Stag Nation

Goodwillie was never actually convicted of rape, or do you have someone else in mind?

"FIFA"? "Clean up football"? Is that the same FIFA which has been immersed in corruption scandals for about two decades?

Monkey Tennis's missing apostrophe has turned up.

Isn’t the RSPCA’s sole purpose to support dogs, not their owners?

Let’s think about this. We’re running the EPL, the most profitable league in the world. how can we improve it? I know, let’s get rid of Chelsea, Newcastle, Palace, etc. and replace them with Dundee, St Mirren and Linfield. That should do the trick..

Sacre bleu! Zurich alors! Whatever happened to the “Auld alliance”

Some of the “rules” apply to everybody - e.g. perverting the course of justice, and conspiracy. Some apply both to police and civvies working for them - misconduct in public office.

Fascinating thread, many thanks to the OP. What particularly caught my eye was the postage stamp under the signatures on the contract. I can (just!) remember when very legal document, even a trivial shop receipt, had to have a 2d stamp attached, as a way of collecting tax. Not abolished until early 1970s.

As you have agreed, that's not a law, it's a proposal (and a half-baked one at that). And it's only aimed to address the English game, so I've heard no suggestion it would apply in Scotland.

And that law is?

I don't know how they could justify that - it seems like 'restraint of trade' which is contrary to all Tory principles. But if they do, it will presumably be all UK teams, though that's probably academic.

And why should this forum be different from the rest of the internet?

And if they can’t be scrapped, surely they can do away with replays. If it’s good enough for the proper Scottish Cup, it should be ok for the Auchinshoogle County Jubilee Cup, or whatever.

The social club is all that’s left of the original Edinburgh City FC, which stopped playing football in the 1950s. The current football club was originally Postal United, but changed their name to Edinburgh City (in the 1990s?). Apart from the name, there’s no connection to either the social club or the original football club.

What has that got to do with the current football club? Clue - nothing.

First time I’ve seen Alloa and East Fife described as “big names” …

A 'borders' club is 'on the brink' by definition.

Not good enough.

That's what the Rangers fans used to say ...

Which rule(s) are those? I can't find any.

How many SPFL clubs actually make a profit? If you can't see a return on your money, then 'chickenfeed' may be the fair market price.

Has Peebles been moved? Last time I looked it was pretty near the middle.

I don't think a default will occur until payday actually dawns. All that seems to have happened so far is that payment is "not guaranteed", so there might be a default on the horizon.

I must have imagined the thousands of Celtic fans singing "I'm no a Billy I'm a Tim ..."

When you become a company director, you have a legal duty to act in the interests of the company, and hence its shareholders. You political views are irrelevant.