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Its amazing what you can find when you do a little digging or look up associated stats ........ If you take season 2005/06 - i.e. the last full season, and the one whose revenue we are now spending - the approximate figures add up as follows: 2005/06 average attendances (source = SPL website) ICT: 5061 FALKIRK: 5515 difference = 454 If we take an arbitrary figure of £20.00 for the average ticket price, this means that 18 home games X an extra 454 fans = £163,440 more in additional revenue for Falkirk over the season. HOWEVER ICT finished 7th which represented a payout over the season of around £781,500 but FALKIRK finished 10th and got around £614,000 in SPL payouts .... a difference of around £167,500 in ICT's favour (source = various websites discussing new setanta deal when it was proposed) Overall, taking these figures based on crowds/payouts into effect, ICT made a little over £4k more than Falkirk over the course of the season !!!!! Obviously, there is no allowance for stadium costs, wages, staff costs, transfers in/out or anything else in here so the figures are skewed to show only one portion of the equation but it does show that their isnt as big a gulf in finances because of the crowds as we would be led to believe. 2006/07 If I were CC, I would however be more worried about how much we will have at the end of this season - our average crowd is now 4798 (down 263 on last season) and Falkirk's is now 5695 (up 180 on last season) for a difference in Falkirk's favour of 897. Taking that number over the course of the season at the same figure of £20 would net Falkirk an additional £322,920 in revenue and with them two spots above us in the table, if the league were to end tomorrow, the difference when you add the sponsor's payouts / TV money would be closer to £480,000.

Bon Cop / Bad Cop ***/5 A Canadian film, translated as 'good cop / bad cop' and very much in the mould of the 'buddy' cop movies like Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys etc. but well worth a look. A body is discovered on the Quebec / Ontario border - quite literally - It is hanging over the border sign with one half in Ontario and the other half in Quebec ... the cops argue over whose jurisdiction it is and both try to climb up a ladder on either side of the border sign to take the body down ... they slip and both ladders fall, leaving one hanging onto the arms and the other hanging on to the legs ... rrrr...iii...pppp, they both fall to the ground as the body is torn in half. There is loads of quirky humour in this part-french part-english speaking film and some good dialogue between the two lead characters but overall the storyline is a bit weak - they are chasing down a serial killer who is taking revenge on people he thinks have been ruining a Canadian institution - HOCKEY As I mentioned above, well worth a look but not a classic.

It would give Caley D a coronary ........ ......... I'll consider it :017:

sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind .... didnt Pele put Wyness on the transfer list at one point ? .... he also sent Barry Robson to Forfar on loan, a move that the player was furious with, but one that saw him come back a far better player ....

I think I need a drink ..... :015:

Guess you need to show him yer erse then IHE :moon2:

Looks like Wattie has made up his mind ....... according to impeccable sources .... "At a meeting this morning Walter Smith asked to be relieved of his contract as Scotland's National Team Manager. This request was refused."

eventually got it back just in time to catch the interview with CC - sounded fair enough, but I wish he would stop using "...a club of our size..." at the end of each interview.

only thing that spoilt my day was the BBC cutting off the online coverage half way through. I can understand that games are subject to copyright, and maybe the first half of the Hearts game shouldnt have been broadcast on the main radio scotland site (as opposed to sportsound site) but couldnt somebody have thought to make the studio coverage they talked about available live on the internet .... there surely couldnt be any problem with copyright there ? Also, why o why did some bright spark not switch back to the sportsound programme at the end of the game so we could hear the reports ? Its more than 20 minutes after most gamers have finished and I am still getting the 'contractual' message - utter b0ll0x

Think the 'shock' of the round is Killie currently losing 3-1 to Morton

Draw for next round is tomorrow

Deveronvale 5-4 Elgin --- thats some comeback !!! can they do it ?

McAllister on for Bayne Morgan on for Wilson

http://home.skysports.com/livescores/football/ - live score ticker Elgin were making a comeback at 4-2 but its now 5-2 to Deveronvale

you are in the UK though Ross - I am not so its blocked :019: - hope they reinstate it at full time so I can record the match report !!!

Caff on for Tokely

feckin online coverage which was working fine in the first half (apart from having to listen to the Hearts match) cut out and now gives the "...for contractual reasons ... we are unable to bring you this program ..." bull**** .... must have been a feckin quick contract if it was done between first and second half !!

was just going to post that !!! :015: :015:

BBC Scotland corrected themselves - saying Wyness and adding that Roy McBain has just scored the third so its 1-3

BBC Scotland said Bayne now 1-2 , O'Brien

0-2 Bayne

0-1 Dargo

Team lineups - a 3-4-3 for ICT by the look of it STIRLING ALBION [attach=1] ICT [attach=2]

Spoilt for choice it seems .... My bet is on Ally McCoist for manager with Durrant as his assistant. Rookie manager McCoist would also have one or two 'old-heads' advising him. Failing that - what about Butcher who is reported to be ready to come back from Oz, or maybe IHE's favourite man, Richard Gough would like a go. In all honesty, none of them could do any worse than Le Guen who drove the final nail into his own coffin when he took action against Ferguson.

Unfortunately an urban myth ....