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He was talking about Ross Tokely. Since promotion to the SPL, fame went to the big man's head and he kept missing training after nights out with Paris Hilton and was rumoured to be spending £1000 a night on champagne.

Unsung hero, he's been brilliant this season.

The reason that our merger worked is that there was a concrete benefit to it. There is no benefit merging any other teams in Scotland, not really. THe obvious candidates are Dundee and Dundee Utd but what would they get? A mid-table SPL side who occasionally have a good cup run? That's what Dundee Utd have now and Dundee have had in the past, no real benefits. I liked Scotty's link, I've always thought we are the Sxcottish Sampdoria. Expect to see us in the European Cup final around 2030 by their timetable.

12-12-18 sounds a decent split but I don't understand why the 8-8-8 split needs to be a part of the package. I can't see that much more money being created from it. Why not have a single governing body, a fairer split of money, a pyramid etc but keep the SPL as it is? What's the reason? I haven't followed this as I lose the will to live about league reconstruction and all that pish.

We drew 2-2 with Hamilton today.

Newcastle fans reacted to the defeat by attacking police in the city centre, and one brave Geordie tried to fight a horse MON THEN EH

A couple of guys from the Gellions bus left the Ayr Utd 4-3 game at half time. Don't think anyone left the 4-4 United game early.

I was watching the FA Cup semi-final today, was pretty impressed with Sergio Aguero and Eden Hazard. Both looked as though they'd be handy additions to our squad.

I wonder if any Sunderland fans are complaining about their new manager now? He could probably have goose-stepped into the post-match press conference and they wouldn't care.

Reductio ad Hilterum. Regarding the cost of the funeral, I believe that Mrs Thatcher had said she didn't want a state funeral. I think David Cameron has a point when he says "I think people would find us a pretty extraordinary country if we didn't properly commemorate with dignity, with seriousness, but with also some fanfare ... the passing of this extraordinary woman. I think not only in Britain would people say, 'You are not doing this properly', but I think the rest of the world would think we were completely wrong." It's worth commemorating someone who had such an impact on the country. All other former Prime Ministers who have died recently have had memorial services. Did you enjoy or perhaps agree with the impact she had on the country? She did some good things, some bad things. The point about the funeral is that it's worth providing a state occasion for someone who was political leader of this country for over a decade, whether you agree with them or not. Incidentally, I never used to like Jeremy Clarkson. Then I found out he once punched Piers Morgan. For this, he should get a state funeral.

Reductio ad Hilterum. Regarding the cost of the funeral, I believe that Mrs Thatcher had said she didn't want a state funeral. I think David Cameron has a point when he says "I think people would find us a pretty extraordinary country if we didn't properly commemorate with dignity, with seriousness, but with also some fanfare ... the passing of this extraordinary woman. I think not only in Britain would people say, 'You are not doing this properly', but I think the rest of the world would think we were completely wrong." It's worth commemorating someone who had such an impact on the country. All other former Prime Ministers who have died recently have had memorial services.

I assume there will be a full house as the GFITW actually turn up for a game? I'm going. I enjoy going to Celtic Park, it's like a wildlife programme but for humans.

Anyone that boos or disrupts a minutes silence is a ***. Hopefully they don't have one, too many minutes silences these days.

I could easily say the same about your post but that doesn't make me right, does it? Why not go through the article and highlight the inaccuracies with linked evidence to back yourself up or are you just a troll? It doesn't make you right because you can't do it. Thank you for agreeing. Why can't you do it though? I don't have the time or inclination to argue with George Galloway by proxy on the internet. Seeing as you are on the verge of tears about it though, here are a few highlights of inaccuracies in the post: - Thatcher said "there is no such thing as society" in an interview with Women's Own, not in her speech to the Church of Scotland. - It's a pretty loose definition of 'blasphemy' to talk about her intrepretation of the Good Samaritan tale, although no galloway rant is complete these days without some bizarre religious dog-whistling. - His talk of her "destroying" industry is a willfull distortion - the industries that Galloway is wistfully talking about were hugely subsidised by the state, a situation where productive industries were drained of theri profits (98% taxation on investment income, 83% on salary income for top earners) to pour into money pits. If these industries had been able to compete they'd have survived - they could not. - His glossing over of union power is ridiculous. Speak to anyone involved in the press during the 1970s and 80s and you'll find out what the truth was about the print unions - they held the entire industry to ransom and what happened at Wapping was due to technology, thankfully, making them obselete. - Regarding Northern Ireland, political/special category status was withdrawn before Thatcher came to power (by Roy Mason, IIRC). In the event, what did Galloway expect her to do? Give in? TheIRA at that time were dedicated to murdering their way to power in Ireland. - State collusion between Loyalist terrorists and the security forces happened throughout the conflict, a cursory reading of history tells you that. The UVF in Mid-Ulster operated hand in glove with British intelligence throughout the 1970s, the UDR and B Specials had a consistent core of Loyalist sympathisers in it's ranks, in the 70s some estimates put it at 15-20% of total manpower had contact with loyalist paramilitaries. Also, recent court cases have shown that several atrocities in the early 90s, after Thatcher left power, occurred either with the involvement or knowledge of British intelligence (Loughinisland). it's a fallacy to say that it became endemic during Thatchers rule and it's also a mistake to attribute it to her. If GG actually thinks that these things were signed off around the Cabinet table then he's delusional. - The "Cold War fanaticism" that GG talks about is hilarious - Thatcher helped bring about the end of the Cold War and the collapse of Soviet domination of Eastern and Central Europe. Have a read of the obituries and tributes to her from Europe to see what people think of her there. - Again, a hilarious misreading of history to say that "she pushed... George Bush Sen into the first Iraq War". Saddam was removed from Kuwait by the largest military coalition in history, comprising Arab states, Europe, the Americas. The idea that she somehow forced Bush to act against his will is a fantasy from Galloway. - GG repeats a lie about the Afghan mujahadeen - there isn't a simple continum between the people who the West aided (a process started by Jimmy Carter) and those who became the Taliban. There is zero evidence that any WEstern aid ever reached Al Queda. In fact, the evidence is the opposite, Bin Laden didn't want their aid. It's interesting to note that GG supported the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. - It's interesting that GG says "I was one of the last men standing in parliament opposing this immoral policy of “my enemy’s enemy is my friend” when he is the single biggest example of this policy in British politics. He says he opposed Saddam and may well have done (although the evidence of his involvement in any opposition to him is pretty scant). However, as soon as Saddam became an enemy of the WEst GG prostrated himself in from of Saddam, acting a propaganda agent for the Ba'athists, eulogising Saddam. He is doing the same thing now with Assad in Syria. The Belgrano and Mandela questions are covered above.

I could easily say the same about your post but that doesn't make me right, does it? Why not go through the article and highlight the inaccuracies with linked evidence to back yourself up or are you just a troll? It doesn't make you right because you can't do it.

People that say George Galloway is a great orator or writer should read that horribly written statement, and watch him bully Arabs fighting dictatorship on his bizarre 'Lebanese' chat-shows. He's an absolute roaster of a man, all the 'memorable' turns of phrase he comes out with are chivvied from Labour politicians from the 1950s. To paraphrase what was once said about Stephen Fry, he is a stupid person's idea of a serious politician. You could probably go through that statement line-by-line and pick out inaccuracies in every sentence.

£100,000 is about the same as he spent on Marius Niculae, will he be as successful?

You mean greed and self gain/profit at the expense of those around you. "Greed is good" I believe was the quote. Ding dong the witch is dead. And I fully intend to sit back when I have the chance and raise a glass to the demise of a person who abused her power due to what I regard as being inherently evil. Think of me what you will for that. I do not care. "Greed is good" is a quote from Wall Street, a Hollywood film. Do you take all your opinions from Hollywood films? Does your view on, say, the sustainability of wind farms come from that scene in The Hobbit where Bilbo is stuck in a tree? Oh FFS, we've unearthed the Scottish Tory. During the Thatcher years the Tories regularly polled 25% of the vote in Scotland, figures they'd kill for now.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/columnists/demonised-for-tackling-inefficiency-but-few-would-want-a-return-to-the-1970s.19859810

Her government made many mistakes and had some terrible policies but she was a necessary Prime Minister. As a country subsidising loss making industries couldn't continue, the outdated practices of trade unions couldn't go on, the state-owned monoliths that accounted for a large percentage of the economy weren't sustainable, or right. The self-pity and childish egotism shown by those celebrating or self-conciously 'not mourning' is mainly because, in the end, Thatcher won. She moved the post-War social democratic, statist, corporatist consensus to one in favour of free markets and individual responsibility. She didn't address many aspects of this - the welfare state, to take a topical example, or healthcare. However, it's worth noting that every single major political party in the UK (including the SNP for any patriots reading) back her programme.

The great and the good are seething at the appointment of Paolo Di Canio as manager of Sunderland AFC, mainly because he has been quoted as saying that he is a 'fascist'. He said at the time that he was a 'fascist not a racist' and has claimed the quote has been taken out of context. Given he has a tattoo of Mussolini on his back and Il Duce on his arm, that's some context we are missing! Would you care if our manager had 'shifty' political views or affiliaations? If Terry Butcher came out as a member of the BNP or a committed supporter of Tommy SHeridan's People Front For Pollokshaws Swingers (Marxist-Leninist) would you leave your Caley scarf behind? Personally I'd find it a bit weird and would prefer that footballers stuck to football but lets be honest, if a manager or a player won the team trophies would you be fussed ifhe liked Mussolini or Stalin or Pol Pot?

Morton had a tartan kit in the 90s

In the run up to Christmas, the players on Twitter were talking about collecting the 'fines' imposed to fund the night out and there was a bit of banter about who would go and collect all of the fines Blackman accrued. I don't think they were keen to try and get him to pay up

Stakanovite comes from Stalinist Russia. Stakanovic was a RUssian worker who was lionised for his feats of hard work and labour.