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3G pitch provision in Clydebank is shocking, local youth teams having to play in Glasgow and Renfrewshire is appalling. Hopefully the new Holm Park venture will allow the 200 odd kids who play for Clydebanks academy every week to play within the town etc. I think if Dumbarton hadn’t done away with its entire youth structure there would be a very strong argument for similar investment, thats not a dig, just an observation that this development is for wider community use and the ‘stadium’ aspects like new terracing, pie huts, toilets and all the other parts will be funded by other means. As has been discussed both Clydebank and Yoker will be paying for their lets at the ground, which will be administered by a body where there are 2 bankies, 2 yoker and 2 council reps on it, so it’s not being taken out of council ownership and they will have considerable say on the running still and ultimately still own the ground. Also other non public body funds are required just to make that site safe, the council haven’t even given the clubs enough to put in new changing facilities, this hasn’t been handed on a plate to anyone there are guys who’ve worked tirelessly for over a decade for this and the investment isn’t really even getting them close to it. The allegations of favouritism around councillors is diminished somewhat when you see that the declining of planning permission for the stadium at goals was what put essentially the final nail in the coffin (albeit a very long drawn out process where the money was stolen by the Steedmans and spent on a soccer camp in the states) which resulted in the club being nomadic. Could it just be that we seem to elect a shower of numpties from both areas to serve on the council, you only have to meet some of them to realise that. I would have liked to see WDC approve the plans for Dumbarton. Looking at stadium funding options however, a grant from Sportscotland to get a 3g park down is doable as is raising funds for a smaller stand opposite and terracing behind the goals. A 550 seat stand costs around £250,000 (stadium solutions ltd Maidstone stand). That coupled with behind goals terracing (safe standing?) would be more than serviceable. Is that beyond the fundraising capacity of your trust/grants/ sponsors? The area at Dalmoak is a flood plain as well anyone knows in that area, I have little faith that the entire site would be safe from this regardless what measures were put in place. The bowling site would have been a good one had both Clydebank and Dumbarton had the foresight to work together on it, a groundshare with a few 3g parks would provide a better outcome, I understand the contamination argument, however I understand there are bigger contamination issues on the land that DFC plans to sell for housing..? Really hope Dumbarton get something sorted but tit for tat ‘Clydebank got this’ type stuff isn’t helpful, the council are shite for both towns. I’ve got a soft spot for Dumbarton and hope this sparks a fight to change the minds of Brabco and the council over what happens to the club in future.

Id happily eat either, grass fed diet.

https://twitter.com/i/moments/978701971908648960 A group of vegans began protesting outside a restaurant in Toronto, the chef in reply decided to butcher a deer in front of them. Well done chef.

The fact 300 people packed a pub to encourage that convinces me that if Aliens wiped us all out it wouldn’t be a great loss.

Yes we can all make shoes from the leather on his belts when the pound crashes further!

So a fixed vote engineered by pro-english minority conspirators meant that we were equal partners in the empire? Bollocks. Had the vote not been called the way it had it would have easily been defeated.

Actually there was an anti-union faction which would have won a fair vote in the Scottish parliament, however the vote was held in such a way as to ensure a vote for the union, with those in favour being rewarded with money and land.

The head of the EOSL told the SJFA to f**k off basically at a meeting about them joining at the same level, it aint gonna happen.

You’ve certainly had your moments then pulled back, but nope you’re definitely out there cementing your place as one of the biggest thickos on pie and bovril now.

Girvan voted for it.

What I like is that you seem to be taking all of this in your stride!

Those 5 teams voted against it yes.

Ive read his comments, my own personal opinion is that there is a big enough split that Talbot should stay junior, there is enough clubs to sustain a west junior league, if they dont want the pyramid nae bother, clubs have to do what suits them best and absolutely no harm to any who voted no.

Have Talbot won the cup? You’d think the fans would mention it.

Tbf Meadow voted against too did they not?

Do they have floodlights?

Reads like an application for deferred entry.

Wouldn’t that be a conflict of interest?

Im sure Scott Robertson and TJ will make you feel very welcome. Bit of a daft decision given you’ll need to groundshare anyway. Will your crowds suffer due to having what is on paper a meaningless season?

Well it won’t be Clydebank next season.

Congrats to all at Wishaw!

If it was law then you could put cameras on the buses and fine folks, not sure exactly how it would work but im sure it could. I know I always let buses out its not that much of an inconvenience, it does annoy me though that bus drivers to a man never acknowledge you doing it.

No public transport links which suit my shift pattern and no direct link between where I work and where I stay. Theoretically I’d have to get a bus/train into Glasgow and out to where I work, my journey would take about 2 hours and my car journey is 15minutes. Also f**k getting a bus with all the jakies and gobshites who terrorise public transport. Last time I got public transport someone was stabbed in the next carriage and the ticket queue at Central was 30 minutes long (no ticket machine at my station).

5 years ago, i’d have said yeh typical zoomer, but since Brexit I wouldnt be surprised if it happens.