Scotty

According to all the stats sites, Rory McArdle was the only Don booked - in 38 minutes.

Dundee Utd equalise against St Mirren. 1-1

Doran on (for Duff). 8 minutes left to make himself an instant hero.

Celtic now 4 up on Hearts !!!

BBC stats showing 12 fouls in the game ... 3 committed by ICT, 9 by Aberdeen !!!! Bollox - 0-1 to Aberdeen ! What is it with us and goals conceded right before HT !!!!

Celtic currently 1-0 up on Hearts Hibs down 0-2 to Rangers St Mirren 1-0 up on Dundee Utd St Johnstone 0-0 Motherwell

Open All Mics Twitter feed reporting that Granty sent off for an 'off the ball' incident !

straight red, violent conduct according to the various text commentary sites.

One the one hand, the incident that started it all seems to be (crass) humour and banter between long-time friends/colleagues which was never intended to be broadcast. I am sure we all make "non-PC" comments to our mates at times which we would not necessarily repeat within other company or at work. In a male dominated sport, it may not be accurate, but it has long been a joke about women and the offside rule, so much so that women joke about it too. The one thing that stands out for me is that no-one seems to have indicated whether the female official was actually offended .... it appears to be yet another case of someone getting offended on behalf of someone else (at least initially) !!! On the other hand, the incident that caused the suspension, and the subsequent stories about previous comments made by AG show a pattern of behaviour that while maybe not misogyny do portray him as a bit of a chauvinistic dinosaur and also a touch inappropriate and sexist in terms of his behaviour and innuendo towards a female colleague. Perhaps he did need some form of punishment as well as 'sensitivity training' or whatever it is called these days ... or maybe the female presenter was also "one of the lads" joining in with office banter in the same way that Helen Chamberlain always did on Soccer AM ... we simply dont know, and again it seems to be someone else getting offended on her behalf ... it also seems strange that this was rolled out months later to justify or add credence to the sacking. I cant help going back to the earlier post in the thread dealing with the phone tapping story. I had not heard of it before this (not news this side of the pond) but reading about it, seems very interesting timing so I can see something in this, especially as the sacking was said to have been overseen by the top man at SKY Sports and not just some random executive or manager !!! I feel that Gray (and Keys) made inappropriate remarks and maybe deserved some sanctions of some kind, but sacking him after nearly 20 years may have been too harsh a punishment. I do not agree with his opinion, but as pointed out, there are talk shows in the UK (loose women) and over this side of the pond (The View) with panels full of misandrists, who are just as bad towards males !!! And finally .... on the actual subject of female officials ... I say, bring em on !!! The Canadian Championships for the last couple of years have had female officials involved in them not just as assistant referees but also as the referee. Toronto FC have had the same female ref in 3 of their games against Vancouver/Montreal. She was excellent and put many of her male MLS counterparts to shame. I cannot think of any controversy in any of those games yet most MLS games have at least one or two talking points because the refs are so dodgy. If the ref is competent, gender should not be a factor.

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They may have bent over backwards to try and help but International Clearance takes a day or two minimum anyway. I must say this guy looks promising, but I think we should all remember the immortal words in that celluloid classic, 'The Life of Brian' .... not sure about the naughty boy part, but "He's Not The Messiah !!!"

Read somewhere today that Stirling may be ejected from the cup for playing an ineligible player in the last round. May also be league sanctions as the same player played in the league a few days earlier and paperwork was not sorted. Would look for a link but posting from mobile right now.

http://stats.caleythistleonline.com/player.php?id=189 http://caleythistleonline.com/3415-doran-comes-in-on-loan

I would like to think so, but honestly do not have a clue one way or another !!!

... or maybe a highly rated youngster from a 7th placed English Premiership side ..... http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2275668,00.html

Hamilton highlights now online: http://ictfc.com/video

what is VPN? Its a 'virtual private network'. Basically it means that I have a secondary connection that I run on top of my normal internet connection and when I connect to it, all my web requests are routed - in this case - through a server in the UK. This makes the BBC and other sites believe I am in the UK so I can watch UK TV online as well as listen to radio broadcasts. Its not expensive, but it is very handy. If you need more info .... and that includes ANY overseas user on this site, contact me via PM and I can give you some additional information as well as a recommended provider.

FT 1-1 !!!

Jonny Hayes on (Sanchez off)

3 red cards at Killie -V- Dundee Utd ..... Killie with 10, DUFC with 9

Not sure why they are blocking it. I know we cannot hear live commentary for certain games due to media rights of the individual clubs involved and the BBC are obliged to block the coverage outside the UK, but it takes more effort to block a game than let it run unfettered ..... Open All Mics has always been worldwide due to the fact that it is not live commentary ... maybe there has been a change in policy or maybe they now think that the input from various grounds amounts to commentary, who knows. I have emailed sportsound @ bbc.co.uk to ask ..... luckily I have a VPN connection so can still hear it but its frustrating !

HT Report mentioned that Imrie was getting dogs abuse again today ??? and that it seems to be inspiring him