The Falkirk FC Thread

[Higgenarse]

I always try and hope all Scottish teams do well in Europe but having watched the singing of the English national anthem at Ibrox I made an exception. I just hope this is not replicated at Scottish games at weekend

[Shodwall cat]

18 minutes ago, ShaggerG said:

You have indeed. I just wasn't sure if it was the RR coaches, scouts or the lassie you know in our ticket office.

She left a while back.

 

[FFC 1876]

On 13/09/2022 at 16:22, MrDust said:

one player, thats convinced me then 

 

[Bairn in Exile]

1 hour ago, Higgenarse said:

I always try and hope all Scottish teams do well in Europe but having watched the singing of the English national anthem at Ibrox I made an exception. I just hope this is not replicated at Scottish games at weekend

"God save the King" my arse. I reckon that Sevco supporters are privately wishing to themselves for Charlie to snuff it tout de suite. They're gagging to sing about King Billy.

[Bairn in Exile]

On 09/09/2022 at 20:51, gav-ffc said:

Sums it up.

 

 

If these clubs get punished in some way I hope that other clubs show some solidarity with them!

It's a joke.

https://news.sky.com/story/despicable-amateur-football-teams-in-sheffield-face-punishment-for-playing-after-queens-death-12697344

[Shodwall cat]

6 hours ago, Bairn in Exile said:

If these clubs get punished in some way I hope that other clubs show some solidarity with them!

It's a joke.

https://news.sky.com/story/despicable-amateur-football-teams-in-sheffield-face-punishment-for-playing-after-queens-death-12697344

I think there's two issues here though. Firstly whether grassroots football should be cancelled or not. I for one can't see why it was seems a poor decision. However, once that decision has been made rightly or wrongly the teams involved should follow the decision made and then raise their complaints with the league . Seems incredibly silly to have highlighted the whole thing on twitter too so it's no surprise they're getting into bother.

[Bairn in Exile]

9 minutes ago, Shodwall cat said:

I think there's two issues here though. Firstly whether grassroots football should be cancelled or not. I for one can't see why it was seems a poor decision. However, once that decision has been made rightly or wrongly the teams involved should follow the decision made and then raise their complaints with the league . Seems incredibly silly to have highlighted the whole thing on twitter too so it's no surprise they're getting into bother.

That makes some sense but these are amateurs paying for the privilege to play football. Any sanctions that they impose be it financial, a points deduction or suspension from the league would be way over the top in my mind. Give the a slap on the wrist and move on.

[Shodwall cat]

2 minutes ago, Bairn in Exile said:

That makes some sense but these are amateurs paying for the privilege to play football. Any sanctions that they impose be it financial, a points deduction or suspension from the league would be way over the top in my mind. Give the a slap on the wrist and move on.

The sanctions for various levels of misdemeanor will be set out in the rules of the league that they signed up to I would think. Im sure if they had played their friendly with zero fuss it's doubtful anyone would have bothered but they splashed it all over Twitter which is going to be like a red rag to a bull for any league management committee. Now the league has to follow its own rules regarding punishment or it opens a can of worms for future incidents unfortunately.  Very poor decision to stop matches at that level followed by a very poor decision to publicise the fact they were ignoring them.

[Guest]

On 14/09/2022 at 08:34, Chinatoon Bairn said:

Plenty Falkirk fans will be in the Elizabethan for the game regardless of being there for the FFS event or not. Roman have two busses booked in and are leaving Falkirk either 11 or 11:30

Oooffttttt carnage

[Guest]

[AdamAnt]

The Elizabethan is a restaurant now. Would definitely avoid like the plague as it’ll be full of families and pensioners. 

[Bairnardo]

The Elizabethan is a restaurant now. Would definitely avoid like the plague as it’ll be full of families and pensioners. 

Think you should keep your head down after the performance your big team put in lastnight m8

[Grangemouth Bairn]

31 minutes ago, AdamAnt said:

The Elizabethan is a restaurant now. Would definitely avoid like the plague as it’ll be full of families and pensioners. 

It’s served food for years. It won’t be full of families and pensioners on a Saturday afternoon when there is a match on.

I’ve been in there on a Saturday afternoon out with Falkirk playing with people from work and it’s your typical pub with a mixture of people watching soccer Saturday etc. Its a good, welcoming, well run pub.

If it’s not your scene, don’t go, you won’t be missed.

[Forever_Blue_]

Any idea how much of the allocated 2,000 tickets have sold for Saturday? Confident of a quality crowd

[NavyBlueArmy1876]

Sir Tony helping himself to a hattrick 

I know it was 2 divisions higher and we actually had a decent team back then but we pretty much filled the stand behind the goal that day. Would be great if we could take through at least 2k on Saturday

Edited September 15, 2022 by NavyBlueArmy1876

[Maverick_-]

2 hours ago, Shodwall cat said:

I think there's two issues here though. Firstly whether grassroots football should be cancelled or not. I for one can't see why it was seems a poor decision. However, once that decision has been made rightly or wrongly the teams involved should follow the decision made and then raise their complaints with the league . Seems incredibly silly to have highlighted the whole thing on twitter too so it's no surprise they're getting into bother.

That’s the exact mentality that saw us stay 18 months in a pointless lockdown. They’ve done the right thing and only followed their logic rather than ridiculous rules. 

[NavyBlueArmy1876]

7 minutes ago, Maverick_- said:

That’s the exact mentality that saw us stay 18 months in a pointless lockdown. They’ve done the right thing and only followed their logic rather than ridiculous rules. 

A bizarre comparison given lockdowns saved approx 3.2 million lives in the EU alone. I agree with Shodwell, the problem following what they deem as 'logic' is that these people tend to be a bit thick. Wouldn't be surprised if UEFA throw the book at Sevco for their anthem last night as well. Get told you cant do something and do it anyway = face the consequences 

[HopeStreetWalker]

5 hours ago, Shodwall cat said:

I think there's two issues here though. Firstly whether grassroots football should be cancelled or not. I for one can't see why it was seems a poor decision. However, once that decision has been made rightly or wrongly the teams involved should follow the decision made and then raise their complaints with the league . Seems incredibly silly to have highlighted the whole thing on twitter too so it's no surprise they're getting into bother.

If it is played as a friendly why should that be an issue for the ruling authority?

[bairn88]

Good podcast with Liam Henderson and Paul Watson. Good to get some insight from the training ground 

[Bairnardo]

A bizarre comparison given lockdowns saved approx 3.2 million lives in the EU alone. I agree with Shodwell, the problem following what they deem as 'logic' is that these people tend to be a bit thick. Wouldn't be surprised if UEFA throw the book at Sevco for their anthem last night as well. Get told you cant do something and do it anyway = face the consequences 

Not sure about that. Rangers broke a UEFA rule in a UEFA fixture. Surely the league association only have a right to tell teams that their association fixture cannot be fulfilled. What right would the SPFL, for example, have to tell Falkirk FC they couldn't play a bounce game on any given date?