"The monkeys start to squeal, lie and create conspiracy plots" - Scottish Football 2012/13

i see

The SFA have issued Neil Lennon with a notice of complaint for using foul language. Seems odd, given that pretty much everyone in the game does it. Maybe it's only an offence when you're near a microphone and end up on YouTube.

*compliance

lol I'm reading two things at once re rules and getting myself confused

*complaint (maybe from the compliance officer, who fucking knows?)

Aye, rumours doing the rounds that workies have downed tools at the Poundland Arena (what happened to the naming rights thing, btw?) due to not being paid. That's what happens when you have a completely ridiculous wage structure in the 3rd division and it turns out that your fans pretty much do do walking away. Assume they haven't found a way of punting Sandaza either, btw?

Assume they haven't found a way of punting Sandaza either, btw?

Oh, they have. Good luck in the presumably-forthcoming unfair dismissal case :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22021733

So that's Sandaza, chief scout Neil Murray, reserve team coach Tommy Wilson and physio Pip Yeats all parting company with Rangers for various reasons in the last fortnight. Meanwhile Neil Alexander asked for a two year contract extension and was instead offered one year with a 65% pay cut.

I'm sure everything's fine.

Pip? Seriously?

Hearing some rumourmongering that Sandaza was told off about angling for a move while still in contract, and went "aye, so? Neil Murray tried to tap me up while I was still under contract to St Johnstone, got yeez, dafties" and they went "oh shit, we'd better bin Murray an' all". Dunno the truth in that, he was only on a one year deal at St Johnstone. Deidco did try to sign him before they went bust, I remember that.

For his part, Goodwin has shrugged off the affair. He said: "McGeouch had just come on, I flew into a tackle with him and Lenny was just protecting his player. He barked a few words at me and I have no problem with that.

"I'm just happy the Sky microphone wasn't close enough to pick up my unprintable reply or else I'd be in trouble myself.

"Lenny probably wouldn't have spoken to me again if he had heard my reply, but it was all a top bit of football banter and I have no problems at all."

Goodwin not facing the SFA for his admittedly worse language. So it's all about microphone placement rather than the rights or wrongs of it.

Unless you are Sevco fans singing, in which case it's not about microphone placement OR the rights or wrongs of it.

Wait, what? I understand Sandaza suing Rangers for unfair dismissal, but considering suing Tommy the taxi driver for being a conduit for his stupidity?!?!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22021733

The Rangers, sorry.

piss-up/brewery

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22072465

The Scottish Premier League is unlikely to be able to announce the five post-split fixtures on schedule.

Presumably Sky want to televise an end-of-season title party and it clashes with a 3rd division game.

Aye, were supposed to be out yesterday afternoon. Just move the fecking 3rd division game, ffs, or ignore them, they all seem to be doing that walking away thing they don't do anyway.

get the fuck on with it - I promised my dad I'd take him to a match, would be nice to know when that might be...

five lunchtime fixtures, four on a Sunday, three away from home, title possibly wrapped up before we kick another ball - good work fixture and telly guys!

v ICT, Sunday, April 21, KO: 12.45pm (Celtic Park)
v Motherwell, Sunday, April 28, KO: 12.45pm (Fir Park)
v Ross County, Sunday, May 5. KO: 12noon (Victoria Park)
v St Johnstone, Saturday, May 11. KO: 12.15pm (Celtic Park)
v Dundee United, Sunday, May 19. KO: 12.45pm (Tannadice)

football without fans is normal

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BHa_SBICQAIQsYX.jpg

Oh jolly good, and fuck all chance of getting my dad down from Inverness for the day for a game. Probably easier for me to get a ticket for Ross County away and take him to a game up there instead :(

Ouch, 15 point deduction for Dunfermline, putting them in the relegation play-off spot.

Ooft.

Good crowd at Firhill - 8,857

Thistle 1-0 Morton after 60 mins - looks like the Ton's promotion push is just about finished :(

Aw, was looking forward to them, St Mirren and The The Rangers 2013 three-way-sharing Greenhill Road next year an' all :(

Big Victor has to work the weekend after having his red card against St Mirren reduced to a yellow.

http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/dunfermline/221081-dunfermline-excluded-from-the-scottish-cup-until-they-pay-hamilton-debt/

I assume Dunfermline will be either a) rescued and able to pay the money or b) deid by the time they're next due a cup tie but this looks like a hard line on football debt. I hate this notion of football debt coming first - like Accies' £6k is somehow more important than any £6k they owe elsewhere.

Also: £6000! A morning's wages in TBLITW is preventing a club from trying to win football's oldest trophy.

Then pay up

Why should Accies be paid before non football creditors? I agree it should be paid but the club is close to death and it looks like anything other than a CVA means you get approximately nothing.

Why weren't "Rangers" banned from the cup when Rangers still owed Hearts, Dunfermline, Dundee Utd, Rapid Vienna, etc.?

Also worth bearing in mind that Dunfermline's problems are possibly related to the £80k Rangers wouldn't pay them last year.

Falkirk hibs has been fucking brilliant

Sounds it.

Just noticed this on the BBC site:

(Peter) Alliss is known as 'the voice of golf' and is currently heading BBC coverage of The Masters at Augusta.

But he is also a keen football fan and follows the fortunes of various clubs, including Bournemouth, Aldershot, Celtic, Rangers, Manchester City, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Aberdeen and Blackpool.

Don't think he's quite got the hang of this football supporting lark

Really enjoyed Falkirk v Hibs, not particularly one for footballing purists but as entertaining a game as I've seen for years with some corking goals and saves and high drama from start to finish.

Positive vibes now gone as other half now watching Sevco v Clyde via Sevco tv streaming. Pish game, crap ref, annoying commentators.

As opposed to cracking game, pish ref and annoying commentators earlier, obv...

Thistle score 2 in last minute to win, Morton lose to depleted Dunfermline - that's the First Division race over with

Ailsa, is your other half a bluenose?

Clyde fan

The wheels on your house go round and round etc

Ah!

Not often he gets to see them on the telly, so willing to suffer streaming of Rangers TV to allow him his opportunity rather than stepping inside the Poundland Arena.

2 Accies youngsters in the FA Cup Final :)

http://i.imgur.com/xgYRDS8.jpg

Two Celtic players in the FA Cup Final :)

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45166000/jpg/_45166661_celebration_226b.jpg

Is there a separate trophy for "most exciting semi final" or something?

Bet the final's a load of pish now.

Come on the Hibees. Don't think my brother in law would be able to cope if they lost again.

St Mirren and Ross County voted no to reconstruction- think that means the 12-12-18 thing is dead in the water

Celtic angry about it as are the sheep

I'd like to get righteously angry about two wee clubs holding back the whole of Scottish football but regardless of their motives their vote was correct. The 12/12/18 to 8/8/8/18 thing is absolute guff.

Am I correct in thinking that St Mirren used the 11-1 voting rule to prevent the 11-1 voting rule being changed after they objected to the 11-1 voting rule?