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Those Falkirk fans who have made the trip must be 6-2 their stomach.

I can't find my post when all this originally kicked off I've maybe deleted it. As one of the few female posters on here, combined with being a survivor of the crime Goodwillie commited I really do wish he'd just give it up. "He just wants left in peace" Every Time he's in the papers or trying to sign for a team, his victim is reminded of the crime he commited on her. PTSD lasts a lifetime. At the time of the signing for Raith I worked at a golf club house. The views expressed one Saturday afternoon were horrific, traumatising and resulted in a PTSD episode for me. I can guarantee that every time he's in the papers other survivors will have similar experiences. I read the civil court case, it's wholly damming and it's telling that Robertson chose to disappear, as he likely knows he's done wrong. "Not a proper court" When I finally went to the police, it wasn't a case of one interview and I went home. The initial day I was in the station for 8-10 hours. They then came to the flat, ripped up the mattress and took photos. All in it was 12 hours. The case was then passed to the specialist team who took a full statement again. Then came back several times to clarify and requestion. All in I was probably questioned and interviewed for around 30 hours. You're entire sexual history and preferences questioned and in my case mental health. The rapist: one interview where 'no.comment' was only answer. Now I never ever will lay eyes on this person again. I can only imagine how traumatising it would be to see him in mainstream media. I was awarded a criminal injury payment on balance of evidence from myself, two doctors etc. But then that's not a criminal court so maybe it didn't happen.......

Well...

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We already have a "worst thing you have ever done" thread. However, the past is not a big stick to beat yourself up with. Every experience you have ever had has made you who you are. Let's focus on the positive things we have done in our lives. I have absolutely no hesitation in saying that the best thing I have ever done was stop drinking alcohol. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with alcohol - I am just someone who is incapable of drinking alcohol socially or in moderation. I am an alcoholic and could never stop whenever I started. I had plenty of "black-outs" and "brown-outs". Eventually I hated what I had become. I was a pathetic and bitter person. I had a dead-end job that I hated and complained about constantly, but had no drive or ambition to do anything about it except numb myself with alcohol. My behaviours had caused relationships to end, friendships to end, and immeasurable pain, disappointment and worry to people who cared about me. I was someone who could not be trusted to behave responsibly and found myself not invited to events because of that. The event that served as the catalyst for change occurred in February 2017. I was wandering the streets after being ejected from a venue for being wasted, and ended up falling asleep in a bus shelter. Absolutely anything could have happened to me. I could have died in a variety of ways. There is a point that people reach which is talked about in the recovery community - the point were you realise that you cannot do this anymore. This was mine. Anyway, I attended some local AA meetings but after a while decided that their programme was not for me and basically went my own way. Gradually good things started happening to me. I got a new job. People started wanting to spend time with me. I passed my driving test at the first attempt. I FINALLY got accepted into university after applying thinking "why not?". I am now one year of study away from doing what I always wanted to do when I was younger. Has my life magically become perfect just because I stopped drinking alcohol? No, it hasn't. I still have bad days and adversity to face. However, I am better equipped to deal with life and have become someone people are proud of, and that I am proud of. Anyway, this has been a long-winded way of telling you the best thing I have done is stopping drinking. I will shut up now. If you read this far then thank you for reading.

The guy running the BBC updates is pished and I'm all for it:

Have to say I always found Barton a bit of a mouthpiece attention seeking bell end, worthy of little more than a snide laugh at. I thought his comments on the female pundits were another example of this, I agree to a point there is an element of tokenism with some of the women suddenly appearing as analysts but, truth be told I'm pretty 'meh' about that in general, some of them aren't very good (Karen Karney) and others, such as Emma Hayes the Chelsea women's team manager are excellent, she is very articulate and knowledgeable in her analysis of the game and an interesting listen but, end of the day I don't watch/listen to post match analysis of games much, unless obviously Celtic have beaten Rangers so I can chuckle at Kris Boyd and his verge of tears incoherent drivel. Where Barton let himself down as usual was his hideously inappropriate comments and tweets about a subject that is at least fair game for discussion but not in the grossly offensive and arrogant way he went about it. He then doubled down on his bigot credentials a few days later with a few hideous tweets aimed at politician Ed Balls in a totally unrelated discussion, Barton took it upon himself to weaponise the fact Balls has a child who is transgender and identifies the opposite sex to which they were born, using disgraceful insults calling transgender people 'mentally ill' and saying how it's not his fault EB child 'decided to chop off their dick'. Even the transgender debate in fairness is one people have a right to debate and have an opinion on but, in doing so comes responsibility to do so in a respective manner, the guy wouldn't know the meaning of the word, a complete grade A arsehole. Some people who know me away from here may know I had a child who was transgender, born male but 'he' told me and his mother from an early age about feeling like a girl trapped in a male body, she was beginning to start the process of gender realignment when she tragically died at 16. I'll never forget the stories of her being called a freak and a pervert in school and even on the street, be in absolutely no doubt this is encouraged and normalised by the fucking disgusting language and comments by people in a high profile position like Barton, and don't get me started on the likes JK Rowling and Graham Linehan. Barton it appears has gone down the questionable career choice of recent years of people like Laurence Fox and Katie Hopkins of announcing they are a right wing bigoted piece of shit, hiding behind the flag of 'free speech'. Given my own past and family circumstances I've touched on, for the first time I can actively recall in my adult life I was genuinely enraged by something a celebrity said on social media, something I'm not really happy about in hindsight... I should be better than that but he totally went too far, a fucking despicable little runt of a man.

Legends. What a fucking bounce. We’re off to Germany!!!!!

Because it’s for fucking cretins.

Ross County away next season.

Not one fan outside the OF gives a flying f**k about who wins the SPFL anymore, and it's been like this for some time. So I am starting this thread to create a Title race discussion for the rest of us. 3rd place in the SPFL wins you the Diddy Premiership. As we all know, it will be a much tighter, more entertaining League than what the SPFL can offer. We all want the OF to f**k off, so we can use this thread to ignore them, although Points against them help and bring much hilarity. Call it tin-pot, I don't care. The current setup is still worse. St Mirren currently sit in top spot with Hearts and Dundee 2 points behind.

A night of mixed emotions for me. Been a Falkirk fan all my life but always played football on a Saturday so it wasn’t until the 17/18 that I got a season ticket with my Dad. We’ve been devoted fans since then and stayed to the very end of every game (deserves a medal after what we’ve seen the past few seasons) and backed the team. Unfortunately my dad took unwell unexpected whilst on holiday in late October last year and past away early December. Ive been both joyous and full of emotion tonight as I know he’d have loved to have witnessed what I have over the past few months. A glass was raised to him when I found out the league was won!

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Rodri and Haaland in tears in the group chat

I went to the pub to watch the game. I got a row from the barman for "being too loud" I just got home and got a row for "being too pished" What a day to be alive on this beautiful earth.

I am a carer for my disabled partner so rarely get out of the house. A charity in Edinburgh who are for carers asked me if they could do anything for me so I could have some respite and get me out of the house sometimes. I couldn't think of anything I wanted to go to, then I mentioned I've not been to see my beloved Falkirk in a couple of seasons. They are only going to pay for a season ticket for me as I couldn't afford it otherwise. Yippee. They said at least that would make me happy every week or two. I said they obviously don't know about Falkirk then Excited to get out of the house and back to following the Bairns in the flesh, rather than the highlights. Brilliant !!!

Super County go ballistic Rangers are c***s.

Well...

I'm covering all the bases this year.

Aye, the podcast isn't in my list of things I want to catch up on, so I won't be giving it a watch, but just one thing I wanted to touch on, as I feel it's generally latched onto on by people sticking up for him, and was alluded to earlier in the thread. It's the whole matter of Val McDermid's opinion, and after that, the fact Nicola Sturgeon was asked for her thoughts. I'm not trying to downplay their involvement, and of course, if the First Minister has an opinion, then it's very much at the forefront of the news cycle. However, I don't think David Goodwillie's transfer to Raith Rovers was annulled by a main sponsor and a couple of other high profile people who were asked their opinion. It was thankfully brought to an end by dozens of volunteers who contacted the club to tell them they wouldn't be able to help out anymore because they were disgusted by the actions of the club, and by hundreds of fans who simply didn't show up for the first two games immediately after the signing. Val McDermid and Nicola Sturgeon's opinions are all very good, but if you don't have anyone to run the website, or Raith TV, and have no ball boys, and no-one to produce the programme, or man the turnstiles, and approximately a third of your home support disappear for the next two games after the signing is announced, then that forces the club to act, and I'm glad they eventually did. Raith Rovers rid themselves of Goodwillie because of a groundswell of their support, and that's a great thing, so lets not play it down. if "James English" was much of an interviewer, he'd be asking him about that, but I sense that's not the case.

Glasgow Sevco, you just got Cormacked.

Disagree, quite clearly. He's a fucking weapon. Ive seen L1 football a lot, its dreadful. Its just deflection and County should be telling him to get a grip.

They won’t be forgetting this either.

Admin, then Liquidation. The best penalty to Rangers I have ever seen.

With over 60 posters voting this past week, we now have our definitive Top 10 Bellends in Scottish Fitba. It was a broad list of nominees - swinging wildly from referees to pundits, to folk who have been out the game for three decades despite me clearly stating they were to be current. We saw managers, players, YouTubers, all the way through to CEOs. I'm glad to report women were represented too, though like many big awards shows of late, they were criminally overlooked when it came to the final shortlist. Clearly, there is a way to go before we truly see equality in the Scottish game. I think my favourite shout might have been Walter Smith - truly beautiful that he got a posthumous mention, over two years after he died. Rest in peace, you bellend. 10. Pat Bonner Packie takes our 10th spot, just pipping "TikTok" Todd Cantwell, who will need to be an even bigger bellend if he is to make next season's list. Having had an excellent career as a goalkeeper, Bonner can now be found spouting utter shite on the radio, being too concerned with the fate of his beloved Celtic - saying "we" when talking about them - to give any meaningful analysis, insight or commentary on any other team in the Scottish Premiership. 9. Alan "Biscuits" Preston A popular choice among voters, Preston can also be found on Sportsound - P&B's greatest source of bellends for this vote. 8. Scot Gardiner The only club CEO to make the list, Scot Gardiner sacked the next bloke on the list to appoint Duncan Ferguson, with ICT still sitting in a lowly 8th in the Championship. 7. Billy Dodds Dodds is a bellend of many talents, having succeeded in being a bellend on the field, in the dugout and also in the TV studio, where he can be found talking shite. 6. Kenny MacIntyre Just as the Oscars will see certain films sweep the show, Sportsound is clearing up, with its 4th entry already. A top choice on many voters' lists, MacIntyre manages not only to be an awful pundit when giving reports, but also hosts the show occasionally, showing no ability to control the pundits or steer the conversation, helping to oversee the recent decline of Sportsound. 5. David Goodwillie Highlighting the competition in Scottish football when it comes to massive bellends, our only rapist on the list somehow finds himself not taking the top spot. In fairness, I doubt anyone would argue he is by far the biggest c**t in Scottish football, but as he's plying his trade at lowly Glasgow United - having been chased from several other clubs - many voters didn't think to pick him. 4. Neil Doncaster The speccy gimp who trousers a salary of more than £300k while completely underselling the Scottish game time and time again can count himself unlucky not to finish first. A really strong showing from Doncaster, who will surely be aiming to take the top spot in any future votes. 3. Kris Boyd As much as it pains me to see a Killie favourite so high, Kris has more than earned a place in the top three; not only did he have two spells at everyone's least favourite club, Rangers (both before and after they died), he also threw his toys out of the pram for Scotland, refusing to play for Burley again because he left him on the bench. Now to be found talking complete and utter shite on telly with a serious bias towards his old team, Boydy can have no complaints here. 2. Derek Adams Adams' recent behaviour was what prompted me to start the vote, and he becomes only one of two men to ever breach the hallowed 200 points mark in bellend voting. Coming back to County for a third time, he has scathingly expressed his surprise and dismay at the state of Scottish football, before basically admitting in a more recent interview that he regrets taking the job. Really selling the product here, it can only be a matter of time before the angry twat gets sacked; he hasn't exactly done a stellar job since coming in. 1. Douglas Ross I think we can all agree, this is a fitting choice at number 1, one we can all unite and get behind. Moving his portly frame up and down the touchline of a weekend, Douglas does a poor job in his role at the SFA, but it's actually the one of his three jobs that he's best at. His other two - MP for Moray and MSP for Highlands and Islands with the Scottish Tories - are the roles for which he's found himself topping our inaugural "Biggest bellends in Scottish fitba" list. With so much hostility and division in the Scottish game, the one thing that can unite the terraces across Scottish football is the appearance of Douglas Ross and the chant that goes with it - "f**k the Tories, duh duh duh duh... f**k the Tories, duh duh duh duh..." Well done, Dougie - you massive fucking bellend.

Listen boys, I'm no everyone's cup of tea on here and that's ok but I found out my granda died just before kick off. It was him that got me into Ayr, the first game he took me to was a 5-0 win so the boys did something really special for me today.

Heinrich Himmler

Just a shame that Rangers couldn't keep themselves afloat and let their club die.

I was going through some old photos and came across this. This was me back in 2008 in Basra, Iraq. Everyone emailed the respective clubs we support asking for them to donate any kits so we could play 5 a side. Falkirk sent THREE boxes of kit out to us. Amazing…. the big clubs (Scottish and English), that replied to our ask, only sent 2/3 scarfs, maybe a car air freshener. No footy kits at all. I was so proud to be a Falkirk fan and that will never change! This photo also featured in a match programme that season too.

No, we left our top scorer Dale Carrick on the bench as well as Kyle Banner who usually starts in defensive midfield. Our back up keeper and a couple others were in team for rotation as well. The full strength team will be out next week for league opener vs Edinburgh

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Administration.

Robson — "Here's your problem"

Not the catchiest of songs, is it.

This is quite an instructive story in a couple of ways. Firstly, we need to clarify that we do not have 'ultras' in Scotland. We have wee fannies with drums. I have no beef with the young lads making an atmosphere and organising themselves, putting on their displays etc. Good on them, it adds something to the atmosphere and I'm sure they're having a good time. Fair play to them. But the 'ultras' we have in Scotland are essentially wee laddies playing at being ultras with their drums and their flags and their black t-shirts etc. Part of this whole charade is the objection to being filmed and the whole faux anti-authority shtick. This is lifted out of the European and South American ultra scene, but, while those ultras are often directly involved in organised crime, gang violence, and controversial politics, the 'ultras' in Scotland are wee laddies that go to the game then are back for dinner because their mum says it's on the table by half six. It's not exactly comparable to an Egyptian fan not wanting filmed in case he gets added to a security services list. Secondly, their self-image needs brought down a peg or two. They've developed (in typical folly of youth style) this image of themselves as superior fans or people with something interesting to say about football culture. They are neither of those things. They just want to be because that's how they view the real ultras abroad, most of whom are also just dicks. We've had this at Hearts too, with the young team getting a bit big for their boots and a few incidents at away games where a few of them have been telt. In this instance you've got that sense of entitlement and self-regard leading these wee wallopers to have a dig at a boy who, while he's not my thing and I'm not his audience, is just a lad who goes around making videos about the fitba in a completely uncontroversial way. The 'bois' objection to this is performative shite and it's actually quite good that they've outed themselves as a bunch of wee arseholes with nothing constructive to offer. It would be good if this causes a few people involved in this sort of stuff to stop and consider winding their necks in a wee bit. By all means, get on with your displays and your silly wee chants that are the same at every club etc. But this idea that these groups are some kind of voice or group of superior fans needs to be dealt with. They're just weans kidding on to be what they see on the internet. This incident shows the Motherwell lads to just be a bunch of horrible wee shites, if nothing else. It's a really poor thing to put out, and doesn't actually make any sensible or articulate points. Wee arseholes, imo.

No relation.

Mentally and physically making it through the birth of an 11 week premature baby to then be diagnosed with an incurable cancer less than a month later. Through treatment I was sick every day and at one point was down to 7 and a half stone. I lost my hair and my back is so fucked from the cancer I lost 5 inches in height but I am still fucking here. I was talking to someone the other day about how I should be proud of myself and never really say it or think it but I am proud of what I've actually been through and still have most of my mind mentally intact... Ruggy might disagree!