Only in Scotland

Doncaster is a tollyfudwit (I made that word up - make of it yourself what you will)

He really is a waste of space - and probably get paid more than the prime minister
 
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FairwayDodger said:
Another farce....

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/...ture-chaos-scottish-footballs-5527145#rlabs=1
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But I thought extending the season was against the sporting integrity of the game?

I seem to remember a similar issue a few years back with a team playing in a European final no less.



An incompetent bunch of clowns running the game up here that should have been kicked into touch a few years back, but, the self preservation society of chairmen never had the balls to do it. They're stealing a living!
 
c1973 said:
But I thought extending the season was against the sporting integrity of the game?

I seem to remember a similar issue a few years back with a team playing in a European final no less.



An incompetent bunch of clowns running the game up here that should have been kicked into touch a few years back, but, the self preservation society of chairmen never had the balls to do it. They're stealing a living!
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Ahh but that was big bad Rangers then why should THEY be helped out.

Lot of tosh anyone saying Rangers are the establishment club!!! Just look at said example

as for this issue was nothing to do with Rangers was the incompetent leaders of our esteemed game
 
c1973 said:
But I thought extending the season was against the sporting integrity of the game?

I seem to remember a similar issue a few years back with a team playing in a European final no less.



An incompetent bunch of clowns running the game up here that should have been kicked into touch a few years back, but, the self preservation society of chairmen never had the balls to do it. They're stealing a living!
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The season did get extended back then :whistle:

Just sayin ;)
 
Val said:
The season did get extended back then :whistle:

Just sayin ;)
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I never said it wasn't. It's just curious it hasn't been mentioned this time around. :)

I did think it was the league that was extended and not the 'official season' though, hence the potential issue of teams having players out of contract this time (unlike the last).
No wonder Motherwell are complaining and threatening to sue.



Without checking, I think it meant we played 8 games in 21 days as opposed to around 11 in 31. We still got, I think, 3 games in 4 days to play, including the UEFA cup (Might have to check that though).

You'll understand why I view this proposal with a sense of amusement, yet I'm not in the least bit surprised that the clowns in charge are contemplating it. :)
 
It was extended by four days, Rangers had to play three games in seven days the week before the UEFA cup final and were aggrieved that they only had three days off ahead of the UEFA final. It was the bare minimum the SPL could do to make it possible for them to fulfil the fixtures. In contrast, Zenit were given a week off to prepare by the Russian league.

Oh yeah, and in 2003 the fixtures were changed to allow Celtic a week off before they played the UEFA cup final. But, hey, Rangers are the "establishment" club, apparently.
 
FairwayDodger said:
It was extended by four days, Rangers had to play three games in seven days the week before the UEFA cup final and were aggrieved that they only had three days off ahead of the UEFA final. It was the bare minimum the SPL could do to make it possible for them to fulfil the fixtures. In contrast, Zenit were given a week off to prepare by the Russian league.

Oh yeah, and in 2003 the fixtures were changed to allow Celtic a week off before they played the UEFA cup final. But, hey, Rangers are the "establishment" club, apparently.
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Rangers had earlier asked for a game against Gretna to be postponed the weekend before playing Lyon adding to the fixture congestion. There was also problems when a game was called off at Ibrox due to the weather as well as a whole week being lost after Phil O'Donnell passed away. Zenit had the opportunity to postpone their game as their season was just starting so there was plenty of time to fit the game in later. I don't think there was much else the league could do above and beyond ending the league on the Thursday, 4 days after it was originally scheduled for.
 
FairwayDodger said:
It was extended by four days, Rangers had to play three games in seven days the week before the UEFA cup final and were aggrieved that they only had three days off ahead of the UEFA final. It was the bare minimum the SPL could do to make it possible for them to fulfil the fixtures. In contrast, Zenit were given a week off to prepare by the Russian league.

Oh yeah, and in 2003 the fixtures were changed to allow Celtic a week off before they played the UEFA cup final. But, hey, Rangers are the "establishment" club, apparently.
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#Like :thup:
 
Oh well, looks like hibs can stop greeting about possible fixture congestion.

Nice day out for Falkirk fans to look forward to on cup final day.
 
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