FalkirkBairn2021 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, Just a bairn said: Totally unrelated to the DGW crisis and a much lighter topic, but the club coming up for 150 years is absolutely wild. I’ll never not be amazed by the rich history of so many clubs in the Scottish game, especially the small teams like Falkirk who will be more up against it. Just constant institutions throughout generations that continue to persist. Scottish football man. Here’s hoping we can make it till then I had an American pal come over a few years back. We were walking through Stirling and he asked what the number (1123 or something) was on the house wall. I said 'it's been there since 1123' and he just looked stunned. Forget sometimes how old Scotland is as a real country with actual institutions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Kinnear Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 By all means email the club and express your concerns, I have. I don’t see the point however in all of us here arguing about something that might never happen. Just my opinion though 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieBairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Harry Kinnear said: By all means email the club and express your concerns, I have. I don’t see the point however in all of us here arguing about something that might never happen. Just my opinion though The club didnt help themselves with that sentence. Great statement otherwise and hopefully it was just poor wording. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 “Our short-term priority is, of course, to support Martin and Kenny and give them the resources they need to put a winning team on the pitch. To do that, we’ll always make decisions we believe to be in the best interests of the club, whether those decisions are popular with all fans or unpopular with some. “It’s clear to me this statement relates to supporting the management team and taking unpopular decisions re resources to put a winning team on the pitch. I don’t think this can be construed as just taking difficult day to day business decisions as a board.Can’t understand why a few on here are dismissing it’s relevance…. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeStreetWalker Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Positive statement from the board in particular having a broader reach to organisations involved in sports. Maybe a case of look to the past for the future. Falkirk Football and Athletic Club Lets become an all encompassing sports club as it was originally intended. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proudtobeabairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) The board@falkirkfc email address used to be answered by Colin McFarlane. Not sure whether the new board have taken this on or even have access to it. If emailing them, probably best to email Swinney directly if there is an address (I can't see one). I'd be astonished if we go through with signing him. There would be complete uproar and FSS subscription numbers as well as sponsorships would dry up. Its a very poorly worded paragraph if it means something different. If groups like Patrons or FSS are going to succeed now is the time for them to speak up for the fans and make clear won't be signing him. Imagine you were a patron who'd just invested £10k to then see it spent on DGW wages Edited January 7, 2022 by Proudtobeabairn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 33 minutes ago, ICTChris said: That's a fair point - one of the points made in the aftermath of the Sarah Everard case was that flashing was under reported and under prosecuted and that it is a serious crime. I absolutley agree. What's worth saying about Lithgow is that he committed these offences when he was a teenager and, as noted, hasn't done anything comparable or even illegal in the slightest since. It doesn't make what he did any better, it doesn't mitigate it but the fact is, like Martindale, he's had about 15 years of blameless conduct since. I think what Martindale was involved in before that means it will take more than 15 years of blameless conduct to make up for - the trade he was in will have negatively impacted hundreds more of people’s life’s both directly and indirectly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Caractacus Potts Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Been said by a few on here but has been avoided by those ITK. Have the directors actually consulted anyone on the viability of signing Goodwillie? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oot_the_loop Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Anyone else think that statement is there to make us all get ourselves worried that it's goodwillie, then someone/something unpopular but nowhere near as bad will get announced and we will all just be glad it's not goodwillie and it will get accepted a wee bit easier? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TedCrilly Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 minute ago, oot_the_loop said: Anyone else think that statement is there to make us all get ourselves worried that it's goodwillie, then someone/something unpopular but nowhere near as bad will get announced and we will all just be glad it's not goodwillie and it will get accepted a wee bit easier? Cumdog, Lafferty and Griffiths announced. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Jamie Swinney emailed me saying he’d forwarded my email to the board. He didn’t say if that was board@falkirkfc.co.uk or not - not exactly helpful, but thanks for forwarding I guess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Anyone else think that statement is there to make us all get ourselves worried that it's goodwillie, then someone/something unpopular but nowhere near as bad will get announced and we will all just be glad it's not goodwillie and it will get accepted a wee bit easier? Dennon Lewis incoming…..[emoji3] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, oot_the_loop said: Anyone else think that statement is there to make us all get ourselves worried that it's goodwillie, then someone/something unpopular but nowhere near as bad will get announced and we will all just be glad it's not goodwillie and it will get accepted a wee bit easier? Prince Andrew as the new chairman of the board ?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bula Bairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Rugster said: Cheers. I fall under three of those categories and didn’t get it, but I’m sure it will always be posted here or on Facebook anyway. Same for me, I didn't get an email either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bula Bairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 2 hours ago, 18BAIRN76 said: The folk humming and hawing over this are just as bad btw. To me this isn't a grey area where someone can hold one point of view and another person another. He is at Clyde for a reason. No one else has signed him, despite his footballing pedigree, for a fucking reason. No club that signs a rapist will be a club of mine. Reading the COYB page is almost enough to make you pack it in as well, with a mixture of fucking spice boys and flabby da's engaging in making the whole thing seem like a laugh, even discussing what chants they'd make for him. I don't actually consider myself touchy about most things but ffs, you just hope that none of them ever has someone close to them who experiences what Goodwillie did to that woman. As has been said on many occasions by many people, it's a steadfast reminder (if you ever needed any) that a depressingly large section of our support are incredibly dense. To those saying its hysteria, what else are we supposed to do? As I've said before, it may be media talk, but we can't let the club know we don't want him AFTER we've signed him for f**k sake. It doesn't need an official club statement; someone from the Herald could interview Rennie. "Do you have any intention of signing him?" "No." That could be it. It isn't rocket science. I've emailed the club and hope many do the same. I hope it doesn't happen because it would permanently tarnish my feelings for a club I've supported since I was a kid. Spot on! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, roman_bairn said: Dennis Lewis incoming….. Very appropriate!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebobsboy Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, TedCrilly said: Cumdog, Lafferty and Griffiths announced. All absolute melts that can play but will sadly end up on the same road out like Riordan or Stokes if they aren't already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopestreetpuddle Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 46 minutes ago, Gaz said: Holy f**k. So sad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, oot_the_loop said: Anyone else think that statement is there to make us all get ourselves worried that it's goodwillie, then someone/something unpopular but nowhere near as bad will get announced and we will all just be glad it's not goodwillie and it will get accepted a wee bit easier? Lafferty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopestreetpuddle Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 42 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said: Does it? Is Goodwillie on the radar? The club could put this to bed very easily ,yet they choose not to . They are sitting back and watching the fan base implode 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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