kennie makevin Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Squonk said: When our much loved golden retriever died, we considered replacing her with another golden retriever, this time a puppy. It would look the same, live in the same place and would soon be loved and admired just as much as its deceased predecessor. It would categorically not be the same entity though, no matter how much bullsh!t was concocted to the contrary. A frankly nonsensical analogy which both insults golden retrievers and does nothing to address the continuing bigotry of the entity called Rangers. But I'm guessing that petty little point scoring over what or who 'died' and when is more important to you than that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, PossilYM said: The Rangers Bigots.....The Bigots....no change there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Back on topic, hopefully. Scotland had never played a game on this day (Oct 10):until 1998 when they beat Estonia 3-2 at Tynecastle. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 On 06/10/2023 at 23:10, miketheheadlesschicken said: Eleven years ago today, Stirling Albion became the first team to beat The Rangers in a league game. Also memorable for the greatest challenge ever seen on a football park. There will be a few sharp intakes of breath (not to mention apoplectic outbursts) at that statement! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 On 08/10/2023 at 23:15, HibeeJibee said: 65yrs ago: Plus ca change... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 48 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: The BBC think that's Dens... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 8 hours ago, PossilYM said: Not quite. One of them died. Two if you count Ian Archer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Boland Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 On 01/10/2023 at 13:00, HibeeJibee said: Remember that time the great Stanley Matthews played for Clyde? Me neither... but seems he did 70yrs ago v Everton at Celtic Park in Belfast, in fundraiser for the De la Salle Boys Orphanage. That wasn't the only time Matthews 'assisted' a Scottish club. In April 1940, under the special registration conditions of wartime, he was spirited into the Airdrie team to play Dundee United in the semi-final replay of the Emergency War Cup (the Scottish Cup in all but name). Though within the rules at the time it was regarded as sharp practice and reports stated that the majority of the 20,000+ crowd at Easter Road backed United as a consequence. Whatever, United won 3-1 and Matthews didn't score. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 1957 Scottish Footballer of the Year presentation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piquet Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 On 10/10/2023 at 10:10, Squonk said: When our much loved golden retriever died, we considered replacing her with another golden retriever, this time a puppy. It would look the same, live in the same place and would soon be loved and admired just as much as its deceased predecessor. It would categorically not be the same entity though, no matter how much bullsh!t was concocted to the contrary. Indeed, if your original dog had won 54 Crufts Championships and 33 Best of Breed, and your new dog had won onevof each, would your new dog's CV claim to have won 55 and 34 respectively? I don't think so. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 St Anthony's playing a home game at McKenna Park while the new Southern General hospital is being built in the background 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Nation Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 35 minutes ago, tamthebam said: St Anthony's playing a home game at McKenna Park while the new Southern General hospital is being built in the background Are St Anthony’s the team in blue? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Stag Nation said: Are St Anthony’s the team in blue? A joke only understood in Scotland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 With Glasgow's favourite son Mo Johnston in the team, Partick Thistle took drastic kit measures to ensure young Mo remembered which Glasgow team he was currently playing for. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbaNZ Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 In the wake of an Aston Villa v Rangers friendly in the mid 1970's being abandoned due to a pitch invasion by visiting fans, albeit goaded by some home fans waving Irish tricolours, Ian Archer wrote in the Glasgow Herald that 'Rangers and Celtic are a permanent embarrassment and occasional disgrace to Scottish football'. Nothing much changes. Just to rectify a typo in the above what Ian Archer actually said was - "This has to be said about Rangers FC, briefly because Prague beckons. As a Scottish football club, they are a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace. This country would be a better place if Rangers did not exist. They are a permanent embarrassment because they are the only club in the world which insists that every member of the team is of one religion. They are an occasional disgrace because their fans, fuelled by bigotry behave like animals" The piece goes on to list behaviour problems of Rangers players and supporters. The point of Archer's piece was to point out the problems that Rangers sectarian employment policy caused. This was sensational for the time. Rangers "No Catholics" policy was rarely mentioned in the media in those days and it was virtually never criticised. Indeed there were journalists who condoned it. However Ian Archer was wrong about one thing. Rangers ceased to exist in 2012 but I would not say it has made Scotland a better place. To that end I would echo the final paragraph in his article - "And, because some people are so sick, I have to put six words at the end of this column. I am not a Roman Catholic" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 4 hours ago, Bogbrush1903 said: With Glasgow's favourite son Mo Johnston in the team, Partick Thistle took drastic kit measures to ensure young Mo remembered which Glasgow team he was currently playing for. Is that Donald Park next to Frank Zappa? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 7 hours ago, AlbaNZ said: In the wake of an Aston Villa v Rangers friendly in the mid 1970's being abandoned due to a pitch invasion by visiting fans, albeit goaded by some home fans waving Irish tricolours, Ian Archer wrote in the Glasgow Herald that 'Rangers and Celtic are a permanent embarrassment and occasional disgrace to Scottish football'. Nothing much changes. Just to rectify a typo in the above what Ian Archer actually said was - "This has to be said about Rangers FC, briefly because Prague beckons. As a Scottish football club, they are a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace. This country would be a better place if Rangers did not exist. They are a permanent embarrassment because they are the only club in the world which insists that every member of the team is of one religion. They are an occasional disgrace because their fans, fuelled by bigotry behave like animals" The piece goes on to list behaviour problems of Rangers players and supporters. The point of Archer's piece was to point out the problems that Rangers sectarian employment policy caused. This was sensational for the time. Rangers "No Catholics" policy was rarely mentioned in the media in those days and it was virtually never criticised. Indeed there were journalists who condoned it. However Ian Archer was wrong about one thing. Rangers ceased to exist in 2012 but I would not say it has made Scotland a better place. To that end I would echo the final paragraph in his article - "And, because some people are so sick, I have to put six words at the end of this column. I am not a Roman Catholic" I stand corrected, I was quoting from memory and you have obviously checked the original. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 14 hours ago, Bogbrush1903 said: With Glasgow's favourite son Mo Johnston in the team, Partick Thistle took drastic kit measures to ensure young Mo remembered which Glasgow team he was currently playing for. What's the story there? It seems bizarre to have the name of the club written like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 20 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: What's the story there? It seems bizarre to have the name of the club written like that. More confusingly: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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