Andy Dufresne Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 So if they have pulled out is Saturday just as normal but whoever is due to play Livi wont play? We are due to play them in a friendly tonight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 We are due to play them in a friendly tonight Surely if you know Livvy have withdrawn from the league you should know if they are playing your own team tonight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teekasule Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 So if they have pulled out is Saturday just as normal but whoever is due to play Livi wont play? or due to play Cowdenbeath ? = East Stirling.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekender Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Allowing an appeal for this would make this twice the farce it already is. The SFL have come to a desision that they feel is both best for Livingston and the Scottish Football League. So f**k up and get on with it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 McGruther on Sky Sports News now calling the decision 'perverse'. Laughable, truly laughable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Coming to this decision 4 days before the start of the season sums up our game's governing bodies. Anyway, byebye Livi, hello (AGAIN) Airdrie. Just watch as Airdrie are saved from the drop once again, after Callum Melville withdraws all funding towards the end of next season with his team failing to reach the SPL, and Dundee go into liquidation. You heard it here first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Coming to this decision 4 days before the start of the season sums up our game's governing bodies.Anyway, byebye Livi, hello (AGAIN) Airdrie. Just watch as Airdrie are saved from the drop once again, after Callum Melville withdraws all funding towards the end of next season with his team failing to reach the SPL, and Dundee go into liquidation. You heard it here first. Stop press! SFL have just announced a rule change to the effect that Airdrie Utd may not be relegated in future 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) If keithyG's post is true then that will be the end of livingston as rankine and macdougall may have just walked away and left Mcgruther to clean up the mess. Are you suggesting that the Rankine MacDougall dream team were nothing but a bunch of chancers, and now that their get rich quick scheme has gone down the drain quickly, they'll just walk away conscience clear? Surely not. I'm genuinely surprised and, more to the point, pleased the the SFL actually had the balls to do this. What people have to remember is that Massone, complete fruit cake that he is, has very little to do with today's decision. If it was, they would hardly have suffered such a fate. This is nothing less than comeuppance for a decade of mismanagement and, from the outside, downright corruption. Welcome on board, Airdrie, it's nice to see you. Edited to add; I'm sure Pie and Bovril could enter a team in the third, if Livingston have, as reported, taken their ball (stolen) home. Edited August 5, 2009 by Jim Pansy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Livingston official website still confidently stating that they're playing QoS on the 15th... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediamonddude Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Stop press! SFL have just announced a rule change to the effect that Airdrie Utd may not be relegated in future It's a disgrace isn't it? Here's hoping Stranraer never have to benefit from the demise of another club... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejailender Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Possibility of this - AUFC website states that there will be no game on Saturday. Not quite true. Airdirie's official saite says there will be no "Home" game this weekend. They could however still be playing in Dingwall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Livingston official website still confidently stating that they're playing QoS on the 15th... The news section was last updated Monday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 It's a disgrace isn't it? Here's hoping Stranraer never have to benefit from the demise of another club... Are you seriously suggesting that Stranraer benefitted from promotion to the Second last year???? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl024 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Coming to this decision 4 days before the start of the season sums up our game's governing bodies.Anyway, byebye Livi, hello (AGAIN) Airdrie. Just watch as Airdrie are saved from the drop once again, after Callum Melville withdraws all funding towards the end of next season with his team failing to reach the SPL, and Dundee go into liquidation. You heard it here first. Dream on, its your only hope of promotion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qos_75 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Coming to this decision 4 days before the start of the season sums up our game's governing bodies. Coming to this decision 10 days (Last Wednesday was the orginal D-Day) before the start of the season would not have been ideal either. I think they only went into administration about 2 weeks ago, so there is not much the SFL could have done before that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Good riddance to bad rubbish. This should have been done the first time round and I for one am glad to see the SFL have a pair of balls. OK - bit of confusion over fixtures for a few weeks should they have the nerve to appeal but surely a cost worth paying to get rid of this shower and set a precedent to any other clubs thinking of living outlandishly beyond their means. And good to see Airdrie back - always enjoy our little tussles! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Good riddance to bad rubbish. This should have been done the first time round and I for one am glad to see the SFL have a pair of balls. OK - bit of confusion over fixtures for a few weeks should they have the nerve to appeal but surely a cost worth paying to get rid of this shower and set a precedent to any other clubs thinking of living outlandishly beyond their means. And good to see Airdrie back - always enjoy our little tussles! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Who can be arsed finding MCL's gloating posts after last week's meeting and re-quoting them for some mild amusement? On a serious note, i'd say at any other time the punishment was right, but three days before start of the season? That's quite nuts. A 15 point deduction would have been less chaotic, and also ensured pretty much in the long run, that they'd be punished with relegation anyway. However on the flip-side, it's good to see the blackmail pish coming from McDougall and Rankine has been met with a resounding GIRFUY. Agree 100% with everything you say. Relegation should have happened 6 weeks ago NOT 3 days before the season started. This close to the start a points penalty - 15 like Leeds got - would have been more appropriate. As you say though - Rankine and McDougall deserve contempt for their actions in the last 48 hours. Now will the SFL deal with Clyde to ensure they actually last the season . . . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qos_75 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Are you seriously suggesting that Stranraer benefitted from promotion to the Second last year???? Since Stranraer faced their problems last season, I have found it hard to enter into the usual Queens - Stranraer banter. I think I'm suffering from something similar to Stockholm syndrome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Coming to this decision 10 days (Last Wednesday was the orginal D-Day) before the start of the season would not have been ideal either. I think they only went into administration about 2 weeks ago, so there is not much the SFL could have done before that. They could have taken some sort of action based on the late wage payments. Tricky though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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