snorbens_caleyman

Have been saying this for years. I think I once suggested that they should always shoot for the centre of the goal, because the ball definitely won't go there and no one, including the opposition defence and keeper, will have a clue where it will go.

I thought we were already in the mire!

Interesting list of creditors. Including one "Scot Gardiner", owed £70K. I assume that this is just a list of claims received, not of verified claims?

Here's what I said on another thread on Saturday: "The administrators have to report to creditors within 8 weeks, setting out their proposals. I reckon that this will be during w/c 9th Dec. But I don't know if that report - or part of it - is made public, although some information will inevitably leak out. I'd guess that right now the administrators are fully focussed on that deadline."

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The administrators have to report to creditors within 8 weeks, setting out their proposals. I reckon that this will be during w/c 9th Dec. But I don't know if that report - or part of it - is made public, although some information will inevitably leak out. I'd guess that right now the administrators are fully focussed on that deadline

Not very far from where a lot of my ancestors were born, lived, and died - as I mentioned earlier!

https://www.fetlarshetland.co.uk/explore/see-do Scroll down to Fetlar Kirk.

There's a website for the area which has an almost identical photograph on it.

Strictly speaking you are correct. But if a team bus crashed in blizzard conditions at, say, Drumochter, with serious injuries or worse, and the team was travelling against police advice because the authorities had not postponed a game, then the authorities would be open to extremely serious criticism and perhaps even litigation for negligence. They can't ignore the wider consequences of their actions or inactions.

Absolutely disgraceful - incompetent if not downright negligent. Who schedules and arranges pitch inspections - the SPFL or the home team? In a just world, there would be a strong case for compensation for wasted time and money.

At least you had a decent map! Earlier this year, I was scrambling round Camelon Cemetery in Falkirk, looking for some of my wife's family. All we had a lair number, and a map which indicated which part of the cemetery it would be in. Eventually we realised that one or two of the graves had the lair number on the side of the stone or of the plinth, and so by counting between two we were able to narrow the search down to a two or three lair gap with no stone. A few years ago, my wife investigated my mother's family. My maternal grandfather's family came from around Skye, Knoydart and Moidart, then moved eastwards and then up the Great Glen, including both sides of Loch Ness. So my wife had us searching (unsuccessfully) round Boleskine Cemetery and (successfully) in Drumtemple Cemetery. Now she's planning a trip to Donegal and the surrounding area, where some of her folk came from.

It's a skill that's been honed by nearly 40 years of taking part in (and, once, setting) this - https://pablosath.com/ https://pablosath.com/hunting/hunthistory Just doing my warm-up exercises for this year

You're laggin' somewhat Must learn not to include the gravestones of famous people in the foreground!

Was the rule passed by the clubs voting on it, or was it imposed on them? I genuinely don't know.

Agreed, but with the observation that these factors are not all independent of each other. For example, a poor chairman appoints a poor CEO, who makes bad decisions. Or a poor chairman appoints a poor manager, who.... In the end, it all comes down to the stewardship of the club by successive boards of directors, which, to use a word which is indisputable and not defamatory, has failed.

Not until a way is found for the club to continue beyond administration. And if more teams go into administration - I was told in the summer that a number of teams were on the brink - then it might not do us any good. It would give potential buyers more choice.

Well, you know what they say. Play a C&W record backwards, and your wife comes back to you, your dog comes back to life, you get your job and your car back.... and your team starts climbing the table again

It also shows anyone interested in buying us that we have great potential. Every match when in adminstration is an important part of our sales pitch.

Given that the squad is now just a smaller subset of the squad that he had, that would not be a logical argument, Captain

Good - as I said, not my cup of tea, but their perfomance of the songs was faultless. And having said all that, I am going to see another PF tribute band next year - What the Floyd. The difference is that they will be performing The Dark Side of the Moon - and others - under a gigantic model of the Moon, by candlelight, in my local cathedral. They've already done a number of cathedrals this year, so this is obvlously a continuation. A little bit different from the usual gigs.

Capercaillie are playing a few dates in England, to mark their 40th anniversary. Saw them last night in London at the very wonderful Union Chapel in Islington. Only the second time I've ever seen them - the other time was long ago, supporting Runrig. They were excellent. Karen Matheson still has her lovely voice, and the rest of the band were magnificent too. Sound was great, so you could clearly hear all the different instruments, including the variety of shakers and bells and things used by the percussionist. They are playing four dates in Scotland - including Eden Court - next May, if you're interested. https://capercaillie.co.uk/live/

I might go back further, and say that if we hadn't won the Scottish Cup, nor finished 3rd in the league that season, then all the inflated money demands which followed wouldn't have happened. We didn't know how to handle success.

Fantastic!! Glasses being raised tonight - and I don't mean the ones on my nose

Actually, they don't. The official club statement says that they "have received expressions of interest from 20 parties following the commencement of the sale process for the club." The BBC news report does indeed start off by saying that there have been 20 expressions of interest in buying the club. But it then quotes BDO: "We have had many inquiries from people wanting to help and support the club financially, ranging from on-site restaurant opportunities to advertising and so on." I think that's your 20 - and that the number of parties interested in buying the whole club will be considerably less than 20. But fingers crossed that the right solution can be found!