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Coronation 6th May
Dundee Hibernian replied to Steven W's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
Not really when the state broadcaster announced, in January, that the bulk of fixtures in England were being moved 'to avoid a clash' with the coronation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64332382#:~:text=The final day of the 2022-23 Championship%2C League One,the coronation will take place. Many other publications, in print and online, indicated that Scottish football is likely to be disrupted, it appears: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/king-charles-coronation-date-confirmed-28213300 "coronation has been confirmed for Saturday 6 May and it could have implications for the Scottish football fixture card." https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/scottish-premiership-fixtures-set-disruption-25237767 "Scottish football fixtures are set to be disrupted later this season after King Charles' coronation date was confirmed." Fans are maybe wondering if they can believe what is published in the media. -
Coronation 6th May
Dundee Hibernian replied to Steven W's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
I'm sure some Old Firm fans aren't monarchists, but a huge number seem to be. I agree to an extent, a 'huge number' as stated above seem to seem to have similar characteristics. And again, I agree to an extent, but would have more sympathy for some of the Celtic support if their stance over UK royalty wasn't compromised by some of their own fawning. As I've said before, these two clubs have some of the most right wing supporters and fan groups in the country. -
Hampden's North Stand, according to the tremendous "Football Grounds of Britain" by Simon Inglis, was added in 1937, contributing an additional 4,500 seats to bring the capacity up to 150,000. It was designed by Archibald Leith's firm, although he was all but retired and died two years later. Inglis writes demolition began in 1981, by which time Thatcher's promise to grant 5.5 million pounds in 1980 had been reversed on the advice of Ian Sproat MP, an avid cricket fan. I sat in it at the Scotland-England matches of 1968 and 1970, both drawn, the second being of note for the amount of forged tickets produced bringing the attendance 3,000 over capacity. Even as a youngster, I didn't feel the stand gave an aura of security or safety.
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Disappointed not to get 3 points, but Buddies' fans can rightly point to their possession and midfield dominance at times as a reason a draw was deserved on their part. Niskanen will get flack, but he only came on 2 minutes from the end of normal time, hardly time to get up to the pace of the game. The penalty? The time it takes to come to the final VAR decision is quite annoying. Many incidents all over the pitch can involve innocuous contact, but, imo, if Main falls like that in any other area of the pitch, he'd be ignored at best. I've no doubt someone will find a reason to justify it though. Finally, I was very impressed by the Saints' players in their workrate. Some players were very impressive with their closing down and energy.
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The Dundee United Thread 22/23
Dundee Hibernian replied to Twinkle's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
I'm laughing to see someone is red dotting a couple of United fans' opinions above, and know who it'll be before looking. Here comes another....... -
Happily, the US blames the Russians.