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Any diddy team winning the league has to start by being the best of the diddies. By quite a bit. Don't lose to the other teams and it comes down how you do against the OF. A good team could push the OF but not if they're losing games to Hamilton, Ross County and whoever else. Drop less points against the diddies, have a couple of good results against the OF and you've given yourself a chance.

Celtic 0 St Mirren 3 and nobody has mentioned the Cockles Wilson supporters' bus. Half the bus had money on St Mirren to win 3-0 at 80 to 1. A pint at the time was about 80p. There was a lot of beer to be won. One small section of the Saints support praying that we didn't score any more goals. Had the chances to score several more. Nerve wracking for some.

St Mirren did ask for it to be changed. Not because of the distance but because of the capacity at Muirton at that time. It was 15k and our chairman didn't think it was large enough. He expected St Mirren, and definitely Aberdeen, to bring more than 7500 fans each. The request was for a ground with a larger capacity, it was the SFA that chose Parkhead. Th e attendance was about 18k, so the move didn't get the expected crowd.

Absolutely correct. The liquidator will go after the players (and others) for the total amount of 'loans' they received. They can ask for every penny to be 'repaid'. A whole new can of worms. More interesting days ahead.

Wonder how much of a loss The Rangers made yesterday. They would get half the crowd less Brechin's costs. A wee bit of prize money for getting into the next round. Would that even cover a winning bonus for the players? Will we now see the heated balls being used to guarantee a home tie in the next round?

Thanks. Must have been mentioned as a possible condition. Though thinking about it, I reckon they should provide a bond because I'm not convinced they can last a full season.

Will they not also have to provide a bond to the SFA in case they go bust mid season? Hasnt been mentioned for a while but I'm sure that was discussed weeks ago as part of their SFA membership.

Leaving it as 'unawarded' just leaves a space for them to claim the honour. Stripping the title and awarding it to the runners up makes them official, cheating LOSERS. It's not a satisfactory way of doing it as they cheated every team they played on their way to the trophies, but awarding it to another team helps remove their claim. I would rather see it recorded that they lost the titles to other teams (because of cheating) rather than they were just stripped of the title. A definite 'You Lost'.

Stripping titles. I know this has been discussed before but adding my view. Initially I thought stripping titles from Rangers was enough. I didnt think the titles should then be awarded to the runners up. Being told St Mirren had now won the league cup in 2010 would be completely flat. However, given the attitude from Rangers fans that they will continue to claim their 'victories', I've now had a change of mind. All cups should be awarded to the runners up as a 3-0 result. The re-written league tables should show Rangers with a 30 points deduction for cheating. Removing their titles isnt enough, they should be seen as having 'lost' them. Show them as losers in every competition they cheated in. Record them as losers in the history books for ever. This would be far more embarrassing and far more humiliating for them. A far more just punishment.

You read the Hawick News ? And not just for the local court pages?

I had the first game as being v Hawick on Saturday 21st. Going over to buy some programmes for ebay. Still not sure if I should go to the actual game or not. Goes against my principles but the wind ups could be enjoyable. I could be the first fan ever to abuse them. (in person)Tempting......

In the 80's (I think) Rangers got to the league cup final with ALL of their games played at a neutral venue. Cant remember all of the teams that they were drawn away to but pretty sure Meadowbank was one of them. I'll amend that. they did have a couple of home draws but games against Cowdenbeath and Meadowbank were moved.

Are they registered yet to allow them to play friendlies? Considering going over to Hawick. Not to watch the game, just to buy up some programmes and sell them on ebay. If thats their first ever game then it should be worth a punt. All profits go to attending some SFL matches next season.

Will sevco survive a season in div3? Will Green asset strip and run? Will the shops run out of jelly and ice cream?

The pie stall might have to go into liquidation.