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There is, and today provided a huge amount of evidence as if more was needed, absolutely not one fucking shred of doubt that Scottish Football would be a country mile better off without these two "clubs" and their "fans".

10 for Monday with flukey guesses for Pope and Thebes.

10 for Monday.

A wee bit hard for the Green Brigade to spell...

Thanks everyone for your thoughts here. Last week was very difficult but we went up to spend the day with my folks yesterday and they are still raw but doing a bit better, although I think my dad and brother, who were there in the moment, have had a bit of a trauma response. The very good news is that someone has been charged under the dangerous dogs act, with a second person being actively looked for. The dog seems to have been moved on but apparently failing to produce it will go against them in court. My brother put a fair amount of pressure on police and councillors but seems to have worked, so some sense of justice there.

Óglaigh na hÉireann: is an Irish-language idiom that can be translated variously as soldiers of Ireland, warriors of Ireland, volunteers of Ireland or Irish volunteers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Óglaigh_na_hÉireann We're laughing and learning on this thread

The comment relates to accessing and using Falkirk FC services then complaining of bias. Nothing to do with the forum. it looks like you ‘failed to understand’ this tbf….

They had a tribute to Ron Gordon at a Celtic match? Is there anything you people won't steal from Hibs?

Coco got a visit from her little brothers ( not really related)

If you're looking for a striker Hates the fucking fifers Gary Oliver Somewhere in the box he's scoring Falkirk boys are roaring Gary Oliver

Well done Ross County. You've ruined this for everybody.

It's possible to concurrently wish to see your team progress through the pyramid as far as possible while also wishing that the LL wasn't so clearly and absolutely shite. No matter how progressive you proclaim to be I'd be sceptical of the honesty anyone saying they don't think the LL is anything better than a purgatory division that has to be endured rather than enjoyed. Yes, there are reasons for that which can be substantially laid at the doors of the traditional minded teams in the WOS league, but lamenting past actions doesn't make the current situation any better whether you were on one side of the argument or the other.

We last leafleted 4 games in a row just over a month ago - a thousand leaflets at each game - we will no doubt do that again but after the 4th leafleting people were a bit fed up getting more paper. We decided to wait for a while before doing it again. There is a monthly electronic newsletter and we have people next to stand up banners at every home game trying to get sign ups. We are active on social media and we have a good tie in relationship with Falkirk Daft that has a monthly draw for the prizes we offer to members. We are looking at other benefits but we have to be very careful about attracting VAT on any benefits - we recently did some research on this and it can be a minefield if we get it wrong. We have put leaflets out at all hospitality events when we can. There is a page in every programme written by FSS. The club website has a direct link to the FSS sign up page on the ticket pages. You can sign up directly on teh FSS site (which is reasonably maintained) or download a standing order if paypal is not your thing. Here it is: https://falkirksupporters.org/subscribe/ There were 3 "sign up" videos by McGlynn, Jamie, and Paul Watson produced and shared on social media at the beginning of the season. There you go - we've done eveything you suggest in your post and continue to do them.

Foot of the bed this morning: "Rise and shine c*nto"

Has it been mentioned already that Aberdeen fans were prevented from doing their chosen display because the police mistakenly thought it had, wait for it, IRA connotations. In a League Cup Final. At Celtic Park. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aberdeen-fans-baffled-police-scotland-3263138.amp

Aye, but you could 100% convince a significant section of that support that "ptero dactyl" meant something like "the flames of Irish rebellion" and have a fair few of them get it tattooed.

Another personal view: There are 640 members in FSS some of whom are donating more than £10 a month. That is NOT A FAILURE. In fact the mention of Motherwell at the AGM was a mistake - their membership has a lot of young people paying next to nothing and a large number of £5 a month subscriptions. If you look at the other supporters schemes they pretty much max out at 50% of their season ticket holders. FSS has been a huge success from a standing start and I get annoyed when it is hinted at that it has failed. There has been a steady stream of new members to join FSS over the last month. Around a further 50 will have signed up in the last 6 weeks and it keeps on slowly growing. I expect we will have around 700 by the end of the season and a boost if we get to the Semi Finaly/promotion. That brings in nearly £8,000 a month - a decent amount to help John and Paul. It is important that FSS is well supported as it is the only voice of the fans - you can come to the AGM on the day after the Ayr game and ask questions, keep everyone accountable and meet the fan directors. That is much more important than simply just raising money for the club - you can have representation as well as helping keeping the team out of the red. Furthermore there is a lot of work being done behind the scenes of FSS which will, we hope, will bring long term benefits to the club. That is another reason to donate to FSS instead of another scheme that gives you nothing really. Time will tell.

The league should have made sure that if a champion was unlicensed then the next placed licensed club went into the play offs. Clubs spending cash on players without spending it on infrastructure shouldn’t be rewarded for it!

I wish a lot of our support would wisen up when it comes to the billy boys, definitely needs dropped.

In 6 months time she’ll be right

It’s not just rescue dogs that are very loving. . . . . .

You're on Pie & Bovril within sixty minutes of the full time whistle telling us how great it is, I think we can read between the lines.

Victoria Park, home of Newtongrange Star in 1994. Now a housing estate. The stand was financed by the Midlothian Coal Company. They offered a similar stand to Rosewell Rosedale but the people of Rosewell opted for pithead baths instead. Victoria Park hosted stock car racing in the 1970s also. Willie Bauld, Dave McKay, Freddie Glidden and, er, Walter Kidd are among a number of famous Jambos who turned out on this park for Nitten.

Mods, please.

First up on Saturday ticked another one off the 92 ... Coventry City 2-1 Sunderland @ Coventry Building Society Arena 🏟. 12.30pm kick-off on Saturday and the Sky Blues pick up 3 big points in the EFL Championship promotion race. The very impressive Viktor Gyokeres ️ with what proved to be the winner. Crowd 21,437.

I mean did they not have to submit their plans to Hampden/SPFL? They would have had access the day before to set it up surely. Did nobody running the stadium or league think, hey glorifying guys who didn't accept Good Friday and run protection rackets in another country under the auspices of being freedom fighters is a good look for one of the three showpieces in our game. f**k me.

First and foremost, to have any chance of keeping Brophy beyond the end of the season we need to stay up. Secondly, Brophy needs to feel like he is getting back to his best and enjoying playing for the club, which hopefully he is. Lastly, we'd need the finances to entice him to stay. Even if we met all 3, there could still be a more appealing offer on the table. I'm taking it on face value at the moment, and will enjoy the next few months that he's at the club. What happens after - we'll see, but I'd like to think that if he continues on the form he's in now then we'd at least ask the question.

I now qualify for a concession season and asked this year if I could pay the full price with the balance going to the club. They were happy with me paying the extra but wanted that to go to the scheme that was running at the time which allowed less fortunate folk to go to a game. I'd happily pay more for my ST if the balance was going to the FSS and I'd wager that a good few more folk would too.

You're not fucking wrong there, pal.

He could be a shoe-in.

That Is strange, feels like Beale is the detective inspector and Ange is the guy who's wife has gone 'missing'.

Been in that old stand/enclosure a few times. Here's an aerial shot I dug up from somewhere:

another one of Paties Road yesterday I also have a photo of @cowdenbeath demolishing a pie but I'll save you all from that sight

FC Copenhagen 1 Aalborg 0. One of the nicest cities I have ever visited however you are here for football not thoughts on public transport, architecture etc. A goal that was fired in at close range via a low cross was all that separated the two teams. The start of the game was delayed by eight to ten minutes due to excessive pyrotechnics.

"Raith Rovers nil" have failed to score once in their last 14 games.

I can finally join the garden sparrowhawk club now. This guy was sitting on my hedge when I arrived home from work today.

Six Nations 3rd round Italy 49 v Ireland 35 Mom @Eednud with a perfect 10 England 35 v Wales 41 5 players score 8 plus @Tynie Bagstock & @gkneil don't get off the bench France 45 v Scotland 31 MoM @The_Kincardine Italy 9 pts 123 for 102 against Ireland 6 pts 99 for 97 against Wales 6 pts 87 for 90 against France 3 pts 106 for 101 against England 3 pts 102 for 101 against Scotland 0 pts 78 for 104 against @djchapsticks joins Scotland to replace @Blootoon87 who has missed first three rounds Round 4 on 11th March

The lack of forwards since January is all starting to make sense.

I feel Tony’s days are numbered.

... not long followed by his new fleece being delivered. #chic

Will you actually be engaging with what other people have said at any point? This is about the third time today that you've made up an opinion nobody holds, written a post arguing against it and then finished off with a sage 'guess everyone on this forum is an idiot except me'. Appreciate that this is all just deflection because you realise you've been proven spectacularly wrong on your early season 'Tierney isn't actually second choice' thing, but actually having a discussion with people rather than making things up might be worth a go.

Berwick Rangers beating a pretty weak Rangers B team 3-0 at the weekend shows the farce of the B teams as it can be a completely different team depending on when you play them in the season. I know if wont matter too much this season but if Berwick for example beat Civil Service by 1 or 2 points to the title or from relegation spot or qualifying for Challenge Cup then really unfair as the teams have played a completely different Rangers B team.

Given that their plans apparently involved setting off loads of flares it's reasonable to assume that if they did submit them they will have omitted at least some details.

I think when it's them getting called out for being sectarian bigots it should be in the main forum for everyone to see.

This is my personal view but I think rather than initiate a scheme like FF (which we should be honest has been received with rather a poor reception) the club should end the early bird scheme and put the prices up on season tickets. The latter will have to happen sometime - the price has been held stable for several seasons (and if we get promotion then ticket prices are higher in the Championship). I know this may cause some people issues and I am entirely sympathetic to their plight but this is a better way of raising money than asking for an additional donation which give you nothing, compared to the FSS where you get a vote in how the club should be run.

A couple of Storks

Worst pilot in the world found

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