didnt boo but didl sing 'Meadowbank' at the end.
However, I have vague recollections of someone showing me a letter published in an early ****ton programme from Arthur Montford praising the Meadowbank Thistle fans for applauding Rowan Alexander and the Morton team on their lap of honour at the end after receiving the 2nd Division trophy. No mention of stramashes or sight of sports jackets best seen in black and white.
I was sure there was some booing. There had been an announcement on the tannoy for no-one to invade the pitch as it would postpone the trophy presentation and I think some Morton fans thought we were deliberately messing up their big day. Don't blame them for it at all, just was one of those things...
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6 minutes ago, GordonD said:
Totally agree with this - I was at Greenock too and the bus was virtually full. We thought it was fitting that it should end in a 1-0 defeat since the very first game (Albion Rovers in the League Cup) had the same scoreline.
On a personal note, I went to the first League game of the season (Brechin away) and we hammered them 5-1 but were then stripped of the points because one of our players was ineligible. That was when I gave up in despair. I only went to three more games that final season - Celtic in the cup (at Hampden), then the last home game (Stenny, beat them 1-0) and the last of all at Cappielow. At full-time I threw my scarf onto the goal net but the groundsman took it down to I retrieved it and gave it to a young Morton fan in the street outside.
Morton game was definitely weird. I remember running on the pitch at the end to try to get the players shirts (they'd promised they'd give them to us but then had obviously been told not to give them to us by Hunter. Only Stuart Wilson did, with Hunter then sending Renton off to the supporters to try to get the shirt back!). The Morton fans thought we were trying to ruin their promotion celebrations so a fair number started booing us. A shambolic and very depressing end but somehow very fitting after the last couple of years.
Anyway, the away games in the last season or so were generally fairly entertaining. Shire away in midweek was great fun as were QoS, Clyde, Stenny and a fair few others. Lots of good memories despite the spitefulness of Hunter.
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3 minutes ago, scrooge1928 said:
I agree that Brake Club involvement at home matches was practically non-existent - many were banned and most of the rest of us were trying to hit Hunter in the pocket by boycotting home matches. Personally I didn't attend many away matches either, but I was at Greenock and to the best of my recollection the Brake Club coach was full.OK, my memory may be failing me with regards to Morton (I suppose some Brake Club might also have been there for the Celtic cup game). Certainly for the other away games in the last season or so it was the usual 20-30 Supporters Club attendees and no-one else. Not a criticism of the Brake Club (who had definitely put in the years supporting Thistle) but just pointing this out as it is easy for a lot of things regarding the last couple of seasons to be conflated...
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10 hours ago, Mr Blobby said:
Boab's Lounge. He lives 100 yards from the Players' & Officials' Entrance at Meadowbank.
The Team of Everlasting Fame. Back and Front Cover for City Fanzine 22 April. Edinburgh City v Annan Athletic. Meadowbank Stadium Kick Off 3:00pm.
Just a very minor point. I can't remember more than one or two Brake Club members attending the final ever Thistle game at Morton. In fact, very few of them attended games at all in the last season from what I can remember. I know they were involved in some of the work against Blobby but those doing the actual protesting that year were Supporters Club members...
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15 hours ago, Mr Blobby said:
Final pages of this week's City Fanzine Pages 8 & 5. Edinburgh City v Forfar Athletic at Meadowbank. Scottish Cup Round Two. Saturday 22nd October.
Good luck to the team!
Sounds like Hunter's biography is one of the less entertaining works of fiction to be published in recent years, given that most of what he recalls is at best a twisted version of the truth and at worst only actually occured in his head. Also, he didn't only gain sympathy from the media "in the end". With a couple of minor exceptions, the media (mainly the Edinburgh Evening News) was completely supine from start to finish, resorting to printing Hunter's wild allegations whenever he felt the need to have a go at supporters in the press.
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COWDENBEATH 2021-22
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Livingston fans with their own bizarre version of Dale Carnegie's 'How to win friends and influence people' and desperately trying to pick Internet fights with Cowden supporters.
Weird club, weird fans...