Is Scottish football now completely discredited? (3 Viewers)

[upnorthbee]

Is it a generation thing? I’m 30 years old and don’t feel any real dislike towards the Scot’s, just pleased for them that they made it to a major tournament. I know of the history but I guess they’ve been pretty poor for my life time so far , so don’t take them too seriously

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Is it a generation thing? I’m 30 years old and don’t feel any real dislike towards the Scot’s, just pleased for them that they made it to a major tournament. I know of the history but I guess they’ve been pretty poor for my life time so far , so don’t take them too seriously

I'm older than that. I guess it's because I'm from a Welsh heritage that migrated to England pre-WW2 but I've never felt any antipathy towards any of the home nations.

 

[Ealing Bee]

Oops!

Police Scotland are investigating a report of "possible financial irregularities" at St Mirren.
Enquiries are at an early stage after the fan-owned Scottish Premiership club were made aware of "several historic issues" following their annual audit.
St Mirren say recommendations were made and approved by the board, before the "relevant authorities" were contacted.
Police look at St Mirren 'irregularities'

 

[WarrenBee]

Neil Lennon is really doing an amazing job, I really hope that they offer him a new contract!

 

[horshambees]

Neil Lennon is really doing an amazing job, I really hope that they offer him a new contract!

He will be lucky to get a job at Lidl after this week.

 

[ladbroke]

Dundee United are potentially in trouble after doing a team photo, then a few days after several players tested positive for covid. 9 players/staff in quarantine.

Dundee United: Jason Leitch brands team photo ignoring Covid-19 guidelines 'disappointing and irresponsible' - The Courier

Jason Leitch has said a photograph showing Dundee United staff and players huddled together is a "clear breach" of government Covid-19 guidelines.

www.thecourier.co.uk

 

[TW3Bee]

Queen of the South apologise after breaking Scotland’s tier 4 restrictions to allow George Galloway into match

 

[jlove]

Queen of the South apologise after breaking Scotland’s tier 4 restrictions to allow George Galloway into match

I'd have thought it was breaking any restrictions!

 

[AB]

There’s a team called Dundonald Bluebell playing in the Scottish Cup.

 

[Ealing Bee]

There’s a team called Dundonald Bluebell playing in the Scottish Cup.

I think it may have been mentioned on here before, but DBFC are only one of a load of clubs with great names in the cup eg:

Banks O' Dee, Blackburn United, Broxburn Athletic, Camelon Juniors, Coldstream, Dundonald Bluebell, Dunipace, Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare, Glasgow University, Haddington Athletic, Hawick Royal Albert United, Hill of Beath Hawthorn, Jeanfield Swifts, Linlithgow Rose, Newton Stewart, Newtongrange Star, Preston Athletic, Threave Rovers, Tranent Juniors, Tynecastle, Whitehill Welfare and Wigtown & Bladnoch

And those are from outside the Highland and Lowland Leagues, which have some more belters:
2020–21 Scottish Cup - Wikipedia

 

[SpiderBee]

There’s a team called Dundonald Bluebell playing in the Scottish Cup.

Playing Queen's Park and live on BBC Scotland and i player. QPFC 1 up in 48th minute

 

[ladbroke]

Queens Park should have been well ahead before Bluebells equalised in the 90th minute.
Penalty given by ref before equaliser and after chatting with assistant withdraws the penalty and does a dropped ball to keeper. I think referees initial decision was correct.

 

[SpiderBee]

Queens Park should have been well ahead before Bluebells equalised in the 90th minute.
Penalty given by ref before equaliser and after chatting with assistant withdraws the penalty and does a dropped ball to keeper. I think referees initial decision was correct.

Extra time and SNOWING now

 

[ladbroke]

Extra time and SNOWING now

Want to know where Dundonald is. Wish itd snow here in Arbroath. Not that lucky.

 

[ladbroke]

How are they not 3-1 up? Open goal, in 6 yard box and hits post/bar.

 

[SpiderBee]

How are they not 3-1 up? Open goal, in 6 yard box and hits post/bar.

FT 3-1 to The Spiders and home v Queen of the South next.

 

[Ealing Bee]

Want to know where Dundonald is. Wish itd snow here in Arbroath. Not that lucky.

"Dundonald Bluebell Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Cardenden, Fife. The team plays in the East of Scotland League Premier Division, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018."
HOME | Dundonaldbluebellfc

And no, I'd never heard of Cardenden either:
Cardenden - Wikipedia

 

[ladbroke]

"Dundonald Bluebell Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Cardenden, Fife. The team plays in the East of Scotland League Premier Division, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018."
HOME | Dundonaldbluebellfc

And no, I'd never heard of Cardenden either:
Cardenden - Wikipedia

So not far from me.
I'm the other side of the river Tay.

 

[JANORAK]

Do bluebells grow that far north? Always thought of them as being English....

 

[JCMcBee]

Do bluebells grow that far north? Always thought of them as being English....

....is this an english wind up....all the bluebells are blue.

 

[Paul O'Brien]

Do bluebells grow that far north? Always thought of them as being English....

Right. You asked for it. Kenneth McKellar singing the traditional folk song the Bluebells of Scotland.

 

[HaylingBee74]

Do bluebells grow that far north? Always thought of them as being English....

Bluebell Woods in Scotland - Woodland Trust

Explore the wild this spring and discover some of Scotland's most stunning bluebell woods.

www.woodlandtrust.org.uk

I knew that Bluebells are able to be in unexpected and quite exposed places such as by Tintagel Castle on the north Cornwall coast but I had never seen them in Scotland personally

 

[JCMcBee]

Do bluebells grow that far north? Always thought of them as being English....

....your bluebell theory has now officially been blown out the water....Englishman

 

[Ealing Bee]

Right. You asked for it. Kenneth McKellar singing the traditional folk song the Bluebells of Scotland.

I was gonna give him that but you beat me to it.

Instead I shall follow up with this Scottish band's finest effort, including a video which falls into the category of "So bad it's good (well not really)":

Stratford Johns, Claire Grogan and Molly Weir in a greasy Glasgow cafe - just what had they been smoking?

 

[Paul O'Brien]

I was gonna give him that but you beat me to it.

Instead I shall follow up with this Scottish band's finest effort, including a video which falls into the category of "So bad it's good (well not really)":

Stratford Johns, Claire Grogan and Molly Weir in a greasy Glasgow cafe - just what had they been smoking?

To be fair, it's a song I really like.

 

[Ealing Bee]

To be fair, it's a song I really like.

Yeah, nice and catchy, but the video?

Not even shoe-horning Claire Grogan and Siobhan Fahey* in could save it from sweeping the 1984 "Naff Video Awards".

* - Bonus trivia point for identifying the connection

 

[Paul O'Brien]

Yeah, nice and catchy, but the video?

Not even shoe-horning Claire Grogan and Siobhan Fahey* in could save it from sweeping the 1984 "Naff Video Awards".

* - Bonus trivia point for identifying the connection

Bluebells and Altered Images played together at Stone Palace, and Siobhan co-wrote Young at Heart but my guess would be that True is supposedly about Clare Grogan - did Siobhan appear in the video?

 

[Paul O'Brien]

Bluebells and Altered Images played together at Stone Palace, and Siobhan co-wrote Young at Heart but my guess would be that True is supposedly about Clare Grogan - did Siobhan appear in the video?

Yeah, nice and catchy, but the video?

A vision of Stratford Johns dancing as a greasy cafe owner will keep me awake at nights for years to come.

 

[JANORAK]

Err, it was tongue in cheek! I’m actually about one eighth/sixteenth Scottish!
(Great-Grandad came south and got as far as Yorkshire..)

 

[Paul O'Brien]

Err, it was tongue in cheek! I’m actually about one eighth/sixteenth Scottish!
(Great-Grandad came south and got as far as Yorkshire..)

I believe by the way that the harebell is sometimes called the Scottish bluebell. (Harebells tend to grow in the Highlands where bluebells are generally absent.

 

[Ealing Bee]

Bluebells and Altered Images played together at Stone Palace, and Siobhan co-wrote Young at Heart

That was my Trivia reference.

... my guess would be that True is supposedly about Clare Grogan

A new one for me, but it seems it's, er, true:
How we made: Gary Kemp and Steve Norman on True

... did Siobhan appear in the video?

I reckon that's her in the camper van (2 mins in)

 

[Ealing Bee]

A vision of Stratford Johns dancing as a greasy cafe owner will keep me awake at nights for years to come.

I'm just relieved we didn't get a "flash" from Molly Weir

(Trust she cleaned up afterwards)

 

[Paul O'Brien]

I'm just relieved we didn't get a "flash" from Molly Weir

(Trust she cleaned up afterwards)

Still better than the White Heather Club. I spent many an unhappy hour as a kid watching it when I went to visit my aunts in Monteith Row in Glasgow.

 

[Ealing Bee]

I think it may have been mentioned on here before, but DBFC are only one of a load of clubs with great names in the cup eg:

Banks O' Dee, Blackburn United, Broxburn Athletic, Camelon Juniors, Coldstream, Dundonald Bluebell, Dunipace, Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare, Glasgow University, Haddington Athletic, Hawick Royal Albert United, Hill of Beath Hawthorn, Jeanfield Swifts, Linlithgow Rose, Newton Stewart, Newtongrange Star, Preston Athletic, Threave Rovers, Tranent Juniors, Tynecastle, Whitehill Welfare and Wigtown & Bladnoch

And those are from outside the Highland and Lowland Leagues, which have some more belters:
2020–21 Scottish Cup - Wikipedia

(Not worth it's own thread, but Welsh Football could give the Jocks a run for their money with exotically named clubs:

Llanfairfechan, Aberystwyth Exiles, FC Cwmaman, Penrhiwceiber Rangers FC, Llansantffraid Village FC, Ton & Gelli Boys Club, Penmaenmawr Phoenix, Mynydd Isa Spartans, Llanuwchllyn FC, Penparcau FC, Tywyn Bryncrug FC, Penycae FC, Rhosllanerchrugog, Rhydymwyn FC, Bro Goronwy FC, CPD Sychdyn, Cefn Cribwr, Ynysgerwn, CPD Llannefydd, Gwalchmai, Aberbargoed Buds FC, Croesyceiliog FC

And I know that list looks like my cat had just wandered across the keyboard (chasing a mouse?) but while there are still a whole lot more which could have been added, I'm sure you get the idea!
FAW / FAW Cups

Though "Quar Park Rangers FC" are sailing very close to the wind, while my own favourite is the beautifully simple "Four Crosses" (nickname "No Goals"?)

 

[Ealing Bee]

Livingstone have postponed today's match with Aberdeen because of "freezing conditions":

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1344289398851055618

They installed a weather-proof, artificial pitch in 2018...

 

[JANORAK]

Livingstone have postponed today's match with Aberdeen because of "freezing conditions":

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1344289398851055618

They installed a weather-proof, artificial pitch in 2018...

Looks like they’ve shifted the weather off it, so something else has gone wrong?
Carpets always last longer on top of a decent underlay...

 

[Ealing Bee]

Perhaps it's time we gave some credit to the Jocks.

I mean, this season the title race actually got as far as the New Year....

 

[Ealing Bee]

"Scottish football below Championship level has been suspended for three weeks due to the rising number of coronavirus cases.
The impacted leagues include SPFL Leagues 1 and 2 and SWPL 1 and 2.
The Highland and Lowland Leagues, the East, West and South of Scotland Leagues, Scottish Junior FA Leagues and the North Caledonian League are also suspended.
Scottish Cup ties scheduled before 1 February will be rescheduled."
Lower leagues in Scotland suspended

Meanwhile,

"Celtic v Hibernian goes ahead as planned on Monday evening despite the hosts being told that 13 first-team players must self-isolate.
The Scottish champions say Christopher Jullien was the player to test positive for Covid-19 on return from the club's Dubai training camp.
A local NHS health protection team has since deemed 13 other players to be close contacts.
Manager Neil Lennon and assistant John Kennedy must also isolate.
Celtic stress that injured defender Jullien was the only positive case, saying they are 'hugely disappointed' by the decision."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55525905

[If this is better in the Football/Covid thread, can Mods please move? Ta.]

 

[Moysy]

Meanwhile,

"Celtic v Hibernian goes ahead as planned on Monday evening despite the hosts being told that 13 first-team players must self-isolate.
The Scottish champions say Christopher Jullien was the player to test positive for Covid-19 on return from the club's Dubai training camp.
A local NHS health protection team has since deemed 13 other players to be close contacts.
Manager Neil Lennon and assistant John Kennedy must also isolate.
Celtic stress that injured defender Jullien was the only positive case, saying they are 'hugely disappointed' by the decision."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55525905

[If this is better in the Football/Covid thread, can Mods please move? Ta.]

Celtic should be issued with a massive fine and deducted points. what were they think going to a training camp in Dubai when all non essential travel is banned.

 

[ladbroke]

"Scottish football below Championship level has been suspended for three weeks due to the rising number of coronavirus cases.
The impacted leagues include SPFL Leagues 1 and 2 and SWPL 1 and 2.
The Highland and Lowland Leagues, the East, West and South of Scotland Leagues, Scottish Junior FA Leagues and the North Caledonian League are also suspended.
Scottish Cup ties scheduled before 1 February will be rescheduled."
Lower leagues in Scotland suspended

Meanwhile,

"Celtic v Hibernian goes ahead as planned on Monday evening despite the hosts being told that 13 first-team players must self-isolate.
The Scottish champions say Christopher Jullien was the player to test positive for Covid-19 on return from the club's Dubai training camp.
A local NHS health protection team has since deemed 13 other players to be close contacts.
Manager Neil Lennon and assistant John Kennedy must also isolate.
Celtic stress that injured defender Jullien was the only positive case, saying they are 'hugely disappointed' by the decision."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55525905

[If this is better in the Football/Covid thread, can Mods please move? Ta.]

I wonder if this is the government's way of punishing them as they couldn't do anything else.

 

[JCMcBee]

Celtic should be issued with a massive fine and deducted points. what were they think going to a training camp in Dubai when all non essential travel is banned.

.....agree...feckin numpties

 

[nick logan]

Hibs are 11/4 !

 

[AB]

Celtic should be issued with a massive fine and deducted points. what were they think going to a training camp in Dubai when all non essential travel is banned.

Some might say leaving dreich Scotland whenever possible is essential!

 

[JCMcBee]

Some might say leaving dreich Scotland whenever possible is essential!

......leaving it permanently....even more so...and well done for making the effort to get 'dreich' correct...good old google.

 

[AB]

......leaving it permanently....even more so...and well done for making the effort to get 'dreich' correct...good old google.

No google required. Only in jest, I used to live in Scotland and like it. Though pretty much every childhood photo, even the ones at the height of summer, seem to involve wearing jumpers and big coats.

 

[JCMcBee]

No google required. Only in jest, I used to live in Scotland and like it. Though pretty much every childhood photo, even the ones at the height of summer, seem to involve wearing jumpers and big coats.

....southern softie.

 

[GlasgowBee]

Do bluebells grow that far north? Always thought of them as being English....

A trip to Findlaystone Country Park nr Port Glasgow is an annual spingtime treat, to wander through the bluebells in the woods

 

[SmiffyBee]

A trip to Findlaystone Country Park nr Port Glasgow is an annual spingtime treat, to wander through the bluebells in the woods

...young at heart.... ?

 

[WarrenBee]

Another great result for Celtic last night!

 

[JCMcBee]

Another great result for Celtic last night!

...aye....I (w)hooped with delight in the last minute....'they think its all over'......