Pars of Fife

Cheers for forwading highland magyar. Sick to the stomach if there is truth in that. Masterton be better be prepared to become the most hated man in dunfermline if thats what he's planning.

Hi folks SOS from a pars fan down under and crapping myself my club will have died when I get back in a few months.. Can someone please send me the PM?

http://www.dafc.co.uk/articles/20120629/dafc-board-statement-on-revised-sfasplsfl-proposals_2208030_2827302 Very proud to be a par, have to say fife's 'big' 2 diddy clubs have done us proud. Lets keep the dominoes falling..

One of the things about this whole episode that has annoyed me most is the myth perpetually put out by Rangers and the MSM is that Scottish Football would die without them and that the putting down of Rangers would have a massively detrimental affect on the other clubs... what utter nonesense. By that logic every team that is relegated should go into administration which clearly is not the case or the Pars, Falkirk, Inverness, Hamilton etc would be in administration. Indeed most Pars fans I know are looking forward to returning to the 1st after the drudgery of the SPL and of playing in a league dictated by 2 teams. The attendence figures bear this out aswell - take some of our old firm crowds this season and compare them to our games against our biggest rivals in the 1st... SPL 'Old Firm' Home Games 2011-12: Rangers (H) - 7,577 Rangers (H) - 7,464 Celtic (H) - 10,140 1st Division 'Biggest Rivals' Home Games 2010-11: Raith Rovers (H) - 7,158 Raith Rovers (H)- 11,052 Falkirk (H) - 5,121 Falkikk (H) - 7,828 Also, if those figures were for home fans only then there would probably be a difference of 4-500 less in the number of Pars fans who attended the old firm games at east end compared to games against Raith / Falirk in the 1st. Granted these games had the edge that they were all important games in a competetive league which helped draw big crowds and also the fact they were against our biggest rivals. But what it shows is the lack of a Rangers fixture does not spell doom for the other clubs - and as a benefit your club loses fixtures where the home support dont actually attend due to being sick of the bigotry baggage etc that is visited to your ground. A bigger SPL with more teams and playoffs means more potential games like Dundee Utd - Dundee / St Johnstone - Dundee / Pars - Falkirk / Pars - Raith Rovers / Motherwell - Hamilton / Ross County - Inverness - games the fans want and will come out for. And if there is any shortfall any money from the lack of a Rangers game / TV money then reduce the budgets accordingly.

Ok so I think even the most 'pessimistic' of us can agree rangers are 'royally' fecked.. so the attention has to turn again to what can be done to improve scottish fitba and get it to where the majority of scots fitba fans want it.. In an ideal world rangers would be no more but no matter what they will be back in some form down the line so the changes have to be implemented urgently while the old firm strangehold is broken. The last few shambolic months have shown the spl leadership of doncaster / topping is not fit for purpose and their, I shudder to use the word, 'vision' for the game is at the other end of the spectrum from the fans. This is our game and we have to claim it back. Aswell as a change of leadership we need now to forevor change the voting system to something resembling democratic. With this changed then radical changes have to be brought in if the scottish game is to have any hope of salvation: - introduction of bigger top league (ideally 16) - introduction of exciting playoff format - democratic sharing of tv revenue - greater financial transparency and openess throughout the game - introduction of league pyramaid system If there is less money in the short term so be it, if the tv companies pull out so be it. Its time to get every club self-sustainable and not reliant on the scraps sky tv through us- on that platform will future financial prosperity be built on. The spl chairman have to grab this opportunity and tap into the fans demands for radical change, rangers collapse has given the game an opportunity for change that may never arise again - its time to stand up and be counted for the integrity and good of the scottish game over financial short-sightedness.