Salvo Montalbano Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 9 hours ago, The Master said: If you read the article it goes on to say the third biggest "active" derby, since the Dundee Derby, Ayrshire Derby, Renfrewshire Derby, Lanarkshire Derbies, etc aren't being played this year. Seems fair enough to me, even though I'd say our rivalry with Falkirk is bigger than any with Raith. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 1 hour ago, Salvo Montalbano said: If you read the article it goes on to say the third biggest "active" derby, since the Dundee Derby, Ayrshire Derby, Renfrewshire Derby, Lanarkshire Derbies, etc aren't being played this year. Seems fair enough to me, even though I'd say our rivalry with Falkirk is bigger than any with Raith. The clickbaity title is enough in itself to qualify for this thread, IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 I can't put my finger on why I can't stand Nutmeg. I think it's an inverse snobbery going back to reading people Graeme Speirs where I have never liked the simple pleasures of Scottish football turned into pompous loquacious long reads. A bit of it is also that I'd rather read Hugh McIlvanney than really poor imitations of Hugh McIlvanney. He broke the sports long read by being too good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 On 08/03/2024 at 07:08, Salvo Montalbano said: If you read the article it goes on to say the third biggest "active" derby, since the Dundee Derby, Ayrshire Derby, Renfrewshire Derby, Lanarkshire Derbies, etc aren't being played this year. Seems fair enough to me, even though I'd say our rivalry with Falkirk is bigger than any with Raith. This is interesting. I've seen people take up both sides of that argument. I was recently told by a Par that he hates Airdrie far more than Rovers or Falkirk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: This is interesting. I've seen people take up both sides of that argument. I was recently told by a Par that he hates Airdrie far more than Rovers or Falkirk. I'd say if Airdrie were still the same club (titter) and hadn't been jobbing about for the last decade then there would be a lot more animosity between the two. When we had old First division games against Raith, Falkirk and Airdrie, the games against the Diamonds were properly nasty. Both in terms of the match (heavy tackles, late challenges, mouthing off to theqaq ref/fans) and the carry on in the terraces and round the ground (particularly at Broomfield where you'd often get cars broken into or wing mirrors snapped off since you parked in residential areas that weren't always the nicest and police presence was virtually nil). There was arguably more vitriol at Airdrie games, then Falkirk, then Raith (although Raith always had their sights on us, like with their famous "won't be playing in the UEFA Cup next season" programme notes). I don't mind Airdrie now but I guess if your formative years watching the Pars was during that era, you might still not be a fan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 On 05/03/2024 at 16:07, Darren said: Kheredine is such a diddy. He asked David Watson pretty much the same question yesterday too. A genuine imbecile. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 22 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: I'd say if Airdrie were still the same club (titter) and hadn't been jobbing about for the last decade then there would be a lot more animosity between the two. Oi! - that's our reasoning. Lanarkshire derby is the bottom of the heap now unfortunately as we almost never play Airdrie so any rivalry has died and Accies, despite becoming really quite annoying at their peak, have now disappeared again. I worked at Rosyth Dockyard for a while in the 90's when Rovers were at their peak and even then - I got the impression from the Pars and Rovers supporters I worked with that it wasn't the most bitter of rivalries whereas Airdrie were fucking hated (my memory is that the ever lovely Airdrie supporters had interrupted a minutes silence or tribute of some sort for Norrie McCathie) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 On 09/03/2024 at 11:20, invergowrie arab said: I can't put my finger on why I can't stand Nutmeg. I think it's an inverse snobbery going back to reading people Graeme Speirs where I have never liked the simple pleasures of Scottish football turned into pompous loquacious long reads. A bit of it is also that I'd rather read Hugh McIlvanney than really poor imitations of Hugh McIlvanney. He broke the sports long read by being too good. I always thought of Nutmeg writers as looking like this: That's why The Absolute Game worked- there were serious articles about sectarianism and turn the page and you got a humorous article about why Albion Rovers were utterly pish. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 There's some good articles in Nutmeg as well as some utterly bizarre stuff. There was a truly weird statty one a while back with someone trying to plot the geographical axis of power in Scottish football every season or something similarly mad. The cartoon/humour thing at the back is also pretty poor. Some of the articles about actual football things are good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 8 hours ago, tamthebam said: I always thought of Nutmeg writers as looking like this: That's why The Absolute Game worked- there were serious articles about sectarianism and turn the page and you got a humorous article about why Albion Rovers were utterly pish. As a former contributor to TAG I thank you and award a greenie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Staggie Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 BBC justed announced Servco have won the Scottish Cup 34 Times. Wow have I been in a coma? It wasn't that long I remember their first Xmas. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BukyOHare Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Half time in the Morton Hearts game last night, the BBC showed a graphic of the ball numbers for the upcoming draw for the Women's Cup semi finals. They had ball numbers: 1, 2, 3 and 3. Somebody had one job to do................ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 4 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Half time in the Morton Hearts game last night, the BBC showed a graphic of the ball numbers for the upcoming draw for the Women's Cup semi finals. They had ball numbers: 1, 2, 3 and 3. Somebody had one job to do................ Did notice after Hearts goal that the score board had to be taken down as it was still displaying 0-0. I half expected it to reappear with Morten in the lead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 (edited) On 09/03/2024 at 11:31, Ranaldo Bairn said: This is interesting. I've seen people take up both sides of that argument. I was recently told by a Par that he hates Airdrie far more than Rovers or Falkirk. I hate Airdrie (fascist wanks) more than Dunfermline but the big rivalry/derby match is with the Fifers. Edited March 13 by Reggie Perrin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Report from the Ross County v Hibs match on BBC - "However, with the last play of the game County..." When did the SPFL become American football? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: Report from the Ross County v Hibs match on BBC - "However, with the last play of the game County..." When did the SPFL become American football? Since Derek Rae first uttered the words "It's gone down to the wire" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: Report from the Ross County v Hibs match on BBC - "However, with the last play of the game County..." When did the SPFL become American football? Around the same time they made up a b*****dized version of rugby and called it American football, then decided to started playing actual football and call it soccer. And we let them away with it and started calling it soccer too, its been a downward spiral into americanisms since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: Report from the Ross County v Hibs match on BBC - "However, with the last play of the game County..." When did the SPFL become American football? It also contains the phrase "won a flick-on to give the visitors field position" Haven't done a search but just assumed straight away whoever wrote it usually does American football or some other shite 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 6 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said: Around the same time they made up a b*****dized version of rugby and called it American football, then decided to started playing actual football and call it soccer. And we let them away with it and started calling it soccer too, its been a downward spiral into americanisms since. We've being calling it soccer for years... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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