*** Other Scottish football match thread, for anyone who gives a ****

[Mikey1874]

 

[colinmorewasgash]

On 19/03/2024 at 22:06, 1971fozzy said:

Livingstons stadium sponsorship with Toni macaroni has ended and not renewed. They look to be ****ed on all fronts right now. 
relegation Incoming,, pitch soon to be needing replaced to grass if they want to be involved again in top flight and now Sponsorship ending. looks grim as for hell for them

Would I be surprised if they go out of business and one of bigots tries to take their stadium and place in league for B team to take their place in whatever league they end up in. Nothing would surprise me in future with spfl. It might be fanciful but im sure they would love their B team in lower league then they could sod off to engerlund not that english would want them but money talks nowadays. Maybe its the booze haha. 

[Lone Striker]

3 hours ago, Mikey1874 said:

 

Good luck with that, lads.

 

The retiring Head of Ref Ops Crawford Allan, upon receiving Motherwell's complaint =

 

[1971fozzy]

23 hours ago, Cameronstheman said:

I dont get the hate of Livi. More established  clubs toil to attract a support

 

Livi by and large is a weegie overspill  and TBF still has a huge Hearts support to its credit and from the off

 

They are best in the lower leagues though as the offer F all, like Hamilton 

we always have a great away day there. But the games are usually awful and that’s down to their pitch and game approach.

 

[JDK2020]

6 minutes ago, 1971fozzy said:

we always have a great away day there. But the games are usually awful and that’s down to their pitch and game approach.

 

👍

[Lone Striker]

Whats going on here (from BBC SPort) -

 

Brighton and Brentford are looking into potential partnerships with Dundee United on the back of the SFA's decision to allow Bournemouth co-owner Bill Foley to buy a minority shareholding in Hibernian. (Daily Record)

 

Have the Arabs got a new generation of Souttar/Gauld types of talent coming through ?    Or has Mark Ogren got the begging bowl out  ?

[1971fozzy]

14 minutes ago, Lone Striker said:

Whats going on here (from BBC SPort) -

 

Brighton and Brentford are looking into potential partnerships with Dundee United on the back of the SFA's decision to allow Bournemouth co-owner Bill Foley to buy a minority shareholding in Hibernian. (Daily Record)

 

Have the Arabs got a new generation of Souttar/Gauld types of talent coming through ?    Or has Mark Ogren got the begging bowl out  ?

American owners boys club

[Lone Striker]

1 hour ago, 1971fozzy said:

American owners boys club

Must be - why would anyone part-owning an EPL club want to buy a stake in Dundee Utd ffs ?    Its even more absurd than Foley buying into Hibs.  You'd imagine the prospective buyer will only go ahead if they get promoted. 

[Bazzas right boot]

7 hours ago, Lone Striker said:

Must be - why would anyone part-owning an EPL club want to buy a stake in Dundee Utd ffs ?    Its even more absurd than Foley buying into Hibs.  You'd imagine the prospective buyer will only go ahead if they get promoted. 

 

Same could be said for any football club, in fact the bigger the club the bigger the investment and losses.

The owners of Chelsea,  man citeh etc are not making money. They've spent Billions over the years.

 £3/£4m would sort out most Scottish teams and bring them relative success.

 

Not sure why spunking  a few million on Scottish clubs is looked down on, while burning  £billions or £100's of millions on an English or French club is viewed differently and positively.

 

 

 

 

 

[Sooks]

Nobody else find it a bit suspicious Hibs and the two Dundee clubs ran up unsustainable losses season on season before the multi club ownership model was approved . Almost like the owners wanted to be able to make the deals more palatable in a ‘ this is the only option left ‘ sort of way 

[Sooks]

Wonder when Cormack will get one of his mates to do the same with the sheep 

[jamboozy]

4 minutes ago, Sooks said:

Nobody else find it a bit suspicious Hibs and the two Dundee clubs ran up unsustainable losses season on season before the multi club ownership model was approved . Almost like the owners wanted to be able to make the deals more palatable in a ‘ this is the only option left ‘ sort of way 

It does have a ‘drive down the stock’ type of vibe to it, now you mention it.🤔 Not that any of them had high stock to begin with. But it is an interesting take.

[kingantti1874]

7 hours ago, Lone Striker said:

Must be - why would anyone part-owning an EPL club want to buy a stake in Dundee Utd ffs ?    Its even more absurd than Foley buying into Hibs.  You'd imagine the prospective buyer will only go ahead if they get promoted. 

started a thread on this the other day. A FFP cheat, a way of securing work permits.

 

scottish football on a fast track to becoming a feeder league 

[Gundermann]

17 minutes ago, Sooks said:

Nobody else find it a bit suspicious Hibs and the two Dundee clubs ran up unsustainable losses season on season before the multi club ownership model was approved . Almost like the owners wanted to be able to make the deals more palatable in a ‘ this is the only option left ‘ sort of way 

 

Capitalist vultures smelling death.

 

Football has long been heading this way, sadly.

[Sooks]

1 hour ago, jamboozy said:

It does have a ‘drive down the stock’ type of vibe to it, now you mention it.🤔 Not that any of them had high stock to begin with. But it is an interesting take.

 

57 minutes ago, Gundermann said:

 

Capitalist vultures smelling death.

 

Football has long been heading this way, sadly.

If you were going to propose a merger of the two Dundee clubs you would find it easier to get some fans onboard if it was presented as this or extinction 

[jamboozy]

1 hour ago, Sooks said:

 

If you were going to propose a merger of the two Dundee clubs you would find it easier to get some fans onboard if it was presented as this or extinction 

Yes, it would be a case of support Dundee City( other names for a merger could be used) or have no football representation in the city at all.

     As for our neighbours across the city? They would sign a pact with the devil himself if it meant having something over us.

[sirwalter]

2 hours ago, jamboozy said:

Yes, it would be a case of support Dundee City( other names for a merger could be used) or have no football representation in the city at all.

     As for our neighbours across the city? They would sign a pact with the devil himself if it meant having something over us.

Dundee Discovery..?

[jamboozy]

Just now, sirwalter said:

Dundee Discovery..?

😁 or the Dundeh pehs maybe 🤔.

[Lone Striker]

9 hours ago, kingantti1874 said:

started a thread on this the other day. A FFP cheat, a way of securing work permits.

 

scottish football on a fast track to becoming a feeder league 

Could be something like that - new investor not really bothered about the fortunes of the Scottish club so long as it serves a purpose ?      If thats the new trend, surely the SPFL  have to get involved and set some rules  regarding player loans ?   Otherwise we'll  become even more tinpot than we already are.

 

 

[Footballfirst]

Good start for Scotland in their U21 qualifier v Kazakhstan, goals from Josh Doig and Lyall Cameron.

 

 

[Footballfirst]

Scotland U21s 3-0 up at half time, Tommy Conway with the 3rd from the penalty spot.

[Ferryjambo99]

Not Scottish football but Wales v Finland is available on BBC IPlayer. On S4C

[Footballfirst]

1 hour ago, Footballfirst said:

Scotland U21s 3-0 up at half time, Tommy Conway with the 3rd from the penalty spot.

Finished 4-1 with Fiorini scoring the 4th. Neither Denholm nor Neilson got on.

[1971fozzy]

Dundee Utd 0 v ICT 1

 

 

[neilnunb]

Dundee Utd losing to ICT 👍

 

 

[neilnunb]

Just now, 1971fozzy said:

Dundee Utd 0 v ICT 1

 

 

Haha beat me to it 😁

[neilnunb]

Think the United/Raith friendship is cracking as Raith not happy their allocation for next week has been cut to around 1300, compared to the 1900 they received in December.

 

😁

[1971fozzy]

11 minutes ago, neilnunb said:

Haha beat me to it 😁

🤣👍 my fawa feeds just stopped 🥲

[HMFC01]

Could just hear some boos over the radio at HT.   Excellent 😊

[jamboinglasgow]

It's a bit mad that as it stands, if Cove Rangers equalise against Hamilton then Falkirk win the league.

[Luckies1874]

Neither Dundee Utd or Raith are any good and it appears it's like two bald men fighting over a comb as to who comes up. I'd be very surprised if either beat whoever comes 11th over 2 games. 

[Horatio Caine]

Utd just equalised - shot from the half way line apparently. Fawa link still down btw

[jamboinglasgow]

7 minutes ago, jamboinglasgow said:

It's a bit mad that as it stands, if Cove Rangers equalise against Hamilton then Falkirk win the league.

 

And Cove have just equalised.

[Horatio Caine]

Cove equalised

[jamboinglasgow]

Hamilton have scored twice to make it 3-1 so the League 1 title race goes another week. Falkirk just need 1 win to get the title.

[Boris]

37 minutes ago, Luckies1874 said:

Neither Dundee Utd or Raith are any good and it appears it's like two bald men fighting over a comb as to who comes up. I'd be very surprised if either beat whoever comes 11th over 2 games. 

I'd fancy Raith over two games in a play off rather than Dundee Utd to get promoted, but that said no guarantee whomever finishes second will actually make the play off final!

[queensferryjambo]

45 minutes ago, Horatio Caine said:

Utd just equalised - shot from the half way line apparently. Fawa link still down btw

 

Bored and with no Hearts match on I watched the Dundee Utd vs Inverness game . Dundee Utd were pretty awful (less awful in the second half).

 

Amazing finish for the equaliser, but all of the Inverness team claiming a foul on their player by Moult for him to be able to turn and hit the ball. No idea if it was a foul as I missed the replay.

 

From what I have seen over the last while Dundee Utd and Raith both going through rough spells, but nobody will challenge them for the top two spots now. So it's all about who can arse it up the most from now until the end of the season.

 

 

[Luckies1874]

21 minutes ago, Boris said:

I'd fancy Raith over two games in a play off rather than Dundee Utd to get promoted, but that said no guarantee whomever finishes second will actually make the play off final!

That’s a good point, you are right, no guarantee at all given how inconsistent they all are. Just think the 2 legged nature of the final really favours the top league team with the 2nd leg at home. Am I right in thinking Hibs are the only prem team to be relegated through the play offs? 

[Boris]

7 minutes ago, Luckies1874 said:

That’s a good point, you are right, no guarantee at all given how inconsistent they all are. Just think the 2 legged nature of the final really favours the top league team with the 2nd leg at home. Am I right in thinking Hibs are the only prem team to be relegated through the play offs? 

Agree that it's weighted in favour of the prem team. 

One off final at Hampden would be better, imo (or some neutral venue that would look full!)

Yes, I think another Hibs pioneering moment!

[kila]

Falkirk getting closer to winning promotion. Callumn Morrison with all 4 goals today. 

[carnockjambo]

33 minutes ago, kila said:

Falkirk getting closer to winning promotion. Callumn Morrison with all 4 goals today. 

Was at the game. First ever Football ⚽️ game for two grandsons. Great crowd of 5600 but FC Edinburgh were poor. Plastic pitch is better than the two in Premier League. 

[Cameronstheman]

Falkirk have a great support and would be a welcome addition if they made the SPL IMHO

[jambo-in-furness]

18 minutes ago, Cameronstheman said:

Falkirk have a great support and would be a welcome addition if they made the SPL IMHO

Do they not have a plastic pitch?

Prefer the Pars.

[Ricardo Quaresma]

Still have one of Calumn's training beenies, got it from his dad, the Monday after we gubbed celtic 4-0

[Lone Striker]

Its a pity ICT are generally so sh1te (or at least inconsistent) - it would be lovely to see them finish above Broonie's mob, who then get hammered in the L1 playoffs. 

 

 

 

[brownkg]

I went to the  stenny v Peterhead match today. Neither keeper troubled mainly due to the strong wind blowing down the length of the pitch. Only incident of note was a forearm smash by one of the Peterhead players  that Andy Robbins would have been proud of and not even getting a talking to despite it being right in front of the standside linesman.

[Australis]

18 minutes ago, Lone Striker said:

Its a pity ICT are generally so sh1te (or at least inconsistent) - it would be lovely to see them finish above Broonie's mob, who then get hammered in the L1 playoffs. 

 

 

 

Been wanting Ayr to lose every game since Scott Brown arrived there.

He seem to be taking them down the table, rather than up.

 

[DesertDawg]

3 hours ago, queensferryjambo said:

 

Bored and with no Hearts match on I watched the Dundee Utd vs Inverness game . Dundee Utd were pretty awful (less awful in the second half).

 

Amazing finish for the equaliser, but all of the Inverness team claiming a foul on their player by Moult for him to be able to turn and hit the ball. No idea if it was a foul as I missed the replay.

 

From what I have seen over the last while Dundee Utd and Raith both going through rough spells, but nobody will challenge them for the top two spots now. So it's all about who can arse it up the most from now until the end of the season.

 

 

 

And probably their most important game coming up next Saturday.  Utd. vs Raith at Tannadice.

 

A win for Raith up there would put them 2 points clear with a game in hand and 6 left to play.

[AndrewB]

18 hours ago, DesertDawg said:

 

And probably their most important game coming up next Saturday.  Utd. vs Raith at Tannadice.

 

A win for Raith up there would put them 2 points clear with a game in hand and 6 left to play.

That would be the sort of position Queens Park or Arbroath bottled it from, though!

[Rick Sanchez]

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